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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
06RANGOON259	BURMA: CONVERGING ON AI ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USAID's Regional Infectious Diseases Advisor, on a second visit to Rangoon, encouraged WHO and FAO to identify needs and strengthen their capacity to investigate and respond to AI outbreaks in Burma. The GOB updated its national response plan, but some responsible ministries st [...]	2006-02-26 23:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TBIO KFLU BM

06RANGOON260	BURMESE ARMY GETS TOUGH WITH CEASE-FIRE GROUPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Burmese military recently detained four Kachin Independence Army (KIA) soldiers near Bhamo, Kachin State. The Burmese accused them of traveling outside their territory while armed. Separately, a Burmese unit opened fire on Shan State Army - North (SSA-N) troops inside the SS [...]	2006-02-26 23:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINS BM
06RANGOON27	THE NLD SUGGESTS A TRIPARTITE "SUPREME BODY" [...] (C) Summary: Burma's leading opposition party, the NLD, recently floated a proposal for a "supreme leading body"--comprised of the military regime, political parties, and ethnic nationalities--to govern a transition to democracy. Although the NLD has no specific plan for the proposal, party [...]	2006-01-09 09:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON270	BURMA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 03:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SMIG BM
06RANGOON272	ICRC WON'T GIVE UP ON BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed to international media on February 27 that Burma's ruling regime is now blocking ICRC access to the country's prisons and detention camps. ICRC officials told us on Feb. 28 that they publicly acknowledged their ongoing [...]	2006-03-01 07:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON287	OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES IN MANDALAY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy held a highly successful "Outreach Week in Mandalay" February 26-March 2. The Charge led over a dozen Embassy staff to Burma's second largest city and conducted a broad range of meetings and outreach activities with NGOs, business leaders, political parties, religi [...]	2006-03-03 06:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON289	IN MANDALAY, TRADE UP AND TOURISM DOWN [...] (U) Summary: Enough people make money from trade with China to keep upscale retailers busy in Mandalay, Burma's second largest city. However, due to rising prices and the poor state of the economy, residents are increasingly price sensitive, making it tougher to prosper there. Europeans, the [...]	2006-03-03 06:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON290	MANDALAY: DIPLOMATIC VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: During an Embassy "Outreach Week in Mandalay" (ref A),the Charge called on the Indian and Chinese Consuls General to exchange views on local political and economic developments. Despite the close relationship that China and India enjoy with the Burmese regime, both Consuls need [...]	2006-03-03 06:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD BM CM IN
06RANGOON299	MANDALAY: NON-BUDDHISTS NEED NOT APPLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of our Mandalay Outreach Week (ref A),we met with Christian leaders in Mandalay on March 1 to discuss religious issues in central Burma. They described the tight restrictions local authorities place on religious meetings and church construction, as well as general GOB di [...]	2006-03-06 08:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF BM SK
06RANGOON3	BURMESE REGIME CORRUPTS YOUTH AND COERCES SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met on Dec. 22 with NLD women leaders (including four Members-elect of Parliament) representing Rangoon, Mandalay, and Mogok cities; Bago Division; Karen State; Shan State; and Mon State. The NLD matriarchs, some who had snuck out of their homes, covertly boarded trains fo [...]	2006-01-03 10:54:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SNAR EAID ECON BM
06RANGOON312	NATURE, GOVERNMENT CONSPIRE AGAINST RICE FARMERS [...] (U) Summary: In 2005, unpredictable new export restrictions, higher fuel prices, political interference in planting decisions, and a shorter than usual summer monsoon added new problems for Burmese rice farmers. Rice exports increased 90% over the previous year to 220,000 metric tons as a GOB [...]	2006-03-08 00:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV ECON BM
06RANGOON319	EU HUMANITARIAN AID IN BURMA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The European Union has established an EU Humanitarian Aid office in Rangoon to improve coordination of its 8 million euro aid projects in Burma. The new office supports humanitarian projects in health, water and sanitation, nutrition, and protection. The EU Humanitarian Aid offi [...]	2006-03-08 06:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL BM NGO
06RANGOON325	YUDHOYONO VISIT TO BURMA: LIGHT AND FLUFFY [...] (C) Summary: Indonesian President Yudhoyono's March 1-2 visit to Burma appears to have been purely protocol and devoid of any substantive political message to regime leaders. SPDC Chairman Than Shwe gave the Indonesian President a standard recitation of regime achievements and its road map t [...]	2006-03-08 10:54:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM ID
06RANGOON345	SUSPECTED AI OUTBREAK AMONG BIRDS IN BURMA [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 12, GOB officials informed FAO and WHO officials of a suspected outbreak on March 8 of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) at a commercial poultry farm in Mandalay Division. Specimens collected by a joint-ministerial investigation team from Rangoon tested positive f [...]	2006-03-14 23:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO CASC KFLU BM
06RANGOON355	BURMA AI OUTBREAK - MARCH 15 UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY. In response to a suspected AI outbreak on March 8 in Pyi-gyi-dagun Township, Mandalay authorities have banned all sales of chickens, ducks, and eggs. A Bangkok-based USAID expert on AI and an Embassy Rangoon FSN agricultural specialist will join a FAO and WHO assessment team tra [...]	2006-03-15 11:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON356	ALL SMILES: INDIAN PRESIDENT VISITS BURMA [...] (C) Summary: For the second week in a row, a regional head of state visited Burma and allowed the ruling generals to bask in perceived legitimacy. Indian President Kalam's March 8-11 visit was the first-ever to Burma by an Indian head of state. The two countries concluded MOUs on petroleum [...]	2006-03-16 06:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON EAID BM IN
06RANGOON359	BURMA AI OUTBREAK - MARCH 16 UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 15, NIAH Bangkok confirmed that chicken specimens from Burma tested positive for the H5N1 Avian Influenza virus (AI). The Bangkok laboratory faxed the information to the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries the same day, and at 9:00 p.m. on March 15, the GOB made its fir [...]	2006-03-16 23:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON362	VILLAGERS REVIVE THE IRRAWADDY DELTA'S FOREST [...] (U) Summary: A Burmese domestic NGO, the Forest Resource and Environment Development and Conservation Association (FREDA),uses village-based programs to slow rampant deforestation in the southern part of Irrawaddy division. Residents have cut down 86% of the forest cover for firewood, buildin [...]	2006-03-17 05:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON PGOV BM NGO
06RANGOON363	SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE A NUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior regime leaders, in their latest self-sufficiency scheme, have ordered Burmese around the country to plant seven million acres of physic nut in a misguided effort to reduce Burma's reliance on imported diesel fuel. This high profile campaign does not have any support from [...]	2006-03-17 05:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SENV EAGR BM
06RANGOON364	BURMA AI OUTBREAK UPDATE - MARCH 17 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The FAO/WHO assessment team is on the ground in Mandalay to investigate confirmed cases of AI at poultry farms in the district. Supplementary supplies of PPE and disinfectant arrived in Rangoon on March 16 and some have already reached the field investigation teams in Mandalay. [...]	2006-03-17 08:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON366	BURMESE IDPS AND REFUGEES NEED MORE HELP [...] (C) SUMMARY: A visiting PRM team discussed refugee and IDP issues with IOs and donor counterparts in Rangoon March 8-10. UNHCR described its activities in northern Rakhine State and efforts to improve access to eastern border areas. ICRC outlined its lack of access to prisons and labor camps, [...]	2006-03-17 10:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM NGO
06RANGOON368	BURMESE FUTURE LOOKING DIRE [...] (C) Summary: Leon de Riedmattan, outgoing head of the Swiss NGO Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Burma, hosted a lunch March 15 for western Ambassadors. De Riedmattan, whose visa has been halted after nine years of efforts to promote national reconciliation, offered a grim assessment of th [...]	2006-03-19 23:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ELAB BM
06RANGOON370	CHIN STATE'S UNEASY COHABITATION WITH THE REGIME [...] (U) Summary. Burma's ethnic minority Chin population, long victims of the Burmese regime's "Myanmarization" program, has reached a stage of uneasy but peaceful cohabitation with ruling authorities in its home state. In underdeveloped Chin State along Burma's western border with India, ethnic [...]	2006-03-20 08:54:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL ECON ETRD CVIS KFRD BM IN
06RANGOON372	BURMA AI OUTBREAK UPDATE - MARCH 20 [...] (U) SUMMARY. No human cases of AI have been reported in Burma to date. A joint FAO/WHO assessment team, accompanied by USAID Bangkok Infectious Diseases Advisor and Embassy's FSN agricultural specialist, visited hospitals and poultry farms in Mandalay and Sagaing Divisions on March 17-18 to [...]	2006-03-20 10:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON384	FORMER POLITICAL PRISONER DIES IN BRUTAL ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: A former political prisoner and student activist during the 1988 pro-democracy uprising, Thet Naing Oo, died on March 17 following a public beating by police and fire brigade officers. His family placed a death announcement in local newspapers and on March 20 held a funeral atten [...]	2006-03-21 09:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM NLD
06RANGOON394	RISING PRICES HIT BURMA'S POOR...AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Rising prices in February again hit Burma's poor hard, with significant increases in the cost of basic foods, transportation, and fuel. A slight, but unexpected, depreciation of the kyat increased the price of imported consumer goods. Dry season power shortages increased, lead [...]	2006-03-23 04:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV BM
06RANGOON399	BURMA AI UPDATE - MARCH 23 [...] (U) SUMMARY. FAO Bangkok reported a possible new AI outbreak among poultry in Shan State, but local contacts have not yet been able to confirm. Foreign donors have yet to respond to the GOB's request for additional assistance, although Australian animal testing equipment en route before the [...]	2006-03-23 23:30:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON403	BURMA GIVES ILO THE COLD SHOULDER [...] (C) Summary: Labor Minister U Thaung told ILO Special Advisor Francis Maupain that the GOB will not negotiate how it handles claims of forced labor and made it clear the GOB will not take any significant action to address the international community's forced labor concerns. According to ILO L [...]	2006-03-24 06:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL ECON BM
06RANGOON406	PYINMANA: THE EMPEROR'S NEW CAPITAL [...] (C) Summary: Months after announcing the sudden relocation of Burma's capital, the military regime continues efforts to build a new city to house thousands of civil servants who have already moved and are attempting to carry out government operations at remote, unserviced locations. There are [...]	2006-03-24 08:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON419	THE FRUSTRATIONS OF A BURMESE ECONOMIST [...] (SBU) Summary: U Myint, a retired UN economist, freely offers economic advice to regime leaders and democratic activists. He doubts senior leader Than Shwe receives any of it because he "does not listen to anyone." Were Than Shwe to heed Myint's advice, Burma would concentrate less on tradit [...]	2006-03-28 06:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON43	BURMESE ARMY RAIDS KACHIN CEASE-FIRE UNIT [...] (C) Summary: On January 2, a Burmese Army (BA) company, after sharing drinks and food with known members of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO),attacked and killed five members of the cease-fire group. Senior KIO and Burmese regime officials met on January 8 in Rangoon to discuss the [...]	2006-01-11 09:18:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL MOPS SNAR ECON BM
06RANGOON437	BURMA AI OUTBREAK SITE ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A joint FAO/WHO team, accompanied by a USAID Regional Infectious Diseases advisor and a FSN from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS),assessed an AI outbreak in Sagaing and Mandalay Divisions, Burma, on March 17-18. Government of Burma (GOB) officials reported cases to the OI [...]	2006-03-30 09:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON445	BURMESE DON'T BUDGE FOR ASEAN [...] (C) Summary: Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid made a brief March 23-24 visit to Burma on behalf of ASEAN, but could only gain access to second-tier regime officials who recited the standard party line on the SPDC's road map to democracy. The Malaysian Embassy tells us that Hamid appeale [...]	2006-03-31 10:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM MY
06RANGOON446	EMBASSY'S MANDALAY WEEK - ONE MONTH LATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: One month after the Embassy's outreach week in Mandalay, the regime continues to react. Security officials interrogated 50 local residents who had contact with Emboffs during our February 27 - March 2 visit to outreach week in Mandalay, and the GOB ordered many Burmese newspapers [...]	2006-03-31 11:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON447	GOB STIFFS NLD COMPROMISE OFFER [...] (C) Summary: After six weeks of silence, the GOB finally reacted to a National League for Democracy proposal for political compromise with an official editorial that accused the party of attempting to "grab power." NLD leaders called the editorial "unhelpful" and told us they were disappointe [...]	2006-03-31 11:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV BM ASSK NLD PHUM PREL
06RANGOON451	NLD AND ETHNICS: DIFFERING VIEWS ON FEDERALISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the recent PD-sponsored visit of a U.S. federalism expert, senior National League for Democracy (NLD) party leaders asserted that they do not consider ethnic minority states capable of properly forming and running their own subnational administrations in a post-transition [...]	2006-04-03 09:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SNAR EAID BM NLD
06RANGOON452	KACHIN YOUTH EVOLVE INTO A POLITICAL ENTITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Burma's northernmost state, diverse political, religious, military, and ceasefire groups struggle to address the needs of the Kachin people, who face extensive discrimination from Burma's ruling military regime (ref A). One group of activists who seem to be breaking out and fo [...]	2006-04-03 09:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SNAR EAID BM
06RANGOON456	WAGE INCREASE DOES NOT APPEASE CIVIL SERVANTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Just three days before its annual military showcase on Armed Forces Day, the government announced a significant increase in public sector wages: a 400% jump for the lowest civil service positions and 1,167% for senior levels. Workers will receive the raises at the end of April. [...]	2006-04-04 05:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON459	BURMA AI UPDATE - APRIL 4 [...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 31, WHO/FAO Burma briefed UN agencies and diplomatic missions on the country's AI situation. A Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries (MLF) director gave a chronology of the AI outbreaks in central Burma, which began on March 3, and the GOB's efforts to control the disease [...]	2006-04-04 09:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON460	UNODC SEEKS FUNDING FOR BURMA OPIUM SURVEYS [...] (SBU) Summary: UNODC-Burma is seeking USG support to help cover a budget shortfall of $100,000 to complete its ongoing 2006 opium yield survey, as well as additional funding in the amount of $260,000 to conduct its 2007 survey. These surveys offer the most reliable evidence to measure progres [...]	2006-04-05 04:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM BM
06RANGOON461	NLD TRAINS MEMBERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS / AIDS AWARENESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 31, the National League for Democracy (NLD) completed the first module of its distance-learning "Human Resource and Development Program," an initiative of Aung San Suu Kyi. This course trained 96 NLD activists from throughout Burma. Embassy Rangoon helped the NLD plan t [...]	2006-04-05 04:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM NLD ASSK
06RANGOON462	SOMETHING BETTER THAN NOTHING:FIGHTING TIP IN BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: High level GOB attendance gave the first anti-Trafficking in Persons National Seminar the visible support needed for lower level officials to implement Burma's new Anti-Trafficking Law. International NGOs had unprecedented input on the drafting process, the first time the curr [...]	2006-04-06 09:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KWMN KCRM BM
06RANGOON471	APRIL 7 SITREP: IED INCIDENT AT INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Embassy personnel spent April 7 following up on the April 6 discovery and dismantling of an improvised explosive device (IED) on the campus of the USG-sponsored International School of Yangon (ISY). The device was packed with what local security personnel determined was 1.5 pounds of exp [...]	2006-04-07 11:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PGOV BM
06RANGOON475	REQUEST FOR A SCIENCE FELLOW IN BURMA [...] (SBU) Post requests that a Science Fellow from the Smithsonian Institution or the Environmental Protection Agency be placed at the U.S. Embassy in Rangoon to assess and prepare a detailed report on the regional environmental impact of the ruling military regime's policies, especially actions [...]	2006-04-10 09:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT APER KSCA OTRA SENV TSPL BM
06RANGOON477	THE PRESSED, SUPPRESSED, AND OPPRESSED IN BURMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOB continued its harassment of ordinary citizens as well as pro-democracy advocates through pressure, intimidation, arbitrary detention, arrest, and imprisonment. Scattered crackdowns of individuals around the country on various charges during late March demonstrate that t [...]	2006-04-10 10:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM
06RANGOON505	NLD HOLDS OUT HOPE FOR DIALOGUE [...] (S) Summary: NLD leaders expressed disappointment, but not surprise, that the SPDC failed to respond directly to their February proposal for a way out of the country's political impasse. They plan to issue a statement within the next few days again appealing for a genuine dialogue with the r [...]	2006-04-20 09:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON516	FORMER STUDENT LEADER STAYS THE COURSE [...] (C) Summary: Min Ko Naing--former pro-democracy student leader, political prisoner, and current activist--is struggling with the challenges of readjusting to life outside of solitary confinement and the pressures of meeting the expectations of his many followers and supporters. As in 1988, h [...]	2006-04-24 00:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON521	KAREN-BURMESE CLASHES CREATE REFUGEES AND IDP'S [...] (C) Summary: Over the last few weeks, Burmese Army units struck at over a dozen villages and roadside locations around the town of Bawgalagyi in northern Karen State in a new push to wrest control of the Karen hold there. According to an Embassy contact, this has resulted in a new wave of IDPs [...]	2006-04-25 02:52:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PINS MOPS BM TH
06RANGOON530	NLD: REGIME NEEDS LEGITIMACY TO ADDRESS WOES [...] (C) Summary: In a departure from previous party policies, the NLD issued a statement on April 21 that emphasized Burma's urgent need for humanitarian assistance and underscored that the ruling military regime requires legitimacy in order to deal immediately with the "calamities and pandemics [...]	2006-04-25 09:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM
06RANGOON543	ANOTHER CHAT WITH BURMA'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with Deputy Foreign Minister Kyaw Thu on April 25 to continue discussions in the hope of gathering more insights into the opaque regime. He did not disappoint. We discussed a range issues from his recent trip to China to obtaining multiple entry visas for regional of [...]	2006-04-26 04:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL APER BM CH
06RANGOON56	REGIME POSES OBSTACLES TO ICRC PRISON ACCESS [...] (C) Summary: The GOB has imposed new restrictions, including the meddling of regime-controlled organizations, that hamper the ability of ICRC to access and inspect the country's vast gulag of prison detention facilities and labor camps. These restrictions "have slowed down considerably the f [...]	2006-01-17 10:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID PM
06RANGOON576	NLD BASHING TRUMPS COUNTERDRUG SUCCESSES [...] (C) Summary: According to attendees at an April 26 drug burn in eastern Shan State, the GOB's Minister of Information and other senior officials hijacked the law enforcement event to pursue an ongoing political campaign to paint exile groups as terrorists and to denigrate recent efforts by the [...]	2006-04-28 10:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR BM
06RANGOON588	CYCLONE MALA HITS HARD, DIES QUICKLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Burma dodged another bullet from Mother Nature when Cyclone Mala hit landfall on April 29, quickly weakened into a tropical storm, and then completely petered out. Before arriving on the western coast of Burma, however, the cyclone created substantial rainfall and heavy winds t [...]	2006-05-01 11:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID SENV CASC BM
06RANGOON591	SOUTHERN KAREN FOCUS ON ECONOMIC WOES, NOT FIGHTING [...] (C) Summary: Local residents during our recent visit to the H'pa-An capital region of southern Karen State expressed no pressing concern with recent skirmishes between Burmese military and Karen National Union (KNU) units in the northern part of the state. Numerous contacts characterized the [...]	2006-05-02 10:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON601	RANGOON EARTH DAY ENCOURAGES CIVIC PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) Earth Day 2006 gave Post a chance to support the efforts of private individuals who, by addressing environmental issues, show citizens how they can take more control over their futures from the repressive ruling regime. Embassy employees donated funds for mangrove reforestation, a nasce [...]	2006-05-04 08:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON602	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR: "WE SEEK CLOSER TIES TO BURMA" [...] (C) Summary: The Russian Ambassador, a four-year veteran in Rangoon, described Russia and Burma as at the "beginning of a new stage in bilateral cooperation." The two countries recently exchanged senior level visitors "to reinvigorate relations." The Ambassador described sanctions as counte [...]	2006-05-04 08:49:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MASS PHUM PGOV BM RS
06RANGOON603	GOB GRANTS UNHCR RENEWED ACCESS TO KAREN STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, UNHCR signed an MOU with the Ministry of Border Areas reinstating access to southeast Burma, including Karen State. UNHCR's country representative, baffled but grateful for the GOB's reversal oQUNHCR access, said that his agency plans to establish a field presence [...]	2006-05-04 08:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM PINS PREL BM
06RANGOON604	OFFICIALS UPDATE VISITING FAS REPS ON AI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an introductory visit, APHIS Area Director Ned Cardenas and FAS Agricultural Attache Russ Nicely received an open, thorough update from Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department (LBVD) officials about current GOB efforts to contain the recent Avian Influenza outbreak. [...]	2006-05-05 00:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON612	BORDERS OVER DEMOCRACY: INDIAN AMBASSADOR TO BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The Indian Ambassador dropped by May 4 to chat with Charge. He offered insights into how India views it relationship with Burma: by and large a friendly neighbor in comparison to Pakistan, Bangladesh, or China. While he agrees that political reform is needed and will come even [...]	2006-05-05 11:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BM IN
06RANGOON617	ICRC: DIMINISHING ACCESS [...] (C) Summary: ICRC's Burma operations remain in a state of flux as the organization faces increased GOB restrictions on access to detention facilities and border areas. It must also cope with the interference of Government-affiliated organizations. To make matters worse, the Ministry of Healt [...]	2006-05-08 10:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON622	UNDP STRUGGLES INSIDE, AND OUTSIDE, BURMA [...] (C) Summary: UNDP officials told us that implementation of new GOB regulations for aid agencies and NGOs has been uneven and unpredictable. The GOB has not yet enforced compliance with the most restrictive of the new regulations, and some government entities have proven more flexible than ot [...]	2006-05-09 08:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON623	BURMA UNPREPARED TO FIGHT AI IN HUMANS [...] (SBU) Summary: WHO Country Director Dr. Adik Wibowo reported that Australia will donate A$1,000,000 (approximately $770,000) and the Asia Development Bank plans to donate US$1,000,000 to combat AI in Burma, but stressed that more work is needed to handle an AI epidemic effectively. On a recen [...]	2006-05-09 09:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON624	FOOD SHORTAGES AND ROADWORK IN NORTHERN KAREN [...] (C) Summary: A recent trip to Taungoo near northern Karen State provided a new dimension to the ongoing conflict between the GOB and the Karen National Union (KNU). The GOB has halted all transportation of food and other goods into the area of northern Karen, resulting in food shortages in K [...]	2006-05-09 09:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PHUM ECON PREF BM
06RANGOON650	CABINET SHUFFLE: RIDE OF THE MAJORS-GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime announced on May 15 its first senior GOB cabinet shuffle in over a year. In a series of nine orders, signed by SPDC Secretary-1 Lt Gen Thein Sein, the regime ousted two veteran Ministers, militarized the entire leadership of the Ministry of Immigration, split t [...]	2006-05-16 11:12:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON668	SOCIAL PROJECTS BENEFIT PIPELINE VILLAGES [...] (SBU) Summary: The controversial pipeline running from the Yadana gas field in the Andaman Sea to Thailand is expected to produce over $800 million in revenue this year for its joint venture partners TOTAL, UNOCAL, PTTEP (the Thai government petroleum company),and the Myanmar Oil and Gas Ente [...]	2006-05-19 09:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SOCI PGOV BM
06RANGOON669	NLD LEADERS TO MEET WITH GAMBARI, AND SUNDRY PARTY [...] (C) Summary: NLD leaders were scheduled to meet with UN U/SYG Gambari on May 19, but only learned of the meeting one day in advance--a likely reflection of the regime's desire to control the visit as closely as possible. On May 27, the NLD will commemorate its 1990 election victory, draw atte [...]	2006-05-19 10:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON678	RESPONSE TO THE DEPARTMENT'S 212(F) ACTION REQUEST [...] Summary: The Burmese pension system provides a negligible ongoing benefit that should not affect the consideration of a retired applicant who would have been subject to 212(f) review before retirement. Regarding retired applicants and 212(f) review, we recommend: 1) that retired senior civil [...]	2006-05-22 10:11:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	BM CVIS
06RANGOON679	UN U/SG GAMBARI VISIT SURPASSES EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: UN Under Secretary General Ibrahim Gambari visited Burma May 18-20. He did manage to see Aung San Suu Kyi for 45 minutes, although no one had expected it. He also visited the senior generals in their new capital and heard promises of greater openness. Gambari downplayed the si [...]	2006-05-22 10:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID BM UN
06RANGOON698	NORTH KAREN STATE - WHERE DO YOU RUN? [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Rangoon-based Karen contact who recently visited Taungoo discussed security conditions in nearby Karen State. Fighting erupted in northern Karen State in early 2006 after the Burmese army started moving into traditional Karen-controlled areas. Authorities established a food em [...]	2006-05-26 07:45:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREF BM
06RANGOON699	ILO REP PESSIMISTIC BEFORE LABOR CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of the annual International Labor Conference (ILC),ILO Liaison Officer Richard Horsey has seen no signals that the new openness that UN Under Secretary General Gambari thought he saw during his meeting with Senior General Than Shwe would extend to forced labor. Horsey [...]	2006-05-26 09:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON700	NLD REACTION TO GAMBARI VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 10:03:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON704	UNFPA IN BURMA: MAINTAINING STATUS QUO [...] (SBU) UNFPA's efforts to build capacity among reproductive health care providers, provide contraceptives, raise awareness and conduct research have provided valuable, effective assistance at the local level. GOB involvement has been mainly supportive. The key issues to address at the upcomin [...]	2006-05-30 07:09:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF SOCI BM
06RANGOON707	GOING IT ALONE IN SOUTHERN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese government, having gained an upper hand over insurgents and perceiving no local political threats, generally neglects the southern Burmese seaport of Dawei. The coastal border region, however, blessed with a robust fishing industry and productive agricultural sector, [...]	2006-05-30 09:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL ECON EAID SOCI BM TH
06RANGOON710	ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK: ASSK NOT RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: On May 26, the Burmese regime extended the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi, re-sealed the street that runs in front of her Rangoon compound, and detained several supporters. ASSK thus began the fourth consecutive year of her current confinement. ASSK's NLD party issued a statement [...]	2006-05-30 10:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON713	DRUG OUTREACH PROJECTS IN NORTHERN SHAN STATE [...] (U) Summary: UNODC-supported Outreach Projects appear effective in dealing with demand for narcotics and harm reduction for residents of northern Shan State. The GOB cooperates with NGOs to address drug abuse and associated problems, including high HIV/AIDS infection rates, but does not addre [...]	2006-05-31 07:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM BM
06RANGOON727	NLD THANKS SECRETARY RICE FOR SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Qe National League for Democracy (NLD) passed a letter to the Secretary via Embassy Rangoon. The text of the letter appears below; the Charge will hand carry the original to Washington this week. In a June 2 meeting, NLD leaders reiterated concern that the UNSYG may request his [...]	2006-06-05 08:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OPDC BM
06RANGOON728	BURMA: 2006 COUNTERNARCOTICS REPORT CARD [...] (U) This message responds to ref A request for a report card on the Government of Burma's cooperation on counternarcotics efforts, based on benchmarks established in late 2005 (ref B),in preparation for the FY 2007 certification process. 2. (SBU) Begin Text of 2006 Certification Report Ca [...]	2006-06-05 09:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM BM
06RANGOON73	JAPAN QUIETLY NUDGES BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Hideaki Mizukoshi, Director of Southeast Asia in Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Charge that he urged the GOB to activate a dialogue with the international community and start talking with Aung San Suu Kyi. He told the GOB that Burma's lack of progress on democracy and [...]	2006-01-18 09:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON732	BURMA: DEMOCRACY AWAITS ANOTHER DAY [...] (C) Embassy Rangoon's Pol/Econ Chief departs post this week, ending a three-year tour and having spent six of the past eight years on Burma-related assignments. We asked him to share a few unvarnished views on the current situation. He observes that the prospect for meaningful improvement in [...]	2006-06-05 10:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON738	FORMER STUDENT LEADERS DISCUSS NEXT MOVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former student activists and political prisoners Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi shared their views on U/SYG Gambari's visit and their own political strategies in a meeting on June 1. They praised USG efforts on Burma in the U.N., which they said would encourage the Burmese people. Th [...]	2006-06-06 09:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON745	GOB RELEASES ONE LABOR RIGHTS PRISONER [...] (C) Summary: The GOB, facing increased scrutiny of its forced labor practices at the annual International Labor Conference (ILC) in Geneva, responded on June 6 by releasing Su Su Nway, who was imprisoned in 2005 in retaliation for bringing a successful forced labor lawsuit against authorities. [...]	2006-06-07 10:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON752	BURMA: REGIME TOUGHS GET TOUGHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent actions by regime authorities show a trend of strengthened surveillance and control of movement and meeting by opposition parties and the general public. In May, Rangoon officials started a campaign to photograph all household members in selected Rangoon communities. Tow [...]	2006-06-08 09:56:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF BM
06RANGOON762	BURMA'S ROAD TO PROSPERITY LEADS TO CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: On a visit to Muse, the main border crossing point for trade with China, emboffs observed how trade enriches the Burmese towns along the route, and has spawned development on the Chinese side of the border. The GOB retains only a small percentage of potential revenue generated [...]	2006-06-09 09:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL CM BM
06RANGOON775	DESPITE REGIME SECRECY, AUNG SAN SUU KYI RECOVERING [...] (C) Summary: According to National League for Democracy (NLD) officials and her doctor, NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi has now recovered from a recent illness that drew worldwide concern. Despite the ruling regime's tight control over information about her illness, which began on June 8, her do [...]	2006-06-12 11:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON777	AT THE BURMA/INDIA BORDER: CHINESE GOODS AND TIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent trip to the Burma/India border in Sagaing Division revealed that, as elsewhere, Chinese products dominate border trade. Tight official security in Tamu restricted our movement and access to Burmese citizens in this area where some insurgents remain active. Unlike som [...]	2006-06-13 02:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV BM
06RANGOON778	BURMA BUSINESS REPS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: At a recent meeting with visiting EAP/MLS Director Scot Marciel, Burmese business representatives described the many challenges they face in the current business environment, including multiple exchange rates, lengthy bureaucratic delays, constant power shortages, rising costs, [...]	2006-06-13 02:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV BM
06RANGOON79	REGIME TIGHTENS THE NOOSE ON U.N. ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime appears poised to curtail the residency of a UN-sponsored mediator and confidant of Aung San Suu Kyi and impose new restrictions on UN agencies and international NGOs. The UN agencies and INGOs have devised creative measures to adapt to restrictions, but the re [...]	2006-01-19 03:09:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON799	SPDC ROAD SHOW GOES TO KAREN STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In another of its carefully choreographed road shows for local diplomats and hand-picked media, the Burmese ruling regime showcased its "peace and development" program in pacified areas of Karen State and characterized the Karen National Union as a "terrorist organization" solely [...]	2006-06-14 11:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINS BM
06RANGOON806	SU SU NWAY: RELEASED TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY [...] (C) Summary: NLD activist Su Su Nway emerged from her surprise June 6 release from Insein Prison committed to continue her efforts to eliminate forced labor and gain freedom for other political prisoners. She faced isolation and threats in prison, but continued to fight for human rights at ev [...]	2006-06-15 10:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL ECON BM
06RANGOON816	BURMESE CELEBRATE ASSK'S BIRTHDAY DESPITE CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary: Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated her 61st birthday within the walls of her compound in Rangoon, where she remains under house arrest. The NLD marked the day with a gathering of hundreds of supporters at party headquarters who attended a speaking competition, gave donations to the chi [...]	2006-06-19 11:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON82	BURMA'S PRO-AMERICAN KACHIN STATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge traveled to Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State in northernmost Burma, Jan 8-10 and met with interlocutors from a variety of different organizations representive of the Kachin people, one of Burma's seven main ethnic minority groups. She heard the same themes repeat [...]	2006-01-20 00:03:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SNAR PREL BM
06RANGOON843	BURMA/TIP: MUTED REACTION TO THE 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB officially reacted to the 2006 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report through a critique in the state press June 20. Although it was given front-page attention, regime criticism of the Tier 3 ranking was restrained, reflecting the SPDC's expectation to retain Tier 3 ranki [...]	2006-06-21 10:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON846	GOB "PERMITS" EIGHT DEPUTY MINISTERS TO RETIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOB announced on June 16 the "retirement" of eight deputy ministers and one Supreme Court justice. Five of the retiring deputy ministers were military officers and two were ex-military. The GOB has not announced their replacements yet, but these retirements will create space f [...]	2006-06-22 07:45:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON848	KAREN STATE: JUST ANOTHER DRY SEASON OFFENSIVE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a GOB-organized trip for diplomats to Karen State June 8-10, a former Burmese Army battlefield commander recalled the Burmese Army's 1983-84 dry season offensive against the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and the KNLA's major miscalculation that enabled the Burmese [...]	2006-06-22 08:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINS BM
06RANGOON849	ILO READY FOR GOB ACTION ON COMMITMENTS [...] (C) Summary: On June 20, immediately upon his return from the International Labor Conference (ILC),ILO Country Liaison Officer Richard Horsey requested a meeting with Labor Minister U Thaung to follow up on the commitments on forced labor made by the GOB in Geneva. Horsey singled out the USG [...]	2006-06-22 10:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV ECON BM
06RANGOON87	FORMER STUDENT LEADERS: MOBILIZING THE MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary: Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Kyi, former student leaders of Burma's 1988 pro-democracy movement, have become increasingly active in the year since their release from lengthy prison terms. GOB authorities have eased off their surveillance in recent months, prompting the two activists to [...]	2006-01-23 11:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON876	BURMA MISSES A COPPER PLATED OPPORTUNITY [...] (C) Summary: Economic mismanagement keeps Burma from cashing in on the global rise in copper prices. The experiences of Ivanhoe, the Canadian firm in a joint venture with the GOB to extract and export copper, illustrate the difficulties most firms face doing business in Burma. End summary. [...]	2006-06-27 10:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD BM
06RANGOON887	UN RANGOON PROBES FOR OPENING IN BURMESE LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Onder Yucer, the temporary UN Resident Coordinator in Rangoon met with Charge on June 27 to discuss his efforts to persuade the GOB to loosen restrictive guidelines on humanitarian organizations, as well as the UN's role in negotiating some sort of political transition. He met Ju [...]	2006-06-28 09:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID PREL BM
06RANGOON904	BURMA READY TO START TALKING TO ILO [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Minster of Labor told ILO Liaison Officer that the GOB is ready to begin discussions with ILO representatives in Geneva. ILO members at the recent International Labor Conference (ILC) deferred further action against the GOB on the condition that it resume talks to dev [...]	2006-07-03 02:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV BM

06RANGOON905	JAPAN SHIFTS FOCUS FOR ASSISTANCE TO BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: After giving assurances that it will channel official foreign aid in Burma through NGOs, the Japanese government continues to provide some targeted financial and technical assistance directly to the GOB. However, the bulk of its support goes through the UN. Japan thus remains B [...]	2006-07-03 02:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID BM
06RANGOON911	SMOOTH TRANSITION OF POWER IN KACHIN STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the death of Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) Chairman Tu Jai, the Central Committee moved quickly to ensure a smooth leadership transition. Three rival Kachin factions participated in the funeral. Kachin sources expect the new leader, former Vice Chairman Lanyaw C [...]	2006-07-03 06:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON918	RENOWNED MANDALAY WRITER FRAIL BUT STILL VOCAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite her age of 90, well known Mandalay author and political critic "Ludu" (People's) Daw Ahma remains outspoken, respected widely among the Burmese, and an irritant to the regime, as shown by a recent interview with the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB). She points to thousan [...]	2006-07-03 10:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON919	ICRC DRAWS DOWN FURTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Burma office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) plans to reduce further its expatriate and local staff in light of continued restrictions on independent prison visits and access to vulnerable populations in conflict zones in border areas absent any indicat [...]	2006-07-03 10:52:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM NGO
06RANGOON924	WORKERS STRIKE FOR HIGHER PAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Burmese law prohibits strikes, many worker successfully staged strikes for wage increases in 2005 and 2006. Lab and management peacefully resolved most strikes, and GOB officials intervened in some cases to press for resolution. As long as the strikes stay apolitical, [...]	2006-07-05 06:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON93	HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER CUTS OFF NGOS [...] (C) Summary: The GOB's Ministry of Home Affairs, without explanation or advance warning, issued orders on January 20 to six international NGOs to cease their operations in northern Shan State. The six NGOs, who collaborate with UNODC on alternative income and harm reduction projects, are qui [...]	2006-01-24 09:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON94	NO REWARD FOR OPPOSING FORCED LABOR IN BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Labor advocate and pro-democracy activist Su Su Nway, jailed since October for her successful efforts to sue GOB officials on forced labor charges, recently spent time in a prison hospital for deteriorating health. Her lawyers have appealed her conviction and expect an initial ru [...]	2006-01-24 10:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB PREL BM
06RANGOON946	NLD IN CENTRAL BURMA: TREADING WATER [...] (C) Summary: Facing repressive measures by regional authorities, the NLD struggles to maintain minimal activities in the key central divisions of Mandalay and Magwe. Elder party leaders shrugged off the effects of the SPDC's public campaign to coerce NLD resignations, but hope for "outside he [...]	2006-07-06 04:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM NLD
06RANGOON952	LAMPOONING THE ECONOMY LANDS SHAN YOUTH IN JAIL [...] (C) Summary: Public lampooning of price hikes and the poor economy by youth during a recent festival in the Shan State landed eight, including a member of the regime,s mass-member organization Union Solidarity Development Association (USDA),in jail for presenting a security threat. While th [...]	2006-07-06 08:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON963	ILO PRESSURE LEADS TO LAWYER'S RELEASE [...] (SBU) On July 9, authorities released U Aye Myint from Bago prison. In June, International Labor Organization (ILO) members set Aye Myint's release by the end of July as one test of the GOB's willingness to address forced labor. Aye Myint credits the ILO pressure for his release. End Summary [...]	2006-07-10 10:17:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON974	US-ASEAN TIFA POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-12 10:21:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON975	NAY PYI DAW UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Construction of Burma's new capital city, Nay Pyi Taw, continues. Gradually foreigners are getting to see the under-construction city, but plans to invite all of the Ambassadors are still on hold pending further progress. The current impression is of a vast green empty space s [...]	2006-07-12 11:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON981	BURMESE REGIME REACTS TO POSSIBLE UNSC ACTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The government daily newspaper, the New Light of Myanmar (NLM),has recently intensified the quantity and degree of its rhetoric against its political opposition in an ongoing series of multi-page articles. The articles also attempt to counter charges that Burma represents a th [...]	2006-07-13 07:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06REYKJAVIK107	ICELAND: SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 31 DEFENSE TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Since 3/15, when the U.S. announced the realignment of its force presence at Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF),the Icelandic government has made its unhappiness with the decision plain. FM Haarde ) the government,s key decision maker ) is looking to the 3/31 talks to offer th [...]	2006-03-29 11:16:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL PGOV KPAO IC
06REYKJAVIK120	ICELAND REACTION: OPTIMISTIC TONE FOLLOWING MARCH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government and news media of Iceland, for the most part, have echoed FM Haarde's cautious optimism over the round of bilateral defense talks in Reykjavik 3/31. The two leading newspapers published editorials praising the talks for providing the first step toward clarifying t [...]	2006-04-03 18:28:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06REYKJAVIK187	ICELANDIC ACADEMIC CLAIMS U.S. BASE SHUTDOWN TIED [...] (C) Summary: An Icelandic historian's assertion that the U.S. would not be shutting down Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) had former PM and FM David Oddsson not retired from politics has excited the media and driven the country's leading politicians into a round of recriminations. The sugg [...]	2006-05-26 18:06:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL KPAO ECA IIP IC
06REYKJAVIK207	NATO RESPONSE FORCE: ICELAND TO CONSIDER NEW [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-09 16:42:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK210	Iceland Appoints First Female Foreign Minister; [...] (U) Summary: Outgoing PM Asgrimsson and incoming PM Haarde announced 6/10 results of their talks regarding a new Icelandic cabinet to take office 6/15: current Minister of Industry and Commerce Valgerdur Sverrisdottir, an international relations neophyte, will become Foreign Minister. Haarde [...]	2006-06-13 07:47:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR IC
06REYKJAVIK357	Iceland Defense Talks: PM Unveils Agreements for the [...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Prime Minister Haarde presented the results of the last six months of U.S.-Iceland defense talks to his political opposition, the parliamentary foreign affairs committee, and the nation in meetings and an hour-long televised press conference September 26. Haarde - wit [...]	2006-09-27 07:33:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PTER KPAO NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK428	Iceland: Water Damage at former U.S. base poses first [...] (SBU) Summary: The newly-formed corporation overseeing redevelopment of the former U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) site is inheriting an additional problem in the form of serious water damage from frozen pipes in a number of residential buildings. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs, wh [...]	2006-11-21 18:34:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK98	ICELAND: JUSTICE MINISTER FRUSTRATED -- AND [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with the Icelandic Justice Minister 3/22 as part of post's roll-out of the U.S. decision to remove fighter aircraft and CSAR helicopters from Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Minister expressed deep disappointment at the "unilateral" decision and listed [...]	2006-03-22 16:01:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MASS IC
06RIGA584	PEOPLE'S PARTY EMBROILED IN THIRD-PARTY CAMPAIGN AD [...] SUMMARY. The People's Party, the senior partner in Latvia's minority coalition government, has come under the scrutiny of the press and the Anti-Corruption Bureau (KNAB) over a series of TV commercials that praise the party's cabinet ministers. The clips do not make reference to the elections [...]	2006-07-24 06:22:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM LG
06RIGA656	RUSSIA URGES ROBUST OSCE OBERSERVATION OF OCTOBER [...] (SBU) Summary: An ODIHR election assessment team visited Latvia August 3-4 to assess the overall state of Latvia's election system prior to October parliamentary elections in order to make recommendations on an OSCE election observation mission. As part of this assessment, the team met with re [...]	2006-08-18 04:20:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM OSCE RU LG
06RIGA657	RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES VISITS LATVIA [...] SUMMARY. At the invitation of Ambassador Bailey, a three-person team from Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) visited Latvia July 24-28. The team visited a number of hospitals and orphanages to assess the quality of care and look for possible areas of cooperation. They also met with repr [...]	2006-08-18 05:42:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI OPRC LG
06RIGA780	LATVIA ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) Pol/econ chief delivered ref A points to Latvian MFA PolDir Ilgvars Klava on September 25. Klava, noting that Latvia was not a member of the HRC, took copious notes and nodded his head vigorously at several points, but did not give a formal indication of the GOL's position. He did, howev [...]	2006-09-25 15:03:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN LG
06RIGA792	WHAT'S AT STAKE IN LATVIA'S ELECTIONS? [...] (C) Summary: While Latvia's parliamentary elections October 7 are unlikely to bring about a major near term change in foreign policy, the elections merit USG attention for two reasons. First, they will give us indication of whether Latvia will continue to press forward on efforts to strengt [...]	2006-09-29 05:45:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL LG
06RIGA927	LATVIA: 2006-2007 INCSR SUBMISSION, PART I - DRUGS [...] The following is Embassy Riga's submittal for the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control: 2. I. Summary. Drug use in Latvia is characterized by continued prevalence of synthetics. Ecstasy is the most common narcotic in Latvia, [...]	2006-11-07 15:33:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR LG
06RIODEJANEIRO234	Petrobras Seeking Alternatives to Bolivian Gas [...] (SBU) In a recent conversation with Consul General, Petrobras officials indicated that they did not anticipate that the Bolivia-Brazil crisis will lead to any short or medium term disruption in gas supply to Brazil. Petrobras, however, will accelerate the development of gas reserves in the Sa [...]	2006-05-24 16:41:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PGOV PREL BR
06RIODEJANEIRO445	AMBASSADOR'S ENERGY AND BIO-FUELS DISCUSSIONS IN RIO DE [...] (SBU) Summary: Some oil and gas companies in Brazil, notably Shell and Petrobras, are embracing bio-fuels as part of a diversified energy product mix, Shell Brazil CEO Diaz told the Ambassador in an August 21 meeting. On August 22, Petrobras CEO Gabrielli said his company is expanding its etha [...]	2006-09-06 14:06:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV SENV PREL EINV BR
06RIYADH1741	SHI'A LEADER TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ALL OPPORTUNITIES [...] (C) Jafar Al-Shayeb, President and elected member of Qatif's municipal council and one of five people appointed to the Dammam branch of the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR),shared with CG and PolOff on March 15 his philosophy that "every positive initiative should be utilized." He d [...]	2006-03-18 11:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KIRF SA
06RIYADH1982	DHAHRAN DIGEST 5 [...] (SBU) During a recent lunch with PolOff, an appointed member of the Al-Ahsa municipal council who is also an American-educated professor of plant physiology fielded two phone calls from students. The first was from a female graduate student who needed help on some laboratory research she was [...]	2006-03-22 10:59:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI PREL SA
06RIYADH2544	Cultural Norms and Non-Transparency Hamstring [...] (SBU) Summary: Meetings with public health officials during the visit of regional ESTH officer to Saudi Arabia provided a snapshot of Saudi health issues: a population increasingly afflicted with costly illnesses of the wealthy - obesity, diabetes, and heart disease - and a health system tha [...]	2006-04-10 04:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KHIV SA
06RIYADH2563	Environmentalism Slowly Comes to Saudi Arabia [...] Summary: Saudi environmental and natural resource institutions were late in getting established and remain small in size and influence. Meetings with the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) and the National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development highlighted that pub [...]	2006-04-10 13:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KFLU SA
06RIYADH2793	POTENTIAL NEW REVENUE-SHARING AGREEMENT BETWEEN [...] (C) In a conversation on April 13, two expatriate analysts at Saudi Aramco told PAO and EconOff that Aramco and the SAG were in the process of making a significant change to their revenue-sharing practices. In the past, they explained, Aramco had reserved from its revenue stream the amount n [...]	2006-04-17 13:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EFIN PGOV SA
06RIYADH3306	HASAWI SHI'A DETAIL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM VIOLATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: In separate conversations with PolOff in Al-Ahsa on April 25, two groups of Shi'a leaders and activists discussed discrimination and restrictions on their religious freedom, as well as steps they had taken to address some of these problems. Abdulaziz Al-Bahrany, the patient and [...]	2006-05-02 13:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF SA
06RIYADH3673	QATIF MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MEMBER CONTINUES TO [...] (C) In a conversation with the CG on April 29, Isa Al-Muzel, an elected member of Qatif's municipal council, described his work at the council as "going well, but frustrating." He said that the biggest problem council members faced at the moment was rooting out institutionalized corruption i [...]	2006-05-14 12:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF SA
06RIYADH4997	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ACCEPTS FORMAL ROLE ON HUMAN [...] (C) Ibrahim Al-Mugaiteeb, President of the unregistered Human Rights First Society, told the CG on June 17 that he had accepted a formal role with the government-affiliated Human Rights Commission (HRC) run by Dr. Turki Al-Sudairy. Al-Mugaiteeb said that Al-Sudairy had offered him a position [...]	2006-06-21 04:41:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR PREL SA
06RIYADH5114	KING LAUNCHES ECONOMIC AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah recently completed his first national tour since becoming King. Traveling with his Cabinet, the King visited the Ha'il, Al Qassim, Medina and Eastern provinces promoting government support for economic, industrial, health and educational development of the regions [...]	2006-06-26 14:21:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SA
06RIYADH5904	TRANSFORMATIONAL DIPLOMACY IN THE EP: [...] (C) Opportunities abound in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province (EP) for ConGen Dhahran to expand its work with EP residents to help them transform Saudi Arabia's future. Since September 11, EP residents have claimed, and the SAG has tolerated, much greater latitude to discuss the country's and p [...]	2006-07-25 08:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM SA
06RIYADH6339	SAUDI CONSERVATIVES CALL FOR BOYCOTT ON US [...] (C) SUMMARY: Beginning July 31, two prominent conservative websites posted articles calling for a boycott on U.S. consumer goods and services, ranging from fast-food franchises to shampoo brands, to begin on August 4. There was already an ongoing cellular telephone text messaging campaign. [...]	2006-08-08 13:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD SA LE
06RIYADH6473	RIYADH RECORD: JULY 30-AUGUST 4 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The SAG provided humanitarian assistance to victims of the crisis in Lebanon through air and land convoys as well as increased financial assistance. The Saudi public's discontent increased with the SAG's perceived support for U.S. policy in Lebanon, and protesters of U.S. suppor [...]	2006-08-14 13:41:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH6727	THE YEAR IN REVIEW: KING ABDULLAH MARKS FIRST YEAR [...] (C) August 1 marked the one year anniversary of King Abdullah's ascension to the throne. The King has generated considerable popularity by delivering political, economic, and social programs intended to improve the welfare of Saudi citizens. Utilizing the windfall from surging oil prices, [...]	2006-08-24 18:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINS PINR ECON EFIN ETRD
06RIYADH6976	POLITICAL POETRY PRAISES HEZBOLLAH [...] (C) Al Hayat newspaper published on August 26 a political poem entitled "Lebanon," which was written by Dr. Ghazi Al-Qusaibee, Minister of Labor and key advisor to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. Al-Qusaibee, a famous poet and writer in the Arab world, is commonly known as a [...]	2006-09-04 06:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL SA PHUM
06RIYADH7629	DRL DAS ERICA BARKS-RUGGLES DISCUSSES POLITICS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica Barks-Ruggles met with dozens of Saudi women representing a broad spectrum of opinions and backgrounds during her September 12-14 visit to Saudi Arabia. The Saudi women unanimously agreed that Saudi [...]	2006-09-28 15:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN SA
06RIYADH8401	THE SAUDI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT I: STAB AT [...] (U) Summary: From September 16-19, Ahmed Elbashari, representative of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN),and EconOff, met with senior management of the Saudi Arabia Financial Investigation Unit (SA FIU) to conduct a final on-site assessment [...]	2006-10-22 09:56:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC SA
06RIYADH8404	THE SAUDI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT II: POWER [...] (U) Summary: From September 16-19, Ahmed Elbashari, representative of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN),and EconOff, met with senior management of the Saudi Arabia Financial Investigation Unit (SA FIU) to assess the SA FIU for membership in [...]	2006-10-22 11:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SA
06RIYADH8406	THE SAUDI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT III: [...] (U) Summary: From September 16-19, Ahmed Elbashari, representative of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN),and EconOff, met with senior management of the Saudi Arabia Financial Investigation Unit (SA FIU) to assess the SA FIU for membership in [...]	2006-10-22 11:32:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SA
06RIYADH8407	THE SAUDI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT IV: [...] (U) Summary: From September 16-19, Ahmed Elbashari, representative of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN),and EconOff, met with senior management of the Saudi Arabia Financial Investigation Unit (SA FIU) to assess the SA FIU for membership in [...]	2006-10-22 11:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SA
06RIYADH8415	SCENESETTER: APHSCT TOWNSEND VISIT TO SAUDI [...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter and the entire US Mission in Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to Riyadh. Your visit to the Kingdom comes in the general context of improving U.S.- SAG relations. Saudi leaders have warmly welcomed a large number of senior USG visitors recently, and have confi [...]	2006-10-24 20:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC CVIS PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH8416	SCENESETTER: APHSCT TOWNSEND VISIT TO SAUDI [...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter and the entire US Mission in Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to Riyadh. Your visit to the Kingdom comes in the general context of improving U.S.- SAG relations. Saudi leaders have warmly welcomed a large number of senior USG visitors recently, and have confi [...]	2006-10-24 20:15:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC CVIS PGOV PREL SA
06RIYADH8634	CONCURRENCE - NON-PRO COURIER TO/FROM RIYADH O/A [...] (S) CHIEF OF MISSION RIYADH HAS BEEN BRIEFED AND APPROVES JOHN H. BURNS JR, OFFICIAL PASSPORT NUMBER 802064694, AS A NON-PROFESSIONAL COURIER. HIS ARRIVAL HAS BEEN COORDINATED AT POST. CHIEF OF MISSION AUTHORIZES THE TRANSPORT OF CLASSIFIED MATERIAL IN DIPLOMATIC POUCH 2. (U) THE EMBASSY [...]	2006-11-01 14:08:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	ADEP ASEC PTER
06RIYADH8788	FOLLOW-UP ON DEMARCHES [...] (C) On November 6, Deputy Political Counselor (DPC) delivered reftels (A, B, C, D) demarches and talking points to Saudi MFA, International Organization Affairs, UNGA Issues, Mr. Talal Berri. The issues raised were: the UNGA Third Committee (Iran, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Burma, and North Kore [...]	2006-11-07 13:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL MOPS PINR PTER USUN
06RIYADH8836	SAUDIS BOLSTER TROOP NUMBERS FOR ENERGY SECURITY, [...] (S/NF) In a series of meetings with the Saudi Ministry of Interior (MOI) from November 10-11, a joint State/Energy visiting delegation learned that the Saudis have made progress in improving security at critical energy facilities. A force of more than 35,000 soldiers, temporarily drawn from [...]	2006-11-13 13:46:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
06RIYADH8840	DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES MEETING WITH SAUDI MFA, MOJ, [...] (C) Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica Barks-Ruggles met on September 12-13 with the Majlis Al-Shoura (MAS) and the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Justice (MoJ). These meetings were follow-up to the July 25 - 27, 2006, meeting of [...]	2006-11-14 05:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM OTRA PINR SA
06RIYADH8860	SAUDI MFA DEMARCHED ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS, CPC [...] (C) Deputy PolCouns demarched Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of International Organizations, human rights lead, Abdulrahman Al-Rassj, on November 15 regarding Afghan Hajj flights (Ref A),Saudi Arabia's November 13 redesignation as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) (Ref B),and UN [...]	2006-11-15 16:09:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EAIR ECON KIRF UNHRC AF SA
06RIYADH8863	DELIVERY OF CASH COURIER TRAINING PROPOSAL [...] (C) On November 5, non-paper from reftel was delivered to Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Abdulrahman Al-Ahmed, Counselor for Counterterrorism matters. Simultaneously, non-paper was delivered through U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation's liaison channels to [...]	2006-11-18 05:23:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC SA
06RIYADH8989	MOI UNDERSCORES NEED FOR BROAD AND FLEXIBLE ENERGY [...] (S) Economic Counselor Silverman and Energy Attache Ross met with Dr. Saad al-Jabri, Advisor to the Assistant Minister of Interior, on November 26 to discuss the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation to improve security at critical infrastructure facilities. Dr. al-Jabri und [...]	2006-12-04 13:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EPET PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
06RIYADH8990	MOI UNDERSCORES NEED FOR BROAD AND FLEXIBLE ENERGY [...] (S) Economic Counselor Silverman and Energy Attache Ross met with Dr. Saad al-Jabri, Advisor to the Assistant Minister of Interior, on November 26 to discuss the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation to improve security at critical infrastructure facilities. Dr. al-Jabri und [...]	2006-12-04 14:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EPET PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
06ROME1025	ITALY'S FLEDGLING ISLAMIC CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Pisanu's hand-picked Muslim Consultative Council continues to be controversial after its first two meetings. Criticism by both the right-wing Northern League Party and some members of the Muslim community convinced Pisanu to cancel the next meeting until afte [...]	2006-04-05 08:49:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PGOV PTER IT HUMAN RIGHTS
06ROME1083	TRADE VICE MINISTER PLANS "COURAGEOUS" TRADE OFFER [...] (C) Summary. During an April 3 courtesy call by Ambassador Spogli, Trade Vice Minister Adolfo Urso was cautiously optimistic of a narrow center-right victory in this week's elections. He admitted that GOI positions on trade and the WTO have been driven by politics until now, but said a cent [...]	2006-04-10 16:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ETRD IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
06ROME1090	AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES [...] USMISSION UN ROME staff covered the USDA/Washington April 3-6 meetings with FAO on providing U.S. experts for FAO's global efforts to combat Avian Influenza. A separate reporting cable will be issued. During some free periods this week, USMISSION UN ROME held brief discussions with FAO Anim [...]	2006-04-11 07:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME1174	ITALY SUPPORTS CURRENT EU BURMA POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Poloff delivered reftel demarche April 13 to Nicola Tassoni, MFA Deputy Southeast Asia Office Director, presenting U.S. concerns regarding some of the statements made at the EC 2006 Burma/Myanmar Forum, and highlighting the importance the U.S. places on coordinating our Burma mess [...]	2006-04-19 07:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	BM EAID EU PHUM PREF PREL IT
06ROME1222	ITALY SHARES U.S. VIEWS ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) April 11 PolMinCouns informed Giacomo Sanfelice, Deputy Director General for Political Multilateral Affairs, of Reftel A letter from Secretary Rice to FM Fini and explained the U.S. position on supporting candidate countries in the first UN Human Rights Council (HRC) elections. Poloff fol [...]	2006-04-24 17:17:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM IT UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS
06ROME1261	ITALIAN POLITICIANS REACT WITH GRIEF AND [...] (C) Italian politicians reacted with grief, solidarity, and condemnation April 28 following the killing of three Italians and a Romanian in Nasiriya. PM Berlusconi said he was deeply grieved by the deaths and center-left leader Prodi called it a tragedy for all of Italy. One center-left party [...]	2006-04-28 05:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT
06ROME1308	ITALY: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] This unclassified cable is Embassy Rome,s contribution to the 2005 ) 2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Post understands from Reftel, Paragraph 6, that DOD will secure significant quantitative data, including defense spending data, from other sources. Pos [...]	2006-05-03 08:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	JA KS KU MCAP PREL QA SA US MARR IT TC NATO
06ROME1325	ITALY WILL NOT VOTE FOR IRAN ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-04 13:08:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PHUM UNHCR PREL IT
06ROME1347	IRAQ: ITALIAN MFA WARNS PRESSING TOO HARD ON QRF [...] (C) The Italian MFA does not foresee a change in Italy's policy of gradual troop reductions, in consultation with the Iraqis and coalition partners, in Iraq. Barring additional terrorist attacks, the MFA also does not expect major problems with funding renewal for the mission this summer. But [...]	2006-05-05 16:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT
06ROME1585	GOI INQUIRY REGARDING ITALIAN SATELLITE LAUNCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy requests Department assistance to follow up on several pending export license requests for U.S.-origin components for the Italian Space Agency's (ASI) AGILE scientific satellite mission, which ASI would like to launch from India in October. The Min [...]	2006-05-24 11:56:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC TSPA KFPC ETRD IT IN
06ROME173	SCENESETTER: YOUR MEETING WITH ITALIAN FM FINI [...] (C) This meeting is an opportunity for FM Fini and the Berlusconi government to showcase Italian foreign policy successes in advance of April elections. Fini will want to show the public that Italy's engagements abroad have advanced its national interests, enhanced its international standing, [...]	2006-01-18 16:18:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS IT PGOV PREL ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS IRAQI FREEDOM ITALIAN POLITICS AFGHANISTAN UN
06ROME1858	FOURTH-ANNUAL IPR RETREAT: ITALIAN JUDGES SEE [...] Summary: Mission Italy's fourth-annual IPR judicial workshop brought together judges and prosecutors from across Italy with their U.S. counterparts to discuss the investigation and prosecution of IPR crime. The U.S. delegation included two federal judges, two federal prosecutors, and Departm [...]	2006-06-23 09:47:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV KIPR CH IT
06ROME187	2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Italy is not an important regional or offshore financial center. However, money laundering is a concern both because of the prevalence of homegrown organized crime groups and the recent influx of criminal organizations from abroad, especially from Albania, Romania, and Russia. The heavy inv [...]	2006-01-19 16:46:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER IT EUN UN
06ROME2072	AMBASSADOR'S PARTNERSHIP FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH - [...] (U) Summary. As part of the Ambassador's Partnership for Economic Growth, Italian and American experts met recently to discuss the opportunities and challenges for foreign private equity investment in Italy. There was broad agreement that foreign private equity investment in Italy is held bac [...]	2006-07-20 14:56:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV IT
06ROME2093	P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR IRAN: NO SURPRISE TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-21 14:45:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP SNAR IR IT
06ROME2117	BANK OF ITALY GOVERNOR DRAGHI MAPS WAY FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting July 7 with Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Timothy Adams, Bank of SIPDIS Italy Governor Mario Draghi expressed his desire that USG SWIFT wire transfer monitoring continues, and proposed the G8 countries pass legislation legalizing monitoring of [...]	2006-07-25 15:27:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IT
06ROME2157	ITALY'S TRADE AND INVESTMENT RELATIONS WITH SOMALIA [...] The MFA reports Somalia remains a political priority for Italy (ref A),an assertion bolstered by Italy's providing over 21 million euro in foreign assistance in 2005-2006 and Italy's membership in the Somalia Contact Group. That said, aside from some foreign assistance, Italy's economic ties [...]	2006-08-01 13:09:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETRD SO SW IT
06ROME2195	ITALY: INVITATION TO BURMESE FM AN EU EXPERIMENT [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to Giuseppe Mistretta, MFA Office Director for Southeast Asia, August 2, stressing U.S. disappointment with the Finnish Government's decision to invite the Burmese Foreign Minister to the September ASEM meeting in Helsinki. Mistretta responded that the invit [...]	2006-08-04 12:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM FI BU EUN IT
06ROME2217	ITALIAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT IN LIBYA [...] (U) The importance of Libyan oil and gas to the Italian electricity industry has ensured a steady stream of trade and investment between the two countries, notwithstanding Libya's sometimes difficult business environment. Italian trade and investment outside the energy sector is virtually no [...]	2006-08-08 08:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG ETRD LY IT
06ROME2288	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINISTER BERSANI CHARTS WAY [...] (U) Summary: In a courtesy call by Ambassador Spogli August 2, Economic Development Minister Pierluigi Bersani outlined his plans for further economic liberalization and identified barriers to reform. He expressed enthusiasm for the Ambassador's Partnership for Growth, and said Italian compa [...]	2006-08-14 09:11:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ENRG IT
06ROME2433	ITALY TO PLEDGE 30 MILLION EUROS FOR LEBANON AT STOCKHOLM [...] (U) Acting EconMinCouns and Econoff met with Federica Ferrari Bravo, Office Director for the Middle East and Balkans in the MFA's Bureau of Cooperation and Development (BCD) August 30 to deliver reftel points. 2. (U) Ferrari Bravo stated that the GOI will pledge 30 million euro at the A [...]	2006-08-30 15:34:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID LE SW IT
06ROME263	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] Summary. Italy continues to court foreign investors by actively seeking to implement the 2003 legal reforms designed to lift the Italian economy out of its malaise. In 2003 Italy successfully reformed its civil code and made important modifications to its Unified Rules on Financial Intermed [...]	2006-01-30 08:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV IT OPIC USTR
06ROME2637	VOLKER DISCUSSES IRAN, LEBANON AND SYRIA WITH [...] (C/NF) On Sept. 13 in Rome, EUR PDAS Volker met PolDir Terzi and other MFA officials, and PM Deputy Diplomatic Advisors Gentilini and Carnelos. Terzi thanked the U.S. for helping get Italy included in the Berlin Iran talks and called the common U.S.-EU position on Iran a major achievement. T [...]	2006-09-19 09:04:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO EUN IR UNSC SY LE IT
06ROME3032	ITALY: UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC AND CUBA EMBARGO [...] (SBU) Poloff met with MFA Human Rights Office Director Laura Carpini November 6 to deliver Ref A demarche requesting Italian support on UNGA country specific human rights resolutions for Belarus and Uzbekistan. Carpini reported that Italy had decided November 3 to co-sponsor the U.S.-sponsore [...]	2006-11-06 16:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UNGA UN CU IT
06ROME310	S59-05: GOI APPRAISED OF ATTEMPTS BY IRANIAN FIRM [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel talking points and non paper to Aldo Doria, head of the Productive Activities Ministry's (MPA) Export Control Unit. Doria is familiar with Samamicro and with Angelantoni, the Italian company from which Samamicro's website offers to procure dual-use equipment. D [...]	2006-02-02 16:32:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PARM PREL PINR ETTC IT IR CBW EXPORT CONTROLS
06ROME311	USG OLYMPIC SITUATION BOARD LAW ENFORCEMENT ON [...] The Law Enforcement On-Line (LEO) provides a secure web- based crisis management software application known as the Virtual Command Center (VCC). The VCC provides a virtual information-sharing platform where by critical, time sensitive unclassified information may be disseminated both vertica [...]	2006-02-03 11:03:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KOLY IT AMGT OLYMPICS
06ROME315	FAO EMERGENCY PROGRAMS: INFORMAL DONORS' [...] Summary and Background. On January 25, 2006, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division (TCE) held an informal donors' meeting to provide an overview of 2005 activities and special requirements for 2006. Recently appointed TCE Assistant Direc [...]	2006-02-03 11:07:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ECON SENV UN FAO
06ROME3172	2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] This message responds to ref B request for information on financial crimes and money laundering in Italy. Together with ref A, these reports transmit Mission Italy's submission to the 2006-07 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). 2. Italy is not an offshore financial c [...]	2006-11-24 14:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER IT
06ROME3228	ITALY: APPAREL AND TEXTILES STATISTICS AND [...] The textile and apparel industries are a small, but high-profile, part of Italy's industrial base. Although textiles and apparel accounted for only nine percent of industrial production and eleven percent of Italy's total exports and imports in 2005, names such as Dolce and Gabbana, Versace, [...]	2006-12-05 09:47:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTEX CH IT
06ROME329	IRAN: ITALY STEADY ON REFERRAL, WANTS [...] (C) Italy supports the U.S. "100 percent" on the Iranian nuclear issue, including referral to the UN Security Council. MFA officials continue to stress to the Iranians the need to suspend enrichment activities to restore the confidence of the international community. While unhappy at Italy's [...]	2006-02-03 14:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP IR IT
06ROME3354	ITALY, UN ASSESSMENTS: EU DOESN'T WANT TO GET [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-21 14:41:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AORC PREL UNGA
06ROME3360	FINMECCANICA EXPORTS TO IRAN AND VENEZUELA: THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (S) In a December 21 meeting requested by Finmeccanica, the major Italian defense and aerospace conglomerate, company officials reviewed the status of their engagement with Iran and Venezuela. They noted that Finmeccanica is not [...]	2006-12-22 14:56:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	ETRD ETTC IR VE SP FR SZ IT
06ROME380	USG OLYMPIC SITUATION BOARD LAW ENFORCEMENT ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-09 07:20:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME384	ITALY,S PARLIAMENT PASSES "SARBANES-OXLEY". [...] SUMMARY. On December 23 Italy's Senate passed the financial market oversight reform bill, two years after the massive Parmalat fraud scandal and just following the resignation of Bank of Italy (BOI) Governor Fazio. The bill leaves in place the five regulatory authorities: antitrust, central [...]	2006-02-09 11:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP
06ROME406	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/09/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency USG Olympic Security Operations Center (OSOC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the [...]	2006-02-11 13:14:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME449	Italy's Parliament Passes "Sarbanes-Oxley". [...] SUMMARY. On December 23 Italy's Senate passed the financial market oversight reform bill, two years after the massive Parmalat fraud scandal and just following the resignation of Bank of Italy (BOI) Governor Fazio. The bill leaves in place the five regulatory authorities: antitrust, central [...]	2006-02-14 15:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP EUN
06ROME452	ITALY-IRAN ECONOMIC RELATIONS [...] (U) Summary: Italy is Iran's largest EU trading partner, with two-way trade totaling 2.91 billion euros in the first seven months of 2005, including 1.32 billion euros of Italian exports to Iran. Italy imports Iranian oil and gas and exports automobiles and electrical products to Iran. End [...]	2006-02-14 16:35:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL IR IT
06ROME453	SCENESETTER FOR PM BERLUSCONI'S VISIT TO [...] (C) PM Berlusconi is seeking an election campaign bounce from his carefully timed visit to Washington to address a joint session of Congress and his meeting with the President. Elections are two months away and the campaign is in full gear following President Ciampi's dissolution of parliament [...]	2006-02-15 05:37:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IT IQ ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
06ROME461	PDAS VOLKER DISCUSSES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH [...] (C) Summary. On February 7, PDAS Kurt Volker visited Rome to meet with high-level GOI leaders to discuss Iran, Iraq, the cartoon controversy, the Ukrainian Energy Crisis, NATO, OSCE, Balkans, and UN Reform. Volker stressed the importance of Italy's contributions to global security and need fo [...]	2006-02-15 12:39:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT NATO OSCE UN GLOBAL DEFENSE
06ROME465	UN REFORM: INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL EVALUATION OF [...] (U) Summary: A Committee of the FAO Council charged with oversight of the comprehensive Independent External Evaluation (IEE) of FAO has just approved the selection of a high-caliber core team of evaluators and decided that the IEE would formally begin on March 13, subject to firm assurance [...]	2006-02-15 16:53:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID KUNR FAO
06ROME471	AMBASSADOR'S PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH: ITALY'S [...] Italy has proven to be the best U.S. ally in continental Europe in this young millennium. Unfortunately, since 2000, Italy's economy has grown at an anemic annual rate of only 0.75 percent. To promote economic dynamism in Italy that will produce the resources for Italy to continue to join th [...]	2006-02-16 10:33:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP EUN
06ROME504	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]	2006-02-19 10:47:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS

06ROME511	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]	2006-02-21 09:40:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME548	YEAR 2006 SPECIAL 301, MISSION ITALY INPUT [...] Mission Italy recommends that Italy remain on the 301 Watch List for 2006. Although Italy deserves credit for reductions in piracy rates and improved police action in 2005, industry losses, particularly for software, are still unacceptably high. While some cities, such as Florence, have made [...]	2006-02-22 14:28:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV KIPR IT
06ROME556	ITALY: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] The following is Embassy Rome,s contribution to the 2005 ) 2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Post understands from Reftel, Paragraph 6, that DOD will secure significant quantitative data, including defense spending data, from other sources. Post will prov [...]	2006-02-23 09:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	JA KS KU MCAP PREL QA SA US MARR IT TC NATO
06ROME558	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]	2006-02-23 10:13:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME583	ITALY'S DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN DECLINE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In view of Italy's extraordinary 27.6% cut in 2006 foreign assistance from 2005 levels, DCM called on Guiseppe Deodato, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director General for Development, recently to hear his views and ensure continued good cooperation on development assistance. [...]	2006-02-24 15:35:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IT IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
06ROME584	ITALY'S UNION COALITION PROGRAM: FAULT LINES ON [...] (C) Romano Prodi presented the center-left Union coalition's 281-page governing program on February 13. As opposed to establishing a concrete program for the Union coalition should it win the April 9 national elections, the document has been viewed by critics from both the right and the left [...]	2006-02-24 15:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MARR PARM MOPS ELAB EINV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME638	SYRIA EIB LOAN: ITALY WILL ALLOW LOAN TO PASS [...] (C) A/ECMIN and EconOff delivered reftel demarche February 28 to Ignazio Angeloni, Ministry of Finance Director General for International Financial Relations, and Sangante Filippo, Office Director for Bilateral Affairs with non-European Union countries. Angeloni was surprised to hear a Europ [...]	2006-03-02 14:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN EINV EU IT PGOV PHUM PREL EUN
06ROME699	BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: FRANCESCO OLIVIERI, WTO [...] (U) In January, the Italian Government appointed Francesco Olivieri as Special Adviser on WTO issues to Deputy Productive Activities Minister (Foreign Trade Minister) Adolfo Urso. Olivieri had been Ambassador to the Italian Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development [...]	2006-03-07 09:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PREL PGOV IT
06ROME725	ITALY: POLLSTERS GIVE EDGE TO PRODI BUT DON'T [...] (C) SUMMARY: A collection of five Milan-based pollsters agreed that PM Berlusconi's effective campaign had closed much of the gap with opposition leader Romano Prodi, even if they were split over whether this momentum would carry Berlusconi to victory on election day. Recent polls give Prodi [...]	2006-03-09 06:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME768	ITALIAN CENTER LEFT OFFICIAL SAYS NATO ESSSENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Democrats of the Left Member of Parliament and former U/S in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Umberto Ranieri told Pol M/C that his party considers NATO an essential pillar of international security. He assured us that far left radicals would not make foreign policy in a future c [...]	2006-03-10 18:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL IZ IT NATO ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME770	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]	2006-03-12 12:21:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME839	ITALY: CL PARLIAMENTARIAN PREDICTS CONTINUITY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Marco Minniti, a former U/S of Defense under center-left (CL) Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema, termed Berlusconi's relationship with the U.S an asset that should be built upon and said there is no European security without the U.S. Minniti continued that the center-left is now in [...]	2006-03-16 16:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS IS IT NATO ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
06ROME860	AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 16, USMISSION UN ROME staff met with various members of FAO's Animal Production and Health Division (AGA) and Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division (TCE) for an update on Avian Influenza (AI) operations worldwide as well specific country programs. Much of t [...]	2006-03-17 16:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME996	The Economy, But Not Economic Reform, Begins [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Italy's electoral campaign has begun to focus almost exclusively on incumbent Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Achilles heel: the economy. Center-left challenger Romano Prodi threw Berlusconi on the defensive during a nationally televised debate March 14 that focu [...]	2006-04-03 08:36:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06RPODUBAI13	AHMADINEJAD USES UNIVERSITIES FOR POLITICAL ENDS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-15 14:42:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	IR PGOV SOCI
06SANAA1320	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JILL BURKHOLDER [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Ms. Jill Burkholder, from May 14 to 17, 2006. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be James Jamerson, who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2276 ce [...]	2006-05-14 11:32:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA
06SANAA1343	YEMEN IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTES [...] In response to the Department's request for updated information on Republic of Yemen (ROYG) adherence to the Arab League Boycott of Israel, post conducted a review of ROYG enforcement and compliance practices in place regarding the boycott. The results of that review are as follows, and are ke [...]	2006-05-16 12:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KBCT ABLD PHUM
06SANAA2136	YEMEN LNG ON FAST TRACK WITH SUPPORT FROM SALEH; [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 22 meeting with Econoff, Karim Abuhamad of the Yemen Liquid Natural Gas Company (YLNG) said that construction was underway on the LNG pipeline and that the project was back on schedule. The company is close to an agreement with the ROYG on resolving legal ownership of ga [...]	2006-07-26 12:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV EPET ENRG YM
06SANAA221	UNITEL GSM BID IN DOUBT; OMANTEL POISED TO BENEFIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. After months of speculation, it is now certain that Unitel is unable to cover the cost of its bid offer for Yemen's third GSM license. Political connections continue to keep the company afloat, but most bets are now on Omantel to win the license. Although a legitimate operator, [...]	2006-02-01 12:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ECPS EIND YM COM
06SANAA286	SALEH SIGNALS SHAKE UP IN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES [...] (S) CDA Requested and received a phone call from President Saleh, 2/5, on the heels of the jail break-out that yielded 23 al-Qa'ida operatives to the streets of Sanaa, and perhaps beyond. CDA stressed to Saleh the importance of working in close tandem with the USG on this critical issue and not [...]	2006-02-06 14:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PINR PREL PTER COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA296	YEMENIS DISCUSS AL QAEDA ESCAPEES: GOVERNMENT SOAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post contacts, media outlets and websites are thus far treating the February 3 Al-Qaeda jailbreak as less of a national emergency and more as another peculiar power struggle within the ROYG. Contacts universally dismiss the ROYG's claim that the prisoners dug a tunnel and escape [...]	2006-02-08 03:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS
06SANAA314	ROYG'S PUBLIC RESPONSE TO AL-QA'IDA JAILBREAK: [...] (S/NF) Summary. Yemeni security services continue to search for the 23 al-Qa'ida prisoners who escaped from a high-security prison in Sanaa on February 3 (ref A). Per Saleh's orders (ref B),the National Security Board is leading the nation-wide manhunt, while the Political Security Organi [...]	2006-02-09 10:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA342	CABINET SHAKE-UP: IS REAL REFORM ON ITS WAY? [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On February 11, President Saleh announced a dramatic reshuffling of his 34-member cabinet, including replacing the Ministers of Defense, Finance, Oil, and Planning. Saleh's new cabinet, still led by Prime Minister Bajammal, includes 15 new ministers and two women. [...]	2006-02-12 14:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
06SANAA347	PRESIDENT SALEH SHARES INFORMATION AND INVITES [...] (S) Ambassador, DCM and SIMO met with President Saleh, Wednesday, 2/8, to ask for an update on the status of the al-Qa'ida escapees and to stress the need for absolute transparency on ROYG findings and steps being taken. Saleh, the Director of the National Security Bureau (NSB) and the Attorne [...]	2006-02-13 06:48:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA348	MEDIA REACTION - CARICATURES OF [...] SUMMARY. Recent caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, which appeared in European newspapers, have angered Yemenis, who have responded with protests, boycotts, and calls for diplomatic measures. Yemeni protests, however, have been peaceful. END SUMMARY. 2. EDITORIAL COMMENTARY: A. O [...]	2006-02-13 07:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KMPI PGOV PHUM PREL YM
06SANAA3610	U.S. CONVENES DONOR GROUP TO CONFRONT CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following Yemen's suspension from the Millennium Challenge Account Threshold Program (MCA),Ambassador gathered an informal group of key donors to discuss ways of jointly pushing for reform in Yemen. Declining performance in political and economic indicators has already led to a [...]	2006-01-02 11:32:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EINV KMCA KMPI YM COM
06SANAA3618	AMBASSADOR AND FONMIN DISCUSS ZINDANI, KIDNAPPINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 2 meeting, FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi told Ambassador that the ROYG had made a conscious decision to include UN-designated terrorist financier Abdul Majid Zindani in its official delegation to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) meeting in Saudi Arabia, claimin [...]	2006-01-03 09:32:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER YE COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
06SANAA41	ROYG STAGGERS FORWARD IN FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Yemen's Cabinet approved a new anti-corruption law, calling for the creation of an independent High Commission for National Corruption. Neither the extent of the Commission's powers nor its relationship to existing ROYG institutions -- or the newly created anti-corruption role fo [...]	2006-01-08 13:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KMCA KMPI PGOV PINR PREL YM COM
06SANAA815	AMBASSADOR PUSHES FREEDOM AGENDA WITH PM BAJAMMAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 19, Ambassador met with Prime Minister Abdul Kader Bajammal to discuss the new cabinet and reform efforts. Ambassador congratulated Bajammal on the new cabinet and looked forward to future cooperation on political and economic reforms. Even though Yemen was a difficult [...]	2006-03-21 12:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ECON YM
06SANAA973	AL-QA'IDA ESCAPE: UPDATE [...] (S) On April 2, the ROYG publicly announced the surrender of Arif Salih Ali Majalli, the sixth escapee to turn himself in following the February 3 prison break of 23 Al-Qai'da supporters (ref A). ROYG officials contend that the remaining 17 escapees have not left Yemen and are optimistic th [...]	2006-04-11 06:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER YM
06SANJOSE1	SCENESETTER: CODEL BURTON IN COSTA RICA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes CODEL Burton on its January 10 ) 12 visit to Costa Rica. The delegation's visit comes at a time when the main issue in the bilateral relationship is the United States-Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). The debate [...]	2006-01-03 14:59:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN ETRD CS
06SANJOSE1059	PRESIDENT ARIAS TO CODEL BURTON: "FOREIGN AID IS [...] (SBU) During a May 6 dinner with CODEL Burton, then President-elect Oscar Arias lamented Costa Rica's inability to qualify for most U.S. foreign aid, and concluded that "foreign aid is dead in Washington." Arias stated several times that the U.S. and other Western governments need to change t [...]	2006-05-16 17:49:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CS VZ
06SANJOSE1106	COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT URIBE DISCUSSES FREE TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 8 meeting with the six members of CODEL Burton on the margins of Oscar Arias's presidential inauguration, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe urged rapid U.S. Congressional action on a free trade agreement with Colombia. He said that a failure to act quickly would bolst [...]	2006-05-19 22:13:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD CS CO
06SANJOSE1182	COSTA RICA'S 2006 AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES [...] Please find following Embassy San Jose's submission for the 2006 Ambassador's Fund for Refugees. 2. Description of project: USD 18,618 to set up and operate a training center in San Jose to provide English language and computer skills training. The center will provide English training fr [...]	2006-05-31 21:24:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF CS
06SANJOSE1264	COSTA RICA'S GROWING FIREARMS PROBLEM [...] (C) Summary: Incoming Minister of Public Security Fernando Berrocal filed a formal complaint with the Attorney General's Office on May 30, 2006, based on the disappearance of over 100 weapons, including military assault rifles, grenades, and large quantities of ammunition, from the national a [...]	2006-06-07 22:23:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KCRM PINR ASEC CS
06SANJOSE1267	COSTA RICA NOT YET COMMITTED TO PSI ENDORSEMENT [...] On June 1, Post hosted a digital video conference (DVC) between members of the Costa Rica Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and several officials in Washington from the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation as well as a Department of Defense official. The Costa Rican delegatio [...]	2006-06-08 14:43:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP CS
06SANJOSE127	COSTA RICA SEEKS TO AVOID CONSEQUENCES OF NOT [...] (C) President Pacheco on January 11 convoked his ministers of foreign affairs, foreign trade, and labor and the Costa Rican Ambassador to the U.S. to discuss with Ambassador and Polcouns the ramifications of the Nethercutt Amendment for Costa Rica. The GOCR officials were specifically concer [...]	2006-01-19 14:10:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS ETRD EAID CS KICC
06SANJOSE129	COSTA RICA WILL CONSIDER RESETTLEMENT OF PROTECTED [...] Per Reftel A, and taking advantage of remarks by visiting CODEL Burton, who expressed appreciation for Costa Rica's willingness to resettle 20 protected Cuban migrants in December of 2004, DCM on January 11 asked Minister of Public Security Rogelio Ramos for assistance with resettling another [...]	2006-01-19 16:21:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL SMIG CS
06SANJOSE131	ARIAS AND PACHECO ON THE NEXT GOVERNMENT OF COSTA [...] (C) Both President Pacheco and Oscar Arias, frontrunner to be the next president, said in separate meetings with CODEL Burton that they expect a better political climate in Costa Rica after the February 5 elections. Arias said that Costa Ricans have reason to be annoyed with the political cl [...]	2006-01-19 20:58:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD VE CS
06SANJOSE132	CODEL BURTON ENGAGES GOCR ON CAFTA-DR AND U.S. [...] In his third visit to Costa Rica in a year (see reftels for previous visits),Representative Dan Burton (R-IN) met with President Pacheco, several members of his cabinet, key legislators, and Pacheco's probable successor as president, Oscar Arias. As in previous visits, discussions focused on [...]	2006-01-19 21:18:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV CS
06SANJOSE180	COSTA RICAN VOTING PROCEDURES FOR FEBRUARY 5 [...] Summary: Costa Rica has a long tradition of free and fair elections. We expect no problems on February 5 when voters will choose a new president and national legislature. Perhaps the most interesting outcome, besides who wins, will be the level of voter turnout. Historically very high in C [...]	2006-01-25 21:17:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CS
06SANJOSE1841	COSTA RICA DEFENDS EMBASSY MOVE TO TEL AVIV [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a public ceremony marking his administration,s 100 days in office, President Oscar Arias explained that his government,s decision to move its embassy from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv was not a slap to Israel, but was consistent with Costa Rica,s "respect" for UN resolutions and inte [...]	2006-08-18 23:13:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS XK CS
06SANJOSE2113	NATIONAL GUARD STATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FOR COSTA [...] (U) See action request, para 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Public Security Minister Berrocal is enthusiastic about the National Guard,s State Partnership Program (SPP). Using his relationship with Governor Richardson, which dates from their service as UN Permreps, Berrocal believes he has a partn [...]	2006-09-25 19:50:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PGOV SNAR XK CS
06SANJOSE2259	RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST REGARDING [...] Summary. Energy production and distribution in Costa Rica are controlled by two parastatal entities. If the U.S.- Central America-DR Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) is ratified and comes into force before the March 2008 deadline, CAFTA-DR will require opening of some sectors of the economy, b [...]	2006-10-13 19:59:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL PGOV XK XL XM
06SANJOSE2431	ANTI-CAFTA PROTEST IN COSTA RICA: TACTICAL VICTORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 23 and 24, a two-day strike and associated demonstrations against CAFTA ratification took place throughout Costa Rica. The peaceful demonstrations fell short of organizers, expectations and disruptions in basic services and transit were largely avoided. Costa Rican [...]	2006-10-31 23:51:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV CS
06SANJOSE258	COSTA RICA 2005 END-USE MONITORING REPORT [...] Per Reftel Embassy San Jose provides the following information regarding end-use monitoring of resources acquired with U.S. Department of State International Narcotics Control (INL) funds. 2. Procedures: Embassy San Jose INL section maintains an inventory of donated property using an Excel s [...]	2006-02-01 21:14:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AMGT PGOV PINR PREL CS
06SANJOSE2614	COSTA RICAN RESPONSES TO UN-RELATED DEMARCHES [...] (U) On November 14, PolCouns and Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials to discuss pending Third Committee country-specific human rights resolutions, the upcoming International Law Commission election, and the recent Costa Rican UNGA votes concerning Cuba. In attendance were D [...]	2006-11-17 19:54:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ILC PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC CS
06SANJOSE309	REPORT ON SAN JOSE ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-09 15:17:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	CS OIIP KPAO
06SANJOSE481	COSTA RICA 2005 TIP REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 14:45:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CS
06SANJOSE643	ANTI-CAFTA-DR GROUPS STAGE PROTEST, "BURY" THE [...] On March 20, several groups jointly staged the first organized protest against the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) since the country's February 5 elections. Unlike in previous demonstrations, labor organizations did not play a major organizational role. [...]	2006-03-22 17:43:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ELAB PGOV CS
06SANJOSE656	"COSTA RICA, INC.": ANTI-CAFTA-DR FILM MIXES [...] Summary: A slick new film appearing periodically on Costa Rican public television uses a mixture of emotionally laden images, misquotes, and insinuations (probably falling just short of libel) to attack the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). While object [...]	2006-03-24 17:08:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ETRD SOCI CS
06SANJOSE91	KEY DEPUTIES POINT TO VOTING ON CAFTA-DR AFTER NEW [...] On January 11, 2006 Representative Dan Burton (R-IN) and Ambassador met with key members of the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly to discuss the status of ratification of the Central America-Dominican Republic-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). Rolando Lacle, Chair of the Assembly's Intern [...]	2006-01-13 15:37:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS
06SANJOSE934	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BURTON [...] Costa Rica is a developing country with a per capita income of about U.S. $4,700 and an unemployment rate of about 6.5 percent. Tourism, manufactured exports, and service industries now far surpass traditional agricultural exports (coffee and bananas) as sources of employment and foreign exc [...]	2006-05-04 00:08:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT AFIN CS
06SANJOSE936	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HARKIN [...] Costa Rica is a developing country with a per capita income of about U.S. $4,700 and an unemployment rate of about 6.5 percent. Tourism, manufactured exports, and service industries now far surpass traditional agricultural exports (coffee and bananas) as sources of employment and foreign exc [...]	2006-05-04 15:50:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT AFIN CS
06SANJOSE980	PRESIDENT OSCAR ARIAS'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF MAY [...] On being presented the presidential sash on May 8, 2006, Oscar Arias delivered his inaugural speech entitled, "I Choose Life, Democracy and the Challenge of Peaceful Change." Below is the full text of the speech in English. The translation was provided by the Arias Foundation, an NGO founde [...]	2006-05-09 23:47:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CS
06SANSALVADOR1276	WOMEN IN SALVADORAN POLITICS: SLOW BUT STEADY [...] SUMMARY: Although in the wake of March elections, El Salvador now slightly outpaces the United States in its percentage of women legislators, it still lags behind several countries in the region in terms of the number of women elected to political office. Salvadoran women are also less like [...]	2006-05-12 19:11:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL
06SANSALVADOR142	INVESTIGATION OF POSSIBLE AECA SECTION 3 VIOLATION [...] (S) Summary. Salvadoran Minister of Defense Otto Romero told Charge on December 2, 2005, that the arms seized in Honduras in April 2005 were likely lost by the Salvadoran Armed Forces (ESAF) to guerrillas of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation front (FMLN) during El Salvador's 1980-1992 ci [...]	2006-01-19 14:44:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	ETTC KOMC ES
06SANSALVADOR154	FAS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHEN HUETE, KARLA TAY, [...] Post grants country clearance for Stephen Huete, Ag. Counselor, Karla Tay, Ag Specialist, Edith Vasquez, Marketing Assistant, Mercedes Cruz, Administrative Assistant and Jose Folgar, Clerk/Driver, to travel to San Salvador during the period of January 23-26, 2006 for the purpose of attending t [...]	2006-01-20 21:32:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAGR AMGT ASEC ES COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06SANSALVADOR1709	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 7 Oct 1969, Sonsonate, El Salvador, Male. XXXXXXXXXXXX currently serves at the Salvadoran Armed Forces Headquarters. 3. Post has reviewed avail [...]	2006-07-05 14:02:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1783	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Please review the following list; Post included name, date and place of birth for your reference. All individuals are male. X [...]	2006-07-13 13:59:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR197	EL SALVADOR: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, following is Embassy San Salvador's 2006 Investment Climate Statement. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ 2. The Government of El Salvador views foreign investment as crucial for economic growth and development and has taken numerous steps in recent [...]	2006-01-25 21:11:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD EFIN KTDB ES OPIC USTR
06SANSALVADOR198	EL SALVADOR FRAUD SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER FY06 [...] Political Structure: El Salvador is a constitutional democracy with three branches of national government; a unicameral legislature, a judiciary, and an executive branch headed by a president. El Salvador has a multi-party political system, although in reality two parties, the right leaning [...]	2006-01-26 12:47:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ES
06SANSALVADOR2051	EL SALVADOR: PROGRESS WITH LABOR MINISTRY IN KEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the span of less than a month, El Salvador's Ministry of Labor has made moves to establish the official status of the airport maintenance workers union (SITEVMAIES) and the telecommunications workers union (SITCOM). The former case had proven controversial and attracted in [...]	2006-08-18 18:24:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ES ETRD PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR210	EL SALVADOR: FMLN LEADER SCHAFIK HANDAL DEAD AT 75 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Longtime FMLN leader and 2004 presidential candidate Schafik Handal died suddenly Tuesday afternoon, January 24 from a heart attack as he returned from Bolivia. With six weeks to go until nationwide elections, Handal's death may provide a temporary rallying point and boost for F [...]	2006-01-27 13:50:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR2121	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONEL HARCOURT POITIER AND [...] San Salvador grants Country Clearance for the following representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),to visit San Salvador during the period Tuesday, September 5 to Friday, September 15, 2006, to follow up certification inspection of AEROMAN 145 facilities: Harcourt Poitie [...]	2006-08-28 21:04:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA AMGT ES
06SANSALVADOR2128	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Legal Aspects on Counter Terrorism scheduled to take place at the Salvadoran Foundation for Health and Human Develp [...]	2006-08-29 18:43:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2192	COUNTRY CLEARANCE EPA OFFICIAL AL KORGI [...] San Salvador grants Country Clearance for Al Korgi of the EPA to visit San Salvador during the period Sunday, September 10 to Thursday, September 14, 2006, to attend a workshop on cleaner production practices for the Central American leather tanning industry. The Control Officer for this vis [...]	2006-09-07 14:38:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV AMGT ES
06SANSALVADOR2203	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JAMES STEFANOV [...] Post grants country clearance for supervisory physical scientist James Stefanov to visit San Salvador from November 19, 2006 through November 22, 2006 to represent the United States at the Fourth Coordination Workshop of the UNESCO/OAS ISARM Americas Program (Transboundary Aquifers of the Ameri [...]	2006-09-08 16:29:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY ASEC ES
06SANSALVADOR2297	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-20 14:35:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2307	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-20 19:26:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2323	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Legal Aspects of Counter Terrorism and Border Patrol, at the Salvadoran Foundation for Health and Human Development [...]	2006-09-21 17:29:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2351	POLITICAL IMPASSE FORCES PENSION REFORM [...] On September 7 and 14, the Legislative Assembly passed a package of pension reforms that sets up a trust to fund the government's pension obligations incurred in a 1996 transfer from a pay-as-you-go to a funded pension system. The reform includes a refinancing of government debt issued to fin [...]	2006-09-25 14:45:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ES
06SANSALVADOR2530	COUNTRY CLEARANCE EPA OFFICIAL TOM WIRTH [...] San Salvador grants Country Clearance for Tom Wirth of the EPA to visit San Salvador during the period October 23, 2006 through October 26, 2006 to provide final training sessions for experts in El Salvador who are using Greenhouse Gas Inventory Software. The Control Officer for this visit is [...]	2006-10-19 15:29:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV AMGT ES
06SANSALVADOR2567	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JAMES STEFANOV [...] Post grants country clearance for supervisory physical scientist James Stefanov to visit San Salvador from November 19, 2006 through November 22, 2006 to represent the United States at the Fourth Coordination Workshop of the UNESCO/OAS ISARM Americas Program (Transboundary Aquifers of the Ameri [...]	2006-10-25 17:06:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY ASEC ES
06SANSALVADOR2587	EL SALVADOR: LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY PASSES 505 [...] (SBU) On October 26, the Legislative Assembly passed the 505 Agreement, with 44 in favor, none against, and the remainder abstaining. ARENA's 34-seat delegation was joined by 5 PCN deputies and 5 PDC votes in favor, while the FMLN abstained after criticizing U.S.-Salvadoran military cooperat [...]	2006-10-26 21:06:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ES MASS MARR
06SANSALVADOR2766	SACA'S COMMISSION CHATS WHILE MURDER RATE RISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOES released new figures on November 14 that show murders are up in October over September, rising to 339 homicides last month alone. The Saca Administration paradoxically responds that the numbers are not entirely negative. They point to the fact that the murder rate is d [...]	2006-11-16 17:54:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES KCRM PGOV PREL KHLS
06SANSALVADOR2849	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GERI GILBERT [...] San Salvador grants Country Clearance for Geri Gilbert, Special Agent, International Programs Coordinator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance of EPA to visit San Salvador during the period December 11, 2006 through December 14, 2006 to participate in a CAFTA-DR Environmental Crimes [...]	2006-11-28 20:15:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV AMGT ES
06SANSALVADOR2900	EL SALVADOR TO ACCEPT E TRAVEL DOC, STILL UNSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 4 the Ambassador, accompanied by poloff notetaker, met with Foreign Minister Lainez to follow up on the two major proposals the USG has presented to the GOES on the issue of the deportation of Salvadoran criminals. Lainez agreed orally to accept the ICE-E Travel Docum [...]	2006-12-05 20:33:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS CASC KHLS
06SANSALVADOR2915	EL SALVADOR: DIPNOTE RECEIVED ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-08 16:39:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA KTIA ES
06SANSALVADOR418	VIOLENCE SPIRALS IN EL SALVADOR/GOVERNMENT GRASPS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In 2005, El Salvador eclipsed Colombia as the country with the highest homicide rate per capita in the Western Hemisphere. The GOES has responded to the epidemic of gang violence with a variety of initiatives that have thus far failed to stem the tide of violence. The [...]	2006-02-17 17:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SNAR KCRM ES
06SANSALVADOR512	EL SALVADOR ELECTIONS: OAS PRE-ELECTION REVIEW AND [...] SUMMARY: With 11 days remaining until the election, the Organization of American States (OAS) election monitoring mission has certified voter registration rolls, but still notes problems with the new digital advance vote count system. On a separate front, Farabundo Marti National Liberation [...]	2006-03-01 20:35:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER OAS ES
06SANSALVADOR63	ANNUAL OSAC CRIME/SAFETY REPORT - EL SALVADOR [...] The following is El Salvador's OSAC report for CY-2005. --------------------------------------------- ----------------- Overall Crime and Safety Situation: A General Overview of the Crime and Safety Threats Facing Americans in El Salvador. --------------------------------------------- ------ [...]	2006-01-09 21:39:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSAC
06SANSALVADOR953	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THIEVES REACT VIOLENTLY TO [...] (U) On Friday, April 7, vendors of pirated optical media in downtown San Salvador, joined by suspected FMLN-linked militants, launched violent protests, looting and burning several small stores and causing damages estimated at more than $200,000. More than four hours after the protests began [...]	2006-04-10 20:40:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ES CAFTA
06SANTIAGO1644	MEDIA REACTION - MIDEAST: ISRAEL/HEZBOLLAH COMBAT, [...] On July 30, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 102,000) carried an editorial entitled "The Urgency of a Cease Fire in The Middle East." Quotes: "There is no doubt that the conflict has multiple and complex elements...but this does not mean the international community cannot do so [...]	2006-07-31 20:37:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC CI
06SANTIAGO1725	PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE MEETS WARM [...] (C) Summary: Director for Policy Planning Stephen Krasner presented the Partnership for Democratic Governance concept August 2 to the MFA Director General, other senior officials, and senior academics who advise the GOC on international issues. Chilean interlocutors, leading off with DG Porta [...]	2006-08-11 20:11:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PREL CI
06SANTIAGO1727	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following 142 Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pur [...]	2006-08-14 15:41:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1761	CHILE UNABLE TO EXPLAIN IPR REGIME TO USTR [...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant USTR Eissenstat visited Santiago August 10-11 as part of Chile's Out of Cycle Review under the Special 301 Process. Eissenstat met with a panel from the Ministries of Health and Foreign Affairs and patent office. The GOC was unable to explain how its system provides I [...]	2006-08-17 20:36:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD PREL CI
06SANTIAGO1889	ENERGY NEEDS MOVE CHILE TO CONSIDER BIOFUELS, [...] (U) Summary. Chile has felt its energy dependency more strongly this year than usual. From spiking world oil prices to the occasional cutoff of gas from Argentina, there has been nothing but bad news on energy. As part of an effort to diversify energy sources and to boost foreign direct inve [...]	2006-09-06 15:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET EAGR SENV CI
06SANTIAGO227	CODEL MCCONNELL DISCUSSES CHILE'S MIXED SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Chile,s privatized pension administration (Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones--AFP) superintendent Guillermo Larrain briefed Codel McConnell on the strengths and weaknesses of Chile,s pension system at a January 13 meeting in Santiago. Chile,s three-pillared pension system, [...]	2006-02-01 21:02:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO2277	PINOCHET GOLD DOESN'T PAN OUT, UNDER HOUSE ARREST [...] Summary: Chinese bank HSBC declared October 26 that documents showing former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet held deposits of 9629 kilograms of gold (worth an estimated 160 million dollars) were fake. The declaration capped a week of media speculation and public debate in Chile, including a [...]	2006-10-31 11:59:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KCRM CI
06SANTIAGO2289	STAFFDEL MEACHAM -- NGO COMMUNITY HEALTHY AND VIBRANT IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Carl Meacham met with Chileans across the political spectrum October 25-27 to discuss challenges facing Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Chile. NGO representatives emphasized there is freedom to operate and no onero [...]	2006-10-31 19:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PREL PHUM OVIP CI
06SANTIAGO2303	CHILE'S SPECIAL 301 OUT-OF-CYCLE REVIEW: POST [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Chile be placed on the Special 301 Priority Watch List. Nearly three years after the entry into force of the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement, the GOC's institutional framework and political commitment to IPR protection, whether for pharmaceutical patents or [...]	2006-11-03 12:14:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR PREL CI
06SANTIAGO2351	MEDIA REACTION: REPUBLICAN ELECTION LOSS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-09 16:03:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CI
06SANTIAGO2525	IS CHILE AN ECONOMIC TIGER OR JUST A BIG HOUSE CAT? [...] (C) Summary: Chile continues to attract foreign direct investment, but largely to a few traditional sectors such as mining and electricity. Potential value-added sectors which will be key to Chile's attaining the next stage of development attract almost no foreign investment. Thus far, Chile [...]	2006-12-06 18:44:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL CI
06SANTIAGO2544	REACTION TO PINOCHET'S DEATH MUTED BUT DETRACTORS [...] (U) Summary: Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet died December 10 at the Military Hospital in Santiago. The 91 year old Pinochet had been admitted after suffering a heart attack a week earlier (ref A). Both Pinochet supporters and detractors took to the streets to demonstrate their re [...]	2006-12-11 20:26:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM MARR KCRM CI
06SANTIAGO2606	CHILEAN OPPOSITION EMBRACES THE FOREST, BUT WANTS [...] (C) Likely 2009 rightist presidential candidate Pablo Longuiera recognizes that in a country where consensus on major issues reigns across the political spectrum, the opposition faces a difficult task in seeking to regain power. The task is made all the harder because Chile is "profoundly lef [...]	2006-12-20 20:43:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CI
06SANTIAGO315	CHILE: A/S DESUTTER HOLDS VERIFICATION VIDEO [...] Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance and Implementation (VCI) Paula DeSutter spoke with 22 Chilean academics about regional threats and U.S. efforts to strengthen effective arms control regimes at an Embassy-hosted digital video conference on January 23. A/S DeSu [...]	2006-02-13 20:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ETTC MARR PARM PINR PREL PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO380	CHILE: POST RECOMMENDS SPECIAL 301 PRIORITY WATCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Chile be placed on the Special 301 Priority Watch List. Despite its obligations under the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement, which entered into force two years ago, Chile has yet to improve substantially its IPR protection. Chile did pass new IPR-related le [...]	2006-02-22 22:40:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR PREL CI
06SANTIAGO415	BACHELET TO FORM NEW MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: President-elect Michelle Bachelet intends to establish a Ministry of Public Security, with a still to be defined mandate over funds and administration of all domestic security forces. The main goal is to improve coordination between the Carabineros (national police) and PICH ( [...]	2006-03-01 13:16:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PINR CI
06SANTIAGO425	CHILE: A/S DESUTTER HOLDS VERIFICATION VIDEO [...] Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance and Implementation (VCI) Paula DeSutter spoke with 22 Chilean academics about regional threats and U.S. efforts to strengthen effective arms control regimes at an Embassy-hosted digital video conference on January 23. A/S DeSu [...]	2006-03-01 18:31:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ETTC MARR PARM PINR PREL PGOV CI

06SANTIAGO593	MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ [...] On March 20, all stations featured stories regarding the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Quotes: 2. Private Megavision's pundit Libardo Buitrago said: "The invasion of Iraq is far from achieving the objectives set by President George Bush. First, it did not demonstrate that Ir [...]	2006-03-21 21:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IZ
06SANTIAGO594	MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELAN GOVERNANCE, RELATIONS WITH THE [...] On March 20, TVN's "Medianoche." Quote: "President Bush has had to withstand an avalanche of criticism...from comments that he is a coward and thickheaded to surveys that associate him with the word incompetent...Bush has announced a possible retaliation against Iran if it moves forward wit [...]	2006-03-21 21:20:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CI VE
06SANTIAGO93	CHILE: MINISTER OF DEFENSE BRIEFS CODEL MCCONNELL [...] (C) Summary: Chilean Minister of Defense Jaime Ravinet told members of CODEL McConnell January 12 that Chile was the United States' "most reliable partner in the region." Ravinet shared his concerns about neighboring countries' leftward drift and their propensity to use Chile as a straw man. [...]	2006-01-15 20:20:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS OVIP CI
06SANTIAGO931	MEDIA REACTION - BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-04 19:40:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CI BL
06SANTODOMINGO1100	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #5: ELECTORAL CANDIDATES [...] (U) This is the 5th cable in a series reporting on the Dominican Republic's 2006 congressional and municipal elections: Electoral Candidates Registered Despite Clamor Presidential legal advisor Cesar Pina Torribio doesn't like it, but after a week of clamor and recriminations, the Centra [...]	2006-04-03 11:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV DR
06SANTODOMINGO168	HAITIAN MIGRANT DEATHS REVEAL WEAK BORDER CONTROLS [...] (C) Summary. The January 11 death by suffocation of 24 illegal Haitian migrants has triggered a Dominican Government response that includes a formal apology to Haitian authorities, a presidential promise to seek justice with the formation of a "blue-ribbon" investigative committee, and the ne [...]	2006-01-13 23:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR ELTN HA KJUS MARR PREF PREL SOCI
06SANTODOMINGO1911	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL - TREASURY [...] US Embassy Santo Domingo welcomes and grants country clearance to US Treasury Representatives John Ramos and Robert Warfield for travel to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from June 19 to June 30, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to conduct an annual assessment of the current Tax Technical [...]	2006-06-07 15:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN OTRA DR
06SANTODOMINGO1941	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2006 INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] This cable provides the 2006 Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims Report for the Dominican Republic. The tracked changes version was sent via email on June 9, 2006 as directed. 2. The United States Government is presently aware of seventeen (17) claims (including five new ones fo [...]	2006-06-09 20:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC DR ENIV KIDE PGOV OPIC
06SANTODOMINGO273	DOMINICAN POLITICS II #16: FERNANDEZ WARNS OF [...] (SBU) This is the 16th cable in a series reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez. (The President's remarks on "balkanization" reflect the Dominican obsession with the thorny issue of dealing with Haitian migrants; ugly incidents suggest tha [...]	2006-01-25 20:48:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA DR PHUM
06SANTODOMINGO2962	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER: [...] (U) Ambassador Hertell met with Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso on September 12 to introduce Post's new DCM, Roland Bullen. Dominican Under Secretary Jose Manuel Trullols and POLOFF also attended. 2. (C) Following pleasantries, the Ambassador raised the CAFTA-DR implementation pro [...]	2006-09-14 18:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR PGOV PREL HA
06SANTODOMINGO3129	DOMINICAN TEXTILES AND APPAREL - STATS AND [...] (U) Summary. Textile and apparel production represents an important part of the Dominican Republic's economy. Half of all companies in the Dominican Free Trade Zones (FTZs) are textile and apparel related companies and 98 percent of all Dominican textile and apparel companies are located in [...]	2006-10-03 17:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KTEX DR
06SANTODOMINGO3248	BIOFUELS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (U) Summary. For 2006, the Dominican Republic is expected to spend close to 8 percent of its GDP on petroleum imports, similar to 2005. The government understands the need to diversify its fuel strategy to lower energy costs, especially in the electricity sector. Although a renewable energ [...]	2006-10-13 17:48:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL PGOV ENRG
06SANTODOMINGO3282	HAITIANS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - - THEY JUST [...] (U) SUMMARY: Unfulfilled promises, nationalistic rebuffs and outright distortions continue to characterize the Dominican response to international concerns over the country's treatment of its largely undocumented Haitian minority. Despite repeated pledges, the government has failed to comply [...]	2006-10-18 20:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR PHUM PGOV PREF SMIG ASEC UNHCR IOM HA
06SANTODOMINGO3285	ELECTRICITY SERIES #1: WHO'S GOT THE POWER IN THE [...] (U) This is the first cable of a series on the politics surrounding the electricity sector and why politics and not economics is the cause of the electricity crisis in the Dominican Republic. Contending institutions oversee Dominican electricity policy and regulation. Recent changes suggest [...]	2006-10-19 11:21:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL EFIN DR
06SANTODOMINGO3438	SANTO DOMINGO 2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] The Dominican Republic (DR) is a major transit country for drugs from South America, with cocaine transiting to Europe, and both cocaine and heroin transiting to the United States. During 2006, the DR dramatically increased major seizures of narcotics such as heroin, cocaine and MDMA; continued [...]	2006-11-03 20:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR SNAR KCRM DR
06SANTODOMINGO3521	DOMINICAN POLITICS III #10: FERNANDEZ"S BIG [...] (U) This is the tenth cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third years of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Fernandez has initiated a program to reform the constitution of the Dominican Republic, seizing the opportunity presented by a [...]	2006-11-16 18:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR EAID ECON PGOV PHUM SMIG
06SANTODOMINGO3545	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REVIEWS ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA [...] (C) On November 16, Economic-Political Counselor and poloff presented Ref A points concerning the November 17 special session to Deputy Secretary of State Alejandra Liriano and Undersecretary of State (and functional Chief of Staff) Jose Manuel Trullols. Trullols remarked immediately on the o [...]	2006-11-20 17:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA UNHCR UN KTIA BO IS DR
06SANTODOMINGO3655	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL VISIT TO THE DOMINICAN [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in the Dominican Republic warmly welcomes your planned December 8-10 visit to Santo Domingo. Space permitting, Ambassador Hans Hertell will greet you in Washington, DC on the day of your departure, and travel with you via milair to Santo Domingo. We have arrange [...]	2006-12-06 11:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR EPET PHUM PREF PREL ETRAD ECON DR
06SANTODOMINGO3807	WATER AND SANITATION ISSUES IN THE DOMINICAN [...] (U) Summary. Per reftel, Embassy conducted a review of host country needs and identified opportunities to strengthen U.S. engagement on water and sanitation programs in the Dominican Republic. Access to potable water, especially in rural areas, better sewage infrastructure and treatment fac [...]	2006-12-28 19:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV OES
06SANTODOMINGO841	DOMINICAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON MAY 30-31 SUMMIT, [...] (C) Recommendation and action request -- see para 6. 2, (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador March 6, Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso previewed his March 14-15 visit to Washington regarding two planned events in the Dominican Republic: a May 30-31 regional summit, t [...]	2006-03-09 14:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR PREL OAS OPDC
06SANTODOMINGO920	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL - TREASURY TAX ADVISORS [...] US Embassy Santo Domingo welcomes and grants country clearance to Treasury tax advisors John Ramos and Jean Tesche to travel to Santo Domingo from March 20 to April 1. The purpose of the trip is to continue working on a tax administration project for the Ministry of Finance. --------------- [...]	2006-03-14 17:21:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR EFIN OTRA
06SANTODOMINGO936	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL - TREASURY TAX ADVISOR [...] US Embassy Santo Domingo welcomes and grants country clearance to Treasury tax advisor Alan Beber to travel to Santo Domingo from March 27 to April 14. The purpose of the trip is to continue working on a tax administration project for the Ministry of Finance. 2. Embassy confirms availabi [...]	2006-03-16 15:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR EFIN
06SAOPAULO1002	SOUTHWEST BRAZIL: CATTLE CRISIS, POROUS BORDER, AND U.S. [...] (SBU) Consul General (CG) recently visited Brazil's southwestern border state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Meetings with representatives of the cattle ranching sector and government researchers shed light on an economic dichotomy in the Brazilian beef industry today: Drought conditions, market worr [...]	2006-09-18 13:36:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAGR ETRD ENRG SENV KPAO EINV ECON BR
06SAOPAULO1082	AMBASSADOR SOBEL MEETS WITH PRIVATE SECTOR IN SAO PAULO [...] (U) Ambassador Sobel met with various business leaders and organizations during his September 26-28 visit to Sao Paulo. Septels report on Ambassador Sobel's meetings on education during this visit and his inauguration of a USAID-sponsored development project. The leader of an important indust [...]	2006-10-11 12:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EAGR EAID BR
06SAOPAULO1155	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: BRAZIL, PRESIDENTIAL [...] "Lula Reelected" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (10/30) editorialized: "Reelected with more than 60 percent of valid votes, President Lula da Silva now has before him a much more diverse political horizon than that of 2002.... Lula is far from the aura of socia [...]	2006-10-30 14:13:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO1264	PT EXPECTS LULA TO ADVANCE THE PARTY'S AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials of President Lula's Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT) downplayed reports of tensions between the President and his party. The PT considers the 2006 elections to have been a referendum on President Lula's record and his vision for the country and believe [...]	2006-12-15 14:29:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON PREL BR
06SAOPAULO1277	MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST: PALESTINIAN GOVERNANCE; SAO PAULO [...] "Palestinian Crossroad" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (12/9) editorialized: "The Palestinians are on the eve of a civil war, and PNA President Mahmoud Abbas' decision of calling elections does not help to calm the situation. However, the call for elections has [...]	2006-12-19 12:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO1280	MEDIA REACTION: AFRICA: LIBYA, BULGARIAN NURSES [...] "Two Hypotheses For Qaddafi's Obstinacy" Center-right O Estado de S. Paulo's Paris correspondent Giles Lapouge opined (12/20): "All experts reject that the five defendants have committed such a monstrous crime.... We believe that the accusation that they have inoculated the AIDS virus in the [...]	2006-12-20 12:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO261	The Ever-Rising Real Part II: The Emergence of Dutch [...] (U) This is the second of a two-part series on the macro-economic consequences of the recent rise in the Brazilian real. The first cable in the series, Brasilia 366, looked at the GOB's macro and debt management policies. This cable, authored by ConGen Sao Paulo, considers the effect of the [...]	2006-03-10 19:58:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD BEXP ECON EINV PGOV BR
06SAOPAULO280	LABOR LEADERS DIFFER OVER LULA GOVERNMENT, BUT MOST WORKERS [...] (SBU) During his March 6-7 visit to Sao Paulo, Labor Attache met with representatives of three major labor organizations and the ruling Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT),as well as some academics specializing in labor issues. With the exception of representatives of the influen [...]	2006-03-15 13:28:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI BR
06SAOPAULO332	LANDLESS MOVEMENT'S EARLY YEAR ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Land invasions led by the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (Landless Rural Workers Movement - MST) and allied groups have begun in the Sao Paulo Consular District (southern and part of southeastern Brasil) in anticipation of the annual Red April protests (ref A). Early Mar [...]	2006-03-24 18:51:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PREL ELAB PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO348	SEVEN DEAD IN LATEST WAVE OF PCC-LED RIOTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Seven inmates died during a 21-hour rebellion that rocked a public jail in Sao Paulo state March 23-24. This deadly event occurred two days after a series of prison disturbances in four municipalities in the state, and is believed to have been organized by the powerful gang, [...]	2006-03-29 19:09:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO352	VISIT OF CODEL GRASSLEY TO SAO PAULO: ETHANOL AND [...] Senator Charles Grassley (IA) - Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee - and his delegation visited Maringa, Parana state and Sao Paulo, March 22-23. Other members of the delegation included Senators Crapo (ID) and Allard (CO); Representatives Peterson (MN),English (PA),King (IA),Issa (CA [...]	2006-03-31 17:58:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PGOV PREL EAGR ECON ENRG BR
06SAOPAULO415	WASTED OPPORTUNITIES -- SAO PAULO BUSINESS TELLS A/S WAYNE [...] (SBU) E. Anthony Wayne, Assistant Secretary of State (A/S) for Economic and Business Affairs, visited Sao Paulo April 5-6 to participate in the World Economic Forum on Latin America. During his visit, he also had several meetings with Sao Paulo business leaders, who generally agreed that whil [...]	2006-04-19 12:49:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN EINV BR
06SAOPAULO436	CODEL GRASSLEY: FRANK DISCUSSIONS ON TRADE IN SAO PAULO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During its recent visit to Sao Paulo, CODEL Grassley engaged in vigorous and sometimes contentious discussions with representatives of Brazil's private sector over U.S. and Brazilian trade policies and different approaches to bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations. Braz [...]	2006-04-25 18:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ETRD EAGR ECON ENRG BR
06SAOPAULO454	TREASURY A/S LOWERY MEETS WITH SAO PAULO CONTACTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury A/S Clay Lowery's interlocutors during an April 4 Sao Paulo visit pointed to problems obtaining financing and skilled labor, along with the high and complicated taxes, as hindering the development of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). A round-table with recipients of [...]	2006-05-02 18:20:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR
06SAOPAULO526	GANG WAGES WAR ON SAO PAULO POLICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The notorious Sao Paulo organized crime gang First Capital Command ("PCC") waged a deadly and brutal assault against the police over the weekend, killing 44 officers and injuring another 27 in up to 180 attacks across Sao Paulo state. The police, in turn, killed 23 suspected cr [...]	2006-05-15 20:28:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO530	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: BRAZIL: WAVE OF [...] "Frightened Society" Economic columnist Celso Ming commented in center-right O Estado de S. Paulo (5/16): "The facility with which organized crime is successfully spreading terror can be analyzed from several points of view. One of them is the economic viewpoint. This is a nation of the in [...]	2006-05-16 14:13:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO532	SAO PAULO STREET WAR OVER, BUT WHO WON? [...] (U) SUMMARY: The three-night assault on Sao Paulo police forces by the organized crime gang PCC seemed to have ended Monday evening (May 15) as suddenly as it started. The daily newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo reported on Tuesday, May 16, that the PCC leadership called a truce after reaching an [...]	2006-05-16 18:58:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO551	SAO PAULO POLICE STRIKE BACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In reaction to a wave of violence orchestrated by the organized crime gang First Capital Command (PCC) which left over 100 persons dead including over 40 law enforcement officers, Sao Paulo police stepped up patrols and checkpoints on Tuesday and Wednesday (May 16-17) in certai [...]	2006-05-18 20:05:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM CASC SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO573	DUST SETTLES IN SAO PAULO AFTER VIOLENT CRIME WAVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Criminal activities associated with last week's violent crime wave orchestrated by the organized criminal gang the First Capital Command (PCC) have all but ceased in and around Sao Paulo. A few random incidents that appear related were reported over the weekend, but in general, [...]	2006-05-22 18:43:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM CASC SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO659	ARGENTINE CG DISCUSSES REGIONAL INTEGRATION, CALLS FOR [...] (U) In a recent speech on Argentine-Brazilian bilateral relations, Argentine Consul General Vidal faulted regional asymmetries for Mercosul's disappointing economic performance (reftel) and proposed strengthening cultural ties as a means of achieving regional integration. Vidal points to indu [...]	2006-06-12 11:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ETRD PGOV PREL SCUL BR AR
06SAOPAULO685	BRAZIL TRAILS IN WORLD BANK'S "DOING BUSINESS" RANKINGS [...] SUMMARY: Brazil ranked 119th among 155 countries in the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) Doing Business rankings, published by the World Bank. Brazil fared worst in its labor, tax, and bankruptcy rankings. Unless addressed, doing business in Brazil may be viewed more in terms of its [...]	2006-06-20 12:28:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO689	PMDB CHIEF AFFIRMS PARTY'S POSITION AS POWER BROKER BUT [...] (SBU) Michel Temer, President of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB),believes President Lula has done a masterful job of disassociating himself from the political corruption scandals that have crushed some of his closest advisers. He also has effectively expanded social programs t [...]	2006-06-21 16:05:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON BR
06SAOPAULO692	BRAZIL'S BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Viewed through the lenses applied by many business groupings, Brazil's "competitiveness" has been falling relative to its major emerging market peers, such as India and China. Numerous surveys of business leaders and some studies, including by the OECD, show Brazil falling in var [...]	2006-06-22 15:15:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KIPR PGOV ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO699	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE, FREE-TRADE, DOHA ROUND; [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 11:35:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO734	ALCKMIN UNVEILS GOVERNMENT PROGRAM [...] (SBU) The opposition PSDB government program unveiled at the party's June 11 national convention cannot be characterized as a page-turner, but it contains a number of interesting proposals and initiatives. Its centerpiece, as is to be expected under the circumstances, is economic development [...]	2006-07-03 17:49:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO751	SNAPSHOT OF PRISON CHAOS IN SAO PAULO STATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the past month, Sao Paulo prison officials have been housing over 1400 prisoners in an open yard designed to hold about 160 people in the Araraquara prison in northern Sao Paulo state. No AmCits are currently housed in Araraquara, but one AmCit is being held in somewhat si [...]	2006-07-10 17:58:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM CASC SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO761	INCREASED OVERNIGHT VIOLENCE IN SAO PAULO LIKELY DUE TO [...] Sao Paulo's slow burn of violence directed against prison and police officials by the organized criminal gang PCC over the past weeks flared during the early morning hours of July 12. Reminiscent of the beginning of the violence unleashed on Sao Paulo and neighboring cities in mid-May by the P [...]	2006-07-13 09:28:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KCRM SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO765	REDUCED VIOLENCE IN SAO PAULO NIGHT OF JULY 12, BUS [...] Sao Paulo and neighboring cities again suffered attacks the night of July 12/morning of July 13 from the organized criminal gang First Capital Command (PCC),though at a reduced level compared to the previous night. Two deaths from July 12 were reported, though apparently no one was killed in [...]	2006-07-14 08:59:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KCRM SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO771	VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO DIMINISH IN SAO PAULO NIGHT OF JULY [...] (U) Sao Paulo and neighboring cities suffered a third night of attacks the evening of July 12/morning of July 13 from the organized criminal gang First Capital Command (PCC),though the level of violence continued to fall. There were only about 17 attacks (no deaths) reported overnight: two in [...]	2006-07-14 18:32:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO785	BRAZIL: SENATOR CORNYN VISITS TRI-BORDER REGION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senator John Cornyn of Texas and his Foreign Affairs Advisor Russ Thomasson visited Brazil and Paraguay on July 1-3 in order to study issues involving the tri-border region. The Senator sits on several subcommittees that provide oversight for matters involving the region, incl [...]	2006-07-20 18:35:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ETRD PTER EFIN BRPA
06SAOPAULO849	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CUBA; SAO PAULO [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-04 10:50:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO865	PRE-FATHER'S DAY ATTACKS IN SAO PAULO BY PCC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sao Paulo residents awoke Monday morning, August 7, to reports of yet another round of bus burnings and bomb and gun attacks against police targets orchestrated by the organized crime ring PCC. Twenty-seven attacks were reported in greater Sao Paulo by the office of the state [...]	2006-08-07 19:42:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM CASC ASEC SNAR SOCI BR
06SAOPAULO873	FEWER PCC ATTACKS IN SAO PAULO BUT NEW POLITICAL BATTLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The third day of what is being called the third wave of PCC-led attacks in Sao Paulo state brought only a few new incidents on Wednesday morning, August 9. The newest attacks, however, included targets in upper-scale neighborhoods and the greater use of homemade bombs. Meanwh [...]	2006-08-09 19:48:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM CASC ASEC SNAR SOCI BR
06SAOPAULO887	QUIET IN SAO PAULO, BUT JOURNALISTS' KIDNAPPING MARKS NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Sao Paulo residents enjoyed a relatively quiet Father's Day weekend, as a feared repeat of the widespread violence that occurred on Mother's Day three months ago failed to materialize (ref B). Some 13,000 inmates were given weekend furloughs for the holiday, but only scattered [...]	2006-08-14 13:59:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM CASC ASEC SNAR SOCI BR
06SAOPAULO988	COMMANDER OF CARANDIRU MASSACRE FOUND MURDERED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The police commander who was in charge of operations during the infamous 1992 police massacre of inmates at Sao Paulo's Carandiru Prison was found dead in his apartment on Sunday night, September 10. Early reports indicate that Ubiratan Guimaraes, who retired from the police f [...]	2006-09-12 18:49:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM PHUM PINR SOCI BR
06SARAJEVO1020	BOSNIA: RELIGION AND POLITICS APPEALING MIX FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has long been politically involved in issues surrounding Croat returns, specifically the question of who is primarily to blame for the low numbers of Bosnian Croat refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) who returned to [...]	2006-05-09 13:13:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI BK
06SARAJEVO1096	BOSNIA: REPUBLIKA SRPSKA PRIME MINISTER RECEPTIVE [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion on May 15 (political issues reported septel),the Ambassador thanked Republika Srpska (RS) Premier Milorad Dodik for his quick action on several USG-sponsored economic priorities, including revenue allocation, corporate profit tax legislation, and r [...]	2006-05-18 05:54:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO1149	AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SPURIOUSLY CLAIMS ILLEGAL [...] (C) Summary: On May 10, Amnesty International (AI) issued a report on the global arms trade. In the report, AI erroneously alleges that hundreds of thousands of small arms and light weapons (SA/LW) and associate ammunition were clandestinely shipped from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to Iraq [...]	2006-05-22 17:34:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1174	BOSNIA: BREAKAWAY CROAT "HDZ 1990" BUILDS ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Breakaway ethnic Croat "HDZ 1990" made a dramatic entry into BiH politics on April 26, when it co-opted enough key parliamentary votes to block constitutional reform. Since then, it has tried to ride on the momentum as it builds local party structures. Lacking def [...]	2006-05-25 13:07:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO1276	SUBJECT: BOSNIA: CAVIC HINTS ON SDS CANDIDATES, [...] (C) Summary: Republika Srpska (RS) President Dragan Cavic told Embassy May 30 that he will likely again be the candidate of the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) for the post of RS President in BiH general elections scheduled for October 2006. (The SDS, whose founder was Radovan Karadzic, has been [...]	2006-06-05 11:59:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1748	BOSNIA: CITIZENSHIP REVIEW UNDERWAY AS NEGATIVE [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Embassy has been working with the GBiH for more than a year to address the potential threat posed by mujaheddin improperly granted citizenship after the 1992-1995 war. The BiH Citizenship Review Commission, established in January 2006 to review these cases, has received around [...]	2006-08-04 06:09:00	Embassy Sarajevo	SECRET	PTER ASEC PREL PGOV BG
06SARAJEVO1751	RS OFFICIALS PLEDGE ICTY COOPERATION TO SWCI [...] (U) Summary and Comment: On July 28 and from August 1-2 Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with GBiH and Republika Serpska (RS) officials in Sarajevo and Banja Luka. Both GBiH and RS officials affirmed their commitment to ICTY cooperation, and all agreed with Ambas [...]	2006-08-04 11:42:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	KWAC PHUM PGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1773	CORRECTED COPY: RS OFFICIALS PLEDGE ICTY [...] (U) This cable replaces Sarajevo 1751 (ref. A). This cable has been cleared by S/WCI Ambassador Williamson's office. 2. (U) Summary and Comment: On July 28 and from August 1-2 Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with GBiH and Republika Serpska (RS) officials in Sa [...]	2006-08-07 08:03:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	ICTY KAWC PHUM PGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1826	BOSNIA: A ROUGH SEMESTER AHEAD AS NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Our tranformational diplomacy in Bosnia and Herzegovina will confront a number of challenges over the next months: -- The Kosovo final status talks, as did the Montenegro referendum, will provide Bosniaks and Serbs, in particular, additional means to radicalize the political [...]	2006-08-10 18:34:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO1852	BOSNIA - OPERATION STORM STIRS UP A TEMPEST [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The airing of two videos allegedly documenting war crimes committed against Serbs during Operation Storm in 1995 has set off a political firestorm in Bosnia. The intensity of the political firestorm has been fueled in part by Serb accusations against a prominent Bosniak war he [...]	2006-08-14 09:54:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KAWC KJUS PGOV PINR PREL
06SARAJEVO2111	BOSNIA: PM DODIK CLAIMS HE'LL MODERATE RHETORIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 11 meeting with Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, Ambassador delivered ref A letter from Under Secretary Burns to PM Dodik, and underscored USG concerns over Dodik,s comments on Kosovo during his recent visit to Belgrade. Dodik claimed his me [...]	2006-09-13 09:34:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK YI UNMIK
06SARAJEVO2744	2006-2007 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA INSCR REPORT (PART 1) [...] (U) BELOW FOLLOWS THE 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INSCR) PART ONE FOR BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: I. Summary Narcotics control capabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina remain in a formative period and have not kept pace with developments in other areas of law enforceme [...]	2006-11-03 15:12:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR BK
06SARAJEVO3069	STATE COURT UPDATES PART ONE: WAR CRIMES CHAMBER [...] INTRODUCTION: This is the first of two cables summarizing cases currently before the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This cable summarizes war crimes cases. Cases underway in the State Court Special Section for Organized Crime, Financial Crime and Corruption will be discussed septel. [...]	2006-12-04 13:44:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	ICTY KAWC PHUM PINR BK
06SARAJEVO3070	STATE COURT UPDATES PART ONE: WAR CRIMES CHAMBER [...] INTRODUCTION: This is the first of two cables summarizing cases currently bfore the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. his cable summarizes war crimes cases. Cases unerway in the State Court Special Section for Organzed Crime, Financial Crime and Corruption will b discussed septel. The [...]	2006-12-04 13:51:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	ICTY KAWC PHUM PINR BK
06SARAJEVO3090	NEW DODIK GOVERNMENT: MOST MINISTERS REMAIN [...] (SBU) The RS National Assembly (RSNA) elected Milorad Dodik for a second consecutive term as Republika Srpska (RS) Premier November 30, by a vote of 60 to 18 with 2 abstentions. Dodik and his government slate received the support of his own Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD),Mla [...]	2006-12-06 10:40:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BK
06SARAJEVO749	BOSNIA: COURT DECLARES ENTITY SYMBOLS MUST GO [...] Summary: On March 30, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) issued a decision that the Federation flag and coat of arms and the Republika Srpska (RS) coat of arms and anthem are unconstitutional because the ethnically-associated symbols they contain constitute a form of raci [...]	2006-04-11 08:22:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM BK
06SARAJEVO829	BOSNIA: SCENESETTER FOR HIGH REP VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling's April 19-21 visit to Washington will be an opportunity to review his first three months in office. CSS (his staff's abbreviation, not used in speech) sees himseslf as the antidote to former High Rep Ashdown's activist interventio [...]	2006-04-14 16:49:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BK
06SECION01OF02HARARE628	LABOR STRIKES LOMING [...] C) General Agriculture and Plantation Workers Unio of Zimbabwe (GAPWUZ) General Secretary GertrudeHambira told econoff on May 24 that within two weks the union would likely announce a strike by aricultural workers over wages. Zimbabwe Congressof Trade Unions (ZCTU) Secretary General Wellingon [...]	2006-05-26 10:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGO PHUM ECON ASEC ZI
06SEOUL1021	ROK CRITICIZED FOR "APOLOGIZING" TO DPRK TO [...] (C) In the aftermath of the March 22 incident at Mt. Geumgang, North Korea -- in which DPRK officials retaliated against South Korean journalists' statement that one of the North Korean participants in the inter-Korean family reunion event was "abducted" by preventing 99 elderly South Koreans [...]	2006-03-28 09:35:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KN KS
06SEOUL1031	RECENT TRENDS IN PRC-DPRK ECONOMIC RELATIONS AND [...] (SBU) Chinese economic ties with North Korea have expanded greatly in the past two years. Although the ROKG welcomes the stabilizing effect that Chinese trade and investment brings to the DPRK, it is alarmed at the PRC's growing influence, to the point that ROK officials now routinely assert [...]	2006-03-29 08:22:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EAID KN KS
06SEOUL1050	CAMBODIAN PM HUN SEN'S VISIT TO ROK FOCUSES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 20-24 visit to South Korea of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen focused almost exclusively on the Cambodians' interest in obtaining ROK designation of Cambodia as a country "qualified to export labor to South Korea." Accompanied by eight ministers, Hun Sen also secured [...]	2006-03-30 07:50:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELAB EAID KS
06SEOUL1128	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION KEY TO RESOLVING IMPASSE [...] (SBU) Prior to USTR Ambassador Portman's call to Trade Minister Kim Hyun-chong about the beef issue, Embassy Seoul would like to offer some current context, and try to explain the possible reasons for the apparent disconnect between messages given to us by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade [...]	2006-04-06 02:35:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KS
06SEOUL1266	STAFFDEL VISIT TO KAESONG INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX [...] (U) During an April 12 staffdel visit to the South Korean-managed Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) in North Korea, KIC officials said that informal conversations with North Korean workers indicated that the DPRK provided the workers with approximately 70 percent of their wages, for a base inc [...]	2006-04-18 06:20:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ELAB PHUM PREL KS KN
06SEOUL1293	PRC DEFENSE MINISTER'S HIGH-PROFILE VISIT [...] (C) Summary: During a high-profile visit to Korea, PRC Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan discussed bilateral defense ties, cooperation on North Korea, and economic development with President Roh and Defense Minister Yoon. Cao advocated enhancing military exchanges and asked for invitations for [...]	2006-04-19 08:48:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KS CH
06SEOUL1298	A/S SHANNON'S KOREAN CONSULTATIONS ON LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) Visiting WHA Assistant Secretary Shannon on April 12 reviewed with ROKG officials U.S. objectives for enlisting strategic partners, like Seoul and Tokyo, to play a key role in promoting democracy, free markets, and economic prosperity in Latin America. ROKG officials welcomed consultation [...]	2006-04-20 01:59:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON KS
06SEOUL1327	FTA LABOR TEAM MEETS ROKG OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. FTA labor negotiators visited Seoul April 4 through 7 to meet with Korean government, management, and labor representatives; explain the FTA process; and conduct background research on Korean labor law and practices. Below, we report on the delegation's meetings with the [...]	2006-04-21 09:27:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD KS PGOV
06SEOUL1328	LABOR GIRDING FOR FTA BATTLE [...] (SBU) The U.S. FTA labor negotiating team visited Seoul April 4 to 7 to meet with Korean government, labor and management officials and conduct background research. Korean organized labor representatives were wary of an FTA and feared that it would precede mass layoffs like those experienced [...]	2006-04-21 09:29:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD KS PGOV
06SEOUL1349	ROKG READOUT ON MARITIME RESOLUTION WITH JAPAN [...] (C) MOFAT DG for the Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau Lee Hyuk on April 24 told POL M/C that Seoul was relieved that it managed the maritime survey dispute and prevented a worsening of the already strained relationship with Tokyo. Both sides agreed that (1) Japan would recall its ships and dr [...]	2006-04-24 10:19:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHSA PREL EFIS MOPS KSAC JA
06SEOUL1375	A/S HILL'S APRIL 13-14 MEETINGS WITH MOFAT YU [...] (S) During an April 13 meeting, MOFAT Acting Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan stressed to EAP A/S Christopher Hill and the Ambassador the need for patience with North Korea on the nuclear issue, a public emphasis on the importance of the Six Party Talks, and increased Chinese pressure on the Nor [...]	2006-04-25 07:41:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PREL PARM MNUC EFIN KNNP KS KN
06SEOUL1391	EMBASSY FTA OUTREACH EFFORTS AIM TO RALLY KOREAN [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and other Embassy officials have stepped up outreach efforts aimed at galvanizing Korea's "silent majority" to be more vocal in their support of the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA). The Ambassador delivered well-received speeches to politicians from both the r [...]	2006-04-26 04:32:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV KS
06SEOUL1445	ROK OPPOSES IRAN'S HRC CANDIDACY [...] (C) On April 27, POL M/C delivered Ref A points, urging opposition to Iran's candidacy to the UN Human Rights Council, to Cho Tae-yong, Director-General of the North American Affairs Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The same points were also delivered to Jang Hyun-cheol, D [...]	2006-05-01 05:36:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL KS
06SEOUL1472	ROK QUESTIONS PERCEIVED USG POLICY SHIFTS ON DPRK [...] (C) In a May 1 meeting with the POL M/C, Cho Tae-yong, Director-General of MOFAT's North American Affairs Bureau, asked whether USG policy had changed toward the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) and on granting asylum to North Koreans who had already been resettled in South Korea. Cho protest [...]	2006-05-02 07:44:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KS
06SEOUL1473	SOUTH KOREAN READOUT ON PRC-ROK-JAPAN TRILATERAL [...] (C) On May 2, Lim Ki-mo, Director of MOFAT's Latin American and Caribbean Regional Cooperation Division, briefed poloff on the April 26 Director General-level trilateral meeting in Beijing between Chinese, Japanese, and Korean officials to discuss Latin America. The meeting's objective was to [...]	2006-05-02 07:48:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON KS
06SEOUL1545	ROK PROVIDES UPDATE ON TIES TO IRAN [...] (C) On May 9, Ma Young-sam, MOFAT's Director-General for the Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau, requested a meeting with A/POL to reiterate Seoul's concerns about Iran's nuclear activities and to update the USG on two developments in ROK-Iranian relations: First, the ROK was considering [...]	2006-05-09 07:44:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MUNC ETRD KS IR
06SEOUL1629	Round-Up of North-South Exchanges: April 2006 [...] North-South exchanges during April included cooperative efforts to preserve historic relics in the North, as well as practical exchanges in the agricultural, cultural and athletic fields. South Korea's humanitarian assistance to the North during April appeared to be smaller than in previous m [...]	2006-05-15 22:36:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ENRG SOCI ETRD KS KN
06SEOUL1732	DAEJEON: RULING PARTY'S SOLE HOPE FOR VICTORY [...] (SBU) Daejeon City is one of the few races that the ruling Uri Party is reasonably projected to win in the upcoming May 31 local elections (Ref A),despite gains by the GNP in the aftermath of the recent attack on GNP Chairwoman Park Geun-hye (Ref B). As Daejeon is the ROK's geographic heart [...]	2006-05-23 08:24:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KS
06SEOUL1806	AMBASSADOR AND ENVIRONMENT MINISTER SPAR OVER [...] (C) Ambassador made an introductory call on Minister of Environment Lee Chi-beom on May 25. After initial pleasantries, the Ambassador highlighted strong U.S. frustration that continued disagreement over environmental remediation had stalled the return of closed bases. He noted that the Uni [...]	2006-05-30 07:33:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR SENV KS
06SEOUL1836	EAP PDAS STEPHENS' JUNE 1 MEETING WITH ASSISTANT [...] (C) In a June 1 meeting with EAP PDAS Kathleen Stephens, Assistant Minister of Unification Park Chan-bong stated that the DPRK's latest display of uncooperative behavior in inter-Korean dialogue led Seoul to question whether the DPRK leadership was experiencing some new internal strife in its [...]	2006-06-02 08:42:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC MARR ECON KN KS
06SEOUL1963	KORUS FTA: SENIOR BLUE HOUSE OFFICIALS PLEDGE [...] (SBU) A troika of key senior Blue House officials told the Ambassador that they are paying very close attention to the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA). The Chief Secretary to the President for National Policy outlined the SIPDIS Korean government's plans for internal coordinatio [...]	2006-06-13 05:52:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV KS
06SEOUL1981	KOREA-ASEAN FTA: TRADE IN GOODS AGREEMENT FINALIZED [...] (SBU) Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),with the exception of Thailand, finalized and signed the Trade in Goods (TIG) part of their free trade agreement (FTA) on May 16 in Manila. The agreement will liberalize 90 percent of tariff lines, amounting to 90 percent of [...]	2006-06-14 08:35:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL KS XC
06SEOUL2114	STATUS OF U.S. APPROVAL FOR ROK TO TRAIN U.A.E. [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) In a June 26 meeting with poloffs, MND Americas Policy Division Assistant Director Kong Pyung Won inquired on the status of a ROKG request for the USG's permission for the ROK Air Force to train U.A.E. F-16 pilots in Korea. Kong said the request had be [...]	2006-06-26 09:29:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR PGOV KS
06SEOUL2185	ROK SURVEY VESSEL IN DISPUTED WATERS NEXT WEEK [...] (C) MOFAT DG for the Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau Lee Hyuk on June 30 told A/DCM that the ROK planned to dispatch a research vessel on July 3 to conduct a sea stream survey, arriving possibly as soon as July 4 or 5, in waters of overlapping claims with Japan. Seoul, however, did not cons [...]	2006-06-30 10:30:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA KS JA
06SEOUL2201	BLUE HOUSE RESHUFFLES CABINET [...] (SBU) The Blue House announced today a partial cabinet reshuffle, placing in the Ministry of Finance and Economy and the Ministry of Education and Human Resources two of President Roh Moo-hyun's most trusted advisors, Kwon O-kyu and Kim Byong-joon, respectively. Kwon, who replaces Han Duck-s [...]	2006-07-03 09:03:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KS

06SEOUL2227	ROKG OFFICIALS DISCUSS DPRK MISSILES, KIC, [...] (C) In a series of meetings on June 28, SFRC Professional Staff Member Frank Jannuzi told officials from the Ministry of Unification (MOU),Ministry of National Defense (MND),and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) that the ROK should seek to dissuade a DPRK missile launch. Seo [...]	2006-07-06 06:01:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC ETRD KS KN
06SEOUL2351	ROKG RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN PRT CONFERENCE [...] (U) On July 14, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Southwest Asia and Oceania Division delivered a response declining to participate in the Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Effectiveness Conference scheduled for July 20-21 in Hungary. 2. (U) Begin text: Min [...]	2006-07-14 06:55:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC NATO AF XD KS
06SEOUL2392	"YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY BABY:" THE RISING STATUS [...] (U) Korean women are better educated then ever before and are working in greater numbers outside the home, joining management, becoming professionals, and entering politics. The entry of women into the public arena suggests that the ROK is slowly breaking away from its Confucian male-centered [...]	2006-07-18 08:09:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI ECON PGOV PREL KS
06SEOUL2399	FOREIGN MINISTER BAN'S UNSYG CAMPAIGN WEATHERING [...] (C) Five months into his official campaign for UN Secretary General, FM Ban continues to seek international SIPDIS support for his candidacy and to demonstrate his commitment to human rights and UN management reform. He reports no major opposition at this point, but is worried that without a sign o [...]	2006-07-18 10:41:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN KS KN
06SEOUL2451	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JULY 20 COMPACT MEETING IN [...] In response to reftel demarche, poloff met with Director of Development Cooperation Division Choe Cheol-kyu, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MOFAT) International Economic Affairs Bureau, to convey appreciation for the ROKG's willingness to attend the Iraq Compact meeting. Choe [...]	2006-07-21 07:00:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECIN OTRA IZ KS
06SEOUL2458	DPRK MISSILES PROVOKE PUBLIC ANGER AT ROKG AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The July 5 DPRK missile tests appear to be causing public ire, but not necessarily at the DPRK. According to polling agencies and our own informal "man-on-the-street" survey, many South Korean citizens are angry at their government's relatively slow response to the launches. More [...]	2006-07-21 09:32:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PGOV KS KN
06SEOUL2575	ROK WORKING ON ITS OWN STATEMENT TO SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-31 08:59:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ KS
06SEOUL2576	BLUE HOUSE STANDS BY "AUTO-PLAGIARIZING" EDUCATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Education Minister Kim Byong-joon faces widespread criticism for his alleged plagiarism and admitted publication of same articles in different journals. President Roh continues to back DPM Kim, and Blue House officials said the charges are not ma [...]	2006-07-31 09:04:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
06SEOUL2675	UNSYG CAMPAIGN: FM BAN'S UPDATE [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on August 7, ROK Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon said that he was relieved to have done well in the recent UNSC straw poll for the declared candidates for UNSYG. At the same time, the results were also burdensome, because they had created the expectation tha [...]	2006-08-08 08:29:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN KS
06SEOUL2704	PRESIDENT ROH ON WARTIME OPERATIONAL CONTROL BY [...] (SBU) President Roh held an exclusive two-hour interview with state run news agency Yonhap at the Blue House on August 9, expressing his confidence in South Korea's defense capabilities. He said that "the ROK military is ready even immediately" to conduct independent wartime operational contr [...]	2006-08-10 09:33:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR PGOV KS
06SEOUL2706	CODEL HYDE MEETS PRESIDENT ROH: DIFFERING [...] (C) House International Relations Committee Chairman Henry Hyde and delegation discussed what President Roh Moo-hyun called differing ROK and U.S. approaches to the DPRK, as well as general alliance issues at a one-hour Blue House meeting on August 10. President Roh emphasized that the DPRK's [...]	2006-08-10 23:15:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KS KN
06SEOUL2746	MOFAT OFFICIALS DISCUSS VENEZUELA, CUBA [...] (C) On August 11, the outgoing MOFAT Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Lim Ki-mo, provided A/POL with an update on ROK views toward Venezuela and Cuba. Seoul was considering allowing a visit by Venezuelan President Chavez, although there were no immediate proposals for a trip. Se [...]	2006-08-14 06:43:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON KS
06SEOUL2778	URGENT DEMARCHE: SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNIFIL [...] (C) In response to reftel, A/DCM and POL-MIL Chief met with North American Affairs Bureau Director General Cho Taeyong on August 16, 2006 and urged the South Korean government to make a contribution to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in support of UNSC 1701. DG Cho, notin [...]	2006-08-16 08:50:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	LE MARR MOPS PREL
06SEOUL2826	MTCR: U.S. PROPOSAL CONCERNING CRITERIA FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-18 10:00:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL
06SEOUL2827	PRESIDENT ROH'S INFORMAL COMMENTS ON OPCON, NORTH [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On August 13, President Roh Moo-hyun hosted a dinner for several newspapers which are considered "friendly" to the Roh Administration, including Hankyoreh, KyungHyang and Seoul Shinmun. Over the course of the dinner, Roh made frank comments on a number of issues, in [...]	2006-08-19 09:15:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KS
06SEOUL2877	PRESIDENT ROH'S CABINET: CHANGING FACES [...] (C) This is an update on the incumbent ROK cabinet members and possible changes in the coming weeks. Amidst growing negative public sentiment toward the Blue House, President Roh Moo-hyun conducted a reshuffle of thirteen vice minister-level posts, including Vice Minister of Planning and Budge [...]	2006-08-23 04:55:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
06SEOUL2899	ROK SUPPORTIVE OF USG CANDIDATE'S REELECTION TO ILC [...] (SBU) On August 24, poloff delivered reftel points and diplomatic note supporting the reelection of Mr. Matheson to the International Law Commission (ILC) to Dr. Kim Sun-pyo, Director of the International Legal Affairs Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Kim said Seoul shou [...]	2006-08-24 07:53:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA UNSC KS
06SEOUL2912	A REAL YODUK STORY [...] (SBU) Twenty-six-year-old Kim Eun-cheol has a five-hundred-dollar cellphone, a gold bracelet on his left wrist, and angry scars on both knees from being tortured in the DPRK. Kim was an inmate in North Korea's infamous Yoduk prison from 2000 until 2003 and is one of fewer than fifteen people [...]	2006-08-25 08:11:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PGOV KS KN
06SEOUL3064	KOREA AT CROSSROADS WITH LABOR LEGISLATION [...] (C) Following a meeting on September 2, the Korean Tripartite Commission (KTC) announced that several of the key players at the meeting agreed to a five-year ban on multiple trade unions in the workplace while continuing to allow the provision of salaries by companies to full-time unionists. [...]	2006-09-07 02:44:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL KS
06SEOUL3103	AMBASSADOR VERSHBOW DISCUSSES OPCON WITH GNP FLOOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition GNP Floor Leader Kim Hyoung-o told the Ambassador several times in a meeting on September 6 that the Grand National Party (GNP) strongly urged the U.S. not to discuss a timetable for the handover of wartime operational control (OPCON) at the September 14 summit or the [...]	2006-09-08 09:39:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ABLD KS KN
06SEOUL3222	OPCON TRANSFER ISSUE DOMINANT DURING OSD NORTHEAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 11-12, DOD/OSD Northeast Asia Director John Hill visited South Korean government officials in Seoul to discuss U.S.-ROK Alliance issues. In his meetings at the Ministries of Defense (MND),Unification (MOU) and Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),OSD Hill stressed th [...]	2006-09-18 23:46:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR MCAP KN KS
06SEOUL3286	SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE (SPI) 10: OPCON AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: The OPCON transfer issue continues to generate widespread opposition throughout the ROK as we head into SPI-10. Indications are the ROK delegation may refuse to sign off on the Command Relationships Study (CRS) if we hold to our position of designating 2009 as the X year for OPC [...]	2006-09-25 07:22:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	MARR PARM PREL KS
06SEOUL3369	AMBASSADOR VERSHBOW DISCUSSES OPCON WITH GNP [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 26 over lunch, Ambassador Vershbow discussed OPCON transfer with three National Assembly members from the main opposition Grand National Party (GNP). The members gave the Ambassador feedback from their September 19-25 trip to the United States and explained in detai [...]	2006-09-29 09:27:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ABLD KS KN
06SEOUL3370	SEOUL MAYOR OH SE-HOON'S VISION: A NEW SEOUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over a convivial lunch on September 29 with newly elected Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, the Ambassador and the Mayor discussed plans to improve Seoul, the issues regarding the relocation and redevelopment of the Yongsan Garrison, the 2007 presidential elections, the KORUS FTA and North [...]	2006-09-29 09:35:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS
06SEOUL3378	ROK PRIME MINISTER AND LIBYAN LEADER DISCUSS DPRK [...] (C) On September 26, Ma Young-sam, MOFAT's Director-General of the Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau, requested a meeting with POL M/C to provide a read-out of Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook's September 19-21 trip to Libya. In addition to a discussion on bilateral economic matters, L [...]	2006-10-02 05:11:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MNUC ETRD KS KN LY
06SEOUL3390	SCENESETTER FOR HAGEL CODEL TO KOREA [...] (SBU) Despite a successful summit last month with President Bush, President Roh continues to face criticism in the press and even within his own party. Roh still has 15 months in office, but it is widely believed he is already a "lame duck". Nonetheless, he must still address a number of ke [...]	2006-10-02 08:07:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD KN KS MARR PGOV PREL
06SEOUL3440	INR A/S FORT'S MEETING WITH NIS FIRST DEPUTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 27 meeting with visiting INR Assistant Secretary Randall Fort, National Intelligence Service (NIS) First Deputy Director Kim Man-bok said NIS has no evidence that Kim Jong-il would visit China in the near future. DD Kim said he believed there was consensus among th [...]	2006-10-10 08:31:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KS KN
06SEOUL3465	ROH-ABE SUMMIT DOMINATED BY HISTORY AND NORTH KOREA [...] (C) MOFAT Asia Bureau DG Lee Hyuk told POL M/C on October 11 that Japanese Prime Minister Abe's summit with President Roh in Seoul on October 9 provided momentum for an improvement in the strained bilateral relationship. The summit meeting, conducted in a frank and sincere manner, was domina [...]	2006-10-11 09:38:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC KS KN JN
06SEOUL3468	SMA NEGOTIATIONS ROUND IV: MOVEMENT, BUT STILL FAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: October 10 and 11 negotiations in Seoul on funding levels for the Special Measures Agreement (SMA) moved the two sides closer together, but substantial differences remain. The U.S. proposed a three year agreement, under which the ROK share would rise to 800 billion won in 2007 (4 [...]	2006-10-11 12:31:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL KS
06SEOUL3670	OCTOBER 25 BY-ELECTIONS: ANOTHER DEFEAT FOR RULING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In another crushing defeat for the ruling Uri Party, the two National Assembly seats up for grabs in the October 25 by-elections went overwhelmingly to the opposition. To add insult to injury, in Incheon, the Uri Party candidate, a close friend of Uri Chairman Kim Geun-tae, ca [...]	2006-10-26 06:17:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KS
06SEOUL3760	KOREA'S NEW INTEL CHIEF NAMED [...] (U) President Roh Moo-hyun named Kim Man-bok as the new chief of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) on November Â [...]	2006-11-01 08:13:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS
06SEOUL3861	FORMER GYEONGGI GOVERNOR SOHN HAK-KYU ON NORTH [...] (C) Over lunch with the Ambassador on November 3, GNP Presidential hopeful and former Gyeonggi Province Governor Sohn Hak-kyu asked many probing questions about where U.S.-ROK relations were headed and offered his views on North Korea and his assessment of the ROK political scene, including h [...]	2006-11-09 01:30:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ABLD KS KN
06SEOUL3875	ROK TO SUPPORT USG CANDIDATE'S REELECTION TO ILC [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-09 06:33:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA KS
06SEOUL3881	URI PARTY REP. CHUN JUNG-BAE ON NORTH KOREA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Uri Representative Chun Jung-bae made his case why the Uri Party has a chance to maintain the Blue House in next year's presidential election and why he might be the person to lead the Uri Party charge. Chun, the former Justice Ministe [...]	2006-11-09 09:20:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ABLD KS KN
06SEOUL3922	SCENESETTER FOR U.S.- ROK MINISTERIAL AT APEC [...] (C) Madam Secretary: Your November 18 meeting with South Korean National Security Advisor and Foreign Minister-designate Song Min-soon comes as the Republic of Korea (ROK) has entered a period of significant transition. In the foreign policy arena, change began with the October 9 DPRK nuclear [...]	2006-11-14 05:42:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP KN KS
06SEOUL3970	U/S JOSEPH NONPROLIFERATION TALKS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (S) Under Secretary Joseph and his delegation met with Deputy Foreign Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations, Park In-kook, on November 7 to discuss implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1718, the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),an [...]	2006-11-17 02:33:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC MARR JA KS KN CH IR
06SEOUL410	2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ROK CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (U) The Republic of Korea made significant contributions to the common defense of the Korean peninsula in 2004 and 2005. The ROKG demonstrated a strong commitment to the U.S.-ROK alliance, working closely with the U.S. to address the DPRK nuclear issue and making important contributions to t [...]	2006-02-06 08:20:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PREL PGOV PARM MARR ECON KS
06SEOUL4116	SMA NEGOTIATIONS ROUND VI: ONE LAST PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a small group meeting and plenary session that followed, Ambassador Loftis and his ROK counterpart, Ambassador Cho Tae-yong, presented their respective negotiating positions on the 2007-2008 Special Measures (burden-sharing) Agreement (SMA). The ROKG proposed a contribution [...]	2006-12-01 00:21:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS PM PREL MARR MASS MCAP
06SEOUL4123	ROKG-AMCHAM ON REGULATORY REFORM [...] (U) The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) held its semi-annual meeting on regulatory reform with Deputy Minister Park (in the Office of Policy Coordination under the Prime Minister) on November 22. Park emphasized the ROKG's continuing commitment to regulatory reform, and highlighted ma [...]	2006-12-01 06:27:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON KS
06SEOUL423	DPRK ECONOMY: CHINESE EXPERTS FORESEE ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) A January 18-19 academic conference in Beijing explored the potential for North Korea to change its "military first" security policy in order to realize more meaningful economic reform, faster economic growth and an increase in international aid. The American organizers of the event wor [...]	2006-02-07 06:35:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PREL PGOV KN KS CH JA
06SEOUL4233	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON ROK DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's December 11 office call on the new ROK Defense Minister, General Kim Jang-soo: -- The Ambassador congratulated him on his elevation to head the Ministry of National Defense and said he looked forward to continued close consultations on U.S.-ROK Alliance [...]	2006-12-12 05:41:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP KN KS
06SEOUL4260	U.S.-ROK ALLIANCE MANAGEMENT - LOOKING AHEAD TO [...] (C) With only 12 months left until the next presidential election, President Roh finds himself stuck in the lowest approval ratings ever for a Korean president -- 5.7 percent according to the most recent poll, low teens according to others. Roh's desperation to recover and have some say in th [...]	2006-12-14 08:44:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS PREL
06SEOUL4281	NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES IN THE ROK: AN OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) The ROKG's resettlement programs for North Korean refugees have evolved over time as the number of refugees has grown and their demographics have changed. South Korean officials and experts see the ROK's efforts to help the nearly 10,000 refugees successfully resettle in the ROK as the [...]	2006-12-15 09:05:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL KTIP KS KN
06SEOUL4285	SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM'S CONSULTATIONS ON CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum on December 11 inaugurated a U.S.-Korea consultation on Central Asia. Feigenbaum reviewed with ROKG officials U.S. objectives in the region, including enlisting less traditional partners, such as Korea, to help promote economic libe [...]	2006-12-15 09:23:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD KS UZ KZ
06SEOUL4297	PURSUIT OF TERRORIST INFORMATION EXCHANGE: ROK [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-18 06:51:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS KS
06SEOUL4309	INCOMING UNIFICATION MINISTER URGES FLEXIBILITY ON [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on December 18, Unification Minister Lee Jae-joung reaffirmed that the U.S.-ROK alliance was "essential" to peace on the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia. The ROKG would work closely with the USG, fully implement UNSCR 1718, and cooperate with the inte [...]	2006-12-19 02:31:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM KS KN
06SEOUL4326	KOREA RENEWS CONTRIBUTION TO HELP REPLACE RUSSIAN [...] In December 2005, the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S. Department of Energy to enable it to contribute to the Elimination of Weapons-Grade Plutonium Production (EWGPP) Program (Ref A). Korea contribued USD 250,000 in 2005 [...]	2006-12-20 00:30:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM ENRG KNNP KS RS
06SEOUL4328	YONGSAN RELOCATION: DOMESTIC POLITICS AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Unhelpful reports in the South Korean media that completion of the Yongsan Relocation Plan (YRP) will be delayed by another five years to 2013 appear designed to placate objections within the National Assembly to the high projected cost of the project. The reports are misleading [...]	2006-12-20 00:57:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM PREL KS
06SEOUL4334	DOE SECRETARY BODMAN REVIEWS ENERGY PARTNERSHIP WITH KOREA [...] Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman visited South Korea December 12-13. In meetings with the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy and the Deputy Prime Minister for Science and Technology, Secretary Bodman reviewed U.S.-Korea collaboration, and sought to SIPDIS advance it in areas such as [...]	2006-12-20 05:42:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG OVIP TRGY KS
06SEOUL4367	PRESIDENT ROH SPEEKS VERY FRANKLY, AGAIN [...] (C) President Roh Moo-hyun delivered angry and provocative remarks on December 21 to National Unification Advisory Council, criticizing three former Ministers, Goh Kun, Kim Geun-Tae and Chung Dong-young and railing against former defense ministers and generals. Taking 70 minutes to deliver r [...]	2006-12-22 09:39:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS
06SEOUL4382	ROKG WELCOMES USG SUPPORT ON ECLAC MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-27 05:10:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON ECLAC KS LA
06SEOUL509	ROK FOREIGN MINISTER THROWS HAT INTO UNSYG RING [...] (C) On February 14, the ROK formally announced Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon's candidacy for UN Secretary General. Ban, who has been actively campaigning for several weeks, has apparently been encouraged by initial reactions to his candidacy. MOFAT DG Kim Won-soo, who was recently tapped to be [...]	2006-02-14 08:42:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC KS
06SEOUL559	DPRK ECONOMY: KAESONG INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, BOOM OR [...] (SBU) A round of discussions with South Korean companies operating in the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) in North Korea revealed that most are generally satisfied with business conditions at the project site. While most firms profess to be making money or to be on track with their business [...]	2006-02-17 09:41:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL KS KN
06SEOUL609	NGO PROJECT TARGETS FAMILY REUNION FOR [...] (SBU) On February 22, Stephen W. Linton, Chair of the Eugene Bell Foundation (EBF),an NGO with a long history of providing humanitarian assistance to DPRK medical institutions, told the Ambassador about his organization's new project to help Korean-Americans locate relatives in the DPRK. Li [...]	2006-02-24 06:29:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI EAID KN KS
06SEOUL631	NEW ROK REPRESENTATIVE TO SOFA JOINT COMMITTEE [...] (U) Embassy received February 27 a diplomatic note announcing the appointment of Cho Taeyong, the new DG for North American Affairs Bureau, to be the new ROK representative to the SOFA Joint Committee. Full text of the note and DG Cho's bio follows. 2. (U) Begin Text: Ministry of Foreig [...]	2006-02-27 08:53:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL KS
06SEOUL877	NORTH KOREA: THE MUSICAL [...] (SBU) "Yoduk Story," a musical which premiered in Seoul on March 14, is like "Les Miserables" with all blue notes and a leitmotif of North Korean patriotic anthems. In this production, the beatings, rapes, summary executions, and other crimes that have been reported from one of the DPRK's mo [...]	2006-03-17 09:20:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PGOV KS KN
06SEOUL889	KOREAN TAX REFORMS DRAW FIRE, PASSAGE UNCERTAIN [...] (SBU) The Korean government introduced ambitious income tax reform legislation in February, proposing to raise certain value-added and excise taxes and tighten individual income tax loopholes favoring the wealthy and self-employed. But the proposals have run up against significant criticism fr [...]	2006-03-20 06:55:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV KS
06SEOUL900	AMB BRIEFS CONSERVATIVE LAWMAKERS ON ALLIANCE AND [...] (C) Addressing a study group of Grand National Party lawmakers on March 17, the Ambassador said that growing military, economic and people-to-people ties indicated that, contrary to press reports, the state of the U.S.-ROK alliance was "confident and strong." The Ambassador said that with re [...]	2006-03-21 06:40:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PNUC KS KN
06SEOUL914	NEW ROK ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE TO SOFA JOINT [...] (U) Embassy received March 17 a diplomatic note announcing the appointment of MOFAT North America Bureau Deputy Director General Lim Sungnam to be the new Alternate Representative to the SOFA Joint Committee. Full text of the note and Mr. Lim's bio follows: 2. (U) Begin text: Ministr [...]	2006-03-22 02:10:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL KS
06SHANGHAI6459	EAST CHINA VIEWS ON PEACEFUL RISE AND HARMONIOUS WORLD [...] (C) Summary. According to East China scholars, China's foreign policy doctrine is moving beyond the concept of "Peaceful Development" to "Harmonious World." President Hu, determined to put his stamp on China's foreign policy, had initially supported the "Peaceful Rise" concept promoted by f [...]	2006-10-12 01:36:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EINV ECON CH
06SHANGHAI6493	EAP DAS CHRISTENSEN AND SHANGHAI SCHOLARS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a wide-ranging lunch discussion with EAP DAS Christensen on September 14, several of Shanghai's prominent international relations scholars stressed that it was important for China and the United States to have a clear understanding of each others positions. Two scholars ac [...]	2006-10-13 00:52:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH JA TW KN
06SHANGHAI6957	PENSION SCANDAL CLAIMS MORE; POLITICS AS USUAL [...] (C) Summary: The Shanghai pension scandal, to date, has snared some 50 business and political leaders, with the number continuing to rise. Four of our well-placed contacts recently took the view that the current investigation was not primarily designed to clean up Shanghai--although that was [...]	2006-10-27 11:51:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH
06SHANGHAI7085	INNOVATION REQUIRED FOR CHINA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Bureau of Statistics and the U.S.-based Conference Board hosted a national forum on Innovation and China Economic Growth October 20- 22 in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. During the conference, PRC officials from the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPP [...]	2006-11-27 08:18:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL CH WTO
06SHANGHAI7086	AMITY PRINTING PRESS -- CHINA'S BIBLE PUBLISHER [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Consul General's November 20 visit to Amity Printing Press in Nanjing, Special Assistant to General Manager Peter Dean said they did not have any substantive problems printing Bibles in China. Amity Printing Press produces all Bibles sold in officially-approved Prote [...]	2006-11-28 02:59:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF CH
06SHANGHAI7096	CHINA FOREX: AFTER NEW HIGHS, NEXT STEPS NEEDED [...] (SBU) Summary: As the RMB continued to set record highs, closing at RMB 7.84 per USD on November 27, Shanghai forex traders expressed appreciation for the greater volatility in the forex market and predicted continued gradual appreciation of the RMB. In a series of meetings in late October and [...]	2006-11-30 09:04:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL CH
06SHANGHAI7129	SHANGHAI LEADERSHIP UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. In the continuing fallout of the pension scandal that led to the ouster of former Party Secretary Chen Liangyu (Ref A),four Shanghai contacts viewed acting Party Secretary Han Zheng as a transitional figure likely to be SIPDIS replaced at, or before, the 17th Party Congress. [...]	2006-12-14 09:35:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EINV ECON KPAO CH
06SHANGHAI7130	RECENT SETBACKS ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY OUTREACH [...] (C) Summary. For the past several months, Shanghai's Public Affairs Section (PAS) has pursued local partner institutions as potential hosts for a variety of IIP-produced poster shows on key mission themes. Like our colleagues in Guangzhou (reftel),we too have run into resistance from our lo [...]	2006-12-15 05:45:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL US CH
06SHANGHAI7139	CONSULTATIVE DEMOCRACY YIELDING FRUIT IN WENLING [...] (C) Summary. An open budget initiative that is moving into its third year in Zeguo Township of Zhejiang Province's Wenling municipality, has introduced an unusual level of participatory democracy. The process was launched out of the Zeguo Party Secretary's frustration with competing voices fo [...]	2006-12-21 09:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH
06SHANGHAI7140	WENLING PUSHING THE BOUNDARY OF POLITICAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Riding on the coattails of the successes with "democratic consultative meetings (minkenhui) and participatory democracy reforms in other townships, Wenling municipality in Zhejiang Province has moved forward and implemented further reforms in the township of Xinhe, which put the e [...]	2006-12-21 09:55:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH
06SINGAPORE1119	FTA - JOINT COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SECOND ANNUAL REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. Representatives from the USG and GOS (the "Joint Committee") met in Washington March 30 for the second annual review of the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The review agenda (individual items noted below) focused both on implementation of the current agreement and p [...]	2006-04-06 08:22:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV ECPS SENV EAGR KTEX KIPR ETTC SN
06SINGAPORE1567	SINGAPORE SCENESETTER FOR EAP A/S HILL [...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your May 20-22 visit to Singapore. Singapore's leadership will be interested in your views on developments in Asia and the U.S. role in the region and can be counted on to provide thoughtful views on questions such as terrorism in Southeast Asia and the rise of China. [...]	2006-05-16 05:39:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD PTER PHUM SN
06SINGAPORE1829	A/S HILL'S VISIT TO SINGAPORE [...] (C) Summary: In his wide ranging discussions with Singapore's senior leadership, EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill stressed the importance of Southeast Asia for the United States and said we were not in a competition with China for regional influence. Singapore wanted an open and in [...]	2006-06-05 09:41:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SN
06SINGAPORE197	SINGAPORE - 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Post submits below the draft text of the 2006 Singapore Investment Climate Statement (ICS). As requested reftel, we have also forwarded the document via email to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. Begin text of 2006 Investment Climate Statement: Investment Policy Summary 3. Foreign investments, combi [...]	2006-01-24 06:41:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
06SINGAPORE2695	SENATOR BOND'S MEETINGS WITH SINGAPORE'S SENIOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Discussing the Middle East situation, Singapore's senior leadership told Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond (R-MO) that Hezbollah had won a strategic victory against Israel and the reputation of the Israeli Defense Forces had been damaged by its poor performance in Lebanon. Foreign [...]	2006-08-24 06:45:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SN
06SINGAPORE3124	SECRETARY PAULSON DISCUSSES CHINA AND SOUTHEAST [...] (C) Summary: Singapore's senior leaders urged the United States to stay engaged in Southeast Asia, particularly in terms of strategic/military and trade issues, during meetings with Secretary Paulson on September 18. On China, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told the Secretary that the U.S. [...]	2006-09-28 08:57:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PREL IMF IBRD ETTC SN
06SINGAPORE3180	(S) GOS RESPONSE TO SOKKIA SINGAPORE PTE LTD [...] (S/NF) Econ/Pol Chief met on October 3 with Paul Koh, Senior Deputy Director, International Organizations Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver reftel points regarding possible transfers of dual-use items by Sokkia Singapore Pte Ltd to Iran. Also present were Yvonne Ow and Val [...]	2006-10-05 06:38:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC SN
06SINGAPORE3429	2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Per reftel instructions, Post submits its draft 2006-2007 International narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part I Q Drug and Chemical Control. Part II will be submitted septel. I. Summary 2. The Government of Singapore (GOS) enforces stringent counter narcotics policies through strict [...]	2006-10-26 09:01:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SNAR ECON ETRD PREL SN
06SINGAPORE3442	SINGAPORE - 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES [...] Per reftel instructions, post submits its draft chapter on Singapore for the 2007 National Trade Estimate Report. We assume that Washington agencies will update the trade and investment data in the first three paragraphs of the report as they have done in the past. Per reftel instructions, [...]	2006-10-27 11:12:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN KIPR ECPS SN
06SINGAPORE3547	SINGAPORE 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Per reftel instructions, Post submits its draft 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II Q Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. Part I was transmitted septel. 2. Begin text of the draft report: Singapore As a significant international financial and investm [...]	2006-11-06 09:11:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN KTFN PTER KSEP ETTC SNAR SN
06SINGAPORE3654	SINGAPORE'S RESPONSES TO CMEA QUESTIONS [...] Post provides the following GOS responses to INL's questions for use in preparing the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act (CMEA) report. Begin questions and responses: 2. Q: WE WOULD LIKE TO VERIFY IF OUR DATA ON SINGAPORE'S TRADE IN THE CHEMICALS EPHEDRINE AND PSEUDOEPHEDRINE FROM 2000 [...]	2006-11-21 04:56:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR ECON ETRD PREL SN
06SINGAPORE3786	DUSTR BHATIA AND GOS OFFICIALS DISCUSS DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's growth opportunities and regional development figured prominently in discussions between Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Karan Bhatia and GOS officials. Representatives from the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and the Economic Development Board (EDB) offered [...]	2006-12-15 01:03:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECN EINV USTR PGOV SN
06SINGAPORE3849	(S/NF) SINGAPORE DETAINS PRECISION LATHES SHIPMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S/NF) Michelle Teo-Jacob, Assistant Director of MFA's International Organizations Directorate, on December 22 requested a meeting to inform E/P Counselor and Econoff that the GOS had on or around December 16 detained a shipment of [...]	2006-12-22 06:36:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL SN
06SINGAPORE553	EAP DAS ERIC JOHN'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister George Yeo and EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John conducted a tour d'horizon of Southeast Asia during their February 9 meeting. FM Yeo said the United States' engagement with Indonesia was vital and he welcomed the resumption of U.S. ties with the Indonesian [...]	2006-02-24 03:45:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SN
06SINGAPORE554	EAP DAS JOHN'S VISIT TO SINGAPORE [...] (C) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John briefed GOS interlocutors on U.S. engagement with Southeast Asia and the resumption of military ties with the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) during his February 8-11 visit. Ministry of Defence Permanent Secretary Chiang Chie Foo said Preside [...]	2006-02-24 03:51:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PTER SN
06SINGAPORE689	TREASURY U/S ADAMS' VISIT TO SINGAPORE [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Singapore's top leadership, Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Timothy Adams emphasized U.S. commitment to the Southeast Asia region. Prime Minister Lee said that U.S. preoccupation with other parts of the world fueled a perception of neglect. [...]	2006-03-07 00:49:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD ETTC EINV PREL SN
06SINGAPORE93	FM YEO ON U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH EAST ASIA [...] (C) Summary: In a very cordial introductory call, Foreign Minister George Yeo sketched out for the Ambassador Singapore's hopes for a new East Asian architecture and emphasized the need for the United States to remain actively engaged with the region as it begins building this new structure. [...]	2006-01-13 07:18:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SN
06SKOPJE1017	MACEDONIA: EUR/SCE DIRECTOR HOH'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary. In his October 17 meetings with GOM officials and opposition party leaders, EUR/SCE Director Chris Hoh noted the need for improved inter-ethnic dialogue and continued implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement, a vigorous and non-partisan fight against crime and corruption, [...]	2006-10-24 05:14:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE1144	MACEDONIA: RENEWED ACTIVITY IN 45 MILLION EURO [...] (SBU) On November 15, Macedonia's special Organized Crime prosecutor issued detention requests for former Export Import Bank Director Metodija Smilenski, and former National Bank of Macedonia (NBM) Governor Ljube Trpeski. They are accused of defrauding the NBM of over 45 million Euros in 2004. [...]	2006-12-05 07:42:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR MK
06SKOPJE251	MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT FOCUSED ON GAMEPLAN FOR NATO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During her March 7-8 visit to Skopje with a U.S. interagency delegation, USNATO Ambassador Nuland told Macedonian government and opposition interlocutors that free and fair parliamentary elections would be one key to keeping NATO's door open in 2008. She urged them to continue [...]	2006-03-14 16:13:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO MK
06SKOPJE779	MACEDONIA: YOUNG TECHNOCRATS DOMINATE NEW [...] (SBU/NF) Prime Minister-designate Gruevski's proposed cabinet lineup, which the parliament is likely to approve on August 25, is comprised of mostly young technocrats without extensive bureaucratic experience. That bodes well for a fresh start, with Gruevski likely to exercise greater control [...]	2006-08-17 14:39:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL MK
06SKOPJE837	MACEDONIA: FOREIGN MINISTER-DESIGNATE ON KOSOVO [...] (SBU) P/E Chief delivered reftel points on Kosovo status negotiations to Foreign Minister-designate Antonijo Milososki on August 23. (NOTE: Milososki and his fellow cabinet members were confirmed in office following a parliamentary vote on August 26). Milososki agreed strongly with the point o [...]	2006-09-04 14:58:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MK KS
06SKOPJE880	MACEDONIA: GOM LEADERSHIP ON NATO MEMBERSHIP, [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate calls on PM Gruevski and FM Milososki September 15, the Ambassador urged the GOM to move quickly to implement NATO membership reforms, show concrete anti-corruption results, and restart political dialogue with the ethnic Albanian opposition. She restated the USG posit [...]	2006-09-18 13:34:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
06SOFIA103	BULGARIAN POLICE BUST COUNTERFEIT CD RING [...] SUMMARY: Bulgarian Police busted a syndicate believed responsible for illegal production, storage and retail distribution of pirate optical disc media (ODM). During a two-day operation (January 20-21, 2006),police simultaneously raided an illegal production site, warehouse premises and ret [...]	2006-01-24 15:37:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR ASEC BU
06SOFIA1089	BULGARIA NOT IN A POSITION TO OPPOSE INVITATION TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-07 08:20:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EUN BU
06SOFIA1111	BULGARIA KICKS OFF DECADE OF ROMA INCLUSION WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an official ceremony on July 4, Bulgaria took over the presidency of the 2005-2015 Decade of Roma Inclusion. The pomp and circumstance of Bulgaria's ascendance to the Decade's presidency contrasts sharply, however, with the squalid living conditions of the Roma throughout [...]	2006-08-09 03:57:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KTIA BU
06SOFIA1162	BULGARIA SPARRING AGAINST RUSSIAN ENERGY DEPENDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY/ACTION REQUEST: Bulgarian leaders are battling against the grip that Russia increasingly holds over the energy sector here, but are struggling to strengthen their position. President Purvanov and Prime Minister Stanishev appear especially concerned; Minister of Economy and Energy [...]	2006-08-15 13:36:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL BU
06SOFIA1182	TIP: BULGARIA WANTS TIER 1, BUT STRUGGLES TO FIND [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 09:12:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN BU
06SOFIA1273	SCENESETTER FOR DAS ROSEMARY DICARLO'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two issues dominate Bulgaria's political scene and calendar: a final verdict on EU accession, framed by the September 26 European Commission report on Bulgaria's readiness for membership; and Bulgaria's October 22 Presidential election. Seized by these two overlapping events, t [...]	2006-09-08 12:25:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK KPKO SR YI EU BU
06SOFIA1293	BULGARIA'S UNTAPPED RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES [...] SUMMARY: Bulgaria's alternative and renewable energy sources hold great potential, but most will go unrealized for the foreseeable future due to a lack of financial and manpower resources and a comprehensive national plan. Diversification of the energy sector is nonexistent. In 2004, 96 per [...]	2006-09-12 12:10:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON ETRD BU
06SOFIA1311	BULGARIA FULLY SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 12:22:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BU

06SOFIA1320	BULGARIAN BIOFUEL INDUSTRY [...] SUMMARY: The Bulgarian biofuels industry is just getting off the ground. Biodiesel and bioethanol (see Definitions at bottom) are currently produced only in small quantities, although an increasing number of investors are constructing facilities for production of biofuels, mainly biodiesel. [...]	2006-09-15 10:55:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ENRG ECON ETRD BU
06SOFIA1481	BULGARIA FAVORS RUSSIAN BID TO BUILD BELENE NPP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador Oct. 19, Energy/Economy Minister Rumen Ovcharov confirmed press reports that Bulgaria has decided in favor of the Russian/European consortium for construction of a new nuclear plant at Belene. Ovcharov acknowledged a link between the Belene decis [...]	2006-10-24 12:18:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL RU GR BU
06SOFIA1491	BULGARIAN MOD COMMITTED TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Veselin Bliznakov confirmed the GOB's willingness to extend its current mission in Iraq, and discussed plans to increase the Bulgarian deployment in Afghanistan. He also outlined the challenges the ministry will face [...]	2006-10-26 13:54:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO BU
06SOFIA1518	BULGARIA NAMES POPULAR, PRO-U.S. MINISTER AS EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government on October 26 nominated European Affairs Minister Meglena Kuneva to serve as Bulgaria's first EU Commissioner. EC President Jose Manuel Barroso welcomed the nomination and assigned Kuneva the consumer protection portfolio. One of Bulgaria's most respected politica [...]	2006-11-02 13:56:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EUN BU
06SOFIA1540	BULGARIA SUPPORTS NORTH KOREA AND BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 13:59:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UNGA BU
06SOFIA1559	BULGARIA MOST LIKELY TO SUPPORT COUNTRY-SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-13 14:58:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UNGA BU
06SOFIA1560	B-A OIL PIPELINE: SIGNS OF PROGRESS; BULGARIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY Greek and Bulgarian officials described to EUR DAS Matt Bryza progress on the Burgas-Alexandropoulis (B-A) oil pipeline during his November 3 visit to Sofia. The Greek consortium plans to transfer most of its shares to international private sector participants, including Chevron, [...]	2006-11-14 10:04:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV RU BU
06SOFIA1622	SPECIAL 301 UPDATE - BULGARIA MAKING PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOB has made strong progress this year towards improving its Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Regime. The inter-ministerial council, which we urged them to create, has been instrumental in implementing much of our IPR Action Plan, pushing through legislative changes and im [...]	2006-11-30 11:05:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR ETRD BU
06SOFIA1639	BULGARIA: SA/LW DESTRUCTION HITS A ROADBLOCK [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Embassy Sofia and the GoB are eager to begin work on the USG-financed destruction of excess Small Arms/Light Weapons articles authorized in reftel A. Logistical obstacles remain, however, before the $400,000 in authorized ass [...]	2006-12-06 08:38:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL AFIN MARR BU
06SOFIA1655	BULGARIA STRUGGLES TO DISCLOSE COMMUNIST-ERA FILES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's parliament passed groundbreaking legislation on December 6, to open up the files of the former communist secret services. Under the law, adopted after heated debate, all senior officials in the Presidency, Parliament, government, the Judiciary, academia, mass media, [...]	2006-12-11 15:17:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BU
06SOFIA1661	ANTI-OC TRAINING CENTER: BULGARIA READY TO HOST [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Mission strongly supports establishment of a South Eastern European Regional Organized Crime Training Center (SEEROCTC). We believe a center located in Bulgaria will advance U.S. rule of law objectives here and regionally. A center in Bulgaria would build on an [...]	2006-12-13 11:13:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM EAID KJUS KCOR SNAR KPAO BU
06SOFIA1662	YOUR MEETING WITH BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM KALFIN'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON, A SHORT TWO WEEKS BEFORE BULGARIA CELEBRATES ITS FORMAL ACCESSION TO THE EU ON JANUARY 1, TOPS OFF AN EXTRAORDINARILY PRODUCTIVE YEAR IN THE U.S.-BULGARIAN RELATIONSHIP. KALFIN AND PRIME MINISTER STANISHEV ARE LEADING BULGARIAN PUBLIC OPINION IN [...]	2006-12-14 08:35:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV EUN MARR MOPS OVIP KPAS SR IZ LY
06SOFIA1667	BULGARIANS READY TO EXTEND ASHRAF MISSION AFTER [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev and Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin visited Iraq on December 12-13, meeting senior Iraqi officials and sending early Christmas greetings to Bulgarian troops at Camp Ashraf. FM Kalfin described a worrying security situation, but stated that [...]	2006-12-15 09:33:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ BG
06SOFIA1677	MOSCOW TIGHTENS SCREWS AS BULGARIA PREPARES FOR EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his first official visit to Moscow, Foreign Minister Kalfin discussed several unresolved bilateral issues, including arm sales to Georgia, the production and sale of weapons under outdated Soviet licenses, and efforts to trim Bulgaria's ballooning trade deficit with Russia [...]	2006-12-18 14:30:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD RU BU
06SOFIA1691	DIRTY ENERGY: CORRUPTION AND LACK OF TRANSPARENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cleaning up pernicious corruption in Bulgaria's powerful (and often murky) energy sector, where cronyism is alive and well, should rank high on Bulgaria's to do list. A closer look at the sector reveals an ideal environment for graft and abuse. Accounting for a significant shar [...]	2006-12-20 13:52:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD KCOR KCRM PGOV PREL BU
06SOFIA1696	BULGARIA LOCKS IN NEW DEAL WITH GAZPROM UNTIL 2030 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria signed December 18 a deal with Russian gas giant Gazprom, guaranteeing Russian natural gas deliveries and transit until 2030. Insiders tell us the price of gas will gradually rise 40 percent by 2012 - largely due to the termination of the agreement to barter gas in lieu [...]	2006-12-21 13:41:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON RU BU
06SOFIA187	IMF AND BULGARIA AGREE TO 3 PERCENT BUDGET SURPLUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The recent January 19-26 IMF mission to Bulgaria succeeded in reaching an agreement on economic policies for this year. The agreement entails radical fiscal tightening through a three percent budget surplus and a credit growth rate target of 17.5 percent. The IMF commended Bu [...]	2006-02-03 09:47:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV BU
06SOFIA190	BELENE NUCLEAR PLANT: KEY TO DIVERSIFICATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU requirement that Bulgaria close Kozloduy Nuclear reactors 3 and 4 by the end of the year as part of the accession process, combined with increased international gas and oil prices and pressure by Russia's Gazprom to renegotiate gas delivery contracts, has focused the GOB [...]	2006-02-03 11:58:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON ETRD TRGY EINV EPET PREL SENV RU BU
06SOFIA202	UNDER THE YOKE: BULGARIA'S DEPENDENCE ON RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sixteen years after the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, Bulgaria still finds itself under the Russian energy yoke. Bulgaria receives 88 percent of its natural gas from Gazprom or one of its sister companies, and 73 percent of its oil from Russia. As it awaits entry into the EU [...]	2006-02-08 11:57:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON ETRD TRGY EINV EPET PREL SENV
06SOFIA251	BULGARIA 301 REVIEW: RECOMMEND WATCH LIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to increased pressure from the EU and our Embassy, the Bulgarian government has made progress this year towards improving the Intellectual Property (IP) regime. Ambassador Beyrle has consistently raised the issue with responsible ministers and MPs, and highlighted [...]	2006-02-17 13:10:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR BU
06SOFIA264	BULGARIA: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES UN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to reftel demarches, the Bulgarian MFA said that it supports Guatemala's UNSC candidacy, agrees that the Secretary General appointment process should be based on individual qualifications rather than regional affiliations, and supports continued UN reform. Bulgaria a [...]	2006-02-22 12:12:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR PHUM UN UNSC ADCO GT VE BU
06SOFIA304	BULGARIA: 2006 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] SUMMARY: This cable provides Embassy Sofia's input for the sixth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Bulgaria is primarily a country of transit and origin, and to a lesser extent a country of destination for human trafficking. The past year has seen enhanced cooperation betwee [...]	2006-03-01 14:52:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ASEC ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD BU
06SOFIA310	BULGARIAN ENERGY MINISTER'S MEETINGS IN MOSCOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Economy and Energy Minister Rumen Ovcharov called his January 31 - February 1 meetings with Russian energy officials constructive and productive, in contrast to the bad taste left by Gazprom's heavy-handed approach to PM Stanishev in Sofia last December (Ref A.) Bulgaria and Russ [...]	2006-03-02 10:27:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL RU BU
06SOFIA372	BULGARIANS DISCUSS IRAQ, JOINT BASES, [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 4. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. (C) EUR DAS Mark Pekala met March 9-10 with Bulgarian officials to discuss, inter alia, Bulgaria's follow-on mission in Iraq, ongoing negotiations on the use of Bulgarian military b [...]	2006-03-14 11:30:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ECON KCRM KDEM LY IZ BG
06SOFIA59	BULGARIA'S LATEST RESPONSE TO AVIAN FLU [...] (U) The Embassy's avian flu working group met January 12 to discuss the GOB's latest response to the threat of AI following the recent deaths of three people in neighboring Turkey from the virus. It also reviewed Post's AI tripwires and agreed none had been reached. According to Embassy cont [...]	2006-01-13 15:22:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO ECON PREL SOCI BG KSTH WHO
06SOFIA632	BULGARIA CONFIRMS COMMITMENT TO B-A OIL PIPELINE; [...] (C) In separate back-to-back meetings, Bulgarian ministers Roumen Ovcharov, Economy and Energy, and Asen Gagauzov, Regional Development, told Ambassador Beyrle on May 5 that despite Greek media reports, the Bulgarian government still fully supports the Burgas-Alexandropolous (B-A) oil pipeline. [...]	2006-05-05 13:28:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET ETRD PREL SENV BU
06SOFIA743	BULGARIA AND THE BLACK SEA [...] (C) SUMMARY. A cautious Bulgarian delegation, led by Foreign Minister Kalfin, will attend the June 5 Black Sea Forum. The GOB's Black Sea interagency working group has not yet made a recommendation on Bulgarian participation in Operation Black Sea Harmony (OBSH),and the Bulgarians are looki [...]	2006-05-26 10:14:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR MOPS RS GG RO TU AR AJ BU
06SOFIA810	BULGARIA: BIG U.S. INVESTORS DISCOVERING THAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria is seeing increased U.S. investment this year. Just during the week of June 5, three major American companies -- AES, General Electric and Hewlett Packard -- have broken ground or cut ribbons on projects bringing well over a billion dollars and thousands of jobs to B [...]	2006-06-09 13:22:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV BU
06SOFIA83	BULGARIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-20 08:08:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	BU EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR
06SOFIA89	BULGARIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT. [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-23 10:13:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
06SOFIA90	BULGARIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT. [...] Bulgaria - 2006 Investment Climate Statement. A. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Bulgaria has a liberal foreign investment regime and attracting foreign investment, especially American, is one of the new administration's top priorities. The government is focused on developing promising s [...]	2006-01-23 10:13:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
06SOFIA926	BULGARIAN CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S JULY 9-13 VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Chief Prosecutor Boris Velchev is arguably Bulgaria's best hope for fighting organized crime and related political corruption. His position under the constitution gives him vast powers, which, if wielded effectively, could put a major crimp in the activities of organized cr [...]	2006-07-05 07:28:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM OVIP BG
06SOFIA958	ZFR ONE YEAR AFTER ELECTIONS, STANISHEV EXCEEDING [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 13:04:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PREL MARR ECON PGOV IZ BG
06SOFIA968	ONE YEAR AFTER ELECTIONS, STANISHEV EXCEEDING [...] (C) Summary. After ten months in office, the coalition government led by Socialist (BSP) Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev has surprised observers with its consistently pro-U.S. foreign policy, conservative fiscal policy and relative internal stability. Stanishev's government quickly reversed [...]	2006-07-11 12:06:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PREL MARR ECON PGOV IZ BG
06STATE114035	MISSION FRANCE'S EXPERIENCE WITH THE AMERICAN PRESENCE [...] (SBU) American Presence Posts (APP),active in France since 1999, play a key role in this mission's transformational diplomacy efforts. The concept is replicable in other countries, but Missions need to remain flexible as they adapt the APP concept to local conditions. Key factors to consi [...]	2006-07-12 02:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ADIP AMGT ASEC BEXP CASC SCUL FR
06STATE116138	LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUIRED FOR ALL GPOI [...] (U) Summary: The Department requests that all Posts participating in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) conduct human rights vetting for related training and activities as mandated by the annual Foreign Operations Appropriations Acts (FOAA) (Section 551 in the FY 2006 FOAA). Plea [...]	2006-07-14 22:06:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PHUM
06STATE146965	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Request Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper on "Missile Useful Chemicals that are not MTCR-controlled" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contac [...]	2006-09-06 20:45:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR UK DA
06STATE152914	E.O. 13382 ENTITIES -- EXAMPLES OF PROLIFERATION [...] (U) Action request: Department requests that Post deliver the text in paragraph 3 to appropriate host-country officials. The text in paragraph 3 should be left as a non-paper. End action request. 2. (U) Background: The GOJ is planning to take additional measures to implement UNSCR 1695 [...]	2006-09-14 22:36:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN CH
06STATE182789	Net-Centric Diplomacy Biographic Files Moved to [...] This message is to inform all posts that foreign leadership biographic files in State's Net-Centric Diplomacy (NCD) database have been moved to Intellipedia, the inter-agency wiki on the USG's classified network (aka SIPRNet/Intelink-S). All posts are encouraged to use this secure, USG-only to [...]	2006-11-03 21:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR ECON MGMT
06STATE190867	SMA NEGOTIATIONS ROUND V: TOWARDS THE FINAL ROUND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Round Five of negotiations on funding levels for the Special Measures Agreement (SMA) between the United States and Republic of Korea (ROK) took place at the State Department on November 13, 2006. Lasting one day, the talks concluded with the two parties falling short of a final [...]	2006-11-22 22:50:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KS PM PREL MARR MASS MCAP
06STATE196224	HIGHLIGHTING THE U.S. ROLE IN THE UN CORRUPTION CONVENTION [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Please see paras 7 and 9 for action. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (U) On November 29, 2006, the United States became a party to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). The Department issued a Media Note to that effect on the sa [...]	2006-12-07 00:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OIIP KCOR KPAO KTIA UN
06STATE203587	IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT -- [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Moscow please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: The Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA) requires periodic reports to Congress identifying foreign entities with respect to whom there is credible information indicating that they have transfe [...]	2006-12-28 15:48:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC RS
06STATE203832	REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] This is an action request. Please see para 5. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) This cable informs addressee posts that grantees from the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) and the Bureau of Near East Asian Affairs (NEA) may be operating in their countries, alone or in cooperation w [...]	2006-12-28 21:43:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM AW AF AJ AMB FR GG GM IR IT KZ TI
06STATE28721	SMART ASSESSMENT AND PHASE 1A BETA DECISION [...] Please provide wide dissemination of the information in this telegram. 2. This message provides an update on the status of SMART, the State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset. SMART is designed to consolidate cables, e- mails, and memos on a single platform integrated with a centraliz [...]	2006-02-22 19:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AINF AADP ACOA ASEC KRIM
06STATE29555	SECTARIAN NERVES ON EDGE AFTER SAMARRA SHRINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are many rumors of attacks on Sunni religious sites and anti-Sunni demonstrations in the wake of the February 22 bombing of the Shia holy mosque in Samarra, but there appears to be much less occurring on the ground. Sunni Arab Iraqi Islamic Party Deputy Secretary-General A [...]	2006-02-23 17:00:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV IZ
06STATE39514	MTAG: MISSILE-RELATED STEEL TO DPRK AND [...] (U) This is an action request, Embassy Beijing please see Para 6. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: We want to bring information about additional potentially missile-related transfers to North Korea and Pakistan to China's attention. First, in August 2005, we shared with the PRC information indicatin [...]	2006-03-10 18:17:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA CH KN KS PK
06STATE40904	DISCOURAGING MORATINOS' SYRIAN STRATEGY [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 5. 2. (C) Summary: Spanish FM Moratinos' unannounced March 7 trip to Damascus to meet with Syrian FM Muallim is at variance with US and EU policy on avoiding high-level visits to Damascus. This policy gives concrete form to the international isolation of th [...]	2006-03-14 15:38:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP SY LE IS FR UN
06STATE61225	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' APRIL 10 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by: Acting EAP A/S Kathleen Stephens, reason 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) Participants: Morning meeting U.S. Under Secretary Burns EAP A/S Kathy Stephens (acting) P Special Assistant Andrew Shaw EAP/J Director Wendell Albright (acting) JAPAN Deputy Foreign Minister Ni [...]	2006-04-18 15:23:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL MARR MCAP MNUC PARM PINR SNAR IZ IR IN AF JA
06STATE83673	ALLIED SHARING AND SIPRNET [...] (U) This is an action message. As a part of the continuing war on terrorism and in response to recommendations of the 9/11 and the WMD Commissions, the Congress and the President have mandated a number of changes in the way information is to be shared, within the federal government, between t [...]	2006-05-23 22:18:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	AMGT AOMS PINR ACOA KCCP
06STATE87307	(S) NIAG 6023 FOLLOW-UP: INDIAN ENTITY ASSISTANCE [...] (S/NF) BACKGROUND: Per ref B instructions, Embassy New Delhi informed MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Hamid Ali Rao on May 16 that the Indian firm GEA Energy Systems Ltd. had delivered a large cargo of water filtration equipment to Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Pla [...]	2006-05-30 21:46:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IN IR
06STATE89712	FURTHER GUIDANCE ON THE SIPDIS CABLE CAPTION [...] (SBU) The Department in December 2005 distributed general guidance (05 State 00226504) concerning the use of the new SIPDIS distribution caption (5FAH-2 H-440). The SIPDIS caption (which means SIPRnet distribution) facilitates inter-agency information sharing, a top State Department priority [...]	2006-06-02 16:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ACOA AOMS PINR KCCP
06STOCKHOLM1452	LEBANON DONORS CONFERENCE IN STOCKHOLM AUGUST 31 [...] (SBU) Donors pledged 942 million USD in early recovery and humanitarian aid at the August 31 Stockholm Conference for Lebanon,s Early Recovery, nearly double the 500 million target set by the Government of Sweden, which hosted the event. Representatives from 50 countries as well as UN agenci [...]	2006-09-12 13:15:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL LE SW
06STOCKHOLM1924	IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO SWEDEN CALLS ON AMBASSADOR WOOD [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi Ambassador to Sweden, Ahmad Bamarni, visited Ambassador Wood and DCM on December 11 and provided a frank reaction to the Baker/Hamilton report, personal views on the interests of Iran and Syria in Iraq, comments on the sectarian violence, the role of U.S. forces, and the [...]	2006-12-11 14:09:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SW
06STOCKHOLM235	SWEDEN'S IMMIGRANTS' DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH [...] (SBU) Summary. Two recent GoS reports show immigrants in Sweden to be overrepresented in crime and sick leave statistics, which are interpreted as being indicators of integration shortcomings. The level of attention applied to the issue of integration stands to increase as we approach the S [...]	2006-02-22 15:45:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PINS PGOV KCRM ASEC SW
06STOCKHOLM420	SWEDEN: BELARUS VISA BANS [...] (c) Polcouns made reftel demarche on expanding travel restriction against Belarus officials to MFA Eastern Europe Director Malena Mard. Mard said that prior to the elections in Belarus, Sweden had been reluctant to play the visa card. The election and its aftermath had changed the equation, a [...]	2006-03-24 16:05:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CVIS EUN BO SW
06STOCKHOLM426	SWEDEN: JAN ELIASSON NAMED FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (u) Prime Minister Goran Persson named 3/27 former Ambassador to the U.S. and current President of the UNGA Jan Eliasson to be the new Foreign Minister. Eliasson replaces Bosse Ringholm, who was named March 21 as the "temporary" Foreign Minister, following the resignation of Laila Freivalds [...]	2006-03-27 11:10:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SW
06SUVA255	FIJI'S MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT TALKING AGAIN [...] (C) Representatives of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) and Fiji's Ministry of Home Affairs tell us a June 23 meeting between RFMF Commander Bainimarama and Home Affairs Minister Vosanibola appears to have helped put civil-military relations in Fiji back on the right track. RFMF s [...]	2006-07-02 18:20:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPKO PGOV FJ NZ
06SUVA262	TONGA'S POLITICAL EVOLUTION: HOW FAR AND HOW FAST? [...] (C) The public drive in Tonga for political change seems to have decelerated in recent months, though debate is no longer about whether change should occur, but about the pace and degree. New Prime Minister Sevele's series of modest reforms may have reduced pressure. Also, people may be awa [...]	2006-07-05 22:49:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PGOV PINR EFIN CVIS TN CH
06SUVA287	Fiji's Sugar Industry: An Uncertain Future [...] (SBU) For decades, sugar has been the backbone of Fiji's economy. Nearly a quarter of the population depends on the sugar industry. The EU decision to drastically cut sugar subsidies over the next four years, however, casts a giant shadow over the industry's future. A variety of fixes ha [...]	2006-07-17 17:43:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ENRG SENV EUN FJ IN
06SUVA341	PACIFIC THOUGHTS ON RESTRUCTURE OF REGIONAL [...] (U) Pacific leaders tasked a group of experts to consider ways regional agencies might be rationalized. The experts' report advocates realigning 10 regional agencies into three pillars. The Pacific Island Forum (PIF),the regional policy-oriented body, would acquire policy/negotiation aspect [...]	2006-08-28 23:28:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL EFIS EAID SENV SPC PIF XV
06SUVA389	FIJI AND TONGA: PROSPECTS FOR IRAQ PKO [...] (C) Fiji's Cabinet subcommittee has postponed considering PKO issues until Home Affairs Minister Vosanibola returns from a trip to New York and the Middle East. Vosanibola has bones to pick with the UN about UNAMI and UNIFIL issues. He is open to considering Fiji participation in the Coalitio [...]	2006-09-21 22:16:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP KPKO PREL UN IR LE FJ TN
06SUVA497	FIJI UPDATE 11/15: WAITING FOR CIV-MIL MEDIATION; [...] (C) Suva remains superficially calm. Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) reserves are finishing a two-week camp and are about to return home, at least temporarily. At the same time, the Army has added to its list of "political" complaints to Prime Minister Qarase. The Chair of the Great [...]	2006-11-14 22:14:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA500	RIOTS IN TONGA; AMCITS HUNKER DOWN [...] (C) Rioters in downtown Nuku'alofa, Tonga, this afternoon (Nov. 16) trashed properties of PM Sevele, King George Tupou V, and some Indian and Chinese businesses. They may have been responding to a reported decision of the Tonga Parliament, that has been discussing political reforms, to end it [...]	2006-11-15 22:55:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KDEM ASEC CASC TN
06SUVA504	RIOTS DEVASTATE NUKU'ALOFA; TONGA IN UNEASY CALM [...] (C) Up to 70% of downtown Nuku'alofa was laid to waste by rioters 11/16 after a pro-democracy demonstration ignited into the streets. The city now appears calm, but authorities are concerned about potential continued unrest. Media is reporting that six people were killed in the rioting. A [...]	2006-11-16 21:21:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC MARR KDEM TN
06SUVA524	TOURISM TAKES A NOSE-DIVE IN FIJI [...] (SBU) Managers of several of Fiji's top hotels told us the tourism industry is "bleeding" due to RFMF Commander Bainimarama's repeated threats to take action against the government. Occupancy for most major resorts in Fiji is 40% or below, when it should be in the 70-75% range this time of [...]	2006-11-28 22:58:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON CASC PGOV PREL FJ
06SUVA528	FIJI UPDATE 12/1: PRESIDENT STATEMENT ON RULE OF [...] (C) President Iloilo issued a statement reaffirming his belief in rule of law, seemingly contradicting a claim by RFMF Commander Bainimarama last week. In a meeting today (12/1),Bainimarama and Iloilo reportedly discussed the recent Wellington meeting and did not discuss the future. Police C [...]	2006-11-30 19:35:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CASC ASEC FJ
06SUVA530	TONGA AFTER THE FIRES: WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) Summary: Tonga's King, Prime Minister, and others are demanding that those who looted and burned Nuku'alofa's central business district November 16 be brought to justice. At the same time, they have acknowledged that, while the national dialogue on democratic reforms has stumbled, it must [...]	2006-12-03 21:41:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM TN
06SUVA531	FIJI UPDATE 12/4: [...] (C) The Fiji coup may have officially commenced in late morning, 12/4, when Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) troops confiscated the firearms of the Police Tactical Response Unit (PTR). At mid-afternoon, the RFMF set up a road block on the outskirts of Suva, reportedly to block "thugs" [...]	2006-12-03 22:37:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA539	FIJI MILITARY COMMANDER ANNOUNCES COUP [...] (C) RFMF Commander Bainimarama held a media conference at 6 p.m. to announce that he has "stepped into the shoes of the President" under the "doctrine of necessity" and is invoking the Fiji Constitution's "reserve powers" to remove PM Qarase and install an interim government. An hour earlier, [...]	2006-12-05 01:08:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA554	FIJI UPDATE 12/12: QUIET DAY IN SUVA AS RFMF [...] (C) PM Qarase said today he is seeking air options for a return to Suva; RFMF Commander Bainimarama warned against any plan to set up a "de facto government." The RFMF reportedly is sifting through applications for interim-government positions. Bainimarama asked Government CEOs to keep their [...]	2006-12-11 23:27:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA555	THE FIJI COUP: WHAT EFFECTS? WHAT IMPLICATIONS? [...] (C) A number of motivations lie behind Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama's coup, some seemingly noble, some not. An unbiased observer would have to conclude, though, that Fiji's situation was not so wrenching as to require illegally removing the Qarase Government. [...]	2006-12-11 23:51:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA556	FIJI UPDATE 12/13: RFMF MONITORING TRANSPORT TO [...] (C) PM Qarase says Fiji is sliding into dictatorship, and he continues to state he leads the only legitimate government. He reiterated today that he intends to return to Suva as soon as he can find transport. The RFMF said it is monitoring all transport so as to keep Qarase in the outer isla [...]	2006-12-12 23:04:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA557	FIJI UPDATE 12/14: SMALL PROTEST, BIGGER PLANS? [...] (C) Reportedly, Qarase's SDL Party had plans for peaceful protests following a coup. While SDL activism in the streets hasn't been obvious yet, 20 NGO members quietly marched through Suva streets at noon today. RFMF efforts to discourage dissent continued. The Chair of the Great Council of [...]	2006-12-13 23:09:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA573	FIJI UPDATE 12/19: BAINIMARAMA WON'T ATTEND GCC; [...] (C) Commodore Bainimarama said he will not be attending the Great Council of Chiefs meetings this week because the Chiefs did not invite him as "Acting President." PM Qarase said the GCC meeting will determine the direction of the country; if Bainimarama does not accept GCC decisions, Fiji's [...]	2006-12-18 23:49:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA586	FIJI POLICE IN THE LINE OF FIRE [...] (C) The Fiji Police Force stood in the forefront of opposition to the plans of RFMF Commander Frank Bainimarama to overthrow the lawfully elected government of Fiji. Now that the coup has taken place, remaining senior officers are forced to work with the new military government and the commis [...]	2006-12-21 23:43:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL CASC MARR FJ
06SUVA65	SCENE SETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S FEBRUARY 25 [...] (C) We look forward to your short visit to Fiji. It comes in the run-up to national elections, which could take place as early as late April. It is also a time of very difficult civil-military relations. Tensions between the government and military have been at a near-boiling point for m [...]	2006-02-21 21:47:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV FJ US
06TAIPEI10	Economic Briefing for December 2005 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in December 2005: -- Macro Economic Performance -- Taiwan-China Integration -- Taiwan Banks -- New Tax -- Finance Reform -- Plan to Attract Investment -- High-speed Rail -- Scientific Cooperation -- Avian Influenza Macr [...]	2006-01-03 22:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW ESTH
06TAIPEI1001	MTAG: JAPAN SAYS "NO" TO TAIWAN CWC PARTICIPATION [...] (S) Summary: An estimated 300 company representatives attended a Japan-Taiwan Export Control Industry Outreach Seminar held in Taipei March 21. On the margins of the conference, AIT discussed the export control "gameplan" with Japan MFA Director for Non-Proliferation Futoshi Matsumoto. Matsu [...]	2006-03-26 22:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ECCT PARM MTCRE JP TW
06TAIPEI103	Taiwan: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is the Taiwan Investment Climate Statement for 2005, as requested reftel. A copy has been transmitted by e-mail to EB/IFD/OIA. ---------------------------------- A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ---------------------------------- 2. Taiwan officially welcomes foreign di [...]	2006-01-12 06:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON OPIC KTDB USTR TW
06TAIPEI1084	MTAG: TAIWAN SPEEDS GAMEPLAN IMPLEMENTATION [...] (S) Summary: Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Chief Secretary Peter Ho explained to AIT on March 28 that in response to AIT demarches regarding the slow pace of implementation of Taiwan's "gameplan" commitments (Ref A),it would immediately begin steps [...]	2006-03-30 08:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ECCT PARM MTCRE JP TW
06TAIPEI1151	DIRECTOR'S INITIAL CALL ON VICE PREMIER TSAI [...] (C) Summary: Vice Premier Tsai Ing-wen expressed concerns about Taiwan's democracy and economic situation with AIT Director Young during his initial courtesy call on March 28. She promised to work hard to address the concerns of business leaders with regard to overly bureaucratic travel regulat [...]	2006-04-03 07:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI1260	INDUSTRY EXPECTS PRC TOURISM OPENING IN JULY [...] (C) According to Travel Agents Association of Taiwan (TAAT) Vice Chairman Yao Ta-kuang, there has been little progress in the last few months on informal discussions with the PRC over further opening of Taiwan to PRC tourists. However, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) has agreed to the esta [...]	2006-04-10 09:02:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL CH TW
06TAIPEI1288	TAIWAN TAKES NEXT STEP TOWARDS WTO SAFEGUARDS ON [...] Summary: Taiwan's International Trade Commission (ITC) held a public meeting April 7 to hear industry opinions on whether to recommend Chinese towel imports be subject to trade restrictions. Taiwan's towel industry argued that safeguard measures are necessary to save them from imminent colla [...]	2006-04-12 08:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TW
06TAIPEI13	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN'S NEW YEAR [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taiwan dailies focused their coverage January 2-3 on two issues: President Chen Shui-bian's New Year speech, and the U.S. arms procurement bill. President Chen Shui-bian said Sunday in his New Year speech that his administration would adopt a new policy, "Proac [...]	2006-01-04 01:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06TAIPEI1300	DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON PFP CHAIRMAN JAMES [...] (C) Summary: People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong (Chu-yu) told the Director on April 11 that the PFP supports the purchase of P-3C aircraft and submarines, and is in favor of increasing Taiwan's military budget to three percent of GDP. Soong says he understands that Taiwan must maint [...]	2006-04-13 06:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1321	JAPAN PRESS ALLEGES TAIWAN AIDS CHINA'S WEAPONS [...] (C) Summary: The Tokyo Sankei Shimbun reported on April 12 that China is using a large number of Taiwan-made numerically-controlled high-precision lathes in its weapons programs aimed at Taiwan. The report could tarnish perceptions of Honorary KMT Chairman Lien Chan's economic summit in Chi [...]	2006-04-14 08:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ECCT PARM MTCRE JP TW
06TAIPEI1337	MTAG: TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL TECHNICAL ISSUES [...] (S) Summary: On April 10 CSI Kaohsiung Head Probo Munoz met with BOFT Export Control Taskforce Head Wally Su to discuss changes that needed to be made to Taiwan's regulatory system and the challenges of implementing the export control "gameplan." Munoz acknowledged that some of the challenges [...]	2006-04-17 09:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ECCT PARM MTCRE JP TW
06TAIPEI1344	KMT-CCP Meeting Pushes Taiwan Markets Up [...] During the week of April 10 - 14, Taiwan's stock market rose in anticipation of favorable results from the April 14-15 KMT-CCP economic forum. Taiwan portfolio investors started heavy trading in stocks before opening of the forum on April 15. Taiwan's stock price index rose 2.5% from 6,782 p [...]	2006-04-17 22:44:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI1359	TAIWAN AIDS CHINA'S WEAPONS PROGRAMS:FOLLOW-UP [...] (SBU) In response to the Tokyo Sankei Shimbun report on April 12 that China is using a large number of Taiwan-made numerically-controlled high-precision lathes in its weapons programs aimed at Taiwan (reftel),Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) issued a press release on April 14 containin [...]	2006-04-19 06:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ECCT PARM MTCRE JP TW
06TAIPEI138	KUOMINTANG STRATEGY TOWARD CHEN SHUI-BIAN [...] (C) This cable is in response to Ref A's request for AIT input regarding, inter alia, Kuomintang (KMT) strategy toward the legislative and political agenda of President Chen Shui-bian and his Democratic People's Party (DPP),KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou's control of the party and its cross-Strai [...]	2006-01-13 08:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1380	Update on Thai Labor Riot Fallout [...] (U) Summary. The widely publicized Thai labor problems relating to construction of Kaohsiung's subway continue to simmer. Huapan Management, the company that recruited the laborers, in February filed an NTD 19.7 million lawsuit against fourteen of the laborers involved in the initial riot la [...]	2006-04-20 05:39:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON IND LR TW
06TAIPEI1398	CROSS-STRAIT TOURISM - EXPECTATIONS HIGH, PRESSURE [...] (SBU) Expectations are high that Taiwan and the PRC will lift remaining restrictions on PRC tourist travel to Taiwan. Estimates of the potential economic benefit range as high as 0.2 percent of GDP. One industry contact speculated that Taiwan could see 5 million PRC tourists per year within [...]	2006-04-21 08:25:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL CH TW
06TAIPEI1432	Visit to Taiwan by Senior Advisor for Agricultural [...] Summary: Madelyn Spirnak, the State Department Senior Advisor for Agricultural Biotechnology, visited Taipei from March 29 - April 1, 2006. She discussed U.S. agricultural biotechnology policy with a wide range of officials. It became clear that Taiwan authorities do not have a long term stra [...]	2006-04-25 07:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON SENV OTRA ETRD TW KPAO OIIP TBIO
06TAIPEI1454	TAIWAN HEALTH MINISTER: WHO, AVIAN FLU, AND 2G [...] (U) Summary: Minister of Health Hou Sheng-mou told AIT Director Young that preparing for Avian Influenza is the top priority of Taiwan's Department of Health (DOH). Taiwan is eager to participate meaningfully in WHO meetings and to work with the U.S. to respond to global health emergencies. [...]	2006-04-27 08:44:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON TW
06TAIPEI1461	Kaohsiung Mayoral Election - Preliminary Report [...] (SBU) Summary: In the run-up to the DPP and KMT primaries, DPP elected officials and supporters are urging DPP's Central Office to recruit Acting Kaohsiung Mayor Yeh Chu-lan as its candidate in the upcoming December Kaohsiung mayoral election. Although former Council of Labor Affairs chairpe [...]	2006-04-28 01:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI1492	PRC-VATICAN RELATIONS: TAIWAN INCREASINGLY [...] (C) Summary: Recent conciliatory statements by Vatican and PRC officials have increased Taipei's anxiety that its diplomatic ties with the Holy See are in jeopardy. Taiwan officials say they have no influence over the Vatican and appealed to the USG for assistance and information on the statu [...]	2006-05-01 23:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC XR TW
06TAIPEI1523	REFORMING EATING HABITS IN TAIWAN, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR U.S. [...] Summary. A growing concern for Taiwan health authorities is to ensure its population's increasingly poor eating habits do not spiral out of control. Despite popular perception to the contrary, actual consumption of healthy foods like fruits and vegetables remains relatively low. Recent hea [...]	2006-05-03 06:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON TW CH
06TAIPEI1534	Increase in Internet Marketing of Counterfeit Goods Poses [...] Summary. Lin Chih-ming, Team Leader of Kaohsiung's IPR Enforcement Team, told AIT/K that in the past year, more than ninety percent of their caseload involved sale or transfer of pirated and counterfeit goods via the internet. Lin said that enforcement efforts and seizures of equipment had d [...]	2006-05-04 00:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON EINV KCRM TW
06TAIPEI1549	Moral Hazard Spurs Delinquent Card Debt [...] Moral hazard has contributed to a sharp increase in delinquent credit/cash card debt in 2006. This debt remains manageable for Taiwan's banking industry as a whole, but has exposed several foreign and Taiwan banks to significant risks. END SUMMARY. Moral Hazard ------------ 2. Media [...]	2006-05-05 06:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI1566	TAIWAN MOVES ON EXPORT CONTROL COMMITTMENTS [...] (S) Summary: Taiwan has issued an advance notice of an amendment to its regulations that would partially meet Taiwan's commitments under the August 2005 export control "gameplan." End summary. 2. (S) Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Export Control Task F [...]	2006-05-08 08:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ECCT PARM MTCRE JP TW

06TAIPEI1582	AIT DIRECTOR CALLS ON MINISTER OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) Summary: During his May 1st introductory call on Taiwan's Minister of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Hwang Ing-san, Director Young raised upcoming consultations on bilateral trade issues under the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA),noting that agricultural market access, IPR prote [...]	2006-05-09 09:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV TW
06TAIPEI160	TAIWAN CONSIDERING U.S. REQUEST ON BURMA [...] (SBU) AIT delivered reftel talking points to Taiwan Ministry of Justice Department of Prosecutorial Affairs Director Shawn Tsai (Ching-hsiung) on January 17. Tsai said Taiwan would give full consideration to the U.S. message when it came time to vote on Burma's application for membership in [...]	2006-01-17 21:44:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM PTER IMF TW CN
06TAIPEI1619	TAIWAN MOVES ON EXPORT CONTROL COMMITMENTS [...] (S) AIT delivered ref A talking points to Export Control Task Force Head Wally Su and received a report from Su on the investigation into machine tools orders from the Iranian company Azma Pisheh and the Syrian company Sinan that we requested in ref B. AIT has sent an informal translation of [...]	2006-05-11 05:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ECCT PARM MTCRE JP TW
06TAIPEI172	IS THIS A TAIWAN BANK? [...] (C) Wells Fargo Asia Regional Manager/Senior Vice President recently contacted AIT/Econ for advice on a problem involving the Taiwan-China relationship. The problem he described illustrates some of the complexities in cross-Strait banking, the mixed ownership of multinational companies, and [...]	2006-01-18 21:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PINR TW CH HK
06TAIPEI1789	TAIWAN FINANCIAL SUPERVISORS ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) Department of International Affairs Acting (DIA) Director General Mr. Andrea Lee told AIT on May 16 that former KMT Chair Lien Chan's trip to China in April had set the stage for improvements in cross-Strait economic issues, and he [...]	2006-05-25 08:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PINR EFIN TW
06TAIPEI1790	TAIWAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON HIZBALLAH, IRAN, AND WHO [...] (S) Summary. Taiwan Foreign Minister James Huang told the Director that Taiwan will respect U.S. sensitivities regarding both Hizballah and Iran. His unannounced visit to Lebanon in April was intended to establish friendly relations and explore commercial opportunities. The meeting with a [...]	2006-05-25 08:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ECCT PARM MTCR WHO TBIO IR TW
06TAIPEI18	KEELUNG HARBOR PREPARING FOR CSI VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 29 meeting with AIT/T econoff Taiwan Customs officials at Keelung expressed support for the proposal to implement the Container Security Initiative (CSI) in Keelung. However, they also presented data that underscored the low level of container traffic from Kee [...]	2006-01-04 05:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT TW
06TAIPEI1873	TAIWAN TIFA: SESSION 8: TEXTILES [...] (C) During Taiwan TIFA talks session 8, the U.S. and Taiwan agreed to work together to complete a textile transshipment MOU. The U.S. and Taiwan also discussed using the AIT/TECRO mechanism to develop economic development assistance programs in AGOA countries. The U.S. noted Taiwan's concer [...]	2006-06-02 04:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON TW
06TAIPEI1874	TAIWAN TIFA: SESSION 4: PHARMA AND MED DEVICES [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. side requested that pharmaceutical price adjustments not be implemented until there were consultations to review both data and methodology, and a formal dialogue on healthcare system reform. Taiwan's Bureau of National Health Insurance (BNHI) stated its willingness to [...]	2006-06-02 04:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON TW
06TAIPEI1875	TAIWAN TIFA: SESSION 5: AGRICULTURE [...] (C) Summary. In TIFA discussions between AIT and TECRO, Taiwan agreed to discuss the establishment of a Consultative Committee on Agriculture, to continue work on several technical issues, and to rapidly conclude negotiations to establish a rice CSQ. End summary. 2. (C) The Fifth U.S. - Ta [...]	2006-06-02 04:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON TW
06TAIPEI1899	MTAG: UPDATE ON TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL [...] (S) Summary and introduction: AIT believes that while problems remain in Taiwan's export control regime, the "gameplan" developed by ISN/MTR and AIT in August 2005 has led to significant improvements. Since January 2006, when AIT prepared ref A evaluation of Taiwan's overall export control s [...]	2006-06-02 09:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ECCT PARM MTCRE JP TW
06TAIPEI1901	NEXT STEPS FOR TAIWAN TIFA [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: The fifth round of US-Taiwan Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks concluded in Taipei on May 26. Deputy USTR Karan Bhatia and Taiwan's Deputy Economic Minister Steve Chen jointly presided over the talks. Reftels report on each session of the [...]	2006-06-02 09:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN EINV TW
06TAIPEI1918	Taipei Economic Brief for May [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in May 2006: --TIFA talks --2006 economic growth --Cross-Strait cooperation --Taiwan IPR officials in Beijing --Taiwan relaxes PRC investment rules --Solar and biomass energy --Taiwan Sugar to produce bio-ethanol --Communic [...]	2006-06-06 00:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI193	TAIWAN: AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] Summary. Taiwan continues to be H5N1 free and to prepare to counter a potential Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak. It has staged large-scale drills and distributed information in multiple languages to increase the flow of information to the public. Taiwan's Environmental Protection Agency (TEPA [...]	2006-01-19 21:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC ECON SENV SOCI TBIO WHO TW
06TAIPEI195	PRC NATIONALS CAUGHT IN BOARDING CARD SWAP [...] Four Chinese (PRC) nationals were intercepted at Narita International Airport on Dec. 25, 2005 trying to board flight UA890 to Los Angeles using U.S. passports with counterfeit biographic pages and swapped boarding passes. The Chinese were from Fujian Province but in transit from Dalian Intern [...]	2006-01-20 06:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC TW
06TAIPEI1984	AIT CHAIRMAN MEETS TAIWAN PREMIER [...] (C) Summary. On June 8, Premier Su Tseng-chang told AIT Chairman Burghardt that after delegating powers to Su, President Chen retains authority over security, international affairs and cross-Straits issues. The premier expressed confidence that Taiwan's democratic institutions would weather [...]	2006-06-09 11:53:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EINV TW
06TAIPEI2006	AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT VISIT TO TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: From June 8-11, AIT Chairman Burghardt visited Taiwan. This cable reports his meetings with Taipei Mayor and KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou, KMT LY President Wang Jin-pyng, prominent Taiwan academics, Foreign Minister James Huang, AmCham business leaders, and Mainland [...]	2006-06-12 22:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI2010	AIT CHAIRMAN MEETS TAIWAN VICE PREMIER [...] (C) Summary: AIT Chairman Burghardt met June 9 with Vice Premier Tsai Ing-wen. Chairman Burghardt told VPM Tsai that his visit to Taiwan was primarily a "re-introductory call" and that he was not carrying any messages from President Bush to President Chen. However, his recent consultations in [...]	2006-06-13 07:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI2056	Southern Taiwan Youth Prepping for Global Business [...] Summary: In 2004, Taiwan's Ministry of Education included globalization as an important factor in the annual university performance evaluation program. Local universities have worked to comply by diversifying international exchange programs and re-engineering campuses into international learni [...]	2006-06-16 05:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SCUL TW
06TAIPEI2215	RECALL MOTION AGAINST PRESIDENT CHEN FAILS IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The Pan-Blue opposition motion to recall President Chen Shui-bian failed to pass Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (LY) on June 27, as was expected. Following the vote, KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou announced he would not support a vote of no confidence in Premier Su Tseng-chang at this time [...]	2006-06-27 10:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI2225	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: TRANSMITTAL OF U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-28 08:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD
06TAIPEI2262	PUSHING TAIWAN ON DOHA & TRADE [...] (U) AIT Acting Director, Acting Deputy Director and Econ Chief delivered the demarche in reftel B to Vice Premier Tsai Ing-wen and newly appointed Taipei Economic and Cultural Relations Office (TECRO) Deputy Chief John C.C. Deng over dinner on June 29. AIT urged Taiwan to step forward in the [...]	2006-06-30 07:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON TW
06TAIPEI2388	Taiwan to Streamline Insurance Policy Review [...] Summary: Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission Insurance Bureau (IB) announced it will streamline insurance policy reviews beginning September 1 in response to comments from AmCham and local insurance companies. The number of new insurance products requiring prior review and the review t [...]	2006-07-14 06:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON TW
06TAIPEI240	HIGH-SPEED RAIL BUY-BACK A LAST RESORT [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) is preparing contingency plans for buying back the high-speed rail project, which is being constructed by the Taiwan High-Speed Rail Corporation (THSRC) under a build-operate-transfer (BOT) project. MOTC officials beli [...]	2006-01-24 07:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN ECON TW
06TAIPEI2412	FACING REALITY--CHINA PETROLEUM AND TAIPOWER RAISE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Last year, Taiwan authorities vowed not to raise fuel or utility prices (ref a). Facing rising international oil prices and mounting losses by state-owned energy and utility companies, the Executive Yuan relented and allowed price hikes at China Petroleum Company (CPC) and Taipow [...]	2006-07-17 06:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON SENV TW
06TAIPEI242	CABINET AND PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Premier-designate Su Tseng-chang and his new cabinet will take office on January 25, following the formal resignaion of Premier Frank Hsieh and his entire cabinet on January 23. The presidential office and Su Tseng-chang have announced through the media all of the major new appointments [...]	2006-01-24 09:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI2431	U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister James Huang told the USCC delegation that the recent PRC-Taiwan joint announcement of cross-Strait charter flights was "the most significant breakthrough in cross-Strait relations of the past six years," and that prospects for further progress are good. Huang said [...]	2006-07-18 22:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI2432	US-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION [...] (C) Summary: Vice-Premier Tsai Ing-wen told the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) delegation that Taiwan is in generally good economic health, but must create new industries and jobs and must preserve its competitive advantages over China. Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) [...]	2006-07-18 22:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI2452	GPA/PVS DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO VP TSAI [...] (C) Summary: On July 19 Taiwan Vice Premier Tsai Ing-wen assured AIT Director that U.S. comments on the Fifth Price-Value Survey (PVS) would be welcome and given full consideration through September 15 and that the Bureau of National Health Insurance (BNHI) would make no further announcements [...]	2006-07-20 22:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	WTO ETRD ECON PREL TW
06TAIPEI246	Southern View on the New DPP Chairman [...] (U) Summary: The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) held its island wide Chairmanship election on January 15 in which former Secretary General of the Presidential Office Yu Shyi-kun was elected the new DPP Chairman. With record low turnouts in southern Taiwan, Yu won all the cities/ [...]	2006-01-24 23:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI2462	ECONOMIC CONFERENCE - PROSPECTS DIM FOR CROSS- [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's Sustainable Economic Development Conference has suffered a series of setbacks in the last week, including the announcement that People First Party (PFP) Legislator Christina Liu would not participate and President Chen's reaffirmation of the "active management" policy. V [...]	2006-07-21 08:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN PREL CH TW
06TAIPEI2483	RULING DPP SEEKS TO RESTORE IMAGE [...] (C) Summary: The DPP this weekend passed a series of resolutions at its national party congress that aim to curb corruption and burnish its reformist image. In an unexpected and controversial move, the congress abolished the party's formal factions, which up to now have been a primary mechani [...]	2006-07-24 10:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI253	FRAUD SUMMARY - AIT TAIPEI, JANUARY 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-25 07:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC TW
06TAIPEI2532	MTAG:JULY 2006 UPDATE ON TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL [...] (S) Summary: On July 24, AIT delivered to the Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT)ref A talking points on recent machine tool transfers to Syria. At the same meeting, the AIT Container Security Initiative (CSI) Team Leader discussed in detail technical issues related to the inspection of ca [...]	2006-07-27 08:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	MTCRE PARM TW ECCT
06TAIPEI2574	Taipei Economic Brief for July [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in July 2006: --Economic Conference offers 516 recommendations; --Economy expected to slow in H2; --Taiwan to streamline insurance policy review; --Restriction on foreign professionals relaxed; --TSMC vaults to 4th largest sem [...]	2006-08-01 08:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI261	NEW ECON CABINET IN TAIWAN [...] This cable supplements ref A report on Taiwan's new cabinet. It provides background information on the new economic ministers in the cabinet. New Economic Cabinet Officials ------------------------------ 2. (U) New economic/financial cabinet members appointed in Taiwan's latest cabine [...]	2006-01-25 08:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD ECON PREL TW
06TAIPEI2634	Steve Chen Promoted to Economic Minister [...] On the afternoon of August 4, Premier Su Tseng-chang announced that Economic Minister Hwang Ing-san (Morgan) had resigned due to poor health and Vice Minister Chen Ruey-long (Steve) would be promoted to Economic Minister. A brief bio of Mr. Chen is as follows: 2. Steve Chen, 58, has been [...]	2006-08-04 09:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI2701	MTAG: AUGUST 2006 UPDATE ON TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL [...] (S) Summary: On August 9, AIT delivered to the Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT)ref A talking points on recent machine tool transfers to North Korea by Ching Hwee International Trading and ref B results of three export license reviews. BOFT noted that the U.S. response on export license [...]	2006-08-09 22:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	MTCRE PARM TW ECCT
06TAIPEI2783	New Senior Financial Officials [...] Summary: In early August, three new ministerial-level officials were inaugurated: Economic Minister Chen Ruey-long (Steve),Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) Chairman Shih Jun-jih, and Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) Chairman Chen Shu (Gordon). Steve Chen replaced Hwang Ing-san (reftel). S [...]	2006-08-16 06:23:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI2823	MTAG: TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL: LIBYA [...] (U) This cable is an action request. See para 9. 2. (S) Summary: On August 15, AIT delivered to the Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) ref A comments on five export license applications as well as the general information on overdue responses contained in the August 14 Bremmer-Young e-m [...]	2006-08-16 22:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	MTCRE PARM TW ECCT
06TAIPEI2860	ETC FIASCO BRINGS DOWN MOTC MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: An August 3 ruling from Taiwan's Supreme Administrative Court ensured that the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) would have to either hold a second bid process for the troubled electronic highway toll collection (ETC) system or take over the system itself from [...]	2006-08-18 02:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ECON PGOV TW
06TAIPEI2880	New Economic and Finance Vice Ministers [...] Summary: Following the promotion of Steve Chen from Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Political Vice Minister to Minister (reftel),the Executive Yuan (EY) shifted Shih-Yen Shiang (Note: Shih-Yen is his family name.) from MOEA Administrative Vice Minister to MOEA Political Vice Minister and [...]	2006-08-21 01:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI2925	MTAG: TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL: CASE REPORTS [...] (S) Summary: AIT delivered ref A responses on export license applications to Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) on August 23. BOFT reported on its investigation of the Dah Lih Machinery Industry Company and the Roundtop Machineries Industries Company Ltd (ref B). AIT has forwarded the [...]	2006-08-24 02:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	MTCRE PARM TW ECCT
06TAIPEI2950	MAINLAND AFFAIRS COUNCIL PUTS POSITIVE SPIN ON [...] (C) Summary. According to Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairman Joseph Wu, cross-Strait negotiations will not be derailed by Taiwan outrage over what it sees as PRC deviousness in disrupting Taiwan relations with Chad. That said, the pace of negotiations might slow down a bit. Expansion o [...]	2006-08-24 22:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON CH TW
06TAIPEI2953	TAIWAN NEEDS TO COMPLY WITH WCPFC FISHING CAPACITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A U.S. fisheries delegation visited Taiwan August 9 to discuss Taiwan fishing fleet overcapacity, ship-boarding policy in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) and Taiwan membership in fisheries organizations. The U.S. called on Taiwan to reduce its fish [...]	2006-08-25 02:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS SENV KTIA PHSA CH TW
06TAIPEI2991	MAC OFFICIAL EMPHASIZES SEMI-OFFICIAL NATURE OF [...] (C) Summary: Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Economic Division Director Fu Don-cheng emphasized the semi- official status of a new organization that will represent Taiwan in tourism discussions with the PRC as an advance for Taiwan in cross-Strait relations. Because the chairman of the new org [...]	2006-08-30 10:20:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PREL TW CH
06TAIPEI3044	Taipei Economic Brief for August 2006 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in August 2006: --Taiwan firms in China boost economy; --419 Microsoft Managers from PRC Attend Taipei Meeting; --Cross-Strait tourism ready; --Evergreen rolls out modified 747; --TSMC sues PRC-based SMIC again; --Foreign inv [...]	2006-09-06 03:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI3099	MOTC MINISTER ON HIGH-SPEED RAIL, DIRECT LINKS, [...] (C) Summary: In a September 5 meeting with AIT Director Young, Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) Minister Tsai Duei expressed confidence that Taiwan high- speed rail will open in October as scheduled after a one- year postponement. He also affirmed that the private sector w [...]	2006-09-07 07:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN EAIR ECPS PREL CH TW
06TAIPEI3107	MTAG: TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Action request para 5. 2. (S) AIT delivered to the Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) ref A results of ten export license reviews on August 30. BOFT said it was looking forward to soon receiving the additional information on case WA060718141946002 that Washington agencies said th [...]	2006-09-07 10:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	MTCRE PARM TW ECCT
06TAIPEI3126	TAIWAN DEMOCRACY VERSUS CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan Justice officials see the growing number of indictments of high-level government officials for corruption as a positive sign of both increasing democratization and higher standards of accountability for government officials. End summary. Government Corruption Dominate [...]	2006-09-11 07:20:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR ECON POL TW
06TAIPEI3239	MTAG: TAIWAN WELCOMES MEETINGS [...] (S) Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Export Control Task Force Head Wally Su reported on September 18 that Taiwan welcomes the Ref C proposal for a team of U.S. export control experts to visit Taiwan the week of November 13-17. Su said he has consulted with relevant Taiwan agencies about [...]	2006-09-19 04:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ETTC UNSCR TW NKWG
06TAIPEI3306	MTAG: TAIWAN RESPONDS, OUTLINES APPROACH [...] (S) Summary: On September 21, AIT delivered to the Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Ref A talking points on outstanding export control "gameplan" issues. BOFT's initial reaction was positive. AIT took the opportunity to deliver Ref B comments on export license WA060811144915003. End s [...]	2006-09-25 08:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ETTC UNSCR TW NKWG
06TAIPEI3310	PRESIDENT CHEN PROPOSES DISCUSSION OF NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In his opening address to a DPP forum on constitutional revision on Sunday, September 24, President Chen proposed that serious consideration be given to dealing with the question of defining national territory in the process of constitutional revision. Chen's proposal does not a [...]	2006-09-25 11:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3388	MTAG: TAIWAN AGREES TO SEND IRAN/NORTH KOREA DATA [...] (S) Summary: On September 28, AIT delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Consular Affairs (CA) Bureau Ref A talking points on outstanding export control "gameplan" issues. CA and AIT agreed to implement before mid-October a system to allow Washington agencies to regularly review [...]	2006-10-02 08:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ETTC UNSCR TW NKWG
06TAIPEI3444	Anti-Chen Protest Motorcade in Kaohsiung, Pingtung, and [...] (SBU) Summary: On the evening of October 3, the anti-President Chen motorcade led by Shih Ming-teh passed through Kaohsiung City without stopping and held a rally in Pingtung City. Two thousand local people joined the event, which ended peacefully without encountering any protest from pro-Ch [...]	2006-10-04 09:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI3477	MTAG: TAIWAN GAMEPLAN REVIEW [...] (S) Taiwan has made significant export control gameplan progress in recent weeks. This cable summarizes recent gameplan developments and responds to Ref A questions. Definitions of Taiwan's SCL and SHTC ----------------------------------- 2. (S) Taiwan defines Sensitive High-Tech Commo [...]	2006-10-11 10:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ETTC UNSCR TW NKWG
06TAIPEI3478	MTAG: TAIWAN GAMEPLAN REVIEW [...] (S) Taiwan has made significant export control gameplan progress in recent weeks. This cable summarizes recent gameplan developments and responds to Ref A questions. Definitions of Taiwan's SCL and SHTC ----------------------------------- 2. (S) Taiwan defines Sensitive High-Tech Commo [...]	2006-10-11 10:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ETTC UNSCR TW NKWG
06TAIPEI3479	NSC SECRETARY GENERAL CHIOU I-JEN ON ANTI-CHEN [...] (C) Summary: NSC Secretary General Chiou I-jen told the Director on October 11 that President Chen was "a little angry" over the disruptive protests launched against him by pan-Blue legislators at the October 10 national day ceremony. Chen had agreed to participate in the ceremony, against th [...]	2006-10-11 10:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3493	MTAG: TAIWAN DELIVERS IRAN/NORTH KOREA VISA [...] (S) As per the agreement reported Ref A, Taiwan has provided AIT with detailed information on North Korean and Iranian nationals receiving Taiwan visas for review by Washington agencies. AIT has forwarded the information via the State Intranet system to EAP/TC and ISN/MTR. Separately, AIT d [...]	2006-10-12 09:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ETTC UNSCR TW NKWG
06TAIPEI3521	SECOND PRESIDENTIAL RECALL FAILS AND THINGS CALM [...] (C) Summary: Voting along strict party lines, on October 13 the Legislative Yuan (LY) rejected the second motion to recall President Chen this year. Before the vote, "Depose Chen" protest movement leader Shih Ming-te instructed his followers to go home and rest instead of picketing the LY duri [...]	2006-10-13 10:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3552	TAIWAN VICE PREMIER ON EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (C) Summary: On October 16, Taiwan Vice Premier TSAI Ing-wen assured AIT Director Young of full cooperation on export control issues, promised to look into the U.S.-EU proposal on advancing Taiwan's accession to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement and said she believes the Taiwan econom [...]	2006-10-17 10:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ETRD ECON PREL WTRO TW
06TAIPEI3581	CROSS-STRAIT TOURISM - TAIWAN WAITING FOR PRC [...] (C) Summary: According to a travel agency executive closely involved in cross-Strait discussions of tourism, Taiwan invited the PRC to consultations on tourism in Macau on October 20 and 21 but has not yet received a reply. The contact ruled out the possibility of a deal soon enough to allow [...]	2006-10-19 07:53:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL CH TW
06TAIPEI3589	LEGISLATIVE YUAN SPEAKER WANG JIN-PYNG ON ARMS [...] (S) Summary: LY Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (KMT) told the Director on October 19 that party leaders in the LY have agreed to put the supplementary budget bill on arms procurement on the LY agenda for review next week. The regular defense budget, which also includes arms procurement, has already b [...]	2006-10-19 11:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PGOV MCAP PREL TW
06TAIPEI3603	New Taiwan Foreign Currency Bond Market [...] (SBU) Taiwan has established a foreign currency bond market and expects the first bond listings in October. The move is another in a series of measures designed to better utilize Taiwan's surplus capital. However, restrictions such as limits on PRC investment and the lack of incentives will [...]	2006-10-20 08:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI3613	CROSS-STRAIT TRADE - OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS OF [...] (C) Summary: Despite dramatic liberalization, Taiwan still maintains substantial restrictions on the import of certain products from the PRC, banning outright 20 percent of all import product categories. A disproportionate number of agricultural product categories are banned. Taiwan produce [...]	2006-10-23 09:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL CH TW
06TAIPEI3681	UNSCR 1718: TAIWAN SANCTIONS NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: On October 25, Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang strongly condemned North Korea's nuclear test and led Taiwan's Executive Yuan (EY) in passing a package of trade and financial sanctions against North Korea which echo the measures called for in UNSCR 1718. Separately, AIT delivered t [...]	2006-10-30 09:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ETTC UNSCR KNNP NK IR TW
06TAIPEI3687	HIGH-SPEED RAIL - RUNNING LATE, BUT ON TRACK [...] Summary: Taiwan's high-speed rail will begin operations in December 2006. Its financial situation seems to have stabilized in the year since it obtained additional funding from the Taiwan authorities in September 2005. As it draws closer to operations, the high-speed rail appears to have lef [...]	2006-10-31 01:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN ECON TW
06TAIPEI3725	TAIWAN PLEDGES TO INVESTIGATE EXPORT CONTROL CASES [...] (C) Summary: On October 30, Taiwan Director General of the Ministry of Justice, Investigation Bureau Yeh Cherng-maw assured AIT Director Young of full cooperation in investigating export control cases and other illicit trade. End Summary. 2. (C) On October 30, AIT Director Young met Ministr [...]	2006-11-01 08:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ETTC ECON ETRD PREL SNAR TW
06TAIPEI382	CHEN SHUI-BIAN'S CHINESE NEW YEAR SURPRISE [...] (C) Summary: In an informal Chinese New Year speech in southern Taiwan on January 29, President Chen announced that he was considering abolishing the National Unification Council (NUC) and National Unification Guidelines (NUG),using the name Taiwan in applying to join the UN, and holding a c [...]	2006-02-07 09:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI3906	CROSS-STRAIT INVESTMENT - TAIWAN STILL HOLDS SOME [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan media often reports Taiwan firms in Mainland China are returning to invest in Taiwan. Taiwan encourages this kind of investment. However, many of these firms maintain and even expand large manufacturing operations in the Mainland at the same time they increase investment i [...]	2006-11-21 01:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV KIPR PREL CH TW
06TAIPEI3963	CROSS-STRAIT CHARTER FLIGHTS - PROGRESS POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: The airline executive who nominally leads cross-Strait discussions on charter flights for Taiwan believes the two sides should be able to resolve in December all outstanding technical issues on cargo and weekend passenger charter flights. However, he said an announcement on chart [...]	2006-11-27 06:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PREL CH TW
06TAIPEI3974	MAYOR MA HOPEFUL ON DEFENSE, MAYORAL ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary. Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou told the Director on November 24 that the December 9 Kaohsiung mayoral election remains too close to call, while in Taipei KMT candidate Hau Lung-bin appears to be maintaining his substantial lead. Stating that the Legislative Yuan (LY) had effectively [...]	2006-11-27 22:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS MARR TW
06TAIPEI3993	Trade Performance Better Than Expected [...] Taiwan's trade in Q3 this year was better than predicted, with both exports and imports growing faster than previously estimated by think tanks. Higher export growth and a larger trade surplus should lead to upward adjustment of Taiwan's 2006 economic growth. High-tech industries, the backbone [...]	2006-11-29 08:44:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI3995	TAIPEI MAYORAL RACE: PERSONALITIES, THEMES, AND [...] (C) Summary: KMT candidate Hau Lung-bin continues to lead DPP candidate Frank Hsieh by a comfortable margin in popular opinion polls on the December 9 Taipei mayoral election. The ongoing investigation of current Taipei Mayor (and KMT Chairman) Ma Ying-jeou's special fund has had little effec [...]	2006-11-29 10:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI4028	TAIWAN: STIFFING THE DEAR LEADER [...] This is an action request. 2. In response to ref A demarche on UNSCR 1718 obligations and recent press reports that the United States has developed a list of proposed luxury sanctions, Ministry of Foreign Affairs North America Bureau Deputy Jack Su contacted AIT/T/Econ on December 1 to ob [...]	2006-12-01 09:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC UNSCR KNNP NK TW
06TAIPEI4058	MTAG: UNSCR 1718: TAIWAN SANCTIONS NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: AIT discussed in detail the ref A U.S. report on efforts towards implementation of UNSCR 1718 and provisional list of luxury goods with officials from Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Economic Affairs Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) at meetings on Decemb [...]	2006-12-05 09:19:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ETTC UNSCR KNNP NK TW
06TAIPEI4063	MAC CHAIRMAN PREDICTS CROSS-STRAIT TOURISM [...] (C) Summary. MAC Chairman Wu told the Director December 5 that a cross-Strait agreement to further open Taiwan to PRC tourism would likely be concluded shortly after the December 9 Taipei and Kaohsiung mayoral elections. He said charter flights will take longer, though he expects the Ministr [...]	2006-12-06 10:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV EAIR ECON PGOV CH TW
06TAIPEI4077	WEF Ranks Taiwan 100th in Banking Soundness [...] The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently gave Taiwan's banking system a ranking of 100th out of 125 rated economies. Taiwan's banking regulators have expressed dismay, disagreement, and have pointed out flaws in evaluation method. End summary. Poor Ranking ------------ 2. In its 2006 [...]	2006-12-08 05:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI4079	AUSTR VISIT: TIFA, APEC, CHINESE GOODS, AND [...] (C) Summary: Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Director General Franco Huang told AIT Econ Chief that he would try to provide AIT with "acceptable footnote language" for Taiwan's WTO GPA accession. It is not clear whether this signifies confusion or motion in Taiwan's position. His comments [...]	2006-12-08 05:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV APECO TW
06TAIPEI4083	CENTRAL TAIWAN SCIENCE PARK BELIES HOLLOWING-OUT [...] (C) Summary: The Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) in Taichung has been remarkably successful at attracting large-scale investment from leading high-tech firms. Total investment since the park was established in 2002 has reached US$49 billion. It is the site of Corning Inc.'s largest capital [...]	2006-12-08 09:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EIND CH TW
06TAIPEI4112	HIGH-SPEED RAIL HOPES FOR CHRISTMAS CERTIFICATION [...] (U) Summary: After two derailments in November, the earliest date Taiwan's high-speed rail can receive authorization from the Taiwan authorities to begin operations is December 25. End summary. 2. (U) After a series of technical setbacks, Taiwan's high-speed rail project has again delayed [...]	2006-12-13 09:53:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ECON TW
06TAIPEI4145	COUNTER-TERRORISM IN TAIWAN: PROGRESS AND [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan authorities have made a concerted effort since 2005 to establish an island wide counter-terrorism network to reduce stove-piping and competing interests between relevant ministries and agencies that could hamper the government's response in the event of a terrorist attac [...]	2006-12-18 09:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PTER TW ID
06TAIPEI4153	TAIWAN'S MEDICAL INDUSTRY - CATCHING CHINA FEVER? [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan investors and medical providers are increasingly involved in healthcare services in the PRC. Taiwan firms have opened or plan to open eight hospitals in China. According to one AIT source, as many as 100 Taiwan-invested clinics have applied for PRC permission to operate i [...]	2006-12-19 08:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PREL CH TW
06TAIPEI4168	Pro-Independence Southern Taiwan Society Joins Forces with [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-21 07:26:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI4200	MTAG: UPDATE ON TAIWAN GAMEPLAN [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's licensing agency is pleased with the improvements in its licensing system over the course of 2006 and attributes much of the progress to U.S. assistance. Taiwan greatly appreciates U.S. comments on licensing cases and welcomes any additional comments U.S. agencies may ha [...]	2006-12-28 09:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC TW
06TAIPEI479	POU CHEN GROUP FOCUSES ON CHINA'S RETAIL MARKET AND [...] (SBU) Summary. As widely reported in the Taiwan press, Taiwanese businessmen have largely greeted President Chen's exhortation to avoid excessive focus on the mainland either negatively or dismissively. However, according to Chi Jui Tsai, Chairman of Pou Chen Group, the world's largest shoe [...]	2006-02-15 08:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL TW HK CH BG IN
06TAIPEI484	TAIWAN VOTES AGAINST BURMA IN APG [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-15 09:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN IMF KCRM TW
06TAIPEI55	CHEN SPEECH - SPECIAL IMPACT ON HIGH-TECH COMPANIES [...] (C) Summary: As reported in refs a-d, Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian in his annual New Year's speech poured cold water on hopes for improved cross-Strait relations in the near future. The President in his address altered the accepted formulaic language on cross-Strait relations and announce [...]	2006-01-08 22:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PINR TW CH
06TAIPEI562	AIT/T VIEWS ON SPECIAL 301 REVIEW 2006 [...] Summary: The environment for Intellectual Property protection in Taiwan continues to improve as key sectors of society embrace the reality that Taiwan's economic prosperity is increasingly dependent on innovation. Taiwan authorities have continued effective enforcement actions targeted at o [...]	2006-02-24 05:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ETRD TW
06TAIPEI642	2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: TAIWAN [...] (U) Following is AIT/T's 2005-06 Trafficking-in-Persons (TIP) report. The report is presented according to reftel sections, beginning with 21 A. -------- Overview -------- 21 A. (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit or destination for international trafficked men, women or [...]	2006-03-01 07:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
06TAIPEI705	Southern Taiwan Confirmed Epidemic -- Vote-buying [...] (SBU) Summary. At the conclusion of the 3-in-1 elections on December 3, 2005, prosecutors in southern Taiwan found themselves overwhelmed with clean-up of vote-buying complaints. Blossoming creative methods and variations on the practice of vote-buying do little to help practitioners avoid th [...]	2006-03-07 01:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI738	Vietnamese Brides in Southern Taiwan - [...] Summary. Foreign brides, and their social and educational problems have once more captured considerable attention in the wake of late 2005 news coverage of a group of Vietnamese women entering Taiwan (ref A) via marriage documents for the actual purpose of prostitution. While a few Vietname [...]	2006-03-09 05:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI VM TW
06TAIPEI902	MA YING-JEOU: READY FOR THE U.S. STAGE? [...] (C) Summary: Taipei Mayor and Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou sees his upcoming visit to Washington as a key step in his run for the presidency in 2008. He hopes to burnish his credentials as a statesman who knows how to handle the big political and security issues including U.S.-Ta [...]	2006-03-17 10:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR TW
06TAIPEI910	CROSS-STRAIT TRADE INTEGRATION UNBALANCED [...] (SBU) Taiwan's economic prosperity increasingly depends on trade with the PRC. Growth in cross-Strait trade in 2005 outpaced growth in Taiwan's total trade. Trade with the PRC accounted for 19 percent of Taiwan's global trade up from 18 percent in 2004. In addition, the PRC overtook the Unit [...]	2006-03-20 07:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON CH TW
06TAIPEI942	Taiwan Contemplates First WTO Safeguard Action Against [...] (U) Summary: For the first time since its accession to the WTO in 2002, Taiwan has initiated import relief and dumping investigations against the PRC. Taiwan's towel manufacturers have requested relief in the face of rising PRC imports and Taiwan's International Trade Commission (ITC) and Mini [...]	2006-03-21 08:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TW
06TAIPEI959	KMT: KISSING ITS ASSETS GOODBYE [...] (C) Summary: The Kuomintang (KMT) is busy selling off the assets it acquired while in power to keep the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) from flogging the issue in upcoming elections. With operating costs of over NT$150 million (US$4.7 million) per month, the party also has practical reas [...]	2006-03-22 10:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI960	FOREIGN MINISTER JAMES HUANG PROMOTES MORE [...] (C) Foreign Minister James Huang, who took office January 25, told DDIR that he intends to promote a substantive foreign policy that emphasizes developing a broad range of ties with key regions and countries. This new policy will be a departure from the current heavy focus on trying to prese [...]	2006-03-22 11:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI980	MAC'S "ACTIVE MANAGEMENT" CLARIFICATION STILL [...] (C) On March 22, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairman Joseph Wu detailed the mechanisms to be used in implementing the "active management, effective opening" policy for cross-Strait economic activities. The mechanisms are divided into to four categories: personnel, agriculture, economics a [...]	2006-03-23 11:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR CH TW
06TALLINN1042	OIL SHALE ENERGY: FACING ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) Summary. Oil shale is a key Estonian national resource, whose existence has allowed the country to remain relatively independent of Russian natural gas supplies. Despite the high cost of compliance, the GOE and power utility Eesti Energia are confident they will bring Estonia's oil shale [...]	2006-11-20 15:53:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SENV ENRG EN
06TALLINN1084	ESTONIA: PRESIDENT ILVES'S TRIP TO GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary. On December 6, President Ilves's Foreign Affair Advisor, Sven Jurgenson, briefed us on Ilves's recent trip to Georgia. While in Tbilisi, Ilves emphasized to Georgian President Saakashvili the need for the GOG to reduce tensions with Russia and take a more pragmatic approach to E [...]	2006-12-07 09:18:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG EN

06TALLINN1086	ESTONIA: BIOS OF PRESIDENT ILVES?S ADVISORS [...] (SBU) Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves has surrounded himself with trusted, experienced advisors he has known for most of his political career. For the most part, these officials gained experience in the early days of re-independence, and comprise some of the most thoughtful and well c [...]	2006-12-07 14:14:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV EN
06TALLINN370	ESTONIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 12:55:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BM EAID EU PHUM PREF PREL EN
06TALLINN634	ESTONIA: RAILWAY DEADLOCK UNNERVING GOE [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 22, Baltic Rail Service (BRS) sent an official response to the Estonian government's letter of April 27 alleging that BRS had violated the terms of the Estonian Railways privatization agreement and threatening to revoke that agreement. In its letter, BRS categorically [...]	2006-07-10 09:24:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD EN
06TALLINN695	ASEM DEMARCHE - ESTONIA HOLDING EU LINE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-03 09:31:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM FI BU EN
06TALLINN835	GOE AND BRS CLOSE TO A DEAL ON RAILWAY SALE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOE and Estonia Railway's (ER) primary shareholder, Baltic Rail Services (BRS) may be close to concluding a deal for the buyback of BRS' shares. The Ministry of Economy (MOE) appears prepared to take a more flexible approach on price. BRS and ER are anxious to close a deal, [...]	2006-09-14 08:40:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN KIDE EN
06TALLINN845	ESTONAIN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS: NO LONGER HOT BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. These days, progress in Estonian- Russian relations is measured in inches. Over the last several months, disagreements over sensitive and controversial issues such as the border treaty have not hindered cooperation on less hotly debated issues. However, Estonia's relationship [...]	2006-09-15 08:35:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS EN
06TALLINN964	ESTONIA'S NEW PRESIDENT PART II: A MORE ASSERTIVE [...] (C) Summary. Newly-elected Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves has highlighted three foreign policy priorities for his presidency: helping to improve transatlantic relations, increasing Estonia's profile in and contributions to the European Union (EU) and development of a coherent and coor [...]	2006-10-23 13:41:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EN
06TALLINN974	ESTONIA PREPARES FOR SCHENGEN IMPLEMENTATION [...] Summary: GOE officials expect implementation of the Schengen Agreement to be delayed until early 2009, because of a delay in the European Commission's introduction of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II). In preparation for accession, the GOE is focused on bringing borde [...]	2006-10-26 15:03:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD EUN EN
06TASHKENT1225	UZBEKISTAN BURNS 700 KGS OF NARCOTICS [...] (U) Uzbekistan marked the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking by burning 700 kilograms of seized narcotics on June 26. The narcotics burned included 430 kg of heroin, 182 kg of opium, 73 kg of marijuana, 8 kg of hashish, and an unspecified amount of other phychot [...]	2006-06-27 06:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR UZ
06TASHKENT261	TAJIBAYEVA TRIAL OPENS WITH CHARGES OF U.S. AND [...] (C) Summary: The trial of human rights activist Mutabar Tajibayeva opened in a small town near Tashkent on January 30. The charges against her include having received funding from the U.S. and French Embassies, which she used to distribute literature intended to sow panic among the populace. T [...]	2006-02-01 13:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT377	NO UNAUTHORIZED COOPERATION WITH FOREIGNERS [...] (C) Summary: An August 2005 decree of the GOU Higher Education Ministry effectively imposed a blanket prohibition on any cooperation between Uzbek educational institutions and foreign organizations without explicit prior government approval. The decree mentions the Peace Corps by name, and th [...]	2006-02-23 07:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KPAO PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT466	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST TAJIBAYEVA SENTENCED TO [...] (C) On March 6, the Lower Chirchik District Criminal Court sentenced human rights activist and Embassy Democracy Commission grantee Mutabar Tajibayeva to eight years in prison. The many charges against her included using U.S. Embassy grant funds to distribute printed materials intended to spr [...]	2006-03-09 13:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT477	UZBEKISTAN PLAYS THE RUSSIAN AND CHRYSANTHEMUM [...] (C) Summary: The GOU appreciates Japan,s continued economic assistance and views the Central Asian (CA) plus Japan Forum as complimentary to other regional groups. The GOU said it will work with any &friendly8 country on projects. The Japanese government plans to reduce the number of aid pro [...]	2006-03-13 09:08:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UZ ZK
06TASHKENT632	KAZAKH AMBASSADOR ON NAZARBAYEV'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Kazakh President Nazarbayev signed several cooperation agreements with President Islam Karimov during his Navruz visit to Tashkent. Kazakh Ambassador Kabdrakhmanov said the visit was successful, but discussions will continue on reducing excise tariffs and oil and gas investments. [...]	2006-03-31 12:59:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KZ PGOV PREL UZ EINV
06TASHKENT694	CULTURAL DELEGATION HEADED TO RUSSIA EXCLUDES [...] (C) According to a source in the parliament, an Uzbek cultural delegation will travel to Saint Petersburg from April 17-22 to participate in the Forum of Art and Science Intellectuals of the CIS countries. The delegation was invited by the rector of Moscow State University, actor Kyril Lavrov [...]	2006-04-07 14:18:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI SCUL PGOV PREL RU UZ
06TASHKENT756	FY06 FUNDING OF OSCE EXTRABUDGETARY PROJECTS IN [...] (U) Summary: The OSCE website listing of extrabudgetary projects does not reflect any activities in Uzbekistan. Post recommends the USG contribute funding to the following projects that fulfill both U.S. and OSCE interests: a research grant on intellectual property rights (IPR) (USD 100,000 [...]	2006-04-19 07:27:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON OSCE PHUM PREL UZ
06TASHKENT825	UZBEKISTAN AND SOUTH KOREA DEEPEN THEIR LABOR [...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan and South Korea are taking steps to strengthen their labor relations. Sources at the Uzbek Ministry of Labor and South Korean Embassy told Poloff that their governments have agreed to facilitate labor contracts for Uzbek guest workers. Uzbekistan will reportedly become [...]	2006-04-26 03:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB SMIG ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV KS UZ
06TASHKENT827	EMOTIONS STIR UP ROMANIAN-UZBEK RELATIONS [...] (C) Romanian Political Officer Calin Ilie told PE Chief that the Romanian-Uzbek relationship continues to flounder. He said that his Embassy's interactions with the MFA are essentially non-existent. The last meeting the Romanian Ambassador had with Deputy FM Nematov occurred last fall when th [...]	2006-04-26 03:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO UZ ZK
06TASHKENT845	THE LATEST FROM ANDIJON [...] (C) Summary: A local contact from Andijon reported a series of recent "worrying events" in and around the province. He said that the local government seems to be continuing to try to boost public morale but does not plan to officially commemorate the anniversary of the May 2005 violence. Six [...]	2006-04-27 12:36:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KISL UZ
06TASHKENT938	LANDMINE ACTIVIST UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: Alisher Taksanov (please protect),the local representative of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL),told us that he was denied an exit visa at the end of March, preventing him from attending an international landmine conference. Taksanov, who is also an independent [...]	2006-05-15 13:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UZ
06TBILISI2601	GEORGIAN ARRESTS UPDATE -- SEPTEMBER 29 [...] (C) As the Georgian-Russian confrontation over Russian military officers detained for spying enters its third day, the Georgians have been making their case with the diplomatic community and the public, releasing video and other evidence of espionage. OSCE Chair-in-Office de Gucht is planning [...]	2006-09-29 10:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG
06TBILISI2668	GEORGIA TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR:UPDATED [...] Pursuant to Ref A Embassy Tbilisi provides the following statistics and information regarding the textile sector in Georgia. 2. Statistics (2005 data): Total industrial production (USD thousands): 1,158,267 Total textiles and apparel production (USD thousands): 7,745 Textile/apparel sha [...]	2006-10-04 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ETRD GG
06TBILISI2680	RUSSIA'S TIGHTENING THE ECONOMIC SCREWS ON GEORGIA [...] (U) This is an action request for EB and EUR. See paragraph 8. 2. (U) Russia has announced that all airline, rail, road, sea and postal links to Georgia will be closed after midnight Monday, October 2. On October 3, the Transport department of the Georgian Economic Development Ministry [...]	2006-10-06 13:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD EWWT ECON PREL GG
06TBILISI2866	A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Georgian Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili told A/S Fried October 18 that recent Russian statements and actions indicated that Russia had decided to launch an all-out diplomatic assault on Georgia, trying to marginalize the U.S. from the Group of Friends, targeting GUAM, and working to di [...]	2006-10-30 08:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG
06TBILISI2991	IMERETI REGION: SEEKING A VISION FOR ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. The Georgian city of Kutaisi and its surrounding region, Imereti, are struggling to find a clear direction for future economic growth. Regional leaders view the city, and the region, as a transit and regional service center for medicine, education, and trade, but seem to focus mo [...]	2006-11-09 15:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ETRD GG
06TBILISI3069	THE ROSE REVOLUTION: THREE YEARS ON [...] (C) Summary: The Saakashvili administration came to power after the 2003 Rose Revolution promising to build democracy, increase prosperity, and reincorporate Georgia's separatist regions. Three years after the Rose Revolution, the Saakashvili administration has much to be proud of. In place [...]	2006-11-22 15:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
06TBILISI3399	NO SHAH DENIZ GAS MEANS TOUGH CHOICES FOR GEORGIA [...] Summary: BP reported the delay in availability of Shah Deniz gas to the Embassy on December 21. ACG associated gas, which is now being re-injected to support oil production, could supply up to 8.1 million cubic meters (cm) per day to Azerbaijan and Georgia. However, the old pipeline from Az [...]	2006-12-26 13:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PREL GG
06TEGUCIGALPA1102	HONDURAN INDUSTRIALISTS ASK GOV FOR DIRECT [...] (C) Summary: The Honduran Industrialists Association (ANDI) has written a letter to the Government of Venezuela seeking a direct PetroCaribe arrangement, modeled after deals recently struck with mayors in El Salvador and Nicaragua (ref B). PetroCaribe is a government-to-government program, so [...]	2006-06-15 20:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL PINR VE HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1179	HONDURAN POPULIST PRESIDENT ZELAYA: MELISTAS PUSH [...] (C) Summary: Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and his Administration have now been in office approximately five months. Zelaya is acting more and more like a populist, and has stumbled through a series of missteps ever since his meeting with POTUS June 5. His willful mis-characteri [...]	2006-06-30 18:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KCRM SMIG SNAR PINR VZ HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1393	(C) HONDURAS: RECENT HONDURAS ENERGY DISCUSSIONS [...] (S/NF) The following responds to tasker C-AL6-01066 transmitted ref M. All responses are keyed to questions contained in reftel and repeated below. A. (U) PRESIDENT ZELAYA. 1) (C) WHERE DOES ZELAYA STAND WITH RESPECT TO THE VENEZUELA OIL TALKS? WHAT ARE HIS MOTIVATIONS FOR INVOLVE [...]	2006-08-04 23:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR EPET PGOV HO VE
06TEGUCIGALPA1559	OIL COMPANIES AND GOH NOW TALKING, THOUGH NO [...] (C) Summary. Throughout the week of August 18, President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales reverted to his former style of publicly hurling invectives, largely blaming the international oil companies, particularly Esso and Texaco, for his continuing difficulties in implementing the proposed fue [...]	2006-08-25 18:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR EPET ENRG PGOV HO VE
06TEGUCIGALPA1930	HONDURAS: CORRUPTION, ELECTRICITY, AND RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Honduras is heading for rolling blackouts within year, according to Leion "Leo" Starkman, outgoing head of national electric company ENEE. GOH officials resist reducing their costs for electricity purchases from as high as USD 0.25 cents per KWh (for thermal generation) to just [...]	2006-10-11 23:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG PREL ECON EPET PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2030	Honduras: Latin American-Caribbean BioFuels Initiative [...] Summary: This cable responds to ref (A). Despite confusion and controversy in the traditional energy sector, Honduras has made real progress in biofuel development. Efforts are focused primarily on biodiesel, mainly through the cultivation of African Palm oil, and a consumer trial is now unde [...]	2006-10-26 14:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ENRG PREL PGOV SENV TRGY ETRD HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2046	HONDURAS: MIN FIN SEEKING DONOR SUPPORT AND MORE [...] (C) Summary: In an October 23 meeting with Ambassador, Minister of Finance Rebeca Santos asked for additional technical assistance to assist her ministry in improving fiscal administration and oversight and increasing transparency. She also renewed her request for technical assistance in bud [...]	2006-10-27 16:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2232	HONDURAS: PRICE CONTROLS ON OIL AND CEMENT [...] (SBU) Price controls -- existing or proposed -- continue to be a worrisome topic in Honduras, as recent developments leave both the private sector and the consuming public unsatisfied. In the last few days, talk has centered on challenging a private sector price increase in corn flour, a sta [...]	2006-11-27 22:54:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD ECON EPET PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2257	FOREIGN MINISTER INTERESTED IN CONCLUDING [...] (SBU) At a meeting between Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez, the Ambassador, DCM and Polcouns on 11/27, the latter presented the Foreign Minister with the draft PSI shipboarding agreement and implementing agreement (Ref A),noting that they are based on our existing anti-narcotics shipboardin [...]	2006-12-01 21:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PHSA PREL HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2265	HONDURAS: CONOCOPHILLIPS WINS CONTROVERSIAL FUEL [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-02 00:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
06TEGUCIGALPA2373	HONDURAS: IMPORT-LED GROWTH? [...] (C) Summary: The Central Bank of Honduras is predicting economic growth for 2006 of 5.3 to 5.8 percent. Some bankers are now openly talking about a possible resurgence of inflation in 2007, and made their fears plain by under-subscribing a recent GOH bond issuance, complaining that yields o [...]	2006-12-27 22:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA333	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (reftel A). --------------------------------- POLITICAL VIOLENCE --------------------------------- Â [...]	2006-02-22 23:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC KSAC PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA432	Proposal for Strengthening Honduran Judicial [...] Summary: As per the referenced cable, Congress appropriated $40 million ($20 million in ESF and $20 million in DA) in FY 2006 for trade capacity building in CAFTA-DR countries to be used in the areas of labor and the environment. This proposal is the third of three USAID/Honduras responses to [...]	2006-03-06 20:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD EAID ECON PGOV KJUS HO
06TEGUCIGALPA459	HONDURAS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2005/2006 [...] (SBU) The following is the 2005/2006 Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report input for Honduras, responding to questions posed in ref A. Post point of contact is Political Officer Swati M. Patel, phone: (504) 236-9320, ext. 4394, IVG phone: 539-4394, fax: (504) 238-4446, and unclassified and [...]	2006-03-08 23:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KJUS ASEC PREF ELAB HO
06TEGUCIGALPA534	HONDURAN FUELS: THE SEARCH FOR A CALM DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: At present the decision on if and how to implement the recent decision to have the GOH itself offer a public fuel tender rests with the GOH. Over the coming weeks, however, Post plans to encourage both GOH and private sector interlocutors to engage in a process of calm and reason [...]	2006-03-17 23:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV PREL PINR VZ HO
06TEGUCIGALPA575	HONDURAN IMMIGRATION: THE ZELAYA ADMINISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Consul General (CG) met on March 6 and 14 with senior officials in the Honduran Immigration Service and they presented a picture of continued confusion and corruption at the Immigration Service. President Zelaya told the Ambassador on March 14 that a new Director of Immigr [...]	2006-03-23 18:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PGOV PREL ETRD PINS KCRM KJUS ASEC HO
06TEGUCIGALPA853	WHA DAS MADISON MEETS WITH HONDURAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: WHA DAS Kirsten Madison visited Honduras April 26-28 and met with Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, key members of his cabinet, congress, and the business community. Key themes of the visit included cooperation on regional security problems such as narcotrafficking, Ho [...]	2006-05-09 22:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KCRM SMIG SNAR PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA985	(S) HONDURAS: USG SHOULD KEEP ZELAYA NERVOUS ABOUT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (S) Summary: In preparation for his June 5 meeting with POTUS, President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales is explicitly seeking USG reassurance that we will not object to a GOH deal with Venezuela for oil. Zelaya has on several recent occasi [...]	2006-05-31 21:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	EPET ENRG PGOV PREL PINR VE HO
06TELAVIV1009	U.S.-ISRAEL JPMG FOLLOW-UP: ISRAELI RESPONSE TO [...] (C) On March 2, Israeli MOD POL-MIL Bureau Senior Coordinator for Strategic Dialogues and Defense Cooperation Rami Yungman passed poloff the nonpaper in paragraph six -- Israel's response to a U.S. presentation on proposed defense sales to the Middle East that was made at the January 11 U.S.-Israel [...]	2006-03-13 15:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS US XF IR IS MILITARY RELATIONS ISRAEL
06TELAVIV1017	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 12:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1042	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 12:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1066	GIDEON EZRA DISCUSSES AMONA COMMITTEE, [...] (C) Summary: Public Security Minister Gideon Ezra told the Ambassador on March 14 that the Israeli National Police (INP) knew it would encounter significant resistance during the demolitions of Amona, but that the operation had to be implemented regardless because the High Court made a decis [...]	2006-03-16 18:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1101	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] National Security Strategy of the United States 2. Mideast 3. Bird Flu ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (banners in Maariv and The Jerusalem Post) reported that on Sunday, Palestinian PM-designate Ismail Haniyeh presented t [...]	2006-03-20 12:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1114	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and Israel Radio quoted President Bush as saying on Monday: "I see a threat in Iran. The threat is, of course, their stated objective to destroy our strong ally Israel. I've mad [...]	2006-03-21 07:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1178	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations --------------- Election polls: --------------- A Yediot/Mina Zemach (Dahaf Institute) poll held this week: -"Were elections for the Knesset held today, for whom would you vote?" (Results in Knesset seats -- in brackets, results of last week's poll. [...]	2006-03-24 11:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1181	ISRAELI MARKETS STABLE IN FACE OF ELECTION [...] (C) Israel's three main parties have all responded to the unusual attention being paid to social-economic issues in this election campaign. They have devoted considerable attention in their platforms to the need to narrow the ever-widening gap between the rich and the poor. The Labor Party, [...]	2006-03-24 14:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN ELAB PINR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1191	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations --------------- Election polls: --------------- A Yediot/Mina Zemach (Dahaf Institute) poll held on Sunday: -"Were elections for the Knesset held today, for whom would you vote?" (Results in Knesset seats -- in brackets, results of Yediot's poll pub [...]	2006-03-27 13:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV12	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Security Fence ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on missiles fired last night by IAF helicopter at a car carrying three senior activists in Islamic Jihad's military wing, causing their death. Among the three casualties was Said [...]	2006-01-03 11:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1216	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Aftermath of Israeli Elections 2. Mideast 3. Iraq 4. Europe: Anti-Americanism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch and Deputy US National Secur [...]	2006-03-29 12:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1261	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The major media bannered the killing of four Israelis in a suicide bombing last night in the West Bank. A Palestinian who was apparently disguised as an ultra- Orthodox Jew hitchhiked a r [...]	2006-03-31 10:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1272	EXPORT CONTROLS: COMMERCE U/S MCCORMICK'S MARCH 9 [...] (S) Israeli Defense Ministry officials told Commerce Under Secretary for Industry and Security David McCormick March 9 SIPDIS that (A) the MOD has assumed the lead role in re-organizing Israel's export control system in the wake of hi-tech transfer scandals that plagued the U.S.-Israel relat [...]	2006-03-31 14:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ETTC PREL PINS IS ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV1319	ISRAELI DEFMIN TELLS A/S WELCH ISRAEL WILL TAKE NO [...] (S) Summary: Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told NEA Assistant Secretary Welch and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams on March 30 that Israel will not communicate with or assist a HAMAS-led Palestinian Authority (PA). Mofaz said that he personally believes PA President Abu Mazen will become increas [...]	2006-04-04 04:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINS PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
06TELAVIV1324	GILAD ON HAMAS'S RELATIONS WITH JORDAN, EGYPT, AND [...] (C) Summary: MOD Pol-Mil Bureau Head Amos Gilad told A/S Welch and DAPNSA Abrams on March 31 that Hamas' close relationship to the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Jordan would negatively impact Jordan's security. While he had raised the issue with GOJ officials, he claimed that they are "afraid t [...]	2006-04-04 07:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1362	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 11:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1376	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations 3. Trial of Former Liberian President Charles Taylor ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The electronic media reported that today, President Moshe Katsav invited Acting PM Ehud Olmert today to form a gover [...]	2006-04-06 12:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1473	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media cited President Bush's Passover message, which was issued on Wednesday and centered on the notion of freedom. Major media repor [...]	2006-04-14 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1488	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Mideast 3. Jonathan Pollard ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (banner in The Jerusalem Post) reported that new satellite imagery released on Sunday by the Institute for Science and Imagery, a Washi [...]	2006-04-17 11:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1533	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Lebanese-Syrian Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that FM Tzipi Livni, who successfully proposed revoking the Jerusalem residency of the Hamas legislators, persuaded a governmental foru [...]	2006-04-20 11:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1593	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Yediot reported that on May 21, Ehud Olmert will pay his first visit to the United States as prime minister and will meet with President Bush. The newspaper sa [...]	2006-04-24 11:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1620	SHIMON PERES CONCERNED ABOUT JORDAN'S STABILITY [...] (C) Summary: Shimon Peres told CODEL Shays that Palestinian patience with ineffectual Hamas governance will run out sooner than Hamas thinks, and that the USG must encourage PA President Mahmoud Abbas to be courageous in standing up to Hamas. He asked the USG to encourage the GOI to work wit [...]	2006-04-25 16:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV1632	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Sinai Bombings 2. Mideast 3. Mordecai Vanunu ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In its lead story, Ha'aretz quoted senior US administration officials in Washington as saying in unofficial conversations that the US will not recognize a [...]	2006-04-26 14:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1669	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch as saying that Hamas might have found ways to circumvent the boycott imposed on fund transfers to the [...]	2006-04-28 11:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1692	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Yediot reported that James Wolfensohn, the special Quartet envoy, has decided to discontinue his service after 11 months, and not to extend his term, which is due to expire at t [...]	2006-05-01 12:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1745	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-04 12:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV177	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and Israel Radio reported that the U.S. administration intends to invite Acting PM Ehud Olmert to Washington before the elections in Israel. The radio reported t [...]	2006-01-12 12:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1774	A SPRING OF LIEBERMAN'S DISCONTENT: NO [...] (C) The absence from Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's 25-member Cabinet of even a single representative from the Russian-speaking immigrant community -- despite that community's electoral strength -- has elicited strong criticism from Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman and Kadima MK Marina [...]	2006-05-05 14:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV1782	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Warren Buffett's Israeli Deal ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The acquisition by US tycoon Warren Buffett, who is the world's second-wealthiest man, of 80 percent of Galilee- based Iscar Metalworking for USD 4 billion, which h [...]	2006-05-08 12:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1791	WHITE HOUSE SCIENCE ADVISOR ADVANCES DIALOGUE ON [...] (U) Summary: During a three-day visit to Israel, John Marburger, Science Advisor to the President and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP),engaged in a dialogue on strengthening U.S.-Israel cooperation in S&T. He moved his Israeli interlocutors away from [...]	2006-05-08 15:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA TPHY PREL ECON OVIP KPAL KWBG IS ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV1854	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-11 11:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1864	CONVERGENCE COHORT: INFLUENTIAL ADVISERS ON [...] (C) Summary: In a bid to make his office more "presidential," Prime Minister Olmert has decided to name Dr. Yoram Turbowicz as his chief of staff, a new position that will reportedly make the Office of the Prime Minister (PMO) more effective in terms of policy coordination. The incoming cha [...]	2006-05-11 17:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1865	ISRAEL COUNTERTERRORISM BUREAU CHIEF REQUESTS HELP [...] (S/NF) In a May 10 meeting with Ambassador Jones, Israel NSC Counterterrorism Bureau (CTB) Director BGEN Dani Arditi reviewed the structure and mission of the CTB, and requested the Ambassador's assistance in encouraging the Department of Homeland Security to develop operational cooperation wit [...]	2006-05-11 17:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PINR KPAL KWBG EG JO IS COUNTERTERRORISM
06TELAVIV1871	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-12 12:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1887	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Ha'aretz reported that Israel and the US are beginning discussions of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's convergence plan this week. The newspaper wrote that the working assumption a [...]	2006-05-15 11:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV189	AMERICAN PASTOR ASSAULTED IN RELIGIOUS [...] SUMMARY: Amcit Howard Mitchell Bass (25-Jan-1950 VA) told Conoff on January 4 that on December 24, 2005, he and his Messianic Christian congregation were physically assaulted by ultra-Orthodox Jewish protestors in Beer Sheva, who apparently believed and spread rumors that "busloads" of Jews we [...]	2006-01-13 05:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PHUM IS KIRF ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV1902	AVIAN INFLUENZA: ISRAELI POULTRY FARMERS RECEIVE [...] To curb the spread of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in Israel in March 2006, the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture ordered the culling of approximately 1.3 million birds, including broilers, layers and breeding stock (turkeys and chickens). According to a USDA GAIN Report issued May 10, 2006, [...]	2006-05-16 08:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO ECON EAGR IS KBWG ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ECONOMY FINANCE
06TELAVIV1913	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Libya 3. Darfur ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio cited a statement issued Monday by the White House Press Secretary: "President Bush will welcome Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel to the White House on May [...]	2006-05-16 11:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1943	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that PM Ehud Olmert has decided to tone down his stance on the convergence plan, which Ha'aretz said may be related to staunch opposition worldwide [...]	2006-05-18 11:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1945	A/S SILVERBERG AND FM LIVNI DISCUSS IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told IO A/S Silverberg and the Ambassador May 14 that time is running out in the international community's efforts to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. She outlined Israel's justification for the "convergence" plan, denying that t [...]	2006-05-18 13:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM KPAL KWBG IR LE IS KNNC UN GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1946	ISRAEL'S NEW FINANCE MINISTER COMMITTED TO FISCAL [...] (C) Finance Minister Hirchson told the Ambassador that the new government would continue to practice fiscal restraint, and will resist strong pressures from members of the coalition to open the spending floodgates. He pledged that the 2006 budget would not be renegotiated and would keep to t [...]	2006-05-18 15:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IS KWBG KPAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV1948	ISRAELI DEFMIN PERETZ SAYS COUNTERING TERRORISM, [...] (C) New Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz told Ambassador Jones May 17 that defending Israel from the terrorist threat is his number one priority. He said that dealing with the Iranian nuclear threat is his second priority, and expressed gratitude for America's support and firm stance on t [...]	2006-05-18 16:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS MARR KPAL KWBG MNUC IR JO EG IS GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1981	FM LIVNI PROMOTES FINANCIAL PRESSURE STRATEGY [...] (S) In separate meetings with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials on May 2, the GOI requested that the Treasury Department warn the Misr Bank in Cairo against making electronic fund transfers (EFT) to individual Palestinian accounts at the Bank of Palestine in Gaza. Foreign Minister ( [...]	2006-05-19 17:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	EFIN IS PREL PTER KPAL KTFN ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV1995	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 13:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2017	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Former Republic of Yugoslavia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted comments made by President Bush at his joint White House press conference with PM Ehud Olmert on Tuesday: "Today, Prime Minister [...]	2006-05-24 11:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2019	KUPPERWASSER'S FINAL ASSESSMENT OF HAMAS [...] (S) In a May 2 meeting at the NSC, BGen Yossi Kupperwasser told Under Secretary (U/S) of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) Stuart Levey that if the Palestinian people turn away from Hamas, they would probably not turn towards Fatah unless Fatah undergoes a significant [...]	2006-05-24 12:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PTER KTFN EFIN PREL IS KPAL
06TELAVIV2020	KUPPERWASSER'S FINAL ASSESSMENT: HAMAS'S FOUR [...] (S) In a May 2 meeting at the NSC, BGen Yossi Kupperwasser told Under Secretary (U/S) of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) Stuart Levey that if the Palestinian people turn away from Hamas, they would probably not turn towards Fatah unless Fatah undergoes a significant [...]	2006-05-24 12:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PTER KTFN EFIN PREL IS KPAL
06TELAVIV2064	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ISRAEL INSTITUTE [...] On May 24, 2006 Commercial Officer John Coronado and Commercial Specialist Yael Torres conducted a Pre-License Check at the Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) located at: 24 Reuven Street, Ness-Ziona 74100, Israel. Named institute is listed in BIS application D355002 as the end-us [...]	2006-05-26 11:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETTC IS ETRD ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID
06TELAVIV2140	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Anti-Semitism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying Sunday, at a news conference with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm el-Sheikh, that he will meet PA Chairman [Pr [...]	2006-06-05 14:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2220	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Al-Zarqawi Assassination 2. Iran 3. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead stories in Ha'aretz and Yediot) reported that last night in the southern Gaza Strip, Jamal Abu Samhadana, the commander of the [...]	2006-06-09 11:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2224	MOD'S AMOS GILAD ON ABBAS AND EGYPT [...] (C) Israeli MOD Political-Military Bureau Chief Amos Gilad told A/S Welch and the Ambassador June 6 that Israel could help PA President Mahmud Abbas the most by staying quiet. Welch stressed the importance of supporting President Abbas and working to help the Palestinian people avoid a human [...]	2006-06-09 11:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR KWBG KPAL PGOV IS EG GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV2239	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 12:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2272	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Somalia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that at 10 Downing Street on Monday, British PM Tony Blair refrained from endorsing PM Ehud Olmert's plan for a unilateral withdrawal, although he recognized that t [...]	2006-06-13 13:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV2493	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] MIDEAST 2. ISRAEL-ICRC RELATIONS ------------------------- KEY STORIES IN THE MEDIA: ------------------------- ALL MEDIA REPORTED THAT PM EHUD OLMERT AND PA CHAIRMAN [PRESIDENT] MAHMOUD ABBAS AGREED IN PETRA, JORDAN, ON THURSDAY TO MEET FORMALLY IN A FEW WEEKS. (A YEDIOT HEADLINE [...]	2006-06-23 11:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2622	AG GONZALES' MEETING WITH MINISTER OF PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: In the June 28 meeting, Avi Dichter told the Attorney General and the Ambassador that he fully supports U.S.-Israel cooperation on counter terrorism, and sees no reason to restrict information sharing when it can help save innocent lives. Dichter detailed Israel's response to rece [...]	2006-06-30 10:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER IS POL COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAEL RELATIONS

06TELAVIV2676	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 13:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2679	MOF OFFICIAL PRESENTS THE CASE FOR EXTENDING THE [...] (C) Finance Ministry official Eyal Klein told Deputy Economic Counselor July 4 that the GOI decision to increase year-to-year spending from 2007 to 2009 by 1.7 percent, in violation of its commitment to the U.S. in the 2003 U.S. - Israel Loan Guarantee Agreement (LGA) to keep spending increa [...]	2006-07-05 15:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV2714	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. North Korea ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that Israeli diplomatic officials expressed concern Thursday that the world's reaction to the IDF incursion into northern Gaza, considered relatively mil [...]	2006-07-07 13:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2750	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-11 12:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2757	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All TV and radio stations broke out with the escalating situation on the Israeli northern border. According to reports, Hizbullah has kidnapped two Israeli soldiers. The Hizbullah attack be [...]	2006-07-12 15:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV295	SOLID FUNDAMENTALS KEEP ISRAELI ECONOMY ON GROWTH [...] (SBU) According to preliminary Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) data released on January 1, 2006, the Israeli economy grew by 5.2 percent in 2005, and GDP per capita (USD 17,800) increased by 3.3 percent. Following growth rates of 1.7 percent in 2003 and 4.4 percent in 2004, in the initial [...]	2006-01-20 14:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IS EIND EINV ETRD ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV3048	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-04 12:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV3079	ISRAEL FM LIVNI SAYS ISRAEL DISAPPROVES OF CURRENT [...] (S) In their August 6 meeting, Israeli FM Tzipi Livni told NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch that Israel could not approve of the draft UN resolution in its current form. Making impassioned, emotional appeals, she more than once put forward the following reasons: -- In Israel's view, the resolut [...]	2006-08-08 08:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINS MOPS LE IS
06TELAVIV3145	LEBANON: CODEL ROYCE AND ISRAELI NSC CHIEF DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Israeli National Security Council head Ilan Mizrahi told Representative Ed Royce July 9 that he does not believe any country will send troops to participate in an international force to fight Hizballah. He said the Lebanese army is "not a force you can count on," and indicated that Isr [...]	2006-08-10 14:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE IS
06TELAVIV3155	LEBANON: NATAN SHARANSKY DISCUSSES HIZBALLAH, [...] (C) Summary: Likud Knesset member Natan Sharansky met with Representative Ed Royce on August 10 and discussed the current conflicts with Hizballah and Hamas as well as the longer term prospect for democracy in the Middle East. Sharansky said that he is not surprised by Hizballah's strong resistance [...]	2006-08-11 07:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PTER LE IS
06TELAVIV3195	FM LIVNI: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST DO ITS [...] (C) During her August 14th late morning briefing of the Diplomatic Corps in Jerusalem, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni opened by expressing the hope that UNSCR 1701 would reshape the region and asserting that the Government of Lebanon (GOL) and the international community shared the burden of its [...]	2006-08-14 12:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL LE PINR PREL
06TELAVIV3198	KNESSET SPEAKER DISCUSSES CRISIS WITH CODELS [...] (C) Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik (Kadima) and MK Yuval Steinitz (Likud) told CODELs Miller and Royce on August 9 that Hizballah's July 12 attack demonstrated that the nature of the conflict between Israel and Iran is ideological and not territorial. Itzik explained that the Hizballah actions, follow [...]	2006-08-14 13:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS
06TELAVIV3220	CODEL MILLER HEARS VIEWS ON WAR FROM ISRAELI MFA [...] (C) On August 9, Israeli MFA Deputy Director General Yoram Ben Zeev hosted CODEL Miller to lunch in the Israeli Arab town of Abu Ghosh, using the opportunity to convey GOI views on the ongoing war against Hizballah, and stressing that Arabs and Israelis can live side-by-side in peace and harmo [...]	2006-08-15 12:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP ASEC MOPS MASS PTER LE IS
06TELAVIV3245	ISRAELI MOD PRESSED TO TAKE QUICK STEPS TO HELP [...] (C) Responding to the Charge's urgings that Israel act quickly to end the sea blockade of Lebanon, re-open Beirut International Airport, and allow mobile bridges to be erected in southern Lebanon to facilitate shipments of outside assistance to needy Lebanese, Israeli MOD POL-MIL Bureau Head Amos G [...]	2006-08-16 10:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PHUM PTER KPAL KWBG MASS LE SY IL
06TELAVIV3369	UN ENVOYS AND GOI DISCUSS UNSCR 1701, DISAGREE ON [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen and UN Under Secretary General Vijay Nambiar met with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, FM Tzipi Livni, DefMin Amir Peretz, Vice PM Shimon Peres, PM Chief of Staff Yoram Turbowicz, and PM Prisoners Envoy Ofer Deckel during a visit to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv on A [...]	2006-08-24 11:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER UN LE IS
06TELAVIV3399	INITIAL IMPACT OF ISRAEL-HIZBALLAH WAR ON ISRAEL [...] (C) In the wake of the 34-day Israel-Hizballah War, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are reviewing their performance across the board, and taking stock of achievements and mistakes with an eye towards assigning blame, where necessary, and gathering lessons learned for application in future suc [...]	2006-08-25 11:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PINR LE IS
06TELAVIV3440	NEW ISRAELI MOD DG ASHKENAZI OUTLINES HIS GOALS [...] (C) New Israeli MOD Director General MGEN (Ret.) Gabi Ashkenazi told the Ambassador August 24 that his first priority is complete transformation of Israel's export control system and restoration of U.S. trust in it. He promised to personally involve himself in the legislative process so that Israel [...]	2006-08-29 16:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MOPS MASS PINR SY LE IS
06TELAVIV349	OLMERT TACKS TO THE CENTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Candidate" Olmert used his first major public address as acting prime minister and Kadima party leader to nudge his party's platform further toward the center, reprising the role he played as Sharon's stalking horse for unilateral disengagement, and once again moving beyond whe [...]	2006-01-25 13:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV3503	ISRAELI TOURISM INDUSTRY A CASUALTY OF WAR [...] (C) Data from the first six months of 2006 indicates that Israel was on pace to welcome 2.6 million visitors this year, the most since 2000. Not surprisingly, the conflict with Hizballah has resulted in a dramatic decline in the number of foreign tourists. The Central Bureau of Statistics (CB [...]	2006-09-01 12:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EIND IS
06TELAVIV3551	HAIFA AFTER THE ROCKETS [...] Summary. Two Embassy Tel Aviv consular officers made a post-ceasefire visit to Haifa, Israel's third largest city, principal port and for about a month this summer the frequent target of Hizbollah rocket attacks, to assess operations of our consular agency there and get a feel for how the city [...]	2006-09-06 13:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CASC CMGT IS
06TELAVIV3561	TOURGEMAN AND STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSS LEBANON, [...] (C) Summary: In an August 24 meeting, Shalom Tourgeman, foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, predicted to Staffdel Talwar that budget wrangling will be taking place between the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) over the next few months as usual. The [...]	2006-09-07 13:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PREL KWBG IS LE SY
06TELAVIV3590	MOFAZ DISCUSSES KARNI CROSSING WITH THE AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz told the Ambassador on September 6 that security is the main problem concerning Karni crossing, citing the 400-meter long tunnel discovered near there last week. Mofaz said that it would be important to see how the Palestinians will perform t [...]	2006-09-08 16:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PGOV IS
06TELAVIV3732	ISRAELI CT OFFICIALS DISCUSS ISRAEL-HIZBALLAH WAR, U.S.-ISRAEL CT COOPERATION [...] (S) Israeli counterterrorism (CT) officials were anxious to convince visiting S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer that IsraelÂ´s 34-day war with Hizballah in July and August had weakened the terrorist group and given Lebanese PM Siniora greater political will to take on Hizballah, but Israeli [...]	2006-09-19 13:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PTER PREL SY LE IS
06TELAVIV3783	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ARMS TRANSFER POLICY TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-21 15:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PARM PREL OTRA VE IS
06TELAVIV3843	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BIBI NETANYAHU [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Likud Party leader Bibi Netanyahu September 26, Netanyahu told the Ambassador he was pleased with his recent visits to Washington and London, and appeared confident that he and his party would make a political comeback as a result of the Israeli public's swing [...]	2006-09-28 08:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IS IR XF
06TELAVIV3844	GOI PERSPECTIVE ON WAZZANI SPRINGS [...] (C/NF) Summary: According to an MFA official, the villagers of Rajar (aka Ghajjar) resumed using piped water from the nearby Wazzani Springs after the IDF drove Hizballah fighters away from the area during the recent conflict. Armed Hizballah fighters had stopped the villagers from using the [...]	2006-09-28 09:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV PREL PGOV KPKO LE IS
06TELAVIV3911	Bloodless Holy War: The Beckfords vs Yad L'Achim [...] Summary: Consular officers went to the city of Arad in the Negev desert to interview two American citizens about their ongoing conflict with the anti-missionary group, Yad L'Achim (lit.," Hand to Brothers"). While the Americans are clearly being harassed in their pursuit of daily activities, [...]	2006-10-04 15:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC CVIS PHUM PGOV IS KIRF
06TELAVIV3960	ISRAEL'S 2007 STATE BUDGET ATTEMPTS TO BALANCE [...] (U) Israel's 2007 state budget, as approved by the Cabinet on September 12, totals approximately NIS 283 billion (USD 65 billion). This represents year-on-year real expenditure growth of 3.3 percent over 2006, consisting of the previously announced 1.7 percent increase plus an additional 1.6 p [...]	2006-10-06 15:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IS PGOV
06TELAVIV4021	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying Wednesday in Washington, in an address to the American Task Force on Palestine: "I know the commitment of the Palestinian p [...]	2006-10-12 10:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4037	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that a total of 8 or 9 Palestinians, including two children, were killed Thursday in two IDF operations in the Gaza Strip. Five Qassam rockets landed [...]	2006-10-13 10:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4042	CODEL WARNER'S MEETING WITH ISRAELI DEFMIN PERETZ [...] (C) CODEL Warner's October 3 meeting with Israel Defense Minister Amir Peretz focused on lessons learned from Israel's war with Hizballah in southern Lebanon, and missile defense. (Reftels report on the CODEL's meetings with Prime Minister Olmert and Foreign Minister Livni.) Accompanied by MOD [...]	2006-10-13 14:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS PGOV OREP KWBG LE IR SY IS
06TELAVIV4047	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, The Jerusalem Post reported that Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter will leave on Sunday for an official visit to the US, during which he will meet with top law enforcement o [...]	2006-10-16 10:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV407	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-30 12:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV4086	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that in a speech at the opening of the Knesset's winter session, PM Ehud Olmert said that the "Lebanon campaign" underlined the threat a nuclear Iran would pose for the " [...]	2006-10-17 10:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4107	OLMERT PUSHES LIEBERMAN-LIKE REFORM IDEAS IN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Olmert opened the Winter session of the Knesset October 16 in the conspicuous absence of President Moshe Katsav, who ducked the occasion rather than face a firestorm of protest from MKs who are calling for the President's resignation amidst serious allegations of s [...]	2006-10-17 16:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS
06TELAVIV4148	READOUT OF ISRAEL MOD POL-MIL BUREAU CHIEF'S VISIT [...] (C) On October 17, the chief advisor to Israeli MOD POL-MIL Bureau Chief Amos Gilad gave poloff a readout of Gilad's meetings with Chinese MFA and MOD officials during his September 25-28 visit to Beijing. During those meetings, the Chinese officials reportedly said that China: A) will not [...]	2006-10-19 14:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PTER ETTC KPKO MASS MARR MNUC CH
06TELAVIV4247	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Internal political issues continued to dominate the Hebrew language newspapers. All media estimated that Defense Minister Amir Peretz will inform Prime Minister Ehud Olmert tha [...]	2006-10-25 09:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4269	BOI GOVERNOR SEES EXCELLENT ISRAELI ECONOMIC [...] (C) Governor of the Bank of Israel (BOI) Stanley Fischer told the Ambassador that Israel's economic situation is excellent, despite the recent war, which slowed 2006 economic growth by about one percent. Inflation is very low, and the .25 percent interest rate decrease on October 23 was mean [...]	2006-10-26 14:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SCRM IS KPAL KWBG
06TELAVIV4272	ISRAELI BUSINESSES STILL INTERESTED IN PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Israeli business owners, academics, and a prominent NGO offered mixed, though predominantly positive, views of the future of Israeli-Palestinian business ties under more peaceful conditions. Two interlocutors -- an academic and the owner of a shipping company -- were decidedly pessimistic [...]	2006-10-26 15:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IS PGOV
06TELAVIV4281	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ----------- Summary: -------- Independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz editorialized: "Peretz relinquished the last remnants of his influence over diplomatic-security affairs when he agreed to place the sensitive matter of strategic threats in the hands of the least appropriate perso [...]	2006-10-27 10:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4354	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ Yediot reported that that US Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Wednesday after visiting Egypt. According to the paper Negroponte's visit has [...]	2006-11-01 14:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV45	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Prime Minister Sharon's Health: 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Sharon is fighting for his life after suffering a significant stroke with massive bleeding in his brain last night. He was rushed from [...]	2006-01-05 11:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV450	POVERTY SITUATION IMPROVES AMID HEADLINES TO THE [...] (C) The poverty report released on January 23 by the Israeli National Insurance Institute (INII) indicates a marked slowdown in the rate of increase of poverty in Israel. At a time when the sharp cut in welfare payments resulting from the enactment of the Netanyahu economic reform program in [...]	2006-01-31 13:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV4521	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying last night in Los Angeles that the moment of truth has arrived regarding Iran's nuclear program. Olmert was quoted as saying that "no longer ca [...]	2006-11-15 10:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV453	MFO DG LAROCCO LAYS OUT NEXT STEPS ON HELO [...] (C) In a January 30 meeting with Ambassador Jones, Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) Director General James Larocco reviewed next steps for concluding the MFO's transition to Blackhawk helicopters, noting U.S. success in obtaining Israel's agreement, in principle, to pay its USD 2 millio [...]	2006-01-31 15:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS KPKO EG IS GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
06TELAVIV4534	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media bannered the killing of a Muslim Israeli woman married to a Jewish man and the serious wounding of two men -- one of them a bodyguard for Defense Minister Amir Per [...]	2006-11-16 11:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV454	ISRAEL-CHAD RELATIONS ON HOLD; MFA DENIES ANY GOI [...] (C) Oren Anolik, advisor to the Israeli MFA's director general, informed poloff January 31 that the GOI has sought to reestablish diplomatic relations with Chad, which were broken in 1972. There is no Israeli charge d'affaires in N'Djamena, according to Anolik. As reported in reftel and in [...]	2006-01-31 15:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SU CD IS ML NG XY GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV4605	APHSCT TOWNSEND'S NOVEMBER 12 MEETING WITH ISRAEL [...] (C) Israeli MOD Director General Gabi Ashkenazi told Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend November 12 that although Israel does not expect another war with Hizballah in the near future, the MOD is studying what it could have done bet [...]	2006-11-24 13:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ECON SY LE IR IS
06TELAVIV464	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-NATO Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that last night, President Bush devoted most of his State of the Union Address to the global war on terror and the Iraq issue. Giving an account of [...]	2006-02-01 11:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV4662	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 11:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4677	DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER SNEH UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh agreed with the Ambassador on November 27 that the negotiating teams for the implementation of the Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA) should begin meeting next week. He noted, however, that his own schedule may limit the ability to have [...]	2006-11-29 16:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV4699	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported on, and Ha'aretz (English Ed.) led with, praise lavished on Thursday by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on PM Ehud Olmert for his address on Monday at a memorial ev [...]	2006-12-01 11:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4731	GOI UPDATES POST ON GOI-EU DIALOGUE ON RAFAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 28, MFA Head of Bureau for Middle East and Economic Affairs Irit Ben-Abba provided post with an update on the ongoing discussions between the GOI and Europeans on the Rafah crossing point. Ben-Abba conveyed that the GOI is pleased with the six-month extension of the [...]	2006-12-05 07:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PTER ETRD KWBG IS EG
06TELAVIV4752	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iraq Study Group Report 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (banner in Ha'aretz) cited the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group (a.k.a. Baker-Hamilton committee),which were made public at the US Senate on Wednesday. [...]	2006-12-07 10:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
06TELAVIV481	SENATOR BIDEN AND A/PM OLMERT DISCUSS THE PEACE [...] (C) Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Senator Joseph Biden on January 25 --before PLC election results were in -- that he is ready to resume negotiations with Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas and is willing to implement all of Israel's commitments under the roadmap [...]	2006-02-02 06:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IR IS PEACE PROCESS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV486	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-02 11:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV4995	DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER SNEH DESCRIBES TO [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Defense Minister Efraim Sneh briefed the Ambassador and Pol Couns December 26 on the MOD's plans to reduce obstacles to movement in the West Bank and to improve the Palestinian economy. Septel will report Sneh's comments on the lessons of the Lebanon War. Sneh described [...]	2006-12-29 06:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON KWBG IS
06TELAVIV53	CONTINUITY OF ISRAELI GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP [...] The powers of the Prime Minister have been transferred to Kadima minister Ehud Olmert in his capacity as Alternate Prime Minister, in accordance with Israel's Basic Law. Should Sharon die, Olmert is almost certain to be chosen as acting prime minister to serve until the forthcoming elections. [...]	2006-01-05 15:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV535	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Muhammad Cartoon Controversy 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that FM Tzipi Livni, who leaves for the U.S. today, will meet with Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State [...]	2006-02-06 12:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV542	GOI ACTION ON AMONA PRODUCES BACKLASH AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Post contacts from the GOI and the private sector assert that the February 1 demolitions in Amona outpost "send strong signals to the settlers" that Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is not going to give in to lawbreakers. The demolitions in Amona are now being hailed as a new [...]	2006-02-06 15:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV544	KARNI REOPENS; GOI SENDS TRANSFER PAYMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Following a week of constant and intense discussions between the Embassy and the Prime Minister,s office, the MOD, and other high-level officials, the GOI reopened the Karni crossing and reversed its decision not to transfer collected tax revenue to the PA. The Ambassador had a [...]	2006-02-06 17:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG PGOV PREL KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV56	ISRAELI MARKETS STABLE IN FACE OF SHARON CRISIS [...] (U) The Israeli financial markets reacted to the news of Prime Minister Sharon's stroke with less severity than might have been expected. The shekel depreciated by a little over one percent, and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) declined less than four percent after being down by more than s [...]	2006-01-05 17:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV576	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-08 11:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV596	GOI RESPONDS TO NEW PATTERN OF CROSS-BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli National Police (INP) Colonel Avshalom Peled told G-TIP Reports Officer Gayatri Patel January 11 and poloff in subsequent phone conversations that his Ramon Border Police Brigade, which guards Israel's southern border with Egypt, has captured 85 Palestinians from the Gaza [...]	2006-02-08 14:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS EG PGOV PREL JO PINR PREF PBTS SNAR KCRM GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL SOCIETY
06TELAVIV604	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-09 11:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV642	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-13 11:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV662	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-14 11:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV678	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-15 11:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV688	IRAN-IAEA: ISRAELI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION [...] (S) In a February 7 meeting, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) Director General Gideon Frank told Ambassador Jones the following: A) On February 16, the EU3 MFA directors general are going to meet with an Israeli interagency team in Israel at the MFA to discuss Iran and the way ahead. [...]	2006-02-15 15:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINR MNUC KNNP IR EU AORC IS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV693	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-16 11:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV700	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Muhammad Cartoon Controversy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz is expected to present to Acting PM Ehud Olmert today recommendations formulated by the defense establishment [...]	2006-02-17 11:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV716	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-21 09:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV745	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TERMS MOSCOW'S INVITATION TO [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador to Israel Gennady Tarasov met with the Ambassador February 20, at the former's request, to discuss the emerging GOI policy toward Hamas against the backdrop of an increasingly politicized pre-election atmosphere. Tarasov criticized the GOI for taking decisions [...]	2006-02-22 08:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG MNUC IS IR RS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV751	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Muhammad Cartoon Controversy 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Israel's representative to the UN Danny Gillerman as warning at the UN Security Council Tuesday that an Iran-Syria-Hamas "terror ax [...]	2006-02-22 11:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV763	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with tension between Israel and Jordan following an utterance by O/C Central Command Maj. Gen. Yair Naveh during a closed meeting on Wednesday with diplomats and journalists, [...]	2006-02-23 11:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV785	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Secretary Rice's "Transformational Diplomacy" Plan 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that A/S David Welch will visit Israel during the weekend and meet with Acting PM Ehud Olme [...]	2006-02-24 14:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV806	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-27 12:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV808	SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: US EMBASSY TEL AVIV SUBMISSION [...] (C) Summary. The overall climate for protection of intellectual property in Israel worsened in 2005. In December 2005, the Knesset passed a revision to patent term extension regulations that significantly curtailed the period of patent protection for research-based pharmaceuticals. The GOI c [...]	2006-02-27 12:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KIPR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV851	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Global War on Terror 2. Mideast 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media -- lead story in Ha'aretz (Hebrew Ed.) -- cited a report put out by the International Atomic Energy Agency, which found that Iran i [...]	2006-02-28 11:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV853	ISRAELIS TELL CODEL SHAYS THEY WON'T TURN OUT THE [...] (C) Summary: Senior Foreign Policy Advisor Shalom Tourgeman assured CODEL Shays that the GOI would not withold electricity or take purely punitive economic measures against the Palestinian people, but did say that the GOI believes that all other US, European and Israeli economic assistance sho [...]	2006-02-28 13:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV869	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 11:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV881	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv and Ha'aretz led with developments on the political scene. The media reported that Likud Party Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu's proposal to have the party's central committee hold pri [...]	2006-03-02 11:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV886	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Mideast 3. UAE Role in US Port Management ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that A/S David Welch told members of Congress in Washington that the US is interested in isolating Hamas econom [...]	2006-03-03 11:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV899	BEILIN PONDERS PA REFERENDUM ON A GOI-ABBAS [...] (C) Summary: Meretz Chairman Yossi Beilin repeatedly expressed incredulity to the Ambassador during their February 28 meeting that FM Tzipi Livni publicly referred to Palestinian Authority (PA) President Abbas as "irrelevant." Beilin said that former PA negotiator Saeb Erekat recently propose [...]	2006-03-03 17:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV903	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The concept of a new disengagement from the West Bank was headlined in the weekend's media. On Sunday, Ha'aretz reported that Acting PM Ehud Olmert is planning to enlist in [...]	2006-03-06 11:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV916	ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-06 15:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV922	U.S.-ISRAEL JOINT COUNTERTERRORISM GROUP (JCG) [...] (C) On February 22, the Israeli MFA hosted the latest session of the U.S.-Israel Joint Counterterrorism Group (JCG) -- the prior one having occurred over a year and a half earlier. The Israeli side stressed the importance it placed on the JCG's resumption (following the January meeting of the [...]	2006-03-07 05:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR PINS PGOV KPAL KWBG ASEC EG JO IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV930	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that five Palestinians -- senior Islamic Jihad commander Munir Abu Sukker and another militant of the group, two children, and another bystander -- were [...]	2006-03-07 10:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV940	DANGERS OF DICHTER'S DISENGAGEMENT DEBATE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Former Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) chief and Kadima candidate Avi Dichter set off a political firestorm on March 5 by leaking to reporters details of what he claims are A/PM Ehud Olmert's plans for disengagement from parts of the West Bank. Dichter said that aft [...]	2006-03-08 15:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV942	RSO MEETING WITH GOI OFFICIALS REGARDING [...] (C) Summary: At the request of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and RSO Amman (refs A, B, and C, respectively),Post has actively pursued with the GOI the proposal to transport Palestinian deportees from the U.S. to Gaza/West Bank through Ben Gurion International Airport. The Ambass [...]	2006-03-08 15:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IS KPAL PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV960	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Sudan: Darfur ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Acting PM Ehud Olmert was quoted as saying Wednesday in an interview with The Jerusalem Post that Israel's permanent borders will be set within the ne [...]	2006-03-09 11:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV991	ISRAELI MOD'S AMOS GILAD ON GAZA-WEST BANK [...] (C) Israeli MOD Political-Military Bureau Chief Amos Gilad requested an urgent meeting with Ambassador Jones on March 10, stressing that he had been instructed to personally deliver messages from DefMin Mofaz to the Ambassador. In the meeting, he relayed DefMin Mofaz's decision to open the Kar [...]	2006-03-10 17:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV997	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Ha'aretz reported that Acting PM Ehud Olmert briefed the US administration last week on the main thrust of his political plan before he delivered it to the loca [...]	2006-03-13 12:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06THEHAGUE102	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation FO 0626 R49 to travel to The Netherlands from February 14 - March 2, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors [...]	2006-01-17 10:15:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL
06THEHAGUE1035	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NASA (JSC) DELEGATION [...] The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to James Cochrane, Jennifer Comella, Gene Cook, Vic Cooley, Gerald Esquivel, Ven Feng, Rodney Lofton, Christian Maender, Michael Miller, Brian Rhone and John Uri to travel to Noordwijk, The Netherlands. May 13-20, 2006. 2. The Embassy [...]	2006-05-09 12:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1036	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NASA (JSC) DELEGATION [...] The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Jeffrey Arend, William Jones, Brian Kelly, Walter Lueke, Willie Lyles, Brian Rhone, Margarita Sampson, Anil Singhal, Michael Suffredini and Kimberly Ulrich to travel to Noordwijk, The Netherlands. May 13-17, 2006. 2. The Embassy und [...]	2006-05-09 13:40:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1037	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NASA (JSC) KIRK [...] The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Kirk Shireman to travel to Noordwijk, The Netherlands. May 14-17, 2006. 2. The Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the Mission must provi [...]	2006-05-09 13:42:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1038	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NASA (GSFC) GLENN [...] The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA (GSFC) employee Glenn Rakow to travel to Noordwijk, The Netherlands. May 17-20, 2006. 2. The Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the [...]	2006-05-09 13:42:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1039	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV, [...] The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to National Nuclear Security Adm. (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs employee, Andrew J. Onifer to travel to Leiden, The Netherlands. May 27 to June 02, 2006. 2. The Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: [...]	2006-05-09 13:59:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1041	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) PRC Ambassador Xue Hanqin asked to meet with Amb. Javits on April 28 to discuss a number of issues. Xue raised the PRC request on the margins of last year's Conference of States Parties for bilateral discussions concerning issues ranging from destruction of abandoned CW to chemical indust [...]	2006-05-09 14:50:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC

06THEHAGUE1050	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KERM HENRIKSEN TO [...] The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Kerm Henriksen to travel to Maastricht, The Netherlands. July 9-14, 2006. 2. The Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the Mission must [...]	2006-05-10 12:21:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA TPHY US IT NL
06THEHAGUE1052	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KENNETH PROPP AND [...] The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Kenneth Propp and Thomas Burrows to travel to The Hague, Netherlands. May 15-16, 2006. 2. Control Officer at the Embassy is Susan Garro. Post would appreciate an apportunity to meet with travelers for an update on US-EU law enforce [...]	2006-05-10 12:43:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KTIA EUN NL
06THEHAGUE1066	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NASA (ARC) TO EDWARD [...] The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Edward Martinez from NASA's AMES Research Center (ARC) to travel to Noordwijk, The Netherlands. May 14-19, 2006. 2. The Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access int [...]	2006-05-11 14:25:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1148	DUTCH MAINTAIN LEGALIZED PROSTITUTION IS TOOL TO [...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings with visiting G/TIP legal and research consultant Luke Goodrich May 8 and 9, government, police, and NGO representatives indicated that, overall, legalization of prostitution has helped municipal authorities fight crime, including trafficking in persons (TIP),in the [...]	2006-05-22 11:44:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN NL
06THEHAGUE1162	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team PD 06-09 R53 to travel to The Netherlands from June 4 - 9, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who nee [...]	2006-05-23 11:24:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL
06THEHAGUE1167	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The U.S. achieved its primary goal at EC-45: discussion of the U.S. request for an extension of its 100% destruction deadline was serious and somber. Delegations were clearly disappointed that it did not appear likely the U.S. would complete destruction by 2012, but there was virtually n [...]	2006-05-23 14:48:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE1170	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL SCIENCE [...] Country clearance is granted for May 30 - June 10, 2006 visit to The Netherlands of NSF official Dr. Thomas Cooley, Director in the Office of the Assistant Director, to participate at the Accountability in Science Research Funding Workshop with the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Rese [...]	2006-05-24 08:10:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA KSCA NL
06THEHAGUE1171	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL SCIENCE [...] Country clearance is granted for May 26 - June 11, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Christine Boesz, Inspector General, and Dr. Deborah Cureton, Associate IG for Audit, of the Office of Inspector General, to participate and co-host the Accountability in Science Research Funding Workshop wi [...]	2006-05-24 08:15:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA KSCA NL
06THEHAGUE1172	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PARTICIPANTS FOR [...] Country clearance is granted for June 26 - July 7, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Sandia National Laboratories personnel Mr. Josae Rafael Rodriguez, Mr. Michael J. Irwin, Mr. Herbert Metcalf, Mr. Dale Wiley Murray, Mr. Chris Eric Robertson, and Ms. Anita Romero, to participate in a training [...]	2006-05-24 08:29:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1173	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL NUCLEAR [...] Country clearance is granted for the June 14-17, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of NNSA official Walter W. Nederbragt to visit Hemburg, Inc. to discuss retrofitting a high-precision lathe, to meet LLNL's demanding machine requirements. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary [...]	2006-05-24 08:34:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1174	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for the June 5 - 11, 2006, visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Lee Eiden, Laboratory Chief, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH; and Dr. Francoise Mahew, Visiting Fellow, NIH, to attend and give individual presentations at the Fifth Dutch Endocrinologists and Neu [...]	2006-05-24 08:38:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1175	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for the June 7-12, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Lana Shekim, Director, Voice and Speech Program, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, to attend and partcipate in the Fifth International Conference on Speech Motor Control. [...]	2006-05-24 08:43:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1177	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for the June 6-13, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Elizabeth Nabel, Dr. Xuan Qu, Dr. Hong San, and Dr. Yifu Zhou to attend and particpate in the XIVth International Vasular Biology Meeting in Noordwijkerhout. 2. Embassy understands that no further assista [...]	2006-05-24 08:48:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1178	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA GODDARD SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center official William Krabill to travel to the Netherlands from June 13-17, 2006 to attend Cryosat Calibration/Validation Activity Planning Meeting with the European Space Agency in Noordwijk [...]	2006-05-24 09:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TSPA NL
06THEHAGUE1179	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA CENTRAL REGION [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration employees Roger D. Deaton, Senior Aviation Safety Inspector, Small Airplane Directorate; and Mary Katherine Eldridge, Small Airplane Directorate, to travel to the Netherlands from June 10-16, 2006, to conduct supplier audits at [...]	2006-05-24 09:18:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAIR NL
06THEHAGUE118	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Organization Employees Russell Chew, Chief Operating Officer; Victoria Cox, FAA Chair of the FAA/EUROCONTROL Coordinating Committee; and Carey Fagan to visit the Netherlands from January 29 - February 17, 2006. [...]	2006-01-19 08:00:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC EAIR NL
06THEHAGUE1180	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration official Archie Muckle Jr., Special Assistant for Economic Environmental Analysis, Office of Environment and Energy, FAA, to travel to the Netherlands from May 29 - June 3, 2006, to attend the ICAO sponsored meetings for its CAE [...]	2006-05-24 09:25:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC EAIR NL
06THEHAGUE119	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for January 23 - February 4, 2006 travel to The Netherlands of David Glenn Kostorowski, Lawrence Desonier, Timothy Gregoire, Walter Humphrey, Patrick Kolbas, Robbie York, Richard Mackoy, Mark Melany, and James Schol, from the National Nuclear Security Administration [...]	2006-01-19 08:12:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ENGR OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1194	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR LAWRENCE BARTLETT, [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to PRM/ANE Deputy Director Larry Bartlett for travel to The Netherlands May 31-June 1. 2. Control Officer will be Political Officer Ted Burkhalter. He can be reached at: Tel: (W) 31-70-310-2336, (H) 31-70-324-1559, (M) 31-65-181-6873. F [...]	2006-05-26 11:19:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1206	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration official John Arthur Diaz visit to the Netherlands from June 12-15, 2006 to conduct inspection at KLM, a U.S. certificated Repair Station, on focus airs Boeing 747 Aircraft. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance [...]	2006-05-30 13:45:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC EAIR NL
06THEHAGUE1208	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL JANE [...] Country clearance is granted for Environmental Protection Agency official Jane Metcalfe, International Affairs Specialist, Office of International Affairs to travel to the Hague from June 12-18, 2006, as the EPA's lead representative for the Partnership for Clean Fueals and Vehicles. 2. E [...]	2006-05-30 14:15:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL
06THEHAGUE121	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE [...] Country clearance has been granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration official Tracy Minish to travel to the Netherlands from February 3-8, 2006 to discuss final redlines and sign off on the new revisions for the atomated transfer vehicle program and to discuss verification com [...]	2006-01-19 08:22:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1210	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TRANSPORTATION [...] Country Clearance is granted for TSA employees Stuart Miller and Johannes Knudsen to travel to the Netherlands from June 6-9, 2006 to participate in meetings with U.S. officials and Durch civil aviation authorites in the Hague. 2. Embassy point of contact is Economic Officer Jason Heung, [...]	2006-05-30 14:23:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1211	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team PD 06-06/11 R54 to travel to The Netherlands from June 25 - July 22, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visito [...]	2006-05-30 14:29:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL
06THEHAGUE1213	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA GODDARD SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center official Mark Stephen to travel to the Netherlands from June 19-23, 2006 to attend and present a paper at the ESA/NASA Workshop on Optoelectronics for Lidar Systems, in Noordwijk. 2 [...]	2006-05-30 15:00:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TSPA NL
06THEHAGUE1216	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center delegation consisting of Jacob Bloomberg, Deborah Harm, William Paloski, and Millard Reschke to travel to the Netherlands from June 5 - 10, 2006 to attend and present papers at the 7th Symposium [...]	2006-05-31 09:31:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1217	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center official Bradley Jones to provide technical support to the European Space Agency Payload Safety Review Panel during a review of an international space station payload, in Noordwijk. 2. Emba [...]	2006-05-31 09:34:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1218	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for the June 6-11, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Michelle Olive, Staff Scientist, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, to attend the XIVth International Vascular Biology Meeting in Noordwijkerout and Amsterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no f [...]	2006-05-31 09:56:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1219	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for John Mark Robinson, Director, Office of Energy Projects, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, to travel to the Netherlands from June 6-13, 2006 to attend the world Gas Conference in Amsterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is reque [...]	2006-05-31 10:18:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE122	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE [...] Country clearance is granted for January 29 - February 3, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of Scott M. Albinson, Managing Director, Examination, Office of Thrift Supervision, to attend the Accord Implementation Group Meeting in The Hague. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessar [...]	2006-01-19 09:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM PTER NL
06THEHAGUE1220	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN [...] Country clearance is granted for the June 19-29, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of Tara Gooen, Investigator, Office of Regional Operations, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS, for a regulatory/Inspection of Diosynth BV, Kloostrstraat for compliance with FDAs current Good Manufacturing Pra [...]	2006-05-31 10:25:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1224	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for the June 7-11, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Christy Ludlow, Senior Investigator; Dr. Victor Henriquez, Fellow; and Dr. Torerey Loucks, Fellow, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH to attend and speak at the Fifth International C [...]	2006-05-31 13:09:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE123	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE [...] Country clearance is granted for January 30 - February 6, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of Kevin E. Anderson, Special Assistant for International Affairs, Office of Thrift Supervision Bureau, DOT to attend a meeting of the Accord Implementation Group of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervi [...]	2006-01-19 09:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM PTER NL
06THEHAGUE1230	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL [...] Country clearance is granted for June 3-10, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of Thomas Lucey, Electronics Engineer, International Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, to attend the Group of Seven HF Frequency Coordination Meeting in Hilversum. 2. Embassy understands that no further as [...]	2006-06-01 09:45:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ABLD ETRD NL
06THEHAGUE1231	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center official Steven smith to travel to the Netherlands from June 6-7, 2006 to participate in European Space Agency Liaison Meetings in Noordwijk. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is ne [...]	2006-06-01 09:51:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1232	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for Justin R. Swift, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Department of Energy, to travel to the Netherlands from June 5-9, 2006 to attend and participate in the 23rd World Gas Conference sponsored by the International Gas Union. 2. Embassy und [...]	2006-06-01 09:55:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ENGR OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1245	NETHERLANDS: HIGH-THC CANNABIS REMAINS "SOFT" DRUG [...] Summary. Health Minister Hans Hoogervorst informed Parliament that the government will continue to treat Dutch- grown cannabis with high THC content as a "soft" drug. Research by the National Institute for Health and Environment (RIVM) showed that, although high-THC cannabis use induced elevat [...]	2006-06-02 14:41:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PINS PREL NL
06THEHAGUE1247	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR Dr. Thomas [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Dr. Thomas Langenickle, Visiting Fellow, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, to travel to the Netherlands on June 6-10, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend the XIVth International Vascular Biology Meeting in Noordwijkerhout. 2. As [...]	2006-06-06 09:37:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA GM NL
06THEHAGUE1249	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANT FOR BHARTIA AND DOUGLASS [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Pawan Bhartia and Anne Douglass from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to travel to the Netherlands on June 18-24, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend the Ozone Moitoring Instrument (OMI) Science Team Meeting.. 2. As per reftel, no a [...]	2006-06-06 13:14:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1250	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DONALD COYLE [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Donald Coyle from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to travel to the Netherlands for June 18-23, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend and present two talks at the ESA/NASA workshop on Optoelectronics: qualification of technologies and les [...]	2006-06-06 13:15:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1251	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GEORGE GAFKA [...] The Hague grants country clearance for George Gafka from NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) to travel to the Netherlands on June 17 - July 6, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend the Johnson Space Center fellowship coursework at European Space Technology Center. 2. As per reftel, no [...]	2006-06-06 13:16:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1252	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. CARL LANDGREN [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Dr. Carl Landgren, Investigator, Genetic Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, for June 14-18, 2006 to travel to the Netherlands. The purpose of the travel is to attend the European Hematology Association meeting and present results from on [...]	2006-06-06 13:16:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA SW NL
06THEHAGUE1253	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. CRYSTAL MACKALL [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Dr. Crystal Mackall from National Cancer Institute (NCI),NIH to travel to the Netherlands on June 16-18, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend and participate in the 11th Congress of the European Hematology Association (EHA). 2. As per reftel [...]	2006-06-06 13:17:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1254	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ROBERT NAVARRO [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Robert Navarro from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to travel to the Netherlands on June 24-30, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend the next generation correlator meeting in Groingen. 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required. [...]	2006-06-06 13:18:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1255	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. STAUDT AND [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Dr. Louis Staudt and Dr. Wyndham Wilson National Cancer Institute (NCI),NIH to travel to the Netherlands on June 15-19, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend and participate in the 11th Congress of the European Hematology Association (EHA). 2. [...]	2006-06-06 13:19:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1256	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR KOSTOROWSKI, [...] The Hague and grants country clearance to Kostorowski, Alderson, Donaldson, Heine, McKinsey, Walker, and Perry of the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation for June 9-26, 2006 to travel to the Netherlands. The purpose of the travel is to c [...]	2006-06-06 13:50:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1257	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. AD BAX [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Dr. Ad Bax, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Dseases for June 10-15, 2006 to travel to the Netherlands. The purpose of the travel is to present a alk at a scientific symposium at Utrecht Universty honoring Dr. R [...]	2006-06-06 13:50:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA DA NL
06THEHAGUE126	2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - THE NETHERLANDS [...] The following transmits the draft 2006 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for the Netherlands. This update corresponds with Chapter VI in the FY 2006 Country Commercial Guide. The full text of the ICS has been forwarded by e-mail to EUR/IFD/OIA to the attention of J. Nathaniel Hatcher and Pa [...]	2006-01-19 14:46:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB NL OPIC USTR
06THEHAGUE1261	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SMC 06-11 R53- [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation SMC 06-11 R53 to travel to the Netherlands on June 10-11, 2006. 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. Since July 9, 2004, the Dutch Government has implemented heightened securit [...]	2006-06-06 13:55:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA KHLS HLSX NL
06THEHAGUE1263	NETHERLANDS/NATO: DUTCH LOOKING AT SMALL RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: Dutch MOD Director for General Policy Lo Casteleijn said June 6 the GONL is considering options to help fill NATO Response Force (NRF) 7 and 8 shortfalls. He could not make any promises -- the contribution would be small and much depended on what Dutch MOD military planners could [...]	2006-06-06 15:18:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO NL
06THEHAGUE1268	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ACTING DAS REDDICK [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Acting DAS Eunice Reddick and Desk Officer Bill Schofield (AF/E) for travel to The Netherlands June 14-16, for Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission meetings. 2. Control Officer will be Political Officer Ted Burkhalter. He can be reache [...]	2006-06-07 08:35:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1275	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ANDRE J. LAMARRE [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Andre J. Lamarre to travel to the Netherlands on June 12-13, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to conduct a recertification inspection commensurable to FAA authorizations for FAA repair stations in accordance with Federal Aviation regulations. 2. A [...]	2006-06-08 07:55:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC FAA IFO NL
06THEHAGUE1278	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SMC 06-11 R53 [...] The Hague grants country clearance FOR SMC 06-11 R53 Federal Air Marshal Service to travel to the Netherlands on June 10-11, 2006. 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. Since July 9, 2004, the Dutch Government has implemented heightened security measures [...]	2006-06-08 07:58:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA KHLS HLSX NL
06THEHAGUE1281	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HABTESION AND ZOU [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Yakob Habtesion and Dr. Lanling Zou to travel to the Netherlands on June 17- 24, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend and participate in the 2006 vaccine forum. 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. Since J [...]	2006-06-08 13:22:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1282	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. LINDA LAMBERT [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Dr. Linda Lambert to travel to the Netherlands on June 18-22, 2006. The purpose is to attend and participate in the 2006 vaccine forum and to present an update of the NISID's influenza vaccine research program. 2. As per reftel, no assistance is requi [...]	2006-06-08 13:22:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1283	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ROBERT MUELLER [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Robert Mueller from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC),to travel to the Netherlands on June 16-July 1, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend the NASA fellowship space system's engineering technical program through the University of Delft. 2. A [...]	2006-06-08 13:27:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1284	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ADRIAN AYHAN AKINCI [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Adrian Ayhan Akinci from the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs to travel to the Netherlands on June 21-25, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend a joint European Space Agency (ESA) and National Aeronautica [...]	2006-06-08 13:28:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP NL
06THEHAGUE1285	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JOLANTE W VAN WIJK [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Jolante W. Van Wijk from the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs to travel to the Netherlands on June 30-July 12, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend collaboration meetings with Professor Cloetingh and Dr. [...]	2006-06-08 13:29:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP NL
06THEHAGUE1286	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GENETHA A GRAY [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Genetha A. Gray from the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs to travel to the Netherlands on June 23-27, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to visit the environmental group at the Department of Earth Sciences at Ut [...]	2006-06-08 13:29:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP NL
06THEHAGUE1287	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PD 06-06/11 R54 [...] The Hague grants country clearance PD 06-06/11 R54 Federal Air Marshal Service to travel to the Netherlands on June 26-July 22, 2006. 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. Since July 9, 2004, the Dutch Government has implemented heightened security measu [...]	2006-06-08 14:39:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA KHLS HLSX NL
06THEHAGUE130	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA GREAT LAKES [...] Country clearance is granted for January 24-25, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Inspector Thomas M. Kieffaber to complete ATOS EPI Activity airman duties and flight deck procedures. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted [...]	2006-01-19 15:56:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1308	NETHERLANDS/EU: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF [...] (U) Poloff and intern delivered reftel demarche June 7 and 8, to policy officers of the MFA Political Affairs and European Integration Departments. Substantive responses follow. Balkans ------- 2. (C) The GONL expects Serbia/Montenegro to dominate discussion of the Balkans, particularl [...]	2006-06-09 13:50:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN KPAL UN BO CU IR IZ MW SR YI NL
06THEHAGUE1321	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Facilitator Maarten Lak (Netherlands) hosted a June 8 informal consultation to present the results of the meeting of National Authorities in Mexico City, which focused on national implementation. Lak, Ambassador Arrospide (CSP Chairman, Peru),Legal Advisor Santiago Onate, and Mexican DCM [...]	2006-06-13 14:38:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE1325	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JANE METCALFE [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Jane Metcalfe, International Affairs Specialist, Office of International Affairs (OIA) to travel to the Netherlands on June 13-18, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to work with UNEP and representatives from the oil industry to come to agreement on a do [...]	2006-06-14 08:38:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV OTRA KSCA TPHY UNEP EPA NL
06THEHAGUE133	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA GODDARD SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center delegation consisting of Thomas Johnson, Scott Lambros, Kirk Rhee and Steven Scott to travel to the Netherlands from February 13-16, 2006 to attend the James Webb Space Telescope Near In [...]	2006-01-20 08:54:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TSPA NL
06THEHAGUE1330	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SUSAN STANLEY [...] The Hague grants country clearance to IRS Tax Attache, Susan Stanley to travel to the Netherlands on July 11-13, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to visit The Hague for tax treaty negotiations with the Dutch Competent Authority. 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required. SECURITY A [...]	2006-06-14 09:42:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AMGT ASEC IRS TAX NL
06THEHAGUE1332	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CYNTHIA HARRIS [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Cynthia Harris to travel to the Netherlands on June 24-July 1, 2006. The purpose of the travel is the pre approve medical device audit inspection of Dr. J. van der Zee, M.D., Ph.D., Principal Clinical Investigator at the research site of Daniel den Hoed C [...]	2006-06-14 13:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO PREL OTRA US SW NL
06THEHAGUE1333	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DRS. GAHL AND KLETA [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Dr. William Gahl, Clinical Director, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI),NIH and Dr. Robert Kleta, Staff Scientist, NHGRI, NIH to travel to the Netherlands on June 29-July 2, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend and give talks at the [...]	2006-06-14 13:54:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO PREL OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1342	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GUY R. GELFENBAUM [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Guy R. Gelfenbaum from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to travel to the Netherlands on June 20-July 8, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to confer with International experts on coastal erosion modeling at the Technical University at Delft and on new mo [...]	2006-06-15 08:56:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV NL
06THEHAGUE1351	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THOMPSON, MELLOTT, [...] The Hague grants country clearance for Political Officers Matt Thompson, Joe Mellott and John Cockrell to travel to the Netherlands on June 16, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend meetings at JFC Brunnsum. 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required. SECURITY ADVISORY: 3. [...]	2006-06-16 08:37:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1352	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STRAWHORN, JONES, [...] The Hague grants country clearance Julie Strawhorn, David Jones, and Tom Kearney of the Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to travel to the Netherlands on June 25-27, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to lead an international scan on "Procedures and Technolo [...]	2006-06-16 10:11:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN TSPL OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1353	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. SCOTT PAUL [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Dr. Scott Paul, physiatrist, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, to travel to the Netherlands on June 21-25, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend and make an oral presentation, "Neonatal Onset of Multi-focal [...]	2006-06-16 10:12:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1354	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR G. BRUCE VARNADO [...] The Hague grants country clearance to G. Bruce Varnado from the Sandia National Laboratories to travel to the Netherlands on June 26-July 7, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to participate at the training course on the security of nuclear research reactors. 2. As per reftel, no assistan [...]	2006-06-16 10:15:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA AU NL
06THEHAGUE1355	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SUSAN NEFF [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Susan Neff from the NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to travel to the Netherlands on July 10-18, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to attend and present a paper at the Fate of gas in the galaxies conference at the National Institute for Astronom [...]	2006-06-16 10:16:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE136	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country Clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation PD 06-09 R49 to travel to The Netherlands from February 16 - 21, 2006 for the purpose of civil aviation security protection. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who [...]	2006-01-20 12:30:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL
06THEHAGUE1361	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. RICHARD H. [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Dr. Richard H. Gracely from Veterans Affairs to travel to the Netherlands on June 20-25, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to participate and present at EULAR (European League Against Rheumatism). 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required. SECUR [...]	2006-06-16 12:59:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PREL NL
06THEHAGUE1362	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ALISA ERIKA KOCH [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Alisa Erika Koch from Veterans Affairs to travel to the Netherlands on June 20-July 18, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to participate in and present at Eular (European League Against Rheumatism). 2. As per reftel, no assistance is required. SEC [...]	2006-06-16 13:00:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PREL NL
06THEHAGUE1363	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JEFFERY SIEGEL [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Jeffery Siegel, Medical Officer, Center for Drug Evaluation Research, FDA, HHS to travel to the Netherlands on June 20-25, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to be meeting speaker/presenter at the meeting of Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR [...]	2006-06-16 13:12:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA US PREL NL
06THEHAGUE1371	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA LANGLEY [...] Country clearance is granted for June 19 - 25, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of Byron Meadows, NASA Langley Research Center, to make an oral presentation and participate in the second European Space Agency-NASA Working Meeting on Optoelectronics in Noordwijk. 2. Embassy understands that [...]	2006-06-20 08:01:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1372	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NORTHWEST [...] Country clearance is granted for FAA Aircraft Certification personnel Kyle L. Olsen to travel to the Netherlands from June 26 - 29, 2006 November 27-30, 2005 to attend JAA Joint Safety Team meetings. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors w [...]	2006-06-20 08:18:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1373	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR INTERNAL REVENUE [...] Country clearance is granted for IRS Manager, Aziz Benbrahim to travel to the Netherlands from July 10-14, 2006 to negotiate MAP and BAPA cases with the Dutch Competent Authority. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need une [...]	2006-06-20 08:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AMGT ASEC OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1374	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR INTERNAL REVENUE [...] Country clearance is granted for IRS Competent Authority Analyst, Vincent G. Salvo to travel to the Netherlands from July 10-14, 2006 to meet with Dutch Tax Officials to discuss double tax and APA cases in the Hague. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST [...]	2006-06-20 08:30:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AMGT ASEC OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1375	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR INTERNAL REVENUE [...] Country clearance is granted for IRS Competent Authority Analyst, David S. Kosterlitz to travel to the Netherlands from July 10-14, 2006 to meet with Dutch Tax Officials to discuss competent authority cases. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: [...]	2006-06-20 09:36:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AMGT ASEC OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1383	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Del reps met with French, German and UK delegations on June 15 to deliver talking points, proposed draft decision text, and suggested site visit parameters. Del reps met initially with UK rep to express concern over the UK insistence upon visits to capitals (in the context of site visit p [...]	2006-06-20 15:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE1392	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA GODDARD SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center officials Bryan Smith and James Free to travel to the Netherlands from June 27 - July 2, 2006 to participate in the Spacetech Post-Graduate Refresher Symposium regarding systems engineer [...]	2006-06-22 12:25:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TSPA NL
06THEHAGUE1395	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL HONGWEI [...] Country clearance is granted for July 8-15, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Hongwei Hsiao, Distinguished Consultant, NIOSI, HHS/CDC to attend the Applied Ergonomics Journal Editorial Board member meeting at the 16th World Congress on Ergonomics 2006 IEA. 2. Embassy understands that no as [...]	2006-06-22 13:20:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1396	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL BARBARA [...] Country clearance is granted for July 17-19, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Senior Service Fellow, Barbara Lopes Cardozo, NCEH, HHS/CDC to provide technical assistance and meet with Antares directors and staff to discuss the extension of the cooperative agreement on Stress Management of Hum [...]	2006-06-22 13:20:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1397	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL WANDA [...] Country clearance is granted for July 17-21, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Wanda Walton, Health Education Specialist, NCHSTP, HHS/CDC to participate in the meeting of the Task Force for Human Resource Development, an active component of the USAID-funded project - Tuberculosis Control Assis [...]	2006-06-22 13:20:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1398	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIALS JAMES [...] Country clearance is granted for July 8-17, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of James Albers, Associate Service Fellow; Brian Lowe, Industrial Engineer; Susan Burt, Senior Research Officer; Thomas Waters, Supervisory Safety Engineer; James William Collins, Associate Director for Science, NIOSH, [...]	2006-06-22 13:20:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1400	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for the June 21-25, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of National Institute of Arthritis and Musculosekeletal and Skin Diseases staff Drs. Ivona Aksentijevich, Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky, and Daniel Kastner, to attend and present at the Annual European Congress of Rheum [...]	2006-06-22 13:48:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1401	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for the June 27-29, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Lucy Anderson, Research Biologist, Section Chief, Laboratory of Comparative Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH to serve as a Program Committee member of the Dutch Nati [...]	2006-06-22 13:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1402	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF [...] Country clearance is granted for June 25-27, 2006 travel to the Netherlands of DOT Federal Highway Administration officials Julie Strawhorn, David Jones, and Tom Kearney to lead an international scan on "Procedures and Technologies for Enforcing Commercial Vehicle Size and Weight Laws and Reg [...]	2006-06-22 14:23:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ELTN TSPL NL
06THEHAGUE1403	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NATIONAL HQ [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration official Edward M. Duchnowski, Aviation Safety Inspector, to travel to the Netherlands from June 25-29, 2006 to represent FAA at MMEL/MEL SG. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: [...]	2006-06-22 14:27:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC EAIR NL
06THEHAGUE1404	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF [...] Country clearance is granted for Mark Richard, Department of Justice Senior Counselor to travel to the Netherlands from June 27-28, 2006 to negotiate an agreement with EuroJust, in the Hague. 2. Embassy POC for the visit is Global Issues Chief, Susan Garro: Work Phone - (31) (70) 310-2250 [...]	2006-06-22 14:40:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1405	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL CHARLES [...] Country clearance is granted for Charles Schenk, Diesel Technology Specialist, Office of Air and Radiation, EPA, to travel to the Netherlands from June 26-29, 2006 to attend a Conference on Global Diesel Emissions Strategies in Amsterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance [...]	2006-06-22 14:49:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL
06THEHAGUE1422	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL WOODROW [...] Country clearance is granted for Woodrow Setzer, Office of Research and Development, EPA, to travel to the Netherlands from July 15-20, 2006 to participate in an international Expert Panel Meeting concerning risk assessment of compounds that are both genotoxic and carcinogenic. 2. Embas [...]	2006-06-27 09:23:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL
06THEHAGUE1423	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center official Cynthia Haven to travel to the Netherlands from July 23-27, 2006 to participate in the International Space Station Pre/Post Flight Baseline Data Collection Planning Meeting, in Nordwij [...]	2006-06-27 09:36:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1424	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL ROBERT [...] Country clearance is granted for July 23-28, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Robert Milstein, Behavioral Scientist, NCCDPHP, Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control, to attend and present "CDC Obesity Dynamics Modeling Project" at the International System Dynamics Conference, in [...]	2006-06-27 09:47:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1426	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Mirjana Nesin, Medical Officer, and Dr. Malla Rao, Program Officer, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, to transit the Netherlands from July 14-15, 2006 to site visit three projects in Tanzania. 2. Emb [...]	2006-06-27 10:32:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE1427	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] Country clearnce is granted for Slawomir M. Tkaczyk to travel to The Netherlands from June 26-27, 2006 to visit the Rheinisch Westfaelisch Technische Hochscule Instite in Amsterdam where tracker end cap detector is being assembled. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]	2006-06-27 10:40:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ENGR OTRA NL

06THEHAGUE1430	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GIVEN FOR DEPARTMENT OF [...] Country clearance has been granted for July 11-14, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of FAA official Allen L. Wilson, to conduct inspection at KLM, a U.S. certificated repair station, on Focus Air's Boeing 747 Aircraft. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is required. POST [...]	2006-06-27 12:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA

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