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08BAGHDAD3185	SOUTHERN PROVINCES AIR CONCERNS WITH DPM AL-ISSAWI [...] (SBU) On September 17-18, Deputy Prime Minister Rafa Al-Issawi hosted a conference on "Providing Services to the Southern and Middle Provinces" in Baghdad. Governors and Provincial Council members from the nine southern provinces and Anbar directly presented their concerns about essential ser [...]	2008-10-02 13:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ENRG ELTN EAGR PREF EAIR SCUL IZ

08BAGHDAD3309	IRAQ OIL MINISTER ON OIL INVESTMENTS, KRG, FUEL [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with EMIN, Iraqi Oil Minister Shahristani blamed international oil firms for the end of negotiations on short-term contracts, and said the Ministry of Oil (MoO) would try to raise crude oil production by 250,000-300,000 barrels per day by 2009 on its own. Shahris [...]	2008-10-14 08:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG MOPS EINV PGOV PREL KU IZ
08BAGHDAD3364	US-IRAQ DIALOGUE ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION: A PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY / INTRODUCTION: In preparation for the early November U.S.-Iraq Dialogue on Business and Investment Climate, this cable looks back at the February 2008 Dialogue on Economic Cooperation (DEC); reviews what was agreed then; and takes stock of what has been achieved in the interim. [...]	2008-10-20 11:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD3419	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-10-27 06:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3443	NOMINATIONS FOR 2009 SECRETARY'S WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (SBU) Per Reftel, Embassy Baghdad is pleased to submit its list of nominees for the Secretary's 2008 Award for International Women of Courage, keyed to the priorities in the reference. Embassy Baghdad is submitting four (4) nominees, but understands that only three of them will be considered [...]	2008-10-28 15:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD3447	BAGHDAD BUDGET EXECUTION PROBLEMS START AT THE [...] (C) Summary: Baghdad's municipal authorities, at the lowest level, suffer from a host of weaknesses that sharply constrain their ability to deliver essential services effectively. The list is long: insufficient budgets and resources, poor management skills, human resource deficiencies, limit [...]	2008-10-29 07:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3477	BAGHDAD AMANAT CONTRACT SPECIALISTS TO INTERN WITH [...] SUMMARY: On October 19, the Baghdad Amanat signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Joint Contracting Command Iraq/Afghanistan (JCCI/A) to have two of their contract specialists intern with JCCI/A. This signing is a result of a partnership between JCCI/A, Provincial Reconstruction Team-Bag [...]	2008-11-02 09:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCRS IZ
08BAGHDAD3484	RSO MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF INTERIOR TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: On 10/31/2008, RSO met with the Minister of the Interior (MOI) to discuss further specifics regarding the integration of Iraqi forces into RSO's protective security operation. The RSO updated the Minister on recent progress and underscored the need to accelerate the VIP train [...]	2008-11-03 04:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC IZ PINS PTER
08BAGHDAD3493	PRT DHI QAR HOSTS NUNCIO AT INTERFAITH PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Papal Nuncio visited Ur on October 23 accompanied by senior Embassy officials. Although weather conditions compressed the party's time on the ground, it had the opportunity to meet with the small Christian community, which [...]	2008-11-04 02:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KRIF PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3542	CERTIFICATION OF CONSULAR MANAGEMENT CONTROLS [...] Post's review of Consular Management Controls was completed on November 8, 2008. Jeff Lodinsky, FS-02, Consular Chief, conducted the review and certified its completion. Items in para 2 below are keyed to para 5(a) of reftel. 2. a. Standard Operating Procedures: All officers have access [...]	2008-11-09 13:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CVIS CASC KFRD
08BAGHDAD3565	ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY GETS BOOST FROM NEW LAW [...] (C) Minister of Environment Narmin Othman told EmbOffs on November 3 the Council of Representatives (CoR) had ratified the new law establishing the Ministry of Environment (MoEnv). She claimed the Prime Minister told the Cabinet to enlarge MoEnv funding, "even if it means taking money away fro [...]	2008-11-12 04:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EPET EWWT ECIN KHDP KRAD KSCA IZ
08BAGHDAD357	IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS ON PERSONAL [...] (C) This cable is the third update of Embassy Baghdad,s implementation of the relevant eighteen recommendations of the Secretary,s Panel on Protective Services. The following recommendations have been implemented by Post (reftel D): A. (C) Kennedy Recommendation 12 - Joint Review Board B. ( [...]	2008-02-07 07:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ASEC PREL PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD3590	NINEWA CHRISTIANS SLOWLY RETURN [...] (C) Estimates of the number of Mosul Christians killed in early-October attacks range between eight and 15, with military sources (ISF and CF) giving lower figures than the Christian IDPs who fled the city. Since then, a well-coordinated humanitarian assistance effort has provided for appro [...]	2008-11-12 13:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3591	USG-FUNDED DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAMS [...] (U) This cable was drafted jointly by Embassy Baghdad and visiting DRL staff from Washington. 2. (SBU) Summary: Poloffs and visiting DRL officers conducted an intensive round of field visits to DRL-funded democracy and human rights projects in Iraq from Oct 14-22, touring and meeting wit [...]	2008-11-13 06:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3680	PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION AND FOOD SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Improved physical security in Iraq has led to dramatically improved food security, with the number of "food insecure" Iraqis falling to 930,000 in 2008 from a high of more than 4 million in 2005. Although Iraq's Public Distribution System (PDS) is expensive and woefully ineffici [...]	2008-11-21 13:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREF EAID ETRD IZ
08BAGHDAD3681	ANBAR: THE COWS COME HOME [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (U) Summary: Respected women in the community pitched a plan to form a women's cooperative for dairy products to help widows and divorcees in the Anbar province, in an effort to raise up this marginalized sector of society that is considered parti [...]	2008-11-21 13:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD IZ
08BAGHDAD3712	SONS OF IRAQ TRANSITION IN BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary. Transition of Sons of Iraq contracts and payment of the 50,135 registered Baghdad SOI is nearly complete, with only a few reports of dicrepancies or problems. Beginning in December, the GOI will proceed with SOI registration in Diyala, Qadisiya, Wasit and Babil in preparation f [...]	2008-11-25 08:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD3731	USAID IRAQ MISSION WAIVERS AND EXCEPTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USAID/Iraq requests waivers to collocation and setback requirements required by the Secure Embassy Construction and Counter-Terrorism Act (SECCA) of 1999. Additionally, USAID/Iraq requests exceptions to the following OSPB standards: 12 FAH-5 H-433.1-1 paragraph (c),clear z [...]	2008-11-25 17:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AMGT ABLD EAID
08BAGHDAD376	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GATES VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (S) Mr. Secretary: Since your visit in December (reftel),we have seen further progress on security: CLCs, now renamed the Sons of Iraq, continue to flourish; and the Iraqi people's confidence in the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) is increasing, evidenced by greater commercial activity in urban [...]	2008-02-09 11:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ
08BAGHDAD3787	RRT ERBIL -- THE LIGHTS ARE ON -- KRG BENEFITS FROM PRIVATE [...] Summary: Electricity supply has jumped in Erbil Province, thanks partly to a privately-owned power plant fueled by gas from the Dana Gas/Crescent Petroleum gas field. Private power generation could produce as much as 1,900 MW by 2010 when plants in Dohuk and Sulaimaniyah are projected to come [...]	2008-12-03 08:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ENRG ECON EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD3795	KUWAITI AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ ON THE TASKS AHEAD [...] (C) Kuwaiti Ambassador to Iraq, Ali Al-Mou'min, told Senior Advisor Gordon Gray November 29 that Iraq and Kuwait must move quickly -- at least on issues where they agree in principle -- to show their respective publics the benefits of strengthened bilateral ties. Al-Mou'min expressed some f [...]	2008-12-04 06:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ KU IR
08BAGHDAD3808	KURDISH WAR OF WORDS WITH MALIKI ESCALATES OVER [...] (C) Summary/Comment: A war of words between Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG),precipitated by Maliki's plan to create Tribal Support Councils in areas disputed by the KRG and the GOI, has steadily escalated in the past week, drawing attention to a range [...]	2008-12-04 13:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3844	NINEWA: KEROSENE SHORTAGE THREATENS AGAIN [...] (C) Over the last two winters, Ninewa residents suffered from a severe shortage of kerosene, which they use for cooking and home heating in the province's sub-freezing winters. Despite efforts by the Director of the Northern Oil Products Distribution Company (NOPDC) to obtain either larger al [...]	2008-12-10 09:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG PGOV PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD3905	SADR CITY: WITH U.S. COMBAT TROOP DRAWDOWN AHEAD, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's Sadr City, home to almost 40 percent of Baghdad's total population of five million, has benefited from dramatically improved security since last spring's joint coalition and Iraqi Security Force (ISF) efforts to stabilize the area. The area also stands, since then, as a t [...]	2008-12-14 12:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ PREL
08BAGHDAD3928	TRIBES AND TECHNOCRATS MARK PRE-ELECTION [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Several months ago, outsiders looking at the electoral line-up in Anbar Province saw what appeared to be a head-on match up between the governing Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) and its nemesis, the Iraq Awakening Conference (MSI). Today th [...]	2008-12-16 06:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD395	AQI USES WOMAN WITH DOWN'S SYNDROME TO ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: District Council chairmen in Baghdad told poloff February 2 that Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) detonated bombs in two popular markets on February 1 as part of a desperate bid for attention on the one year anniversary of the launch of the Baghdad Security Plan and the second anniversary o [...]	2008-02-10 20:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINR PINS PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD399	US MISSION IN IRAQ IS SEEKING FDA EXPERT; HEALTH [...] SUMMARY: The US Mission in Iraq is currently seeking a food and drug safety expert and CFO health care administrator to fill two established ministerial capacity positions. These positions will serve as senior advisors to the Iraqi Ministry of Health (MoH) on strategic planning and implementati [...]	2008-02-11 07:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL APER AMED AMGT IZ
08BAGHDAD3993	FURTHER INDICATION THAT IRAQI PDS REFORM WILL NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A senior Iraqi MOT official has indicated that significant reforms to the Public Distribution System (PDS) would be "unrealistic" in 2009, mainly because it is an election year. But he also expressed optimism that limited monetization could be phased in starting as early as 2010 [...]	2008-12-21 07:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAGR EAID ETRD IZ
08BAGHDAD537	BAGHDAD EPRT: SHEIKH ALI-HATEM SPEAKS ON AQI, [...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 E-PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: During a February 12 meeting with MNF-I Officers and E-PRT Team Leader, Sheikh Ali Hatem al-Suleiman, a controversial Anbar Province figure, condemned the February 11 VBIED attack against him, which he attributed to AQI, and de [...]	2008-02-24 17:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SOCI SCUL IZ
08BAGHDAD553	ABDEL AZIZ AL-HAKIM ON "TIRESOME" SADRISTS, IDPS, [...] (C) Summary: Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Chairman Abdel Aziz al-Hakim told the Ambassador on February 24 that, despite contrary claims by "tiresome" Sadrists, the ISCI-Sadrist non-aggression agreement remains valid, though Hakim remains concerned about Sadrist thuggery and militia v [...]	2008-02-26 07:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD571	MALIKI REASSESSES ONGOING CABINET NEGOTIATIONS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: During his weekly security meeting with the Ambassador and General Petraeus on February 21, Prime Minister Maliki said he was discouraged by lack of progress in negotiations with the Tawafaq and Iraqiyya parties on rejoining the government, blaming their senior leadership for ever [...]	2008-02-27 13:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ
08BAGHDAD578	GOI BEGINS TO MAKE SOME PROGRESS IN IMPROVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has begun to make some progress on addressing overcrowding in the juvenile justice system in Baghdad. The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) has identified a suitable site and has begun planning for a new juvenile facility in the 9 Nissan neighborhood and has b [...]	2008-02-28 08:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KJUS PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD585	NINEWA: IRAQI GOVERNMENT SAYING THE RIGHT THINGS [...] (C/REL ACGU) Summary and Comment: The Iraqi Government is focused on Mosul security and reconstruction. The massive explosion in January in West Mosul's Zanjali market and ongoing military operations served as catalysts to focus the Iraqi Government at the highest level on the critical import [...]	2008-02-28 14:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PREL ECON MARR IZ
08BAGHDAD615	HUGE SHIA ARBA'EEN COMMEMORATION REFLECTS [...] (C) Summary: As many as several million Iraqi and foreign Shia pilgrims converged on the central Iraq city of Karbala February 26-29 to mark the end of the symbolic forty-day "Arba'een" commemoration to honor the seventh-century death of Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad who is ento [...]	2008-03-02 13:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL IZ
08BAGHDAD65	NINEWA: SUCCESSFUL HAJJ FLIGHTS CREATE HOPES FOR [...] (C) Sumamry: Mosul Airport in December successfully processed thousands of Hajj pilgrims, arousing a sense of local pride and hope that commercial flights will continue for the betterment of the Ninewa economy. While there are many logistical hurdles to dividing Ninewa,s airport and airspace [...]	2008-01-09 15:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAIR EAID IZ
08BAGHDAD66	KURDS STILL SEEKING CHANCE TO REPLACE MALIKI [...] (C) Summary: Kurdish leaders have agreed not to remove Prime Minister Maliki in the short term, but have little faith in him and probably would move to replace him if not for the Secretary,s strong message that Iraqi leaders must focus on issues instead of personalities. While that message r [...]	2008-01-09 15:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD68	AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 7 MEETING WITH IRAQI [...] (S) During a January 7 meeting with Ambassador Crocker, Samir Sumaidaie, the Iraqi Ambassador to the U.S., sought to establish shared U.S.-GOI priorities in the lead up to the Ambassador's upcoming testimony to Congress. The Ambassador told Sumaidaie the most significant bilateral issue at han [...]	2008-01-10 03:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS ECON KCOR IZ
08BAGHDAD700	MALIKI CHASTISES JUDICIARY, REQUESTS HELP ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: At the Prime Minister's weekly security meeting with Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus, Maliki immediately turned to the acquittal of the former Deputy Minister of Health. Maliki lamented the failure of the judiciary to promote justice and promised to seek redress. During [...]	2008-03-09 16:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ KU
08BAGHDAD734	SHAWAYS GUARDED ABOUT SFA/SOFA PROCESS [...] (C) In a March 8 meeting, KDP Baghdad Representative (and former Deputy Prime Minister) Rosch Shaways told Ambassador Crocker, Senior Advisor to the Secretary on Iraq Satterfield and NSC Senior Director for Iraq and Afghanistan McGurk that KRG leadership was prepared to take positive, practi [...]	2008-03-12 09:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD743	IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE - MARCH 7 [...] (C) Summary. In the absence of Prime Minister Maliki, the Minister of Defense Abdul Qadir (MoD) Chaired the Iraqi Executive Steering Committee (IESC) in support of the Baghdad Security Plan (FaQ). The meeting featured complaints from representatives of Sadr City about the extremely poor state [...]	2008-03-13 12:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IZ PGOV
08BAGHDAD763	Chalabi's Provision of Services Committee - March 11 [...] SUMMARY: Despite the Chairman's absence, the Provision of Services Committee met this week, hosted by the Deputy Minister of Electricity (DMoE). The meeting was well attended - the Baghdad Governor and a representative from the National Reconciliation Committee attended for the first time. The [...]	2008-03-14 10:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ REL UK
08BAGHDAD780	TALABANI VISIT TO TURKEY: PURSUING THE POLITICAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: The successful March 7/8 visit of President Talabani to Turkey has changed dramatically the political atmosphere between the two countries, and created the space for setting in motion diplomatic steps that can lead to concrete cooperation on the PKK problem. To be successful, th [...]	2008-03-15 13:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS PGOV PREL PTER IZ TU
08BAGHDAD785	COR SPEAKER MASHADANI DISCUSSES PROVINCIAL POWERS [...] (S/NF) Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani told the Ambassador on March 15 he hopes VP Adil Abdul Mehdi will withdraw his veto of the provincial powers law. As Mashadani told the Ambassador in their previous meeting (reftel),his own "Shura Council" is reviewing the leg [...]	2008-03-15 17:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREF PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD786	AN ODE TO COR SPEAKER MASHADANI [...] (C/NF) Summary: CoR Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani is becoming more comfortable in his role as leader of Iraq's parliament, though he continues to breed controversy on a regular basis and is prone to emotional outbursts in the CoR chamber. Behind the scenes, Mashadani has become a legislative "deal [...]	2008-03-15 17:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD789	TRADE MINISTRY PLANS RADICAL PDS REFORM 2008-2010 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Trade (MoT) has indicated that the Public Distribution System (PDS) will remain essentially untouched this year, fully funded either through the 2008 budget alone or with supplemental appropriations as well. The MoT has, however, provided Emboffs a cogent plan it [...]	2008-03-16 08:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN IZ PGOV
08BAGHDAD799	AMBASSADOR RAISES SOFA/SF AND ICI WITH D/PM BARHAM [...] (S) Ambassador met March 13 with Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih to discuss the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and Strategic Framework (SF) negotiations, the Prime Minister's participation in the International Compact for Iraq (ICI) ministerial, and security at Umm Qasr port and in Basra [...]	2008-03-17 08:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL PGOV MASS MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD830	MEETING WITH GOI/MFA ON MAKHMOUR REFUGEE CAMP [...] (C) Summary: In a March 15 meeting with MFA U/S Hamoud, MNF-I DCS for Strategic Effects and Deputy PolMil Couns briefed Hamoud on their March 6 trip to Makhmour Refugee camp, and sought to get GOI views on closing the camp and the way ahead. Hamoud suggested that the GOI, GOT and UNHCR meet [...]	2008-03-19 06:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREF PREL
08BAGHDAD855	WEEKLY MEETING WITH PM, MARCH 13: SOFA/STRATEGIC [...] (S) In a cordial meeting March 13 at Prime Minister Maliki's weekly security meeting with Ambassador Crocker and GEN Petraeus, Ambassador briefed Maliki on the dual-tracked, concurrent negotiation of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and the Strategic Framework (SF) by a technical experts [...]	2008-03-20 14:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL PGOV MASS MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD887	THE AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 23 MEETING WITH VP ABDEL [...] (S) Summary: In a March 23 meeting with the Ambassador, VP Abdel Mehdi shared his analysis of the latest IDF strikes on the International Zone; discussed the reasons for his withdrawal of his veto of the Provincial Powers Law; speculated on the CoR's priorities when it reconvenes; described a [...]	2008-03-24 12:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD901	THE AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 23 MEETING WITH VP ABDEL [...] (S) Summary: In a March 23 meeting with the Ambassador, VP Abdel Mehdi shared his analysis of the latest IDF strikes on the International Zone; discussed the reasons for his withdrawal of his veto of the Provincial Powers Law; speculated on the CoR's priorities when it reconvenes; described a [...]	2008-03-25 16:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD909	WEEKLY MEETING WITH PM, MARCH 13: SOFA/STRATEGIC [...] (S) In a cordial meeting March 13 at Prime Minister Maliki's weekly security meeting with Ambassador Crocker and GEN Petraeus, Ambassador briefed Maliki on the dual-tracked, concurrent negotiation of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and the Strategic Framework (SF) by a technical experts [...]	2008-03-25 16:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL PGOV MASS MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD95	TRADE MINISTER PLANS LIMITED PDS REFORM IN 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Trade Abdul Falah al-Sudani met with EMIN and Econoff January 11 to discuss his plans for the Public Distribution System (PDS) in 2008. Notwithstanding recent calls in the Council of Representatives (CoR) for greater PDS funding, the Trade Minister expects to receive [...]	2008-01-13 13:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAGR IZ PGOV
08BAGHDAD968	RUBAIE ON CURRENT SECURITY AND POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a March 28 call on National Security Advisor Mowafuq Rubaie, the Ambassador discussed the current security situation in Baghdad, Basrah, and the southern provinces, all of which were the scenes of intensified conflict with criminal elements associated with Moqtada al-Sadr [...]	2008-03-29 13:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS PGOV PREL PTER EG IR IZ JO SA SY
08BAGHDAD971	Chalabi's Provision of Services Committee - March 25 [...] SUMMARY: Dr. Chalabi's March 25 Provision of Services Committee meeting focused on a variety of topics covered in previous weeks. While he did briefly discuss ongoing events in southern Iraq and Basra, the remainder of the meeting was divided between violations on potable water lines, Ministry [...]	2008-03-30 02:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ REL UK
08BAGHDAD976	SPECIAL IESC MEETING MARCH 29 [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih chaired a special session of the Iraq Executive Steering Committee (IESC) in support of Operation Fardh al-Qanoon (FAQ) at his residence March 29. Normally a weekly session held on Fridays, the March 28 session had been cancelled. During this [...]	2008-03-30 18:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD984	REQUEST TO CLOSE DOWN AL-RAFIDAYN SATELLITE TV [...] (SBU) The Al-Rafidayn Satellite Channel is a Cairo-based Iraqi television channel that appears to be affiliated with the Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS) -- a group of Sunni clerics led by Harith al-Dari -- and which adopts a pro-resistance, anti-U.S., anti-Iraqi Government, and anti-Iran [...]	2008-03-31 15:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PROP PTER EG IZ
08BAGHDAD989	ASSET TRANSFER: MINFIN AND EMIN AGREE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Ries met on March 27 with Finance Minister Byan Jabr and MoF Advisor Azez Jafar at Adnaan Palace in Baghdad. A wide range of topics were covered, with particular emphasis on the issue of transferring the substantial assets built by the U.S. in Iraq. Jabr resisted EMI [...]	2008-03-31 16:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN IZ
08BAKU1131	SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER'S MEETING WITH THE LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: On 22 November, U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber met with Gamet Suleymanov, head imam of the Abu Bakr mosque, and the lawyer representing the mosque, Javanshir Suleymanov. The participants outlined the long and short range history [...]	2008-11-28 12:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL KIRF IR AJ
08BAKU1195	AZERBAIJAN: CENTRAL AZERI PLATFORM IN ACG OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: After having been shut down since September 17, the Central Azeri (CA) Platorm in Azerbaijan's offshore ACG oil mega-field has begun to resume production, leading to an overall increase of production in the ACG field to approximately 690,000 bpd. However, limits on handling any [...]	2008-12-23 12:53:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU1196	AZERBAIJAN: CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] SUMMARY: In response to Ref. A tasking, this report summarizes the structure plans and potential players in Azerbaijan's nascent civil nuclear energy sector. End Summary. OVERVIEW OF CIVIL NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAM --------------------------------------- 2. As noted in Azerbaijan's 2004 r [...]	2008-12-24 06:25:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO AJ
08BAKU154	FARHAD ALIYEV'S HEALTH SEEMINGLY STABLE, NO SIGNS [...] (C) More than two weeks since jailed former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev's February 5 transfer to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Boyuk Shore medical facility (reftel),there is no evidence that he suffered a heart attack. ICRC Protection Coordinator Susana Lopez (strictly pro [...]	2008-02-20 14:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AJ
08BAKU182	AZERBAIJAN: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Paragraph 4 below provides Embassy Baku's submission on the status of action the GOAJ has taken to combat human trafficking. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (SBU) Summary: Anti-TIP efforts in the Republic of Azerbaijan are conducted under the direction of the Deputy Ministe [...]	2008-03-03 08:51:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG AJ
08BAKU191	AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR MANN TALKS ENERGY WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev seeks enhanced cooperation with Turkmenistan on offshore energy development, and is willing to be minority partner with the GOTX in developing the Serdar-Kapaz field. Aliyev seeks concrete action from Turkmenistan showing it is interested in such cooperation, an [...]	2008-03-05 08:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU TX ENRG
08BAKU219	AZADLIQ NEWSPAPER EDITOR SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 7, Baku's Yasamal District Court convicted opposition Azadliq newspaper Editor-In-Chief Ganimat Zahid of hooliganism and inflicting minor bodily harm and sentenced him to four years' imprisonment. In the same hearing, the court convicted Vusal Hasanov, the other party i [...]	2008-03-07 15:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AJ
08BAKU262	AZERBAIJAN: 2007 HRR ROLLS OUT TO MIXED REACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 12 press event, the Ambassador rolled out the 2007 Human Rights Report to a group of human rights activists, representatives of the Human Rights Ombudswoman's office, and Parliament's Human Rights Commission Chair. Although the Human Rights Commission Chair questioned [...]	2008-03-17 13:38:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM PBTS KPAO AJ
08BAKU277	LOOKING TO ARMENIA,"AZERBAIJAN NOW SYMBOL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: A clearly pleased President Aliyev branded the recent Armenian Presidential elections "a fraud," the incoming and outgoing Armenian President "criminals," and said that the sham elections and subsequent violence, where the Armenian government was forced to kill its own people, al [...]	2008-03-25 05:22:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TX AR ENRG
08BAKU283	HEADSCARVES IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Summary: A small but growing segment of Azerbaijani women wear an Islamic headscarf (hijab). While there is no ban against women wearing the hijab at government offices or universities, there are regular instances of local officials harassing women who choose to wear a headscarf; several [...]	2008-03-26 08:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM KIRF AJ
08BAKU336	UPDATES IN THE CASE OF STABBED JOURNALIST AGIL [...] (SBU) Over the past week, the GOAJ has been taking action in connection with the February 22 and March 13 attacks on opposition Azadliq newspaper correspondent Agil Khalil (reftels). On April 1, police arrested Natiq Allahverdiyev, the owner of the Olive Gardens, in connection with the Februa [...]	2008-04-07 14:12:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AJ
08BAKU366	AZERBAIJAN: PLANS TO IMPROVE ELECTORAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Azerbaijan's presidential election set for October 15, the GOAJ already is making technical preparations. Through dialogue with the Council of Europe's Venice Commission, the GOAJ is preparing changes to the electoral code and the law on freedom of assembly. Both pieces of [...]	2008-04-16 14:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU397	AGIL KHALIL FRUSTRATED BY GOAJ'S "BLACK PR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a April 24 meeting, opposition Azadliq newspaper correspondent Agil Khalil told Poloff that the GOAJ's investigation into his case was "fake and biased." He said he would not participate in further questioning or in court should the case go to trial. Khalil expressed frustra [...]	2008-04-25 13:14:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AJ
08BAKU415	EU PROGRESS REPORT ON AZERBAIJAN INTENTIONALLY [...] (C) Summary: According to European diplomats, the European Commission's first report on Azerbaijan's implementation of the European Neighborhood Policy Action was intentionally "soft" on Azerbaijan's democracy and human rights record. EC Head of Delegation Alan Waddams chalked up the soft a [...]	2008-05-01 07:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU467	PRESIDENT ALIYEV SHARES HIS VISION WITH U/S JEFFERY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 22 conversation with U/S Jeffery and Ambassador Derse, President Aliyev said that he was seeking "greater clarity" from the Nabucco countries as to their real intentions, and from Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov on how active the GOTX will be in seeking energy cooper [...]	2008-05-21 06:32:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU541	PRESIDENT ALIYEV "HURT" BY U.S. CRITICISMS, SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: On May 30, President Aliyev bluntly detailed his personal sense of "hurt" over statements by the Secretary and President that were critical of Azerbaijan's democracy and human rights record. He views the statements as part of a trend -- the UNGA vote, the Presidential statement [...]	2008-06-10 11:25:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG AJ
08BAKU552	AZERBAIJAN: SE GRAY'S MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray, accompanied by EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, Eurasian Energy Coordinator Ambassador Steven Mann, Ambassador Richard Hoagland, and Ambassador Anne Derse, met separately with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Energy Minist [...]	2008-06-17 10:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG PINR PGOV PREL AJ TX
08BAKU559	SCENESETTER FOR DRL A/S KRAMER'S VISIT TO BAKU, [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev and his closest advisors are still perturbed over what they perceive as a series of slights from the USG, which they view as inconsistent with our bilateral partnership. They are expressing their anger through a new, tough line on democracy and human rights iss [...]	2008-06-18 08:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ
08BAKU560	SCENESETTER FOR DRL A/S KRAMER'S VISIT TO BAKU, [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev and his closest advisors are still perturbed over what they perceive as a series of slights from the USG, which they view as inconsistent with our bilateral partnership. They are expressing their anger through a new, tough line on democracy and human rights iss [...]	2008-06-18 08:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ
08BAKU603	AZERBAIJANI POLICE IMPRISON BAPTIST PASTOR [...] (C) Baku-based Baptist representative Ilya Zenchenko told the Embassy that Baptist pastor Hamid Shabanov has been detained by police in the northwestern village of Aliabad. Police arrested Shabanov on June 20 after searching his residence and finding a handgun. Shabanov, Shabanov's family me [...]	2008-06-26 09:07:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF AJ
08BAKU624	AZERBAIJAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA IN THE LEAD [...] (C) Summary: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will make his first state visit to Baku on July 3-4, following on the heels of recent stops in Azerbaijan from the head of Gazprom Alexei Miller, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin, and Speaker of the Lower House of the Duma Boris G [...]	2008-07-02 04:46:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG RU AJ
08BAKU637	AZERBAIJANI JOURNALIST AGIL KHALIL FORCED TO [...] (SBU) The Azerbaijani judiciary moved forward with its effort to force opposition journalist Agil Khalil to testify at the trial of Sergey Strekhalin. (Per reftel, the Prosecutor General's office maintains that Strekhalin stabbed Khalil in a homosexual lovers' quarrel. Khalil denies that St [...]	2008-07-03 10:59:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU652	DRL A/S KRAMER URGES PRESIDENT ALIYEV TO IMPROVE [...] (C) Summary: In a very frank June 27 meeting, DRL A/S Kramer urged President Aliyev to "turn an area of friction into an area of improvement" in the bilateral relationship by taking concrete steps to address Azerbaijan's human rights problems. Although initially cool and somewhat testy, Pre [...]	2008-07-08 08:47:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PBTS AJ
08BAKU658	DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: DRL A/S Kramer and Foreign Minister Mammadaryov conducted the fourth round of the DRL-led U.S.-Azerbaijan Democracy and Human Rights Dialogue on June 27 in Baku. Mammadyarov defended Azerbaijan's recent electoral changes as in keeping with European standards and agreed that imp [...]	2008-07-09 07:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS KIRF PBTS AJ
08BAKU682	AZERBAIJAN: JUDICIAL PRESSURE AGAINST AGIL KHALIL [...] (C) Summary: In an expected outcome, a Baku court found Sergey Strekhalin guilty of attacking opposition Azadliq newspaper correspondent Agil Khalil on March 13 and sentenced him to 18 months imprisonment. The proceedings, which Western observers agree resembled a show trial, were peppered [...]	2008-07-16 13:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU687	OPPOSITION MUSAVAT RALLY BROKEN UP BY POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 11 a rally outside the Baku Mayor's Office organized by the Musavat Party was violently disrupted by the police. This rally was the first test of the GOAJ's implementation of its newly amended law on freedom of assembly. The continued inability of opposition parties t [...]	2008-07-17 14:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS AJ
08BAKU726	AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT, SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 14 meeting with Special Envoy Gray, President Aliyev sought USG views on how to best proceed on the Southern Corridor project. SE Gray reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to work with Turkey and the EU to enable gas transit. To entice Turkmenistan into shipping gas west, [...]	2008-08-04 10:30:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL AZ TU
08BAKU730	ANOTHER OPPOSITION MUSAVAT RALLY BROKEN UP BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 1 the opposition Musavat party attempted to hold another rally in front of the Baku Mayor's Office, but the event was immediately broken up by the police. No excessive force was used by police when detaining thirteen people. The rally was intended to draw attention to [...]	2008-08-05 06:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU771	AZERBAIJANI JOURNALIST'S COURT SAGA UNDERSCORES [...] (C) Summary: Embattled opposition Azadliq newspaper reporter Agil Khalil left Azerbaijan on July 24, flying to Paris after receiving assistance from the French Embassy. Khalil had sought to leave Azerbaijan on July 21, but poor GOAJ inter-ministerial communication and perhaps intervention fr [...]	2008-08-14 11:17:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU789	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES VP VISIT, PRESSES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador August 6 highlighted to Head of the Presidential Apparat Remiz Mehdiyev the historical significance of the Vice President's upcoming visit to Azerbaijan. The Ambassador also pressed Mehdiyev on free and fair presidential elections, including the need for internati [...]	2008-08-21 09:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU850	AZERBAIJAN'S 2008 ELECTION: FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani performance in assuring freedom of assembly has been positive from the standpoint of new legislation and presidential statements. The Venice Commission positively assessed Azerbaijan's revised law on freedom of assembly. From a legal and technical point of view, th [...]	2008-09-10 12:22:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU856	MAJOR OPPOSITION PARTIES SIGN JOINT BOYCOTT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 5 the heads of the five largest opposition parties signed a public statement boycotting the October 15 presidential election. This represents a step forward in organization for the normally fractured opposition. Discussions with opposition party leadership reveal, [...]	2008-09-11 11:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG RS AJ
08BAKU879	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER DISCUSSES THE [...] (C) Summary: Head of the President's Socio-Political Department Ali Hasanov described for the Ambassador a highly successful and productive visit to the United States in August, including attendance at the Democratic National Convention in Denver and meetings in Washington, DC. Hasanov pledg [...]	2008-09-17 07:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAMAKO199	ALL THAT GLITTERS COULD BE ZINC: ARRESTS HIGHLIGHT [...] SUMMARY: Gold has become the centerpiece of the Malian government's budget, but the recent arrest of gold smugglers highlights the risky nature of exporting gold. Three foreign nationals were caught red-handed trying to smuggle what may - or may not - have been three bags of gold through Cust [...]	2008-02-27 12:17:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ML
08BAMAKO606	SCENESETTER FOR HHS SECRETARY MICHAEL O. LEAVITT'S [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 16:52:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ML
08BAMAKO835	HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S VISIT TO MALI [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 05:45:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI TBIO KHIV ML
08BAMAKO920	GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM LAW ENACTED IN MALI [...] On November 13, the Malian National Assembly passed legislation regulating the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Mali. Originally submitted to the Assembly in 2006, the GMO legislation had sparked controversy due to the complexity of the issue and the opposition of Mali's well- [...]	2008-12-01 12:18:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO EAGR PGOV TBIO ML
08BAMAKO932	TOP REBEL: THE RETURN OF IYAD AG GHALI [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-11 09:45:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PINS ASEC ML
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN136	Brunei Fraud Conditions Summary - FY2008 [...] (U) Brunei is a low-fraud environment for consular services and historically has had low rates of fraud and low non-return rates. Brunei has been a member of the Visa Waiver Program since its inception. On May 5, the Government of Brunei announced that it would begin issuing ICAO compliant bio [...]	2008-05-06 07:38:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN35	CHINA TAKES DEFENSE CHARM CAMPAIGN TO BRUNEI [...] (C) Chinese Defense Minister, General Cao Guanchuan, led the latest detachment from China's charm offensive to Brunei for an official visit January 14-16. While no new agreements or business deals were announced during the three day visit, the General scored points with Brunei officials for ta [...]	2008-01-24 07:14:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CH BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN69	BRUNEI: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Having recently reengaged with the Government of Brunei on IPR protection and enforcement (refs B, C and D),it is not yet time to put Brunei on the Special 301 Watch List. GoB enforcement efforts have been minimal in the past, but we see increased willingness to work with rights holders [...]	2008-02-21 08:27:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON PREL BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN80	BRUNEI TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Please find below Post's submission in preparation for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Please note paragraph designations are keyed to reftel questions: -------- OVERVIEW -------- A. Brunei is not a major destination for trafficked persons, nor is it a source or transit c [...]	2008-02-28 06:57:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB

08BANGKOK1003	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Yip In Tsoi & Jacks Co., Ltd. was registered as follows: SIPDIS Registration: 0105510002718 Registered Date: June 27, 1967 Status: Company Limited Capital Registration: 100,000,000 baht Executives: Thienchai Lailoet, Morakot Yip In Tsoi, Ap [...]	2008-03-29 00:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH
08BANGKOK1171	THAI TELECOM PROVIDERS LOOK FORWARD TO 3G, WIMAX LICENSES, [...] Summary: After years of delays, Thailand's National Telecommunications Commission is moving ahead with drafting procedures to issue licenses to telecom providers to roll out 3G and Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) services. A number of companies are already testing Wimax wireless broadband ser [...]	2008-04-11 11:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ECPS TH
08BANGKOK1279	UK ENVOY ON BURMA ENCOURAGES BETTER THAI ROLE ON [...] (C) UK Prime Minister's Special Representative for Burma Michael Williams encouraged the RTG to consider a more proactive role in Burma during his April 16-18 trip to Thailand. During a private meeting with Ambassador John, Williams expressed the UK's shared concern about the current situatio [...]	2008-04-25 11:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM TH BM
08BANGKOK1611	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATES VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Mr. Secretary, all of us in Bangkok look forward to your June 1-2 visit as an opportunity to advance key U.S. foreign policy interests. Your meeting with Prime Minister/Defense Minister Samak Sundaravej will provide an opportunity to emphasize the importance of Thailand to our r [...]	2008-05-23 12:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1612	HOW HOT IS IT, ANYWAY? [...] (S) SUMMARY: The current state of political deadlock is similar in many ways to the protracted statemate of 2006. Of greatest concern are the repeated references in the media and by contacts of a serious threat to the monarchy. This fear is based on the increase in criticisms of the monarch [...]	2008-05-24 11:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
08BANGKOK1670	COBRA GOLD INTEGRAL TO USG ALLIANCE STRUCTURE IN [...] (C) Summary. Cobra Gold, America's largest multilateral exercise in Asia, is much more than a bilateral exercise with Thailand. In that Thailand provides good training infrastructure, large areas for unrestricted live fire operations, and access to bombing ranges -- all in short supply in [...]	2008-06-02 09:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1778	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: IDENTITY, CULTURE AND RELIGION [...] (SBU)Summary: On May 26 and 27, Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff members Jonah Blank and Frank Jannuzi traveled with Poloff to Narathiwat, Pattani, Hat Yai and Songkhla in southernmost Thailand for discussions about the root causes of the insurgency in Thailand's deep south, and the po [...]	2008-06-10 10:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK189	SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION OF THAKSIN AND HIS WIFE [...] (C) A leading lawyer working for the Shinawatra family privately characterized current charges against Potjaman, the wife of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin, as weak. The lawyer characterized the current Attorney General as fair but noted he would be under pressure to pursue prosecution. Thail [...]	2008-01-17 09:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK1896	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Laser Research Co., Ltd. was listed. Registration No. 0105536079904 Registered Date: July 12, 1993 Status: Company Limited Capital Registration: 2,000,000 baht Executives: Kriangdech Prasong and Duangsamon Thongsidaeng. Authorized executive m [...]	2008-06-19 11:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH
08BANGKOK234	STAFFDEL GROVE TRAVELS TO SOUTHERN THAILAND [...] (S/NF) Summary: On January 15, a Senate Appropriations Committee staff delegation lead by professional staff member Paul Grove traveled with Poloff and USAID representatives to Hat Yai in southern Thailand for discussions on the violence in the South. Thai government and security officials, a [...]	2008-01-24 06:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK2488	PEOPLE'S POWER PARTY DISSOLUTION: NOT YET [...] (C) Summary and comment: On a day when Thailand was anticipating two legal decisions on issues of national political significance, nothing happened. The long awaited ruling by the Election Commission (EC) on possible dissolution of the People's Power Party was deferred until September 2, and [...]	2008-08-20 10:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TH
08BANGKOK2588	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) Three Thai officials and EXBS FSN attended the Export Control Academy, August 11-15 in Athens, GA. Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) conducted Tracker User Training in Hanoi, August 11-14. Advisor represented ISN Bureau at a Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) [...]	2008-08-29 09:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN
08BANGKOK2591	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL BOONSRANG'S COUNTERPART [...] (C) Summary. Embassy Bangkok is extremely appreciative that General Boonsrang Niumpradit will be able to conduct a counterpart visit with CJCS Admiral Mullen. The visit will reinforce the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 [...]	2008-08-29 09:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2854	THAI CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: THAI CLAIM [...] (C) Summary: MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul engaged the Ambassador September 16 regarding the Thai-Cambodian border dispute and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's September 15 reported comments that Thailand should give up the chair of ASEAN. Virasakdi claimed that border tension [...]	2008-09-19 07:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH CB
08BANGKOK3068	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) Advisor conducted meetings with embassy and Vietnamese officials in Hanoi, Sept. 22-23. Advisor met with Royal Thai Customs officials on Sept. 25. New EXBS Program Assistant in Vietnam started work on Sept. 3. Upcoming events include an Enterprise Outreach Seminar and a regional UN 1540 W [...]	2008-10-10 09:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN
08BANGKOK3080	THAI QUEEN SHOWS SUPPORT FOR ANTI-GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Bangkok was calm October 14 as as Queen Sirikit sent the strongest public signal to date of her support for the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) when she presided over the October 13 funeral ceremony of an anti-government protestor, Angkhana Radappanyawut. Shortly after the funeral c [...]	2008-10-14 10:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC CASC TH
08BANGKOK3192	PRIVY COUNCILORS TELL AMBASSADOR: NO COUP, KING IN [...] (C) Privy Councilors Prem Tinsulanonda and Siddhi Savetsila separately told the Ambassador on October 22 that the Thai Army would not launch a coup. The Ambassador welcomed this assurance and explained the USG could not accept a coup or coup-like action. Prem spoke well of Prime Minister Som [...]	2008-10-22 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM ASEC MOPS TH
08BANGKOK3398	UPDATE ON LESE MAJESTE CASES IN THAILAND [...] (C) Thailand enjoys a relatively robust media environment, lively, open criticism of those in power, and general freedom of expression, with a significant exception: the criminal offense of lese majeste, or offense to the monarchy. Long on the Thai books but not always vigorously pursued, a se [...]	2008-11-18 09:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
08BANGKOK3617	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, which has been selected to attend the courses sched [...]	2008-12-11 09:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK3701	"ASEAN CHARTER FOR ASEAN PEOPLE": GENUINE [...] (U) Summary: A December 11 panel of academics and activists gathered at the Foreign Correspondents' Club Thailand (FCCT) to debate the validity of the ASEAN Charter's claim to be "an ASEAN Charter for ASEAN People." Most panelists questioned the ability of the Charter's regional architecture [...]	2008-12-19 07:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEAN TH
08BANGKOK3703	MOST RUBIES SMUGGLED INTO THAILAND AND COME WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Thailand's ruby processing industry does not formally document the country of origin of the raw stones. Industry sources say that most rubies are smuggled in from either Burma or Africa. None of the smuggled goods come with certificates of origin, although it may be possib [...]	2008-12-19 09:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ETRD BM
08BANGKOK3746	NEW THAI ECONOMIC TEAM TAKES THE REINS OF A [...] (SBU) Summary: Thai businesses and investors are worried about the effects of the global financial crisis on Thailand, and Prime Minister Abhisit's cabinet selections for his economic team have not quelled these fears. An Oxford-educated economist, Abhisit and his Oxford classmate Korn Chatik [...]	2008-12-24 09:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD PINR TH
08BANGKOK585	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING [...] (C) Summary. Admiral Keating, your visit to Thailand will afford you a chance to see the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 years of relations. You will also have an opportunity to underscore the United States Government's [...]	2008-02-22 11:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK587	THAILAND 2008 SPECIAL 301 SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: The elevation of Thailand to Priority Watch List in 2007 sparked some improvement in police enforcement of intellectual property rights in the past year, but such efforts were insufficient to make any noticeable dent in the availability of pirated and counter [...]	2008-02-23 00:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TH
08BANGKOK598	ELECTION FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS - PPP AND COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) expects to conclude its investigation into three important vote fraud cases from the December parliamentary election shortly. The cases could result in a Constitutional Court review of a motion to dissolve three parties in the governing [...]	2008-02-25 12:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
08BANGKOK833	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL MONTREE,S COUNTERPART [...] (C) Summary. General Montree Sungkasap's counterpart visit will afford the chance to reinforce the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 years of relations. This visit to the U.S. will be the first by a senior Thai military [...]	2008-03-14 09:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK836	AMBASSADOR URGES PROGRESS ON REFUGEE ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador raised U.S. concerns about refugee issues in a March 13 meeting with MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrukul. He urged the Thai to have a SIPDIS transparent and credible screening process for the approximately 8000 Lao-Hmong now in Thailand; to press the La [...]	2008-03-14 12:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL TH
08BANGKOK941	PROMINENT THAI NGOS RELEASE REPORTS ON ABUSES IN [...] (C) Two prominent Thai human rights groups have released detailed accounts of alleged widespread government abuses by security forces fighting the violent insurgency in southern Thailand since mid-2007. Citing first-hand testimony, interviews, photographic evidence, and government and media r [...]	2008-03-25 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM TH
08BANGKOK943	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: HARSH TACTICS, LESS VIOLENCE, [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts contend that the recent drop in the violence in the South is not the result of progress toward resolving the underlying conflict; rather, the Thai military has become more effective at targeting more senior insurgent leaders, thus disrupting the insurgents' operat [...]	2008-03-25 11:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGUI211	PRESIDENT BOZIZE'S CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA [...] (U) Post reports below the letter of congratulations addressed to President-elect Barack Obama from Central African President Francois Bozize and Minister of Foreign Affairs Dieudonne Kombo-Yaya. The letter was first disclosed on public radio stations, and subsequently delivered to the Embass [...]	2008-11-07 12:15:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP CT
08BANJUL86	THE GAMBIA: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) In accordance with Reftel, Embassy Banjul provides its submission to the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW: A. The Gambia is a country of origin, transit, and destination for victims of trafficking, mainly women and children. Due to its porous borders, [...]	2008-02-29 09:15:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08BASRAH44	CHARGE OF THE KNIGHTS WHEELS NORTH: OBJECTIVE QURNAH [...] (S//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: For the first time since the GoI launched Operation Charge of the Knights (CoK) in March, on May 13 CoK will focus its attention outside greater Basrah - targeting the JAM stronghold of Al Qurnah, 70 km to the northwest. Despite a long supply line and a low priority for [...]	2008-05-13 12:37:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PINS PGOV ECON IR IZ
08BEIJING1023	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON JAPAN, [...] (C) At the March 14 bi-weekly Beijing-based G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, Japanese DCM Kunio Umeda said that PRC President Hu Jintao's trip to Japan is scheduled for May 6, but the poisoned dumpling issue could make the visit "difficult." Participants were unimpressed by the National Peopl [...]	2008-03-18 11:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KOLY SENV SOCI PTER AF CM CH FR
08BEIJING1111	PRC/IRAN: CHINESE OBSERVERS SAY LITTLE ROOM LEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese foreign policy experts say there is little room left for more sanctions against Iran that China can support because current UN Security Council resolutions come close to the PRC red line of jeopardizing China-Iran energy cooperation. Domestically, China's leaders feel in [...]	2008-03-24 09:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
08BEIJING1145	2007 KITTY HAWK PORT CALL REFUSAL SHEDS LIGHT ON [...] (C) The PRC's refusal of the USS Kitty Hawk port visit to Hong Kong for Thanksgiving in November 2007 was a last-minute decision by the Central Military Commission (CMC) made in anger over the November 9, 2007 announcement of further U.S. weapons sales to Taiwan, according to a majority of scho [...]	2008-03-26 11:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CH TW
08BEIJING1201	NORINCO BRIEFS EMBASSY ON ITS EXPORT CONTROL [...] (C) NORINCO management wants to end the "distorted image" of the firm and become a "decent member of the international community," NORINCO Vice President Zhi Yulin told the Charge in a March 27 meeting. Zhi believes the firm's experience building infrastructure projects creates an opportunity [...]	2008-03-31 07:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM ETTC PREL CH
08BEIJING123	CHINA URGED TO EXPLAIN JANUARY 2007 ANTI-SATELLITE [...] (S) China has explained many times its position on its January 2007 anti-satellite test and wishes the United States would put this issue behind us, MFA North American Affairs Department Deputy Director General Deng Hongbo told us January 11 in response to our expression of continued concern o [...]	2008-01-11 10:44:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PARM MNUC MARR CH
08BEIJING124	SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-CHINA SENIOR DIALOGUE, [...] (C) The upcoming 5th round of the U.S.-China Senior Dialogue kicks off an important year for China and for bilateral relations. Taiwan's presidential and UN referenda votes in March and the PRC's hosting of the Olympics in August are the focus of Chinese concerns, and the Chinese believe the [...]	2008-01-11 11:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM MARR CH TW
08BEIJING1492	TOY SAFETY IMPROVES, BUT OFFICIALS WARY OF IMPOSED CHANGE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Eight months after the spate of massive toy recalls in the United States, Chinese toy exporters are paying more attention to the safety of their products and compliance with U.S. toy safety standards. Conversations with industry representatives, standards experts, and other observ [...]	2008-04-18 01:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD BEXP CH
08BEIJING1699	Ningxia Muslims, Part 3: The Sufi King of Tongxin County: [...] (C) Hong Yang, a Peking University-educated imam in Ningxia's Tongxin County, heads a Sufi order which he says has over 2,000 imams, serving at 1,500 mosques with a total population of over one million Hui followers. An entourage of imams surrounded Hong as he entertained PolOff on an April vi [...]	2008-05-02 01:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KIRF PK EG CH SA
08BEIJING1728	SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 11-12 [...] (C) China's leaders are preoccupied with managing the domestic dimensions of and international fallout from the Tibet crisis, determining how to deal with the new leadership in Taiwan and ensuring that nothing mars a successful Olympic Games. Despite seemingly strong domestic popular approval [...]	2008-05-06 10:45:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM ABLD KIRF KOLY MASS PARM ECON
08BEIJING1938	PRC INFORMED OF IRAN'S IR-2 CENTRIFUGE CRITICAL [...] (U) MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Sun Lei told PolOff on May 19 that the PRC will closely examine reftel nonpaper and color photographs delineating Iran's critical equipment needs for their IR-2 centrifuge program. Sun asked several times if the [...]	2008-05-20 02:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP TRGY PREL PARM MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC CH IR
08BEIJING2084	CHINA REVISITS MANDATORY CERTIFICATION FOR [...] (U) Summary: Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative Timothy Wineland met with the Chinese Government and United States industry representatives in Beijing from May 6-16 to discuss China's unprecedented proposal for mandatory certification requirements across a wide range of securi [...]	2008-05-29 09:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD PREL EINV WTRO ECON CH
08BEIJING2087	SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 4 SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-29 10:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PARM PGOV CH
08BEIJING2155	SFDA'S TREATMENT OF BAXTER IN CHINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of Baxter Healthcare (protect) visited the U.S. Embassy in Beijing to present their concerns about the deterioration of relations with China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) amid concerns that the agency may try to shift responsibility for the hepar [...]	2008-06-04 08:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD HHS PREL CH
08BEIJING2281	U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE - MORNING SESSION [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 23:00:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MCAP MNUC CH TW KN KS JA RS
08BEIJING2305	U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH DEPUTY [...] (C) In a June 5 meeting at the Ministry of National Defense with Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs John Rood, PRC Deputy Chief of the General Staff Department Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian summarized the People's Liberation Army's major arms c [...]	2008-06-12 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM MNUC KTIA MOPS PBTS PHSA CH
08BEIJING2322	U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE WORKING LUNCH: STRATEGIC SECURITY, MISSILE DEFENSE, SPACE, NONPRO, IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 06:01:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV MNUC MCAP MAPS PARM PTER CH TW IR
08BEIJING2564	POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION CHECK: D375609 NANJING [...] (U) Unauthorised disclosure of the information below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. (U) REFTEL requested a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) end-use check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, NANJING ElECTRONICS CALIBRATION CO. ("NE [...]	2008-06-30 05:48:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET//NOFORN	BEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL
08BEIJING2861	MEDIA REACTION: OLYMPICS, NORTH KOREA, U.S. MILITARY [...] OLYMPICS "Chinese people have the right to get respect" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(07/23): "Western media have run different understandings about what President Bush said at the farewell to the American delegation to the Olympi [...]	2008-07-23 09:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING2891	CHINESE ACADEMIC DISCUSSES PRC OIL EXPORTS TO [...] (C) Ninety percent of the oil consumed in North Korea, including a large portion of the DPRK's jet fuel, is supplied by China, according to a Beijing University expert. China, through state-owned Sinopec, provides North Korea with approximately half a million tons of oil annually "for the sak [...]	2008-07-25 07:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET PARM ENRG PGOV KN CH
08BEIJING2909	CHINA NOT YIELDING ON CERTIFICATION SCHEME [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 18 meeting with the National Certification and Accreditation Administration (CNCA),United States Trade Representative (USTR) Chief Legal Counsel Warren Maruyama, Assistant USTR Tim Stratford, Deputy Assistant USTR Tim Wineland, USTR Director for China and Taiwan David [...]	2008-07-28 06:36:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD PREL EINV WTRO ECON CH
08BEIJING2915	PAPER REPRIMANDED FOR TIANANMEN PHOTOGRAPH [...] (C) Beijing's influential daily, The Beijing News, recently violated the Party's taboo against media comment on the Tiananmen massacre of 1989 by publishing a photo of a wounded Tiananmen protestor. The error was the result of ignorance by the paper's young editors, according to Beijing News [...]	2008-07-28 09:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
08BEIJING2965	CHINESE SCHOLARS ON PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, INDIA [...] (C) Summary: Chinese contacts agree that continuing political uncertainty and the resulting diffusion of authority in Pakistan have distracted Pakistan's leadership from addressing counter-terrorism and economic concerns. They say that the Pakistan Government's negotiation approach with tribal [...]	2008-07-31 11:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV MNUC CH PK AF IN
08BEIJING3030	Realizing Mao's Vision of Water for the North in Time for [...] (U) With the start of the Beijing Olympics set for August 8, Northern China's water shortage has received widespread attention in both local and international press, with accounts of what the Chinese government has done in recent years to address the problem. Instead of addressing the water sho [...]	2008-08-06 03:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO PREL CH
08BEIJING3034	IRAN: CHINA CAUTIONS AGAINST FURTHER SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent Associated Press report that P5-plus-1 countries agreed to new sanctions on Iran is a "misinterpretation" of the results of the August 4 P5-plus-1 Political Directors conference call, Chinese MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Sh [...]	2008-08-06 08:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
08BEIJING3055	CHINA BUILDING INDIGENOUS NUCLEAR PLANT CONSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting convened by the DOE China Office, Westinghouse China provided an update on China's nuclear reactor program, including progress at the Westinghouse AP1000 sites, plans for new reactors, and an assessment of China's overall current and future capacity to build new nuc [...]	2008-08-07 09:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP TPHY PREL CH
08BEIJING3060	BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/02/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: XXXXXXXXX [...]	2008-08-08 07:21:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3065	BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT 9, 08/09/2008 [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/09/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]	2008-08-09 07:32:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER CASC CH
08BEIJING3221	DEATH OF FORMER PRC LEADER HUA GUOFENG QUIETLY [...] (C) The August 20 death of former PRC leader Hua Guofeng, a transitional figure between Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, was covered quietly and carefully by Mainland Chinese media. Embassy contacts downplayed the significance of Hua's death, noting he had not held a position of real political im [...]	2008-08-21 12:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
08BEIJING3362	EFFECTIVE NUCLEAR ADVOCACY IN CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Effective advocacy for U.S. nuclear suppliers is essential to ensuring access to China's rapidly growing civil nuclear power market. With the exception of the bidding process that resulted in a contract for four Westinghouse AP1000 reactors, all reactor purchases t [...]	2008-08-29 09:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP TPHY PREL CH
08BEIJING3385	PARTY ENJOYS BOOST THANKS TO OLYMPICS, BUT SOME [...] (C) China's top leadership and a sizeable majority of the Chinese public view the recent Beijing-hosted Olympic Games as a great success, according to Embassy contacts. Most academics and journalists we spoke with in the week following the August 24 closing ceremony told us the Chinese Communist Pa [...]	2008-09-02 10:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KOLY CH
08BEIJING3501	Positive Chinese Reaction to Fannie Mae and [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese official and private reaction to news that the United States Government would place housing mortgage agencies Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae under conservatorship was generally positive. Vice Premier Wang Qishan appreciated the effort. Finance Assistant Minister Zhu Guangy [...]	2008-09-09 23:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING3588	PRC/IRAN: SCHOLARS SAY PRC INFLUENCE LIMITED AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: China believes international efforts to deal with Iran's nuclear program have entered a "new phase" in which an increasingly confident Iran is rethinking the significance of its nuclear development, according to a PRC scholar who recently met with observers in Tehran. Chinese le [...]	2008-09-16 11:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
08BEIJING359	FOOD SAFETY CAMPAIGN WON, BUT THE REAL BATTLE IS JUST [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese officials claimed success January 16 at the official wrap-up meeting for the four-month food and product safety "rectification campaign" and announced plans for a long-term regulatory structure to continue monitoring production quality of the nation's industries. Despite [...]	2008-02-01 00:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR ECON HHS ETRD BEXP CH
08BEIJING360	2008 FOOD AND PRODUCT SAFETY LEGISLATIVE AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: China is preparing for a banner year in 2008 in food and product safety as authorities draft and review seven separate pieces of legislation or regulations. The most important piece of legislation, the Food Safety Law, is a comprehensive law encompassing all facets of the food p [...]	2008-02-01 00:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR ECON HHS ETRD BEXP CH
08BEIJING3677	SEPTEMBER 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHAVEZ CHINA VISIT, MILK [...] Key points at the September 23 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China's relationship with Venezuela is a "normal state to state relationship" which is "not based on ideology or directed against any other country." -- China has taken a "responsible attitude" regarding the milk scanda [...]	2008-09-23 09:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAGR VE CH KN JP NZ
08BEIJING3679	CORRECTED COPY (PARA 9: ASEM DATES) SEPTEMBER 23 MFA PRESS [...] Key points at the September 23 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China's relationship with Venezuela is a "normal state to state relationship" which is "not based on ideology or directed against any other country." -- China has taken a "responsible attitude" regarding the milk scanda [...]	2008-09-23 09:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAGR VE CH KN JP NZ
08BEIJING3705	AQSIQ STILL LACKING IN INFANT FORMULA RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-24 23:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR PREL HHS CH
08BEIJING3712	ACTING EAP DAS JOHN NORRIS DISCUSSES POST-OLYMPICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: China in the post-Olympics period will focus on domestic issues and maintain a low-key foreign policy, according to three Chinese scholars who met with visiting Acting EAP DAS John Norris September 20. Although they regard the Olympics as a success, the scholars pointed out that [...]	2008-09-25 02:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH RS GG
08BEIJING375	POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: D365577 JIUJIANG [...] (U) Unauthorised disclosure of the information below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. (U) REFTEL requested a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) end-use check to be conducted at JIUJIANG PRECISION MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE ("JJ PRECISION MEASU [...]	2008-02-01 07:35:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET//NOFORN	BEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL
08BEIJING3775	Coca-Cola's Huiyuan Bid Illustrates BIT Challenges, AML [...] (C) Summary. Coca-Cola Pacific Deputy Group President Paul Etchells briefed Acting Economic Minister-Counselor 9/17 on Coke's proposed acquisition of a leading Chinese juice maker for US$2.4 billion. Coke, which agreed to the meeting at our request, emphasized that it is not seeking U.S. Gove [...]	2008-09-29 06:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING3784	New Quality Control Minister Boasts Anti-Corruption [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 21, China sacked General Administration on Quality, Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) Minister Li Changjiang in the aftermath of China's biggest ever food and product safety scandal, the widespread contamination of milk products with the industrial chemi [...]	2008-09-29 09:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR PREL HHS CH
08BEIJING3874	October 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN ARMS SALES, FINANCIAL [...] Key points at the October 7 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes that the two U.S. presidential candidates will understand the importance of properly handling the Taiwan issue, adhere to the "One China" policy, abide by the three Sino-U.S. Joint Communiques, and oppose Taiwan in [...]	2008-10-09 11:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAGR EFIN PHUM PTER CH KN JP KS TW
08BEIJING3875	CORRECTED COPY: October 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN ARMS [...] Key points at the October 9 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes that the two U.S. presidential candidates will understand the importance of properly handling the Taiwan issue, adhere to the "One China" policy, abide by the three Sino-U.S. Joint Communiques and oppose Taiwan ind [...]	2008-10-09 11:50:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAGR EFIN PHUM PTER CH KN JP KS TW
08BEIJING4020	SALE OF CHRISTIAN LITERATURE EXPANDING IN CHINA, [...] (C) The sale of Christian literature by private firms in China continues to expand, and rapidly so, according to Embassy contacts in the religious literature industry. Despite having first appeared only in 2002, Christian-themed bookstores now number 100 to 200 nationwide; one distributor has [...]	2008-10-22 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL
08BEIJING4298	MEDIA REACTION: FINANCIAL CRISIS, U.S. DIPLOMACY, US-CHINA [...] FINANCIAL CRISIS "China purchases American bonds to test American sincerity" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(11/24): "The most recent numbers have shown that China has become the biggest lender to the United States, exceeding Japan. [...]	2008-11-24 09:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4356	LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR CHINA-EU SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. EU and Chinese contacts expect little concrete progress from the December 1 China-EU Summit in Brussels, with no progress on the arms embargo or market economy status. Some minor agreements on IPR and food safety are anticipated, and the financial crisis will be addressed in a si [...]	2008-11-28 02:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CN ECON ETRD EU PREL
08BEIJING4455	MEDIA REACTION: TIBET, FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] TIBET "China warns Sarkozy again" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/05): "The Chinese government has made it's stand known concerning the French President's meeting with the Dalai Lama. China - Europe relations are undergoing a sev [...]	2008-12-05 08:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4496	MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT TB IN CHINA: GOVERNMENT INERTIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Growing numbers of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases in China are challenging the ability of government and NGO health officials to provide adequate TB patient care. Nongovernmental health organizations, such as Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)- also known as "Docto [...]	2008-12-11 05:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU ETRD CH
08BEIJING4506	MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT TB IN CHINA: GOVERNMENT INERTIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Growing numbers of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases in China are challenging the ability of government and NGO health officials to provide adequate TB patient care. Nongovernmental health organizations, such as Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)- also known as "Docto [...]	2008-12-11 08:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU ETRD CH
08BEIJING4527	CHINA SUPREME COURT JUDGE REPORTED - [...] (SBU) According to one local media report, China Supreme People's Court (SPC) IP Judge Kong Xiangjun on December 10 said the SPC is studying "how to adjust patent, trademark and other IP judicial policies" to mitigate the effect of the global financial crisis on China's economy, and might int [...]	2008-12-12 13:03:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND KIPR ECON CH
08BEIJING4549	CHINA/ECONOMY/CURRENCY: CONCERNS ABOUT ECONOMY, [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with visiting Fed Governor Warsh, Chinese researchers and bankers expressed concern that the U.S. economic downturn would become a protracted recession. They worried about the impact on ChinaQs economy, and expected problems such as rent-seeking and corruption to sp [...]	2008-12-16 04:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING4589	CHINA: ACTION AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE [...] (U) Experts and international organizations claim violence against women in China is a growing problem, and that society often considers it a private, family matter rather than a human rights issue. To address the problem, the Chinese Government is using a range of legal tools, as well as publ [...]	2008-12-18 09:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM CH
08BEIJING4631	Ruby Trade in China: Opaque at Best [...] (SBU) This is a preliminary response to REF A request for information on the ruby trade in China. SUMMARY: Burmese rubies apparently are entering China primarily via "walk across" trade at the Burma-China border as well as through other intermediaries, primarily Thailand. The ruby trade is [...]	2008-12-22 23:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN ECON EMIN PGOV PREL CN BM
08BEIJING4702	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, ISRAEL [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "The U.S.-China relationship is the greatest attempt in all of history" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/31): "In the past 30 years, the U.S.-China relationship has become the most important bilateral relat [...]	2008-12-31 08:42:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING585	MINISTRY OF HEALTH CONFIRMS HUMAN CASE OF AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Chinese authorities retrospectively confirmed a human case of avian influenza (H5N1) in January in Hunan Province. The young man died on January 24, 2008. Tests of respiratory fluids taken and saved from the patient were tested last week by the Provincial CDC and confirmed influen [...]	2008-02-20 00:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR CH
08BEIJING645	HU JINTAOÂ´s CHINA OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS [...] (C) Chinese policy and politics over the next five years will be driven by the PartyÂ´s determination to preserve its monopoly on power through continued rapid, market-oriented, economic development and incremental, but limited, political reform. Concern over social stability will remain the prim [...]	2008-02-22 09:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CH
08BEIJING647	CHINA'S ANGST OVER U.S. SATELLITE INTERCEPTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-22 10:12:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	CH ESA ETTC KTIA NASA PNAT PREL TPHY TSPA
08BEIJING657	BEIJING CONFIRMS SECOND AVIAN INFLUENZA FATALITY IN 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed the second avian influenza death in China in 2008. The case, an unemployed 41 year-old male, died on Feb. 20 in Guangxi Province. Although the MOH report indicated that the patient had been in contact with infected poultry before contra [...]	2008-02-22 10:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR CH
08BEIJING688	BEIJING CONFIRMS THIRD AVIAN INFLUENZA FATALITY IN 2008 [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed on February 26 to Embassy Beijing the third avian influenza death in China in 2008. As reported in REF A, the Government of China had previously notified Embassy Beijing and Consulate Guangzhou of the suspected AI case, a 44-year-old female migrant w [...]	2008-02-27 06:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR CH
08BEIJING929	March 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TIBET PROTESTS, [...] Key points at the March 13, 2008 regular MFA Press Briefing were: -- 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, "t [...]	2008-03-13 11:25:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH JA KS PE
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
08BEIRUT1024	LEBANON: ELECTORAL REFORM PACE MAY INCREASE WITH [...] (C) In recent weeks, Lebanese civil society activists have been invited to address both the parliamentary committee considering electoral reform and a group of key March 14 political leaders. Both invitations are almost unprecedented in Lebanese political tradition, according to civil society [...]	2008-07-15 15:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE
08BEIRUT1075	LEBANON: JUMBLATT WARY OF SYRIAN INTENTIONS, [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt remains skeptical of Syrian intentions toward Lebanon and continues to press for expedited action on the Special Tribunal as the only way to pressure Damascus, especially in light of recent French overtures toward Syria. Agreeing that released Lebanese prisoner [...]	2008-07-23 15:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT1228	LEBANON: TALKING, QUIETLY, OF MARONITE PATRIARCH [...] (U) Cardinal Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, the Lebanese Maronite Patriarch, turned 88 in May and there are quiet discussions about who will succeed him in this religiously and politically significant position. Following our report on the organization of the Maronite church (Ref A),this report [...]	2008-08-20 16:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI SCUL KIRF PGOV 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
08BEIRUT1296	LEBANON: LAF HELICOPTER ATTACK A HIZBALLAH ERROR? [...] (C) On August 28, a Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) helicopter operating in Hizballah-controlled territory was shot down, resulting in the death of an LAF officer. Details surrounding the incident remain unclear, although the LAF has begun a full investigation. Hizballah did not deny responsibil [...]	2008-09-04 11:12:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY IS LE
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

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
08BEIRUT1526	LEBANON: GEAGEA STRUGGLING WITH MARCH 14 ALLIES [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea told the Ambassador October 24 that he and his March 14 allies were still negotiating their candidate lists for the 2009 parliamentary elections. Geagea said he was having the most difficulty convincing Saad Hariri and Walid Jumblatt that the Christian [...]	2008-10-24 23:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
08BEIRUT1538	LEBANON: OPPOSITION MARADA LEADER CALLS FOR [...] (C) Christian opposition Marada leader Suleiman Franjieh suggested on October 27 that direct talks between Lebanon (partnered with Syria) and Israel would lead to resolution of the issue of Hizballah arms, and that Lebanese-Syrian collaboration was necessary for border security. Stressing the [...]	2008-10-29 12:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE
08BEIRUT1595	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] Following is the text of a letter received Friday, November 7, 2008 from Saad R. Hariri, Member of Parliament, leader of the majority and head of the Future Parliamentary Bloc, to the President-elect. 2. Begin Text: The Honorable Barack Obama President-elect of the United States of Ame [...]	2008-11-07 07:41:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP LE
08BEIRUT1605	LEBANON: GOL APPROVES NEW EPCA (ECONOMIC WEEK IN REVIEW, [...] (SBU) On November 3, the cabinet approved the signing of the IMF's Emergency Post Conflict Assistance (EPCA) II program, and informed the IMF of this decision. During the cabinet session, Chatah also gave a presentation of the 2009 budget proposal, which will be discussed at a separate session [...]	2008-11-10 07:55:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1677	LEBANON: MURR CONCERNED ABOUT HARIRI IN ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr, in a November 21 meeting with visiting CENTCOM J2 Brigadier General Stephen Fogarty, visiting NEA ELA Officer Director Nicole Shampaine, and the Ambassador, said he would travel to Damascus as soon as border cooperation, missing Lebanese soldiers, and the trans [...]	2008-11-25 12:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE
08BEIRUT1722	LEBANON: TASHNAQ AVAILABLE FOR COURTING, SAAD NOT [...] (C) Tashnaq has not decided with whom it will ally for the 2009 elections and is open to any option that will help it meet its goal of winning a five MP bloc, a senior Tashnaq MP told DCM. During the recent trip by a Tashnaq delegation to Syria, president Assad was very interested in Lebanese [...]	2008-12-04 15:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UNSC MARR MCAP MOPS IR LE SY
08BEIRUT316	LEBANON: COMMERCIAL SUCCESS STORIES [...] Date: December 28, 2007 Post: Beirut Action Officer: Naaman Tayyar, Senior Commercial Specialist Country: Lebanon Company: Fisher Labs Inc. Company Headquarters (state, zip code): North Haven, CT 06473 Issue/project: Agency Agreement between the U.S. firm Fisher Labs Inc. and the Lebanese fi [...]	2008-02-29 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ECON EINV FIN LE
08BEIRUT318	LEBANON: SINIORA MAKES STATEMENT ON USN SHIP [...] (S) Summary: PM Fouad Siniora asked to meet with Charge Sison at the Grand Serail at 1330 on February 29 to discuss media reports concerning the presence of the USS Cole in international waters off Lebanon. Siniora neither criticized nor blessed the presence of the Cole. His focus was what [...]	2008-02-29 17:44:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	MOPS PGOV PREL IS SY LE
08BEIRUT330	LEBANON: EPCA EXTENSION, DELICATE BANKING BALANCE [...] (C) U.S. Treasury DAS Andrew Baukol's visit to Beirut on February 25 was dominated by two recurring themes: the expired IMF Emergency Post Conflict Agreement (EPCA) must be replaced, and the normally robust Lebanese banking system might be more sensitive to increased security risks than politi [...]	2008-03-04 14:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PGOV PREL PTER LE
08BEIRUT333	LEBANON: 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Summary: In 2007, the Government of Lebanon (GOL) made some important advances in the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR). Progress, however, was hindered by continued political instability, the absence of a functioning parliament that could approve new IPR legislation and the d [...]	2008-03-05 07:24:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON PGOV 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
08BEIRUT46	LEBANON: ACTING FM MITRI ON IRAQI REFUGEES, [...] (C) DCM and Poloff met Acting FM Mitri to deliver U.S. demarches on Iraqi refugees (ref a) and fundraising for the Special Tribunal (ref b) and discuss the January 5-6 Arab League meeting in Cairo which he attended. Regarding the status of Iraqis detained in Lebanese jails, Mitri said the GOL [...]	2008-01-11 16:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ LE PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
08BEIRUT520	LEBANON: ON CIVIL WAR ANNIVERSARY, CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) April 13 marked the 33rd anniversary of the outbreak of the 1975-1990 Lebanese civil war and a number of civil society organizations marked the occasion with public events. Commemorative events have been held in the past, but this year's events are drawing more participants and public a [...]	2008-04-16 14:45:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PHUM PGOV SY IS LE
08BEIRUT564	LEBANON: AZOUR WORKING WITH IMF ON BENCHMARKS [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Azour and his team will be developing benchmarks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the new Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance (EPCA) program during the IMF staff visit to Beirut the week of April 28. Based on PM Siniora's objectives, Azour will also [...]	2008-04-24 07:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV EFIN ELAB LE
08BEIRUT730	BEIRUT EAC MEETING OF MAY 20, 2008 [...] (SBU/NF) At 1645 hours on May 20, 2008, CDA convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC). Present were A/DCM, CON, DAO, LEGATT, MGMT, PD, Special Assistant, RAO and RSO. Embassy has met all of the initial reverse tripwires for standing down Embassy Beirut Logistical Support Mis [...]	2008-05-20 19:00:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
08BEIRUT860	LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTRY SHARES POSSIBLE [...] (C) Discussions between the GOL and the International Monetary Fund on possible new benchmarks are proceeding slowly. The Ministry of Finance has submitted to us a list of possible triggers for disbursement of U.S. assistance, some of which are already complete. The list does not include one [...]	2008-06-06 18:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV EAIR EFIN ELAB LE
08BEIRUT895	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CONFIDENT MARCH 14 WILL [...] (C) Parliamentary Majority leader Saad Hariri stated with confidence on June 13 that President Michel Sleiman would appoint acceptable candidates to the Defense and Interior Ministries, that March 14 would retain the Finance and Justice Ministries, and that the opposition would choose the Fore [...]	2008-06-13 18:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT918	LEBANON: DEPOSED TYRE SHIA MUFTI PROPOSES FORMING [...] (C) On June 19, Charge and visiting S/P advisor met deposed Shia Mufti of Tyre Sayyed Ali al-Amin, who remains in Beirut after Hizballah drove him out of his position during the May clashes. Al-Amin described the lack of support from Iraqi Shia, whom he describes as afraid to confront Iranian [...]	2008-06-20 18:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER EAID PINR IQ IR 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
08BEIRUT959	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI REFUTES SAUDI ARMING OF [...] (C) Majority leader Saad Hariri reassured the Charge on July 1 that neither his Future Party nor the Saudis are arming the Sunni Salafists, who are fighting the Alawites in northern Lebanon, as has been rumored (Ref A). The fighting in the north could continue for months to obstruct the spring [...]	2008-07-02 12:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KPAL SY SA LY AG LE
08BEIRUT96	LEBANON: SINIORA URGES PRESSURE ON SYRIANS, [...] (S) In the Ambassador's January 22 farewell call, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora shared concerns that Hizballah may be planning some sort of action against Israel as a way to improve its image domestically and within the Arab League. Siniora also asked the Ambassador to carry two messages back t [...]	2008-01-23 11:26:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
08BEIRUT975	LEBANON: PATIENT SINIORA WANTS ACTION FROM [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 15:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR EAID UNSC KPAL IS LE
08BEIRUT996	LEBANON: DETERMINED UNIIIC COMMISSIONER MAKING [...] (S) UNIIIC Commissioner Daniel Bellemare told emboffs on July 9 that he sees no wavering of French support for UNIIIC and the Special Tribunal, asked for USG support in the Special Tribunal Management Committee and positive USG responses to his requests for assistance. Ever the careful prose [...]	2008-07-09 16:00:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER UNSC FR GB LE
08BELGRADE1072	SERBIA: FORMER RADICAL NIKOLIC FORMS PROGRESSIVE PARTY [...] (SBU) Former Radical and Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) leader Tomislav Nikolic gave his first press conference on October 8 outlining SNS principles, which include engaging countries that recognize Kosovo independence. The SNS is steadily gaining support among the rank-and-file of the Serbia [...]	2008-10-16 16:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SR
08BELGRADE1100	SERBIA AND THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT - [...] One year after Serbia ratified the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) Serbian trade with its regional partners is expanding, but Serbian integration into a regional market is still far from a reality. CEFTA's founders envisaged the elimination of all trade barriers and the formatio [...]	2008-10-23 13:29:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR
08BELGRADE1108	SERBIA: EX-RADICALS TOUT OPENNESS AND CHANGE AT FOUNDING [...] (SBU) At the founding congress of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS),newly elected president Tomislav Nikolic and his deputy Aleksandar Vucic emphasized themes of open dialogue and change in tackling Serbia's political challenges. Seeking to appear moderate and to distance themselves from t [...]	2008-10-24 13:19:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SR
08BELGRADE1139	Serbia: 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 14:05:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SR
08BELGRADE1148	SERBIA'S SANDZAK: WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES [...] (SBU) Though still facing significant economic and political challenges, Novi Pazar, the largest predominantly Muslim city in Serbia, is no longer the potential tinderbox that it was just a year ago. May's election of a democratically oriented - though inexperienced - mayor, and the subsequent [...]	2008-11-06 08:00:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EINV SR
08BELGRADE1189	SERBIA: NEW CONFIGURATIONS ON THE SERBIAN RIGHT [...] (C) The aftermath of the September split in the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) has ushered in a period of realignment on the Serbian right as parties struggle to define themselves as alternatives to President Tadic,s dominant Democratic Party (DS) coalition. While ex-Radical Tomislav Nikolic,s Se [...]	2008-11-19 11:52:00	Embassy Belgrade	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV SR
08BELGRADE1226	SERBIA: STILL NO GRAND ECONOMIC STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Serbia has so far escaped the worst of the initial effects of the global financial crisis. The economy is slowing and the government faces a difficult 2009 with declining revenues, a sharp slowdown in economic growth, increasing spending demands from the diverse government coalition and [...]	2008-12-01 06:57:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR
08BELGRADE1262	SERBIA: GOVERNMENT ADOPTS 2009 BUDGET DRAFT [...] On Saturday, December 6, the Serbian government adopted its 2009 budget proposal and forwarded it to the Parliament after delays due to disputes among ministers over resources. The government managed to meet the IMF deadline - the December 19 IMF Board vote on the Stand-By Arrangement with Se [...]	2008-12-09 15:26:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR
08BELGRADE1270	SERBIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE DECEMBER 19-20 VISIT OF [...] (SBU) Your visit to Serbia comes as we are rebuilding high-level contacts with a new, pro-European Serbian government in the wake of Kosovo's declaration of independence. The recent agreement in the UN Security Council on the deployment of the European Union's Rule of Law mission was a crucia [...]	2008-12-10 14:50:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON MARR SR
08BELGRADE136	SERBIA: REELECTED PRESIDENT TADIC [...] (U) Serbian President Boris Tadic won reelection, February 3, edging out his Radical Party opponent, Tomislav Nikolic thanks to a large last-minute turnout. Tadic cast the election as a referendum for European integration, economic recovery, and political reform, and a majority of the voters [...]	2008-02-04 13:16:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SR
08BELGRADE142	SERBIA: GOVERNMENT TEETERS AT PROSPECT OF EU ROLE IN [...] (SBU) The EU invitation to Serbia to sign an interim political agreement with EU member states has brought to the forefront the division between newly re-elected President Tadic and his coalition partner Prime Minister Kostunica over Europe, and threatens to bring down the government. The pro [...]	2008-02-05 11:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EUN SR XG
08BELGRADE148	MECHANISMS FOR THE FALL OF GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The anticipated fall of the government of Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica's and rise of a successor could follow different trajectories. Possible scenarios include the resignation of PM Kostunica, a parliamentary vote of no confidence in the government, and a government recommendation [...]	2008-02-07 16:46:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EUN SR XG
08BELGRADE171	SERBIA ON THE EVE OF KOSOVO'S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Serbia's leaders and activists are preparing for Kosovo's imminent declaration of independence and the European Union's decision to deploy a mission to Kosovo. Ruling parties plan to convene parliament to oppose both moves, while nationalist groups have announced protests calling an EU [...]	2008-02-14 06:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08BELGRADE206	SERBIA: PM CALLS TO DISSOLVE PARLIAMENT; NEW ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica recommended on March 8 to dissolve parliament and for new parliamentary elections be held. He said this was the best solution for ending the ongoing government gridlock over Serbia's Kosovo policy and its path to Europe. President Tadic said he would a [...]	2008-03-10 11:25:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PBTS KPAO KV XG SR
08BELGRADE222	ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING REPORT IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR [...] OVERVIEW ----------- A. Serbia is a country of origin, transit, and a destination for internationally trafficked men, women, and children. The Agency for the Coordination of Protection of Victims of Trafficking recorded 60 TIP victims. Of these, there were 51 females and 9 males; 26 [...]	2008-03-11 15:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF PREL PGOV ELAB SR
08BELGRADE224	ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING REPORT IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR [...] OVERVIEW ----------- A. Serbia is a country of origin, transit, and a destination for internationally trafficked men, women, and children. The Agency for the Coordination of Protection of Victims of Trafficking recorded 60 TIP victims. Of these, there were 51 females and 9 males; 26 [...]	2008-03-11 15:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF PREL PGOV ELAB SR
08BELGRADE279	SERBIA: LORD, HOW THIS SANDZAK IS GIVEN TO LYING [...] (SBU) The ethnically-Muslim region of Sandzak remains a tense volatile area, prone to sporadic violence as a result of a feud between two rival Islamic associations. The May 11 parliamentary and local elections in Sandzak provide both an opportunity to vote out a particularly distasteful loca [...]	2008-03-24 17:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE412	SERBIA: ICTY PROSECUTOR CALLS FOR ARREST OF REMAINING [...] (SBU) The Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz urged Serbian authorities to increase cooperation with the Court and, in particular, to arrest the four remaining Serb fugitives. Serbian officials used Brammertz's first visit to Belgrade to underscore their anger with the Tribunal's [...]	2008-04-22 14:42:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SR
08BELGRADE450	SERBIA: DEMOCRATS AND RADICALS STILL NECK AND NECK [...] (SBU) Serbia's radical and democratic parties are still running neck-and-neck toward the May 11 parliamentary elections. Despite tabloid press reports showing the democratic coalition with a small lead over the Radicals, more accurate polling data shows the Radicals maintaining its slight le [...]	2008-05-07 08:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KV SR
08BELGRADE50	SERBIAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS [...] (SBU) Upcoming Serbian presidential elections pit the incumbent President Boris Tadic against Radical Party Tomislav Nikolic in a race that Tadic will likely win in the second round of voting. The Radicals are running an effective campaign, however, presenting a kinder, gentler message that m [...]	2008-01-11 15:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08BELGRADE577	SERBIA: WAR CRIMES FUGITIVE ZUPLJANIN ARRESTED [...] (SBU) Serbian authorities arrested Stojan Zupljanin, one of four remaining ICTY fugitives (PIFWC),on June 11 in a Belgrade suburb. His arrest was based on a tip from Serbian Intelligence Services (BIA) and carried out by officers of the Special War Crimes Prosecutors Office with participation [...]	2008-06-12 08:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SR KV
08BELGRADE662	SERBIA: TRIAL OF ALLEGED MUSLIM TERRORISTS CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Serbia's first domestic terrorism trial, in which the defendants are accused of planning attacks in Belgrade on sites including the U.S. Embassy, continues to work its way slowly through the judicial system. The case crept forward during two recent trial sessions and is scheduled to res [...]	2008-07-03 10:39:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL KV SR
08BELGRADE745	SERBIA: KEY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS FORMED, BELGRADE STILL [...] (SBU) After more than two months of negotiations, many key municipalities in Serbia have now formed their new local governments. Many local coalition agreements were dependent on the formation of the national coalition government, which took place July 7. Only in Central Serbia and Vojvodina [...]	2008-07-24 19:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EINV SR
08BELGRADE875	SERBIA: KOSOVO MINISTRY MEETS WITH UNMIK REP, SERBIAN [...] (SBU) Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic and UNMIK Deputy Head Nicholas Haysom on August 25 discussed the return of ethnic Serbs to judicial bodies in northern Kosovo and to the Kosovo Police Service (KPS),the third UNMIK-GOS meeting in the past six weeks. Bogdanovic reiterated tra [...]	2008-08-28 05:25:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SR KV
08BELGRADE987	SERBIA: VICE CONSUL ARRESTED IN KOVACEVIC CASE; KOVACEVIC [...] (SBU) Serbian authorities arrested former Vice Consul Igor Milosevic on September 2 and are investigating him for misuse of authority for issuing a travel document to former University of Binghamton basketball player Miladin Kovacevic, who is accused in New York of first-degree assault and fir [...]	2008-09-19 15:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN PREL PGOV ODIP EAID SR
08BELMOPAN109	BELIZE: NEW GOVERNMENT REQUESTS LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) During the Ambassador's initial meeting with Prime Minister Dean Barrow (reported septel),the PM made a pitch for wireless intercept equipment for the Police Special Branch. He said that the capability was essential to anti-drug and anti-gang efforts in Belize. In response we noted th [...]	2008-02-21 22:24:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR SOCI PINR ASEC BH
08BELMOPAN148	BELIZE - EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 20:18:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BH
08BELMOPAN342	POSITIVE SIGNS AFTER FIVE MONTHS IN OFFICE? [...] (SBU) The GOB released the national budget on July 14, addressing several of the 21 pledges made in the pre-election United Democratic Party (UDP) manifesto. At first glance, the GOB has demonstrated some measurable progress compared to their manifesto and the public remains cautiously optimis [...]	2008-07-24 20:54:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BH
08BELMOPAN57	BELIZE: SENATE REFERENDUM ADDS CONFUSION TO CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In addition to the national election on February 7, Belizeans will be asked to vote on whether they favor an elected Senate to replace the current appointed body. The government added the referendum to the general election ballot with no warning, in effect allowing only the 30 [...]	2008-02-01 21:36:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BH
08BERLIN1000	(S) NONPAPER DELIVERED TO GERMANY REGARDING ICS [...] (S) On July 21, Global Affairs officer delivered reftel nonpaper to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker. Wacker expressed appreciation for the reftel information and said German authorities have since halted their legal proceedings against Andreas Schneider, of ICS [...]	2008-07-23 16:17:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR AEC GM
08BERLIN1117	(C) NSG CHAIRMAN EXPECTS PUSHBACK ON INDIA [...] (C) Summary: At an August 13 meeting with EMIN and Econoff, Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Chairman Viktor Elbling, along with staff advisors Goetz Lingenthal and Joerg Polster, stressed support for an NSG exception for India and agreed with the USG on the need to press for a consensus at the [...]	2008-08-13 21:29:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IAEA KNNP ENRG ETTD IN GM
08BERLIN1120	(C) NSG CHAIRMAN EXPECTS PUSHBACK ON INDIA [...] (C) Summary: At an August 13 meeting with EMIN and Econoff, Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Chairman Viktor Elbling and staff stressed support for an NSG exception for India and agreed with the USG on the need to press for a consensus at the upcoming Extraordinary NSG Plenary in Vienna on Augus [...]	2008-08-14 10:23:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IAEA KNNP ENRG ETTC IN GM
08BERLIN1176	GERMANY CAREFULLY WATCHING RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Summary: PolOff met with MFA Division Head for Russia and Ukraine Ernst Reichel to discuss the Russian troop withdrawal from Georgia on August 22. Reichel emphasized that Russia's actions over the next day are vital for mitigating damage to its relations and reputation. Although confusi [...]	2008-08-22 16:38:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU
08BERLIN1187	GERMANY REACTS STRONGLY TO RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: German officials reacted strongly to Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia August 26. See para 7 for the full text of a German government statement on the matter. During a visit to Estonia today, Chancellor Merkel said the recognition was "absolutely unacceptable" [...]	2008-08-26 16:16:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU
08BERLIN1204	NATO SOFA STATUS FOR NON-DOD USG CIVILIANS AT U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In its most recent correspondence with the Embassy, the German Foreign Office retreats from some of its previous unhelpful positions, but continues to contend that only DOD USG civilian employees or dual-appointed non-DOD USG civi [...]	2008-08-29 12:10:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO AMGT APER GM XA
08BERLIN1210	(S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MALAYSIAN FIRM SUPPLYING [...] (S) On August 25, EconOff delivered reftel nonpaper to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Volker Herzog. Herzog thanked the USG for the reftel information and promised to pass this information to the appropriate German export control authorities. Upon examining the nonpaper, He [...]	2008-08-29 15:17:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR ML SN GM
08BERLIN1330	BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK: LICENSE [...] (SBU) REF A requested Embassy assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-050104085 for export of a U.S.-origin piezoresistive accelerometer (Endevco Model 7270A-200K) to the Fraunhofer Ernst-Mach-Institute (EMI) in Freiburg, Germany. The reason for this end-use check is that [...]	2008-09-25 15:21:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DA ETTC KOMC GM
08BERLIN135	(S) GERMAN REQUEST - IRANIAN MISSILE PROGRAM'S [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker and MFA Export Control Division Deputy Office Director Markus Klinger provided Global Affairs Officers January 25 with a German-language nonpaper in response [...]	2008-02-04 15:06:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE KSCA GM IR AE
08BERLIN1386	GERMAN VIEWS ON THE OCTOBER 13 EU GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy European Correspondent Thomas Schieb October 9 and followed up with him October 10 to get his reactions. Schieb noted that the GAERC will not only issue its own conclusions, but help prepare those to be released by the October 15-16 Eur [...]	2008-10-10 16:52:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV GG RS ZI UZ BO MD
08BERLIN1412	GERMAN SUPPORT FOR ELECTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to MFA Office Director for Afghanistan Affairs Ruediger Koenig October 17, emphasizing the importance of holding the 2009 elections on schedule and encouraging Germany to make a significant contribution so that the process is fully funded. Koenig agreed that s [...]	2008-10-17 16:21:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL AF GM
08BERLIN1421	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON BLUE LANTERN END USE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 5. 2. (SBU) The director of the Fraunhofer Ernst-Mach-Institute (EMI) recently provided additional information and supporting documentation that adequately addresses all questions posed in Blue Lantern post-shipment end-user license check 056 [...]	2008-10-20 16:26:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DA ETTC KOMC GM
08BERLIN1515	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. Elections, Russia, EU [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Outcome of U.S. Elections 3. (Russia) Medvedev Address 4. (EU) Accession Report Â [...]	2008-11-06 11:51:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN1546	GERMAN CONCERNS ABOUT THE TIMING OF THE AFGHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The German MFA is concerned that if the Afghans decide at this late date to bring forward next year's presidential election, and hold it in April, May or June, rather than in September, as previously agreed, ISAF and the international community might have difficulty providing the [...]	2008-11-17 10:47:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER SNAR AF FR GM
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
08BERLIN195	(S) FURTHER SCHEMING BY GERMAN FIRM TO EXPORT TEST [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) On February 15, Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker. Per ref B, Global Affairs officer requested that Wacker not pass the nonpaper to the German interagency [...]	2008-02-15 17:35:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR
08BERLIN22	KEY ELECTIONS MAY REVEAL DIRECTION OF GERMANY [...] (C) Summary: Germany is now gearing up for three state-level elections in January and February that will be seen as a barometer for political trends in advance of the 2009 national elections. At a time when the national Grand Coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social D [...]	2008-01-07 17:02:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN247	MUNICH SATELLITE NAVIGATION SUMMIT: IS GALILEO [...] (C) The 6th Annual Munich Satellite and Navigation Summit, held February 19-21, 2008, focused largely on the Galileo program's future. Though prospects have improved from a year ago, the program still faces significant challenges, including: an aggressive schedule for a fully operational an [...]	2008-02-28 17:10:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA EUN FR GM
08BERLIN256	GERMANY - 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The following is Mission Germany's submission for the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The entire report should be treated as sensitive but unclassified. Mission point of contact is Craig Conway SIPDIS (email: conwaycm@state.gov; tel: 49-30-8305-2127). 2. (SBU) [...]	2008-03-03 08:58:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV GM
08BERLIN302	NSG/INDIA - GERMAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ISN/NESS Director Richard Stratford and DOE/NNSA Director for International Regimes and Agreements Richard Goorevich visited Berlin March 7 to discuss Germany's plans for its upcoming presidency of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and the May 19-23 Berlin Plenary. Discussion foc [...]	2008-03-10 17:13:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP KTIA PGOV PARM PREL IN GM
08BERLIN315	BLUE LANTERN: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Ref A requested Embassy assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-050080456 for export of unclassified pizoresistive accelerometers to IABG mbH in SIPDIS Lichtenau, Germany. Ref requested that post contact the foreign end user and confirm receipt of the item, exact [...]	2008-03-12 16:49:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC SZ GM
08BERLIN327	CONTINUED GERMAN SUPPORT ON SERBIA AND KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: Since Kosovo declared independence February 17, Germany has pressed Serb government leaders both publicly and privately to tone down the negative rhetoric and prevent violence, while privately urging "reasonable" Serbs to focus on European integration. It has also actively encoura [...]	2008-03-14 08:00:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GM KV
08BERLIN358	GERMANY: STILL NOT ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT MISSILE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senior German officials told visiting MDA Director Lt. Gen. Obering that at the upcoming Bucharest Summit, Germany can support tasking NATO authorities to develop options for how the Alliance might provide MD for NATO territory not covered by the planned U.S. European-based MD sy [...]	2008-03-20 12:48:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO GM
08BERLIN372	(S) MESSAGE DELIVERED - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-25 15:45:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR AE GM
08BERLIN494	EDUCATION AND RESEARCH MINISTRY SHOWCASES GERMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: There are four major scientific research institutes in Germany, each with tens of affiliated research centers. The institutes are entirely funded by the German federal and individual state governments. The German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) sponsored a two-day [...]	2008-04-18 17:21:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO TNGD TPHY TRGY TSPL SENV ENRG PREL GM
08BERLIN511	(S) NONPAPER DELIVERED: CLARIFICATION ON IRANIAN [...] (S) On April 21, Global Affairs officer delivered ref A information sheet to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker. Wacker expressed appreciation for the ref A information and said this information will help clarify the identity of the Iranian end-user and which Irani [...]	2008-04-24 06:27:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR GM
08BERLIN558	BERLIN: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR FUEL [...] (SBU) Originally intended as a venue for formally rolling out German Foreign Minister Steinmeier's proposal to establish a new IAEA-run uranium enrichment facility, the scaled-back "International Conference on Nuclear Fuel Supply: Challenges and Opportunities," hosted by Germany, the Netherlan [...]	2008-04-30 13:51:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM AORC IAEA KNPP ENRG GM
08BERLIN629	MERKEL'S LATIN AMERICA TRIP HIGHLIGHTS DIVIDE...OR [...] (C) Summary: Chancellor Merkel's four-country tour of Latin America got unexpected media attention after Hugo Chavez compared the Chancellor's CDU to the Nazi party. Reflecting their differences in other areas, the CDU and Social Democratic Party (SPD) are promoting different approaches to Lat [...]	2008-05-13 18:44:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CU XM GM
08BERLIN643	(S) GERMANY REQUESTS INFORMATION CONCERNING IRANIAN PROCUREMENT OF ICS-SCHNEIDER TEST CHAMBER [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 10:14:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM ETTC GM IR KSCA MTCRE PREL
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
08BERLIN796	FINANCE MINISTRY VIEWS ON EUROPEAN-IRANIAN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A German Finance Ministry official confirmed that the Hamburg-based, Iranian-owned European-Iranian Commercial Bank (EIHB) had recently opened a branch in Tehran. The German Government cannot prevent German banks from establishing foreign branches, but can intervene if the br [...]	2008-06-17 06:55:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ECON KNNP PARM PGOV PREL MNUC IR GM
08BERLIN898	(C) GERMANY PLANNING TO PRESENT PAPERS ON IRAN AND [...] (C) On June 26, Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck. Reck said Germany is planning to present three papers on the following topics: Iranian procurement networks; a case study on a five-axis laser machining center for t [...]	2008-07-08 15:49:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA AU IR KN
08BERLIN942	GERMANY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IAEA-INDIA SAFEGUARDS [...] (C) On July 15, Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche to German MFA Desk Officer for International Energy and Nuclear Energy Policy Joerg Polster regarding rallying support for the India-International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards agreement. Polster said that although he [...]	2008-07-16 16:41:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IAEA KNNP ENRG ETTC IN GM
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
08BERN127	ACUTRONIC: GOS RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REGARDING [...] (S) On March 5, Othmar Wyss, Director of the Export Controls and Sanctions Division of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO),provided poloff the SIPDIS GOS response, in the form of a non-paper, to our query regarding Swiss firm Acutronic (reftels). According to the non-p [...]	2008-03-07 18:42:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	PARM MTCRE ETTC IR CH SZ
08BERN179	TIP - SWITZERLAND: Supplement [...] (U) The Federal Office of Police has adjusted its organization and hired new staff to step up the fight against trafficking in persons and child sexual abuse. At the operational level, the former investigative unit "Pedophilia-Human Trafficking-Migrant Smuggling" in July 2007 was split up int [...]	2008-04-17 14:56:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB SZ
08BERN375	(S) SWISS FIRM'S DISCUSSIONS WITH UAE FIRM ON SALE [...] (S) Embassy presented reftel points on July 30 to Juergen Boehler, acting director for export control policy of the Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs. Boehler promised that the Swiss Government would look into the matter carefully. Boehler stated that the Swiss Company Liechti is a sma [...]	2008-07-30 11:51:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	SZ IR PARM PREL MNUC ETTC
08BISHKEK1023	KYRGYZSTAN FRAUD SUMMARY MARCH - AUGUST 2008 [...] Country Conditions: Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic of five million people, is a country in transition, struggling with the aftereffects of years of communist misrule and its recent autocratic regime. Corruption pervades almost all aspects of life and business in the Kyrgyz Republic. E [...]	2008-10-07 01:51:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG
08BISHKEK1026	KYRGYZSTAN FRAUD SUMMARY MARCH - AUGUST 2008 [...] Country Conditions: Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic of five million people, is a country in transition, struggling with the aftereffects of years of communist misrule and its recent autocratic regime. Corruption pervades almost all aspects of life and business in the Kyrgyz Republic. E [...]	2008-10-07 05:21:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG
08BISHKEK1186	RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA SCORES POINTS AT KYRGYZ STUDENT [...] (C) A conference on U.S. policy in Central Asia showed the success of Russian mass media domination in convincing Kyrgyz students that Russia is their friend and savior, and America only wants to weaken and exploit them. The conference was organized on November 13 by President Boris Yeltsin Ky [...]	2008-11-26 05:09:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL SCUL KG
08BISHKEK211	KYRGYZSTAN 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Following is Embassy Bishkek's 2008 Trafficking in Persons report. The report follows the response format outlined in reftel. U.S. Embassy Bishkek trafficking point of contact: Valerie J. Chittenden, Consul Tel: (996-312) 551-241 x 4441 Fax: (996-312) 551-264 Email: ChittendenVJ@stat [...]	2008-02-29 11:38:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC 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
08BISHKEK386	EMBASSY CAUTIONS AGAINST OPIC ROLE IN KYRGYZ BANK [...] (C) Summary: Asia Universal Bank (AUB) is seeking $10 million in Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) financing to expand its retail lending activities in the Kyrgyz Republic. AUB's request comes as AUB claims to be implementing anti-money laundering (AML) procedures, following it [...]	2008-04-18 10:48:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET	EFIN ECON PGOV KG
08BISHKEK555	KYRGYZSTAN'S PROJECT FOR JULIA V. TAFT FUND FOR [...] Embassy Bishkek requests from PRM $8,000 under the Julia V. Taft Fund for Refugees FY 2008 to purchase furniture, toys, and medical equipment for Bishkek's refugee reception center. BACKGROUND ---------- 2. In 2006-2007, the UNHCR office in Bishkek implemented a project, co-funded by [...]	2008-05-30 10:45:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID KG
08BISHKEK948	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH KYRGYZ MINISTER OF EDUCATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 12, the Ambassador met with Kyrgyz Minister of Education Boldjurova. Boldjurova expressed pride in the steps made over the years to improve the level of education in Kyrgyzstan, but acknowledged that there should be a renewed focus on improving teacher quality. Th [...]	2008-09-19 07:10:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KPAO KG
08BOGOTA1072	SUPREME COURT REOPENS 1987 MURDER CASE AGAINST [...] Summary: On March 6, the Supreme Court ordered the reopening of the investigation of a retired general and two officers for the 1987 massacre of 19 businessmen in Magdalena. New testimony from demobilized paramilitaries in the Justice and Peace process, as well as a ruling by the Inter-Ameri [...]	2008-03-19 13:01:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO

08BOGOTA1281	SANTOS DEFENDS REYES OPERATION IN CONGRESS [...] Summary: On April 2, Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos testified to the House Plenary Commission in Congress on the Raul Reyes' operation and relations with Ecuador following the attack. Santos, along with Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo, reviewed GOC efforts to work with the Ecuadori [...]	2008-04-08 11:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR CO
08BOGOTA1282	NEW ARRESTS IN 2005 SAN JOSE DE APARTADO MASSACRE [...] On March 14, the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) ordered the capture of 15 members of the Velez Battalion of the Army's 17th Brigade in connection to the February 21, 2005 massacre of eight people, including three children, connected to the San Jose de Apartado peace community. Thirteen [...]	2008-04-08 11:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA1517	URIBE-SUPREME COURT TENSIONS RISE OVER [...] (C) Preliminary investigations by the Supreme Court of Senate President Nancy Patricia Gutierrez and U Party President Senator Carlos Garcia for alleged paramilitary ties led President Uribe to call on April 17 for "objectivity" in the Court. Uribe voiced "total support" for the judiciary, b [...]	2008-04-23 21:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PHUM PREF PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA1535	URIBE REBUTS QUESTIONABLE ARO MASSACRE TESTIMONY [...] President Alvaro Uribe told the media on April 23 that testimony by convicted criminal Francisco Villalba that Uribe was involved in the 1997 paramilitary El Aro massacre was not credible and invented to obtain judicial benefits. On October 22, 1997, 15 people in Ituango, Antioquia were massa [...]	2008-04-24 19:45:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PHUM PTER CO
08BOGOTA1593	ARRESTS IN URABA TACKLE FORMER PARAMILITARIES BUT [...] (C) The Colombian National Police (CNP) recently arrested a local Mayor--as well as a key businessman--for alleged paramilitary ties, but violence continues to plague the Uraba region in the northern part of Antioquia (reftel). Local San Jose de Apartado community leader Cesar Jaramillo fled U [...]	2008-04-30 19:35:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA1611	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S VISIT TO MEDELLIN, ANTIOQUIA ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Ambassador traveled on April 15 to Medellin to open a three-day workshop on protecting cultural patrimony from looting and illicit trafficking, pay an office call on the Mayor of Medellin, speak with Martin Luther King (MLK) Fellows at a Binational Center, address the status [...]	2008-05-02 13:28:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID PHUM EINV ETRD PTER PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA1697	ARREST OF COLONEL HERNAN MEJIA CONTINUES [...] Colonel Hernan Mejia, former commander of the La Popa Battalion, was arrested on May 6 on charges of criminal conspiracy for colluding with paramilitary leader Rodrigo Tovar Pupo (Jorge 40) and committing murder. Mejia surrendered to authorities and publicly denied the charges. The Prosecutor [...]	2008-05-08 16:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO
08BOGOTA1705	EX-CONGRESSWOMAN ACCUSES GOC OF BRIBERY IN URIBE'S [...] (C) Former Representative Yidis Medina plead guilty to charges that the GOC bribed her to approve the constitutional change that allowed President Uribe's first reelection. She accused Social Protection Minister Palacio, Prosecutor General Iguaran, and former Interior Minister Pretelt of prov [...]	2008-05-08 22:48:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA1713	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S VISIT TO ARAUCA, APRIL 29, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled on April 29 to the oil-producing and historically conflict-plagued Department of Arauca (along the Venezuelan border) to meet with local political, security, and civil society representatives as well as to visit Occidental Petroleum's (Oxy) major production [...]	2008-05-09 17:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EAID PGOV PREL CO
08BOGOTA1764	COLOMBIA EXTRADITES 14 EX-PARA LEADERS TO THE U.S. [...] (U) The GOC extradited 14 ex-paramilitary leaders, including Salvatore Mancuso, Diego Murillo, and Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, on May 13 to the United States to face narcotrafficking and money laundering charges. President Uribe said he extradited the fourteen due to due to their continued involvemen [...]	2008-05-13 22:37:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA1920	UNHCR AND GOC AGRICULTURE MINISTER SIGN IDP LAND [...] The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) signed an agreement on April 7 with the GOC's Agriculture Ministry to implement joint projects to protect and restore land rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs). UNHCR believes the new accord complements previous agreements to a [...]	2008-05-21 22:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL CO
08BOGOTA1951	PROSECUTOR GENERAL MAKES PROGRESS ON SAN JOSE DE [...] (U) On May 17, local media reported that Army Captain Guillermo Gordillo of the 17th Brigade had confessed to participating in the February 21, 2005 murder of eight civilians near San Jose de Apartado. Gordillo claimed that the Brigade's commander and other senior officers "must have known" a [...]	2008-05-23 23:40:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA2089	SENATOR PIEDAD CORDOBA'S COMMENTS INCREASINGLY [...] Liberal Party Senator Piedad Cordoba publicly praised the efforts of deceased FARC founder Pedro Marin in a June 3 public address and again in an exclusive interview published on June 8. Cordoba called the Uribe administration a "puppet government" and called the Ambassador a "reptile." She [...]	2008-06-10 17:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER CO
08BOGOTA2166	AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 11 MEETING WITH HOSTAGES AND [...] (C) Free Country Foundation (Pais Libre) Executive Director Olga Lucia Golez Cardona told the Ambassador on June 11 her human rights group seeks more resources and support for kidnapped victims and their families. She voiced concern that the extradition of former United Self-Defense Forces of [...]	2008-06-16 23:24:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM CASC FR CU CO VZ
08BOGOTA2178	URIBE THIRD TERM ISSUE DOMINATES REFORM EFFORT, [...] (C) Key presidential advisors told us President Uribe has not decided whether to seek a third term, but agreed he would have to make his intentions clear in the second half of 2008. Several GOC coalition and opposition leaders plan to run in 2010, including Cambio Radical leader German Vargas [...]	2008-06-17 19:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA2200	AFRO-COLOMBIAN AND INDIGENOUS EARMARK - INITIAL PLAN FOR [...] (U) Summary. A congressional soft earmark was listed in FY08 legislation directing the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Colombia to implement economic development activities in Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities. After extensive consultations with the GOC, US [...]	2008-06-19 16:36:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID EAGR PTER SNAR CO
08BOGOTA2373	URIBE CALLS FOR NEW ELECTIONS AFTER COURT [...] (SBU) President Uribe addressed the nation at midnight on June 27, calling for the "repetition of the 2006 presidential elections." His speech was prompted by the Supreme Court's request--in its ruling sentencing former Congresswoman Yidis Medina to 47 months of house arrest for selling her vo [...]	2008-06-27 23:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA244	COLOMBIA MAKES MAJOR ADVANCES ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] In 2007, Colombia made significant progress in implementing the Justice and Peace Law (JPL),exposing and punishing politicians tied to paramilitaries, and resolving longstanding human rights cases. Twenty-five paramilitary leaders remained in jail. JPL testimony helped clarify 3000 crimes, in [...]	2008-01-17 22:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL PTER KJUS CO
08BOGOTA2506	GOC ANNOUNCES END OF MEDIATORS, SEEKS DIRECT \ [...] (C) Summary: On July 8, President Uribe formally \ notified the European Ambassadors that he was terminating \ European facilitation efforts with the FARC, emphasizing that \ the decision reflected GOC concerns with facilitators Jean \ Pierre Gontard and Noel Saez rather than \ government-to-gove [...]	2008-07-11 22:33:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO PTER PREL PREF FR SP SZ
08BOGOTA2782	JULY HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE: NATIONAL MURDER RATES [...] GOC statistics show 8030 homicides occurred nationwide from January to June, down from 8903 during the same period in 2007. Kidnappings fell from 281 during the first semester of 2007 to 242 during the same period in 2008. The National Unionist College reports 32 union members have been kille [...]	2008-07-31 16:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KJUS PGOV PHUM ELAB SMIG CO
08BOGOTA2855	U.S.-COLOMBIA LAUNCHES STRATEGIC POLICY DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: On July 23, Dr. David F. Gordon, the State Department's Director of the Office of Policy Planning (S/P),led the first Policy Planning talks with the GOC. The talks were carried out under the March 2007 U.S.-Colombian strategic framework agreement. The meetings in Bogota with FM [...]	2008-08-04 18:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO PINS SOCI SNAR PTER ETRD
08BOGOTA2901	EXTRADITION OF EVER VELOZA (HH) UNDER SCRUTINY FOR [...] (C) On July 31, the Supreme Court approved the extradition of former paramilitary leader Ever Veloza, but included qualifying language linking his extradition to fulfillment of his Justice and Peace Law (JPL) obligations. Veloza has so far acknowledged his complicity in over 3000 murders. Hu [...]	2008-08-06 20:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA3007	NO END IN SIGHT TO URIBE-SUPREME COURT POWER [...] (C) President Uribe used a statement by Senator Nancy Patricia Gutierrez accusing Auxiliary Supreme Court Magistrate Ivan Velasquez of irregularities in his para-political investigations, to slam the Supreme Court for "judicialclientalism" and nepotism. Uribe urged Congress to proceed with ju [...]	2008-08-15 17:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3018	EXTRADITION OF EVER VELOZA (HH) POSTPONED [...] (U) On August 13, the Ministry of Interior and Justice announced it would postpone the extradition of former paramilitary Ever Veloza (aka HH) for at least six months to allow further testimony of his crimes under the Justice and Peace Law (JPL). Human rights groups and victims organizations [...]	2008-08-18 14:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA3070	ARMY CAPTAIN IMPLICATES GENERAL FANDINO IN SAN [...] General Hector Fandino, former commander of the 17th Brigade, was implicated by jailed Captain Guillermo Gordillo in a cover-up of the February 2005 massacre of eight people, including three children, near San Jose de Apartado. Gordillo has pled guilty and asked for witness protection for hims [...]	2008-08-19 21:33:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3094	DRL A/S KRAMER VISIT FOCUSES ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On August 20-21, DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer visited Colombia to focus on human rights issues, extrajudicial killings, internally displaced persons (IDPs),and dialogue between civil society and the GOC. Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran and Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos [...]	2008-08-25 19:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3133	GOC DIALOGUE WITH MEDIO MAGDALENA COMMUNITY [...] (U) The GOC continues dialogue with human rights, civic and Catholic Church leaders in the Medio Magdalena region through the Inter-sectorial Commission for Life (CIV),a public forum created in 2003 to promote communications between the GOC and human rights groups in the highly polarized, vi [...]	2008-08-26 12:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3134	MEDIO MAGDALENA REGION REMAINS VIOLENT, BUT MAYOR [...] (SBU) Barrancabermeja's strategic position, natural resources, and tradition of civic activism have placed it at the center of Colombia's armed conflict. Barranca Mayor Carlos Contreras eschews traditional political clientism and corruption, and said his greatest challenge is breaking the ci [...]	2008-08-26 14:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3277	DRL A/S KRAMER VISIT FOCUSES ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On August 20-21, DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer visited Colombia to focus on human rights issues, extrajudicial killings, internally displaced persons (IDPs),and dialogue between civil society and the GOC. Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran and Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos [...]	2008-09-03 20:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3342	COLOMBIA MAKES PROGRESS IN FIGHT AGAINST IMPUNITY [...] (U) The Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) and Colombian National Police (CNP) recently made several high-profile arrests of military and police officials linked to human rights abuses and other crimes. The Fiscalia detained highly decorated, former Army General Rito Alejo del Rio after [...]	2008-09-08 16:17:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3506	COLOMBIA'S DISPLACEMENT PARADOX [...] (U) Despite significant security, economic, and political gains in Colombia since 2002, new displacements continue at high levels. The GOC registered more than 321,000 new displacements in 2007, and nearly 160,000 have registered in the first seven months of 2008. International organizations [...]	2008-09-18 23:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL CO
08BOGOTA3553	INDIGENOUS LAND CONFLICTS IN NORTHERN CAUCA [...] (C) Over the last three years, indigenous land protests in northern Cauca have led to more than 30 clashes with security forces. The local Paez claim the GOC has failed to fulfill a 1995 agreement--signed after the 1991 massacre of 20 Paez--which committed the GOC to buy 15,663 hectares of l [...]	2008-09-23 13:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KGIC PARM PREL CO
08BOGOTA3580	QUARTERLY HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION CONSULTATION [...] Summary: Post's quarterly human rights consultations focused on new criminal groups and so-called paramilitary structures. Many participants asserted that the armed criminal groups which continue to operate in many areas represent a continuation of the former paramilitary blocks. Others cont [...]	2008-09-23 22:58:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3625	UNHCHR INTERNAL REPORT ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] (C) The Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) and the Defense Ministry (MOD) are investigating the deaths of 19 young men who disappeared from Soacha earlier this year and were later declared killed in combat by the military in northeast Colombia. Human rights groups said several of the dece [...]	2008-09-29 22:58:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3653	SUPREME COURT RULES EX-MEMBERS OF CONGRESS REMAIN [...] (C) Colombia's Supreme Court opted on September 18 not to expand its powers to investigate members of Congress suspected of paramiliatary ties to include ex-legislators. Under current rules, the Court prosecutes and tries sitting senators and representatives; the Prosecutor General's Office (F [...]	2008-10-02 17:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3759	SEPTEMBER HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] The Prosecutor General's office (Fiscalia) voiced concern over attempts to kill and intimidate witnesses in the case against Colonel Hernan Mejia, and has taken actions to protect remaining witnesses. The Fiscalia ordered the arrest of three Colonels and a police Captain for their alleged in [...]	2008-10-14 22:39:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3782	EVER VELOZA (HH),OTHER FORMER PARA LEADERS [...] (U) On September 24-25, former AUC (United Self Defense Forces of Colombia) block commander Ever Veloza (aka "HH") continued his voluntary testimony (version libre) under the Justice and Peace Law (JPL). Veloza, who previously acknowledged his complicity in over 3000 murders and whose extradi [...]	2008-10-15 22:59:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA3786	COLOMBIAN TRADE OFFICIALS FRUSTRATED OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY. The October 17 ministerial that the GOC had hoped would smooth over testy Colombian/Venezuelan ties -- a follow-up to the July 11 Uribe-Chavez summit -- has devolved into a vague working lunch between foreign ministers at the BRV's insistence. On trade Colombia had sought to come [...]	2008-10-16 15:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD ECON ECIN PREL CO VE
08BOGOTA3887	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR AUGUST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In August, the Government of Colombia (GOC) aerially eradicated 16,524 hectares; the Colombian National Police (CNP) seized 30 metric tons of cocaine and coca base, 17 metric tons of marijuana, and 74 kilograms (kgs) of heroin, and captured 1,973 metric tons of precursor chemic [...]	2008-10-23 21:18:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA3896	U/S BURNS OCT 14-16 VISIT TO COLOMBIA: GOC LOOKS [...] (U) Under Secretary Bill Burns met with President Uribe and Foreign Minister Bermudez during his October 14-16 visit to Colombia. President Uribe underscored the importance to Colombia of the Colombia Free Trade Promotion Act (CTPA) and continued USG support in its fight against the Revolution [...]	2008-10-27 16:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA3920	DISMISSAL OF TWO COLONELS AND LT COLONEL TIED TO [...] (C) On October 24, Army Commander General Mario Montoya removed two colonels and a lieutenant colonel from their commands due to their roles in the alleged extrajudicial killings of eleven men from Soacha. Montoya publicly said the three officers were removed due to "serious indications that [...]	2008-10-28 18:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3953	GOC SKEPTICAL OF FARC WILLINGNESS TO NEGOTIATE [...] (U) The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) issued a letter, dated October 16, saying the group is willing to talk about a political solution to Colombia's conflict as well as a humanitarian release of its hostages. The communique, released publicly on October 28, responds to a Sept [...]	2008-10-29 19:10:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4011	MINISTRY OF DEFENSE COMMISSION FINDS ARMY [...] (C) Vice Minister of Defense (MOD) Sergio Jaramillo briefed the Ambassador on the results of the special military Commission that reviewed the recent Soacha and eastern Antioquia killing. He said the Commission's finding showed a mix of corruption, inadequate intelligence and operational pro [...]	2008-11-05 20:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4165	GOC LAUNCHES FIRST PUBLIC FORUM ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) On November 17, President Alvaro Uribe presided over the first, public forum on human rights abuses against the security forces. Military and police commanders were instructed to report human rights complaints as well as the status of each case. Uribe also ordered them to forward all com [...]	2008-11-19 00:13:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV MOPS KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4231	NARINO--PROGRESS ON SECURITY AND ALTERNATIVE [...] (C) The poor, coca-growing department of Narino--which borders Ecuador along the Pacific coast--has seen significant security gains against the FARC, ELN, and new illegal armed groups since 2006. Governor Navarro Wolff and local security officials told us the illegal armed groups have been pus [...]	2008-11-25 19:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO SNAR
08BOGOTA4248	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Even with poor weather conditions negatively affecting the total hectares sprayed, the contractor remains above the projection line for the year. Total manual coca eradication for the month of October was 11,683 hectares - bringing the GME program's year-to-date total to 68,60 [...]	2008-11-26 17:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA4386	MEDELLIN MAYOR SALAZAR DENIES RECEIVING DON [...] (C) Former Medellin crime boss and paramilitary leader Diego Murillo (Don Berna)--as well as his lieutenants--claim that Medellin Mayor Alonso Salazar sought and received Berna's financial support for his mayoral campaign in October 2007. Salazar has proclaimed his innocence and asked that [...]	2008-12-11 20:15:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SNAR CO
08BOGOTA4397	LEGAL OBSTACLE TO FARC DEMOBILIZATIONS NOT [...] (C) President Uribe announced that all Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) members, including senior leaders, would avoid prosecution for human rights crimes if they assisted in hostage releases. Local legal experts said despite Uribe's assurances, the Wilson Bueno Largo (Isaza) ca [...]	2008-12-12 23:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA4499	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In November, only 4,492 hectares of coca were sprayed due to bad weather and lack of support from the Colombian National Police (CNP); this setback slowed our progress toward the annual eradication goal of 130,000 hectares sprayed. Eradication aircraft were involved in four ho [...]	2008-12-19 19:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA5	HOSTAGE RECOVERY MISSION ON HOLD AFTER GOC SAYS IT [...] The Venezuelan-led, international mission to recover three FARC-held hostages was put on hold on December 31 after President Uribe announced the GOC "hypothesis" -- backed by extensive circumstantial evidence -- that the reason for the FARC's delay in releasing the hostages was that the group [...]	2008-01-02 20:51:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO
08BOGOTA51	PEACE COMMISSIONER RESTREPO CHIDES CHAVEZ ON [...] (C) GOC Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told the Charge on January 3 that Venezuelan President Chavez will continue to use the humanitarian exchange issue to create problems, but said the GOC plans to make him pay a high political cost for his recent unsuccessful hostage rescue missio [...]	2008-01-04 20:19:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO
08BOGOTA54	DNA EVIDENCE CONFIRMS IDENTITY OF "EMMANUEL" BORN [...] Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran confirmed at a press conference on January 4 that results from DNA testing indicate with "high probability" that the boy in state custody known as Juan David Gomez Tapiero is Emmanuel, the son of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) hostage Clara Roja [...]	2008-01-04 21:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO
08BOGOTA591	URIBE VS THE SUPREME COURT [...] Summary: In January, Supreme Court Justice Cesar Valencia publicly accused President Alvaro Uribe of interfering in the Supreme Court's investigation of the president's distant cousin for alleged paramilitary connections. Valencia said Uribe called him to complain about the Court's actions an [...]	2008-02-14 18:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PINS 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
08BRASILIA113	CODEL NELSON VISIT TO BRASILIA AND BELEM [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Senator Bill Nelson visited Brazil November 27-30, 2007, focusing primarily on environmental issues, biofuels, and national security matters. He met with key Brazilians in the national gove [...]	2008-01-22 11:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP SENV KGHG EAGR TRGY BR
08BRASILIA124	BRAZIL'S LONG-TERM PLANNING MINISTER OUTLINES [...] (C) Summary. Over the course of two meetings with the Ambassador (accompanied by PolCouns, DAO, and MLO representatives) and a briefing with Department of Defense officials in Cambridge, Long-Term Planning Minister Roberto Mangabeira Unger has laid out his vision for a U.S.-Brazil partnership [...]	2008-01-24 19:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM SOCI SENV ECON BR
08BRASILIA1290	Brazil Municipal Elections: Belo Horizonte Race Will Test [...] (SBU) Summary: Although all Brazilian cities elect mayors and city councils on October 5, the municipal elections in Belo Horizonte and Sao Paulo have the most potential to affect the national political situation. In Belo Horizonte, Brazil's sixth largest city located in the state of Minas G [...]	2008-09-29 20:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BR
08BRASILIA130	BRAZIL: USTR OCR MEETING WITH GOB OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On January 15, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative (DAUSTR) Chris Wilson and delegation met privately with Hadil Vianna, Director for Scientific and Technical Affairs (DCT) at the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) and later with members of the [...]	2008-01-25 18:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BR
08BRASILIA1366	BRAZIL: THIRD MEETING OF USG GOB BIOFUELS STEERING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III, Special Advisor Greg Manuel and PDAS Craig Kelly participated in the third USG-GOB Biofuels Steering Committee meeting on October 3. The Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) new Under Secretary f [...]	2008-10-16 11:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EAGR BR
08BRASILIA1417	Brazil Enacts Preventive Measures to Address Global [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the global financial crisis, Brazilian President Lula signed Provisional Measure 443 (MP443) October 22 that allows two federal institutions, the Bank of Brazil (BB),and Caixa Economica, the right to purchase stock in Brazilian banks, private or public, as a pre [...]	2008-10-28 18:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08BRASILIA1463	Brazil: Views on G20 meetings [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazilian officials across GOB welcome the G20 approach to address the global financial crisis. External Relations Ministry, Finance Ministry and Central Bank emphasize the G20 must be seen as a mechanism to develop concrete proposals that take emerging economy input into accou [...]	2008-11-07 13:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ETRD BR
08BRASILIA1465	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 114 [...] The following is part of a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do not n [...]	2008-11-07 18:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA1504	SOUTH AMERICAN MINING SECTOR DOWNTURN CALLS FOR [...] SUMMARY: Between 2002 and 2008, South America experienced a sustained, successful expansion of its mining sector, with strong growth in Brazil, Chile, and Peru. This expansion brought environmental costs to some fragile ecosystems and public health concerns to vulnerable populations - impacts [...]	2008-11-20 15:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON SENV SOCI TBIO XR
08BRASILIA1523	Brazil: Economic Partnership Dialogue meetings [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazilian External Relations Ministry (MRE) U/S Mendonca welcomed the continuation of the Economic Partnership Dialogue (EPD) in the October 30 meeting with WHA A/S Tom Shannon and EEB A/S Dan Sullivan. The EPD agreed to expanded substantive cooperation in third countries on de [...]	2008-11-24 18:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BR
08BRASILIA1572	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 115 [...] The following is part of a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do not n [...]	2008-12-08 18:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA1589	THE FX2 COMPETITION: OVERCOMING KEY CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. A December 9 meeting with Boeing representatives highlighted several key issues for the success of Boeing,s bid for Brazil,s next generation fighter aircraft, the FX2. As noted in ref a, technology transfer continues to be Brazil,s most important criterion for selecting a figh [...]	2008-12-12 15:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MASC BR
08BRASILIA254	BRAZIL: 2008 Special 301 Recommendation [...] (U) Per reftel A, the following is Embassy Brasilia's input for the 2008 Special 301 Review of Brazil. 2. (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Brazil remain on the Special 301 Watch List based on the GoB's ongoing commitment to a strong overall anti-piracy enforcement regime and its determin [...]	2008-02-26 11:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BR
08BRASILIA35	BRAZIL: LESS GUNS, MORE BUTTER: LULA TAKES ON [...] (C) Summary: After much hesitation, President Lula was finally forced to wade into the public security debate in light of consistent polling that places crime as the number one concern of most Brazilians. The result, a public security plan called the National Program on Public Security with C [...]	2008-01-07 13:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PGOV BR
08BRASILIA43	COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: LOOKING BEYOND THE [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Government of Brazil remains highly sensitive to public claims suggesting that terrorist or extremist organizations have a presence or are undertaking activities in Brazil--a sensitivity that appears to be the rise and is resulting in more than symbolic reactions. At an op [...]	2008-01-08 10:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL KCRM AR PA BR
08BRASILIA454	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 108 [...] The following is the one hundred eigth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views e [...]	2008-04-09 16:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA504	COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE [...] (C) Summary: In November of last year the Government of Brazil announced that it was backtracking on its effort to introduce counterterrorism (CT) legislation after a years-long effort by a working group within the Presidency's Institutional Security Cabinet (GSI) to coordinate the drafting o [...]	2008-04-11 19:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL KCRM ETTC EFIN ASEC AR BR
08BRASILIA618	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 109 [...] The following is the 109th in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do [...]	2008-05-09 10:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA640	DOROTHY STANG'S KILLER'S FREED ON APPEAL -- TOP [...] (SBU) Summary: Vitalmiro Bastos de Moura, also known as Bida, was acquitted by a jury of the murder of Dorothy Stang, an American nun and naturalized Brazilian citizen, on May 6, almost exactly a year after his initial conviction. On May 15, 2007, Moura, a Brazilian rancher, was sentenced to [...]	2008-05-12 15:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BR PREL PHUM
08BRASILIA674	BRAZIL: TOP ADVISER DILMA ROUSSEFF BOOSTS OWN 2010 [...] (C) Summary. Dilma Rousseff, President Lula's top domestic policy adviser and apparent favorite to succeed him in 2010, greatly increased her chances of being her party's 2010 presidential candidate by an impressive performance before hostile questioning in the Senate Infrastructure Service [...]	2008-05-16 19:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BR
08BRASILIA708	CALLING ALL SMUGGLERS - BRAZILIAN "SACOLEIROS" BILL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Brazilian bill intended to improve customs processing at the Paraguayan border would likely serve to increase opportunities for the importing of counterfeit goods and smuggling of all types. The so-called "Sacoleiros" (or peddlers) bill would allow small-scale importers to re [...]	2008-05-20 19:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BR
08BRASILIA94	BRAZIL CIVAIR: AVIATION BILATERALS HELD IN RIO DEC. 5-6, [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. and Brazilian delegations met in Rio de Janeiro December 5-6, 2007 for their first formal bilateral aviation consultations in 10 years to focus on liberalization. While the Brazilian negotiators offered a limited number of increased frequencies to limited destinations in t [...]	2008-01-16 10:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON MARR PGOV PREL EINV BEXP BR
08BRASILIA943	BRAZIL: LULA TAKES ON THE FOURTH FLEET [...] (C) Summary: During the Mercosul Summit in Argentina, President Lula together with other South American leaders, such as Bolivian president Evo Morales and Venezuelan president Chavez, criticized the re-establishment of the Fourth Fleet Chavez, with Lula at his side, called it a "threat" to t [...]	2008-07-10 12:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL BR
08BRATISLAVA161	UKRAINIANS PRESSING SLOVAKS TO BATCH CASPIAN CRUDE [...] (C) The Ukrainian pipeline operator UkrTransNafta is aggressively pushing a one-day trial to "batch" 40,000 tons of Caspian crude from Brody in Ukraine to the Kralupy refinery in the Czech Republic. The goal, according to Bratislava-based UkrTransNafta representative Mikulas Rakovsky, is to t [...]	2008-04-10 14:19:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET LO RU UP
08BRATISLAVA274	PROGRESS ON TRANSPETROL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Slovak government is moving forward with discussions to buy back the 49 percent stake in the Transpetrol oil pipeline from Netherlands-based Yukos Finance. Both sides have completed valuations and are scheduled to begin pricing negotiations on June 17 in London. A few legal [...]	2008-06-11 14:02:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET LO RU
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
08BRATISLAVA524	HEDVIGA MALINOVA CASE UPDATE: DEEP QUESTIONS REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: We recently visited the law offices of Roman Kvasnica (please protect),a respected Slovak lawyer who is currently representing Hedviga Malinova, an ethnic-Hungarian Slovak who claims to have been attacked in what she initially believed to be an ethnically-motivated hate crime in [...]	2008-11-13 14:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	SECRET	PREL PHUM KCRM LO
08BRATISLAVA580	SLOVAK PROSECUTORS UNDER PRESSURE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 08:06:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM LO
08BRATISLAVA582	SLOVAK TELECOMS REGULATOR: I WAS FIRED FOR HONESTY [...] (C) The head of the Slovak telecommunications authority was removed by Parliamentary vote last week, following a dispute over the contract to build the infrastructure for digital television broadcast. Branislav Macaj (PROTECT) alleges that he was ordered by the highest levels of government to [...]	2008-12-12 15:37:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS EINV KCOR PREL LO
08BRATISLAVA592	CUBIC: WE COULDN'T YELL AT MOD FOREVER [...] (C) Summary. On November 28, the Slovak Government reversed an earlier commitment and notified the Ambassador that it would not renew its contract for defense-advisory services with the American consulting firm Cubic. Don Madison, Director of Cubic programs in Slovakia, and Jeff Guild, an empl [...]	2008-12-19 13:59:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PINR LO
08BRATISLAVA597	CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] (U) Responses to reftel questions follow. Overview of Civil Nuclear Power Program --------------------------------------- 2. (U) Slovakia currently has five 440 megawatt (MW) nuclear reactors in operation. One of them will be shut down in December 2008. Two 440 MW reactors are currently [...]	2008-12-23 16:06:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO EPET PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA93	SLOVAKIA ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY ---------------------------- A. Slovakia is steadily moving forward in its fight against TIP. In addition to allocating a substantial increase in anti-TIP funding (by multiplying it fourfold, from USD 91,000 to USD 364,000) the Government of Slovakia (GOS) has increased bot [...]	2008-03-03 16:08:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC
08BRIDGETOWN104	THE NATURE ISLE DEVELOPING GREEN ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Dominica is poised to develop its geothermal and other renewable energy sectors. If successful, geothermal energy could supply all of Dominica's energy needs, as well as export considerable energy to the neighboring French islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe [...]	2008-02-20 14:27:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN149	2007 END USE MONITORING REPORT - EASTERN CARIBBEAN [...] Embassy Bridgetown is responsible for the NAS-funded program in seven countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It is also responsible for monitoring equipment provided to the French department of Martinique. [...]	2008-03-06 12:26:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN XL
08BRIDGETOWN220	ST. VINCENT: PM'S (FIRST) RAPE CASE HIJACKED BY [...] (C) Summary: The judge reviewing the Director of Public Prosecutions' (DPP's) February decision to "discontinue" the rape case against Prime Minister Gonsalves has ruled that the DPP acted properly and within the parameters of the law. The lawyers for the accuser have appealed the case, and ha [...]	2008-04-01 12:40:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV INRB PHUM PREL ASEC XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN691	EARTH, WIND AND FIRE: ST. KITTS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The early success of a geothermal project in Nevis, a budding interest in wind energy, and a shortage of suitable land is diminishing the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis' (GOSKN) earlier interest in pursuing bio-fuels. Nevis,s geothermal reservoir, which is capable of generating more [...]	2008-11-21 17:51:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EINV KTDB IR XL
08BRIDGETOWN701	EASTERN CARIBBEAN DRAGGING FEET ON DEPORTEE [...] (c) In recent weeks, we have become aware of a string of cases in which prospective deportees from Eastern Caribbean (EC) countries have been unable to return to their country of citizenship because of delays from their U.S.-based consulates in processing required travel documents. As a res [...]	2008-12-02 20:21:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KCRM CVIS PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN78	ST. VINCENT: RAPE CHARGES AGAINST PM GONSALVES [...] (U) This cable is an action request; please see Para 8. 2. (C) On February 4, 2008 the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines "discontinued" the criminal rape case filed against St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves. The case was earl [...]	2008-02-06 20:38:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV INRB PHUM PREL XL VC
08BRUSSELS1099	KING ALBERT REJECTS PM LETERME'S RESIGNATION; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: King Albert rejected Prime Minister Leterme's resignation and, after discussions with many political and labor leaders, called for "credible" dialogue on institutional reform for more devolution of power to the regions. Leterme's resignation turned into a clever political st [...]	2008-07-18 12:49:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL BE
08BRUSSELS1117	JUNE 26 U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING ON DRUG ISSUES [...] (C) U.S. and European Union (EU) officials discussed counter-drug trends and developments during a wide-ranging U.S.-EU Troika Meeting on Drug Issues on June 26. The discussions demonstrated considerable convergence on these issues, including strategies to use at Commission on Narcotic Drugs [...]	2008-07-22 15:46:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUM
08BRUSSELS1127	THE EUROPEAN UNION'S BORDER CONTROL INITIATIVES [...] (U) SUMMARY: As the border of the European Union continues to expand, concern about illegal immigration continues to increase, and the threat of terrorism remains, the EU is considering a number of measures to manage and reinforce their border and its security. Most measures being considered [...]	2008-07-24 10:56:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS EU PTEL
08BRUSSELS1249	WITHIN DOMESTIC POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS, BELGIUM [...] (SBU) POL/E Chief delivered reftel demarche to Michel Peetermans, Chief of Service, Belgian MFA, in the company of his French and British counterparts. Peetermans said that MFA non-proliferation expert Werner Bauwens would attend the August 21-22 Extraordinary Plenary in Vienna. Noting that [...]	2008-08-13 09:04:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC AORC BE
08BRUSSELS1276	TFGG01: AMBASSADOR MEETS EU ENLARGEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-18 18:25:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GG RU TU YI
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
08BRUSSELS1369	DE CREM: NO MANDATE FOR BELGIAN SOLDIERS ON THE [...] (U) The Belgian public's tolerance for putting any of its soldiers in harm's way was tested by the September 3 death of a Belgian "blue helmet" soldier in Lebanon, who was engaged in a de-mining operation. Responding to such sensitivities, Belgian Defense Minister De Crem was obliged to take i [...]	2008-09-04 13:21:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR BE
08BRUSSELS1377	A/S FRIED DISCUSSES KOSOVO WITH EU OFFCIALS [...] (C) Summar: In meetings with EU officials on Kosovo Setember 3, Assistant Secretary Fried emphasized hat EULEX deploy rapidly throughout Kosovo, hihlighted the dangers of any possible deal linking EULEX deployment in the north to an abstention on the ICJ vote, and announced that the U.S. was [...]	2008-09-04 16:05:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN KV UNMIK

08BRUSSELS1390	FM DE GUCHT ENCOUNTERS RESOLUTE FM LAVROV IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov told Belgian FM De Gucht September 3 that OSCE monitors would not be acceptable in South Ossetia, unless South Ossetian de facto president Kokoity approves them, nor would Russian troops be withdrawn from South Ossetia and Abkhazia because those troops are there [...]	2008-09-05 18:18:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BE GG RU
08BRUSSELS1532	SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY'S MEETINGS WITH EU OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 23-24 Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray met with EU officials to discuss the way forward on the EU's Southern Corridor strategy. Energy Commissioner Piebalgs said that the Nabucco project remains a high priority for the EU but that negotiations wit [...]	2008-10-01 11:54:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EU
08BRUSSELS1573	U.S.-EU ENLARGEMENT TROIKA: CROATIA [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with us to discuss Croatia as part of the working level "Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Access to the EU" dialogue or troika, October 8, our EU counterparts reported they were "very pleased" with accession negotiations. The Commission reported that statistics relat [...]	2008-10-09 18:50:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN HR
08BRUSSELS1600	JHA HAPPENINGS [...] (U) This is the inaugural edition of "JHA Happenings," a periodical on United States - European Union cooperation on transnational crimes and terrorism, which comprise the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) portfolio in European Union (EU) circles. We intend for these updates to complement the Mi [...]	2008-10-17 12:47:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUN
08BRUSSELS1627	AMBASSADOR SILVERBERG,S CONVERSATION WITH SPANISH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Silverberg and Spanish PermRep to the EU Carlos Bastarreche Sagues discussed a range of issues during a courtesy call on September 29. Bastarreche described an EU that had made considerable progress since his first posting to Brussels in 1979, but that still struggled [...]	2008-10-21 13:39:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SENV ECON
08BRUSSELS1662	U.S.-EU COMPETITION CONSULTATIONS EMPHASIZE AREAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In October 20 annual consultations on competition policy, U.S. and EU officials emphasized areas of convergence on anti-trust policy and opportunities for cooperation and information sharing. A joint FTC-DoJ delegation represented the U.S. at the Brussels talks, while the EU [...]	2008-10-28 15:56:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EUN
08BRUSSELS1671	EUROPEAN COMMISSION FINDS EXISTING NANO REGULATION [...] (SBU) Summary: In its Communication on the Regulatory Aspects of Manufactured Nanomaterials issued June 17, 2008, the European Commission concluded that existing regulation is sufficient to handle nanomaterials, but left the door open for new legislation if the Commission determines it needs to [...]	2008-10-29 15:42:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EU EUN TPHY TSPL
08BRUSSELS1702	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgium's Finance Minister Didier Reynders expects the EU's number one goal in the November 15 Finance Summit to be to build collaborations between governments and with the IMF over the coming weeks. The rescue of Fortis by Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg is an example [...]	2008-11-06 08:45:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN BE
08BRUSSELS1771	LINES DRAWN WITHIN EU OVER CCS [...] One component of the EU's Climate and Energy Package of legislative proposals is to promote the development and deployment of clean coal technologies through the principle of carbon capture and storage (CCS). The proposal calls for the construction of 10-12 pilot projects by 2015, to facilita [...]	2008-11-21 17:32:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY
08BRUSSELS1824	U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON DISARMAMENT AND [...] (C) Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney of the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) led the U.S. delegation to the semi-annual U.S.-EU Troika consultations on disarmament and nonproliferation (CODUN/CONOP). The discussions covered a wide range of subjects in th [...]	2008-12-02 18:36:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP EUN IR KN SY RS CH MY
08BRUSSELS184	NANOTECHNOLOGY: EUROPEAN UNION VIEWPOINTS AND U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission wants to continue cooperation with the U.S. in nanotechnology research and regulation to avoid divergent policies which could harm transatlantic cooperation and trade. Given the Community's possible influence over global approaches to nanotechnology, U [...]	2008-02-05 16:53:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EUN TPHY TSPL
08BRUSSELS1879	DISCUSSIONS AT NOVEMBER 14 U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING [...] (C) Discussions at the November 14 U.S.-European Union (EU) Troika meeting on Drug Issues confirmed U.S.-EU convergence on most drug issues. Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Affairs David Johnson led the inter-agency U.S. Delegation as a sign [...]	2008-12-12 15:30:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUN
08BRUSSELS23	DAS KRAMER CONSULTS EU ON MOLDOVA [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-07 14:48:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS KINR EAID ECON EUN MD XH
08BRUSSELS381	FEITH TO PSC: MAINTAIN EULEX DEPLOYMENT TO ALL OF [...] (C) ICR/EUSR Pieter Feith briefed Political and Security Committee (PSC) ambassadors March 11 on Kosovo. Feith stressed that UNMIK must do its job, particularly in northern Kosovo, in order to maintain conditions for deployment of EULEX. Feith asked for full PSC support for deploying EULEX [...]	2008-03-11 16:40:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO EUN KV
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
08BRUSSELS397	EU TREATY OF LISBON: CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS [...] With the Treaty of Lisbon (targeted for entry into force in 2009) the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights -- first proclaimed in 2000 as a political declaration Q- will become binding and acquire the same legal value as the Treaties without altering the Union's powers. The UK and Poland secured [...]	2008-03-17 16:53:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN ELAB PHUM
08BRUSSELS421	EU: NO CLARITY FROM UN BUT MEMBERS AGREED ON EULEX [...] (C) Summary: EULEX representatives returned from meetings with UN officials in New York frustrated by the UN's inability to provide strategic-level clarity on the planning, logistics, and mechanics of reconfiguration of UNMIK and transition to the EU's rule of law mission. However, the EU re [...]	2008-03-19 17:08:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN UNMIK KV SR
08BRUSSELS430	LETERME GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT: THE ECONOMICS [...] The Leterme government agreement concluded this eek contains many good intentions (e.g. a 2009 budget surplus),but very few specific policies on how to achieve these goals. On several issues, the coalition partners agree to disagree and kick the issue down the road by ordering yet another stu [...]	2008-03-20 16:05:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFI PGOV BE
08BRUSSELS605	EU Automakers: Greater Flexibility in Implementing [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 11, USEU held a Chatham House rules discussion with leading EU and U.S. automakers on the European CommissionQs proposal to reduce CO2 emissions from automobiles.. Participants stressed the need for as much flexibility as possible in both U.S. and EU regulation to reac [...]	2008-04-22 14:13:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ELTN ECON EPET EUN
08BRUSSELS652	EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT TO RECOMMEND USE OF SPACE [...] (U) The European Parliament is set to adopt a resolution on "the contribution of space assets to ESDP" (European Security and Defense Policy) in July of this year. The current text of the resolution, as drafted by the chairman of the Parliament's Subcommittee on Security and Defense (SEDE) Ka [...]	2008-04-29 13:24:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EU EUN TSPA TSPL
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
08BRUSSELS770	TRANSATLANTIC REGULATORY DIALOGUE ADDRESSES [...] Summary: At the 25 April High Level Regulatory Cooperation Forum (HLRCF),senior U.S. and EU regulators discussed strengthening EU-US cooperation on import product safety, enhancing information sharing, collaborating on risk analysis, and the final joint OMB/Secretariat General report on the [...]	2008-05-22 14:19:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EIND SENV SOCI EUN
08BRUSSELS819	BELGIUM DIPLOMATS IN DISARRAY OVER CONGO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Diplomatic relations between Belgium and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are at a low point as Congolese officials reacted negatively to recent public comments Belgian Foreign Minister Karel de Gucht made regarding poor governance, lack of transparency, corruption and [...]	2008-05-30 15:24:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM DRC CH BE
08BRUSSELS870	(S//NF) IRAN/TERRORISM: EU LIKELY TO REMOVE MEK [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Triggered by a recent UK court decision, the EU is debating whether to remove the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK, also included on the U.S. list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations) from the EU's terrorist designation list as early as the end of June. Delisting cou [...]	2008-06-09 14:43:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREF PINR ETTC EFIN KTFN IR IZ EUN UK
08BRUSSELS881	LUNCH SESSION OF TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: At the May 13 U.S.-EU Transatlantic Economic Council meeting in Brussels, principals held a private lunch where they discussed how to combat protectionism, responses to food crises, biotechnology and biofuels, and our respective approaches to Russia. On combating protectionism, p [...]	2008-06-11 13:10:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN EAGR EIND EINV EFIN ENRG ETRD EUN RU
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
08BRUSSELS962	DIRECTOR WALTERS DISCUSSES DRUG FLOWS AND [...] (C) During his recent visit to Brussels, the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP),John Walters, discussed a wide range of drug issues with European Union (EU) counterparts and media. He briefed EU officials and journalists on U.S. domestic counter-drug e [...]	2008-06-25 12:58:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP KCRM PREL SNAR PTER EUM BE CO MX
08BRUSSELS983	TRANSATLANTIC SECURITY SPACE COOPERATION WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 17, The U.S. Air Force Academy's Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies hosted the Transatlantic Security Space Cooperation workshop in Brussels. The workshop brought together policy makers from the U.S. and Europe, as well as academics and NGOs, to discuss the [...]	2008-06-27 14:50:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KSCA PARM PREL TPHY TSPA TSPL
08BUCHAREST117	BLAND JUSTICE: JUDICIAL INSIDERS DECRY WEAK EC [...] (C) Summary: A recent European Commission interim report on judicial reform in Romania provoked disappointment in many judicial circles, with pro-reform activists hoping for a sharper rebuke of recent backsliding. Based on comments from many local contacts, we have prepared a "parallel report" [...]	2008-02-13 13:03:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN KCOR KJUS PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST178	QROMANIAQS EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 14:34:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF SMIG ELAB EAID KCRM KWMN KFRD
08BUCHAREST183	ROMANIA'S EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) OVERVIEW: ------------------- A. Romania is a country of origin and transit for trafficking in persons (TIP). While the majority of TIP cases pertain to international trafficking between Romania and Western Europe, there are cases of domestic trafficking as well. Victims ) primar [...]	2008-03-10 13:22:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
08BUCHAREST263	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR G/TIP VISIT OF [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Eleanor Gaetan, Senior Coordinator for Public Affairs for the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP). The purpose of Mrs. Gaetan,s visit is to speak at a conference on human trafficking, hosted by the Ratiu foundation Romania. 2. [...]	2008-04-08 10:17:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG PREL RO
08BUCHAREST315	ETHNIC HUNGARIAN PARTIES FACE NEW ELECTION CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: Ethnic Hungarian political contacts predicted that the UDMR and the rival Magyar Civic Party (PCM) would not be able to reach an accommodation before the registration deadline for candidates in the upcoming June 1 local elections. They predicted that both sides saw the electionas a bel [...]	2008-04-22 06:17:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST595	ROMANIA: DOE PROGRAMS RETURNING SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),together with the DOE National Laboratories, have been active in Romania as part of the Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI). Currently, NNSA employees and contractors are in Romania assisting with a spent fuel return s [...]	2008-07-28 11:51:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON RO
08BUCHAREST601	ROMANIAN HEALTHCARE PART 1: AILING PUBLIC SYSTEM HOBBLES [...] (SBU) Romania's public healthcare system is at a crossroads. At present, the system's resources are distributed unevenly and unreliably throughout the country. The quality and accessibility of care, cost of services, and competence of personnel remain unpredictable, ranging from tolerable to [...]	2008-07-30 13:41:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PGOV SOCI AMED RO
08BUCHAREST607	ROMANIAN HEALTHCARE PART 3: PRIVATE HEALTHCARE STRUGGLES [...] (SBU) While the public healthcare system remains the primary source of medical care for the majority of Romanians, it is under-funded, and the unpredictable quality of care has begun to lead some wealthier consumers towards the growing private healthcare sector. Revenues from this private sec [...]	2008-07-31 07:06:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EINV PGOV SOCI AMED RO
08BUCHAREST812	ROMANIA: BY TAPPING ON THE BRAKES, THE CENTRAL BANK KEEPS [...] (SBU) Summary. Several factors particular to the Romanian economy have reduced the local impact of the global financial crisis. Overall, Romania's financial and banking system has sufficient liquidity and is not expected to experience any negative short-term repercussions from the current cr [...]	2008-10-23 09:29:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EIND RO
08BUCHAREST816	ROMANIA: NO SURPRISES ON ISPS PRE-INSPECTION VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. EconOff visited ports in Constanta and Galati together with visiting International Port Security Liaison Officers, LtCmdrs Radiah Jones and William Kasten, who were in Romania for an orientation visit between October 6th and 10th. Both ports are busy and profitable, with Consta [...]	2008-10-23 13:59:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON RO
08BUCHAREST90	SPLITTING THE ETHNIC HUNGARIAN VOTE: COURT [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 29, after four years of delays, the Bucharest Court registered a new political party representing ethnic Hungarians, the Hungarian Civic Party (PCM). The new party aims to provide an alternative to Romania's Democratic Alliance of Ethnic Hungarians (UDMR),seen by so [...]	2008-02-01 16:36:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM SCUL RO
08BUCHAREST920	ROMANIA'S ECONOMY SET FOR A LANDING, BUT HOW HARD? [...] (C) The forward momentum in Romania's red-hot economy is already slowing and will definitely hit the brakes in 2009, government officials and outside analysts told visiting U.S. Treasury representatives last week. Still, while Romania can expect sharply lower growth due to the global downturn, the [...]	2008-11-25 15:48:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EIND ETRD PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST971	STAMPEDING INTO COALITION, PERHAPS INTO A TRAP [...] (C) Summary: PSD Deputy Georgian Pop confirmed that the PSD would support Teodor Stolojan as the next Prime Minister (Note: Basescu just made this selection public in an afternoon broadcast),but said that two key remaining sticking points were the PSD's insistence on excluding the UDMR from t [...]	2008-12-10 15:15:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG RO
08BUDAPEST1105	EMBASSY BUDAPEST ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF CONSULAR CONTROLS [...] Post completed the Annual Review and Certification of Consular Controls on November 19, 2008. Post certifies that it is in compliance with all sub-paragraphs in reftel. The certifying officer is Deputy Chief of Mission Jeffery D. Levine. Narrative responses to all subparagraphs in reftel fo [...]	2008-11-20 16:09:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CVIS CASC KFRD HU
08BUDAPEST1213	PRESIDENT SOLYOM'S INJUDICIOUS ACTIVISM [...] (C) Summary: The chorus of complaints regarding Prime Minister Gyurcsany has largely but not completely obscured the mixed reviews received by President Laszlo Solyom. Seen as principled by his supporters and pedantic by his critics, Solyom has tested the boundaries of his largely ceremonial [...]	2008-12-19 06:06:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KBIO HU
08BUDAPEST1227	HUNGARY PLANNING EXPANSION OF NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The probable expansion of the Hungarian nuclear power sector offers significant opportunities to U.S. firms engaged in nuclear-related manufacturing and services. Hungary is currently considering building one or two new nuclear reactor units at the Paks nuclear plant. There is s [...]	2008-12-23 14:52:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO KGHG US RS FR HU
08BUDAPEST345	U.S.-RUSSIA MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the fourth round of expert-level meetings in Budapest December 13, U.S. and Russian delegations, led by Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Rood and Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak, continued to discuss U.S. plans to place a missile [...]	2008-04-02 12:02:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	PREL MARR PARM MASS PAO KNNP NATO EU EZ PL
08BUDAPEST391	TWENTY QUESTIONS: FIDESZ TURNS 20 [...] (C) Summary: FIDESZ celebrates its twentieth anniversary in a position of unprecedented popularity, having channeled broad public discontent with the Gyurcsany government's policies to build an imposing lead in opinion polls. A movement long before it became a political party, FIDESZ's iden [...]	2008-04-17 07:54:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREV KDEM PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST442	GRAY AREA; DARK HORSES: GOVERNMENT RESTRUCTURING [...] (SBU) With the overwhelming vote of the SzDSz's national committee on April 27 confirming the party leadership's decision to leave the governing coalition, Hungary has entered the uncharted waters of minority government. SzDSz: GOING, GOING, GONE 2. (SBU) With some discussion but report [...]	2008-04-29 15:00:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR HU
08BUDAPEST485	DAY ONE: MINORITY GOVERNMENT WINS APPROVAL FOR [...] (SBU) Marshaling a surprising majority, the Gyurcsany government secured Parliamentary approval for its government restructuring proposal (ref a) May 13. 2. (SBU) Confronting what many observers here cast as a crucial test of his ability to govern in the absence of a parliamentary majorit [...]	2008-05-15 09:54:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST836	HUNGARY: CODEL LUGAR SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Welcome to Budapest. Your visit comes as the Hungarian Government slowly re-engages following the long summer "cucumber season" and offers an excellent opportunity for discussion of Georgia and energy security. While Hungary remains a committed partner in the trans-Atlantic relationsh [...]	2008-08-22 12:31:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON GG RU HU
08BUDAPEST891	DAS MERKEL SCENESETTER FOR BUDAPEST [...] (SBU) Welcome to Budapest. Your visit comes as the Hungarian Government slowly re-engages following the long summer "cucumber season" and offers an excellent opportunity for discussion of Georgia, energy security and the way forward on relations with Russia. While Hungary remains a committed [...]	2008-09-08 16:20:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENGR HU
08BUDAPEST992	SCENE-SETTER FOR VISIT OF DAS MANISHA SINGH [...] (SBU) Welcome to Budapest. Your visit comes as the minority government's attention is largely focused on the passage of its 2009 budget and tax bill in Parliament. Hungary's economic problems, reform fatigue and sharp partisan divisions have resulted in considerable political gridlock. Embat [...]	2008-10-10 12:13:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL HU
08BUENOSAIRES1011	MID-YEAR STATUS REPORT ON BILAT ECONOMIC ISSUES: [...] (C) This cable provides status of bilateral economic issues: Paris Club, holdouts, ExImBank tolling agreement, Post advocacy and ICSID cases, as well as updates on GoA/IMF relations and GoA finances. New Economy Mnister Carlos Fernandez supported his predecessor's Paris Club proposal to make [...]	2008-07-24 20:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1012	ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT REPLACES AG SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOA appointed Carlos Cheppi as the new Secretary of Agriculture on July 23. Secretary Cheppi replaces Javier de Urquiza in a widely expected change following the defeat in the Senate of the variable export tax proposal of the government. The new Agricultural Secretary is a [...]	2008-07-24 21:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM PINR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1055	U.S.-Argentine Bilateral Consultations Promote S&T, [...] (SBU) USG-GOA bilateral consultations took place on July 10-11 and covered a range of topics including bilateral relations, human rights, science and technology, education and culture, cooperation on global issues, regional economic issues, and issues of hemispheric interest. Four non-binding [...]	2008-07-31 15:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SENV MARR TSPA SCUL ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1154	Argentine Trade Officials on Doha: Optimistic Words, [...] (SBU) Nestor Stancanelli, a senior GoA trade official, expressed pique at Brazil's decision to favor an end-game WTO Doha round compromise proposal on agriculture and NAMA tariffs, but argued that intra-Mercosur relations between Argentina and Brazil remain good. In a Doha post-mortem, he argue [...]	2008-08-15 14:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON EAGR EIND PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1239	ARGENTINA ENDS ITS MILITARY JUSTICE SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary: The Argentine Senate on August 6 completed the legislative journey for a law abolishing the Argentine military justice system, a change pressed forward by Minister of Defense Garre. The step fulfills a promise Argentina made to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and res [...]	2008-09-05 14:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MARR PGOV PREL KJUS AR
08BUENOSAIRES1262	CONVERSION OF ARGENTINA'S RA-6 RESEARCH REACTOR TO [...] On September 8, ESTCouns met with Lic. Norma Boero, President of Argentina's National Energy Commission (CNEA by its Spanish acronym) to follow up on reftel demarche. EST Couns delivered another copy of DOE Assistant Deputy Administrator Bieniawski's letter and discussed the invitation to th [...]	2008-09-10 18:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP TRGY ENRG PARM AR
08BUENOSAIRES1300	ARGENTINA: MORE SWIPES AT U.S., BUT LITTLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine Justice Minister Fernandez stepped up his critique of the U.S. prosecution of Venezuelan Franklin Duran amidst signs that pro-Kirchner activists are also raising the volume against the USG. Even on increased volume, however, the GOA is adding little to its already weak [...]	2008-09-17 14:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR KCRM VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES1333	ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT'S TOUGH UNGA SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner used her September 23 speech to the UNGA to appeal to a number of domestic constituencies, encapsulating a number of Kirchner governance themes and putting them in the context of a multilateralist, anti-neo-liberal framework. The speech, [...]	2008-09-24 22:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PHUM PREL PTER IR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1380	ARGENTINE POLICE AGENT CLAIMS FBI OFFERED HER [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina's largest circulation newspaper "Clarin" and other media outlets (including television and radio) reported that former airport police agent Maria del Lujan Telpuk claimed the FBI had offered her "political asylum" and help in getting "work," presumably in exchange fo [...]	2008-10-08 16:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM AR
08BUENOSAIRES1401	ARGENTINE WITNESS IN MIAMI TRIAL CONTINUES TO [...] (SBU) Sumary: After ten days in Miami, former Airport Security Police Officer and witness in the Antonini-Wilson case, Maria Lujan Telpuk returned to Buenos Aires on October 9 and continued (reftel) to question the way the FBI intercepted and interviewed her at Miami International Airport on S [...]	2008-10-10 18:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1456	ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT'S TOUGH UNGA SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner used her September 23 speech to the UNGA to appeal to a number of domestic constituencies, encapsulating a number of Kirchner governance themes and putting them in the context of a multilateralist, anti-neo-liberal framework. The speech, [...]	2008-10-23 18:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PHUM PREL PTER IR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1465	ARGENTINA: LEGISLATORS SUPPORT CLOSER [...] (SBU) Summary: Five members of the Argentine Lower House in three meetings with the Ambassador shared their impressions of recent political developments in Argentina and expressed support for greater collaboration with the U.S. Congress. Opposition members of the Argentine Lower House "U.S. F [...]	2008-10-24 20:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1475	Blow-by-Blow on Argentina's Nationalization of Pensions and [...] (SBU) Argentine President Cristina Kirchner de Fernandez has justified the GoA's nationalization of Argentina's private pension system as a "rescue of retirees," although local analysts agree that the real reasons are financial. Under Judicial order, the pension funds were raided and blocked f [...]	2008-10-27 19:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1550	ARGENTINA: ANTONINI-WILSON CLAIMS NESTOR KIRCHNER [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Argentine daily "La Nacion" prominently published November 9 a lengthy exclusive interview with dual U.S.-Venezuelan citizen Guido Antonini-Wilson (A-W),who was intercepted by GOA authorities in August 2007 with a suitcase stuffed with $800,000 arriving on a c [...]	2008-11-12 20:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR KCOR KLIG CJAN AR
08BUENOSAIRES1558	ARGENTINA: 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] (U) Per reftel, the following is Post's submission to USTR's 2009 National Trade Estimate. TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade surplus with Argentina was $1.4 billion in 2007, an increase of $563 million from $797 million in 2006. U.S. goods exports in 2007 were $5.9 billion, up 22.6 perce [...]	2008-11-14 20:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EAGR ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1576	Argentina: Opportunity Seized to Advocate Again for ATSC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Buenos Aires leveraged a recent visit to Argentina of Robert Graves, President of the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC),to arrange visits with senior media and GOA officials, furthering advocacy for the ATSC DTV standard. An updated and enhanced ATSC offer w [...]	2008-11-19 15:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PREL ECPS ITU OVIP TSPL TINT AR
08BUENOSAIRES1592	ARGENTINA: 2008 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] Per Reftel instructions, below is post,s interim assessment of Argentina,s progress in its efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Our response is keyed to points found in reftel. A) IMPLEMENTING THE RECENTLY ENACTED FEDERAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW, INCLUDING ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS OR [...]	2008-11-23 17:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG AR
08BUENOSAIRES1633	Argentine National Prayer Breakfast [...] (U) Argentina's small but growing Evangelical community held its annual prayer breakfast on November 27 with the participation of Argentine Vice President Julio Cobos and four national deputies of the center-right PRO party, led by Buenos Aires mayor Mauricio Macri, and a range of civic leaders [...]	2008-12-01 19:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL AR
08BUENOSAIRES245	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, JANUARY [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January 28 - February 22, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state. [...]	2008-02-27 17:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
08BUENOSAIRES322	ARGENTINA DISCUSSES SHIFT IN POLICY TOWARD ILLICIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez announced this week that the GoA intends to redirect its counternarcotics efforts away from the pursuit of drug users in order to make more resources available for investigating and prosecuting drug traffickers. He argues that Argentina's co [...]	2008-03-13 17:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KJUS PGOV PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES352	EMBASSY BUENOS AIRES SUPPORTS U.S. NGO PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP [...] (SBU) Summary and Background: Post is pleased to recommend three proposals for G/TIP's "International Collaborative Partnerships to Combat Trafficking" from U.S. NGOs interested in working with local partners to fight trafficking in persons in Argentina. Embassy-Buenos Aires's top priorities i [...]	2008-03-18 19:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SNAR SMIG KJUS ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES376	ARGENTINA: FARMERS' STRIKE SPREADS TO THE CITIES [...] 1. (C) Summary: In her toughest domestic test to date, President Christina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) turned up the temperature on March 25 in the two-week old confrontation with Argentina's rural sector over increased export taxes. In her first public comments on the strike, CFK denounced th [...]	2008-03-26 18:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV ENRG EPET AR
08BUENOSAIRES415	ARGENTINA: AGRICULTURE SECTOR SUSPENDS STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina's four main agricultural organizations lifted their strike on April 2 for 30 days to hold discussions with the GOA. Roadblocks have been lifted throughout the country and food supplies are arriving in Buenos Aires and other major cities. Local papers report that basic [...]	2008-04-03 20:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES439	ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENT CFK OFF TO A ROUGH START [...] (C) Summary: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) had a rough first four months in office. Her administration has produced few new policy initiatives or concrete policy successes. CFK's term has been marked by two serious crises, one foreign and one domestic. Both were exacerbat [...]	2008-04-08 19:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR ECON PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES462	ARGENTINE VALIJAGATE INVESTIGATION MOVING SLOWLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Argentine investigation into the origin and destination of USD 800,000 seized from a Venezuelan-American passenger arriving on a chartered flight from Caracas last August continues to move forward slowly. A new judge has been assigned to oversee the money laundering and cu [...]	2008-04-10 12:03:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PREL SNAR KCOR VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES501	ARGENTINA: ANALYSIS OF TIP LAW [...] (SBU) Summary. Local NGOs and the Argentine government's National Institute for Anti-Discrimination (INADI) and the National Ombudsman's Office have criticized the anti-TIP legislation passed on April 9. Their concern is that adult trafficking victims will have to prove that they did not cons [...]	2008-04-18 14:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG AR
08BUENOSAIRES531	THE ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT AND THE MEDIA: BIASED [...] (C) Summary: Argentine government is continuing its crusade to pressure the media group Clarin over allegedly biased reporting, and questioning its powerful position in the print, TV, cable and radio. While others in the media share concerns about Clarin's dominant position, observers genera [...]	2008-04-23 19:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EINV KPAO KCOR AR
08BUENOSAIRES629	ARGENTINA INFLATION CONTROVERSY: GOA TO LAUNCH NEW [...] (C) The GoA plans to roll out a "new and improved" consumer price index (CPI) in June to allow national statistics agency INDEC to recover some of its lost credibility. The new index will measure a narrower basket of goods and services and will allow product weightings to be changed frequentl [...]	2008-05-12 16:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV AR EFIN
08BUENOSAIRES64	Argentina International Airport: Labor Woes, Overbooking [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Flight delays and cancellations at Argentina's Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires erupted into chaos on January 12, affecting 4,000-5,000 passengers. The conflict began with Aerolineas Argentinas ground workers and pilots staging slowdowns in the middle of the high sum [...]	2008-01-17 15:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV ELAB AR
08BUENOSAIRES646	ARGENTINE PROSECUTORS SEEK TO TRAVEL TO THE U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine press indicates local prosecutors are looking to travel to the U.S. to gather evidence for their investigation into the infamous Venezuelan suitcase with US$800,000 seized by GOA officials in August 2007. Articles published in La Nacion on May 11 and 12 provide new i [...]	2008-05-15 18:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PREL SNAR KCOR VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES663	ARGENTINA'S NEW PAPER "CRITICA" UNDER GOVERNMENT [...] (C) JORGE LANATA, ONE OF ARGENTINA'S MOST ACCOMPLISHED JOURNALISTS, CALLED ON AMBASSADOR WAYNE MAY 15 TO ASK FOR SUPPORT AS HIS RECENTLY LAUNCHED PAPER, "CRITICA," IS BEING SUBJECTED TO A GOVERNMENT CAMPAIGN TO CUT OFF FINANCIAL BACKING AND IN OTHER WAYS COMPLICATE OPERATIONS UNLESS IT MODERAT [...]	2008-05-16 22:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO OPRC KMDR PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES681	ARGENTINA: AGRICULTURE SECTOR STRIKES TAKE [...] (C) Summary: The agricultural crisis that has dominated headlines for the past two months has knocked the administration of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) back on its heels. Faced with plummeting poll numbers that indicate a lack of confidence in CFK's government and society-wide conce [...]	2008-05-20 13:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR AR
08BUENOSAIRES691	ARGENTINA: SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 15:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCR PARM PREL ETTC TSPL AR
08BUENOSAIRES739	ARGENTINA'S SPECIAL AMIA PROSECUTOR DEFENDS HIS [...] (C) Summary: AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman explained to Embassy Officers on May 27 his reasons for requesting the arrests of former President Carlos Menem and other officials (ref B) for their alleged roles in obstructing justice in the investigation of the 1994 terrorist bombing of t [...]	2008-05-29 15:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR
08BUENOSAIRES743	ARGENTINA: NEW VALIJAGATE EVIDENCE IS FRONT-PAGE [...] (C) Summary: "Valijagate" is once again news in Argentina. The Argentine press is reporting new evidence in the investigation, including cell phone records of supposedly traced calls from a key suspect to the presidential residence, contradictory testimony implying more significant links betw [...]	2008-05-29 19:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KJUS PREL SNAR KCOR VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES748	ARGENTINA'S JUDICIAL BRANCH INCREASINGLY SUBJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is cementing control over the judicial branch by legislating discretion and political criteria into judicial processes. New legislation approved on May 21 increases executive branch influence over the filling of vacant judgeships, and a [...]	2008-05-30 17:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCOR AR
08BUENOSAIRES782	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, MAY 26 - [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period May 26 - June 4, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be i [...]	2008-06-06 15:40:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
08BUENOSAIRES834	ARGENTINA: FARM DEBATE(?) MOVES TO CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: President Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) took a step back from the precipice on June 17 and bought herself some breathing room in the 100-day old farm crisis by announcing she was sending the question of the sliding scale of export taxes ("retenciones") as a bill to congress for deba [...]	2008-06-18 18:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR ECON EFIN INVI AR
08BUENOSAIRES857	Argentina: San Juan Welcomes Ambassador [...] During Ambassador's June 12 - 13 visit to San Juan, provincial authorities emphasized their desire to work with U.S. interests to explore mutually beneficial relationships. Ambassador had extensive meetings with San Juan Governor Jose Luis Gioja, San Juan Vice-Governor Dr. Jose Ruben U$ac, an [...]	2008-06-23 20:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES86	ARGENTINA: UPDATE ON SKANSKA CORRUPTION CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Judicial investigations continue into alleged bribery and tax evasion by the local affiliate of Swedish construction multinational Skanska in the expansion of Argentina's northern and southern natural gas pipelines. The courts appear to be approaching the indictment phase, desp [...]	2008-01-25 14:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR EPET EINV ASEC SNAR OECD AR
08BUENOSAIRES860	ARGENTINE FARM STRIKE SUSPENDED, GRAIN TRADE RESUMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Agricultural producers formally suspended the farm strike, and trucks carrying grains, oilseeds, and cattle started to arrive at processing plants and export terminals over the weekend. Producers and truckers have lifted most of the roadblocks around the country and, unlike the [...]	2008-06-23 22:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES878	Argentina: San Juan Welcomes Ambassador [...] During Ambassador's June 12 - 13 visit to San Juan, provincial authorities emphasized their desire to work with U.S. interests to explore mutually beneficial relationships. Ambassador had extensive meetings with San Juan Governor Jose Luis Gioja, San Juan Vice-Governor Dr. Jose Ruben U$ac, and [...]	2008-06-25 17:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OVIP EINV PINR AR
08BUENOSAIRES911	ARGENTINA: VISITING G/TIP AMBASSADOR PRESENTS [...] (C) Summary. "The United States wants to be Argentina's partner in fighting trafficking in persons (TIP),not a judge", visiting Ambassador-at-Large and Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Mark P. Lagon told Argentine Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez durin [...]	2008-07-01 23:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV AR
08BUJUMBURA249	TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION: SLOW PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During comprehensive consultations with Representatives from the Ministry of Justice, the Steering Committee of the Transitional Justice Mechanism, civil society, the international community and NGO organizations April 16-18, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Clint Williamson [...]	2008-05-15 09:17:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
08BUJUMBURA268	TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION: SLOW PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During comprehensive consultations with Representatives from the Ministry of Justice, the Steering Committee of the Transitional Justice Mechanism, civil society, the international community and NGO organizations April 16-18, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Clint Williamson [...]	2008-05-20 15:46:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
08BUJUMBURA396	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL PAYNE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Burundi comes as the country grapples with the many challenges facing nascent democracies. The last remaining rebel group, the PALIPEHUTU-FNL, signed a cessation of hostilities agreement in May following several weeks of violent attacks that left over 100 people d [...]	2008-07-31 19:39:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP MARR PGOV PREF PREL BY
08CAIRO1029	TIMELINE FOR SUPPLYING COUNTER-TUNNELING EQUIPMENT [...] Summary: In order to improve Egyptian efforts on the Gaza border to interdict smuggling through underground tunnels, the USG is supplying the GOE with counter-tunneling equipment out of military aid funds. The program is divided into three phases to provide a command and control underground s [...]	2008-05-21 10:37:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MASS EG
08CAIRO1315	MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ELECTIONS: SOME INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary and comment: Late May elections for the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) highest body elevated five new members to the Guidance Council, among them two MB parliamentarians, an unprecedented move for the group. Some analysts herald the exclusion of a prominent MB moderate from th [...]	2008-06-24 14:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KISL PINR EG

08CAIRO1353	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE TRANSFER OF 120MM [...] (C) Description: The Government of Egypt has requested procurement of 15,500 120mm HE-T main-gun rounds, 200 dummy rounds, and 100 cutaway rounds. The dummy and cutaway rounds are for training purposes only. 2. (C) Reason the purchaser desires the articles or services: The Egyptian Army [...]	2008-06-30 06:44:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PARM PREL MASS MARR EG
08CAIRO1436	U.S. COUNTER-TUNNELING EQUIPMENT TEAM VISIT TO [...] (S) Summary: A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Team visited Egypt June 15-30 to conduct site surveys on the Gaza Border and at the Giza training site in preparation for the GOE's deployment of seismic-acoustic counter-tunneling equipment on the Gaza Border, expected in January 2009 (reft [...]	2008-07-09 14:34:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PARM PREL MASS EG
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
08CAIRO1565	AYMAN NOUR NOT RELEASED ON NATIONAL HOLIDAY [...] (C) In a customary gesture of mercy, on July 23 (a national holiday which celebrates the anniversary of Egypt's 1952 revolution),President Hosni Mubarak granted amnesty to 1,587 prisoners who had served over half of their sentences. Former opposition presidential candidate Ayman Nour, who has [...]	2008-07-24 11:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO157	COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF BAHA'IS [...] (SBU) On January 29, the Cairo Administrative Court ruled in two cases brought by members of Egypt's small Baha'i religious community that the government may issue official identification documents without listing the holder's religion on the document. (Note: Under current practice, the gove [...]	2008-01-29 15:47:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV EG
08CAIRO1813	EGYPT CLAIMS IPR IMPROVEMENTS DURING USTR VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While maintaining their longstanding resistance to USG requests regarding pharmaceutical test data exclusivity, GOE officials claimed progress in protecting intellectual property rights (IPR) during a USTR-led visit July 27-29. Private-sector representatives agreed that IPR pro [...]	2008-08-19 08:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR EG
08CAIRO1932	EGYPTIAN COURT BLAMES FIRMS FOR CEMENT INFLATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Cairo court fined 20 cement executives including Amcham President Omar Mohanna USD $1.9 million each for collusion to fix cement prices, blaming the companies for contributing to soaring inflation and in particular the rising cost of much- needed housing. While Trade Minister [...]	2008-09-01 15:48:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV PGOV EG
08CAIRO2077	IFES PLANS SECOND TRIP WITH SUPREME ELECTORAL [...] (SBU) International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) Country Director Jeffrey Carlson told us September 15 there is a good chance that IFES will lead a trip with four members of Egypt's Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC) in October to India, where SEC members would meet with Indian coun [...]	2008-09-22 14:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM PO IN EG
08CAIRO2100	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 15:22:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL MASS PARM CH EG
08CAIRO2197	SYG MOUSSA ON IRAQ, SUDAN AND ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-15 15:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL MARR IS SU IZ EG
08CAIRO2251	A FIRST IN EGYPT: COURT SENTENCES SEXUAL ASSAULT [...] (C) Summary and comment: On October 21, for the first time in Egyptian history, a Cairo court heard a sexual assault case, and sentenced truck driver Sherif Gomaa Gibrial to three years in prison for groping 27-year-old female film director Noha Rushdie in June 2008. Rushdie told us that the [...]	2008-10-23 15:26:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN SOCI EG
08CAIRO2262	NOMINATION OF NEHAD ABOUL KOMSAN FOR THE 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Nehad Aboul Komsan, Embassy Cairo's nominee for the Secretary's International Women of Courage Award, deserves USG commendation for her tireless campaigning on behalf of women's rights in Egypt in an often hostile public environment. Aboul Komsan's efforts as Chair of the Boar [...]	2008-10-27 14:54:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO KWMN 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
08CAIRO2310	NO SURPRISES AT RULING PARTY CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: On November 1-3, nearly three thousand delegates participated in the annual conference of Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party (NDP.) Convened under the banner "New Thinking for Our Country's Future," the conference heard a robust-looking President Mubarak pledge to continue w [...]	2008-11-04 14:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON EG
08CAIRO2382	EGYPT'S SECOND EVER SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE: ONE-YEAR [...] (C) Summary and comment: On November 17, in Egypt's second ever sexual assault case, a Cairo court convicted and sentenced a 19 year-old man to one year in prison on charges of sexual assault for the highly publicized October 2 attempted rape and groping of three women in front of a large cro [...]	2008-11-19 14:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN SOCI EG
08CAIRO2419	HEALTH MINISTER READIES NEW DRUG REGISTRATION RULES, PLANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY On November 23, newly appointed Ministry of Health Assistant Minister for Pharmaceutical Affairs Kamal Sabra told FCS and Econ counselor that the MOH would soon put drug registration on-line and that the new drug registration rules are almost finished. The department's new faci [...]	2008-11-25 13:40:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV PREL KIPR EG
08CAIRO2436	Economic and financial leaders debate Egypt's economic [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-30 13:47:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EG
08CAIRO2438	ARAB LEAGUE SUPPORTS ABBAS; DOES NOT CONDEMN HAMAS [...] (C) Summary. The Arab League Ministerial meeting of November 26 resulted in explicit support for PA President Abbas to remain in office until the intra-Palestinian conflict is resolved and parliamentary and presidential elections are able to be held. There was no explicit reference to Hamas [...]	2008-11-30 15:16:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS SY EG
08CAIRO2445	BIRD FLU IN EGYPT: ALL QUIET ON THE MIDDLE EASTERN [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: In July 2008, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) declared the H5N1 avian influenza (AI) virus to be endemic in Egyptian poultry. Now, just four months later, some Egyptians are wondering why. Seven months have passed since the Ministry of Health and Popul [...]	2008-12-01 14:09:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA EAGR EG
08CAIRO2452	JOURNALISTS FACE TRIAL FOR VIOLATING GAG ORDER ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: Two editors and three journalists from independent newspapers are expected to go on trial December 4 for violating a November 16 gag order on publishing details of the current public court case against regime insider Hisham Talaat Mustafa for allegedly ordering the mu [...]	2008-12-02 16:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM EG
08CAIRO2492	EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROCUREMENT [...] (SBU) Description. In REF A, The GOE submitted a request to procure twenty-four (24) AH-64D Helicopters (BLK II) with the Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation System (MTADS),the required infrastructure/facility upgrades, logistical and technical support requirements. This case will [...]	2008-12-11 17:39:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MARR EG
08CAIRO348	2008 Special 301 Review: Egypt [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Egypt has made incremental progress in the protection of Intellectual Property Rights during the last three years. The GOE has worked with the private sector and USG to improve its system for granting pharmaceutical patents and increase enforcement against copyright pirates, w [...]	2008-02-21 15:29:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR EG
08CAIRO413	EGYPT AVIAN INFLUENZA: FIRST CASE OF 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Egypt has confirmed its first Human Avian Influenza (AI) case in 2008: a four-year-old girl from the Minya governorate who is currently hospitalized in Cairo. Reacting rapidly and thoroughly, the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) and the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) disp [...]	2008-03-02 07:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSCA KFLU ECON EAGR PGOV EG
08CAIRO419	EGYPTIAN GAS EXPORTS TO ISRAEL: STILL IN TESTING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The El Arish - Ashkelon gas pipeline is still in the testing phase, but should be ready for full-scale exports "very soon." Continued violence in Gaza will increase the opposition's calls to scrap gas exports to Israel, as well as increasing the issue's resonance amon [...]	2008-03-02 15:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL EG IS
08CAIRO486	PUBLIC FEARS OVER DIESEL, GASOLINE SHORTAGES [...] (SBU) Recent reported shortages of diesel fuel and low-grade gasoline throughout Egypt are prompting press and public speculation over a looming fuel crisis, although the GOE has assured the public that no such emergency is impending. Shortages of low-grade gasoline are likely a function of t [...]	2008-03-11 12:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PGOV 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
08CAIRO621	EGYPTIANS GLOOMY AND RESTIVE BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rising food prices, long bread lines, working-class economic woes and a daily dose of bad news are contributing to a sense among Egyptians that their country is in trouble. Whether they blame their government, the United States or even at times themselves, Egyptians are unhappy [...]	2008-03-31 08:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ECON KDEM MARR PGOV PHUM PREL EG
08CAIRO737	DIMMING PUBLIC FOCUS ON SUEZ INCIDENT; UPDATE ON [...] (C) The March 24 Suez incident that resulted in the death of Mohammed Fouad Affifi has generally been supplanted in the Egyptian press and the public's awareness by more pressing domestic concerns, such as the violent clashes between police and protestors April 6-7 in Mehalla that resulted in a [...]	2008-04-10 15:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PGOV PREL EG
08CAIRO739	EGYPT'S HIV ARRESTS AND CONVICTIONS [...] (U) According to media reports, on April 9 five HIV positive Egyptian men were convicted of "the habitual practice of debauchery" andsentenced to three years in prison. The debauchey charges stem from alleged homosexual conduct. awyers for the men intend to appeal the conviction but are not op [...]	2008-04-10 16:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KHIV EG
08CAIRO742	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE TRANSFER OF 120MM [...] (C) Description: The Government of Egypt has requested procurement of 15,500 120mm HE-T main-gun rounds, 200 dummy rounds, and 100 cutaway rounds. The dummy and cutaway rounds are for training purposes only. 2. (C) Reason the purchaser desires the articles or services: The Egyptian Army [...]	2008-04-13 05:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR EG
08CAIRO784	BIRD FLU KILLS SECOND EGYPTIAN THIS MONTH [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: On April 11, the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) confirmed its sixth Human avian influenza (AI) case this year, the 49th overall, and the second in less than a week: a 30-year old woman from Al-Matarya in the Cairo Governorate. The woman's death, which made her the 2 [...]	2008-04-16 12:00:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSCA KFLU ECON EAGR PGOV EG
08CAIRO84	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF ENERGY BODMAN VISIT [...] (C) Egypt is addressing the mushrooming energy demands of its growing economy and population, but tackling the problem will require aggressive action on energy subsidies, increased conservation, and maximization of finite hydrocarbon reserves. In addition to its plans for civilian nuclear pow [...]	2008-01-17 15:06:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECPO KNNP PREL EG
08CAIRO866	BLUE LANTERN DDTC CASE NUMBER 05-050091422 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-27 04:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC KS EG
08CAIRO920	NAZIF DISCUSSES D&G FUNDING, REFORM IN EGYPT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador made an introductor call on Prime Minister Nazif on April 29, accompanied by econ counselor (notetaker). The two discussed the need to continue an economic dialogue, as well as continued US support for democracy in Egypt, Egyptian political reform, US funding for ci [...]	2008-05-05 09:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD KIPR KDEM EG
08CANBERRA1004	JAPANESE AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON WHALING, CHINA AND [...] (C/NF) Summary: Japanese Ambassador Takaaki Kojima told Ambassador McCallum that Japan was not going to reduce or cancel the upcoming whaling season, as Australia hoped (ref B),because it had already made a concession last year to drop the planned killing of 50 humpback whales in an effort [...]	2008-10-01 07:49:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD ASJA PREL
08CANBERRA1075	NEW NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION/DISARMAMENT GROUP [...] (C) Commissioners at the inaugural meeting of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND) in Sydney October 19-21 agreed on an ambitious work program involving seven meetings in different capitals over the course of the next 18 months, and production of 20 [...]	2008-10-24 07:10:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM AORC PREL KNNP AS
08CANBERRA11	REQUEST TO ALLIES FOR NEW DEMARCHE TO CHINA [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-08 05:04:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	AS CH MARR MNUC PARM PREL
08CANBERRA114	NEW PARLIAMENT TO MEET: LEADERS FACE SCRUTINY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The ALP and Coalition will be under the media spotlight next week when the new Parliament sits for the first time. In Question Time, the Opposition will seek to put the Rudd Government on the defensive, particularly on the key issue of the economy. The performance of Liberal [...]	2008-02-08 06:23:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AS PGOV
08CANBERRA1197	FILM/TV INDUSTRY FILES COPYRIGHT CASE AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: On November 20 several media companies filed legal action against Australia's #3 internet service provider (ISP) iiNet, seeking a ruling that iiNet has infringed copyright by not taking reasonable steps to prevent unauthorized use of films and TV programs by its customers. This i [...]	2008-11-30 23:13:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR ECPS ECON ETRD AS
08CANBERRA1291	BROADBAND ALLEGATIONS - CHINESE TELCOM [...] (C/NF) Summary. A major Australian daily ran an article today reporting that Optus was believed to have included China's Huawei Technologies as a vendor in its bid for the National Broadband Network (NBN) and claiming it could threaten Optus' bid. The GOA is conducting a review of all NBN bi [...]	2008-12-18 06:25:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECPS AS
08CANBERRA180	AUSMIN 2008: SESSION IV: ALLIANCE AND DEFENSE [...] (U) February 23, 2008, Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Australian Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgibbon led the fourth and last U.S.-Australia Ministerial (AUSMIN) session, which focused on bilateral alliance issues, prima [...]	2008-02-25 04:13:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	OVIP MARR
08CANBERRA185	AUSMIN 2008: SESSION II (DPRK, INDIA, CHINA, [...] (U) February 23, 2008; Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C/RL AUS) U.S. and Australian officials dedicated the second session of the 2008 AUSMIN conference to a consideration of regional security issues throughout Asia. They agreed to coordinate in managing the st [...]	2008-02-25 07:47:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	OVIP MOPS
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
08CANBERRA310	RUDD MOVES TO OVERHAUL FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since becoming Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader, Rudd has spoken repeatedly about "ending the blame game" between the federal and state governments. At the heart of the "blame game" is the funding imbalance between the federal and state governments. The federal government r [...]	2008-03-28 06:01:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON AS
08CANBERRA403	RUDD HOLDS SUMMIT OF THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd convened a summit of 1000 of Australia's "brightest and best" on the weekend of April 19-20 to discuss ways of addressing long-term challenges facing Australia. The high-profile summit, "Australia 2020," produced a number of proposals, many of which we [...]	2008-04-21 23:40:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI AS
08CANBERRA459	READOUT OF PRIME MINISTER RUDD'S U.S., EUROPE AND [...] (C) The GOA assesses Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's first major international trip, conducted during March 27 to April 13 to the United States, Europe and China, to have been extremely successful, marred only by the controversy over his failure to visit Japan, according to a readout from a senior [...]	2008-05-06 08:11:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL OTRA AS
08CANBERRA490	RUDD DELIVERS FOR WORKING FAMILIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Rudd Government's first budget has slowed the growth of government spending and hit "the rich" to combat inflation, while delivering its election promises and looking after Rudd's "working families." There is means testing of family benefits, tax cuts, spending on the ALP's [...]	2008-05-14 07:20:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV SENV AS
08CANBERRA542	HIGH COURT HEARS CASE ON SLAVERY AND TRAFFICKING [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 13 the High Court of Australia heard an appeal of a brothel owner who was convicted for enslaving five Thai prostitutes who had incurred a debt of A$45,000 when they were recruited to work in a brothel in Melbourne. The brothel had been raided in 2003 and the owner, Wei Tang [...]	2008-05-27 04:46:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN AS
08CANBERRA59	RUDD'S FOREIGN POLICY--AN OVERVIEW [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will tailor his foreign policy initiatives around three key elements: the U.S. alliance, multilateralism, and engagement with Asia. Rudd views the relationship with the U.S. as "core business," but will pursue a more independent stance on such issues as [...]	2008-01-22 06:03:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL AF IR IN IZ CH JA AS
08CANBERRA595	RUDD ESTABLISHES NEW NPT/DISARMAMENT COMMISSION [...] (C) During a June 9 speech in Japan, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced the establishment of a new international commission to advance the goals of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). The new body -- the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament -- would st [...]	2008-06-11 22:11:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP AORC PREL AS
08CANBERRA640	COALITION POISED TO WIN FIRST BY-ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Party candidate appears poised to win a June 28 by-election that has been billed by the media as a major test of Brendan Nelson's leadership and, to a lesser extent, as a bellwether signaling the end of the Rudd Government's honeymoon. Most observers expect The Nat [...]	2008-06-26 05:43:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AS
08CANBERRA653	BY-ELECTION RESULT A WARNING FOR RUDD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As predicted (see ref A),the National Party retained the rural Victorian seat of Gippsland at a by-election on June 28, although the 6.4 percent swing against the Australian Labor Party (ALP) was greater than expected. Most observers are attributing the larger than expected sw [...]	2008-06-30 06:48:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AS
08CANBERRA671	ISN ACTING A/S MCNERNEY'S NONPROLIFERATION [...] (S/NF) During ISN Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney's June 30 consultations on nonproliferation in Canberra, senior Australian officials said Prime Minister Rudd wanted his proposed International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament to have a strong disarmament foc [...]	2008-07-02 22:14:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AS
08CANBERRA685	GUIDANCE REQUEST: ALLEGATION USG SOUGHT TO TEST [...] (U) This is an action request - please see paragraph 4 below. 2. (SBU) Australian newspapers, quoting recently declassified Australian government documents, carried stories over the July 4 weekend alleging the U.S. Government had asked the Australian government in 1963 to permit aerial tes [...]	2008-07-07 07:49:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PINS PREL 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
08CANBERRA909	BENBRIKA PLUS 5 OTHERS GUILTY ON TERROR CHARGES [...] (SBU) A Victoria State Supreme court jury announced on September 15 that Abdul Benbrika and five co-defendants were found guilty under Australia's recent anti-terrorism legislation. Four of Benbrika's accomplices were acquitted and the verdicts of two others have yet to be announced. Local au [...]	2008-09-15 07:50:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV AS
08CAPETOWN233	METHAMPHETAMINE-A GROWING PROBLEM IN CAPE TOWN [...] (U) An article in the November 17 2008 edition of the Cape Times reported that, according to the Medical Research Council (MRC),Cape Town has become the methamphetamine capital of South Africa, with 98 percent of patients seen across the provinces coming from this city. 2. (U) Methampheta [...]	2008-11-25 07:26:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PGOV SF
08CAPETOWN236	OUTCOMES-BASED EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA-WILL IT STAY OR WILL IT GO? [...] (U) Summary. An article appearing in the November 14 edition of the Cape Times asserts that the end may be near for South Africa's 12-year experiment with Outcomes-Based Education (OBE),a controversial pedagogical model adopted by the ANC Government in the mid-90s in the wake of the demise o [...]	2008-11-25 07:34:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	NOTAG
08CAPETOWN245	CAPE TOWN MAYOR DISCUSSES LOCAL, NATIONAL AND [...] (SBU) On December 12, Cape Town CG, Poloff and Polasst met with City of Cape Town Mayor and Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille. Mayor Zille was enthusiastic about the strong gains the DA made in the recent by-elections, particularly in the Western Cape. She said that although the resu [...]	2008-12-18 09:45:00	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
08CARACAS1058	DRUG SUMMIT AND GO-IT-ALONE DRUG RHETORIC [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior and Justice Ramon Rodriguez Chacin will represent the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) at an August 1 regional drug summit in Cartagena hosted by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. According to sources at the Colombian Embassy, the BRV ignored the invita [...]	2008-07-31 16:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR VE CO
08CARACAS1093	VISIT OF SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR VENEZUELA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Coordinator for Venezuela Robinson visited Caracas July 21-25. Editor Teodoro Petkoff, Chacao Mayor Leopoldo Lopez, and third-country Ambassadors told him separately that they believed President Chavez's recent public overture to the USG on counter-narcotics cooperation w [...]	2008-08-05 22:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR VE
08CARACAS1114	INELIGIBLE LIST AND ENABLING LAW FALLOUT INCREASING [...] (C) Summary. The Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Comptroller's ineligible list and President Chavez's July 31 issuance of 26 far-reaching decree-laws are generating growing international and domestic opposition. In an August 8 briefing, Chacao Mayor Leopoldo Lopez urged local diplomats [...]	2008-08-08 22:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
08CARACAS1155	PRO-GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION PARTIES ACHIEVE [...] (C) Summary. The opposition reached agreement on consensus gubernatorial candidates in 19 of 22 races by August 12, the last day for the registration of gubernatorial and mayoral candidates. Chavez's United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) enjoys the consensus support of smaller pro-gover [...]	2008-08-18 14:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1160	BRV BLAMES U.S. FOR GEORGIA CONFLICT [...] (SBU) The BRV Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an August 14 press release asserting that the United States "planned, prepared, and ordered" the Georgian military offensive against the break-away region of South Ossetia. The statement continued, "The international community was once again w [...]	2008-08-18 16:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS GG VE
08CARACAS1278	ACCUSATIONS FLY, ARRESTS BEGIN, INVESTIGATIONS TO [...] (C) Summary: As President Hugo Chavez accused businessmen, media outlets, opposition leaders, active duty and retired military of conspiring in a U.S. backed coup plot the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DIM) confirmed the arrest of four persons for "inciting rebellion." National Assem [...]	2008-09-12 21:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1413	GENERAL ARRESTED IN ANOTHER ALLEGED COUP PLOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mario Isea, president of the National Assembly special committee investigating the attempt to overthrow/assassinate President Hugo Chavez, announced the arrest of Air Force Inspector General Jose Felix Caraballo Gomez on September 26. The arrest is based on a tape recording bet [...]	2008-10-03 21:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE
08CARACAS1434	STUDENTS WILL PLAY ONLY A MINOR ROLE IN UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary: Widely perceived as the most trustworthy group in the country, student leaders are now trying to preserve their voice and role in Venezuelan politics. Many leaders eschew a direct political role, especially in the upcoming November 23 elections. However, some former leaders wh [...]	2008-10-09 20:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS15	MEDIA REACTION: FARC FALLS FROM FRONT PAGE AS [...] (SBU) Days before Christmas Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stated that a mission to liberate three FARC-held hostages ("Operation Emmanuel") would commence December 28th. As of January 4, the hostages remain captive, international observers have left Colombia accusations of blame are flying [...]	2008-01-04 22:04:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV VE CO
08CARACAS1522	OPEN UP AND SAY AHHHH: VENEZUELA'S HEALTH CARE [...] (C) Summary. Conditions in public hospitals continue to deteriorate and private hospitals face a growing threat of nationalization. Despite multiple 2008 budgetary authorizations for increases in health care worker salaries, labor actions continue by health care workers. One public health [...]	2008-11-03 18:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
08CARACAS1537	CHAVEZ OBSCURES MIAMI VERDICT, FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) President Hugo Chavez took over the airwaves in an obligatory national "cadena" broadcast on November 3, squashing early news reports of Franklin Duran's guilt in the Miami "suitcase" trial. Venezuelan law requires free-to-air broadcasters to carry presidential "cadena" broadcasts in t [...]	2008-11-06 12:29:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV VE
08CARACAS1582	STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS -- 10 DAYS AWAY [...] (C) Summary: With just over a week until the November 23 state and local elections, President Chavez is vigorously supporting his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) candidates. He is simultaneously calling for arrests of opposition figures and pledging to make campaign stops in ele [...]	2008-11-14 20:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1613	BANESCO PRESIDENT CONCERNED OVER ALLEGED U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Banesco President Juan Carlos Escotet visited the Charge November 18 to express his concern about an alleged investigation of Banesco by the USG. (Note: Banesco is by most measures Venezuela's largest bank, holding 12 percent [...]	2008-11-20 21:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN VE
08CARACAS1615	STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS: NINE STORIES TO WATCH [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez will retain full control over the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) no matter what the results of the November 23 state and local elections. Nevertheless, these elections may influence the extent to which Chavez can accelerate his Bolivar [...]	2008-11-21 18:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1668	STATE AND LOCAL VOTING MOSTLY FREE AND FAIR ON [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Caracas deployed informal, unaccredited observation teams throughout Caracas and to six states during the November 23 balloting for state and local elections. They and other electoral observers confirmed scattered irregularities, such as late openings and closings of t [...]	2008-12-05 18:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1670	CHAVEZ STEERING AN EVEN MORE AUTHORITARIAN COURSE [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez usually calibrates his efforts to concentrate power based on public opinion. But after losing the constitutional referendum in December 2007 and ceding more ground to the opposition in the November 23 state and local elections, the Venezuelan president appears to [...]	2008-12-05 19:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1676	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RELEASES FLIMSY REPORT ON [...] (C) Summary. The National Assembly (NA) released a report calling on the Attorney General's Office (AG) to investigate retired military personnel, independent media owners, and businessmen for their supposed involvement in a conspiracy to assassinate President Chavez. It accused the USG of pr [...]	2008-12-05 20:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VE
08CARACAS1702	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT TO ASSUME PERMANENT CONTROL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Aeropostal president Dr. Mustafa Flores reports he expects the government to take permanent control of the airline by December 12 and will then bankrupt it. He, along with all but two of the Aeropostal board of directors, plan to resign as they fear they will ultimately be blamed. [...]	2008-12-11 13:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON CASC CVIS ASEC MARR PGOV EAIR PREL ETRD
08CARACAS1753	CHAVEZ'S FEBRUARY REFERENDUM DATE A LEGAL STRETCH [...] (C) Summary: Chavez continues to move forward on his amendment proposal, apparently with the hope of holding a referendum before the end of February. The National Assembly (AN) concluded its first debate December 18 in favor of the amendment and has another debate scheduled for the second [...]	2008-12-19 22:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1777	CHAVEZ'S PERPETUAL CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: Since taking office in 1999, President Chavez has engaged in frequent, polarizing electoral campaigns to both burnish his democratic credentials and accumulate personal power. The Venezuelan president's electoral focus has hindered his government's ability to address pressing [...]	2008-12-24 13:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS206	FM MADURO BLAMES USG FOR OIL DISPUTE, TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro insisted to local media February 13 that the USG is behind ExxonMobil's dispute with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV). He also reiterated long-standing BRV accusations that the USG is working with the opposition and local media to destabi [...]	2008-02-19 21:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENGR SNAR VE
08CARACAS232	2008 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION: KEEP VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary: The BRV's protection and enforcement of IPR continues to deteriorate. The market for legitimate music CDs is eclipsed by piracy, with piracy rates for CDs, DVDs, and business software hovering above 80 percent. SAPI, the agency that oversees IPR enforcement and issues patents, [...]	2008-02-22 21:27:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR VE
08CARACAS278	(SBU) REQUEST FOR SPANISH TEST FOR VIRGINIA M. [...] (U) Post requests a FSI Language Proficiency test(test type-DVC). 2. (SBU) Information on employee to be tested: Employee: Virginia M. Gregory SSN: XXX-XX-6451 Agency: State Language: Spanish Date for exam preferred: April 11, 2008. PLO: Stephen Bruce Stewart 3. (U) Method of s [...]	2008-02-29 20:45:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFSI APER
08CARACAS347	(SBU) REQUEST FOR SPANISH TEST FOR ALYCE ABDULLA [...] (U) Post requests a FSI Language Proficiency test (test type-DVC). 2. (SBU) Information on employee to be tested: Employee: Alyce Abdalla SSN: XXX-XX-9525 Agency: State Language: Spanish Date for exam preferred: April 28, 2008. PLO: Stephen Bruce Stewart 3. (U) Method of shipment: [...]	2008-03-12 19:27:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFSI APER
08CARACAS366	NO GAS IN THE KITCHEN [...] (C) Summary: The distribution system for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in cylinders, which is used by the majority of Venezuelan families for cooking, has been stressed to the point that it will cease to function unless price controls are lifted or subsidies are provided by the BRV. Price con [...]	2008-03-14 22:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS498	MORE TWISTS IN CASE OF SLAIN PUBLIC PROSECUTOR [...] (C) Summary: Prosecutor Hernando Contreras accused former Attorney General (AG) Isaias Rodriguez of doctoring witness testimony that could have proved unfavorable to the government in the case of slain public prosecutor Danilo Anderson. AG Luisa Ortega dismissed the allegations against her pr [...]	2008-04-08 17:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CO VE
08CARACAS516	CHAVEZ'S TACTICAL RETREAT ON EDUCATION - FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary. The Venezuelan government is promoting a highly politicized new school curriculum designed to create "new citizens" and a "new Republic" based on vague Bolivarian values. Teacher training efforts to implement the new pre-K-through-high school curriculum by September sparked teac [...]	2008-04-11 21:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PHUM VE
08CARACAS586	BRV COOKS UP CONSPIRACY THEORY TO LINK USG TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. The local media reported April 23 that former Attorney General (AG) Isaias Rodriguez again accused the FBI and CIA of orchestrating the death of federal prosecutor Danilo Anderson. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) has repeatedly tried to connect opposition figures and [...]	2008-04-29 14:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CO VE
08CARACAS626	THE BATTLE FOR CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary. Chavistas and the opposition are competing for control over the public Central University of Venezuela (UCV)in the May 9 administrative elections. The winners will head the university for the next four years and, given the prominence and prestige of the UCV, will influence high [...]	2008-05-07 21:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SCUL VE
08CARACAS653	THE COLOMBIAN PATIENT - DISCHARGED? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local news services reported May 7 that FARC fighters Freddy Martinez Mendoza, a member of the 38th Front's General Staff and his companion Jose Ortiz Barrera, wanted in Colombia on charges of rebellion, had been quietly given conditional release on their own recognizance from th [...]	2008-05-13 20:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO VE
08CARACAS680	BRV LASHES OUT FOLLOWING INTERPOL REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) didn't waste any time in beginning its efforts to try to discredit Interpol and the contents of the defunct FARC commander's hard drives. On the morning of the May 15 Interpol report, Defense Minister Gustavo Rangel Briceno called the FA [...]	2008-05-19 13:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CO VE
08CARACAS69	BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Per request in reftel, this cable transmits the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Begin text ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Given economic and political uncertainties, a recent history o [...]	2008-01-17 20:38:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC VE
08CARACAS758	CHAVEZ LOYALISTS WIN PSUV "PRIMARY" [...] (C) Summary. Chavez loyalists dominated the United Socialist Party of Venezuela's (PSUV's) June 1 intra-party elections for the nominations in the November state and local races. Per the party's rules, the PSUV party leadership will decide who the party's nominees are in races where there was [...]	2008-06-02 22:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
08CARACAS789	PSUV ANNOUNCES CANDIDATES IN CONTESTED [...] (SBU) President Chavez's United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) announced June 5 its nominees for eight gubernatorial and eight mayoral races that failed to produce clear winners in its primary elections. Per party regulations, the PSUV party leadership selects the party's nominee in cont [...]	2008-06-06 13:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
08CARACAS812	OPPOSITION ORGANIZES PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 7 the opposition led a peaceful protest to the Comptroller's Office to protest the administrative ruling making 400 public officials ineligible to run for office. The Venezuelan Constitution, however, stipulates that a person can only be barred from running for public o [...]	2008-06-09 22:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL VE
08CARACAS931	GENERAL DISCONTENT AROUND THE HOUSE [...] (SBU) According to local media, following his testimony on the morning of July 1 before the Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) at which he requested the court to prohibit the Chavista slogan "Fatherland, Socialism or Death!" stricken from military drill and ceremony, Brigadier General (BG) Angel [...]	2008-07-03 22:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV VE
08CARACAS942	VENEZUELA'S CODEX COMMITTEE ATTEMPTS A COMEBACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) may attempt to revive its currently moribund interministerial Codex committee, and recall its former director. Reviving Venezuela's Codex committee will not be easy, because of the very problems that led to its demise a few years ago. [...]	2008-07-07 20:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV VE
08CARACAS945	CHAVEZ PUBLICLY STATES INTEREST IN DRUG COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. On the margins of Venezuela's July 5 Independence Day military parade, President Chavez told the Ambassador that he is interested in renewing bilateral counternarcotics cooperation with the USG. Both Chavez and Foreign Minister Maduro also sought out the Ambassador among the di [...]	2008-07-08 16:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV CO VE
08CARACAS968	VENEZUELA'S CODEX COMMITTEE ATTEMPTS A COMEBACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) may attempt to revive its currently moribund interministerial Codex committee, and recall its former director. Reviving Venezuela's Codex committee will not be easy, because of the very problems that led to its demise a few years ago. [...]	2008-07-14 11:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV VE
08CARACAS987	RESPONDING TO CHAVEZ' EFFORT TO RENEW COUNTER-DRUG [...] (C) On the margins of the July 5 Venezuelan Independence Day parade, President Chavez told the Ambassador, in front of the diplomatic corps and state media, that he wanted to renew counternarcotics cooperation with the USG (Reftel). Chavez' overture, reiterated in a Ministry of Communications [...]	2008-07-17 18:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE

08CARACAS998	NEW BANKING SUPERINTENDENT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HEALTH [...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Superintendent of Banks Maria Elena Fumero (strictly protect throughout) told Ecouncouns she believes the financial sector is generally in good shape. The structured notes (reftel) were problematic, she said, but did not represent a systemic threat to the sector [...]	2008-07-18 23:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KTFN VE
08CARACAS999	BRV BLOWS HOT AND COLD ON A/S SHANNON AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Nicholas Maduro responded quickly and indignantly to WHA A/S Shannon's July 17 testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Western Hemisphere Subcommittee. Maduro declared the "imperial U.S. system" an "anachronism" and announced that Venezuelan drug seizures [...]	2008-07-18 23:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CASABLANCA222	THE MARRIAGE OF MINORS, POLYGAMY AND DIVORCE: THE [...] SUMMARY: (U) Women,s groups and the media roundly criticized the government,s failure to implement some aspects of the Mudawana or family code nearly four years after the ground-breaking reforms were passed. The criticism was prompted by a recent report by the Democratic League for the Rights [...]	2008-11-21 17:11:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KWMN KTIP KISL MO
08CASABLANCA39	MOROCCO: 2008 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) This cable responds to action request (reftel) for updated information on the Moroccan government's efforts to combat trafficking in persons from April 2007 to March 2008. ------------------------------------- Morocco Headed in the Right Direction ------------------------------------- [...]	2008-02-27 12:42:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KFRD KCRM KWMN MO
08CHENGDU175	TIBETAN PREFECTURE IN SOUTHWEST CHINA -- HIGH SUBSIDIES [...] (S) Summary: A series of internal government documents recently obtained by post provide an unusually detailed look into the internal workings of the poor and predominantly ethnic Tibetan prefecture of Ganzi in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Massive subsidies are being invested in infra [...]	2008-08-07 05:42:00	Consulate Chengdu	SECRET	PGOV ECON PHUM CH
08CHENGDU42	LHASA CONVERSATIONS - WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE THINKING? [...] (C) Summary: A series of unscripted Consulate encounters in Lhasa, including with a Han teacher from Hebei, a Hui Muslim vendor of pirated DVDs from Gansu, a longtime resident Han barber from Sichuan, a lama recently arrived from Qinghai, university students from Chamdo (eastern Tibet),and B [...]	2008-03-06 09:41:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI CH
08CHENNAI214	ANDHRA PRADESH: AN ANTI-TRAFFICKING MODEL FOR INDIA [...] Summary: The South Indian state Andhra Pradesh has made great strides in combating trafficking in persons. In what anti-trafficking NGOs describe as a "paradigm shift," the police, prosecutors, and the judiciary have all actively participated in training programs sponsored by the United Nati [...]	2008-06-25 11:01:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI IN
08CHENNAI239	MUSLIM RIOTING IN BANGALORE HANDLED WELL BY NEW BJP [...] (SBU) Riots broke out in one of Bangalore's Muslim districts on July 11 following the desecration of two mosques and some hot-headed agitation. Police apparently acted professionally to quell the violence. This may help calm some Muslim concerns about the attitude of Karnataka's newly elected [...]	2008-07-16 10:40:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KIRF KDEM IN
08CHENNAI254	BANGALORE RECOVERING FROM TERROR ATTACKS AS INVESTIGATION [...] (SBU) Summary: A sense of normalcy is returning to Bangalore following the series of eight explosions on July 25 that killed one person and injured eight. A ninth device that failed to explode is providing city police insights on the bombs' construction. No Americans were killed or injured i [...]	2008-07-29 02:46:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL ASEC CACS IN
08CHENNAI263	TAMIL NADU EXPERIENCES POWER SHORTAGES, INEVITABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Decades of under-investment in power generation have finally caught up with the South India state of Tamil Nadu, which is currently experiencing unprecedented disruptions of electricity supply. This under-investment, combined with strong economic growth and accompanying demand [...]	2008-08-07 08:48:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KNNP ECON EINV PGOV EFIN IN RS
08CHENNAI33	HHS SECRETARY SWINGS THROUGH SOUTH INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS),visited three of South India's largest cities from January 7-9, 2008. The visit provided the Secretary an opportunity to promote the importance of assuring SIPDIS product safety in an increa [...]	2008-01-29 10:47:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON TBIO SENV AMED KSCA PHUM KCRM SOCI IN
08CHENNAI342	SHADOWY NGO'S TERRORIST TIES WORRY KERALA OBSERVERS [...] (C) Summary: The National Development Front (NDF),a shadowy, self-described human rights organization is causing alarm in north Kerala. A wide range of interlocutors alleged that the group has connections to the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and a history of violent activ [...]	2008-10-07 08:12:00	Consulate Chennai	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KISL PGOV PTER
08CHENNAI51	FIRST EVER USG VISIT TO INDIAN CAMPS FOR SRI LANKAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 30, Consulate staff visited two camps for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, marking the first official visit to the camps by representatives of the U.S. government. The visit reflects the growing openness of Indian government authorities, particularl [...]	2008-02-14 03:18:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL IN
08CHENNAI97	U.S. NUCLEAR TEAM VISITS SOUTH INDIA ATOMIC RESEARCH [...] (SBU) Summary: A six-member delegation from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) visited on March 3-4 the Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR) near Chennai as part of a 10-day visit to India that also included a stop in Mumbai to discuss nuclear safety issues with counterpa [...]	2008-03-14 06:56:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PARM KNNP PGOV TRGY IN
08CHENNAI99	NEW AIRPORTS IN HYDERABAD AND BANGALORE WILL BRING [...] (SBU) Summary: The new airports slated to open in the next several weeks in both Hyderabad and Bangalore promise to bring world-class modernity and comfort to air travelers in South India. The opening of the new airports will also close the cities' current airports for commercial aviation, one [...]	2008-03-14 10:46:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV IN
08CHIANGMAI10	STAFFDEL YEO FOCUSES ON REFUGEES, IDPS AND BURMESE POLITICAL [...] (C) In meetings with Staffdel Yeo, some politically active Burmese exile groups requested stronger U.S. sanctions against Burma, claimed to play a significant role in organizing recent protests inside Burma, and asked for U.S. support for a constitution they drafted as an alternative to the Bu [...]	2008-01-14 09:00:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV SOCI TH BM
08CHIANGMAI120	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: IMPLEMENTATION STALLED ON IDEAS FROM [...] (S/NF) Consul General met for the first time since late May with Mark Tamthai, the Thai Government's point-man for secret talks between the RTG and southern insurgents. Tamthai said: -- implementation of a pilot "peace zone" in Yala city, worked out during the talks in May, is stalled due [...]	2008-08-14 09:03:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PTER PHUM TH
08CHIANGMAI126	PUTTING THE NEW TIP LAW TO ITS FIRST TEST [...] (C) Criminal proceedings have begun in what Thai NGOs and authorities are highlighting as the first case under the new trafficking in persons (TIP) law passed by the Thai Parliament in December 2007 (Reftel). The two suspects in the case have been charged with selling the sexual services of si [...]	2008-08-25 07:15:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN SMIG PHUM TH BM
08CHIANGMAI128	NORTHERN THAILAND CREATES A SPACE FOR U.S. INVESTMENT [...] Northern Thailand boasts many attributes that are attractive to foreign investors, including low labor and land costs, making the region an inviting alternative to the growing costs of operating in Bangkok. Moreover, favorable tax incentives in the north, combined with sophisticated transporta [...]	2008-08-26 09:51:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR ECIN ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ELTN CH
08CHIANGMAI160	HIGH-TECH LAMPHUN SHOWS COMPETITIVE POTENTIAL AND INVESTMENT [...] As host to many foreign high-tech manufacturing firms, the Northern Regional Industrial Estate (NRIE) of Lamphun province is both a model for the potential of northern Thailand as a producer of sophisticated electronics products as well as a reality check of the challenges foreign investors fac [...]	2008-10-17 06:53:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EIND CH TH
08CHIANGMAI192	MINORITY HILL TRIBES STILL PLAGUED BY STATELESSNESS, THOUGH [...] Roughly half of Thailand's estimated 900,000 hill tribe minorities lack citizenship. This statelessness contributes significantly to their disadvantaged status. In recent years the Royal Thai Government (RTG) has made strides to improve citizenship eligibility for highlanders, including pass [...]	2008-12-19 09:39:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG PREF PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR KCRM KWMN TH
08CHIANGMAI57	AN NGO PERSPECTIVE ON ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS IN NORTHERN [...] (SBU) Most Burmese who become trafficking victims knowingly enter Thailand illegally, but fall prey to deception and coercion after crossing the border, according to the head of a key anti-trafficking NGO operating in the region. Child prostitution has diminished significantly in northern Tha [...]	2008-04-03 02:36:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN SMIG PHUM TH
08CHISINAU1155	AMBASSADOR PRODS CORRUPTION CZAR ON [...] (C) Summary: In a November 21 meeting, Ambassador Chaudhry pushed Deputy Prime Minister Valentin Mejinschi to change the selection process for the Civilian Monitoring Board (CMB) that was created to monitor the Center for Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption (CCECC). He also updated Mej [...]	2008-11-28 10:52:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MD
08CHISINAU171	MOLDOVA: CHISINAU CAUGHT IN A COMMUNIST TRAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The opposition-controlled Chisinau municipal government is struggling with the decision of its Communist Party (PCRM) predecessor to increase and subsidize heating tariffs for all residents of the capital city. Although the current Chisinau city council attempted to cancel these [...]	2008-02-21 08:37:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL 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
08CHISINAU268	MOLDOVA: AVIAN INFLUENZA AND TRANSNISTRIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USDA'S Foreign Agricultural Service has approved funding for a targeted technical assistance project on Avian Influenza (AI) in the Transnistrian (TN) region of Moldova. Although we face political constraints, TN officials are receptive to the idea, acknowledging that they are no [...]	2008-03-11 12:04:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAGR KFLU TBIO MD
08CHISINAU524	MOLDOVAN SOCIETY FAILS GAY PRIDE TOLERANCE TEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Some 400-500 representatives of Moldovan Christian groups, veterans of Afghan and Transnistrian wars and radical skinheads blocked attempts to hold a gay pride march in Chisinau on May 11. Under the terms of a recently adopted law with liberal provisions on public assembly, th [...]	2008-05-20 05:50:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM MD
08CHISINAU690	MiG JETFIGHTERS: PASAT CASE RISES FROM THE ASHES [...] (SBU) Summary: Former Minister of Defense Valeriu Pasat could be in the dock again in July, after the Supreme Court quashed his July 2007 acquittal in the case of Pasat's allegedly illegal sale of MiG 29s to the U.S. The court's decision, and a dissenting opinion, both criticized the 2007 dec [...]	2008-07-01 08:52:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PINR PGOV MD
08CHISINAU794	MOLDOVA TAKES STEPS TO REVERSE ITS TIER [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with the G/TIP assessment team, Government of Moldova officials noted that though originally surprised by the Tier 3 placement, they now acknowledged it as both accurate and as a needed spur to improving their record on trafficking. In each meeting, officials noted [...]	2008-07-30 14:45:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN PINR MD
08CHISINAU979	MOLDOVA VIGILANT FOR RUSSIAN TRAPS, SAYS REINTEGATION [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with Minister for Reintegration Vasile Sova, Ambassador Chaudhry found broad agreement on the basic issues: removing foreign troops from Moldovan territory, reforming the peacekeeping force, continuing confidence-building measures (CBMs),increasing EU partici [...]	2008-10-01 13:34:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS EAID PINR MD RS
08CHISINAU983	KALMAN MISZEI BELIEVES MOLDOVA NEEDS 5- [...] (C) Summary: In a September 29 meeting EU Special Envoy Kalman Mizsei told Ambassador that he did not believe the Russians were committed to a 5-plus-2 meeting. Mizsei opined that Moldova needed the transparency of the 5-plus-2 process to protect it from walking into a Russian trap. The U.S [...]	2008-10-02 11:34:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PINR RS MD
08CIUDADJUAREZ980	EPIDEMIC PREPAREDNESS: COOPERATION BETWEEN CHIHUAHUA, NEW [...] Summary: The state of Chihuahua has been working closely with Texas and New Mexico health departments for three years to coordinate preparations for a potential outbreak of a highly contagious influenza or similar illness. However, New Mexico and Texas state officials report that their work h [...]	2008-10-01 21:19:00	Consulate Ciudad Juarez	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU PGOV MX
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
08COLOMBO1049	SRI LANKA: TERRORISM TRIAL OF JOURNALIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The trial on terrorism charges of journalist J.S. Tissainayagam has entered a critical phase. The testimony in the case has not gone well for the government, with the officer who took Tissainayagam's confession conceding errors. The Judicial Medical officer who examined Tissa [...]	2008-11-20 13:46:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PREL CE
08COLOMBO1055	SRI LANKA: AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPARATIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sri Lankan health officials continue preparations to prevent an Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak in country. Repeated incidence of the disease in the region places Sri Lanka at risk of AI. Animal health authorities maintain monitoring activities while the Ministry of Health has [...]	2008-11-24 11:27:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI EAGR CASC WHO 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
08COLOMBO108	FY08 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH STRATEGY AND DEPARTMENT [...] Post appreciates the opportunity to request funding for biotechnology outreach programs in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is at a turning point with respect to biotechnology. The country has regulations to label, regulate and control the import of Genetically Modified (GM) foods, as well as to regulat [...]	2008-01-29 11:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO
08COLOMBO111	SRI LANKA: DISAPPOINTMENT AT LIMITED SCOPE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: While the international response to the unveiling of the government proposals for limited devolution of powers to the provinces under Sri Lanka's 13th Amendment was cautiously positive, reactions from the minority Tamils and Muslims have ranged from disappointment to scathing rej [...]	2008-01-29 15:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO1145	USAID TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM IN SRI LANKA [...] USAID /Sri Lanka has completed all projects related to the tsunami disaster of 2004, and funds of $134.6 million have been fully expended. The initial response to the tsunami during the first few months immediately following the disaster focused on emergency relief, providing basic necessitie [...]	2008-12-18 05:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF EAID CE
08COLOMBO244	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT-BACKED EX-TIGERS SWEEP LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 10 local elections in Batticaloa District in eastern Sri Lanka went off without any serious violations or incidents of violence. The TMVP, a government-backed anti-LTTE Tamil paramilitary, swept the elections, winning 8 of 9 local bodies (and in a coalition with the r [...]	2008-03-11 14:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO245	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT-BACKED EX-TIGERS SWEEP LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 10 local elections in Batticaloa District in eastern Sri Lanka went off without any serious violations or incidents of violence. The TMVP, a government-backed anti-LTTE Tamil paramilitary, swept the elections, winning 8 of 9 local bodies (and in a coalition with the r [...]	2008-03-11 15:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO246	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT-BACKED EX-TIGERS SWEEP LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 10 local elections in Batticaloa District in eastern Sri Lanka went off without any serious violations or incidents of violence. The TMVP, a government-backed anti-LTTE Tamil paramilitary, swept the elections, winning 8 of 9 local bodies (and in a coalition with the r [...]	2008-03-11 15:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO247	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT-BACKED EX-TIGERS SWEEP LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 10 local elections in Batticaloa District in eastern Sri Lanka went off without any serious violations or incidents of violence. The TMVP, a government-backed anti-LTTE Tamil paramilitary, swept the elections, winning 8 of 9 local bodies (and in a coalition with the r [...]	2008-03-11 15:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO248	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT-BACKED EX-TIGERS SWEEP LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 10 local elections in Batticaloa District in eastern Sri Lanka went off without any serious violations or incidents of violence. The TMVP, a government-backed anti-LTTE Tamil paramilitary, swept the elections, winning 8 of 9 local bodies (and in a coalition with the r [...]	2008-03-11 15:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO264	SRI LANKA: EMINENT PERSONS REITERATE PROBLEMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) issued its fifth public statement on March 6, reiterating its concerns about the Commission of Inquiry's (COI) lack of progress and failure to adhere to international norms. The statement also announced IIGEP's decis [...]	2008-03-14 05:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM 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
08COLOMBO344	SRI LANKA: REPORT BLAMES GOVERNMENT FOR "TRINCO 5" [...] (C) Summary: On April 1, the prominent Sri Lankan human rights group University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna) released a lengthy report on two cases that have received significant international attention: the murders of five Tamil youths in Trincomalee in January 2006, and the killing of [...]	2008-04-03 11:43:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO394	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR PDAS CAMP'S VISIT TO [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: Your visit comes at a time when our relations with Sri Lanka are beginning to show signs of strain from the increasing pressure we have applied on key issues, particularly human rights and military cooperation. Nonetheless, we continue to have access at the highest levels [...]	2008-04-17 11:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS 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
08COLOMBO409	SRI LANKA: IIGEP COMES TO END; HOPE REMAINS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) has ended its work in country and released its final public statement on April 15. The statement concluded that the Commission of Inquiry's (COI) work has not met international standards, detailed the reasons for th [...]	2008-04-25 06:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS 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
08COLOMBO462	SRI LANKA: KARUNA RELEASED FROM UK PRISON; MAY BE [...] (C) Summary. Former LTTE-breakaway faction leader Karuna was released from prison on May 8 after serving half of his prison sentence for entering the United Kingdom on a false diplomatic passport, likely supplied by the Sri Lankan government (ref B). Karuna is currently being held in an im [...]	2008-05-12 12:25:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	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
08COLOMBO493	SRI LANKA: COMMISSION REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 6, Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry Udalagama formally requested assistance in continuing video conference testimony from abroad. Embassy and USAID have agreed that support of this effort would be the most appropriate use of unused U.S. funds which had been designat [...]	2008-05-22 04:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO539	SRI LANKA: ETHNIC DIVIDE IN ATTITUDES ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In May 22-24 meetings with visiting DAS Barks-Ruggles, representatives from the ICRC, the UN, and a leading local think tank described a deteriorating human rights situation. Human Rights Ministry Secretary Amarasinghe highlighted the limited steps the government has taken to rec [...]	2008-06-03 10:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER CE
08COLOMBO551	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT BLOCKS VIDEO TESTIMONY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Presidential Secretariat has directed the Commission of Inquiry to suspend all further hearing of video testimony from protected witnesses abroad in the cases of five Tamil students slain in January 2006 in Trincomalee and the massacre of 17 humanitarian workers of the French [...]	2008-06-05 11:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO56	MALDIVES: PRESIDENT AND AMBASSADOR LAUNCH PILOT RENEWABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador joined Maldives President Gayoom January 7 for the commissioning of a pilot renewable energy project that uses turbines produced by U.S. company Southwest Windpower. The hybrid wind/solar/diesel micro-grid power systems replace the inefficient generators that most Mal [...]	2008-01-11 08:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV SENV PREL MV
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
08COLOMBO620	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR DAS FEIGENBAUM'S VISIT [...] (C) Sri Lanka: Your visit comes at a time when our relations with Sri Lanka are showing signs of strain from the increasing 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 important [...]	2008-06-25 13:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE MV
08COLOMBO653	SRI LANKA: TWO PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS SET [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan Election Commission set August 23rd as the date for two Provincial Council elections in the North Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces. The campaigns in both provinces are likely to revolve around the government's war strategy versus the opposition's emphasis on poc [...]	2008-07-08 09:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO713	EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 07/23/2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on July 23, 2008. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of the upcoming South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) conference, hosted by the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) in Colombo [...]	2008-07-24 08:31:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC PTER
08COLOMBO721	SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S VISIT FOR THE 15TH [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Your visit for the 15th SAARC Summit finds most SAARC member countries preoccupied with domestic issues. After surviving a no-confidence vote, the Indian government is looking ahead to national elections next year, and frustrated that last minute objections from [...]	2008-07-25 08:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS PINR ECON CE MV
08COLOMBO754	POLICE DETAIN SUSPECT IN JUNE WHITE POWDER [...] (SBU) Summary - The Sri Lanka Police Service (SLPS),working at the behest of RSO Colombo, located and detained a subject believed to have delivered the envelope containing the white powder (ref B and C) that closed AmEmbassy Colombo for normal business for a week in June. Subsequent to his de [...]	2008-08-13 09:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PTER AMED
08COLOMBO929	MINISTER OUTLINES PROGRESS ON LANGUAGE TRAINING; [...] (C) Summary: In an October 8 meeting with Ambassador, Minister of Constitutional Affairs and National Integration Dew Gunasekera described the progress his Ministry is making to increase Tamil language training for Sinhalese-speaking civil servants, police and Buddhist monks to help promote [...]	2008-10-09 11:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CE
08CONAKRY184	SEIZED DRUGS FINALLY INCINERATED...OR WERE THEY? [...] (S) SUMMARY: On April 11, 2008, Guinean police seized a shipment of cocaine, exact quantity unknown, and detained six suspects believed to be of Latin American origin (Reftel A, B). All USG requests for additional information regarding the details of the seizure or the suspects have gone unanswer [...]	2008-03-06 14:33:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	ASEC GV PGOV DEA PREL SNAR
08CONAKRY212	CLOSE FRIEND OF NEW PM SHARES INSIGHTS [...] (C) Returning to Conakry from a trip to Middle Guinea, Econoff stopped in Mamou on May 21 to visit the local prefect, Mr. Safioulaye Bah, in order to discuss recent political developments (reftel). Bah told Econoff that he is a close personal friend of the new prime minister, Dr. Ahmed Tidia [...]	2008-05-21 14:21:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY220	RECENT CHILD TRAFFICKING INCIDENTS ON GUINEA'S NORTHERN [...] SUMMARY: (U) Local media reported two alleged child trafficking incidents on Guinea's borders with Mali and Senegal. The first incident involved 22 children being transported to Mali, and the second, 11 children being transported to Senegal. In both cases, Koranic teachers, also known as marabo [...]	2008-05-23 13:24:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC ML GV
08CONAKRY26	REPORT OF EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) The Emergency Action Committee (EAC) for the Embassy met to review the current status of the situation in country, with emphasis on the general strike that has been called for tomorrow. Detailed political information reported septel. 2. (SBU) All sections and agencies reported being [...]	2008-01-09 15:23:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PTER GV
08CONAKRY306	PM ASKS AMBASSADOR FOR HELP, BUT NO CLEAR PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During his second meeting with the Ambassador, Guinea's new prime minister discussed the country's current security situation and ongoing political issues. He commented on the need to restore peace and security, and was optimistic that the GoG would soon be able to resolve the [...]	2008-06-20 11:50:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ELAB ASEC GV
08CONAKRY325	TEACHERS' UNIONS SUSPEND STRIKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As of Sunday, June 22, Guinea's teachers' unions (SLECG and FSPE) agreed to suspend a nationwide labor strike that began on June 19 (reftels). National exams, which were originally scheduled for the week of June 9 and then postponed to the week of June 23, are now scheduled fo [...]	2008-06-26 07:56:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV ASEC PHUM GV
08CONAKRY448	NATIONAL ROUNDTABLE GENERATES HARD-HITTING [...] (U) SUMMARY. The UNDP sponsored a three-day national roundtable in Conakry, which closes a series of roundtables held over the last few months in each of Guinea's 33 prefectures and five communes. While the dialogue itself may have been somewhat routine, the conference was unusual in terms [...]	2008-08-19 15:26:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY455	GUINEAN GOVERNMENT DESTROYS A REPORTED 34 KILOS OF [...] (U) On August 20, Guinean security forces torched a reported 34 kilos of cocaine and 680 kilos of cannabis at a public burning covered by the press and diplomatic corps. Security and Civil Protection Minister Mohamed Damba allowed RSO to take random samples from the packets of cocaine slated for de [...]	2008-08-20 17:04:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY460	CHARGE MEETS WITH NEW MINISTER OF THE PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an August 22 courtesy call, the new Minister Secretary General of the Presidency, Alpha Ibrahima Keira was polite, but close-mouthed. He stressed that he is the liaison between the government and the president, but said that he expects things to go smoothly. With upwards [...]	2008-08-22 14:48:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY47	PM DENOUNCES +BULLETIN ROUGE, - OFFERS [...] (U) On January 9, on the eve of the nationwide strike planned by Guinea,s labor unions (reftels),the Ministry of Defense announced plans to pay every soldier a flat sum of $482, which is equivalent to about four months pay for an average soldier. The military has not conducted an accurate c [...]	2008-01-18 05:51:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV KDEM ELAB ASEC GV
08CONAKRY628	NEW MINISTER OF SECURITY PROMISES ANTI-NARCOTICS [...] (C) Summary: Guinea's newly-appointed Minister of Security promised full cooperation and 'total transparency' with the US in fighting narco-trafficking in Guinea. He stated that narco-corruption had spread throughout the presidency and government, but that he had a mandate from President Conte [...]	2008-10-23 14:25:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PREL PGOV SNAR GV
08CONAKRY709	THE PATH TO HIPC COMPLETION AND DEBT RELIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY. As the GoG approaches the HIPC completion point, World Bank officials have expressed concern about the GoG's long-term commitment to reform, as well as Guinea's continued political instability. The Bank's visiting regional director solicited the Embassy's perspective on the curr [...]	2008-11-19 13:43:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON AORC PGOV GV
08CONAKRY769	TAKING ACTION AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN GUINEA [...] SUMMARY. In response to reftel A request, Embassy submits the following report on specific activities undertaken to celebrate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and activities undertaken during the UN 16 Days of Activism Campaign Agains Gender-Based Violence. [...]	2008-12-17 16:17:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM GV
08CONAKRY83	UN BRINGS IN FORMER HAITIAN PM AS DIALOGUE [...] (S) SUMMARY. Gerard Latortue, a former prime minister of Haiti, has been in Conakry for three weeks on an official United Nations Mission to encourage dialogue. Despite a professed close friendship with the Guinean PM, Latortue believes that Kouyate has failed to do his job, and is quickly [...]	2008-04-09 14:18:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PREL PGOV ASEC UN GV
08COPENHAGEN668	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: DENMARK [...] Following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement (ICS09). ICS09 will form part of the 2009 Country Commercial Guide for Denmark. 2. INVESTMENT CLIMATE - Denmark Introduction Denmark is characterized by political, economic and regulatory stability. The macroeconomic environment is [...]	2008-12-16 15:46:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC DA
08COTONOU156	BENIN: GOB NEGOTIATES TO BRING TEACHERS BACK TO SCHOOL [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a last attempt to save the school year, President Yayi met with the Front made up of representatives of the three teachers unions on February 21, and reiterated his commitment to satisfying their demands starting from July 1, 2008. The Front decided to resume school February 29, [...]	2008-03-12 07:53:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BN
08COTONOU20	DRUG TRAFFICKING IN BENIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-09 11:45:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BN PGOV SNAR
08COTONOU408	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT YAYI'S TRIP TO THE U.S., [...] (SBU) Summary: Benin,s President Boni Yayi travels to Washington, D.C., July 15-21, 2008, primarily for talks with the World Bank and the IMF and to seek assistance for plans to energize the country,s agricultural sector and to follow-up on earlier requests for food aid. His request for meeti [...]	2008-07-11 21:56:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP EAID EAGR PGOV PREL PINR EFIN LY BN
08COTONOU73	GOVERNMENT MOVES TO QUELL LABOR UNREST [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 11:15:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BN ELAB PGOV
08COTONOU754	BENIN: GPRA REPORT INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 10:17:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC OIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR ML
08DAKAR1196	Senegal: President Wade's Final Assault Against National [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 13, the Senegalese Congress (National Assembly and Senate in joint session) held an emergency meeting to amend the Constitution to allow for the removal of the President of the National Assembly, Macky Sall, from his post. Despite having applied tremendous political [...]	2008-10-17 13:32:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SG
08DAKAR1325	SENEGAL: DISMISSAL OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On November 9, the National Assembly voted 111 to 22 to remove Macky Sall from his position as president of the National Assembly. The sacking of Sall was the result of Sall's (likely politically motivated) attempt a year ago to convoke President Abdoulaye Wad [...]	2008-11-17 07:36:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SG
08DAKAR154	DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - FIRST QUARTER FY2008 [...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the first quarter of FY 2008. Responses are keyed to Ref A. 2. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Senegal is a secular republic with a strong presidency, weak legislature, a compliant judiciary, and multiple weak political parties. The [...]	2008-02-07 13:20:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC KCOR SG
08DAKAR163	GUINEA BISSAU:AL-QAIDA TERRORISTS NABBED [...] (C) The Government of Guinea-Bissau cooperated with French authorities to apprehend and extradite five Mauritanians, at least two of whom admitted to being al-Qaida members wanted in the December 24, 2007 murder of French tourists in Mauritania. At least one of the men had previously lived in [...]	2008-02-08 12:30:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC SNAR PGOV PREL TER MR FR PU
08DAKAR227	SENEGAL COUNTING ON MITTAL TO JUMP-START THE COUNTRY'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Econ Counselor, Mr. Birame Diouf, Managing Director of Miferso, Senegal's mining sector parastatal, explained details of Senegal's iron ore mining agreement with India's ArcelorMittal, as well as the status of a lawsuit brought by South Africa's Kumba Resources [...]	2008-02-26 15:45:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON ETRD EINV ELAB SG
08DAKAR262	SENEGAL: ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) As was the case in previous years Senegal continues to devote, time, resources and attention to combat trafficking in persons. 2. (U) responses are keyed to questions in reftel Begin TIP report PARA 27: OVERVIEWS OF A COUNTRY'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS A. Senega [...]	2008-03-04 14:31:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SG
08DAKAR268	SENEGAL: A NEW CYCLE OF VIOLENCE IN UNIVERSITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Senegal's university students have begun using violent protests again to put pressure on President Abdoulaye Wade. Regular confrontations between the police and university students are reminiscent of the late '80s when the country was undergoing a profound malaise and desperate [...]	2008-03-05 11:59:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
08DAKAR529	DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - SECOND QUARTER FY2008 [...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the second quarter of FY 2008. Responses are keyed to Ref A. 2. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Senegal is a secular republic with a strong presidency, weak legislature, a compliant judiciary, and multiple weak political parties. The [...]	2008-05-08 07:35:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC KCOR SG
08DAKAR53	SENEGAL-PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MAKES PEACE WITH [...] (SBU)Summary: With the mediation of the brand new Caliph-General of the Mouride Brotherhood, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade and National Assembly speaker Macky Sall have apparently patched up their differences. What remains unclear is if this detente is a case of forgive and forget or ju [...]	2008-01-14 11:35:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
08DAKAR530	DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - SECOND QUARTER FY2008 [...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the second quarter of FY 2008. Responses are keyed to Ref A. 2. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Senegal is a secular republic with a strong presidency, weak legislature, a compliant judiciary, and multiple weak political parties. The [...]	2008-05-08 07:35:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC KCOR SG
08DAKAR765	SENEGAL: Journalists Beaten by Police [...] (SBU) On June 21, 2008 two sports journalists, Boubabcar Dieng and Karamoko Thioune working for local radio stations were severely beaten by police after the conclusion of a soccer match between Liberia and Senegal. According to reports the journalists were then taken into temporary on-site c [...]	2008-06-30 16:31:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO PINR SG
08DAKAR771	WADE TAKES CONTROL OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] SBU) Summary: On June 24, the National Assembly renewed its leadership. The changes further isolated the President of the National Assembly, Macky Sall, whose main supporters lost their positions. END SUMMARY. Harassing the Chair of the National Assembly ---------------------------------- [...]	2008-07-01 13:23:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
08DAMASCUS167	HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQI REFUGEES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The following is a trip report by PRM Jay Zimmerman. The international community's response to the needs of Iraqi refugees has expanded the numbers and scale of humanitarian agencies in Syria, however, humanitarian space remains confused and uncoordinated. Local UNHCR represen [...]	2008-03-11 08:48:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	HU PREF PREL
08DAMASCUS226	PRIVATE SECTOR EAGER TO ENGAGE VISITING [...] (C) From March 25-27, Post hosted Mr. Chuck Mills, CEO of Salera Capital, as a visiting State Department speaker. Despite lacking official approval from the Ministry of Culture, audiences from all strata of the Syrian private sector turned out for Embassy-scheduled events. While younger audie [...]	2008-04-03 15:30:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PPD SY KCOR
08DAMASCUS370	IN A SIGN OF CHANGING TIMES U.S. NGO OPENS CLINIC [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 25, PRM-funded U.S. NGO International Medical Corps (IMC),with the support of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC),inaugurated its first primary health care clinic in Syria. IMC is one of four PRM-funded NGOs to work in Syria and thus far the only U.S. NGO to sign a me [...]	2008-05-27 13:50:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL SY IZ
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

08DAMASCUS438	THE IMPACT OF U.S. SANCTIONS ON CIVIL AVIATION IN [...] (C) Syrian Arab Airlines' ability to sustain operations has degraded in recent years and is estimated to be currently operating just six of at least 15 aircraft in its fleet. The SARG amended its aviation laws in 2005 to allow private airlines to enter the market, but as is often the case in [...]	2008-06-18 15:04:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD PGOV PTER 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
08DAMASCUS518	POLITICAL IMPACT OF SYRIA'S RECORD-LOW WHEAT [...] (SBU) The 2008 harvest of Syria's primary strategic crop -- wheat -- declined by 50 percent from 2007, primarily due to bad weather. For the first time in 15 years the SARG has turned to the international wheat market to compensate for the shortfall in supply. Even with this year's record-low [...]	2008-07-20 05:24:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV SY
08DAMASCUS691	MURKY OUTLOOK FOR SYRIAN ENVIRONMENTAL EFFORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Under sweltering, sand-filled and polluted skies -- symptomatic of Syria's environmental challenges -- Amman ESTH Hub officer and Emboffs held environment-related August 27 meetings in Damascus. Low environmental awareness, weak enforcement of environmental laws and regulations [...]	2008-10-06 04:11:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EENV ETRD EAID PGOV SY
08DAMASCUS758	OPTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO SARG ORDER TO CLOSE [...] (SBU) This is an action request, see para 11. 2. (C) Begin Summary: At 1500 local today, Post received official verbal notification from MFA Chief of Protocol Abdul Latif Dabbagh of the SARG's order to close the American Cultural Center (ACC) immediately and to close the American School [...]	2008-10-29 20:16:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC APER AFIN PGOV SY
08DAMASCUS763	CONFUSED AND ANGRY: SYRIAN PUBLIC REACTS TO ALLEGED U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Public Affairs Staff reached out to Syrian contacts and monitored online news sources to gauge public opinion following the alleged U.S. military attack in Abu Kamal on October 26. These contacts and sources offered unfiltered and candid responses. Most expressed c [...]	2008-10-30 15:44:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PGOV PREL SY
08DAMASCUS764	RESPONDING TO SARG'S ORDERS OF OCTOBER 29 -- REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE [...] (U) This cable contains two action requests ) see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: Reopening for normal business November 2, Embassy Damascus will be faced with the question whether to comply with the SARG's verbal order of October 29 to immediately close the American Cultural Center, including t [...]	2008-10-31 12:18:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC AMGT SY
08DAMASCUS792	SARG PREVENTING DISTRIBUTION OF WFP RICE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: SARG officials at the Syrian port of Lattakiya are holding a portion of a World Food Program (WFP) shipment of Indian rice, purchased with PRM funds and intended for distribution to Iraqi refugees in Syria. The Syrian government claims the rice is contaminated with small rocks a [...]	2008-11-10 15:16:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PGOV IZ SY
08DAMASCUS803	SAVING THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE CENTER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2.(C) SUMMARY: On October 28, the SARG directed the Charge d,Affaires to close the American Cultural Center (ACC) and the American Language Center (ALC). The ALC is the English teaching program overseen by the ACC. In response to the SARG,s di [...]	2008-11-13 14:33:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL SCUL SY
08DAMASCUS820	SARG NOT BUDGING ON EMBARGOED WFP RICE FOR IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: World Food Program (WFP) Regional Director Daly Belgasmi briefed us on the latest developments surrounding two separate rice donations embargoed by the SARG. Finding no other solution, Belgasmi reported the remaining PRM-funded rice would be re-exported. A visibly upset Belgasm [...]	2008-11-19 15:32:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PGOV IZ SY
08DAMASCUS829	THE SARG CAN'T KEEP US DOWN: PERSEVERING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The SARG requested the closure of the American Cultural Center (ACC) and American Language Center (ALC) in Damascus on October 28. While these closures have led to a significant reduction in public programming, public diplomacy (PD) activity continues here on many levels. We ar [...]	2008-11-20 14:37:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO SCUL SY
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
08DARESSALAAM368	ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER DISCUSSES ANJOUAN AND [...] (C) On June 3, Tanzania's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Bernard Membe, discussed with Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Jendayi Frazer, next steps to hold accountable Comoran rebel Mohamed Bacar and strategies to prepare for the June 27 runoff election in Zi [...]	2008-06-17 16:15:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AU ZI TZ
08DARESSALAAM471	A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES ZIMBABWE, SUDAN, AU ISSUES [...] (C) On the margins of the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation conference in Arusha, Tanzania on June 3, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Jendayi Frazer, discussed with Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete about preparations for the June 27 runoff elections in Zimbabwe, the LRA in Uganda, the si [...]	2008-07-29 16:27:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI AU TZ
08DARESSALAAM740	ZANZIBAR TOURIST SHOOTING REVEALS ISLAND RIFTS [...] (C) Summary: After a vacationing French national was shot and critically wounded at a Zanzibar resort on September 17th, extensive follow up inquiries yielded insight into the inner workings of Zanzibar and its police. The lack of initial police response and severe deficiencies in the Zanzib [...]	2008-10-28 09:56:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PINR SOCI TZ
08DARESSALAAM98	PRESIDENT KIKWETE NAMES HON. MIZENGO PETER PINDA [...] (SBU) On February 8 President Jakaya Kikwete named Hon. Mizengo Peter Pinda, a Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office and member of Kikwete's former cabinet, as the new Prime Minister of Tanzania. Pinda's nomination was approved by the Parliament a few hours later, with the full sup [...]	2008-02-09 05:46:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KDEM PHUM PREL TZ
08DHAKA105	DHAKA UNIVERSITY TENSE AFTER PROFESSORS CONVICTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hundreds of students protested at Dhaka University on January 22 after three professors were convicted of charges relating to violent unrest on the campus last August. As of 1600 local time the demonstrations involving several hundred people were peaceful but the situation was exp [...]	2008-01-22 11:13:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC KDEM PGOV PINR PREL BG
08DHAKA1057	SCENESETTER FOR COMMANDER OF PACIFIC AIR FORCE [...] (SBU) Your visit to Bangladesh comes in the twilight of the Caretaker Government's (CTG) two-year term, amid preparations for national Parliamentary elections in December. The return to democracy remains fraught with uncertainties. Although both major parties, the Awami League and the Banglad [...]	2008-10-08 07:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PGOV KREL BG
08DHAKA1061	AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK Q BANGLADESH [...] 1. A new outbreak of Highly-Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in poultry occurred in Bangladesh September 24. HPAI was first officially reported in Bangladesh in March 2007. Since that time, outbreaks of HPAI (H5) in poultry have been reported or confirmed on 288 farms. One human HPAI case [...]	2008-10-08 13:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR ECON ETRD IN WTO CASC BG
08DHAKA1137	CIVIL SOCIETY CASTS WARY EYE TOWARDS POST-ELECTION [...] (C) As the likelihood of parliamentary elections taking place as scheduled on December 18 has increased, prominent members of civil society have become increasingly vocal in expressing their concerns about what happens after the political parties return to power. In general, civil society we [...]	2008-10-30 10:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM PHUM BG
08DHAKA114	WITH SHEIKH HASINA'S TRIAL SET TO START, KHALEDA [...] (U) SUMMARY. The extortion trial against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of the Awami League has again been given the green light, despite delaying tactics on the part of her lawyers. Meanwhile, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) prosecutors are putting the finishing touches on charges agai [...]	2008-01-24 11:13:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCOR KDEM BG
08DHAKA1140	DRAFT BANGLADESH PART I FOR 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) The following is the draft text on Bangladesh of the first part (drugs and chemical control) for the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: 2. (U) I. Summary: There was no evidence that Bangladesh was a significant cultivator or producer of narcotics. Government of [...]	2008-11-03 03:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM BG
08DHAKA1143	VISAS DONKEY CORRUPTION 212(F) (RAHMAN, TARIQUE) [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Presidential Proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States of Tarique Rahman (aka Tarique),born on November 20, 1967 in Bangladesh. The Embassy belie [...]	2008-11-03 10:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CVIS ECON KCOR KCRM KFRD PGOV PREL
08DHAKA1159	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF [...] (SBU) Your visit to Bangladesh comes in the twilight of the Caretaker Government's (CTG) two-year term, amid preparations for national Parliamentary elections in December. The return to democracy remains fraught with uncertainties, including whether one of the country's two major political pa [...]	2008-11-10 00:53:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PGOV PTER KREL BG
08DHAKA1222	SCENESCETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN [...] (SBU) USG activities in Bangladesh are based on three pillars: democratization, development and denial of space to terrorists. Your visit to Bangladesh comes in the twilight of the Caretaker Government's (CTG) two-year term, amid preparations for national Parliamentary elections in December [...]	2008-11-25 05:44:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PINR PINS PREL PHUM BG
08DHAKA1276	PROMPT RESPONSE TO LATEST AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK [...] An avian influenza outbreak at a poultry farm occurred in Rangpur District in northwestern Bangladesh November 28. Government of Bangladesh (GOB) authorities responded quickly, ordering birds culled within hours of the report and completing containment efforts within three days. The GOB repo [...]	2008-12-10 10:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR ECON ETRD CASC BG
08DHAKA1298	REFORM-MINDED GRANDEE OF FARIDPUR FACES TOUGH RACE [...] (C) The race for the Parliament seat representing the Faridpur district capital is a showdown between three high-profile candidates in which party allegiance is being sorely tested. It pits a close in-law of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as the Awami League candidate versus the Jamaat-e- [...]	2008-12-14 08:34:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BG
08DHAKA131	AVIAN INFLUENZA SITREP - BANGLADESH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of January, avian influenza outbreaks among poultry in Bangladesh have spread to an additional 9 districts, for a new total of 29 districts affected (out of 64). No cases of human infection have been reported, and an active surveillance system of 12 hospital [...]	2008-01-29 10:05:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR ECON ETRD IN WTO CASC BG
08DHAKA1326	BANGLADESH PARLIAMENT CAMPAIGN: IN KHALEDA ZIA [...] (C) Bogra District in northern Bangladesh is Ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's most formidable stronghold, but her Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) faces rumblings of discontent. Although BNP candidates won all seven Bogra constituencies in the 2001 Parliamentary elections, Zia refused to reno [...]	2008-12-21 11:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BG
08DHAKA1356	AMBASSADOR BRIEFS BNP CHAIRPERSON KHALEDA ZIA ON [...] (C) On the eve of Bangladesh's December 29 parliamentary election, the Ambassador met with Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to highlight the USG's efforts to promote free, fair and credible polls leading to a return of democracy in the world [...]	2008-12-29 11:03:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM EAID BG
08DHAKA1357	BANGLADESH ELECTION SITREP FOR DECEMBER 29 [...] (SBU) Tens of millions of Bangladeshis streamed to the polls on 12/29 for Parliamentary elections; the day was largely free of the violence that plagued previous votes. Embassy and other election observers reported only relatively minor glitches at polling centers before they closed at 1600 lo [...]	2008-12-29 11:19:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM EAID BG
08DHAKA193	BIRD FLU IN MORRELGANJ - OUTBREAK MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An interagency assessment team (IAT) from State, DOD, and USAID has been in southern Bangladesh's Khulna and Barisal Divisions conducting an assessment of the Cyclone Sidr affected area in support of USG rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts. The IAT has been tasked to repor [...]	2008-02-12 08:12:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR PGOV PREL ECON ETRD WTO TBIO CASC AMED IN
08DHAKA242	BANGLADESH--NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART [...] (C) Summary: The goal of free, fair, and fully participatory elections in Bangladesh by the end of 2008 remains achievable, but numerous potential obstacles stand in the way of realizing that objective, with some key observers starting to hedge their bets. With less than a year remaining be [...]	2008-02-24 11:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ASEC PTER ECON BG
08DHAKA266	2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: EMBASSY BANGLADESH INPUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) does not effectively enforce intellectual property rights (IPR) protections. Piracy of optical disks, software and books is rampant in Bangladesh. The GOB is currently focused on higher prioritized projects, including ensuring a transition to a [...]	2008-02-28 09:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ETRD 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
08DHAKA375	2007 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] (U) Per reftel, Poloff visited the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) laboratory in Dhaka on March 23 to verify the use of INL-funded equipment. 2. (U) The USG has contributed several pieces of equipment to the DNC lab. In 2000, INL provided an analytical balance, a top-loading balance a [...]	2008-03-25 09:47:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN BG
08DHAKA382	AWAMI LEAGUE INSIDER OFFERS HIS SOLUTION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Political Secretary to jailed Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, believes there is still time for the military-backed Caretaker Government and major political parties to reach consensus on a way forward for the country. He said he felt Hasina was ready [...]	2008-03-31 09:24:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM BG
08DHAKA442	FAMINE NEARING IN CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS? [...] (C) A food crisis in remote regions of the Chittagong Hill Tracts may be headed toward famine. Villages that lost rice and other crops to a rat infestation last year show signs of severe food insecurity and widespread malnutrition. Many lack seed rice to plant before the arrival of the rainy se [...]	2008-04-17 10:46:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	AID PGOV PHUM PREL BG
08DHAKA515	CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER OFFERS NUCLEAR [...] (C) The Chinese Foreign Minister offered Bangladesh nuclear power cooperation and a new exhibition center during a brief visit in April that strengthened already friendly bilateral relations. The largesse was a sign of appreciation for Bangladesh's unstinting support for China on its hot-butto [...]	2008-05-07 12:48:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BG CH
08DHAKA813	SREEPUR, BANGLADESH: READY TO VOTE [...] (U) Preparations for the upcoming municipal elections in the Sreepur sub district of Bangladesh are on track. NGOs and local election officials report few hitches in the run up to the August 4 poll for mayor and councilors. Political parties are also confident that the process will proceed s [...]	2008-07-31 09:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL BG
08DHAKA833	THE BANGLADESH PARADOX AT THE LOCAL LEVEL: SOME GOOD [...] The USG is contributing to the development of Bangladesh and finds many outstanding, willing partners. On a recent trip to CoxQs Bazaar and Teknaf in south eastern Bangladesh, the Ambassador and other Embassy officers observed several USAID projects which are helping to modernize energy use, p [...]	2008-08-05 09:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ELAB EAGR ETRD SOCI PGOV BG
08DHAKA834	AWAMI LEAGUE SWEEPS LOCAL ELECTIONS THAT ARE FIRST [...] (C) The Awami League stormed to victory in city and municipal elections on 8/4, the first vote under a Caretaker Government that has made cleaning up Bangladesh's graft-addled politics its central mission. Embassy election observers reported generally minor problems during the vote and none of [...]	2008-08-05 10:13:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR IINS BG
08DHAKA873	BANGLADESH'S CARETAKER GOVERNMENT'S POLITICAL [...] (C) Bangladesh's Caretaker Government (CTG) remains committed to holding parliamentary elections in December 2008 and wants to ensure that all parties take part in the political process, according to one of the principal architects of the January 11, 2007 State of Emergency. Towards this end, [...]	2008-08-13 10:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM BG
08DHAKA877	SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL YEO BANGLADESH VISIT [...] (SBU) Your visit to Bangladesh comes at an important juncture in the Caretaker Government's (CTG) term. The CTG is working to set the stage for national elections by the end of 2008. It is negotiating with political parties about the transition to a democratically-elected government, as well [...]	2008-08-14 09:33:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID ECON OTRA PTER BG
08DHAKA882	SEDITION TRIAL OF JOURNALIST RESUMES, PROMISING TO [...] (C) The trial of Bangladeshi journalist Salah Uddin Shohaib Choudhury resumed on August 6 after a motion to dismiss the charges of sedition, treason and blasphemy was rejected. A witness for the State testified before the court and was cross examined by the defense. In a private meeting with [...]	2008-08-18 07:24:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BG
08DHAKA937	STAFFDEL YEO VISIT HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF POLITICAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: During their August 19 - 21 visit to Bangladesh, StaffDel Yeo underscored the strong Congressional interest in bilateral relations and stressed the importance of free and fair parliamentary elections by the end of the year. The staff delegation from the House Committee on Foreign [...]	2008-09-05 05:12:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM EAID OREP BG
08DHAKA939	PARANOIA TOWARD BANGLADESH THRIVES IN INDIA'S WEST [...] (C) Paranoia toward Bangladesh and its majority Moslem population runs high among some of the elite in the neighboring Indian state of West Bengal, which is predominantly Hindu. While Bangladesh and West Bengal share a common language and a rich Bengali culture, some West Bengal Hindus allege [...]	2008-09-07 03:43:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER KDEM BG IN
08DILI107	ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S APRIL 6 - 7 VISIT TO TIMOR-LESTE [...] (SBU) Summary. In an April 6-7 visit to Timor-Leste, EAP Assistant Secretary Hill emphasized continuing U.S. support in the wake of the February 11 attacks on President Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. He urged the GOTL to move forward on strengthening the judiciary system and reso [...]	2008-04-15 03:57:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TT
08DILI184	MAJOR CHANGES IN TIMOR-LESTE FISCAL POLICY [...] Action requested - see para 13 below. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Timor-Leste National Parliament will begin debate this week on a massive supplementary budget that marks a departure from the country's historically conservative fiscal policy. If enacted and fully implemented, the government [...]	2008-07-14 10:00:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TT
08DILI201	TIMOR-LESTE: PROPOSED AMNESTY STIRS CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Begin Summary. Following his commutation in May of the sentences of 94 criminals including former Interior Minister Rogerio Lobato, Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta proposed on June 30 a law that would extend amnesty to figures implicated by the UN's Commission of Inquiry (COI) in ac [...]	2008-08-12 06:38:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS TT
08DILI289	STATEMENT BY TIMOR-LESTE PRESIDENT RAMOS-HORTA ON U.S. [...] On November 4, the Office of Timor-Leste President Ramos-Horta released the following statement on the U.S. Presidential elections. 2. Begin text: President of the Republic and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Josi Ramos-Horta, congratulated today the president-elect of the United States, B [...]	2008-11-09 04:56:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TT
08DILI67	TIMOR-LESTE 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) The following is Embassy Dili's submission in preparation for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report. Please note paragraph designations are keyed to reftel questions: -------- OVERVIEW -------- A. Timor-Leste is a destination country for trafficking victims. Nearly a [...]	2008-03-01 03:31:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PREL SMIG ID
08DILI72	TIMOR-LESTE FISCAL TRANSPARENCY FOR CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request for an update on fiscal transparency and accountability of countries receiving USG assistance. Transparency of National Budget ------------------------------- 2. (U) Once approved by the National Parliament and promulgated by the President, the G [...]	2008-03-04 23:49:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID PREL PGOV ID
08DILI91	TIMOR-LESTE PRESIDENT RECALLS FEBRUARY 11; PLANS FOR THE [...] (C) Summary. President Jose Ramos Horta warmly thanks President and Mrs. Bush for their recent statement of support. During a March 18 meeting with the Ambassador in a Darwin hospital, Timor's President, critically wounded during a February 11 assassination attempt, said he was unable to expla [...]	2008-03-20 09:53:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TT
08DILI92	TIMORESE PARTIES EXPECT DURATION OF AMP COALITION THROUGH [...] (C) A survey of leaders of Timor-Leste's political parties has found broad agreement that the current Alliance for a Parliamentary Majority (AMP) Cabinet is likely to serve its full term of office, barring unforeseen circumstances. However, the February 11 attacks on President and Prime Minis [...]	2008-03-21 08:31:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC TT
08DJIBOUTI309	DJIBOUTI CONDEMNS LATEST BORREL CASE JUDGMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Djibouti has reacted with outrage to the latest judgment in the long-running series of legal battles between France and Djibouti over the 1995 death of French magistrate Bernard Borrel in Djibouti. In a March 29 communique, the GODJ strongly condemned the Versailles Correctiona [...]	2008-04-01 13:19:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO KJUS DJ FR
08DJIBOUTI356	BORREL CASE: DJIBOUTI ACCUSES FRENCH NATIONALS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ten days after a French court convicted two senior Djiboutian officials on charges of witness subornation (reftel) in connection with investigations into the 1995 death of French magistrate Bernard Borrel in Djibouti, a Djiboutian court issued international arrest warrants for f [...]	2008-04-13 16:30:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS KPAO KCRM DJ FR
08DJIBOUTI516	EAC: MILITARY CLASHES BETWEEN DJIBOUTI AND [...] (SBU) On Wednesday, June 11, Embassy Djibouti convened 2 meetings of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss military clashes that occurred between Djibouti and Eritrea on the Ras Doumeras border on Tuesday, June 10. The meeting was led by Chargee d'Affaires Kathleen List and attended b [...]	2008-06-11 18:53:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	ASEC DJ MOPS SO
08DJIBOUTI545	DJIBOUTI STARTS PLANTING FOR "GREEN REVOLUTION" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Faced with rising global food prices, a near-total dependence on imported food, and resulting high levels of malnutrition and food insecurity (reftel),the GODJ has recently encouraged creative small-scale agricultural projects as part of Djibouti's overall food security strategy [...]	2008-06-23 08:10:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EAID SENV PGOV SOCI KPAO 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
08DJIBOUTI780	U.S. EMBASSY DJIBOUTI RECEIVES CAMP LEMONIER EOD [...] (SBU) At approximately 11:50 on 09/25/2008, RSO was informed by LGF that the embassy mail truck tested positive for explosives. RSO ordered the LGF to move the truck out of the Sally Port (vehicle access point) to the embassy parking area for a secondary itemiser inspection. The embassy CAC [...]	2008-09-28 08:44:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER DJ
08DJIBOUTI840	Somalia - TFG and ARS Agree to Unity Government [...] Summary: On October 26, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) signed a joint declaration to establish a Somalia Unity Government (text in para 8) and modalities to implement a cessation of armed confrontation (text in para 9). Alth [...]	2008-10-26 17:09:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SO ET
08DJIBOUTI859	DJIBOUTI'S QUEST FOR NEW ENERGY SOURCES [...] SUMMARY: Djibouti is completely dependent on expensive diesel-generated power, and its nascent service economy is fast outstripping modest domestic production capacity. Faced with trying to maintain and expand electricity access for a populace already strapped by high food prices, while answer [...]	2008-11-02 11:09:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON EINV SENV PGOV PREL ET DJ
08DOHA156	PEACEFUL PROTEST AGAINST UK DENIAL OF VISA FOR [...] (C) Summary: A peaceful demonstration of about 300 people took place February 20 in front of the British Embassy in Doha. The demonstrators protested the denial of a visa for Qatari-based Islamic scholar Sheikh Yusef Al-Qaradawi to travel to the UK. The protesters lambasted the "hypocrisy" [...]	2008-02-21 13:44:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF QA UK
08DOHA186	U/S LEVEY URGES QATAR TO PREVENT IRANIAN BANKS [...] (C) During February 25 meetings, Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey commended Qatar's financial leaders for the progress they have made in expanding Qatar's financial services, warned them of deceptive practices being undertaken by Iranian banks and [...]	2008-03-05 05:31:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	EFIN KTFN ECON QA IR
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
08DOHA539	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GORDON [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. During your last visit here, in July 2005, you met with Qatari Armed Forces Chief of Staff MG Hamad al-Attiyah and other Qatari officials following MG al-Attiyah's unfortunate experience at a Florida airport. You also met with MG al-Attiyah durin [...]	2008-07-30 13:56:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL MOPS QA
08DOHA587	SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 26 CENTCOM COMPONENT [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes CENTCOM leadership, staff, and component commanders to Qatar. During the last CCC, in May 2008, both GEN Petraeus and LTG (P) Dempsey met with Qatari Armed Forces Chief of Staff (COS) MG Hamad al-Attiyah. During this visit, we hope to arrange meetings with MG al-Att [...]	2008-08-18 13:51:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL MOPS PGOV QA
08DOHA664	THE NEXT 3 YEARS--AN INTERAGENCY FIELD ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Expected trends in Qatar's internal political situation and foreign policy over the next 36 months include: -- (S) A continuation of a tight grip on power by the Al Thani family, which has controlled pre- and post-independent Qatar for 140 years. -- (S/NF) Within the ruling family, a c [...]	2008-09-16 13:09:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL AMGT KSPR ECON QA
08DOHA667	UN DISABILITIES RATIFICATION REFLECTS QATAR [...] (U) On July 12, Amir Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani issued a decree ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The decree came one year after Qatar became the 100th nation to sign the pact. The ratification was expected, and experts say that it was a logical step in Q [...]	2008-09-17 12:26:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KTIA QA
08DOHA706	SCENESETTER FOR AIR FORCE SECRETARY DONLEY [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. Given the closure of the Government of Qatar through October 6 for Eid Al-Fitr, we do not yet have confirmed appointments for you. We have requested office calls for you with the Heir Apparent, Sheikh Tamim Al Thani, and the Chief [...]	2008-10-07 12:07:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL MOPS PGOV QA
08DOHA722	SCENESETTER FOR AIR FORCE CHIEF OF STAFF SCHWARTZ' [...] (C) General Schwartz, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have requested office calls for you with the Heir Apparent, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, the Chief of Staff of the Qatar Armed Forces, Major General Hamad bin Ali Al-Attiyeh, and the Commander of the Qatar Emiri Air Forces [...]	2008-10-15 13:32:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL MOPS PGOV QA
08DOHA866	SCENESETTER FOR LTGEN ALLEN'S DECEMBER 17 VISIT TO [...] (C) General Allen, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. I look forward to meeting with you and joining you for dinner with the Chief of Staff of the Qatar Armed Forces, Major General Hamad bin Ali Al-Attiyeh. Because your visit is so short and December 18 is Qatar's National Day, there [...]	2008-12-16 13:21:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL MOPS PGOV QA
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
08DUBAI249	SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION DISCUSSES REGIONAL TRENDS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: A Department of Transportation delegation led by Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters visited Dubai May 29 - June 1 to learn about the emirate's rapidly-expanding transportation infrastructure, as well as how this infrastructure will be integrated into the plans for regional [...]	2008-06-30 12:09:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD ELTN BTIO PGOV SENV 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
08DUBAI287	DUBAI REAL ESTATE MARKET, PART ONE: IMPROVING LEGAL [...] (SBU) Summary: With the opening of land sales to non-nationals through freehold sales in 2002 (refs A, B and C),the Dubai construction and real estate markets began an unprecedented boom phase. By 2006, the real estate and construction sectors comprised roughly 16 percent of total Dubai GDP. [...]	2008-07-21 11:41:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PGOV AE
08DUBAI330	202KG HEROIN SEIZED IN DRUG BUST [...] (U) During a joint Sharjah/Dubai police drug raid dubbed "Operation 888" (the raid occurred on August 8, 2008),officers seized 202 kilograms of heroin (worth $11 million) and arrested 19 Afghans in the what the media describes as the region's largest drug bust to date. One of the arrested susp [...]	2008-08-19 06:37:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD KCRM SNAR AE
08DUBAI358	ONGOING CORRUPTION CRACKDOWN IN DUBAI FINANCIAL AND REAL [...] (S) Summary and Comment. Following the public disclosure of a large real estate/financial scandal involving Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB, in which the Dubai Government maintains a 35% stake) and private property developer Deyaar in April, Minister of State for Finance Dr. Mohammed Khalfan bin Kharb [...]	2008-09-08 08:56:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD KCRM AE
08DUBAI417	DUBAI: SLOWDOWN, CORRECTION OR CRISIS? [...] (C/NF) Summary. The extent of Dubai's financial troubles has become the most speculated about topic amongst the Emirate's financial elite. As the regional symbol of growth and prosperity, a crisis here would almost certainly impact upon investment in Abu Dhabi and beyond. Even as the investme [...]	2008-11-10 09:01:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON EINV ENRG PGOV AE
08DUBAI462	DUBAI MEGAPORTS INITIATIVE EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION STILL [...] (C) Summary: Progress in implementing the U.S. Department of Energy Megaports Initiative at Jebel Ali is stalled because U.S. equipment (SAIC-made scanners) that Dubai Customs planned to buy does not meet U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) / National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) requir [...]	2008-12-11 15:44:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD ETTC KNNP AE
08DUBLIN166	IRISH PRIME MINISTER AHERN TO RESIGN MAY 6; NO [...] (C) Summary: Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern announced April 2 that he will resign May 6 after almost 11 years as both head of government (Taoiseach/Prime Minister) and the head of his political party, Fianna Fail. Saying that he was stepping aside because the attention paid to the Mahon [...]	2008-04-02 15:23:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN20	2007 ANNUAL OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT. [...] (U) Although official Police reports for 2007 will not be available until later in the year, RSO police contacts have reported that crime overall in Ireland has risen over the last twelve months. There has been an increase in activities by organized criminal groups in Ireland. Preliminary rep [...]	2008-01-14 08:54:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC APER AMGT EI
08DUBLIN251	IRELAND AIMS TO ACHIEVE AN ANTI-CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Political Director Rory Montgomery firmly told the Embassy May 6 that the May 19-30 Dublin Conference will produce a final Cluster Munitions Convention, ready for signature in Oslo in December 2008. Montgomery agreed that interoperability and definitio [...]	2008-05-08 12:05:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PARM PREL NATO 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
08DUBLIN416	IRISH ECONOMIC DOLDRUMS: THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE. [...] (C) Summary: The Irish government's announcement that public finances have deteriorated rapidly has prompted a mid-year re-think on the government's budget. Driven by a construction-led downturn in the broader economy, the government will cut public spending this year by USD 660 million and n [...]	2008-07-15 10:50:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PREL EI
08DUBLIN571	IRELAND'S 2009 BUDGET: PUNTING THE PROBLEM DOWN [...] (C) Against the backdrop of a steadily worsening fiscal balance, the Irish government delivered its 2009 budget on October 14. In his budget speech Minister of Finance Brian Lenihan emphasized that this budget required shared sacrifice from all Irish citizens. The government expects a 6.5 pe [...]	2008-10-15 16:37:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN577	IRISH PRIME MINISTER INCREASINGLY BELEAGUERED [...] (C) October has not been kind to Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Brian Cowen. It opened with the Government struggling to contain the damage from the global financial crisis and a faltering Irish economy (Refs A and D). On October 16, Cowen had to explain to the European Council that Irela [...]	2008-10-21 11:45:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EI
08DUBLIN671	Dioxins in Irish Meat Sparks Recall [...] Summary. The Irish agriculture industry has been thrown into a pre-Christmas crisis with the discovery of dioxins in pork, followed by the discovery of dioxins, albeit at significantly lower levels, in beef. Feedstuffs from a single feed-mill were the source of the dioxin and the Irish author [...]	2008-12-10 13:50:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD EU EI
08DURBAN65	DURBAN CONFIDENT ABOUT ABILITY TO HOST WORLD CUP [...] (SBU) Summary. City Manager Dr. Michael Sutcliffe said that national, provincial and local governments have worked together to develop plans to improve infrastructure to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The new stadium and airport being developed to host the games are on track for completion bef [...]	2008-11-07 13:06:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELTN EAIR SCUL ASEC PINR SF
08DUSHANBE106	DUSHANBE CONSUMERS TAKE A HIT [...] (SBU) Summary: While food shortages and lack of power hit rural areas of Tajikistan hardest, the Government has tried to spare Dushanbe these difficulties, to avoid unrest close to the center of power. This winter is the coldest in decades. While freezing temperatures and snow persist, years [...]	2008-01-17 08:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TI
08DUSHANBE1098	MEET THE NEW TAJIK SPETZNAZ [...] (C) On August 20, RSO met with Major General Abdurauf YUSUPOV, First Deputy Minister of Interior and Lieutenant Colonel Dilshod ISLOMOV, Commander of the new Special Forces Battalion ("SpetzNaz") for the Ministry of Interior. The purpose of the meeting was to be introduced to the SpetzNaz C [...]	2008-08-26 03:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINR TI
08DUSHANBE1316	TAJIKISTAN: END-OF-FISCAL YEAR PROJECT STATUS REPORT [...] (U) Summary: At the end of August, Ambassador Jacobson and Foreign Minister Zarif signed two letters of agreement totaling over $13 million to continue INL border security, policing, and anti-crime programs and to initiate projects in the justice sector. INL Dushanbe provides the following en [...]	2008-10-16 12:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL CH TI
08DUSHANBE1343	THE PAMIRS - GOING THEIR OWN WAY, WHETHER THEY [...] (C) Summary: Contacts in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) say regional disaffection from the central government is less pronounced than political leaders in Dushanbe think. The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is making GBAO an example of liberal economic development and better ed [...]	2008-10-24 10:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PHUM PREL ECON EINV SENV TI
08DUSHANBE1382	FEEDBACK ON TAJIKTIP PROSECUTORS' U.S. VISIT [...] Summary: INL, Department of Justice/OPDAT and the Educational and Cultural Affairs Voluntary Visitors Division organized a one-week study tour to Washington for attorneys from the Prosecutor General's Office responsible for prosecuting TIP cases. The four prosecutors, accompanied by Embassy D [...]	2008-11-10 12:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KJUS KCRM TI
08DUSHANBE1409	WHERE IS THE GOVERNMENT OF TAJIKISTAN'S RELIGIOUS POLICY [...] (U) This is a resubmission of 08 Dushanbe 1408 with a subject heading. 2. (SBU) Summary: Tajik officials have continued to impose limitations on personal conduct as part of the government's restrictive religious policy. Officials have also continued to crack down on religious groups that t [...]	2008-11-21 10:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KIRF KISL TI
08DUSHANBE1470	TALCO SETTLES MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT IN BRITISH [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 27, Tajik Aluminum Company (Talco),Tajikistan's largest enterprise, settled a three-year lawsuit in British courts against former Talco managers and suppliers, whom it alleged defrauded the company of $500 million. Details of the settlement have not been released, [...]	2008-12-08 08:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EMIN PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE1498	ELECTORAL REFORM IN TAJIKISTAN - DON'T BET ON IT [...] (SBU) Representatives from OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) visited Dushanbe last week to speak about amending electoral laws before the elections in 2010. In conjunction with this visit, OSCE held a roundtable on December 3 attended by representatives of polit [...]	2008-12-11 03:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID KDEM PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE515	THE ORIMA DEFENSE TEAM SPEAKS; BUT WHAT ARE THEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Post reported in reftel on the April 8 conviction of local entrepreneur Marouf Orifov, majority owner of the ORIMA chain of supermarkets, for bribery and tax evasion. Orifov's defense team corroborated the generally held view that the trial lacked basic elements of fairness. Wh [...]	2008-04-14 06:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EINV ECON TI
08DUSHANBE649	TAJIKISTAN - FOOD INSECURITY LIKELY TO WORSEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Alanna Shaikh, EUR/ACE Central Asia Country Assistance Coordinator, visited Tajikistan from April 24 to May 1 to assess humanitarian assistance needs. She confirmed that food security problems persist (reftel A) and that they will worsen in the coming year without intervention b [...]	2008-05-07 12:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR EFIN ECON PREL PGOV TI

08DUSHANBE650	TAJIKISTAN - FOOD INSECURITY LIKELY TO WORSEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Alanna Shaikh, EUR/ACE Central Asia Country Assistance Coordinator, visited Tajikistan from April 24 to May 1 to assess humanitarian assistance needs. She confirmed that food security problems persist (reftel A) and that they will worsen in the coming year without intervention b [...]	2008-05-07 12:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR EFIN ECON PREL PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE691	TAJIKISTAN - SOWING SEEDS OF DEMOCRACY IN SHAHRITUS [...] (SBU) Summary. The ambassador traveled to the Shahritus district in April to meet U.S. Government grantees who are incrementally raising the standard of living in the impoverished agricultural area. U.S. Government assistance has had a positive impact, especially in cultivating democratic deci [...]	2008-05-21 09:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KPAO KDEM TI
08DUSHANBE980	TAJIKISTAN: ARREST OF SEVEN FILIPINO AND SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (SBU) Since May 26, 2008, the Tajik Customs Service, Tajik Drug Control Agency (TDCA) and the Tajik State Committee on National Security (TSCNS) have arrested seven individuals (4 Filipino couriers, 2 Filipino facilitators and 1 South African facilitator) and seized approximately 13.5 kilograms [...]	2008-07-25 06:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR TI
08DUSSELDORF4	TRIAL ON ALLEGED ILLEGAL EXPORTS OF MILITARY GOODS TO IRAQ [...] (U) An Iraqi-born businessman from Essen, Aso Salih Koyie (47),has been charged with violating an EU arms embargo against Iraq through the 2004 delivery of 78 power generating sets formerly used by the German Army. The trial, which opened before the Essen Regional Court on January 3, continu [...]	2008-01-11 12:35:00	Consulate Dusseldorf	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP PARM KJUS KISL PTER KPAO KVPR IZ GM
08DUSSELDORF40	OUTGOING MUSLIM LEADER COMMENTS ON HIS TENURE AS KRM [...] (SBU) Summary: Outgoing Muslim Coordination Council (KRM) Spokesman Ali Kizilkaya on September 22 gave us a critical view of progress in relations between Germany's Muslims and the German state. Reviewing his six month tenure, which ended September 29, he asserted that the KRM had made progre [...]	2008-10-08 04:09:00	Consulate Dusseldorf	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KISL GM
08DUSSELDORF41	OUTGOING MUSLIM LEADER COMMENTS ON HIS TENURE AS KRM [...] (SBU) Summary: Outgoing Muslim Coordination Council (KRM) Spokesman Ali Kizilkaya on September 22 gave us a critical view of progress in relations between Germany's Muslims and the German state. Reviewing his six month tenure, which ended September 29, he asserted that the KRM had made progre [...]	2008-10-08 04:10:00	Consulate Dusseldorf	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KISL GM
08DUSSELDORF9	GERMAN COURT REJECTS SCIENTOLOGY APPEAL AGAINST [...] (U) Summary: The Higher Administrative Court in Muenster rejected an appeal by the Church of Scientology (COS) of Germany February 12 to end surveillance of the Church by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (OPC). The court found that COS maintained "ambitions against Ge [...]	2008-02-21 14:31:00	Consulate Dusseldorf	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRF PHUM PGOV GM
08FRANKFURT1001	German Economy Holds its Breath for Financial Crisis to [...] SUMMARY. The international financial crisis has so far had a limited impact in Germany and many analysts contend the EU and emerging markets will pick up most of the slack from lower exports to the U.S. The soaring euro and a continuing stream of write-downs by German banks have shaken confid [...]	2008-04-04 09:07:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EU GM
08FRANKFURT1066	Hesse Installs CDU Caretaker Government [...] SUMMARY: After months of contentious political deadlock, the newly-elected Hesse parliament convened April 5 and, as expected, failed to elect a government. As dictated by the state constitution, the current CDU cabinet stays on as a caretaker government under the leadership of Roland Koch. [...]	2008-04-08 13:39:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL GM
08FRANKFURT1752	All Eyes on Left Party as Saarland Prepares for State [...] (U) SUMMARY: The announcement by Oskar Lafontaine, co-chair of the federal Left Party, that he will run as the Left Party's Minister President candidate in next year's Saarland state elections has alarmed the other parties and primes the Left Party for a strong showing. The latest statewide p [...]	2008-06-04 11:39:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08FRANKFURT1817	TRIAL OF A.Q. KHAN LINKED DEFENDANT GOTTHARD LERCH RESUMES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 5, the 4th Senate of the Higher Regional Court (a federal court) in Stuttgart re-opened the trial of Gotthard Lerch, a German engineer allegedly linked to the A.Q. Khan nuclear proliferation network. Lerch is accused of aiding the Libyan government in its efforts to acq [...]	2008-06-10 07:33:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC PREL KNNP ETTC KJUS KCRM GM
08FRANKFURT2272	Defendant Testifies on Relationship with A.Q. Khan in [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the ongoing trial of Gotthard Lerch, the defendant unexpectedly testified in his own defense on July 11, denying any role in the activities of Pakistani nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan. Lerch said he agreed to speak in his own defense after reading an avalanche of false accusati [...]	2008-07-21 14:16:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MNUC PREL KNNP ETTC KJUS KCRM GM
08FRANKFURT2701	Hesse SPD Reignites Left Party Cooperation Debate [...] SUMMARY: The Hesse SPD is once again playing with fire by moving forward with plans to form a SPD-Green minority government supported by the Left Party. Simply reopening the question of cooperation with the Left has already unleashed a firestorm of debate in the national press, fomented infigh [...]	2008-08-28 12:16:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL GM
08FRANKFURT2702	Hesse SPD Reignites Left Party Cooperation Debate [...] SUMMARY: The Hesse SPD is once again playing with fire by moving forward with plans to form a SPD-Green minority government supported by the Left Party. Simply reopening the question of cooperation with the Left has already unleashed a firestorm of debate in the national press, fomented infigh [...]	2008-08-28 12:16:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL GM
08FRANKFURT2853	SPD's New Leadership Faces Challenges on the Left [...] SUMMARY: Newly-chosen SPD national leaders FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Franz Muentefering face the critical task of reuniting a divided party and fending off the rise of the Left Party in the run up to the 2009 federal election. In two western states, Hesse and Saarland, the local SPDs pr [...]	2008-09-18 11:09:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GM
08FRANKFURT359	Authorities Pressure Former RAF Members to Talk [...] SUMMARY: The future of former RAF terrorist Christian Klar, who was scheduled to be freed from prison in 2009, hangs in the balance following the Baden-Wuerttemberg Justice Ministry's decision to rescind his privileges and postpone his release on the grounds that he poses a risk of escaping. [...]	2008-02-07 08:43:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KCRM ASEC GM
08FRANKFURT617	BLACK-GREEN: GERMANY SEARCHES FOR NEW COALITION OPTIONS [...] SUMMARY. THE RECENT STATE ELECTIONS IN HAMBURG, LOWER SAXONY AND HESSE HAVE SOLIDIFIED THE EMERGENCE OF THE LEFT PARTY AND ESTABLISHED A FIVE-PARTY PRESENCE IN WESTERN GERMANY, FORCING POLITICIANS TO CONSIDER NON-TRADITIONAL COALITION OPTIONS. THE CDU AND GREENS ARE FOR THE FIRST TIME CONSID [...]	2008-03-03 08:53:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL GM
08FREETOWN102	SIERRA LEONE 2008 TIP SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Sierra Leone lost momentum in the fight against trafficking in 2007. The run-up to the national elections, and the elections themselves in August and September, 2007, distracted many government officials from their duties, including on the TIP front, and their interest and attention was n [...]	2008-03-07 13:27:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SL
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
08FREETOWN138	FREETOWN MEDIA PLACEMENTS FOR FEBRUARY 2008 [...] Summary: Embassy Freetown's outreach in Freetown included articles surrounding the commemoration of Black History Month, including a discussion hosted by Ambassador Perry and film showings at the Kissy and Fourah Bay College Libraries. Ambassador Perry also opened a seminar on resources managem [...]	2008-03-25 14:06:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO SL
08FREETOWN203	FREETOWN EAC REVIEWS SECURITY IN LIGHT OF RISING [...] On April 29, 2008, the Ambassador chaired Embassy Freetown's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review the security situation surrounding the rising food and fuel prices in Sierra Leone and the affect on the population. The potential for unrest is compounded by political tensions preparator [...]	2008-04-29 17:20:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC SL
08FREETOWN274	AMBASSADOR PERRY VISITS SIERRA LEONE'S NORTHERN [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Perry, accompanied by USAID and PAS staff, visited Port Loko and Bombali Districts in northern Sierra Leone on May 29, 2008. Included in the Ambassador's site visits were two Ambassador's Girls' Scholarship Program (AGSP) schools and meetings with key regional, local and po [...]	2008-06-09 12:52:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL KDEM PGOV SL
08FREETOWN402	SIERRA LEONE CLOSES BOOK ON LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] Summary: The winners of the local elections were inaugurated in regional events August 8 through 11. The swearing-in ceremonies were the last step in finalizing the results, ending a hectic 12-month period in which three major elections were held. This most recent round of elections were relat [...]	2008-08-13 12:55:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL PGOV SL
08FREETOWN414	FREETOWN MEDIA PLACEMENTS FOR JULY 2008 [...] Summary: Embassy Freetown's media outreach in July included Ambassador Perry's remarks at the 232nd anniversary of the Independence of the United States, a statement commending the people of Sierra Leone for the successful conduct of the July 5 local council elections in Sierra Leone, and a st [...]	2008-08-25 08:17:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO SL
08FREETOWN416	STAFFDEL VISIT TO SIERRA LEONE REVEALS CONSTANT [...] Summary: The three-day visit of Shannon Smith from the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sarah Margon from Senator Russ Feingold's office highlighted both Sierra Leone's development accomplishments and major obstacles to further progress. Visits with Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) offic [...]	2008-08-25 12:20:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS SL
08FREETOWN489	Fraud Summary - Freetown [...] Freetown is a high fraud post. Despite much progress since the end of an 11-year civil war in 2001, Sierra Leone is ranked last on the UN Human Development Index. As such, socioeconomic conditions for many residents are poor and many people seek a better life elsewhere. There is a large dia [...]	2008-10-03 09:48:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SL
08FREETOWN505	SIERRA LEONE COCAINE TRIAL UPDATE: FOUR SUSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: Four minor suspects have been granted bail in Sierra Leone's ongoing narcotics case (reftel),and may have their charges dropped. Key figures remain in jail, however, but the pace of the trials is slow. The drugs seized in the case have not yet been destroyed, and general cons [...]	2008-10-16 16:48:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL SL
08FSCCHARLESTON1712	POSSIBLE SHUTDOWN OF FINANCIAL OPERATIONS: HURRICANE HANNA APPROACHES SOUTH CAROLINA [...] The National Hurricane Center is currently predicting that Hurricane Hanna will make landfall near Charleston, South Carolina on Friday evending or Saturday morning. Management in GFS Charleston has convened its emergency action committee and is watching the storm track and continues to consu [...]	2008-09-02 18:46:00	US OFFICE FSC CHARLESTON	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN AMGT KFSC
08GABORONE1082	BOTSWANA-ZIMBABWE TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a series of meetings on December 9, contacts in Botswana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed to A/DCM that a ministerial level meeting of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence, and Security troika will be held in Gaborone December 11. The purpose of this meeting is for t [...]	2008-12-11 11:02:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ZI BC
08GABORONE1083	BOTSWANA: 5 CHOLERA CASES REPORTED SO FAR [...] SUMMARY: The number of people infected with cholera in Botswana has risen to five - all of whom are Zimbabwean. There have been no reports that any citizens of Botswana have contracted cholera from contact with these patients. The GOB is carefully monitoring the situation and has been working [...]	2008-12-12 10:45:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO BC
08GABORONE1103	WHY IS SADC SO SAD? [...] (C) Summary: It is now "Festive Season" holiday time in Botswana and across Southern Africa, but it is also silly season when it comes to SADC. The SADC Organ on Politics, Defense, and Security's insistence on a full-scale investigation of and report on GOZ allegations that Botswana is helpi [...]	2008-12-17 15:34:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SOCI BC ZI
08GABORONE1140	GOB STILL NOT READY TO TREAT HIV POSITIVE REFUGEES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Botswana provides free antiretroviral therapy (ART) to over 90% of its citizens who need it, but the GOB does not include non-citizens resident in Botswana, including registered refugees, in its national ART program. Botswana's cabinet agreed to extend the ART program to regis [...]	2008-12-30 07:02:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL KHIV PHUM TBIO BC ZI
08GABORONE719	USAID CLOSES OUT CBNRM PROGRAM IN NAMIBIA [...] Summary: On June 12 in Windhoek, Regional Environment and Health Officer for Southern Africa (REHO) attended USAID's close-out ceremony of its 15-year support of Community-Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) in Namibia. Among the attendees were Ambassador Mathieu, USAID Director Gary Ne [...]	2008-08-20 10:04:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON EAID WA BC
08GABORONE720	KAZA UPDATE [...] Summary. The U.S. State Department and USAID provide technical and financial support to the development of a consultation framework of the 5-nation Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA-TFCA) Initiative. The conceptualization and planning for this began in 2006 with Botswana, [...]	2008-08-20 10:18:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON EAID WA ZA BC
08GABORONE821	TRANSMISSION OF LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM [...] Embassy Gaborone received a diplomatic note (Note NO/2008 EA 6/16 (s) XXVIII (77) C1) from the Government of Botswana conveying a letter to President Bush from President Khama. The transcription of the diplomatic note follows: 2. "Republic of Botswana NOTE NO: 40/2008 EA 6/16 (s) xxviii ( [...]	2008-09-12 15:27:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PGOV BC
08GABORONE884	HEALTH CARE IN BOTSWANA IN THE ERA OF HIV/AIDS [...] Summary: Botswana just celebrated its National Day on September 30 and the country has made significant progress in the fight against hunger, poverty, injustice, illiteracy and unemployment over the last forty two years. The rate of progress is, however, threatened by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, an [...]	2008-10-07 08:01:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV TBIO ECON EAID SOCI BC
08GABORONE932	AU-IBAR HOSTS REGIONAL AVIAN INFLUENZA WORKSHOP [...] Summary: The African Union's Inter-Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) hosted October 2-4 in Gaborone an Avian Influenza (AI) technical workshop for Southern Africa officials from the Ministries of Agriculture and Health, the World Health Organization (WHO),the World Animal Health Organizati [...]	2008-10-23 14:53:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV TBIO ECON EAID SOCI BC
08GENEVA1026	JCIC-XXXIII: (U) LIST OF REPORTING CABLES [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-032. 2. (U) Following is the listing of Geneva cables for JCIC-XXXIII reporting activity during the period November 13-21, 2008. JCIC-XXXIII-001 (GENEVA 0956) JCIC-XXXIII: (U) OPENING OF THE THIRTY-THIRD SESSION OF THE JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSIO [...]	2008-11-22 12:58:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1051	OCTOBER 8-9, 2008, WTO SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY (SPS) [...] Summary: The Forty-Second Meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures was held October 8-9, 2008. The U.S. delegation was headed by Jane Doherty, (USTR),and included Christine Brown (Commerce),Mary Lisa Madell (APHIS),Daniella Taveau [...]	2008-12-03 15:52:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD USTR WTRO
08GENEVA275	U.S. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS MEET WITH INDONESIAN [...] Summary. Ambassador John Lange, Special Representative of the Secretary of State for Avian and Pandemic Influenza, and Dr. William Steiger, Special Assistant for International Affairs to the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, met with Indonesian Minister of Health Siti Fadilah Supar [...]	2008-04-11 06:55:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAID WHO
08GENEVA410	SPECIAL ENVOY ON ANTI-SEMITISM RICKMAN MEETS [...] Summary: On the margins of a conference in Geneva on the Durban Review Conference, Special Envoy on Anti-Semitism Gregg Rickman held meetings on May 26 and 27 with leaders of the Jewish community, representatives of the Geneva cantonal government, and officials from other UN missions and the [...]	2008-06-03 16:46:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA495	EFFECTS OF U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Human Rights Council's Eighth Session, which ran from June 3-18, featured renewed efforts by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to weaken human rights instruments, although with less drama than in previous sessions. In cases w [...]	2008-06-30 16:30:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC
08GENEVA561	BIC-IX: BILATERAL IMPLEMENTATION COMMISSION, [...] (U) This is BIC-IX-001. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 16, 2008 Time: 3:30 - 5:20 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (C) U.S. and Russian representatives to the Moscow Treaty's Bilateral Implementation Commission (BIC) met [...]	2008-07-21 14:42:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	KACT PARM BIC JCIC US RS
08GENEVA564	JCIC-XXXII: (U) OTHER PARTIES' STATEMENTS, JULY [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-007. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 17, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva 3. (C) The texts contained in paragraphs 4 and 5 below are the official translations of the Belarusian and Ukrainian opening s [...]	2008-07-22 13:25:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA566	ANNUAL TRIPARTITE CONSULTATIONS ON REFUGEE [...] (U) SUMMARY: PRM/A,s Director and Deputy Director, along with USCIS, HHS and NGO representatives, attended the June 30 ) July 2 Annual Tripartite Consultations on Refugee Resettlement hosted by UNHCR in Geneva. Some 170 participants representing 29 governments (both those currently resettling [...]	2008-07-22 15:28:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF
08GENEVA572	JCIC-XXXII: HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-008. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 18, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission in Geneva, Switzerland on Jul [...]	2008-07-23 07:21:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA587	JCIC-XXXII: WORKING GROUP MEETING ON UKRAINIAN [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-011. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) A Working Group Meeting on the issue of Elimination of Solid Rocket Motor Cases for First Stages of SS-24 (Ukrainian issue) was held at the U.S. Mission on July 21, 2008. All Parties, except Belarus, were represented. The [...]	2008-07-24 15:43:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA591	JCIC-XXXII: WORKING GROUP ON TELEMETRY, JULY 22, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-014. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 22, 2008 Time: 4:00 - 5:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Telemetry Working Group (WG) meeting was held at the Russian Mission on July 22, 2008. The Unit [...]	2008-07-25 09:52:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA609	JCIC-XXXII: DOCUMENTS COMPLETED ON SS-24 SRM [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-019. 2. The texts at paragraphs 3 and 4 below are JCIC Agreement 55 on "Changes to Section I of the Conversion or Elimination Protocol Regarding the Elimination Process for ICBMs for Mobile Launchers of ICBMs" and JCIC Joint Statement 40 "On the Elimination of SS-24 [...]	2008-07-26 12:26:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA611	JCIC-XXXII: DOCUMENTS COMPLETED ON SS-24 SRM [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-019. 2. The texts at paragraphs 3 and 4 below are JCIC Agreement Number 55 on "Changes to Section I of the Conversion or Elimination Protocol Regarding the Elimination Process for ICBMs for Mobile Launchers of ICBMs" and JCIC Joint Statement 40 "On the Elimination o [...]	2008-07-26 12:26:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA773	COMMUNICATION FROM UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON EXTRAJUDICIAL, [...] (U) Mission has received a communication from the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, Philip Alston, dated September 12, 2008. This communication has been sent via e-mail to IO/RHS. 2. (U) Begin text of letter: Excellency, I have the honour to ad [...]	2008-09-16 09:44:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA958	BIC-X: BILATERAL IMPLEMENTATION COMMISSION, [...] (U) This is BIC-X-001. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 12, 2008 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 11:10 A.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (C) U.S. and Russian representatives to the Moscow Treaty's Bilateral Implementation Commission [...]	2008-11-13 17:08:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	KACT PARM BIC JCIC US RS
08GENEVA976	JCIC-XXXIII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-010. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 14, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 14, 20 [...]	2008-11-18 14:54:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA983	JCIC-XXXIII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-011. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 14, 2008 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation Meeting (HOD) was held at the Russian Mission on November 14, 2008 [...]	2008-11-19 08:16:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA988	JCIC-XXXIII: (U) RUSSIAN PAPER CONTAINING [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-022. 2. (S) The text at Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of a Russian paper containing an additional question on the Trident II flight tests that were conducted on November 4, 2004, and May 9, 2006. The paper was provided in Moscow and emailed to Wash [...]	2008-11-20 09:20:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA991	JCIC-XXXIII: HEAD OF DELEGATION MEETING ON THE [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-013. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 17, 2008 Time: 3:45 P.M. - 5:15 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 17, 2008, to c [...]	2008-11-20 12:54:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA997	JCIC-XXXIII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-012. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 17, 2008 Time: 10:40 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 17, 2008, to discus [...]	2008-11-21 07:10:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA998	JCIC-XXXIII: (U) HEAD OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-015. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 18, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 11:50 A.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 18, 20 [...]	2008-11-21 07:17:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GEORGETOWN148	EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) The following is Embassy Georgetown's submission of information requested in reftel for the 2008 Annual Trafficking in Persons Report. After a full review of the available information, Post has found that Guyana is not/not a country of origin, transit, or destination for a "significant" [...]	2008-03-17 12:25:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD GY
08GEORGETOWN685	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT, PART I [...] (U) Post presents its 2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control Guyana: I. Summary Guyana is a transit point for cocaine destined for North America, Europe, and the Caribbean, but not, it is thought, in quantities sufficient to impact the [...]	2008-12-03 19:10:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR GY
08GRENADA75	GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: MAY 4 - 10, 2008 [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not currently merit longer reporting. 2. Begin GWAR text: (a)Commissioner Submits Final Report on "Briefcase" Affair Sir Richard Cheltenham of Barbados, the sole commissioner on the [...]	2008-05-14 22:58:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ASEC GJ
08GUADALAJARA122	A SEWER RUNS THROUGH IT: BOY'S DEATH DRAWS ATTENTION TO [...] Summary: A child's death after falling into the severely polluted Santiago River in the Guadalajara suburb of El Salto has finally attracted official and popular attention to a long-standing ecological nightmare. But after years of official neglect and indifference, the authorities are seeki [...]	2008-03-14 21:28:00	Consulate Guadalajara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI PGOV EAID MX
08GUANGZHOU1	Shenzhen Development Bank Forging New Territory with [...] (SBU) Summary: Shenzhen Development Bank (SDB),the first company to list publicly in China, is working closely with Chinese regulators to clarify untested regulations governing China's financial system especially as they relate to proprietary information, according to the bank's American chair [...]	2008-01-02 08:02:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON CH
08GUANGZHOU105	Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Major Economic, Social, and [...] (U) Summary: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has a strong economic, social, and cultural foothold in south China, with Guangdong leading the way in total TCM revenue and product output. "Guangdong Liang Cha", for example, an herbal tea, is becoming a national phenomenon and chasing Coca Cola [...]	2008-02-20 05:22:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO ECON SOCI CH
08GUANGZHOU113	Avian Influenza Update: One Death Reported in Guangxi [...] (U) A Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region man has died of avian influenza (AI),according to the Health Ministry. The Ministry said the patient was a 41-year-old unemployed man (surnamed Liang) from Xi Xiang Tang District in Nanning, the capital city of Guangxi. Liang developed symptoms on Februa [...]	2008-02-22 08:25:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR CASC AMED AMGT PINR CH
08GUANGZHOU119	Avian Influenza Update: Human Case Reported in Guangdong [...] (U) Summary: The Chinese Government notified Embassy Beijing, Consulate Guangzhou and foreign governments of another suspected human case of avian influenza (AI),this time in Guangdong Province. A 44-year-old female migrant worker fell ill on February 16 after exposure to sick and dead poult [...]	2008-02-25 09:08:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR CASC AMED AMGT PINR CH
08GUANGZHOU146	Product Safety Testing, Booming Business in South China [...] (SBU) Summary: Business is booming for product testing firms in south China. With heightened awareness of product safety risks among manufacturers and stricter enforcement by Chinese authorities, testing firms anticipate continued rapid growth and in some instances are literally working around [...]	2008-03-10 08:08:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH
08GUANGZHOU154	Hundreds of birds culled in Guangzhou; correlation to avian [...] (U) Summary: Following the unexplained death of over 100 chickens in the Liwan district of Guangzhou, hundreds more birds have been culled as a preventive measure to control the spread of what could be an avian influenza outbreak. With samples currently being tested in local labs, final result [...]	2008-03-14 06:57:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR PINR KFLU CH
08GUANGZHOU160	Dead birds in Guangzhou confirmed positive for H5N1 virus, [...] (U) Summary: The National Influenza Reference Laboratory has confirmed that the March 13 death of 114 chickens in a Guangzhou poultry market was the result of the H5N1 virus (avian influenza). Guangdong authorities have increased disinfection and monitoring efforts. The infected birds have been [...]	2008-03-17 08:46:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR PINR KFLU CH
08GUANGZHOU225	Despite One-Stop Lab, Producers Still Complain about [...] (SBU) Summary: Even with the opening of south China's first joint-venture testing lab that will provide one-stop shopping for third party and government testing, toy manufacturers in the Pearl River Delta complain about the burden of meeting multiple standards. They believe that that a new con [...]	2008-04-21 07:30:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH
08GUANGZHOU248	Inland Aquaculture Challenges in the Pearl River [...] (U) Summary: Inland aquaculture in south China faces two major environmental challenges: eutrophication (excess nutrient loading) and contamination. Guangdong officials have identified 18 lakes and reservoirs in the province as being more contaminated than Wuxi Lake, a focal point of internati [...]	2008-04-30 09:08:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS SENV ECON CH
08GUANGZHOU250	Guangdong Outbreak - Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Claims [...] (U) Summary: A hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) outbreak has led to three deaths in Guangdong province, and the infection of more than 1,600 local children. Guangdong's Department of Health has created an HFMD task force to increase local monitoring, prevention and control efforts. Guangdon [...]	2008-05-06 09:03:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC SOCI CH
08GUANGZHOU265	Enterovirus 71 Outbreak - South China Infections and Death [...] (SBU) Summary: Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) has taken a fourth life in Guangdong Province, and has infected more than 7,100 local children. Provincial health officials are working to determine the incidence rate of EV 71 among HFMD cases. Guangxi has reported two deaths among 636 cases [...]	2008-05-09 09:20:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC SOCI PREL HHS CH
08GUANGZHOU289	South China EV 71 Update - HFMD Cases Increase, Though Rate [...] (U) Summary: The number of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) infections in south China continues to rise, though authorities claim that the pace is slowing. In the past two weeks, Guangdong's reported HFMD cases have risen to 23,278, resulting in seven deaths. The current number has far s [...]	2008-05-22 06:45:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC SOCI PREL HHS CH
08GUANGZHOU292	"NETIZENS" HAVE THE GUANGDONG GOVERNMENT'S EAR [...] (SBU) Summary: If the Party Secretary can take the time to surf the web for ideas and useful policy proposals, so can you. That's the message from Guangdong Party Secretary Wang Yang to his subordinates, following a recent highly publicized meeting with 26 prominent south China "netizens" (act [...]	2008-05-23 08:54:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT ECON PGOV CH
08GUANGZHOU302	LNG Expansion - Fujian Readies for Operation of South [...] (U) Summary: A delivery from Egypt marked the official opening of Fujian's new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal. Supply to domestic users will begin in mid-late June. Success has been tempered by the real world: rising international prices and difficulty finding reliable long-term suppli [...]	2008-05-29 09:26:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EMIN SENV PGOV TRGY CH
08GUANGZHOU351	Confirmed Cases of H5N1 Virus on Guangdong Duck Farm, No [...] (U) Summary: It looks as though authorities in south China understand the need to move quickly on a potential H5N1 threat. The National Influenza Reference Laboratory and China's Ministry of Agriculture reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza on a duck farm in Jiangmen C [...]	2008-06-18 09:37:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR PINR KFLU CH
08GUANGZHOU373	PROSECUTING RAPE CASES IN SOUTH CHINA'S CRIMINAL COURTS - [...] (SBU) Summary: As Guangzhou's American Citizen Services Section continues to closely monitor the status of a criminal case in which an American citizen has been charged with rape, research into how the local courts handle the prosecution of these cases sheds some light on China's developing cri [...]	2008-06-26 08:58:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC CJAN PHUM PINS SOCI CH
08GUANGZHOU43	Guangdong's AI Strategy: Raising Awareness and [...] (U) Summary: At the end of 2007, Guangdong provincial authorities announced a new AI prevention plan to increase public awareness, test response strategies, and ensure regional communication and cooperation. Also of some interest is the province's new emergency awareness website (www.gdemo.gov. [...]	2008-01-24 07:38:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU CH
08GUANGZHOU438	2008 Pearl River IP Forum Achieves Breakthrough in [...] (SBU) Summary: The 2008 Pearl River IP Forum - jointly organized by the U.S. Consulate's Guangzhou branch of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO Guangzhou) and Guangdong Intellectual Property Office (IPO) on July 15 - brought together -- for the first time in recent memory -- bus [...]	2008-07-23 06:01:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON PGOV CH
08GUANGZHOU47	Guangdong's AI Strategy: Expanding Vaccination and [...] (U) Summary: As part of its five-point AI prevention strategy (Ref G),Guangdong is implementing a compulsory vaccination program which aims for 100 percent coverage of domestic poultry. Significant resources and manpower have been invested in this prevention strategy and to strengthening the t [...]	2008-01-28 07:51:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU CH
08GUANGZHOU487	Guangdong's Cosmetic Makers Sees Stronger Safety Regulation [...] (U) Summary: The Chinese government's regime for protecting consumers from unsafe cosmetic products has strengthened in the last year -- foreign consumers that is. Executives in Guangdong's cosmetic manufacturing industry point out that government testing and inspection of export products has [...]	2008-08-11 09:33:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH
08GUANGZHOU529	Local Focus on Brand Promotion Leads to Stronger IPR [...] (SBU) Summary: Next to industrial powerhouses like Shenzhen and Dongguan, Shunde is small potatoes among Pearl River Delta cities. But its brand promotion efforts have yielded impressive results. The town boasts market leaders in the household appliance industry that rank among China's top 50 [...]	2008-08-28 06:58:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON PGOV CH
08GUANGZHOU56	Guangdong Strengthens Infectious Disease Research Capacity [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chinese central and Guangdong provincial governments have invested significant resources to expand the province's infectious disease research capacity; this includes two new infectious disease research institutes. Obstacles remain to the development of an effective research [...]	2008-01-31 07:15:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO CH
08GUANGZHOU590	SOUTH CHINA REPORTING OFFICERS CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 24-27, [...] (U) Summary: The September 24-27 2008 South China Reporting Officers Conference - with participation by officers from Embassy Beijing, Consulate General Shanghai, Consulate General Hong Kong, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT),and Consulate General Guangzhou - addressed four main themes: r [...]	2008-10-09 09:20:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL ECON PGOV CH TW HK
08GUANGZHOU619	Shenzhen Stock Exchange Official Sees Trouble Ahead for [...] (C) Summary: A Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SSE) official believes that the impact of the global financial crisis is already being felt in south China's real economy. However, she acknowledged that many firms are well positioned to weather the storm. She complained about the effect of retail inve [...]	2008-10-24 08:42:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV CH
08GUANGZHOU696	Guangdong Toy Association 20th Anniversary -Celebration or [...] (SBU) Summary: The Guangdong Toy Association's recent Twentieth Anniversary Banquet was both a celebration of the organization's milestone, but also a rallying cry for manufacturers facing economic challenges unprecedented in the organization's history. Concerns about declining overseas orders [...]	2008-11-26 09:21:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND ELAB KIPR ECON PGOV CH
08GUANGZHOU712	South China's Soil in Desperate Need of a Clean Up [...] (SBU) Thirty years of "pollution first, treatment later" has led to a severe and growing soil contamination problem - perhaps more troubling health-wise than air and water pollution - in the Pearl River Delta (PRD). Excessive concentrations of heavy metals, pesticides, fertilizers and other ca [...]	2008-12-08 07:12:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR ECON CH
08GUANGZHOU731	30 Years Of Reform and Opening in South China: [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Enshrining Communist Party legitimacy is the political focus of celebrations commemorating Guangdong Province's 30 years of Reform and Opening, just as increased living standards are the economic focus. Of [...]	2008-12-22 09:11:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
08GUANGZHOU737	INFANT CONTRACTS AVIAN INFLUENZA A (H9N2) VIRUS IN [...] Summary: An eleven-week old girl who resides in Shenzhen has reportedly contracted avian influenza A (H9N2) virus. She is being treated in a Hong Kong hospital. Some medical experts have expressed concern that avian influenza A (H9N2) virus - which has only been documented in a low pathogenic [...]	2008-12-31 08:17:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU CASC SOCI PREL HK CH
08GUATEMALA1250	BI-WEEKLY REPORTING CABLE FOR PERIOD ENDING [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 15:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT
08GUATEMALA1370	CICIG'S CHALLENGES, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND MANDATE [...] (C) UN and CICIG officials acknowledge that CICIG needs to show more results before consideration is given to extending its mandate. CICIG is confident that it can successfully prosecute some important cases before its mandate ends in September 2009, while others it is investigating would re [...]	2008-11-03 14:20:00	Embassy Guatemala	SECRET	KCRM PREL SNAR ASEC PINR GT
08GUATEMALA1430	GRUESOME BUS SLAYINGS HIGHLIGHT INSECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 8, 16 persons traveling by charter bus from Chinandega, Nicaragua to the Guatemalan Capital were found dead in the rural department of Zacapa. The 15 Nicaraguan nationals and one Dutch national were shot before the bus they were traveling in was set on fire. Local [...]	2008-11-17 07:44:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS GT
08GUATEMALA1468	GUATEMALA CITY'S ZONE 18, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE [...] (SBU) Introduction: On November 18, Poloffs toured Guatemala City's high crime district of Zone 18 to examine political and economic issues in a part of the capital less frequented by Embassy staff. As part of the visit officers toured a local market, met with local community leaders, visite [...]	2008-11-26 07:13:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI ELAB ENRG PGOV 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
08GUATEMALA178	(C) GUATEMALA GIVING SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO [...] (C) Summary. Acting Foreign Minister Miguel Ibarra told us privately that Guatemala would likely sign a PetroCaribe deal with the GOV to meet a small percentage of Guatemala's energy needs. This initial agreement would allow the GOG to assess Venezuela's ability to meet its needs, while mai [...]	2008-02-21 17:10:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ECON VZ GT
08GUATEMALA327	GUATEMALA'S INPUT FOR 2008 TIP REPORT (APRIL 2007 [...] Post submits the following information (keyed to ref A) on anti-trafficking efforts undertaken by the Guatemalan government between April 2007 and March 2008 in the areas of prevention, protection and assistance to trafficked victims, and investigation and prosecution of traffickers. While ch [...]	2008-03-13 22:37:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT
08GUATEMALA355	CICIG COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES PROGRESS AND [...] (C) Summary: In a March 14 meeting with the Ambassador and Pol/Econ Counselor, CICIG Commissioner Carlos Castresana discussed progress in establishing the CICIG office and beginning its first investigations. He outlined concerns over the extent to which some Guatemalan law enforcement organi [...]	2008-03-19 13:39:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KCRM ASEC VZ PREL PHUM KJUS PGOV GT
08GUATEMALA621	CICIG COMMISSIONER PROVIDES UPDATE [...] (C) At luncheon hosted by Swiss Ambassador on May 14, CICIG Commissioner, Carlos Castresana provided overview to international community ambassadors involved with CICIG on activities to date. Of note were the following comments by Castresana: Relations between CICIG and the GOG - Castresa [...]	2008-05-16 13:19:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KCRM PREL PHUM KJUS PGOV GT ASEC
08GUATEMALA702	SUSPECT FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER OF SON OF PROMINENT [...] On June 2, a Guatemalan court sentenced Erwin Omar Gudiel Arias to 20 years in prison for the August 2007 murder of Jose Mendez Dardon, son of prominent human rights activist and former Congressman Amilcar Mendez. The three-judge panel found conclusive the testimony of two witnesses who were a [...]	2008-06-03 20:10:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KCRM PHUM KDEM PGOV GT

08GUATEMALA773	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has confirmed that the reftel arms purchase was ordered by the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) for the purpose of establishing an internal security force capable of providing protection for CICIG staff and investigators. Due to the high profil [...]	2008-06-19 22:22:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC IS GT
08GUATEMALA890	PARLACEN MURDER UPDATE: 13 GANG MEMBERS ACQUITTED [...] (SBU) On July 10, a three-judge panel acquitted 13 gang members of charges relating to the February 2007 murder of four Guatemalan police officers accused of killing three El Salvadoran representatives to the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) and their driver (reftel). The police officers [...]	2008-07-14 22:23:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SNAR PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC ES GT
08HALIFAX45	ENERGY PROJECTS IN ATLANTIC CANADA - FACTS AND FIGURES [...] This cable is a "primer" on the status of significant operating and future energy projects in Atlantic Canada. The Atlantic Provinces Economic Council (APEC),a regional think tank, reported in March 2008 that actual and proposed new investment in these projects had reached the level of $42 [...]	2008-06-13 19:06:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG PGOV CA
08HALIFAX70	HALIFAX ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF CONSULAR MANAGEMENT [...] In accordance with reftel, Halifax conducted its annual review of consular management controls on November 10, 2008. Harold D. Foster, FS-01, Consul General certifies successful completion of the management review and that post is in full compliance. 2. a. Standard Operating Procedures: [...]	2008-11-10 19:35:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CVIS CASC KFRD CA
08HALIFAX84	MOST NEW ENERGY PROJECTS IN ATLANTIC CANADA MOVING AHEAD [...] INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY ======================= Despite the downturn in the global economy, for the most part, investment in Atlantic Canada's energy sector is still strong (REFTELS). Large energy companies and industry stakeholders are taking a long-term approach, predicting that by the time l [...]	2008-12-16 19:51:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG ECON PGOV CA
08HAMBURG2	GERMAN AL QAEDA ACCOMPLICE FOUND GUILTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 24, the Schleswig- Holstein Higher Regional Court (OLG) convicted Redouane El-Habhab of founding a foreign terrorist organization and assisting a terrorist organization and sentenced him to a five year and nine month prison term. The verdict is not yet legally bind [...]	2008-01-28 12:49:00	Consulate Hamburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KJUS KHLS PREL ASEC GM
08HAMBURG44	LAST AL QAEDA MEMBER FROM EL-HABHAB CELL CONVICTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 24, the Higher Regional Court (OLG) in Schleswig found Moroccan national Abdelali Miftah guilty of supporting Al Qaeda in Iraq through the recruitment and trafficking of three Islamist fighters during the period between the beginning of June 2006 and July 6, 2006. [...]	2008-12-05 15:46:00	Consulate Hamburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KJUS KVPR KHLS PREL ASEC GM
08HANOI1139	REVIEWING THE TRADE AGENDA: TRANSPAC, BIT, IMPORT [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. For official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy Hanoi discussed a number of trade and investment agenda items with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials from the ministries [...]	2008-10-03 09:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECIN ECON PGOV VM
08HANOI1166	GVN TO PUT ANTI-CORRUPTION REPORTERS ON TRIAL [...] (C) Summary: The trial of two journalists for their reports on a major corruption scandal is slated to take place in Hanoi on October 14 and 15. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) changed the charges against the two from "abuse of power in performing official duties" to "abusing democratic freed [...]	2008-10-10 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI VM
08HANOI118	GVN LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO CATHOLIC CHURCH PROTESTS [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) announced that it is seeking legal action following ongoing Catholic prayer vigils and protests seeking the return of church lands in downtown Hanoi confiscated after the communist takeover in 1954 (reftel). The Church says it intends to take actio [...]	2008-01-31 09:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI1185	VIETNAMESE JOURNALISTS WHO EXPOSED CORRUPTION FOUND GUILTY [...] (SBU) Summary: After a day and a half of testimony, the Hanoi People's Court on October 15 found two reporters who exposed a major corruption scandal guilty of "abusing democratic freedoms." The court sentenced Thanh Nien newspaper's Nguyen Viet Chien to two years in prison and sentenced Tuoi [...]	2008-10-16 10:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI120	GVN LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO CATHOLIC CHURCH PROTESTS [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) announced that it is seeking legal action following ongoing Catholic prayer vigils and protests seeking the return of church lands in downtown Hanoi confiscated after the communist takeover in 1954 (reftel). The Church says it intends to take actio [...]	2008-01-31 10:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI1241	VIETNAM NEGOTIATES DEAL WITH GAZPROM, BYPASSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: State-run PetroVietnam (PVN) and Russian energy firm Gazprom signed a lease agreement for four blocks in the South China Sea. ExxonMobil (EM) had been in periodic discussions with PVN for more than a year to negotiate a deal for the new acreage before PVN unexpectedly awarded the [...]	2008-11-06 05:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL 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
08HANOI1258	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY OES ASSISTANT SECRETARY MCMURRAY [...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho and Cat Tien National Park. Your visit will be an important signal to the Vietnamese of the importance of our growing bilateral environmental relationship, especially as we seek to build on the progress made duri [...]	2008-11-12 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO SOCI PREL ECON KFLU KHIV VM
08HANOI1260	SOWING THE SEEDS OF A BIOTECH DISCUSSION IN VIETNAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mission Vietnam sponsored a series of biotechnology conferences that generated frank discussions among Vietnamese farmers, policymakers and academics about basic research and field testing, and led to calls from conference participants for the Government of Vietnam (GVN) to develo [...]	2008-11-13 09:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR ETRD EAID ECON VM
08HANOI1265	VIETNAM'S DISTRIBUTION SECTOR READIES FOR FOREIGNERS [...] (U) Summary. In less than two months, Vietnam will open its distribution and retail sectors to fully foreign-owned firms. Preparations for these important changes have not been problem-free, and both the GVN and the private sector have at times seemed to talk past each other. There is also a v [...]	2008-11-14 07:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINT KTDB VM
08HANOI1298	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY GRILLS GVN ON SOES, SETS BUDGET AND VOWS [...] (U) Summary: The National Assembly (NA),in its October 15 to November 15 session, came down hard on mismanagement in Vietnam's state-owned sector, approved a 2009 budget deficit of $5.1 billion, and reformed Vietnam's luxury tax regime, which will affect U.S. automakers adversely but create op [...]	2008-11-25 10:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EINV KCOR KPRV PGOV VM
08HANOI132	Vietnam Adoptions - GVN acknowledges growing problems and [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 11 2. (SBU) Summary: On February 1, the Ambassador met with Vice Minister of Justice, Hoang The Lien, to deliver the dipnote contained in ref A. The Ambassador also delivered a letter to the Minister of Justice requesting a legal opinion on the proc [...]	2008-02-04 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CASC CMGT KOCI VM
08HANOI1320	VIETNAMESE RESPONSE TO MELAMINE CONTAMINATION SHOWS [...] (U) Summary. Recent discoveries of melamine contamination in milk products, eggs and animal feed imported from China highlight gaps in Vietnam's food safety import programs. Though the Government of Vietnam (GVN) eventually located, sampled, and tested thousands of products, its initial react [...]	2008-12-03 07:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR SENV TBIO EFIN ETRD VM
08HANOI1332	AGENT ORANGE: DESPITE OBSTACLES, BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: At the first meeting of the Environmental Task Force (ETF),set up under the U.S.-Vietnam Joint Advisory Committee on Agent Orange and its contaminant dioxin (JAC) (Reftel),the United States and Vietnam made substantial progress towards developing a remediation work plan for Da [...]	2008-12-08 11:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM
08HANOI1338	NO JAIL TIME FOR EIGHT THAI HA PROTESTORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a day of testimony December 8, the Dong Da People's Court in Hanoi convicted eight Thai Ha protestors for destruction of public property and disturbing the public order. Seven of the parishioners were given suspended sentences; one was issued a warning. None will serve ja [...]	2008-12-09 09:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF VM
08HANOI1368	STAFFDEL NELSON REVIEWS FOOD SAFETY ISSUES [...] (U) Summary. A Staff Delegation from the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, consisting of Chief Investigator David Nelson and Investigative Counsel Krista Carpenter, visited Hanoi from December 4 to 8 to meet with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials to review U.S. foo [...]	2008-12-17 04:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR SENV TBIO EFIN ETRD VM
08HANOI1372	STAFFDEL NELSON REVIEWS FOOD SAFETY ISSUES [...] (U) Summary. A Staff Delegation from the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, consisting of Chief Investigator David Nelson and Investigative Counsel Krista Carpenter, visited Hanoi from December 4 to 8 to meet with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials to review U.S. foo [...]	2008-12-17 08:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR SENV TBIO EFIN ETRD VM
08HANOI147	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH US-VN DIALOGUE GROUP ON AGENT [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 1, Ambassador Michalak met with the U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange-Dioxin (Dialogue Group). Formed by the Aspen Institute, with support from the Ford Foundation, the Dialogue Group made its second visit to Vietnam to observe containment measures at the [...]	2008-02-12 01:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM
08HANOI169	FBI DIRECTOR MEETS WITH VICE MINISTER OF MINISTRY OF PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary: During FBI Director Robert Mueller's January 30 meeting with Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Vice Minister Nguyen Van Huong, the Vietnamese agreed to simplify and intensify information sharing in criminal matters and enthusiastically welcomed prospects for enhanced training pr [...]	2008-02-14 10:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KCRM PGOV PREL PTER PINS VM
08HANOI175	IRI Explores Possibilities in Vietnam [...] (U) Summary: While the conversations were mainly introductory and exploratory, the unprecedented level of interaction by Government of Vietnam (GVN) offices during the International Republican Institute's (IRI's) recent visit was a positive sign the GVN may be more willing to meet with NGOs an [...]	2008-02-15 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWMN PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI177	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - VIETNAM'S SECOND AI FATALITY OF [...] (U) Summary: Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials confirmed the second and third human Avian Influenza (AI) fatalities of 2008, both from northern provinces close to Hanoi. A 40-year old male from Hai Duong province died on February 13 after cooking and eating dead chickens. A 27-year old ma [...]	2008-02-15 10:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
08HANOI194	VIETNAM SHOULD REMAIN ON THE 2008 SPECIAL 301 WATCH LIST [...] (SBU) Summary: Mission Vietnam recommends continued placement of Vietnam on the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR) Special 301 Watch List for 2008. One year after acceding to the World Trade Organization, Vietnam has continued efforts to put in place an effective legal regime to [...]	2008-02-20 09:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD 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
08HANOI22	CODEL HOYER'S MEETINGS WITH GVN LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 3, a thirteen-member Congressional delegation, led by Majority Leader Representative Steny Hoyer and Minority Whip Representative Roy Blunt, discussed bilateral priorities during meetings with President Nguyen Minh Triet, the Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen P [...]	2008-01-07 08:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG KIPR OTRA OVIP UNSC ECON VM
08HANOI23	CODEL HOYER'S MEETINGS WITH GVN LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 3, a thirteen-member Congressional delegation, led by Majority Leader Representative Steny Hoyer and Minority Whip Representative Roy Blunt, discussed bilateral priorities during meetings with President Nguyen Minh Triet, the Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen P [...]	2008-01-07 08:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG KIPR OTRA OVIP UNSC ECON VM
08HANOI277	ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 2-3 visit to Hanoi, Assistant Secretary for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Christopher R. Hill met with the GVN Ministry of Foreign Affairs (paras 2-12) and National Assembly (paras 13-15),the Communist Party of Vietnam (paras 16-20),religious leaders (paras 21-23),n [...]	2008-03-07 04:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OTRA ECON ETRD CONS VM
08HANOI296	GVN'S ANTI-CORRUPTION CZAR SAYS HANOI WANTS INCREASED [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 6, the Ambassador met the head of Vietnam's Government Inspectorate (GI) Tran Van Truyen, a key player in the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) fight against corruption and an ally of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Truyen said he welcomed cooperation with the USG, and adde [...]	2008-03-13 07:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI304	VIETNAM AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: SCATTERED POULTRY OUTBREAKS [...] (U) Summary: Provinces in each region of the country have reported poultry outbreaks in the past few weeks. Though localized and easily controlled, the number of outbreaks continue to rise and are occuring at a rate higher than during the same period last year. A 23-year old woman died on Feb [...]	2008-03-14 10:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
08HANOI319	VIETNAM AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: NEW HUMAN FATALITY IN HA [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed the death of an 11-year old male adolescent from Liem Tiet Commune, Thanh Liem District, Ha Nam Province, approximately 40 kilometers south of Hanoi. The patient developed symptoms on March 4 after having contact with sick and dead poultry. Accordi [...]	2008-03-18 09:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
08HANOI338	VIETNAM ON THE UNSC: CONSULTATION PAYS OFF [...] (C) Summary: While Vietnam does not have an immediate stake in the majority of Security Council matters, the GVN takes its engagement with the world community, and particularly its membership on the Security Council, seriously. Although lacking experience in such fora, the GVN wants and expec [...]	2008-03-25 05:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC VM
08HANOI358	TIFA MEETINGS FOCUS ON TRADING RIGHTS, IPR AND MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: The United States and Vietnam conducted Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks in Hanoi from March 19 - 21, during which the sides followed up on a full range of WTO implementation and other issues including IPR, market access for pharmaceuticals and cultural prod [...]	2008-03-28 09:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR EFIN KIPR EIND EPET KTDB 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
08HANOI370	HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT: VIETNAM SCENESETTER, PART II OF III [...] (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. (SBU) Secretary Leavitt, this cable supplements Ref A and highlights the overarching health-related challenges facing Vietnam. We are proud [...]	2008-04-01 01:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KPAO KFLU KHIV VM
08HANOI372	FOREIGN ELECTRONIC AND TECHNOLOGY INVESTORS FLOCKING TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Samsung's recently-announced plans to build a $670 million mobile phone manufacturing plant is the latest in a series of major investments in Vietnam by international electronics and technology firms. A number of these new investments are planned for Hanoi and surrounding provin [...]	2008-04-01 04:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV TINT ECON TSPL KIPR ELAB VM
08HANOI383	CHOLERA REAPPEARS IN NORTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary. Three months after the Government of Vietnam (GVN) announced the successful control of an outbreak of cholera (ref A),the disease has reappeared in several provinces in northern Vietnam, including Hanoi. Though international health experts predicted the likelihood of small, ep [...]	2008-04-03 10:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR 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
08HANOI406	HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT, VIETNAM SCENESETTER, PART III [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. For official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Secretary Leavitt, this cable highlights the overarching health-related successes and challenges facing our work under the President's Emerge [...]	2008-04-09 10:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KPAO KFLU KHIV VM
08HANOI408	VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS CONCERNED, NOT ALARMED, AT [...] (SBU) The current outbreak of severe acute diarrhea continues to spread. Dr. Nguyen Huy Nga, Director General of the Preventative Health and Environmental Agency of the Ministry of Health (MOH),recently announced tests confirming the presence of cholera in patients in two additional northern [...]	2008-04-09 10:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM
08HANOI409	DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HEALTH CONFIRMS H5N1 RISK FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Vietnamese Department of Animal Health (DAH) confirmed that chicken and cattle smuggled into Vietnam from Guangxi province in China have tested positive for Avian Influenza (chickens) and Foot and Mouth disease (cattle). Many of these animals are destined for sale throughout [...]	2008-04-09 10:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM
08HANOI421	FIRST CHOLERA CASE IN HO CHI MINH CITY [...] (SBU) Ho Chi Minh City reported its first case of cholera in the current outbreak, a 71 year old woman from Thu Duc district. According to Dr. Nguyen Van Chau, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Health Department, the woman was admitted to Ho Chi Minh City Medical Hospital on April 6 suffering fr [...]	2008-04-11 09:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM
08HANOI457	INVESTMENT IN VIETNAM UNDETERRED BY GLOBAL SLOWDOWN [...] (U) Summary: Foreign investment continues to pour into Vietnam in record numbers. In just the first three months of 2008, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has approved 148 new foreign investment projects valued at $5.1 billion, a 43 percent year-on-year increase. Foreign investors made commit [...]	2008-04-21 09:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN EINV ETRD VM
08HANOI508	DHHS SECRETARY LEAVITT FOCUSES ON PRODUCT SAFETY, INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) Summary. During his visit to Hanoi, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt successfully advocated for the United States and Vietnam to draft a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on product safety in preparation for the upcoming visit to the United States by Vietnamese Pr [...]	2008-05-05 06:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KPAO KFLU KHIV VM
08HANOI550	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES PM'S VISIT, HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On April 29, Deputy Prime Minister and Politburo member Truong Vinh Trong discussed with the Ambassador Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's planned visit to the United States, the cases of political dissidents Le Thi Cong Nhan and Bui Kim Thanh and Government of Vietnam (GVN) efforts against [...]	2008-05-12 03:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON TBIO PGOV SOCI PREL KCOR KHIV KPPAO
08HANOI573	CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? VIETNAM'S MOBILE PHONE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's telecommunication market continues its rapid development, underpinned by the strong performance of the mobile phone sector, which surpassed 35 million subscribers in 2007. New market entrants and more flexible government regulations helped to drive down costs and incre [...]	2008-05-16 00:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD ECON KPRV VM
08HANOI588	MOST RECENT CHOLERA OUTBREAK RECEDES [...] (SBU) Summary. Officials report that Vietnam's most recent outbreak of severe acute diarrhea is winding down. Though the Government of Vietnam (GVN) again responded promptly and effectively, victims from northern provinces that traveled to other parts of the country infected other people, dem [...]	2008-05-20 07:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM
08HANOI599	CLINICAL TRIALS FOR HUMAN AVIAN INFLUENZA VACCINE BEGIN IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 03:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM
08HANOI634	Part I: Latest Economic Data Sends HCMC Analysts Into A [...] (SBU) Summary: After a record of good performance through the first half of 2007, missteps in fiscal and monetary policy have set the stage in 2008 for concerns that the GVN needs stronger macro-economic management. High inflation, exchange rate fluctuations and lack of SOE control have erode [...]	2008-05-30 11:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECPS ECON EAGR ETRD VM
08HANOI64	Draft Biotech Regulations Could Hamper Trade [...] Summary. This cable provides translation of Vietnam Food Administration's latest draft biotechnology regulations, which are expected to be formally notified to the WTO soon. On their face, the regulations could hamper or restrict U.S. exports of biotech products. Post would welcome comments [...]	2008-01-17 09:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD WTRO TBIO USTR VM
08HANOI643	VIETNAM: FORCED AND CHILD LABOR IN THE PRODUCTION OF GOODS [...] Summary: Forced and child labor (as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005) is not generally used to produce goods in Vietnam. While there is some evidence that abuses do sometimes occur, they are neither widespread nor systematic. Indeed, much of the inform [...]	2008-06-02 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON POL EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI VM
08HANOI694	VIETNAM'S FOOD SAFETY PROGRAMS LACK BITE [...] (SBU) Summary: The second recent major cholera outbreak served as a backdrop to the recent March announcement by the Ministry of Health (MOH) to focus on food safety issues. Earlier this year, Vietnam initiated a USD 81 million-4-year plan consisting of six different food safety and hygiene pr [...]	2008-06-10 07:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR SENV TBIO EFIN ETRD 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
08HANOI738	FOCUS ON U.S. BUSINESS IN VIETNAM: DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS; [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. For official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the internet. 2. (U) This cable is the first in a series focusing on issues on the U.S. private sector and business agenda in Vietnam. 3. (SBU) Summary: The issu [...]	2008-06-20 10:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EIND EINV VM
08HANOI80	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - VIETNAM'S FIRST HUMAN FATALITY OF [...] (U) Summary: Contacts at the National Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases (NIITD) confirmed to Embassy staff the first human infection and fatality due to H5N1 in Vietnam for 2008. On January 18, a Vietnamese man from Tuyen Quang province passed away after consuming members of his [...]	2008-01-24 04:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
08HANOI804	NORTHERN VIETNAM FOOD POISONING OUTBREAK MAY BE ANTHRAX [...] (SBU) The Vietnamese media recently reported a food poisoning outbreak in northern Ha Giang province, along the Chinese border, resulting in at least two deaths. Early reports suggest an epizootic association with anthrax and there is no known evidence of bioterrorism. Officials acknowledge 4 [...]	2008-07-11 09:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED ASEC PTER VM
08HANOI864	VIETNAM SEEKS STRONGER U.S. SUPPORT AGAINST CHINESE [...] (SBU) Summary: Citing recent press reports making public China's warning to ExxonMobil to pull out of an offshore oil exploration deal with Vietnam, an MFA official told Pol Counselor in a July 24 meeting that Vietnam will protect the interests of ExxonMobil. He also requested a strong express [...]	2008-07-24 09:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON CM VM
08HANOI881	GVN HAS TOUGH ECONOMIC CHOICES AHEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert Dohner, in meetings with Vietnamese government officials on July 2 and 3, conveyed that Vietnam's prospects are still strongly positive but appropriate policy choices over the next few months would be critical to achieving a more stable [...]	2008-07-30 09:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECPS ECON EAGR ETRD VM
08HARARE1011	HARARE: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] Following is the text of a congratulatory message from Robert Mugabe to the President-elect of the United States of America, Mr. Barack Obama. Under the terms of a yet-to-be-implemented power sharing agreement, Mugabe would continue to serve as the President of Zimbabwe. 2. BEGIN TEXT. [...]	2008-11-10 09:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP ZI
08HARARE1039	COLLAPSE: ZIMBABWE'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's health system has collapsed. Most of Zimbabwe's public hospitals, including the three main medical centers in Harare, are closed. Many clinics lack basics including staff, water, electricity, and medical supplies. Despite protests by medical professionals and outcry over the [...]	2008-11-20 15:18:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI EAID AMED PGOV CACS PHUM ZI
08HARARE1055	STATUS OF FOOD/NUTRITION IN ZIMBABWE [...] Following alarming news reports of severe malnutrition, vitamin deficiency disease and deaths among children and adults in Zimbabwe, country and regional USAID/Food for Peace staff visited primary health care facilities in four Zimbabwean provinces to verify reports. Findings were not adequat [...]	2008-11-26 07:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ZI
08HARARE1067	HARARE MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE: COPING WITH COLLAPSE [...] SUMMARY: The collapse of Zimbabwe's infrastructure and economy continues to provide new challenges to post management. Post currently has the capacity to provide regular water supplies to all USG offices and residences except those in commercial office buildings. Additional wells may be requ [...]	2008-12-03 17:06:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT SOCI ECON PGOV AMED ZI
08HARARE1125	HARARE EAC REVIEWS TRIPWIRES AND CHOLERA OUTBREAK [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post's EAC met on December 15 to review trip wires in relation to the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe and the collapse of medical services. The EAC agreed that the situation falls within the "Growing Potential for Drawdown" category in which Post has generally operated since March [...]	2008-12-16 12:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL SOCI CASC TBIO ZI
08HARARE1132	EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TEAR GASSING: POLICE BREAK UP [...] (SBU) Riot police were busy this week, tear gassing groups of both ZANU-PF and opposition supporters. Police used tear gas to break up back-to-back protests of over 500 marchers in Harare led by the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA). Riot police also used tear gas to break up a fight a [...]	2008-12-18 15:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE1137	ZIMBABWE CHOLERA USAID DART HEALTH AND WASH ASSESSMENT [...] The current cholera outbreak inZimbabwe began in August 2008. The outbreak resuled from a lack of access to clean water and non-unctional sanitation systems, largely due to the crrent regime's lack of maintenance, allowing forthe rapid spread of cholera through the country nd across borders, c [...]	2008-12-24 09:24:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
08HARARE1138	MDC, ZPP DETAINEES TO GET CHRISTMAS EVE COURT [...] (SBU) After weeks of repeated public denials by the GOZ that dozens of MDC and civil society leaders were in state custody, lawyers learned on the afternoon of December 23 that numerous abductees were in police stations around Harare. After hours of searching individual police stations, lawyer [...]	2008-12-24 12:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE16	2008 ELECTIONS: STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) SADC talks are deadlocked over ZANU-PF's insistence on a March election date and refusal to implement a new constitution before elections. With internal divisions, an uneven electoral playing field, and inadequate time to prepare for elections, the MDC is faced with a Hobson's choice: p [...]	2008-01-11 10:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE163	Zim Notes 02-29-2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2008-03-03 04:59:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE329	TREVOR NCUBE ON THE ZIMBABWEAN CRISIS [...] (C) ZANU-PF had placed itself in a difficult position, newspaper publisher Trevor Ncube, an ally of Simba Makoni, told the Ambassador on April 14. The only way it can win a runoff election is through fear and violence, but a victory under these circumstances will not be accepted by SADC. SAD [...]	2008-04-15 15:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL 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
08HARARE395	HUMANITARIAN SITUATION INTENSIFIES DRAMATICALLY WITH [...] In October 2007, then- Charge d'Affaires Kathy Dhanani renewed the complex emergency disaster declaration for Zimbabwe based on the continuing effects of poor governance on the most vulnerable segments of the population (Ref). Post draws attention to the rapidly declining and new, violent natu [...]	2008-05-05 07:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PGOV KHIV ZI
08HARARE42	GOZ BANS MDC MARCH; MDC PLANS TO GO AHEAD [...] (U) After granting written permission on January 18 for an MDC march on Wendesday, planned to protest the GOZ's refusal to implement a new constitution before elections and to postpone the electiond date, police yesterday rescinded approval. Police justified their action by claiming oppositi [...]	2008-01-22 14:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PGOV 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
08HARARE489	ZIM VIOLENCE INCREASING AND MORE SEVERE [...] (C) The Zimbabwean director of the Counseling Services Unit (CSU) describes the increasingly severe and numerous injuries inflicted on Zimbabwean citizens as the worst violence Zimbabwe has seen since CSU's opening in 1993. Describing the increased use of weapons and severe beatings, Dr. Franc [...]	2008-06-06 09:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE503	ZIMBABWE SUSPENDS ALL NGO ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) On June 5, Zimbabwe's Minister of Public Service, Labor and Social Welfare (MPSLSW) Nicolas Goche issued a letter addressed to all Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Private Voluntary Organizations (PVOs) advising them to "suspend all field operations until further notice." (See [...]	2008-06-13 10:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PGOV KHIV PREL ZI
08HARARE639	FARM INVASIONS: ZIM DISMISSES SADC TRIBUNAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: State-sponsored land seizure and harassment of white farmers in Zimbabwe continues, in violation of an injunction by the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Tribunal. Despite a July 18 decision by the Tribunal reaffirming the injunction, condemning the government's rec [...]	2008-07-28 15:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
08HARARE663	USAID/OFDA DIRECTOR VISITS ZIMBABWE TO ASSESS HUMANITARIAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: USAID's Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA),Ky Luu, visited Harare, Zimbabwe July 29-31, to consult with humanitarian organizations, United Nations (UN) agencies, donor representatives, and Zimbabwean citizens regarding the crisis in the country. T [...]	2008-08-06 04:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PGOV KHIV PREL ZI
08HARARE673	LITTLE EVIDENCE OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL USE ON [...] (SBU) Despite media reports that the pesticide paraquat has been used by ZANU-PF militia on political victims, there is no scientific evidence to substantiate the claims. Paraquat, an herbicide used on tobacco plantations in Zimbabwe, has reportedly been used in two ways: forced ingestion or [...]	2008-08-08 12:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE779	DETAILED ACCOUNTS FROM WENIMBI DAM [...] (C) Two survivors of beatings in Mashonaland East with knowledge of bodies found in Wenimbi Dam near Marondera and one man who witnessed bodies allegedly retrieved from the dam at a local morgue recounted their experiences to poloff (ref A). While their stories are compelling and believable, [...]	2008-09-05 13:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE828	AN IMPERFECT DEAL BUT THE ONLY ONE ON OFFER [...] (C) Summary: On September 11 Mbeki announced a deal was reached in Zimbabwean power-sharing negotiations. On Septeptember 12 Tsvangirai briefed Ambassador and UK Ambassador Pocock on the deal. Tsvangirai was extremely confident that his chairmanship of a newly-created Council of Ministers w [...]	2008-09-12 10:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE907	ZIMBABWE DONOR DIALOGUE - PLANNING FOR RE-ENGAGEMENT, [...] A number of donor meetings have taken place in the last two weeks to plan for re-engagement, stabilization, and recovery in Zimbabwe when political conditions permit. On September 25, heads of assistance agencies met to discuss and come to agreement on a range of issues, including: the nature [...]	2008-10-07 11:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
08HARARE955	TSVANGIRAI UPDATES OECD HEADS OF MISSION ON [...] (SBU) MDC leader and prime minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai updated heads of OECD missions on October 22 and stated that no progress had been made towards concluding negotiations between ZANU-PF and the MDC on a power-sharing government. While disappointed that Mugabe was not negotiating [...]	2008-10-23 09:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE956	"QUIET DIPLOMACY" SUSPENDS ELEPHANT HUNTING IN [...] (C) After issuing commercial hunters hundreds of questionable permits for elephant hunting in national parks, the Zimbabwean Parks and Wildlife Authority (Parks) has agreed, under pressure from photographic tour operators, to suspend the hunting. The operation, which only lasted a few weeks, [...]	2008-10-23 10:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE966	BUSINESS AS USUAL: POLICE TEAR GAS PROTESTERS, [...] (SBU) In the face of ongoing SADC-sponsored negotiations, the GOZ continues to use violence to stifle free expression. At 9:00 am this morning, several civil society groups led two different protests of hundreds of people to the area outside Rainbow Towers, the hotel where the negotiations wer [...]	2008-10-27 15:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HAVANA103	CUBAN HEALTHCARE: â€œAQUI NADA ES FACILâ€ [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable is a follow up to Reftel and provides anecdotal accounts from Cubans about their healthcare, based on USINT FSHP's (Foreign Service Health Practitioner) interactions with them, her unauthorized visits to Cuban hospitals, and her care of USINT American and Cuban personnel. En [...]	2008-01-31 19:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON AMED SOCI AMGT CU
08HAVANA170	LIFE OUTSIDE HAVANA- TRIP OBSERVATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: January 17, 2008, COM and ConOff traveled to Guardalavaca and Holguin in Holguin Province to visit an American prisoner being held there. However, the travel also afforded a rare opportunity for USINT personnel to see conditions in the provinces and converse with people outside [...]	2008-02-21 22:40:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU EAGR ECON SOCI
08HAVANA207	CUBAN POLICE BEAT UP PRO-DEMOCRACY ADVOCATES FOR [...] (C) Summary: On March 1, police and members of Cuban state security confronted and beat 10 well known pro-democracy activists who were handing out copies of the UN Declaration of Human Rights in Central Havana. Some of the activists receive injuries. Police pushed those involved into cars, [...]	2008-03-02 21:17:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA453	NBA VISIT TO CUBA [...] (U) A group of 80 members of the National Bar Association (NBA),an association of black lawyers, judges and legal para-professionals, recently spent a week in Cuba as part of a humanitarian visit. USINT had two events with representatives of this group: a sit-down dinner at the COM residence [...]	2008-06-13 22:26:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PINR PREL
08HAVANA536	CUBA PROVIDES EVIDENCE TO ASSIST U.S. PROSECUTION [...] (C) Summary: On July 4, 2008, Cuban officials from the Ministry of Interior (MININT) requested to meet with USINT's Coast Guard representative to present a case evidence package in reference to a June 16, 2008, illegal smuggling event which resulted in a collision of two vessels and the death [...]	2008-07-08 21:56:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR CVIS PHUM PREF CU
08HAVANA542	INFORMAL POLL OF REFUGEE APPLICANTS SHOWS WOEFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: FROM MAY 20 TO JUNE 20, USINT REFUGEE UNIT CONDUCTED AN UNOFFICIAL AND UNSCIENTIFIC SURVEY OF 236 CUBAN ADULTS (OVER AGE 21) WHO WERE PRINCIPAL APPLICANTS FOR REFUGEE STATUS. RESULTS REVEALED THAT OVER HALF OF THOSE SURVEYED COULD NOT IDENTIFY ANY OF SEVEN PROMINENT CUBAN DISSIDENTS/OP [...]	2008-07-09 20:51:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS PINR PREF CU
08HAVANA614	HAVANA: INITIAL THOUGHTS ON THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C/NF) Following are some early impressions and requests from the COM's first two weeks on the ground. 2. (C/NF) Connecting with the Cuban people is extremely important, and extremely challenging. --------------------------------------------- --------- - The GOC focuses intensely on isol [...]	2008-08-01 17:05:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KPAO CU
08HAVANA717	MGJM01: HURRICANE GUSTAV DEVASTATES WESTERN CUBA [...] (U) Through a combination of official news and contacts with individuals in the affected regions, we can report that it appears that Pinar del Rio province suffered severe damage in Hurricane Gustav, and that housing and infrastructure on the Isla de la Juventud was almost totally destroyed. [...]	2008-09-02 21:44:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU EAID PINR PINS PREL XL XK
08HAVANA718	MGJM01: Effects of Hurricane Gustav on Cuba [...] Hurricane Gustav made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in Western Cuba, Pinar del Rio province on August 30 after passing over Isla de Juventud. The eye of the hurricane passed approximately 50 miles from the city of Havana, mitigating the amount of wind and rain received. No serious damag [...]	2008-09-03 12:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR CU XL XK
08HAVANA825	Havana Lessons Learned from Crisis Management Exercise [...] On 09/30/08, USINT Havana participated in a crisis management exercise (CME) moderated by the Foreign Service Institute's Crisis Management Training Center. Given our recent experience with Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, Post was uniquely qualified to work through all of the challenges presented d [...]	2008-10-23 13:31:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO CU
08HAVANA956	RAUL VENTURES OFF THE ISLAND, COMMENTS ATTEMPT TO [...] (C) Summary: From December 13 to December 18, Raul Castro traveled off the island for the first time since taking over for brother Fidel in July of 2006. The first part of the trip was an awkward stop in Caracas. The second part was to attend regional summits in Costa do Sauipe Brazil and [...]	2008-12-24 16:11:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM CU

08HELSINKI17	LESSONS LEARNED FROM FINLAND'S CONVERSION TO [...] (U) On September 1, 2007 Finland became one of the first countries in the world to broadcast all television signals digitally. Econoff recently sat down with Mr. Tauno Aijala, Project Manager of the switch-over at the Ministry of Transport and Communications, to gather best practices from an [...]	2008-01-15 08:10:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS FI

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