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09BEIJING2788	PRC OFFERS CAUTIOUS, YET POSITIVE REACTION TO [...] (C) China believes the U.S. decision to have direct communication with Burmese authorities is positive and would like to maintain contact with the United States on the Burma issue, according to an MFA official. In response to reftel points previewing the conclusions of the Burma policy review, [...]	2009-09-28 11:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM CH

09BEIJING2792	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, EAST ASIA, CHINA TRADE POLICY [...] IRAN "China could take more initiative on the Iran issue" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/29)(pg 14): "In the past, China could, together with Russia, oppose U.S., UK, and French proposals on Iran. However, now that the U.S. ha [...]	2009-09-29 08:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2793	PRC/IRAN: SCHOLARS CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR COVERT [...] (C) SUMMARY: While state-run media in China question the motives of Western-led efforts to deal with the Iranian nuclear issue and stress that dialogue is the only way forward, two of China's leading Iran experts are doubtful the P5-plus-1 engagement with Iran will bear fruit. They echoed co [...]	2009-09-29 13:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING2794	SEPTEMBER 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, NORTH KOREA, BURMA, [...] Key points at the September 29 MFA press briefing: -- China supported the maintenance of the nuclear nonproliferation program and resolving the Iran issue through negotiation. -- During his visit to North Korea, Premier Wen Jiabao would exchange ideas on bilateral and regional issues of mut [...]	2009-09-29 23:12:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MNUC PARM CH KS KN RS IR ZK BM AF
09BEIJING280	ROKS BRIEFED ON CCP OFFICIAL WANG JIARUI'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID) Director Wang Jiarui met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il for five hours during his January 21-24 visit to Pyongyang and reports Kim appeared well, according to ROK Embassy contacts who wer [...]	2009-02-05 08:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH KN KS
09BEIJING2802	TIBET: CHINA URGES CANCELATION OF SPEAKER PELOSI'S [...] (C) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei called in the Ambassador September 30 to urge cancellation of House Speaker Pelosi's planned meeting and joint press conference with the Dalai Lama. Tibet, VFM He said, is a "core interest," and such a meeting would impinge upon China's sovereignt [...]	2009-09-30 07:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING2806	MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, IRAN, CHINA'S FUTURE [...] CLIMATE CHANGE "U.S. politics will hinder efforts to counter global warming" Guangdong 21st Century Publishing Company Ltd.'s business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao)(09/30)(pg 2): "The Democratic Party in the United States has prepared for the worst: when n [...]	2009-09-30 08:20:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2810	AF/PAK: PRC VIEWS ON COOPERATION WITH U.S., [...] (C) Summary: PRC distrust in U.S. strategic intentions in South Asia and the PRC's stove-piped bureaucracy impede China's willingness to coordinate efforts with the United States on Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to Chinese scholars at two government-affiliated think tanks. To overcome [...]	2009-09-30 10:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID MARR KDEM AF IN PK CH BM
09BEIJING2811	PARANOIA ON PARADE: CHINA'S LEADERS TAKE NO [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: In a security clampdown reminiscent of the lead-up to the August 8, 2008 Olympic Games opening ceremony, authorities in Beijing are setting up checkpoints, locking down dissidents, and tightening Internet censorship in the run-up to the October 1 national day. A [...]	2009-09-30 11:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PROP CH
09BEIJING2812	NORTH KOREA: UPDATE ON UNDP AND WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] (C) The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is preparing to restart its program in North Korea, a World Food Program (WFP) official in Beijing told Econoffs (the UNDP office here declined to confirm this report),and Chinese officials have, for the first time ever, asked WFP for briefing [...]	2009-10-03 00:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EAGR ECON PREL KN CH
09BEIJING2814	U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U. S. [...] (SBU) Summary: In mid-September, a request for technical consultation by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC),and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (U.S. HHS) experts working in China on 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) was made by Dr. WANG Yu, Director of the [...]	2009-10-06 23:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV TBIO SOCI CH GT KE EG TH KZ
09BEIJING2824	MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S DEVELOPMENT MODEL, U.S.-CHINA [...] CHINA'S DEVELOPMENT MODEL "China's rise ends the unilateral world" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/02)(pg 15): "China's implementation of the opening up and reform policy and its rapid economic development after 1978 has frustra [...]	2009-10-07 08:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2825	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "Obama plays 'hurry scurry' with the Dalai Lama" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(10/08)(pg 3): "Obama does not want the Dalai Lama making trouble at a critical time when the U.S. needs Ch [...]	2009-10-08 08:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2836	PRC/AFRICA: KENYAN AMBASSADOR SEES PRACTICAL AID [...] (C) Summary: While the United States and other Western countries focus on human rights and capacity building in Africa, China takes a more pragmatic and realistic approach to African aid, according to Kenya's Ambassador to the PRC. Kenyans feel that their positive attitudes toward the United [...]	2009-10-09 09:42:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM KE CH
09BEIJING2837	MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S VISIT TO CHINA, NATIONAL ENDOWMENT [...] OBAMA'S VISIT TO CHINA "Obama will visit China for four days during his eight-day trip to Asia" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/09)(pg 16): "According to a Global Times poll on October 8, Chinese netizens are not very enthusiast [...]	2009-10-09 09:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2847	OCTOBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILES, NOBEL PRIZE, [...] Key points at the October 13 MFA press briefing: -- North Korea's recent short-range missile test would not affect the improving situation on the Korean Peninsula. -- China congratulated President Obama on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. -- During his visit to China, A/S Campbell wo [...]	2009-10-13 11:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH KS KN RS IR AF IN PK UK
09BEIJING2850	MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, U.S.-CHINA TRADE [...] OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE a. "Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize and Shocks the World" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/10)(pg 1): "Jin Canrong, professor of the People's University of China, commented that giving the Prize to Obama is [...]	2009-10-14 02:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING286	TWO AFRICAN DIPLOMATS IN BEIJING SHARE VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's growing engagement with Africa is a mixed blessing for African nations, according to two Beijing-based Rwandan and Nigerian diplomats. While acknowledging the positive role that China plays in Africa, the two diplomats lamented the imbalance in power between China and sm [...]	2009-02-05 10:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CH NI RW
09BEIJING2863	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICY, NORTH KOREA, CHINA-JAPAN [...] U.S. POLICY "Looking into the hidden truth about Obama's first Asia trip" Elite Reference (Qingnian Cankao),a newspaper affiliated with the official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (10/13)(pg 14): "On Obama's first trip to Asia, his attendance at the U.S.-ASEAN summit in Singapo [...]	2009-10-14 09:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2864	SUBJECT: EAP A/S CAMPBELL AND MFA DG ZHENG [...] (C) Summary: The international community's engagement strategy and overall policy of sanctions against Burma have failed, said MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang in an October 13 working lunch with EAP A/S Campbell. A/S Campbell called for incre [...]	2009-10-14 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM PGOV CASC SENV CH TW BM
09BEIJING2866	SUBJECT: SCHOLAR SAYS PRC EFFORTS TO CURB OVERSEAS [...] (C) Summary: PRC efforts to curb Chinese dissident activities abroad are directly proportional to PRC perceptions of influence of the countries involved, according to a Chinese scholar. For example, China will take some action should its demands that no "controversial" figures attend the Oct [...]	2009-10-14 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH EZ LO GE SCUL
09BEIJING2867	PRC EDUCATION VICE MINISTER SUPPORTS PROPOSAL TO [...] (SBU) Summary: PRC Education Vice Minister Hao Ping embraced a U.S. proposal to double the projected number of U.S. students studying in China to 100,000 over the next four years. During an October 13 meeting with EAP A/S Campbell, Vice Minister Hao expressed hope to reach agreement on the p [...]	2009-10-14 09:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SCUL PGOV CVIS SOCI CASC CH ED
09BEIJING2868	PRC/BURMA: A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH ASIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: In an October 13 meeting with EAP A/S Kurt Campbell, MFA Asian Affairs Department Director General Yang Yanyi said that China saw many positive aspects in the U.S. review of its Burma policy and suggested proceeding based on its conclusion, despite PRC concern over continuing sanc [...]	2009-10-14 10:46:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PHUM PGOV PARM BM KN CH
09BEIJING2869	PRC RESPONSE TO GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE [...] (C) On October 14, PolOff delivered to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations and Conferences Department, Human Rights Affairs Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun reftel points on the U.S. position on the Report of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaze Conflict (the Goldst [...]	2009-10-14 10:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER IS CH KPAL
09BEIJING287	FEBRUARY 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HUMAN RIGHTS, IRAN, DPRK, [...] Key points at the February 5 MFA Press Briefing: -- China "attaches great importance" to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) upcoming review of China's human rights record. -- China hopes the P5-plus-1 countries will "stick to diplomatic negotiations" and show "creativity" to resolve the Ir [...]	2009-02-05 23:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SENV CH CA IR KN
09BEIJING2870	PRC: A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH VFM HE YAFEI [...] (S) Summary: China appreciates that President Obama plans to spend three days in China and hopes the visit will produce concrete results, China's Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei told EAP A/S Campbell October 13. China also hopes for a joint statement that will send a positive message that the [...]	2009-10-14 11:14:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR KNNP MNUC SENV APEC KN KS CH
09BEIJING2872	A/S CAMPBELL'S DINNER WITH CHINESE ACADEMICS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an October 13 dinner with EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell, three leading Chinese international affairs experts urged the United States to start bilateral talks with North Korea. China had done its part by keeping pressure on the DPRK, they said, but now it was up to the [...]	2009-10-14 11:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PGOV NK SK JP RU IN CH
09BEIJING2873	CHINA: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel nonpaper and demarche requesting China to include subject matter experts in its delegation for bilateral CWC consultation with the United States to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical and Biological Weapons Division Director Yang Yi on October 15. [...]	2009-10-15 02:29:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW CH AL JA
09BEIJING2882	MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, SCO, RMB APPRECIATION [...] NORTH KOREA "U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Campbell visits China to find a path for Obama to resume Six-Party Talks" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(02/03)(pg A16): "On whether the U.S. is in favor of an "East Asian Communi [...]	2009-10-15 07:59:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2883	CHINA: GICNT UPDATE WITH RUSSIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] PolOff and Russian Embassy Second Secretary Andrey Chernyshov delivered reftel demarche informing China that the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Exercise Planning Group (EPG) meeting scheduled for November had been postponed to January 19, 2010 to MFA Arms Control and Dis [...]	2009-10-15 08:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC CH RU
09BEIJING2884	OCTOBER 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINA-IRAN RELATIONS, SCO [...] Key points at the October 15 MFA press briefing: -- PM Wen Jiabao met with Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi at the October 14 SCO Prime Minister's meeting. The MFA spokesperson stated that "China values its relationship with Iran," seeks to advance "cooperation and coordinat [...]	2009-10-15 09:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER PARM CH IR AF UK
09BEIJING2895	MEDIA REACTION: SECDEF VISIT TO CHINA, EXCHANGE RATE [...] SECDEF VISIT TO CHINA "U.S. Secretary of Defense will pay a quick visit to Asia-Pacific region" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/16)(pg 8): "Experts said that the quick visit of the U.S. Secretary of Defense to the Asia-Pacific r [...]	2009-10-16 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2897	READOUT OF PRC-JAPAN-ROK TRILAT SUMMIT [...] (C) The Second PRC-Japan-ROK trilateral summit held in Beijing on October 10 focused primarily on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and a pledge to work towards a successful Copenhagen climate change conference, according to our contacts at the Japanese and ROK embassies in Beijing. [...]	2009-10-16 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC SENV CH JA KN KS
09BEIJING2904	MEDIA REACTION: CONGRESSIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT, [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "It is hard for the U.S. Congress to change its view on China" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao) (10/19)(pg 4): "On October 16, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China issued a 'Hum [...]	2009-10-19 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2908	BANK OF CHINA VICE PRESIDENT ZHU MIN MOVES TO [...] (C) Summary. The Bank of China (BOC),one of China's "big four" state-owned banks, announced October 19 that Executive Vice President Zhu Min had resigned to take a new position elsewhere. Contacts at the People's Bank of China (PBOC) have told us Zhu began working as a Vice Governor in late [...]	2009-10-20 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PREL ECON CH
09BEIJING2910	MEDIA REACTION: CONGRESSIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT, OBAMA [...] CONGRESSIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT "Chinese Foreign Minister asks the U.S. to stop interfering in China's internal affairs" Elite Reference (Qingnian Cankao),a newspaper affiliated to the official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (10/20) (pg 1): "Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesper [...]	2009-10-20 10:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2911	PRC PROPOSES U.S.-PRC MEKONG DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: In recognition of increased U.S. engagement with Lower Mekong countries and China's ongoing development assistance to the region, China proposes an annual Mekong Dialogue within the Strategic and Economic Dialogue framework to coordinate development priorities and projects. Th [...]	2009-10-20 10:36:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID SENV ECON CH JA XC CN VM LA BM CB
09BEIJING2912	OCTOBER 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PIRATES, CHINA-INDIA, NORTH [...] Key points at the October 20 MFA press briefing: -- The Chinese Government attached great importance to the safety of the Chinese crew members taken hostage on their cargo ship, the Dexinhai. -- China-India relations had enjoyed "good momentum" and Chinese efforts to obtain resources from [...]	2009-10-20 23:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH KS KN RS IR AF IN PK UK
09BEIJING2914	EAP A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH MND/FAO MG QIAN [...] (C) Summary: Major General Qian Lihua, Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of China's Ministry of Defense, responded positively, if cautiously, to EAP A/S Campbell's urging of improved military-to-military relations within a broader, inter-agency strategic dialogue, but complained that res [...]	2009-10-21 06:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PHUM PBTS PHSA PINS TW CH
09BEIJING2917	China/Russia: Putin's Visit Leads to Energy [...] (SBU) Summary: During Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's October 13-15 visit to Beijing, the two sides agreed to a framework for continued negotiations on a natural gas purchase arrangement; formed a joint venture to explore for natural gas in Siberia; and reached agreement on a joint ven [...]	2009-10-21 08:46:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG ETRD EFIN PREL RS CH
09BEIJING2918	PRC/AFGHANISTAN: MCC ON THE AYNAK COPPER MINE [...] (C) Summary: The political vacuum created by Afghan elections and "inefficient" work of the de-mining company has caused delays at the Aynak copper mine project, according to two executives at the China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC, the mine contract holder). The MCC officials requested U.S [...]	2009-10-21 08:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV EMIN ENRG PREL AF CH
09BEIJING2919	MEDIA REACTION: CHINA POLICY, AFGHANISTAN, IRAN [...] CHINA POLICY "Issues for economic growth model" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (10/21)(pg 8): "China should look at the emerging global economic rebalancing in the context of an unprecedented world economic recession and expedite adjustment of its economic structure a [...]	2009-10-21 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2923	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 29, 2009 [...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 12:00 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; PRC 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of Staff [...]	2009-10-22 00:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL MNUC ETRD ECON
09BEIJING2924	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 29, 2009 [...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 4:45 pm; Great Hall of the People; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of Staff A [...]	2009-10-22 03:13:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL PGOV MNUC CH KN
09BEIJING2930	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-ISRAEL, "G2," U.S. POLICY IN SOUTHEAST [...] U.S.-ISRAEL "U.S. reassuring Israel" The Beijing-based newspaper sponsored by official intellectual publication Guangming Daily and Guangdong Provincial official publication Nanfang Daily The Beijing News (Xin Jing Bao)(10/22)(page A28): "Zhu Zhaoyi, an expert on Israeli issues, said tha [...]	2009-10-22 08:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2932	PRC/IRAN: PREMIER WEN PUSHES RAHIMI ON DIALOGUE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of Shanghai Cooperation Organization high-level meetings October 15, PRC Premier Wen Jiabao urged Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi to move forward with direct talks with the United States and offered PRC support to do so, according to an MFA offici [...]	2009-10-22 12:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING2933	PRC/IRAN: SCHOLARS ON TEHRAN'S VIEWS ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior Middle East specialist at a well-connected think-tank reported that Iranian diplomats in Beijing were seeking ways to push Tehran to negotiate with the P5-plus-1 but want to do so through cutouts, such as scholars. Beijing-based Iranian diplomats hoped that China would [...]	2009-10-22 12:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING2934	OCTOBER 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PIRATES, CHINA-INDIA, REBIYA [...] Key points at the October 22 MFA press briefing: -- The Chinese Government remained concerned about the security of the 25 member crew of the De Xin Hai and an "all-out rescue effort" was ongoing. -- China and India were both emerging countries and had common interests that would benefit f [...]	2009-10-22 00:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH IR IS AF IN JA
09BEIJING2945	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. SUDAN POLICY, JCCT, [...] U.S. SUDAN POLICY "Subtle changes" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao)(10/23)(pg 3): "The Obama administration's new strategy on Sudan signifies that the U.S. government has subtly changed its attitude towards the government in Sudan from one of 'sanctions' to one o [...]	2009-10-22 08:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2946	XINJIANG: URUMQI CAUTIOUSLY CALM AS RIOT TRIALS [...] (C) Summary: During October 19-21 travel to Urumqi, PolOffs confirmed that security measures and troop presence remained high; People's Armed Police, local municipal police, and volunteer security personnel continuously patrolled the city. Most Urumqi residents we spoke to cautiously claimed [...]	2009-10-22 09:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL PTER CH
09BEIJING2948	PRC: MFA STILL COOL TO UNCAC REVIEW MECHANISM [...] (C) Summary: While professing to hope for a successful third UNCAC Conference of the States Parties November 9-13 in Doha, PRC officials are in no hurry to reach agreement on terms of reference for a formal UNCAC review mechanism at the upcoming Doha conference. An MFA official said an additi [...]	2009-10-22 09:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA KCRM KCOR CH
09BEIJING2951	MFA OFFICIAL ON ILLICIT FINANCING COOPERATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: China was willing to enhance its cooperation with the United States to combat illicit financing and terrorism, MFA Department of Asian Affairs Deputy Director General Sun Weidong told Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser October 19. Sun said the Chinese government was still going throug [...]	2009-10-22 10:20:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL PGOV PTER AF CH PK
09BEIJING2958	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA, [...] U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS "Increasing trust, eliminating doubts, and friendly cooperation" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (10/24)(pg 3): "Major General Qian Lihua, Director of the Foreign Affairs Office at the Ministry of National Defense, said that since P [...]	2009-10-25 08:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2961	PRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TRANCHE 3 NAMES [...] (SBU) On October 26, PolOff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yinyin points (ref A) on U.S. plans to sponsor or co-sponsor delisting 24 individuals and five entities contained in tranche 3 list of names from the 1267 Consoli [...]	2009-10-25 09:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EFIN KTFN PREL UNSC CH
09BEIJING2962	PRC RESPONSE TO U.S. UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On October 23, PolOff delivered to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Affairs Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun reftel points on U.S. priorities for the upcoming session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee session (covering human righ [...]	2009-10-25 09:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH PHUM PREL
09BEIJING2963	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER HE YAFEI, SEPTEMBER 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 00:14:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	ECON PARM PGOV PREL OVIP
09BEIJING2964	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S XXXXXXXXXXXX MEETING WITH XXXXXXXXXXXX [...] (SBU)xxxxx 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of Staff Amb. Joseph DeTrani, Mission Manager for North Korea, DNI Amb. xxxxx De [...]	2009-10-26 00:23:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL MNUC SN CH KN
09BEIJING2965	PRC: DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERGâ€™S SEPTEMBER 29, [...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 3:00 p.m.; Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of Staff Amb. [...]	2009-10-26 00:33:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	OVIP STEINBERG JAMES B. PREL PGOV PARM MNUC
09BEIJING2968	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPT 29, 2009 [...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 2:30 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of S [...]	2009-10-26 00:42:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL MNUC ECON KS KN
09BEIJING297	POST CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ASEAN-RELATED MATTERS [...] (SBU) Political Officer Eric Barboriak is Post's point-of-contact for ASEAN-related matters. Contact information: Office:(86 10) 8531-4438. Cell (86) 139 1053 4294. Email: barboriakem@state.gov. PICCUTA [...]	2009-02-06 08:19:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECIN ASEAN CH
09BEIJING2979	MEDIA REACTION: REACTION TO STEINBERG CNAS SPEECH, MYANMAR, [...] REACTION TO STEINBERG CNAS SPEECH "Seizing the opportunity of U.S.-China 'strategic reassurance'" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/26)(pg 14): "U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg recently (September 24 in a speech at t [...]	2009-10-26 10:26:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2980	OCTOBER 27 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINA-AFRICA COOPERATION, [...] Key points at the October 27 MFA press briefing: -- China would deepen ties with Egypt and promote China-Africa and China-Arab ties at the early November Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt -- China hoped relevant parties would q [...]	2009-10-26 22:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM EAID CH IR IS AF IN JA
09BEIJING2982	PRC/SUDAN: MFA WELCOMES SUDAN STRATEGY; CONCERNED [...] (C) Summary: The PRC welcomed the new U.S. strategy on Sudan, concurring that the situation in Darfur and implementation of Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) must be addressed simultaneously to achieve sustainable long-term success, according to an MFA official. Western government statemen [...]	2009-10-27 09:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO SU CH
09BEIJING2984	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS, U.S. SPACE [...] U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS "U.S. and Chinese military shake hands at the Pentagon" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/28)(pg 1): "During the visit of Chinese military leaders to the U.S., the U.S. opened up rarely-seen, secret m [...]	2009-10-27 09:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING299	PRC CONCERNS ABOUT POSSIBLE UNSCR 1267 LISTING [...] (S) On February 5, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yin Yin told PolOff "upon instruction" that China "attached great importance" to the U.S. UNSCR 1267 listing request (Ref A),based on China's support of anti-terrorism efforts and U. [...]	2009-02-06 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PINR UN CH IN PK
09BEIJING2994	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA TRADE RELATIONS, STRATEGIC [...] U.S.-CHINA TRADE RELATIONS "U.S. intentions behind playing the 'steel card'" Guangdong 21st Century Publishing Company Ltd.'s business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao)(10/29)(pg 2): "On October 26 while in Guangzhou, the new U.S. Ambassador to China, Jon Hunt [...]	2009-10-29 09:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2995	PRC/LATIN AMERICA: CHINESE ECONOMIC INTERESTS [...] (C) Summary: Politics, economics, Taiwan and common interests in social development drive China's interest in Latin America, according to a PRC scholar. Notwithstanding China's deepening relationship with Latin America, China will not develop its Latin America connections at the expense of i [...]	2009-10-29 09:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON ETRD ENRG EINV AR XM CH
09BEIJING2996	CHINA/AML: DAS GLASER'S MEETING WITH PEOPLE,S BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: The People's Bank of China (PBOC) Anti-Money Laundering Bureau was willing to consider formation of an anti-money laundering and illicit finance working group under the framework of the S&ED, PBOC Anti-Money Laundering Bureau Director General Tang Xu told Treasury DAS Glaser on [...]	2009-10-29 10:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL PGOV PTER CH
09BEIJING2997	OCTOBER 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PIRATES, FLU, BAGHDAD [...] Key points at the October 29 MFA press briefing: -- Efforts aimed at the rescue of the crew of the Chinese cargo ship the De Xin Hai were "underway." -- The Chinese Government would step up efforts and adjust its methods in order to deal with the spread of the flu this season. -- The ter [...]	2009-10-29 23:13:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM SOCI CH PK NK UK IR IZ CA
09BEIJING2999	CHINA/FOOD SECURITY: STILL WARY OF ACTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: China continues to be unenthusiastic about actively supporting the L'Aquilla Food Security Initiative (AFSI),which it sees as a developed country initiative requiring developed country resources. China would like to know more about how the U.S. plans to present AFSI principle [...]	2009-10-30 08:58:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EAID PREL CH
09BEIJING3000	NSC'S BADER AND ROSS TALK IRAN, DPRK, MIL-MIL WITH [...] (C) Communist Party International Department Vice Minister Liu Jieyi, in an October 26 meeting with NSC Senior Directors Jeffrey Bader and Dennis Ross, stressed China's efforts to support a dual track approach to Iran. Responding to Ross' calls for the P5-plus-1 to maintain unity and keep pre [...]	2009-10-30 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC OVIP PGOV MARR CH KN IR
09BEIJING3001	CHINESE SPECIAL ENVOY TALKS IRAN, MIDDLE EAST WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 26 meeting with PRC Special Envoy to the Middle East Wu Sike, Senior Director for the Central Region Dennis Ross underscored the high priority that the United States placed on the pursuit of peace in the Middle East and on resolution of the Iran nuclear issue. Both [...]	2009-10-30 10:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC OVIP ENRG PGOV CH IR IS
09BEIJING3003	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON IN PAKISTAN, TAIWAN, U.S. [...] SECRETARY CLINTON IN PAKISTAN "Secretary Clinton acts as 'director' at speech in Pakistan" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/30)(pg 2): "Secretary Clinton's visit sparked a wave of 'Hillary fever' (positive connotation) in Pakista [...]	2009-10-30 10:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3005	PRC/INDIA: CORDIAL HIGH-LEVEL TALKS VEIL [...] (C) Summary: Contrary to recent media reports, the October 24 meeting between Indian PM Manmohan Singh and PRC Premier Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of the East Asian Summit were cordial and addressed the ongoing bilateral border dispute without acrimony, according to an Indian diplomat who att [...]	2009-10-30 11:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ETRD PREL CH IN
09BEIJING3018	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN, U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC RELATIONS, EAST [...] TAIWAN "Taiwan suspects U.S. arms sales tricks" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(11/02)(pg 3): "Hou Xiaohe, an associate professor at China's National Defense University, argued that in order to avoid angering [...]	2009-11-02 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3019	PRC/IRAN: CHINA URGED TO FOLLOW UK IN REFUSING [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-02 09:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM EFIN EWWT IR CN
09BEIJING302	ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON CCP OFFICIAL WANG JIARUI'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-06 12:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH KN JA KS
09BEIJING303	CHARTER 08: IMPACT LIMITED, BUT "MOVEMENT" DRAWS [...] (C) While the "Charter 08" pro-democracy manifesto is unlikely to push the Communist Party to engage in real political reform anytime soon, the Charter nevertheless represents a budding "movement" that worries China's leaders, as demonstrated by the detention of lead Charter drafter Liu Xiaobo [...]	2009-02-06 12:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
09BEIJING3035	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON IN PAKISTAN, MISSILE [...] SECRETARY CLINTON IN PAKISTAN "Secretary Clinton blames the Pakistani government for insufficient effort in the War on Terror" Elite Reference (Qingnian Cankao),a newspaper affiliated to the official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (11/03)(pg 4): "Secretary Clinton's criticism o [...]	2009-11-03 09:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3036	PRC ON POSSIBLE UNGA DISCUSSION OF GOLDSTONE [...] (SBU) On November 3, PolOff delivered to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Affairs Division Deputy Director Shen Bo reftel points on the November 4 discussion of the Report of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza conflict (the Goldstone Report) at the UN [...]	2009-11-03 10:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS CH
09BEIJING3037	NOVEMBER 3, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AFGHAN ELECTIONS, [...] Key points at the October 29 MFA press briefing: -- China had conveyed congratulations to Hamid Karzai for his election victory. -- China had expressed its "grave concerns" and opposition to reports of a planned visit to Arunachal Pradesh by the Dalai Lama. -- PRC Government remained com [...]	2009-11-03 11:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM SOCI CH PK IN UK RS EG MY
09BEIJING3040	PRC AGREES TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC; [...] (SBU) The PRC agrees to support the candidacy of Ms. Lucretia Myers for election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC),MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Officer Liu Bing reported to PolOff November 4. In affirming PRC support for Myers' [...]	2009-11-04 06:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA CH
09BEIJING3043	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. IN ASIA, U.S.-CHINA TRADE, U.S. [...] U.S. IN ASIA "U.S. influence in Asia brings more benefit than harm" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(11/04)(pg 14): "The beneficial role played by the United States in maintaining local security and stability is irreplaceable in con [...]	2009-11-04 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3056	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "Poll shows Americans both love and hate China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(11/05)(pg 3): "Experts said that the [Thomson Reuters/Ipsos] poll, which was conducted right before Obama's visit to China, aga [...]	2009-11-05 08:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3057	PRC: DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST UNDETERRED BY [...] (C) Summary: Zhu Juru, a Jiangxi province native and university professor, was recently released from a one-year term in a reeducation through labor (RTL) facility. In an October 28 meeting with PolOff, Zhu stated his intention to continue his efforts to bring about democratic reforms in Chi [...]	2009-11-05 09:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PTER CH
09BEIJING3059	PRC: FAITHFUL FLOCK TO OFFICIAL CHRISTIAN CHURCHES [...] (C) Summary: Regular worshippers at two official Protestant churches in Hebei Province and the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region regularly exceed 3,000. Growth in attendance poses new challenges for the official church, particularly in the areas of clergy training and social services. In re [...]	2009-11-05 09:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING3061	NOVEMBER 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MILITARIZATION OF SPACE, [...] Key points at the November 5 MFA press briefing: -- China's position on the militarization of outer space remains unchanged. China opposes the militarization of outer space and will not engage in any arms race in outer space. -- China will continue to take "effective measures" to combat c [...]	2009-11-05 23:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PARM MOPS KGHG TSPA CN CI SO KN
09BEIJING3066	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI OIL CONTRACT, AFRICA, AFGHANISTAN [...] IRAQI OIL CONTRACT "The West attacks China for 'reaping without sowing'" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(11/06)(pg 1): "The sentiment of jealousy over the big order signed between Petro China Company Limited and BP (British Petroleu [...]	2009-11-06 08:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3071	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, CHINA'S SPACE POLICY [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "Barack Obama's visit to China cannot avoid the 'trade protection' embarrassment" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(11/09)(pg A4): "The U.S. recently launched a series of attacks against products 'Made-in-C [...]	2009-11-09 08:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3072	PRC/AFGHANISTAN/IRAN: SHARED U.S.-PRC INTERESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shared interests in South Asia should prompt closer U.S.-China coordination in the region, according to an official of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID). In a November 3 meeting with PolOffs, the official said that geogra [...]	2009-11-09 11:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER NATO MARR EAID CH PK AF IR
09BEIJING3073	PRC: BEIJING TARGETS KEY HOUSE CHURCHES [...] (C) Summary: Recent developments suggest that the Beijing municipal government is increasing its scrutiny and harassment of certain well-known unofficial house churches and house church leaders. The authorities dismissed a central government research institute scholar, allegedly for his ties [...]	2009-11-09 11:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KIRF CH
09BEIJING3076	NOVEMBER 6 MFA/MOFCOM PRESS BRIEFING: [...] Key points at the November 6 joint press briefing with MFA spokesperson Ma Zhaoxu and senior MOFCOM and MFA officials: -- President Hu's upcoming visit to Malaysia on November 10, China's first state visit there in 15 years, is intended to further mutual friendship and cooperation. Hu then [...]	2009-11-10 03:46:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	APECO ECON ECIN PGOV PREL ETRD OVIP CN
09BEIJING3077	NOVEMBER 6 MFA/MOFCOM PRESS BRIEFING: [...] Key points at the November 6 joint press briefing with MFA spokesperson Ma Zhaoxu and senior MOFCOM and MFA officials: -- President Hu's upcoming visit to Malaysia on November 10, China's first state visit there in 15 years, is intended to further mutual friendship and cooperation. Hu then [...]	2009-11-10 03:46:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	APECO ECON ECIN PGOV PREL ETRD OVIP CN
09BEIJING3081	PRC: HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS RAISED WITH MFA IO DDG [...] (C) Summary: In a November 10 meeting with MFA human rights official Shen Yongxiang, PolMinCouns raised U.S. concerns regarding the two-year, pre-trial detention of American citizen Dr. Feng Xue on state secrets charges, PRC policies in Tibet and Xinjiang including recent executions there, the [...]	2009-11-10 11:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CASC CH
09BEIJING3082	MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA, CHINA'S DIPLOMACY, [...] OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA "A look at Obama's Asia trip" The official Communist Party People's Daily Overseas Edition (Renmin Ribao Haiwaiban)(11/10)(pg 6): "Obama's decision to visit East Asia at a time when the U.S. economy is in recession, various domestic reforms are facing obstacles, and [...]	2009-11-11 23:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3083	NOVEMBER 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OBAMA VISIT, EXCHANGE RATE, [...] Key points at the November 10 MFA press briefing: -- The visit of U.S. President Obama will have a great influence on the future development of bilateral relations. -- China will follow a proactive and transparent policy to improve the Renminbi (RMB) exchange mechanism and give full play to [...]	2009-11-11 23:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ECON PHSA ABUD IN XA TW SY
09BEIJING3090	U/S HORMATS MEETS VICE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Executive Vice Foreign Minister Wang Guangya told Under Secretary Hormats during their November 9 meeting that the United States and China could make climate change a "highlight" of the bilateral relationship, beginning with the President's visit to Beijing early next week. He [...]	2009-11-12 08:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV OVIP ETRD ECON PREL APEC CH
09BEIJING3091	NOVEMBER 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OBAMA VISIT, OBAMA-DALAI [...] Key points at the November 12 MFA press briefing: --The U.S. President will have the opportunity to speak with youth in Shanghai -- China and the United States are "consulting on the specific arrangements" about media coverage. --China's opposition to foreign leaders meeting with the Dalai [...]	2009-11-12 08:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PHSA CH
09BEIJING3092	MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA, JAPAN [...] OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA a. "Barack Obama must make a clear statement on his trade policy" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(11/12)(pg A4): "Aside from climate change and promoting global economic recovery, setting a positive tone f [...]	2009-11-12 08:59:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH

09BEIJING3094	MFA RESPONDS TO HUMAN RIGHTS CASE LIST [...] (C) On November 12, MFA International Organizations Department Human Rights Division Director Yan Jiarong called in PolOff to provide a formal response to the Ambassador's November 6 handing over of a list of cases of human rights and humanitarian concern to Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei (ref [...]	2009-11-12 11:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CH
09BEIJING3097	TRACK-1.5 CHINA-U.S. STRATEGIC NUCLEAR DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent bilateral track-1.5 discussions on strategic nuclear issues, several themes emerged, particularly with respect to PRC concerns regarding the direction of U.S. nuclear strategy and policy: (1) China wants "strategic reassurance" from the United States that ballistic m [...]	2009-11-13 01:25:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PGOV MARR MNUC MASS CH
09BEIJING3102	Under Secretary Hormats Meets with NDRC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a November 9 lunch meeting in Beijing, Under Secretary Robert Hormats and NDRC Executive Vice Chairman Zhu Zhixin agreed that the State Department-National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Dialogue should focus on long-term global strategic issues. The two discussed [...]	2009-11-13 03:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PREL CH
09BEIJING3108	PRC NONCOMMITTAL ON UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) On November 13 PolOff delivered to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Affairs Division Deputy Director Shen Bo reftel demarche urging China to oppose no-action motions during upcoming UNGA votes on country-specific resolutions on Iran, Burma and the DP [...]	2009-11-13 08:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA CH
09BEIJING3113	NATO DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL IN BEIJING [...] (C) Summary: In Beijing November 9-12 for the NATO-China dialogue, NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero briefed the Chinese on NATO's New Strategic Concept effort, operations in Afghanistan, and relations with Russia, Central Asia, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization [...]	2009-11-13 09:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS MNUC PHSA MOPS AF PK IR
09BEIJING3117	ISRAELI AMBASSADOR ON PRC-ISRAEL MILITARY TIES [...] (S) During a November 12 meeting with Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL),Israeli Ambassador to China Amos Nadai briefed on Israeli-Chinese bilateral military relations and appealed for relaxing USG oversight of Israeli military exports to the PRC. Military relations had been important in Israel [...]	2009-11-13 11:00:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL MASS MARR PARM CH IS
09BEIJING3118	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA, U.S.-CHINA [...] PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA "Obama steps onto the big Asian stage" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(11/13)(pg 1): "According to U.S. media, a new world order has arrived. Professor Jin Canrong at People's University of China sa [...]	2009-11-13 11:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3121	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO JAPAN AND CHINA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-16 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3122	U/S HORMATSâ€™ MEETINGS WITH BEIJING ECONOMISTS: [...] (C) Summary. Vice Minister Liu He of the Central Leading Group on Financial and Economic Affairs (CLGFEA) told Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Hormats on November 9 that the small number of bilateral trade conflicts generates disproportionate political and social impa [...]	2009-11-16 09:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING3124	BEIJING HOUSE CHURCH FINDS TEMPORARY MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The Beijing municipal government and Shouwang house church leaders reached an agreement for the church to rent a temporary meeting space for its November 15 service. PolOff visited the site of the November 15 service and observed no confrontations between worshipers and surveill [...]	2009-11-16 10:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING3126	PRC NERVOUSNESS OVER HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts confirm press reports of increased restrictions on and detention of activists and dissidents in the lead-up to the President's November 15-18 visit to China. The MFA demarched the DCM November 14 to convey concerns over alleged plans for a meeting between the Pr [...]	2009-11-16 11:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
09BEIJING3128	PORTRAIT OF VICE PRESIDENT XI JINPING: "AMBITIOUS [...] (C) According to a well connected Embassy contact, Politburo Standing Committee Member and Vice President Xi Jinping is "exceptionally ambitious," confident and focused, and has had his "eye on the prize" from early adulthood. Unlike many youth who "made up for lost time by having fun" after t [...]	2009-11-16 12:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CH TW
09BEIJING3130	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 10:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3132	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 09:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3137	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 09:23:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3138	NOVEMBER 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OPPOSITION TO JEWISH [...] Key points at the November 19 MFA press briefing: -- China opposes Israel's plans to build new Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem, viewing the move as likely to undermine trust and security in the region. -- The decision not to accept journalist questions following the meeting between P [...]	2009-11-19 11:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PHSA CH IS KN AF IN VM JA
09BEIJING3141	IAEA: CHINA TENTATIVELY SUPPORTS ANGARSK NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche encouraging China to support an anticipated Russian resolution to create a nuclear fuel reserve at Angarsk, Russia, during the November 26-27 IAEA Board of Governors meeting to Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Director Zhang Shen o [...]	2009-11-20 00:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC TRGY ENRG KNNP IAEA CH
09BEIJING3147	CHINA URGED TO SUPPORT CREATION OF THIRD [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche asking China to support creation of a third subsidiary body dealing with Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Article X provisions for the May 2010 NPT Review Conference to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division First Secretary He Zhi [...]	2009-11-20 05:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV UNGA AORC CDG KNNP ENRG MNUC
09BEIJING3148	CHINA INFORMED OF CHINESE FIRM'S PROVISION OF [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper notifying China of Xi'an Junyun Electronic and Mechanical Company's provision of controlled gyroscopes to an Iranian missile developer to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical and Biological Division Deputy Director Yang Yi on No [...]	2009-11-20 07:13:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM MTCR PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC CH IR
09BEIJING3150	TIBET: STAFFDEL JANNUZI DISCUSSES POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a November 9 meeting with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Frank Jannuzi, Tibetan poet and blogger Woeser decried the environmental degradation of the Tibetan plateau caused by unregulated mining, which she accused of both polluting rivers and increasing ethnic [...]	2009-11-20 10:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SENV PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING3152	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA, CHINA-U.S. [...] PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA a. "Obama's strategic concerns in focusing on Asia" The Beijing-based newspaper sponsored by official intellectual publication Guangming Daily and Guangdong Provincial official publication Nanfang Daily The Beijing News (Xin Jing Bao)(11/20)(pg A02): "Obam [...]	2009-11-22 23:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3159	MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-U.S. RELATIONS, TAIWAN [...] CHINA-U.S. RELATIONS a. "China should show the United States the direction of its military development" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(11/23)(pg 14): "Obama's recent visit to China will finally decide the United States' China pol [...]	2009-11-23 09:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3160	THE NETWORKING PARTY: CAREER ADVANCEMENT, [...] (C) Chinese youth associated with Peking University pointed to career advancement and networking opportunities, rather than ideology, as primary reasons to join the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In addition to advantages in securing government positions, CCP membership now also helps recent grad [...]	2009-11-23 11:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI
09BEIJING3162	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 09:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3163	NOVEMBER 24, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: LIANG GUANGLIE'S DPRK [...] Key points at the November 24 MFA press briefing: -- The PRC views Liang Guanglie's visit to the DPRK as a "normal exchange" between the two militaries. -- The PRC supports U.S.-DPRK dialogue in advance of U.S. Ambassador Bosworth's trip to the DPRK. -- The PRC states that India's ballis [...]	2009-11-24 10:31:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV PHSA CH IN KN RP
09BEIJING3172	SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY BURNS' TRIP TO CHINA [...] (C) Undersecretary Burns, the President's November 15-18 visit to Beijing and Shanghai advanced the conversation with the Chinese on issues of high priority to the United States, particularly global economic recovery, North Korea, Iran and Afghanistan, climate change and proliferation. Your vi [...]	2009-11-25 08:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MNUC PARM PHUM CH AF PK IR
09BEIJING3174	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS, U.S. [...] U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS "One third of the United States' latest report devoted to the Chinese Navy" Elite Reference (Qingnian Cankao),a newspaper affiliated to the official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (11/25) (pg 06): "A report issued by a special U.S. Congressional co [...]	2009-11-27 06:50:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3179	HAZARDOUS AIR DAYS IN BEIJING [...] (SBU) From November 5 through November 8, the Air Quality Index (AQI),as measured by the Embassy's PM2.5 monitor, registered "Hazardous," whereas the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau (BEPB),which reports only PM10 readings, registered only "Lightly Polluted" and "Moderately Polluted" [...]	2009-11-27 08:58:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV CASC KGHG TRGY ENRG PREL CH
09BEIJING3180	DOE SECRETARY CHU AND CHINA SCIENCE MINISTER CO-CHAIR FIRST [...] (SBU) On the eve of the U.S. President's first visit to Beijing, Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, China's Minister of Science and Technology WAN Gang, and National Energy Administration (NEA) Deputy Administrator LIU Qi (acting for Administrator Zhang Guobao) convened the first stee [...]	2009-11-27 08:59:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
09BEIJING3182	ENERGY AND COMMERCE SECRETARIES CHU AND LOCKE LEAD [...] (U) In an effort to promote clean energy cooperation during the U.S. President's first visit to Beijing, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke led a senior-level U.S.-China roundtable discussion on clean energy on November 16. The roundtable included distinguished [...]	2009-11-27 09:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
09BEIJING3186	BILATERAL WITH VICE PREMIER LI KEQIANG - COOPERATION AND [...] (SBU) Commerce Secretary Locke, Energy Secretary Chu, U.S. Trade Representative Kirk and U.S. Trade Development Administrator Zak met with Vice Premier Li Keqiang on November 18, 2009 at the Great Hall of the People, to discuss a broad range of bilateral issues including energy cooperation and [...]	2009-11-30 04:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
09BEIJING3188	SECRETARY OF ENERGY STEVEN CHU MEETS WITH ZHANG GUOBAO, [...] (U) Upon Secretary Chu's arrival in Beijing, he met with Minister ZHANG Guobao, head of China's National Energy Administration (NEA). Zhang informed Secretary Chu that he would be out of the country during the remainder of the Secretary's visit and that the NEA Deputy Administrator LIU Qi wo [...]	2009-11-30 07:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
09BEIJING3190	DOE SECRETARY CHU'S LUNCH WITH CHINESE STATE COUNCILOR LIU [...] (U) Following the CERC Signing ceremony, State Councilor LIU Yandong hosted a lunch. During lunch, Madam Liu highlighted the importance of U.S.-China cooperation on electric vehicles (EVs) and said she believes that this collaboration has a promising future. U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Ch [...]	2009-11-30 09:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
09BEIJING3192	MEDIA REACTION: RMB EXCHANGE RATE, CHINA'S TRADING [...] RMB EXCHANGE RATE "Wen Jiabao: I hope the world's major reserve currencies remain stable" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(11/30)(pg A4): "At present, each country's macroeconomic policy should continue to focus on dealing with [...]	2009-11-30 10:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3205	MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE SUMMIT, CHINA MODEL [...] CLIMATE SUMMIT a. "From 'black cat' to 'green cat:' China's emission reduction roadmap" Guangdong 21st Century Publishing Company Ltd.'s business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao)(12/01)(pg 21): "As 2012 nears and as the deadline for the Kyoto Protocol's first [...]	2009-12-01 09:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3210	PREVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE WAY [...] (SBU) Acting DCM conveyed reftel points previewing the President's announcement on the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan to MFA Asian Affairs Department Director General Yang Yanyi December 1. A/DCM expressed U.S. hope that China would publicly and strongly endorse the President's strate [...]	2009-12-01 11:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AF PK CH
09BEIJING3211	DECEMBER 1, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: COPENHAGEN [...] Key points at the December 1 MFA press briefing were: -- At the 12th China-EU Summit in Nanjing, President Hu met with EC President Jose Manuel Barroso and other EU leaders and discussed climate change, sustainable development, and joint responses to the financial crisis. -- China believes [...]	2009-12-01 11:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV PHSA CH EUN KN RP XK
09BEIJING3213	PRC NOMINEE TO THE SECRETARY'S 2010 INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Embassy Beijing is pleased to nominate Guo Jianmei for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. In her long battle to provide Chinese women with equal rights, protections and opportunities, Guo Jianmei has established herself as a trailblazer and first-generation wom [...]	2009-12-01 15:28:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO
09BEIJING3221	PRC/IRAN: ISA Demarche: Chinese Firms [...] (C) In meetings November 30-December 2, Acting Economic Minister Counselor and Econoff delivered ref A points to officials from China National Petroleum Company (CNPC),Sinopec and China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC). Officials from all three state-owned oil and gas firms were careful [...]	2009-12-02 09:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EINV ENRG ETTC PREL IR CH
09BEIJING3222	MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE SUMMIT, CHINA MODEL [...] CLIMATE SUMMIT a. "U.S. emissions reduction sincerity is doubtful" Guangdong 21st Century Publishing Company Ltd.'s business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao)(12/02)(pg 2): "China, who insists on continuing common but differentiated responsibilities for the Cop [...]	2009-12-02 09:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3223	Read-out from Beijing on the [...] (SBU) Qiu Bohua, China's Ambassador for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held November 6- 9 in Egypt, told Emboffs November 23 that China pledged USD 10 billion in new concessional loans to Africa, to be distributed via bilateral channels. For Africa's least developed countries (L [...]	2009-12-02 10:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV EAID PREL
09BEIJING3226	CHINESE WATCHING U.S. NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: The PRC hopes the ongoing U.S. Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) will foster significant disarmament as a reflection of President Obama's "Prague vision" of a nuclear weapons-free world, which in turn would "positively" impact China's nuclear policy, several academics told PolOff in r [...]	2009-12-03 04:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC PGOV MARR CH
09BEIJING3234	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL AFGHANISTAN SPEECH [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 09:13:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3237	DECEMBER 3, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] Key points at the December 3 MFA press briefing were: -- China believes developing countries such as China and India do not have an "obligation" to binding initial carbon reduction targets. -- China hopes to cooperate and sustain the momentum on dialogue with the United States regarding Ce [...]	2009-12-03 11:32:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM MNUC MARR SENV CH AF IR CA RS
09BEIJING3238	PRC/ASEAN: OUTREACH SIGNALS CONCERN OVER RISING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: China's outreach to ASEAN over the past two months, while mainly a repackaging of previous commitments, is intended to deepen Southeast Asian regional integration and respond to perceived rising U.S. influence in the region, ASEAN diplomats in Beijing told Econoffs. Be [...]	2009-12-04 01:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ETRD PREL XC CH
09BEIJING3239	DECEMBER 3, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CLIMATE CHANGE, SOUTH [...] Key points at the December 3 MFA press briefing were: -- China believes developing countries such as China and India do not have an "obligation" to binding initial carbon reduction targets. -- China hopes to cooperate and sustain the momentum on dialogue with the United States regarding So [...]	2009-12-04 03:03:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM MNUC MARR SENV CH AF IR CA RS
09BEIJING3250	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL AFGHANISTAN SPEECH, CLIMATE [...] PRESIDENTIAL AFGHANISTAN SPEECH "American experts say that the Taliban will once again return to power" Elite Reference (Qingnian Cankao),a newspaper affiliated to the official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (12/04)(pg 06): "Obama's plan to increase troops did not gain the suppo [...]	2009-12-04 09:13:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3252	PRC SCHOLAR ON IRAN, RUSSIA, CENTRAL ASIA, SCO, [...] (C) Summary: A well-connected scholar of Russian and Central Asian studies argued that China would not alter its basic position on the Iran nuclear issue in response to an apparent Russian shift in approach, because PRC leadership understands that Russia's change is in tone only, Russia's und [...]	2009-12-04 10:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH AF IR
09BEIJING3264	MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, AFGHANISTAN, NORTH KOREA [...] CLIMATE CHANGE a. "The world sets its eyes on Copenhagen" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao)(12/07)(pg 13): "Many people describe the Copenhagen Conference as the last chance to save the globe. For Bangkok and cities in the neighboring area, climate change has beco [...]	2009-12-07 10:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3269	CHINA INFORMED OF CHINESE FIRM'S ACTIONS TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-08 07:33:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM MTCR PREL ETTC KSCA CH PK
09BEIJING3272	ASSISTANT FINMIN ZHU GUANGYAO SUGGESTS FORMAT FOR [...] (C) Summary: At a December 4 meeting with DCM, Assistant Minister of Finance Zhu Guangyao said there is broad consensus in the PRC that the United States and China must move beyond purely bilateral concerns to focus on regional and global issues. He proposed the S&ED II economic track discuss [...]	2009-12-08 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD EINV PREL CN
09BEIJING3274	MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, AFGHANISTAN [...] CLIMATE CHANGE a. "Copenhagen to define the post-Kyoto era" Guangdong 21st Century Publishing Company Ltd.'s business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao)(12/08)(pg 1): "Xie Zhenhua, deputy director of National Development and Reform Commission, pointed out that t [...]	2009-12-08 10:03:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3276	DECEMBER 8, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AMBASSADOR BOSWORTH [...] Key points at the December 8 MFA press briefing were: -- China supports U.S.-DPRK dialogue and hopes Ambassador Bosworth's talks with the DPRK lead to the resumption of the Six-Party Talks. -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will attend the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen at the invit [...]	2009-12-08 23:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM MNUC KNNP SENV CH CB RS KN DA
09BEIJING3286	MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-09 09:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3287	COMPETING PERCEPTIONS OF PRC ACTIVITIES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC contacts define Chinese interests in Afghanistan within the context of China's international image, security requirements, commercial goals and bilateral relationships with key countries. Afghan Embassy contacts here lament the PRC's narrow focus on projects in Afghanistan t [...]	2009-12-09 14:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	AF CH EAID MARR NATO PARM PK PREL PTER
09BEIJING3288	PRC: SKEPTICAL REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Official PRC reaction to the President's announcement of the way ahead on Afghanistan and Pakistan has been limited to a cautious statement by the MFA press spokesman at a regularly scheduled press conference December 3. Party-run media outlets expressed skepticism about the Pr [...]	2009-12-09 15:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER NATO MARR EAID CH PK AF
09BEIJING329	MFA: CHINA SEEKS COOPERATION ON AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) The Chinese Government is paying close attention to any changes in U.S. strategies in Pakistan and Afghanistan, according to an MFA official, and seeks cooperation with the United States and the international community in the region. China will continue to promote stability in South Asia t [...]	2009-02-10 09:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ECON CH PK AF IN
09BEIJING3290	DIALOGUE ON TRADE REMEDIES: USTR GENERAL COUNSEL [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-10 08:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN ECON PREL WTRO CH
09BEIJING3293	MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CONFERENCE, OBAMA'S [...] COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CONFERENCE a. "In Copenhagen, a Chinese official is refused entry three times" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/10)(pg 16): "For the past two days, Chinese delegates at the Copenhagen climate conference have d [...]	2009-12-10 09:31:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3294	NORTH KOREA: UPDATE ON UNDP AND WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: The UN's World Food Program (WFP) Beijing-based North Korea coordinator on December 9 told Econoffs that North Korea's "middle class" would be the worst hurt by Pyongyang's recent currency revaluation. Furthermore, despite official North Korean estimates that the 2009 harvest was [...]	2009-12-10 10:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EAGR ECON PREL KN CH
09BEIJING3295	CHINESE FIRM RE-THINKS AFGHAN MINING CONTRACT [...] (C) Summary: China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC) President Shen Heting told a visiting U.S. delegation on November 12 that inefficiency and corruption in the Afghan government, security problems, and a lack of skilled Afghan workers had delayed work on the MCCÂ´s Aynak copper mine project [...]	2009-12-10 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV EMIN ENRG MASS PREL PGOV PTER
09BEIJING3297	DECEMBER 10, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AMBASSADOR BOSWORTH [...] Key points at the December 10 MFA press briefing were: -- Ambassador Bosworth will be arriving in Beijing December 11 following his visit to North Korea. -- At the Copenhagen Conference, China hopes the concerns of developing countries are addressed. -- Xi Jinping will visit ROK, Japan, [...]	2009-12-11 00:13:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM MNUC KNNP SENV CH CB RS KN DA
09BEIJING3307	U.S. Federal Reserve Nov. 18-20 Visit to Beijing: [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese officials and local and foreign bankers and economists told visiting Federal Reserve Governor Warsh and San Francisco Fed President Yellen that China's GDP growth has been boosted by successful fiscal and monetary policies, largely focused on infrastructure investment, [...]	2009-12-11 07:12:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL CH
09BEIJING3311	MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, COPENHAGEN, ARMS [...] OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE "In receiving the peace prize, Obama defends war" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/11)(pg 1): "When receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, President Obama said that although wars have led to tragedies, militar [...]	2009-12-11 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3312	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' DECEMBER 9, 2009 [...] (SBU) December 9, 2009; 3:45 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- Under Secretary Burns Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing David Shear, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Laura Rosenberger, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary [...]	2009-12-11 10:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MNUC SENV PARM CASC
09BEIJING3313	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS MEETING WITH CCID DIRECTOR [...] (C) Under Secretary Burns met with Director of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID) Wang Jiarui December 9 to discuss U.S.-China cooperation on North Korea and Iran. Wang said that the "ideal outcome" of Special Representative for North Korea Polic [...]	2009-12-11 10:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC PGOV KN IR CH
09BEIJING332	FEBRUARY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY VISIT, MIDDLE [...] Key points at the February 10 MFA Press Briefing: -- China hopes Secretary Clinton's visit will "strengthen dialogue, increase mutual trust, broaden cooperation and push China-U.S. relations on a track of healthy and stable development." -- China "hopes U.S. Middle East policy can help ease [...]	2009-02-10 23:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SENV CH CA FR IR XF IT SA
09BEIJING3321	PRC HUMAN RIGHTS: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH RIGHTS [...] (C) The Ambassador met December 9 with five prominent Beijing-based human rights lawyers. The lawyers reported increased harassment and political pressure due to their work on sensitive human rights and religious freedom cases and their association with the democracy manifesto Charter '08. Th [...]	2009-12-14 07:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
09BEIJING3323	DAS SHEAR DISCUSSES AF/PAK WITH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: China welcomes a "constructive" U.S. role in South Asia as well as continued dialogue and coordination with the United States regarding South Asia, an MFA official told DAS Shear December 10. Responding to DAS Shear's suggestion of areas for possible U.S.-PRC cooperation in Afgh [...]	2009-12-14 09:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER NATO MARR EAID CH PK AF
09BEIJING3325	MEDIA REACTION: ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN, CLIMATE CHANGE, NEW [...] ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN "Chinese military issues warning about U.S. arms sales to Taiwan" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/14)(pg 16): "A Chinese Ministry of Defense official said that if the U.S. sells arms to Taiwan it will not onl [...]	2009-12-14 09:25:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3326	PRC: Central Asia-China Pipeline Opens, [...] (C) PRC President Hu Jintao's December 12-14 working level visits to Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to inaugurate the Central Asia-China pipeline demonstrated China's growing energy cooperation with Central Asia and increasing demand for imported natural gas, according to two researchers at CNPC' [...]	2009-12-14 22:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV PREL KZ TX CH
09BEIJING3327	U/S BURNS MEETS WITH CHINESE SCHOLARS, DISCUSS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-14 22:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON
09BEIJING3330	U/S BURNS MEETS WITH CHINESE SCHOLARS, DISCUSS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-15 03:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON
09BEIJING3331	AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: CONSULTATIONS REVEAL [...] (C) An eight-member U.S. delegation held bilateral consultations in Beijing November 12 on potential areas for future collaboration with China in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Throughout the consultations, the U.S. delegation stressed the many areas of aligned strategic interests of the United Sta [...]	2009-12-15 03:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS
09BEIJING3332	U.S.-CHINA WORKING GROUP ON SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS [...] (C) In U.S.-China consultations on South Asia in Beijing November 11, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Ministry of Public Security (MPS),and Ministry of Finance and Commerce (MOFCOM) expressed a preliminary willingness to cooperate with the United States on reconstruction and develo [...]	2009-12-15 03:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS
09BEIJING3336	CHINA MANNED SPACE ENGINEERING OFFICE (CMSE) WELCOMES [...] (SBU) On December 8, ESTH Offs met with representatives from China's Man Space Engineering Office (CMSE) to discuss next steps for initiating bilateral discussions on cooperation in human spaceflight, as stipulated in the Joint Statement released during President Obama's visit to Beijing in m [...]	2009-12-15 07:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA TSPL TPHY PREL CH
09BEIJING3337	MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, CHINA MODEL, TAIWAN [...] CLIMATE CHANGE "China's high-profile criticism demonstrates skillful diplomacy" The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao)(12/15)(pg 2): "China's high-profile criticism of developed countries will help China gain control in the climate negotiat [...]	2009-12-15 08:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3338	DECEMBER 15, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA CARGO [...] Key points at the December 15 MFA press briefing were: -- It is up to the UN Security Council to consider the cargo plane detained in Thailand for suspected arms smuggling. -- Western criticism of China's persecution of Charter 08 signer Liu Xiaobo is "unacceptable." -- The 22 Uighurs se [...]	2009-12-15 08:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM MNUC KNNP SENV CH KN CB TH JP CA
09BEIJING3347	AF/PAK: CHINESE SCHOLARS SHARE VIEWS WITH U.S. [...] (C) Summary: PRC scholars from three government-affiliated think tanks told Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Dan Feldman November 12 that the United States needs to demonstrate its resolve in the fight against the Taliban and speed up the pace of reconstruction in A [...]	2009-12-15 09:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS
09BEIJING3351	PRC/MONGOLIA: ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL TIES STILL [...] (SBU) In a December 3 meeting with Econoffs, Mongolian Commercial and Economic Counselor Nyamtseren Enkhtaivan noted that Chinese-Mongolian trade was increasing "quite well," and that generally the bilateral relationship had progressed quickly over the past 60 years. For instance, bilateral t [...]	2009-12-16 03:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH EAID ECON EMIN ETRD MG PREL
09BEIJING3361	MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, AFGHANISTAN, WAR ON TERROR [...] CLIMATE CHANGE "The final stand-off in Copenhagen: China has resisted Anglo-American pressure" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(12/16)(pg A4): "By now, developing countries and developed countries don't give in to each other's [...]	2009-12-16 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3373	CHARGE'S CALL WITH DISSIDENT'S WIFE [...] (C) On December 17, Charge d'Affaires Robert Goldberg telephoned Liu Xia, the wife of detained Charter 08 drafter Liu Xiaobo, to convey USG concerns regarding her husband's case and sympathy for the difficulties she faced. The Charge told Liu Xia that United States believed that Liu Xiaobo had [...]	2009-12-17 07:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI CH
09BEIJING3376	MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, TAIWAN, NORTH KOREA [...] CLIMATE CHANGE "Holding to the principle of shared but differentiated responsibilities" The official intellectual publication Guangming Daily (Guangming Ribao)(12/17)(pg 4): "The root cause and the nature of climate change must be clarified before all the countries will reach consensus; [...]	2009-12-17 09:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3377	DRC ASKS PRC TO NOT SUPPORT MONUC RENEWAL [...] (C) The DRC had recently approached China to request PRC support to prevent renewal of MONUC's mandate, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Second Secretary Xu Zhongsheng told PolOff December 17 in response to reftel points urging PRC agreement to su [...]	2009-12-17 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA CH UNSC KPKO
09BEIJING3380	DECEMBER 17, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: COPENHAGEN TALKS, XI [...] Key points at the December 17 MFA press briefing were: -- China supports cooperative efforts to reach a "fair, reasonable, balanced, and achievable" result at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. -- During a visit to South Korea, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping met with Presid [...]	2009-12-17 11:12:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SENV ETRD CH KS KN CB
09BEIJING3392	U/S BURNS MEETS WITH CHINESE SCHOLARS, DISCUSS [...] (SBU) December 9, 2009; 11:30 a.m.; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- Under Secretary Burns David Shear, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary of State William Weinstein, Economic Minister-Counselor, Embassy Beijing Laura Stone, Economic Officer, Embassy Beijing (notetaker) CHINA [...]	2009-12-18 08:50:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON
09BEIJING3396	DAS HOLT'S NOVEMBER 20 MEETING WITH DDG LI JUNHUA [...] (C) Summary: The PRC remains committed to UN Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKOs) and supports efforts to establish achievable mandates and to promote political processes that will complement UNPKO activities, MFA International Organizations and Conference Deputy Director General Li Junhua told B [...]	2009-12-18 09:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPKO CH
09BEIJING3397	TENSE RELATIONS BETWEEN UNHCR BEIJING AND THE PRC: [...] (C) UNHCR Beijing's already delicate relationship with the MFA was "stretched to its limit" due to incidents involving asylum seekers unrelated to UNHCR Beijing, according to a UNHCR Beijing official. The MFA strongly objected to what it perceived was UNHCR Beijing's direct involvement in effo [...]	2009-12-18 09:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PINR PHUM PREL CH KN KS CB
09BEIJING3398	MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, AFGHANISTAN, CHINA-CENTRAL [...] CLIMATE CHANGE a. "Climate change poses a threat to global security" The official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (Zhongguo Qingnianbao)(12/18)(pg 10): "Climate change poses a greater threat to the world than terrorism. This is not just an alarmist view since climate change wil [...]	2009-12-18 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3411	MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-21 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3414	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MURRAY [...] (SBU) Senator Murray, your delegation will arrive in Beijing and Shanghai two months after President Obama's November 15-18 visit to China. Overall, the Chinese leadership is pleased with the direction of U.S.-China relations and your hosts will likely frame this session of U.S.-China Interpa [...]	2009-12-21 10:36:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON CH TW IR NK
09BEIJING3415	CHINA AND DEFAMATION OF RELIGION RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) Our concerns over the free speech implications of the OIC "defamation of religions" resolution will have little resonance with Chinese leaders. China's regional and bilateral interests with certain OIC member states also make it unlikely that the PRC will publicly back the U.S. counter [...]	2009-12-21 10:59:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC CH
09BEIJING3416	PRC DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S LIU XIAOBO LETTER, [...] (C) On December 21, MFA Americas Department Deputy Director General Ding Xiaowen summoned Acting PolMinCouns to receive a formal response to a December 10 letter from Ambassador Huntsman to Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi raising USG concerns about the detention of Charter 08 drafter Liu Xiaobo a [...]	2009-12-21 11:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CH
09BEIJING3419	PRC DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST [...] (S) On December 22, PolOff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Attache Jiang Bo reftel points on co-sponsorship and pre-notification for the upcoming UNSCR 1267 listing request of Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula and of its leaders Nasir [...]	2009-12-22 05:14:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	KTFN PTER PINR PREL CH YM UN
09BEIJING3421	CHINA REBALANCING: HOW MUCH, HOW SOON, AND HOW? [...] (C) Summary. Recent senior leadership meetings in Beijing indicate that with 2009 GDP growth in excess of eight percent assured, the Chinese Government has turned its attention to rebalancing the economy for more sustainable development. Most observers believe the government is serious about [...]	2009-12-22 09:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING3422	DECEMBER 22, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CLIMATE CHANGE [...] Key points at the December 22 MFA press briefing were: -- China took positive measures in Copenhagen during the Climate Change Conference. -- UK citizen Akmal Shaikh was sentenced to death for drug smuggling despite claims that he suffers from mental disorders. -- No deal was made with C [...]	2009-12-22 09:42:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM MNUC KNNP SENV CH EUN JA NP CB
09BEIJING3425	MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, AFGHANISTAN, JAPAN, CHINA [...] CLIMATE CHANGE "The Copenhagen Conference did not fail" Guangdong 21st Century Publishing Company Ltd.'s business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao)(12/22)(pg 2): "The principles of a 'dual climate change responsibilities' have been maintained and the terms rela [...]	2009-12-22 09:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING344	UNSYG SPECIAL ADVISER GAMBARI DISCUSSES BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese military regime's objective is to organize elections in 2010 that will be won by a military-based political party, UN Special Adviser on Burma Ibrahim Gambari told the Charge and four other Beijing-based Western mission representatives February 10. Gambari added that [...]	2009-02-11 07:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CH BM IN UN
09BEIJING3441	MEDIA REACTION: FINANCE, KOREAN PENINSULA, CHINA AND [...] FINANCE "U.S. political whip wounds Sino-U.S. trade" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/23)(pg 14): "Growing Sino-U.S. economic and trade ties seem to have been beaten by a whip. This whip is in fact the American people's 'politica [...]	2009-12-23 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3442	CHINA SHOWS ASSERTIVENESS AT EU SUMMIT AS LISBON [...] (C) In contrast to MFA claims that the November 30 EU-China Summit held in Nanjing was a positive event with "no points of contention," European diplomats stated that the PRC showed "new assertiveness" with Europe during the summit and noted that discussions calling for increased flexibility i [...]	2009-12-23 09:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KIPR SENV EINV ETRD PHUM

09BEIJING3443	CHARGE'S DEMARCHE ON LIU XIAOBO TRIAL, UIGHUR [...] (C) Summary: The Charge raised the December 23 trial of activist Liu Xiaobo and the forced return of Uighur asylum seekers from Cambodia with MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang. The Charge expressed strong disappointment that Liu's trial had alr [...]	2009-12-23 10:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH CB
09BEIJING3449	DRC ASKS PRC TO NOT SUPPORT MONUC RENEWAL [...] (C) The DRC had recently approached China to request PRC support to prevent renewal of MONUC's mandate, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Second Secretary Xu Zhongsheng told PolOff December 17 in response to reftel points urging PRC agreement to su [...]	2009-12-28 01:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA CH UNSC KPKO
09BEIJING3467	CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER VISIT TO CHINA POSITIVE, [...] (C) The December 2-6 visit of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to China, his first ever, was positive, productive and "set the right tone" in Canadian-Chinese relations, according to Canadian diplomats. While MFA officials concurred on the positive assessment of the visit, a PRC schola [...]	2009-12-28 06:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EMIN EINV PHUM CH CA HK KS
09BEIJING3473	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. - CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. MILITARY [...] U.S. - CHINA RELATIONS "We should not allow the United States' Medicare to drag down China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/28)(pg 14): "No health care reform in the world can evade this question: where does the money come from [...]	2009-12-28 09:35:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3474	CHARGE MEETS WITH DISSIDENT'S WIFE [...] (C) Summary: In a December 28 meeting with Liu Xia, wife of convicted Charter 08 author Liu Xiaobo, the Charge expressed concern about Liu Xiaobo's safety and noted the U.S. and other countries had called for his immediate release. He said Liu Xiaobo would not be forgotten and would be upperm [...]	2009-12-28 10:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING3475	CHINA: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO GICNT TERMS OF [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche informing China of the proposed amendments to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Terms of Reference to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Officer Xu Feng on December 28. Xu thanked PolOff for the draft Terms of [...]	2009-12-28 10:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC MNUC CH
09BEIJING3476	CHINA INFORMED OF CHINESE FIRM'S ACTIONS TO [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper notifying China of Malaysian-based Iranian front company Electronic Component Limited's (ECL) efforts to buy controlled gyroscopes from the Beijing-based Vibtel Industrial Co. Inc to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical and Biol [...]	2009-12-28 10:57:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM MTCR PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IR CH MY
09BEIJING3477	CHINA INFORMED OF CHINESE FIRM'S ACTIONS TO [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper notifying China of Maanshan Huntian Equipment Ltd. Company's efforts to supply controlled steel to a North Korean weapons trading firm to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical and Biological Division Officer Zhao Kun on December [...]	2009-12-28 11:01:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM MTCR ETTC PREL CH KN
09BEIJING3487	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICY, CHINA POLICY [...] U.S. POLICY A. "New breakthroughs in U.S. healthcare reform: towards a managed competition" Guangdong 21st Century Publishing Company Ltd.'s business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao)(12/29)(pg 2): "Because the Democratic Party is the majority party in both th [...]	2009-12-29 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3488	PRC: U.S. TENSIONS WITH IRAN MAKE SOLVING AMCIT [...] (C) Tensions between the United States and Iran complicate efforts to resolve the cases of six American citizens currently detained in Iran, MFA West Asian Affairs Department Iran Division Deputy Director Ni Ruchi told PolOff December 29. PolOff delivered reftel points requesting China to urg [...]	2009-12-29 09:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC PHUM PINR PROP PREL PARM PTER IR CH
09BEIJING3489	DECEMBER 29, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AMCIT IN NORTH KOREA, [...] Key points at the December 29 MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes the U.S. will uphold the larger issue of stability on the Korean Peninsula when addressing US citizen Robert Park's detention in North Korea. -- The execution of UK citizen Akmal Shaikh for drug smuggling, despite claims [...]	2009-12-29 10:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM PHSA PTER CH BM KN IS
09BEIJING349	SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS CASE: ZENG JINYAN'S INTERNET COMMUNICATION RESTRICTED; SEEKS VISIT WITH HUSBAND HU JIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 08:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PGOV PHUM PREL
09BEIJING3498	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICY, ENVIRONMENT [...] U.S. POLICY A. "It is no harm to cheer for U.S. healthcare reform" The international news commercial publication of the People's Daily, Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/30)(pg 14): "U.S. President Obama has sent a wonderful Christmas gift to 46 million Americans who cannot afford health c [...]	2009-12-30 09:29:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING350	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO CHINA, [...] (C) Madame Secretary, your having chosen to visit China during your first trip abroad as Secretary of State has special significance well understood and appreciated by the Chinese. Chinese leaders place great importance on personal relationships with foreign counterparts and on the symbolism [...]	2009-02-11 09:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH TW
09BEIJING3507	PRC: VICE PRESIDENT XI JINPING STRENGTHENS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cambodian and Chinese official sources told EmbOffs that no connection exists between Cambodia's December 19 forced repatriation to China of 20 Uighur asylum-seekers and the PRC's announcement of USD 1.2 billion in bilateral assistance during Vice President Xi Jinping's December 2 [...]	2009-12-31 05:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG EAID ECON CH CB
09BEIJING3509	TRIAL AND SENTENCING OF LIU XIAOBO [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese denied access to diplomats from at least 15 countries who attempted to observe the December 23 trial of Charter 08 drafter Liu Xiaobo on charges of "inciting subversion of state power." After applications through diplomatic channels were turned down, PolOff, along w [...]	2009-12-31 05:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
09BEIJING353	GEORGIAN DIPLOMAT LAMENTS LACK OF CHINESE SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: Georgia has received "practically nothing" from China since the Russia-Georgia conflict began in August 2008, a contact at the Georgian Embassy in Beijing told PolOff February 11. The Georgian diplomat expressed disappointment with China's limited assistance and unwillingness to [...]	2009-02-11 09:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID MARR RS CH GG
09BEIJING354	U.S.-CHINA EXCHANGE RATE STABLE, NO CHANGE OF [...] (C) Summary. After three years of steady appreciation, the Chinese renminbi (RMB) has been relatively stable against the USD since July 2008; since January 6, the RMB effectively has been pegged to the USD. In recent weeks senior Chinese leaders, including Premier Wen Jiabao and People's Bank [...]	2009-02-11 10:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL CH
09BEIJING366	FEBRUARY 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TIBET, ICC INDICTMENT, [...] Key points at the February 12 MFA Press Briefing: -- Tibet is a matter of China's internal affairs and has been a part of China since the 13th century. China continues to strive to improve its system of regional autonomy and to safeguard the interests of all ethnic groups. -- The Chinese [...]	2009-02-12 09:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH SU ZI FR
09BEIJING374	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1540 PROGRAM OF WORK [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered ref A and B non-paper, draft amended text and talking points seeking PRC support in ongoing UNSC Resolution 1540 Committee Program of Work (POW) negotiations to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Second Secretary Zhang Ze on February 13. PolOff [...]	2009-02-13 09:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC CH
09BEIJING376	MFA URGED TO INVESTIGATE IRANIAN MISSILE [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel non-paper urging China to investigate the activities of a three-person Iranian delegation traveling in China that might be engaged in the illegal procurement of missile technology to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Second Secretary Zhang [...]	2009-02-13 09:26:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM PREL MTCRE ETTC MNUC TSPA CH IR
09BEIJING379	CHINESE POSITION ON KOSOVO UNCHANGED: NO PRC [...] (C) China's position not to recognize Kosovo remains unchanged, MFA European Affairs Department Balkans Division Deputy Division Director Tian Yishu told PolOff February 13 in response to reftel points urging recognition of Kosovo. China was aware of the upcoming anniversary of Kosovo's declar [...]	2009-02-13 09:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AORC ICJ CH YI UN KV
09BEIJING381	Talking Points Delivered: CNSA Response to Satellite [...] (SBU) On February 13, ESTHOFF conveyed points in REFTEL regarding the collision of a U.S. and Russian satellite and discussed the issue directly by phone with Mr. XU Yansong of the China National Space Agency's (CNSA) International Cooperation Department. Post also transmitted points in writin [...]	2009-02-13 10:28:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA TSPL TPHY PREL KSCA CH
09BEIJING382	CHINA HAD NO SAY IN MANAS CLOSURE ISSUE, SHARES [...] (C) Summary: China did not discuss the possibility of closing Manas Air Base with the Kyrgyz Government, either before or after President Bakiyev's February 3 announcement, and only learned about it from press reports, according to an MFA official. China and the United States "share common g [...]	2009-02-13 10:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV PTER CH KG
09BEIJING383	AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND DEMARCHE PRC ON FIJI [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of PRC Vice President Xi Jinping's February 8-9 trip to Fiji, Australia and New Zealand expressed concern to the MFA that such a visit would send the wrong message in light of international efforts to urge the government in Suva to carry out democratic reforms, accordi [...]	2009-02-13 11:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ETRD CH FI AS NZ
09BEIJING384	MFA WILL STUDY CHINA TRANSIT PROPOSAL FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) PolMinCouns on February 13 conveyed to MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Deputy Director General Deng Hongbo reftel talking points laying out a U.S. proposal for a transportation route through the PRC in support of t [...]	2009-02-13 11:24:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL MARR PGOV CH AF
09BEIJING396	TERRORISM FINANCE: PRC AGREES TO JOINT UNSCR 1267 [...] (S) On February 17, Chinese MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yinyin informed PolOff that China agrees to proceed with the co-sponsorship of the separate UNSC Resolution 1267 listing request of Eastern Turkestan Islamic Party leader Abd [...]	2009-02-17 08:05:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PINR UN CH PK
09BEIJING397	CHINESE BUSINESSMAN ON CIC IN THE U.S., HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary. The China Investment Corporation (CIC),China's sovereign wealth fund, remains interested in pursuing additional investments in the U.S., although not in the financial sector, according to Charles Liu, a well-connected Chinese private equity firm manager in Beijing. CIC Chairman [...]	2009-02-17 08:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PREL CH HK
09BEIJING398	FEBRUARY 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY OF STATE VISIT, [...] Key points at the February 17 MFA Press Briefing: -- China hopes to "increase mutual trust" and promote "the sound and stable development" of relations "in the new era" during the Secretary of State's visit. -- China hopes that North and South Korea will "increase mutual trust" and "solve [...]	2009-02-17 09:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN IN PK CB VM VT
09BEIJING402	HUMAN RIGHTS: ZENG JINYAN, HU JIA, HUANG QI AND [...] (C) Summary: In a February 17 meeting with an MFA Human Rights Division official, PolOff raised U.S. concerns regarding rights activist Zeng Jinyan and her husband (imprisoned rights activist Hu Jia),detained Sichuan-based activist Huang Qi, and imprisoned democracy activist Wang Bingzhang. [...]	2009-02-17 10:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING419	TIBET: SITUATION "FAR FROM NORMAL," BUT REPEAT OF [...] (C) A repeat of the spring 2008 unrest in Tibetan areas of China is unlikely this year given the extremely tight security blanketing Lhasa and other Tibetan communities, according to several Beijing- based observers. Tensions in Tibetan areas, however, remain high as the 50th anniversary of t [...]	2009-02-18 12:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF IN CH
09BEIJING431	FEBRUARY 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CLIMATE CHANGE, SECRETARY'S [...] Key points at the February 19 MFA Press Briefing: -- China "takes a positive attitude towards strengthening cooperation" on climate change and would "like to work with the United States." -- Good relations between the United States and China are "conducive to peace and stability" and in th [...]	2009-02-19 10:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SENV CH KS PK
09BEIJING432	PRC: CHINA SHARES U.S. POSITION ON MARCH 2 SHARM [...] (C) China "has the same position" as the United States on the March 2 conference in Sharm al-Sheikh, MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Department Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israel Division Deputy Director Xu Chen told PolOff February 19 in response to reftel points on the U.S. positi [...]	2009-02-19 10:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EAID PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG CH IS
09BEIJING434	HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA RESPONDS ON WANG BINGZHANG CASE [...] (C) In response to U.S. expressions of concern about imprisoned democracy activist Wang Bingzhang on February 17 (reftel),an MFA Human Rights Division official on February 19 provided information about Wang's case, noting that MFA hopes the United States will view China's quick response as a [...]	2009-02-19 10:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING439	CHINA SHARES NPT PREPCOM AND REVCON PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff discussed reftel questions regarding China's priorities for the upcoming Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) third Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) and 2010 NPT Review Conference (RevCon) with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director [...]	2009-02-20 08:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC AORC DCG ENRG KNNP PREL PGOV UNGA
09BEIJING469	February 24 MFA Press Briefing: Clinton Visit, DPRK Missile [...] Key points at the February 24 MFA press briefing: -- Secretary Clinton's first visit to China achieved "positive results." The two sides reaffirmed their desire to "maintain their close dialogue" and will expand areas of common interest in this "new era." -- China "takes note" of a possib [...]	2009-02-24 10:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN EU RS JA SW PK IN CH
09BEIJING470	RUSSIA SEEKS TO DEFUSE TENSIONS WITH CHINA AFTER [...] (C) The Russian military's February 15 sinking of the Chinese cargo ship "The New Star" has caused tension between Russia and China but will not have a long-term impact on bilateral relations, a Russian Embassy contact in Beijing told PolOff February 24. Our contact reported that the MFA summ [...]	2009-02-24 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EWWT ETRD MARR PBTS CH RS
09BEIJING471	ChinaQs NDRC Urges Expanded Fiscal Stimulus, [...] (SBU) Summary. Rapidly increasing government spending and a decline in tax revenue caused by the economic slowdown will drive ChinaQs central and local government fiscal deficits to about 2.5 percent of GDP in 2009, compared to about 0.5 percent in 2008 and the highest level since 2002. Nati [...]	2009-02-25 00:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL CH
09BEIJING477	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SINO-FRENCH [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing February 20, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that a sequence of events is being taken to repair Sino-French relations and that several visits are planned in the near future to that end but no apologies would be forthcoming. The [...]	2009-02-25 06:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING483	TIBET TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGNERS LIKELY [...] (C) PRC authorities are barring most foreigners from traveling to the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and many Tibetan areas outside the TAR, though the Chinese government has made no official announcement of this policy. One American contact with a long- standing TAR travel permit was recently [...]	2009-02-25 10:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CASC PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING499	February 26 MFA Press Briefing: Human Rights Report, [...] Key points at the February 26 MFA press briefing: -- Responding to a question on the U.S. Department of State Human Rights Report, the MFA spokesman said China "attached great importance" to human rights, had made "constant progress" on human rights and "fully protected religious freedom." C [...]	2009-02-26 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN EU RS JA SW PK IN CH
09BEIJING513	CHINA: RISKS OF RAPID CREDIT GROWTH INCLUDE NPLS, [...] (C) Summary. Monetary policy will play a necessary but less important and less visible role than fiscal policy in addressing China's cyclical downturn, according to People's Bank of China (PBOC) Monetary Policy Director General Zhang Xiaohui. With the CPI at one percent in January, expectati [...]	2009-02-27 08:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL CH
09BEIJING517	PRC LEADERS KEEN TO FORGE CLOSE TIES WITH U.S.; HU [...] (C) The PRC leadership is determined to forge close ties with the new U.S. Administration, viewing relations with Washington as the key to ChinaÂ´s engagement with the world, according to an Embassy contact with access to the Chinese leadership. Though China has long viewed its relationship with [...]	2009-02-27 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
09BEIJING518	HUI SAID XI SAID: CHINESE LEADERS VISIT LATIN [...] (C) Summary: The overlapping visits of two of China's top leaders to Latin America and the Caribbean February 7-22 were marked by numerous investment and aid agreements. While some of the agreements lacked substance or were rehashed from previous visits, our contacts say China has begun to i [...]	2009-02-27 10:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ENRG CH XM XL
09BEIJING519	ZARDARI VISIT HIGHLIGHTS CLOSE CHINA-PAKISTAN TIES [...] (C) Pakistani President Asif Zardari's February 20-24 visit to Hubei Province and Shanghai was aimed at expanding bilateral economic cooperation and promoting investment, especially in the financial, agricultural, hydroelectric, and water conservation sectors. The two sides inked a Pakistan-C [...]	2009-02-27 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH PK AF IN
09BEIJING526	AFM LIU JIEYI PRESSES TIMING CONCERNS ON 2009 PRC [...] (S) In a February 27 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense David Sedney noted the positive direction in U.S.-China relations, and said the just-concluded Defense Policy Coordination Talks (DPCTs) were a good beginning. Both agreed on the impo [...]	2009-03-02 07:07:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM PTER CH
09BEIJING527	PRC LAUNCHES PR CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) President Hu Jintao's February 10-17 trip to Africa capped a series of recent high-level visits intended to burnish China's image in Africa, according to Chinese and African contacts in Beijing. Our contacts contend that China is doing a great deal to assist Africa. At the same time, t [...]	2009-03-02 07:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EINV ETRD AO CH KE MI ML MP
09BEIJING535	PRC RESPONSE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, DURBAN [...] (C) The U.S. decision to resume participation as an active observer at the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) during the March HRC session is "good news," MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Division Deputy Director Xu Jing told PolOff March 2. Respon [...]	2009-03-03 04:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC UN CH
09BEIJING545	March 3 MFA Press Briefing: Bosworth Visit, Afghanistan, [...] Key points at the March 3 MFA press briefing: -- U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Amb. Bosworth will meet both FM Yang Jiechi and VFM Wu Dawei this week. China hopes to exchange views on issues of common interests. The spokesperson reiterated China's hope that recent diffi [...]	2009-03-03 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN AF FR EU IN CH
09BEIJING548	CHINA URGED NOT TO DELIVER A NATIONAL STATEMENT ON [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche urging China to not deliver a national statement on Iran at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting to MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Shen Jian on the morning of March 4. Shen noted previous receipt [...]	2009-03-04 06:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM EMIN TRGY ETTC MNUC KNNP PREL CH IR
09BEIJING559	PRESS BRIEFING: DEFENSE SPENDING, FISCAL STIMULUS [...] (SBU) At a March 4 press conference designed to preview the March 5 opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC),NPC Spokesman Li Zhaoxing commented on the following issues: -- Defense Spending: China's defense spending in 2009 will increase by 62.4 billion RMB (approximately 9.2 [...]	2009-03-04 12:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN CH TW
09BEIJING560	PRC/IRAN: CHINA SEEKS CLARITY ON U.S. IRAN POLICY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: China is keen to understand the direction of U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and is willing to facilitate dialogue between the two sides, according to an MFA official. China remains committed to the P5-plus-1 process but values its bilateral engagement with [...]	2009-03-04 12:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING57	DASD SEDNEY'S MEETING WITH COMMUNIST PARTY [...] (C) Vice Minister of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Department (CCID) Zhang Zhijun told Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) David Sedney December 18 that China "treasures" its relationship with the United States and considers the U.S.-China relations [...]	2009-01-08 09:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS CH AF XD SO RS TW KN IZ XA
09BEIJING575	March 5 MFA Press Briefing: Sudan, Afghanistan, Tibet [...] Key points at the March 5 MFA press briefing: -- China regrets the International Criminal Court (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir and wishes the relevant parties would consider the possible "repercussions" of their actions. -- China, as a permanent memb [...]	2009-03-05 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SU AF CH
09BEIJING579	PRC: COW'S TONGUE CLAIM NOT LICKED, DESPITE [...] (C) China expects the South China Sea (SCS) sovereignty dispute arising from a maritime baselines bill recently passed in the Philippines Congress will not ratchet up tension in the region and will not affect China's SCS claim, according to an MFA official. China will continue its "shelve dif [...]	2009-03-05 09:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHSA PREL PGOV ECON CH TW XC
09BEIJING58	PRC: DASD SEDNEY DISCUSSES MIL-MIL, IRAN, TAIWAN [...] (S) In a December 19 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense David Sedney emphasized the need for improving U.S.-China military-to-military relations and stressed that single issues should not interfere with dialogue between the United States an [...]	2009-01-08 09:49:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS PARM PTER CH TW IR PK IN KN
09BEIJING580	PREMIER CONFIDENT CHINA CAN OVERCOME GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Premier Wen Jiabao said China is confident it can overcome the difficulties caused by the global financial crisis in presenting his annual "Government Work Report" to the opening session of the National People's Congress on March 5. In China's equivalent of the State of the Union addres [...]	2009-03-05 15:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI ELAB PREL CH TW
09BEIJING589	NPC PRESS BRIEFING ON CHINA'S ECONOMY BY PBOC, [...] (SBU) Summary. At a March 6 press conference held in conjunction with the ongoing National People's Congress annual meeting (refs),People's Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, Minister of Finance (MOF) Xie Xuren, and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Chairman Zhang [...]	2009-03-06 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL CH HK TW
09BEIJING59	CHINA URGED TO OPPOSE IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP [...] (C) PolOff January 9 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Economic Division Officer Tang Mengxiao reftel points urging China to oppose Iran's candidacy to be President of the UNDP Executive Board. Tang offered no immediate response but promised to convey U.S. [...]	2009-01-08 09:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF EAID AORG IR UN CH
09BEIJING600	CHARGE D'AFFAIRES PROTESTS HARASSMENT OF USNS [...] (C) On March 8 in the South China Sea international waters near the PRC's Hainan Island, five Chinese ships harassed and interfered with a U.S. survey vessel, the USNS Impeccable, conducting routine operations (reftel). In response, the Charge d'Affaires protested Chinese actions to MFA Americ [...]	2009-03-09 09:20:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PHSA PBTS MOPS MARR KTIA CH
09BEIJING604	PRC: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CHINA'S PLEDGE AT [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-09 10:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EAID PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG CH IS
09BEIJING605	TIBET: CHINA RAMPS UP PROPAGANDA IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) In advance of the 50th anniversary of the March 10, 1959 Tibetan uprising, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is engaged in a propaganda campaign focused on "positive" aspects of its rule over Tibet, particularly its "emancipation" of serfs, as a device for diverting media attention away f [...]	2009-03-09 11:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH
09BEIJING606	CHINA STANDING BY ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) Chinese eyes are focused intently on U.S. plans for, and action in, Afghanistan and Pakistan, an area the Chinese see as a dangerously unstable, interconnected threat to Chinese security - but one that they are uncertain about how to address. China has mixed feelings about U.S. involvement [...]	2009-03-09 11:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSCA PTER SNAR PARM ETRD PK IN AF CH
09BEIJING607	FOREIGN MINISTER YANG JIECHI HOLDS NPC PRESS CONFERENCE [...] Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi outlined China's foreign policy priorities in a March 7 press conference held on the margins of the ongoing National People's Congress (NPC). U.S.-China relations are "off to a good start" under the new Obama administration, Yang said, noting there currently is an [...]	2009-03-09 12:32:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON ETRD EFIN PHUM ENRG CH TW XA RS KN KS
09BEIJING613	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SINO-FRENCH [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing March 6, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that Sino-French talks are "still in the doldrums." France suspects that the Chinese government is behind the Chinese antique collector who bid on the Chinese cultural relics at a Paris [...]	2009-03-10 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING615	March 10 MFA Press Briefing: U.S. Naval Vessel Incident, FM [...] Key points at the March 10 MFA press briefing: -- "The USNS Impeccable violated international and Chinese law and conducted activities in China's special economic zone in the South China Sea without China's permission." -- The "open policy of Tibet has not changed" but it is "up to the loc [...]	2009-03-10 23:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR MASS PHUM SU ZI CH
09BEIJING629	CHINA/SUDAN: PRC ENVOY URGES RESTRAINT, SAYS [...] (C) Summary: China is concerned about the expulsion and closure of NGOs operating in Sudan and the negative impact on the humanitarian situation but believes the impact will not be as serious as described by Western media reports, MFA Special Envoy for Darfur Liu Guijin told PolMinCouns March [...]	2009-03-11 10:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KPKO CH SU
09BEIJING631	EMBASSY EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 11 meeting with MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General Shen Yongxiang, PolMinCouns expressed concern about human rights violations in China's Tibetan areas and urged China to engage in substantive dialogue with the Dalai Lama's representativ [...]	2009-03-11 11:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF PGOV CH
09BEIJING632	TIBET: MFA COMPLAINS ABOUT CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: In a March 11 meeting with A/DCM, the MFA protested a recently introduced House of Representatives resolution on Tibet and urged the administration to prevent its passage. Noting that the U.S. Congress is a separate branch of government, A/DCM replied that the United States is [...]	2009-03-11 12:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CASC CH
09BEIJING645	CHINESE MFA ON IMPECCABLE INCIDENT [...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires spoke with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi March 12 to underline the importance of the U.S.-proposed telcon between Chief of Naval Operations ADM Roughead and his PLA Navy counterpart ADM Wu Shengli to discuss the March 8 USNS Impeccable incident in the South Chi [...]	2009-03-12 09:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PBTS MOPS MARR KTIA CH
09BEIJING646	COMMUNISTS AND ISLAMISTS MAKE FOR STRANGE [...] (C//REL ACGU) Summary: Some Chinese academic and third-country diplomatic contacts believe the recent memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and major Pakistani Islamist political party Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) strengthens the Chinese position in Xinjiang Prov [...]	2009-03-12 10:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSCA PTER PARM ETRD PK AF CH
09BEIJING648	TIBETAN QINGHAI: FOREIGNERS BANNED, ARMED POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: All Tibetan areas in Qinghai are closed to foreigners, PolOffs were told by local security officials during a March 10-11 trip to the province, even as enforcement was uneven and confusion reigned over exactly which locations were off-limits. Journalists and other foreigners wer [...]	2009-03-12 11:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH
09BEIJING649	ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL: PROVINCIAL NPC DELEGATIONS [...] (C) Demonstrating the universality of the axiom, "all politics is local," National People's Congress deputies this past week used "provincial discussion sessions," many of which were open to the media and EmbOffs, to push parochial agendas and projects, denounce separatism, support government [...]	2009-03-12 13:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN SOCI ELAB PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING65	CHINA WILL NOT OPPOSE IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP [...] (C) China will not oppose Iran's candidacy to be President of the UNDP Executive Board, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Economic Division officer Tang Mengxiao told PolOff January 9 in response to U.S. concerns raised by PolOff January 8 (reftels). According to Tang, [...]	2009-01-09 08:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF EAID AORG IR UN CH
09BEIJING66	CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY: PRC WILLING TO [...] (C) Summary: China will participate in the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) but would like to see member states take a cautious approach, MFA Department of International Organizations and Conferences UN Affairs Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo told PolOff January 9 in response to reft [...]	2009-01-09 08:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH SO
09BEIJING664	NPC CLOSES MARCH 13 WITH PASSAGE OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) The 2009 NPC closed March 13 with a brief final ceremony at which delegates approved by overwhelming margins the various "work reports" presented earlier in the NPC session. Although the vote totals revealed that opposition from delegates to the government's reports has increased slightly [...]	2009-03-13 11:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN CH
09BEIJING666	PREMIER ADDRESSES FINANCIAL CRISIS, TIBET, TAIWAN, [...] (SBU) Premier Wen Jiabao set the tone for his annual press conference at the conclusion of the National People's Congress (NPC) by noting on March 13 that this year's NPC session had been convened in the midst of the global financial crisis and therefore had focused on China's financial stimul [...]	2009-03-13 18:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL EFIN CH TW KN KS FR
09BEIJING671	China's Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application [...] (SBU) Officials from the China Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application (CRESDA)--operators of the China-Brazil Earth Resource Satellites (CBERS)--met with ESTHCOUNS and ESTHOFFS on March 10 to discuss areas of potential cooperation with USG organizations. CRESDA proposals for colla [...]	2009-03-16 05:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA TSPL TPHY PREL CH
09BEIJING676	DEMARCHE REQUEST: ADB SAFEGUARD REVIEW [...] (SBU) On February 25, Embassy officers discussed Asian Development Bank issues with Ministry of Finance (MOF) International Department Director General Zheng Xiaosong and other MOF officials (septel). Concerning safeguards in general, Zheng said the ADB should be more flexible and allow the u [...]	2009-03-16 09:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID EFIN ADB CH
09BEIJING679	PRC/IRAN: REPORTED SOUTH PARS LNG DEAL NOT [...] (C) Citing Iranian media, international and Chinese media outlets are reporting that a consortium of three unnamed Chinese oil and gas companies have signed a USD 3.2 billion deal with Iran to produce 10.5 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year in Iran's South Pars gas field. Det [...]	2009-03-16 11:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EINV ENRG PREL PARM PTER MNUC POL
09BEIJING68	PRC VFM HE YAFEI IN INDIA: STILL SEEKING TO REDUCE [...] (C) Summary: PRC Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei's January 5-6 trip to India focused on encouraging India to ease tensions with Pakistan, MFA Asian Affairs Department DDG Sun Weidong told PolMinCouns January 9. Given Pakistan's willingness to cooperate on counter-terrorism efforts, China hope [...]	2009-01-09 08:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSCA PTER AF PK IN CH
09BEIJING684	CHINA CEMENTS TIES WITH COSTA RICA THROUGH TRADE [...] (SBU) Costa Rica is reaping economic benefits from China for its 2007 decision to switch diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing, including talks on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) announced during President Hu's 2008 visit and the planned construction of a new soccer stadium. Cos [...]	2009-03-17 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EINV CH CR
09BEIJING690	CHINA WILL ATTEND AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE, "STANDS [...] (C) China "stands ready" to cooperate with the United States on Afghanistan and intends to participate in the March 31 International Conference on Afghanistan, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division official Li Jun told PolOff March 17 in response to reft [...]	2009-03-17 09:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF PK UN CH
09BEIJING692	MARCH 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREAN PREMIER VISIT, [...] Key points at the March 17 MFA press briefing: -- North Korean Premier Kim Yong-il arrived in Beijing today, March 17, for an official visit. -- China is "concerned" about the situation on the Korean peninsula, which is "complicated with an increasing number of uncertain factors." China h [...]	2009-03-17 12:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PHSA PBTS PREL PARM SU PG ES BU PK JP
09BEIJING698	CHINA MAINTAINS "CONSISTENT POSITION"; WILL NOT [...] (C) China maintains its "consistent position" of not recognizing the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, MFA European and Central Asian Affairs Department Caucasus Division Deputy Director Zhang Hongjian told PolOff March 18 in response to reftel points urging China to reject and conde [...]	2009-03-18 08:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS UNGA CH GG RS
09BEIJING699	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHINA URGED TO SUPPORT AFRICAN [...] (SBU) PolOff conveyed reftel points to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division official Yang Zhiyu March 18, urging China to support the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Yang offered no substantive response but said he would forward the informa [...]	2009-03-18 08:28:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO CH SO
09BEIJING702	COCA-COLA,S BID FOR JUICEMAKER HUIYUAN BEATEN TO A [...] (SBU) China,s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced March 18 that it would not permit Coca-Cola,s proposed $2.4 billion acquisition of Huiyuan, China,s largest fruit juice maker. In its short public announcement on the rejection, MOFCOM cites concerns that Coca-Cola would be able to use its [...]	2009-03-18 22:59:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EAID ETRD WTRO PREL CH
09BEIJING713	March 19 MFA Press Briefing: The Impeccable, AmCits on the [...] Key points at the March 19 MFA press briefing: -- The United States violated Chinese and International Law by conducting activities in China's Exclusive Economic Zone. -- China is investigating the incident involving American Citizens on the DPRK border. -- Ambassador Wu Sike, the Chines [...]	2009-03-19 23:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EFIN MARR MASS PHUM CH KS KN FR JA ES
09BEIJING724	CHINA URGED TO HALT LIMMT'S CONTINUED PROLIFERATION TO IRAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 08:40:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL PGOV ETTC CH IR
09BEIJING728	PREMIER WEN'S COMMENTS ON U.S. TREASURIES: PROTECT [...] (C) Since Premier Wen Jiabao's March 13 remarks at a press conference that China was "concerned" regarding the security of its U.S. Treasury holdings and other investments (ref),other Chinese contacts have clarified and interpreted his comments. At the G-20 ministerial meeting in London, the head [...]	2009-03-20 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING751	AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY REVIEW: CHINA'S INPUT [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 09:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EAID NATO CH PK AF
09BEIJING755	U.S.HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE PRESSES 60TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) Well-known human rights advocate and Dui Hua Foundation head John Kamm (AmCit, please protect) is urging China to implement a special pardon to mark the 60th anniversary of the PRC's founding, Kamm told human rights officials from 16 foreign missions in Beijing in a March 12 meeting. Kamm [...]	2009-03-23 10:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH NO
09BEIJING761	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHINA ON TRIPARTITE CORE GROUP [...] (SBU) On March 23, PolOff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division official Song Jia reftel points encouraging China to urge the Burmese government to maintain the Tripartite Core Group's existing authorities and to impose no further conditions [...]	2009-03-24 08:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PHUM BM CH
09BEIJING762	TAIWAN: PRC CONTACTS DISCUSS BEIJING'S "SOFTER" [...] (C) The "softer" language on Taiwan used in Beijing during the recently-ended "two meetings" by PRC leaders, who made no reference to opposing Taiwan "independence," suggested a conclusion to a period of cross-Strait confrontation and was "extremely significant," according to Beijing-based Taiw [...]	2009-03-24 08:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
09BEIJING765	JAPANESE DEFENSE TALKS WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Beijing expressed satisfaction with the March 20-21 visit to China by Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, even though the visit "accomplished little of substance." According to a Japanese Embassy readout, Hamada urged China to show greater transparency in i [...]	2009-03-24 09:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV CH KN JA
09BEIJING767	MARCH 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILES, AMCITS IN DPRK, [...] Key points at the March 24 MFA press briefing: -- China is "very concerned about the situation on the Korean Peninsula," and "hopes that all parties will be restrained and calm so as not to complicate the situation." -- Regarding the U.S. citizens detained by North Korea, Qin said that "th [...]	2009-03-24 23:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA PE RP RS AF
09BEIJING778	SARKOZY-HU MEETING AT G-20 STILL A POSSIBILITY [...] (C) Summary: A meeting between the Chinese and French Presidents at the London G-20 summit is still a possibility despite press reports to the contrary, according to a French Embassy contact. However, Chinese insistence on France taking "concrete steps" to resolve the continuing contretemps [...]	2009-03-25 09:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KIRF CH FR SF
09BEIJING780	DPRK PREMIER'S VISIT TO CHINA: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] (C) DPRK Premier Kim Yong-il made the rounds of China's top leaders during his March 17-21 visit and addressed "regional and international issues," according to an MFA readout. Post-visit official platitudes highlighted both countries' aspirations to "achieve more progress" in the Six-Party [...]	2009-03-25 10:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN CH KS
09BEIJING781	CHINA SEEKS REDUCTION IN SURVEILLANCE SHIP [...] (C) Summary: Asking the United States to focus on the importance of a successful G-20 meeting in London and the overall bilateral relationship, MFA DG for North American and Oceanian Affairs Zheng Zeguang formally protested a perceived increase in U.S. Navy surveillance activity in China's Ex [...]	2009-03-25 12:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV CH
09BEIJING794	SOUTH KOREA INVITES CHINA TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] On March 26, PolOff joined Lee Heon, Director at the South Korean Embassy in Beijing, and Andrey Chernyshov, Second Secretary at the Russian Embassy in Beijing, in extending an invitation to China to attend a Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) workshop and Exercise Planning [...]	2009-03-26 05:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER PGIC MNUC KGIC KS CH

09BEIJING807	MARCH 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MILITARY POWER REPORT, TIBET, [...] Key points at the March 26 MFA press briefing: -- The recently released China Military Power Report "contains gross distortions of fact" and China has expressed its "resolute opposition" and "made representations" to the United States. -- The "Dalai Clique premeditated and coordinated" the [...]	2009-03-26 10:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA RS AF FR TW
09BEIJING809	PRC PROTESTS DOD CHINA MILITARY POWER REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Reading unenthusiastically from prepared remarks, MFA DG for North American and Oceanian Affairs Zheng Zeguang formally protested to the A/DCM DOD's annual report to Congress on China's military power. Zheng criticized the report as containing "erroneous and unfounded" accusations [...]	2009-03-26 23:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PM PREL CH
09BEIJING822	PRC: EMBASSY NOTIFIES MFA ON R/V MARCUS LANGSETH [...] (C) On March 27, the Acting Political Minister Counselor conveyed ref A points offering assurances regarding the R/V MARCUS LANGSETH's research voyage in the South China Sea to MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department U.S. Division Director An Gang. An Gang zeroed in on the language [...]	2009-03-27 09:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CH
09BEIJING827	PRC: "RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS" HAVE NOT MISTREATED [...] (C) MFA IO Human Rights Division Official Wang Gang, responding to the Embassy's representations expressing grave concern for the well-being of rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, told PolOff March 27 that "relevant departments" have "never mistreated" Gao. Wang said Gao is a confessed "criminal" who [...]	2009-03-27 10:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
09BEIJING828	TIBET: ON EVE OF "SERF EMANCIPATION DAY," HEAVY [...] (C) On the eve of China's "Serf Emancipation Day" on March 28, PRC security forces continued to blanket Tibet and the predominantly Tibetan areas of Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan provinces to preclude outbreaks of mass unrest. Following the relatively uneventful passage of the 50th anniversary of [...]	2009-03-27 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING829	China: Fiscal Stimulus and Monetary Loosening [...] (SBU) Many Chinese economic contacts remain optimistic China can attain eight percent GDP growth in 2009, although some local and foreign economists recently have lowered their forecasts to 6-7 percent or even lower. The World Bank expects no contribution to real GDP growth from net exports, w [...]	2009-03-29 23:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL CH
09BEIJING834	COLOMBIAN VIEWS ON TRADE RELATIONS WITH CHINA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Chinese investor interest in Colombia has risen rapidly since the November 2008 publication of China's white paper on Latin America, Colombian diplomats told Emboff. Colombia is wary of Chinese motives and what it sees as lax Chinese environmental and labor standards. Howeve [...]	2009-03-30 04:36:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL PHUM ELAB CH CO
09BEIJING841	COLOMBIAN VIEWS ON TRADE RELATIONS WITH CHINA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Chinese investor interest in Colombia has risen rapidly since the November 2008 publication of China's white paper on Latin America, Colombian diplomats told Emboff. Colombia is wary of Chinese motives and what it sees as lax Chinese environmental and labor standards. Howeve [...]	2009-03-30 08:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL PHUM ELAB CH CO
09BEIJING855	EAP DAS NORRIS AT MFA: G20, DPRK, HUMAN RIGHTS, [...] (S) It is important that our two Presidents show consensus on combating the global economic crisis following their April 1 meeting on the margins of the London G20 summit, MFA Director General for North American Affairs Zheng Zeguang told EAP DAS John Norris March 31. China continues to "work [...]	2009-03-31 11:33:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PARM ECON KGHG MARR PHUM CH KN KS SU AF
09BEIJING856	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DPRK LAUNCH [...] (S) On March 31, visiting EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary John Norris delivered ref A points pressing China to support meaningful UN Security Council action in response to a DPRK rocket launch to MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang (see ref B for ful [...]	2009-03-31 11:37:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL UNSC PARM MNUC CH RU KNNP KN KS
09BEIJING858	MARCH 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HACKING, NORTH KOREAN ROCKET, [...] Key points at the March 31 MFA press briefing: -- China "resolutely opposes the damaging of computer networks including through hacking." -- "Relevant parties should stay calm, exercise restraint and do more to ensure peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in East Asia." -- Afg [...]	2009-03-31 23:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA AF FR IN AS NZ VE
09BEIJING859	CHINA'S MFA REASSIGNS INTERNAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR [...] (C) On March 31, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Biological and Chemical Weapons Division Deputy Director Yang Yi informed PolOff that all specific cases of proliferation concern related to Chinese firms, including missile and nuclear cases, would now be under the purview of the MF [...]	2009-03-31 23:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MTCR MNUC PREL KNNP ETTC CH
09BEIJING861	CHINA INFORMED OF EFFORTS BY CHINESE FIRMS TO [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel A and B demarches and nonpapers urging China to investigate and prevent the supply of material and testing equipment for use in Pakistan's ballistic missile production program to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Biological and Chemical Weapons Division De [...]	2009-03-31 23:08:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM PREL MTCR ETTC CH PK
09BEIJING869	CHINA STILL EXAMINING KOSOVO BRIEF QUESTION [...] (U) China was researching the question of filing a brief with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the question of Kosovo independence, MFA Treaty and Law Department Public and International Law Division Attache Li Bingzhuo told PolOff April 1. Li was responding to reftel points, prese [...]	2009-04-01 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC ICJ KV
09BEIJING870	CHINA ASKED SOUTH AFRICA TO BAR DALAI LAMA FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: China had appealed to South Africa to bar the Dalai Lama from attending a peace conference at "this particularly sensitive time," a South African diplomat in Beijing told PolOff March 31. While acknowledging the backlash had been more severe than expected, our contact said South [...]	2009-04-01 09:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KTEX ETRD CH SF SU ZI
09BEIJING880	CHRISTIANITY: UNIVERSITY STUDENTS "MORE OPEN" TO [...] (C) Summary: Most Peking University students had an "objective" attitude toward Christianity, suggesting that religious tolerance had "increased" in China, according to a recent survey conducted by a professor at the university. The professor told PolOff his survey found that four percent of [...]	2009-04-02 08:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CH HK TW
09BEIJING884	RESPONSE ON U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] (C) China welcomed U.S. willingness to seek a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC),MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun told PolOff April 2 in response to reftel points on the U.S. decision to seek electi [...]	2009-04-02 09:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC UN CH
09BEIJING885	APRIL 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-CHINA SUMMIT, DPRK [...] Key points at the April 2 MFA press briefing: -- President Hu Jintao "explained China's principled position" on the March 8 USNS Impeccable incident in the South China Sea to President Barack Obama. Both sides were committed to promoting continued development of bilateral military-to-militar [...]	2009-04-03 00:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA FR IN VE
09BEIJING895	CHINA DONE BIDING ITS TIME? PRC SCHOLARS WRESTLE [...] (C) As China considers its broader role in addressing the global economic crisis and reflects with lingering pride on the 2008 Summer Olympics, it also grapples with the relevance and desirability of maintaining its traditional "low-key approach" to foreign policy matters and its oft-stated (an [...]	2009-04-03 07:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CH
09BEIJING905	NEW PRC "AL-JAZEERA-LIKE" NEWS CHANNEL AIMS TO [...] (C) Still smarting from the public relations bloody nose they received in the international media during 2008's Tibet riots and the Olympic torch run, Communist Party leaders hope to improve China's image overseas by spending large sums of money on state media outlets' international operations [...]	2009-04-03 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PGOV PREL PHUM CH HK
09BEIJING913	NORTH AFRICAN DIPLOMATS ANGRY ABOUT "CHINA INC." [...] (C) SUMMARY: North African diplomats based in Beijing told EconOff that China's relations with the region are under stress caused by explosive growth in China's exports to the region. China's trade with the five countries in the region grew by 590 percent from 2001 to 2007. North African cou [...]	2009-04-07 06:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV EAID PREL CH AU
09BEIJING923	APRIL 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA LAUNCH, SOMALI [...] Key points at the April 7 MFA press briefing: -- The UN Security Council should "make a prudent response" to the North Korea rocket launch and a satellite launch is "different than a missile launch or nuclear test." -- China has been "working to rescue the crew" of a ship from "Chinese Tai [...]	2009-04-07 11:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA FR VE TW
09BEIJING939	PRC RESPONSE ON U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] (C) MFA International Organizations and Conferences Human Rights Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun delivered a formal response April 7 to our earlier demarche notifying China that the United States will seek election to the UN Human Rights Council (reftel). Yao said that since China and th [...]	2009-04-08 09:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC UN CH
09BEIJING940	CHINA ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: A Chinese MFA official said China is "still considering" the U.S. request for nonlethal supply transit through China to Afghanistan and recognizes the importance of counter-narcotics efforts in Afghanistan. The Chinese have reviewed and are discussing the U.S. Pakistan/Afghanistan [...]	2009-04-08 09:44:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL AF NATO PK MARR MOPS CH
09BEIJING950	MEDIA REACTION: Obama in Iraq, Shanghai 2010 World Expo, [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-09 08:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING951	CHINESE ACADEMICS DISCUSS DPRK LAUNCH, MILITARY [...] (C) Senior Chinese foreign policy scholars March 31 predicted to visiting EAP DAS John Norris that the PRC would be unable to support a UN Security Council resolution condemning North Korea's "satellite" launch. Based on the "surprising" timing of the USNS Impeccable incident in the South Chin [...]	2009-04-09 09:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PREL ECON EFIN CH KN
09BEIJING952	PRC/DPRK: POST-LAUNCH ENGAGEMENT WITH CHINESE [...] (C) The Chinese are telling the P-3 countries, Japan and the ROK the same thing about the DPRK's missile launch: it might have been a satellite launch (technical data are ambiguous) and therefore we cannot conclude that it was a UNSCR violation, pass another resolution or apply additional or e [...]	2009-04-09 11:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN KS CH
09BEIJING953	APRIL 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK LAUNCH, IRAN DIALOGUE, [...] Key points at the April 9 MFA press briefing: -- China believes "pressure will not help" the situation in North Korea, "diplomatic efforts" need to be continued and all parties should "exercise calmness, restraint and caution." -- China "takes note of" North Korea's announcement of having [...]	2009-04-09 23:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM EFIN KNNP KCRM CH KS KN FR IR
09BEIJING955	CHINA'S COMFORT LEVEL WITH OTHER AFRICA DONORS [...] (SBU) China says it will keep expanding its aid to Africa, and though it is hard to measure, its aid level seems to be significant and growing. Beijing continues to proclaim that its aid has no political conditions attached, an implicit rebuke to Western donors. However, China's premier has [...]	2009-04-10 00:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV PREL EFIN CH UK AU SENV
09BEIJING96	DUTCH INVITE CHINA TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] On January 13, PolOff accompanied Arjen van den Berg, Political Counselor at the Dutch Embassy in Beijing, and Andrey Chernyshov, Second Secretary at the Russian Embassy in Beijing, in a meeting with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue. Van [...]	2009-01-13 06:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER MNUC MARR MASS CH RS NL
09BEIJING960	MEDIA REACTION: McCain Visit, President Obama, Ren Min Bi [...] McCain Visit "McCain said that China has become a "superpower" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/10): McCain arrived in Beijing on 8th for his Asian "survey trip". He indicated during a press conference on April 9th that China had [...]	2009-04-10 09:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING97	CHINA-JAPAN DISPUTE OVER EAST CHINA SEA UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Although Japan disputes China's assertion of its right to develop the Tianwaitian gas field in the East China Sea and has raised concerns at the highest level, the dispute is unlikely to derail Sino-Japanese relations, according to a Japanese Embassy contact in Beijing. Our sour [...]	2009-01-13 06:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ECON CH KN KS JA
09BEIJING970	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. Policy, ASEAN Summit & Protests in [...] U.S. POLICY "For the first time, the U.S. simulates an Economic World War" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/13): The Pentagon simulated a military drill on the theme of economic security. Many economic experts were involved in th [...]	2009-04-13 09:19:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING972	PRC/IRAN: BEIJING URGES TEHRAN TO RESPOND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese officials have urged Iran to respond positively to an invitation to meet with the P5-plus-1 grouping, according to the MFA. The Chinese told the Iranian Ambassador to China April 9 that the United States reiterated Iran's right to peaceful use of nuclear energy and that I [...]	2009-04-13 10:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING973	CHINESE OFFICIAL ON DPRK, AF/PAK, SNED [...] (C) Summary: A senior MFA official claimed the UNSC's Presidential Statement responding to the DPRK's missile launch as a win for Sino-U.S. cooperation and said China would play up the fact that it was not a resolution in discussions with the North Koreans on the need to rejoin the Six-Party T [...]	2009-04-13 10:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNSC PTER KN KS JA AF PK CH
09BEIJING980	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. POLICY [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "American media sensationalized the so called Chinese 'toxic construction materials'" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/14): "Since the American media reported about the "toxic, made-in-China, drywall", the re [...]	2009-04-14 09:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING981	CHINA INFORMED OF LIMMT ALIAS DESIGNATIONS [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche notifying China of the April 7 designation under E.O. 13382 of six entities associated with the Chinese LIMMT Economic and Trade Company and LIMMT's manager Karl Lee by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to MFA Arms Control an [...]	2009-04-14 09:38:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM MTCR PREL ETTC CH IR
09BEIJING982	FM YANG AND CODEL MCCAIN DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) PRC Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told CODEL McCain April 9 that U.S.-China relations were enjoying a "new spirit" of positive relations anchored by cooperation on global and regional concerns of mutual interest, and sought assurances that Congress would show "understanding" on Taiwan, Tibe [...]	2009-04-14 09:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV ETRD PBTS PHUM MNUC EWWT CH
09BEIJING983	APRIL 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, THAILAND, HUMAN [...] Key points at the April 14 MFA press briefing: -- China has "taken note" of North Korea's statement that it will boycott the Six-Party Talks. All parties should work together to promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. -- China is "closely following the situation" in Thailand, [...]	2009-04-14 10:42:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA IN PK PE FI
09BEIJING989	Latin Diplomats on China-Argentine Currency Swap, [...] (U) SUMMARY. In recent separate meetings with Emboffs, Beijing-based diplomats from Argentina, Uruguay and Mexico discussed recent developments in their respective countries' economic relations with China. Argentine diplomats claimed to have no technical details on Argentina's recently-announc [...]	2009-04-15 05:23:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL EFIN CH AR UY MX
09BEIJING991	NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO AND CODEL MCCAIN DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Senator John McCain (R-AZ) emphasized the importance of free trade and bilateral cooperation to resolving the global economic crisis during an April 8 meeting with Wu Bangguo, Chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) and Politburo Standing Committee member. Wu noted [...]	2009-04-15 05:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC PTER EFIN ECON ETRD TRGY
09BEIJING992	CODEL MCCAIN MEETING WITH CHINESE DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with CODEL McCain, Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie observed that military-to-military ties lagged behind other aspects of the bilateral relationship. Liang attributed the shortcoming to three "barriers": U.S. arms sales to Taiwan; the National Defe [...]	2009-04-15 05:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PARM MNUC PBTS PTER PGOV CH
09BEIJING995	MEDIA REACTION: CHINA POLICY, DPRK [...] CHINA POLICY "China's [effort] to improve their human rights is not a show for the west" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (04/15): "Human rights related issues always touch a sensitive nerve in communications between China and wester [...]	2009-04-15 09:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING996	PRC/DPRK: AMBASSADOR YANG HOULAN DISCUSSES [...] (C) Ambassador for Korean Peninsula Issues Yang Houlan told Staffdel Jannuzi April 15 that China was happy with its close coordination with Washington in the UN Security Council and the Six-Party Talks. Beijing sent several messages to Pyongyang trying to dissuade North Korea from conducting a [...]	2009-04-15 10:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN KS CH
09BEIRT96	LEBANON: SINIORA URGES U.S. TO ENCOURAGE SYRIA TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 18:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT100	LEBANON: HOARDING OF GASOIL CAUSES SHORTAGES (ECONOMIC WEEK [...] (SBU) Minister of Energy and Water (MEW) Alain Tabourian publicly said on January 21 that the gasoil shortage will drop with the arrival of three tankers in the next two days. A senior MEW source told us the GOL has been distributing about 12 million liters of gasoil daily to the market, while [...]	2009-01-26 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1001	LEBANON TO VOTE AS NORMAL IN UPCOMING UNGA [...] (C) As requested in reftel, poloff delivered points on the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to Majdi Ramadan, U.S. desk officer at the Lebanese MFA. Because government formation is ongoing, Ramadan predicted that Lebanon would likely not take any initiatives during the UNGA except competing for a r [...]	2009-09-09 13:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UNGA UNSC LE
09BEIRUT1002	ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-09 13:59:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AL LE
09BEIRUT101	LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER CONFIDENT SPECIAL [...] (C) Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar informed the Ambassador that he expected the four Lebanese judges on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) to spend approximately two weeks in The Hague in March to approve the procedural code for the Tribunal. He also believed the four generals, currently [...]	2009-01-26 17:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KCRM KJUS KTIP SOCI
09BEIRUT1012	SCENESETTER FOR S/E GEORGE MITCHELL'S SEPTEMBER 16 [...] (C) Embassy Beirut welcomes your September 16 visit. Your meeting with President Sleiman will reinforce the message that we value his views and that we recognize that Lebanon has its own issues and agenda in the context of a comprehensive Middle East Peace. Lebanese interest in the progress [...]	2009-09-14 14:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE
09BEIRUT1021	HARIRI ROUND 2: WHO STANDS WHERE, AND WHY [...] (C) Although Saad Hariri has, for the second time, won majority support as prime minister-designate, Lebanon's government formation process is expected to remain protracted as political tensions escalate. Hariri and the opposition have traded accusations of blame since the failure of the firs [...]	2009-09-16 13:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1022	UNIFIL COMMMANDER ON SEPTEMBER 11 ROCKET ATTACK [...] (C) Forces from the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL),cooperating with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),responded quickly by increasing patrols following the launch of rockets from Lebanon into Israel on September 11, according to UNIFIL Commander Gen. Claudio Graziano. Graziano confirmed [...]	2009-09-16 14:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS KPKO MCAP UNAUS IS LE
09BEIRUT1041	ENGAGING THE LEBANESE DIASPORA [...] The Lebanese diaspora is a large and diverse global community with an estimated population of at least twelve million, three times that of Lebanon itself. The bulk of the diaspora is centered in the Western hemisphere, with the largest population in Latin America. The remittances from this s [...]	2009-09-23 14:29:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO EAID EINV OEXC PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL
09BEIRUT1044	A RECIPE FOR STALEMATE: THE INHERENT WEAKNESSES OF [...] (C) As Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri returns to his task of forming a government, many Lebanese are asking themselves whether any resulting cabinet will be truly able to address Lebanon's many challenges. Both sides of the political divide agree that the current political system preclu [...]	2009-09-24 05:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1045	LAF COMMANDER KAHWAJI CONFIDENT OF MURR'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Caretaker Defense Minister Elias Murr will be re-appointed to the same position in the next cabinet, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Jean Kahwaji told visiting LTG William Webster and the Ambassador on September 18. Kahwaji continued to be concerned that the current delay [...]	2009-09-24 05:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINR MOPS MARR KPKO MCAP IS LE
09BEIRUT1053	ISRAELI COOPERATION IMPROVING, SAYS LEBANESE [...] (S) In recent trilateral meetings between the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),UNIFIL, and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF),the Israeli side was more cooperative and a new element of trust between the parties was present, BGen Abdulruhman Shehaitly, GOL Coordinator to UNIFIL told visiting Special [...]	2009-09-25 05:47:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PBTS KPKO MARR PREL PGOV LE IS
09BEIRUT106	LEBANON: MIKATI EXPECTS TO RUN WITH HARIRI [...] (C) In a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati said his talks with Saad Hariri on an electoral alliance in Tripoli were going well, and he expected he and Hariri would run jointly in the upcoming parliamentary elections. He believed the National Dialogue w [...]	2009-01-27 15:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE IR SY SA
09BEIRUT107	LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN FIRMLY SUPPORTS ARAB [...] (C) President Michel Sleiman reiterated his support for the Arab Peace Initiative (API) in a January 27 meeting with the Ambassador. He speculated that, although the Arab League was divided in its position on the API, the Kuwaitis and the Saudis could easily persuade some Arab League members t [...]	2009-01-27 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL IS LE SY
09BEIRUT108	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR SAYS MARCH 14 [...] (C) In a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Elias Murr stressed his "purely UNSCR 1701" agenda for his planned January 28 visit to Damascus. He again expressed concern about the lack of March 14 organization for the upcoming parliamentary elections and said he continues t [...]	2009-01-27 15:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MCAP PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT1081	ATMOSPHERE POSITIVE, CABINET NEGOTIATIONS STILL [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's conclusion of the second round of consultations on October 1 was accompanied by positive expectations that a cabinet could be formed soon. However, in separate meetings the same day, caretaker Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, caretaker Finance Minister [...]	2009-10-02 10:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY SA IR EG
09BEIRUT1088	HARIRI AWAITS REGIONAL EVENTS BEFORE NEGOTIATING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanon's political atmosphere appears improved following a week of talks with parliamentary blocs, but progress still awaits the expected Saudi-Syria rapprochement, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri told the Ambassador on October 2. Hariri reported that he had sought to draw [...]	2009-10-05 15:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS SY SA LE
09BEIRUT109	LEBANON: UNIIIC COMMISSIONER ON THE FOUR GENERALS, REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL SYRIA-LINKED INFORMATION [...] (S/NF) UNIIIC Commissioner Daniel Bellemare explained to the Ambassador in a January 26 meeting the issues surrounding the release or transfer to The Hague of the four generals currently in Lebanese custody in connection with former PM Rafiq Hariri's assassination. According to Bellemare, the [...]	2009-01-27 16:16:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT110	LEBANON: NATIONAL "DIALOGUE" ACTUALLY [...] (C) Former president and Kataeb leader Amine Gemayel told the Ambassador the January 26 National Dialogue session was another opportunity to hear "very important monologues." Gemayel said his attempts in the session to push Hizballah representative MP Mohammad Raad to reveal Hizballah's "true [...]	2009-01-27 16:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR LE SY
09BEIRUT1108	LEBANON GEARS UP FOR UNSC SEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanon, which expects to be elected to the Asia group's non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council on October 15, will decide its positions on UNSC issues through consultation among the president's office, the prime minister's office, and the foreign ministry. Its votes will [...]	2009-10-08 12:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC AL LE IR
09BEIRUT111	LEBANON: ASSESSMENT OF UN HUMAN RIGHTS' FIELD [...] (SBU) This is a response to reftel requesting Post's assessment of the efficacy of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) field office in Beirut. 2. (SBU) According to Fateh Azzam, regional representative for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),the Be [...]	2009-01-27 16:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1130	THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON AS POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) is still a political football, with opposition-aligned figures striving to discredit it and the majority pledging its support for the STL's mission of bringing to justice those responsible for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik [...]	2009-10-14 14:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS UNSC PTER PREL SOCI PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT1149	UPBEAT HARIRI SAYS CABINET NEGOTIATIONS REACH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri was optimistic that the week ahead would be "decisive" for cabinet formation. Discussions over the telecommunications portfolio with Christian opposition figure Michel Aoun continued, however, and Hariri suggested that he might [...]	2009-10-19 14:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EFIN EAID PTER MARR MOPPS LE
09BEIRUT1153	RECENT SECURITY INCIDENTS IN SOUTH LEBANON REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Security incidents in southern Lebanon have dominated the press for the last week, obscured by a haze of rumors, contradictory information and propaganda. On the evening of October 12, a mysterious incident occurred in or near the house of an alleged Hizballah official in the vi [...]	2009-10-20 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS KPKO UNSC LE
09BEIRUT1155	LEBANESE PARTICIPATION IN THE 2009 G-8 BMENA FORUM [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-21 15:03:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL ECON KPAO KDEM KMPI LE
09BEIRUT116	LEBANON: RESPONSE REGARDING UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Post found no public or media reports about TIP or SEA involving UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) personnel in Lebanon. Similarly, UNIFIL officials told us that there were no cases or reports of TIP or SEA involving UNIFIL personnel in 2008. UNIFIL staff officers continue to receive [...]	2009-01-28 13:43:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CT KPKO MO PREL SU WI UN PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1164	UNSCOL CHIEF OF STAFF UNDERSCORES UNIFIL'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNIFIL was not hindered in its investigation of the October 12 Tayr Felsayh incident, UN Special Coordinator on Lebanon (UNSCOL) Chief of Staff Jack Christofides asserted on October 21. He also said that the upcoming UNSCR 1701 report to the UN Security Council would reflect "cl [...]	2009-10-22 12:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR MOPS UN KPKO IS LE
09BEIRUT1169	HARIRI DESCRIBES CHALLENGES FACING LEBANESE ARMED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) had made "impressive" progress, it still requires training and equipment in order to undermine non-state actors, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri told visiting DASD Colin Kahl and delegation on October 22. Kahl pushed for development [...]	2009-10-23 15:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER MOPS KPKO MCAP UNSC IS LE SY
09BEIRUT117	LEBANON: TALKING TO SYRIA IS A REDLINE FOR JUMBLATT [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt lamented to the Ambassador in a January 28 meeting that the March 14 alliance was still struggling to agree on which candidates will run in each district. Insisting that his relationship with Druze rival Talal Arslan was "good," Jumblatt revealed that Arslan had [...]	2009-01-28 16:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT1176	LAF OFFICERS DESCRIBE CHALLENGES IN SOUTH LEBANON [...] (C) SUMMARY: A formal strategy paper would be a critical tool to maintain Congressional support for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),DASD Colin Kahl explained to LAF commander General Jean Kahwagi on October 22. Kahwagi portrayed the October 12 Tayr Felsayh incident as perplexing, but reporte [...]	2009-10-27 08:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER MOPS KPKO MCAP UNSC IS LE
09BEIRUT118	LEBANON: UNIFIL URGES COMMITMENT TO ENHANCED [...] (C) UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Commander General Claudio Graziano hosted an ambassadorial-level briefing for all UNIFIL contributing countries January 27 to update UNIFIL's bilateral partners on UNIFIL capabilities, a timeline of recent events, and lessons learned in the aftermath o [...]	2009-01-28 18:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE IS
09BEIRUT1180	ROCKET FROM LEBANON HITS NORTHERN ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of October 27, one Katyusha rocket was launched from Lebanon into an uninhabited region near the Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) promptly retaliated with an artillery barrage into an uninhabited area. There were no reports of inj [...]	2009-10-28 13:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR MOPS MCAP KPKO UN IS LE
09BEIRUT1181	LEBANON REQUESTS ICAO VOTE IN EXCHANGE FOR IMO AND [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche regarding the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on September 30 and ref B demarche on the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) (ref B) on October 23 to both MFA Americas desk officer Reina Charbel and Acting Director General of the MFA Depart [...]	2009-10-28 15:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC APER KJUS KUNR PHSA PREL UNGA
09BEIRUT1182	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ENFORCING THE WEAPONS-FREE ZONE [...] (C) Summary: In response to Ref A demarche detailing U.S. concerns on GOL enforcement of a weapons-free zone in south Lebanon, Caretaker Minister of Defense Elias Murr, Advisor to President Sleiman Naji Abi Assi, and Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Jean Kahwagi acknowledged the negative [...]	2009-10-28 15:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC LE IS
09BEIRUT1183	BERRI CHARACTERIZES GOVERNMENT DELAY AS "SILLY" [...] (C) Summary: Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri characterized the ongoing delay in cabinet formation as "silly" in an October 28 meeting with the Ambassador. He claimed that the negotiations between Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun had devolved i [...]	2009-10-28 16:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID KDEM OREP PREL PTER SY EG LE
09BEIRUT1186	HEADS OR TAILS? GOERNMENT OR NO GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The positive atmosphere engendered by the Syrian-Saudi rapprochement in mid-October is dissipating as negotiations about the details of cabinet formation drag on, sources say. Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's allies are beginning to question the wisdom of his negotiating t [...]	2009-10-30 14:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	LE PGOV PINS PREL
09BEIRUT1188	HEADS OR TAILS? GOVERNMENT OR NO GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The positive atmosphere engendered by the Syrian-Saudi rapprochement in mid-October is dissipating as negotiations about the details of cabinet formation drag on, sources say. Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's allies are beginning to question the wisdom of his negotiating t [...]	2009-10-30 14:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS SY LE
09BEIRUT1194	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE'S NOVEMBER 9-10 VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Mission in Beirut welcomes your November 9-10 visit. Your visit is the first by a U.S. Congressional delegation to Lebanon since the June 7 parliamentary elections. Your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, caretaker PM Fouad S [...]	2009-11-02 13:09:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV KDEM EAID UNSC PTER MARR LE
09BEIRUT1200	LEBANON TO SUPPORT GOLDSTONE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 10:20:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS LE
09BEIRUT1201	ISF POLICE STATION OPENED IN NAHR AL-BARID CAMP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Lebanese government intends to begin policing inside Palestinian refugee camps for the first time since 1969, starting with the Nahr al-Barid camp, thanks to a USG pledge to fund the construction of a police station and train the Internal Security Forces (ISF) in community pol [...]	2009-11-04 13:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PTER KPAL LE
09BEIRUT1214	NEW LEBANESE CABINET ANNOUNCED [...] (C) SUMMARY: After nearly five months of negotiations, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri formed a cabinet on November 9. The cabinet held its initial meeting on November 10 and selected the committee that will negotiate the ministerial statement, which must be approved by parliament within [...]	2009-11-10 17:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT1226	BORDER CONTROL PLAN STILL LACKING SAY DONORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams reviewed with international donors on November 4 the very limited progress on border management since their last meeting in June, and attributed it primarily to the lack of a Lebanese government. Noting that border man [...]	2009-11-16 16:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS SY LE
09BEIRUT1230	LEBANESE RESPONSE ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Charge delivered points in reftels to presidential diplomatic advisor Naji Abi Assi on November 16, asking for Lebanese support in opposing the no-action motion on Iran. Abi Assi indicated that he would bring the U.S. demarche to the attention of Lebanese Permrep Nawaf Salam, but implied t [...]	2009-11-17 15:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA LE
09BEIRUT1239	UNIFIL WANTS TO APPLY GHAJAR MODEL TO SHEBAA FARMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: July's explosion of a Hizballah arms depot in Khirbet Selim raised questions about the Lebanese Armed Forces' (LAF) attitude, but the LAF has applied the lessons learned from the incident, according to UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Director of Political and Civil Affairs Mi [...]	2009-11-19 07:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER MOPS KPKO MCAP UNSC PBTS LE IS
09BEIRUT124	LEBANON: AOUN SETTING THE STAGE TO CHALLENGE [...] (C) In a January 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun complained that Sunni Future Movement leader Saad Hariri planned to pay to fly in expatriate Christian voters to vote against Aoun in the June parliamentary elections. Aoun dismissed the idea tha [...]	2009-01-29 15:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN LE SY
09BEIRUT1242	LEBANON UNPREPARED TO ADDRESS SHEBAA WATER ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanese government officials argue that Israel's insistence on retaining the disputed Shebaa Farms stems not from border security concerns but from interest in water rights. Lebanese contacts opine that, given water shortages in the region and increasing worries that global war [...]	2009-11-19 15:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL ECON PBTS PGOV LE IS
09BEIRUT1247	GOVERNMENT LEADERS EMPHASIZE ECONOMIC REFORM WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 10, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, President Michel Sleiman, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, and former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora separately told visiting Codel Price that they welcomed U.S. congressional support to the Lebanese parliament and noted the multitude [...]	2009-11-24 11:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID PTER OREP LE
09BEIRUT1249	EDUCATION LEADS TO DEMOCRACY, MPS TELL CODEL PRICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lebanese parliamentarians from all sides of the political spectrum told visiting Codel Price November 10 and 11 that they welcomed the United States Congress' support for the Lebanese parliament. They suggested that technical assistance, particularly through a staff resource cen [...]	2009-11-24 11:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID PTER OREP LE
09BEIRUT125	LEBANON: GEAGEA SEES "MONKEYNESS" HURTING ELECTION [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea reported to the Ambassador in a January 29 meeting that the Syrians were "anxious" about Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections, and may be making assassination plans (including against himself) or violence by proxy in order to sway the elections to the [...]	2009-01-29 15:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL IS SY LE
09BEIRUT1261	EMBASSY BEIRUT NOMINEES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) Post nominated the following ten individuals for the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit: - Mr. Fawaz Hamidi, General Manager, Business Incubation Association Tripoli and Northern Lebanon (BIAT); - Mr. Nicolas Rouhana, Business Development & Communication Director, Berytech Technologic [...]	2009-12-01 07:20:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL SOCI LE
09BEIRUT1267	HIZBALLAH UNVEILS ITS NEW MANIFESTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah delivered a seminal speech on November 30 that detailed Hizballah's vision for Lebanon and the future of "the resistance." The last time Hizballah produced such a statement was nearly a quarter century ago, in February 1985. The new m [...]	2009-12-03 07:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL KISL IS LE
09BEIRUT1277	LEBANESE REACTION TO ISRAELI SETTLEMENT MORATORIUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential advisor Naji Abi Assi welcomed details about Israel's recently announced settlement moratorium and the U.S. reaction to it. Abi Assi also told Charge on December 1 that Palestinian Authority President Abu Mazen was scheduled to visit Beirut on December 7. He opined [...]	2009-12-04 15:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG UNSC ENRG LE IS
09BEIRUT1280	MINISTERIAL STATEMENT GOES PUBLIC [...] (SBU) The Lebanese Arabic-language daily newspaper An-Nahar printed today the full Arabic text of the ministerial statement text that will be debated by parliament beginning December 8. Following is the Embassy's informal translation of Articles 5-8, which deal with UN Security Council Resolu [...]	2009-12-04 16:36:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PTER UNSC LE IS
09BEIRUT1286	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: LEBANON NOTIFIED OF CENTCOM 2010 GULF [...] Post notified Minister of Telecommunications Charbel Nahas and Chairman of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) Dr. Kamal Shehadi on December 3 that the 2010 Gulf Region Communications Conference (GRCC) will be held inAmman, Jordan, on February 21-23, 2010, and requsted that they s [...]	2009-12-08 08:23:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECPS PGOV EINT PREL LE
09BEIRUT1289	PROPOSAL FOR EXCHANGE OF NOTES ON STATUS OF U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: For over a year, U.S. military engagement activities in Lebanon have been expanding rapidly in number and scope. In addition to the growing list of short-term engagements, in early 2010 the Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) will inaugurate a compreh [...]	2009-12-09 17:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL OPDC LE
09BEIRUT129	LEBANON: WITH CODEL SMITH, D.M MURR SAYS SYRIA [...] (C) CODEL Smith, accompanied by Ambassador and PolEconOff met with Defense Minister Elias Murr at his residence January 30. CODEL members were House Armed Service Committee members Adam Smith (D-WA),Susan Davis (D-CA),Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ),Glynn Nye (D-VA),Frank Kravotil (D-MD); C.A. [...]	2009-02-02 07:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY

09BEIRUT1290	MARCH 14'S WINTER OF DISCONTENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Disillusionment among March 14 Christians is expanding. March 14 Secretary General Fares Souaid recently expressed deep concern about the direction of the movement, fearing Syrian pressure on March 14 leader and Prime Minister Saad Hariri would lead to its disbandment. Publicly [...]	2009-12-09 18:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SA SY LE
09BEIRUT1298	LEBANON LOOKS TO TURN "GREEN," ACTION AWAITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Coinciding with the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, popular efforts on environmental issues in Lebanon have received significant local media attention and the newly-formed Lebanese government seems to have taken notice of the public push. Prime Minister Saad Hariri wi [...]	2009-12-10 17:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG SENV PGOV PREL LE
09BEIRUT1299	LEBANESE PRESIDENT SLEIMAN'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Michel Sleiman and his delegation look forward to their discussions with President Obama and other U.S. officials during their December 12-16 visit to Washington. President Sleiman -- who will be accompanied by Defense Minister Elias El Murr, Foreign Minister Ali Al Cha [...]	2009-12-10 19:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM UNSC OVIP LE
09BEIRUT130	LEBANON: SLEIMAN TELLS CODEL SMITH USG SHOULD DEAL [...] (C) In a January 30 meeting with CODEL Smith, President Michel Sleiman urged the U.S. to find a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Solving the conflict, he said, would benefit Lebanon greatly because of the significant Palestinian refugee population in Lebanon. Lebanon's relations [...]	2009-02-02 08:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR LE SY IS
09BEIRUT1318	HARIRI'S DAMASCUS TRIP COMPLICATED BY SYRIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanese Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar confirmed on December 10 that the GOL had received "warrants" for 23 former and current Lebanese officials and journalists to appear before the Syrian judiciary. The warrants were issued in connection with a case brought in a Syrian court b [...]	2009-12-14 16:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KJUS LE SY
09BEIRUT133	LEBANON: LEBANON MEETS USG BENCHMARK FOR PARIS III SUPPORT [...] (SBU) On January 23, the cabinet passed a gas excise floor of LL 470 (approximately 31 cents) per liter, uncapping the price of gas at the pump and tying it to international oil prices, senior staffer at the Ministry of Finance (MOF) Zeina Kassem told EconOff January 29. In line with this de [...]	2009-02-02 15:59:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1334	SYRIAN ALLIES SEEK "CANCELLATION" OF UNSCR 1559 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Syria's allies in Lebanon have launched a campaign for the "cancellation" of UN Security Council resolution 1559. Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri claimed to the Ambassador that following the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon and the election of Michel Sleiman as president, there i [...]	2009-12-21 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC PBTS KPAL LE IS SY
09BEIRUT1336	DEFMIN MURR PLANS SHAKE-UP IN SOUTH LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: President Obama's message to Lebanese President Michel Sleiman on the importance of UNSCR 1701 was loud and clear, Defense Minister Murr told the Ambassador and visiting Special Coordinator for Regional Affairs Frederic Hof on December 18. Murr reported he would underscore this m [...]	2009-12-22 15:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC PBTS KPAL LE IS
09BEIRUT134	LEBANON: LAF COMMANDER TELLS CODEL SMITH [...] (C) Highlighting the fight against Islamic extremists, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Jean Kahwagi told Codel Smith that the LAF had "changed the game" in its fight against terrorism in Lebanon by taking a more offensive approach. Kahwagi stressed that Islamic extremists had ga [...]	2009-02-02 16:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT1347	LAF AND UNSCOL DESCRIBE PREPARATIONS FOR GHAJAR [...] (C) Summary: Preparations for the handover of Ghajar village were very sensitive to the GOL, General Abdulruhman Shehaitly, LAF representative to the tripartite, reported, and the LAF planned to deploy a unit of four in the village, along with UNIFIL forces, after its return from Israeli contr [...]	2009-12-23 16:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PBTS MARR KPKO LE IS
09BEIRUT135	Lebanon -- The Daily Star is Back [...] Summary: English-language Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star returned to publication on February 2, after having been closed since January 14 in a dispute over unpaid loans with the Standard Chartered Bank. End Summary. 2. The publisher of the Daily Star, Jamil Mroue, told Arab nationalis [...]	2009-02-03 06:45:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT1351	HARIRI'S DAMASCUS VISIT HERALDS NEW "PERSONAL [...] (C) Summary: Prior to his December 19-20 visit to Damascus, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri told the Ambassador that he "must go to Damascus to better relations," and he cast the visit as "a new form of achieving sovereignty and independence." Following the visit, the PM's chief of staff [...]	2009-12-28 12:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC PBTS PINR KPAL LE SY
09BEIRUT1358	PM HARIRI URGES INCREASED MILITARY AID [...] (S) Summary: The U.S. must fully support the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to enable it to implement UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1701, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri told the Ambassador and visiting Special Coordinator for Regional Affairs Frederic Hof on December 18. Lebanon wo [...]	2009-12-29 13:16:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER UNSC PBTS KPAL MARR MASS IS LE
09BEIRUT1359	GEAGEA COMPLAINS OF MARCH 14 ISOLATION [...] (C) Summary: Syria is pushing hard to annul UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1559, and the U.S. should publicly reiterate its support for all resolutions relating to Lebanon, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea told the Ambassador. Geagea also complained that Saudi Arabia was pushing Pr [...]	2009-12-29 16:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY UNSC SA LE
09BEIRUT1367	LEBANON: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] While the threat of terrorist activity kept Lebanese security agencies on high alert throughout the year, 2009 was characterized by increased governmental efforts to disrupt suspected terror cells before they could act. The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),in particular, were credited with the cap [...]	2009-12-31 09:40:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR LE SY
09BEIRUT137	LEBANON: NOMINATIONS FOR FY-09 MEPI STUDENT LEADERS [...] (U) On January 23 and 26, a four-member post panel conducted interviews with short listed applicants for this summer's MEPI Student Leaders Program. Due to the large number of applications received this year by highly qualified Lebanese and Palestinian applicants (born and residing in Lebanon) [...]	2009-02-03 13:00:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI KPAO PREL LE
09BEIRUT139	LEBANON: SAUDI AMBASSADOR ON SYRIA, HIZBALLAH, SAAD [...] (C) Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Abdulaziz Khoja told the Ambassador that Saudi King Abdullah's outreach to Syrian President Bashar Asad was necessary to limit Iran's influence in the Arab world. Bashar, for his part, is playing all sides off each other, but that strategy would only be viable [...]	2009-02-03 16:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY IS IR
09BEIRUT140	LEBANON: MARONITE CHRISTIAN MP HARB ASSAILS UNITY [...] (C) In a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Maronite Christian MP Boutros Harb acknowledged security threats against him serious enough to warrant a self-imposed confinement at home. He cautioned that Free Patriotic Movement leader (FPM) Michel Aoun "courts emotion" as a populist candida [...]	2009-02-03 18:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT141	LEBANON: CHATAH FRUSTRATED WITH BUDGET IMPASSE IN [...] (C) In a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said he would formally ask the IMF to certify the GOL's fulfillment of the USG gas excise subsidy benchmark, and hoped the USG would use its USD 50 milion disbursement to pay off Central Bank of Lebano Eurobond [...]	2009-02-04 16:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PTER MCAP LE SY IS
09BEIRUT143	Media Ethics in the Lebanese Media [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-05 06:46:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT147	Lebanon: Murr TV (MTV) To Resume Broadcasting [...] (U) Summary: MTV announced it will resume broadcast on March 31, 2009, seven years after its coerced closure. Michel El Murr, the CEO, denied that the Lebanese Forces "or any other foreign or domestic party" was behind the reopening. March 14 contacts, however, have been pushing for the reop [...]	2009-02-05 14:48:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT148	LEBANON: MICHEL MURR ON THE INDEPENDENTS [...] (C) In a February 4 meeting, MP and self-styled independent list kingmaker Michel Murr told the Ambassador that he, and not his son, Defense Minister Elias Murr, would run for a seat in the Metn district in the June parliamentary elections. Murr appeared confident about his list's chances in [...]	2009-02-05 15:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT153	LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI ON WIRETAPPING, BUDGETARY [...] (C) Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri told the Ambassador that applying existing laws was the "easy solution" to the current fiery disputes over wiretapping and the budget for the Council of the South. However, he was not optimistic that this would occur. On the parliamentary elections, Berri [...]	2009-02-06 15:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT154	LEBANON: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: TRIPOLI [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Tripoli, once a vibrant and vital economic hub, is one of seven electoral districts in the North Lebanon administrative a [...]	2009-02-06 15:52:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT155	LEBANON: RELATIONS WITH SYRIA: COSMETIC CHANGES [...] (C) Six months after the August 13-14 summit in Damascus between President Michel Sleiman and Syrian President Bashar Asad (Ref H),there has been little substantive progress, from the Lebanese point of view, on any of the key bilateral issues: exchange of Ambassadors, border security coopera [...]	2009-02-10 09:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE
09BEIRUT157	LEBANON: ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF COMMITS TO MORE [...] (C) Dennis Hadrick, Program Manager in the Department of State Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (WRA),received a verbal commitment from LAF Chief of Staff, Major General Shawki al-Masri, that the LAF will destroy 10 more Man Portable Air-Defense System (MANPADS) missiles stored in a LA [...]	2009-02-10 15:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT158	LEBANON: BUDGET DELAYED BY DISPUTE OVER COUNCIL FOR THE [...] (SBU) On January 29, the cabinet postponed discussions of the 2009 budget draft for ten days until the return of President Sleiman from an official visit to Bahrain and the UAE. This should allow time for politicians to resolve the issue of the budget allotment to the Council for the South, wh [...]	2009-02-10 16:30:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT159	LEBANON: PALIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: THE CHOUF [...] (SBU) This is the second in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) The Chouf is one of six electoral districts in the Mount Lebanon administrative area. There are eight parliamentary sea [...]	2009-02-10 16:40:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT161	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH LIKELY TO REMAIN ON THE [...] (C) The recent Gaza conflict again brought to the fore the question of under what regional and domestic circumstances Hizballah would use force against Israel. In addition, the first anniversary of the February 12, 2008 assassination of former Hizballah military official Imad Mugniyeh raises t [...]	2009-02-11 08:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS KPAL
09BEIRUT170	LEBANON: GAZA CONFLICT EXPOSES CHALLENGES FOR [...] (C) Hizballah successfully used the Gaza conflict to reinforce its own standing by talking tough against Israel but not drawing Lebanon into a second, and probably unpopular, war (reftel). However, the conflict exposed several challenges Hizballah faces, as it seeks to consolidate its strengt [...]	2009-02-12 15:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS KPAL
09BEIRUT177	LEBANON: UNSCOL OPTIMISTIC ISRAEL WILL WITHDRAW [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams returned from consultations in Israel pleased with the thorough discussions he had, he told the Ambassador February 10. Williams was hopeful Israel would withdraw from Ghajar prior to the Lebanese parliamentary elections on June [...]	2009-02-13 17:56:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY IS
09BEIRUT178	CODEL KERRY VISIT TO LEBANON: KEY MESSAGES [...] (SBU) Senator Kerry, welcome to Lebanon. Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce our message of strong, continued bipartisan U.S. support for a sovereign Lebanon. You are the first Senator to visit since President Obama took office and your visit comes a few days after the [...]	2009-02-13 18:02:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT179	LEBANON: SINIORA -- WE WILL COMPLY QUICKLY WITH [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora on February 12 expressed GOL intentions to comply quickly to all requests that may come from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, including the transfer to the Hague of the four incarcerated generals, if the STL requests it. In a meeting with the Ambassador, visiting U [...]	2009-02-17 07:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT182	Lebanon: Media Reaction - February 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-17 11:39:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT184	LEBANON: FINMIN SAYS IMF PLEASED WITH LEBANON'S GROWTH IN [...] (SBU) In a February 11 meeting with the USAID Administrator's Special Assistant for the Middle East George Laudato and the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said a recent IMF delegation, led by IMF Deputy Managing Director Murilo Portugal, was pleased with Lebanon's growth in 2008, e [...]	2009-02-17 14:43:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT185	LEBANON: ARMENIAN TASHNAQ PARTY WANTS ITS OWN [...] (C) In a February 15 meeting with visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff member Perry Cammack and the Ambassador, Armenian Tashnaq party leaders stressed that their primary goal was the establishment of an independent Armenian bloc in parliament, an objective which would be facilita [...]	2009-02-17 16:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE SY IS SA
09BEIRUT186	LEBANON: HARIRI ON MARCH 14 ELECTION PREPARATIONS, [...] (C) Future Movement leader MP Saad Hariri -- receiving the Ambassador on February 13, the eve of the fourth anniversary of the assassination of his father, former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri -- claimed that the March 8 opposition was working to discredit investigative information on his father [...]	2009-02-17 17:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT190	Lebanon: Power Struggle Over LBCI [...] (U) Summary: Long standing problems between the Chairman of the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI),Pierre El Daher, and the Lebanese Forces Party escalated over the last two weeks. The result was that CEO Pierre El Daher blamed Lebanese security forces of failing to car [...]	2009-02-18 12:20:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT195	LEBANON: ELECTION OBSERVERS DECREE MOVING AHEAD; [...] (C) In a February 18 meeting hosted by the UN, Minister of Interior Ziyad Baroud reported he had sent the draft decree to invite international observers to monitor the June 2009 parliamentary elections to the Cabinet to be placed on the agenda for the February 26 session. Earlier, in a Febru [...]	2009-02-19 16:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINS LE
09BEIRUT196	LEBANON: MICHAEL WILLIAMS SAYS SYRIANS "COCKY" [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams, UNSCOL Chief of Staff Jack Christofides, and UNSCOL Poloff Rami Shehadeh February 17 provided the Ambassador and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Perry Cammack with a readout of Williams' February 12 trip to Damascus. Will [...]	2009-02-19 16:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT197	LEBANON: HARIRI TELLS SENATOR KERRY ON-TIME [...] (C) Saad Hariri told visiting U.S. Senator and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry that it was most important for Lebanon's parliamentary elections to occur as scheduled June 7. Meeting with the Senator on February 18, Hariri was confident his March 14 coalition could [...]	2009-02-19 16:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS
09BEIRUT198	LEBANON: SENATOR KERRY ENGAGES PRESIDENT SLEIMAN [...] (C) In a February 18 meeting with visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator John Kerry, President Michel Sleiman called upon Kerry to "take care of the Lebanese people," to support Arab reconciliation, and to press Israel to accept the Arab Initiative for Palestinian-Israeli [...]	2009-02-19 16:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT199	LEBANON: MARCH 2 SHARM EL-SHEIKH CONFERENCE, GOL [...] (SBU) DCM delivered Ref A demarche to PM Fouad Siniora's assistant, Rola Noureddine, on February 18. Noureddine had no substantive response. 2. (SBU) Per Ref B, Lebanon continues to provide assistance to Gaza. Ambassador Khalil Mekkawi, President of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Commi [...]	2009-02-20 10:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS KPAL
09BEIRUT200	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: SIDON [...] (U) This is the fourth in a series of snapshots we are producing on key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) South Lebanon is divided into two "muhafazas" (administrative areas): Nabatieh and South Lebanon. The heavily Sunni city [...]	2009-02-20 10:42:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT201	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: WEST BEKAA-RASHAYA [...] (U) This is the sixth in a series of snapshots we are producing on key electoral districts ("quda") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) West Bekaa-Rashaya is the agricultural heartland of Lebanon. No single confessional group dominates this district, which l [...]	2009-02-20 10:54:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT203	LEBANON: SENATOR KERRY AND PM SINIORA DISCUSS [...] (C) In a February 18 luncheon with Senator John Kerry, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora expressed Lebanon's desire for engagement with Syria, and support for U.S. engagement, on the condition that Syria recognize Lebanon's sovereignty and deliver on previous promises. He assessed that the Iranian [...]	2009-02-20 15:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE IR SY IS WE
09BEIRUT204	LEBANON: LAF COMMANDER WITH STAFFDEL CAMMACK ON [...] (C) Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Jean Kahwagi told visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer Perry Cammack that he was "very satisfied" with the military-to-military relationship with the U.S. At the same time, he lamented the slowness with which U.S. equipment assi [...]	2009-02-20 15:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP PTER PINR MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT207	LEBANON: AOUN WITH STAFFDEL CAMMACK -- WE'LL SEEK [...] (C) Opposition Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun told visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer Perry Cammack that he believed the bilateral relationship between Lebanon and Syria was on the right path. However, finding a resolution to other regional issues, including [...]	2009-02-23 09:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
09BEIRUT209	LEBANON: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR NEXT WTO WORKING PARTY [...] (SBU) On February 20, Lama Oueijan, Senior Advisor to the Minister of Economy and Trade, told EconOff that Lebanon has no new offers to bring to Geneva on goods (as budget considerations prevent lifting tariffs) or services (where lawyers groups resist opening up legal services) during the upco [...]	2009-02-23 14:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT210	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: MINNIEH-DINNIEH [...] (SBU) This is the sixth in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Minnieh-Dinnieh, an impoverished and overwhelmingly Sunni district, is one of the seven electoral districts in the North [...]	2009-02-23 15:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT214	Lebanon: Media Reaction - February 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 11:59:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT230	LEBANON: SLEIMAN PLEASED ABOUT CT COOPERATION, [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-26 15:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT231	LEBANON: SLEIMAN PLEASED BY CT COOPERATION, US [...] (C) President Sleiman discussed recent US-Lebanese cooperation on counter terrorism and was pleased that the U.S. had approved the provision of Raven UAVs to the Lebanese Armed Forces. Embassy renews our suggestion that, if possible, Sleiman be invited to Washington before the June 7 Lebanese [...]	2009-02-26 15:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT232	LEBANON: PM SINIORA ON GAZA, GHAJAR [...] (C) During a February 25 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Siniora shared his plans to attend the March 2 Sharm el Sheikh Gaza reconstruction conference. In addition to meeting with other regional leaders on Gaza, Siniora said he also hoped to present the GOL's experiences in Nahr al-Barid Pale [...]	2009-02-26 16:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL LE
09BEIRUT233	LEBANON: MARCH 14 LOOKING STRONGER; OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Following the very successful February 14 rally commemorating former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri's assassination, March 14 leaders have expressed confidence about March 14's prospects for winning the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. The widely attended February 14 rally, a major succ [...]	2009-02-26 17:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT234	LEBANON: SOME "INDEPENDENT" SHIA CONTACTS [...] (C) A number of "independent" Shia contacts have shared with us their exasperation with majority leader Saad Hariri's March 14 coalition. They say that the non-Hizballah Shia community was one of the initial supporters of the principles of March 14 -- Lebanese independence and sovereignty -- b [...]	2009-02-26 18:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE IZ
09BEIRUT235	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR SIGNS LETTERS OF AGREEMENT [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador in a February 26 meeting that he had signed all seven pending Letters of Agreement needed to ensure the timely delivery of several items of U.S. military assistance before the June 7 parliamentary elections. Murr expressed appreciation for c [...]	2009-02-26 18:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS AE LE
09BEIRUT240	LEBANON: THREE SUSPECTS RELEASED FOUR DAYS BEFORE [...] (C) Examining Magistrate Saqr Saqr released on bail three suspects in the Hariri assassination case on February 25. They had been incarcerated since late 2005 and early 2006. All three could still be charged and prosecuted by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL),scheduled to begin March Â [...]	2009-02-27 17:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT242	Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 2, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 10:53:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT245	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: ZAHLE [...] (SBU) This is the eighth in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Zahle is a confessionally diverse district with a population that is 60 percent Christian, 25 percent Sunni and 14 perce [...]	2009-03-02 14:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE
09BEIRUT247	LEBANON: BODY THAT DECIDES ELECTORAL DISPUTES OFF [...] (SBU) After a contentious battle in parliament to nominate five members to the ten-member Constitutional Court, cabinet ministers -- expecting a similar battle -- have thus far avoided discussions to name the Court's remaining five members. As the June 7 election draws closer, the absence of [...]	2009-03-02 15:59:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT249	LEBANON: POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE AT WTO WORKING PARTY, BUT [...] (SBU) On March 1, Zouha Sakr, head of the MEPI-funded WTO accession project at the Ministry of Economy and Trade (MOET),told EconOff Lebanon's February 27 working party meeting in Geneva had gone reasonably well, considering Lebanon had little new information to report. She described the comm [...]	2009-03-03 07:12:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT25	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH NOT INCLINED TO STRIKE ISRAEL [...] (C) Could the current confrontation between Israel and Hamas in Gaza motivate Hizballah to provoke a second conflict against Israel on the Israeli-Lebanese border? The consensus of several observers we have spoken to in recent days is no. Domestically, Hizballah benefits from its current stron [...]	2009-01-07 17:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE
09BEIRUT255	Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 4, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-04 11:14:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT258	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: KESERWAN [...] (SBU) This is the tenth in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (C) Keserwan is the symbolic capital of the Maronites in Lebanon. Its population is 90 percent Maronite (and 98 percent Christ [...]	2009-03-04 15:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE
09BEIRUT262	LEBANON: WA'AD -- EXAMPLE OF HIZBALLAH'S [...] (C) The U.S. Government,s January 6 decision to designate Hizballah's Wa'ad construction company was met with muted reaction in Lebanon, likely because of the similar designation in 2007 of Hizballah's construction company Jihad el-Bina as well as the local media's preoccupation in early Janua [...]	2009-03-05 14:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT263	LEBANON: NEW MOU WITH TRIBUNAL PROSECUTOR MAY BE [...] (C) Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar said that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon's (STL) Prosecutor asked for an MOU with the GOL so that he could continue his investigation in Lebanon. Najjar, a March 14 minister but not known as a political figure, presented the draft MOU in the February 26 [...]	2009-03-05 14:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KJUS SY LE
09BEIRUT266	LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN OFFERS NEA ACTING A/S [...] (C) In a March 6 meeting at Baabda Palace with President Michel Sleiman, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro stressed the Obama Administration's urgency for action on regional issues. They asked Sleiman his views on dealing with Syri [...]	2009-03-08 09:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS IS IR SY LE
09BEIRUT267	LEBANON: FM SALLOUKH AND NEA ACTING A/S FELTMAN [...] (C) Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh told visiting Near Eastern Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Daniel Shapiro, and the Ambassador that support for Lebanon's sovereignty and independence was most important for [...]	2009-03-08 09:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT268	LEBANON: HARIRI TO NEA A A/S FELTMAN AND NSC [...] (C) On March 5, Saad Hariri told visiting NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Shapiro that if the June 2009 parliamentary elections were held on time, he was certain that his March 14 coalition would win. Asked why, Hariri pointed to March 14 can [...]	2009-03-08 09:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS
09BEIRUT269	LEBANON: PM SINIORA WARNS NEA ACTING A/S FELTMAN [...] (C) Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora cautioned visiting Near Eastern Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Daniel Shapiro, and the Ambassador against U.S. engagement with Syria without conditions. He believed Syria wo [...]	2009-03-08 09:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC LE SY IS IR
09BEIRUT270	LEBANON: GEMAYEL PROPOSES TO NEA ACTING A/S [...] (C) On March 6, former President Amine Gemayel described to visiting NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro the influence Iran and Syria, through its proxy Hizballah, wield in Lebanon. A A/S Feltman assured Gemaye [...]	2009-03-08 09:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE SY
09BEIRUT271	LEBANON: UNSCOL WILLIAMS WITH FELTMAN,SHAPIRO ON [...] (C) On March 6, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams provided a briefing for visiting Acting A/S of State for Near East Affairs Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Senior Director for Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro. Referring to his upcoming meeting with the Security Cou [...]	2009-03-08 18:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS
09BEIRUT272	LEBANON: IMF SAYS GOL MET 2008 TARGETS BUT 2009 WILL BE [...] (SBU) On March 3, IMF Resident Rep Edward Gardner told EconOff the GOL could have implemented more reforms, even in the difficult political context, but instead used politics as an excuse for delay. "They constantly say the situation is too bad, but the reality is that it is always bad," he si [...]	2009-03-10 10:48:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT273	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: KOURA [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-10 13:54:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT274	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: KOURA [...] (U) This is the twelfth in a series of snapshots we are producing on key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Koura, with a population that is 65 percent Greek Orthodox and 85 percent Christian, is expected to be the site of tough [...]	2009-03-10 13:55:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT277	LEBANON: SHIA AND SUNNI MUFTIS WITH AA/S FELTMAN [...] (C) In separate meetings March 8, Lebanese Shia Mufti and head of the Higher Shia Council Sheikh Abdel-Amir Qabalan and Sunni Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani told visiting Near Eastern Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and No [...]	2009-03-11 16:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IS IR
09BEIRUT278	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH AND AOUN ARE CONCERNS, [...] (C) In a March 8 meeting with Greek Orthodox Archbishop Ilias Audi, NEA Acting A/S Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro, and the Ambassador heard Audi express his wish for an independent and sovereign Lebanon, but also his significant doubts about the f [...]	2009-03-11 16:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT279	LEBANON: GEAGEA STATES CONCERN ABOUT VIOLENCE TO [...] (C) One day after meetings with top Syrian officials in Damascus, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Shapiro returned to Beirut on March 8 to continue meetings with top Lebanese religious and political leaders. In a meeting with March 14 and Le [...]	2009-03-11 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT28	LEBANON: CALM AFTER ROCKETS; PALESTINIANS BLAMED [...] (C) The situation in southern Lebanon and throughout the country appears calm after today's exchange of fire between an unknown group in Lebanon and Israel. Press reports and Embassy contacts doubt that Hizballah had a direct role in launching three Katushya rockets into northern Israel the m [...]	2009-01-08 15:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT280	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: JBEIL [...] (SBU) This is the thirteenth in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (C) Jbeil (also known as Byblos) is a majority Christian district with a significant Shia (19 percent) minority. Free Pat [...]	2009-03-11 16:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE
09BEIRUT281	LEBANON: LEADER CLOSE TO SYRIA COMMENDS FELTMAN [...] (C) Former prime minister Najib Mikati, who once had (and whose family still has) a close relationship with Syrian president Bashar Asad, commended visiting NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro on March 6 for planning t [...]	2009-03-12 08:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SY IS IR LE
09BEIRUT282	LEBANON: MP HARB WITH FELTMAN, SHAPIRO: ELECTION [...] (C) In a March 8 meeting with Christian MP Butros Harb, NEA A A/S Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa, and the Ambassador heard Harb caution that, while Syria's "style" had changed, it was still involved in Lebanon's electoral processes by selecting candidates, ve [...]	2009-03-12 08:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT283	LEBANON: JUMBLATT, WITH FELTMAN AND SHAPIRO, [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt thanked visiting NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director for Middle East and North Africa Daniel Shapiro, and the Ambassador for continued U.S. support for Lebanon. Acting A/S Feltman reaffirmed the U.S. position that Lebanon's sovere [...]	2009-03-12 08:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC LE SY IR RS
09BEIRUT285	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR ASSURES AA/S FELTMAN THAT [...] (C) Visiting NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro recounted to DefMin Elias Murr on March 15 their visit to Damascus the day before, commenting on Syrian interest in Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. Mur [...]	2009-03-12 14:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT288	LEBANON: WHAT IS IMPACT OF THE DISAGREEMENTS IN [...] (C) There has been speculation in the media and among political observers about disagreements within the March 8/Aoun opposition coalition as its members prepare candidate lists for the June 7 parliamentary elections. There have been claims of disagreements between Christian opposition leader [...]	2009-03-12 16:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT29	LEBANON: PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S TRIP TO LEBANON [...] (C) According to a diplomat from the French Embassy, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's January 6 visit to Lebanon was bogged down by the events in Gaza. Little attention was given to Lebanese-specific issues, including Ghajar and Sheba'a Farms. Sarkozy met with government officials, but did [...]	2009-01-08 16:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC FR LE SY
09BEIRUT303	LEBANON: FRANCE TO PRESSURE LEBANON ON TELECOM [...] (SBU) Frederic Kaplan, French Embassy economic officer, and Chris de Clercq, UNDP Program Manager at the Finance Ministry, told us separately that a French team will be in Beirut in May to review and assess Paris III reforms and apply pressure on the GOL to move forward on mobile telecom privat [...]	2009-03-16 11:53:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT304	LEBANON: SINIORA NOT OPPOSED TO NEW UNITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-16 18:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PREF IS SY QA MU LE
09BEIRUT306	LEBANON: CHURCHES LAUNCH POLITICAL CONDUCT CHARTER [...] (U) On March 5, a group of church leaders in Lebanon released a charter for political conduct in advance of the June 7 parliamentary elections. The charter calls for support for the sovereignty of the state, regulating relations with Syria and the Palestinian Authority, and the separation of [...]	2009-03-17 09:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT318	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S INTIMIDATION TACTICS [...] (C) Summary: Lebanese Shi'a journalist, Tha'ir Abbas, who does not support Hizballah, reported he was harassed by Hizballah following his return from the United States, after covering the November 2008 presidential elections. His visit was funded by his newspaper, Ash-Sharq al-Awsat. End Sum [...]	2009-03-18 14:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KMDR KPAL KPAO OPRC PREF PREL LE
09BEIRUT321	LEBANON: FINMIN CHATAH ON 1701, PRE-ELECTION ANTICS [...] (C) In a March 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Finance Mohammad Chatah lamented the fact that Lebanon had not presented its case to the international community better on the illegality of the Israeli occupation of Ghajar village. He said UN reports on UNSCR 1701 had fallen short f [...]	2009-03-19 14:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINR ENRG LE
09BEIRUT322	Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 12:31:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT325	LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER CHATAH: NATIONAL UNITY [...] (SBU) In various public presentations in recent days, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah has been blunt about his frustration with the GOL's progress on implementing structural reforms. At a Paris III donor meeting March 18, Chatah said the national unity government has proven an ineffective mod [...]	2009-03-20 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT328	LEBANON: FINMIN SAYS UNITY GOVERNMENT BAD FOR REFORM [...] (U) At a Paris III donor meeting on March 18, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said the national unity government has proven to be an ineffective model, as even the smallest decisions are politicized. The resulting government paralysis has held back the disbursement of nearly $500 million in P [...]	2009-03-23 10:43:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT333	Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 13:44:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT336	LEBANON: CHIPPING AWAY AT AOUN'S POPULARITY [...] (C) In January 2008, we analyzed Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun's popularity among his Lebanese Christian supporters (ref E),which was strong despite his political alliance with the terrorist Shia organization Hizballah. One year-plus later, and 11 weeks before the June 7 parliame [...]	2009-03-23 15:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT347	LEBANON: SHIA FAMILIES READY TO TAKE ON HIZBALLAH [...] (C) Duraid Yaghi, a prominent Shia from Baalbeck and second-in-command in Walid Jumblatt's Progressive Socialist Party, praised President Obama's March 20 message to Iran, believing it would corner the extremists into a dialogue with the United States. He expressed his readiness to run against [...]	2009-03-24 16:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT350	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: BATROUN [...] (SBU) This is the fourteenth in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the Jun 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (C) Batron is a small district with only two seats, both dsignated for Maronite Christians and both currently held by Marc [...]	2009-03-25 15:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT351	LEBANON: MARCH 14 SHORT-SIGHTED ON SHIA OUTREACH, [...] (C) Ambassador Khalil al-Khalil, retired Lebanese Ambassador and figurehead of a prominent Shia family based in Tyre, told the Ambassador March 24 that the historical exclusion of the Shia community by the ruling majorities of other confessions was the primary reason behind Hizballah's strengt [...]	2009-03-26 14:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR LE IR

09BEIRUT368	LEBANON: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR DOHA SUMMIT [...] (C) Presidential advisor Naji Abi Assi did not expect major results from the March 30 Arab League Summit in Doha, except for a united position in favor of the Arab Peace Initiative. He predicted Arab relations with Iran would be a major, and potentially divisive, topic. He welcomed U.S. over [...]	2009-03-30 13:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KPKO KWBG MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL AL SU XF
09BEIRUT371	Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 13:23:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR ORC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT385	LEBANON: UNRWA DIRECTOR--WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF CASH [...] (SBU) In a March 27 meeting with international donors, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Lebanon Director Salvatore Lombardo stressed the dire financial situation that UNRWA faces. Regarding Nahr al-Barid reconstruction, he said the land [...]	2009-04-02 14:10:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PREL PTER KPAL LE
09BEIRUT39	LEBANON: PUBLIC STATEMENTS URGE RESTRAINT, 1701, [...] (SBU) Following the January 8 rocket-launching from southern Lebanon into northern Israel and subsequent Israeli response, Lebanese leaders have urged restraint by actors on both sides. In official statements and press interviews, key political figures have been moderate in tone, emphasizing t [...]	2009-01-09 15:17:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT396	LEBANON: SUGGESTED USG MESSAGING IN THE RUN-UP TO [...] (C) With two months to go before the June 7 parliamentary elections, the race remains too close to call. Both the majority March 14 coalition and the Hizballah-led opposition express confidence that they will win. In the key Christian swing districts, nervous voters are looking to see who ca [...]	2009-04-06 08:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT400	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR MAKES A PLEA FOR MORE U.S. [...] (C) On the eve of his trip to Washington, Defense Minister Elias Murr discussed the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) many successes and credited U.S. military assistance. Deeply appreciative of U.S. support, Murr, a leader within Lebanon's Greek Orthodox community, made a plea for an additional cl [...]	2009-04-06 14:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP PGOV PTER PINR MARR MOPS LE
09BEIRUT401	LEBANON: MARCH 14 IS UNITED, SAYS HARIRI [...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador April 3, the day after an off-the-record meeting of March 14 leaders, Sunni leader Saad Hariri said the March 14 coalition had agreed on candidate lists in several key districts, including Chouf, Aley, and Baabda, but work remained to be done. Hariri said Druze [...]	2009-04-06 15:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT416	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S ELECTORAL PLATFORM: "RESIST [...] (C) Under the theme of "Resist with your vote," Hizballah formally launched its electoral campaign on April 6. Hizballah MP Mohammed Raad pledged economic, judicial, and political reforms and called for fighting corruption and abolishing political sectarianism. Raad credited Hizballah's Memor [...]	2009-04-08 16:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE
09BEIRUT418	LEBANON: CANDIDATES REGISTERED... WHAT NEXT? [...] (SBU) Registration of candidates for the June 7 parliamentary elections officially closed at 11:59 pm April 7. The official count of registered candidates reached 702, for the 128 seats in cabinet. Only eight of these are women; Nayla Tueni in Beirut and Education Minister Bahiya Hariri in S [...]	2009-04-08 17:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR AID LE
09BEIRUT42	LEBANON: 2009 BUDGET DRAFT PROJECTS THREE PERCENT GROWTH [...] (U) In a press conference on January 5, Minister of Finance (MOF) Mohammad Chatah indicated that the MOF has submitted to the Cabinet a revised 2009 Budget draft based on new economic projections. The MOF lowered Lebanon's projected GDP growth for 2009 to three from five percent, in light of th [...]	2009-01-12 11:20:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT421	LEBANON: FINMIN CHATAH PROMOTES 1949 ARMISTICE AS [...] (C) In an April 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said the principles of March 14 are still championed by the majority of Lebanese, but the inability of the March 14 moderate coalition to create institutions that represent those principles has been a "major failur [...]	2009-04-09 17:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON EFIN LE IS
09BEIRUT422	LEBANON: GOL SIGNS 45 MILLION EURO LOAN WITH [...] (U) The GOL signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) March 12 with the Export Development Bank of Iran for the reactivation of a 45 million euro loan signed in 2003. The Ambassador queried Finance Minister Chatah on this development April 7. End summary. 2. (SBU) The visit of Lebanese P [...]	2009-04-09 17:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PGOV PTER LE IR
09BEIRUT426	LEBANON: JUMBLATT WEARY, BUT STILL WITH MARCH 14 [...] (C) March 14 coalition leader Walid Jumblatt confirmed to the Ambassador April 9 that he was unhappy about "abandoning" two Christian candidates in Aley and Baabda districts, in favor of ones supported by fellow March 14 Christian leaders Samir Geagea and Amine Gemayel. Geagea and Gemayel wer [...]	2009-04-13 13:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR LE
09BEIRUT427	LEBANON: TRIPOLI: HARIRI'S CANDIDATE LIST NEARLY [...] (C) March 14 coalition-allied Tripoli MPs Moustafa Allouch and Mosbah al Ahdab, in separate meetings, told the Ambassador that Saad Hariri's candidate list for the district was nearly complete. Allouch, with good grace and laughter, called himself "a victim," but said he was not upset to be d [...]	2009-04-13 13:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT428	LEBANON: REMITTANCES STEADY, FEW RETURNS OF LEBANESE [...] (U) While Lebanon's economy and banking sector made it through the international financial crisis relatively unscathed in 2008, many have worried about the potential impact of Lebanese expatriates losing their jobs in the Gulf and either returning to flood the Lebanese job market, or cutting ba [...]	2009-04-13 14:06:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB PREL LE
09BEIRUT433	LEBANON WILL FOLLOW ARAB LEAGUE LEAD ON KOSOVO MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah (Lebanon's World Bank Governor) and Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh (Lebanon's IMF Governor) during separate meetings April 8. 2. (SBU) Chatah expressed enthusiasm for Kosovo's membership, but cautioned th [...]	2009-04-15 08:37:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL LE KV
09BEIRUT434	LEBANON: AMINE GEMAYEL, GHATTAS KHOURY ON MARCH 14 [...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador on April 14, Kataeb head Amine Gemayel of the March 14 coalition opposed the formation of a national unity government with a blocking third after June 7 elections. According to Gemayel, March 14 coalition leaders had agreed upon "95 percent" of electoral lists. [...]	2009-04-15 13:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT436	LEBANON WILL FOLLOW ARAB LEAGUE LEAD ON KOSOVO MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah (Lebanon's World Bank Governor) and Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh (Lebanon's IMF Governor) during separate meetings April 8. 2. (SBU) Chatah expressed enthusiasm for Kosovo's membership, but cautioned th [...]	2009-04-16 09:25:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL LE KV
09BEIRUT438	LEBANON: PM SINIORA TELLS CODEL CARNAHAN JUNE 7 [...] (C) Prime Minister Fouad Siniora told visiting Congressional members Representatives Russ Carnahan (D-MO),Mazie Hirono (D-HI),Jim McDermott (D-WA),Ben Chandler (D-KY),and Diane Watson (D-CA) that Lebanon was committed to hold "completely transparent" parliamentary elections on June 7. He [...]	2009-04-16 09:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE IS IR
09BEIRUT439	LEBANON: UNIFIL COMMANDER WITH CODEL CARNAHAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-16 09:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE IS
09BEIRUT440	LEBANON: SLEIMAN OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ARAB PEACE WITH [...] (C) Meeting with President Sleiman April 9, visiting Congressional Representatives Russ Carnahan (D-MO),Mazie Hirono (D-HI),Jim McDermott (D-WA),Ben Chandler (D-KY),and Diane Watson (D-CA),accompanied by the Ambassador and Poloff, stressed U.S. support for Lebanon's independence and sover [...]	2009-04-16 09:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT441	Lebanon: Media Reaction - April 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-16 10:09:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL
09BEIRUT443	LEBANON: MIKATI CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati told the Ambassador April 14 that he had compromised with March 14 majority leader Saad Hariri on the candidate list in Tripoli, saying it was far better for the two to work together rather than compete at the expense of the Sunni-dominated community. Mik [...]	2009-04-16 14:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER LE SY EG
09BEIRUT445	LEBANON: MARCH 14 CHRISTIANS STILL FACE INTERNAL CHALLENGES [...] (C) After several days of negotiations with fellow March 14 Christians Michel Murr and Amine Gemayel on the Metn district, candidate Nassib Lahoud pulled out of the race on April 17, telling Ambassador that his two fellow coalition leaders had not "given him what he needed" to contest the election. [...]	2009-04-17 14:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR EG SY LE
09BEIRUT46	LEBANON: NEW ADVOCATES FOR LEBANESE DETAINEES IN [...] (C) On January 5, 2009 a group of Lebanese (many of whom are former detainees in Syria) launched a new organization. "The Association of the Lebanese Political Detainees in Syria" was formed to resolve the issue of Lebanese detainees in Syrian prisons and garner support for those already rele [...]	2009-01-12 14:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT463	LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER WILL TAKE STL'S CUE ON FOUR GENERALS' DETENTION [...] (C) In an April 22 meeting, Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar confirmed that the GOL had transferred all of its files related to former PM Rafiq Hariri's assassination and the ensuing political assassinations to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). He expects to learn by April 27 whether STL [...]	2009-04-23 13:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KJUS UNSC AE SY LE
09BEIRUT465	LEBANON: BORDER SECURITY PROGRESS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-23 18:49:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS PTER UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT467	LEBANON: BORDER SECURITY PROGRESS REPORT [...] (C) On April 22, UN Special Coordinator on Lebanon (UNSCOL) Senior Political Officer Diego Zorrilia evaluated the current state of Lebanese efforts on improving border security as purely "organizational," without significant tangible progress on the ground. Zorrilla described GOL intentions t [...]	2009-04-23 20:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PTER UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT469	LEBANON DEMARCHE RESPONSE: LOAN AGREEMENT WITH [...] (C) On April 21, the Ambassador, accompanied by EconOff, delivered Ref A demarche to Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah. The Ambassador used demarche talking points to urge the Minister to cancel the GOL,s loan with the Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI). 2. (C) Chatah said he would take [...]	2009-04-24 14:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KNNP IR PREL PARM XF LE
09BEIRUT471	LEBANON: UNSCOL WILLIAMS DOWNBEAT ON GHAJAR, MARCH [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams, meeting with the Ambassador and DCM on April 23, expressed dismay at what he saw as a missed opportunity for progress on Ghajar. Williams assessed that new governments on both sides of the border would be less committed to the [...]	2009-04-24 14:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC LE IS EG
09BEIRUT472	LEBANON: FEW SHIA ALTERNATIVES TO HIZBALLAH [...] (C) The Arabic Islamic Council (AIC) emerged in 2006 as a self-declared Arab alternative to Hizballah. AIC attracted the attention of Lebanese and Arab media because of its claims of "promoting a culture of peace and Arab unity" as opposed to Hizballah's culture of "armed resistance" and ties [...]	2009-04-24 14:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IR LE
09BEIRUT478	Lebanon: Media Reaction - April 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 11:48:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT479	LEBANON: NO PROGRESS ON ISSUE OF LEBANESE [...] (C) In August 2008, we reported on the situation of the reported 600-plus Lebanese detainees in Syria and noted the possibility that there might be progress on this issue with the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Lebanon and Syria, among other factors (Ref B). However, eight m [...]	2009-04-27 13:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM LE SY
09BEIRUT485	LEBANON: PM SINIORA: MOVEMENT ON GHAJAR CAN [...] (C) PM Siniora told the Ambassador on April 27 that he believed an Israeli announcement on withdrawal from Ghajar could still have a positive impact on Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. Praising the April 26 visit of Secretary Clinton to Lebanon and the clear U.S. commitment to Lebano [...]	2009-04-28 13:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IS LE
09BEIRUT490	LEBANON: JUMBLATT REMAINS WITH MARCH 14 DESPITE [...] (C) Meeting with Ambassador April 29, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt gave no indication he is planning to abandon the March 14 ship, despite recent overtures to opposition Speaker Nabih Berri. March 14 had much work to do to win the June 7 parliamentary elections, he admitted, listing several pro [...]	2009-04-29 17:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IS SA LE
09BEIRUT493	LEBANON: SIDON PARLIAMENTARY RACE SYMBOLIC FOR [...] (SBU) Pollsters expect the March 14 Sidon parliamentary slate of Minister of Education Bahia Hariri and Prime Minister Fouad Siniora to defeat opposition candidate Ossama Saad, but the race between Siniora and Saad will be close. Although only one seat is being contested in Sidon, the victor w [...]	2009-04-30 12:03:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT495	LEBANON: UNRWA DIRECTOR SAYS NAHR AL-BARID [...] (C) In a April 29 meeting with the Ambassador, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Lebanon Director, Salvatore Lombardo, said he was worried about ongoing delays on the GOL side regarding reconstruction efforts for the destroyed Palesti [...]	2009-04-30 15:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PTER KPAL LE
09BEIRUT496	LEBANON: DDEFMIN MURR ON FOUR GENERALS, MARCH 14 [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador April 30 that the release of the four generals held in connection with the assination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri would provide the opposition with ammunition against March 14. Murr assessed the Christian community was especially [...]	2009-04-30 16:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT497	LEBANON: GOL TO SUPPORT U.S. BID FOR UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-05 15:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM LE
09BEIRUT500	LEBANON: FOUR GENERALS' RELEASE: HIZBALLAH DEMANDS "JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY" [...] (C) In a May 1 speech following the release of the four generals detained in connection with Rafiq Hariri's assassination, Hizballah SYG Nasrallah implied that he would now be wary of future STL decisions because he faults the international court for the generals' prolonged detention. Nasrallah als [...]	2009-05-05 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT501	LEBANON: GEAGEA ON GHAJAR, GENERALS, AND [...] (C) In a May 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Israel should stress the implementation of UNSCR 1701 as justification for a withdrawal from Ghajar village. He believed that while the Special Tribunal for Lebanon's (STL) authorization for the release of fo [...]	2009-05-05 18:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE IS SY
09BEIRUT512	LEBANON: GHAJAR: UNIFIL COMMANDER GRAZIANO ON [...] (C) In a May 6 meeting at UNIFIL HQ, General Claudio Graziano, Force Commander for UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL),emphasized that the current UNIFIL proposal for Israeli withdrawal from northern Ghajar is "unchangeable," in his view. He noted that the June 7 parliamentary elections wil [...]	2009-05-08 07:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT515	LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, SLEIMAN LOOKS AT [...] (C) In a May 8 meeting with President Michel Sleiman, visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale reiterated continuing U.S. support for Lebanese sovereignty and independence and for the voices of moderation within Lebanon. Sleiman predicted that the June 7 parliamentary elections woul [...]	2009-05-09 10:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT517	LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, GEAGEA FEARS HIZBALLAH [...] (C) On May 8, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea proposed to visiting NEA DAS David Hale that the U.S. lend "silent support" to March 14 in the weeks before the June 7 parliamentary elections. He specifically advised us to stop expressing support for "moderates." Admitting the March 14 coal [...]	2009-05-11 06:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL IS SY LE
09BEIRUT518	LEBANON: WITH NEA DAS HALE, FM SALLOUKH SAYS [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting, Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh and visiting NEA DAS David Hale discussed Middle East peace and the Administration's commitment to working toward comprehensive peace with a sense of urgency. Salloukh dismissed Israeli comments about the need for "economic peace" befor [...]	2009-05-11 07:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PREF UNSC MARR MOPS IS
09BEIRUT522	LEBANON: ARMENIAN TASHNAQ WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT [...] (C) Armenian opposition Tashnaq MP Hagop Pakradunian expressed his party's support for President Michel Sleiman and said the party will side with Sleiman in case of a dispute between the president and Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun who is their political ally for the election [...]	2009-05-11 11:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT53	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR: WE ARE TAKING STEPS TO [...] (C ) Defense Minister Elias Murr on January 13 asked that the USG convey to Israel what the GOL is doing to prevent another rocket attack against Israel from Lebanese territory. Murr said he had directed the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to cooperate with UNIFIL to control southern Lebanon and p [...]	2009-01-13 15:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MARR MOPS SY IR IS LE
09BEIRUT530	LEBANON: MARCH 14 MP HARB FEARS IRANIAN [...] (C) In a May 11 meeting, March 14 MP Boutros Harb told Ambassador that the Iranian presence, through Hizballah, created a situation in Lebanon worse than when Syria was in control. He warned that Lebanon could not survive in this present state of affairs. Harb called Free Patriotic Movement [...]	2009-05-12 14:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY IS IR LE
09BEIRUT531	LEBANON: ECONOMY MINISTER WANTS SAAD HARIRI AS THE [...] (C) Economy and Trade Minister and MP Mohammed Safadi declared that current majority leader Saad Hariri should be the next PM, regardless of whether Hariri's March 14 coalition or opposition March 8 holds the majority after the June 7 parliamentary elections. Safadi, who is allied with Hariri [...]	2009-05-12 14:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT534	LEBANON: PM: GHAJAR WITHDRAWAL WOULD SHOW THAT [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting with NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Hale, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora expressed the need for March 14's leaders to come together in the run-up to the June 7 parliamentary elections. Siniora added that the release of the four generals would not [...]	2009-05-14 08:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER PREF UNSC FR IR IS LE SY
09BEIRUT535	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CONFIDENT ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) In his May 8 meeting with March 14 coalition leader Saad Hariri, visiting NEA DAS David Hale assured Hariri that the U.S. has not and will not sacrifice Lebanese sovereignty as it engages Syria. Hariri expressed confidence in the March 14 coalition's election prospects. Complaining that h [...]	2009-05-14 08:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT536	LEBANON: ELECTIONS: GEMAYEL TELLS NEA DAS HALE [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting, visiting NEA DAS David Hale discussed with former President Amine Gemayel the June 7 parliamentary elections and the possible consequences of a Hizballah-controlled government. Gemayel's son Sami assessed the election as a "tough race," and claimed Hizballah had "limit [...]	2009-05-14 08:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT537	LEBANON: JUMBLATT SAYS HE RECEIVED "ENOUGH" FUNDS [...] (C) March 14 Druze leader Walid Jumblatt told the Ambassador that he and Sunni leader Saad Hariri had "very good" meetings with Saudi King Abdullah, Prince Mukrin, and other Saudi officials during a brief visit to the Kingdom May 9-10. Jumblatt said the Saudis had recently given cash injectio [...]	2009-05-14 08:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SA
09BEIRUT538	LEBANON: ARCHBISHOP AUDI EXPRESSES FEAR OF [...] (C) Orthodox Christian Archbishop Audi, meeting with NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Hale on May 9, at turns decried the political season in Lebanon; emphasized the need for Lebanese to be beholden to the state and its institutions; expressed his fear that the Shi'a population, with Hizballah [...]	2009-05-14 11:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC IS SY LE
09BEIRUT539	LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS AIR FRUSTRATIONS [...] (C) At a May 9 dinner hosted by March 14 MP Nayla Mouawad, visiting NEA DAS David Hale discussed June 7 parliamentary election outcomes and consequences. Minister of State Nassib Lahoud critiqued March 14 campaign failings and adamantly denied any possibility he would participate in March 14 p [...]	2009-05-14 11:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT540	LEBANON: ZAHLE A KEY DISTRICT IN BATTLE BETWEEN [...] (C) Zahle will be a key district in the upcoming June 7 parliamentary elections; the next majority in parliament depends, in part, on who wins in Zahle. As of May 14, neither March 8 nor March 14 had officially announced their candidate lists, at a time when nearly all of the districts have d [...]	2009-05-14 11:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT541	LEBANON: UNSCOL DOWNBEAT ON MARCH 14'S CHANCES [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams raised with NEA DAS Hale and Ambassador the idea of delaying any possible Israeli withdrawal from Ghajar village until after the Lebanese election on June 7, so as to avoid opponents of the Siniora government using the charge that Israel is t [...]	2009-05-14 11:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT544	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR: VOTERS DO NOT LINK AOUN WITH [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr told visiting NEA DAS David Hale that Christian voters do not understand that a vote for Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun is a vote for his ally, Hizballah. He said it was imperative that March 14 leaders communicate this message before the June 7 par [...]	2009-05-14 13:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT546	LEBANON: PATRIARCH'S DISPLEASURE WITH AOUN'S [...] (C) In a May 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir declared that Free Patriotic Party (FPM) leader Michel Aoun's ambitions were too "hard to satisfy," and complained that Aoun wanted to be Lebanon's president "at any price." Sfeir also condemned Aoun for [...]	2009-05-14 15:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT547	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CONFIRMS MARCH 14 HAS WHAT IT [...] (C) March 14 majority leader Saad Hariri told the Ambassador that the members of the coalition's leadership were now all "satisfied" that they would receive adequate financing for their electoral campaigns after his May 9-10 visit to Saudi Arabia. Hariri said his March 14 colleagues would hav [...]	2009-05-14 16:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SA
09BEIRUT548	LEBANON: PSP LEADER WALID JUMBLATT CONFIRMS HIS [...] (C) At a dinner hosted in honor of visiting NEA DAS Hale, March 14 Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said there were still some problems with March 14 candidate lists, notably in Beirut I and Keserwan Jumblatt reaffirmed his commitment to March 14 and disclosed that a meeting for the coalition would [...]	2009-05-15 07:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IS SY LE
09BEIRUT550	LEBANON: UNSCOL SAYS ISRAELI HANDOVER OF STRIKE [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams, and UNSCOL Poloff Rami Shehadeh briefed the Ambassador about the recent Israeli hand over of cluster bomb strike data to the GOL and provided a readout of Williams' May 8 - 10 trips to Israel and Turkey. Williams said issue number one f [...]	2009-05-15 12:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IR IS LE
09BEIRUT551	LEBANON: FREE PATRIOTIC MOVEMENT LEADER MICHEL [...] (C) In two separate May 14 meetings, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) candidate Alain Aoun and senior advisor to Speaker Berri (Amal) Ali Hamdan confirmed that the public rift between FPM leader Michel Aoun and Speaker Berri was not resolved. Nevertheless, on May 14 FPM and Amal ministers voted [...]	2009-05-15 15:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT558	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR AND LAF KAHWAJI UNWORRIED [...] (C) In separate meetings with visiting U.S. Special Operations Commander Admiral Eric Olson and the Ambassador, Defense Minister Elias Murr and LAF Commander Jean Kahwaji expressed appreciation for U.S. military aid to Lebanon, calling it crucial to the continued improvement of Lebanon's armed [...]	2009-05-19 13:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT56	LEBANON STARTS DISBURSING ASSISTANCE TO GAZA; LAUNCHES [...] (SBU) Lebanon has begun disbursing its $1 million assistance pledge to Gaza, sending a first shipment of medical supplies and blankets via Jordan on January 3. Subsequent deliveries will depend on needs submitted by the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza. The Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue C [...]	2009-01-14 08:06:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL LE GZ
09BEIRUT560	Lebanon: Media Reaction - May 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 14:07:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT562	LEBANON: NASRALLAH SPEECHES COULD HELP MARCH 14 [...] (C) March 14 Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, in a May 19 meeting with the Ambassador, was optimistic about March 14's chances in upcoming parliamentary elections. He noted that coalition leaders had agreed upon lists in all but one district, Beirut 1. Discussing Hizballah Secretary Gener [...]	2009-05-19 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT563	LEBANON: NASRALLAH UPS ELECTORAL ANTE IN FIERY [...] (C) Three weeks before the June 7 parliamentary elections, Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah appeared in two televised speeches on May 15 and May 18. His speeches glorified the events of May 7, 2008 and highlighted Hizballah's preparations for any future conflict with Israel. Nasrallah taunted [...]	2009-05-19 18:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IS LE
09BEIRUT570	LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN: ONE YEAR IN OFFICE [...] (C) During his first year in office, President Michel Sleiman has emerged as a popular leader who has sought a "middle road" to defuse Lebanon's confessional tensions. Since his May 25, 2008 swearing in, Sleiman has worked to polish Lebanon's international stature. Lebanon and Syria establish [...]	2009-05-20 17:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IS SY LE
09BEIRUT571	LEBANON: AOUN HAS LOST METN VOTES, MICHEL MURR [...] (C) Metn political heavyweight Michel Murr, meeting with the Ambassador on May 20, expressed confidence that March 14 would win the upcoming parliamentary elections, although he expected the result to be close. Murr disclosed that President Sleiman was feeling frustrated with Lebanon's electo [...]	2009-05-20 19:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT577	LEBANON: NASRALLAH DEFENDS HIMSELF, PRAISES [...] (C) Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah delivered two speeches on May 22 and May 25 to mark the ninth anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from South Lebanon. His speeches attempted to respond to critics of his recent comments praising Hizballah's actions in May 7, 2008 events and calling for the [...]	2009-05-26 16:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SA
09BEIRUT580	LEBANON: RUSSIAN FM LAVROV DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST, [...] (C) Russian FM Sergei Lavrov made a one-day visit to Lebanon May 25. Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Alexander Chvykov told the DCM on May 27 that the trip had three purposes: discuss bilateral relations, express support for Lebanon's stability ahead of the June 7 parliamentary elections and [...]	2009-05-27 15:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	LE PGOV PINR PREL SA RU
09BEIRUT584	LEBANON:HIZBALLAH DOES NOT WANT WAR, LAF CHIEF [...] (C) In a May 27 meeting with Codel Ackerman, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Jean Kahwagi stressed disarming Hizballah was not simply an internal Lebanese problem, but a regional and international problem, dealt with best through political and diplomatic efforts. Israel's continued occu [...]	2009-05-28 12:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT585	LEBANON: WITH 12 DAYS TO GO, MARCH 14 PUTS ON A [...] (C) In a strong last-minute show of unity, just 12 days before the June 7 parliamentary elections, March 14 leaders met at the Bristol Hotel on May 26, presenting a joint communique outlining the coalition's positions on key issues. The communique expressed support for UNSCR 1701 and the Spec [...]	2009-05-28 13:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR LE
09BEIRUT587	LEBANON: ELECTION DISPUTE BODY FINALLY NAMED [...] (C) The Lebanese cabinet on May 27 appointed the final five members to the Constitutional Council, completing the formation of the body that will consider disputes over the June 7 parliamentary election results. This was a critical step to ensure the upcoming elections are seen as free and fa [...]	2009-05-29 08:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT590	LEBANON: WITH CODEL ACKERMAN, SINIORA PUSHES FOR [...] (C) In a discussion May 27 with CODEL Ackerman, Prime Minister Siniora blamed Israel for many of the region's problems and pushed for U.S. support for an equitable solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Solving the Palestinian problem, he said, would solve other regional problems, including I [...]	2009-05-29 11:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER UNSC KPAL IR LE SY
09BEIRUT592	LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN MEETS MARCH 14 [...] (C) Meeting with visiting Vice President Joe Biden, senior March 14 leaders thanked the United States for its continuing strong support for Lebanese sovereignty and institutions, especially the Lebanese Armed Forces. They welcomed U.S. efforts to stem the flow of weapons to Hizballah and sai [...]	2009-05-29 14:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY IS IR
09BEIRUT593	LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN ASSURE SLEIMAN: NO [...] (C) Vice President Joe Biden visited Lebanon on May 22, the first visit by a U.S vice president since 1983. Regional peace talks topped the agenda of his meeting with President Michel Sleiman, including the issue of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and the roles of both Syria and Iran. Biden [...]	2009-05-29 15:06:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IRLE
09BEIRUT594	LEBANON: JUMBLATT TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAY [...] (C) On a popular political talk show televised live May 28, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt called on March 14 leader Saad Hariri to seek only the truth, and not justice, from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, believing that justice that incriminates Hizballah could spark "internal sedition"; i.e. [...]	2009-05-29 15:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MOPS MARR LE
09BEIRUT595	LEBANON: WITH CODEL ACKERMAN, MARCH 14 FIGURES [...] (C) March 14 figures Amine Gemayel, Samir Geagea, Mohammed Chatah, and Marwan Hamadeh stressed to Codel Ackerman on May 27 the importance of the June 7 parliamentary elections in determining Lebanon's sovereignty. Concerned about the period after the elections, the four agreed that if it reta [...]	2009-05-29 15:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC IS KPAL SY LE
09BEIRUT596	LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) In a May 22 meeting with Vice President Joe Biden, PM Siniora thanked the United States for its support for Lebanon's institutions, sovereignty and independence. He added that Lebanon supports Israeli-Palestinian peace, but not if the ultimate solution involves permanent resettlement of [...]	2009-05-29 15:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL PTER PREF KPAL UNSC IR IS LE
09BEIRUT597	LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT TELLS SPEAKER BERRI U.S. [...] (C) Vice President Biden told Lebanese Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri that his May 22 visit to Lebanon was designed to send a strong message from the Obama administration that the U.S. supports a sovereign, independent Lebanon with strong institutions and was committed to achieving a compre [...]	2009-05-29 15:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PINR LE SY IS IR
09BEIRUT598	LEBANON: TREASURY U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES HIZBALLAH, [...] (C) Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey, accompanied by the Ambassador, reaffirmed to Lebanese interlocutors at the Central Bank of Lebanon, the Banking ControlCommission, Ministry of Finance, and private sectr bankers that the U.S. valued its coopera [...]	2009-06-01 10:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE IR
09BEIRUT599	LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN'S POST-ELECTION AGENDA [...] (C) President Michel Sleiman, in an energetic May 27 speech to mark the anniversary of his first year in office, called for action on a broad domestic agenda, to be led by him if, he implied, the new government is too divided to get anything done. His words and tone previewed a potentially mo [...]	2009-06-01 14:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT60	LEBANON: GOL RESPONDS CALMLY BUT FIRMLY TO SECOND [...] (C) On the morning of January 14, unknown persons in the Arqub region in south Lebanon launched rockets towards Israel, after which the there was artillery fire from Israel to the suspected launch area. This is the second rocket attack from Lebanon into Israel in one week. The second attack [...]	2009-01-14 18:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT605	LEBANON: NEW SAUDI AMBASSADOR SAYS HIZBALLAH [...] (C) The new Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon, Ali Saeed Awadh Asseri, told the Ambassador June 1 that Hizballah Deputy Secretary General Naim Qassem was worried that if the Hizballah-led March 8 alliance won the majority in Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections, the March 14 coalition would not [...]	2009-06-02 14:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SA PK
09BEIRUT606	LEBANON: OPPOSITION CANDIDATES ACCUSE SLEIMAN OF [...] (C) Not surprisingly, opposition candidates have accused President Sleiman of "interfering" in the upcoming June 7 parliamentary elections. Sleiman was accused of interfering in several Christian districts against candidates of Michel Aoun, a candidate who is aligned with Aoun complained to us [...]	2009-06-02 15:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT617	LEBANON: PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT'S "HISTORIC [...] (C) Emboffs heard from a number of Lebanese contacts, including Sunni and Shia Muslims and Christians, much praise for President Obama's June 4 speech to the Muslim world. Though many Lebanese were preoccupied with the parliamentary elections three days away, those who watched the speech told [...]	2009-06-04 16:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT624	LEBANON: CAMPAIGN ISSUE: THE ELECTIONS AND THE [...] (C) Both the March 14 coalition and the opposition are seeking to capitalize on the possible economic impact of the international community's reactions to the June 7 parliamentary elections to gain votes. March 14 leaders have floated the idea that an opposition-led Lebanese government would [...]	2009-06-05 12:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EFIN MARR LE SY
09BEIRUT627	LEBANON: OPINION-MAKER REACTION: "PRESIDENT [...] (C) The Ambassador gathered a group of eight influential opinion-makers June 4 for a roundtable discussion following President Obama's speech from Cairo University. The group agreed that the speech was "culturally sensitive" and a positive first step to engagement with the Arab world. However [...]	2009-06-05 14:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE IS
09BEIRUT63	LEBANON: ASSESSING THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) The international financial crisis is not expected to affect the results of ongoing bilateral assistance programs in Lebanon. As highlighted in detail in Ref B, Lebanon has sofar managed to avoid most of the impact of the global financial crisis. Lebanese banks have minimal lQks to forei [...]	2009-01-15 12:03:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT631	LEBANON: PRELIMINARY RESULTS SUGGEST MARCH 14 WINS [...] (SBU) Preliminary, unofficial results from IFES, political party representatives, and media outlets indicate that Saad Hariri's March 14 coalition and pro-March 14 independents won the majority in the June 7 parliamentary elections with as many as 71 out of 128 seats. From his Qoreitem residen [...]	2009-06-08 08:59:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT632	LEBANON: SECRETARY LAHOOD CONGRATULATES SLEIMAN ON [...] (C) In a June 7 election day meeting with Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, President Michel Sleiman was pleased to see elections taking place peacefully in one day. He predicted the difference between majority and opposition would be only two or three seats, and said the close elections [...]	2009-06-08 12:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE IS
09BEIRUT633	LEBANON: OFFICIAL RESULTS CONFIRM MARCH 14'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-08 15:01:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT634	LEBANON: OFFICIAL RESULTS CONFIRM MARCH 14'S [...] (C) By mid-day on June 8, Interior Minister Baroud completed the official announcements of the names of the 128 winning candidates in the June 7 elections. The announcements confirmed that 71 seats went to the March 14-led coaltion and 57 to the current opposition, so March 14 kept its parlia [...]	2009-06-09 07:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT639	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH CONCILIATORY, EXCEPT TO U.S., [...] (C) Lebanese interlocutors and international observers expressed general praise for the conduct of the elections and hope for more electoral reform. Hizballah's SYG Hassan Nasrallah, in a post election speech on June 8, congratulated "the winners," but cautioned that while they hold the major [...]	2009-06-10 06:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT643	LEBANON: PM SINIORA CALLS FOR EXTENDING HAND TO [...] (C) In a June 8 meeting with visiting Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and the Ambassador, Prime Minister and Sidon MP-elect Fouad Siniora hailed March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (reftel) as the "end of an era" that firmly established the majority's political legi [...]	2009-06-10 10:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR
09BEIRUT644	LEBANON: HARIRI SAYS HE'LL BE PRIME MINISTER, [...] (C) March 14 coalition and Future party leader Saad Hariri told visiting Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and the Ambassador on June 8 that he would be Lebanon's next Prime Minister following March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (reftel). One of his priorities as Pri [...]	2009-06-10 10:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR
09BEIRUT645	LEBANON: GEAGEA ON ELECTIONS, SECURITY, AND [...] (C) In a June 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea hailed March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (Ref A) as a "big manifestation of democracy in the Middle East." Satisfied with the outcome of the results, Geagea said March 14 must now move away [...]	2009-06-10 12:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE IS SY
09BEIRUT646	LEBANON: AFTER "IDEAS ELECTION", ANALYSTS URGE USG [...] (C) Discussing the June 7 election results at a June 9 dinner hosted by the DCM, political analysts reached mixed conclusions on whether Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun "won or lost" the elections. While Aoun received a majority of Christian votes, he won by slimmer margins than in [...]	2009-06-10 14:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY

09BEIRUT647	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR S/E GEORGE MITCHELL'S [...] (C) Embassy Beirut welcomes your visit, which comes just five days after Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections in which the pro-western March 14 coalition won the majority by an unexpected margin. Lebanese officials have eagerly anticipated your trip to Beirut since your appointment was an [...]	2009-06-10 15:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MARR MOPS LE IS SY IR
09BEIRUT655	LEBANON: JUMBLATT SAYS S/E MITCHELL SHOULD FOCUS [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, in a June 10 meeting with the Ambassador, advised that Special Envoy George Mitchell should secure a freeze on Israeli settlements in order that President Obama's peace efforts succeed. Asked about Lebanon's role in regional peace, he half-joked "We cannot aff [...]	2009-06-11 15:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT656	LEBANON: MARCH 14 SYG TO PUSH FOR STRONGER [...] (C) Following March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (Ref B),March 14 Secretariat SYG Fares Souaid is intent on carrying on the work of the Secretariat, which held its first post-election meeting on June 10. Souaid believed the elections proved opposition Christian leader M [...]	2009-06-11 15:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR
09BEIRUT659	LEBANON: AOUN RE-EMERGES, DEMANDING PROPORTIONAL [...] (C) Following his Change and Reform parliamentary bloc's June 10 meeting and in his first public appearance since the June 7 parliamentary elections, MP Michel Aoun announced that if there is a national unity government, his parliamentary bloc would expect a share of seats proportional to its [...]	2009-06-12 14:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT66	LEBANON: URGING GOL ACTION TO STEM UNSCR 1701 [...] (U) Action request: see para 7 2. (C) Per instructions in reftel, Charge and other emboffs on January 15 conveyed to senior GOL and political officials points about the risks of continued rocket attacks directed at Israel from Lebanese territory. Charge spoke to senior aides to the Preside [...]	2009-01-15 16:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR LE
09BEIRUT662	Lebanon: Media Reaction - June 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-15 11:37:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT668	LEBANON: REACTION TO PM NETANYAHU'S JUNE 14 SPEECH [...] (C) Lebanese reaction to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's June 14 speech was mostly negative (Ref A). President Sleiman termed the Netanyahu speech as "hard lined" in a statement issued June 15, while PM Siniora termed it "extremely dangerous." The only positive acknowledgment note [...]	2009-06-17 05:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC LE IS
09BEIRUT670	LEBANON: TOYING WITH NABIH BERRI OVER SPEAKER [...] (C) There have been calls by some in March 14 for Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri not to be reelected to his post unless he commits to conditions, such as promising not to close the Parliament arbitrarily as he did for 18 months pre-Doha. Senior March 14 leaders like Hariri and Jumblatt app [...]	2009-06-17 13:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	LE PGOV PINR PREL SY
09BEIRUT671	LEBANON: DEMARCHE: SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-17 14:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT672	LEBANON: DEMARCHE RESPONSE: HAGUE CODE OF [...] (C) PolOff delivered demarche requesting Lebanese support for nonproliferation efforts by subscribing to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) to Majid Ramadan, Head of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on May 14. On June 17 Hazem Ab [...]	2009-06-17 14:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT674	LEBANON: BERRI SAYS SPEAKER ELECTION AT END OF JUNE [...] (C) In a June 16 meeting with the Ambassador, a relaxed Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri expressed satisfaction regarding the recent legislative elections and predicted cabinet formation would occur smoothly and quickly. Berri has made clear publicly and privately that he supports Saad Harir [...]	2009-06-17 15:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE IR
09BEIRUT679	LEBANON: NASRALLAH CRITIQUES LEBANESE ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah gave a lengthy speech the evening of June 17 in which he critiqued Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. While Nasrallah accepted the defeat of the Hizballah-led opposition, he claimed the opposition had maintained the largest share of popular, moral and [...]	2009-06-19 12:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV LE IR
09BEIRUT687	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR PREDICTS HE'LL KEEP DEFENSE [...] Lebanese Minister of Defense Elias Murr told the Ambassador and Poloff June 19 he predicted the upcoming cabinet formation process would be quick. Murr believes he will remain as Defense Minister. Looking ahead, Murr said his priority was to ensure the Lebanese Armed Forces were prepared for [...]	2009-06-22 15:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR LE
09BEIRUT690	Lebanon: Media Reaction - June 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-23 11:25:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT691	DEMARCHE: ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Lebanon will take a moderate position at the AL ministerial and advocate for the Arab Peace Initiative, as it has in the past, the diplomatic advisor to President Michel Sleiman (Naji Abi Assi) and chief aide to Prime Minister Fouad Siniora (Rola Noureddine) told DCM in separate conversat [...]	2009-06-23 13:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL EAID XF LE
09BEIRUT693	LEBANON: THE RISE OF A NEW CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT? [...] (C) In a June 22 meeting with the Ambassador, March 14 MP Michel Pharaon said Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea was pressuring March 14's independent Christians to join his voting bloc in parliament. Pharaon noted that many independent Christians opposed Geagea and were looking for an alte [...]	2009-06-23 15:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL LE SY
09BEIRUT694	LEBANON: RESPONSE REGARDING UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Post found no public or media reports about TIP or SEA involving UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) personnel in Lebanon. UNIFIL official on June 11 told PolOff that there were no cases or reports of TIP or SEA involving UNIFIL personnel since last semi-annual report (Ref B). UNIFIL s [...]	2009-06-24 04:40:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO LE
09BEIRUT698	LEBANON: OUTGOING PM SINIORA COMMITS TO BORDER [...] (C) On the last full day of his government's mandate before it became a caretaker government, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora confirmed to international donors June 19 Lebanon's continuing and firm commitment to secure the eastern border with Syria. Urging international donor support for the ext [...]	2009-06-24 15:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PBTS EAID IS SY LE
09BEIRUT7	LEBANON: SINIORA URGES UNSC ACTION USING 1701 MODEL [...] (C) On January 2, PM Siniora convoked Ambassadors and Charges from UNSC members represented in Beirut and urged UNSC action to produce an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. He suggested the Council use UNSCR 1701, which marked the end of 2006 Lebanon-Israel conflict, as a model. He argued that Isr [...]	2009-01-02 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MOPS LE IS
09BEIRUT702	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL DAVID [...] (C) General Petraeus, Embassy Beirut welcomes your visit which comes three weeks after Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. Saad Hariri's March 14 coalition retained the parliamentary majority by an unexpected margin, and has a 71-57 edge over the opposition in the new parliament. The g [...]	2009-06-25 12:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MCAP MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT704	LEBANON: EMBASSY DELIVERS 2009 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) On June 23, per reftel instructions, Poloff delivered the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to the Surete Generale's (Immigration) Director of the Nationalities, Passports, and Foreigners Department General Siham Harake. We informed Harake that Lebanon had been downgraded to a Ti [...]	2009-06-25 15:03:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KPAO KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09BEIRUT713	LEBANON: JUMBLATT: "NASRALLAH DIVULGED NO SECRETS" [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion with the Ambassador on June 25, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt commented that neither Speaker Nabih Berri nor majority leader Saad Hariri were "completely happy" with the conduct of their coalition members during the vote to choose the Speaker earlier that day. [...]	2009-06-26 15:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT714	LEBANON: MIKATI "CONCERNED" ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF [...] (C) In a June 24 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister and recently elected MP Najib Mikati worried that if parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri became Prime Minister, he would compromise on economic reform and Hizballah's arms while facing difficulties from Syria. Mikati bel [...]	2009-06-26 15:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF ECON KPAL KCOR UNSC LE IR
09BEIRUT715	LEBANON: HARIRI PREPARED TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Presumptive PM-designate Saad Hariri confirmed to the Ambassador June 26 that he had met with Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah the previous day. Nasrallah did not request any "guarantees" from the new government, and Hariri did not offer any, Hariri said. Although mandatory bl [...]	2009-06-26 15:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR LE IR
09BEIRUT724	LEANON: GEAGEA: DON'T GIVE SYRIA A ROLE IN [...] (C) In a June 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea said although Majority Leader Saad Hariri's formation of the new Lebanon First parliamentary bloc was "not good," March 14 was not dead. Collaboration between Hariri and himself remains strong, Geagea averre [...]	2009-06-29 16:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE SY
09BEIRUT733	Lebanon: Media Reaction - June 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-01 07:15:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT746	LEBANON: HARIRI WANTS TO MEET IN DAMASCUS ONLY [...] (C) PM-designate Saad Hariri has been under (well-intentioned) pressure from the Saudi leadership for a week to agree to participate in an as-yet unscheduled Saudi-Syria summit in Damascus. He told the Ambassador July 6 that he is willing to do so, along with President Sliman, to support Saud [...]	2009-07-06 17:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC SA SY LE
09BEIRUT758	LEBANON: SOVEREIGNTY, STABILITY, AND SELF-INTEREST [...] (C) Most Lebanese observers tell us they are confident Prime Minister-Designate Saad Hariri will be able to form a government, though the process may take time. As Saudi-Syrian negotiations on the formation of Lebanon's government continue, however, the question posed in Ref B has become incr [...]	2009-07-08 16:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE SY SA
09BEIRUT764	LEBANON: SAFADI DESCRIBES FOREIGN INTERVENTION IN [...] (C) In a June 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Tripoli Sunni leader and caretaker Minister of Economy Mohammad Safadi said the Saudis had made a serious negotiating mistake in accepting the Syrian demand for a pre-government formation meeting of Lebanese political leaders with the Saudi King and [...]	2009-07-09 13:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON SY SA FR QA LE
09BEIRUT767	LEBANON: PM-DESIGNATE HARIRI TELLS INL A/S JOHNSON [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri told visiting International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Assistant Secretary David Johnson and the Ambassador July 1 that the Internal Security Forces (the police) have been "very successful" in recent years, but more recruits, training, and equi [...]	2009-07-10 10:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SOCI LE
09BEIRUT77	LEBANON: SLEIMAN UNDER PRESSURE ON GAZA; [...] (C) In a January 16 meeting with Charge, Minister of Education and Sidon native Bahia Hariri described the situation in the southern Palestinian camp of Ain el-Hilweh as tense, but "contained" as the Gaza crisis continues. She said the strong stance in support of Gaza by President Michel Slei [...]	2009-01-16 16:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT771	LEBANON: CHRISTIAN MINISTERS REJECT SAUDI [...] (C) Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar and Information Minister Tarek Mitri, in separate meetings with the Ambassador on July 9, criticized the Saudis for involving the Syrians in the Lebanese political process. Mitri said he believed the Saudis realized they made a mistake and that they would s [...]	2009-07-10 14:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SA SY LE
09BEIRUT78	LEBANON: SINIORA ASSURES GOL OPPOSED TO ROCKET [...] (C) In a January 16 meeting, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora assured Charge that the GOL was united in its condemnation of rocket attacks on Israel from Lebanon. He said he had ordered the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to coordinate with UNIFIL on patrolling the border area and preventing further [...]	2009-01-16 17:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE
09BEIRUT786	LEBANON: GERMAN AND FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) Lebanese reaction to German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier's July 7 visit to Beirut, followed by a July 10-11 visit by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner was muted. Lebanese contacts asserted that while the show of support was appreciated, the visits amounted to little mor [...]	2009-07-14 14:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE GM FR
09BEIRUT8	LEBANON: GOL CONSIDERING SETTING A FLOOR FOR GAS EXCISE TAX [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah told us on December 31 that he is discussing the gas excise tax with PM Siniora and Energy Minister Alain Tabourian. Chatah supports setting a fixed excise tax, regardless of the price of gas. (Note: Chatah December 24 mentioned to Embassy staff a 350 Le [...]	2009-01-05 08:18:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT805	LEBANON: HARIRI TELLS PETRAEUS ASSISTANCE FOR LAF [...] (C) In a June 30 meeting with Commanding General U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) General David Petraeus, Prime Minister-Designate Saad Hariri said he had begun consultations on government formation, and though the opposition and the Syrians would make the process difficult, he was confident he [...]	2009-07-17 06:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON OVIP MASS MCAP LE SY SA
09BEIRUT809	LEBANON: MARCH 14 FIGURES STILL CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) March 14 contacts this week were cautiously optimistic that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri would ultimately come to agreement with Hizballah and opposition Christian leader Michel Aoun on the formation of a government. However, they said, it was unrealistic to expect a new cabinet be [...]	2009-07-17 16:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT818	LEBANON: PM SINIORA TO PETRAEUS: PUSH SYRIA TO GET [...] (C) Caretaker Prime Minister Fouad Siniora told visiting Commander General of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) General David Petraeus and the Ambassador June 30 that he was "quite satisfied" with the outcome of Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. Siniora said that the Lebanese had voted fo [...]	2009-07-20 14:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MASS MARR MOPPS LE SY IR
09BEIRUT819	LEBANON: DISCOVERY OF HIZBALLAH ARMS CACHE, SOUTH [...] (C) In a July 17 meeting, Defense Minister Elias Murr provided an account of the July 14 explosion in the south, saying that a small munitions warehouse, containing material stored by Hizballah since the July 2006 war, had caught on fire due to a cooking incident. He reported that the Lebanes [...]	2009-07-20 15:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE
09BEIRUT82	LEBANON: LEBANON BEGINS DISBURSING ASSISTANCE TO GAZA [...] (SBU) After the Lebanese Cabinet's $1 million assistance pledge to Gaza on December 30 (reftel),Lebanon sent its first shipment of in-kind assistance to Gaza by plane via Jordan on January 3. The shipment consisted of 17 tons of medical supplies and equipment and 2,060 blankets. Ambassador Kh [...]	2009-01-20 11:55:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT820	LEBANON: SLEIMAN TELLS PETRAEUS CABINET WILL BE [...] (C) In a June 30 meeting with David Petraeus, Commanding General of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM),President Michel Sleiman noted that he was relatively optimistic and said he expected cabinet formation to last somewhere between ten days and two weeks. Sleiman remarked that Lebanon faced a n [...]	2009-07-20 15:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER MARR MASS MCAP MOPS
09BEIRUT821	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR TELLS GENERAL PETRAEUS NEW [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr affirmed to visiting CENTCOM Commanding General David Petraeus in a June 30 meeting that the strong U.S.-Lebanese military partnership will grow stronger under the new Lebanese government. Murr said the Lebanese Armed Forces' (LAF) work on a Five Year Plan would [...]	2009-07-20 16:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MCAP MOPS IS SA SY LE
09BEIRUT822	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH ON THE DEFENSE WHILE STRIVING [...] (C) In a series of public addresses over the last week, Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah has raised the rhetoric of a possible war with Israel while simultaneously offering conciliatory words to PM-designate Saad Hariri as he attempts to form a government. March 14 figures welcome Nasrallah's [...]	2009-07-21 17:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE
09BEIRUT83	LEBANON: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE ON A.Q. KHAN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points and text of the USG public announcement on January 12 that sanctions were imposed on thirteen people and three private companies for engaging in activities related to the global A.Q. Khan proliferation network to Oussama Khachab, Head of the Americas Desk a [...]	2009-01-20 12:25:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN GM KNNP MNUC PARM PREL LE
09BEIRUT833	LEBANON FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH: CONSULTATIVE PROCESS [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Beirut contacted Lebanese stakeholders - including youth, civil society partners, and political interlocutors - to solicit feedback about specific recommendations and suggestions to achieve priorities outlined by President Obama during his June 4 speech in Cairo, (ref A). Co [...]	2009-07-23 16:02:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD TSPL
09BEIRUT838	LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS UNFAZED BY DRAWN-OUT [...] (C/NF) March 14 leaders in separate meetings grumbled about coalition dynamics but reiterated their belief that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri would ultimately come to agreement with Hizballah and its allies on the formation of a government. All admitted, however, that recent incidents in [...]	2009-07-24 18:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT84	LEBANON: MARCH 14 OUTLINES ROAD MAP TO ELECTIONS [...] (C) With parliamentary elections a little over four months away, the March 14 Secretariat has outlined a three step "road map" focusing on increased activity by the Secretariat to coordinate the coalition's activities and messages, a second political convention to announce March 14's political [...]	2009-01-20 14:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE
09BEIRUT850	COMPROMISE REACHED ON SHIA REPRESENTATION IN NEW [...] (C) Advisor to Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, Nader Hariri, confirmed that an agreement has been reached over Shia representation in the presidential bloc in the next cabinet. Hariri emphasized that the consensus candidate would not be a "king minister," but rather a member of the Pre [...]	2009-07-28 14:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT859	LEBANON: SOME GOL OFFICIALS ADMIT 1701 VIOLATION [...] (C) Several GOL officials expressed their confidence July 24-25 to visiting National Security Council Senior Director for Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro that the opposition would drop its demand for a blocking third and that the cabinet would be formed, though no one could commit to [...]	2009-07-29 08:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT864	LEBANON: RESPONSE TO JORDAN REGIONAL BIOMETRIC [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 12:22:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PREL PTER JO IS LE
09BEIRUT865	COMPROMISE REACHED ON SHIA REPRESENTATION IN NEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 13:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT866	LEBANON: MARCH 14 SECRETARIAT TO LESSEN POLITICAL [...] (C) March 14 Secretary General Fares Souaid said that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and the Secretariat's leadership had agreed to decrease the coalition's political coordination activities to focus on grassroots mobilization. Lebanese public opinion is now more than ever with March 14, [...]	2009-07-30 13:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT867	LEBANON: YET ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT CHRISTIAN [...] (C) March 14 (Kataeb) MP Sami Gemayel and opposition-aligned MP Suleiman Franjieh initiated yet another attempt at Christian reconciliation with a July 29 luncheon. Gemayel (Amine's son) reportedly hopes to engineer reconciliation between Franjieh and Patriarch Sfeir, who have been at odds sin [...]	2009-07-30 13:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT868	PRESIDENT'S CABINET BLOC NEARLY SETTLED, BUT OTHER [...] (C) The President's ministerial bloc will contain five ministers and is nearly decided upon, according to presidential advisor Naji Abi Assi. Negotiation over portfolio distribution continues, but the issue of the blocking third is moot because it has been agreed that no "controversial" deci [...]	2009-07-30 13:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT873	HARIRI WELCOMES E.O. 13441 RENEWAL AND CRITICIZES [...] (C) In a July 31 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri declared himself "quite happy" about renewal of the E.O. 13441 designation and did not consider it a barrier to cabinet formation. Lebanese negotiations with Israel are out of the question until "Israel solves [...]	2009-08-03 15:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNGA LE
09BEIRUT874	LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS AGREE TO GIVE JUMBLATT [...] (C) March 14 coalition leaders in separate meetings revealed most were unsurprised by Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader and MP Walid Jumblatt's reassessment of his alliance with the majority bloc, and all stressed their decision to leave space to allow Jumblatt to rejoin the coalition s [...]	2009-08-03 16:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT876	64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-04 09:46:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA LE
09BEIRUT878	PRESIDENT SLEIMAN PRAISES ARMY, CRITICIZES ISRAEL, [...] (C) In his speech commemorating the 64th Army Day, President Michel Sleiman praised the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) while criticizing the delay in forming a cabinet. He called for constitutional reform if it would close "loopholes" and facilitate better institutions. Sleiman stated early tha [...]	2009-08-04 10:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS LE
09BEIRUT88	LEBANON: RIVALRY WITHIN THE PLO, PM'S LIAISON SAYS [...] (C) Highlighting that the Palestinian camps in Lebanon are "calm for now," the GOL's chief liaison for Palestinian issues, President of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee (LPDC) Khalil Makkawi, stressed that PM Sinoria had done a good job communicating with Palestinians during the Isr [...]	2009-01-21 17:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT887	WILL HARIRI HEAD A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) Despite Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader Walid Jumblatt's August 5 comments pledging he would stand by Saad Hariri in the government formation process, Hariri will not in the end head a majority government, predicted caretaker Ministers Mohammed Chatah (Finance) and Ziad Baroud (In [...]	2009-08-06 15:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT892	SAUDI AMBASSADOR: JUMBLATT RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY [...] (C) Saudi Information and Culture Minister Abdulaziz Khoja sent a strong message to Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader Walid Jumblatt on August 4 that his actions did not serve Lebanon's national interests, and Jumblatt responded immediately and positively to Saudi King Abdullah's entrea [...]	2009-08-07 14:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE IS SA
09BEIRUT898	MARADA LIEUTENANTS DEFEND MEMBERSHIP IN MARCH 8 [...] (C) The Marada Party's alliance with Hizballah in the March 8 Coalition is based on the premise that the Shia party cannot be disarmed by force and must be dealt with in the context of the root causes that feed it, asserted Marada party figures Raymond (Rony) Arayji and Richard (Richy) Haykal. [...]	2009-08-10 14:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT899	ENCOURAGING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to caretaker Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah on August 7. Chatah responded that budget transparency was one of his ministry's top priorities, as evidenced by its commitment to a $4 million World Bank assistance program to improve Lebanon's budget [...]	2009-08-10 14:31:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL LE
09BEIRUT903	UNIFIL'S FC GRAZIANO CALLS FOR STRONGER GOL [...] (C) In an August 10 meeting with the Ambassador, United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) Force Commander General Claudio Graziano dismissed recent criticism of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),emphasizing that it did not have the political "umbrella" to act decisively during last mont [...]	2009-08-12 15:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP PTER UNSC PINR PREL IS LE
09BEIRUT904	JUMBLATT ASSURES HARIRI HE WILL SUPPORT THE [...] (C) Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt on August 12 confirmed that his bloc remains within the "15" (majority) in the 15-10-5 Cabinet formula, reiterating what he told Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri the night before. Both Siniora and caretaker Minister of State Nassib Lah [...]	2009-08-12 16:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE IS SA
09BEIRUT91	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI WORRIED HAMAS PLANS TO USE [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador January 21, March 14 majority leader Saad Hariri expressed concern the past weeks' events in Gaza could lead to Hamas using Lebanon's Palestinian camps to confront Fatah and Israel. Hariri urged the new U.S. administration to "do something" about the Pales [...]	2009-01-22 15:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY IS
09BEIRUT910	MARCH 14 TAKES ON WATER AS THE CREW AWAITS THE [...] (C) Kataeb Party leader Amine Gemayel is pushing hard for two (unspecified) ministerial seats, according to the Hariri camp. His unhappiness with the cabinet formation process thus far has led to rumors that he may withdraw from March 14. Meanwhile, March 14 secretariat officials insist it i [...]	2009-08-13 17:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SA SY
09BEIRUT911	WILL THE REAL SYRIAN AMBASSADOR PLEASE STAND UP? [...] (C) Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdel Karim has been essentially absent from the political scene since his March 2009 appointment, supplanted by various informal interlocutors, most recently Lebanese Druze opposition leader Wiam Wahhab. Damascus' use of such intermediaries increases its [...]	2009-08-14 07:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT912	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 12:27:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC LE
09BEIRUT913	DRUZE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK: ARSLAN ADVISOR ON [...] (C) Opposition Druze leader Talal Arslan was not surprised by majority Druze leader Walid Jumblatt's apparent move away from the majority March 14 coalition in recent days, according to Arslan advisor Saleem Hamadeh, although he added that Jumblatt was still supporting Saad Hariri. Jumblatt wa [...]	2009-08-14 12:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT914	DRUZE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK: ARSLAN ADVISOR ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 12:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT915	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 12:27:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC LE
09BEIRUT92	LEBANON: JUMBLATT WITH HIZBALLAH: MAJOR [...] (C) In his January 21 meeting with Hizballah MP Mohamad Raad, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt reportedly expressed his fundamental disagreement with Hizballah over Hizballah's relationship with Syria, Hizballah's arms, and the Special Tribunal. As such, he was not interested in a political relati [...]	2009-01-22 15:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE
09BEIRUT921	AOUN REJECTS HARIRI'S INVITATION, GEMAYEL [...] (C) Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun dismissed charges that he was obstructing progress on government formation and declared he would not accept Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's lunch invitation if the latter does not put an end to attacks by his allies on the FPM leader. Aoun [...]	2009-08-17 13:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT922	NASRALLAH ATTEMPTS TO EASE FEAR, BUT PUBLIC [...] (C) Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah asserted Hizballah would take defensive action against Israel, if Lebanon was attacked, and called for national unity in his August 14 speech commemorating the third anniversary of the July 2006 war between Hizballah and Israel. Attendees at the [...]	2009-08-17 14:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER LE IS
09BEIRUT933	LEBANON: HARIRI SEES NO END IN SIGHT TO POLITICAL [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri described Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun as a "disaster" and insisted that he had told the FPM leader several times he would not acquiesce to reappointing Aoun's son-in-law Gebran Bassil as Minister of Telecommunications. Hariri admitt [...]	2009-08-19 16:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT944	SLEIMAN: LAF/UNIFIL COORDINATION ESSENTIAL TO [...] (C) Although the situation in south Lebanon has cooled, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) must coordinate effectively with UNIFIL to prevent Hizballah from using future disturbances as a pretext to launch a strike against Israel, President Michel Sleiman emphasized to the Ambassador and DCM. S [...]	2009-08-21 15:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	LE PGOV PINR PREL SA SY
09BEIRUT946	GOVERNMENT FORMATION DEADLOCKED OR DEAD END? [...] (C) Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea insisted that the most effective solution to the current political crisis would be for the Saudis to appeal to the Syrians to pressure Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun and Hizballah to break the current political deadlock. The LF le [...]	2009-08-21 17:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SY SA
09BEIRUT95	Lebanon: Media Reaction - January 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 09:52:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT96	LEBANON: SINIORA URGES U.S. TO ENCOURAGE SYRIA TO [...] (C) Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora in a January 23 meeting with Ambassador urged the new U.S. administration to take a strong role in Middle East peace negotiations. Specifically, he advocated U.S. direct or indirect efforts to encourage the Syrians to "realize it was in their best interests" [...]	2009-01-23 18:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT962	PHILANTHROPY AND POLITICAL GAIN MIX IN TRIPOLI [...] (C) The August 20 celebration of the opening of the municipal palace in Mina -- a small, mainly Orthodox town in Tripoli -- was an over-the-top homage to Sunni billionaire, former prime minister, and current MP Najib Mikati. While some have noted Mikati's "philanthropic intelligence" in his [...]	2009-08-27 12:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON LE
09BEIRUT966	OPPOSITION CRITICIZES HARIRI'S NEGOTIATION TACTICS [...] (C) Although many speculate that cabinet formation is being held up by external Syrian or Iranian influence, opposition figures claim that the reason for the delay is Hariri's refusal to provide a counteroffer to General Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement's original proposal on the ministri [...]	2009-08-27 14:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT971	IRAN PUSHES INTO LEBANESE DEMINING OPERATIONS [...] (C) The demining NGO Mine Advisory Group (MAG) has confirmed the launch of a new Iranian demining NGO in south Lebanon. The Iranian NGO Peace Generation Organization for Demining (PGOD) is starting with a small presence. In addition, MAG director Christina Bennike reaffirmed that some of her [...]	2009-08-28 14:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS MCAP PM IS LE IR
09BEIRUT973	WITH CABINET NEGOTIATIONS STALLED, HARIRI HINTS AT [...] (C) The press and nearly all Embassy contacts have declared a stalemate in the government formation process, despite a series of public statements by major political leaders that briefly indicated a move to break the deadlock. Notably, wayward Druze leader Walid Jumblatt came out strongly in s [...]	2009-08-28 15:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE SY SAIR IS
09BEIRUT974	DEFMIN MURR FRUSTRATED WITH HARIRI BUT SAYS [...] (C) Caretaker Minister of Defense Elias Murr told the Ambassador on August 28 that the Lebanese cannot expect "better than Saad Hariri these days." However, he continued, Prime Minister-designate Hariri needs to be viewed as "strong." Murr assessed that the planned August 31 meeting of major [...]	2009-08-31 15:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MOPS LE IS IT
09BEIRUT980	BERRI SUPPORTS NEW SHIA RELIGIOUS GROUP WHILE [...] (C) Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri supported the launch of a new, "moderate" Shia clerical establishment, the Independent Clerical Gathering, on August 20. Subsequently, on August 31, in his annual address on the anniversary of the disappearance of Shia cleric Imam Musa al-Sadr, Berri calle [...]	2009-09-02 13:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE IS
09BEIRUT984	HARIRI AND AOUN: WHO WILL BLINK FIRST? [...] (C) All signs indicate that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri is planning to break the deadlock over cabinet formation by proposing a cabinet list to the President without further consultation with the opposition. Advisor Nader Hariri described Saad's August 31 meeting with opponent Free P [...]	2009-09-02 13:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT987	SLEIMAN URGES GOVERNMENT FORMATION BEFORE UNGA, [...] (C) Presidential Advisor Naji Abi Assi and independent Christian MP Boutros Harb told the Ambassador in separate meetings September 2 that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri needed to take a next step in the government formation process. Abi Assi contended the problem was local, while Harb [...]	2009-09-03 15:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT988	HARIRI WILL PRESENT CABINET PROPOSAL WITHOUT [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri told the Ambassador September 3 that he intends to present a national unity government cabinet proposal to President Sleiman within the next ten days. He confirmed that that negotiations with opposition Christian leader Michel Aoun and his Free Patriot [...]	2009-09-03 15:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT995	UNIFIL-LED CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS TRAINING A [...] (C) The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) training program aims to develop the Lebanese Armed Forces' (LAF) "soft power" in the form of better community relations and services. COL John Molloy, who heads the program, believes the optimal long-term goal of [...]	2009-09-04 14:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PREL MARR KPKO UN IS LE
09BEIRUT996	LEBANESE PRESS JUMPS ON STORY OF POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH MONEY [...] Summary: Since August 31, several Lebanese newspapers have been reporting on Salah Ezzeddine declaring bankruptcy. Business tycoon Ezzedine was perceived as a trustworthy businessman because of his Hizballah connections. His bankruptcy caused severe financial damage to Shi'a investors from [...]	2009-09-08 05:10:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BELFAST14	TWO SOLDIERS KILLED IN NORTHERN IRELAND BY DISSIDENT [...] (C) A March 7 gun attack by dissident republicans near Antrim which left two British soldiers dead, and injured four others, is the worst terrorist attack in Northern Ireland since the 1998 Omagh bombing. The attack was carried out by the Real IRA, a small dissident group formed by IRA member [...]	2009-03-09 14:03:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV UK EI
09BELFAST17	NORTHERN IRELAND POLICE BRIEF CONSULATE ON DISSIDENT KILLING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Acting Consul General and Management/Post Security Officer met with Deputy Chief Constable (DCC) Paul Leighton and briefly with Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde on March 9 for a briefing on the security situation following the March 7 the dissident republican attack, which left tw [...]	2009-03-09 18:10:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER ASEC PGOV PREL EI UK
09BELFAST21	SCENESETTER FOR ST PATRICK'S DAY VISIT BY NORTHERN IRELAND'S [...] (C/NF) The visit to Washington by First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness comes on the heels of recent attacks by dissident republicans which have left two soldiers and one police officer dead. This visit will allow senior U.S. officials to express their sym [...]	2009-03-12 13:45:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER ECON EINV UK EI
09BELFAST29	SINN FEIN LEADER GERRY ADAMS DISCUSSES RECENT VISIT TO [...] (C/NF) During an April 27 meeting with Belfast Consul General, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams discussed his mid-April trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories. During his meetings with Hamas leaders, Adams made clear he did not support violence. He also met with residents of the Israeli [...]	2009-04-28 16:13:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UK EI IS KPAL PTER
09BELFAST30	NORTHERN IRELAND POLICE BRIEF CONSULATE ON DISSIDENT KILLING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Acting Consul General and Management/Post Security Officer met with Deputy Chief Constable (DCC) Paul Leighton and briefly with Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde on March 9 for a briefing on the security situation following the March 7 the dissident republican attack, which left tw [...]	2009-05-01 15:05:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL EI UK
09BELFAST36	NORTHERN IRELAND EU ELECTION RESULTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE [...] (SBU) The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is reeling from a major electoral shock after a significant number of its traditional supporters defected to the Traditional Unionist Party (TUV) and the Conservative/Unionist Party (formerly the Ulster Unionist Party) in the EU elections. The split am [...]	2009-06-09 16:15:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UK EI
09BELFAST5	NORTHERN IRELAND LEADERS THANK SPECIAL ENVOY DOBRIANSKY [...] (C) Summary: On January 7-8, Special Envoy for Northern Ireland Ambassador Paula Dobriansky made farewell calls on Northern Ireland political leaders. Everyone paid tribute to the Special Envoy for her efforts during the past two years and praised the role the United States has played in brin [...]	2009-01-13 13:12:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UK EI
09BELFAST50	NORTHERN IRELAND DEVOLUTION DELAYED BUT ON TRACK [...] (C/NF) Summary. Northern Ireland's political leaders, together with HMG's Northern Ireland Office, are united in their conviction to move forward on the devolution of policing and justice. An attempt by hard-line unionist Jim Allister to siphon off support from First Minister Peter Robinson's [...]	2009-07-10 11:25:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV SOCI UK EI
09BELFAST6	PROPOSED PAYMENTS TO VICTIMS OF NORTHERN IRELAND'S TROUBLES [...] (C) Summary: The public release on January 28 of The Consultative Group on the Past's report sparked controversy among Northern Ireland's politicians and victims groups. The Group, appointed by the British government in 2007, had a mandate to explore ways to deal with Northern Ireland's lega [...]	2009-01-30 16:02:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EI UK PGOV

09BELFAST88	NORTHERN IRELAND FIRST MINISTER ROBINSON AND DEPUTY FIRST [...] (C/NF) Summary: Despite strong complaints regarding the behavior of the other and their respective parties, Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness both agree that the financial piece of devolving policing and justice powers is complete, and a [...]	2009-11-03 17:12:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR UK EI
09BELFAST9	ENSURING THE PEACE IN NORHTERN IRELAND: KEY USG OBJECTIVES [...] (C/NF) Summary. This is a joint message from Embassies Dublin, London, and Consulate Belfast. It outlines key objectives for continuing USG involvement in Northern Ireland in order to ensure the completion of the successful peace process that began with the Good Friday Agreement. Finalizing t [...]	2009-02-20 18:25:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER ECON UK EI
09BELGRADE1002	SERBIA: MUNITIONS PLANT EXPLOSION KILLS SEVEN [...] (U) A September 3 explosion at a Serbian munitions factory killed seven. It is not yet known whether the explosion affected the portion of the factory that produces military munitions, including supplies for Iraq and Afghanistan. End Summary. Explosion Rocks Plant --------------------- [...]	2009-09-04 14:12:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PREL IZ AF SR
09BELGRADE1004	SERBIA: RESETTLEMENT A RARE ROMA SUCCESS STORY [...] (U) In a well planned and coordinated effort, local authorities in Belgrade on August 31 resettled without incident approximately 160 Romani families living in an illegal settlement under the Gazela bridge in downtown Belgrade. The resettlement, executed on the eve of the new school year, cl [...]	2009-09-04 14:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV SR
09BELGRADE1030	SERBIA: KRUPANJ A NATIONALIST VESTIGE OF CONTRADICTION AND [...] (SBU) Serbia's small western municipality of Krupanj highlights how economic destitution and the lack of a national vision have spawned a muddled relationship between citizens and nationalist parties in local government. All roads literally end in Krupanj as does, apparently, all logic. Thou [...]	2009-09-14 14:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE104	SERBIA: KOSOVO MINISTRY STATE SECRETARY IVANOVIC TOUR [...] (SBU) In a wide-ranging February 3 meeting, Serbian Ministry for Kosovo State Secretary Oliver Ivanovic, a moderate Kosovo Serb, expressed conditional support for cooperation with the Kosovo Property Agency (KPA),characterized the recently-formed Kosovo Security Force (KSF) as "a group of wel [...]	2009-02-05 16:17:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KV SR
09BELGRADE1080	SERBIA: PRIDE PARADE CANCELLED AS GOVERNMENT LOSES NERVE [...] (SBU) Organizers for the September 20 Belgrade Pride Parade reluctantly cancelled the event at the last minute after the government, citing security concerns, banned the event at its desired location and proposed what the organizers deemed unacceptable alternative venues. Although government [...]	2009-09-22 07:52:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV SR
09BELGRADE1088	SERBIA: EXPLOSION AT MUNITIONS PLANT CAUSES MINOR DELAYS IN [...] (SBU) Nebjosa Svjetlica of the Ministry of Defense's international cooperation office confirmed to us on September 15 that the September 3 explosion at the Prvi Partizan munitions plant (Ref A) would have no long-term impact on production as there was no damage to production lines or equipment [...]	2009-09-23 08:29:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PREL IZ AF SR
09BELGRADE1092	SERBIA: ACQUITTAL IN DEATHS OF AMERICAN CITIZEN BYTYQI [...] (SBU) On September 22, two Serbian police officers tried in the Serbian Special Court for War Crimes were acquitted of all charges related to the 1999 killings of three American citizens. The Presiding Judge explained that the prosecution's evidence did not support either the charge of depriv [...]	2009-09-23 14:55:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KAWC SR
09BELGRADE1094	SERBIA: EXPERIENCE ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITY [...] (U) The Serbian diaspora community in the United States is geographically disparate and not unified on policy issues. The community has not yet made substantial investment in Serbia or been successful in interacting with the host country on political issues. End Summary. SERBIAN DIASPORA C [...]	2009-09-23 17:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PREF PREL SCUL SMIG SR
09BELGRADE1112	SERBIA: UPDATE ON DEFENSE AND SECURITY ISSUES [...] (SBU) As the Serbian government begins its second year in office, it is inching closer to NATO at an almost imperceptible rate - naming an ambassador after months of delay and slowly implementing the Security Agreement - while searching for ways to increase its involvement in regional grouping [...]	2009-09-25 17:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PREL SR
09BELGRADE1168	SOUTH SERBIA: A POLITICAL PRIMER [...] (SBU) South Serbia, an economically depressed and politically charged portion of the country that borders Kosovo and Macedonia, is home to 60,000-80,000 ethnic Albanians. The region continues to bear scars from armed conflict between Serbian security forces and the Liberation Army of Presevo [...]	2009-10-09 11:17:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
09BELGRADE1222	SERBIA: WAR CRIMES AMBASSADOR RAPP HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF [...] (U) Ambassador Rapp has cleared this cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) In meetings with President Tadic and other Serbian government officials on October 16, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp received updates on the search for International Criminal Tribun [...]	2009-10-22 15:12:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KAWC SR
09BELGRADE1240	FIRST CONFIRMED SERBIAN H1N1 DEATH [...] (SBU) Serbia confirmed its first fatality due to H1N1 influenza, on Wednesday, October 21, 2009. The victim was a 46 year old woman from Kraljevo, hospitalized in the central Serbian city of Kragujevac. According to the Institute of Public Health of Serbia, there are 134 confirmed cases of [...]	2009-10-26 14:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR KFLU AEMR PREL CASC AMGT SR
09BELGRADE125	ANOTHER FACE OF SERBIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a February 9 meeting with Prime Minister Cvetkovic, the Ambassador underscored U.S. frustration with the Serbian the government's inflexible approach to Kosovo issues and proposed a new emphasis on economic issues in our bilateral relations. Cvetkovic expressed interest in me [...]	2009-02-10 12:45:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR
09BELGRADE1258	SERBIA SURVIVES MEDVEDEV VISIT, BUT MUST DEAL WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-28 10:48:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG ECON SR RS
09BELGRADE1268	SERBIA: STILL UNDECIDED ON IRAN VOTES IN THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) MFA Human Rights Directorate First Secretary Vladan Lazovic told Poloff on October 27 that Serbia has yet to decide whether it will support Canada's annual resolution in the UN General Assembly Third Committee condemning the human rights situation in Iran (reftel). Serbia also remains u [...]	2009-10-29 14:30:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN SR
09BELGRADE1284	SERBIA'S JUDICIAL REFORM PROCEEDS DESPITE CONTINUING [...] (SBU) Serbia's National Assembly passed in late 2008 an ambitious judicial reform package in line with requirements in the 2006 Constitution, and the government immediately began the process of implementing the new laws. The laws are intended to increase judicial independence and efficiency a [...]	2009-11-02 12:29:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SR
09BELGRADE1296	SERBIA PLANS TO SUPPORT EGYPTIAN RESOLUTION ON GOLDSTONE [...] (SBU) In response to our November 3 demarche, MFA Human Rights Directorate First Secretary Vladan Lazovic informed Poloff on November 4 that Serbia likely will support an emerging Egypt-led draft resolution on the Goldstone Report in the UN General Assembly (reftel) . 2. (SBU) Express [...]	2009-11-04 15:02:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PTER KPAL IS SR
09BELGRADE13	SERBIA: LOOKING FOR PROGRESS ON SIX POINTS [...] (SBU) Serbia's Ministry for Kosovo continues to expect the international community to foster progress on the Six Points. Without that progress, Serbia believes that it will be impossible to reassure Kosovo Serbs of their security and further cooperation with EULEX will stall. The Ministry's l [...]	2009-01-08 17:06:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR SR KV
09BELGRADE1316	SERBIA: 2009 INCSR PART 1 SUBMISSION [...] The following is the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, 2009-2010, Part 1 for Serbia. BEGIN TEXT. Serbia I. Summary The Republic of Serbia is a major transit country for narcotics and other drugs along the Balkan smuggling corridor from Turkey to Centra [...]	2009-11-06 16:42:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM SR
09BELGRADE1332	Serbia Declares H1N1 Epidemic [...] (U) On November 11 the GOS responded to mounting public and media concerns about H1N1 influenza and formally declared an epidemic. H1N1 is widespread in a number of Serbian cities; however, the majority of cases are not severe, with nine deaths reported thus far out of 258 confirmed cases. Th [...]	2009-11-12 16:01:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR KFLU AMGT PREL CASC PINR SR
09BELGRADE1344	SERBIA: NO DECISION YET ON IRAN VOTES [...] (SBU) MFA State Secretary Mirko Stefanovic told Charge on November 13 that Serbia is well aware of the importance of the upcoming Iran votes in the U.N. General Assembly Third Committee but that it still has not reached a decision on how it will vote on the no-action motion and country-specifi [...]	2009-11-13 16:42:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA SR
09BELGRADE1354	SERBIA: PATRIARCH PAVLE PASSES AWAY [...] (SBU) Patriarch Pavle, the revered 95-year old head of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC),passed away in his sleep on November 15. His death after more than two years of hospitalization triggered an outpouring of emotion, and the government announced three days of mourning to be followed b [...]	2009-11-16 16:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SR KV
09BELGRADE1356	SERBIA: PATRIARCH PAVLE PASSES AWAY [...] (SBU) Patriarch Pavle, the revered 95-year old head of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC),passed away in his sleep on November 15. His death after more than two years of hospitalization triggered an outpouring of emotion, and the government announced three days of mourning to be followed b [...]	2009-11-16 18:50:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SR KV
09BELGRADE1362	SERBIA WILL BE ABSENT ON IRAN VOTES [...] (SBU) MFA Political Director Borko Stefanovic told Charge on November 17 that Serbia has decided to be out of the room during the upcoming Iran votes in the U.N. General Assembly Third Committee (reftel). 2. (SBU) According to Stefanovic, who informed the Iranian Charge of Serbia's s [...]	2009-11-17 16:21:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA SR
09BELGRADE138	SERBIA: FRESH CONTROVERSY OVER DRAFT VOJVODINA STATUTE [...] (SBU) The draft Vojvodina Statute, the governing legislation of the autonomous province, remains the subject of controversy and political manipulation. The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians have accused President Tadic's Democratic Party (DS) of stalling due to internal divisions, bringing the [...]	2009-02-13 16:16:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE1388	SERBIA: NOMINEE FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE AWARD [...] (SBU) Embassy Belgrade would like to nominate Majda Puaca for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage (Ref A). An interagency group at post met to consider nominees and unanimously endorsed Puaca's nomination. Post informed Ms. Puaca of its intentions, and she would enthusias [...]	2009-11-23 10:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KPAO SR
09BELGRADE140	SERBIA INFORMED OF APRIL GICNT WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-17 09:44:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC SR
09BELGRADE141	SERBIA ASKED ABOUT NPT RELATED ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-17 09:49:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA IAEA
09BELGRADE1438	SERBIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES VOJVODINA STATUTE [...] (SBU) Serbia's National Assembly passed the Vojvodina Statute and Law on Transfer of Competencies on November 30, ending a year of controversy between ultra-nationalists who claim the Statute is a step toward secession of the autonomous province and proponents of increased autonomy. After som [...]	2009-12-02 16:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SR
09BELGRADE1454	SERBIA WELCOMES INVITATION TO NEGOTIATE EXTRADITION TREATY [...] (SBU) On December 4, A/DCM and PolCouns presented Ref A diplomatic note and draft extradition treaty text to MFA Political Director Borislav Stefanovic. (Copy of note forwarded to L/LEI in Ref B email.) We also transmitted an information copy to MOJ State Secretary Slobodan Homen. 2. (S [...]	2009-12-07 11:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KTIA SR
09BELGRADE1478	SERBIA: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MAKES FIRST JUDICIAL REFORM [...] (SBU) The Serbian National Assembly November 30 confirmed the first round of judges and public prosecutor selections required by judicial reform legislation. The judge and prosecutors appointed to several high-profile positions are highly respected professionals. Rumors persist that there ar [...]	2009-12-11 09:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SR
09BELGRADE148	SERBIA'S EASTERN CITIES: GLOOMY FORECOAST WITH BOUTS OF [...] (SBU) Eastern Serbia may represent a preview of things to come for all of Serbia due to lack of investment and slow privatization. Despite their bleak economic outlook, three of Eastern Serbia's largest cities - Pirot, Zajecar and Bor -- have competent mayors who work closely with authorities [...]	2009-02-18 15:39:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EINV SR
09BELGRADE1484	SERBIA: OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM WORKSHOP RECOMMENDED [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Embassy Belgrade nominates the following individuals to attend the 11-12 February 2010 OSCE counterterrorism workshop in Vienna. Both candidates would contribute to the discussions at the workshop and are in a position to influence policy. 2. (SBU) Governme [...]	2009-12-11 14:06:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER OSCE SR
09BELGRADE149	SERBIA: KOSOVO ANNIVERSARY MARKED WITH RHETORIC AND SNOW, [...] (SBU) The February 17 one-year anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence passed in Serbia without incident, although politicians of all persuasions used the opportunity to display their "patriotic" credentials as defenders of Serbia's sovereignty and territorial integrity. The visit [...]	2009-02-18 15:44:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KV SR
09BELGRADE1512	SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH: A PRIMER [...] (SBU) The Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) is the largest and most influential religious institution in Serbia. It also is the most privileged of the seven "traditional" religious communities recognized by the 2006 law on religion. Public opinion polls consistently demonstrate that the Church i [...]	2009-12-18 16:01:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF SR
09BELGRADE1516	Serbia: 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism [...] Per reftel, the following is Embassy Belgrade??????s submission for the 2009 Serbia Country Report on Terrorism. 2. Serbia's law enforcement and security agencies, particularly the Customs Administration, Criminal Police, Border Police, Security Information Agency, and other security service [...]	2009-12-21 10:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL SR
09BELGRADE152	SERBIA: PRESIDENT APPOINTS NEW ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (SBU) President Tadic has named General Miloje Miletic as the new Army Chief of Staff (CHOD),filling a position vacant for over six weeks since the resignation of General Zdravko Ponos. Miletic is expected to follow the direction of the Ministry of Defense rather than pushing the policy envel [...]	2009-02-19 14:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PREL PINR SR
09BELGRADE154	SOUTH SERBIA: SEVEN MONTHS LOST [...] (SBU) Two months into 2009 and seven months following the formation of mono-ethnic local governments in the South Serbian municipalities of Bujanovac and Presevo, the political process in the region is at a virtual standstill and the future of economic development remains hostage to petty polit [...]	2009-02-23 07:18:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
09BELGRADE157	SERBIAN PARLIAMENT TAKES SMALL STEP TOWARD EFFICIENCY [...] (SBU) The ruling majority approved changes to Parliament's Rules of Procedure on February 17 that will limit the opposition's ability to block the legislative process by capping debate time and otherwise restricting members' ability to diverge from the agenda. Members of Parliament from Presid [...]	2009-02-23 07:36:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE1596	SERBIA: HELICOPTER CONTRIBUTION TO UNAMID [...] (U) Response to reftel demarche and information request (see paragraph 4). 2. (SBU) Charge met with MFA Political Director Borko Stefanovic on December 22 and with Assistant Minister Zoran Vujic to discuss reftel request for a Serbian contribution to the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMI [...]	2009-12-30 11:59:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO SR MARR
09BELGRADE1602	SERBIA: ROUNDTABLES WITH MUSLIM ENTREPENEURS [...] (U) During two embassy-led roundtables with local Muslim entrepreneurs (as per reftel A),participants expressed their support for President Obama's Muslim outreach initiative but remained primarily concerned about the depressed local economic situation hindering business opportunity and the [...]	2009-12-31 08:42:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON OEXC PREL SCUL SOCI SR
09BELGRADE1604	SERBIA ASSUMES CEFTA PRESIDENCY, BUT KOSOVO POLICY LIKELY TO [...] (U) Two years after ratifying the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA),the 30 million person free trade market is a key Serbian market, with which Serbia has a trade surplus and a trade volume second only to the EU. For it to further prosper as a market, CEFTA needs to address addit [...]	2009-12-31 12:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL SR KV
09BELGRADE165	SERBIA REACTS TO FIRST KOSOVO WAR CRIMES VERDICTS [...] (SBU) Reactions in Serbia were swift and strong to the February 26 convictions by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) of five former Yugloslav or Serbian officials for crimes against humanity in Kosovo in 1999. While human rights NGOs were happy with the five [...]	2009-02-27 14:26:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KWAC ASEC SR
09BELGRADE172	SERBIA: DELIVERY OF IRAQ POINTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 16:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL IZ SR
09BELGRADE173	SERBIA'S YEAR OF UNREALIZED FEARS AND UNFULFILLED [...] (SBU) One year after Boris Tadic's reelection as president of Serbia, the country has achieved several notable successes. Rather than succumbing to nationalism in the wake of Kosovo's declaration of independence, its citizens elected a new government that declared European Union membership it [...]	2009-03-01 11:39:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE19	SERBIA: PARTICIPATION IN RCC ON TRACK [...] (SBU) The Serbian government is redefining institutional structures and priorities to actively participate in the Sarajevo-based Regional Cooperation Council (RCC). Serbia's deputy RCC national coordinator told us that Serbian ministries are beginning to coordinate and de-conflict prospective [...]	2009-01-12 06:29:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EAID BK SR
09BELGRADE191	SERBIA ISSUES WARRANTS FOR BOSNIAN LEADERS FOR WAR CRIMES [...] (SBU) Based on an apparent leak, the Serbian press has reported that the Serbian War Crimes Court has opened an investigation and issued arrest warrants against former Bosnian leaders, including former members of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency, for a 1992 attack on the Yugoslav Army as [...]	2009-03-06 06:05:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KWAC SR
09BELGRADE210	SERBIA: Serbia: How the Economic Crisis could Lead to a [...] (SBU) Politicians in Serbia are facing the increasingly sober reality that the global economic crisis will hit Serbia hard this year. After initially trying to duck under the economic crisis wave, the political leadership is now resigned to the fact that Serbia must address the economic challe [...]	2009-03-12 13:42:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EFIN EINV PGOV SR
09BELGRADE217	SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH ASSERTS ITSELF IN SERBIAN POLITICS [...] (SBU) With the May session of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) approaching, 94 year-old Patriarch Pavle remains hospitalized and incapacitated. As during the November session, debate about Pavle's succession, and perhaps another movement to unseat him, likely w [...]	2009-03-13 13:46:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SR KV
09BELGRADE232	SERBIA INFORMED OF APRIL GICNT MEETING IN KOREA [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-18 14:39:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC SR
09BELGRADE246	SERBIA: RUSSIANS STIR THE POT [...] (SBU) Russia's ambassador to Serbia Aleksandr Konuzin has recently taken a much more aggressive approach to Kosovo by advocating partition during recent speeches and interviews and condemning the 1999 NATO bombardment. The takeover of Serbia's national oil industry by Russian giant Gazprom has [...]	2009-03-23 06:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL RU KV SR
09BELGRADE254	SERBIA/SLOVENIA: TURNING THE PAGE IN BILATERAL [...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Ljubljana. Summary ------- 2. (C) The early March visit of Slovenian PM Pahor to Belgrade marked a new step forward in the bilateral relationship. Sidestepping Kosovo, Pahor's meetings with Serbian President Tadic and PM Cvetkovic resulted in [...]	2009-03-24 10:18:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SI SR
09BELGRADE258	SERBIA: DELIVERY OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING MILADIN [...] (SBU) We delivered diplomatic note numbered 037/09 per Ref A instructions on March 24 to MFA Political Director Borko Stefanovic. 2. (SBU) In response, Stefanovic presented a diplomatic note in English numbered 963 and dated March 24, 2009. (A scanned copy of both notes has been forwarded [...]	2009-03-25 15:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN PREL OPDC EAID SR
09BELGRADE269	SERBIA INFORMED OF HCOC BALLISTIC MISSILE PROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-27 14:56:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA SR
09BELGRADE275	VOJVODINA SERBIAN ORTHODOX BISHOP SAYS CHURCH NEEDS TO [...] (SBU) Bishop Irinej Bulovic, Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Novi Sad and Backa in Vojvodina, spoke to the Ambassador March 25 about the future of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Irinej highlighted the importance of electing a new Patriarch and reaching out to other religious communities. Irinej's w [...]	2009-03-30 11:31:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SR
09BELGRADE276	SERBIA CONTINUES TO DELAY ADOPTION OF VOJVODINA STATUTE [...] (SBU) The Vojvodina Statute, the governing legislation for the Serbia's only remaining autonomous province (and one of the most prosperous parts of the country),remains off the National Assembly's agenda. The statute is foreseen in Serbia's Constitution, but nationalist groups continue to cr [...]	2009-03-30 15:14:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SR
09BELGRADE280	SERBIA: KOSOVO MINISTER BOGDANOVIC CALLS FOR DIALOGUE AND [...] (SBU) Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic told Ambassador March 27 that dialogue is the only way to address and eventually resolve everyday problems faced by Kosovo Serbs, singling out his recent talks with EULEX Head Yves de Kermabon and Kosovo Electric Company representatives. Bogd [...]	2009-03-31 15:29:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KV SR
09BELGRADE292	SOUTH SERBIA: ALBANIANS, GOVERNMENT AGREE TO ETHNIC BALANCE [...] (SBU) Following several months of on-again, off-again discussions, representatives of the Serbian government and the South Serbia Albanians on March 27 signed an OSCE-mediated agreement on reconfiguration of the Coordinating Body for South Serbia, a government institution formed in the aftermat [...]	2009-04-03 14:56:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
09BELGRADE304	SERBIA: ECONOMIC CRISIS COULD UNDERMINE STABILITY [...] (C) Serbia,s Sandzak, the ethnically mixed region of Serbs and Bosniaks in the southwest part of the country, could face political instability as Serbia's economic situation grows darker. These days, observers find the region calmer than it has been for years. But that calm could be illusory [...]	2009-04-09 10:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR
09BELGRADE306	SERBIA EAGER FOR EU VISA LIBERALIZATION BUT FACES KOSOVO [...] (SBU) The Serbian government is pursuing visa liberalization with the European Union with more coordination and momentum than any other policy goal, motivated by enormous public desire for visa-free travel to Europe. The government and Parliament have completed the vast majority of tasks list [...]	2009-04-10 07:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL SR
09BELGRADE31	SERBIAN FOREIGN MINISTER STRIKES CONCILIATORY NOTE, BUT REPEATS SAME MESSAGE [...] (SBU) In an address to Serbian ambassadors gathered in Belgrade, Foreign Minister Jeremic called for cooperation based on international law during a time of shifting balances of power. He identified Kosovo, European integration, and the Western Balkans as Serbia's top foreign policy prioritie [...]	2009-01-12 15:26:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE325	SERBIA/ROMANIA: TADIC VISIT SHOWCASES "MODEL [...] (U) This cable was drafted jointly with Embassy Bucharest. Summary ------- 2. (C) Serbian President Tadic's recent visit to Bucharest highlighted Serbia's bilateral relationship with Romania as the most positive of Belgrade's relationships with its neighbors. Romania's position aga [...]	2009-04-14 12:38:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RO SR
09BELGRADE34	SERBIA NOT FANNING INSTABILITY IN BOSNIA [...] (U) This cable was drafted jointly by Embassies Belgrade and Sarajevo. Summary ------- 2. (C) Despite close relations between Belgrade and Banja Luka, in recent months President Boris Tadic has been publicly taking a strong stand to encourage all parties to respect the territorial int [...]	2009-01-13 08:13:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK SR
09BELGRADE345	SERBIA TO GIVE FULL CONSIDERATION TO U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS [...] During an April 21 meeting with PolChief, MFA Acting Director General for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Jovan Mirilovic promised that Serbia would give full attention and consideration to the United States' candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (reftel). He indicated, however, that Serbia [...]	2009-04-21 14:19:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SR
09BELGRADE346	SERBIA INVITED TO JUNE 2009 GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-22 04:42:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP MNUC PREL PTER KGIC SR
09BELGRADE357	SERBIA'S PRESIDENCY OF THE DECADE OF ROMA INCLUSION A MIXED [...] (SBU) As Serbia marked International Roma Day on April 8 in its capacity as president of the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015, its record on addressing the plight of Europe's largest ethnic minority remained spotty at best. Continued reports of discrimination, hate speech, and physical viole [...]	2009-04-24 13:38:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO SR
09BELGRADE36	SERBIA: HIGH-LEVEL OFFICIALS DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM TADIC [...] (SBU) In conversations with the Ambassador on January 11 and 12, Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic and National Security Council chief Miodrag Rakic distanced themselves from inflammatory comments made by President Tadic following violent incidents in Mitrovica (reftel). In response to the Ambassa [...]	2009-01-13 13:18:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL KPKO KV SR
09BELGRADE363	SERBIA: HIGH-FLYING BELGRADE MAYOR DJILAS BUILDS BRIDGES [...] (SBU) In an April 21 meeting, Belgrade Mayor Dragan Djilas - a strong candidate to be a future Prime Minister - shared with the Ambassador his achievements in his first seven months in office in both the infrastructure and social spheres, the political challenges he faces due to his efforts to [...]	2009-04-27 14:58:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SR
09BELGRADE366	SERBIA: LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN SANDZAK REGION [...] (SBU) Municipal governments in the Sandzak, the southwestern, predominantly Muslim, region of Serbia, are facing budget shortfalls, economic stress, and the threat of political instability as Serbia's economic crisis unfolds. Novi Pazar Mayor Djerlek is facing growing opposition within his ow [...]	2009-04-28 11:39:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE379	SERBIAN WAR CRIMES PROSECUTOR WANTS MORE REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic told the Ambassador on April 27 that there is good cooperation with Croatia and Montenegro, but he would like more cooperation with others -- particularly Bosnia -- in order to solve and prosecute war crimes cases more effectively. End Summ [...]	2009-04-30 14:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KWAC SR
09BELGRADE380	SERBIA: MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS FEELING POLITICAL, ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) A recent series of changes in local government highlight the fragility of narrowly divided local governing coalitions, as well as efforts by the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) and Democratic Party (DS) to exploit these divisions for political gain. Changes in governments in Kraljevo, L [...]	2009-04-30 17:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE386	SERBIA PULLS OUT OF NATO EXERCISE IN GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Serbia's government decided on April 30 not to participate in an upcoming NATO/PFP exercise in Georgia. The decision was a direct result of pressure from Russia on Serbia, and was taken despite Serbia's previous intention to participate in the exercise. Serbia's last minute pull-out fro [...]	2009-05-04 17:59:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KV RU GG SR
09BELGRADE399	SERBIAN GOVERNMENT HUNTING FOR MLADIC [...] (C) The Serbian government continues to publicly emphasize its efforts to capture war crimes indictee Ratko Mladic, and Serbian officials responsible for cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) privately tell us the current government is very supportive [...]	2009-05-06 17:31:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWAC SR
09BELGRADE402	SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Mr. Vice President: We eagerly anticipate your May 20 visit to Belgrade as an opportunity to refocus Serbia's leadership on the key tasks of Euro-Atlantic integration and economic development. The Serbian government has the potential to be a constructive partner and a force for regional [...]	2009-05-07 15:04:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR
09BELGRADE42	SERBIA INFORMED OF RATIFICATION OF IAEA ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-14 08:13:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IAEA PREL MNUC PGOV SR KNNP PARM
09BELGRADE420	EXBS: SERBIA, ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MARCH, [...] BROAD AREAS OF INTEREST TO ADVSORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- EXBS had a follow-up meeting with Border Police High Commissioner Zoran Lasica regarding the Montenegrin Maritime Surveillance System; this system is comprised of a network of radar and optical (high resolution daylight cameras [...]	2009-05-14 16:22:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP PBTS SNAR KCRM SR BK
09BELGRADE421	SERBIA: CONVICTIONS IN SUVA REKA WAR CRIMES TRIAL [...] (SBU) The Belgrade District Court's War Crimes Trial Chamber on April 23 convicted four former policemen and sentenced them to a total of 68 years in prison, and acquitted three others, in the trial for war crimes against civilians in Suva Reka, Kosovo, in March 1999. The trial of seven Serbia [...]	2009-05-14 17:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KWAC SR
09BELGRADE464	SERBIA: APPLICATION FOR FY 2009 PRM JULIA V. TAFT FUND TO [...] Embassy Belgrade proposes granting $20,000 of the FY 2009 PRM Julia V. Taft Fund for Refugees toward the creation of a Women's Info Center for female IDPs in a selected municipality in Serbia (Obrenovac or Smederevo). The project fills a critical gap in assistance to female internally displace [...]	2009-05-29 15:44:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM SR
09BELGRADE467	SERBIA: PATRIARCH REMAINS BUT SYNOD REVAMPED [...] (SBU) During its annual spring session from May 14-22, the Holy Assembly of Bishops (Sabor) of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) stood firm in its stance that ailing Patriarch Pavle should fulfill his lifetime appointment. The Sabor also confirmed that Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and [...]	2009-06-01 11:48:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SR KV
09BELGRADE469	SERBIA: ARREST OF POWERFUL BALKAN ORGANIZED CRIME FIGURE [...] (SBU) Following President Tadic's March promises to crack down on organized crime (Ref A),on April 27 the Serbian police arrested notorious organized crime figure Sreten Jocic, better known as Joca "Amsterdam," for the October 2008 murder of Croatian journalist Ivo Pukanic. Jocic was arrested [...]	2009-06-01 16:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KWAC SR
09BELGRADE480	SERBIA/BOSNIA: INZKO VISIT UNDERSCORES OBSTACLES [...] (U) This cable was cleared with Embassy Sarajevo. Summary ------- 2. (C) High Representative Inzko,s visit to Belgrade in early May refocused current challenges in bilateral relations between Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. In meetings with top Serbian officials, Inzko elicited Ser [...]	2009-06-04 16:34:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BK SR
09BELGRADE49	SERBS REWRITE HISTORY: MEDIA CAMPAIGN GEARS UP AS NATO [...] (SBU) March 24th will mark the tenth anniversary of the start of the NATO bombing campaign against the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia. With two articles published in widely-read dailies on January 15, the Serbian media continues with its "Serbs as victims" theme, casting the Albanians as th [...]	2009-01-16 12:02:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KV SR
09BELGRADE497	SERBIA MODIFIES LAW TO PERMIT EXTRADITION OF NATIONALS [...] (SBU) A recent change to Serbian law necessitated by the European integration process has made the extradition of Serbian citizens possible under bilateral or multilateral treaties. Post recommends that we seize this opportunity to update or replace the existing 1901 extradition treaty with S [...]	2009-06-11 11:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN PREL PGOV ODIP EAID SR
09BELGRADE50	SERBIAN GOVERNMENT APPOINTS AMBASSADORS TO UNITED STATES, [...] The Serbian government appointed a new Ambassador to the United States, current deputy chief of mission Vladimir Petrovic and a new Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Feodor Starcevic. Both are close associates of Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic, an indication of his personal interes [...]	2009-01-16 15:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE506	SERBIA: VISA LIBERALIZATION MAY BE PRESSURE POINT [...] (C) The Government of Serbia,s overwhelming desire to secure visa liberalization with the EU is a pressure point that could facilitate Serbia,s cooperation on Kosovo issues. According to EU Special Representative in Belgrade Sorensen, the GoS had lost its footing on Kosovo as a result of the [...]	2009-06-12 13:58:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KVIR SR
09BELGRADE507	SERBIA: PRESEVO VALLEY ISLAMIC COMMUNITY RETAINS KOSOVO [...] (SBU) Despite strained relations between Belgrade and Pristina following Kosovo's February 2008 declaration of independence, the Islamic community in the South Serbian region of the Presevo Valley has been able to maintain its historically strong ties with the Kosovo Islamic Community. Accord [...]	2009-06-12 14:57:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF KV SR
09BELGRADE509	SOUTH SERBIA: POLITICAL ROLLER COASTER CONTINUES AS [...] (SBU) The Coordinating Body for South Serbia is treading water just two months after the Serbian government and South Serbia Albanians pledged to work together to reanimate the body. Fallout from an OSCE-mediated agreement signed in March triggered the collapse of the Albanian ruling coalition [...]	2009-06-12 15:48:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
09BELGRADE510	SERBIAN DAILY PUBLISHES MLADIC DIARY EXCERPTS [...] (SBU) A local daily newspaper published on June 5 and 6 excerpts of International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictee Ratko Mladic's diary, containing notes on meetings and plans to bribe U.S. officials. Officials from the Serbian government and the ICTY confirm that t [...]	2009-06-12 16:06:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KWAC SR
09BELGRADE511	SERBIA: LOCAL ELECTIONS STRENGTHEN EX-RADICALS, RATTLE [...] (SBU) The results of June 7 local elections in two Belgrade municipalities strengthened the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) - led by ex-Radicals Tomislav Nikolic and Aleksandar Vucic - while leading to discord within the Democratic Party (DS) and the national governing coalition. Although the [...]	2009-06-15 06:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE520	SERBIA: Global Action on Food Security at the July G8 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-17 05:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL SR
09BELGRADE523	EXBS: SERBIA, ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MAY, 2009 [...] BROAD AREAS OF INTEREST TO ADVSORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- EXBS continued technical correspondence regarding the software integration of the Montenegrin Maritime Surveillance System. This system is comprised of a network of radar and optical (high resolution daylight cameras and night c [...]	2009-06-17 09:22:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP PBTS SNAR KCRM SR BK
09BELGRADE526	SERBIA: Supports German Bid for IRENA Headquarters [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-17 15:58:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KGHG SENV PREL SR
09BELGRADE536	SERBIA RATIFIES WMD AGREEMENT [...] On May 29, the Serbian parliament passed legislation ratifying the Agreement between the Government of Serbia and Montenegro and the Government of the United States of America Concerning Cooperation in the Area of the Prevention of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Promotion [...]	2009-06-19 07:17:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL PARM SR
09BELGRADE559	SERBIA ADOPTS NEW LAW ON POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (SBU) The Serbian Parliament on May 12 adopted a new Law on Political Parties, the first in what is expected to be a set of laws reforming the political and electoral system. The law provides more rigorous conditions for establishing political parties and will result in the disappearance of sm [...]	2009-06-22 08:12:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE569	SERBIA: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request for input, post suggests the following areas of concern that the U.S. delegation might wish to raise during the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM): -- Despite past HDIM interventions by the U.S. delegation and efforts at post, Serbia's res [...]	2009-06-24 09:48:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE KDEM SR
09BELGRADE579	SERBIA - FIRST CASE OF H1N1 INFLUENZA CONFIRMED [...] Serbia confirmed its first case of H1N1 Influenza A, on June 25. According to media reports, the infected patient is a 29-year-old male who recently returned from Argentina. Predrag Kon, the chairman of the Health Ministry's working group on pandemic response, told the media that the patient [...]	2009-06-25 11:01:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR PREL CASC PINR AMGT SR
09BELGRADE587	SERBIA SEES VISA LIBERALIZATION AS TOP GOAL [...] (SBU) Enabling Serbian citizens to travel to the European Union without visas is the government's most pressing task, according to Deputy Prime Minister/Interior Minister Ivica Dacic. He believes that the European Union will soon accept Serbia's proposed solution to the last unresolved item o [...]	2009-06-26 15:31:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KS SR
09BELGRADE59	SERBIA: EX-RADICALS ENTER LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE FIRST [...] (SBU) The local branch of the Serbian Progressive Party joined in forming the municipal government of Prijepolje and is positioned to install its local head as mayor of this multiethnic town in the Sandzak region of south-western Serbia. The agreement marks the first time that ex-Radical lead [...]	2009-01-21 13:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR

09BELGRADE61	SERBIA: NOTICE OF SANCTIONS AGAINST KHAN ASSOCIATES [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 15:52:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN GR SR
09BELGRADE63	SERBIA: FRAGILE CALM IN NOVI PAZAR BELIES ENDURING [...] (SBU) The city leadership of Novi Pazar, situated in the heart of Serbia's southwestern predominantly Muslim Sandzak region, is actively confronting budget issues, encouraging religious conciliation, and seeking the attention of the government in Belgrade. The city's dueling Islamic communiti [...]	2009-01-22 10:00:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE633	SERBIA LARGELY IGNORES 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF MILOSEVIC'S [...] (SBU) The twentieth anniversary of Slobodan Milosevic's infamous speech at Gazimestan on the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo passed with little notice in Serbia, generating only a handful of press stories and one passing mention by President Tadic. Serbia's leaders appear to have mi [...]	2009-07-06 13:02:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KS SR
09BELGRADE643	SERBIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-07 08:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP SR
09BELGRADE645	SERBIA: REGIONAL SUMMIT TRUMPETS CQERATION BUT YIELDS [...] (C) Serbia hosted over a dozen Central European presidents at a June 19-21 summit focusing on regional cooperation in the realms of energy, economics and European integration. Though hailed as a success for Serbia's regional policy, the summit yielded little beyond symbolism and rhetoric. T [...]	2009-07-07 09:21:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AL AU BK BU EZ HR IT KV LO MD MK MW PL
09BELGRADE653	REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: SUBPOENA FOR MAIN HEARING IN THE [...] (U) Summary and Action Request: The Embassy requests L/DL guidance on how to respond to an improperly serviced criminal case subpoena. End summary and action request. 2. (SBU) The Embassy has received a subpoena in the role of "a party that suffered a damage" from the District Court of B [...]	2009-07-08 10:25:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KLIG AMGT PREL SR
09BELGRADE655	SERBIA UNAWARE OF ITSO DG'S PUSH FOR AUTHORITY TO INITIATE [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, post delivered the demarche on opposition to the initiation of arbitration against the USG to Second Secretary in the Directorate for Economic Multilateral Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sandra Vujinovic on July 7, 2009. Vujinovic said Serbia woul [...]	2009-07-08 13:05:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECON EFIN KTIA PREL TSPA SR
09BELGRADE667	SERBIA: PM PDAS COUNTRYMAN DISCUSSES SECURITY AND DEFENSE [...] (SBU) PDAS Thomas Countryman's July 8 visit was the first high-level visit following Vice President Biden's May visit to Belgrade. Though initial plans were for two meetings, the one day visit morphed into four ministerial level meetings, a TV interview in Serbian, and a small reception with [...]	2009-07-13 13:55:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR SR
09BELGRADE683	SOUTH SERBIA: TWO ATTACKS PLACE REGION ON EDGE [...] (SBU) Two armed attacks against Serbian and Albanian police targets in South Serbia in recent days have threatened to exacerbate the tenuous relationship between the ethnic groups. Unknown assailants attacked a Serbian Gendarmerie vehicle on July 9 and a police apartment building housing Alba [...]	2009-07-15 16:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PHUM PREL PGOV SR
09BELGRADE697	SERBIA WELCOMES DECISION ON VISA LIBERALIZATION [...] (SBU) The Serbian government enthusiastically welcomed the European Commission's July 15 announcement that it would recommend visa liberalization for Serbia, as well as for Montenegro and Macedonia. President Tadic described the abolition of visas as the removal of the "last sanctions" on Ser [...]	2009-07-17 11:45:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KS SR
09BELGRADE699	SERBIA: CHARGE DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Serbia's leadership expressed pleasure with the results of the U.S.-Russia presidential summit and defended Belgrade's partnership with Moscow as a high-minded exercise of placating Serbia's Russophile population while moving towards Europe. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The Charge [...]	2009-07-17 12:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL RS SR
09BELGRADE703	SERBIA: MORE THAN 100 CONFIRMED CASES OF H1N1 INFLUENZA [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-20 14:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR PREL CASC PINR AMGT SR
09BELGRADE713	SOUTH SERBIA: RHETORIC RISES FOLLOWING ATTACKS BUT SECURITY [...] (SBU) The situation on the ground in the South Serbian municipalities of Presevo and Bujanovac was calm following July 9 and 14 attacks on police targets in the region. However, local Albanian leaders have voiced strong objections to what they describe as heavy-handed police actions in the af [...]	2009-07-21 16:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
09BELGRADE719	SERBIA: JAGODINA MAYOR PALMA RAISES PROFILE ON NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Over the past year, Dragan Markovic "Palma," founder and president of United Serbia (JS),has emerged as an increasingly prominent voice on the national scene. Leveraging his success as mayor of Jagodina and developing his friendship with Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) President Ivica [...]	2009-07-22 14:36:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE75	SERBIAN PARLIAMENT IN NEED OF REFORM [...] (SBU) Rather than serving as an effective counterweight to the executive branch, Serbia's parliament is so plagued by inefficiency and internal divisions that it has become an obstacle to the country's reform efforts and European Union aspirations. The governing coalition's narrow majority al [...]	2009-01-27 16:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE759	SERBIA: REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ADOPTED [...] (SBU) The Serbian Parliament on July 8 adopted a Law on Regional Development that envisages the establishment of seven statistical regions, whose borders would be defined by a separate government decision. The main purpose of the law is to reduce the disparity of economic development of certai [...]	2009-07-28 15:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE765	SERBIA IN THE WAKE OF VICE PRESIDENT BIDENâ€™S VISIT [...] (C) Vice President Biden's May 20 visit to Belgrade, during which he met with President Tadic, Prime Minister Cvetkovic, and Defense Minister Sutanovac, marked a "new beginning" in the bilateral relationship thanks to the core message that the United States recognized Serbia as an important regiona [...]	2009-07-29 13:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL SR MARR PGOV
09BELGRADE771	SERBIA: TWO NEW PARTIES ON THE HORIZON [...] (SBU) Two of Serbia's most prominent politicians in recent weeks announced plans to form new political parties. Sandzak Democratic Party (SDP) President Rasim Ljajic announced plans to form a new Social Democratic Party to occupy an open space on the center-left. G17 Plus President Mladjan D [...]	2009-07-30 07:59:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE791	SERBIA: MEDIA LAW THREATENS COALITION STABILITY [...] (SBU) The Serbian Assembly recessed for August on July 30, just one day before it was to vote on a slate of laws, including the controversial Information Law written by G-17 Plus. Government officials confirmed to us that the recess was the result of an agreement to postpone a showdown betwee [...]	2009-08-04 07:04:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE803	EXBS: SERBIA, ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JUNE, 2009 [...] BROAD AREAS OF INTEREST TO ADVSORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- The technical correspondence for the complete definition of the Montenegrin Maritime Surveillance System integrated software package is getting close enough to develop an RFQ. This system should provide a "fused" situational pic [...]	2009-08-05 12:11:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP PBTS SNAR KCRM SR BK
09BELGRADE805	EXBS: SERBIA, ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JUNE, 2009 [...] BROAD AREAS OF INTEREST TO ADVSORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- The technical correspondence for the complete definition of the Montenegrin Maritime Surveillance System integrated software package is getting close enough to develop an RFQ. This system should provide a "fused" situational pic [...]	2009-08-05 12:11:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP PBTS SNAR KCRM SR BK
09BELGRADE817	SERBIA/MACEDONIA: GRUEVSKI VISIT TO BELGRADE REJUVENATES [...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Skopje. Summary ------- 2. (C) The visit of Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski to Belgrade in late July signaled the end to the diplomatic freeze between the two countries and opened avenues for further cooperation. Just ov [...]	2009-08-13 12:44:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK SR
09BELGRADE823	SERBIA/MONTENEGRO: SOME PROGRESS, CORE DISAGREEMENTS [...] (U) This cable was drafted jointly by Embassies Podgorica and Belgrade. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Although historic, linguistic, familial, and other ties closely intertwine the peoples of Montenegro and Serbia, relations between the governments remain clouded by disagreements [...]	2009-08-18 16:04:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MW SR
09BELGRADE825	SERBIA: BELGRADE MAYOR DJILAS REFLECTS ON FIRST YEAR IN [...] (SBU) In an August 13 meeting with the Charge, Belgrade Mayor Dragan Djilas discussed his first year in office, his views on Serbia's relations with Russia and the upcoming visit of Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev, his opinion of local elections in the Belgrade municipality of Vozdovac, as [...]	2009-08-21 14:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON RS SR
09BELGRADE836	ORGANIZED CRIME FIGHT IN SERBIA [...] (SBU) Top Serbian officials publicly announced a campaign against organized crime and appear to be committed to fight it. Serbia has had some regional cooperation successes, and officials talk about further initiatives. A series of recently enacted laws, and several additional contemplated la [...]	2009-08-11 13:58:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM SR
09BELGRADE839	(Jovanka Broz) Tito Speaks [...] (C) During a September 2 uninhibited one and a half hour conversation, former Yugoslav President Tito's widow, Jovanka Broz Tito dished to Charge on the Russians -- Tito never liked them, Slovenes -- they were never committed to the Yugoslav idea, and those who plotted and carried out her [...]	2009-09-03 13:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SR
09BELGRADE840	RECALL 09 BELGRADE 840 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-11 14:08:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP PBTS SNAR KCRM SR BK
09BELGRADE841	SERBIA GRAPPLES WITH RUSSIA RELATIONS IN ADVANCE OF MEDVEDEV [...] (C) As Serbia seeks to overcome mounting economic difficulties and move forward toward its primary goal of European Union membership, the government is struggling to strike the right tone in the bilateral relationship with Russia: President Tadic and his close advisors appear intent on giving the R [...]	2009-09-03 13:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	SECRET	PGOV PREL EINT MASS RS SR
09BELGRADE842	EXBS: SERBIA, ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JULY, 2009 [...] BROAD AREAS OF INTEREST TO ADVSORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- The initial set of technical systems definition requirements for the Montenegrin Maritime Surveillance System integrated software package has been submitted for the further development of an RFQ. This system should provide a "fu [...]	2009-08-11 14:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP PBTS SNAR KCRM SR BK
09BELGRADE845	SERBIA/TURKEY: TURKISH FM'S BELGRADE VISIT HERALDS NEW ERA [...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Ankara. Summary ------- 2. (C) The late July visit of Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu to Belgrade marked a significant step forward in the bilateral relationship between Serbia and Turkey. Amid agreements on deeper economic co [...]	2009-09-15 11:29:00	Embassy Belgrade	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL TU SR
09BELGRADE846	SERBIA: FOCUS ON KOSOVO AND REFUGEES AT OSCE HDIM [...] (SBU) In an August 11 meeting, Poloff previewed for MFA Human Rights Directorate First Secretary Vladan Lazovic and OSCE and CoE Directorate Counselor Vladan Soskic topics and concerns that might be raised by the U.S. delegation to the upcoming OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HD [...]	2009-08-12 09:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE SR
09BELGRADE847	SERBIAN MFA SEES IRAN THROUGH KOSOVO PRISM [...] (C) Summary: According to the Serbian MFA, until the International Court of Justice issues its advisory opinion Serbia will use its ties with Iran to seek continued support on Kosovo rather than pushing for engagement with the P5+1 on nuclear issues or condemning gross violations of human rig [...]	2009-09-24 12:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR IR
09BELGRADE851	Serbia and China: Strengthening Relations, but Little [...] (C) Serbia is seeking closer ties to China as part of its recent emphasis on "four pillars" of foreign policy: the EU, U.S., Russia, and China. Other than China's support for Serbia on Kosovo, the relationship remains greatly imbalanced in China's favor. To highlight the importance of the rel [...]	2009-10-05 06:17:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ETRD EINV CH SR
09BELGRADE863	Serbia: Security Aspects of Russian President Medvedev's [...] (C) Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev's October 20 visit to Belgrade went according to a script agreed and announced well in advance, with two surprising exceptions: Belgrade's purported support for the Russian initiative to revamp European security, and an agreement to create a joint human [...]	2009-11-27 09:39:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV SR RS
09BELGRADE866	RECALL 09 BELGRADE 866 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 08:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO SR
09BELGRADE867	TRIUMPH OVER NEGATIVE IMAGES IN ULTRA-NATIONALIST HEARTLAND [...] (SBU) In a "tactical strike" on anti-American sentiment, the Embassy brought in a U.S. Navy band to play at the annual brass band festival in Guca, in Serbia's nationalist-leaning heartland. While the appearance of the band in the rowdy, beer-lubricated environment of this festival of traditio [...]	2009-08-14 08:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO SR
09BELGRADE868	RECALL 09 BELGRADE 868 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 08:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO SR
09BELGRADE870	RECALL 09 BELGRADE 870 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 09:30:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO SR
09BELGRADE872	TRIUMPH OVER NEGATIVE IMAGES IN ULTRA- NATIONALIST HEARTLAND [...] (SBU) In a "tactical strike" on anti-American sentiment, the Embassy brought in a U.S. Navy band to play at the annual brass band festival in Guca, in Serbia?s nationalist-leaning heartland. While the appearance of the band in the rowdy, beer-lubricated environment of this festival of tradit [...]	2009-08-14 12:05:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO SR
09BELGRADE934	SERBIA: WITNESS RELUCTANCE LEADS TO SLOW PROGRESS ON BYTYQI [...] (SBU) The trial of two Serbian police officers for illegal detention that led to the killings of three American citizens is nearing its end. The long-awaited testimony of the most senior police official still alive from that time gave weight to the defendants' argument that they were just followin [...]	2009-08-21 18:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE950	SERBIA WILL SUPPORT EGYPTIAN CANDIDATE FOR UNESCO HEAD [...] (SBU) Following through on a commitment from President Tadic to President Mubarak, Serbia intends to support the Egyptian candidate in the September 17 vote for the next Director-General of UNESCO. Given the nature of the promise, and its willingness to spurn Russia's candidate in favor of t [...]	2009-08-26 10:42:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO SR
09BELGRADE98	SERBS AND RUSSIANS [...] (SBU) Serbia,s recent rhetoric about apparently strengthening their relationship with Russia is worrisome both for the harm it can do to Serbia itself, as well as for its destabilizing effect on Balkan integration into trans-Atlantic alliances. Serbian gratitude for Russia,s support for Serb [...]	2009-02-03 15:46:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE990	SERBIA USES IRAQI MIGS TO SHOW ITSELF AS A TRUSTED PARTNER [...] (SBU) Serbian Minister of Defense Dragan Sutanovac has confirmed press reports that Serbia has six or seven MiG 21's and 10 MiG 23's which Yugoslavia received in 1989 from the Iraqi Government for refurbishment. According to Sutanovac, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki went public with the MiG stor [...]	2009-09-02 11:19:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PREL IZ SR
09BELMOPAN119	WHA/CEN DIRECTOR WEBSTER'S MEETINGS IN BELIZE [...] (U) SUMMARY: WHA/CEN Office Director Christopher Webster met with Belize government officials, a Hand in Hand Ministries official, and American Chamber of Commerce board members on March 5 and 6 to discuss bilateral and regional issues including security and the Merida Initiative, the Guatemal [...]	2009-03-25 22:22:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON OAS BH
09BELMOPAN120	TOWARD MEANINGFUL REHABILITATION: HATTIEVILLE PRISON IN [...] (U) Summary. Hattieville Prison (also known as Belize Central Prison and the Kolbe Foundation) is Belize's only prison. With an inmate population of approximately 1,470--including men, women and youth, the prison provides on-site medical care, dental care via referrals, and mental health assess [...]	2009-03-26 14:18:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BH
09BELMOPAN171	BELIZE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE: HONDURAN INITIATIVE [...] (U) CDA met with MFA CEO Ambassador Alexis Rosado on May 5 and delivered the subject demarche. CDA informed Rosado that WHA/CEN Office Director Christopher Webster had delivered the same demarche to Belizean Ambassador to the U.S. Nestor Mendez in the evening of May 4. 2. (C) Rosado sta [...]	2009-05-05 22:13:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OAS BH CU HO
09BELMOPAN200	BELIZE DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF DPRK [...] Poloff delivered reftel nonpaper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Desk Officer on May 19 and the Financial Intelligence Unit Director on May 20. Post will report any substantive response. FEATHERSTONE [...]	2009-05-21 19:57:00	Embassy Belmopan	SECRET	EFIN ETTC PREL PARM KNNP BH
09BELMOPAN238	CHIEF JUSTICE QUASHES CASE AGAINST FORMER PRIME MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 21:59:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PREL EFIN BH
09BELMOPAN25	BELIZE FAREWELL CALLS TO FM AND PM: UNUSUAL [...] (C) Summary. During a candid farewell call with the Ambassador, the Foreign Minister/Attorney General (FM) stated that both he and the Prime Minister (PM) were unhappy with the performance of the Chief Justice (CJ). The FM also mentioned that he was certain the former Prime Minister and for [...]	2009-01-21 22:38:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR BH
09BELMOPAN258	BELIZE CONDEMNS THE REMOVAL OF HONDURAS' PRESIDENT ZELAYA [...] The GoB on 29 June 2009 issued a press release condemning the actions of the military in Honduras, which led to the forceful removal of Honduras' President Jose Manuel Zelaya. In so doing, the Government of Belize also refused to accept the installation of Roberto Micheletti by the Congress as [...]	2009-06-30 22:00:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM HO BH
09BELMOPAN298	DENGUE OUTBREAK [...] Summary: Belize is experiencing an upsurge in cases of dengue fever with about 200 clinically-diagnosed cases in the last two months. The health authorities in the adjacent Mexican state of Quintana Roo (QR) are providing the GOB assistance to control the outbreak. End Summary. 2. The [...]	2009-07-31 21:50:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI BH
09BELMOPAN320	EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND ACTIVITIES IN BELIZE: SUGAR, BANANAS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT [...] Ambassador Marco Mazzocchi Alemanni, the Head of the European Commission's (EC) Delegation to Belize, visited Belize from 20th to 24th July 2009 to promote several European Development Fund initiatives. More than Euro 46 million has been allocated to assist rural Belizean agricultural communi [...]	2009-08-21 16:50:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN BH PGOV PREL
09BELMOPAN348	BELIZE FM MEETS WITH NEW AMBASSADOR [...] AMB and DCM called on FM Wilfred Elrington on September 17, immediately in advance of AMB's presentation of credentials to the Governor General, Sir Colville Young. Ambassador Adalbert Tucker, Director for Foreign Trade and Alfonso Gahona, Office Director for the Americas were also present. [...]	2009-09-18 22:28:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BH
09BELMOPAN349	BELIZE PM MEETS WITH NEW AMBASSADOR [...] AMB and DCM met with Prime Minister Dean Barrow immediately after AMB presented his credentials to the Governor General on September 17. Barrow said the bilateral relationship is good and he has no complaints. On the business side, our relations are proceeding well. He very much appreciates [...]	2009-09-22 22:08:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BH
09BELMOPAN370	THE BELIZE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM [...] Summary. In Belize, mental health services are provided to citizens and residents through the Belize Mental Health Program (BMHP),which is coordinated and supervised by the Ministry of Health. The system is newly emerging, serves approximately 15,000 patients, and had its own approved, gover [...]	2009-10-06 17:22:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BH
09BELMOPAN391	BELIZE DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THIRD [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points to GOB MFA North American Desk Officer Ayesha Borland on October 26. 2. (U) Ms. Borland reported that there would be no change from Belize's position in past votes regarding the resolutions on Iran, Burma and DPRK and indicated that Belize's positions on thes [...]	2009-10-27 13:05:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV BH PREL
09BELMOPAN407	SHAKE UP IN THE PEOPLE'S UNITED PARTY [...] John Briceo, leader of the People's United Party (PUP) has recently proposed changes to Senators representing the opposition and to the party's executive committee. The expanded membership has been justified as a measure to bridge the division that has permeated the party since his assumption [...]	2009-11-05 16:25:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BH
09BELMOPAN425	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE WORLD HEALTH [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 19:49:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO BH
09BELMOPAN443	Demarche Delivered: Opposing UNGA Resolutions with [...] (U) Per reftel, on November 24 PolOff delivered demarche to Government of Belize (GoB)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Officer Ayesha Borland. Regarding opposition to UNGA resolutions with anti-Israeli bias, Ms. Borland informed PolOff that the GoB had discussed the issue and woul [...]	2009-11-25 14:57:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA KPAL IS BH
09BELMOPAN444	Demarche Delivered: Opposing UNGA Resolutions with [...] (U) Per reftel, on November 24 PolOff delivered demarche to Government of Belize (GoB)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Officer Ayesha Borland. Regarding opposition to UNGA resolutions with anti-Israeli bias, Ms. Borland informed PolOff that the GoB had discussed the issue and woul [...]	2009-11-25 14:57:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA KPAL IS BH
09BELMOPAN485	ZABANEH FAMILY PURCHASES PRIVATE UNIVERSITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In December 2009, Dr. Louis Zabaneh stunned the Belizean education community with his surprise acquisition of Galen University. The Zabaneh family is purportedly involved in a number of illicit activities including money laundering and drug smuggling. Over the last year, the [...]	2009-12-22 17:43:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SOCI BH
09BELMOPAN49	BELIZE: COURTESY CALL ON FM WILFRED ELRINGTON [...] The CDA and PolOff met with FM Wilfred Elrington on January 27 to assure him that despite the expected gap between Ambassadors, there would be no diminution in the relationship or the range of exchanges between the GOB and the USG. Elrington said he understood and expected to carry on business [...]	2009-02-02 17:44:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR BH
09BELMOPAN50	CANE FARMERS' STRIKE THREATENS SUGAR INDUSTRY [...] On January 27, 2009, the Belize Cane Farmers Association initiated a general strike. The decision followed a one-day strike in which the cane farmers refused to deliver their cane to the factory at Tower Hill for processing. The controversy was caused by the introduction of a core sampler, a [...]	2009-02-02 22:10:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV ETRD PREL
09BELMOPAN57	FORMER PRIME MINISTER TO STAND TRIAL FOR THEFT [...] On February 10, 2009, Magistrate Earl Jones of the Municipal Court in Belmopan handed down a judgment finding that enough evidence had been submitted against former Prime Minister Said Musa for a prima facie case to be heard. As a result he ordered that Musa stand trial in the Supreme Court on [...]	2009-02-11 16:37:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PREL BH
09BELMOPAN87	LOW VOTER TURNOUT AS BELIZEANS GO TO THE POLLS FOR [...] Summary. Embassy observers visited the Belize City, Orange Walk, and Belmopan districts to observe the municipal elections today. These district elections were generally well-organized and calm, and media reports indicate the mood was similar throughout the country. Voter turnout has been e [...]	2009-03-04 22:44:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC SOCI BH
09BELMOPAN88	BELIZEAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: LOW VOTER TURNOUT FAVORED [...] Belize's March 4th municipal election resulted in another landslide victory for the incumbent United Democratic Party (UDP). The UDP won 61 of 64 contested seats. All elected mayors were from the UDP party, including in the Toledo District where the previous mayor was from the People's United [...]	2009-03-05 22:23:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC SOCI
09BELMOPAN97	CABINET RESHUFFLE OR POLITICAL PAYBACK? [...] Summary: Less than one week after the incumbent United Democratic Party (UDP) won a landslide victory in municipal elections, the Prime Minister (PM) has reshuffled his cabinet. These changes involve the removal of one Minister -- Marcel Cardona, changed portfolios for three more, and the rest [...]	2009-03-13 17:14:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR BH
09BERLIN1001	H1N1 UPDATE: 11,493 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased by 390 new cases, bringing the total as of August 14 to 11,493. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. A dispute between the government and the health insurance companies over flu shot payments has been resolv [...]	2009-08-14 14:30:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1002	CDU AND CSU HOLD THE CARDS IN GERMANY'S COALITION [...] (C) With politicians returning from their annual summer vacation to face seven weeks of intense campaigning, speculation is rife about how Germany's coalition poker game will play out as the mainstream political parties jockey for position. Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CD [...]	2009-08-14 15:25:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1003	AUSTRALIA GROUP: GERMANY INFORMED ON US [...] (SBU) On August 12, EconOff delivered ref A non-paper to MFA Export Control Division Deputy Office Director, Markus Klinger, informing Germany of the US intention to submit a proposal for a "Chemical Micro-Reactor Systems Experts Group" at the September 2009 Australia Group (AG) Plenary in Pa [...]	2009-08-14 16:34:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC PARM PGOV PREL PINR TBIO KSTC FR GM
09BERLIN1004	GERMANY: UPDATED POINTS OF CONTACT FOR NPT-RELATED [...] Per ref A request, please note that the key points of contact for NPT-related issues in the German MFA remain Arms Control and Disarmament Office Director Nikolai von Schoepff (240-RL@diplo.de) and his deputy Stefan Kordasch (240-0@diplo.de). Both can be reached at tel. 0049-30-5000-4268. E [...]	2009-08-14 17:13:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BERLIN1007	H1N1 UPDATE: 12,120 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased by 627 new cases, bringing the total as of August 17 to 12,120. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. The German government plans to order enough vaccine for 80 percent of its population. END SUMMARY 2. [...]	2009-08-17 15:27:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1012	H1N1 UPDATE: 12,830 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased over the past two days by 710 new cases, bringing the total as of August 19 to 12,830. The daily rate of increase has slightly declined. On August 19, the Cabinet approved a Health Ministry regulation on establishing p [...]	2009-08-19 15:41:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1014	H1N1 UPDATE: 13,180 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased over yesterday by 350 new cases, bringing the total as of August 20 to 13,180. Germany ranks first in confirmed virus infections among European countries. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 20 press briefing, the Na [...]	2009-08-20 15:14:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1015	GERMANY BACK ON TRACK TO RATIFY THE EU LISBON TREATY BY THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany's Grand Coalition government should be able to revise the implementing legislation for the EU Lisbon Treaty as mandated by the German Constitutional Court before the September 27 Bundestag election. However, even if this happens, Germany may still not be in a position to [...]	2009-08-20 16:41:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EUN GM
09BERLIN1019	G-8 BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: GERMANY STRESSES [...] (SBU) PolOff shared reftel information note and talking points regarding the 2009 G-8 BMENA Forum for the Future (FfF) with Deputy Head of MFA Division, Union for the Mediterranean and BMENA, Andreas Berg, who had already received the information note from the Italian Embassy. Berg's two main [...]	2009-08-21 14:08:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KMPI KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV GM
09BERLIN1020	CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL RALLIES EAST GERMAN CDU [...] (U) Chancellor Angela Merkel (Christian Democratic Union - CDU) used a high-level CDU gathering in Weimar on August 18 to rally eastern Germany's CDU for the upcoming state (August 30) and parliamentary elections (September 27). Merkel told her party that electoral success for Thuringian Min [...]	2009-08-21 14:52:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1021	GERMANY: VIEWS ON IRAN SANCTIONS AND PRELIMINARY [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-21 15:43:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS GM
09BERLIN1022	GERMANY INQUIRES ABOUT RADIOACTIVE COBALT-60 [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para. 4. 2. (C) Summary: German MFA contacts have asked the U.S. to provide information regarding the reported import by the U.S. of radioactive cobalt-60 contaminated stainless steel. Open source reporting indicated this material may have been u [...]	2009-08-21 16:34:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KCRM MUNC PARM PINR PREL PTER GM KNNP
09BERLIN1023	H1N1 UPDATE: 13,180 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased by 560 cases, bringing the total as of August 21 to 13,740. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 21 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed a total of 5 [...]	2009-08-24 05:28:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1025	H1N1 UPDATE: 14,325 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased over the weekend by 585 cases, bringing the total as of August 24 to 14,325. Local health officials said that the recent Berlin World Championship in Athletics had no impact on the increase in H1N1 cases in the capital. [...]	2009-08-25 05:26:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1030	AUSTRALIA GROUP DEMARCHE: ESTABLISHING MINIMUM [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-25 15:35:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ETTC PREL FR GM
09BERLIN1031	AUSTRALIA GROUP NONPAPER DELIVERED: CLARIFYING [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-25 15:37:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ETTC PREL FR GM
09BERLIN1032	AUSTRALIA GROUP NONPAPER DELIVERED: CLARIFYING [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-25 15:40:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ETTC PREL FR GM
09BERLIN1033	AUSTRALIA GROUP NONPAPER DELIVERED: CHEMICAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-25 15:44:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ETTC PREL FR GM
09BERLIN1034	(S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AN IRANIAN PROCUREMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-25 15:47:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IR SZ GM
09BERLIN1035	(S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-25 15:55:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA AE IR GM
09BERLIN1039	H1N1 UPDATE: 14,581 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased slightly by 256 cases, bringing the total as of August 25 to 14,581. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 25 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed a t [...]	2009-08-26 11:51:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1046	H1N1 UPDATE: 14,940 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased slightly by 359 cases, bringing the total as of August 26 to 14,940. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia proposes protection for pregnant women working with flu patients. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 26 press [...]	2009-08-27 12:17:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1047	H1N1 UPDATE: GERMANY PASSES 15,000 CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany has passed the 15,000 mark. On August 27, 319 new cases were reported, bringing the total to 15,259. German health authorities expect a second massive wave of infections in winter. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 27 press [...]	2009-08-27 14:37:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1049	EADS SHAREHOLDER BREAKDOWN - DO THE FRENCH REALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The European Defense and Space Company (EADS) is often assumed to be dominated by French influence and EADS-Astrium, a subsidiary of EADS, has been accused by German industry of wielding this influence to the benefit of French competitors. However, while French industry represe [...]	2009-08-27 16:17:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA IT RS CH GM
09BERLIN1056	H1N1 UPDATE: 15,878 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose over the weekend to 15,878 cases on August 31. Opinion polls show that fewer Germans are interested in flu vaccination this fall/winter. Health authorities are planning an awareness campaign to encourage people to get vaccinat [...]	2009-08-31 15:27:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1066	NETANYAHU FEELS SOME HEAT IN BERLIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu August 27, Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier both stressed the importance of a freeze on settlement construction to achieve a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. This, despite attempts b [...]	2009-09-02 13:40:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS GM IR
09BERLIN1067	GERMANY HAS NO OBJECTION TO UNODC'S OBSERVER STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-02 14:26:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC GM
09BERLIN1069	GERMANY SOLICITS U.S. VIEWS ON G8 GLOBAL [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see para. 6. 2. (C) While meeting with MFA desk officers Dr. Bernd Rinnert and Dr. Joerg Polster on Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) matters (Ref A),they raised a series of points with Econoff related to the G8 Global Partner [...]	2009-09-03 12:57:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER KGIC GM
09BERLIN1070	US 2009 MTCR PLENARY PROPOSALS DELIVERED TO GERMANY [...] (C) On September 1, EconOff delivered ref A non-paper to MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer, Nancy Reck, regarding US "small group" proposals for the 2009 MTCR Plenary in Rio de Janeiro. Reck thanked the USG for the non-paper and said she would deliver it to the appropriate authorities [...]	2009-09-03 13:05:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR JA UK GM
09BERLIN1071	AUSTRALIA GROUP: GERMAN RESPONSE ON US [...] (SBU) On September 3, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer, Nancy Reck, relayed to EconOff German Federal Office of Economics and Export Control's (BAFA) views on the US Australia Group (AG) proposal to establish an experts working group on micro-reactor systems (MRS). Reck said Germany [...]	2009-09-03 13:11:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ETTC PREL FR GM
09BERLIN1080	GERMANY TO FRANCE: STAY OUT OF OUR COMMERCIAL SATELLITE AFFAIRS [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 13:34:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA IT RS CH GM
09BERLIN1089	H1N1 UPDATE: 16,584 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose to 16,584 cases on September 3. Germany reported its first severe case of H1N1. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 3 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confir [...]	2009-09-04 07:55:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1096	H1N1 UPDATE: 17,265 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The net number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 681 cases to 17,265 cases on September 8. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) At its September 8 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed a total of 698 new (labor [...]	2009-09-08 15:46:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM

09BERLIN1104	H1N1 UPDATE: 17,644 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 379 cases to 17,644 on September 9. Germany plans to order an additional 18 million courses of H1N1 vaccine. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 9 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Ro [...]	2009-09-09 14:07:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1105	FDP CHAIRMAN WESTERWELLE'S LITE AND DARK CAMPAIGN [...] (U) Free Democratic Party (FDP) Chairman and Foreign Minister hopeful Guido Westerwelle used a September 7 political forum in Essen to criticize the poor quality of political discourse during Germany's election campaign. He stated that Germany deserved a higher quality debate about its futur [...]	2009-09-09 15:48:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PREL PGOV
09BERLIN1106	CHANCELLOR ANGELA "TEFLON" MERKEL TAKES LIMELIGHT [...] (C) Less than two weeks after her party suffered losses in two state elections, CDU Chancellor Angela Merkel found her fighting spirit before 8,000 party faithful at a September 6 election rally in Duesseldorf launching the "hot phase" of the CDU/CSU electoral campaign. The CDU has been shifting pa [...]	2009-09-09 16:57:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PREL PGOV
09BERLIN1107	GERMANY: POLITICAL FALL-OUT OVER KUNDUZ AIR [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 06:51:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV AF GM
09BERLIN1108	GERMANY: POLITICAL FALL-OUT OVER KUNDUZ AIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chancellery is confident that Chancellor Merkel's policy statement to the Bundestag on September 8 has succeeded -- at least for now -- in settling the domestic political controversy surrounding the September 4 air strikes against two hijacked fuel tankers in Kunduz. Ironically, th [...]	2009-09-10 06:51:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV AF GM
09BERLIN1111	H1N1 UPDATE: 17,644 CONFIRMED CASES (UPDATED) [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 379 cases to 17,644 on September 9. Germany plans to order an additional 18 million doses of H1N1 vaccine. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 9 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Rober [...]	2009-09-10 09:45:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1112	(C) IAEA: GERMANY READY FOR IRAN SANCTIONS; WANTS [...] (C) Summary. On September 8 poloff informed MFA IAEA lead Hans-Peter Hinrichsen that the U.S. was delivering reftel demarche to all IAEA Board Members. Hinrichsen shared copies of the EU and E3 statements to be released that day (see paragraphs 12 and 13). Hinrichsen asked for the USG to in [...]	2009-09-10 10:04:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS GM
09BERLIN1114	(C) GERMAN REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON A PENDING [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) On September 9, the German MFA Export Control Office (Division 412) provided EconOff with a German-language non-paper requesting information from the USG by September 18 regarding a pending German export of a low-pressure casting m [...]	2009-09-10 15:38:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IN GM
09BERLIN1115	H1N1 UPDATE: 17,790 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 146 cases to 17,790 on September 10. Munich International School confirms case(s) of H1N1. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 10 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institu [...]	2009-09-10 15:40:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1116	GERMAN INTELLIGENCE VIEWS ON OPTICAL RECONNAISSANCE CAPABILITIES [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: The German Intelligence Service (BND) expressed confidence that Germanys proposal for a High Resolution Optical System (HiROS) reconnaissance satellite program "will be realized regardless of the outcome of the German general elections this month" and is advocating for a US partner [...]	2009-09-10 15:46:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL JP FR SP UK TSPA
09BERLIN1118	AMBASSADOR MURPHY'S INITIAL MEETING WITH GERMAN FM [...] (C) During a September 13 introductory call by Ambassador Murphy, Steinmeier emphasized his frustration at being unable to distance himself from Merkel in the election campaign. He stated his support for the Magna deal on Opel. He expressed his strong support for President Obama, and underli [...]	2009-09-10 16:19:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1124	GERMAN SHERPA FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 13:10:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC GM
09BERLIN1128	H1N1 UPDATE: 17,937 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 147 cases to 17,937 on September 11. Munich International School, which includes Mission children, has reported two cases of H1N1. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 11 press briefing, the National Reference Center [...]	2009-09-11 15:38:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1129	GERMANY/AFGHANISTAN: AMBASSADOR MURPHY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 14 introductory meeting with Ambassador Murphy, Defense Minister Jung emphasized that the controversy over the September 4 air strikes in Kunduz should not be allowed to disrupt what is a fundamentally excellent bilateral relationship. Jung expressed understand [...]	2009-09-11 16:20:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV AF GM
09BERLIN1130	GERMAN OPTICAL SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING: THE PATH FORWARD [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 16:21:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA IT KS FR GM
09BERLIN1132	GERMAN VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER 14-15 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany shares the U.S. assessment of the situation of IDPs in Sri Lanka and the need to act quickly, but notes that the EU Council is currently not on track to take action until October. While agreeing that the EU should enhance its trade and investment with Georgia, Armenia a [...]	2009-09-11 19:58:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN EAID PHUM ETRD AF PK GM CE ZJ
09BERLIN1134	PARTNERING FOR FOOD SECURITY: NO DECISION YET ON [...] (SBU) On September 10, 2009, Ambassador Murphy delivered the invitation to the September 26 meeting on Partnering for Food Security on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and accompanying draft statement during an introductory call on Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinme [...]	2009-09-14 12:38:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD PREL UNGA GM
09BERLIN1138	ECONOMIC ISSUES DOMINATE GERMANY'S 2009 GENERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. As they head to the polls on September 27, German voters have one major worry on their minds: the economy. Well aware of this reality, the five viable political parties -- the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)-Christian Social Union (CSU),Social Democratic Party (SPD),Free Demo [...]	2009-09-15 12:17:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN114	GERMANY DIVES DEEPER INTO RECESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After several years of strong growth and falling unemployment, the German economy is on the ropes. The German government has repeatedly revised its 2009 growth forecasts downward, and the Economics Ministry is now projecting that gross domestic product will shrink by 2.25 perc [...]	2009-01-29 10:01:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ELAB PREL GM
09BERLIN1140	GERMANY PRESSES EU FOR JOINT ACTION ON 6 [...] (C) Pol M/C delivered reftel demarche on missing and detained amcits to German MFA Amb. Klaus-Peter Gottwald, (A/S Equivalent) Commissioner for Arms Control and Disarmament, on Sept. 14. Pol M/C stressed with Gottwald, who was already well informed about the details of the cases, the importan [...]	2009-09-16 10:41:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC GM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER IR
09BERLIN1143	GERMANY ALREADY "IN THE CHOIR" ON IRAN [...] (C) The Ambassador called German MFA Political Director Stanzel September 15 to discuss reftel on expanding the chorus on Iran. Stanzel thanked the Ambassador for the update and said Germany agreed with our message and was taking similar action with only subtle differences. Stanzel added t [...]	2009-09-16 15:31:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC
09BERLIN1144	GERMANY TO SPEAK AT ICJ IN DECEMBER, PRESSES [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, on September 8 MFA Balkans Deputy Director Marc Bogdahn confirmed that Germany will present oral arguments at the ICJ in December. However, Germany has not encouraged -- and has no plans to encourage -- other countries to do so. Though Germany had previousl [...]	2009-09-17 06:01:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ICJ KV GM
09BERLIN1145	A/CFE: GERMANY FAVORS FLEXIBILITY TO NUDGE RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. On September 10 Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Office Director for Conventional Arms Control Michael Banzhaf. Banzhaf took particular note of Antonov's redlines with regard to abolishment of flank regimes for Russia and non-implementation of the "existing" CFE Treaty. Ban [...]	2009-09-17 06:02:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL NATO GM
09BERLIN1150	GERMANY'S UNGA PRIORITIES AND A PROPOSAL FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA Deputy Head of the UNGA Division Julia Gross and Poloff discussed U.S. and German priorities for the 64th UNGA September 15. Gross noted that many of reftel priorities tracked those of Germany, including on climate change, peacekeeping, UN reform, and sustainable developmen [...]	2009-09-17 14:32:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNGA GM KPAL IS
09BERLIN1151	MERKEL TARGETS BANKERS IN RUN-UP TO G-20 SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Days before national elections in Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel will fly to the other side of the Atlantic to attend the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. This is a decision taken by a leader confident not only in her re-election prospects, but also in her mission to push through G [...]	2009-09-17 14:55:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ELAB PREL GM
09BERLIN1156	GERMAN FEDERAL PROSECUTORS REQUEST INFORMATION TO [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) During a meeting between German federal prosecutors, Econoffs and LES Legal Specialist, German federal prosecutor Wolfgang Siegmund raised two questions related to German export control cases. 3. (S) Siegmund stated th [...]	2009-09-18 10:26:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL CH GM
09BERLIN1157	FURTHER MISSION GERMANY VIEWS ON PLANNED U.S. [...] (S/NF) I understand that there will be a Deputies' meeting in Washington on September 18 to discuss the future of the U.S. military force structure in Europe. Since the U.S. European Command as well as the bulk of U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) and U.S. Air Forces Europe (USAFE) are located in Ge [...]	2009-09-18 10:51:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL PTER XG GM
09BERLIN1160	(S) NIAG 9130 DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN SEEKS GERMAN-ORIGIN VALVES FOR ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 15:25:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL ETTC MNUC IR GM
09BERLIN1161	NONPAPER DELIVERED: USG INFORMATION ON A PENDING [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 15:26:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IN GM
09BERLIN1162	GERMANY'S NEXT FOREIGN MINISTER?: THE WORLD [...] (C//NF) Free Democratic Party (FDP) Chairman Guido Westerwelle may be on the verge of becoming Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor in a Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social Union (CSU)-FDP government after the parliamentary elections on September 27. He has a strong craving for politi [...]	2009-09-18 16:02:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1163	H1N1 UPDATE: 19,015 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 218 cases to 19,015 on September 16. Nordrhein-Westfalen remains the German state with the highest number of confirmed virus cases. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 17 press briefing, the National Reference Cent [...]	2009-09-18 16:14:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1164	GERMANS MOSTLY POSITIVE ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (S) SUMMARY. German reaction to the President's September 17 announcement has been mostly positive, with both Chancellor Merkel and FM Steinmeier issuing public statements welcoming the new U.S. approach on European missile defense and hoping this paves the way for greater cooperation on MD w [...]	2009-09-18 16:15:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	MARR PREL NATO RU GM
09BERLIN1166	GERMANY SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON SRI LANKAN IDPS, [...] (SBU) After presenting ref A demarche on Sri Lankan IDPs to the MFA Deputy European Corespondent in advance of the September 14-15 EU GAERC meeting (ref B),PolOff followed up to reinforce the points with MFA South Asia Office Director Gudrun Sraega. 2. (C) Sraega said that Germany shared U [...]	2009-09-18 16:44:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN
09BERLIN1167	DATA PRIVACY TRUMPS SECURITY: IMPLICATIONS OF A [...] (C) Summary: Current polling data suggest that the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) could receive sufficient votes in the September 27 national elections to form a governing coalition. The FDP are strong defenders of citizens' privacy rights and these views ha [...]	2009-09-21 08:26:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KJUS KHLS GM
09BERLIN1169	NPT REVCON: GERMANY UNDERSCORES NEED TO REASSURE [...] (C) Summary. Post addressed ref A questions about German positions on non-proliferation in refs B & C. During subsequent meetings, German officials have also emphasized the need to overcome NAM suspicions that non-proliferation efforts are veiled attempts to infringe on NPT Article IV rights. [...]	2009-09-21 10:42:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL IAEA
09BERLIN1170	INTENSELY NEGATIVE REACTION TO ESTA FEE IN GERMANY [...] (SBU) Summary: Reaction in Germany to the ESTA fee-related provision of the Travel Promotion Act (TPA) has been vehemently disapproving. Even before the Senate vote on September 9, GOG officials and the media, including the national evening television news, highlighted their opposition to the [...]	2009-09-21 15:10:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS CMGT PREL GM
09BERLIN1171	GERMANY: EU COORDINATING REDLINES FOR UNGA WALKOUTS [...] (SBU) Political Minister Counselor and Poloff met with MFA Head of UNGA Division Thomas Fitschen September 21 to deliver reftel points. Fitschen noted that the issue of redlines for walkouts has already been discussed within the EU in Brussels last week. He said that the EU presidency is tr [...]	2009-09-21 15:35:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA GM
09BERLIN1172	SECURITY SERVICES ON ALERT AFTER AL QAIDA VIDEOS [...] SUMMARY: German security services are on alert following the appearance of two new Al Qaida videos featuring a dual German-Moroccan citizen who threatens Germany with repercussions if German voters do not vote in the upcoming federal elections for a new government that will withdraw German fo [...]	2009-09-21 16:59:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL GM
09BERLIN1175	German Reactions to U.S. Proposals on "Global [...] (U) Summary: While supporting the results of the G-8 meeting in Washington during the week of September 14, Germany prefers to maintain the G-8 response to a global partnership on food security in line with agreements reach by the Agricultural Ministers in l'Aquilla in April. However, German [...]	2009-09-22 13:03:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD PREL UNGA GM
09BERLIN1176	MERKEL VS. STEINMEIER? WHAT DO THE GERMAN [...] (C/NF) This is not a "change" election. The German public does not see the September 27 parliamentary elections as decisive, and on many foreign policy fronts, including Afghanistan, arms control, and Russia, we do not foresee significant or distinct policy differences between the two most fe [...]	2009-09-22 13:45:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD GM KJUS PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1183	BRINGING THE GERMANS AROUND ON GRANTING SOVEREIGN [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The German MFA and MOD continue to argue that only U.S. "warships" can be granted "sovereign immunity" against search or arrest when visiting German ports, but this seems to be based on an overly narrow and traditional reading o [...]	2009-09-24 09:25:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PARM PGOV PHSA PBTS GM
09BERLIN1186	GERMANY'S LEFT PARTY: NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME -- [...] (C) The Left Party's electoral campaign caught some wind in the final weeks before the September 27 national elections with its electoral successes in Saarland and Thuringia (see REFTELS B and C). This small surge, however, has not turned into meaningful gains in the polls despite its populis [...]	2009-09-24 15:22:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1189	HOST NATION SENSITIVITY SURVEY: DRAW-DOWN OF U.S. [...] (S) Ref A requested Embassy Berlin's assessment of host nation sensitivity regarding USAREUR's plan to inactivate or withdraw almost all of the remaining units from the city of Mannheim (state of Baden-Wurttemberg) and to close U.S. Army Garrison Mannheim. 2. (S) This message updates and su [...]	2009-09-25 06:12:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	MARR PREL GM
09BERLIN119	(S) GERMANY INFORMED ON IRANIAN EFFORTS TO PROCURE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-30 14:07:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IR MY GM
09BERLIN1197	WESTERWELLE'S SURGE CLINCHES BLACK-YELLOW IN [...] (C) Chancellor Merkel achieved her goal of a solid parliamentary majority for her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) with its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU),and the pro-business Free Democratic Party (FDP),but will have to contend with a self-confident FDP that is lik [...]	2009-09-28 11:28:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN120	IRAN: HERMES PROGRAM CUTS MAKE WAVES [...] (C) Summary: Media reports claiming a sudden, dramatic decision to reduce Hermes export guarantees for trade with Iran are overstated, German government officials tell us. Instead, the program has been wound down, with a 94% reduction since 2004, as part of Germany,s ongoing efforts to incre [...]	2009-01-30 15:52:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD GM IR
09BERLIN1200	Mission Germany Pandemic Influenza Working Group [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a September 18 meeting of Mission Germany's Pandemic Influenza Working Group (PIWG),Mission Germany remains under tripwire two. A core group of PIWG members will begin meeting biweekly as we head into the flu season. END SUMMARY 2. (U) Mission Germany's Pandemi [...]	2009-09-28 15:39:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1201	H1N1 UPDATE: FIRST DEATH AS GERMANY HITS 20,000 MARK [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 175 cases over the weekend to a total of 20,068 on September 28. Germany reported its first suspected H1N1 death. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 28 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at [...]	2009-09-28 15:39:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1204	GERMAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL H1N1 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-29 16:24:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL KFLU WHO GM
09BERLIN1207	GERMAN SPACE AGENCY SEEKING USG SUPPORT ON OPTICAL SATELLITE COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-30 06:44:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA GM
09BERLIN121	IRAN: GERMANY SUPPORTS U.S.-IRAN DIALOGUE, WANTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German political establishment has enthusiastically greeted the Obama administration's new approach to Iran. Public statements from the Chancellor, Foreign Minister, and Bundestag members over the last three weeks have greeted USG statements regarding dialogue with Iran. Ge [...]	2009-01-30 16:42:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PREL KNNP GM IR
09BERLIN1224	CWC BWC CLOSE ALLIES MEETING SEPTEMBER 28-29, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Meetings of Close Allies have always been valued for providing a useful venue for a frank exchange of views on, and an opportunity to coordinate approaches to, biological and chemical weapons-related issues. This meeting showed the need to re-invigorate the process, from the p [...]	2009-09-30 11:51:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW GM
09BERLIN1233	GERMANY URGES U.S. TO SUPPORT ITS OPCW CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. In a September 22 letter to the Ambassador, German MFA DepSec-equivalent Reinhard Silberberg strongly lobbied the USG to support German Ambassador Peter Gottwald for Director General of the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) [...]	2009-10-02 14:14:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC CDG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL CWCM GM
09BERLIN1235	GERMAN READOUT ON IRAN P5+1 TALKS: POSITIVE, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. German MFA Political Director Stanzel gave a detailed readout of the P5 1 Iran meeting to the diplomatic corps and said he had been pleasantly surprised with the outcome of the October 1 talks. He stressed Germany's positive assessment of the Tehran Research Reactor agreement, [...]	2009-10-02 14:45:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	GM KNNP PGOV PREL IR
09BERLIN1236	H1N1 UPDATE: 21,129 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 481 cases to a total of 21,129 on October 2. RKI and ECDC have confirmed the first H1N1 death in Germany. Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced that the H1N1 vaccine will be delivered to Germany in the com [...]	2009-10-02 15:37:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1240	CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S NEW COALITION: WHAT IT MEANS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany's election of a center-right governing coalition, composed of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU),its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU),and the Free Democratic Party (FDP),was supposed to herald a shift to a more business-friendly government. The [...]	2009-10-05 05:40:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1241	A FEW GOOD MINISTERS: WHO MIGHT BE WHERE IN THE [...] (C//NF) Summary: The Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) began coalition negotiations on October 5, and although personnel issues will be addressed last, speculation on the Cabinet make-up already is in full swing. German cabinet minister [...]	2009-10-05 12:32:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	GM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1243	CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S NEW COALITION: WHAT IT MEANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany's election of a center-right governing coalition, composed of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU),its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU),and the Free Democratic Party (FDP),was supposed to herald a shift to a more business- friendly government. [...]	2009-10-05 13:30:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1244	OCT. 7 IRAN MEETING: GERMANY COMMITTED TO [...] (S) SUMMARY. The German Chancellery's Deputy National Security Advisor equivalent, Nikel, stressed to the DCM, in an October 1 meeting, that Chancellor Merkel remained committed to pursuing serious sanctions should Iran not cooperate on the nuclear dossier. However, both Nikel and MFA offici [...]	2009-10-05 14:27:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM UNSC PREL IR ETTC GM
09BERLIN1247	GERMAN CHOD EXPECTS SOCIAL DEMOCRATS TO TURN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. At a September 29 dinner hosted by Ambassador Murphy in honor of SACEUR ADM Stavridis, German Chief of Defense GEN Schneiderhan expressed concern that with the departure of many Social Democratic Party (SPD) leaders and parliamentarians who were reliable supporters of the Bund [...]	2009-10-06 05:58:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL NATO MARR PGOV AF GM
09BERLIN1259	DASD TOWNSEND'S SEPTEMBER 23-25 CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. DASD for European and NATO Policy Jim Townsend visited Berlin September 23-25 for the first annual bilateral defense consultations with the German MOD, and also had wide-ranging consultations with senior officials at the MFA and Chancellery. All were anxious about the current sta [...]	2009-10-07 15:20:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR GM
09BERLIN126	GERMANY: POINTS OF CONTACT FOR NPT-RELATED ISSUES [...] The key points of contact for NPT-related issues in the German MFA are Arms Control and Disarmament Office Director Nikolai von Schoepff and his deputy Stefan Kordasch. According to von Schoepff, Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Peter Gottwald, is likely to lead the German de [...]	2009-02-02 16:48:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BERLIN1264	(S) GERMANY TAKES ACTION ON SEIZURE OF IRANIAN [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 6. 2. (S//NF) SUMMARY: The German government is moving aggressively to help thwart delivery of UNSCR-sanctioned Iranian origin munitions to Syria that are currently aboard the German-flagged vessel M/V HANSA INDIA. Following a German demar [...]	2009-10-08 14:02:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC IR UK MT LY EG GM
09BERLIN1267	H1N1 Update: 22,110 Cases; Second Death Reported [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 507 cases to 22,110 on October 8. RKI has announced the death of a 5-year old boy from Munich (Bavaria) who had been infected with H1N1. Germany hopes to start its H1N1 vaccination program at the end of October. END SUMM [...]	2009-10-09 09:06:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1271	WESTERWELLE FIRM ON REMOVAL OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS [...] (C//NF) Summary: A well-placed FDP source said that on the first day of coalition negotiations (October 5) between the CDU, CSU and the FDP, FDP leader Westerwelle argued for the removal of the remaining non-strategic nuclear weapons from German soil. Interior Minister Schaeuble (CDU) asserte [...]	2009-10-09 12:48:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MNUC MARR GM
09BERLIN1273	GERMANS MAY BE WILLING TO SURGE IN AFGHANISTAN, [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-09 15:47:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN AF GM
09BERLIN1276	GERMANY INVITED TO WASHINGTON EXPERTS AND TOKYO [...] (SBU) Econoff provided reftel information to MFA Desk Officer for Nuclear Energy and Non-proliferation Dr. Bernd Rinnert. Rinnert thanked Econoff for the points and stated that the German Sherpa for the Nuclear Security Summit will be Ambassador Viktor Elbling, Commissioner for Nuclear Energy [...]	2009-10-13 16:14:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG PREL PTER TRGY IAEA
09BERLIN1277	GICNT: GERMANY NOTIFIED OF NEW DATES; QUESTIONS [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points to German MFA desk officer Dr. Bernd Rinnert. Russian MFA First Secretary Dmitry Cherkaschin also attended. Rinnert thanked Econoff for the information. 2. (SBU) Rinnert wondered aloud how the GICNT fits into the G-20 as it overtakes the G-8 and, pre [...]	2009-10-13 16:33:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC GM
09BERLIN128	NATO ENLARGEMENT: GERMANY TO DEPOSIT INSTRUMENTS [...] The NATO accession protocols for Croatia and Albania have already been approved by both houses of the German Parliament and signed by President Horst Koehler. A notice to this effect was published in the German Legal Gazette on December 31. The only remaining step is for Germany to deposit [...]	2009-02-02 17:12:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL GM
09BERLIN1281	GERMAN VIEWS ON STRENGTHENING IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary. During a friendly and frank discussion of Iran that the Ambassador hosted in honor of Dr. Condoleezza Rice on October 6, German parliamentarians, Chancellery and MFA officials, and senior think-tank researchers agreed that the international community was approaching an "end game" [...]	2009-10-14 13:01:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM UNSC PREL PGOV IR ETTC GM
09BERLIN1294	(S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRANIAN PROCUREMENT OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-16 13:37:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IR MY GM
09BERLIN1296	GERMANY COULD HAVE NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT WITHIN [...] (C//NF) Summary: A well-placed Free Democratic Party (FDP) source told Emboffs October 15 that Chancellor Angela Merkel aims to finish coalition negotiations between her Christian Democratic Union, the Christian Social Union, and the FDP by October 18, but that the FDP viewed a completion of [...]	2009-10-16 15:01:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1297	(S) GERMANY PLANNING TO RECALL COMPUTERS CONNECTED WITH IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM REF: A. BERLIN 487 B. BERLIN 406 C. STATE 31434 BERLIN 00001297 001.2 OF 002 [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: After they confirm the place of origin, Germany is planning to take back over one hundred boxes of Siemens industrial computers/equipment that were purchased by an entity associated with Iran's nuclear program and are currently in a secure storage facility in the UAE. Germany repor [...]	2009-10-19 15:50:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC IR AE UK CH GM
09BERLIN1304	H1N1 Update: 22,936 Cases; Concerns over Vaccine [...] (U) SUMMARY: From October 7-13, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 942 cases to a total of 22,936. As of October 12, Germany is reporting new H1N1 cases on a weekly, rather than daily, basis. The Ministry of Health (BMG) announced that the H1N1 vaccination program will [...]	2009-10-20 06:08:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1314	GERMANY ON TEC: MORE MODEST AGENDA, READY TO DEAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The German government, worried that the Transatlantic Economic Cooperation (TEC) process may stall at the upcoming TEC meeting on October 26-27, is setting more modest goals. The German government has submitted five agenda items - on financial regulations, innovative techno [...]	2009-10-21 08:47:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN PREL ECIN EU GM
09BERLIN1319	GERMAN SPACE AGENCY FLOATS A MERGED GPS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A senior German Space Agency (DLR) official informally floated the idea of aligning the security aspects of the US Global Positioning System (GPS) and the European Galileo Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) under the framework of NATO within the next ten years. [...]	2009-10-22 10:15:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR UK GM
09BERLIN1324	OHB-SYSTEM CEO CALLS GALILEO A WASTE OF GERMAN TAX PAYER MONEY [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 15:40:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR GM
09BERLIN1325	GERMAN GOVERNMENT TRANSITION LIKELY TO FORECLOSE [...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Head of Union for the Mediterranean and BMENA Andreas Berg told Poloff October 21 that it is unlikely that a high-level government official will be able to attend the November 2-3 Forum for the Future since the new German government will likely only have just been sworn the we [...]	2009-10-22 15:42:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC PREL ECON KPAO KDEM KMPI GM
09BERLIN1332	GERMAN VIEWS ON OCTOBER 26-27 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. Germany is in broad agreement with U.S. points on Afghanistan/Pakistan, but officials expect no discussion on the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Pakistan during the October GAERC. Afghanistan discussions will center around adopting the Council's Action Plan, which, Germany believes, [...]	2009-10-23 16:02:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN EAID PHUM ETRD AFDB PK GM
09BERLIN1337	GERMANY'S COALITION AGREEMENT STRESSES PRIORITY OF [...] (U) Summary: The Christian Democratic Union (CDU),Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) signed a coalition agreement in the early morning of October 24, laying the groundwork for their next four years of cooperation as the country's governing coalition. The agreem [...]	2009-10-26 15:13:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MNUC PHUM GM
09BERLIN1338	GERMANY SUPPORTS U.S. THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) MFA Human Rights Department Desk Officer Dirk Sander informed Poloff October 26 that Germany agrees with the U.S. position to oppose no-action motions and intends to do likewise. He said that Germany intends to support the three country-specific resolutions (reftel): on Iran, Burma, an [...]	2009-10-26 16:19:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN GM
09BERLIN1339	EU SUMMIT DOMINATED BY CZECH DEMANDS; PERSONNEL [...] (C) Summary: German experts believe that EU leaders will spend much of the October 29-30 EU Summit coordinating with the Czechs over final steps needed to sign the Lisbon Treaty. Meanwhile, there seems little likelihood that the summit will produce actual candidates for the new positions of EU [...]	2009-10-26 16:50:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN GM
09BERLIN1340	GERMANY'S NEW COALITION AGREEMENT: THE DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Germany's recently elected CDU/CSU-FDP coalition signed a Coalition Agreement -- the document setting out policy priorities for the next four years -- on October 24, 2009. The agreement includes several elements -- tax cuts worth around 24 billion euros for individuals and pri [...]	2009-10-26 17:49:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1355	AIRBUS IS CONVINCED THAT THE U.S. TANKER BIDDING [...] (C) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Airbus CEO Thomas Enders expressed strong disappointment regarding the bidding process for the next generation of U.S. Air Force tankers. He contended that Boeing has used its influence to ensure a process that will work in its favor. [...]	2009-10-28 06:31:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD PINR PREL EU GM
09BERLIN1356	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH GERMAN FM-DESIGNATE [...] (C) German Foreign Minister-Designate Guido Westerwelle (Free Democratic Party - FDP) and MFA State Minister-Designate Werner Hoyer (FDP) paid a brief introductory call on the Ambassador at the Embassy on October 27. Westerwelle was in a buoyant mood over FDP results in the election, and th [...]	2009-10-28 12:10:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL GM AF
09BERLIN1357	GERMANY SUPPORTS MODIFED CONSENSUS LANGUAGE IN ATT [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to reftel points, MFA Arms Control Chief Peter Gottwald told POL M/C that Germany would support the modified language on consensus proposed by the German Ambassador in Washington. Gottwald had initially given little thought to further coordination with the UK -- sp [...]	2009-10-28 13:21:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL UNGA MCAP GM
09BERLIN1362	GERMANY REQUESTS GUIDANCE ON EXPORT WITH MTCR "NO [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) MFA Export Control Division Officer Dirk Haupt provided Global Affairs Officer on October 28 with non-paper requesting U.S. guidance by November 17 on a pending German export of extruded aluminum plates to India that may have been [...]	2009-10-29 10:18:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC MTCRE PGOV PREL PINR TSPA KSCA IN GM
09BERLIN1372	MTCR: U.S. REPORT ON CONTACTS WITH NON-PARTNERS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 16:25:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KSCA ETTC MTCRE PARM PREL TSPA FR BR GM
09BERLIN1373	SCENESETTER: CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: This meeting will be an opportunity to engage Merkel on achieving several common goals: success in Afghanistan, preventing a nuclear weaponized Iran, and dealing with climate change. You may also wish to discuss the closing of Guantanamo, engaging Russia productively, and advan [...]	2009-10-30 17:16:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MNUC GM
09BERLIN1376	CHANCELLOR RULES OUT TROOP INCREASE BEFORE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chancellor Merkel has firmly decided against seeking authorization for additional troops when the parliamentary mandate for the Bundeswehr's participation in ISAF comes up for renewal in December. Merkel's decision to put off any possible troop increase until after next year's A [...]	2009-10-30 19:31:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV AF
09BERLIN1377	SECURITY TAKES BACKSEAT AS NEW JUSTICE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany's new Federal Justice Minister, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, has strong views on individual liberties and personal privacy that are likely to lead to complications with the USG concerning law enforcement security cooperation and data sharing. Leutheusser-Schnarrenb [...]	2009-11-02 07:05:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KJUS KHLS GM
09BERLIN1389	H1N1 Update: 29,907 Confirmed Cases; 4 New H1N1 [...] (U) SUMMARY: From October 21-29, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 3,075 to a total of 29,907 cases. Four more H1N1 deaths have been reported for a total of 6 deaths in Germany. In an October 26 meeting, the Vice President of the Robert Koch Institute stated that we ar [...]	2009-11-03 14:49:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN139	GERMANY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION REGARDING ABKHAZ [...] (C) Charge raised reftel points with MFA State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg on February 4, urging Germany to oppose a possible Russian call for Abkhaz separatist leaders to participate in a formal UNSC meeting regarding the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). Silverberg agreed that now [...]	2009-02-04 09:59:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL GG GM
09BERLIN1391	NEW FM WESTERWELLE LIKELY TO RAISE NON-STRATEGIC [...] (S) SUMMARY. New German Foreign Minister Westerwelle will likely raise the issue of nuclear weapons when he has his initial meeting with Secretary Clinton in Washington this week. Given his very public advocacy over the past several months for the withdrawal of all remaining nuclear weapons [...]	2009-11-03 17:11:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PREL MNUC MARR NATO PARM PGOV GM RU
09BERLIN1392	SCENESETTER: GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER WESTERWELLE'S [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will visit Washington on the heels of Chancellor Merkel and one week after assuming his cabinet position. He is painfully conscious of being inexperienced; out of his element, he has clung to his scripts. However, his staff assured us that Wes [...]	2009-11-03 17:14:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG MNUC AF GM IR RS
09BERLIN1393	GERMANY'S NEW INTERIOR MINISTER FACES STEEP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany's new federal interior minister, Thomas de Maiziere, is known for being a competent administrator who performed effectively over the past four years as the Chancellery Chief of Staff. De Maiziere is a close confidant of Chancellor Merkel, their professional relationship d [...]	2009-11-04 12:15:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL KHLS KJUS GM
09BERLIN1394	GERMANY VIEWS CURRENT DRAFT GOLDSTONE RESOLUTION [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA NEA Division Director Boris Ruge and MFA Desk Officer, Human Rights Division, Georg Klussmann November 3 to deliver reftel points. Ruge had argued to Poloff separately before the joint meeting with Klussmann that Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmud Abbas needs [...]	2009-11-04 15:05:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IS KPAL GM
09BERLIN1395	GM DECISION NOT TO SELL OPEL GREETED BY SHOCK AND [...] (C) Summary: Just hours after Chancellor Merkel's historic November 3 address to a joint session of Congress, General Motors (GM) canceled its sale of Opel to Canadian auto parts manufacturer Magna. The decision, which followed repeated assurances from GM that it was a done deal, came as a co [...]	2009-11-05 06:20:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON ELAB PREL RU GM
09BERLIN14	(S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONTINUED IRANIAN INTEREST [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-07 14:24:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR FR GM
09BERLIN1402	SOCIAL DEMOCRATS SHIFT AGAINST OEF; BUNDESWEHR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Just weeks after suffering its worst Bundestag election results since the end of World War II, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) is showing the first signs of a swing to the left on security policy. According to a senior SPD Bundestag staffer, the party will oppose the renewal of [...]	2009-11-05 14:53:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV GM

09BERLIN1405	(S) GERMANY ALERTED TO IRANIAN EFFORTS TO PROCURE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 16:32:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL IR TU KS GM

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