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08BEIJING4575	A NORTHEAST ASIAN SECURITY ARCHITECTURE: BEIJING [...] (C) Summary: While the Six-Party Talks might eventually evolve into a Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism (NEAPSM),most experts in Beijing believe a NEAPSM will only be possible after complete denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula and the United States and Japan normalize diplomat [...]	2008-12-18 00:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CH JA KS

08BEIJING4625	MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMIC CRISIS, CENTRAL ASIA [...] ECONOMIC CRISIS a. "China should learn to deal with a high unemployment rate in order to develop" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/22): "The slowing economy has led factories to cut jobs. Joblessness in China is rising, prompting [...]	2008-12-22 08:29:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4686	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, SOMALIA [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "The U.S. report sets tones for U.S.-China trade" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/26): "On the day before Christmas, the U.S. issued a report on China's compliance with commitments it made since it joined [...]	2008-12-29 09:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4687	AMBASSADOR-AFM LIU MEETING ON GUANTANAMO UIGHURS, [...] (C) China is "gravely concerned" by statements that the United States is considering transferring PRC citizen Uighurs detained at Guantanamo to a third country rather than repatriating them to China, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi told the Ambassador December 29. The Uighur detainees are [...]	2008-12-29 09:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER CH TW
08BEIJING659	AFM HE YAFEI REVIEWS CHINA'S KEY ISSUES FOR THE [...] (C) In a February 22 meeting requested by the Chinese, PRC Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei reviewed for the Ambassador China's key issues to be raised during the Secretary's visit to Beijing February 26-27. On North Korea, SIPDIS AFM He said that China's top leaders are prepared to have [...]	2008-02-22 14:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER EINV MNUC BM IR KN CH
08BEIJING668	CHINA-JAPAN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE: FOCUS ON BILATERAL [...] (C) The eighth China-Japan Strategic Dialogue, held in Beijing, focused on bilateral issues including President Hu Jintao's upcoming April trip to Japan, food safety, and the dispute over gas exploration rights in the East China Sea. According to an MFA official, the dialogue was "fruitful," e [...]	2008-02-25 10:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG CH JN
08BEIJING746	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON POISONED [...] (C) At the February 29 bi-weekly G-5 Beijing-based Chiefs of Mission gathering, Japanese DCM Kunio UMEDA described the downturn in Sino-Japanese bilateral relations in the wake of the poisoned dumpling scandal. China and Japan are now moving towards consensus on East China Sea oil issues. Chi [...]	2008-03-01 04:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH FR GM JA UK SU
08BEIJING931	MARCH 12 CPPCC OLYMPIC PRESS BRIEFING: PROTESTS, [...] (U) Members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC),the largely ceremonial advisory body that is currently in session in Beijing, held a press conference March 12 to discuss preparations for the August Olympic Games. CPPCC members present included Beijing Vice Mayor [...]	2008-03-13 11:58:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KOLY ASEC PHUM CH
08BEIJING972	CORRECTED COPY: March 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TIBET [...] Key points at the March 13, 2008 regular MFA Press Briefing wee: -- In recent days a few monks in Lhasa have made "a disturbance" and tried to sow political unrest. China resolutely opposes the attempts of the "Dalai group" to split China and, thanks to efforts by the local government, "th [...]	2008-03-14 10:59:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH JA KS PE
08BEIJING975	REPORTS OF VIOLENCE, RIOTING IN LHASA, TIBET [...] (C) ConGen Chengdu and Embassy Beijing have received numerous accounts of serious violence and rioting in Lhasa March 14. The Ambassador raised USG concerns over these reports with Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui on March 14 and urged the Government to exercise restraint (reftel). Riots re [...]	2008-03-14 12:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF NP IN CH
08BEIRUT1014	SYRIA TAX ON TRUCKS COULD OBSTRUCT TRADE, INFLATION [...] (U) On July 3,the Syrian authorities began imposing a "gas tax" of around $300 on regular trucks leaving Syrian territory and $500 on refrigerated trucks. Head of the Lebanese Syndicate of Fruit and Vegetable Exporters said that this tax would lead to losses of around $50,000 per day for refri [...]	2008-07-14 11:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1021	LEBANON: BANKS DENY ALLEGATIONS OF SUPPORTING [...] (C) The President of the Association of Banks (ABL) in Lebanon, Dr. Francois Bassil, denies allegations that six Lebanese banks helped provided banking services supporting Hizballah's activities. Bassil and other banking officials stressed the efforts of the Lebanese banking sector to comply [...]	2008-07-15 14:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL EFIN ECON LE
08BEIRUT1053	NEW MINISTERS TAKE OVER; TELECOM PRIVATIZATION ENDORSED [...] (U) During the handover ceremony at the Ministry of Finance on July 15, newly appointed Minister Mohammad Chatah expressed his belief that Lebanon could witness nine percent GDP growth if the political and security situation were stable. Chatah pledged to continue reforms at the Ministry, and [...]	2008-07-21 08:24:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1181	LEBANON: ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN...AND WOMAN [...] (SBU) Though President Sleiman is still in the process of forming his staff, following is a list of individuals we believe will be key advisors and members of his staff as well as persons close to him who have no official role. OFFICIAL ADVISORS ----------------- 2. (SBU) Nazem Khoury, [...]	2008-08-12 16:06:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL LE
08BEIRUT120	LEBANON: ISF INTELLIGENCE OFFICER TARGETED IN [...] (S) A huge car bomb explosion rocked the Chevrolet-Furn al-Chubbak area of east Beirut on January 25 killing Internal Security Forces (ISF) intelligence officer Captain Wissam Eid, his bodyguard, and at least two others, and injuring dozens. Eid, an Embassy contact, was in charge of the ISF's [...]	2008-01-25 18:28:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL IS KPAL LE
08BEIRUT1201	LEBANON: SLEIMAN VISIT TO DAMASCUS: DEVIL IN THE [...] (C) According to his diplomatic advisor, President Sleiman reportedly is pleased with his August 13-14 visit to Damascus, although he had hoped for more on the issue of Lebanese detainees in Syria. The advisor believes that work will begin soon on establishing diplomatic relations and borders [...]	2008-08-18 07:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT1211	UNIFIL: PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED NOTIFICATIONS FOR VISITS [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Beirut appreciates the efforts of USUN in bringing the issue of the suspicious incidents involving representatives of the Indian contingent of UNIFIL to the attention of the Asia and Middle East Director in the Office of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) detailed in reftel. In [...]	2008-08-18 14:35:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ASEC KPKO UNSC LE
08BEIRUT1213	LEBANON: PM SINIORA MAKES ENERGY DEALS IN EGYPT TRIP [...] (SBU) Board member and head of the Agriculture Committee at the Beirut Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture Raphael Debbane told us on August 13 that agriculture and industrialist representatives urged Agriculture Minister Elie Skaff to ask President Sleiman to convince his Syrian cou [...]	2008-08-18 15:59:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1269	LEBANON: FM SALLOUKH RECEIVES AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) On August 27, the Ambassador presented copies of her credentials to Minister of Foreign Affairs Fawzi Salloukh. In a subsequent meeting with the Ambassador and visiting NEA DAS David Hale, Salloukh asked the USG to place pressure on Israel to implement its share of UNSCR 1701. He emphasize [...]	2008-09-02 08:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR IS LE SY
08BEIRUT1273	LEBANON: GEAGEA WARNS DAS HALE THAT ISRAEL IS [...] (C) In an August 29 meeting with visiting NEA DAS David Hale, Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea stressed the importance of resolving the Israeli-Palestinian issue to facilitate resolution of other regional issues. He said Israel is making a huge mistake by publicly criticizing the Leb [...]	2008-09-02 09:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC PINR MARR IS IR FR SY LE
08BEIRUT1274	LEBANON: MARCH 14 MEMBERS TO DAS HALE: HELICOPTERS [...] (C) In separate meetings August 28 and 29 with visiting NEA DAS David Hale, March 14 leaders welcomed U.S. commitments in Lebanon but expressed frustration that the U.S. had not yet provided helicopters to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). Without helicopters, March 14 members claimed, the LAF [...]	2008-09-02 10:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY IS LE
08BEIRUT128	LEBANON: NBPP: GERMANS DO NOT IMPRESS DURING [...] (C) European Commission officials in Lebanon harshly criticized German management of the Northern Border Pilot Program (NBPP). The EC insisted that the Germans extend their mandate on the NBPP for an additional three months and outlined a clear set of expectations for achievements. However, a [...]	2008-01-28 16:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
08BEIRUT1287	LEBANON: A PRAGMATIC CHATAH CONCERNED ABOUT MARCH [...] (C) Minister of Finance Mohamad Chatah expressed concern to visiting NEA DAS David Hale that there were only eight months until the 2009 parliamentary elections and March 14 was still having trouble developing its message. He suggested March 14's message needed to include a broad, comprehensi [...]	2008-09-03 08:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC ECON LE MARR MOPS SY
08BEIRUT1292	LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN MEETS ASD LONG, ASD [...] (C) In an August 27 meeting, President Sleiman said that he was looking forward to his upcoming trip to the White House. Sleiman intends to address the complicated issues facing Lebanon with the President, as well as his concern over recent Israeli comments. Sleiman thanked the USG for conti [...]	2008-09-03 14:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MCAP MARR KPAL IR LE
08BEIRUT1301	LEBANON: ACTING ARMY COMMANDER MASRI PUTS ATTACK [...] (C) In an August 29 meeting with a visiting DOD delegation, a confident and open Acting Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Masri explained the Army's most pressing needs, chief among them attack helicopters. Masri explained that the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) would remain in support of the Inte [...]	2008-09-04 15:48:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR MCAP MARR IR LE
08BEIRUT1309	LEBANON: INDEPENDENT SHIA MINISTER OF [...] (C) Independent Shia and March 14-appointed Minister of Administrative Reform Ibrahim Shamseddine, showing a remarkable mastery of the inner workings of his ministry, the Lebanese government, and various development projects taking place in Lebanon, explained to the Ambassador and Acting USAID [...]	2008-09-05 14:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV SENV PINR LE
08BEIRUT1339	LEBANON: INTERIOR MINISTER SAYS LACK OF TIME [...] (C) Implementation of proposed election administration reforms will be difficult prior to the spring 2009 Parliamentary elections, according to Minister of Interior Ziyad Baroud, who is responsible for organizing the elections. Recognizing the value of the Boutros draft election reform propos [...]	2008-09-12 12:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR NAS LE
08BEIRUT1346	LEBANON: CABINET APPROVES FIRST WAGE INCREASES SINCE 1996 [...] (U) During its September 9 session, the cabinet decided to raise the minimum wage for the private and public sectors from 200 to 333 dollars per month (the first minimum wage increase since 1996) and the transportation allowance from 4 dollars to 5.30 dollars per day. In addition, it mandated a [...]	2008-09-15 11:12:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV
08BEIRUT1393	LEBANON: GOL, GERMANY PLAN TO EXPAND BORDER [...] (C) On September 18, a UK Embassy contact briefed PolOff on a recent meeting between the UK DCM and PM Siniora, in which Siniora said that the GOL was ready to extend the German led Northern Border Pilot Project (NBPP) to the east, but that Syria would use its contacts within GOL's security a [...]	2008-09-23 08:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MARR MCAP PBTS PGOV PINR PREL EC LE SY
08BEIRUT1406	LEBANON: CHRISTIAN RECONCILIATION UNLIKELY, [...] (SBU) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea apologized for mistakes made by the Lebanese Forces during the 1975-90 civil war and called for unity and reconciliation during his September 21 speech before tens of thousands of supporters at a ceremony honoring Lebanese Forces members killed during t [...]	2008-09-25 14:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE MARR MOPS SY
08BEIRUT1428	LEBANON: POLITICAL WILL MEANS USG'S CASH TRANSFER [...] (C) There are clear signs that the political will exists in Lebanon, perhaps for the first time in years, to carry out needed structural reforms in the telecommunications and electricity sectors. The relevant ministries are working hard to make the privatization of mobile telecom networks and [...]	2008-10-02 13:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG ECPS LE
08BEIRUT1445	LEBANON: IMF TO ANNOUNCE NEW EPCA FOR LEBANON (ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) The IMF Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance (EPCA) team told us September 30 that the IMF will formally announce a new EPCA program for Lebanon during the Core Group Donors' meeting on the sidelines of the World Bank/IMF Annual meetings October 10-13 in Washington, D.C. The new EPCA progr [...]	2008-10-06 07:01:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1466	LEBANON: NEA DAS HALE INFORMS SINIORA "NO CHANGE [...] (C) On October 7, NEA DAS Hale met with PM Siniora to brief him on recent U.S. discussions with Syria and reiterated that U.S. policy has not changed. PM Siniora believes that Syria continues to "pressure" the government of Lebanon (GOL) and has deployed troops along the northern border to i [...]	2008-10-10 13:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER UNSC MARR MOPS LE
08BEIRUT1471	LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, BERRI STRESSES LEBANON [...] (C) Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri told visiting NEA DAS David Hale on October 7 that while he worried about the presence of fundamentalists and Al-Qaeda in north Lebanon, he dismissed the concerns of some Lebanese politicians regarding Syria's increased troop presence at the northern Leban [...]	2008-10-10 15:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR LE SY IS
08BEIRUT1489	LEBANON: HARIRI CONCERNED ABOUT ISRAEL AND [...] (C) In a wide-ranging October 15 discussion with the Ambassador, majority leader Saad Hariri said he anticipated meeting Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah "soon," explaining that such a meeting would fulfill his own political agenda by giving other Shia a green light to enter into d [...]	2008-10-15 16:59:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SY IS IR RS LE
08BEIRUT1496	LEBANON: REGULATOR SAYS BANKING SECTOR STRONG [...] (SBU) Boeing International Sales and Regional Directors, Edward Schacle and Anthony Arvish, met with Ambassador October 14 for an update on Boeing's interest in selling B787 to national aviation carrier Middle East Airlines (MEA),as well as to some private charter companies operating out of Be [...]	2008-10-20 14:37:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1498	LEBANON: UNIFIL COMMANDER ASKS FOR HELP IN [...] (C) Force Commander General Claudio Graziano, speaking on October 9 at a regular United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mission update briefing to the diplomatic corps, described the withdrawal of Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) from northern Ghajar as a critical step towards successful [...]	2008-10-20 15:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
08BEIRUT1506	LEBANON: USDP EDELMAN MEETS LEBANESE ARMY COMMANDER [...] (C) In an October 17 meeting with visiting USDP Edelman, a confident new Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Kahwagi discussed his vision for the army as well as priority equipment requirements. Kahwagi also provided an update on the current situation in city of Tripoli in the north and rec [...]	2008-10-21 13:58:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR MCAP MARR IR LE
08BEIRUT1507	LEBANON: PM SINIORA, WITH EDELMAN, THANKS USG FOR [...] (C) Under Secretary for Defense Eric Edelman met with Prime Minister Siniora on October 17 to explain to the Prime Minister that USG support for the Lebanese Armed Forces had been formally institutionalized with the recent establishment of the Joint Military Commission (JMC). U/S Edelman also [...]	2008-10-21 14:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UNSC MARR MCAP MOPS IR LE
08BEIRUT1603	LEBANON: PRESIDENT'S ADVISOR ADVOCATES ELECTIONS [...] (C) Ambassador Naji Abi Assi, advisor to President Michel Sleiman, suggested that the new U.S. administration pursue regional peace in the Middle East, noting that Lebanon stood to benefit greatly from Arab rapprochement. Regarding Lebanon's spring 2009 parliamentary elections, Abi Assi stres [...]	2008-11-07 16:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC IS SY LE
08BEIRUT1615	LEBANON: JUMBLATT AND HAMADEH ON INDEPENDENT BLOC [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt and March 14 MP Marwan Hamadeh discussed ongoing negotiations for election blocs and contentious cabinet atmospherics during dinner with the Ambassador on November 8. Jumblatt said he planned to offer his own national defense strategy during the next National D [...]	2008-11-10 19:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
08BEIRUT1619	LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR STRESSES [...] (C) Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh stressed the Bank's efforts to comply with all international rules and banking regulations during his November 11 meeting with visiting Treasury Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis Howard Mendelsohn. He said that although m [...]	2008-11-12 16:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN LE PTER
08BEIRUT1636	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] Following is the text of a letter received Friday, November 14, 2008 from Nabih Berry, President of the Lebanese National Assembly, to the President-elect. 2. Begin Text: H.E. Mr. Barack Obama President-elect of the United States of America Excellency: On behalf of the Lebanese Na [...]	2008-11-14 14:22:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP LE
08BEIRUT1657	Lebanon: Media Reaction - November 20, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-20 14:15:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
08BEIRUT1691	LEBANON: NASSIB LAHOUD ON SHIA SEEKING A NEW [...] (C) In a November 25 call on the Ambassador, Minister of State Nassib Lahoud described a Hizballah goal of "rewriting" the Taif Accord to allow the election of the president by popular vote. Until this long-term change is achieved, Lahoud expects the group will continue to demand veto authori [...]	2008-11-26 15:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
08BEIRUT1725	LEBANON AND FINANCIAL CRISIS: IMF SAYS GOOD OVERSIGHT HAS [...] (U) In its first report on Lebanon since the onset of the global financial crisis, the IMF indicated that oversight by local supervisory authorities has so far shielded the banking system from direct impact of the crisis. It warned that the crisis could impact Lebanon through weakening conditi [...]	2008-12-05 12:36:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1730	LEBANON: SINIORA, WITH GENERAL PETRAEUS, CALLS FOR [...] (C) In a December 2 meeting, Commander, U.S. Central Command David Petraeus underscored to Prime Minister Fouad Siniora the U.S. commitment to Lebanon and to strengthening the Lebanese Armed Forces. Siniora emphasized the need for U.S. involvement in the Middle East peace process. On Ghajar, [...]	2008-12-08 16:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE IS SY
08BEIRUT1732	LEBANON: MICHEL MURR WANTS TO LURE MARCH 8 [...] (C) Greek Orthodox MP Michel Murr told the Ambassador December 5 that he hoped to draw candidates away from the opposition March 8 alliance to his independent candidate list for the 2009 parliamentary elections. Not wanting to harm Saad Hariri's March 14, Murr said he was not targeting potent [...]	2008-12-08 16:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
08BEIRUT1753	LEBANON: LAF COMMANDER TELLS CODEL ACKERMAN HE [...] (C) In a December 13 meeting with Codel Ackerman, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Jean Kahwagi stressed that the LAF's primary goal was to fight terrorists, and highlighted the U.S. assistance that the army needs in order to succeed. He underscored the importance of U.S. military assistan [...]	2008-12-15 09:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MCAP LE IS IR
08BEIRUT1758	LEBANON: SLEIMAN WITH CODEL ACKERMAN SAYS [...] (C) In a December 13 meeting with visiting Codel Ackerman, President Michel Sleiman emphasized the need for a comprehensive regional peace agreement in order, "with time", to disarm Hizballah. Sleiman noted that Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and UNIFIL presence south of the Litani since 2006 wa [...]	2008-12-16 11:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
08BEIRUT1759	LEBANON: SINIORA TELLS CODEL ACKERMAN SOLVING [...] (C) In a December 13 meeting with CODEL Ackerman, Prime Minister Siniora pushed for the U.S. to find an equitable solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Solving the Palestinian problem, he said, would solve other regional and world problems. Siniora said Lebanon sought an "excellent relation [...]	2008-12-16 11:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
08BEIRUT1760	LEBANON: MARCH 14 OFFICIALS TELL CODEL ACKERMAN [...] (C) In a December 13 meeting, March 14 members expressed to Codel Ackerman their determination to win the spring 2009 parliamentary elections, and said the U.S. should support Lebanon rather than any single party. Rather than electoral politics, however, the bulk of the meeting was taken up wi [...]	2008-12-16 11:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC IS LE SY
08BEIRUT1761	LEBANON: CODEL ACKERMAN GIVES HARIRI STRONG [...] (C) Codel Ackerman delivered a strong message of U.S. bipartisan support for Lebanon during its meeting with majority leader Saad Hariri. Rep. Ackerman said that with the administration change in Washington, there would be no change in U.S. support for Lebanon. In particular, the USG will c [...]	2008-12-16 14:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MCAP LE SY IR
08BEIRUT1771	Lebanon: Media Reaction - December 19, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 12:54:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
08BEIRUT1775	LEBANON: USG CASH TRANSFER: IS GAS EXCISE TAX REFORM [...] (SBU) In a December 18 meeting with NEA DAS Hale and the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said he may want to retain the imposition of a gasoline excise tax as a condition for the disbursement of USG budget support pledged at Paris III, instead of replacing it with a reform of elect [...]	2008-12-22 04:54:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1802	LEBANON: HUSSEINI CALLS FOR NEW ELECTORAL LAW, [...] (C) Former Speaker of Parliament and resigned Shi'a parliamentarian Hussein Husseini met visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale, DCM, and visiting NEA Lebanon Desk Officer Matthew Irwin on December 18, saying that without a fair electoral law, strong judiciary and parliament, and s [...]	2008-12-30 13:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1805	LEBANON: GOL WILL ATTEND ARAB LEAGUE MEETING ON [...] (C) On December 30, Embassy officers delivered reftel demarche to Nazem Khoury, advisor to President Sleiman, and Oussama Khachab, Director of the Americas desk at the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Khoury and Khachab, respectively, called the situation in Gaza "unacceptable" and "very [...]	2008-12-30 16:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL KWBG MOPS IS LE
08BEIRUT1808	LEBANON: PM SINIORA SAYS HE, SLEIMAN, PROACTIVE [...] (C) On December 31, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora informed the Ambassador and DCM that the GOL was taking a proactive approach with Hizballah in response to the situation in Gaza. He and President Sleiman were in contact with Hizballah officials daily, Siniora said, as well as with leaders of t [...]	2008-12-31 12:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE IS
08BEIRUT181	LEBANON: BERRI NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MOUSSA VISIT [...] (C) The Ambassador paid an introductory call on Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, one day before Arab League Secretary General Moussa's return to Beirut. The Speaker did not appear optimistic that Moussa's visit would lead to a breakthrough in the ongoing impasse over the presidential election, [...]	2008-02-07 13:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT26	LEBANON: BERRI SAYS CABINET MUST BE 10-10-10 [...] (C) In a January 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said he agreed with the 1/5 Arab League Foreign Ministers' communique. But Berri's interpretation of the communique was sharply at odds with that of March 14: whereas March 14 sees the communique as largely suppor [...]	2008-01-07 17:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PREL PTER FR LE SY
08BEIRUT268	LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR POINTS TO SLOW [...] (C) In a February 18 meeting, Lebanese Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh painted a picture for Charge Sison of a Lebanese economy hampered by slow growth and not keeping up with its neighbors. The GOL needs the continued financial support of other countries to cover its deficits. He would w [...]	2008-02-19 15:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD EAIR PTER LE
08BEIRUT347	LEBANON: FACEBOOK: BEIRUT'S NEWEST TOOL IN YOUTH [...] Summary: Responding to the overwhelming popularity in Lebanon of an American-based social networking website, Public Diplomacy (PD) Beirut is inviting tech-savvy Lebanese youth from all walks of life to become friends...on Facebook. With a membership base of 256,000 people in Lebanon and growi [...]	2008-03-07 10:20:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC KPAO KMPI
08BEIRUT367	LEBANON: WHITHER MARCH 14 AFTER MARCH 14? [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt conveyed the image of a stagnated March 14 bloc to the Charge in a March 8 meeting at his Clemenceau residence. With majority leader Saad Hariri in Saudi Arabia, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea in the U.S., and regional support unreliable, Jumblatt lamented [...]	2008-03-11 12:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SY LE
08BEIRUT378	LEBANON: YOUTH BECOME POLITICALLY ACTIVE THROUGH [...] (U) Lebanon's Youth Shadow Government (YSG) is a Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) funded program designed to place college level individuals in the different GOL ministries to serve as shadow ministers. EmbOffs held a reception to welcome the participants in December 2007 and have be [...]	2008-03-12 13:20:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID LE PGOV PREL
08BEIRUT393	LEBANON: WILL LEBANON RECEIVE PROMISED NATURAL GAS? [...] (SBU) General Manager of the government-owned Tripoli and Zahrani (south Lebanon) Oil Installations Sarkis Hlaiss expressed skepticism that Lebanon will start receiving natural gas through the Arab gas pipeline this summer as announced by Acting Energy Minister Safadi on February 27. Hlaiss to [...]	2008-03-17 14:27:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT406	LEBANON: PROSPECT OF HIZBALLAH WAR WITH ISRAEL PROMPTS SOME [...] (U) Rumors of an imminent Hizballah-Israeli war have spread throughout various regions of Lebanon, namely southern Lebanon, the Biqa', and the southern suburbs of Beirut. These rumors have led many to prepare themselves for such a war: renewing their passports, stocking up on food, applying [...]	2008-03-19 14:23:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IS LE
08BEIRUT407	LEBANON: NOMINATIONS FOR MEPI STUDENT LEADERS PROGRAM [...] (U) On March 7 and 10, a four-member Embassy panel conducted interviews with short-listed applicants for this summerQs MEPI Student Leaders Program. Ten principal candidates and four alternates were selected based on their qualifications for the program and interview performance. The ten pri [...]	2008-03-19 14:40:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMPI KPAO LE
08BEIRUT409	LEBANON: NOMINATIONS FOR MEPI STUDENT LEADERS PROGRAM [...] (U) On March 7 and 10, a four-member Embassy panel conducted interviews with short-listed applicants for this summerQs MEPI Student Leaders Program. Ten principal candidates and four alternates were selected based on their qualifications for the program and interview performance. The ten pri [...]	2008-03-20 09:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI KPAO PREL LE
08BEIRUT418	LEBANON: IMF SEES POSITIVE OUTLOOK FOR 2008 DESPITE [...] (SBU) IMF resident representative Edward Gardner told us on March 18 that the outlook for 2008 looks positive even if the political situation remains unresolved, forecasting two to four percent GDP growth, continuing rise in deposit inflows, and a small drop in the debt to GDP ratio. On the fi [...]	2008-03-25 14:01:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT448	LEBANON: MOBILE PRIVATIZATION DELAYED (ECONOMIC WEEK IN [...] (SBU) Senior contacts at the Ministry of Telecommunications (MOT) and the Higher Council for Privatization (HCP) told us on March 28 that mobile privatization will be delayed. The deadlines for submitting bids and for conducting the auction for the sale of Lebanon's two mobile companies expire [...]	2008-03-31 13:42:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT457	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH BLAMES USG FOR SUMMIT BOYCOTT [...] (S) Hizballah denounced the Arab leaders', and in particular Lebanon's, boycott of the March 29-30 Arab League summit in Damascus, and blamed the U.S. for the boycott. Nevertheless, according to media reports and public statements, Hizballah is publicly portraying the summit as a success, prim [...]	2008-04-02 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR SY LE
08BEIRUT459	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR ON TRANSFORMING THE LAF TO SUPPORT CT OPERATIONS, UNSCR 1701, CAMPS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 10:43:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	IS KPAL MASS MCAP PARM PINR PTER SY
08BEIRUT478	LEBANON: LABOR STRIKES AND NEW TAX ON SYRIAN BORDER AFFECT [...] (U) The Teachers' Union (including public, private and technical school teachers, and Lebanese University professors) held a "warning" strike on April 3 demanding higher wages, citing dramatic increases in the cost of living. Teachers' wages have been unchanged since 1996. Organizers stressed [...]	2008-04-07 12:39:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT483	VISIT OF INL ASSISTANT SECRETARY TO LEBANON MARCH 30-31, [...] (U) Summary: During his official visit to Lebanon March 30 to March 31, 2008, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL),David T. Johnson reaffirmed the U.S. government commitment to a sovereign, democratic Lebanon, and discussed INL's continuing [...]	2008-04-08 10:12:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PREL PBTS NAS PGOV IS SY LE
08BEIRUT499	LEBANON: MEA CHAIRMAN FEARS AIRORT COULD FALL INTO [...] (C) The GOL is bidding out the operations and maintenance contract at Beirut International Airport (BIA). The chairman of national carrier Middle East Airlines (MEA),which also owns the company that currently has the operations and maintenance contract, says that the Kuwaiti Khurafi group co [...]	2008-04-11 09:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN PREL PGOV PARM MNUC LE
08BEIRUT523	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH GOES FIBER OPTIC [...] (S) Requesting a special meeting with Charge, Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh decried the establishment of a complete fiber optics network by Hizballah throughout Lebanon. The GOL has been sharing this information widely among friends of Lebanon, to include the governments of France, Sau [...]	2008-04-16 16:42:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ECPS PINR LE IR SY
08BEIRUT533	LEBANON: EGYPTIAN GAS DEAL WILL REDUCE COSTS, [...] (C) Summary: Minister Mohammed Safadi received Charge for her initial courtesy call in his private sector company office, where he also handles the work of two ministries, Public Works and Transport, and Energy and Water. He supports the Megaports project, but wants his port director to be br [...]	2008-04-18 12:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ELTN ENRG EPET EWWT LE
08BEIRUT548	LEBANON: WITH WELCH, JUMBLATT AND COMPANY DISCUSS [...] (C) U.S. support for Lebanon, the April 22 Friends of Lebanon ministerial, the Special Tribunal, concerns about renewed regional conflict, the upcoming U.S. presidential election, and March 14's next steps dominated NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch's discussion with key March 14 leaders at [...]	2008-04-22 14:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS MASS IR AR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT552	LEBANON: SINIORA WITH WELCH URGES USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) In an April 17 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora asked for the U.S. and the international community to continue to support the components of the Arab League Initiative (ALI) in sequence, specifically the election of a president, followed by the [...]	2008-04-22 14:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL SY IS LE
08BEIRUT562	LEBANON: GOL SHOWS GREAT INTEREST IN MEGAPORTS [...] (C) The Lebanese government has been supportive to date in responding to the offers under the Department of Energy's Megaports initiative to provide radiological/nuclear materials detection equipment in Lebanon's two largest ports, Beirut and Tripoli. However, GOL bureaucracy and some specif [...]	2008-04-23 16:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EIND ELTN ENRG EWWT PARM PGOV PREL LE
08BEIRUT572	LEBANON: IMF MISSION TO DISCUSS NEW EPCA PROGRAM; ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation is expected to arrive in Beirut on April 29 for a two-week visit to discuss a new Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance (EPCA) program for Lebanon, Finance Minister Jihad Azour told Charge on April 23. The mission will discuss and negotiate wi [...]	2008-04-28 09:13:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT573	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI RETURNS TO LEBANON INTENT ON [...] (S) Back at last from Saudi Arabia, majority leader Saad Hariri appears to have taken up the reins in preparing March 14's coordinated response to Speaker Berri's proposal for a new National Dialogue. Noting that March 14's acceptance will be conditioned on the election of a president on May 1 [...]	2008-04-28 14:39:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS MASS IR AR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT609	LEBANON: PRESSURE TO RAISE MINIMUM WAGE AND MAY 7 STRIKE; [...] (U) Sources in the Finance Ministry expect the Lebanese cabinet on 05/05 to approve an increase in the minimum monthly salary (currently $200/month) of $100-130, of which part will be transportation allowance, according to moderate anti-Syrian An-Nahar. An-Nahar indicated that the GOL will als [...]	2008-05-05 13:51:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT627	LEBANON: MARCH 14 DECLARES BEIRUT AIRPORT BELONGS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: With the road to Beirut International Airport still blocked by Hizballah tents and barricades, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt urged Arab and international support for Lebanon. Jumblatt and March 14 colleague Saad Hariri believe the May 8 UNSC discussion on UNSCR 1559 implementat [...]	2008-05-07 20:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR SA IR USUN LE
08BEIRUT665	LEBANON: INDEPENDENT SHIA CLERIC SAYS HIZBALLAH'S [...] (C) Despite the current violence, moderate Shia cleric Sheikh Mohammad Ali Al-Hajj (Para 17 for bio) traveled to the Embassy on May 12 to keep his previously scheduled appointment with the Charge to discuss the independent Shia movement in Lebanon. Al-Hajj criticized the timing of the Cabinet [...]	2008-05-12 20:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SCUL LE
08BEIRUT670	LEBANON: WITH BEIRUT AIRPORT BLOCKED, NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary: With the access routes to Beirut International Airport (BIA) blocked by Hizballah barricades and no flights operating since May 7, Minister of Transport Safadi said the northern airport, Kleyate, is operational during daylight hours. The Kleyate airport needs upgrades, such as ai [...]	2008-05-12 22:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EFIN PTER PINR ASEC UNSC SA IR LE
08BEIRUT686	LEBANON: AS BACKUP, KLEYATE AIRPORT REQUIRES US [...] (C) Summary: USG support will be required to make the northern Kleyate Airport viable for commercial flights. Request DOS and DOD/OSD feedback on possibility of either Paris III funds or Section 1206 or Section 1210 of the 2006 National Defence Authorization Act funding. With the Beirut Inter [...]	2008-05-14 15:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EFIN PTER PINR MASS ASEC UNSC SA IR LE
08BEIRUT693	LEBANON: FACEBOOK - YOUTH GO ONLINE TO OPPOSE [...] Summary: Facebook, a social networking site, is one online medium Lebanese youth have used to react to the political instability and violence plaguing the country since May 7. Many have made their opinions public by posting comments on their profiles, changing their profile pictures to patrioti [...]	2008-05-15 12:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR OEXC SCUL AINT KPAO LE
08BEIRUT695	LEBANON: NEED FOR REALISTIC POST-PILOT PHASE [...] (C) The strategic implications of Lebanese border security came into sharp focus recently. On May 5, the Charge visited the Northern Border Pilot Project (NBPP) Command Center in Tripoli and the Aarida border crossing station. On May 6, she attended a lunch organized by the UN to discuss the [...]	2008-05-15 13:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL SY IS LE
08BEIRUT697	LEBANON: AOUN WILL GO TO DOHA; INSISTS ON [...] (C) Free Patriotic Movement leader General Michel Aoun confirmed he will attend the May 16 National Dialogue meeting in Doha, although he expressed his discontent with having all 14 political leaders attend the Dialogue. Aoun argued that a national unity government would restore calm to the co [...]	2008-05-15 19:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS MASS IR AR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT723	LEBANON: CIVIL SOCIETY DEMAND A VOICE IN [...] (C) While the Lebanese leaders meet in Doha to discuss political issues, including electoral reform, Lebanese civil society organizations feel left out and ignored. Many of them, who have been working on these issues since 2005, are disgusted with reports that Doha talks have been focused only [...]	2008-05-19 14:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE
08BEIRUT766	LEBANON: PARLIAMENT ELECTS MICHEL SLEIMAN AS [...] (C) After 19 previous sessions were canceled, the Lebanese Parliament finally succeeded in electing former Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as president, ending the presidential vacuum that had gripped Lebanon for the past six months. In what many viewed as a stronger than [...]	2008-05-26 14:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT77	LEBANON: BERRI CITES SYRIAN-SAUDI RELATIONSHIP AS [...] (C) In his last meeting with the mbassador, a pessimistic Parliament Speaker Nabi Berri cited better relations between Syria and audi Arabia as the key to resolving Lebanon's poitical crisis. He continued to insist on a 10-10-0 cabinet formation, and stressed that a meeting etween majority le [...]	2008-01-18 14:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
08BEIRUT82	LEBANON: PRESIDENT'S TRIP: OPPOSITION CRITICAL OF [...] (SBU) The Lebanese opposition's reaction to President Bush's January 10-16 trip to the Middle East was predictable, focusing on U.S. policy toward Israel and Iran, and denouncing alleged U.S. schemes to politically and economically control the region. Commentary on the visit was harsher than [...]	2008-01-18 17:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
08BEIRUT839	LEBANON: MARCH 14 SECRETARIAT WITH S/P GORDON: LOOKING [...] (SBU) Summary: Middle East Regional developments and the 2009 election in Lebanon were foremost in the minds of March 14 Secretariat members who hosted a dinner for Policy Planning Director David Gordon during his June 2-3 visit to Lebanon. Discouraged after the May events and the May 21 Doha [...]	2008-06-04 16:26:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PINR EAID UNSC LE SY IR
08BEIRUT85	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER RECOUNTS MEETING WITH [...] (S) Deputy PM and Defense Minister Elias Murr advocated separation of the presidential election from cabinet formation in his discussions with visiting Arab League SYG Amr Moussa, but held little hope that Damascus, Moussa's next stop, would accept the idea. The Syrians, Murr believed, were f [...]	2008-01-20 12:19:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
08BEIRUT852	LEBANON: CARETAKER TELECOM MINISTER: 2009 [...] (C) Caretaker Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh warned that the unity of Lebanon is at stake as people arm themselves against continuing violence. He admitted that March 14 was facing a difficult period, but was optimistic it could still win the 2009 parliamentary elections. Hama [...]	2008-06-05 17:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR EAID LE
08BEIRUT896	LEBANON: SEVERE POWER CUTS AND INCREASED GAS AND [...] (U) It is expected that power outages will be reduced in frequency after Finance Minister Azour approved opening $140 million Letters of Credit for fuel imports for national power utility Electricite du Liban (EDL). Azour indicated that EDL is using power cuts to put pressure on the GOL and Tr [...]	2008-06-16 05:00:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT907	LEBANON: U.S. NGOS READY TO ASSIST LEBANON WITH [...] (C) In a June 17 meeting with the Charge, Embassy Beirut's U.S.-based civil society partners on electoral reform presented their plans on their activities leading up to the 2009 parliamentary elections. They will divide the work among them to cover tasks such as providing technical assistanc [...]	2008-06-18 17:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM LE PGOV PHUM

08BEIRUT919	LEBANON: INDEPENDENT SHIA FIGURES DISCUSS HOW TO [...] (C) On June 19, the Charge and visiting S/P staff member Jared Cohen met with a series of independent Shia, including activist Lokman Slim, journalist Ali Alamine, and political figure Ahmad Assad (ref A covers June 19 meeting with deposed Shia Mutfi at Tyre Syed Ali al-Amine). Slim proposed [...]	2008-06-20 19:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PINR EAID LE IQ IR SY
08BEIRUT929	LEBANON: FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR SWANEE HUNT ENCOURAGES [...] (SBU) In a visit to Beirut, former U.S. Ambassador and Harvard University John F. Kennedy school professor, Swane Hunt, met with a cross-section of talented andsuccessful Lebanese women active in business, civil society and politics. Although she recognized the importance of the current role [...]	2008-06-25 14:10:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI LE
08BEIRUT936	LEBANON: ONE MONTH LATER, HOW CAN THE U.S. SUPPORT [...] (C) One month since he became president, the optimism and celebration that followed President Sleiman's election seem to have faded. The Lebanese political scene has returned to its all too familiar picture of squabbling leaders unable to resolve their differences, this time on cabinet format [...]	2008-06-26 18:00:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT94	LEBANON: TIME TO REVIEW USG INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (C) The German-led Northern Border Pilot Project (NBPP) has been plagued with coordination and implementation problems for months. Despite repeated requests and suggestions from other donor country representatives, the German leadership in Beirut and Berlin (reftels A and B) remain convinced [...]	2008-01-22 15:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
08BEIRUT944	LEBANON: INCREASE IN FLOUR SUBSIDIES FORCE BAKERIES TO [...] (U) Following a unilateral decision by the Union of Bakeries on June 25 to increase the price of Arabic flat bread -- without consulting the Ministry of Economy and Trade (MOET) -- from $1 to $1.3, the union retracted its decision on June 26, after the Ministry decided to further increase its s [...]	2008-06-30 04:58:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT952	LEBANON: SENIOR COORDINATOR FOLEY HEARS OF [...] (C) In a June 26 visit to Beirut, Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues James Foley learned from the head of the agency responsible for immigration control, Surete Generale Director Wafiq Jezzini, that the Surete Generale has suspended its practice of detaining Iraqi refugees living in L [...]	2008-07-01 09:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PTER IQ LE
08BEIRUT973	LEBANON: SYRIA NOT IN A RUSH TO PROVIDE LEBANON WITH [...] (SBU) Advisor to Acting Minister of Energy and Water (MEW) Mohammed Safadi, Raymond Ghajar, told us on July 3 that Lebanon will not receive Egyptian natural gas to run the Beddawi power plant (northern Lebanon) as anticipated in June/July because the infrastructure between Syria and Lebanon's n [...]	2008-07-03 14:20:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BELGRADE1040	SERBIAN AUTHORITIES ARREST RULING PARTY MAYOR FOR [...] (SBU) Popular ruling party mayor Goran Knezevic was arrested October 1 and charged with participating in a criminal conspiracy. The arrest comes less than a month after statements by top officials of the ruling Democratic Party (DS) announcing a crackdown on corruption. The media and observers [...]	2008-10-03 15:48:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR SR
08BELGRADE118	PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN ENTERS FINAL STRETCH STILL [...] (SBU) In the final week of campaigning, Serbia's two presidential candidates are hot after the votes and each other. President Boris Tadic is taking two campaign messages to the people: A vote for Tadic is a vote for Serbia's European future and economic well-being; and a vote for Radical Par [...]	2008-01-30 16:20:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SR
08BELGRADE1291	SUPPORT OF EUCOM'S 1206 PROPOSAL FOR THE SOUTHEAST [...] (SBU) Chief of Mission supports EUCOM's proposal for Section 1206 funds to establish a South-Eastern European Regional Airspace and Surveillance Center (SEERASC) in Serbia as part of the overall SEERASC initiative. 2. (SBU) Purpose and Background: EUCOM's SEERASC initiative will facilita [...]	2008-12-12 16:02:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA MARR MASS NATO SR
08BELGRADE913	SERBIA: FORMER PM KOSTUNICA'S PARTY IN DISARRAY, LEAVES [...] (SBU) Following its poor showing in the May parliamentary elections and its failure to form a governing coalition with the Socialist Party, former Prime Minister Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) is struggling to find a new political niche. Many inside the party believe that Kostun [...]	2008-09-08 07:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BERLIN1038	GERMAN GOVERNMENT HOLDING FAST ON IRANIAN [...] (S) Summary: German Economic Ministry officials asserted Germany's preference for specific, targeted sanctions against Iran but admitted the Ministry continues to struggle with the conflicting twin goals of pressuring Iran economically and answering the demands of their domestic business con [...]	2008-07-30 10:57:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	ECON EFIN EINV ETTC KNNP PINR PREL IR
08BERLIN122	WELCOME TO BERLIN [...] (C) NSA Hadley: Mission Germany looks forward to welcoming you to Berlin January 31 to February 1. Germany is currently consumed by the aftermath of bitterly fought state elections that took place on January 27 in Hesse and Lower Saxony. They are being seen as barometers for next year's nat [...]	2008-01-29 16:25:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN1222	GERMAN VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER 5-6 EU GYMNICH MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Post provided talking points from reftels to MFA Deputy European Correspondent Thomas Schieb September 2 and followed up with him September 4 to get Germany's perspective on the Avignon meeting. Schieb indicated there was little daylight between the U.S. and Germany on the way [...]	2008-09-04 15:35:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV GM GG RU
08BERLIN1387	GERMANY: BUNDESTAG SET TO RENEW A BEEFED-UP ISAF [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Bundestag is expected to approve on October 16 a 14-month extension of the parliamentary mandate that authorizes Bundeswehr participation in the NATO ISAF mission in Afghanistan. The renewed ISAF mandate will continue to limit German forces essentially to the north of Afghanista [...]	2008-10-10 17:31:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV AF GM
08BERLIN1511	MERKEL IN CHINA SEEKS RESOLVE IN HANDING FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Much of Chancellor Merkel's October 23-25 visit to Beijing to attend the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) focused on the financial crisis, according to Chancellery advisors Ludger Siemes (Bilateral Relations to the Near and Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America) and Petra Sigmu [...]	2008-11-05 13:55:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ECON CH GM IN PK
08BERLIN1518	DAS GARBER'S DISCUSSION WITH GERMAN ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Judith Garber on October 22 met with Ministry of Economics officials to discuss Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade Law and Export Control Karl Wendling and Head of North Africa and Near and Middle East Division Jue [...]	2008-11-06 14:30:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	IR AZ PREL ECON EAID IZ AF GM
08BERLIN1529	MEDIA REACTION: Financial Crisis, Economic, EU-Russia, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Economic) Financial Crisis 3. (Economic) U.S. Car Industry Problems 4. (EU-Russia) Energy Policy, Partnership Agreement 5. (U.S.-Afghanistan) Future Policy 6. (U.S.-EU) Future Cooperation 7. (Mideast) Peace Process 8. (U.S.) Obama [...]	2008-11-12 12:02:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN1555	IRAN: GERMAN OFFICIALS SHARE VIEWS ON SANCTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA/IR Office Director Todd Schwartz discussed a range of Iran-related issues with representatives of the Chancellery, MFA, and Ministry of Economics during November 12 meetings. Emphasizing their belief that sanctions are working, all three agencies repeated Germany's long-st [...]	2008-11-18 11:06:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KNNP KDEM GM IR IZ
08BERLIN1601	STEINMEIER PLANNING FIRST TRIP TO IRAQ -- SIGNALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: German Minister of Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier is planning to visit Iraq in January 2009 soon after President-Elect Obama's inauguration -- his first visit as FM. According to the MFA, the visit comes on the heels of positive news from Iraq regarding the security and [...]	2008-12-01 13:54:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IQ EUN ECON
08BERLIN1663	GERMANS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT RELATIONS WITH POLAND [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA and Chancellery contacts viewed Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski's visit to Berlin on December 5-6 and the bilateral government consultations in Warsaw on December 8 as the culmination of a year's worth of hard work by both countries to improve relations. However, Germany is [...]	2008-12-12 14:08:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET SENV PL GM
08BERLIN1665	GERMANY SUPPORTS CONTACT GROUP, BUT WARY OF ANY [...] (C) SUMMARY. While welcoming the establishment of the Contact Group as a useful way to improve coordination in counter-piracy efforts, MFA officials voiced concerns about the U.S. desire for the new proposed UNSC resolution to address the need to pursue pirates ashore. They pointed out that t [...]	2008-12-12 15:11:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PREL PTER GM
08BERLIN1690	GERMANY: VISIT OF KUNAR AND WARDAK GOVERNORS HELPS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a December 18 visit to Berlin, the governors of Kunar and Wardak provinces pressed for greater German assistance with the training and equipping of the Afghan Border Police (ABP) and the Afghan National Police (ANP). In a surprise announcement, the Interior Ministry revealed tha [...]	2008-12-19 13:32:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM AF TU
08BERLIN180	IRAN: GERMAN OFFICIALS SHARE THOUGHTS ON NIE, P5+1 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Greg Schulte's January 31-February 1 discussions with key German officials covered a range of proliferation issues, including Iran, U.S.-India Civil Nuclear cooperation, and international nuclear fuel bank proposals. On Iran, German officials repeated their strong [...]	2008-02-14 10:42:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PARM KNNP IR GM IN CH
08BERLIN240	GERMANY/TIP - MINISTRIES WELCOME ACTION GUIDE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government officials from key federal ministries welcomed the recommendations in G/TIP's "Action Guide to Combat Trafficking in Persons" for Germany. They highlighted a series of steps taken in 2007, including finalization of the second Federal Action Plan to Combat Violence a [...]	2008-02-27 15:02:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV PREL
08BERLIN264	MUNICH SATELLITE NAVIGATION SUMMIT: WORLDWIDE GNSS [...] (SBU) REPRESENTATIVES FROM RUSSIA, CHINA, JAPAN, INDIA, AND AUSTRALIA PRESENTED UPDATES ON DEPLOYMENT OF GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS (GNSS) AT THE 6TH ANNUAL MUNICH SATELLITE AND NAVIGATION SUMMIT HELD FEBRUARY 19-21, 2008. WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, RUSSIA'S GLONASS PROGRAM IS PROJEC [...]	2008-03-03 17:09:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA EUN FR GM
08BERLIN294	IRAN: MFA DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY PROGRAMMING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting Iran Desk Officer Carolyn Coberly and MFA officials discussed U.S. and German efforts on Iran-related democracy programming, the upcoming Iranian elections, and the current Iranian human rights situation on February 25. The MFA officials expressed great interest in sup [...]	2008-03-07 14:08:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV IR GM
08BERLIN325	CURRENT GERMAN ENGAGEMENT IN IRAQ: SMALL, STEADY, [...] (SBU) Summary: German engagement in Iraq remains small, but there are a few improvements of note. The opening of a new office in Erbil, revived and additional training programs, and participation in multi-lateral forums demonstrate that Germany is quietly investigating ways to increase its en [...]	2008-03-13 16:46:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IQ EUN
08BERLIN399	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: URGING FASTER PROCESSING OF [...] (C) Poloff met March 12 with the head of the German Finance Ministry's Nazi-era restitution section, Dr. Hermann-Josef Rodenbach, to deliver reftel points. Dr. Rodenbach welcomed USG efforts to encourage the Finance Ministry to move faster on processing restitution claims stemming from the Na [...]	2008-03-31 12:58:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNAR PHUM GM
08BERLIN424	GERMANY - STATE/TREASURY DELEGATION DISCUSSES BURMA AND IRAN SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-04 11:06:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	BM EFIN ETTC GM IR KNNP PARM PGOV PHUM PREL
08BERLIN52	EMBASSY BERLIN'S ENGAGEMENT WITH DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Embassy Berlin has carried out a variety of Freedom Agenda-related activities over the last year, focusing on Cuba and the Middle East. 2. (C) CUBA: On December 12, 2007, Ambassador Timken gave a laudatory speech on the occasion of awarding the 2007 "Dr. Rainer Hildebrandt Medal" t [...]	2008-01-11 17:23:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL GM IR SY CU
08BERLIN545	HOFF'S VISIT TO BAGHDAD OPENS DOOR TO NEW GERMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: German Parliamentarian Elke Hoff's March 25-27 trip to Baghdad was the first of any German parliamentarian since the fall of Saddam's regime. Despite the extremely difficult security situation into which she stepped, Hoff's visit was a notable success that already has sparked i [...]	2008-04-28 13:57:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO IQ EUN GM
08BERLIN626	IRAN: GERMAN RESPONSE ON 60-DAY REPORT TO UN [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel to MFA Office Director for Middle East Affairs Sabine Sparwasser on May 8. Sparwasser expressed thanks for the U.S. report to the UNSC on implementation of UNSCR 1803. She said that German implementation of UNSCR 1803 will take place on two tracks: Germany-wide [...]	2008-05-13 14:13:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY GM IR
08BERLIN657	WELCOME TO BERLIN [...] (C) Mr. President: My Mission and I look forward to welcoming you to Germany June 10-11. Your visit is an opportunity to focus the German public on the excellent state of U.S.-German bilateral relations, for which you and Chancellor Merkel should take deserved credit. Our cooperation in mee [...]	2008-05-19 15:54:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN683	GERMANY EXPANDS REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPORT OF [...] (S) On May 16, Germany expanded heavy truck export restrictions to Iran and Syria by issuing an amendment (16/9211) to the German Foreign Trade and Payment Regulations (AWV) -- the implementing regulation of the German Foreign Trade and Payments Act (FTPA) -- exercising its authority to both [...]	2008-05-21 16:56:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM MTCRE ETTC PREL KNNP IR SY IS GM
08BERLIN685	GERMAN MFA DELEGATION VISITS TEHRAN, LEAVES TOUGH [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: A senior-level MFA delegation visited Iran April 22-23. While the German delegation members pressed their Iranian hosts on both the nuclear issue and the Iranian regime's threats against Israel, they did not deliver criticism of Iran's role in Iraq and Afghanistan, nor did [...]	2008-05-22 10:32:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV GM IR IZ AF LE SY IS
08BERLIN754	GERMAN RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN ARMS SALES DEMARCHE [...] (S) On 4 June 2008, visiting DAS David Merkel delivered reftel demarche to Rolf Nikel, Chancellery Deputy Foreign Policy Advisor. Nikel acknowledged the importance of addressing the issue with Russia and agreed to discuss it with Merkel prior to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Be [...]	2008-06-06 15:55:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	ETTC MASS PARM PREL IR RS GM
08BERLIN755	CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S JUNE 5 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev visited Berlin on June 5 to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other officials, his first trip to Europe as Russian President. In what was described by the German Federal Chancellery as a meeting to build rapport and a positive relati [...]	2008-06-06 17:17:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN786	GERMANY'S BUSINESS TIES WITH IRAQ -- A SLOW, BUT [...] SUMMARY: The Ministry of Economics and German business organizations are cooperating closely in seeking to rebuild Germany's significant business ties with Iraq. The first important step is the planned June 30-July 1 meeting in Berlin of the German-Iraq Joint Economic Commission after a more [...]	2008-06-13 12:52:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL BEXP IR GM
08BERLIN87	WELCOME TO BERLIN [...] (C) Madam Secretary: Mission Germany looks forward to welcoming you to Berlin January 22-23. In addition to discussions with your P5-plus-1 counterparts on Iran, your bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Steinmeier will provide an important opportunity to advance our cooperation. Germany [...]	2008-01-18 15:34:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN879	WELCOME TO BERLIN [...] (C) Mr. President: My Mission and I look forward to welcoming you to Germany June 10-11. Your visit is an opportunity to focus the German public on the excellent state of U.S.-German bilateral relations, for which you and Chancellor Merkel should take deserved credit. Our cooperation in mee [...]	2008-07-03 10:01:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08BERN108	SOMALIA AND PIRACY: SEEKING SWISS VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) Poloff met February 28 with Rolf Ott, MFA Director for East African Affairs, to discuss the query in reftel. Ott appreciated the question, but said he would need to coordinate with other MFA offices and Swiss government agencies before he could respond. He undertook to try to provide su [...]	2008-02-28 16:37:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PBTS UNSC SO SZ
08BERN122	TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 13:55:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SZ
08BERN224	INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Acting POL Counselor discussed the message in reftel on May 9 with Rascha Osman, Swiss MFA Iraq Desk Officer. Osman reported that MFA State Secretary Ambuehl (Deputy Minister equivalent) will lead the Swiss delegation to the May 29 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial in Sto [...]	2008-05-13 16:00:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PGOV PREL IZ SZ
08BERN479	IAEA: PREPARING FOR GC VOTE ON MESA GROUP SEAT ON [...] (U) DCM delivered the message in reftel on September 22 to Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud, Head of the MFA Political Secretariat for International Security Affairs. Pitteloud was joined in the meeting by Jean-Daniel Praz, Acting Head of the MFA Section for Arms Control and Disarmament; poloff a [...]	2008-09-22 14:04:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA PARM MNUC SZ
08BERN552	DAS GARBER'S MEETINGS WITH SWISS AND LIECHTENSTEIN [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 20 meeting with DAS Garber, senior Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA) contacts outlined their priorities for U.S.-Swiss relations. EDA Americas Division Head Yvonne Baumann requested support for another round of senior-level U.S.-Swiss bilateral meeting [...]	2008-10-29 09:34:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN SZ
08BISHKEK1030	AMBASSADOR GFOELLER PROVIDES ALERT TO DISASTER IN [...] Summary and Action Request: Ambassador Tatiana Gfoeller provides an alert to a humanitarian disaster in the Osh Oblast located in southern Kyrgyz Republic following an earthquake on October 5, 2008. The Ambassador and the Regional Mission believe that it appears likely that USG assistance w [...]	2008-10-07 11:34:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KG
08BISHKEK1053	BOUCHER AND BAKIYEV REASSURE EACH OTHER ON MANAS [...] (C) Summary. In an hour long meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher, Kyrgyz President Bakiyev stated his commitment to working with the United States and others to fight terrorism and narcotics in Afghanistan and reaffirmed his country's multi-vector forei [...]	2008-10-17 15:37:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV PINR KG
08BISHKEK293	EMBASSY BISHKEK RESPONSES TO RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (C/NF) Recommendation 1: Embassy Bishkek should continue to coordinate with the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations to ensure near term installation of locally fabricated mantraps for the vehicle entrances to the embassy compound. (Action: Embassy Bishkek, in coordination with OBO) Ma [...]	2008-03-27 09:02:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC ASIG AISG
08BISHKEK667	MUTED KYRGYZ REACTION TO FUEL JETTISONING INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary. On June 21, a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft from Manas Coalition Airbase experienced an in-flight emergency that resulted in the jettisoning of fuel prior to returning to Manas for a safe landing. Approximately 54,000 pounds of fuel was dumped at an altitude of over 21,000 feet [...]	2008-06-26 10:42:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK747	Kyrgyz Media Embed in Afghanistan Counters Misinformation [...] (U) SUMMARY: Four Kyrgyz journalists were embedded June 21-27 in Afghanistan to allow them better to understand Coalition military and reconstruction efforts and the critical role of Manas Air Base in supporting those efforts. The journalists, who spent time at Bagram Air Base and a Provincia [...]	2008-07-21 07:28:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL MARR KG
08BOGOTA1059	FARC-ELN ABUSES CREATE HUMANITARIAN NEED IN ARAUCA [...] In the first weeks of 2008, fighting between the FARC and ELN led to the displacement of over 4000 people in Arauca department. The FARC is trying to wrest oil-rich areas from the ELN, using selective assassinations and displacement. Meanwhile, the ELN pressured fleeing residents to stay. Int [...]	2008-03-18 20:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM CO
08BOGOTA1988	AIR MOBILITY KEY TO SUCCESS IN COLOMBIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Colombia has transformed itself into a secure, prosperous democracy and an even closer U.S. ally with our help. Many factors contributed to this successful transformation, but one of the most important was the provision of air mobility to the Colombian security forces. Air mobili [...]	2008-05-30 19:47:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PREL MCAP EAID KCRM PTER SENV CO
08BOGOTA2751	COLOMBIAN FORCES HIT FARC 6TH AND 10TH FRONTS HARD [...] Summary: On July 21st and 26th, the Colombian National Police and Colombian Air Force, with assistance from the U.S. Government, executed two successful operations against the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC) 6th Front in Cauca and the 10th Front in Arauca. The combined ground-air [...]	2008-07-30 18:55:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA4088	COLOMBIA AUCTIONS OFF 22 NEW OIL BLOCS TO EXTEND [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 20:38:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV ECON PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4462	LAND ISSUES REMAIN CONTENTIOUS IN COLOMBIA [...] (U) Summary: The land issue is central to almost all aspects of consolidation and post-conflict reconstruction in Colombia. Not only is it of concern for victims and those displaced by the conflict, but boosting agricultural productivity is also a GOC priority. After over 50 years of conflic [...]	2008-12-17 19:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA618	TRIP TO CURVARADO HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY CONCERNS; [...] (C) Local members of the Afro-Colombian communities of Jiguamiando and Curvarado complained about GOC delays in returning their land, lack of security and GOC financial support, and perceived military bias in favor of African palm companies. Local leader Enrique Petro told us the palm firms c [...]	2008-02-20 15:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS MARR PGOV PHUM PTER CO
08BRASILIA1122	EXPANDING THE ENERGY REALTIONSHIP WITH BRAZIL: KUPFER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting Deputy Secretary of Energy Jeffery Kupfer and his delegation visited Brazil August 4 - 7. They met with a wide variety of private sector and government officials to discuss a broad range of energy issues. In Rio on August 4, Kupfer discussed primarily oil issues, in Bras [...]	2008-08-21 15:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG EINV SENV KSCA BR IN
08BRASILIA1151	SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 2 VISIT OF [...] (U) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it has ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, business issues, and econom [...]	2008-08-27 20:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL ECON BR
08BRASILIA1218	LULA, AMORIM DISCUSS CONTINUITY, IRAN, VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary: During separate meetings with Senator Hagel, President Lula and Foreign Minister Amorim shared common views about the need for the next U.S. Administration to continue building on the remarkable progress achieved in the past several years in bringing the two countries closer. Bo [...]	2008-09-12 13:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ETRD PREL ECON BR
08BRASILIA1264	BRAZIL: SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS NEW [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chertoff's July 19-22 visit to Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia, Brazil identified new areas of cooperation between the United States and Brazil. They included improved security of passenger travel and travel document fraud d [...]	2008-09-22 20:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SOCI ECIN ECON EIND EINV ELTN EMIN ENRG ETRD
08BRASILIA1356	BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 16-17 VISIT OF [...] (C) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it as ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, the CEO Forum, racial integr [...]	2008-10-10 20:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
08BRASILIA1407	Brazil: WTO Amb Azevedo Meeting with DUSTR Veroneau [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-27 09:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EIND EAGR BR
08BRASILIA1479	Brazil: Obama's Victory Unleashes Outpouring of [...] (SBU) Summary. Official statements and media reactions to the election of Barack Obama have been overwhelmingly positive, and political and opinion leaders have expressed hopes that the already good bilateral relationship will improve. Brazilians elites have high expectations that Obama will [...]	2008-11-13 17:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BR
08BRASILIA1543	BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CAUTIOUS ON IRAN, BUT [...] (C) Summary: During separate meetings, both Ambassador Everton Vargas, Under Secretary for Political Affairs at the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations, and Mines and Energy Minister Edison Lobao, confirmed to Ambassador Sobel that Petrobras is not planning any further investments in Iran [...]	2008-12-02 15:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR IR
08BRASILIA1685	BRAZIL: LAYING BLAME AT THE FEET OF ISRAEL, U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: The Brazilian government heavily criticized Israel's actions against HAMAS in Gaza, after originally suggesting it might take a more nuanced approached with its initial statements. President Lula, backed by most Brazilian media outlets, harshly criticized both Israel and the Uni [...]	2008-12-31 19:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IR BR
08BRASILIA420	BRAZIL: IRANIAN DIPLOMACY MOVES INTO HIGH GEAR [...] (C) Summary: An Iranian delegation headed by Vice-Foreign Minister Alireza Sheikh Attar held a series of high-level meetings with Brazilian officials from the Ministries of External Relations (MRE, aka Itamaraty),Mines and Energy, and Development, Industry and Commerce at the same time Secre [...]	2008-03-27 10:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR BR
08BRASILIA48	CHINESE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HIS PRIORITIES, [...] (C) Summary. Chen Duqing, Chinese Ambassador to Brazil, told Ambassador Sobel on October 19 that his top priorities are to create a more favorable environment for economic relations and to promote Chinese interests in the Brazilian Congress. Ambassador Chen described an economic relationship [...]	2008-01-08 13:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV PREL BR CH
08BRASILIA526	IRANIAN DIPLOMACY MOVES INTO HIGH GEAR, PART 2 [...] (S) Summary: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Reza Sheikh-Attar visited Brasilia in mid-March to press Brazil to join an anti-American bloc in South America composed of Ecuador, Bolivia, and Venezuela, and Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadi-Nejad continues to try to arrange an official visit t [...]	2008-04-18 18:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	PREL PTER EFIN BR VE EC CO BL IR XR CH UN
08BRASILIA531	AMBASSADOR, BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEW [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Minister for External Relations Celso Amorim on April 3 to review the state of play on several bilateral initiatives. Amorim agreed to help move forward the Tropical Forests Conservation Act (TFCA) debt swap and the counternarcotics letter of agreement (L [...]	2008-04-22 12:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON SNAR EINV MARR SOCI SENV ENRG BO
08BRASILIA57	BRAZIL: (KIND OF) MAKING THE WORLD SAFE FOR [...] (C) Summary: For the world's fourth largest democracy, the promotion of democracy abroad remains an important, if secondary goal of Brazil's foreign policy, but its focus and execution has been only loosely defined under the Lula government, limiting potential efforts to forge bilateral initi [...]	2008-01-09 17:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL EAID BR
08BRASILIA703	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT WITH [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points to the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office (MRE) on May 2 and to the Ministry of Finance on May 8. At MRE, Minister Luis Antonio Balduino Carneiro, Coordinator-General of the Finance Affairs Office, joined by representatives of the Middle East and Unite [...]	2008-05-20 18:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NOTAG
08BRASILIA756	S/P DIRECTOR GORDON HOLDS FIRST STRATEGIC TALKS [...] (C) Summary. S/P Director Dr. David Gordon held four hours of talks April 9 in Brasilia with Ministry of External Relations (MRE, or Itamaraty) Under Secretary for Political Affairs Ambassador Everton Vieira Vargas. The wide-ranging talks focused generally on the trends that are likely to ch [...]	2008-06-04 19:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
08BRASILIA823	SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 18-22 VISIT OF SECRETARY [...] (U) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it as ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, business issues, and economi [...]	2008-06-16 12:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KHLS OVIP ECON BR
08BRASILIA851	SENIOR BRAZILIAN DIPLOMAT TALKS MIDDLE EAST PEACE, [...] (C) In an office call June 9, the Ambassador discussed Brazil's policies in the Middle East and Africa with Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs (II),Ambassador Roberto Jaguaribe. Jaguaribe described an intensifying series of reciprocal visits with Middl [...]	2008-06-20 19:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC IR XF ZU BR
08BRATISLAVA160	ZUBKOV VISIT HIGHLIGHTS SLOVAKIA'S ECONOMIC TIES [...] (C) Summary - Russian Prime Minister Zubkov's April 3-4 visit to Slovakia primarily focused on strengthening the broader economic and energy relationship, but lacked a big announcement on gas or nuclear cooperation that many had expected. Trade between the two countries has increased considera [...]	2008-04-10 14:11:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL LO RU
08BRATISLAVA17	SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE OF SYRIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel points to Ambassador Marian Tomasik, Director of the Asia, Africa and Middle East Directorate at the MFA on January 8. Tomasik agreed fully on the need to shine the light on the Syrian regime's human rights violations and thought that the GOS would be able to say so [...]	2008-01-10 16:49:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM LO SY
08BRATISLAVA18	SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE OF SYRIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel points to Ambassador Marian Tomasik, Director of the Asia, Africa and Middle East Directorate at the MFA on January 8. Tomasik agreed fully on the need to shine the light on the Syrian regime's human rights violations and thought that the GOS would be able to say so [...]	2008-01-10 16:49:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM LO SY
08BRATISLAVA221	SLOVAK PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 15:19:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PREL IZ LO PGOV
08BRATISLAVA269	SLOVAKIA CONCERNED ABOUT CYCLONE NARGIS RELIEF [...] (U) Poloff conveyed reftel points to Branislav Lysak, the MFA official charged with East Asian countries in the Asia and Oceania Division. Lysak shares U.S. concerns regarding the restrictions on international relief efforts and forced relocations of storm victions to cyclone-affected areas. [...]	2008-06-06 14:52:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM BM LO
08BRATISLAVA342	PM FICO RIDING HIGH...SO, WHAT AILS HIM? [...] (C) Summary. By most measures, Robert Fico has enjoyed great success in his two years as Slovakia's Prime Minister. Buoyed by economic statistics that are the envy of his regional counterparts, Fico's popularity is extraordinarily high among voters (ranging between 42-48 percent). Unemploymen [...]	2008-07-30 16:00:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA491	NEGATIVE RESPONSE FROM GOS TO DETAINEE REQUEST [...] (C) Ambassador Obsitnik broached reftel request in a one-on-one meeting with Interior Minister Robert Kalinak on October 24. Kalinak noted that Slovakia had recently agreed to a U.S. request to grant asylum to 8 Cuban migrants, but responded that the case of the Palestinian detainee was "too [...]	2008-10-28 15:49:00	Embassy Bratislava	SECRET	PREL PHUM LO PA
08BRATISLAVA57	GOS RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR LEBANON [...] (SBU) With both the Director and the Deputy Director of the MFA's Middle East Bureau away, Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Beata Urbanova, Desk Officer for Syria and Lebanon, on February 7. Urbanova underscored strong GOS support for the Siniora government, but was unable during the [...]	2008-02-08 17:31:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL LE LO SY
08BRAZZAVILLE310	CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE DEMARCHE REGARDING UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified post. 2. DCM met with Lessard Safouesse Makayat, Deputy Secretary General, Chief of Multilateral Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Republic of the Congo (RoC) to present talking points regarding the three imminent resolutions that promu [...]	2008-11-21 14:58:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA CF
08BRIDGETOWN125	SNAPSHOT: ISLAM IN NEVIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following-up on contacts made at the Embassy's inaugural Iftar, PolOff met with the leader of the Nevis Muslim Association, as well as with leaders from the local university's Muslim Association. While both groups are small, they are well-integrated into the tiny island comm [...]	2008-02-28 18:25:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL SOCI PREL PHUM XL SC
08BRIDGETOWN349	ST VINCENT LABOR UNIONS PRAGMATIC ON ECONOMIC [...] (u) Summary: St. Vincent's labor commissioner, public service union general secretary and the national workers movement general secretary were all upbeat in recent meetings, in contrast to the general downbeat assessment of the labor scene they portrayed six months earlier. The labor moveme [...]	2008-05-29 20:33:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV PREL BB XL
08BRUSSELS101	EU COUNCIL OFFICIAL DISCUSSES SYRIA, LEBANON, AND [...] (C) European Union Council Head of Middle East Unit Christian Jouret, while dismayed that member states continue to visit Syria or invite Syria to visit them, noted that the member states, as sovereign nations, were not bound by the informal agreement reached last year that HiRep Javier Solana [...]	2008-01-18 15:22:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV SY LE IZ IR EUN
08BRUSSELS1015	BURMA: EU AGREES THAT FURTHER ASSISTANCE DEPENDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 26, USEU Poloff delivered reftel points to Seamus Gillespie at the European Commission (EC). He agrees with our points and stressed the need for close cooperation. He raised two issues that the EC sees as problematic: Restrictions on the World Food Program (WFP) a [...]	2008-07-03 16:53:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID BM EUN
08BRUSSELS1034	EC NON-PROLIFERATION WORKSHOPS YIELD IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Building on cooperative efforts that began in March, U.S. non-proliferation officials participated in European Commission (EC)-hosted workshops focused on determining the EC's priorities for programming EU Stability Instrument funding on non-proliferation and identifying opportunities f [...]	2008-07-09 09:52:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KNNP EUN
08BRUSSELS108	EUROPEAN UNION VIEWS ON DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-22 13:00:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR EAID PREL EUN KDEM MARR NATO GR NL TU
08BRUSSELS1148	BELGIUM FAVORS SOLANA AS SINGLE CONTACT POINT WITH [...] (SBU) MFA Middle East Office Director Francoise Gustin told POLOFF that GOB agrees with the points presented in reftel. The Belgians believe Solana should be the only one to have direct contact with the SARG. Belgium is in favor of keeping open the dialog with Syria, but thinks the EU must [...]	2008-07-28 15:05:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SY EUN BE
08BRUSSELS1149	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES BARROSO AND JOUYET ON IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: At her presentation of credentials on July 22, the Ambassador met successively with Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, and French State Secretary Jean Pierre Jouyet. Both somewhat deflected attempts by the Ambassador to pin the EU down to action on Iran san [...]	2008-07-28 17:52:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EUN IR KV FR
08BRUSSELS1233	EU RESPONDS ON NEW SANCTIONS, FUTURE OF BURMA [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel points on August 6 to the head of unit for South-East Asia at European Commission DG RELEX, and to the new South-East Asia desk officer at the Council Secretariat. They welcomed the JADE Act legislation and appreciated receiving our list of newly des [...]	2008-08-11 09:43:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV ETRD EAID BM EUN
08BRUSSELS1234	BURMA: SOLANA DISCUSSES BURMA WITH TIMOR-LESTE [...] (C) While delivering demarche on the JADE act legislation (ref A),Leo Schulte-Nordholt, South-East Asia Desk Officer at the EU Council Secretariat, briefed us on the July 22 visit to Brussels of the president of Timor-Leste, Jos Ramos-Horta. Shulte-Nordholt participated in a breakfast with H [...]	2008-08-11 09:50:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD PREL ETTC KINR EUN TM
08BRUSSELS1244	THE AMBASSADOR MEETS RELEX COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's introductory call on the morning of August 8, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Commissioner for External Relations (RELEX) reported that CFSP High Rep Solana was irked that Georgian President Saakashvili had seemed so calm in their August 7 telephone call and had no [...]	2008-08-12 17:50:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG EAID ETTC KWBG EUN GG XF
08BRUSSELS1257	AMBASSADOR SILVERBERG MEETS EU POLICY PLANNING [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 19:39:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENGY EUN GG BO SY
08BRUSSELS1366	BELGIAN MFA FINDS IDEA OF BIG EXPANSION OF AFGHAN [...] Summary: Without committing the GOB, Renier Nijskens of the Belgian MFA received reftel demarche, regarding expanding the Afghan National Army (ANA),favorably. He warned that such an increase in manpower must be implemented intelligently so that money spent is not wasted. He said that curr [...]	2008-09-04 06:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF BE
08BRUSSELS1465	EU ENERGY SECURITY GOALS FOR THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Econ Officer spoke with Ulrich Eckle, Principal Administrator for Relations with the United States and Canada at DG-RELEX, on September 19 about the EU position on energy security going into the U.S./EU Senior Leadership Group (SLG) meeting. 2. (SBU) According to Eckle, the EU,s numbe [...]	2008-09-22 16:24:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EU
08BRUSSELS1468	IRAN SANCTIONS: U/S LEVEY MEETINGS WITH EU [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: On September 8 and 9, U.S. Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met with EU and Member State officials to take stock of U.S.-EU cooperation regarding Iran's illicit proliferation activities. U/S Levey underscored the effectiveness o [...]	2008-09-23 10:45:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC EFIN ENRG KNNP KTFN PTER PHUM PINR IR
08BRUSSELS1541	WHITHER MACEDONIA? - EU OFFICIALS PESSIMISTIC [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with new U.S. Ambassador to Macedonia Phil Reeker September 23, a wide range of EU officials provided a bleak assessment of Macedonia's prospects for Euro-Atlantic integration in the near term. EU officials attributed the current state of affairs to continued Greek i [...]	2008-10-02 14:00:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN MK GR KV

08BRUSSELS157	BELGIANS SUPPORT IDEA OF STATEMENT ON SYRIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-31 16:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KMPI SY BE
08BRUSSELS1624	BELGIUM: "CREDIBLE AFGHAN ELECTIONS ARE MORE [...] (C) Summary: The GOB is concerned that the USG is not doing enough to curb participation in Afghan elections and government by corrupt individuals. It would like to see agreement on ways to improve the credibility of the election process and quality of candidates among the NATO Allies before [...]	2008-10-21 11:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MARR AF BE
08BRUSSELS1720	EU OUTLINES TRANSATLANTIC PRIORITIES FOR PDAS RIES [...] (U) EU officials took advantage of the timing of EUR PDAS Marcie Ries's Nov. 4-6 visit to Brussels to outline Europe's priorities in working with the incoming Obama administration. Building on consensus reached by EU foreign ministers at the November 3 informal Gymnich meeting on transatlantic [...]	2008-11-10 16:03:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN
08BRUSSELS1740	EU OUTLINES TRANSATLANTIC PRIORITIES FOR PDAS RIES [...] (U) EU officials took advantage of the timing of EUR PDAS Marcie Ries's Nov. 4-6 visit to Brussels to outline Europe's priorities in working with the incoming Obama administration. Building on consensus reached by EU foreign ministers at the November 3 informal Gymnich meeting on transatlantic [...]	2008-11-14 13:13:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN
08BRUSSELS1746	CONGRESSMAN WEXLER'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN MFA [...] (C) Summary: On November 12, Congressman Robert Wexler, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Europe, met with Dirk Achtens, Director General for Bilateral Affairs of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Vincente Van Assche, Secretary to the Director General. B [...]	2008-11-17 16:16:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BE AF IS RU GG UP
08BRUSSELS1761	EU STRATEGIC ENERGY REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 13, EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs presented the Commission's 2nd Strategic Energy Review (SER) to the Parliament. The SER contains a new five-point "EU Energy Security and Solidarity Action Plan," focused on: infrastructure needs and diversification of e [...]	2008-11-20 17:20:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EUN
08BRUSSELS1766	BELGIUM: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (C) Poloff received feedback November 21 on reftel demarche from Belgian MFA UN Security Council interlocutor covering Middle East issues, Cristophe De Bassompierre. De Bassompierre cautioned the U.S. not to expect any significant change in Belgian or E.U. voting patterns on Israel-Palestine [...]	2008-11-21 17:21:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY BE
08BRUSSELS1862	BARROSO LETTER TO POTUS ON ENERGY SECURITY [...] (SBU) EU Commission Officials provided USEU with a copy a letter dated November 27, 2008 from EU Commission President Jose Manual Barroso's to POTUS in response to the POTUS letter to President Barroso on Energy Security. Text Follows: Begin Text. ----------------------------- [...]	2008-12-10 14:02:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EUN
08BRUSSELS1873	READ-OUT OF U.S.-EU TASK FORCE MEETING, DECEMBER 8, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S.-EU Task Force covered a range of top priority political, economic, and other bilateral issues during a December 8 meeting in Brussels. The U.S. team was led by EUR/PDAS Marcie Ries and USEU Charge Christopher Murray, and included NSC Director for Europe Kristina Kvien a [...]	2008-12-12 10:31:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD EUN
08BRUSSELS1884	BURMA: SANCTIONS IDEAS WELL RECEIVED; WILL DECIDE [...] (C) Summary: USEU Mission officers delivered points and non-paper on Burma sanctions (REF A)to Commission and Council interlocutors, as well as French, Czech, and UK External Relations (RELEX) experts. EUR PDAS Ries flagged the issue separately at the U.S.-EU Task Force meeting on December [...]	2008-12-12 16:24:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETTC EAID EFIN PREL PGOV BM EUN
08BRUSSELS1887	BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER REMAINS OPTIMISTIC ON EU [...] (C) Summary: The Belgian MFA was optimistic the morning of December 12 that the EU would deploy an ESDP mission in Congo eventually, despite continued opposition from key member states. The MOD was less optimistic after French President Sarkozy's statement late afternoon that Europe cannot be [...]	2008-12-15 09:34:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM CG BE
08BRUSSELS226	USEU SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY JEFFERY'S [...] (SBU) Welcome to Brussels. Your visit comes at an opportune time, as the EU is struggling to develop a common energy policy, internally and externally. Recent Commission proposals on internal market liberalization and climate change measures have met with considerable skepticism from member [...]	2008-02-08 18:20:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EU SENV
08BRUSSELS284	US/EU ENERGY SECURITY DISCUSSIONS [...] (U) Summary. Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery and Special Envoy Gray learned during February 12 meetings with EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes, Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, CFSP High Representative Javier Solana, and industry reps [...]	2008-02-21 06:30:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EU
08BRUSSELS382	U.S. COORDINATOR FOR COUNTER-NARCOTICS AND RULE OF [...] (C) U.S. Coordinator for Counter-Narcotics and Rule of Law in Afghanistan, Ambassador Thomas A. Schweich, briefed Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR),General Bantz J. Craddock March 6 on the drug situation in Afghanistan. Schweich noted increased correlation between insecurity and poppy [...]	2008-03-11 18:11:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EU
08BRUSSELS392	EU LEADERS BLESS "UNION FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN" AS "UPGRADE" [...] SUMMARY. EU leaders in the March 13-14 European Council gave their blessing to the "Union for the Mediterranean" initiative presented by French President Sarkozy and German Chancellor Merkel. The plan, described by Slovene PM-European Council chair Jansa as "an upgrade" of the existing Eurome [...]	2008-03-14 18:35:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN
08BRUSSELS451	EU NOT REVEALING ITS HAND YET ON 08 FUNDING FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-26 16:07:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM EAID EUN
08BRUSSELS458	BELARUS: EU TRENDING TOWARD ENGAGEMENT WITH REGIME [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-27 15:10:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ETTC OSCE EUN BO XH
08BRUSSELS534	EU STRATEGY FOR THE SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (SBU) Summary. In an April 7 meeting, EU Commission officials discussed the EU's strategy for the Southern Gas Corridor to bring gas from the Caspian region to Europe. Jozias Van Aartsen, the EU's Coordinator for the Southern Gas Corridor, believes the EU and Turkey need to agree to prioriti [...]	2008-04-09 05:24:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EU TU
08BRUSSELS535	EU: NO LARGE INCREASE IN IRAQI REFUGEE ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: EU officials told Ambassador James Foley, Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues, in meetings April 1-2 that the Commission is looking at only modest increases over 2007 for assistance to Iraqi refugees and IDPs in 2008. The EC,s reasons include obstacles to monitoring assis [...]	2008-04-09 05:24:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EUN
08BRUSSELS690	EMBASSY BRUSSELS OUTREACH TO DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS [...] (U) Over the past year, the Embassy has promoted the President's Freedom Agenda in numerous ways. Post regularly works with the Belgian government to support democracy-promotion initiatives, for example, the transnational network to advance the rights of women from Belgium, Morocco, Turkey a [...]	2008-05-08 13:18:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL BE
08BRUSSELS729	U.S.-EU NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 09:59:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL EUN PTER KN IR IN CH
08BRUSSELS833	SUBJECT: EU STRATEGIC ENERGY ISSUES: LOOKING [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with visiting EEB Deputy Assistant Secretary Douglas Hengel, EU officials said that they were committed to diversifying their sources and routes for gas into the EU but agreed that the EU,s professed aim to speak with one voice on external policy had not yet been a su [...]	2008-06-03 05:38:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EUN EINV
08BRUSSELS863	IRAN: FURTHER JAPANESE VIEWS ON P5+1 AND ROME [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-06 15:11:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET	KNNP MNUC IR PARM PREL ENRG JP EUN
08BRUSSELS894	IRAN: EU EXPLAINS 1803 NEXT STEPS TO A/S O,BRIEN, [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Patrick O'Brien met senior EU and Member State representatives on May 14 and 15 to stress the importance of EU action on sanctions against Iran. EU interlocutors explained the current EU implementation status for UNS [...]	2008-06-12 15:16:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC ETRD KTFN PREL PARM PINR PTER KNNP
08BRUSSELS897	BELGIUM SUPPORTS AND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points June 12 to Hendrik Van de Velde, MFA Middle East Peace Process office. Van de Velde said Belgium is very supportive of the efforts for the Berlin Conference goals and they intend to pledge 100,000 to 200,000 Euros at the conference. He said Belgium also s [...]	2008-06-13 07:41:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS BE
08BRUSSELS918	U.S. AND EU DISCUSS TURKEY, CROATIA AT COELA [...] (C) Summary. EUR/SE Director Kathleen Fitzpatrick and USEU Political Minister Counselor Laurence Wohlers met with counterparts from the Slovenian Presidency, incoming French Presidency, Commission, and Council Secretariat to discuss EU candidate countries Turkey and Croatia at a regularly sch [...]	2008-06-17 11:03:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN TU CR CY
08BRUSSELS955	SYRIA AND IRAN: UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE AND [...] (C) During a June 13 visit to Brussels, U.S. Mission to the IAEA Ambassador Gregory Schulte met with EU Council Secretariat Director General Robert Cooper to discuss nuclear non-proliferation efforts vis a vis Iran and Syria. Schulte obtained Cooper's assurance that the EU would take formal a [...]	2008-06-24 11:28:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON EFIN KTFN MNUC KNNP PARM IR SY EUN
08BUCHAREST100	ROMANIA ON BOARD WITH LEBANON DEMARCHE; ON SYRIA [...] (C) POLOFF delivered ref b demarche (and note verbale) on February 6 to MFA Director for Middle East and Africa Mihail Dobre. Dobre said Romania was "on board" with the U.S. points in support of Lebanon. He added that although it was too early to give a figure for Romania's financial support [...]	2008-02-07 14:40:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY RO
08BUCHAREST250	ROMANIAN TIMELINE FOR IRAQ COALITION PARTICIPATION [...] (C) POLMILOFF met with MFA Director General for Global Affairs Petru Dumitru on March 27, along with MFA Middle East Director Dobre and three MOD representatives. Dumitru had requested the meeting in order to discuss Romania's legislative timeline for continued legal authority for Romanian mi [...]	2008-03-28 14:11:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ RO
08BUCHAREST337	AMBASSADOR MEETS NEW FOREIGN MINISTER COMANESCU: A [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's April 25 courtesy call on newly-appointed Romanian Foreign Minister Lazar Comanescu, the Minister underscored his interest in developing a close, personal relationship with the Ambassador as well as his intent to put special emphasis on building a strong [...]	2008-04-29 15:02:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS RO
08BUCHAREST371	RFG ON TIMELINE FOR IRAQ COALITION POST-CHAPTER [...] (C) This is a request for guidance; see para 4. 2. (C) Summary: As Romania moves closer to the Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT) meeting at the end of June that will make the recommendations to Parliament for the level of Romania's forces deployed abroad in 2009, the MFA and MOD [...]	2008-05-15 13:45:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ RO
08BUCHAREST41	ROMANIAN PLANS IN IRAQ FOR 2008 AND BEYOND [...] (C) This message responds to Ref. A request regarding EU member states' plans for their forces and other efforts in Iraq. Responses are keyed to questions posed in Ref. A. More detail can be gleaned from reftels B-D. 2. (S) Begin responses: Q. (S) WHAT ARE EUROPEAN LEADERS' LONG-TERM (I [...]	2008-01-17 15:07:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	PINR EAID EUN KDEM MARR NATO PREL RO
08BUCHAREST463	ROMANIA ON THE IRAQ SOFA: "WE NEED A LEGAL [...] (S) EMBOFFS met with MOD Deputy State Secretary for Defense Policy and Planning Rear Admiral Mihai Cornell and MFA Director for Middle East and Africa Ambassador Mihail Dobre on June 5, to review status of Iraq SOFA negotiations at the request of MOD and MFA. POLMILOFF, drawing on reftels A an [...]	2008-06-10 14:26:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	KTIA MARR PGOV PREL SOFA RO
08BUCHAREST57	SECOND SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS: [...] (C) Emboffs raised Ref. A points with newly-installed MFA Director for Middle East and Africa, Mihail Dobre, who was accompanied by the (also) new Iraqi desk officer. Dobre offered an initial response--with appropriate caveats--regarding the political situation (Romania is in an extensive ele [...]	2008-01-24 12:48:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ RO
08BUCHAREST583	ROMANIA AGREES: NEED CONCRETE ACTIONS FROM SARG [...] (C) Summary: MFA Middle East Director Dobre said that Romania's policy towards Syria is based on the expectation for concrete actions and accomplishments before political concessions can be offered. End Summary. 2. (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on July 24, to MFA Director for Middl [...]	2008-07-24 15:49:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE RO
08BUCHAREST631	ROMANIA: DISASTER RELIEF PROVIDED TO AID FLOOD VICTIMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 13:21:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI
08BUCHAREST754	ROMANIA: NABUCCO IS BEST, LNG IS GOOD, BUT SOUTH [...] (C) Summary. Visiting U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Director Larry Walther and Director for European and Eurasian Affairs Dan Stein heard a strong message of Romanian support for the Nabucco pipeline project in separate meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministr [...]	2008-09-23 14:11:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PGOV PREL RO
08BUDAPEST1018	BUDAPEST FY 2009 REGIONAL ESTH HUB WORK PLAN [...] (U) In FY09, the Budapest Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Hub will build on its ongoing efforts promoting and leveraging U.S. engagement on ESTH issues to strengthen regional cooperation in the Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. To this end, we will seek [...]	2008-10-22 14:29:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KPSC AMGT XH XG ZJ ZL HU
08BUDAPEST1118	PRIME MINISTER GYURCSANY AMBIGUOUS ON NABUCCO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungarian Prime Minister Gyurcsany continued to play both advocate and devil's advocate for the Nabucco pipeline at an energy summit in Baku on November 14. He argued forcefully for Nabucco on the grounds of its importance to European energy security, based on his comments to re [...]	2008-11-24 16:37:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST269	HUNGARY UNAWARE OF MARCH 14 BEIRUT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 07:49:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER PARM HU
08BUDAPEST373	THE SICK MAN ... AND THE SICK COUNTRY [...] (C) Hungary's political institutions risk grinding to a halt just as leading economic indicators reflect the realities of a stagnant economy. This correlation of public opposition to reform, continued gridlock in Parliament, growing concerns on the economic front, and the prospect of deepr s [...]	2008-04-10 11:34:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST409	HUNGARIAN ENERGY CONSULTATIONS WITH DAS BRYZA, [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: EUR DAS Matthew Bryza visited Budapest on April 7-8 for energy discussions with the GOH, opposition leaders and Hungarian energy company MOL. While the GOH recently signed an agreement with Russia on Gazprom's South Stream pipeline project, the government also h [...]	2008-04-22 14:36:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON HU
08BUDAPEST602	HUNGARY WILL ATTEND THE JUNE 24 BERLIN CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 07:30:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST603	HUNGARY WILL ATTEND JUNE 23 VIENNA CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 07:31:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST691	RIDING THE RANGE AND MENDING FENCES: GYURCSANY'S [...] (C) The GoH is working to mend fences with the U.S. through a series of moves highlighted by Prime Minister Gyurcsany's trip to Central Asia July 7 ) 9. 2. (C) According to Foreign and Security Policy Advisor Karoly Banai, the trip was designed to demonstrate that Hungary is committed to [...]	2008-07-10 14:06:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST750	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REALISM IN DEALING WITH THE [...] (C) Ref demarche was delivered on July 25, 2008, to Ambassador Laszlo Szabo of the Hungarian MFA Department for Africa and the Middle East. Szabo noted that Hungary was "not a pioneer" in reaching out to regimes like the Syrian Arab Republic Government (SARG) and that Hungary's foreign policy [...]	2008-07-28 12:21:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY HU
08BUENOSAIRES1350	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-29 16:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR PTER MARR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1449	ARGENTINA WELCOMES AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti welcomed Ambassador Schulte's October 16 consultations in Argentina, confirming Argentina's predisposition to cooperate with the U.S. internationally and at the IAEA. In the meeting with VFM Taccetti and at a lunch hosted by the [...]	2008-10-22 20:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1531	DEMONSTRATION AT U.S. EMBASSY BUENOS AIRES [...] At 6:30 PM [local time] on Monday, 3 November 2008, two pro-Islamic groups converged on the U.S. Embassy and held a non-violent demonstration near the main entrance. 2. A group of about 60 - 70 individuals from the Argentine Arab Federation and the At-Tauhid mosque protested against the U.S. [...]	2008-11-05 17:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PREL KISL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1542	ARGENTINE POLITICAL CLASS WELCOMES OBAMA VICTORY; [...] (U) Summary: Argentine reaction to the victory of President-elect Obama was uniformly positive and welcoming. In a congratulatory message to President-elect Barack Obama (reftel),Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) called Obama's win "a major milestone...in the fight ag [...]	2008-11-07 20:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO OPDC AR
08BUENOSAIRES1619	ARGENTINA: ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH AN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 13:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA AR
08BUENOSAIRES259	ARGENTINA HOSTS MINISTERIAL IN PREPARATION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: South American and Arab nations held a ministerial in Buenos Aires February 20-21 to prepare for their upcoming bi-regional summit in the final quarter of 2008 in Doha, Qatar. A senior MFA official assured the DCM in advance that the ministerial would be attended by moderate [...]	2008-02-29 16:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ENRG MARR PARM PBTS PNAT SCUL SENV
08BUENOSAIRES575	ARGENTINA HIGH-LEVEL MEETING AGENDA [...] (SBU) Following up on WHA A/S Shannon's April 10-11 meetings with Argentine FM Taiana and their agreement in principle to hold in June in Buenos Aires a meeting under the auspices of the Special Process of Regular High-Level Bilateral Consultations, emboffs met with MFA officials April 17 to de [...]	2008-05-02 17:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PHUM ETRD SENV SCUL PTER SNAR KJUS XM AR
08BUENOSAIRES645	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SENATE DEFENSE CHAIR MARIA [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador met May 14 with National Victory Front Senator and President of the Senate Defense Commission Maria Cristina Perceval. Ambassador Wayne and Perceval discussed her recent trip to the United States to attend a conference on the role of civilians in the security sect [...]	2008-05-15 15:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR AR
08BUENOSAIRES746	PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR [...] (S) Summary. On May 21, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) received FBI Deputy Director John Pistole. CFK said she is committed to fight terrorism and not to deal with terrorists. She criticized the investigation of the 1994 AMIA attack carried out in the 1990s, altho [...]	2008-05-30 14:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	SECRET	PREL PTER KJUS KCRM SNAR AR SMIG KWMN
08BUENOSAIRES759	ARGENTINA: FBI'S DEPUTY DIRECTOR PISTOLE DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: During his May 21-22 visit to Argentina, FBI Deputy Director John Pistole met with senior officials of the Argentine government, the Argentine Jewish community, and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (ref A) to discuss U.S.-Argentine security cooperation. Those leaders th [...]	2008-06-03 17:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV KJUS SNAR KCRM ASEC AR FBI
08BUENOSAIRES781	Codel Dodd Meeting with Argentine President Fernandez de [...] (SBU) President Fernandez de Kircher met with Codel Dodd for over an hour May 29. On Bolivia, she called for a solution which respected democratic institutions and avoided "Balkanization." More broadly in Latin America, the President said she hoped for increasing regional integration in the [...]	2008-06-06 11:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL AR
08BUJUMBURA183	DAS SWAN SUPPORTS SOUTH AFRICAN MEDIATION WITH THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his visit to Burundi to facilitate the Tripartite Plus meetings taking place March 24 - 27, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, James Swan met separately with President Pierre Nkurunziza, First Vice President Yves Sahinguvu, and Minister of Defense, Lt. Gene [...]	2008-04-08 16:04:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BY
08BUJUMBURA298	FOMIN: BURUNDI TRYING TO REVIVE REGIONAL ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 4 meeting with the Ambassador and Director of Central African Affairs Karl Wycoff, Burundian Minister of External Relations Antoinette Batumbwira: - requested that the U.S. help persuade the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to return to active participation [...]	2008-06-05 15:11:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PINR PREL BY
08BUJUMBURA336	AF/C DIRECTOR WYCOFF GETS AN EARFUL OF BURUNDI'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During June 3-6 meetings with Director for Central African Affairs Karl Wycoff, Burundian government, NGO and civil society interlocutors said that: - the repatriation of significant numbers of refugees could help Tanzania,s government consider residency, citizenship and long [...]	2008-06-27 09:23:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID PGOV PINR PREL BY CG RW
08CAIRO1005	MFA "DISAPPOINTED" WITH NPT PREPCOM [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director for Disarmament Ahmed El-Shandawily told us May 18 that Egypt was "disappointed" with the outcome of the April 28-May 9 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) PrepCom in Geneva because the GOE believes the PrepCom did not make sufficient progress toward implementing the [...]	2008-05-18 13:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNPP IS EG
08CAIRO102	EGYPTIAN COPTIC ACTIVISTS EXPLAIN PROBLEMS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-22 16:06:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM EG
08CAIRO107	UPROAR OVER EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior GOE officials have loudly protested the European Parliament's (EP) January 17 passage of a resolution sharply critical of Egypt's human rights record. Among other things, the resolution calls for the immediate release of imprisoned former Al Ghad party leader and presiden [...]	2008-01-23 10:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EU EUN EG
08CAIRO1110	GAZA BORDER VISIT: GOE BRIEFING AND TOUR [...] (S) Summary: Senior LAWIO officers guided a GOE-sponsored Congressional staffdel on a tour along the Egypt-Gaza border May 26. In an introductory briefing, LAWIO Chief MG Nagy Kamal told us that the GOE has been making recent progress on discovering and destroying tunnel openings. He said th [...]	2008-06-02 09:55:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PARM PREL PTER IS EG
08CAIRO1212	EGYPT WOULD CONSIDER HOSTING KOSOVAR DELEGATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 12:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNMIK EG KV YI
08CAIRO1241	S/P DIRECTOR GORDON, MG AL-ASSAR DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: In a June 5 discussion, Assistant Minister of Defense for Policy MG Mohammed Al-Assar told S/P Director Gordon that Egypt is a strategic partner for the U.S., and criticized Congress' attempt to condition aid funds as "narrowly focused." Al-Assar claimed that conditionality hamp [...]	2008-06-16 07:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL EAID KPAL IR IS EG
08CAIRO1268	EGYPT MEPI UPDATE: SMALL GRANTS, RURAL OUTREACH, AND [...] Summary: Highlights of MEPI activities in Egypt during the first half of 2008 include six new small grants for projects with aims including democracy promotion in schools and strengthening workers' associations; a USDA regional Food Defense workshop; outreach to Upper Egypt and the Nile Delta [...]	2008-06-19 04:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV ECON KMPI KDEM EG
08CAIRO1271	CODEL RAHALL, DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSS THE GAZA [...] (C) Summary: Codel Rahall, comprised of Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV),Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA),Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL),Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-LA),Rep. John Linder (R-GA) and Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA),met with Defense Minister Tantawi June 1, accompanied by the Ambassador and OMC Chief. Rep. [...]	2008-06-19 11:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR IQ IS EG
08CAIRO1316	EGYPT: HEADING OFF FUTURE FORCIBLE RETURNS OF [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3 for action requested. 2. (C) It is too soon to tell if Egypt's recent forced repatriation of Eritreans likely eligible for refugee protections (ref B) is a one-time occurrence or portends a full-scale reversal of Egypt's so-far gen [...]	2008-06-25 11:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL EG ER
08CAIRO148	GAZA BORDER UPDATE JANUARY 29 [...] Econoff and FSN traveled to North Sinai governorate January 28. In El Arish, the capital of North Sinai governorate, they saw a group of about 50 Palestinians camping outside the Ministry of Interior office. One Palestinian said he was waiting for permission to travel outside Sinai for medical [...]	2008-01-29 06:31:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL EG IS
08CAIRO1491	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE RELEASE AND [...] (U) Background: a. In Feb 99, the U.S. and Egypt concluded an MOU for the co-production of M865 and M831A1 120mm Tank Training Ammunition. The associated foreign military sales case (EG-B-NFP) was implemented in Nov 00 and was assigned to the U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command (JMC),Rock I [...]	2008-07-16 08:50:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL MASS MARR EG
08CAIRO1581	EGYPT ARRESTS FACEBOOK ACTIVISTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 08:18:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM EG
08CAIRO1637	CODEL KERRY MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUBARAK [...] (C) Summary: On July 2, Senator Kerry and the Ambassador discussed regional developments with President Hosni Mubarak, including Zimbabwe, Sudan, Iraq, Iran, and Israel-Palestine. Mubarak said that Egypt was working to find a solution in Sudan, but preferred to do so "quietly." Mubarak warned [...]	2008-07-31 10:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL PHUM AU EG IR IS SU
08CAIRO201	EGYPT MAKES INCREMENTAL PROGRESS ON IPR PROTECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Egypt continues to make progress on the concerns identified in the Special 301 action plan for Egypt (ref A); more remains to be done. This message responds to request in ref B to update the status of specific concerns, keyed to each item in the action plan. EN [...]	2008-02-05 14:14:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD EG
08CAIRO2099	DEMARCHE REQUEST: UNSC MINISTERIAL-LEVEL MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 14:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWBG KPAL UNSC EG
08CAIRO2293	SHARM EL-SHEIKH CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON PANDEMIC THREAT, [...] SUMMARY: The October 25-26 Sixth International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in cooperation with the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI),succeeded in maintaining global focus on the spread of avian influenza and t [...]	2008-11-02 12:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TBIO KFLU EAID EAGR EG
08CAIRO2297	ACTIVISTS PRESENT DIFFERING VIEWS ON REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Visiting NEA PDAS Jeffrey Feltman met October 26 with political activists to discuss the current state of reform in Egypt, and opportunities for the U.S. to promote democracy. The activists mostly agreed that the current climate in Egypt is disappointing, citing income dispariti [...]	2008-11-02 15:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO2316	ARAB LEAGUE SYG MOUSSA DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Arab League Secretary General Moussa discussed Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the global financial crisis during an October 26 meeting with visiting NEA PDAS Feltman and the Ambassador. Moussa said that the situation in Lebanon has improved markedly [...]	2008-11-05 12:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL LE SY IZ EG
08CAIRO234	CHAD: EGYPTIAN LEADERS SAY CHAD, SUDAN EQUALLY [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-10 07:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CH EG SU
08CAIRO2340	ELECTORAL EUPHORIA IN EGYPT [...] (U) Summary and comment: Both publicly and privately, Egyptians are over the moon with the results of the U.S. presidential election. From the front pages of daily newspapers to popular TV shows to smiling people in the street, the excitement is palpable. The peaceful transfer of power was [...]	2008-11-10 15:00:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
08CAIRO2384	EGYPT'S VIEWS ON BORDER SHOOTINGS AND REFUGEE [...] (C) Summary: The Director of the Egyptian MFA's Refugee Office, Tarek el-Maaty, told us on November 13 that he was frustrated with a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report condemning Egypt for the shooting of migrants on the Egypt-Israel border. He blamed the U.S. and Israel for asking Egypt to secu [...]	2008-11-19 14:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV SU ER SO EG
08CAIRO2404	NEA/ELA DIRECTOR DISCUSSES QIZ EXPANSION WITH [...] (U) Summary: In a meeting with NEA/ELA Director Nicole Shampaine, officials from the Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Industry expressed their frustration with what they felt was excessive delay in United States Trade Representative's (USTR's) consideration and approval of a 2007 request to expa [...]	2008-11-24 12:59:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV PREL IS EG
08CAIRO2435	EGYPT ANXIOUS TO ENGAGE ON PIRACY AND SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian MFA's point man on Somalia told us on November 24 that Egypt wants to collaborate with the USG to address the growing piracy issue in the region. Egypt is looking for direction from the U.S. on areas for potential cooperation and prefers that Saudi Arabia be included [...]	2008-11-30 12:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM EWWT SO SA ER EG
08CAIRO2485	SCENESETTER FOR US-EGYPT MCC [...] (S/NF) Summary: This year's U.S. - Egypt Military Cooperation Committee (MCC),being held in Washington December 16 - 17, will be an opportunity to confirm the mutual benefits of our bilateral security relationship and engage the GOE on transforming our relationship to counter current threats [...]	2008-12-11 13:48:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL MASS MOPS MARR PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO2508	GOE LOOKS AT RETAIL AND DISTRIBUTION SECTOR [...] (SBU) FCS and Econ counselors met recently with the Minister of Trade and Industry's newly hired advisor for internal markets, Sahar El Salab. El Salab was until recently a vice president of CIB, Egypt's largest private bank. In her new role, she is charged with reforming Egypt's internal ma [...]	2008-12-16 09:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON EFIN EG
08CAIRO2576	EGYPT TO JOIN CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (U) On December 28, Assistant Foreign Minister Wafaa Bassim "officially" informed the Ambassador that Egypt will join the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP). The Egyptian decision followed our demarche delivered on December 23 to Abdelhammed Marzouk, Deputy Assistant Minister for South and [...]	2008-12-30 13:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM EWWT PGOV USUN SO EG
08CAIRO325	EGYPT "WAITING AND SEEING" ON RECOGNIZING KOSOVO [...] (SBU) The Ambassador called Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on February 17 to reiterate our position that Egypt should quickly recognize Kosovo, as Special Envoy for the Kosovo Final Status Talks Ambassador Frank Wisner had conveyed to Aboul Gheit in their February 7 meeting (ref B) [...]	2008-02-20 15:59:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNMIK EG KV YI
08CAIRO408	EMBASSY CAIRO SUBMISSION FOR 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) This message responds to reftel. Embassy POC is poloff Aaron Berman, phone 20-2-2797-2550, fax 20-2-2797-2181, bermanad@state.gov. Pol LES spent approximately 75 hours on TIP-related activities and in preparation of the TIP report. Poloff spent approximately 160 hours; ECPO Minister [...]	2008-02-28 14:32:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KFRD KCRM KWMN ELAB EG
08CAIRO410	EMBASSY CAIRO SUBMISSION FOR 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) This message responds to reftel. Embassy POC is poloff Aaron Berman, phone 20-2-2797-2550, fax 20-2-2797-2181, bermanad@state.gov. Pol LES spent approximately 75 hours on TIP-related activities and in preparation of the TIP report. Poloff spent approximately 160 hours; ECPO Minister [...]	2008-02-28 15:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KFRD KCRM KWMN ELAB EG
08CAIRO439	EGYPT CONSIDERING KOSOVO RECOGNITION, SOLIDARITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 14:14:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC EAID KISL PGOV EG KV YI
08CAIRO466	A/S WELCH MARCH 6 MEETING WITH OMANI FM YUSUF BIN [...] (S) Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi told A/S Welch during their March 6 meeting that the Israelis and Palestinians must "solve their own problems." The U.S. is not to blame ) "you have tried your hardest" ) but Israel has been given chance after chance and squan [...]	2008-03-09 15:42:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL KPAL PTER EG IS XF OM
08CAIRO484	EGYPT WELCOMES AFRICOM [...] (C) AFRICOM Commander General William Ward met Egyptian Chief of Staff LTG Sami Enan and Assistant Minister of Defense MG Mohamed El-Assar on at the Ministry of Defense on February 17. During the hour-long meeting, which included DASD Whelan, OMC Chief, and ECPO minister counselor, GEN Ward e [...]	2008-03-11 10:55:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EG
08CAIRO528	MIC RESPONDS TO U/S FORE LETTER; COMMENTS FURTHER [...] (S) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: On March 13, the Ambassador, accompanied by the Administrator's Special Advisor for the Middle East George Laudato, USAID's David McCloud, USAID Mission director and econ counselor (notetaker) met with Minister for International Cooperation Fayza Aboulnaga. Dis [...]	2008-03-17 10:46:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KDEM EG
08CAIRO555	O TV: A RISING STAR IN THE ARAB MEDIA MARKET [...] (U) Summary: On March 16, A/IO met with Yasmine Abdullah Attia, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Egyptian youth entertainment channel O TV, which celebrated its one-year anniversary on January 31, 2008. In slightly more than one year, O TV has rocketed into the top 10 most watched ente [...]	2008-03-19 13:52:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECPS KPAO XF EG
08CAIRO574	EGYPT NUCLEAR POWER UPDATE: CONSULTANT [...] (C) Bids for an international consultant to advise Egypt's civilian nuclear power program are due on May 15, and the GOE expects its draft nuclear legislation, which is currently under review by the IAEA, to reach the floor of parliament in March or April. The MFA told us that Egypt will not f [...]	2008-03-24 13:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP ECON PREL EG
08CAIRO609	SUEZ UPDATE: INVESTIGATION, COMPENSATION AND [...] (C) Summary: As of March 27, embassy NCIS officer is conducting an investigation in Egypt. The MOD has agreed to provide autopsy results, but refused to provide the bullet fragments from the deceased's body. FM Aboul-Gheit publicly criticized the U.S. over the incident March 27, and complai [...]	2008-03-27 16:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL EG
08CAIRO690	SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FORD'S CAIRO MEETINGS ON [...] (C) Summary: On March 13, Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation Christopher Ford discussed the upcoming April-May Nonproliferation Treaty PrepCom with MFA Assistant Minister for Cabinet Affairs Ambassador Wafaa Bassim and Arab League Director for Multilateral Affairs Wael Al-As [...]	2008-04-06 14:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA KNPP AORC PARM PREL IS EG
08CAIRO698	ARAB LEAGUE OFFICIAL ON SYG MOUSSA'S VIENNA TRIP, [...] (C) Summary: Arab League Disarmament Department Director Wael Al-Assad told us April 3 that Arab League SYG Amr Moussa plans to visit Vienna April 16 and 17 to discuss the Arab Group's draft IAEA General Conference "Israeli Nuclear Threat" (INT) resolution, and would be interested in meeting [...]	2008-04-07 15:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA MNUC PARM KNNP PREL IS IR EG
08CAIRO721	MUBARAK'S NUCLEAR PROTOCOL WITH RUSSIA: [...] (C) Summary: Contacts in the GOE and Egyptian academia have described President Mubarak's late March visit to Russia as "routine," including the Egyptian-Russian nuclear energy protocol signed during the visit. While the nuclear energy protocol and other agreements for Egyptian-Russian cooper [...]	2008-04-09 11:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET ETRD KNNP EG RU
08CAIRO77	EGYPT UNDECIDED ABOUT SUPPORTING KOSOVAR [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-17 11:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK EG YI

08CAIRO842	EGYPTIAN NPT PREPCOM POSITIONS [...] (C) Summary. MFA Disarmament Director Aly Sirry told us April 22 that Egypt wants the April 28-May 9 Geneva Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) PrepCom proceedings to make progress toward recognizing concerns regarding Israel's nuclear program. Sirry said that Egypt would view such progress as a s [...]	2008-04-23 15:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL IR IS EG
08CAIRO85	DEFMIN TANTAWI WARNS THAT CONDITIONING FMF WILL [...] (C) On December 31, 2007, Minister of Defense Field Marshal Mohamed Tantawi told the Ambassador and visiting CODEL Voinovich that conditioning U.S. military assistance to Egypt would harm bilateral relations, and would not be understood by members of military or the average Egyptian. Egypt has [...]	2008-01-17 15:24:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PTER KPAL IR IZ IS EG
08CAIRO863	ARAB LEAGUE, EGYPTIAN IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE [...] (C) Arab League (AL) Disarmament Department Director Wael Al-Assad told us April 21 that AL SYG Moussa's April 17 meeting with Ambassador Schulte in Vienna (reftel) was "very good, open and frank." He said that after an AL draft resolution for the fall IAEA GC is circulated shortly, the Arab [...]	2008-04-24 15:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP IAEA IS EG
08CAIRO938	PM NAZIF, CODEL TIERNEY DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif met March 24 with Representatives John Tierney (D-MA),James Moran (D-VA),Maurice Hinchey (D-NY),Betty McCollum (D-MN),Keith Ellison (D-MN),Barbara Cubin (R-WY) and then-Ambassador Ricciardone. PM Nazif praised President Bush's efforts to achieve [...]	2008-05-06 12:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IS EG
08CANBERRA1134	NEW AUSTRALIAN CAR PLAN ANNOUNCED [...] (U) Summary. On November 10, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Industry Minister Kim Carr released the GOA's response to the Bracks Review of the car industry. The 'New Car Plan for a Greener Future' aims to make the car industry more responsive to changing consumer demand, environmental policy an [...]	2008-11-12 04:05:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ECON ETRD AS
08CANBERRA1180	AUSTRALIA RESPONDS UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (C/NF) Justin Whyatt, Director, Middle East Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) informed Poloff that the GOA would likely not vote differently than in the past on reftel resolutions. He advised that voting recommendations would be shared with the US UN Mission once appro [...]	2008-11-24 07:29:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNGA AS
08CANBERRA1202	AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON DECEMBER ASEAN MEETINGS IN [...] (C) Australia expects only modest outcomes from the ASEAN meetings in Thailand during mid December, to include adoption of the ASEAN Charter and the development of the Human Rights Body, but believes these achievements could be threatened by Thailand's current political tensions. In the ASEAN [...]	2008-12-01 09:26:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN EFIN AS
08CANBERRA1205	AUSTRALIA SEEKS MORE INFO ON PAKISTAN CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff met with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and AusAID officials December 2 to discuss reftel potential Pakistan donors conference. The GOA officials were unable to make any commitments, but are clearly interested. However, they need more details before they [...]	2008-12-02 05:13:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF AS PK
08CANBERRA1232	AUSTRALIA RESPONDS TO COUNTER-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] (C/NF) Australia cannot offer an immediate response to USG inquiries on counter-piracy efforts according to Jon Richardson, Director, Africa Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Richardson advised that contributions of Australian Defence assets is tied to pending decisions on the [...]	2008-12-08 03:34:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER AS
08CANBERRA1246	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE: CHINA MILITARY POWER, U.S. [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australian views and efforts on Chinese military modernization largely mirror those of the U.S. according to John Quinn, Assistant Secretary, Strategic Issues and Intelligence Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Quinn reiterated to Poloffs on December 9 the need [...]	2008-12-09 21:02:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PREL AS
08CANBERRA125	TIMOR LESTE: DFAT OFFICIAL DISCUSSES MILITARY, [...] (SBU) Summary. Director of the ASEAN Regional Issues and East Timor section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Linda Worthaisong told PolOff on February 13 that along with his planned trip to East Timor on February 15, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been in constant contact [...]	2008-02-13 22:38:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ASEC MARR AS TT
08CANBERRA1269	THE TSD HA/DR OFFICIAL MEETING IN CANBERRA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Japanese delegation, the American delegation and Australian hosts agreed upon a set of Australian written guidelines for the Trilateral Security Dialog's work in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HA/DR),but the task of the coming year will be the editing and [...]	2008-12-12 05:27:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID MARR MOPS ASEAN ARF JA AS
08CANBERRA133	SCENE SETTER FOR AUSMIN 2008 [...] (SBU) AUSMIN 2008 takes place just three months after the Australian Labor Party (ALP) government of Kevin Rudd swept to power, decisively defeating John Howard and his Liberal/National coalition after eleven years in office. While domestic issues such as workers' rights, climate change, healt [...]	2008-02-14 07:36:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR OTRA AS
08CANBERRA140	RUDD HAS A VERY GOOD WEEK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kevin Rudd burnished his leadership image this week by issuing an emotional apology to indigenous Australians, particularly the "Stolen Generations" and by coolly managing his first foreign crisis, the attack on East Timorese President Ramos-Horta. By closing the apology issue [...]	2008-02-15 05:55:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AS
08CANBERRA186	AUSMIN 2008: JOINT COMMUNIQUE AND MEDIA EVENTS [...] (U) The Joint Communique issued at the conclusion of the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) in Canberra on February 23 reflected a reaffirmation of the strength of the U.S.-Australian alliance, and a reiteration by both countries of their commitment to work together to [...]	2008-02-25 20:54:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL AS
08CANBERRA265	AUSTRALIA NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION OF FUTURE BANK, [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 06:38:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC KNNP AS
08CANBERRA303	ADVANCING AUSTRALIA'S GLOBAL INTERESTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In his first foreign policy address as Prime Minister, and before leaving for the United States, Europe and China on March 27, Kevin Rudd said that the challenges Australia faces in areas like climate change, terrorism and the development of the Pacific Islands will require it to b [...]	2008-03-27 06:53:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD SENV AS
08CANBERRA530	FORMER FM DOWNER MULLING ROLE AS UN SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The press carried reports on May 22 that former foreign minister Alexander Downer has been offered the job of UN Special Envoy for Cyprus. UN Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe reportedly made the offer through Australia's UN Ambassador Robert Hill. Accordi [...]	2008-05-22 02:08:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AS CY PINR PREL
08CANBERRA540	AUSTRALIA SEEKS TO PUT RELATIONS WITH JAPAN BACK [...] (C/NF) Foreign Minister Smith's May 8-9 visit to Tokyo was only partly successful in repairing the damage to the relationship caused by the whaling controversy. He sought to nuance Australia's anti-whaling stance, backing away from earlier threats to initiate international legal action again [...]	2008-05-23 07:19:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV EFIS MARR JA AS
08CANBERRA549	AUSTRALIA SEEKS TO PUT RELATIONS WITH JAPAN BACK [...] (C/NF) Foreign Minister Smith's May 8-9 visit to Tokyo was only partly successful in repairing the damage to the relationship caused by the whaling controversy. He sought to nuance Australia's anti-whaling stance, backing away from earlier threats to initiate international legal action again [...]	2008-05-28 06:56:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SENV EFIS MARR JA AS
08CANBERRA585	RUDD'S VISION FOR NEW REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Seeking to assert Australia's influence in in the region, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has set out an ambitious vision for a new Asia-Pacific Community to be established by 2020, loosely modeled after the European Union, to respond to the shift of global economic and strategic wei [...]	2008-06-06 07:46:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINS AORC AS
08CANBERRA648	AUSTRALIAN WELCOMES DPRK DECLARATION [...] Emboffs furnished reftel points announcing actions on Six-Party Talks Second Phase commitments to Hugh Borrowman, First Assistant Secretary, International Division, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Thomas Conner, Assistant Secretary for North East Asia, Department of Foreign Affair [...]	2008-06-27 12:58:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL AS
08CANBERRA670	FORMER FM DOWNER NEW UN ENVOY ON CYPRUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Alexander Downer, former foreign minister under John Howard and Australia's longest serving Foreign Minister, told an Australian newspaper June 30 that he would announce his retirement from politics when he returned to Australia from Europe at the end of the week. He will work [...]	2008-07-02 08:01:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR CY AS
08CANBERRA684	DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1803 IRISL CARGO INSPECTION [...] (C) During Acting Assistant Secretary's June 30 nonproliferation consultations in Canberra (ref B),she raised the importance of robust implementation of the inspection provisions of UN Security Council Resolution 1803 (ref A),including cargos of aircraft and vessels of Iran Air Cargo and Isl [...]	2008-07-07 07:33:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL ETRD AS
08CANBERRA696	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO AUSTRALIA [...] (C/NF) Kevin Rudd, who was sworn in on December 3, 2007 as Australia's first Labor Party prime minister in nearly 12 years, has moved quickly to implement domestic reforms and to give substance to a three-pronged foreign policy based on the primacy of the treaty alliance with the United States, [...]	2008-07-09 05:49:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA OTRA PREL AS
08CAPETOWN227	CG DISCUSSES FOREIGN AFFAIRS WITH SAG MP SKOSANA [...] (SBU) On November 12, 2008 the CG, PolOff and PolAsst met with Moleeane Skosana, a member of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP),and one of three House Chairpersons of the National Assembly as well as a member of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. Skosana has had a long [...]	2008-11-14 14:03:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SF
08CAPETOWN255	A TRIP TO THE EASTERN CAPE: POSITIVE STEPS [...] Summary: The Eastern Cape has the dubious reputation of being the most poorly managed province in South Africa. Nevertheless, Cape Town Consul General and Econoff found a variety of organizations and individuals in business, civil society and the government who are developing or implementing [...]	2008-12-23 08:00:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI SA
08CAPETOWN258	OUSTED EASTERN CAPE MAYOR DISCUSSES POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 23, Cape Town CG, Poloff, Econoff, PAO, and FCS met with Ntombentle Cordelia Peter, the former Mayor of Buffalo City (East London) in the Eastern Cape when she came to the Consulate to pick her visa for her forthcoming IV program. Peter discussed a range of issues, [...]	2008-12-31 09:38:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SF
08CAPETOWN52	TRANSNET RESTRUCTURING AND CAPE TOWN PORT EXPANSION PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary. Transport Officer and Special Agent for Department of Defense Force Protection met with Transnet and maritime industry officials in Cape Town to discuss Transnet restructuring, port expansion projects, and investments to increase port security. The National Port Authority (NPA) [...]	2008-03-14 11:38:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EWWT ELTN EIND EINV SF
08CARACAS1103	STATE OF BRV-ISRAEL RELATIONS C-NE8-00834 [...] (SBU) This cable is a response to State 064659 (C-NE8-00834) requesting details on Israeli relations with Venezuela. 2. (C) Summary. Relations between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) and Israel are severely strained. Bilateral relations, cool for the last several months, show [...]	2008-08-07 22:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON IS VE
08CARACAS1464	CHAVEZ SOFTENS TONE ON BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: During televised remarks to the nation on October 16, Chavez made several seemingly conciliatory remarks regarding bilateral ties in response to the U.S. presidential candidates' comments on the need to achieve energy independence from Venezuela and the Middle East. Chavez spec [...]	2008-10-17 21:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1724	PSUV STALWARTS RETAIN CONTROL IN SEVEN STATES [...] (C) Summary: The incoming United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) governors of Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Falcon, Monagas and Sucre States face significant challenges in meeting the needs of their relatively poor, sparsely-populated regions. The new PSUV governor of Merida will have to bal [...]	2008-12-16 21:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE KDEM
08CARACAS197	VENEZUELAN KEY RESOURCES AND CRITICAL [...] In response to reftel A, Venezuela has little or no critical infrastructure (as defined in reftel A) and few key resources that are vital to the United States. Venezuela's most significant resource that is supplied to the US is petroleum and petroleum products. Venezuela produces approximat [...]	2008-02-19 17:18:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID ECON ETTC PGOV PTER PERL EAGER EFIN
08CARACAS25	SAME FACES, DIFFERENT PLACES: BIOS ON CHAVEZ' NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 6, President Chavez announced changes in eight key economic portfolios: the Ministry of Finance, Telecommunications, Planning and Development, Housing, Basic Industry and Mining, Light Industry and Trade, Food, Housing, and Social Development and Popular Participation [...]	2008-01-09 19:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV VE
08CARACAS423	CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) is slowly moving forward with its three joint ventures in Venezuela but continues to be frustrated by PDVSA and the BRV's administrative problems. The Sinovensa joint venture has more than doubled production. The Petrozumano joint vent [...]	2008-03-27 15:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS912	PDVSA'S MARKETING MESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA is not shipping asphalt and other products to the U.S., a violation of a supply contract with Nustar Refining. PDVSA has been having problems placing its Monagas 18 crude due to its composition. PDVSA is still facing a myriad of problems at its refineries and continues to [...]	2008-06-30 21:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS969	SPECIAL ENVOY RICKMAN VISIT TO VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Gregg Rickman and special assistant Karen Paikin visited Venezuela June 29 - July 1. Catholic Church leaders, academics, Israeli Ambassador to Venezuela Shlomo Cohen, and a Venezuelan Ministry of the Interior's Office of Religion [...]	2008-07-14 14:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VE
08CASABLANCA104	SOURCES OF WEALTH IN CASABLANCA - INTERNAL, EXTERNAL, ILLICIT [...] (SBU) Summary: In Casablanca, Morocco's largest city and economic capital, prosperity is increasingly on display, raising the question of where it comes from. Family money, the banking and real estate sectors, and a strong-performing stock market account for some wealth. Remittances from Moroccans [...]	2008-05-23 16:42:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV KDEM MO
08CASABLANCA213	POLITICAL THEATER ENERGIZES THE BASE OF MOROCCO'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Casablanca regional congress of the Islamist Party for Justice and Development (PJD) illustrated why the PJD is the best organized and most popular political party in Morocco and the largest opposition in Parliament. On November 1st, the party employed both populist and Islami [...]	2008-11-10 08:54:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PTER MO
08CASABLANCA272	U.S. COMMERCIAL SERVICE DIRECTOR GENERAL ISRAEL HERNANDEZ [...] (U) Summary: Director General and Assistant Secretary for Trade Promotion Israel Hernandez visited Morocco December 5-7 to reinforce the important friendship and bilateral trade relationship between the U.S. and Morocco. He met separately with Minister of Industry, Commerce and New Technologi [...]	2008-01-16 12:02:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON ETRD BMGT PREL MO
08CASABLANCA38	DISMANTLED TERRORIST NETWORK ILLICITS SHOCK, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: Casablancans reacted to the news of the discovery of an extensive terrorist network in Morocco with shock, but not surprise. Casablancans were stunned that seemingly ordinary professionals were involved, and that large weapons caches were found. At the same time, volatile events [...]	2008-02-25 16:48:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV KDEM MO
08CHENGDU122	POST-QUAKE SICHUAN: A MANUFACTURER LEAVES FOR THE COAST? [...] (C) Summary: According to a well-connected local businessman, the famed Dongfang Electric Machinery Company based in Deyang, Sichuan Province, which sells billions of dollars in power generation equipment worldwide including to Iran and Pakistan, may move its hydroelectric power operations to [...]	2008-06-04 04:00:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND PGOV CH
08CHENGDU183	LHASA SECURITY: INTIMIDATING TIBETANS, REASSURING HANS [...] (C) Summary: Omnipresent People's Armed Police (PAP) patrols in Lhasa brandishing automatic weapons appear to serve the dual purpose of intimidating ethnic Tibetans while reassuring ethnic Han Chinese residents. Some Tibetans note the current heavy security presence in Lhasa was hidden during [...]	2008-09-05 02:01:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH
08CHENGDU267	CHENGDU YET TO SEE SURGE OF RETURNING WORKERS FROM CLOSED [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary. While laid off workers from the coast returning to Sichuan may eventually boost unemployment in Sichuan Province, Chengdu labor experts have yet to see evidence of t [...]	2008-11-26 08:53:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB FCS PAS POL
08CHENGDU287	SOUTHEAST TIBET: ETHNIC HAN TOWNSHIP FLOURISHES ON [...] (C) Summary: Massive government subsidies and military infrastructure improvements have doubled the size of Bayi Township (80 percent ethnic Han) in the southeast of China's Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) over the past decade. Large contributions on infrastructure and in kind "Help Tibet Ca [...]	2008-12-15 09:58:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM CH
08CHENGDU30	SOUTHWEST CHINA -- THE SATELLITES ARE HIGH AND THE EMPEROR [...] (C) Summary: Satellite television ties rural Chinese to urban culture and brings unjammed foreign broadcasts to a large audience throughout China. Simple satellite receiver dish packages selling for USD 50 bring central Chinese television to rural areas and the world to Chinese cities. To [...]	2008-02-21 09:18:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PHUM ECPS KIPR CH
08CHENGDU98	CHENGDU PETROCHINA PROJECT PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: Summoned by anonymous text messages, a crowd of 100 or more protestors gathered in Chengdu on May 4 to express their opposition to the construction of a large chemical plant north of the city. The project in question is a USD 5.5 billion joint investment by PetroChina and the Sic [...]	2008-05-08 03:31:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SENV PHUM ECON CH
08CHENNAI114	SOUTH INDIA'S TIGERS ARE HANGING ON, BUT STILL IN DANGER [...] Summary: The number of tigers in South India dropped by about 30 percent in the last four years and the animals disappeared from 17 percent of the districts they previously inhabited, according to the Tiger Census Report (TCR) released in February by the central government's Ministry of Enviro [...]	2008-03-31 10:05:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV PREL IN
08CHIANGMAI40	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: PEACE DIALOGUE AWAITS SIGNAL FROM NEW [...] (S/NF) PM Samak's month-old government has yet to signal its approach to the secret peace process launched by its predecessor to address the violence in southern Thailand, we were told by Mark Tamthai, advisor to former PM Surayud. Samak's security policy team is still taking shape, and it is [...]	2008-03-11 09:26:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER KDEM TH
08CHIANGMAI60	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: NEW NSC CHIEF SEEN AS THREAT TO PEACE [...] (S/NF) Thai Government point-man for secret talks with southern insurgents Mark Tamthai fears the newly announced National Security Council chief prefers harsh tactics over conciliation. Tamthai sees the next few weeks before the new chief takes office as a window for outreach directly to Pri [...]	2008-04-10 03:16:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM PTER TH
08CHISINAU1075	MOLDOVA FM: SOLVING TRANSNISTRIA WOULD [...] (C) Summary: In an October 24 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Andrei Stratan underlined Moldova's European aspirations. The Ambassador noted that Moldova had to live up to European standards in democracy and development. Finding a settlement to the Transnistria problem would speed [...]	2008-10-29 14:29:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU MD
08CHISINAU112	BUDGET LOSSES RESULT IN PERSONAL PROFITS [...] (SBU) Summary: One of the issues that will be on the agenda in any comprehensive Transnistrian (TN) peace settlement will be the resumption of railway traffic. TN authorities recently presented a railroad initiative, which appears to be a response to President Voronin's October 2007 proposal t [...]	2008-02-06 05:49:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS ELTN PINR MD
08CHISINAU175	MOLDOVA: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) Responses are keyed to questions in ref A, which requests post's contribution to the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. 2. (SBU) Summary: Anti-TIP efforts in the Republic of Moldova mostly were undertaken by NGOs and international organizations (IOs),primarily because [...]	2008-02-21 14:52:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD KCRM PREF MD
08COLOMBO100	MALDIVES: IN RUNUP TO ELECTION, INFIGHTING SLOWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Special Majlis has resumed work on the final two chapters of the constitution, but President Gayoom's DRP party and the opposition alliance NUA continue to battle over the specifics of two chapters, including the nature of the executive and transitional arrangements to a new g [...]	2008-01-28 11:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM MV
08COLOMBO1034	TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR SRI LANKA [...] Post assesses that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) has taken many positive steps to address Sri Lanka's trafficking problem. These efforts have mainly focused on the foreign employment of Sri Lankans, building awareness of trafficking, and increasing interagency coordination to counter traffi [...]	2008-11-17 10:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG CE
08COLOMBO1062	GUIDANCE NEEDED ON 699(G) RESTRICTIONS APPLIED TO [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador on November 25, Foreign Minister Bogollagama informed post that two U.S. defense contractors, a Kuwaiti company affiliated with the U.S.-based Oshkosh Corp and DynCorp International, had instituted hiring restrictions on Sri Lankan expatriate workers in Kuwait [...]	2008-11-26 04:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON SMIG KTIP ELAB CE
08COLOMBO1063	AUSTR DELANEY'S VISIT TO SRI LANKA [...] (U) Summary: Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for South Asia Michael Delaney visited Sri Lanka November 11-14 to engage with key government and business leaders, to discuss issues related to U.S.- Sri Lanka Trade and Investment Framework Agreement talks, and to review labor issues raised in [...]	2008-11-26 07:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV CE
08COLOMBO1070	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR REVIEWS PROBLEMS IN EASTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on November 25, Ambassador discussed current U.S. concerns about the situation in Sri Lanka with Foreign Minister Bogollagama. After praising GSL cooperation with the UN and ICRC over delivering food supplies to the population of the Vanni, Ambassador noted that incr [...]	2008-11-26 11:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MOPS PREF CE
08COLOMBO1078	SRI LANKA: DASD CLAD TOLD EASTERN PROBLEMS LIKELY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a visit to Sri Lanka on November 22-23, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense James Clad discussed the Sri Lankan Army's military progress against the LTTE, future political arrangements in Sri Lanka's north, demobilization of the TMVP, and child soldiers with Defense Secr [...]	2008-11-28 09:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO1082	Sri Lanka Northern Districts Floods Disaster [...] The week of November 24, 2008, heavy rains pelted northern and eastern districts of Sri Lanka affecting more than 240,000 people. These heavy rains, caused by a cyclonic weather system, further aggravated the already challenging humanitarian situation in these same districts into a crisis aff [...]	2008-12-01 03:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF CE
08COLOMBO1099	SRI LANKA: SECURITY DETERIORATES IN EASTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past three weeks the security situation in the East has deteriorated as LTTE cadres and TMVP members loyal to Karuna have conducted a series of killings. In response, the government imposed a curfew on Batticaloa and the Chief Minister and Mayor of Batticaloa went on a o [...]	2008-12-03 05:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO1102	SRI LANKA: TMVP, GSL, AND UNICEF SIGN MOU ON CHILD [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 1 the Government, the TMVP and UNICEF signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that committed each party to end the use and recruitment of child soldiers by the TMVP. Karuna signed on behalf of the TMVP, "as leader of the TMVP in the presence of the Chief Minister o [...]	2008-12-03 12:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO1108	SRI LANKA: VERBAL AGREEMENT REACHED ON TMVP [...] (SBU) According to IOM Chief of Party Mohammed Abdiker, on December 1 at a meeting convened by Secretary of Defense Gothabaya Rajapaksa, TMVP Commander and Member of Parliament Vinayagamurthi Muralitharan ("Karuna Amman") and Eastern Provincial Council Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chadrakant [...]	2008-12-04 13:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MOPS EAID CE
08COLOMBO1113	SRI LANKA: RELIGIOUS LEADERS FACE OBSTACLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 23, international and Sri Lankan religious leaders held a conference in Anuradhapura at which they sought to facilitate the opening of a humanitarian corridor for the IDP population of the Vanni. Following the conference they met with the President who offered his [...]	2008-12-08 05:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PINR CE
08COLOMBO1123	SRI LANKA PASSES 2009 BUDGET [...] Summary: (SBU) Parliament easily passed the 2009 GSL budget on December 8, one month following President Rajapaksa's presentation of the draft on November 6. This is Rajapaksa's fourth budget since coming into office in 2005 on a platform of poverty reduction, steering investment to disadvan [...]	2008-12-09 11:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV MARR KMCA CE
08COLOMBO113	AMBASSADOR IN SRI LANKA'S EAST: DISARM PARAMILITARY GROUPS [...] Ambassador and AID officer visited Batticaloa in Sri Lanka's volatile Eastern Province on January 22-24 to attend the opening of a vocational training center funded by private American donations; open two USAID funded facilities; and meet with local officials, donors, and INGO representatives. [...]	2008-01-30 11:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF EAID PINS CE
08COLOMBO1163	STAFFDEL AHUJA BRIEFED ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: During her December 11-16 visit, House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) staff member Jasmeet Ahuja met with Government of Sri Lanka, NGO, UN, and international organization representatives to assess the humanitarian situation in the North. Humanitarian access issues for the UN and [...]	2008-12-31 06:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO120	SRI LANKA: TOURISM DOWN 12% IN 2007; COULD HAVE BEEN [...] Summary: The escalating ethnic conflict continues to hurt the Sri Lankan tourism industry, which experienced a 12% decrease in visitors in 2007 compared to 2006. Industry representatives have mixed assessments of the possible impact of the recent escalation of violence and the consequent bad [...]	2008-01-31 10:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN PTER CE
08COLOMBO135	SRI LANKA: SPIKE IN DEADLY ATTACKS CONTINUES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka experienced a spike in terrorist attacks prior to its February Independence Day celebrations. On February 2, a bomb exploded on a civilian bus in Dambulla, in north central Sri Lanka, killing 20. On February 3, an LTTE suicide cadre killed herself and 14 others at the Fo [...]	2008-02-05 12:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
08COLOMBO142	SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION AND MINORITY PARTIES SEARCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's main opposition and minority parties have resigned themselves to working another year under the SLFP-led government. The opposition and minority parties remain frustrated with the SLFP-led government, but recognize they have few options for replacing the current admi [...]	2008-02-07 08:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO144	SRI LANKA: SURGE IN VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Intimidation and attacks on the media in Sri Lanka have risen sharply since the beginning of the year. The International Federation of Journalists ranked Sri Lanka as the fifth deadliest country for journalists based on 2007 incidents that included six recorded deaths. January [...]	2008-02-07 12:22:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER SCUL CE
08COLOMBO149	SRI LANKA: MINISTER'S STRATEGY FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met Human Rights Minster Mahinda Samarasinghe on January 25 to discuss a range of U.S. concerns about Sri Lanka's human rights situation, including recent incidents. Samarasinghe explained Sri Lanka's strategy for engagement with the UN Human Rights Council, emphasiz [...]	2008-02-11 08:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS CE
08COLOMBO17	SRI LANKA: GSL BLAMES CFA ABROGATION ON LTTE; [...] (C) Summary. On January 3, the GSL submitted to Norwegian Ambassador Tore Hattrem formal notification, dated January 2, of its intent to withdraw from the Cease Fire Agreement (CFA). Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama briefed Co-Chair Ambassadors on the evening of January 3 and the broad [...]	2008-01-04 10:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO197	SRI LANKA: BOMB BLASTS IN COLOMBO SUBURB AND [...] (SBU) On February 23, a bomb blast injured 18 people at a bus stop in Mount Lavinia, a southern suburb of Colombo. According to press reports, a passenger who spotted an unattended parcel in the back of the bus alerted the driver, who evacuated the bus just before the explosion. Eight Tamils [...]	2008-02-26 05:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO199	SRI LANKA: LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS IN EAST FACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GSL's plan of holding local government elections in nine constituencies in Batticaloa faces many challenges. Interlocutors from a variety of political parties and civil society organizations believe that holding a credible, free and fair election will be difficult, given the [...]	2008-02-26 05:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL MOPS CE
08COLOMBO211	SRI LANKA: RARE MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe had their first meeting in months, but Wickremesinghe called the meeting inconclusive. He rebuffed the President's attempt to encourage the UNP to rejoin the APRC discussions. However, Wickremesinghe said that the UN [...]	2008-02-27 11:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO215	SRI LANKA: THE EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Mission's submission for the eighth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Sri Lanka follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Reftel. Mission point of contact is poloff Amy Trimble, telephone +94-11-249-8822, fax +94-11-249-8820. Paragraph 27: Sri Lanka Overview ----- [...]	2008-02-29 07:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD CE
08COLOMBO231	BASIL RAJAPAKSA DISCUSSES ELECTIONS IN EAST, APRC, [...] (C) Summary: At a March 5 lunch with Co-Chair Ambassadors, Basil Rajapaksa, the President's brother, senior political advisor, and coordinator for the stabilization and development of the East, said that the President had insisted to all the parties and the paramilitary TMVP that the March 10t [...]	2008-03-06 11:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CE
08COLOMBO250	MALDIVES: CONSTITUTION NEAR COMPLETION; COUNTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 20, visiting Staffdel from the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Poloff called on Maldivian government officials to discuss the political reform process and upcoming multi-party elections. Staffdel consisted of Professional Staff Member Manpreet Anand, Senior PSM H [...]	2008-03-12 03:59:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
08COLOMBO272	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT REACTS SHARPLY TO HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 14, Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama called in the Ambassador to register strong protest to the U.S. State Department's 2007 Human Rights Report on Sri Lanka. The Minister objected to the report's sourcing and its negative conclusions, and to the State Department pr [...]	2008-03-17 12:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV MOPS PTER CE
08COLOMBO279	AMBASSADOR PRESSES SRI LANKAN JUSTICE SECRETARY ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 17, Ambassador and DCM met the Secretary to the Ministry of Justice Suhada Gamalath to urge SIPDIS that the GSL, in the face of restrictions on U.S. Foreign Military Financing to Sri Lanka (ref A),take swift and effective measures to demobilize and rehabilitate child [...]	2008-03-18 11:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER MOPS CE
08COLOMBO288	SRI LANKA: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS RISK [...] (C) SUMMARY: During EmbOffs' visit to Batticaloa before the March 10 district-wide local council elections, political parties reiterated their concerns that the elections would not be free or fair. Paramilitaries contesting as political parties claimed to have disarmed, but local residents fe [...]	2008-03-19 13:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO314	SRI LANKA: EMBASSY DISCUSSES CHILD SOLDIERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and DCM called on Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona on March 24 to discuss Embassy SIPDIS suggestions for a roadmap to address child soldiers. Ambassador recommended any progress on the issue be verified by UNICEF and noted that the Embassy would remain engaged in t [...]	2008-03-27 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PREL MOPS CE
08COLOMBO341	SRI LANKA: MAIN OPPOSITION AND MUSLIM CONGRESS [...] (U) On April 1, the Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe's United National Party (UNP) and Rauff Hakeem's Sri Lankan Muslim Congress agreed to contest the Eastern Provincial Council elections jointly in all three eastern districts - Ampara, Trincomalee, and Batticaloa. SLMC General Secreta [...]	2008-04-02 09:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO347	SRI LANKA: MFA ISSUES HARSH REBUTTAL TO U.S. HUMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 31, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs released publicly a detailed response to the U.S. Human Rights Report, defending Sri Lanka's human rights record and challenging much of the information cited in the U.S. report. The preamble to the GSL paper charges that the HRR i [...]	2008-04-04 09:48:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV PTER MOPS CE
08COLOMBO363	SRI LANKA: JVP RIFT RESULTS IN SUSPENSION OF [...] (C) Summary. On April 6, local press reported that the JVP, in a March 21 Central Committee meeting, had decided to suspend Parliamentary Group Leader and Propaganda Secretary Wimal Weerawansa from the party. Weerawansa reportedly upset fellow JVP leaders by publicly contradicting the party' [...]	2008-04-09 10:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO369	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT-BACKED PARAMILITARY RELEASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Eleven TMVP child soldiers were released on April 7 to police custody in Batticaloa. They were transported on April 8 to a temporary holding facility in Pallekele, near Kandy, where they were met by Justice Secretary Suhada Gamalath, who chairs the GSL committee on SIPDIS c [...]	2008-04-09 12:36:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO370	SRI LANKA: RAIN HURTS RICE CROP; PRICES RISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Torrential rains are damaging paddy yields in the main rice growing areas of Sri Lanka, with as many as 15,000 hectares lost. Domestic prices are up in wholesale markets and sharp increases in retail prices have started and will continue unless international supplies can be as [...]	2008-04-10 02:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KCOR KMCA PGOV CE
08COLOMBO407	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met Tourism Minister Milinda Moragoda for a debrief of the Minister's recent visit to Washington. President Rajapaksa recently designated Moragoda as a special envoy on external military relations with the US, India and possibly other countries. Ambassador suggested [...]	2008-04-24 12:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER MOPS CE
08COLOMBO410	SRI LANKA: TMVP RELEASES 28 CHILD SOLDIERS [...] (SBU) Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe informed Ambassador the evening of April 24 that the TMVP (a government-backed paramilitary in the East) released 28 child soldiers earlier in the day in Batticaloa. This second release follows the release of 11 chil [...]	2008-04-25 06:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE
08COLOMBO412	SRI LANKA: PDAS CAMP ENCOURAGES PROGRESS ON HUMAN [...] (C) Summary. During his April 21-22 visit to Colombo, SCA PDAS Don Camp highlighted to GSL officials that despite the long-standing friendship between our countries, continuing human rights abuses place limits on our cooperation. PDAS Camp pressed for the release of TMVP child soldiers and [...]	2008-04-28 04:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ECON CE
08COLOMBO417	SRI LANKA: BUS BOMBING KILLS 26 [...] (U) On April 25, a bomb exploded on a packed, evening rush-hour bus in Piliyandala, a suburb 15 km south of Colombo. Twenty-six people were killed, and 64 injured. The bus was traveling from the outskirts of Colombo to Kahapola, a village east of the city. Police have arrested nine suspect [...]	2008-04-28 11:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO441	SRI LANKA: GSL ACHIEVES PROGRESS ON CHILD SOLDIERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNICEF reported that in April, the number of child soldiers with the TMVP on whom it has files dropped by 55, to a total of 76. The actual number still with the TMVP is likely higher, possibly 200-250. Nevertheless, the GSL is clearly pushing the TMVP to release child soldiers, [...]	2008-05-06 12:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO448	SRI LANKA: MAY 10 EASTERN POLLS SEEN AS REFERENDUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The May 10 Eastern Provincial Council elections are the first provincial-level polls in the East in twenty years. A relatively free, fair, and peaceful election would help bring back normalcy in the East, lay the groundwork for democratic administrative structures, and reinforce [...]	2008-05-08 13:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO463	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT WINS EASTERN POLLS BY NARROW [...] (C) Summary: The ruling UPFA won the Eastern Provincial Council elections on May 10, amidst criticism by the opposition parties and observer groups of large scale election malpractices. The UPFA-TMVP won 18 seats plus 2 bonus seats, the UNP-SLMC won 15, and the JVP and TDNA won one each. Re [...]	2008-05-12 13:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO478	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR DAS ERICA [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Your visit comes at a time when our relations with Sri Lanka are strong, but show some strain from the pressure we have applied on key issues, particularly human rights. Nonetheless, we continue to have access at the highest levels of the GSL and to play an imp [...]	2008-05-16 10:57:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PTER CE
08COLOMBO480	SRI LANKA: PILLAIYAN IS CHOICE FOR CHIEF MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The government's game plan for organizing the newly elected Eastern Provincial Council and naming the province's new Chief Minister may be unravelling. TMVP leader "Pillaiyan" and M.L.M. Hisbullah, both elected to the council for the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA),lay [...]	2008-05-16 12:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO483	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT NAMES PILLAIYAN CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa swore in the TMVP leader "Pillaiyan" as new Chief Minister of the Eastern Province on May 16. However, it is still unclear whether a block of a few Muslim Provincial Councilors led by M.L.M. Hisbullah will assure Pillaiyan of a majority by supporting him in th [...]	2008-05-20 12:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MASS MOPS PTER CE
08COLOMBO489	EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 05/21/2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on May 21, 2008. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of the most recent bombing incident in Colombo (refs A and B). The EAC recommended that Embassy personnel use routes that minimize exposure [...]	2008-05-21 11:22:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PTER
08COLOMBO491	SRI LANKA REMITTANCES UP AGAIN IN 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lankan migrant worker remittances rose 15% to $2.5 billion in 2007. Remittances are the second largest source of foreign exchange earnings to the country, after garment exports. Each year, over 200,000 Sri Lankans -- about one percent of the population -- leave to work abr [...]	2008-05-21 11:50:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EFIN KWMN KCRM PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG CE

08COLOMBO492	AMBASSADOR URGES MALDIVIAN PRESIDENT TO FINISH NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador and US Coast Guard Rear Admiral Bone met on May 19 with Maldivian President Gayoom on the margins of the "Partnering for a Safer Sea" conference hosted by the Government of Maldives at Sun Island Resort, Maldives. The President noted the need for a South Asian Re [...]	2008-05-22 02:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CE
08COLOMBO499	SRI LANKA: TENSIONS RISE FOLLOWING SEVERAL [...] (C) On May 22, a TMVP member named Santhan and his bodyguard were shot dead near the Divisional Secretary's office in Kattankudy (Batticaloa District),the home electorate of Pillaiyan's chief rival for the post of Chief Minister, M.L.A.M. Hisbullah. Santhan's wife successfully contested th [...]	2008-05-22 12:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO510	SRI LANKA: DISCUSSIONS ON NEXT STEPS AFTER EASTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassadors or Heads of Mission of the U.S., France, Norway, India, and U.K., and the Resident Representatives of the UN, World Bank and Asian Development Bank met on May 21 to discuss policy responses to the recent elections for the Provincial Council in the east. Most agreed [...]	2008-05-28 12:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PHUM CE
08COLOMBO534	MALDIVES HOSTS INDIAN OCEAN COUNTRIES FOR U.S. COAST [...] (SBU) Summary: In conjunction with the U.S. Coast Guard, the Government of Maldives hosted the "Partnering for a Safer Sea" conference May 19-22, at which Indian Ocean national and private maritime security and maritime industry stakeholders discussed regional security trends and issues. Offi [...]	2008-06-03 06:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR PREL PTER BG CN IN MA MP MU MV PK SL
08COLOMBO536	SRI LANKA'S CHILD SOLDIERS: INITIAL STEPS WELCOME, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In May 22-23 meetings, DRL DAS Barks-Ruggles obtained an update on the government's efforts to release child soldiers. She urged Justice Secretary Gamalath to put in place effective measures to combat the problem, and pressed the Foreign Secretary and the Secretary of the Disast [...]	2008-06-03 10:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER MASS CE
08COLOMBO55	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR WELCOMES USG [...] (C) Summary. On January 8, Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa outlined for Ambassador and the visiting 1210 team the GSL's ambitious development agenda for the East and welcomed USG assistance on a wide range of policy initiatives. Rajapaksa highlighted the government's progress i [...]	2008-01-11 08:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO552	SRI LANKA'S EASTERN PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CONVENES; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's new Eastern Provincial Council was sworn in June 4 despite an opposition boycott. Since the announcement of Chief Minister Pillaiyan's appointment, tensions have remained high between the Muslim and Tamil communities in the East with targeted political assassination [...]	2008-06-05 12:10:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID PTER PHUM MOPS ECON EINV
08COLOMBO571	SRI LANKA: TWO PROVINCIAL COUNCILS DISSOLVED; [...] (U) At midnight on June 10, the government dissolved the Sabaragamuwa and North Central Provincial Councils. Both councils' terms were scheduled to end in August 2009. North Central Chief Minister (CM) Bertie Premalal Dissanayake and Sabaragamuwa Chief Minister Mahipala Herath confirmed tha [...]	2008-06-11 11:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO595	SRI LANKA: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR NORTHERN TASK [...] (U) Summary. On April 30, the Cabinet approved President Rajapaksa's proposal for a Special Task Force (STF) for Northern Development to administer the Northern Province. He appointed Minister of Social Welfare and Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) leader Douglas Devananda as Chairman [...]	2008-06-17 10:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO61	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2008 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-14 10:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
08COLOMBO610	SRI LANKA: HIGH LEVEL INDIAN DELEGATION URGES [...] (C) Summary. Indian Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan, Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and Defense Secretary Vijay Singh made an unannounced, two-day visit to Colombo from June 20-21 to meet with Sri Lankan officials, military service chiefs, and Tamil political party leaders. Indian DC [...]	2008-06-24 11:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO62	OPPOSITION LEADER PROVIDES GLOOMY ASSESSMENT TO [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Co-Chair and other key Ambassadors on January 11, Opposition and UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe criticized the GSL for abrogating the cease-fire agreement, failing to come forward with a devolution package, and continued human rights abuses. He predicted the [...]	2008-01-14 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
08COLOMBO646	SRI LANKA: TMVP LEADER ASSURES COOPERATION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first meeting with USG officials, new Eastern Province Chief Minister and TMVP head Pillaiyan pledged his cooperation to release the TMVP's remaining child soldiers. He was less forthcoming about the near-term disarmament of all TMVP cadres, arguing that the LTTE had re-i [...]	2008-07-07 07:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO650	SRI LANKA: DAS FEIGENBAUM CONFRONTS GSL'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of June 30 meetings with GSL officials, SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum stressed that Sri Lanka has many friends in Washington, but a growing sense of frustration, even despair, now prevails that the political track has not kept up with the military track [...]	2008-07-08 08:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS EAID CE
08COLOMBO662	SRI LANKA: INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND FIRMS INVEST IN SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indian government and Indian parastatal and private firms are lending to or investing in a number of major infrastructure projects in Sri Lanka. Projects that have been in the discussion stage for some time are gaining momentum as the two sides prepare deliverables for the [...]	2008-07-10 10:22:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL CE IN CH
08COLOMBO682	SRI LANKA: ARF DISASTER RELIEF PREPAREDNESS [...] (SBU) On July 16 PolOff delivered non-paper on improving ARF disaster relief preparedness (ref A) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for East Asia and Pacific Dissanayake and urged Sri Lanka to support language in the Chairman's Statement at the ARF ministerial on July 24. Dissana [...]	2008-07-16 09:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PHUM CE
08COLOMBO695	SRI LANKA: TENSION IN THE TMVP: KARUNA AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 12 in Colombo, Karuna and Pillaiyan held their first face to face meeting since Karuna's return to the country July 3. The TMVP spokesman characterized the meeting positively, yet two days later Karuna appeared in Batticaloa unannounced causing deep concern for Pillaiyan a [...]	2008-07-21 11:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO725	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR ASKS FOR GSL SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 13:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA KNNP PREL KZ SY AORC CE
08COLOMBO74	AKASHI READOUT OF VISIT TO COLOMBO [...] (C) Summary: In a briefing for the Co-Chair and Indian Ambassadors on January 15, Japanese Special Envoy Yasushi Akashi reported that he conveyed to President Rajapaksa and other interlocutors Japan's deep concern about the abrogation of the cease-fire and the likelihood of intensified hosti [...]	2008-01-16 10:54:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
08COLOMBO746	MALDIVES: SUCCESSFUL AMERICAN PAVILION AT MAJOR HOTEL AND [...] This is an action request for EEB/CBA. Please see para six. 2. Summary: Post is pleased to report the successful conclusion of the embassy-organized American Pavilion at an international trade fair in Maldives July 15-17, 2008. The American Pavilion once again helped to increase U.S. ex [...]	2008-08-07 12:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO ENIV ABUD ECON MV
08COLOMBO747	SRI LANKA: BOUCHER PRESSES DEFENSE SECRETARY ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher and Ambassador Blake met Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa on August 1 to discuss bilateral security cooperation, the progress of the government's war against the separatist Tamil Tigers, and humanitarian and hum [...]	2008-08-08 10:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO766	SRI LANKA: BOUCHER FINDS COMMITMENT TO MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher's visit to Colombo for the SAARC summit on August 1-4, Sri Lankan government interlocutors made clear they were committed to a military solution to the conflict. The President, the Foreign Minister, th [...]	2008-08-15 06:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS EAID CE
08COLOMBO80	BOGOLLAGAMA SEEKS U.S. ADVICE ON WAY FORWARD [...] (C) Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama convoked the Ambassador on January to hear the Ambassador's thoughts on steps Sri Lanka should take on issues of concern to the U.S. and others. With respect to the intensified conflict, which the US and other countries oppose, the Ambassador urged the [...]	2008-01-18 08:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM CE
08COLOMBO807	EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 08/27/2008 IN WAKE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on August 27, 2008 to discuss post's security posture in light of an attack on a Sri Lanka naval base in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. The attack occurred during the evening of August 26, 2008. GSL police and [...]	2008-08-27 10:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CE MARR PTER
08COLOMBO849	GSL ORDERS ALL INGOS AND UN OUT OF VANNI FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: At the September 8 Consultative Committee of Humanitarian Affairs (CCHA),the Government of Sri Lanka confirmed that all UN and international NGO expatriate staff will have to leave the LTTE-controlled areas effective immediately with their key equipment (vehicles, communication [...]	2008-09-09 08:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV EAID CE
08COLOMBO883	HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SRI LANKA'S NORTHERN PROVINCE: [...] (U) Summary: As the Sri Lankan military makes headway into the Northern Province, UN Agencies and INGOs have been requested by the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) to pull back to Vavuniya as their safety and security cannot be guaranteed. As a result, the security and humanitarian situation f [...]	2008-09-18 06:16:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
08COLOMBO888	PREPARING FOR GC VOTE ON MESA GROUP SEAT ON IAEA [...] (S) DCM met on September 22 with MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs Aruni Wijewardena to convey Ref A points. DCM emphasized that it would be inappropriate for either Iran or Syria to serve on the IAEA Board of Governors due to their lack of cooperation with the IAEA's investigat [...]	2008-09-22 10:34:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	IAEA KNNP PREL KZ SY AORC CE
08COLOMBO92	SRI LANKA: TEXTILE AND APPAREL SECTOR CONCERNS FOR 2008: [...] (U) Summary: Sri Lanka's garment sector remains healthy, but is concerned about the possible impact of a U.S. recession. An even more pressing worry is the possibility of losing preferential access to the EU market under the EU's GSP+ program. The industry is frustrated that the government [...]	2008-01-24 11:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KTEX CE
08COLOMBO922	SRI LANKA: ECONOMY GROWING, BUT PROBLEMS REMAIN [...] (U) Summary: Despite the war, Sri Lanka's GDP grew by a respectable 6.6% in the first half of 2008. The Sri Lankan rupee (SLR) remains relatively steady due to Central Bank intervention. Other key macro indicators weakened. Inflation remains high at 24.3%. The trade deficit expanded sharply [...]	2008-10-07 11:50:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD KMCA CE
08COLOMBO93	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT UNVEILS PROPOSAL FOR FIRST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The All-Party Representative Committee (APRC) complied with a Presidential instruction to produce a devolution plan based on full implementation of the 1988 13th Amendment to Sri Lanka's Constitution. In effect, it submitted to the President a draft reportedly dictated largely b [...]	2008-01-24 13:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM CE
08COLOMBO981	AMEMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETS REGARDING SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 29, 2008, AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting in response to guidance provided reftel. The EAC considered potential threats, if any, to post's planned election day representational event. RSO informed the EAC of the security measures [...]	2008-10-29 10:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PTER AMGT
08COLOMBO994	BASIL RAJAPAKSA DISCUSSES INDIA TRIP, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 3 meeting with Ambassador, Presidential senior advisor Basil Rajapaksa agreed security remains a problem in eastern Sri Lanka and agreed to discuss with the Defense Secretary a timetable for demobilizing paramilitaries there. Regarding his recent trip to India, he sa [...]	2008-11-04 12:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM IN CE
08COPENHAGEN296	LEBANON: DANES FOCUS ON EU IN RESPONSE TO CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-19 07:03:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE SY IR DA
08COPENHAGEN393	DANISH VIEWS ON JULY GAERC MINISTERIAL [...] (C). In a July 18 discussion of reftel, Danish MFA European Correspondent Asif Amin informed PolOff that Denmark supports the US positions on the GAERC agenda items. Due to the FM's vacation schedule, Denmark's Ambassador in Brussels will lead the Danish delegation. Because of the FM's abse [...]	2008-07-21 06:07:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL IR SO SU CD ZI UP DA
08COPENHAGEN480	DENMARK AT THE SEPTEMBER GAERC [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Danish MFA European Correspondent Asif Amin told us that Denmark's primary focus at the upcoming GAERC remains Georgia. The Danes were generally pleased with EU decisions on Georgia and Russia at the recently-concluded Gymnich, Asif reported, adding that Co [...]	2008-09-11 08:10:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN GG RU DA
08COPENHAGEN501	Denmark's New Climate Attaches Deployed to Washington, [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Cain hosted a lunch on August 19 at his residence in honor of Denmark's newly-named climate attaches, including Hans Jakob Eriksen, who will be posted to the Danish Embassy in Washington, DC. An initiative of the Climate and Energy Ministry, in cooperation with the [...]	2008-09-19 15:02:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG SENV DA
08COPENHAGEN51	DANISH MFA "STILL WORKING" ON FUNDS FOR LEBANON [...] (SBU) The Danish government continues to wrestle with internal bureaucratic questions of how to fund a contribution for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (reftel). Danish MFA acting Middle East head Steen Norlov and Lebanon desk officer Jakob Rogild Jakobsen told us February 6 that the foreign [...]	2008-02-07 14:37:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM DKEM EFIN LE SY DA
08COPENHAGEN53	DENMARK SUPPORTS EU STATEMENT ON SYRIAN DETENTIONS [...] (C) The Danish government backs French efforts to secure an EU Presidency statement condemning Syrian detention of Riad Seif and other democracy activists, Danish MFA acting Middle East head Steen Norlov told us February 6. Noting that Syrian action followed the recent visit of the Dutch fore [...]	2008-02-08 07:48:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KMPI SY DA
08COPENHAGEN601	Climate Change: Denmark Restructures to Host COP-15 [...] (SBU) This cable responds to questions posed in Ref A. Q. Has your host government altered its bureaucratic structure for addressing climate change over the past 12-18 months? If so, how? How might upcoming elections affect current policy positions and entities? A. Yes. The Danish G [...]	2008-11-14 12:28:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG DA
08COPENHAGEN617	YOUR VISIT TO COPENHAGEN [...] (C) Madam Secretary, you know Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moller as a good colleague, and Denmark as one of our closest allies in Europe. Your "farewell" visit here is much appreciated by the Danes, who are naturally looking ahead to the incoming administration but are also keen to highli [...]	2008-11-25 08:59:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ECON OVIP DA
08COPENHAGEN627	DENMARK TO ABSTAIN ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 11:20:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA DA
08COPENHAGEN79	KOSOVO: DENMARK PUSHING FOR GROUP RECOGNITION [...] (C) Denmark will formally recognize Kosovo independence February 21 at the latest, Danish MFA East European Department Head Ruben Madsen told us February 19, reporting that the Danes are lobbying other governments to join them that day. Madsen allowed that he would prefer to move more quickly [...]	2008-02-19 12:29:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO EUN YI KV DA
08COTONOU151	BENIN: COSTAL PROTECTION WORKS TO START - SEA POLLUTION [...] On February 26, 2008, President Boni Yayi officially launched construction of jetties which will fight coastal erosion along a 7.5 km stretch of eroding coastline located to the east of the Port of Cotonou (reftel). Francois Noudegbessi, the Minister of Urban Development, Land Reform and Coasta [...]	2008-03-07 08:47:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV EPET KMCA BN
08COTONOU20	DRUG TRAFFICKING IN BENIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-09 11:45:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BN PGOV SNAR
08COTONOU450	BENIN: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AT STANDSTILL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Since July 7th deputies from the G4 and G13 (Ref B) have blocked all deliberations in the National Assembly. The deputies, who form a majority, demand the creation of an independent commission to investigate National Assembly President Mathurin Nago's management of the Assembly. T [...]	2008-07-29 17:00:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KMCA BN
08COTONOU46	SCENESETTER FOR THE POTUS VISIT TO BENIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-18 13:34:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP BUSH GEORGE PGOV EAID KMCA BN
08COTONOU810	COTONOU REPORTS ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-30 05:13:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC OIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR ML
08COTONOU82	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO BENIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-06 11:59:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OVIP BN
08DAKAR1286	RELIGION IN SENEGAL-IBADU RAHMAN, THE SALAFISTS [...] (C) This is the first in a series of cables analyzing religion in Senegal. While the country is 95 percent Sunni Muslim, major differences exist between the various brotherhoods that dominate the Sunni-Sufi landscape which includes smaller, more conservative Sunni groups and Shia Muslims. Ad [...]	2008-11-06 17:13:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM KISL KIRF SG
08DAKAR1442	SENEGAL: Gadio Visits Mauritania [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 15:26:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SG MR
08DAKAR566	CAMEROON REGIONAL FOOD FOR PEACE OFFICER [...] Summary: Dakar-based Regional Food for Peace Officer (RFFPO) traveled to Cameroon from March 31 to April 11, 2008 to assess progress of the humanitarian programs and the living conditions of Central African Republic (CAR) and Chadian refugees in the country. Visits to various refugee sites [...]	2008-05-15 16:13:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL WFP SOCI NG EAGR MR ECON
08DAKAR783	Fighting Domestic Violence in Senegal [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 27, 2008 the Committee to Combat Domestic Violence against Women (CLVF) held its annual general assembly to review and assess the situation of domestic violence in Senegal. Participants, representing a wide swath of civil society groups, NGOS and foreign missions, focused [...]	2008-07-03 09:47:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINR SCUL KJUS SG
08DAMASCUS162	SRYIA: 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) THe following is Post's submission of the annual trafficking in persons report. The Embassy's point of contact is Hilary C. Dauer. Office Telephone: (963) (11) 3391-3207. Fax: (963) (11) 3391-3999. Officer spent 30 hours in preparation of the report, which is structured to answer refte [...]	2008-03-06 16:07:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08DAMASCUS165	SRYIA: 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) THe following is Post's submission of the annual trafficking in persons report. The Embassy's point of contact is Hilary C. Dauer. Office Telephone: (963) (11) 3391-3207. Fax: (963) (11) 3391-3999. Officer spent 30 hours in preparation of the report, which is structured to answer refte [...]	2008-03-10 07:54:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08DAMASCUS175	PROJECT SUMMARY FOR PROPOSAL RESPONSE TO RFP [...] (U) As requested by G/TIP (reftel),Post submits summary information for the proposal submitted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in response to RFP GTIP-07-AW-003-112307. The proposal was the only one submitted and Post recommends it for funding. The entire proposal w [...]	2008-03-13 15:00:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08DAMASCUS203	SYRIAN SECURITY FORCE DEADLY CRACKDOWN ON KURDISH [...] (C) Summary: Syrian security forces resorted to deadly force over the weekend while dispersing unarmed Kurds celebrating the Kurdish New Year in the northeastern Syrian town of Qamishli. This incident marks the second crackdown on Kurds in a little over five months, and Kurdish political fac [...]	2008-03-25 14:36:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SY
08DAMASCUS345	SYRIAN REGIME CONTROL OF INTERNET MORE VARIED, [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-15 12:13:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SY
08DAMASCUS376	SYRIA AND UG99 DAMAGING WHEAT FUNGUS (C-TN8-00647) [...] (SBU) In response to ref A, ICARDA has not confirmed any reports of Ug99 stem rust in Syria. Should a possible outbreak occur, ICARDA's staff pathologist is capable of conducting in-house laboratory analysis to quickly determine whether the disease is Ug99. Although SARG Agriculture Ministry c [...]	2008-05-28 10:28:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR EAGR ECON SY
08DAMASCUS461	SYRIA: AMBASSADOR,S FUND FOR REFUGEES NOMINATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has received a $20,000 proposal from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and the entire East (GOPA) for two projects we would like to submit for funding through the Taft program: (1) a $20,000 program to provide vocational training and education to 80 vulnerable Ira [...]	2008-06-30 13:47:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF SY
08DAMASCUS471	NORWEGIAN FM VISITS DAMASCUS, JUSTIFIES ENGAGING [...] (C) Summary: During a week in which Italian FM Fratini called FM Muallim regarding a possible U/S - level trip in mid-July to Damascus and UN Middle East Envoy Robert Serry heard "positive messages" from Syrian MFA officials, Norwegian FM Store visited Damascus July 1 and reported positive exc [...]	2008-07-02 16:03:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SY
08DAMASCUS491	TIME FOR TALKING POINTS TO COUNTER SYRIA'S "CHARM [...] (C) Summary: Eager to exploit growing European interest in engaging Syria, Damascus is taking credit for recent "stabilizing" regional developments, such as the Doha accord on Lebanon, peace talks with Israel, the Hamas-Israeli "calming," and even Israeli-Hizballah prisoner exchanges. Some [...]	2008-07-10 09:50:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL SY IS LE IZ
08DAMASCUS510	IIP SPEAKER DEREK SHEARER ENGAGES SYRIAN AUDIENCES ON U.S. [...] (U)SUMMARY. IIP speaker and former U.S. Ambassador Derek Shearer engaged diverse sectors of Syrians including university students, human rights, business, and media audiences during his May 26-29 visit. Shearer shared an political insider's view of how the U.S. elections process works and pro [...]	2008-07-16 04:40:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SY XF OEXC SCUL
08DAMASCUS727	PART I OF A SERIES: IRANIAN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN [...] (SBU) This is the first cable in a three-part series examining Iranian economic activity in Syria. Iranian-Syrian economic cooperation is overstated by both the SARG and Iranian government in an attempt to create the public perception that a mutually beneficial economic relationship has resu [...]	2008-10-16 16:19:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET ETRD PGOV IR SY
08DAMASCUS779	DAMASCUS REFUGEE SITREP 7 [...] (SBU) CIRCUIT RIDE WRAP-UP: IOM reports that for the circuit ride 9 August - 25 September, DHS/USCIS approved 480 cases (1359 individuals) and denied 43 cases (152 individuals). No decision was made in 89 cases (312 individuals). DHS team leader Frank Minnick said that this approval rate o [...]	2008-11-04 15:11:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SY IZ
08DAMASCUS790	DAMASCUS MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 9, 2008: CONFESSORS OF [...] Syrian papers reported on the broadcast confessions by the alleged perpetrators of the explosion in the al-Qazza area of Damascus on September 27. Syrian state TV on Thursday, November 7, showed 12 individuals (mostly Syrians) claiming membership in Fateh al-Islam and confessing to planning t [...]	2008-11-09 12:53:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO SY
08DAMASCUS791	DAMASCUS MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 10, 2008: PRESIDENT [...] Syrian papers dedicated their front-page headlines and editorials to President al-Asad's November 9 speech at the opening session of the Arab Transitional Parliament. He called on the United States to pull its troops out of Iraq claiming, "The presence in Iraq of American occupation forces is [...]	2008-11-10 13:54:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO SY
08DAMASCUS886	Special Media Reaction Report: Jimmy Carter's Visit to [...] Summary: The December 13-15 visit to Damascus by former President Jimmy Carter consumed headlines in all four Syrian dailies during the course of the visit. The tone of reporting was decidedly optimistic, particularly on the prospects for U.S.-Syrian relations and the return of a U.S. Ambassa [...]	2008-12-16 05:29:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
08DAMASCUS93	SARG ANNOUNCES JOINT VENTURE WITH UK/US-BASED [...] (C) On February 5, the UK-licensed, majority US-owned company Gulfsands Petroleum received official SARG permission to establish a joint venture with Syrian Petroleum Company (SPC) to develop the Khurbet East (KHE) oil field in northeastern Syria (Block 26). The same day, Pol/Econ Counselor a [...]	2008-02-07 16:35:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG EPET PGOV SY
08DARESSALAAM14	TANZANIA DECEMBER 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP: EU TRADE [...] In this issue: - Concerns on EU Trade Agreement - Government Heavy Borrowing - GDP on the Rise, Standard of Living Stagnant - Counterfeit Mobile Phones Flood Shops ------------------------------- Concerns on EU Trade Agreement ------------------------------- 2. Following the si [...]	2008-01-07 09:15:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD TZ
08DARESSALAAM224	TANZANIA: MINISTER MEMBE DEFENDS TO DIPLOMATS [...] (C) The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Bernard Membe, defended to Dar es Salaam-based diplomats on April 4 the decision of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party to insist on a referendum among Zanzibari voters on a powersharing agreement within the Government of Zanzib [...]	2008-04-08 18:01:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL PGOV TZ
08DARESSALAAM233	TANZANIA MARCH 2008 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP: TOURISM, PRIVATE [...] In this issue: -- Tourism Overtakes Agriculture in Economy -- More Credit Extended to the Private Sector -- GOT Hires Consultants to Study Minimum Wage -- CTI Bemoans Barriers to EAC Trading -- President Kikwete to Attend Arusha Tourism Forum in May 2008 -- Sullivan Summit June 2 - [...]	2008-04-10 12:55:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR ECIN EIND EINV ELAB ETRD TZ
08DARESSALAAM3	AUSTR LISER DISCUSSES BOEING AND FLEET EXPANSION WITH AIR [...] (U) AUSTR Florie Liser learned from David Mattaka, Chief Executive Officer of Air Tanzania Company (ATC,) and three ATC Board Directors in a November 13 meeting in Arusha that the Board had recommended to the Government of Tanzania (GOT) to acquire Airbus A-320s (narrow body planes) to expand i [...]	2008-01-02 14:04:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EAID ECON PREL TZ
08DARESSALAAM32	TANZANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-15 12:13:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR TZ
08DARESSALAAM412	STRONG USG REPRESENTATION AT TANZANIA'S SULLIVAN SUMMIT [...] The Leon H. Sullivan Foundation greatly appreciated The strong U.S. Government (USG) representation at the Eighth Annual Sullivan Summit held in Arusha, Tanzania from June 2 to 6. Led by a White House Delegation headed by Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne, almost all USG departments [...]	2008-07-04 04:41:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID ETRD EINV TZ
08DARESSALAAM444	ZANZIBAR PRIMER: THE ISSUE, WHY IT MATTERS & WHAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Zanzibar accounts for only three percent of Tanzania's population, yet it is a major preoccupation for the Government of Tanzania due to its longrunning severe political tensions, history of violent and flawed elections, and mediocre governance. The Zanzibar/Tanzania relationsh [...]	2008-07-18 11:23:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TZ IGAD
08DARESSALAAM484	TANZANIA: MINI-DUBLIN GROUP DISCUSSES CURRENT [...] (U) The Assistant Regional Security Officer (ARSO) attended the "Mini-Dublin Group," an informal gathering of like-minded countries initiated by the President of Ireland focused on counter narcotics issues. Embassy representatives from the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Germany, Finland, the [...]	2008-08-02 16:32:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR TZ
08DARESSALAAM49	AMBASSADOR GREEN AND PRESIDENT KIKWETE DISCUSS THE [...] (C) President Jakaya Kikwete told Ambassador Green January 16 that he is closely involved in the final stages of the discussions between the ruling CCM and the Civic United Front (CUF) parties to fine-tune the details of a power-sharing arrangement for the Government of Zanzibar that would go i [...]	2008-01-18 13:08:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM PREL ECON KE TZ
08DARESSALAAM493	TANZANIA: GRAND CORRUPTION CASES' SLOW, NOT SO [...] (C) The Director of Tanzania's Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB),Edward Hoseah, told our Millennium Challenge Threshold Account coordinator that the PCCB has been give the go-ahead to indict several GOT officials in the Alex Stewart Assayers case, one of six grand corruption [...]	2008-08-08 09:13:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EFIN ECON TZ
08DARESSALAAM650	AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - TANZANIA [...] This cable is in response to reftel. 2. Country: Tanzania Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary: Tanzania's population increased to approximately 40.3 million in 2007. 2007 Gross National Income (GNI) was $16.2 billion and GNI per capita was $400. Over the past tw [...]	2008-10-09 06:41:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ECON PGOV PREL ELAB PTER TZ
08DARESSALAAM809	ANTI-CORRUPTION SHOCK AND AWE: EX-MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary. Two former cabinet ministers, one of whom is a sitting MP, were brought to court November 25 to face charges in the second of a series of grand corruption cases. The arrest of the two ministers was an encouraging surprise for the public and the donor community, both of which had b [...]	2008-12-01 02:19:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EFIN ECON TZ
08DARESSALAAM869	Tanzania 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-31 11:19:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PHUM TZ
08DHAKA1002	BANGLADESH AND THE MESA GROUP SEAT ON THE IAEA [...] (C) Pol/Econ Counselor September 21 presented reftel demarche to Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). A/DCM followed up September 22 with Shabbir Ahmed Chowdhury, Director General of the Americas Wing of the MFA. Chowdhury said he had briefed Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed and For [...]	2008-09-23 04:58:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA PARM MNUC BG
08DHAKA1147	BURMA-BANGLADESH MARITIME DISPUTE FLARES [...] (S/NF) Dhaka, on November 2, strongly protested Burma's November 1 decision to explore for oil and gas and dispatch naval vessels in disputed waters between the two nations. The Government of Bangladesh demanded the withdrawal of four exploration ships, accompanied by two naval warships, from [...]	2008-11-03 11:12:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	BG BM ECON KDEM PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TRGY
08DHAKA1161	LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAE EAST SOUTH ASIA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the NESA Combating Terrorism Executive Seminar in USA, which will begin on December 02, 2008. Post vetting was completed on November 10, 2008. Post requests that vetting be complete [...]	2008-11-10 06:45:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1168	LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAE EAST SOUTH ASIA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the NESA Combating Terrorism Executive Seminar in USA, which will begin on December 02, 2008. Post vetting was completed on November 11, 2008. Post requests that vetting be complete [...]	2008-11-12 05:11:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1219	BANGLADESH SYMPATHETIC BUT NON-COMMITTAL ON [...] (U) On Sunday November 23, PolOff met with Sakib Sadakat, Assistant Secretary UN and Human Rights Wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to convey reftel points. We conveyed our support for a two state solution in the Middle East and our view that these resolutions are repetitive and unbalan [...]	2008-11-24 11:42:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	BG IS PGOV PHUM PREL
08DHAKA1297	BANGLADESH: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF [...] (U) Below is the text of a letter of congratulations to President-elect Obama from Motiur Rahman Nizami, head of the political party Jamaat-e-Islami. We will forward the original to SCA/PB. 2. (U) Begin text: H.E. Mr. Barack Obama President Elect The United States of America Excelle [...]	2008-12-14 05:52:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT BG
08DHAKA163	LEAHY VETTING FOR COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY RESPONSE [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) Comprehensive Security Response to Terrorism course to be held from March 5-27, 2008. Post vetting was completed on February 3 [...]	2008-02-06 10:28:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA164	LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR EAST/SOUTH ASIA (NESA) [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Near East/South Asia (NESA) Senior Executive Course to be held from March 3-14, 2008. Post vetting was completed on February 4, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by [...]	2008-02-06 10:31:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA290	EMBASSY DHAKA INPUT TO EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] This Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) covers anti-trafficking efforts by the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) from April 2007 to March 2008. Paragraph two begins text. Embassy point of contact is Kapil Gupta, Political/Economic Officer, telephone: 880-2-885-5500 x 2206, IVG post-code: 583, fax [...]	2008-03-04 11:23:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BG
08DHAKA309	LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR EAST-SOUTH ASIA ALUMNI [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Near East-South Asia Alumni Seminar to be held in Athens, Greece, from April 6-9, 2008. Post vetting was completed on March 11, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed b [...]	2008-03-11 07:12:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA328	LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR EAST-SOUTH ASIA ALUMNI [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Near East-South Asia Alumni Seminar to be held in Athens, Greece, from April 6-9, 2008. Post vetting was completed on March 11, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed b [...]	2008-03-13 10:21:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA407	BANGLADESH TO BUY BOEINGS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Biman Bangladesh Airlines March 15 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Boeing to purchase eight wide-body aircraft, representing a total value of $1.26 billion. The purchase involves four 777 aircraft to be delivered in 2013 and four 787 aircraft for delivery in 2017, [...]	2008-04-07 02:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD BEXP BG
08DHAKA410	LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR EAST-SOUTH ASIA EXECUTIVE [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Near East-South Asia Executive Seminar to be held from June 4-26, 2008. Post vetting was completed on April 7, 2008. Post requests vetting be returned by April 22 to provide su [...]	2008-04-08 06:24:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA411	LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR EAST-SOUTH ASIA COMBATING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Near East-South Asia Combating Terrorism Course to be held from April 24 to May 15, 2008. Post vetting was completed on April 7, 2008. Post requests vetting be returned by Apri [...]	2008-04-08 06:27:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA48	CIVIL AVIATION IN BANGLADESH: NOWHERE TO GO BUT UP [...] (U) SUMMARY: After years of little or no progress there are signs that the civil aviation sector in Bangladesh is attempting to climb out of its hole of poor safety and abysmal performance. For a decade the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has been under a Category Two rating by [...]	2008-01-12 09:13:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV BG
08DHAKA539	BANGLADESH SCENESETTER FOR DRL DEPUTY ASSISTANT [...] (C) Your visit to Bangladesh comes at a critical juncture in the Caretaker Government's term. The Government begins on May 22 a dialogue with the political parties to set the stage for Parliamentary elections in the third week of December, to institutionalize reforms initiated by the Governmen [...]	2008-05-16 08:18:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BG
08DHAKA618	BANGLADESH SHRIMP SECTOR - CHILD LABOR PRESENT BUT NOT [...] (SBU) Recent Embassy visits to shrimp processing factories in southwestern and southeastern Bangladesh revealed cases of child labor in a handful of factories. Econoff and Econ Specialist visited nine shrimp processing factories in Bangladesh's Khulna region, four in Cox's Bazaar, and five in [...]	2008-06-09 09:17:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAGR ETRD SOCI PGOV KWMN BG
08DHAKA645	DESPITE SHORT TENURES, CARETAKER GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Two top officials of the Caretaker Government in separate meetings with the Ambassador on June 10 outlined ambitious agendas to improve the quality of education, promote industry and fix Bangladesh's moribund national air carrier. Although they emphatically stated they would be gone from [...]	2008-06-16 10:30:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAIR EIND ETRD SCUL BG
08DHAKA686	LEAHY VETTING FOR SOUTH ASIA PACIFIC REGIONAL APPROACHES TO [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the South Asia Pacific Regional Approaches to Combatting Terrorism Course to be held in in August 2008. Post vetting was completed on June 24, 2008. Post requests that vetting be co [...]	2008-06-24 11:19:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG

08DHAKA786	LEAHY VETTING FOR ORIENTATION TRAINING FOR INSPECTOR LEVEL [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following remaining candidates have been selected for participation under the Project "Counter-Trafficking Interventions in Prevention, Protection and Persecution for Victims of Trafficking in Persons in Bangladesh". Name of training co [...]	2008-07-28 02:34:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA794	IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS SEAT - INFORMING BANGLADESH [...] (S) On July 27, Acting Pol-Econ Counselor met with Samia Anjum, Senior Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas and Pacific Wing, to convey reftel points and urge Bangladesh to support Kazakhstan,s bid of Board of Governors seat at the IAEA. We reviewed Kazakhsta [...]	2008-07-28 08:33:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	IAEA KNNP KZ SY AORC BG
08DHAKA896	LEAHY VETTING FOR TRAIN THE TRAINER COURSE, AUGUST 18-28 [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Train The Trainer Course in Rajendrapur, Bangladesh which will begin on August 18-28, 2008. Post vetting was completed on August 13, 2008. Post requests that vetting be complet [...]	2008-08-24 05:45:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA931	LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR EAST SOUTH ASIA (NESA) CENTER SENIOR [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center Senior Executive Alumni Symposium in Prague, Czech Republic, which will begin on October 11-14. Post vetting was completed on September 04. [...]	2008-09-04 05:56:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DILI17	TIMOR-LESTE'S NATIONAL PARLIAMENT: A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Timor-Leste's National Parliament is still grappling with language issues, low capacity, staffing shortages, and poor communication with voters. It continues to rely heavily on Portuguese-speaking foreign staff financed by the UNDP. Despite this, the four-party government coalition has [...]	2008-01-25 10:43:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TT
08DILI183	JOSE RAMOS-HORTA PREVIEWS CTF REPORT [...] (C) President Jose Ramos-Horta called the Ambassador into his office July 14 to preview his government's reaction to the Commission on Truth and Friendship (CTF) report to be released on July 15. President Ramos Horta described the report as "quite good," while acknowledging that senior office [...]	2008-07-14 09:29:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TT
08DILI281	MCC ELIGIBILITY: THE CASE FOR TIMOR-LESTE [...] Timor-Leste is Asia's poorest country and ranks among the most impoverished nations of the world in terms of illiteracy, maternal and child mortality, malnutrition, low income and other indices of human development. Its infrastructure is shockingly poor, from roads to schools, to telecommunic [...]	2008-11-04 07:31:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MCC ECON EFIN TT
08DILI297	U.S. PACIFIC FLEET AND U.S. MARINE FORCES PACIFIC EXPLORE [...] (C) Summary. Teams from both U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT) and U.S. Marine Forces Pacific (MARFORPAC) concluded an assessment trip to Timor-Leste on November 22 designed to determine how they can provide additional assistance to Timor-Leste's security sector. In doing so, members met with a [...]	2008-11-25 07:04:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MARR EAID TT
08DILI41	TIMOR-LESTE: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] Summary. Child labor in Timor-Leste is pervasive but difficult to quantify. Hard data is largely unavailable. All stakeholders agree that it is a problem, but the GOTL, preoccupied with the fundamental tasks of preserving public order, has not yet had sufficient means, capacity, or stabilit [...]	2008-02-12 04:33:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI TT
08DJIBOUTI1035	DJIBOUTI -- SUMMARY OF DJIBOUTI PRESS 12/28/08 [...] Djibouti-United States: Barring the Route to the Traffic of Nuclear Materials (La Nation) 2. University of Djibouti: English Books Donation (La Nation) 3. Senator Feingold in Djibouti (La Nation) 4. Diplomatic Ballet in Djibouti (La Nation) Â [...]	2008-12-28 05:07:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR PREL PGOV DJ XA
08DJIBOUTI1039	DJIBOUTI: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] SUMMARY: Child labor in Djibouti is largely limited to informal sector activities, including street vending, work in family-owned businesses, and begging. In rural areas, children are often involved in caring for their families' livestock. Agriculture in Djibouti is largely limited to nomadic [...]	2008-12-28 12:52:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI DJ
08DJIBOUTI110	SCENESETTER: EMBASSY DJIBOUTI WELCOMES ADMIRAL [...] (C) Djibouti is a peaceful, tolerant, democratic, Muslim country that contributes remarkably to the national security of the United States as a key security partner. In addition to hosting a U.S. base, it refuels our ships (currently twice a week),broadcasts the Voice of America in Arabic and [...]	2008-02-04 13:18:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	MASS PREL OVIP PGOV EAID DJ
08DJIBOUTI27	SCENESETTER: EMBASSY DJIBOUTI WELCOMES GENERAL WARD [...] (C) Djibouti is a peaceful, tolerant, democratic, Muslim country that contributes remarkably to the national security of the United States as a key security partner. In addition to hosting a U.S. base, it refuels our ships (currently twice a week),broadcasts the Voice of America in Arabic and [...]	2008-01-10 14:49:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER DJ
08DJIBOUTI437	REFUGEE SURGE: DJIBOUTI FEELS THE WOES OF [...] (U) Djibouti, by most measures, is one of the more stable countries in the Horn of Africa. As a result it has become an attractive destination for refugees and immigrants from the entire region, but particularly Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea. Due to increased turmoil and instability in south [...]	2008-05-06 14:37:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	ASEC DJ PREF PTER SMIG SO
08DJIBOUTI439	DJIBOUTI - IMPACT OF SOMALI REFUGEES AND YEMEN-BOUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the National Office of Assistance to Refugees and Disaster Stricken People (ONARS)--the Government of Djibouti (GoDJ) office in charge of refugee affairs--reported the ongoing arrival of refugees/m [...]	2008-05-07 09:43:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF SMIG EAID SO ET DJ YM XA
08DJIBOUTI553	DJIBOUTI'S GROWING FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Djibouti has long served as a regional financial services center for the Horn of Africa. As Djibouti increasingly seeks to position itself as a world-class shipping and services platform, it has looked to cement its status as a financial services hub. Three new banks have recent [...]	2008-06-26 11:35:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PREL DJ
08DJIBOUTI565	DJIIBOUTIAN NATIONAL DAY: FLYING THE FLAG AND THANKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With tensions still running high on the Djibouti-Eritrea border, the GODJ marked Djiboutian National Day on June 27 with modest celebrations, thanks to allies, and a renewed appeal for national solidarity. Although a large portion of Djibouti's armed forces are deployed near the [...]	2008-06-30 10:23:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON KPAO SOCI FR ER DJ
08DJIBOUTI567	IMF IN FINAL NEGOTIATIONS FOR DJIBOUTI PRGF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a June 23 briefing, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation briefed donors in Djibouti on the results of their week-long mission to negotiate a new Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) agreement with the GODJ. While the IMF team was upbeat about the overall ec [...]	2008-06-30 10:33:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PREL KTFN DJ
08DJIBOUTI687	FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI [...] Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the working-age population. Over two- thirds of the country's estimated 650,000 reside [...]	2008-08-27 09:18:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA
08DJIBOUTI764	SCENESETTER: EMBASSY DJIBOUTI WELCOMES BACK [...] (C) SUMMARY. A key regional partner in the Horn of Africa, Djibouti hosts not only the sole U.S. military base in Africa, but also broadcasting facilities used by the Voice of America to reach Muslim audiences, one of USAID's primary global warehouses for pre-positioned emergency food stockpi [...]	2008-09-18 14:48:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MOPS EAID DJ ER SO XA
08DJIBOUTI782	USAID AND FEWSNET DISCUSS DJIBOUTI'S FOOD INSECURITY WITH [...] SUMMARY. During a September 12-14 visit to Djibouti by Assistant Administrator Hess, Djibouti's foreign minister requested more information on how FEWSNET collected its data. USAID/Djibouti followed up with a meeting held on September 21, between Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahamoud Ali Youss [...]	2008-09-29 15:04:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL DJ
08DJIBOUTI816	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL NORTON A. [...] (C) SUMMARY. A key regional partner in the Horn of Africa, Djibouti hosts not only the sole U.S. military base in Africa, but also broadcasting facilities used by the Voice of America to reach Muslim audiences, one of USAID's primary global warehouses for pre-positioned emergency food stockpil [...]	2008-10-17 16:47:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MOPS EAID DJ ER SO XA
08DJIBOUTI853	DJIBOUTI - CABINET DIRECTOR DISCUSSES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] On October 13, the USAID Representative and the USAID FSN Program Development Specialist met with the Director of the Presidential Cabinet, Mr. Abdi Achkir, and his staff to discuss USAID food aid donations to Djibouti. The USAID Representative explained that 2,300 metric tons of vegetable oil [...]	2008-10-30 06:48:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV DJ
08DJIBOUTI924	DP WORLD CEO BULLISH ON DJIBOUTI INVESTMENTS [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Dubai Ports World (DP World) CEO Mohammad Sharaf outlined DP World's growing investments in Djibouti and throughout the region. Sharaf said that the multimillion-dollar Doraleh Port project was on track to receive its first ships in Decem [...]	2008-11-20 11:54:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EWWT PHSA PREL KCOR DJ XA
08DJIBOUTI947	ESDP TO USE DJIBOUTI TO SUPPORT COUNTER-PIRACY OPS [...] (C) Summary: The EU's counter-piracy "Operation Atalanta" includes plans to base in Djibouti a small staff element, three surveillance aircraft, and a naval commando contingent, plus use Djibouti's fuel port to resupply participating naval vessels. The French (as EU President) have approach [...]	2008-11-25 14:45:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	DJ EU EWWT MOPS PHSA PREL SO
08DOHA146	QATAR ANNOUNCES ESTABLISHMENT OF "SILATECH" GLOBAL [...] (U) Sheikha Mozah bin Nasser Al-Misnad, the wife of the Qatari Amir, announced January 15 the establishment of the "Silatech" ("your connection" in Arabic) Global Youth Employment Initiative. The announcement was made at the First Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations held in Madrid. In maki [...]	2008-02-20 10:46:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM ELAB UN QA
08DOHA171	QATAR: INPUT FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Subsequent to the demotion of Qatar to Tier-3 status last year, information and statistics from Qatari Government and quasi-government stakeholders have been more difficult to obtain. All government stakeholders, including the National TIP Coordinator and the TIP shelter, have been instr [...]	2008-02-28 13:16:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ELAB QA
08DOHA253	Media Reaction: A/S Welch Visit to Qatar, April 1 [...] Summary: All the Qatari local dailies provided prominent coverage for the visit of NEA A/S David Welch to Qatar on April 1, 2008. The official Qatari News Agency (QNA) published that A/S Welch met with Qatar Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and discussed "bilateral relations and subjects o [...]	2008-04-02 14:17:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PREL OPRC QA
08DOHA282	MEDIA REACTION: B-1 BOMBER LOSS AT AL-UDEID AIRBASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: All Qatari local dailies provided prominent front page coverage of an incident, in which a U.S. military B-1 aircraft was destroyed after it landed at Al Udeid Air Base (AUAB) in Doha on April 4 at 2110 local time. Al Jazeera satellite channel, which broke the story, provided ext [...]	2008-04-07 13:32:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO MARR MOPS PREL QA
08DOHA398	ANOTHER RAY OF LIGHT - DOHA INTERFAITH CENTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue (DICID) officially opened May 14 at the conclusion of the sixth Doha Conference for Interfaith Dialogue. Former President of Qatar University, Professor Ebrahim Saleh Al-Naimi, was appointed the DICID Chairman, and will ove [...]	2008-05-21 16:11:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL QA
08DOHA525	QATAR INVESTMENT AUTHORITY, PART THREE: FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: With plans on track for Qatar's natural gas production to double over the next few years, the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) should have no shortage of fresh capital to invest. Beyond finding profitable investments to secure the long-term welfare of its people, the GOQ wants [...]	2008-07-27 13:15:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EFIN ECON EAGR QA
08DOHA558	CHARTING EMBASSY DOHA'S COURSE - SYNCHRONIZATION [...] (C) Qatar is steadily emerging as a key regional partner for the United States - militarily and economically: -- Qatar hosts approximately 10,000 U.S. military forces at two major installations. These forces are heavily involved in the conduct of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, especially [...]	2008-08-04 14:35:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT KSPR ECON QA
08DOHA603	QATAR INVESTMENT AUTHORITY PLANS INCREASED [...] (C) Faisal Abbas (protect),an investment analyst in the office of QIA CEO (and Qatar's Foreign Minister and Prime Minister) Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ),told Econoff August 20 that the QIA remains highly interested in investments in the United States. He explained that the fund is lookin [...]	2008-08-24 12:58:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EFIN ECON QA
08DOHA604	END TO ENERGY CONSTRUCTION BOOM COULD [...] (C) Qatar Chemical Company (Q-Chem) Deputy General Manager Don Lycette told the Ambassador during an August 20 introductory meeting that his company is short of workers and would be building more, faster, if they could find additional skilled labor. (Note: Lycette is a secondee from Chevron P [...]	2008-08-24 12:59:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ELAB EPET EINV ECON QA
08DOHA630	PROFESSIONAL OIL NEGOTIATOR'S COMMENTS ON ARAB [...] (C) During an introductory call with Ambassador August 28, ConocoPhillips (COP) President of Middle East and North Africa Bill Bullock said Qatar is "a country that gets it right" in creating an investment climate to encourage international participation. Bullock -- who oversees COP's operati [...]	2008-09-02 13:12:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON EINV QA
08DOHA685	SECURITY PRIVATIZATION BEST SOLUTION FOR NEW [...] (C) Rich Roth (protect),a private American consultant whose firm CTI Consulting Services has a security contract with the NDIA Committee, told Econoff in late August that the current NDIA design has secondary passenger and luggage screening capability at each gate - i.e., not just one general [...]	2008-09-24 13:15:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ASEC QA
08DOHA777	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HINOJOSA'S NOVEMBER 13-14 [...] (U) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have requested meetings for you with the Amir, the Prime Minister/Foreign Minister, and the Amir,s wife, Sheikha Mozah, who heads the Qatar Foundation, the organization that oversees the six U.S. universities in Qatar. Yours will be one of th [...]	2008-11-03 14:07:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO SCUL QA
08DOHA782	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt met October 29 with Finance and Economy Minister Yousef Hussain Kamal and Qatar Central Bank (QCB) Deputy Governor Shaykh Fahad Bin Faisal Al Thani. Also participating in the meetings from the U.S. side were Ambassador, Treasury Deputy Assistant .S [...]	2008-11-05 08:02:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON QA IR IZ
08DOHA783	QIA ASSESSES INVESTMENT LANDSCAPE FOR TREASURY [...] (C) Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt met October 29 with Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) Executive Board Member (and de facto Managing Director) Dr. Hussain Al-Abdulla. Also participating in the meetings from the U.S. side were Ambassador, Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for the [...]	2008-11-05 08:07:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EFIN ECON QA
08DOHA791	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR MARK LAGON'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have requested meetings with Minister of State for Interior Affairs Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Al Thani, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Dr. Sultan Bin Hassan al-Dhabit al-Dousari, Minister of State for International Cooperation and Confer [...]	2008-11-06 14:25:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KTIP ELAB QA
08DOHA792	AL JAZEERA: MORE THAN JUST A NEWS CHANNEL [...] (SBU) For all of the competition that has sprung up from channels like Al Arabiyah, Al Hurra, BBC Arabic and others, Al Jazeera is still considered the undisputed king of Arabic broadcast media in most of the Arab world. For that reason, Al Jazeera is a vital component to the USG's strategy i [...]	2008-11-06 14:26:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO PGOV QA
08DOHA796	UK PRIME MINISTER DEEPENS UK-QATAR RELATIONSHIP [...] (C/NF) UK Ambassador John Hawkins and UK Political and Public Affairs Secretary James Lynch gave readouts of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's November 2-3 visit to Qatar in separate conversations with Ambassador, P/E Chief, and Econoff. Lynch noted that Brown's visit to Qatar was the res [...]	2008-11-09 09:56:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EINV EFIN QA UK SU
08DOHA820	QATAR AIRWAYS U.S. FLIGHTS: KEEPING SECURITY ON [...] (C) During summer and fall 2007, a series of U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) assessments revealed major problems in passenger and baggage screening and other aviation security areas at Doha International Airport, including for flights to the U.S. Since then, the GOQ worked i [...]	2008-11-20 13:39:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ASEC QA
08DOHA827	NUCLEAR POWER: MODELS AND ANTI-MODELS ABOUND AT [...] (U) On November 10-11, Ambassador Wolcott participated in the MENA Nuclear Energy Forum in Doha, Qatar, during which she delivered a special address. Additional speakers included representatives of regional governments (the UAE, Egypt, Qatar, Oman, and Yemen); multilateral organizations (Gulf [...]	2008-11-25 07:27:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP PARM PREL QA EG MU KU AE FR BE CA
08DOHA83	READOUT OF SECRETARY BODMAN'S JANUARY 22 MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman visited Qatar January 22 for meetings with Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah Al-Attiyah, the Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, and representatives of major U.S. energy companies in Qatar. Discussions focused on the U.S. perception that t [...]	2008-02-04 05:30:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL EINV TRGY QA
08DOHA841	CODEL HINOJOSA DISCUSSES BRINGING MORE U.S. [...] A Codel led by Congressman Ruben Hinojosa, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Higher Education, and comprising Representatives Henry Brown, Mazie Hirono, Grace Napolitano and Ed Pastor, visited Doha November 12 - 14, spending a day focused on U.S. universities at Education City. 2. The C [...]	2008-12-03 10:44:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OEXC OREP QA
08DOHA854	QATAR OUTLINES DARFUR STRATEGY TO SE WILLIAMSON [...] (C) In a November 24 meeting with Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (Shaykh Hamad),the President's Special Envoy for Sudan Richard Williamson, accompanied by Ambassador, said he was pleased to be in Doha to discuss Qatar's Initiative on Darfur. Shaykh Hamad replied that Qatar needs the [...]	2008-12-14 07:05:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM QA SU
08DOHA869	QATAR'S PLANS TO PURSUE NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] The GOQ is currently considering development of a nuclear power generation capacity. Meanwhile, the quasi-governmental Qatar Foundation wants to build on its existing partnership with Texas A&M University to create an educational base for training Qataris in nuclear fields. Qatar signaled its [...]	2008-12-17 07:19:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO QA
08DUBAI1	DIFC SIGNS MOU WITH FDIC, FEDERAL RESERVE AND OTHER US [...] (U) On October 23 the Dubai Financial Services Authority (the DFSA is the regulating authority for the Dubai's self-governing financial "free zone" the Dubai International Financial Center, DIFC) entered into a comprehensive Statement of Cooperation with key U.S. federal banking supervision aut [...]	2008-01-02 08:18:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV TC AE
08DUBAI100	DUBAI ESTH UPDATE: COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FREE [...] (SBU) Summary: Amman ESTH Hub officer and PolEconoff held January 30-31 ESTH related meetings in Dubai. Meetings with Nakheel, the developer of high profile Palms and World island projects, highlighted their pioneering aspects as they reclaim additional coastal land. While Nakheel is planning [...]	2008-03-17 12:44:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD EAID PGOV AE
08DUBAI101	WHO'S GOT THE JUICE? -- ELECTRICITY AND WATER LIMITATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Dubai's aggressive 11% per annum planned real GDP growth targets through 2015 are based on the assumption that sufficient power and water will be available for the massive development now underway. The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) is currently operating at close t [...]	2008-03-18 08:00:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KNNP ECON EINV SENV ETRD PGOV AE IR
08DUBAI236	G8-BMENA SUBMINISTERIAL READOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor David Kramer led the U.S. delegation to the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) subministerial meeting in Dubai on June 9, 2008. NEA DAS Kent Patton and DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles were part of the de [...]	2008-06-22 12:09:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI KDEM PGOV PREL AE
08DUBAI271	DUBAI MEGA-PROJECTS PART 1: INCREASING THE COASTLINE TEN-FOLD [...] (U) Summary. In support of Dubai's 2015 Strategic Plan, Dubai's parastatal conglomerates and their many subsidiaries (as well as a bevy of private developers)have commenced a staggering number of mega-projects (according to Middle East Economic Digest, the value of planned and underway projects wi [...]	2008-07-10 14:20:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV AE
08DUBAI272	DUBAI MEGA-PROJECTS PART 2: THE OTHER 90% OF SHEIKH MOHAMMED'S VISION [...] (U) Summary. Taking as gospel Dubai Ruler Sh. Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum's oft quoted line, "what you see is only 10 percent of my vision", Dubai's aggressive 2015 Strategic Plan targets 11% per annum planned real GDP growth with a focus on the six key sectors in which Dubai views itself as hav [...]	2008-07-10 14:32:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV AE
08DUBAI347	READOUT OF RECENT JAPAN-IRAN BILATERAL MEETINGS [...] (S/NF) Summary. During an August 25 meeting with IRPO Director and Poloffs, Japanese MFA Iran Desk Officer Junichi Sumi gave an informal readout of the most recent encounters between Japanese and Iranian officials, including regularly scheduled meetings at the Vice Ministerial and Director Gen [...]	2008-09-01 14:04:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PGOV ETRD ETTC IR JA
08DUBAI464	MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE - DUBAI'S MONEY PROBLEMS, AND ITS [...] (C/NF) Summary. Through the fog of Dubai's image management machine, there are signs of economic vulnerability. From official upset regarding an analysis critical of Dubai's finances, to (unconfirmed) reports of substantially decreased passenger loads on Emirates Airlines and murmurings of ev [...]	2008-12-15 09:01:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV AE
08DUBLIN192	SCENESETTER FOR IRISH PRIME MINISTER'S ADDRESS TO [...] (C) Prime Minister (Taoiseach, TEE-SHUCK) Bertie Ahern's address to a Joint Session of Congress on April 30 will be framed by the Northern Ireland peace process, Irish economic growth (the "Celtic Tiger"),Ireland's view of its place in the world, and Ahern's announcement that he will step dow [...]	2008-04-11 14:38:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV EAIR MOPPS MARR EI
08DUBLIN23	IRISH PRESIDENT MCALEESE TACKLES GLOBAL ISSUES IN NEW [...] Summary: President of Ireland Mary McAleese addressed diplomats on January 14, delivering a wide-ranging speech focusing on Irish Government policy in regards to conflict resolution, climate change, human rights, overseas development aid, humanitarian crises, nuclear weapons proliferation, po [...]	2008-01-16 08:20:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM EI
08DUBLIN248	BRIAN COWEN POISED TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER OF [...] (U) At about 6:00 PM on May 6, former Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern presented his resignation to Irish President Mary McAleese, clearing the way for Brian Cowen to be elected as the new Prime Minister of Ireland by the Dail (Lower House of Parliament) (reftel). Cowen's electi [...]	2008-05-07 12:15:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EI
08DUBLIN289	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LEAHY TO IRELAND [...] (U) CODEL Leahy will arrive against a backdrop of a new Irish Government led by Prime Minister Brian Cowen, the continuing successful peace process in Northern Ireland, a slowing, but still world-class economic growth -- the "Celtic Tiger" -- and an Ireland that is increasingly engaged in for [...]	2008-05-21 15:56:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV EAIR MOPPS MARR EI
08DUBLIN329	IRISH DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS DISCUSSES [...] (C) POLOFF reviewed affairs in Iraq, Iran, and Lebanon on June 5, 2008 with Michael Gaffey, Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Ireland is considering the invitation to the Friends of Iraq conference in Abu Dhabi and intends to continue providing s [...]	2008-06-09 08:51:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM KNNP UNSC IAEA MARR MOPS PINR
08DUBLIN356	IRELAND SOUNDLY REJECTS LISBON TREATY IN SHOCK RESULT [...] (U) By a surprisingly large margin, Irish voters today rejected the EU Lisbon Treaty by 53.7 percent to 46.3 percent. The final results were announced late in the afternoon. The 'No' campaign won in 33 of 43 constituencies. No single factor has emerged as decisive in the 'Yes' defeat. Howe [...]	2008-06-13 16:13:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EUN EI
08DUBLIN440	IRELAND ENCOURAGES BALANCED APPROACH TO SARG [...] (C) On July 25, 2008, we delivered reftel demarche to Stephen Dawson, Deputy Director for Middle East and North Africa at the Department of Foreign Affairs. While Ireland is generally in agreement with the U.S. position, Dawson said that his government would likely engage with Syria at an ear [...]	2008-07-25 15:55:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY EUN EI
08DUBLIN500	IRISH VIEWS OF THE SEPTEMBER 5-6 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (U) POLOFF delivered reftel demarches on September 4 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs. ------- Georgia ------- 2. (C) Ireland supports a firm response to the situation in Georgia within an EU context, Kelly said. He predicted that the GYMNICH discu [...]	2008-09-04 15:07:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EI
08DUBLIN609	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LEAHY TO IRELAND [...] (U) Embassy Dublin welcomes Senator Leahy to Ireland. The Senator will arrive against a backdrop of an Irish Government led by Prime Minister Brian Cowen that is facing economic woes and uncertain relations with the European Union following its rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum i [...]	2008-11-06 18:38:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV EAIR SENV MOPPS MARR
08DUBLIN616	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (U) Welcome to Ireland. We look forward to your visit. You will arrive against a backdrop of an Irish Government led by Prime Minister Brian Cowen that is facing economic woes and uncertain relations with the European Union following its rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum in June [...]	2008-11-12 16:53:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV EAIR SENV MOPPS MARR
08DUBLIN64	IRELAND SUPPORTS SINIORA GOVERNMENT WITHIN EU [...] (C) Summary: The Irish Government is under no illusions about the "single-minded brutality" of the Syrian regime, according to Michael Gaffey, a senior Foreign Affairs official. He added that Ireland and the EU must ensure the sovereignty and independence of the Government of Lebanon. Howev [...]	2008-02-06 14:10:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN EINV EI
08DUBLIN80	IRELAND'S VIEWS ON FUTURE UKRAINE EU MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Ireland does not oppose Ukraine entry into the EU, but does not see it happening anytime soon. End summary. 2. (U) On February 12, in response to an inquiry from Washington, POLOFF spoke with Ruaidhri Dowling, Deputy Director of the Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia sec [...]	2008-02-14 13:05:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN EI UP
08DUSHANBE1318	TAJIKISTAN: NARCOTICS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND JUSTICE SECTOR [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador and Foreign Minister signed letters of agreement to provide over $13 million in additional INL border security, police, anti-crime, and justice sector assistance to Tajikistan. This status report and reftel cover these and prior projects. Tajikistan's Drug Control [...]	2008-10-17 07:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
08DUSHANBE1339	CORRECTED COPY Q CAPTION REMOVED TAJIKISTAN: NARCOTICS, [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador and Foreign Minister signed letters of agreement to provide over $13 million in additional INL border security, police, anti-crime, and justice sector assistance to Tajikistan. This status report and reftel cover these and prior projects. Tajikistan's Drug Control [...]	2008-10-23 11:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
08DUSHANBE189	SHOOT-OUT IN GARM, SITUATION CALM [...] (SBU) Colonel Oleg Zakharchenko, the commander of OMON, the Interior Ministry's elite police squad, was killed February 2 in a 15-minute gunfight in Garm District, east of Dushanbe. Zakharchenko had reportedly led a 30-man unit to Garm to effect the arrest of Col. Mirzokhuja Ahmadov, a form [...]	2008-02-04 12:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC TI
08ECTION01OF02MANAMA492	BAHRAIN SEEKS IOM'S ASSISTANCE TO COBAT TIP [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 06:20:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN ASEC BA PHUM
08FRANKFURT1515	Daimler and Porsche: Differing Challenges in Reducing CO2 [...] SUMMARY: The proposed European Union directive requiring car manufacturers to lower CO2 emissions significantly by 2012 presents major challenges to Daimler and Porsche, both German manufacturers of high-end, high-powered automobiles. Neither firm has expressed confidence that it will reach th [...]	2008-05-19 05:37:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG PGOV SENV GM
08FRANKFURT1756	Hesse's Ypsilanti Could Again Raise SPD-Left Party [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: More than four months after the Hesse state elections of January 2008 and more than two months of a CDU minority caretaker government, none of the political parties have been able to find an answer to the ongoing political stalemate. Cooperation on individual legislation in the [...]	2008-06-04 12:26:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08FREETOWN11	FREETOWN MEDIA PLACEMENTS FOR DECEMBER 2007 [...] Summary: Embassy Freetown's outreach in December 2007 Included articles surrounding the arrival of the Amistad and programs organized to raise awareness about it, Ambassador Perry's maiden press conference, the performances of Devin Philips and New Orleans Straight Ahead jazz ensemble in Sierra [...]	2008-01-09 18:13:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO SL
08FREETOWN458	RELIGIOUS CLASH FALSELY REPORTED IN SIERRA LEONE [...] (U) Summary: Media reports of a clash between Christians and Muslims in East Freetown on September 5 were largely overblown. Though an altercation did ensue between congregants of the Calaba Town mosque and the Achiever's Church, it appears that the conflict was the result of noise pollution r [...]	2008-09-15 13:05:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM SL
08FREETOWN519	REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Embassy Freetown requests Department and the Office of the Secretary of Defense to conduct a feasibility assessment of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF). The assessment concerns entry into the Africa Contingency Operations Technical Assistance (ACOTA) Program. [...]	2008-10-27 16:54:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP PGOV SL
08GABORONE961	SADC COUNSELS "PATIENCE" ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY. SADC Executive Secretary Tomaz Salomao briefed diplomats October 31 on regional economic integration, violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Zimbabwe power-sharing negotiations. He advised that all three parties in Zimbabwe are happy with mediator Thabo Mbeki and [...]	2008-11-04 12:55:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ZI CO BC
08GENEVA1095	UNHCR DISCUSSES IRAQ SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: Radhouane Nouicer, UNHCR MENA Director, expressed concern to U.S. Mission officers that the UN was not moving aggressively to ensure logistical security inside Iraq for UNHCR and other UN agencies. Nouicer feared the UN may decide to withdraw again to Amman and coordinate its Ir [...]	2008-12-18 16:52:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM IR
08GENEVA233	ICRC REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT TO RETURN TO OGADEN [...] (C) Summary: Refugee Officer (RefOff) met with ICRC officials to discuss ICRC's ongoing efforts to obtain clarification from the Government of Ethiopia (GOE) as to why ICRC was expelled from the Ogaden some eight months ago. ICRC reported that their meeting with the State Secretary of Foreig [...]	2008-03-27 15:06:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF ICRC ET
08GENEVA455	ADDRESSING THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the elimination in March of the mandate of the Independent Expert on the Democratic Republic of Congo, Geneva-based human rights bodies are seeking new ways to address the situation in that country. There is little prospect for significant action in the Human Rights Cou [...]	2008-06-16 14:34:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA628	UNHCR AND IOM ON EGYPTIAN DEPORTATIONS OF ERITREANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel request, RMA Officials discussed Egyptian deportations of Eritreans with UNHCR and IOM. UNHCR,s Middle East and North Africa Bureau (MENA) Director, Radhouane Nouicer, acknowledged that UNHCR is having difficulties obtaining access to detained Eritreans, noting that t [...]	2008-07-30 09:04:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PGOV EG
08GENEVA768	IOM PROTOCOL BREACH [...] (C) Summary: Officials at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) expressed their assurances that IOM staff will not travel to Syria again without prior authorization of the Syrian authorities and were quite surprised at the tough line taken by the Syrian Ambassador in Geneva over t [...]	2008-09-10 14:48:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL SY IZ
08GENEVA927	UNECE Forum for the Environment Hanging in the Balance [...] Summary. The UN Economic Commission for Europe's (UNECE) Committee on Environmental Policy (CEP) met Oct 13-15, to seek agreement on a reform to the Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference (EfE). While progress was made, there was no negotiated outcome. The major sticking points continu [...]	2008-11-05 13:51:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV EIND UN ECE ECOSOC
08GENEVA936	AMB. FOLEY DISCUSSES IRAQ REFUGEE ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador James B. Foley, Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues, visited Geneva from October 28-30 to meet with Geneva humanitarian organizations and donor missions. He was accompanied by Shirley Woodward from PRM/ANE. Foley held meetings with officials from UNHCR, IC [...]	2008-11-07 14:18:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM
08GENEVA985	November 2008 Trade Policy Review of Jordan [...] SUMMARY: WTO Members conducted the Trade Policy Review of Jordan on November 10 and 12, 2008. Jordan's Minister of Industry and Trade Al-Hadidi stressed the importance the country attaches for its first TPR and stated its top priority is to improve its business climate in order to unleash it [...]	2008-11-19 12:22:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR JO
08GENEVA993	CZECH GENEVA PERMREP ON HUMAN RIGHTS GOALS DURING [...] (C) Summary: During its EU presidency, the Czech Mission will try to hold the EU to hard red lines on Middle East and freedom of expression issues for the Durban Review Conference outcome document. Absent an EU consensus, the Czechs would consider not participating if offensive language re [...]	2008-11-20 15:50:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EU UNHRC EC
08GUADALAJARA94	BILATERAL SECURITY AND COUNTERNARCOTICS DEBATED IN [...] Summary: Two days of scholarly discussions in Guadalajara on security issues and counter-narcotics challenges elaborated convergent and divergent points in our bilateral relationship. While we don't share the same world vision, the Merida Initiative may be one concrete action on which the U.S [...]	2008-02-27 22:35:00	Consulate Guadalajara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SNAR KPAO MX
08GUANGZHOU249	103RD CANTON TRADE FAIR OVERALL NO SLACKENING, U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Officially the 103rd Canton Fair was a success with slight increases in attendance and orders, but local travel industry contacts complained of lower participation from U.S., EU, Japanese and Korean buyers. Security was notably tighter with numerous seminars cancelled. End summa [...]	2008-05-05 09:06:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PGOV CH HK TW
08GUANGZHOU378	Regulators' Vague Signals and Inflation Policies Causing [...] (SBU) Summary: To incorporate locally, or to remain a foreign branch, that is the question for south China's international banks. Bank of Montreal, Bank of America and other foreign banks are concerned by what they see as unclear government signals that could lead to future losses if banks fail [...]	2008-06-27 02:55:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV CH
08GUANGZHOU419	South China's High-Tech Zones Struggling to Attract New [...] (U) Summary: If you build it and offer the right package of incentives, they might come. Then again, they might not. Those that do might have been coming anyway. It's not exactly gambling south China style, but the "build it and see what happens" mentality that sometimes infuses the creation [...]	2008-07-16 08:11:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV CH
08GUANGZHOU437	A Lighter Coat of Varnish: PRD Furniture Manufacturers [...] (SBU) Summary: Hard times are here - and likely here to stay - for the Pearl River Delta's (PRD's) furniture makers. The industry has been among the most affected by a local business environment that has become less friendly to labor-intensive, export-oriented firms. As with other similarly o [...]	2008-07-23 05:52:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND ELAB ECON PGOV CH
08GUANGZHOU45	China's Young Urban Christians: Optimistic and [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's new generation of urban Christians are supportive of government policies and confident that relations between underground churches and religious authorities will continue to improve, according to south China church elders and missionaries. However, older Christians worry th [...]	2008-01-25 08:04:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
08GUANGZHOU48	400,000 Stranded Rail Passengers in Guangdong [...] (SBU) Summary: Severe weather, which is causing transportation shut-downs in Central and East China, has left 400,000 passengers stranded at railway stations in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Dongguan in the Pearl River Delta. With the delays to date, it is possible that upwards of 700,000 passengers [...]	2008-01-29 06:42:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN SOCI PGOV ELAB ECON CH
08GUANGZHOU692	China Labor Experts Fear Downturn could Delay [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Doubts about the government's willingness to enforce labor regulations and mixed messages from senior Party leaders on assistance to failing business have left many enterprises in the Pearl River Delta reluctant to conform to the Labor Contract Law and related regulations. Years [...]	2008-11-25 08:52:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV CH
08GUANGZHOU724	Shantou - Eastern Guangdong Economy Has Advantages to [...] (U) Summary: Maybe our industry and government contacts in Shantou are dreaming but they are starting to think that perhaps after thirty years their time has come and the global financial storm won't have the same damaging impact in eastern Guangdong Province that it's wreaking on the export-p [...]	2008-12-17 06:15:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN ETRD EIND PGOV
08GUATEMALA1466	GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 12:07:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY GT
08GUATEMALA1526	BI-WEEKLY REPORTING CABLE FOR PERIOD ENDING [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 09:02:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT
08GUATEMALA950	DISASTER DECLARATION FOR FLOODING IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-25 17:59:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ASEC SOCI DCHA
08HALIFAX25	SEAL HUNT PROTESTS: THE ANNUAL CONTROVERSY AND ARRESTS [...] Summary: Animal rights activist Paul Watson has seen Canadian authorities tow his vessel the "Farley Mowat" into Sydney, Nova Scotia and his two key officers arrested in connection with his traditional battle to stop Canada's seal hunt. End Summary. 2. The annual seal hunt off Canada's e [...]	2008-04-14 20:01:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHSA EFIS SENV CASC

08HALIFAX50	TRIAL DATE SET FOR SEA SHEPHERD SEAL HUNT PROTESTORS [...] SUMMARY: Two officers of a Dutch-registered vessel, owned and operated by the U.S.-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, will be back in Canada in April 2009 to face trial over their involvement in a marine protest against Canada's east coast seal hunt. END SUMMARY. 2. Court officials [...]	2008-07-10 19:26:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS PHSA PREL CASC CA
08HAMBURG4	COMBATING RIGHT-WING EXTREMISM IN MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN: AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: All of the political parties in the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (M-V) Parliament have worked toward a common goal since the right-wing extremist National Democratic Party's (NPD) entry into that parliament in September 2006: to isolate the NPD and to implement programs to combat and [...]	2008-02-12 13:41:00	Consulate Hamburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV GM
08HANOI1010	QSCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-03 09:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ECON ETRD VM
08HANOI1056	(SBU) Deputy Secretary Negroponte's Dinner with Vietnamese [...] (U) September 11, 2008; 19:00 p.m.; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Amb. Michael Michalak Amb. Scot Marciel, EAP DAS DCM Virginia Palmer D Special Assistant Kaye Lee D Special Assistant Ted Wittenstein Press Officer Angela Aggeler (Embassy Notetaker) [...]	2008-09-15 08:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM OPRC ECON ETRD
08HANOI1094	DESPITE POPULAR RESENTMENT, VIETNAM,S CHINA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hostility toward China remains a powerful, if latent, force in Vietnamese society, fed by historical animosities and simmering resentment over what is widely viewed as Chinese bullying on South China Sea territorial disputes. Yet despite a pervasive undercurrent of anti-Chinese [...]	2008-09-23 01:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON CH VM
08HANOI1125	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY MARK KIMMITT AND THE [...] (SBU) Embassy Hanoi looks forward to welcoming you to Vietnam. Your visit for the first-ever U.S.-Vietnam defense dialogue will be an important milestone in the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship and will highlight a broad area of bilateral defense and security cooperation that has now begun to [...]	2008-10-01 10:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM
08HANOI1208	Vietnam's Marine Police Seeking Equipment, Cooperation [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 21 meeting in Hai Phong, Rear Admiral Pham Duc Linh, Director General of the Ministry of Defense's Department for the Vietnam Marine Police (VMP),explained the mission of the VMP, expressed their interest in U.S. equipment to build their patrol capabilities, and h [...]	2008-10-24 08:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EWWT PINS SNAR VM
08HANOI1210	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL WILLARD, COMMANDER, U.S. PACIFIC [...] (SBU) Embassy Hanoi looks forward to welcoming you to Vietnam. Your visit is well timed to follow up on the recent U.S.-Vietnam defense dialogue and to highlight a broad area of bilateral defense and security cooperation that has now begun to gather momentum in the wake of Vietnamese Prime Mini [...]	2008-10-24 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM
08HANOI1243	U.S.-VIETNAM POLICY PLANNING TALKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Meeting for the inaugural round of U.S.-Vietnam policy planning discussions, S/P Director David Gordon and the MFA's DG for Policy Planning, Bui Thanh Son, engaged in a candid, cordial, and at times freewheeling exchange of views on the implications of the global financial cri [...]	2008-11-07 03:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD EFIN VM
08HANOI1250	VIETNAM FAVORS GLOBAL SOLUTIONS TO FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) During his October 31 visit to Vietnam, S/P Director Gordon met with officials at the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to discuss the global financial situation and President Bush's G-20 Summit series. Quoting Alan Greenspan, he described the rapidly spreading crisis as a "global tsunami" th [...]	2008-11-07 09:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAID VM
08HANOI1261	CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF WASTEWATER VIOLATIONS HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Summary. The recent targeting of Vedan Vietnam, a Taiwanese-owned manufacturer of monosodium glutamate for illegal discharges of untreated wastewater into the Thi Vai River in southern Dong Nai province, highlights the growing scope of environmental degradation in Vietnam resulting from unc [...]	2008-11-13 09:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO ECON POL SOCI VM
08HANOI197	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - ANIMAL OUTBREAKS SPREAD, POSSIBLE [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Vietnam has confirmed recent localized animal outbreaks in seven provinces scattered throughout the country and has noted reports of dead poultry found in rivers and streams in northern Vietnam -- a sign of a possible new bird flu outbreak during a prolonged cold [...]	2008-02-21 04:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
08HANOI225	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Ambassador Hill: Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you back to Hanoi. Your visit is well timed to focus Vietnamese leaders on the importance we attach to strengthening and deepening our bilateral relationship in the year ahead, especially after bad weather in China forced the la [...]	2008-02-26 09:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OTRA ECON VM
08HANOI306	VIETNAM SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND [...] (U) Your visit is a good opportunity to encourage Vietnam to continue the process of opening to the world and reforming internally. Vietnam's national leadership remains eager to learn from the United States on economic and governance reform, and will be attentive to what you have to say. You [...]	2008-03-17 02:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ECON ETRD EINV EFIN KIPR PREL PHUM KIRF EAIR
08HANOI309	GVN REACTS TO LABOR CASES IN JORDAN, MALAYSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN is reacting to two recent high-profile labor cases, one involving 176 female garment workers on strike in Jordan and one regarding Vietnamese worker deaths in Malaysia. On March 13, Dao Cong Hai, Deputy Director General, Department of Overseas Labor of the GVN Ministry o [...]	2008-03-17 04:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TIP ELAB KWMN KCRM SMIG PREL VM
08HANOI345	DNSA PRICE'S VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economic Affairs Daniel M. Price visited Hanoi for official meetings on March 20-21. He received assurances of Vietnam's interest on a BIT, on addressing IPR issues, and on USG technical assistan [...]	2008-03-26 08:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV KIPR OVIP PGOV VM
08HANOI369	SCENESETTER, PART I OF III, FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. It is for official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the Internet. 2. (U) Mission Vietnam very much looks forward to your visit to Vietnam in mid-April, as your personal engagement will support directly our effe [...]	2008-03-31 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KPAO KFLU KHIV VM
08HANOI398	BORDER PROVINCE WITH CHINA: HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary: A small, mountainous province bordering China, Lang Son's location is both a blessing and a curse. Its four border gates with Vietnam's huge neighbor to the north have encouraged trade and development, leading to increased economic growth. However, local authorities also blame i [...]	2008-04-08 07:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM
08HANOI493	GVN STRETCHES HISTORICAL RECORD TO ENHANCE CLAIM FOR SOUTH [...] Summary: A recent ceremony to honor past heroes in Vietnam's fight for the Spratly and Paracel Islands received primetime attention on national television, highlighting Vietnam's historical claim to the islands. The ceremony was dedicated to the "tens of thousands" of 19th century Nguyen Dyna [...]	2008-04-28 08:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA PBTS SOCI VM
08HANOI579	BP TRANSFERS OPERATORSHIP OF SOUTH CHINA SEA [...] (C) Summary: BP Vietnam has complied with an order by state-run PetroVietnam (PVN) and turned over operatorship of its South China Sea Blocks 5.2 and 5.3 to PetroVietnam Exploration and Production Company (PVEP),a PVN subsidiary. BP is a majority stakeholder with ConocoPhillips (CP) in 5.2/3 [...]	2008-05-16 08:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM
08HANOI677	VIETNAM REQUESTS ENVIRONMENTAL DELIVERABLES FOR UPCOMING [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings, the Minister and Senior Vice-Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) detailed to the Ambassador priority issues for the Government of Vietnam (GVN) during the upcoming visit to Washington by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Both officials high [...]	2008-06-09 02:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON KGHG VM
08HANOI731	SCENESETTER FOR U.S. VISIT OF VIETNAM PRIME MINISTER DUNG [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's Prime Minister views his June 24 White House meeting as an opportunity to confirm to all -- including those who hate us -- that the United States will remain a big part of Vietnam's future. In particular, he will celebrate our remarkable economic partnership, built on [...]	2008-06-18 09:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ECON ETRD EINV PREL PHUM KIRF EAIR VM
08HANOI857	LEADERSHIP CHANGES AT MFA, HANOI CITY GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has added three vice ministers, although with some of the four current ministers likely to take other positions how many total vice ministers the ministry will have remains to be seen. There is speculation that the changes lay the groundwork for curr [...]	2008-07-23 08:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM
08HANOI965	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR STEPHEN [...] (SBU) Embassy Hanoi looks forward to welcoming you to Vietnam. Your visit will be an important contribution to the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship and will highlight a broad area of bilateral defense and security cooperation that is gathering momentum in the wake of the Vietnamese Prime Minis [...]	2008-08-18 09:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM
08HANOI975	OIL PRODUCTION DOWN, REVENUES UP AT PETROVIETNAM [...] Summary: Shrinking reserves meant Vietnam produced only 16.5 million tons of crude oil in 2007, down 7.6 percent from 2006. Oil revenues increased sharply, however, as world prices soared. Vietnam, currently a net oil exporter, expects to be a net importer by 2015 due to rising domestic demand [...]	2008-08-20 09:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON SENV ENRG TRGY VM
08HARARE1013	ZIM NOTES 11-7-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - SADC Extraordinary Summit on Deck... - Mugabe Congratulates Obama... - Global Fund "diversion" goes public... - Cholera Outbreak Continues... - Civil Service Corruption Rampant... - WOZA Women Released on Bail... - Visiting American Surgi [...]	2008-11-10 13:20:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE1040	ZIM NOTES 11-21-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Still No Political Progress - Health System Collapses - While Cholera Crisis Continues - Over 700 Doctors and Nurses Protest - Biti Still Faces Treason Charges - Tsvangirai's Travels Could Land Him in Jail - Freedom Defenders win awards - Res [...]	2008-11-24 05:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE1065	ZIMBABWE AMENDMENT 19 AND THE STATE OF PLAY [...] (SBU) Negotiators from ZANU-PF, MDC-T, and MDC-M agreed on a draft Amendment 19 to the Zimbabwean constitution on November 27. The draft, which essentially incorporates the agreement reached by the parties in September, now awaits approval by party leaders Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai, a [...]	2008-12-03 15:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE245	ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS: ELECTION DAY [...] (U) Summary: Voting day in Zimbabwe was largely calm and peaceful. Eleven embassy observers who were spread out throughout the country were permitted to observe the vote and remain at polling stations for vote counts. In defiance of the government, the MDC told the press it would announce r [...]	2008-03-29 22:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC ZI
08HARARE380	FIRSTHAND INFORMATION ON TORTURE BASES IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Post received firsthand information about the establishment by the military of torture bases across the country for punishing perceived regime opponents. The administrator of the Tengenenge sculpture village in Mashonaland Central village recounted to emboff on April 26 the brutal beating [...]	2008-04-29 15:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC ECON ZI
08HARARE440	ZIM NOTES 5-16-2008 [...] SUMMARY ------------- Topics of the week: - Moving Toward Presidential Runoff Date - Ambassador Highlights Violence - Police Storm Anglican Church During Communion - Let Me See Your "Movement Permit" - Labor Leaders Still Detained - Zimbabwe Ranks 186th Of 195 Countries In Press Freedo [...]	2008-05-16 10:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN ZI
08HARARE447	GOZ SLAMS TANZANIA OVER VIOLENCE OBSERVATION TRIP [...] (C) Polecon chief spoke May 20 with Theobald Kazora, the number two in the Tanzanian embassy in Harare, who accompanied the Ambassador on his trip May 13 to visit a "torture camp" and hospitals in rural Mashonaland East. 2. (C) Kazora said he elected to accept the Ambassador's invitation [...]	2008-05-20 12:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE453	HARARE STATE OF PLAY--UPDATE [...] (C) Stung by its defeat in the March 29 elections and uncertain about the future, ruling party ZANU-PF has evolved a strategy which it believes will allow it to maintain power. The essential elements are a campaign of terror in rural areas to weaken and intimidate the opposition, targeted at [...]	2008-05-22 11:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE459	RICH PLATINUM CLAIMS CHANGE HANDS IN HUSH-HUSH [...] (C) Mining giant Anglo American ceded to the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) close to 30 percent of its platinum claims on the Great Dyke in an agreement signed on March 23, 2008. In return, it will receive a special mining lease that allows it to hold offshore foreign exchange earnings from its [...]	2008-05-23 10:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV PGOV ASEC MASS ZI CH RS
08HARARE468	CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Per Ref A request, the following information is provided on Zimbabwe-Chinese relations. China's engagement in Zimbabwe covers economic, commercial, political and military spheres. Economic ties are strongest in the construction, agriculture, and mining sectors, but actual investment has [...]	2008-05-28 11:14:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAGR EMIN EFIN ETRD EINV MARR CH ZI ASEC
08HARARE473	TSVANGIRAI, MAKONI DIVIDE ON VIOLENCE, ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 29, opposition presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai and former independent candidate Simba Makoni held separate briefings in which they discussed violence, the June 27 run-off election, and their perspectives on a government of national unity (GNU). Significant differe [...]	2008-05-29 15:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE477	ZIM NOTES 5-30-2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 13:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECOM ZI
08HARARE478	NEW MDC MP FEARS FOR SAFETY, HOPES FOR ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly elected MDC MP for Mutasa South, Michek Kagurabadzwa is in hiding, fearing arrest and detention. Press reports indicate that five MDC MPs have been jailed in recent weeks. Despite the ongoing violence in the countryside, including in his own constituency, Kagurabadzwa rem [...]	2008-06-02 15:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE487	LOCAL ELECTION OBSERVERS READY, WAITING FOR [...] (C) In a meeting with a Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) official on June 3, ZESN appeared confident and prepared to mobilize efforts to deploy observers throughout the country for the June 27 Presidential runoff. On June 2, ZESN submitted their list of about 10,000 proposed observers [...]	2008-06-04 14:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE510	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO MASHONALAND EAST [...] (SBU) On June 12, 2008, Ambassador McGee, the Dutch Charge d'Affaires, two poloffs, RSO, DATT, and three FSNs visited two locations in Mashonaland East Province: a Church of Christ mission hospital in Nhowe and the town of Mutoko, about 120km east of Harare. The trip confirmed significantly [...]	2008-06-13 14:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE517	HARARE HIT HARD: ELECTORAL VIOLENCE IN THE CAPITAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With reports of ZANU-PF-led electoral violence escalating near the capital city, on June 18 Ambassador McGee and Emboffs toured the high-density Harare neighborhood of Epworth to investigate abuses, evaluate the presence of security forces, and gauge receptiveness to pre-electio [...]	2008-06-19 13:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE555	HARARE: ELECTION DAY SITREP [...] (SBU) The Embassy sent four observer teams throughout Harare in the morning and three teams in the afternoon, including one led by the Ambassador. We had not sought accreditation, nor did we attempt to observe outside of Harare in light of the MDC's withdrawal from the election. 2. (C) [...]	2008-06-27 16:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE585	TSVANGIRAI REACTS TO AFRICAN UNION RESOLUTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 2, opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai gave the official party reaction to the African Union's (AU) Resolution on Zimbabwe. He opened by asserting that violence throughout the country continues. Tsvangirai stated that the AU stateme [...]	2008-07-02 15:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE637	ZIM NOTES 7-25-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MOU Signed, Talks Started... - Over a Quarter of MDC MPs Targeted... - EU Expands Sanctions List... - SADC Tribunal Rules Against Zimbabwe on Land... - State Media Tone Down Rhetoric... - Zim Journalist Wins CNN Award... - Holding Mugabe Accou [...]	2008-07-28 06:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE652	VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN AREAS; ACCESS TO MEDICAL [...] (C) While the prevalence of violence in Zimbabwe has fallen since the June 27 one-man runoff election, violence against MDC members and leaders continues, particularly in some rural areas, and victims continue to experience significant and growing delays accessing medical treatment. Because [...]	2008-08-01 11:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE712	ZANU-PF INTIMIDATION (STILL) CONTINUES IN RURAL [...] (SBU) Despite a commitment - on paper - by ZANU-PF to halt violence, reports of violence and intimidation in rural areas continue. While there has been a notable reduction in beatings and injuries since the June 27 election and a further reduction since the signing of the Memorandum of Under [...]	2008-08-21 15:17:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE751	VIOLENCE UPDATE: BODIES FOUND IN LAKES [...] (C) Rumors of political victims' bodies being dumped in Zimbabwe's lakes appear to be true, based on eyewitness and survivor accounts. Counseling Services Unit (CSU),an NGO that treats victims of political violence and investigates and verifies claims, believes the victims were killed betw [...]	2008-08-28 14:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC KDEM ZI
08HARARE786	WIDESPREAD DOLLARIZATION IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Despite the official ban on foreign currency as a medium of exchange in Zimbabwe, use of the rand and the US dollar, in particular, is increasing. Dollarization of the economy has emerged due to the rapid depreciation of the local currency and the prevailing hyperinflationary environment. [...]	2008-09-08 11:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI PGOV ZI
08HARARE819	OPPOSITION PARTY CONTROL OF PARLIAMENT AT RISK [...] (C) The one-seat advantage MDC-Tsvangirai maintains over ZANU-PF in Zimbabwe's House of Assembly is at stake in upcoming by-elections for two vacant parliamentary seats. Matobo North in Matabeleland is likely to be a closely contested campaign, while the Gokwe-Gumunyu seat in Midlands will pro [...]	2008-09-11 11:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HAVANA440	GOC ANNOUNCES PLANNED CUBA-VENEZUELA FIBER OPTIC [...] (U) The June 9, edition of Granma dedicated an entire page and a half to an article touting a joint Cuban-Venezuelan project to build a 1,550 km fiber optic cable from Cuba to Venezuela, with an intermediate stop in Jamaica. According to the article, the cable would run from La Guaira in Ven [...]	2008-06-10 19:16:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ECON ECPS KCIP PGOV PREL
08HAVANA730	MGHH01: USINT HAVANA EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE PREPARES [...] Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met this afternoon to discuss preparations for Hurricane Ike which is currently 400-500 miles east of Cuba. 2. Current projections indicate that winds from Ike will reach the northwest portion of the island early Wednesday morning and will likely rang [...]	2008-09-05 21:06:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AEMR CASC PREL PINR AMGT CU
08HAVANA731	MGHH01: USINT HAVANA EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE - [...] Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met this afternoon to discuss changes to Hurricane Ike's projected path and the potential impact to UNINT operations. 2. As of 2:00 p.m., Saturday, Ike was a Category Three (3) storm approximately 300 miles east of Cuba and scheduled to make landfall [...]	2008-09-06 21:27:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AEMR AMGT CASC PREL PINR CU
08HAVANA818	DOES RAUL HAVE A PLAN FOR CUBA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Raul Castro's July 26 speech gave little promise of change or progress on any front. The real impact of four tropical storms/hurricanes in the intervening two months is now beginning to be felt strongly throughout the island. Whether Raul thought the time was propitious to move [...]	2008-10-17 19:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR CU
08HAVANA858	DISASTER DECLARATION FOR CUBA - HURRICANE PALOMA [...] (U) Hurricane Paloma struck central Cuba on November 8 as a powerful Category 4 storm, the second most powerful November Hurricane on record. Local and international press report significant damage, especially to the town of Santa Cruz del Sur. No casualties have been reported, but the GOC [...]	2008-11-10 21:30:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL CU
08HELSINKI159	FINLAND: REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Leena Pylvanainen, Regional Manager of the Finnish MFA's Office of Middle East and North Africa, and to Ilkka Rentola, Counsellor, Unit for Human Rights Policy and Irma Lescelius, Unit for Humanitarian Assistance, April 2. Pylvanainen said Finland alloca [...]	2008-04-09 06:53:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL FI
08HELSINKI270	AMBASSADOR BARRETT MEETS WITH FORMER FINNISH [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-24 05:25:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OECD UN FI
08HELSINKI3	FINNISH RESPONSE - SUPPORTING ASPIRATIONS OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-03 12:40:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMPI NSC SY FI
08HELSINKI406	FINLAND: COMMENTS ON GYMNICH SEPTEMBER 5-6 [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff delivered points from reftels to Markku Lampinen, Deputy Director Deputy European Correspondent, Unit for European Common Foreign and Security Policy on September 3. Lampinen stated that the extraordinary European Council (EC) meeting on Monday (September 1) left less fo [...]	2008-09-04 13:43:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PREL PGOV GG PHUM RU FI
08HELSINKI60	NOKIA: FINLAND,S ECONOMIC DYNAMO LOOKS TO THE [...] (U) Summary: The Nokia transformation from a tire and boot company to a telecommunications powerhouse in just 20 short years is legend in both Finland and the industry. Nokia and the support industry it spawned account for nearly 20% of Finland,s economy. At the end of 2007, Nokia sold 1.5 m [...]	2008-02-12 07:19:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EFIN ECON FI
08HELSINKI97	FINLAND ON UNSC'S ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 1803 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 11:14:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC KNNP PARM IR FI
08HILLAH52	NAJAF'S KUFA UNIVERSITY - MUCH TO BOAST BUT "WORDS" OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kufa University staff has made impressive progress since PRT Najaf's introductory meeting November last year. With some PRT assistance, the influential university president Dr. Razak Al-Essa has accomplished much that was on his "wish list." (ref) In March, Kufa University becam [...]	2008-05-05 15:15:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SCUL SOCI IZ
08HILLAH62	BABIL POLITICAL PARTIES LOBBYING TRIBAL COUNCILS [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: With mosques and religious entities all but out of play in the upcoming provincial election campaign, several of Babil's competing political parties are courting local tribal councils. Senior representatives from the Islamic Supreme Council o [...]	2008-06-03 16:03:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR IZ IR
08HOCHIMINHCITY1075	HOPES AND FEARS OF MEKONG DELTA REST WITH ITS DEVELOPING [...] (SBU) Summary: In anticipation of possible changes to the way the United States regulates imported Vietnamese tra and basa ("catfish"),Senior Investigator David Nelson from the House of Representatives' Committee on Energy and Commerce visited seafood producers in the Mekong Delta on December [...]	2008-12-16 11:34:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR SENV TBIO EFIN ETRD VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY1099	U.S.-VIETNAM RELATIONS EXPAND TO WILDLIFE PROTECTION AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Wildlife trafficking, the fate of Vietnam's premier national park and sustainable development comprised the agenda of Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, Environment and Science (OES) Claudia A. McMurray's November 18-22 visit to southern Vietnam. Officials responsible for [...]	2008-12-30 05:32:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR EIND SENV SOCI PGOV PREL VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY583	SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL: A/S HERNANDEZ DELEGATION OPENS DOORS [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary of Commerce Hernandez led a trade delegation of 14 small- and medium-sized U.S. enterprises (SMEs) to HCMC on June 18-20. The delegation's meetings with potential local partners, HCMC officials, and Amcham members generated commercial opportunities and increased unde [...]	2008-06-27 02:04:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD BEXP KTEX OTRA OVIP VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY998	THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN HCMC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over two hundred professors, students, reporters, business leaders, and local officials gathered in a ballroom festooned with red white and blue balloons and featuring jumbo-sized televisions for the first large-scale election event to be held in post-war HCMC. While we did not [...]	2008-11-07 04:32:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KPAO VM
08HONGKONG1148	MACAU TIP: NEW LAW AND SEMINAR BOOST COMMITMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Legislative Assembly (LA) in Macau unanimously passed a new, comprehensive anti-human trafficking law on June 12 that broadens the definition of trafficking crimes, increases punishments for convicted traffickers, and guarantees protections for victims. The new law was gaz [...]	2008-06-24 09:57:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KFRD KWMN PREL PHUM SOCI SMIG CH HK MC
08HONGKONG1261	NEW FINANCE AND TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY ASSAILS [...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Undersecretary for Finance and the Treasury Julia Leung criticized the political controversy that surrounded the appointment of the six Political Undersecretaries, their salaries and their passports (discussed septel). In a recent meeting with the Deputy Principa [...]	2008-07-11 07:47:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV HK
08HONGKONG1679	HONG KONG FINANCIAL COMMUNITY REACTS POSITIVELY TO [...] Summary: Hong Kong's financial community responded positively to the USG's assumption of control over the operations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, believing that the announced arrangement might stabilize the stock, property and credit markets in the U.S. over at least the short term. The chi [...]	2008-09-09 10:08:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV HK CH
08HONGKONG1737	HANG SENG ON WILD RIDE; BANK OF EAST ASIA SHARES SUSPENDED [...] Summary: Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index (HSI) fell 7.4 percent during the morning trading session on September 18, before recovering to close roughly flat for the day. Trading in shares of HK's largest independent local bank, Bank of East Asia (BEA),were suspended related to an "unauthorized man [...]	2008-09-18 10:41:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08HONGKONG1747	BEIJING INCREASES STAKES IN MAINLAND BANKS, HANG SENG [...] Summary: Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index (HIS) closed up 9.6 percent on September 19 and ended the week down only 25 points at 19,328. Market gains were heavily influenced by Beijing's publicly announced purchase of shares in three large state-owned banks. Short-term interbank loan rates eased an [...]	2008-09-19 10:42:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08HONGKONG1776	SKITTISH DEPOSITORS LINE UP OUTSIDE BANK OF EAST ASIA [...] Summary: A rumor from undetermined sources spread throughout Hong Kong on September 24 that two local retail banks have "excessive exposures" to Lehman Brothers-backed structured finance products. The rumor, which named only the Bank of East Asia (BEA),resulted in hundreds of local depositors [...]	2008-09-24 11:22:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08HONGKONG1790	RUN ON BEA BANK SLOWS; HONG KONG TO INVESTIGATE [...] Summary: Following reassuring comments by Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang and other key government and bank officials regarding the Bank of East Asia (BEA),public sentiment has calmed a bit today. Depositors continued to line up at BEA branches to withdraw their savings on September [...]	2008-09-25 11:49:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ECON HK CH
08HONGKONG1801	BEA RUN ENDS, LEHMAN MINIBOND COMPLAINTS GATHER STEAM [...] SUMMARY: Support from the Hong Kong Government, Bank of China (Hong Kong) and tycoon Li Ka-shing appear to have put an end to the run on Bank of East Asia (BEA). BEA Chairman David Li put cash withdrawals at less than one percent of BEA's total deposits. Holders of Lehman Bros.-issued "minibo [...]	2008-09-26 09:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08HONGKONG1866	Hang Seng Plummets, HKMA Cuts Base Rate but HIBOR Still Up [...] Summary: The Hang Seng Index followed the other Asian markets down sharply on Wednesday, falling 8.16 percent. The IMF's warning that losses from U.S. loans and securitized assets could reach US$1.4 trillion appeared to drive investors to dump shares. In a presentation in Hong Kong, the IMF u [...]	2008-10-08 10:41:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08HONGKONG1875	Hang Seng Recovers, but HIBOR remains High [...] Summary: The Hang Seng bounced back by 3.3 percent in response to the coordinated action by major central banks. Hong Kong Financial Secretary John Tseng warned, however, that the financial crisis had yet to hit Hong Kong. Despite central bank easing, interbank liquidity in Hong Kong remaine [...]	2008-10-09 11:15:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08HONGKONG1984	HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY CHIEF SEEKS TO BOOST [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Chief Executive Joseph Yam told U.S. Treasury Undersecretary David McCormick October 23 that Hong Kong's banking system is sound and that recent HKMA measures are designed to boost investor and depositor confidence rather than address structural [...]	2008-10-27 10:27:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HK
08HONGKONG1991	Hang Seng Bounces 14.35 percent, Regains Monday's Losses [...] A day after the biggest single day drop in the Hang Seng Index since 1989, the Index regained all of what it had lost on Monday and more. By the end of Tuesday trading, the Hang Seng Index was up 14.35 percent to 12,596, a gain of 1580 points, the largest one day gain since 1997. Volume was [...]	2008-10-28 10:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08HONGKONG2034	Demand for HK$ Increases, Hang Seng Moves Up Steadily [...] Summary: The Hong Kong stock market responded positively to Barack Obama's victory in the U.S. Presidential election, though commentators raised concerns that U.S. trade policy would become more protectionist. The HKMA has intervened several times over the past three days as demand for HK$ inc [...]	2008-11-05 11:37:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08HONGKONG2083	Demand for HK$ Increases, Hang Seng Moves Up Steadily [...] Summary: Hong Kong officials arrived in the U.S. to participate in G20 meetings as part of the Chinese delegation as the local economy continued to slow. Layoffs loom as economic difficulties in Macau threaten Hong Kong workers as well. Hong Kong's Legco approved a measure to investigate bank [...]	2008-11-14 11:44:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08HONGKONG2084	CORRECTED COPY: Hong Kong Officials Join G20 Meeting As [...] Summary: Hong Kong officials arrived in the U.S. to participate in G20 meetings as part of the Chinese delegation as the local economy continued to slow. Layoffs loom as economic difficulties in Macau threaten Hong Kong workers as well. Hong Kong's Legco approved a measure to investigate bank [...]	2008-11-14 11:49:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08HONGKONG2129	Hong Kong Market Report - Officials Encourage Banks to [...] Summary: Hong Kong Monetary Authority Chief Joseph Yam told Legco members this morning that he would introduce two new measures to encourage additional bank lending to SMEs in Hong Kong. Despite the global financial turmoil, the HKMA managed to minimize its investment losses. The HKMA control [...]	2008-11-21 11:13:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08HONGKONG2197	DEMOCRATS WIN THE FRONTIER BUT MAY LOSE ON EXCO [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Emily Lau's "The Frontier" political movement came to an all-but-official end this past weekend, with Lau and her senior colleagues formally leaving the group and joining the Democratic Party (DPHK). While observers have long believed a consolidation of pan-democratic [...]	2008-12-05 10:00:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
08HONGKONG2238	US Auto Bailout Drives Hang Seng Volatility [...] Summary: The Hong Kong government's announcement that it would greatly expand an SME loan guarantee program pushed Hong Kong stocks higher this week, before profit taking and news that the U.S. Senate had rejected a bill to bail out U.S. automakers drove the market down on Friday. Hong Kong ec [...]	2008-12-12 12:10:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08HONGKONG408	2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: MACAU [...] (SBU) Per ref A, the following are post's contributions to the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons report for the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) of the People's Republic of China. (Note: Per instructions, subheadings, questions, and paragraph letters correspond to those in paragr [...]	2008-03-05 08:13:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM SMIG CH HK MC
08HONGKONG41	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: FIRE SERVICES [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...]	2008-01-08 04:58:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
08HONGKONG510	MACAU: BEIJING'S STEPPING STONE TO LUSOPHONES, [...] (C) Summary: Professor Ivo Carneiro, Vice-Rector for Research and International Relations at Macau's Inter-University Institute, recently told us that Beijing's goals for Macau include: (1) closer integration with the Pearl River Delta, especially Zhuhai; (2) expanding trade links with overse [...]	2008-03-18 08:24:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG CH MC HK
08HONGKONG843	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 08:37:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP ETRD ETTC HK
08HONGKONG969	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: GOLDEN MUTUAL (H.K.) [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...]	2008-05-29 02:05:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
08IRANRPODUBAI27	US-BASED IRANIAN POLITICAL ACTIVIST DISCUSSES IRGC, SUPREME [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 13:41:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	IR PGOV PREL PHUM
08IRANRPODUBAI28	READOUT OF JAPANESE DFM SASAE'S TRIP TO IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-27 13:39:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	PGOV PREL KNNP IR JA
08ISLAMABAD1181	FATA IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE FOR 03/14/08 [...] (U) Summary: Below is a summary of US Mission Islamabad's activities in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along its northwest border with Afghanistan during the week ending March 14, 2008. FATA Briefings -------------- 2. (U) In Peshawar on March 11, DCM briefed the N [...]	2008-03-17 11:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PK PREL MASS
08ISLAMABAD1368	PROFILE: PPP CO-CHAIR ASIF ZARDARI [...] (U) This profile of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari is one of a series on Pakistan's new political leadership. Political Plans --------------- 2. (C) On March 22, Zardari announced the nomination of Yousef Gillani as the PPP candidate for Prime Minster and [...]	2008-03-31 07:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1719	INTERNATIONAL LEADERS FLOCK TO ISLAMABAD [...] (C) Summary: In the past few weeks, international leaders have been streaming into Pakistan to meet the newly elected government. They included UK Foreign Secretary Miliband, the Chinese FM Jiechi, Turkish FM Babacan, EU Foreign Policy Chief Solana, Afghanistan FM Spatna, Malaysian FM Yatim, [...]	2008-05-01 06:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PTER AF CH EAID IN MY EU
08ISLAMABAD1747	DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER'S CALL ON FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. On April 21, DRL Assistant Secretary Kramer urged a conservative Foreign Secretary Khan to be proactive in supporting human rights initiatives at the UN and encouraged higher levels of commitment with Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiative (BMENA). Khan suggested that co [...]	2008-05-05 11:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1832	PAKISTAN CAMPAIGNING FOR SEAT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (U) On May 7, A/DCM delivered Ref A points to Hasan Javed, MFA Director General of the UN and Economic Cooperation Division. Hasan confirmed that Pakistan did plan to run for one of the four Asian-designated seats on the Human Rights Council (HRC) and said he was confident of victory. 2. (C) Re [...]	2008-05-12 14:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PHUM UNHCR
08ISLAMABAD1999	CODEL NELSON MEETS PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting May 27 with Pakistan President Musharraf, Codel Nelson discussed the political and economic situation and efforts to combat extremism in Pakistan. Musharraf expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance and understanding on the strategic issue of terrorism and hoped clo [...]	2008-05-30 16:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2052	STATE BANK CONCLUDES PAKISTAN'S ECONOMY SHOWING INCREASING [...] (SBU) Summary: In its third quarter fiscal year 2008 report, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) highlighted the multiple pressures on the national economy from rising fiscal and current account deficits and inflation. As a result, the SBP has used USD 4.8 billion in reserves, putting downward pre [...]	2008-06-05 14:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ECON PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2313	USDP EDELMAN DISCUSSES MILITANT THREAT WITH ARMY [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary for Defense Policy Eric Edelman met separately with 11th Corps Commander Lieutenant General Masood Aslam and Inspector General Frontier Corps Major General Muhammed Alam Khattak on June 3 in Peshawar to discuss negotiations with tribal leaders and the importance o [...]	2008-07-07 13:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MASS PK
08ISLAMABAD3095	ECONOMIC POLICY IN PRESIDENT ZARDARI'S ADDRESS TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 20, President Asif Zardari addressed a joint session of Parliament. The speech touched briefly on economic issues, including a PKR 34 billion (USD 439.28 million) poverty alleviation plan and the need to eliminate oil and energy subsidies, increase the electric powe [...]	2008-09-22 13:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD ECON EINV PK

08ISLAMABAD3120	ZARDARI- AHMEDINEJAD BILAT MEETING: PROGRESS ON THE IPI? [...] (SBU) Summary: Local media reports that while in New York for United Nations General Assembly meetings, Information Minister Sherry Rehman briefed journalists on the outcome of a meeting between President Zardari and President Ahmedinejad. Rehman reportedly stated that both countries have agre [...]	2008-09-24 14:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY PK
08ISLAMABAD3629	POST NOMINATION FOR U.S. LABOR AWARD [...] (U) Summary. Post highly recommends Mr. Muhammad Saifullah Choudhry for the U.S. Department of Labor's Iqbal Masih Award for the Elimination of Child Labor (reftel A). Post believes Mr. Choudhry exemplifies the spirit of this award due to his contributions in reducing the worst forms of child [...]	2008-11-18 11:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM SOCI KTIP PK
08ISLAMABAD3647	ENERGY UPDATE: STRATEGIC GAS RESERVE SHORTAGES, TARIFFS [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's strategic oil reserves have fallen to low levels due to Pakistan's credit rating and inability to use letters of credit to purchase crude oil. Sources in the GOP report that Iran is attempting to substantively change the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project. Iran [...]	2008-11-19 15:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY EPET ELTN PK IN
08ISLAMABAD3693	PAKISTAN PETROLEUM RESERVES DANGEROUSLY LOW [...] (S) Summary. Pakistan may be facing a crude oil shortage in the near term but the extent of this shortfall cannot be confirmed. Based on numerous conversations with government officials and businesses operating in Pakistan, Post has compiled information regarding a circular debt problem with do [...]	2008-11-24 14:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY EPET ELTN PK
08ISLAMABAD3712	JANG GROUP'S BEHAVIOR MAKES WORKING WITH GEO TV UNTENABLE [...] This is an action request see paragraph 15. 2. Summary: Post believes the time has come to end the contract the BBG holds with "GEO TV Network" and move it to a responsible organization. GEO is owned by the "Jang Group," a multimedia corporation owning Urdu and English language newspape [...]	2008-11-26 14:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD3722	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 28, 2008 [...] "Mumbai Death Toll Rises To 125; India Blames Neighbors" "The News" (11/28) "Indian commandos killed the last three gunmen at the Taj Hotel late Thursday and were sweeping another luxury hotel in search of hostages and trapped people after militants stormed targets across Mumbai, leaving 125 [...]	2008-12-01 02:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3801	IMF LOOKS FOR USG SUPPORT WITH PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. EconCounselor met with the IMF's Resident Representative to discuss Pakistan's implementation of economic stabilization policies. They agreed that the SBA adjustment measures are necessary for a stable economy and this message should be continually reinforced with officials of [...]	2008-12-09 14:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY EINV PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD788	POTENTIAL PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER JAVED HASHMI [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-22 14:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PK PREL
08ISTANBUL137	YOUNG LEADERS OF "STRONG TURKEY" CALL FOR CHANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Young Leaders of Anatolia (AGL) NGO draws a significant portion of its 9,175 members from Eastern Turkey and seeks to empower Turkish youth and promote democratic values. In 2006, AGL formed the libertarian, youth-led Strong Turkey Party (GTP) to further AGL's goals of demo [...]	2008-03-17 13:33:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
08ISTANBUL152	MARCH 11 TURKEY-IRAN BUSINESS COUNCIL MEETING: [...] (C) Summary: A Consulate Istanbul contact who works for Turkey's Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK) shared with us internal DEIK reports summarizing the March 11 Turkey-Iran "Joint Business Council" meeting in Iran. According to those reports and our contact's impressions of the meeting [...]	2008-03-27 15:44:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV IR TU
08ISTANBUL233	BIG LNG PLANS BREWING AT THE NATIONAL IRANIAN [...] (C) Summary and comment: Mohammed Souri, the Chairman of Iran's state-owned National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC),pitched to an oil and gas tanker industry conference in Istanbul on April 22 Iran's ambitious plans in the coming decade to leverage its vast natural gas reserves into commerci [...]	2008-05-12 12:33:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EPET EINV IR TU
08ISTANBUL308	CODEL TANNER ISTANBUL MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary. Ten members of the U.S House Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly headed by Congressman John Tanner met in Istanbul on May 28 with public intellectuals and civil society to discuss the economic and political challenges facing Turkey. Their interlocutors acknowledged t [...]	2008-06-12 12:38:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL37	A TURKISH PROFESSOR'S PLAN TO OBSERVE IRAN'S [...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: A professor at Isik University in Istanbul is using his ties to a well-connected Iranian think-tank and to an Iranian political party association to try to arrange for a small team of non-Iranian election experts to observe the March 14 Majles elections. He and three uni [...]	2008-01-23 16:11:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR TU
08ISTANBUL594	DINK LAWYER OPTIMISTIC DESPITE CONCERNS OF GROWING [...] (C) Summary: The Prime Ministry Inspection Board's report summarizing the findings of its investigation into the murder of Hrant Dink concludes that security officials could have prevented Dink's murder had they acted on available intelligence. Dink family lawyer Fethiye Cetin told us she [...]	2008-11-25 12:59:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AA OSCE TU
08ISTANBUL598	SAKARYA: WORKING CLASS PROVINCE IN TURKEY'S [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Sakarya, a working class province about 100 kilometers east of Istanbul, shows some negative impacts from the global financial crisis, despite contrary claims from local leaders. The Consul General visited a sizable Goodyear Tire Factory -- a positive example of U.S [...]	2008-12-01 15:05:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TU
08JAKARTA1000	PRO-PALESTINIAN CONFERENCE IN JAKARTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The University of Indonesia recently hosted an international conference on Palestinian-related issues. Members of the press, Indonesian Islamic parties and legislators, and some international guests--including anti-Israel rabbis--participated in the event. President Yudhoyono w [...]	2008-05-21 09:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL ID XF
08JAKARTA1001	BURMA -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON DONOR CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed with the GOI points related to the May 25 UN/ASEAN Burma Donor Conference. GOI contacts took the points on board. Meanwhile, a National Democratic Institute (NDI)-sponsored p [...]	2008-05-21 09:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID ID BM
08JAKARTA1020	EAST KALIMANTAN -- RESOURCE-RICH PROVINCE PREPARES [...] (C) SUMMARY: East Kalimantan Province, one of Indonesia's richest provinces in terms of natural resources, goes to the polls May 26 for its first ever direct gubernatorial elections. The race is close. The indigenous Dayak people--perhaps 10 percent of the population--could prove a key swi [...]	2008-05-23 08:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PINS ID
08JAKARTA1022	INDONESIAN FONMIN TO ATTEND BURMA CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered ref A demarche to Indonesian government and ASEAN Secretariat officials on May 23. The GOI agreed that Burma must allow international assessment teams to reach people in need and promised to press the point during the May 25 UN-ASEAN conference in Rangoon. F [...]	2008-05-23 09:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ID BM
08JAKARTA1030	SCENESETTER FOR CHAIRMAN MULLEN'S VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Mullen's May 28-30 visit to Jakarta builds on solid progress in our bilateral military-military relationship over the past two years. Democratic reforms have made Indonesia a different country from Suharto's military-dominated fiefdom. Dramatic TNI reform since 1998 ha [...]	2008-05-27 07:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1041	SOLDIERING ON -- HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations between Indonesia's Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) and the military are improving slowly. There has also been some recent progress on military accountability. In related news, the Indonesian legislature (DPR) announced that it is set to review a bill that would [...]	2008-05-28 08:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1043	IMPORTANT GUBERNATORIAL RACE TOO CLOSE TO CALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Final results for the May 26 East Kalimantan gubernatorial election are not expected until as late as June 10. Interim "quick counts" by two Indonesian polling organizations indicate that no ticket received more than the 30 percent of the vote needed to avoid a run-off. While i [...]	2008-05-28 09:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PINS ID
08JAKARTA1055	BURMA: GOI CRITICIZES ASSK'S CONTINUED DETENTION; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Wirajuda has criticized the Burmese regime's extension of Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest. Indonesian legislators have also strongly condemned the regime's move and promised to press the Yudhoyono administration to take tougher action. The GOI plans to move fo [...]	2008-05-30 07:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ID BM
08JAKARTA1058	SENIOR INDONESIAN DIPLOMAT ADDRESSES RANGE OF [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge met with Foreign Department Director General Imron Cotan on May 30 to discuss a wide range of common issues. Charge requested improved visa treatment for NAMRU personnel during negotiation [...]	2008-05-30 11:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR TBIO PHUM ID
08JAKARTA106	INDONESIA -- CHINESE DEFENSE MINISTER'S VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Defense Minister Cao met Indonesian VP Kalla and DefMin Sudarsono on January 16 in Jakarta. The visit included discussion of exchanges and joint production of defense transport equipment. Cao also visited a base of the Army Special Forces (KOPASSUS). The visit reciproc [...]	2008-01-17 09:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS ID CH
08JAKARTA1095	BURMA -- UPDATE ON INDONESIA AND CYCLONE RELIEF [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On June 3-4, Mission reviewed Ref A points regarding access and forced relocations with Indonesian officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Presidential Secretariat. GOI contacts agreed that the Burme [...]	2008-06-04 09:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ID BM
08JAKARTA1124	HARRISON FORD WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING PSAS REACH TENS OF [...] Post has convinced seven television stations with a total estimated viewership of 72 million to run the Harrison Ford public service announcements (PSAs) on wildlife trafficking during June. Six Indonesian television stations with a total viewership of 58 million (public television TVRI, and t [...]	2008-06-09 23:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SENV TPHY TRGY ID
08JAKARTA118	CT UPDATE -- TRIALS MOVING FORWARD, ESCAPEE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In the latest counterterrorism news: prosecutors requested sentences of up to 15 years for six members of Jemaah Islamiyah's military wing; witness testimony began in the trials of two senior JI leaders; [...]	2008-01-18 10:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KJUS SNAR ID
08JAKARTA1238	JAKARTA TO HOST CAPACITY-BUILDING CONFERENCE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has announcced that it plans n co-host with South Africa a ministerial-level apacity-building conference for Palestine, July 1415. The conference--which would be held in Jakata--aims to generate pledges of training, technial assistance and other forms of capacity-buil [...]	2008-06-25 08:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ID SF XF
08JAKARTA1317	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- CARDINAL EXPRESSES SOME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cardinal Darmaatmadja, the senior Catholic prelate in Indonesia, told Pol/C that he was "deeply concerned" by the Indonesian government's recent decree constraining the religious activities of an Islamic sect. He said he was concerned that the religious freedom climate could de [...]	2008-07-08 09:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KIRF SOCI ID VT
08JAKARTA1323	ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS -- URGING GOI TO REJECT DRAFT [...] (C) The DCM delivered ref A demarche to Bunyan Suprapto, Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on July 9. The DCM underscored that no resolution should be adopted given the ongoing bilateral negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority [...]	2008-07-09 10:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ID XF
08JAKARTA137	AVIAN INFLUENZA: REQUEST FOR PROGRAMMATIC REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-23 08:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1377	PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO'S RE-ELECTION CHANCES DIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) possesses many of the attributes which Indonesians respect in a leader--intelligence, integrity, and honesty. However, he faces widespread criticism for being indecisive. Lacking a united Cabinet and strong political base, SBY's cautious [...]	2008-07-17 06:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PREL ID
08JAKARTA1384	ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM -- POINTS FOR POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: If the Secretary meets Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda on the margins of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Singapore, we suggest that she urge the GOI to carry out the recommendations of the report of the Indonesia-Timor-Leste Commission on Truth and Friendship. We [...]	2008-07-18 08:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1385	GOI ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FORHQUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian and East Timorese leaders have underscored their support for the conclusions of the Com(ission on Truth and Friendship (CTF) Report, stressing that the report assists the reconciliation r"ocess. The report itself places institutional eesponsibility on Indonesian secu [...]	2008-07-18 08:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ID TT
08JAKARTA1394	ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM -- GOI DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON [...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission has received a diplomatic note from the GOI containing Indonesia's latest response to the U.S. proposal to create an Inter-sessional Meeting (ISM) on Nonproliferation and Disarmament. [...]	2008-07-21 07:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ASEAN ARF ID
08JAKARTA1396	SE Asian Hot Topics at Regional AML-CFT Meetings [...] (SBU) The annual meetings of the regional Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG),held in Bali July 7 to 11, helped highlight the challenges facing Southeast Asian countries and clarify many acute training needs. The APG discussed and adopted three joint Mutual Evaluation Reports (MERs) [...]	2008-07-21 09:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL KCRM KTFN KCOR ID MY
08JAKARTA1416	TIMOR-LESTE: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS PRAISE--AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local human rights groups have praised the GOI's support for the Commission on Truth and Friendship (CTF) report documenting violence in East Timor. That said, they say the report--which was released last week--does not go far enough. They urge that the GOI hold individuals re [...]	2008-07-23 09:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ID TT
08JAKARTA1477	NEW POLITICAL PARTY TRIES TO MAKE MARK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hanura, a new political party, hopes to make a strong showing in the 2009 legislative elections. The party is led by Wiranto (one name only),a former general and current presidential candidate who is a highly controversial figure due to his poor human rights record. The party- [...]	2008-08-04 07:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1483	PRIORITIES OF INDONESIAN MINISTRY OF MARINE AFFAIRS AND [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries' (DKP) vision is one of environmentally sustainable coastal resource management and economic development. Its highest priority activities include: fisheries management plans for specific areas; capacity building and training on fisher [...]	2008-08-05 00:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID KGHG SENV PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1495	JI CO-FOUNDER RESIGNS FROM HARDLINE GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir--the co-founder of the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah--recently resigned as leader of a hardline group citing ideological differences. Sources believe that Bashir was unhappy over efforts to make the group more democratic, something that conflic [...]	2008-08-06 07:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL ID
08JAKARTA1498	2008 HEALTH PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW: POOR PERFORMANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. The World Bank has completed a Health Public Expenditure Review (HPER) for Indonesia. The review confirms preliminary 2007 DHS results: no improvement in child death rates over the past five years, compared to a 53% decline from 1994 to 2002; a drastic erosion of breastfeeding [...]	2008-08-07 02:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EAID ID SENV
08JAKARTA1536	INDONESIAN MILITARY RECEIVES SIX RUSSIAN MI-17 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian military recently received six new lift helicopters from Russia. The helicopters can be used for disaster relief or for military operations. The deal is based on a contract signed in 2005 and uses Indonesian credits from 2003 before U.S. sanctions were lifted. [...]	2008-08-12 09:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS EIND ID RU
08JAKARTA1542	CHRISTIAN SCHOOL UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 25, small clashes involving local residents and Christian seminary students broke out in East Jakarta. No one was seriously injured. Police have evacuated the seminary and placed students and staff in camps in the Jakarta area. On August 12, the students demonstrated [...]	2008-08-13 06:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KIRF ID
08JAKARTA1552	PREAH VIHEAR: INDONESIA ON THAI-CAMBODIA BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia continues to support Thai-Cambodian efforts to resolve the Preah Vihear temple border dispute through bilateral negotiations. The GOI also remains ready to play a mediating role if both parties agree to it. We expect ASEAN Secretariat officials to discuss the issue o [...]	2008-08-14 07:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEAN ID CB TH
08JAKARTA1564	INDONESIAN MARINES CONVICTED IN LANDMARK HUMAN [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a landmark case for human rights accountability in the Indonesian military, Surabaya Military Court sentenced 13 marines to prison on August 14 for the shooting deaths of four civilians and wounding of e [...]	2008-08-15 08:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS ID
08JAKARTA1572	SPECIAL ENVOY FOR ANTI-SEMITISM VISITS INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his recent visit to Jakarta, Gregg Rickman, the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat anti-Semitism, met with a wide range of Indonesian government officials and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to discuss anti-Semitism and religious tolerance. Although Judaism is not [...]	2008-08-19 08:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA1582	KEY INDONESIAN COURT PICKS NEW CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The members of Indonesia's Constitutional Court have chosen Mohammad Mahfud to be the next Chief Judge. Mahfud is considered moderate and to have the requisite legal experience. Mahfud will replace the current chief judge, who was defeated in his bid for re-election. Sharing [...]	2008-08-20 08:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL ID
08JAKARTA1589	RADICAL MUSLIM GROUP STAGES CONGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Majelis Mujahiddin Council (MMI)--the political wing of the terrorist organization Jemaah Islamiyah (JI)--held its annual congress in Yogyakarta, August 9-10. The group chose a new "Amir" to replace former leader (and JI co-founder) Abu Bakar Bashir, who recently resigned from th [...]	2008-08-21 08:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PGOV PINS KISL PTER ID
08JAKARTA1614	NOTORIOUS FORMER GENERAL TRIES TO MAKE MARK IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prabowo Subianto, a retired general with a poor human rights record, has formed his own political party and announced that he plans to run for president. Prabowo's case is similar to that of Wiranto (one name only),another former general who is a candidate for president and als [...]	2008-08-26 06:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM ID
08JAKARTA163	EAST TIMOR/INDONESIA -- KEY EXPERT PREVIEWS JOINT [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Dili. 2. (C) SUMMARY: An American advisor to the Commission of Truth and Friendship Indonesia-Timor Leste (CTF) told the DCM on January 18 that the Commission will present its final report to the presidents of the two countries in March. The [...]	2008-01-25 09:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TT ID
08JAKARTA165	ASEAN WIDENS DOOR FOR ENGAGEMENT ON ENVIRONMENT AND TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ministerial and Leaders' statements during the 2007 ASEAN Summit focused on regional environmental initiatives, and recognized the significance of the illegal timber trade. The various statements, together with the recent U.S.-China MOU on illegal logging, present an opportunity [...]	2008-01-25 11:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1699	TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM CONSULTATIONS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission supports the counterterrorism consultations of the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue that will be held with Japan and Australia in Washington, October 2-3. In the context of steady progress on the counterterrorism front in Indonesia, Mission provides below a summary of ongoi [...]	2008-09-09 05:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ID
08JAKARTA1702	MEETING LEAHY AMENDMENT REQUIREMENTS IN INDONESIA [...] (SBU) This is an Action Request. Please see para 11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post trained close to 2000 members of the Indonesian military and police in 2007 who were subject to Leahy Amendment human rights vetting. Post faces a central problem with current interpretations of the Leahy Amendm [...]	2008-09-09 07:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM MARR MASS SNAR ID
08JAKARTA174	SUHARTO'S DEATH YIELDS MUTED REACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former president Suharto died of multiple organ failure in Jakarta, January 27. The former general was buried mid-day January 28 at the Suharto family cemetery in central Java in a ceremony attended by President Yudhoyono and a host of political heavyweights and foreign dignitar [...]	2008-01-28 10:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS ID
08JAKARTA1756	ISLAMIC PARTIES PUSH CONTROVERSIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent political maneuvering within the Indonesian Parliament (DPR) has all but ensured the passage of a controversial anti-pornography bill. The bill is being pushed through by the Islamic-oriented Prosperous Justice Party (PKS). The vote is scheduled for later this month. Cr [...]	2008-09-16 08:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL ID
08JAKARTA1761	MUNIR CASE -- ACCUSED MASTERMIND'S BACKGROUND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former BIN Deputy Muchdi Purwopranjono--accused of masterminding the murder in 2004 of human rights activist Munir (Ref A)--is a decorated veteran who spent most of his career commanding troops in the Suharto-era's most difficult conflict zones. He was also at the heart of one [...]	2008-09-17 08:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PHUM ID PGOV
08JAKARTA1803	UNGA: ADVANCING USG PRIORITIES WITH INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Possible upcoming meetings for senior USG officials with FM Wirajuda or Secretary General Imron Cotan (the number-three official in the Department of Foreign Affairs) on the margins of the UN General Assembly are a key opportunity to advance USG priorities with Indonesia. We su [...]	2008-09-23 06:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD MARR ID BM IR
08JAKARTA1830	ASEAN DIALOGUE PARTNERS RAMP UP TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. The European Commission (EC),Germany and Australia will significantly increase technical assistance to ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat over the next few years. Japan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) also have large ongoing assistance programs for ASEAN. Participants at an [...]	2008-09-26 07:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM
08JAKARTA185	CENTRAL JAVA -- PROMOTING U.S.-INDONESIAN RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: POL Regional Security Unit Chief met security policy scholars, and spoke at a local university and Muslim boarding school in Yogjakarta, central Java, January 28-29. He highlighted positive developments in U.S.-Indonesian relations, and opportunities for further cooperation on [...]	2008-01-30 08:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO ID
08JAKARTA1867	URGENT NEED TO REVISE TWO VETTING DECISIONS BASED [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 5. 2. (U) SUMMARY: DRL has rejected two candidates based on mistaken identity. Mission has thoroughly vetted both candidates under Leahy guidelines, checking multiple sources, and we are absolutely certain that the two individuals in question [...]	2008-10-06 09:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR PREL KCRM MARR ID
08JAKARTA1873	WAY FORWARD ON TRAINING INDONESIAN SPECIAL FORCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: This message provides input for the upcoming meeting between EAP A/S Hill and DRL A/S Kramer regarding a way forward in determining whether Indonesian security units previously associated with human rights violations have been sufficiently rehabilitated for purposes of Leahy vet [...]	2008-10-08 08:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR ID
08JAKARTA1895	ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE -- GOI SAYS IT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has agreed to attend the Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership initiative (APDP) meeting in Seoul on October 31. Umar Hadi, Director for Public Diplomacy at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),confirmed to DepPol/C and the South Korean Pol/C on October 10 that the [...]	2008-10-10 08:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ID KS
08JAKARTA191	TRAFFICKING -- PRESSING A KEY MINISTRY TO RENEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission continues to work with the GOI in addressing the abuse of Indonesian migrant labor. During a recent protection workshop, a senior Ministry of Manpower official agreed with USG concerns on the need to provide greater protection for migrants and pledged renewed efforts. S [...]	2008-01-31 04:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ELAB ID
08JAKARTA1937	HUMAN RIGHTS -- ENCOURAGING INDONESIA TO IMPLEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with DepPol/C, an AmCit adviser to the Commission of Truth and Friendship Indonesia/Timor-Leste (CTF) outlined ways to speed up implementation of the CTF recommendations for security sector reform in Indonesia via human rights training. He recommended that NGOs pav [...]	2008-10-20 05:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ID TT
08JAKARTA1979	KEY GOI ADVISER ON REOPENING EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Alwi Shihab, the President's Special Adviser for the Middle East, Indonesian President Yudhoyono urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) months ago to re-open the Indonesian embassy in Baghdad. Shihab said he believed that DEPLU was delaying the opening of t [...]	2008-10-27 09:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID IZ
08JAKARTA1999	PARLIAMENT REOPENS INVESTIGATION INTO MISSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: A special House of Representatives (DPR) committee has begun an inquiry into the 1997-98 abductions and disappearances of 13 pro-democracy activists. The inquiry could lead to legislation establishing an ad hoc human rights court to try retired generals--some of whom are curren [...]	2008-10-29 10:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA2049	SAUDI ARABIA -- A PRESENCE TO RECKON WITH IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saudi Arabia enjoys a positive image among Indonesians and is ramping up its already robust educational assistance. In addition to the annual flow of pilgrims to Mecca, Saudi religious groups are active here. While few have direct links to extremism, Saudi religious influence i [...]	2008-11-06 02:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KISL ID SA
08JAKARTA2065	INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT CREATES NEW REGIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia continues to implement a fast-paced program of decentralization through the creation of new regions (local entities below the provincial level). On October 29, the Indonesian Parliament approved the establishment of 12 new regions. Many similar proposals are waiting i [...]	2008-11-07 10:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
08JAKARTA2067	DEFENSE COOPERATION -- AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 4 discussion with Defense Minister Sudarsono, the Ambassador laid out key U.S. goals for a bilateral defense cooperation agreement with Indonesia. The agreement should document current cooperation, build trust and provide a basis to expand cooperation. The USG wa [...]	2008-11-07 10:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ID
08JAKARTA2068	GOI EXECUTES BALI BOMBERS; POLICE REPORT SITUATION [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The GOI has executed the three Bali bombers. The police report that the situation is calm, thus far. Mission has sent out a Warden message. Press guidance is attached in para seven. END SUMMARY. 3. [...]	2008-11-09 03:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER ASEC CASC ID AS
08JAKARTA207	IN POSITIVE STEP, MILITARY PROMISES TO WORK WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The national human rights commission (Komnas HAM) and the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) recently met to discuss ways to work together. In the course of the meeting, the new TNI Commander promised cooperation and invited the Commission to craft a program of human rights training [...]	2008-02-01 05:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ID
08JAKARTA2072	BALI DEMOCRACY FORUM -- FIRST MEETING TO TAKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda briefed diplomats about the inaugural meeting of the Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) scheduled for December 10-11 in Bali. Governments from throughout Asia and the Middle East have been invited to participate while other countries--such as the U.S.--c [...]	2008-11-10 08:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV ID
08JAKARTA2108	BURMA -- PRESSING GOI ON THE REGIME'S LATEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered Ref A message regarding the Burmese regime's latest crackdown to Indonesian officials and a key parliamentarian on November 17. Mission underscored the need for continued international pressure in the wake of the harsh sentences imposed on democracy advocates [...]	2008-11-17 09:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA ID BM
08JAKARTA2127	TIMOR-LESTE -- KEY MINISTRY WORKS TO PROMOTE JOINT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI says it wants to promote the recommendations of the Timor-Leste/Indonesia Commission on Truth and Friendship (CTF),but needs assistance to do so. The Ministry of Law and Human Rights also wants support for a human rights training program for the Papuan region of eastern [...]	2008-11-18 09:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS ID TT
08JAKARTA2140	Q3 GDP GROWTH OF 6.1% EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS, BUT PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's economy expanded at a higher than expected 6.1% (yoy) in the third quarter of 2008, on higher government spending, and continued strength in household consumption and investment. While the results boosted hope that 2008 growth may exceed 6%, most analysts have reduc [...]	2008-11-20 00:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ID
08JAKARTA2145	UNGA -- PRESSING INDONESIA TO OPPOSE ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered reftel demarche regarding anti-Israel resolutions in the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to key GOI officials on November 20. We strongly urged Indonesia to oppose such resolutions. Indonesian interlocutors took our points on board, but did not promise any change [...]	2008-11-20 10:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA ID IS
08JAKARTA2157	2009 ELECTIONS LANDSCAPE: YUDHOYONO, MEGAWATI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Most bets are still on President Yudhoyono to be re-elected in the 2009 elections with recent polls indicating that he has regained his lead. However, the state of the economy, the Yudhoyono administration's ability to maintain his clean image, and his management of a fractious [...]	2008-11-24 10:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ID
08JAKARTA2170	BALI DEMOCRACY FORUM: MORE DETAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Indonesia's Bali Democracy Forum will be attended by approximately 28 participants from Asia and the Middle East, including four heads of state, plus several observers from Europe and the Americas. Burma is sending a deputy minister. Iran and North Korea are not attending. Inv [...]	2008-11-25 11:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ID MG
08JAKARTA2175	REDUCED PIRACY IN INDONESIAN WATERS DUE TO TRAINING, [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU). Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. Sustained peace in Aceh, increased Marine Police capabilities as a result of additional assets and training provided by USG and others, and improved coordination with Singapore authorities hav [...]	2008-11-28 09:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PHSA PREL ID
08JAKARTA2197	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL AND REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume met FM Wirajuda for a wide-ranging discussion of bilateral and regional issues on December 2. The Ambassador urged moving forward on a number of pending bilateral agreements that were close to completion. Wirajuda agreed, particularly in concluding as soon as p [...]	2008-12-03 10:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO ID
08JAKARTA222	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INDONESIA'S TOP MILITARY [...] SUMMARY: In a February 1 call on Indonesian Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Santoso, the Ambassador discussed progress in U.S.-Indonesian defense relations and future regional security challenges in Southeast Asia. Santoso, who in December was appointed to the TNI's most senior position, [...]	2008-02-04 10:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS ID
08JAKARTA2232	DEATH OF FORMER FM ALI ALATAS: SUGGESTED [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paras 6-7. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Former Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas died of a heart attack in the early morning of Thursday, December 11, 2008. A seminal figure in the history of Asian diplomacy, Alatas will be buried early on December 12, [...]	2008-12-11 09:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OVIP ID
08JAKARTA2271	ASEAN CHARTER ENTERS INTO FORCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: ASEAN Foreign Ministers met in Jakarta on December 15 to mark the ASEAN Charter's entry into force. (The Charter makes ASEAN a legal body and sets forth a framework for regional integration.) At the formal ceremony marking the occasion, President Yudhoyono called on ASEAN to pl [...]	2008-12-16 07:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEAN ID
08JAKARTA2279	A RARE MOMENT TO ADVANCE U.S. INTERESTS IN [...] This message is Sensitive But Unclassified; please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: 2009 presents a moment of opportunity to advance U.S.-Indonesian relations, with a creative smart power approach. This message describes that opportunity and outlines how we can develop a strong 21st [...]	2008-12-17 09:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM EFIN SENV ID
08JAKARTA228	CT UPDATE - JI MEMBERS FOUND GUILTY, OTHER TRIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest counterterrorism news: six members of Jemaah Islamiyah's (JI) military wing were found guilty of terrorism and sentenced to 8-10 years in prison; witness testimony continued in the trials of two senior JI leaders; and the Supreme Court is moving to address a last [...]	2008-02-05 08:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA2317	COUNTERTERRORISM -- IN REACTION TO MUMBAI ATTACKS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the orders of President Yudhoyono, Indonesian police and military units staged counterterrorism drills in six locations on December 21, including in Jakarta and Bali. The large-scale national exercise was held in response to the Mumbai attacks, with police and military uni [...]	2008-12-23 10:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC ID
08JAKARTA268	DEFENSE COOPERATION -- A ROBUST AGENDA FOR FY-2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: USPACOM and the Indonesian military (TNI) agreed to an agenda of bilateral mil-mil activities for FY2009 at their annual discussions held in Jakarta on February 5-6. The event included U.S. presentations on the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI),and GOI presentations on [...]	2008-02-08 09:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV ID
08JAKARTA316	INDONESIA-SINGAPORE DEFENSE AGREEMENT IN TROUBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesia-Singapore Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) is in trouble. The Indonesian government indicates that the agreement--which, in part, would allow the Singapore military to train in Indonesia--has been "put aside." The key reason is that the national legislature (D [...]	2008-02-15 09:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ID SN
08JAKARTA334	USG-FUNDED PATROL BOATS MAKE WAVES AGAINST [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: USG-provided patrol boats are making a difference in the GOI's campaign against transnational crime. Over the past several weeks, Indonesian Police Marine Units have seized vessels involved in [...]	2008-02-20 10:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER ID
08JAKARTA346	VISIT OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO JAKARTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary Gates' February 25 visit comes at a most opportune time. Our military-to-military relationship with Indonesia has made solid progress during the past two years and now is the time to move forward. Indonesia needs to decide whether it is ready to take that step, and ne [...]	2008-02-22 06:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV ID
08JAKARTA38	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS NOVEMBER - [...] Summary. Indonesia's December inflation came in lower on a year-on-year (YoY) basis as consumer demand eased after the Muslim festive season. Bank Indonesia (BI) cut its interest rate by 25 bps to 8% at its December board meeting after keeping it steady for four months ending in November. In [...]	2008-01-08 08:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
08JAKARTA421	IRAN/BURMA -- GERMAN FM PRESSES INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: German FM Steinmeier visited Jakarta February 26-28 and pressed the GOI on Iran's nuclear program and on Burma. Indonesian FM Wirajuda said publicly that the Burmese opposition and ethnic minority groups should participate in the upcoming referendum. Wirajuda also said that Ir [...]	2008-02-29 08:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP ID BM GM
08JAKARTA452	BURMA -- USG-SPONSORED CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE IN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An intensive USG-sponsored conference on "The Role of ASEAN Civil Society in Supporting Human Rights and Democracy in Burma" will take place in Jakarta March 6-7. Over 20 regional experts will [...]	2008-03-05 10:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID BM ID
08JAKARTA455	BURMA -- URGING INDONESIA TO HELP WITH S/E [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed Ref A points regarding UN Special Envoy Gambari's visit to Burma with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). DEPLU contact told Pol/C that Indonesia was already doing just that: President Yudhoyono had sent a letter to Burmese regime leader Than Shwe urging [...]	2008-03-06 02:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID BM UN
08JAKARTA474	OIC -- PASSING S/E CUMBER'S CONTACT INFORMATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesian officials look forward to meeting U.S. Special Envoy Sada Cumber on the margins of the upcoming OIC Summit in Dakar. Indonesia is an active OIC member and participates in a number of OIC-led initiatives. END SUMMARY 2. (U) GOI -- HAPPY TO MEET S/E CUMBER: Poloff [...]	2008-03-10 07:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KISL OIC ID
08JAKARTA484	BEIRUT CONFERENCE -- URGING INDONESIAN ATTENDANCE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Trini Gunarti, Deputy Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on March 10. Poloff stressed that--as a Muslim-majority democracy and contributor to UNIFIL--Indonesia should show support for Lebanon by attending [...]	2008-03-11 03:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS ID LE
08JAKARTA513	MALAYSIAN ELECTIONS -- INDONESIAN REACTION MUTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of Malaysia's elections, the GOI has publicly underscored that relations will remain stable and strong. Indonesian media and observers have been less restrained, however, hailing the results as an important step in Malaysia becoming a "real democracy." Indonesi [...]	2008-03-13 07:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO ID MY
08JAKARTA516	INDONESIA'S HOUSE SPEAKER LOOKS TO MOVE UP THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's legislative and presidential elections will take place next year and House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Laksono is one of the many political luminaries plotting his next move. Long considered the Forrest Gump of Indonesian politics, Laksono hopes his penchant fo [...]	2008-03-13 08:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ID
08JAKARTA526	UPDATE ON MEGAPORT INITIATIVE IN INDONESIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-14 09:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EWWT ID KNNP KTIA PREL TRGY

08JAKARTA528	BURMA REFERENDUM -- U.S./INDONESIA ON THE SAME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Ref A points with a contact at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on March 14. Pol/C stressed the importance of ASEAN and Indonesia pressing the regime on its proposed referendum and election. DEPLU said it shared U.S. concerns, noting that it had made thes [...]	2008-03-14 09:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ID BM
08JAKARTA544	RAMPING UP ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INDONESIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has ratcheted up its engagement with the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR),resulting in improved dialogue with this increasingly powerful--but capacity poor--institution. Building upon an existing USG program, Mission has formed an internal committee to further [...]	2008-03-17 09:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KDEM PGOV ID
08JAKARTA60	FM WIRAJUDA OUTLINES BILATERAL AND REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Wirajuda discussed regional developments and outlined bilateral priorities. Wirajuda looked forward to increased security cooperation with the United States as Indonesia made progress on human rights. He worried [...]	2008-01-11 03:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MASS ID
08JAKARTA619	PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a March 26 meeting, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono assured a group of victims of human rights violations that they would find justice. He pledged to hold a special Cabinet meeting to discuss their cases, which included Suharto-era massacres and the 2004 murder of human r [...]	2008-03-27 11:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ID
08JAKARTA624	INDONESIA PARTICIPANT LIST - BULK CASH SMUGGLING WORKSHOP [...] Below please find details of Embassy Jakarta's nominees for the South East Asia Regional Bulk Cash Smuggling Workshop to be held in Semarang, Indonesia on April 21-24, 2008, jointly funded with Australia. If you require additional information on the nominee's educational or work history, their [...]	2008-03-28 05:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ECON PREL EFIN ID
08JAKARTA63	ISLAMIC LEADER ON FATWAS AND "PROTECTING ISLAM" [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM met with Ma'ruf Amin, Chairman of the Indonesia Ulama Council (MUI) Fatwa Commission, on January 9. Ma'ruf provided an overview of how the MUI takes questions from the public and issues fatwas (religious edicts). He defended MUI's condemnation of the Ahmadiyah sect by i [...]	2008-01-11 05:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL ID
08JAKARTA645	GOI REQUESTS LIFE SENTENCES FOR TERRORIST LEADERS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prosecutors have requested life sentences for Abu Dujana and Zarkasih, two senior Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leaders. Prosecutors also requested sentences of between 12 and 14 years for five other JI operatives. In the sentencing request, prosecutors also asked the judges to declare [...]	2008-04-01 07:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA659	Action Needed to Identify East Java Mudflow Mitigation [...] (SBU) Summary: This is an action request. Assistant Secretary Hill visited the Sidoarjo mudflow site in May 2007 and indicated to GOI officials that we were looking for ways to help. In September 2007, a US technical expert identified potential ways to help Indonesia mitigate the humanitari [...]	2008-04-02 07:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET SENV EAID ID
08JAKARTA671	INDONESIA: DIVERGENT VIEWS ON IMPACT OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary: The U.S. economic downturn will decrease Asian economic growth prospects, according to Morgan Stanley Asia Chairman Stephen Roach, who spoke to Indonesian business executives on March 31. Lower U.S. consumption will likely reduce Asian exports to the U.S., a significant driver of [...]	2008-04-03 08:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAGR ECON PGOV ID
08JAKARTA692	ADMIRAL KEATING'S VISIT TO INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Keating's April 9-11 visit to Jakarta offers an opportunity to move the bilateral mil-mil relationship forward. The visit should focus on further defining the long-term partnership and our shared regional security objectives. We should also review the robust bilateral [...]	2008-04-07 08:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS ID
08JAKARTA702	EAST TIMOR EX-MILITIA LEADER ACQUITTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 4, the Indonesian Supreme Court announced the acquittal of Eurico Guterres, a former militia leader, for human rights crimes committed in East Timor in 1999 (per an earlier court ruling, Guterres had been jailed for his crimes). Guterres was released from jail on April [...]	2008-04-08 07:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL ID TT
08JAKARTA745	AMBASSADOR'S OP-ED PIECE HIGHLIGHTS DEMOCRACY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 12, The Jakarta Post published an op-ed written by the Ambassador on democracy and human rights in Indonesia. Reactions to the piece have been positive. A key contact from the Office of the President expressed appreciation for the piece, telling the Ambassador that t [...]	2008-04-14 08:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAO ID TT
08JAKARTA759	ADMIRAL KEATING ENGAGES INDONESIAN EXPERTS ON [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: USPACOM Commander Admiral Keating engaged leading Indonesian national security experts during an April 11 roundtable at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS),Jakarta's leading [...]	2008-04-16 01:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ID CH
08JAKARTA760	INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: MARCH 2008 [...] The UN issued the first saleable "certificates of emissions reduction" (CERs) on March 14 to Indonesia's publicly listed cement maker, PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk, for its alternative fuel projects. PT Indocement registered two projects that reduce emissions through alternative fuels s [...]	2008-04-16 04:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
08JAKARTA770	SENIOR JI OPERATIVES RENDERED FROM MALAYSIA TO [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Kuala Lumpur and Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Malaysian authorities have handed over two senior Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) operatives to the GOI. The two Indonesian nationals were arrested in Malaysia in January. The GOI is in the process of [...]	2008-04-17 06:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PREL ID MY
08JAKARTA825	EAST TIMOR/INDONESIA FINAL REPORT HOLDS GOI [...] (S) SUMMARY: According to the Executive Summary of the Timor Leste-Indonesia Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF)--shown to DepPol/C by an insider on April 22--the final report holds the GOI institutionally responsible for gross human rights violations in East Timor in 1999. The report [...]	2008-04-24 08:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PREL PHUM PGOV TT ID
08JAKARTA837	KING COAL -- THE POLITICS OF DECENTRALIZATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 24, President Yudhoyono traveled to South Kalimantan to highlight "the success" of decentralization. In an April 23 visit to South Kalimantan, however, emboffs discovered that local coal industry bosses heft significant political clout, using their influence like robbe [...]	2008-04-25 09:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EMIN EINV PINS ID
08JAKARTA838	TIMOR-LESTE/INDONESIA -- CONTINUED REVERBERATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOTL President Ramos-Horta's remarks regarding the February violence in Dili and possible Indonesian links continue to resonate in Jakarta. While denying that Indonesian nationals were involved, the GOI has now confirmed the arrest of a fourth suspect for alleged involvement in [...]	2008-04-25 09:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID TT
08JAKARTA847	Decentralization in Kalimantan charting progress [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Decentralization in Kalimantan is delivering results for residents of South and East Kalimantan, although many economic challenges remain. In Banjarmasin, GDP per capita has steadily increased during the post-2001 decentralization era, but remains below national averages. In Ta [...]	2008-04-28 09:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL ID
08JAKARTA869	Public Outreach in South and East Kalimantan [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Officers conducted two public outreach events in Kalimantan during an April 22-24 reporting trip (see reftels). In Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Embassy Officers delivered a presentation and presented PAS materials on the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election. In Tarakan, East [...]	2008-04-30 09:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PGOV ECON PREL ID
08JAKARTA913	INDONESIA AGREES WITH U.S. POSITION ON HRC [...] (C) On May 7, DepPol/C conveyed points in reftel to an official in the Directorate for Human Rights, Department of Foreign Affairs. The official agreed that the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) could be more effective if more strong democracies were to win seats on the HRC, and pledged to conv [...]	2008-05-08 09:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC
08JAKARTA943	INDONESIANS PROTEST PLANNED FUEL PRICE HIKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thousands of Indonesians demonstrated in Jakarta on May 12 protesting GOI plans to increase fuel prices. The largest rally took place in front of the Presidential Palace. The rallies were peaceful. The Indonesian legislature is also heatedly debating the matter, with the bala [...]	2008-05-13 06:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC ID
08JAKARTA985	CHARGE'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN AFFAIRS LEGISLATORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 14 discussion with Indonesian legislators, Charge d'Affaires pressed for positive action in response to the forthcoming report of the Indonesia-Timor Leste Commission on Truth and Friendship (CTF). The legislators said they intended to invite U.S. Representative Eni F [...]	2008-05-16 09:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID TT
08JAKARTA986	BURMA -- INDONESIAN FRUSTRATION WITH REGIME GROWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesians are frustrated with the Burmese regime's response to Cyclone Nargis. The GOI has already sent some assistance and President Yudhoyono has sent a letter to Than Shwe offering more support, but the regime has not yet responded. Indonesian legislators are harshly crit [...]	2008-05-16 09:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ID BM
08JAKARTA992	EAST TIMOR -- HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS SUPPORTIVE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Timor Leste-Indonesia Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) has invited the Presidents of the two countries to Bali on May 26 to receive its final report. The CTF's Summary--presented to the two governments in April--has been leaked to human rights activists who tell us p [...]	2008-05-19 08:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TT ID
08JEDDAH248	WOMEN IN 2009 MUNI ELECTIONS? MIXED PREDICTIONS [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: A delegation from the Department's Middle East Partnership Initiative met May 13 with local politicians and prominent members of civil society to discuss trends in political reform. Members of Jeddah's Municipal Council described the body's growing role as a provider of go [...]	2008-06-08 05:10:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KMPI PGOV PHUM SOCI SA
08JEDDAH253	OIC SYG: IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF ISLAM IN THE US; [...] (C) In June 4-5 Meetings Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee staff member Wendy Anderson met with the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General, Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) board members, Jeddah Municipal Councilors, and other civ [...]	2008-06-10 15:02:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL SOCI SA
08JEDDAH447	US CONSULATE JEDDAH HOSTS DEBATE WATCHING EVENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Consulate Jeddah has hosted two US Presidential debate-watching events to encourage participation and engagement within the Saudi Arabian community. Both events brought together professors, media, and members of Jeddawi civil society and spurned lively and nuanced conversations re [...]	2008-10-26 13:44:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KMPI KPAO OPRC PHUM SA SCUL SOCI XF
08JEDDAH538	AGAINST THE ODDS: FIRST WOMAN IN MIDDLE EAST WITH [...] (C) Summary. Aziza Mansour, the first woman in the Middle East to receive a RE/MAX franchise, fought for recognition of her right to sell real estate for fourteen years. Appreciated and befriended by a royal benefactor when she thought her cause was lost, Ms. Mansour overcame the many barriers [...]	2008-12-31 09:45:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB KISL KWMN SA SOCI KMPI KPAO SCUL
08JEDDAH74	GAZA ACCOUNT DEMARCHE RESPONSE: OIC WILL [...] (S) SUMMARY: Consul General Tatiana C. Gfoeller delivered demarche (reftel B) in person on February 9 to Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Director General for Political Affairs Mahdy Fathallah and OIC Director for Political Affairs Tariq Ali Bakheet. OIC officials assured Consul G [...]	2008-02-09 12:05:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PREL PHUM KISL KPAL WBG SA
08JERUSALEM1008	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/13): AN "APOLOGY" FROM BUSH TO [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial under the headline, "The status of Bush's vision" (6/12): "... Bush has six more months in the White House. Let's assume that the American President and his team have made every possible effort to make progress on the Road map, meanwhile the Israeli [...]	2008-06-13 08:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM102	PALESTINIAN REACTION TO EL-AD ACQUISITION OF EAST [...] (C) Summary. According to local press and Jerusalem contacts, the Israeli organization El-Ad purchased 11 apartments in 4 buildings in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan in mid-January. President Abbas's Advisor on Jerusalem Affairs said El-Ad's purchases are part of an effort to red [...]	2008-01-18 14:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1021	UBAYDIYA MAYOR EAGER TO DELIVER PROJECTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Fatah-controlled slate took control of Ubaydiya's municipal council on May 21 after the elected Hamas led-council resigned and the PA Ministry of Local Government (MoLG) approved a new council. Mayor Sulayman Abdullah and the new council requested USG development and program [...]	2008-06-17 14:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG KDEM EAID IS
08JERUSALEM1148	FIVE DEAD, DOZENS WOUNDED IN JERUSALEM BULLDOZER [...] (C) Local press and police reported four Israelis dead and 36 wounded after a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem on a bulldozer attacked several cars and toppled a public bus in downtown Jerusalem shortly after noon on July 2. As of 3:00 local time, Post had no reports of American citizen [...]	2008-07-02 11:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1150	FIVE DEAD, DOZENS WOUNDED IN JERUSALEM BULLDOZER [...] (C) Local press and police reported four Israelis dead and 36 wounded after a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem on a bulldozer attacked several cars and toppled a public bus in downtown Jerusalem shortly after noon on July 2. As of 3:00 local time, Post had no reports of American citizen [...]	2008-07-02 12:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1170	GOI CLOSES PALESTINIAN HOUSING COUNCIL IN EAST [...] (C) Summary. The Chairman of the Board of the East Jerusalem-based Palestinian Housing Council (PHC) told PolOff that the Israeli Minister of Public Security closed the PHC July 2, claiming that it is a Palestinian Authority (PA) agency illegally operating inside Jerusalem. He said the PHC [...]	2008-07-03 13:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1178	CONFISCATION ORDERS ISSUED FOR 356 DUNUMS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The IDF issued an expropriation order for 356 dunums (89 acres) of land near al-Hadidiya village on June 15 for the expansion of a military camp. Local Palestinians are concerned the expropriation will block the only road to their village. The PA has retained the Jerusalem Leg [...]	2008-07-07 11:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KWBG IS PHUM
08JERUSALEM1257	EAST JERUSALEM RESIDENTS FEAR EVICTION ORDER WILL [...] (C) Summary. On July 14, the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) upheld an order to evict the al-Kurd family from their residence in Shaykh Jarrah, after nine years of litigation over the property's ownership. (Note: Shaykh Jarrah is home to much of East Jerusalem's most valuable and histor [...]	2008-07-15 17:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PHUM IS PBTS
08JERUSALEM1279	PA CLAIMS SUCCESSES IN PUBLIC ORDER/ANTI-HAMAS [...] (SBU) Summary. National Security Forces (NSF),police and General Intelligence (GI) contacts told PolOff and POL FSN July 16-17 that the PA has arrested 17 Hamas activists and criminals in an intensification of ongoing security efforts in Qalqiliya and villages near Tulkarm and Salfit. Secur [...]	2008-07-18 13:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER PGOV IS
08JERUSALEM1328	AT LEAST 16 INJURED, DRIVER KILLED IN NEW [...] (SBU) Local press and police report at least 19 people were injured (one seriously) when a Palestinian drove a heavy front-loader into several cars (overturning one) on King David Street at approximately 1400 local. A Border Policeman and armed civilian shot and killed the driver, Ghassan Abu [...]	2008-07-22 13:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER IS ASEC
08JERUSALEM1358	JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY DEMOLISHES BEIT HANINA HOME [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality demolished part of an apartment building belonging to Majid Abu Ayshah in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina on July 28, stating that the building exceeded its permit and that the Municipality was legally obligated to uphold the court-order [...]	2008-07-28 14:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1389	AL-KURD FAMILY APPEALS FOR HELP TO PREVENT [...] (C) Summary. PolOff and PolSpec met with members of the al-Kurd family and their representatives July 31. Fawzieh al-Kurd presented documents in support of her claim to her East Jerusalem house and invited the Consul General to visit the neighborhood to observe the situation. A neighbor to [...]	2008-07-31 13:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1432	RENEWAL OF CLOSURE ORDERS FOR PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli Ministry of Internal Security (MoI) renewed closure orders in early August against eight East Jerusalem Palestinian institutions. The General Manager of the Arab Studies Society (closed in 2001) told PolOff August 6 that the closure leaves a vacuum in Palestinian le [...]	2008-08-06 12:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1499	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/14): "Dangerous Signs in [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 09:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1509	EAST JERUSALEM RESIDENT ARRESTED IN ON-GOING [...] (C) Summary. Shaykh Jarrah neighborhood resident Maher Hanoun was arrested in early August for resisting eviction from his home. Hanoun's lawyer told PolOff August 12 that he is workingto free Hanoun pending resolution of the disputeover ownership of the land, but the courts have made no pro [...]	2008-08-15 08:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1522	HOME DEMOLITIONS STRIKE ANGRY CHORD IN EAST [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality demolished four homes in East Jerusalem on August 13, two in the Ashkariya neighborhood of Beit Hanina (north Jerusalem). Local residents told PolOff that Ashkariya is zoned as "green land" even though it is privately owned, and said the Municipality [...]	2008-08-18 12:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1534	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/20): LACK OF MOVEMENT ON [...] Independent Al-Quds runs a daily editorial entitled, "A Step in the Road to Releasing Thousands of Prisoners" (8/20): "Each Palestinian prisoner released by Israel reduces the burden and suffering of the Palestinian people in general and of the prisoner's friends and relatives in particular. . [...]	2008-08-20 11:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1557	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/25): IF THE SHIPS BREAK THE [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial by regular columnist Talal Al-Sharif entitled, "The Two Ships--So Breaking the Siege is not in One Direction!" (8/25): "[T]he sailing of the two ships [to the Gaza Strip] is a good step, but political [aspirations] cannot be achieved without pure national [...]	2008-08-25 07:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1640	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/04): INTERNATIONAL CHANGES AND [...] Independent Al-Quds editorialized in "Special Damascus Summit," (9/4): "Today in Damascus a special quartet summit (which includes French President Sarkozy, President Assad of Syria, Amir of Qatar Al Thani, and Turkish PM Erdogan) is held... The convening of this summit by itself is considered [...]	2008-09-04 06:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1681	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/09): CONTINUED PALESTINIAN [...] Independent Al-Quds editorializes in "The strikes..." (9/8): "We are experiencing extraordinary, catastrophic conditions in all aspects of our political, economic and daily lives. The on-going JERUSALEM 00001681 002 OF 002 strike [by teachers and health care workers] is increasing the [...]	2008-09-09 09:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1735	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/18): THE "PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 07:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1747	CANDIDATE LISTS SHAPING UP FOR JERUSALEM'S MAYORAL [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem's Haredi (ultra-orthodox) community is still considering three contenders for the November 11 mayoral elections, but expects to settle on a single candidate in advance of the campaign. Many see MK Porush, anointed as the United Torah Judaism Party (UTJ) candidate in a [...]	2008-09-19 13:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1765	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/23): "EAST JERUSALEM [...] The main editorial of Al-Quds independent argues under the title, "Judaization plans are Non-Stop As Are Efforts to Launch Dialogue?!!" (09/23): "A few days ago construction started near the Magreb Gate [Old City, Jerusalem] to build, it seems, settlement neighborhoods. There is also the iss [...]	2008-09-23 07:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1792	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/25): CALL FOR A MEDIA AND [...] Under the title, "A Comprehensive Truce, not an Escalation of Disputes, is a Must Before Launching Dialogue", independent Al-Quds argues in its main editorial (09/25): "The success of [internal Palestinian] dialogue does not depend on Egyptian intentions or... the increased support of the Arab [...]	2008-09-25 08:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1841	ADDITIONAL ORDERS FOR DEMOLITION OF BEDOUIN [...] (SBU) Summary. According to UNRWA, COGAT officers delivered demolition orders for 38 structures at the Milehat-Ka'abneh bedouin encampment in area C on September 22. Bedouin resident in the area told Poloff they have been living seasonally in this location since 1985 and expressed concern [...]	2008-10-03 14:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM185	BIL'IN VILLAGE: BARRIER NOT YET REROUTED [...] (C) Summary. On January 24, Abdallah Abu Rahman, Coordinator of the Bil'in Land Defense and Popular Committee, told Poloffs that the GoI has taken no steps to reroute the separation barrier between Bil'in and the settlement of Modi'in Illit following a September 7 Israeli High Court ruling. [...]	2008-02-04 10:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1905	FIRST RESIDENTS MOVE INTO ISRAELI SETTLEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs visited the settlement of Nof Zion (View of Zion) in the Jabal Mukabbir neighborhood of East Jerusalem, where the first 50 of 100 apartment owners have moved in, and an additional 400 units will be constructed in the next few years. Palestinians from Jabal Mukabbir told [...]	2008-10-17 14:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1983	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/31): BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS: [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 11:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1992	NEW EAST JERUSALEM EVICTION, HOME DEMOLITION [...] (C) Summary. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions (ICAHD) confirmed press reports that the Jerusalem Municipality intends to evict two Palestinian families from their homes in Bayt Hanina and possibly demolish th [...]	2008-11-04 13:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM2000	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/06): SPECULATION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 12:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2013	SECULAR AND ULTRA-ORTHODOX CANDIDATES FACE OFF IN [...] (C) Summary. Nationalist candidate Nir Barkat hopes to win the November 11 municipal election based on his platform of balancing religious and secular needs in the city. Ultra-Orthodox candidate Meir Porush, who would continue policies enacted under current Mayor Lupolianski, hopes to win ba [...]	2008-11-10 14:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2035	NIR BARKAT WINS JERUSALEM MAYORAL ELECTION [...] (U) Summary. "Secular/nationalist" candidate Nir Barkat won the election for Jerusalem's mayor and takes office in early December. He promised in his victory speech to address the needs of secular, religious, and Arab residents of the city. Nearly all Palestinians and some ultra-Orthodox J [...]	2008-11-13 15:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2084	FAYYAD RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CORRESPONDENT BANKING [...] (C) Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consul General on November 19 that he is concerned about the apparent decision of Israeli commercial banks to terminate correspondent banking services for Palestinian banks (reftel). Fayyad predicted the cut-off will have th [...]	2008-11-20 15:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KTFN KWBG PREL IS
08JERUSALEM2117	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/25): "A NATIONAL UNITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 15:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2264	ISRAELI PLANS FOR SILWAN AND THE HOLY BASIN [...] (C) Summary: The Jerusalem Municipality has approved, but not yet made public, a town plan to facilitate Israeli development in the Wadi Hilweh neighborhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem, acording to Jerusalem lawyer Danny Seidemann. Seidemann also said that the GOI is quietly planning a large a [...]	2008-12-18 16:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PHUM KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM2278	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/22): OBSTACLES TO PEACE [...] The main editorial in Al Quds, "Prisoners once again," opines: "It is time for the Palestinian side to reject the Israeli position that deals with prisoners of freedom as criminal prisoners...it is time for European mediators, who always demand the release of [abducted Israeli soldier Gilad] Sh [...]	2008-12-22 09:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2289	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/24): REPORTS ON ABBAS' [...] Al Quds editorial "The complicated crisis in Gaza" opines: "The worst scenario that could happen [in Gaza], is the use of military force, especially the Israeli one, in an attempt to topple the Hamas movement, because such an attempt is a definite prescription for bloodshed, extreme loss of li [...]	2008-12-24 11:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2321	EAST JERUSALEM PALESTINIAN HOUSING COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On December 31, the East Jerusalem-based Palestinian Housing Council (PHC) reopened after a six-month closure. The Israeli Ministry of Internal Security closed the PHC on July 2, 2008, claiming that it was a Palestinian Authority (PA) agency operating illegally in Jerusalem. The Coun [...]	2008-12-31 13:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PREL PBTS PGOV
08JERUSALEM303	MUNICIPAL CONSTRUCTION IN EAST JERUSALEM: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Construction in East Jerusalem on public land is approved through a five-step process which, depending on the plan's size, complexity, and political sensitivities can take several years to complete. Building plans require approval by both a local and regional committee, a 60-da [...]	2008-02-15 15:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS IS PHUM KWBG
08JERUSALEM304	STATUS OF EAST JERUSALEM BUILDING ANNOUNCEMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of numerous press announcements of Israeli construction in East Jerusalem, this telegram details these announcements since the Annapolis meetings and plots each proposal's location on the approval timeline (as "Construction Imminent," "In Approval Process," or "Not Submi [...]	2008-02-15 15:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM316	CLOSURE OF EAST JERUSALEM INSTITUTIONS RENEWED [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli MoI in early February renewed closure orders against eight Palestinian institutions in East Jerusalem. PA Advisor on Jerusalem Affairs Hatem Abd al-Qader has told the press that the Orient House reopened, but privately admitted that his comments were designed to bri [...]	2008-02-20 16:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM348	FIVE PARTIAL DEMOLITIONS IN EAST JERUSALEM ON [...] (C) According to Jerusalem Municipality advisor Elad Halevy, the Jerusalem Municipality executed five demolitions of parts of homes in Palestinian East Jerusalem on February 25. Halevy said that in all five cases the construction was done without permits. He added that the builders did not [...]	2008-02-26 15:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM368	ANOTHER HOME DEMOLITION IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary: On February 27, PolOffs witnessed the demolition of a Palestinian home in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina. Two bulldozers demolished a 60 square meter home in approximately 20 minutes. PolOffs witnessed Israeli security personnel beat the homeowner's brother duri [...]	2008-02-28 15:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM454	FATAH ELECTIONS SUSPENDED IN JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. The Fatah Central Committee's (FCC) Mobilization and Discipline (MAD) Committee organized a meeting of 935 Fatah members from East Jerusalem and 26 surrounding villages in Ramallah on March 8 to elect the Jerusalem regional committee and Secretary. After a heated discussion bet [...]	2008-03-13 15:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM568	FATAH ELECTS JERUSALEM COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary. On March 30, the Fatah Central Committee's (FCC) Mobilization and Discipline (MAD) Committee succeeded in its second attempt to organize a meeting of 921 Fatah members from East Jerusalem and 26 surrounding villages to elect 23 Jerusalem regional committee members. Nearly all of [...]	2008-04-02 09:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM636	JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY DEMOLISHES AMCIT'S EAST [...] (C) The Jerusalem Municipality demolished the home of AmCit Khalid Shoman in East Jerusalem's Beit Hanina neighborhood on April 9 after the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) rejected Shoman's appeal in late February. Shoman's home was built in 2002 without a permit. Shoman inhabited the ho [...]	2008-04-11 12:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS CASC
08JERUSALEM722	E-1 MOVE APPEARS IMMINENT [...] (C) Summary. Ha'aretz reported April 28 that Israeli police will soon complete the move from Ras al-Amud to the newly built police station in the E-1 area between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim. The move will allow the right-wing Israeli group Ateret Cohanim to take over the former police prop [...]	2008-04-28 14:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM90	RAS AL AMUD: ISRAELI CONSTRUCTION COMMENCES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff confirmed January 16 that construction has begun on 60 new housing units in the "Maale Zeitim" enclave in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras al Amud. An advisor to the Jerusalem Mayor said construction permits were issued "months ago", but thought the timing of the [...]	2008-01-17 10:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM928	884 PLANNED HOUSING UNITS ANNOUNCED IN EAST [...] (C) In coordination with the Israeli holiday marking Jerusalem's reunification, Minister of Construction and Housing Zeev Boim announced tenders for 884 units in the East Jerusalem neighborhoods of Pisgat Zeev (763 units) and Har Homa/Jebel Abu Ghneim (121 units) on June 1. Potential contrac [...]	2008-06-02 15:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM932	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/03): PALESTINIAN PESSIMISM IN [...] Independent daily Al-Ayyam runs an op-ed by veteran columnist Muhannid Abd-Alhamid entitled, "Do we have other options?" (6/03): "After the American and Israeli performance, who dares be optimistic about reaching a political solution that will end the Israeli occupation and bring international [...]	2008-06-03 11:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM98	E-1 UPDATE FROM MID-JANUARY: POLICE STATION READY [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOffs observed January 17 that the final touches are being put on the police station at E-1 and the road leading to it. PolOffs also observed land immediately northwest of the police station continues to be cleared and graded, and a bridge now directly connects Maale Adumim w [...]	2008-01-18 10:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM993	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/11): POSITIVE REACTION TO [...] Al-Ayyam carries an op-ed by veteran columnist Hamada Faranah entitled, "Abu Mazen [Abbas] will stay his course" (6/11): "...The power of Abu Mazen lies in the clarity of his positions regarding what he considers to be in the true interest of his people. Therefore, he did not hesitate to state [...]	2008-06-11 09:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08KABUL102	AF: Afghanistan Energy Projects: Year-End Update [...] (SBU) The following is a short update on the current status of some of the most high-profile USG energy projects in Afghanistan: 2. (SBU) 100 MW KABUL POWER PLANT "GEN SETS" - Despite earlier problems with squatters on the project site, site clearing is underway. Topographical and aerial su [...]	2008-01-09 02:06:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF CH
08KABUL1030	AFGHAN POLICE: FDD UPDATE FROM ZABUL PROVINCE [...] (SBU) The Focused District Development (FDD) program to reform Afghan police at the local level has yielded positive results in the southern province of Zabul. Elite, national units provided an effective backstop as local units were rotated out for training. The highway was cleared of over 20 [...]	2008-04-26 11:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS MARR AF
08KABUL1100	Afghan Strategic Communications: Better Results by Design [...] (SBU) The recent wave of positive and balanced U.S. and European media coverage of Afghanistan is the result of intense collaborative efforts by U.S. civilian and military personnel inside Afghanistan, at USNATO, and in Washington. Specifically, we have developed an effective strategy to ident [...]	2008-05-04 13:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PAO AF
08KABUL1313	Proposal for 2008 Julia Taft (Ambassador's) Fund [...] (SBU) This is a proposal for value-added production training from Zardozi, an Afghan non-profit organization. The project would train 20-30 women in eastern Afghanistan in value-added textile production for international and domestic markets. This project will bring the current value-added [...]	2008-05-31 10:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL146	PAKTIA PROVINCE: DETERIORATING SECURITY, LIMITED [...] (SBU) Summary: The security sitQion in Paktia province deteriorated over the past year with significant Anti-Coalition Militia (ACM) presence. The agriculture-based economy is hampered by a lack of resources, including modern technology and power. Governor Rahmat is unpopular and most provinci [...]	2008-01-16 06:59:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
08KABUL1493	Afghanistan's Refugee Absorption Reaches Saturation [...] (SBU) Summary: Since January 1 of this year, 143,737 Afghan refugees - the vast majority from Pakistan - have repatriated to Afghanistan with assistance from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). While the numbers are relatively low compared to recent years, Afghanistan' [...]	2008-06-19 06:46:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PGOV PREL PK IR AF
08KABUL1495	AFGHAN POLICE: ANAP/ABP TRAINING SURGE UPDATE [...] In the onward press of the Focused District Development (FDD) program to train and equip the Afghan National Police (reftels),the network of police-training facilities has been running at full capacity. Most of the network capacity of about about 3,500 spaces is now dedicated to FDD-related [...]	2008-06-19 08:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS MARR AF
08KABUL1581	Afghan-Tajik Electric Power PPA Negotiations Short [...] (SBU) Summary: Unexpectedly, when the Afghan Minister of Energy and Water Ismail Khan arrived in Dushanbe June 20 to sign the Afghan-Tajik Power Purchase Agreement (PPA),a component part of Afghanistan's North East Power System (NEPS) project, he insisted on a lower electricity purchase price [...]	2008-06-25 10:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
08KABUL1644	AF: Uzbek power situation not as bleak, other PPA's on [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Economy Jalil Shams told donors the Uzbeks have begun manufacturing components needed for the Afghan-Uzbek power line. He believes the project will be completed by October 2008. Shams revealed a "backup" plan to import an extra 43 MW of Uzbek power to Kabul along a [...]	2008-07-02 11:31:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
08KABUL1788	KARZAI RESISTS ADVISOR ON ELECTIONS DELAY [...] (C) Palace political advisor Sigbatullah Sanjar (Protect) is trying to convince Karzai persistent insecurity in the south and east offers him a plausible excuse for postponing elections he otherwise might lose. Karzai continues to resist Sanjar and other supporters' agitation for an elections [...]	2008-07-17 10:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS AF
08KABUL2189	AF: UPDATE ON USG ENERGY PROJECTS [...] (U) The following cable provides a current status update on USG energy sector projects in Afghanistan. 2. (U) KABUL 100 MW GENERATOR SETS (GENSETS) - All work at the site is progressing apace with no significant delays. Equipment and parts are arriving daily, with some 70 pieces already at [...]	2008-08-19 05:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
08KABUL2310	PARTIES MUM FOR NOW ON PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Political maneuverings for next year's presidential elections are well underway, but most of the major political parties are holding their cards close and have told us they are unlikely to publicly commit to a candidate for some time. Although President Karzai declared hi [...]	2008-08-27 14:53:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV AF
08KABUL2536	TURKEY STILL WANTS DOSTUM TO STAY IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. A visiting Deputy Undersecretary from the Turkish MFA told the Ambassador Turkey may host General Abdul Rashid Dostum for a temporary stay for medical treatment in the near future. But they still oppose a lengthy exile for the Uzbek warlord and prefer he stay in Afghanistan to pla [...]	2008-09-16 12:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF TU
08KABUL2546	AFGHANISTAN: UPDATE ON USG AND OTHER ENERGY PROJECTS - [...] (SBU) Summary. Over the past six weeks, long and meandering negotiations on Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) with Afghanistan's neighbors have been successfully concluded, and positive developments with regard to Kajaki, the 100MW GENSET plant, and related distribution systems have occurred. Cu [...]	2008-09-17 11:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
08KABUL2622	ELECTIONS ON THE BORDER: A SNAPSHOT FROM KUNAR [...] (SBU) In the northeastern province of Kunar, a patchwork of safe and increasingly prosperous river valleys stitches together dry mountains and high defiles where al Qaeda, the Taliban, and other anti-government forces operate. The hot, dusty, fly-blown capital of Asadabad is some 150 miles [...]	2008-09-25 11:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL2628	The Late Nuristan Governor's Unfinished Agenda [...] Nuristan Governor Hazrat Din was killed in a car accident on September 5, only two months after he assumed office (see reftel A). Days before his death, Hazrat Din told the PRT's Integrated Command Group (PICG) that security in the eastern districts of Nuristan was his chief concern. He wanted [...]	2008-09-27 05:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV AF
08KABUL2827	MINERALS ABOUND IN AFGHANISTAN, AN UPDATE ON THE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. A viable engine of economic growth, the mineral sector in Afghanistan is striving for advancement step by step. At times, Afghanistan's steps are firm, promoting modernization, other times they are wobbly or haphazard, resulting in retraction. In recent months, Afghanistan rec [...]	2008-10-22 08:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID EINV PGOV AF
08KABUL2839	ISAF AND PAKISTAN MILITARY AGREE TO BEGIN PLANNING [...] (S) Summary: At a Border Security Subcommittee Meeting (BSSM) on October 18, Pakistani Army and Frontier Corps, ISAF, Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan Border Police (ABP) commanders agreed to begin planning coordinated offensive operations designed to deny safe haven to insurgents on ei [...]	2008-10-25 09:58:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	MOPS PREL PGOV AF PK PTER

08KABUL2913	UNITED NATIONAL FRONT NEITHER UNITED NOR NATIONAL [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. The United (National) Front, the main political opposition to President Karzai in Parliament and the upcoming presidential election campaign, has attempted to present itself as a unified coalition of pan-ethnic and pan-regional political parties committed to opposing a second [...]	2008-11-02 06:55:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
08KABUL3006	FM SPANTA, NSC DIRECTOR RASSOUL DISCUSS WAY AHEAD [...] (SBU) In Kabul on November 8, Assistant Secretary Boucher met separately with Foreign Minister Spanta, National Security Council Director Rassoul, and Presidential Chief of Staff Daudzai to focus on improving governance and fighting corruption as the U.S. goes through the transition and Afgh [...]	2008-11-17 04:23:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF
08KABUL3008	FM SPANTA, NSC DIRECTOR RASSOUL DISCUSS WAY AHEAD [...] (SBU) In Kabul on November 8, Assistant Secretary Boucher met separately with Foreign Minister Spanta, National Security Council Director Rassoul, and Presidential Chief of Staff Daudzai to focus on improving governance and fighting corruption as the U.S. goes through the transition and Afgh [...]	2008-11-17 04:23:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF
08KABUL3085	AFGHANISTAN: UPDATE ON ENERGY PROJECTS - FUEL SHORTAGE AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Lackluster progress and recent setbacks in the energy sector underscore the difficulties of working in Afghanistan. In particular, critical lack of Afghan government planning and possible corruption, combined with very limited discretionary resources and competing demands, have [...]	2008-11-30 13:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
08KABUL3089	ATMAR LEADS DONORS TO FUNDING DECISIONS ON ANP [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 18, in Minister Atmar's first LOTFA Steering Committee meeting, he steered the group to decisions to fund an increase to ANP salaries, initiate a pilot project to test incentive pay in targeted medium- and high-threat ANP districts, reach a settlement on how to handl [...]	2008-12-01 05:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS AFIN AF
08KABUL3190	UNDERSTANDING IRREGULARITIES IN VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) By December 13, 24 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces will have completed the voter registration update exercise. To date, observed irregularities and partisan quibbles alike revolve around the politically-sensitive question of Pashtun participation. This dynamic makes Phases 3 and 4, in t [...]	2008-12-11 08:20:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL3194	Integrated Civilian-Military Action Group Established at [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Kabul has established an Integrated Civilian-Military Action Group (ICMAG) to begin a rigorous, systematic effort to better align the respective actions of USG agencies across the civilian and military lines of operation. This decision builds on efforts over the last y [...]	2008-12-12 04:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF MOPS KDEM PINS KCRS
08KABUL3195	Integrated Civilian-Military Action Group Established at [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Kabul has established an Integrated Civilian-Military Action Group (ICMAG) to begin a rigorous, systematic effort to better align the respective actions of USG agencies across the civilian and military lines of operation. This decision builds on efforts over the last y [...]	2008-12-12 04:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF MOPS KDEM PINS KCRS
08KABUL324	SUCCESSFUL WINTER COIN OPERATIONS IN SOUTHEASTERN [...] (S) SUMMARY: The rigorous winter in southeastern Afghanistan is traditionally a period of relative inactivity in the conflict with insurgents. However, Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and Coalition Forces (CF) in the RC-East Task Force Fury area of operations are conducting several op [...]	2008-02-07 14:27:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL MOPS AF
08KABUL409	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL BIDEN TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Last year produced solid gains on the battlefield against the insurgency, on the economy, on local governance and on reinvigorated army and police train and equip programs. These gains reflect a surge in U.S. assistance in FY 2007 (more than in FY 2002-2006 combined) as well as a more [...]	2008-02-19 09:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PTER EAID AF
08KABUL530	AF: UPDATE ON AYNAK COPPER MINE NEGOTIATIONS, PLANS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS THE AFGHAN MINISTRY OF MINES (MOM),CHINA METALLURGICAL GROUP (CMG) AND WORLD BANK-HIRED CONTRACT ADVISOR GUSTAFSON AND CO. FROM COLORADO, HAVE ARRIVED AT THE FINAL STAGE OF NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE USD 2.4 BILLION DEVELOPMENT OF THE AYNAK COPPER DEPOSIT. ALTHOUG [...]	2008-03-03 12:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EPET EFIN ETRD ENRG KPWR EAID AF CH
08KABUL568	Afghan Refugee Camp Closures in Pakistan: Scenarios and [...] (SBU) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is developing a contingency plan for Pakistan's refugee camp closures and foresees three possible scenarios involving the return of 130,000, 266,000 or 400,000 refugees, respectively. NGOs are hesitant to commit resources until th [...]	2008-03-05 10:17:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL PHUM AF
08KABUL578	AF: Update on USG Energy Projects. [...] (U) The following cable provides a current status update on USG energy sector projects in Afghanistan. 2. (U) KABUL 100 MW GENERATOR SETS (GENSETS) - Delivery of the first six (of total 18) generators for the project is expected in May 2008. While progress is on track with manufacturing, w [...]	2008-03-06 07:59:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
08KABUL613	THE DISBANDMENT OF ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS (DIAG) IN [...] (C) The Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) for the Stabilization of Afghanistan program, now in its third year of implementation, is showing modest success, has the continued attention of President Karzai, and will soon shift into a phase of significantly greater Afghan ownership. DIA [...]	2008-03-10 12:36:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MOPS PARM PGOV PTER AF
08KABUL984	AF: UPDATE ON USG ENERGY PROJECTS [...] (U) The following cable provides a current status update on USG energy sector projects in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRoA). 2. (U) KABUL 100 MW GENERATOR SETS (GENSETS) - The IRoA transferred another USD 10 million to the U.S. Treasury, completing the Afghan Government's USD 20 mi [...]	2008-04-22 13:58:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
08KAMPALA1084	UGANDA: REGIONAL EXPORTS ON THE RISE [...] SUMMARY: Ugandan exports increased by 40 percent to USD 1.34 billion in 2007 due to an improved regional trading environment and high commodity prices. Exports to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and southern Sudan rose to USD 100 million and USD 157 million, representing a 127 percent [...]	2008-08-05 05:04:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECIN ECON PREL EFIN UG
08KAMPALA1331	RUMBLE IN MENGO: UGANDAN PRESIDENT AND BUGANDA KINGDOM [...] (SBU) Summary: Conflict continues between President Museveni and the Buganda Kingdom over historic grievances and the proposed amendments to the 1998 Land Act (widely referred to as the Land Bill amendments). Most of the sparring has taken place in the public arena, where the lack of a commun [...]	2008-09-18 08:40:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM UG
08KAMPALA1431	AFRICAN LEADERS LAUNCH CONTINENT'S LARGEST ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The leaders of 26 African countries agreed in Kampala on October 22 to begin work establishing a new economic community to compete more effectively in the global economy. The joint declaration of the First COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Summit calls for a merger of the three econom [...]	2008-10-24 08:48:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ETRD EINV ECON PGOV XA
08KAMPALA1565	UGANDAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION ON ELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA [...] This is a resolution adopted by the Parliament of the Republic of Uganda with regard to the President-elect. A copy of the original resolution is being transmitted to the Department via diplomatic pouch under Registration No. 1509241. 2. Begin text: A resolution of Parliament on the e [...]	2008-12-04 11:38:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PGOV UG
08KAMPALA1600	EAC CONVENES TO DISCUSS UGANDAN MILITARY ACTIONS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 15, 2008 the DCM convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) attended by the RSO, RAO, CON, DAO, PD, MGT, Peace Corps, CDC, CLO, and USAID. The EAC discussion was centered on the recent Government of Uganda (GoU) military actions against the Lord's Resistance Army [...]	2008-12-15 14:19:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC UG
08KAMPALA351	UGANDA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2008 [...] (U) Embassy POC for Trafficking In Persons (TIP) issues is Political/Economic Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon, Tel: 256-41-306-214, Mobile: 256-772-220-030, Fax: 256-41-345-144. To prepare this report, P/E Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon (FS-02) spent 30 hours and political assistant Gracie Jaasi spent 1 [...]	2008-03-04 11:03:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB UG
08KAMPALA602	GOU WELCOMES GREATER USG ENGAGEMENT ON SMALL ARMS [...] (U) Summary: Illicit small arms/light weapons (SA/LW) proliferation in Uganda stems from numerous post-independence conflicts, regional arms trafficking, leakage from state-owned stockpiles, and to a lesser degree from illicit manufacturing. In response, the GOU, with UNDP and donor assistanc [...]	2008-04-30 12:26:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PGOV PHUM KDEM UG
08KAMPALA97	MUSEVENI STEPS INTO KENYAN POLITICAL PROCESS [...] (C) Citing his capacities as Chairman of the East Africa Community, and Commonwealth Chairman in Office, President Museveni traveled to Kenya on January 22 to attempt discussions with Kenyan factions on the political problems resulting from the December 2007 elections. XXXXXXXXXXXX told Pol/Econ [...]	2008-01-22 12:52:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KE UG
08KARACHI520	KARACHI - SECRETARY LEAVITT MEETS WITH AGA KHAN OFFICIALS [...] (U) Summary: Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt met with senior Aga Khan University (AKU) faculty and administration members during his August 20 visit to Karachi. AKU officials discussed nursing programs and Pakistan's ongoing efforts to train health care professionals. [...]	2008-09-10 06:18:00	Consulate Karachi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAID PGOV PK SOCI KOCI
08KARACHI653	PROCTOR AND GAMBLE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Patterson traveled to PakistanQs largest city, Karachi, to attend the groundbreaking of a new Proctor and Gamble (P&G) factory in Port Qasim with Karachi Consul General on December 18. P&G will hire 700 new employees to work in the plant and estimates it may help [...]	2008-12-24 08:01:00	Consulate Karachi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SOCI PK
08KATHMANDU1178	NEPAL: DRAFT 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Although Nepal is neither a significant producer of nor a major transit route for narcotic drugs, hashish, heroin and domestically produced cannabis are trafficked to and through Nepal every year. Nepal's Narcotics Drug Control Law Enforcement Unit (NDCLEU) reports that more Nepalese citizens [...]	2008-11-10 04:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR NP
08KATHMANDU400	NEPAL: ELECTION SITREP ONE [...] POLLING BEGAN AS SCHEDULED WITH NO MAJOR INCIDENTS OF FRAUD OR VIOLENCE DURING INITIAL STAGES. ALL U.S. MISSION OBSERVER PERSONNEL ARE SAFE AND ACCOUNTED FOR. A Surprisingly Smooth Start --------------------------- 2. U.S. MISSION OBSERVERS AND MEDIA REPORTED THAT POLLING FOR NEPAL'S C [...]	2008-04-10 07:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU846	IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS MESA SEAT: NEPAL'S STANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 08:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL KNNP AORC IAEA KZ SY NP
08KATHMANDU848	IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS MESA SEAT: NEPAL UNLIKELY [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 10:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL KNNP AORC IAEA KZ SY NP
08KHARTOUM1171	Sudanese Banking Sector: Bad Loans Persist, but Foreign [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 17 July, local daily "Al-Rayaam" ran a story outlining problems of embezzlement and bad debts in the Sudanese banking sector, where an estimated 22% of all loans are deemed to be non-performing. Despite successive economic reforms over the past two decades, the volume of non [...]	2008-08-04 08:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN SU
08KHARTOUM1209	SE WILLIAMSON MEETING WITH DAVID GRESSLY, UNMIS REGIONAL [...] (SBU) On August 9, Special Envoy Williamson met with David Gressly, UNMIS Regional Coordinator for Southern Sudan, to discuss the situation in Abyei and the ICC indictment. During the meeting in Khartoum, Gressly cited recent successes in the political situation throughout Sudan. However, he e [...]	2008-08-11 09:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1257	THE EASTERN FRONT: LEADERSHIP IN CRISIS AND [...] (C) On August 17 poloffs met representatives of the Free Lions Organization of Khartoum State to discuss reports that Eastern Front Chairman Musa Mohamed Ahmed had been stripped of his leadership. The representatives denied this was the case, describing instead a leadership squabble in which E [...]	2008-08-18 15:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON SU
08KHARTOUM1272	BEJA CONGRESS DISSIDENTS SLAM BEJA LEADERSHIP, [...] (C) Summary: On August 18 poloff met with two individuals claiming to be part of a Port Sudan-based dissident faction of the Beja Congress that had opposed the signing of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA). They characterized the ESPA as a sham agreement that served only to improve relat [...]	2008-08-20 08:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1278	EASTERN FRONT: AMNA DIRAR DISCUSSES LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: On August 20 polchief and poloff met with Dr. Amna Dirar, Presidential Advisor and Deputy Chairman of the Eastern Front. Dirar stated that she and other members of the Eastern Front had voted to suspend Chairman Musa Mohamed Ahmed because his decision to organize a conference for t [...]	2008-08-21 13:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1282	EASTERN FRONT CHAIRMAN MUSA MOHAMED AHMED URGES [...] (C) Summary: On August 21 polchief and poloff met with Assistant to the President and Eastern Front Chairman Musa Mohamed Ahmed. Ahmed praised the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA) for returning peace to the East, and noted that good progress was being made overcoming obstacles to its full [...]	2008-08-22 11:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1302	RIZEIGAT, MISSERIYA TRIBAL FIGHTING IN SOUTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting that began on August 20 between Misseriya and Rizeigat herders resulted in the deaths of more than 60 people in South Darfur. Misseriya elder Kamil Nimir downplayed the violence, characterizing it as a dispute over access to water that spiraled out of control due to th [...]	2008-08-27 12:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1315	KALMA CAMP UPDATE, AUGUST 29 [...] (SBU) UNDSS Chief for South Darfur Abdalla Janakat provided additional details on the August 25 attack by GOS police forces on Kalma Camp. He told poloff in Nyala August 28 that 60 GoS vehicles surrounded the camp on the morning of the August 25 attack. He said IDPs likely had intelligence o [...]	2008-08-29 14:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1366	HEAVY FIGHTING REPORTED IN NORTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 6 and 7, multiple UNAMID, rebel, and civil society leaders separately contacted poloffs and reported intense fighting between rebel and GoS forces near Birmaza, North Darfur. (Note: According to UN maps, Birmaza is located approximately 50 kilometers north of Kutum [...]	2008-09-07 10:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1367	BEJA CONGRESS LEADERS SEEK HUMANITARIAN AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 4, Beja Congress Executive Committee members requested USG capacity building and media training support as their organization transitions from an armed opposition movement to a civil political party. They echoed reports of impending famine in the East in the near f [...]	2008-09-07 14:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID EAGR KDEM AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM14	MURDER OF SLA/MINAWI CEASEFIRE COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the same day that JEM representative to the Ceasefire Commission GEN Mohammed Basher was arrested along with five other JEM members, an SLA/Minawi representative was killed in Mellit (North Darfur) along with his nephew, who worked for PAE. These two events demonstrate the cha [...]	2008-01-06 04:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU UNSC CD
08KHARTOUM1406	SLM/MM ON EAST JEBEL MARRA FIGHTING AND ZAMZAM INCURSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 15, three senior leaders of the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM) in North Darfur told poloff that SLM/MM "routed" GoS forces in East Jebel Marra on September 14 following combat on September 13 in the same region. SLM/MM leaders also gave a detail [...]	2008-09-16 06:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1521	SUDAN PEOPLE'S INITIATIVE SET TO START OCTOBER 16, [...] (C) The Sudan People's Initiative is scheduled to begin October 16 in Khartoum with speeches by President Bashir and other officials including First Vice President Salva Kiir, who has decided to attend, but will deliver a "tough message" on Darfur. Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader and Da [...]	2008-10-14 11:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM154	NCP MAY SEEK TO DEFER 2009 NATIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NCP-aligned politician Dr. Mudawi El-Turabi indicated that the Khartoum regime may seek national consensus to defer the 2009 elections and hold them at a later date. The NCP's argument would be that Darfur, the South and The Three Areas are too unstable for elections to take pla [...]	2008-02-01 09:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1557	TWO YEARS LATER, ESPA STILL FAILS TO PRODUCE CHANGE ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 13-16, poloff traveled to Kassala and Port Sudan to discuss implementation of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA) with local government officials, UN representatives and members of the Beja Congress in a visit tightly controlled by local authorities. While a handf [...]	2008-10-21 11:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1613	JEM SENIOR LEADERSHIP ON DARFUR PEACE PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Members of JEM senior leadership told poloff in meetings in London on October 28-29 that JEM remains open to negotiations. However, they noted JEM is withholding judgment on the Qatar Initiative until it obtains more information about its nature and scope. While predictably skept [...]	2008-11-04 10:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1633	CHADIAN REBELS: RFC'S ERDIMI SAYS IT IS HIS TURN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two separate meetings on November 6 and 7, Timan Erdimi and his Secretary General of the Rally for the Forces of Change (RFC),Mahamat Hanno, both forcefully argued that Erdimi is the best leader for the Chadian rebels. Erdimi bashed rival UFDD leader Mahamat Nouri, and said [...]	2008-11-09 14:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS ASEC KPKO UN AU SU CD
08KHARTOUM1659	MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT ELECT FROM [...] Post has received a letter of congratulations (text in para. 2) for President-elect Obama from the President of National Umma Party of Sudan, former PM Al Sadig Al Mahdi. A copy of the original letter is being transmitted to the Department via pouch. 2. Begin Text: 5 November 200 [...]	2008-11-13 15:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SU
08KHARTOUM1765	CITIBANK AND GOSS: OPTIMISM ON ALL SIDES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a three-day visit to South Sudan, officials from Citibank Kenya conducted a series of productive meetings with senior Government of South Sudan (GoSS) officials in an effort to develop a relationship between the Bank of South Sudan (BoSS) and Citibank. As Citibank officials [...]	2008-12-07 13:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1824	FY 2009 GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY BUDGET: REVENUES [...] (U) SUMMARY. Sudan's FY 2009 budget reflects the impact of falling global oil prices. Revenues are projected to decline about 15 percent, to 18.4 billion Sudanese Pounds (SDG),which is entirely the result of dropping oil revenues. Total expenditures are to remain unchanged from FY 2008 at [...]	2008-12-21 14:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM1829	DARFUR REBEL UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Darfur's rebels remain fundamentally divided according to what their leaders told poloff during a December 14-18 visit to Ndjamena, Chad. The rebel leaders claim that JEM, while rich in vehicles and equipment, lacks fighters and the popular support of the people of Darfur. A [...]	2008-12-22 14:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC CD SU
08KHARTOUM204	UNHCR HIGHLIGHTS PLIGHT OF "PROTRACTED" REFUGEES IN EASTERN [...] (SBU) Summary: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Assistant Secretary General for Protection Erika Feller told the diplomatic community on February 7 that the purpose of her visit to eastern Sudan was to highlight the problem of "protracted" refugees. The Geneva-based Feller [...]	2008-02-10 13:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM313	ABYEI'S MISSERIYA LEADERS TELL THEIR SIDE OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 3, eight hereditary leaders of the Oulad Kamal branch of the Misseriya Arab tribe of Kordofan told CDA Fernandez that they would appreciate urgent U.S. mediation for Abyei, that their tribe is not a "puppet of the NCP," and that the SPLA needs to immediately withdraw sou [...]	2008-03-03 14:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM383	LAND TENSIONS THREATEN SOUTHERN STABILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Conflict in Sudan has been fueled in many cases by competition over land and other natural resources. Currently, there are no consistent land policies and laws to govern how land is to be allocated and used in Southern Sudan. The control of land is linked to historical "injustic [...]	2008-03-15 11:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM643	GOSS VP MACHAR ON THE LRA AND THE SPLM [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Riek Machar met with Consul General Datta on the morning of April 23 and engaged in a wide ranging discussion that covered fading hopes for a peace agreement with the LRA and the future of the SPLM and the South. Machar [...]	2008-04-25 11:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM644	JANJAWEED FIGHTING CONTINUES INSIDE EL FASHER [...] (SBU) In yet another example of the clashes between Government of Sudan (GoS) military forces and unruly janjaweed elements that have been plaguing El Fasher for almost one month, on April 21 at approximately 2300 a truck of GoS Special Forces officers was stopped at a checkpoint in east El Fas [...]	2008-04-25 11:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU SU ASEC
08KHARTOUM669	MANSOUR KHALID ON SPLM PREPARATIONS FOR PARTY [...] (C) Everything is on track for the SPLM convention to go forward May 10, GOS Presidential Advisor and prominent SPLM northerner Dr. Mansour Khalid told CDA and polchief April 29. Khalid expects full support for Salva Kiir as Chairman of the party as "no one would dare stand against him." Khal [...]	2008-05-01 15:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM691	GOS BOMBINGS IN NORTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The last week of April and first week of May witnessed a spate of Government of Sudan (GoS) bombings in remote parts of North Darfur against rebel positions. Civilians have been the primary victims, sounding alarm bells for the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNA [...]	2008-05-05 14:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU SU
08KHARTOUM701	EASTERN SUDAN - IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY, IT WOULD BE THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Charge Fernandez traveled to Kassala, in eastern Sudan, May 4-5 to meet with local political representatives and tour two locations ripe for USAID help: the flood-prone Al Gash River and the horrifically rundown Kassala hospital. This was the first trip to Kassala by a U.S. chief [...]	2008-05-07 11:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM722	RESPONDING MORE EFFECTIVELY ON SOFA VIOLATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Responding to reports of GOS aerial bombardments in North Darfur (ref A),the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) opened investigations into the attacks on Um Sidir, Shegag Karo and Ein Bissaro. Although these investigations are ongoing, initial reports confirm that the attacks did occur [...]	2008-05-12 10:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO AU SU ASEC CD UNSC
08KHARTOUM787	SPLM ANGER FOLLOWING MAY 20 BATTLE IN ABYEI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SPLM remains divided over Kiir's decision to limit SPLA forces from Abyei, and senior leadership, including Foreign Minister Deng Alor, are among a faction favoring a more aggressive response. Outrage over SAF conduct intensified following May 19 SAF interference with the r [...]	2008-05-21 13:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID MOPS KPKO SU
08KHARTOUM834	DARFUR ELECTION COALITIONS EMERGE FROM SKEPTICISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following the widely criticized census exercise, Darfuris remain wary of the prospects for elections mandated for next year. In a series of meetings, North Darfur political leaders told FieldOff that Darfur political parties are generally ill-prepared to participate, and most r [...]	2008-06-04 11:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KDEM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM836	"NOW IS THE TIME," TURABI TELLS WILLIAMSON [...] (SBU) On May 30, Special Envoy Richard Williamson called on Dr. Hassan Abdalla al-Turabi, founder and leader of the People's Congress Party (PCP). Turabi was a founding member of the National Islamic Front (NIF),predecessor of the current regime, the National Congress Party (NCP). Turabi was [...]	2008-06-04 13:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM866	MASS ARRESTS, TORTURE THREATEN DARFURIS IN KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the May 10 JEM attacks on Omdurman, there are reliable reports that the GoS has detained and tortured thousands of Darfuris living in Khartoum. Sudanese civil society is scrambling to document the names of the detainees, and Sudanese opposition has formed the "May 10 [...]	2008-06-10 14:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM955	UN RESIDENT COORDINATIOR ON ABYEI ROADMAP, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Resident Coordinator in Abyei reports gradual progress there, with an ethnic-Dinka police force being formed, unexploded ordinance collected, and remains of the dead being retrieved. He reported that no land mines have been found, contrary to earlier reports. He argued [...]	2008-06-27 11:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF EAID KPKO UNSC SU
08KIGALI165	TIM SHORTLEY MEETS FOREIGN MINISTER AND GREAT [...] (C) Summary. Senior Envoy for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley and Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Charles Murigande and Great Lakes Envoy Ambassador Richard Sezibera March 6 to discuss rebel Congolese militia leader Laurent Nkunda, the Kivus Peace Process and the Nairobi Agreement, and [...]	2008-03-10 07:27:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM RW
08KIGALI166	MODEST CABINET RESHUFFLE IN RWANDA [...] (C) Summary. President Kagame reshuffled his cabinet on March 7, issuing a late-night communique listing a 28- person body of Ministers and Ministers of State, twenty-three of whom served in the previous cabinet. Most major ministries went unchanged, with the Prime Minister and Ministers [...]	2008-03-10 14:14:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM RW
08KIGALI178	Rwanda Update for 2008 President?s Report on [...] SUMMARY. In accordance with reftel, the following provides an update for the 2007 President?s Report on AGOA for Rwanda. Economic Situation: The government exercises, chiefly through the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank, manages the economic health of the country, including tax co [...]	2008-03-13 11:20:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD RW
08KIGALI262	MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: - High Council of the Press Releases Strategic Plan - Annual Government of Rwanda (GOR) Retreat - ICTR and GOR Sign Prisoner Accord - Auditor General's Report Published - 10th General Congress of Muslim Councils Meets --- [...]	2008-04-10 13:14:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI363	RWANDA ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] (U) This edition of the Rwanda economic review includes: Commercial News: - Rwandair shakes up management, cancels flights to Johannesburg - Government cracks down on shaky micro-finance institutions - Rwandex - Rwanda's largest coffee exporter suspends operations - Nakumatt - Kenya's lea [...]	2008-05-23 10:30:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI368	RWANDA ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] (U) This edition of the Rwanda economic review includes: Commercial News: - Rwandair shakes up management, cancels flights to Johannesburg - Government cracks down on shaky micro-finance institutions - Rwandex - Rwanda's largest coffee exporter suspends operations - Nakumatt - Kenya's l [...]	2008-05-27 06:09:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI380	MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: - Minister of Information Battles Independent Media - RPF Meets on Genocide, Defense of Government Policy - Spillover of Spanish Indictments - Genocide Fugitive Reaches Out to GOR? - National Electoral Commission on Track [...]	2008-06-02 15:59:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI442	RWANDA HOSTS FIRST EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY [...] (U) Summary: On June 26-28, Rwanda hosted the 9th East African Community (EAC - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi) Heads of State Summit in conjunction with the first-ever EAC Investment Conference. EAC leaders focused on the need to improve transportation and energy infrastructure, [...]	2008-06-30 15:08:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV OPIC RW
08KIGALI525	ETHNICITY IN RWANDA -- WHO GOVERNS THE COUNTRY? [...] (C/NF) An analysis of the ethnic breakdown of the current Rwandan government shows Tutsis hold a preponderant percentage of senior positions. Hutus in very senior positions often hold relatively little real authority, and are commonly "twinned" with senior Tutsis who exercise real power. Th [...]	2008-08-05 16:34:00	Embassy Kigali	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PINS RW
08KIGALI615	SHORTLEY MEETS SENIOR RWANDAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) In conversations with Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley, Rwandan officials agreed that CNDP forces should pull back from forward positions gained in last several days in eastern Congo. While denying any special links with Nkunda forces, they agreed to send messages to [...]	2008-09-10 12:15:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MASS MOPS RW
08KIGALI708	AGOA COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - RWANDA [...] (U) This cable responds to queries in reftel. Country Background Summary -------------------------- 2.(U) With 85 percent of its population engaged in subsistence agriculture, Rwanda's economic priorities include poverty alleviation, encouraging private investment and infrastructure d [...]	2008-10-07 12:15:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV RW
08KIGALI750	RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUND-UP [...] (U) In this edition: - EU Monitoring Team Privately Confirms Faulty Election Results - Chamber of Deputies Members Sworn In, Elect Speaker, Two Deputy Speakers - Government Seizes Newspaper Edition at Border - Cabinet Directs Expedited Adoption of English as Language of Instruction [...]	2008-10-23 13:38:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI760	RWANDA ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) This issue of the Rwanda Economic Review Covers: Development Issues -- Government of Rwanda (GOR) consolidates seven agencies into the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) -- World Bank approves $24 million for ICT infrastructure -- GOR offers subsidies to local exporters -- Central [...]	2008-10-28 14:50:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC
08KIGALI818	RWANDA ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) This issue of the Rwanda Economic Review Covers: -- Methane pilot project begins feeding power to national power grid -- International Finance Corporation (IFC) invests $4 million in Kivu Methane Gas Project -- Millicom wins tender to become Rwanda's third telecom provider -- MT [...]	2008-11-24 13:13:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC RW
08KIGALI865	RWANDA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) The Government of Rwanda (GOR) reinforced border control measures to identify potential terrorists and to prevent the entry into Rwanda of armed groups operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Rwanda's intergovernmental counterterrorism committee and a counterterrorism react [...]	2008-12-22 12:46:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ASEC RW
08KIGALI876	RWANDA: 2009 BUSINESS FACILITATION INCENTIVE FUND [...] (U) Embassy Kigali submits the following two projects for FY09 Business Facilitation Incentive Funds (BFIF). 2. (U) Project 1: Initiating information linkages and collaboration between the Rwandan Small Business Support Center and Commercial News/Think Global Incorporated. -- Justificat [...]	2008-12-30 07:26:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAID RW
08KINGSTON1040	JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER BRUCE GOLDING'S GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-10 19:02:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SNAR EFIN ASEC KCOR CARICOM
08KINGSTON131	JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR LEAVY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) for Advanced Management course in international law starting from March 24 to April 18, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory informa [...]	2008-02-11 19:29:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON280	JAMAICA: MARCH POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (SBU) The current Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) led government continues to press forward, albeit at a snail's pace. When the JLP released their manifesto, during the campaign for the national elections last summer, it was full of promises for innovations and reform proposals (Ref A). Now, with no re [...]	2008-04-03 13:25:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON EAIR JM XL
08KINGSTON51	JAMAICA: NEW MINISTER OF TRANSPORT/WORKS RE: [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-16 12:45:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN EWWT EAIR SENV PREL ECON IMO JM XL
08KINGSTON762	JAMAICA: GUSTAV OFDA FUNDING CITATION REQUEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ACTION REQUEST: THIS CABLE REQUESTS IMMEDIATE ADVICE ON A FUNDING CITATIONS FOR USD 100,000 TO BE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA'S OFFICE OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EFFORTS TO ASSESS AND RESPOND TO DAMAGE SU [...]	2008-09-02 13:34:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AID AEMR ASEC ECON CASC PINR XL JM
08KINGSTON807	JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 18:45:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN JM XL
08KINGSTON838	JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER GOLDING'S RESPONSE TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 20:30:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN JM XL
08KINGSTON957	JAMAICA: RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN, [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 14:49:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PARM SOCI MASS EFIN ECON EAID
08KINSHASA1002	SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S MEETINGS WITH NATIONAL [...] (S) Summary: National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe told AF Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley and PolCouns November 6 that the GDRC had already started on a multi-step process designed to lead to the resumption of full diplomatic relations between the DRC and Rwanda within [...]	2008-11-13 06:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1024	Eastern Congo Developments: Nkunda- [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. 2. (SBU) Summary: During his November 16 meeting with UN Special Envoy Obasanjo, CN [...]	2008-11-18 12:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1087	EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 9 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) According to information from NGO [...]	2008-12-09 15:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1095	SLOW START TO GDRC-CNDP NAIROBI TALKS [...] (SBU) According to a MONUC contact, the Nairobi talks between the CNDP and GDRC focused almost exclusively on procedures, with virtually no progress. On substance, the CNDP opted for a maximalist strategy, calling into question the DRC constitution and its institutions, including the national [...]	2008-12-11 19:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1105	IMF, GDRC APPEAL TO DONORS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Both the IMF and Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) have appealed to donors to provide emergency support as the DRC confronts a significant economic downturn as a result of the global financial crisis. During a briefing to donors on December 10, the visiting [...]	2008-12-15 14:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EINV PGOV PREL CG
08KINSHASA1106	CNDP REACTS TO GROUP OF EXPERTS REPORT [...] CNDP spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa mass mailed a press statement as an attachment to an e-mail dated December 14, 2008 with his organization's reaction to the recently-released report by the UN Group of Experts on alleged GOR and GDRC collaboration with armed groups in North Kivu. Unofficial emb [...]	2008-12-15 16:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MOPS PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1111	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BUILDING SUPPORT FOR A UN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 17:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO CG SO
08KINSHASA1112	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING TERMINATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 17:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET	PARM PREL CG IR XA
08KINSHASA1113	CNDP CLAIMS FDLR BEHIND ATTACK ON ITALIAN NGO AND THREATENS [...] (U) CNDP spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa mass mailed a press statement as an attachment to an e-mail dated December 16, 2008 with his organization's reaction to the December 15 attack on an Italian NGO vehicle in CNDP-controlled territory (reftel). The statement also catalogues CNDP allegations of [...]	2008-12-16 18:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1123	DRC OPPOSITION: SPLINTERED AND BICKERING [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloffs met separately with the leadership of the DRC's main political opposition to identify party priorities and gauge the level of coordination between opposition elements. Opposition leaders identified security and justice sector reform as pressing needs, as well as improvin [...]	2008-12-17 14:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
08KINSHASA1125	DRC: TAKING ACTION AGAINST GENDER- [...] (SBU) Summary: During the UN 16 Days of Activism Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence, embassy personnel participated in several events. USAID Social Protection Officer spoke at the Protestant University of Congo and CALI (Congolese-American Language Institute) English clubs about Sexual an [...]	2008-12-17 14:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KPAO SOCI CG
08KINSHASA1134	KABILA STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS [...] (U) Summary: President Joseph Kabila delivered the constitutionally mandated State of the Nation address before Parliament on December 13. The nationally televised speech fell on the second anniversary of his presidential inauguration. Kabila acknowledged security, social, and economic chall [...]	2008-12-18 16:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO CG

08KINSHASA1136	EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 19 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. North Kivu Security Situation ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC and o [...]	2008-12-19 08:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG

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