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09COLOMBO1056	FOOD SECURITY IN SRI LANKA: A "GROWING" PROBLEM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka continues to focus attention on food security and is taking some actions to increase production on the island. Post-harvest losses remain a particular problem. The government is encouraging farmers to modernize production and transport techniques, but is hindered by [...]	2009-11-23 04:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON IO AID CE

09COLOMBO1059	SRI LANKA: ICRC ROLE INCREASINGLY UNCERTAIN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 12-16 visit to Sri Lanka on a range of post-conflict humanitarian issues, PRM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Sam Witten discussed the situation of LTTE ex-combatants (including rehabilitation programs) in separate meetings with Minister of Justice Milin [...]	2009-11-23 08:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM CE
09COLOMBO1061	TAMIL PARTIES CONFUSED AND UNDECIDED ON WAY FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's main Tamil parties remain disorganized and unsure of their strategy for the upcoming election season. Faced with the possible role of kingmaker in the upcoming presidential election, the Tamil parties generally are uncomfortable with the prospect of supporting the ree [...]	2009-11-23 12:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1075	SRI LANKA'S TEA SECTOR: "A GIFT FROM GOD" [...] (U) SUMMARY: Long Sri Lanka's top export, tea remains one of the country's most valuable foreign currency earners despite being supplanted by the textile sector in the top slot. The country's highly sought-after "orthodox" teas remain global favorites, particularly in the Middle East and the [...]	2009-11-27 06:33:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD CE
09COLOMBO1077	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT FOR [...] Per reftel, below is the 2009/10 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report for Sri Lanka. The INCSR for the Maldives will be transmitted septel. SUMMARY -- 2. Sri Lanka has a relatively small-scale drug problem. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) remains committed to targeting drug [...]	2009-11-27 07:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR CE
09COLOMBO1091	SRI LANKA: NON-COMMITTAL ON PRESSING TRADITIONAL [...] (C) On November 30, PolOff delivered reftel points to Sri Lankan MFA Additional Director General for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Ranjith Gunaratna urging Sri Lanka's support for engaging Burmese authorities to offer a dialogue with National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Gunar [...]	2009-12-01 12:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CE
09COLOMBO1095	HUAWEI SRI LANKA: A MAJOR PLAYER WITH AN IRON [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese firms continue to make inroads into the Sri Lankan market, including into areas such as telecommunications infrastructure. The Sri Lankan telecommunications market has expanded rapidly, and telephone companies plan to expand into the newly freed conflict areas of the N [...]	2009-12-03 03:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	CE ECON ETRD EINV EAID CH
09COLOMBO1109	USAID Support for Reconstruction of Eastern Sri Lanka [...] Summary. On November 8-11, Foreign Assistance Coordinator for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs/Office of Regional Affairs (SCA/RA) Aisha Sabar visited USAID funded projects in the Eastern Province. USAID has focused on fostering economic growth, good governance, and reconcili [...]	2009-12-03 12:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV CE
09COLOMBO1110	IDP UPDATE: SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WITH CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Large numbers of returns of internally displaced persons (IDPs) over the past several months and recent advances in freedom of movement policy are very encouraging. The returns process will continue to be complex, however, and long-term reintegration may present new challenges [...]	2009-12-04 05:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1111	SRI LANKA ABUZZ OVER FONSEKA CANDIDACY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The announcements of an early presidential election January 26 and of General Fonseka's candidacy have dramatically altered the political landscape in Sri Lanka and created a palpable sense of new possibilities. But the general is likely to face an uphill battle in his attempt to [...]	2009-12-04 05:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1112	IDP UPDATE: SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WITH CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Large numbers of returns of internally displaced persons (IDPs) over the past several months and recent advances in freedom of movement policy are very encouraging. The returns process will continue to be complex, however, and long-term reintegration may present new challenges [...]	2009-12-04 05:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1113	SRI LANKA ABUZZ OVER FONSEKA CANDIDACY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The announcements of an early presidential election January 26 and of General Fonseka's candidacy have dramatically altered the political landscape in Sri Lanka and created a palpable sense of new possibilities. But the general is likely to face an uphill battle in his attempt to [...]	2009-12-04 05:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1114	HUAWEI SRI LANKA: A MAJOR PLAYER WITH AN IRON [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese firms continue to make inroads into the Sri Lankan market, including into areas such as telecommunications infrastructure. The Sri Lankan telecommunications market has expanded rapidly, and telephone companies plan to expand into the newly freed conflict areas of the N [...]	2009-12-04 05:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECON ETRD EINV EAID CH
09COLOMBO1135	SRI LANKA: A/S BLAKE FINDS SITUATION IMPROVED BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During a December 8-10 visit, Assistant Secretary Blake found progress on humanitarian issues but also much that remained to be done. The IDP situation had greatly improved, with about three-fifths of the IDPs returned home or resettled, freedom of movement allowed f [...]	2009-12-14 06:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1136	Business Leaders See Progress in Eastern Reconstruction; [...] Summary: A/S Robert Blake met with a group of business leaders to discuss reconstruction of the conflict regions of the North and East. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) defeated the LTTE in 2007 in the East, and there has been great progress in that region, with fewer checkpoints, improved r [...]	2009-12-14 10:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI PGOV CE
09COLOMBO1155	PUTTALAM'S "OLD" IDPS: A STABLE, IF LEAN, EXISTENCE [...] (SBU) On December 10-11, Embassy officials visited the Puttalam district and held meetings with senior government officials, international organizations, civil-society, and NGOs to assess the post-war humanitarian conditions and resettlement options of Muslim internally displaced persons (IDPs) [...]	2009-12-18 09:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CE
09COLOMBO1159	DEFENSE SECRETARY DEFENDS SRI LANKAN POLICIES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 8 meeting with A/S Blake, Sri Lankan Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa discussed accountability and reconciliation; the State of Emergency; disarmament of ex-combatants and paramilitary groups; reconstruction in the North; rehabilitation of Liberation Tigers of [...]	2009-12-22 04:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1165	EASTERN PROVINCE: RETURNS NEARLY COMPLETE BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Emboffs met with local authorities, community leaders, United Nations (UN) officials, and returnees in Batticaloa and Trincomalee districts in the Eastern Province. Returns of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to these districts are nearly complete but land issues, livelihoods, [...]	2009-12-22 11:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1166	ELECTIONS IN THE EAST: TAMILS UNCONVINCED [...] (S) SUMMARY: A visit to the Eastern Province by Embassy officers found that Tamils in the East do not strongly support either President Rajapaksa or General Fonseka in the upcoming election and that many would spoil their votes. Only Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) authorities expressed strong c [...]	2009-12-22 11:13:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1177	SRI LANKAN ELECTIONS COMMISSIONER: FAQS FOR AND [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The following provides Post assessment of key issues related to the Sri Lankan Elections Commissioner and the upcoming presidential election scheduled for January 26. The message is organized in frequently-asked-question (FAQ) format and draws on Ambassador's Dec [...]	2009-12-22 12:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO128	President Mahinda Rajapaksa's Independence Day Speech [...] (U) In his February 4th speech to the nation, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that for thirty years, Sri Lankans have lived in the midst of an illegal, armed, terrorist movement which prevented the country from celebrating 'true' freedom. President Rajapaksa reminded the people of his 2005 Pre [...]	2009-02-05 09:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CE
09COLOMBO173	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 15: Heavy Fighting Continues; UN [...] (SBU) Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa informed Ambassador and DATT on February 17 that the military has now occupied almost all the former safe zone and is now engaged in house to house combat with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Puthukkuduyiruppu (PTK) town. LTTE continue [...]	2009-02-18 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO199	SRI LANKA: UN LAUNCHES 2009 COMMON HUMANITARIAN ACTION PLAN [...] Summary: On February 18, 2009, the United Nations launched its 2009 Common Humanitarian Action Plan (CHAP) for Sri Lanka. The 2009 CHAP requests US$ 155 million for 103 projects proposed by 42 organizations. Priority activities for immediate requirements are estimated at $75.7 million. The [...]	2009-02-23 11:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF CE
09COLOMBO201	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 18 [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 20, Sri Lankan Air Defenses shot down two light planes sent by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on suicide missions to attack targets in the Colombo area. The planes narrowly missed their targets. The visit by UN U/SYG John Holmes made clear to both the [...]	2009-02-23 12:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO236	English Language Programs to Support Reconciliation in Sri [...] Summary: Limited access to quality English instruction has left successive generations of Sri Lankan youth without the language skills to interact across ethnic or international boundaries, curbing their chances for professional employment and social reconciliation. After 25 years of civil co [...]	2009-03-03 06:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL CE
09COLOMBO266	SRI LANKA: PILLAIYAN'S TMVP HANDS IN SOME OF ITS [...] (SBU) On March 7, cadres loyal to Eastern Provincial Council Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan ("Pillaiyan") surrendered 150 weapons and 7,000 rounds of ammunition to government security forces in Batticaloa. Press reports characterized the ceremony as the "official disarming" of Pi [...]	2009-03-09 11:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER MARR EAID CE
09COLOMBO277	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 29 [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN reports heavy shelling within the safe zone on March 10, resulting in many civilian casualties. A medical team arrived from India to establish and run a field hospital in Pulmoddai that will treat medical evacuees from the safe zone. Despite Government pledges to cease u [...]	2009-03-11 12:14:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO278	SRI LANKA: KARUNA JOINS THE SLFP AND BECOMES A [...] (U) After months of growing tension between former comrades-in-arms Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan ("Pillaiyan") and Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan ("Karuna Amman") (refs C, D, E),Karuna officially left the TMVP (a breakaway faction of the LTTE formerly known as the "Karuna group") and joined Pr [...]	2009-03-11 12:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CE
09COLOMBO283	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 30 [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 12 meeting Ambassador pressed Defense Secretary to minimize civilian casualties. The U.N. reports 2,683 killed and 7,241 injured in fighting from January 20-March 7. UN Resident Representative Buhne informed Ambassador that 72 persons were killed and 91 injured as t [...]	2009-03-12 12:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO288	SRI LANKA: PRINCIPLES FOR POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and USAID Mission Director hosted bilateral and multilateral donors and the UN Resident Representative on March 11 to discuss principles and plans for possible future reconstruction in Sri Lanka's North, where the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) appears to be on the verge of [...]	2009-03-13 08:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM MOPS CE
09COLOMBO32	DISCUSSION WITH PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA ON MEDIA [...] (c) Summary: In a January 8 meeting with President Mahinda Rajapaksa requested by Ambassador, the President offered little hope that investigations into recent attacks on the press would lead anywhere, but agreed to provide security for two prominent critics. He predicted the Sri Lankan mil [...]	2009-01-09 08:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CE
09COLOMBO356	SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT OPENS DIALOGUE WITH TAMIL DIASPORA [...] (U) Twenty Tamils from Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Norway, Germany, France, and Switzerland attended a two-day conference hosted by the Sri Lankan Government on March 29-30 2009. The initiative grew out of a meeting Sri Lankan Foreign Minster Rohitha Bogollagama held with Australian [...]	2009-03-30 11:16:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM CE
09COLOMBO383	EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 04/01/2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on April 1, 2009. The EAC discussed post's residential security policy and the provision of static guards at residences, as well as a newly-drafted armored vehicle policy. The EAC concurred that no specific [...]	2009-04-02 10:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PTER
09COLOMBO384	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 45 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan Army reports it has surrounded hundreds of LTTE cadres in the eastern sections of PTK. The military reports the LTTE is moving portions of the civilian population to the southern section of the safe zone. 1,030MT of food aid and non-food items have arrived off th [...]	2009-04-02 11:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO397	SRI LANKA: POLICE ACADEMY SUPERINTENDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: H. L. Jamaldeen the Superintendent of Police (SP) of the Kalmunai police division was shot and killed on April 5 outside of a mosque in Kalmunai, Ampara District. Jamaldeen was also the Director of Kalladi Police Training College and USAID's main point of contact for a DoD-fund [...]	2009-04-06 12:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC CE
09COLOMBO425	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 54 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNSYG CoS Vijay Nambiar met Ambassador and noted that the UN should play a "continuous," rather than "one-off", role in promoting an end to hostilities. Ambassador met Minister for Resettlement Bathiudeen and urged progress on benchmarks for the treatment of the IDP population. [...]	2009-04-16 11:27:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO432	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 55 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The visit of the UN Secretary General's Chief of Staff Vijay Nambiar brought limited progress, with some prospect of a working-level UN mission to try to negotiate the release of greater numbers of civilians from the LTTE-controlled "safe zone." The UN resident coordinator in Col [...]	2009-04-17 11:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO464	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 61 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 27, the Government continued to reject calls for a ceasefire, but declared an end to combat operations. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) promptly accused Government forces of continuing to bomb civilians. UN Undersecretary for Humanitarian Affairs John Holme [...]	2009-04-27 11:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO519	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 70 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Army is now advancing on LTTE positions from the south as well as the north of the conflict zone. Post received reports of continued shelling and heavy fire in the conflict zone through the morning of May 12. Senior Government officials continued to refute reports of any re [...]	2009-05-12 11:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO523	SRI LANKA: CB GOVERNOR DISAPPOINTED ABOUT IMF [...] (C) Summary: In a collegial but stern conversation, Central Bank Governor Cabraal told the Charge that the GSL is disappointed by the lack of U.S. support for its IMF Stand-by Arrangement (SBA) and concerned that U.S. attempts to place political conditions on the GSL's request are inappropriat [...]	2009-05-13 11:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL PHUM KDEM CE
09COLOMBO540	SRI LANKA: CB GOVERNOR RESPONDS TO U.S. IMF [...] (SBU) Summary: Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal, in a written response to DCM, classified U.S. attempts to "block" the GSL's IMF Stand-by Arrangement (SBA) as "misplaced" and "puzzling," noting that such an action could set a precedent for future IMF loan requests. Cabraal highlighted th [...]	2009-05-18 12:07:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV CE
09COLOMBO559	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 79 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN staff on the ground were preparing for Secretary General Ban Ki Moon's visit on May 23, but it was unclear if his schedule would allow a meeting with the Co-Chair Ambassadors. UN envoy Vijay Nambiar held a press conference where he described his flight over the desolation of [...]	2009-05-22 12:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE ECON
09COLOMBO61	SRI LANKA: ASSESSING IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Post does not anticipate significant negative implications for U.S. assistance due to the financial crisis, particularly as the majority of assistance is centered in the East, which, with low levels of development, remains predominantly insulated from the crisis. However, post [...]	2009-01-16 09:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN CE
09COLOMBO624	SRI LANKA: DOUGLAS DEVANANDA - GOVERNMENT'S MAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: The leader of the Eelam People's Democratic Party (EDPD),Douglas Devananda, has a long history of enmity with the recently defeated Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. He has been a favorite of successive Sri Lankan governments in Colombo. But Devananda has a violent and even cri [...]	2009-06-19 04:19:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER PINR EAID CE
09COLOMBO626	SRI LANKA: Economic update June 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka's GDP grew by 1.5% in the first quarter of 2009. Key macroeconomic indicators have also improved. Inflation has slowed to 3.3% in May 2009 from a peak of 28% in June 2008. The trade deficit narrowed as imports continued to fall at a faster pace than exports. Top fo [...]	2009-06-19 08:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV CE
09COLOMBO67	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 06:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
09COLOMBO691	SRI LANKA: FOREIGN SECRETARY WELCOMES IDP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Charge met with Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona on July 8 to deliver reftel points and USG benchmarks for progress on IDP conditions and resettlement. Kohona assured Charge that the GSL had no hidden agenda when it comes to the IDPs and that all IDPs would be resettled as soo [...]	2009-07-10 02:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO728	SRI LANKA: RESOLUTION OF CHILD SOLDIERS ISSUE IN [...] (SBU) Summary. A/DCM, Poloff, and USAID met withUNICEF Representative and Protection Officer on July 17 to discuss GSL progress on facilitating release and rehabilitation of TMVP and LTTE child soldiers. UNICEF shared their data on under-age recruitment and noted progress on a number of fron [...]	2009-07-23 12:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO729	SRI LANKA: ICRC?S FUTURE UNCERTAIN [...] (C) Summary. A/DCM and Poloff met with ICRC Acting Head of Delegation Anthony Dalziel on July 21 to discuss ICRC?s current and future status in Sri Lanka. On July 1, ICRC received a letter from Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa requesting ICRC to terminate its operations in the East. A [...]	2009-07-23 14:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO768	A/S SCHWARTZ PRESSES FOR EARLY RETURN OF [...] (C) Summary: In his July 25-28 visit to Sri Lanka, PRM Assistant Secretary Eric P. Schwartz urged the government to undertake rapid returns of internally-displaced persons (IDPs) to their home villages and avoid prolonging the closed camp situation in the North. In meetings with President Mah [...]	2009-08-03 09:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM CE
09COLOMBO773	UPDATE ON GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA'S PLANS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The rehabilitation and reintegration of former LTTE combatants will be crucial if Sri Lanka is to achieve sustainable reconciliation. With the launching this past week of a National Framework Proposal for Reintegration of Ex-Combatants, and the recent appointment of Major Gen [...]	2009-08-05 09:23:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID PREF PHUM CE
09COLOMBO774	SRI LANKA: SMALLER IDP CAMPS EXHIBIT SOME [...] (C) Summary: While the large IDP camp complex at Manik Farm in Vavuniya is the focus of most international attention and press reports, there are nonetheless a number of IDPs held in smaller camps in other areas across Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka. These camps often include a mixture of v [...]	2009-08-05 10:03:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM EAID CE
09COLOMBO781	UVA PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Pol Staff visited Badulla and Monaragela Districts in Uva Province to get a sense of the issues and progress of the campaign for the upcoming August 8 provincial elections. The elections are the first since the end of war and are being perceived by many as a testing ground fo [...]	2009-08-07 13:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM EAID CE
09COLOMBO823	JAPANESE QUESTION CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an August 19 bilateral meeting, Japanese Ambassador Takahashi told Charge that Japan questioned the effectiveness of the Europeans as participants in the Co-Chairs mechanism, effectively proposing that the U.S., India, and Japan would serve as the most influential interlocutors [...]	2009-08-21 08:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO827	BASIL RAJAPAKSA DISCLOSES PLAN TO DECONGEST MANIK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Advisor to the President Basil Rajapaksa told Charge and A/DCM that the GSL planned to move forward with significant IDP resettlement before the monsoon season begins in October. When pressed, Rajapaksa said as many as 100,000 would be released, including students, relig [...]	2009-08-24 12:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO861	TNA TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA [...] (C) On September 2, Media reports indicated that the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) would meet with President Rajapaksa on September 7. TNA leader R. Sampanthan, a Member of Parliament (MP),told PolStaff there were several issues they wished to discuss with the President. First was the need f [...]	2009-09-02 12:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO876	SRI LANKAN OFFICIALS REJECT FREEDOM OF IDP [...] (C) On September 9, Charge delivered ref. A freedom of movement points to Foreign Minister Bogollagama and was met with a predictable response. The FM said these points were nothing new and the GSL appreciated our continued interest. He repeated the request for us to help purchase heavy demi [...]	2009-09-10 13:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO877	TNA SAYS MEETING WITH SRI LANKA PRESIDENT [...] (C) On September 7, seven members of parliament from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) party met with President Rajapaksa and his brother, Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa. While it was reported in the press as a cordial and satisfactory meeting, TNA MP Suresh Premachandran, one of [...]	2009-09-11 06:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID CE
09COLOMBO878	SRI LANKA REMAINS FOCUSED ON FOOD SECURITY; WILL [...] (U) SUMMARY: EconOff delivered REF points to Ms. Janaki Kuruppu, the President's top food security advisor. Kuruppu outlined a number of actions items the GoSL has taken since the food crisis of 2008 and expressed interest in participating in the Secretary's upcoming food security meeting in [...]	2009-09-11 06:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE EAGR EAID ETRD PREL UNGA
09COLOMBO89	AKASHI STRESSES NEED FOR POLITICAL SOLUTION AND [...] (C) Summary: In his January 22-25 visit to Sri Lanka, Japanese Special Envoy Yasushi Akashi stressed the need for a political solution, protection of the civilians from ongoing military operations in the North, urged an improvement in law and order and an end to the climate of impunity. Akas [...]	2009-01-26 13:57:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM CE
09COLOMBO905	SRI LANKA IS MEETING IMF TARGETS [...] (SBU) Summary. An IMF team conducting its first quarterly assessment has determined that Sri Lanka is meeting the targets of the July IMF standby agreement, and it appears that the IMF staff will recommend release of the second tranche of IMF funds in October. The IMF agreement, combined [...]	2009-09-23 11:44:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CE ECON EFIN IMF PGOV
09COLOMBO913	REQUEST FOR USG DEMINING EQUIPMENT FOR SRI LANKAN [...] (U) This is an Action Request for Department. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) Officials of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) have often said that the release of the more than 250,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) currently held in closed camps cannot take place until demining operations are [...]	2009-09-25 10:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO943	SRI LANKA BOOSTS DEFENSE BUDGET FOR TROOPS, [...] (C ) Summary. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) has requested almost $300 million in supplementary defense spending, which will provide for paying current soldiers, salaries and needs, recruiting 25,000 new soldiers, and building bases and a new Coast Guard. The timing of the announceme [...]	2009-10-12 04:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	CE ECON PGOV PINS PREL PTER
09COLOMBO944	BOOMING SRI LANKAN STOCK MARKET SHOWS ECONOMIC [...] Summary. The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) surged to a record high in early October, making it the world,s second best performing stock market in 2009. According to analysts, the CSE is rising due to the end of the Sri Lankan civil war (thereby lowering the risk premium for the country),l [...]	2009-10-12 04:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECON EFIN KMCA EINV
09COLOMBO954	SRI LANKA'S PREPAREDNESS FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA: [...] (U) SUMMARY: The government of Sri Lanka (GSL) developed a plan in 2005 to track and respond to pandemic flu (H1N1 and H5N1) and has updated the plan as needed. Surveillance systems are in place, hospitals nationwide are prepared with isolated wards, and ports of entry are closely monitored. [...]	2009-10-19 04:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CE ECON PGOV TBIO SOCI CASC KFLU
09COLOMBO976	U.S. Business Delegation Examines Investment Opportunities [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 13 U.S. and Sri Lankan government officials and business people met in Colombo to attend the first post-conflict Private/Public Partnership Conference, focusing on how economic development can help foster national reconciliation. The mood of the conference was upbeat, w [...]	2009-10-21 12:10:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV CE
09COLOMBO983	DISAPPEARANCES APPEAR TO DECLINE, DEFSEC SAYS THEY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Post appears to be seeing a continuing decline in disappearances across most of Sri Lanka, according to statistics obtained from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). (STRICTLY PROTECT: Provision of these statistics by ICRC to Post goes against their regular [...]	2009-10-22 12:31:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO985	Sri Lanka TIFA Talks Take Incremental Steps Toward [...] (SBU) The United States and Sri Lanka held their seventh annual Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks in Colombo on October 15, which resulted in incremental advances but no breakthroughs. The TIFA talks covered agricultural and government procurement issues, progress in the D [...]	2009-10-23 05:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR EINV ELAB KIPR KTEX CE
09CONAKRY239	(C) U.S. COMPANY LOOKS TO MARKET VOTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. LaserCard, a company that claims to have significant U.S. content, is requesting commercial advocacy services from the Embassy for issues related to the import of U.S. products. New to Guinea, the company does not yet have any contracts in place, but is hoping to land a contract [...]	2009-04-29 16:35:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY289	FORMER SECURITY MINISTER CONCERNED DADIS PLANS TO [...] (C) Summary: Former Minister of Security Madifing Diane told Embassy Officers May 19 that Junta leader Dadis is considering a national referendum to extend his tenure as head of state. Dadis had reportedly asked the former minister to determine the feasibility of such a referendum and is curre [...]	2009-05-22 13:06:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL GV
09CONAKRY590	CIVIL DEMONSTRATIONS UP COUNTRY, PEOPLE WORRIED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Protests/demonstrations took place in three distinctly different parts of the country on September 24, all of them connected to CNDD efforts to organize pro-Dadis political rallies. In Labe, thousands of people peacefully took to the streets to protest CNDD efforts to rally s [...]	2009-09-25 13:53:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC GV
09COPENHAGEN127	YOUR MEETING WITH DANISH FM MOLLER MARCH 13 [...] (C) Madam Secretary, your predecessors have known Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moller as a good colleague and a capable representative of one of our closest allies in Europe. Your first bilateral meeting with Per Stig will signal our appreciation for Danish contributions to international [...]	2009-03-09 09:55:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EU DA
09COPENHAGEN131	DETAILS ON DANISH PLEDGE AT MARCH 2 SHARM [...] According to Jakob Rogild Jakobsen, Chief of Section of the Danish MFA Middle East Policy and Assistance office, about half of Denmark's USD 17.4 million pledge will be directed toward humanitarian assistance, with about 90 percent of the funds earmarked for UNRWA activities and a smaller por [...]	2009-03-10 13:34:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAL KWBG EFIN PGOV PHUM PTER DA
09COPENHAGEN238	SCENESETTER FOR MAJORITY LEADER HOYER'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Mr. Majority Leader, welcome back to Copenhagen. Your return here is much anticipated and appreciated by the Danes, who are eager to reaffirm close U.S.-Danish ties both with the new administration and with the senior leadership of the new congress. Denmark remains one of our closest all [...]	2009-05-22 07:55:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON NATO PTER DA
09COPENHAGEN291	MAJORITY LEADER HOYER'S VISIT TO DENMARK [...] (SBU) Summary. Prospects for U.S. climate and energy legislation and its potential impact on an international climate agreement in December were foremost in the minds of Danish interlocutors as House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer visited Copenhagen May 26 - 29. Hoyer, in meetings with senior Dan [...]	2009-06-26 15:07:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV DA
09COPENHAGEN431	KENYA: DENMARK SUPPORTS U.S. ON AVERTING REFUGEE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-05 10:47:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL KE UNHCR DA
09COPENHAGEN433	"HIGH NORTH" CONFERENCE DEBATES GREENLAND'S ROLE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Danih Institute for Military Studies sponsored a confrence on Arctic security September 23. Denmark mintains sovereignty over Greenland, but granted it increased autonomy as of June 2009. Participant vigorously debated Greenland's changing role asthe Arctic attracts increa [...]	2009-10-06 09:43:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON EFIS EWWT MARR PGOV PREL SENV DA GL
09COPENHAGEN434	DANISH SHIPOWNERS PRIORITIZE CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior officials of the Danish Shipowners Association (DSA) list anti-piracy cooperation, reliance on free-market allocation of resources to prevent overcapacity, and care in setting proposed climate-change restrictions on the emission of maritime greenhouse gases (GHG) as th [...]	2009-10-06 09:44:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT PGOV PREL SENV DA
09COPENHAGEN479	BANNING THE PROVISION OF COMMERCIAL INSURANCE TO [...] (SBU) On October 26, poloff delivered talking points, along with applicable documents, to MFA's Acting Department Head for Middle East Affairs Allan Kristensen. Kristensen indicated the issue was not currently being discussed, but agreed it was important and should be placed on the agenda. [...]	2009-10-27 13:51:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV PREL PTER IR DK
09COPENHAGEN488	(C) EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR COMES CALLING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Having recently hosted the Israeli Ambassador in response to the latter's request for a meeting, Ambassador Fulton invited Egyptian Ambassador Nabil Habashi to lunch October 29. They discussed one-on-one the Middle East and the Danish cartoon controversy. The Egyptian MFA has [...]	2009-11-02 14:22:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EG IS
09COPENHAGEN573	NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE - DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-23 11:30:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP NPT PREL IAEA MNUC ENRG DA
09COTONOU123	BENIN: GOB HOLDS AMBASSADORS CONFERENCE TO BOOST DIPLOMACY [...] SUMMARY: On the personal initiative of President Yayi, the GOB held a three-day Ambassadors Conference, February 26-28, the second of its kind since 1981, to revitalize Beninese diplomacy. The event gathered over two-hundred officials and diplomats, including 31 Beninese ambassadors accredited [...]	2009-04-02 09:31:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BN
09COTONOU239	COTONOU GPRA REPORT ON THE DVC "PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FIRST 100 [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: On May 19, PAS Cotonou hosted a Digital Video Conference program entitled "President Barack Obama's First 100 days." The program began with opening remarks from PAO Rhonda Watson, followed by Africa Regional Services (ARS) Deputy Director Linda Cowher's welcome remarks [...]	2009-06-05 10:23:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO BN
09COTONOU242	Media Reaction: "President Barack Obama's Inauguration" [...] Summary: The Beninese media reacted positively to President Barack Obama's speech in Cairo on June 4. The speech generated several articles and comments in the leading print and electronic media. End summary. 2. The most prominently published articles include: June 5 The right-of-center [...]	2009-06-08 08:25:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO SCUL BN
09COTONOU247	COTONOU: MAY, 2009 REPORT ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND [...] PAS Cotonou reports the following placements of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered articles in the government-owned newspaper, La Nation, and various independent newspapers. 2. Print Media: May 4: An article in the right-of-center indepen [...]	2009-06-15 13:05:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL OIIP KPAO BN
09COTONOU282	COTONOU: JUNE, 2009 REPORT ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND [...] PAS Cotonou reports the following placements of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered articles in the government-owned newspaper, La Nation, and various independent newspapers. 2. Print media June 2 The following articles were published: An [...]	2009-07-06 10:04:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL OIIP KPAO BN
09COTONOU308	CHARGE PARTICIPATES IN TV DEBATE ON OBAMA'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-17 03:08:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR BN
09COTONOU71	COTONOU REPORTS ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND [...] Print January 6 The following articles were published: An article in the government-owned newspaper, La Nation, in the independent daily newspapers Le Matin and Le Telegramme, based on the Mission-produced press release on USS Robert Bradley's visit to Benin titled "Cooperation militaire: u [...]	2009-03-02 10:19:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC OIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR BN
09DAKAR1001	PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: ONE EYE [...] SUMMARY. On July 23, Prime Minister Souleymane Ndene Ndiaye delivered a general policy speech to a packed National Assembly chamber that included diplomats from Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and the US. A shrewd mixture of candor and gesture characterized the speech, as he at least m [...]	2009-08-04 15:05:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SG
09DAKAR23	SENEGAL CONDEMNS ISRAELI ACTIONS IN GAZA [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Senegal has firmly and repeatedly condemned the recent actions of the government of Israel in the Gaza strip. On January 3, President Abdoulaye Wade, current Chairman of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC),condemned the Israeli incursion into Gaza [...]	2009-01-07 17:42:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SG IS
09DAKAR290	SENEGAL'S KARIM WADE - THE HEIR APPARENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: With local elections less than three weeks away, the country has entered a period of intense campaigning. One of the key battles will be in Dakar, where President Abdoulaye Wade has finally made a move to slip his son Karim into the political arena by including him on his party's [...]	2009-03-09 09:42:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS ECON PINR KDEM SOCI SG
09DAKAR443	KOREAN FIRMS INTERESTED IN MCC CONTRACTS AS AN ENTRY TO [...] (SBU) On March 27, Mr. Ki-Joung Cho, DCM at the Republic of Korea's Embassy in Dakar called on Econ Counselor to inquire about the status of Senegal's MCC Compact proposal and to ask if implementation contracts are open to non-U.S. firms. Cho explained that his government had received inquiri [...]	2009-04-07 10:01:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON KMCC PREL KO SG
09DAKAR873	Enlisting Senegal's New Prime Minister to Stay the MCC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Souleymane Ndn Ndiaye expressed his willingness to build upon the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact relationship that was established by his predecessor. Ndiaye showed great interest in the MCC initiative and assured [...]	2009-07-09 17:16:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EAID SG
09DAMASCUS11	PROTESTERS HARASSING EGYPTIAN EMBASSY IN DAMASCUS, [...] (C) Summary: Charge called on Egyptian Ambassador Shawky Ismail December 31 to compare notes and express solidarity. Ismail reviewed his Embassy's security problems, accused Syria of coordinating with Tehran and Hizballah to exploit the Gaza crisis, and explained Egypt's proposal for moving t [...]	2009-01-05 13:30:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS ASEC KPAL EG SY
09DAMASCUS139	SYRIA: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The following is Post's submission of the annual trafficking in persons report. The Embassy's point of contact is Anthony A. Deaton. Office telephone: (963) (11) 3391-3207. Fax: (963) (11) 3391-3999. The officer spent 35 hours in preparation of the report, which is structured to answer [...]	2009-02-17 15:24:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN KTIP PREF SMIG
09DAMASCUS147	ASAD TELLS CODEL BERMAN SYRIA READY FOR PEACE, [...] (C) Summary: President Asad's February 21 meeting with CODEL Berman focused on the need for frank dialogue between the two countries, U.S. concerns about Syria's relations with Hamas, Iran, and Hizballah, and Syria's desire for an American umbrella in a comprehensive regional peace process. [...]	2009-02-24 13:51:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PGOV PTER PHUM IR IS IZ SY
09DAMASCUS158	KERRY - ASAD: DIVIDING IRAQ AND UNIFYING IRAN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator John Kerry told President Asad that he believed progress was being made in Iraq and the U.S. wanted to withdraw its troops as soon as possible. The recent provincial elections in Iraq had been the first real, positive [...]	2009-02-27 13:21:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL IZ IR SY
09DAMASCUS16	SYRIA-CUBA: TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT, [...] (C) In response to reftel, Post reports that the SARG has taken no actions in 2008 to promote the advancement of democracy or human rights in Cuba and as a matter of foreign policy has expressed support for the regime of Fidel Castro. -------------------------------- Cuban Ambassador Blames [...]	2009-01-05 14:44:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PGOV CU SY
09DAMASCUS160	KERRY - ASAD: IMPROVING THE U.S. - SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: Syrian President Bashar al-Asad told Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator John Kerry that the U.S. position on the Middle East peace process is Syria's most important concern. Kerry said there was consensus among President Obama, Secretary Clinton, APNSA Jo [...]	2009-02-27 13:57:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY

09DAMASCUS164	THE "PESSOPTIMISTS": SYRIANS SPECULATE ON THE FUTURE OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 12:29:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAO SCUL SY XF
09DAMASCUS170	WHY ARE WE FIGHTING? WOMEN IN DAMASCUS DEBATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Damascus partnered with the Canadian Embassy and local Syrian activists to organize a three-day workshop on the role of women in promoting interfaith dialogue, January 21-23. The workshop featured three Canadian and two American women as facilitators. Three of the pre [...]	2009-03-04 07:54:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO KWMN SCUL SOCI SY
09DAMASCUS179	PRESIDENT ASAD AND CODEL CARDIN DISCUSS A NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Cardin, in a February 18 meeting with President Bashar al-Asad, FM Muallim, Presidential Advisor for Political and Media Affairs Shaaban, and Ambassador to the U.S. Mustafa conveyed U.S. concerns regarding Iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapon, Syrian human rights abuses, the [...]	2009-03-10 10:40:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM IAEA KPAL PGOV PREL PTER IR IS IZ TU SY
09DAMASCUS192	FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MARCH 7 DISCUSSIONS WITH SYRIAN FM [...] (S/NF) Acting NEA A/S Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Near and Near Africa Dan Shapiro met Syrian FM Muallim on March 7 and urged him to help normalize operations for the U.S. Embassy in Damascus and the Syrian Embassy in Washington. In particular, they pressed Muallim to fac [...]	2009-03-15 04:19:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ASEC CASC ETRD ETTC SY
09DAMASCUS193	FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MARCH 7 DISCUSSIONS WITH SYRIAN FM [...] (S/NF) Summary: Acting NEA A/S Feltman and NSC NENA Senior Director Shapiro stressed the strong U.S. commitment to achieving a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians and a comprehensive regional peace between Israel and its other neighbors. The U.S. emphasis was no longer on [...]	2009-03-15 04:19:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IS SY
09DAMASCUS196	FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MARCH 7 DISCUSSIONS WITH SYRIAN FM [...] (S/NF) Summary: Syrian FM Muallim and Acting NEA A/S Feltman each expressed support for a united, independent, stable, and secure Iraq. Muallim welcomed the U.S. President,s plan for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq in a responsible fashion. Feltman pressed Muallim to do more in the spir [...]	2009-03-15 04:19:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER IZ SY
09DAMASCUS199	CORRECTED COPY OF DAMASCUS 179 PARA 14 [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Cardin, in a February 18 meeting with President Bashar al-Asad, FM Muallim, Presidential Advisor for Political and Media Affairs Shaaban, and Ambassador to the U.S. Mustafa conveyed U.S. concerns regarding Iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapon, Syrian human rights abuses, the [...]	2009-03-15 05:49:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM IAEA KPAL PGOV PREL PTER IR IS IZ TU SY
09DAMASCUS218	SYRIAN DELEGATION'S MISSION TO BAGHDAD [...] (S/NF) According to a reliable Embassy source, a Syrian delegation consisting of FM Walid al-Muallim and Deputy Vice President for Security Affairs Muhammad Nassif Khayr-Bayk will arrive in Baghdad on March 24. The delegation's mission is to prepare for a meeting between Syrian President Basha [...]	2009-03-23 16:11:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IZ SY UK
09DAMASCUS25	Special Media Reaction Report: Events in Gaza January 7, [...] Sarkozy's Visit: All Syrian papers dedicated banner headlines to French President Sarkozy's meeting with President Asad and drew extensively from the SANA press release for the substance of their reporting. While the Syrian press focused on President Assad's call for an immediate end to Israe [...]	2009-01-07 12:02:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
09DAMASCUS252	CODEL LYNCH MEETS ASAD, MUALLIM [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-06 13:02:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS SY
09DAMASCUS279	BOEING READOUT ON SYRIAN AIR'S DILEMMA [...] (C) A Boeing sales representative described Syrian Air execs as disappointed that his April 7-8 visit to Damascus did not portend an imminent change in U.S. sanctions law that would allow Syrian Air to purchase new aircraft from Boeing. He said that Syrian Air was confused about the extent of [...]	2009-04-14 14:49:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS288	CORRECTED COPY: MFA REQUESTS EMBASSY HELP FOR [...] (C) In an April 15 meeting requested by Vice Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad, the Director General of Syrian Air asked for the Embassy's help in obtaining export licenses for maintenance on 17 aircraft engines and three auxilliary power units. Two Airbus A320 engines are involved in a contractu [...]	2009-04-20 08:24:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL GE SP SY
09DAMASCUS306	BEHAVIOR REFORM: NEXT STEPS FOR A HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable represents a follow-up to "Re-engaging Syria: Human Rights" (ref A) and outlines ongoing civil society programming in the country, primarily under the auspices of the Bureau of Human Rights and Labor (DRL) and the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). Both MEPI and DRL [...]	2009-04-28 13:24:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS335	MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN DAMASCUS: FM [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a wide-ranging May 7 discussion, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC/NENA Senior Director Shapiro heard a litany of complaints from the Syrian side led by FM Muallim over Syria's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, renewal of U.S. sanctions, and the lack of serious eng [...]	2009-05-12 14:54:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER KPAL IZ LE IS SY
09DAMASCUS342	MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN DAMASCUS: FM [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a prolonged May 7 discussion on differing U.S. and Syrian approaches to re-engagement, NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman and NSC NENA Senior Director Shapiro stressed the importance of stopping foreign fighters entering Iraq from Syria. They proposed a visit by a CE [...]	2009-05-14 10:58:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS IZ SY
09DAMASCUS344	MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN DAMASCUS: SYRIA [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a lengthy May 7 discussion on differing U.S. and Syrian approaches to re-engagement, NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman and NSC/NENA Senior Director Shapiro explained the routine, technical nature of USG's renewal of Executive Order 13338 and agreed to look for possib [...]	2009-05-14 11:13:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	EAIR ECON ETRD GE SP SY
09DAMASCUS359	MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN DAMASCUS: [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a wide-ranging May 7 discussion on differing U.S. and Syrian approaches to re-engagement, NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman and NSC/NENA Senior Director Shapiro stressed President Obama's strong commitment to achieving comprehensive peace in the region, including a two [...]	2009-05-21 13:46:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KPAL PTER IS SY
09DAMASCUS377	CODEL KAUFMAN-PRESIDENT ASAD MEETING MAY 28 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-29 16:07:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER KWBG MOPS IS IZ LE SY
09DAMASCUS434	THE STRUGGLE OF DAILY LIFE FOR IRAQI-PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary: For the first time in over two years an Embassy officer visited the Iraqi-Palestinian refugees camp in Al-Tanf, established in the "no-man's-land" between the Syrian and Iraqi borders. Conditions remain hostile despite the UN's best efforts to provide basic food, non-food, medic [...]	2009-06-23 09:30:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV KPAL IZ SY
09DAMASCUS550	AGGRESSIVE AND UNUSUAL SARG SURVEILLANCE OF EMBOFF [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On 08/04/09, an Embassy Political Officer and a visiting State Department officer from NEA/PI experienced aggressive static and mobile surveillance during and after their meeting with a new human rights contact at a cafe. Both officers returned to the Embassy to report the [...]	2009-08-06 07:10:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	ASEC
09DAMASCUS551	AGGRESSIVE AND UNUSUAL SARG SURVEILLANCE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On 08/04/09, an Embassy Political Officer and a visiting State Department officer from NEA/PI experienced aggressive static and mobile surveillance during and after their meeting with a new human rights contact at a cafe. Both officers returned to the Embassy to report the [...]	2009-08-06 08:36:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	ASEC
09DAMASCUS763	U.S. HEDGE FUND AND PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTORS VISIT [...] (SBU) A group of about 20 hedge fund and private equity investors, predominately from the U.S., are in Damascus October 28-31 to meet with SARG officials to discuss investment opportunities in Syria. The group is on a one-week trip, visiting Beirut and Damascus. They are scheduled to meet wi [...]	2009-10-29 14:42:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS868	SPECIAL COORDINATOR HOF'S DECEMBER 16 MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary: Syrian FM Muallim spent most of the one-hour conversation with Special Coordinator for Regional Affairs Hof lamenting the lack of progress in U.S.-Syrian bilateral relations. Muallim welcomed the possibility of a January visit by Special Envoy (S/E) Mitchell to Damascus, but st [...]	2009-12-18 10:24:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PREL KPAL IR LE IZ SY
09DAMASCUS93	RE-ENGAGING WITH SYRIA: ANOTHER COUNTY HEARD FROM [...] (C/NF) Summary: Spanish Ambassador Juan Serrat, who enjoys frequent access to SARG officials, described the SARG as "hopeful" regarding the new U.S. Administration and the prospects for a changed U.S. role in the Middle East. They had been disappointed by the decision not to send Special [...]	2009-01-29 16:15:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SP SY
09DAMASCUS97	BA,ATH PARTY MAINTAINS NEAR STRANGLEHOLD ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The struggle for the hearts and minds of Syrian youth is played out on the battlefield of education. In 2001, the Education Department of the Regional Leadership of the Ba,ath Party in conjunction with the Ministry of Higher Education made a series of decisions designed to refo [...]	2009-02-02 11:09:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OEXC OIIP KPAO SCUL SY XF
09DARESSALAAM127	ZANZIBAR: MEMORIES OF AN UNRECONSTRUCTED REVOLUTIONARY [...] SUMMARY: Ali Sultani was one of the leading figures of the 1964 Zanzibar Revolution, but later spent eight years in prison as one of the conspirators of President Karume's assassination (father of the current President Karume). A charismatic raconteur, quoting Edith Pilaf's "Je Ne Regrete Rie [...]	2009-02-27 02:43:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PINR PGOV PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM153	AIR TANZANIA: SAVED BY CHINESE INVESTMENT? [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Tanzania appears to have finally found an investor to keep troubled Air Tanzania aloft, but the carrier's long term viability remains in question. After the Tanzanian Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) revoked the airworthiness license of Air Tanzania Corporation [...]	2009-03-04 13:51:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV PHSA PINR TZ
09DARESSALAAM164	TANZANIA ECONOMIC ROUND-UP MARCH 2009 [...] Contents: -- Government Regulates Fuel Prices -- Tanzania Re-introduces Pre-Inspection of Goods -- Cotton Industry Hit by Global Economic Woes -- Another Global Impact: Tanzania's Leather Industry -- Tanzania Prepares for Underwater Fiber-Optic Cable Government Regulates Fuel Prices ---- [...]	2009-03-12 13:58:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EIND EINV ENRG ETRD TZ
09DARESSALAAM168	BHM CELEBRATIONS DRAW HUNDREDS OF TANZANIANS [...] SUMMARY: In celebration of Black History Month (BHM),Dar es Salaam's Public Affairs Section organized activities around "Nonviolent Civil Rights Movements in the United States" (Ref B). We selected this theme to advance our MSP goal of "Governing Justly and Democratically." Tanzania will ho [...]	2009-03-13 12:51:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL SENV OIIP OPRC TZ
09DARESSALAAM206	APR ENERGY: CONFLICTING MESSAGES FROM TANZANIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Department of Commerce DAS Holly Vineyard discussed the ongoing tax issue concerning Florida-based APR Energy, LLC, (ref a) with several GOT officials during her March 16-19 visit to Dar es Salaam. While the Ministry of Energy and Minerals supported APR's position on the intent [...]	2009-03-30 02:49:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV ETRD TZ
09DARESSALAAM218	Tanzanian Press Takes April Fool's Day Seriously: [...] The April First editions of several Tanzanian dailies allocated space on their front pages to play April Fool's jokes on their readership. 2. The Guardian (circulation 25,000) ran an above the fold article entitled, "Government makes about-turn and buys Dowans plant secretly." The last s [...]	2009-04-01 13:18:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM TZ
09DARESSALAAM221	TANZANIA ECONOMIC ROUND-UP APRIL 2009 [...] Summary: -- Energy: Tanzania Faces Power Crisis; New Investment a Challenge -- Aviation: Air Tanzania Fuel Debt Indicates Deeper Troubles -- Mining: Report Questions Mining Sector Tax Practices -- Finance: Check Capping, Interbank Transactions Slow Business MOF Convenes Forum on [...]	2009-04-03 08:27:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAIR ECON EIND ENRG TZ
09DARESSALAAM286	EAST AFRICAN COMMON MARKET: GRADUALISM IN ACTION [...] The five East African Community (EAC) Heads of State, at a summit meeting April 29 in Arusha, announced a delay in the planned signing of the long-negotiated Common Market Protocol until their next summit in November 2009. The leaders' agreement on the final outstanding issues of the protocol [...]	2009-05-02 17:10:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL TZ BY KE RW UG
09DARESSALAAM29	AMBASSADOR HONORS COURAGEOUS TANZANIAN ALBINOS AFTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following a year in which several dozen albinos were reported murdered throughout Tanzania, Ambassador Mark Green awarded the entire albinism community with Post's "Martin Luther King Jr. Drum Major for Justice Award." The award, presented annually the last ten years commemorat [...]	2009-01-20 12:09:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SCUL KPAO TZ
09DARESSALAAM338	MEDIA REACTION: "KIKWETE-OBAMA TALKS A CHANCE TO BOOST [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-26 03:28:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO TZ
09DARESSALAAM348	FALL OF DECI PYRAMID SCHEME BREEDS ANGER, UNCERTAINTY [...] Summary and Comment. In April, the GOT shut down an alleged pyramid scheme, the Development Entrepreneurship Community Initiative (Deci),which had attracted approximately 700,000 Tanzanian investors and USD 10 million since 2006. The government closed Deci offices nationwide and froze its a [...]	2009-05-29 10:49:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV TZ
09DARESSALAAM372	TANZANIAN MUSLIMS POSITIVE, BUT AWAITING ACTION FOLLOWING [...] SUMMARY: President Obama's Cairo speech to the Muslim world received positive feedback in Tanzania, but Muslims say they are now "waiting for action." Opinion leaders thought the speech "marks the beginning of new relations with the Muslim world" but were reserved awaiting follow-on actions. [...]	2009-06-05 12:16:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KIRF KISL KDEM KPAO TZ
09DARESSALAAM585	STIFLED POTENTIAL: FIBER-OPTIC CABLE LANDS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The landing of the Seacom undersea fiber-optic cable presents Tanzania with significant opportunities for making voice traffic and data connections less expensive and more reliable. With proper management, this cable could be transformative for Tanzania across the d [...]	2009-09-04 04:48:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINT ETTC PGOV TZ
09DARESSALAAM675	AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-16 08:35:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD PHUM ENRG TZ
09DARESSALAAM747	TANZANIA INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 12:12:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM771	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PAYNE VISIT TO DAR ES SALAAM [...] Your visit to Dar es Salaam comes at a time when our bilateral relationship with Tanzania has never been stronger, in part because of our expansive assistance efforts in multiple sectors. Tanzania's political stability, sound macroeconomic management and enormous development needs have made it [...]	2009-11-12 03:55:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP TZ
09DARESSALAAM779	ZANZIBAR: MOVE TOWARD COALITION GOVERNMENT? [...] (S) SUMMARY: During Ambassador Lenhardt's credentials call on President Kikwete November 12, Kikwete confirmed that opposition Civic United Front (CUF) leader Seif Sharif Hamad has agreed in principal to serve as Chief Minister in a CCM-led government-of-national-unity in Zanzibar. However, t [...]	2009-11-13 09:59:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	SECRET	KDEM PGOV PHUM TZ
09DARESSALAAM83	TANZANIA NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] This cable is in response to guidance in reftels. Sources of Available Information -------------------------------- 2. Reliable sources of information for TIP include Government of Tanzania (GOT) Ministry of Home Affairs, which is the lead agency on TIP issues; Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...]	2009-02-10 04:01:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB USAID
09DARESSALAAM836	BANK OF TANZANIA GOVERNOR REVIEWS TANZANIA'S ECONOMY WITH [...] Summary: Bank of Tanzania (BOT) Governor Benno Ndulu reviewed for visiting Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin the state of the Tanzanian economy and the Government of Tanzania's (GOT) responses to the global financial crisis in a November 2 meeting at the BOT. Ndulu described the GOT's rescue [...]	2009-12-04 06:10:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV TZ
09DARESSALAAM846	TANZANIA'S NOMINATION FOR 2010 INT'L WOMEN OF COURAGE AWARD [...] U.S. Mission Dar es Salaam nominates Ananilea Nkya for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage for her tireless efforts to promote equality, opportunity, and justice for Tanzanian women and girls. Advocating for Women's Human Rights ----------------------------------- [...]	2009-12-07 14:57:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWMN PHUM PGOV KPAO TZ
09DARESSALAAM9	Ambassador Green's Farewell Remarks for Zanzibar [...] Ambassador Mark Green held a farewell gathering in Zanzibar on 8 January. He addressed an audience of 200 leaders drawn from Zanzibar?s government, political, civil society, cultural, academic, business and media sectors. Resident American citizens attended as well. Muslim religious leaders [...]	2009-01-09 07:41:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO TZ
09DARESSALAAM901	ZANZIBAR: AMBASSADOR LENHARDT LUNCHES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 19 Ambassador Lenhardt invited to the Residence for lunch Mohamed Aboud, a jocular and charismatic Zanzibari politician of the ruling "Revolutionary Party" (known by its Kiswahili acronym, "CCM - Chama cha Mapinduzi"). Aboud is among the top contenders to replace Pres [...]	2009-12-29 10:18:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TZ
09DHAHRAN168	FINANCIAL TROUBLE AT TWO PROMINENT SAUDI BUSINESSES [...] (S/NF) Recent financial trouble at two prominent Saudi conglomerates has shaken public confidence in the solvency of some of the Kingdom's commercial families but poses no real threat to the economy. Two Saudi firms, Ahmad Hamad Al-Gosaibi and Brothers Co (AH Al-Gosaibi) and the Saad Group, ha [...]	2009-07-13 11:40:00	Consulate Dhahran	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON PINR SENV ENRG PGOV SA
09DHAHRAN187	SCENESETTER FOR AA/S FELTMAN'S VISIT TO THE EASTERN PROVINCE [...] (SBU) The U.S. Consulate General Dhahran welcomes you to the Eastern Province (EP) of Saudi Arabia. In addition to being the Kingdom's largest province, the EP also represents the industrial engine of Saudi Arabia and sits atop the world's largest oil reserves. Saudi Aramco, the well-run and [...]	2009-07-24 16:16:00	Consulate Dhahran	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ENRG EPET SA
09DHAHRAN295	SAUDI BORDER CONFLICT WITH YEMEN RAISES FEAR OF SECTARIAN [...] (C) Prominent members of the Eastern Province (EP) Shia community are growing increasingly worried that the conflict in Yemen will spur a backlash against their community. The attitude is prevalent among Shia youth as well. Statements by a Yemeni official, as well as a recent circular issued b [...]	2009-12-19 12:06:00	Consulate Dhahran	SECRET	PGOV KIRF PREL SA YM PINR PHUM
09DHAHRAN8	SHI'A UNREST CONTINUES TO BUILD AFTER THE MEDINA INCIDENT [...] (C) Key Points: ----------------- -- The Shi'a clashes with Saudi security forces in Medina in February have set off a wave of demonstrations, protests, and calls on the government for justice. -- Members of the Shi'a communities from the Eastern Province were involved in the Baqi'a cemet [...]	2009-03-02 16:22:00	Consulate Dhahran	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SA IR LE
09DHAHRAN99	KING ABDULLAH MAKES AN UNSCHEDULED VISIT TO THE EASTERN [...] (C) KEY POINTS: -- King Abdullah made a last minute, unscheduled visit to the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia from April 26 to May 1. -- During his visit he launched $14.4 billion worth of projects in Jubail, including the world's largest desalination plant. -- The King met [...]	2009-05-11 07:57:00	Consulate Dhahran	CONFIDENTIAL	SA PGOV ECON ENRG
09DHAKA1049	LEAHY VETTING FOR UNSOC & UNLOG IN BANGLADESH, 06 - 17 [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in United Nations Staff Officers Course (UNSOC) and United Nations Logistic Officers Course (UNLOG) in Bangladesh, which will begin on December 06, 2009. Post vetting was completed on [...]	2009-11-22 09:00:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA1059	LEAHY VETTING FOR MANEUVER CAPTAINS CAREER COURSE IN USA, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Maneuver Captains Career Course in USA, which will begin on December 07, 2009. Post vetting was completed on November 23, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by Decemb [...]	2009-11-24 01:59:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA160	BOUCHER VISIT HIGHLIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CLOSER [...] (C) During his February 7 - 8 visit to Dhaka, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher stressed US desire to forge a close partnership with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's new government. In meetings with senior Bangladesh officials, Boucher discussed counterterrorism cooperation (including US supp [...]	2009-02-12 10:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM BG KV
09DHAKA177	EMBASSY DHAKA INPUT TO NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] This report covers anti-trafficking efforts by the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) from April 2008 to February 2009. Paragraph three begins text. Embassy point of contact is David Arulanantham, Political Officer, telephone: 880-2-885-5500 x2148, IVG post-code: 583, fax number: 880-2-882-3744, e [...]	2009-02-22 00:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
09DHAKA272	LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR EAST SOUTH ASIA (NESA) COMBATING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Near East South Asia (NESA) Combating Terrorism Executive Seminar in USA, which will begin on March 31, 2009. Post vetting was completed on March 18, 2009. Post requests that ve [...]	2009-03-18 08:38:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA301	BANGLADESH INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] This is Embassy Dhaka's submission for reftel tasking. 2. Begin text of the 2009 Bangladesh Investment Climate Statement: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Bangladesh actively seeks foreign investment under its industrial policy and export-oriented, private [...]	2009-03-29 09:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR BG
09DHAKA310	LEAHY VETTING FOR THE SYMPOSIUM ON EAST ASIA SECURITY [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in The Symposium on East Asia Security (SEAS - 2009) in Honolulu, which will begin on June 06, 2009. Post vetting was completed on March 30, 2009. Post requests that vetting be complet [...]	2009-03-31 05:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA406	JMB THREAT LETTER WARNS INTERNATIONAL [...] (S) Summary: Three international organizations operating in Barisal (southern Bangladesh) have received a copy of the same threat letter reportedly from the banned islamist group, Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). The letter, which received widespread media attention, demanded the organiza [...]	2009-04-23 12:19:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	ASEC PTER BG
09DHAKA425	PRIME MINISTER STILL SEES CONSPIRACY IN BORDER [...] (C) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina still sees a conspiracy behind the border guard mutiny that dealt a huge blow to her government in February. She told the Ambassador on April 27 she welcomed U.S. Government efforts to facilitate better civilian-military relations and strengthen Bangladesh's se [...]	2009-04-28 12:00:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PINS ETRD ECON PHUM BG
09DHAKA503	LEAHY VETTING FOR EX GUARUDA SHIELD (FTX) IN PHILIPPINES, [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in The Ex Guaruda Shield (FTX) in Philippines, which will begin on June 11, 2009. Post vetting was completed on May 20, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by June 2 to pro [...]	2009-05-20 02:44:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA512	LEAHY VETTING FOR ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in The Army Command and General Staff College Course in USA, which will begin on June 18, 2009. Post vetting was completed on May 21, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by J [...]	2009-05-21 10:02:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA513	LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR EAST SOUTH ASIA (NESA) SENIOR [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in The Near East South Asia (NESA) Senior Executive Seminar in USA, which will begin on June 07, 2009. Post vetting was completed on May 21, 2009. Post requests that vetting be complet [...]	2009-05-21 10:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA53	LEAHY VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS EXECUTIVES [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the International Logistics Executives Advanced Development Course in USA, which will begin on March 11, 2009. Post vetting was completed on January 14, 2009. Post requests that vet [...]	2009-01-14 07:33:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA577	BNP'S ZIA COMPLAINS AWAMI LEAGUE NOT PROVIDING [...] (C) Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia said the Awami League government continued to prevent the BNP from playing a constructive role in Parliament. The Leader of the Opposition told the Ambassador June 4 the Prime Minister had rebuffed the BNP's suggested topics for de [...]	2009-06-08 10:46:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM KDEM KPAO BG
09DHAKA691	GOB CONSIDERING A SOVEREIGN GUARANTEE FOR THE [...] (C) The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) is reluctant to provide a sovereign guarantee for the Boeing aircraft deal, but the Ambassador and a Boeing representative told the Prime Minister July 12 that a sovereign guarantee was the only way Bangladesh's national airline could secure financing to b [...]	2009-07-14 09:24:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD BEXP EFIN PREL ECON PGOV BG
09DHAKA845	LEAHY VETTING FOR CIVIL MILITARY OBSERVER COURSE (CMLO) IN [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in Civil Military Observer Course (CMLO) in Bangladesh, which will begin on September 6, 2009. Post vetting was completed on August 27, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed [...]	2009-08-27 10:01:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA857	LEAHY VETTING FOR CIVIL MILITARY OBSERVER COURSE (CMLO) IN [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in Civil Military Observer Course (CMLO) in Bangladesh, which will begin on October 4, 2009. Post vetting was completed on September 1, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed [...]	2009-09-01 07:42:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DILI158	REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED CONSULAR COMMISSION FOR TDY CONOFF [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-26 09:47:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT CASC ODIP TT
09DILI22	FOOD FOR PROGRESS ELIGIBILITY: THE CASE FOR TIMOR-LESTE [...] Classifying Timor-Leste as a Priority Country under USDA's Food for Progress (FFP) program would directly and strongly support the U.S. foreign policy objective of building a stable, secure, prosperous, and democratic Timor-Leste. The country meets the qualifying criteria for priority countri [...]	2009-01-21 08:58:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PREL TT
09DILI337	FOREIGN REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE [...] The Dili District Prosecutor's Office and the United Nations Police National Investigations Department's Prosecution Support Unit conveyed a request for judicial assistance to the Embassy on December 22. The Prosecutor's Office asked the Prosecution Support Unit to investigate misadministrati [...]	2009-12-22 07:19:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC CJAN TT
09DJIBOUTI10	NADR-FUNDED PROPOSAL TO SUPPORT THE REGIONAL STRATEGIC [...] SUMMARY. Per guidance in reftel, Embassy Djibouti submits the following proposal for $500,000 to establish a "Djibouti-Somalia Counter-Terrorism Border Post" (DSCBP) at Loyada, along the currently porous border between Djibouti and Somalia. Implementation of this proposal would enable the USG [...]	2009-01-06 12:01:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINS ASEC DJ SO
09DJIBOUTI101	PRESIDENT GUELLEH PRAISES PARTNERSHIP WITH USG, AFRICOM [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 5 meeting with AFRICOM Commander General Ward, President Guelleh accepted thanks for Djibouti's hosting of the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA),reiterated the GODJ's interest in maintaining a strong partnership with the USG, and praised AFRICOM' [...]	2009-02-08 14:11:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA MASS SO ER IR DJ
09DJIBOUTI107	GODJ AND DP WORLD INAUGURATE NEW $400 MILLION CONTAINER PORT [...] SUMMARY. President Guelleh and top Dubai Ports World (DP World) dignitaries officially inaugurated Djibouti's new state-of-the-art container port at Doraleh, some 8km outside of Djibouti City, on February 7. This ambitious project, estimated at a total cost near $400 million, aims both to cem [...]	2009-02-11 09:30:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD EINV ECON PREL DJ XA
09DJIBOUTI110	DJIBOUTI CONVENES EAC TO REVIEW THREAT TO U.S. [...] (S/NF) Post convened its core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 10, following receipt of threat information citing possible planning of attacks on Djibouti night clubs frequented by U.S. servicemembers (refs B-C). Attendees included Ambassador, DCM, RSO, CONS, IPC, MGT, ORA, NCIS, [...]	2009-02-11 12:37:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	ASEC PTER DJ SO MOPS
09DJIBOUTI1109	DJIBOUTI: FORMER OPPOSITION LEADER ON PRESIDENT'S THIRD [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a September 8 meeting with the Ambassador, the head of the former opposition party Front for the Restoration of Democracy and Unity (FRUD)-and currently President Guelleh's most important ruling coalition partner-laid out the FRUD's cautious approach to the question of a p [...]	2009-09-14 07:35:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KDEM PINR SOCI PHUM DJ ER
09DJIBOUTI1205	DJIBOUTI REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR EASBRIG FTX [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Djibouti recommends provision of GPOI funds, or alternate sources of funding, in response to formal requests from Djibouti's Minister of Defense and chief of general staff, for assistance to support the East Africa Standby Brigade's Field Training Exercise (EASBRIG FTX),s [...]	2009-10-13 18:03:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS MOPS EAID DJ ET KE RW UG BY XA
09DJIBOUTI1247	DJIBOUTI/SOMALIA - CONTRIBUTION TO AMISOM [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 15:57:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO DJ SO
09DJIBOUTI1252	FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI [...] Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the working-age population. Over two-thirds of the country's estimated 650,000 residen [...]	2009-10-08 15:32:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA
09DJIBOUTI1272	CORRECTED COPY - FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI [...] CORRECTED COPY of 09 DJIBOUTI 1252. See paragraph 36 for revised text. 2. Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the wor [...]	2009-10-13 11:51:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA
09DJIBOUTI1315	Djiboutian Officials Highlight Cooperation with USG on [...] (C) SUMMARY. In meetings with visiting Director of East African Affairs ( AF/E) Geeta Pasi, senior Djiboutian officials expressed appreciation for donor assistance from the United States, and for bilateral cooperation on regional security issues. Delegate Minister in Charge of Internation [...]	2009-11-17 13:45:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL DJ ER SO UN
09DJIBOUTI156	JAPAN SEEKS TO DEPLOY P-3 AIRCRAFT AND SHIPS TO DJIBOUTI FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Mid-February discussions with visiting Japanese officials--from the Diet, MFA, MOD, and Japanese embassies in Addis Ababa and London--suggest that Japan is preparing to deploy two P-3C maritime patrol aircraft and possibly two JMSDF frigates to Djibouti, in order to support intern [...]	2009-03-01 16:58:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA MARR MOPS JA DJ SO XA
09DJIBOUTI191	DJIBOUTI: UNHCR UPDATES CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR REFUGEES FROM [...] SUMMARY. On February 23, Ann EnContre, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative in Djibouti, briefed Conoff on recent UNHCR activities, including UNHCR's latest contingency planning for a possible influx to Djibouti of up to 30,000 refugees from bordering countries. [...]	2009-03-17 14:58:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL SMIG SO DJ ET ER XA
09DJIBOUTI255	JAPANESE TROOPS EN ROUTE TO DJIBOUTI TO COMBAT SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In anticipation of signing a SOFA on April 3 with Djibouti's foreign minister, two Japanese destroyers, each with 200-man crews, are expected to arrive in Djibouti in the next ten days to conduct counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. They will be joined in May by t [...]	2009-03-29 15:08:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA MARR MOPS EWWT JA DJ SO XA
09DJIBOUTI271	MISSION MARKS WORLD TB DAY [...] SUMMARY: Djibouti has the second-highest prevalence rate of tuberculosis (TB) in the world. Through coordinated USAID programming and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) civil affairs projects, Post continues to work closely with the GODJ as it implements a five-year plan to t [...]	2009-04-02 18:30:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SOCI PREL EAID KPAO DJ
09DJIBOUTI283	DJIBOUTI: UNHCR UPDATES CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR REFUGEES FROM [...] SUMMARY. On February 23, Ann EnContre, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative in Djibouti, briefed Conoff on recent UNHCR activities, including UNHCR's latest contingency planning for a possible influx to Djibouti of up to 30,000 refugees from bordering countries [...]	2009-04-06 15:59:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL SMIG SO DJ ET ER XA
09DJIBOUTI291	MISSION MARKS WORLD TB DAY [...] SUMMARY: Djibouti has the second-highest prevalence rate of tuberculosis (TB) in the world. Through coordinated USAID programming and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) civil affairs projects, Post continues to work closely with the GODJ as it implements a five-year plan to t [...]	2009-04-08 05:46:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SOCI PREL EAID KPAO DJ
09DJIBOUTI335	DJIBOUTI: MARCH ECON-ESTH ROUNDUP [...] (U) This March 2009 Djibouti Economic-ESTH roundup includes: --Djiboutian President Guelleh visits U.S.-led salt mining project at Lac Assal --Progress underway on Djiboutis new Commercial Code --France and Djibouti sign investment risk convention --France approves USD 30 million in loans t [...]	2009-04-20 12:53:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN EAID ENRG ECPS PGOV BEXP SENV FR DJ
09DJIBOUTI37	DJIBOUTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ADVOCATES QUICK PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sharing views he said he had conveyed to Djiboutian President Guelleh in a recent "brainstorming session," Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf said the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) must be pushed to name new parliamentarians in time to elect a new President o [...]	2009-01-15 11:16:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS SO DJ AU
09DJIBOUTI42	DJIBOUTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ADVOCATES QUICK PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sharing views he said he had conveyed to Djiboutian President Guelleh in a recent "brainstorming session," Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf said the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) must be pushed to name new parliamentarians in time to elect a new President o [...]	2009-01-16 16:06:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS SO DJ XTAG
09DJIBOUTI439	TWO NEW BANKS MAKE SEVEN IN DJIBOUTIS GROWING FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Between 2006 and 2007, three new commercial banks joined the two historically dominant banks in Djibouti (reftel); and two additional banks opened their doors in 2008, bringing the total number to seven. The arrival of these new banks has spurred an active competition to court t [...]	2009-05-04 13:01:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PREL DJ
09DJIBOUTI547	Djibouti Supports Launch of Somali Independent News Agency [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Somali Independent News Agency (SOMINA) was officially launched in Djibouti on April 30 by the Djiboutian Minister of Communication and Culture, Ali Abdi Farah. In close coordination with Reporters Without Borders (RWB) and funded by the Doha Center for Media Freedom, estab [...]	2009-05-21 09:51:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PROP KPAO KWWW DJ SO
09DJIBOUTI569	FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI [...] Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the working-age population. Over two-thirds of the country's estimated 650,000 residen [...]	2009-05-28 11:56:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA
09DJIBOUTI879	CONGRATULATIONS MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT GUELLEH TO PRESIDENT [...] Djibouti's state-run French-language newspaper, "La Nation," featured a congratulatory message from President Ismail Omar Guelleh to President Obama on the front page of its July 6, 2009, edition. 2. BEGIN EMBASSY TRANSLATION La Nation, No. 105. Monday, July 6, 2009, page 1. Independenc [...]	2009-07-08 13:40:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL KPAO DJ
09DJIBOUTI895	DJIBOUTI: EASBRIG COMMANDER PREVIEWS JULY 13 'FRIENDS" [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-10 08:27:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MASS DJ XW
09DJIBOUTI919	SOMALIA: TFG FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO COMBAT AL-SHABAAB [...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti's ongoing effort to train nearly 500 troops for Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) is "critical" for achieving the TFG's aim of training up to 3,000 recruits to form a new Somali army, according to Somali TFG Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar, who hope [...]	2009-07-14 15:18:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS KPKO AU SO DJ ER ET XA
09DOHA104	EMBASSY CALLS ON NEW RESOURCES TO REVIEW AL [...] (U) During an hourly news bulletin on February 6, Al Jazeera broadcast several seconds of video footage obtained from their Kabul bureau of New York Times journalist David Rohde, an American citizen, speaking directly to the camera, then walking in the snow outside a crude shelter. The Doha-b [...]	2009-02-10 14:42:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CASC KAWC AF QA
09DOHA105	EMBASSY'S NEW LINGUISTIC CAPABILITIES USED ON [...] (U) During an hourly news bulletin on February 6, Al Jazeera broadcast several seconds of video footage obtained from their Kabul bureau of New York Times journalist David Rohde, an American citizen, speaking directly to the camera, then walking in the snow outside a crude shelter. The Doha-b [...]	2009-02-10 14:48:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CASC KAWC AF QA
09DOHA143	US-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM: IMPACT COMES ON THE MARGINS [...] (SBU) For the sixth year running, the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in partnership with the Saban Center on Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, convened a U.S.-Islamic World Forum, bringing together dozens of academics, politicians and social activists from the United States [...]	2009-02-25 11:15:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO QA

09DOHA146	AL JAZEERA RENEWS OFFER OF FREE BROADCAST HOUR TO [...] (C) Sheikh Hamed bin Thamer Al Thani, Chairman of the Board of the Al Jazeera Network, told Ambassador on February 19 that official U.S. voices were essential to Al Jazeera's efforts to present viewers with both sides of issues dominating the daily news. To accurately capture the U.S. positi [...]	2009-02-26 14:19:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO QA
09DOHA177	MFA STATE MINISTER DESCRIBES UPCOMING ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Ambassador asked Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud March 10 for an overview of the March 29-30 Arab League Summit agenda and for insights into its preparations. 2. (C) Al-Mahmoud was optimistic the Arab League Summit meeting in Doha would go well based on his recent [...]	2009-03-11 12:02:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL QA
09DOHA180	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL OLSON'S MARCH 15-16 VISIT [...] (SBU) Admiral Olson, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. I personally very much look forward to seeing you again and to joining you for meetings with the Qatari leadership. You are the highest ranking military officer to visit Qatar since General David Petraeus visited February 13-16. [...]	2009-03-12 10:57:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL MOPS PGOV QA
09DOHA197	TSA LAYS OUT A PATH TO SUCCESS OR FAILURE FOR [...] (U) Four TSA officials visited Doha March 15-19 to follow-up on a joint action plan to improve Qatar's aviation security as agreed to by Qatari representatives during their mid-February visit to Washington. The TSA officials included the TSA HQ Middle East area director Carlos De La Torre, TSA [...]	2009-03-19 14:00:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ASEC QA
09DOHA203	RESULTS OF DOHA REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE [...] (U) Summary: The Regional Workshop on the Implementation of UNSCR Resolution 1540 was held in Doha, Qatar, on March 8-11, 2009. It was organized by the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs in cooperation with the Government of Qatar, and was funded by the European Union, the Governmen [...]	2009-03-23 12:51:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP QA
09DOHA204	ADM OLSON DISCUSSES MILITARY RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-24 10:13:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV QA
09DOHA210	SCENESETTER FOR LIEUTENANT GENERAL BURGESS'S MARCH [...] (SBU) Lieutenant General Burgess, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. I personally very much look forward to meeting you and joining you for meetings with the Qatari leadership. 2. (SBU) We have requested the following meetings for the morning of March 30: -- The Crown Prince, Sh [...]	2009-03-25 13:29:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL MOPS PGOV QA
09DOHA222	BASHIR DEFIES ICC, ATTENDS ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT IN [...] (U) Defying an International Criminal Court (ICC) indictment against him, Sudan's President Bashir arrived in Doha the evening of March 29 to attend the Arab League Summit. Since the ICC issued the arrest warrant against him on March 4, Arab countries have voiced general support for Bashir, a [...]	2009-03-30 12:34:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL QA SU
09DOHA235	IN THE SHADOW OF AL-BASHIR AND CHAVEZ, ARAB AND [...] (SBU) The Second Arab-South America Summit was held in Doha on March 31. Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani welcomed the delegates on behalf of the Arab League, and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet delivered opening remarks on behalf of the South American states. 2. (SBU) With characterist [...]	2009-04-01 15:05:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL WBG XR AL QA SU
09DOHA24	QATAR'S UNBALANCED POSITION ON GAZA SETS BACK ITS [...] (C) Embassy Muscat's very useful cable (reftel) reports the Egyptian allegation that Qatar mounted a determined effort at the recent GCC summit in Muscat to get the GCC to formally endorse an emergency Arab League Summit to address the Gaza crisis. That allegation is almost certainly correct. [...]	2009-01-12 13:36:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG QA
09DOHA3	QATARI LEADERSHIP SEEKS TO SHOW ACTIVISM ON GAZA [...] (U) Many of the estimated 15,000 people who attended the January 1 rally at the Qatar Sports Club stadium to show their solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza carried placards saying, "Stop Killing Our Children." Children and adults waved Palestinian and Qatari flags. The Doha Youth Center [...]	2009-01-04 10:31:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KWBG KPAL QA
09DOHA357	DOHA DARFUR TALKS SITREP FIVE (EU, JAPAN) [...] (SBU) During a May 27 meeting, EU Envoy on Sudan Torben Brylle commended SE Gration's comprehensive focus on Sudan, noting the CPA is "the real big thing" and Darfur can be a distraction. SE Gration responded that he would welcome EU participation in the June 23 Washington Forum on Sudan, part [...]	2009-05-31 09:23:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SU EG QA ER JA EUN
09DOHA393	SCENESETTER FOR A A/S JEFF FELTMAN'S JUNE 16-18 [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have confirmed a meeting for you with the MFA Minister of State, Ahmed bin Muhammad Al Mahmoud, and he will host a lunch in your honor. Also, the MFA informed us today that the Prime Minister is returning from the United States (where he has [...]	2009-06-15 10:53:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL PGOV QA
09DOHA401	EXPATS SHARE VIEWS ON QATAR WITH FELTMAN [...] (SBU) On June 16, Acting Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs Jeffrey Feltman met over dinner at the Ambassador's residence with five thoughtful expatriates who have worked in Qatar for a number of years. Each offered his views of why Qatar pursues the foreign and domestic policies that i [...]	2009-06-18 12:56:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO SOCI QA
09DOHA402	QATARI INTELLECTUALS TO FELTMAN: PROBLEMS? WHAT PROBLEMS? [...] (SBU) On June 16, Acting Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs Jeffrey Feltman met with seven influential Qatari intellectuals at the Ambassador's residence to hear their views on Qatar. Dr. Hassan al-Ansari, who is simultaneously a professor of political science at Qatar University, Edit [...]	2009-06-18 12:56:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO SOCI QA
09DOHA415	QATAR PARTNERS WITH NYSE EURONEXT TO REBRAND SECURITIES [...] (U) Announcing the agreement in soaring language, Qatari Prime Minister Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani (who is also the QIA CEO) said that the new bourse "paves the way for Qatar to take a prominent role in the world's capital markets for the benefit of both the people of Qatar and the Middle East m [...]	2009-06-24 12:14:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV QA
09DOHA419	QATAR FORMALIZES GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION [...] (U) The Foreign Ministry continues to have three leaders of ministerial rank. Prime Minister Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani retains the portfolio of Foreign Minister with overall authority and responsibility for Qatar's most important foreign policy issues. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahm [...]	2009-06-25 10:57:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN EINV QA
09DOHA42	DOHA'S GAZA SUMMIT -- QATAR LURCHES TOWARD THE [...] (C) Besides the host, Qatar's Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, six Arab League heads of state attended: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, Sudanese President Omar Hasan al-Bashir, Algerian President Abdel Aziz Bouteflika, Mauritanian coup leader, General M [...]	2009-01-19 15:02:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER QA
09DOHA421	QATARI PREMIER LAUDS RELATIONS WITH U.S. IN AL-JAZEERA [...] (U) Speaking in an extended interview on June 24 with Al Jazeera Arabic television, the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani said that Qatar's relations with the U.S. are strategic. However, he said, "Let's be obvious ... there is a difference of views in some m [...]	2009-06-25 12:55:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO QA EG IS SA
09DOHA435	GAS EXPORTING COUNTRIES SEEK TO REVERSE SAGGING [...] (C) The GECF statement released at the end of their meeting this week in Doha noted (hopefully) that increased cooperation between producers should ensure a stable market for "the mutual benefit" of producers and consumers. The market backdrop to this statement, however, suggests a reality qu [...]	2009-07-02 10:53:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL RU IR QA
09DOHA454	CROWN PRINCE ON QATAR'S RELATIONSHIP WITH IRAN [...] (C) In a July 14 meeting, Ambassador asked Crown Prince Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani for his views on Iran following the recent Iranian presidential elections. Noting that Qatar's Chief of Staff for the Armed Forces had visited post-election Iran and Iran's Parliament Speaker had traveled to Doha, [...]	2009-07-15 12:51:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL QA IR
09DOHA458	EMBASSY DOHA'S FOLLOW-UP TO THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] OVERVIEW: This cable is structured to provide Embassy Doha's assessment - based on consultations with key stakeholders - of the best ways to engage on the three priority areas listed in the President's speech and in Ref A. After describing how we sought feedback to the speech, we call for buil [...]	2009-07-22 04:45:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD TSPL
09DOHA464	THE GROWING STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TURKEY [...] (U) This Ministerial was the annual high-level meeting mandated by the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by Turkey and the GCC at their first ministerial summit in September of 2008 held in Jeddah. -- Although Turkey and the GCC consider the 2008 MOU to be the "launching point" for th [...]	2009-07-22 12:34:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON TBIO SCUL IR IZ TU ZP
09DOHA467	SCENESETTER FOR U/S KENNEDY [...] (U) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. 2. (SBU) Your visit is one of great importance to us, as it signals top management concern for our Embassy at a time where we are building a strategic partnership with Qatar to implement the President's vision of a new beginning with Muslim comm [...]	2009-07-22 13:47:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN AMGT MG
09DOHA690	MINSTATE AL-MAHMOUD COMMENTS ON HOW TO ADVANCE [...] (C) In a November 24 meeting with Ambassador, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud presented Qatar's thinking on advancing peace between Israel and the Palestinians. He noted that Hamas won the Palestinian elections. As such, "in this region we do not see them as a terrori [...]	2009-11-25 11:31:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG QA
09DOHA691	QATAR INVESTMENT AUTHORITY'S 2010 INVESTMENT [...] (C) At a November 24 meeting with Ambassador, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) Executive Board Member Dr. Hussain Al-Abdulla outlined Qatar's investment strategy for 2010. Also present at the meeting were FCS Chief Le and Poloff Caudill. In response to Ambassador Dr. Al-Abdulla said that for [...]	2009-11-25 11:44:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN EINV AR BR CH
09DOHA692	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ENERGY SECRETARY PONEMAN'S [...] (SBU) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have confirmed a meeting for you with Minister of Energy/Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah and have requested meetings with Managing Director of the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) Dr. Hussein Abdullah and Shaykh Abdul Rah [...]	2009-11-25 11:55:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG EINV TRGY QA
09DOHA733	VISIT OF QATAR'S PRIME MINISTER TO WASHINGTON [...] (S) Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (who serves concurrently as Foreign Minister) of Qatar will visit Washington beginning January 4 to continue the strategic consultations that Qatar and the USG have pursued since June, when Near Eastern Affairs Assistant Secretary Feltman first prop [...]	2009-12-21 12:36:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG EAGR QA
09DOHA735	QATAR UNFAZED BY DUBAI DEBT - OUTLOOK POSITIVE [...] (U) With the announcement November 27th of the massive debt restructuring in Dubai, many analysts expressed concern about the potential for spillover effects into the other Gulf economies. This concern was evidenced by the eight-percent decrease in the Doha Securities Market 20 Index (DSM20) [...]	2009-12-21 14:04:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EFIN QA
09DOHA85	QATAR MFA MINSTATE UNDERSCORES STRATEGIC ALLIANCE [...] (C) Ambassador expressed to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud February 2 Washington's concern that Qatar's hosting of the January 16 meeting on Palestine, at which the Iranian President, as well as Hamas and PIJ leaders, were present, signaled a tilt toward the radical cam [...]	2009-02-03 13:04:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL QA
09DUBAI241	DUBAI'S LOW-COST AIRLINE LAUNCHES INAUGURAL ROUTES [...] (U) During its first two weeks of operation, flydubai--Dubai's new low-cost airline--launched inaugural routes to Beirut and Amman on June 1 and additional routes to Damascus and Alexandria on June 8 and 9, respectively. The new airline will focus on destinations four hours or less from Dubai [...]	2009-06-10 14:29:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PREL AE
09DUBAI354	DUBAI SEEKS BOTTOM FOR ITS REAL ESTATE MARKET THROUGH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dubai Holding, the Dubai Inc. entity representing the personal property holdings of Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum (MbR),plans to consolidate several of its largest property developers into one mega-sized integrated unit. Although news of the consolidation was [...]	2009-08-30 07:31:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE
09DUBAI367	TUNING OUT POLITICS, ABRAAJ CAPITAL TRIES TO REBUILD KARACHI [...] (C) Summary: Abraaj Capital, a UAE-based private equity firm, is optimistic its investment in Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC),which supplies electricity to over 20 million people, is succeeding in turning around the company. CEO Arif Naqvi believes that KESC's long term viability woul [...]	2009-09-03 13:14:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EFIN ECON PREL PK AE
09DUBAI380	NAKHEEL DEBT DEAL WEIGHS ON DUBAI'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The upcoming USD 3.5 billion Sukuk debt repayment for Dubai-based real estate mega developer, Nakheel Properties Inc., is the hot topic in financial circles. The odds are high that Abu Dhabi, vis-`-vis the UAE Central Bank, will intervene to cover the debt, raising hopes for Dubai [...]	2009-09-14 13:59:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE
09DUBAI408	FRAUD SUMMARY - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] Country Conditions Fraud at Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai is low. Concern about visa fraud in the UAE is generally limited to visa applications from Third Country Nationals (TCNs) living in or visiting the UAE. UAE citizens ("Emiratis") are a minority in their own country, c [...]	2009-10-05 10:51:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC AE
09DUBAI457	U.S. CONTRACTORS STILL OWED FOR DUBAI PROJECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. companies who in part helped fuel the real estate and construction boom in Dubai continue to lament the lack of payment to them by both the Government of Dubai entities and private property developers across Dubai. The amount of money owed to U.S. contractors varies quite si [...]	2009-10-22 14:33:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE
09DUBAI52	DESPITE POSITIVE SPIN, DUBAI'S ECONOMIC WOES CONTINUE [...] (S/NF) Summary. The Dubai government's continued reluctance to discuss details of its financial health, combined with official statements that the emirate will make due on existing monetary obligations, maintain a positive (albeit reduced) 2009 GDP, and quickly rebound from the world wide cris [...]	2009-02-04 11:10:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV AE
09DUBAI545	Dubai Debt Crisis: Treasury Acting A/S Baukol's Meetings [...] (C) Summary: Dubai and UAE Federal officials sought to reassure Treasury Acting Assistant Secretary Andrew Baukol that the Dubai debt crisis was on the road to resolution, with effective measures being developed through legislation to ensure such over-borrowing would not occur in the future, [...]	2009-12-23 06:35:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PGOV AE
09DUBLIN351	IRISH UNGA PRIORITIES FIT WITH U.S. GOALS [...] (C) Summary: The Irish goals taking shape for UNGA appear to dovetail quite well with U.S. priorities (reftel). Nonproliferation is a top Irish objective, with strengthening the NPT singled out especially. On human rights, the Irish are focusing on Iran, DPRK, Burma and Sudan. The Irish appr [...]	2009-09-03 12:27:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNGA EI
09DUBLIN358	IRELAND ON GYMNICH, GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 9, Poloff spoke with Peter Ryan, European Correspondent in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) about the September 4-5 EU FMs, Gymnich meeting and their upcoming GAERC meeting on September 14-15. According to Ryan, EU FMs, concerned by developments in Afg [...]	2009-09-10 14:26:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EI EUN
09DUBLIN37	IRISH SUPPORT EU-SYRIA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on January 12, 2009 to Pat Kelly, Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and his deputy, Stephen Dawson, DFA's Iran/Syria expert. Dawson indicated that the EU intends to continue preparations for the Agreement [...]	2009-01-22 11:37:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EI
09DUBLIN39	IRISH VIEWS ON THE JANUARY 26-27 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) On January 22, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Brian Glynn, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs. Glynn stated that in light of the current situation in the Middle East, the agenda has been pared back dramatically and will include only the Middle East, Russia-Ukraine [...]	2009-01-23 11:01:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV IS RS UP EI
09DUBLIN46	GERRY ADAMS ENCOURAGES RENEWED EFFORTS TO UNITE [...] (C) During a January 21 speech at Mansion House commemorating the 90th anniversary of the first meeting of Ireland's first Dail (Parliament),Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams sought to reinvigorate the quest for a unified Ireland. He stated that the Ireland of equality and solidarity envisaged by the [...]	2009-01-30 15:29:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EI
09DUBLIN476	IRELAND: NOVEMBER GAERC, BELARUS, OSCE [...] (U) On November 10 Poloff spoke with Peter Ryan, European Correspondent in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) about the EU FMs, GAERC meeting on November 16-17. Separately, Poloff delivered ref C demarche on Belarus to Michael Forbes, DFA Director for Russia, Eastern Europe and Cent [...]	2009-11-12 16:28:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BO RS AF OSCE EI EUN
09DUBLIN71	OIL SPILL THREATENS THE COAST OF IRELAND [...] (U) On February 14, through the use of aerial pollution surveillance equipment, the Irish Coast Guard spotted an oil spill 50 miles off the south coast of Ireland. At the time, the spill measured 2.8 miles by 3.1 miles and was located close to a Russian aircraft carrier and a tanker. The Iris [...]	2009-02-18 12:12:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EWWT EPET EFIS SENV EI
09DUBLIN99	LIBERTAS: A ONE HIT WONDER? [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 17:58:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PGOV PINR PREL EIND EI
09DURBAN119	DUBE TRADEPORT PROJECT AIMS TO INCREASE KWAZULU-NATAL'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Post visited Durban's Dube TradePort project to receive an update on construction progress and success at attracting international investors. The first phase of the project to create a new international airport and trade zone in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province is 85 percent comple [...]	2009-12-23 13:41:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND EINV EAIR PGOV SF
09DURBAN120	DESPITE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES, TRANSNET MAKES MAJOR [...] (U) Summary. South African Government-controlled transport logistics company Transnet launched a massive investment program to upgrade transport infrastructure to address capacity constraints and congestion. These investments follow a corporate restructuring and rebranding process that was c [...]	2009-12-24 11:42:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ETRD EINV EPET PGOV SF
09DURBAN19	KWAZULU NATAL - MINING AND PROCESSING FIRMS FACE GLOBAL [...] (U) Minerals and Energy Officer and Specialist visited mining and associated manufacturing sites in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) during the week of January 12-16. This cable is a collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate Durban. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: KwaZulu Natal (KZN) mining and manufactu [...]	2009-02-06 16:38:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EWWT EIND ETRD ELTN KHIV SF
09DURBAN6	ZUMA, STATE PONDER NEXT STEPS AFTER COURT RULING [...] (U) Summary: The Supreme Court of Appeal on January 12 reinstated the corruption case against African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma, overturning an earlier verdict that had tossed out the charges related to the controversial 1998 arms deal on a technicality. (Note: The state [...]	2009-01-13 15:28:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZA
09DUSHANBE103	CENTCOM COMMANDER VISIT WITH TAJIK PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander David Petraeus completed his introductory visit to Tajikistan on 17 January 2009. The meeting with President Emomali Rahmon, Foreign Policy Advisor Rahmattuloyev, Minister of Defense General-Colonel (U.S. 3-star equivalent) Sherali Khai [...]	2009-01-26 10:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MAS MCAP OVIP PGOV PREL TI
09DUSHANBE21	Power Politics: Uzbeks Hold up Critical Winter Energy [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan concluded an agreement to buy a critical 1.2 billion Kilowatt-hours (KWh) of electricity from Turkmenistan from November 2008 through April 2009. Although Uzbekistan agreed to transmit the first 400 million KWh through its grid in November and December, it has so far [...]	2009-01-08 03:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EAID PGOV PREL TI
09DUSHANBE570	AUDIT OF TAJIK NATIONAL BANK REVEALS MAJOR FRAUD; GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. The recently-released executive summary of an audit of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) documents fraudulent and other questionable activities. The Bank's chairman personally approved hundreds of millions of dollars in loans and guarantees to entities in which he had a perso [...]	2009-05-12 12:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCOR EAID EINV PREL PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE617	TAVILDARA SITREP [...] (C) Summary: On May 22, the Regional Security Officer met with the Ministry of Interior's Deputy Chief of Staff following a week of intense rumors about foreign fighters in Tavildara, Tajikistan and the movement of government forces to the area. (See REFTEL) While initially providing the cove [...]	2009-05-22 12:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL MARR SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE618	GOVERNMENT TRIES TO TACKLE FINANCIAL CRISIS, BUT SHADOW OF [...] (C) Summary. Last week the Tajik government convened a donor meeting to discuss the effects of and potential responses to the world economic crisis. Little of the information was new. Tajik officials described the difficulties the country is facing -- falling remittances, sharply lower expo [...]	2009-05-22 12:21:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCOR EAID EINV PREL PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE619	TAVILDARA SITREP [...] (C) Summary: On May 22, the Regional Security Officer met with the Ministry of Interior's Deputy Chief of Staff following a week of intense rumors about foreign fighters in Tavildara, Tajikistan and the movement of government forces to the area. (See REFTEL) While initially providing the cove [...]	2009-05-22 12:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL MARR SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE665	FY2009 TAFT FUND FOR REFUGEES PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-29 13:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID TI
09DUSHANBE724	TAJIK AUDIENCE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC AND RECEPTIVE TO OBAMA [...] (U) Summary: In Tajikistan, an extremely poor country where 97% of the population is Muslim, few people watched the speech, either because it was broadcast in English or because it was available only via satellite and few had receivers. An audience of 40 came to watch the speech at the embassy [...]	2009-06-09 11:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO KISL KDEM PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE945	THE IMPACT OF LABOR MIGRATION ON EMBASSY TURNOVER [...] (SBU) Summary: The high rate of emigration, especially of those with marketable skills as reported reftel, results in a very high level of staff turnover at Embassy Dushanbe. Though for the purposes of setting salaries we look to local employers, our real competitors are employers abroad, in R [...]	2009-08-05 10:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER ELAB SOCI AMGT TI
09FREETOWN99	FREETOWN UNDER FIRE: POLITICAL VIOLENCE CREATES [...] (C) Summary: APC and SLPP members clashed on the evening of March 13, and despite a calmer weekend, Freetown erupted with violence on March 16 as political battles continue to be waged. Party events on March 13 led to SLPP Headquarters being stoned, and several vehicles owned by SLPP leadership [...]	2009-03-16 17:50:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SL
09GABORONE138	BOTSWANA: U.S. COMPANY MAY PROVIDE TEMPORARY POWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM and Pol/Econ Chief met February 19 with Paul Marcroft of Florida-based APR Energy regarding the company's proposed short-term contract to generate 70 megawatts of electricity for the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC). The contract, which is not yet signed and has been unde [...]	2009-02-23 12:27:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ETRD BC
09GABORONE209	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON SADC EXECUTIVE SECRETARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Nolan had his first office call with Dr. Tomaz Salomao, the Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC),at SADC headquarters in Gaborone March 13. The Ambassador presented the letter designating him as the Secretary's Special Represent [...]	2009-03-18 08:46:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS ETRD EAID ZI BC
09GABORONE265	BOTSWANA POLITICAL BRIEFS FOR MARCH 2009 [...] The following is a compilation of March 2009 political highlights from Botswana. This cable covers: - BDP Proposes More Special MP's - Controversy over Child Rights Bill - President Khama Refuses Three Judicial Appointments - BNF In-Fighting Continues - Visit by UN Expert on Indigenous Pe [...]	2009-04-01 11:43:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM MARR KHIV BC
09GABORONE275	BOTSWANA ECONOMIC BRIEFS APRIL 2009 [...] This is the fourth edition of U.S. Embassy Gaborone's Botswana Economic Briefs, covering economic and commercial news from March 2009. Topics of this edition are: - Moody's Downgrades Botswana - Botswana Inflation likely to hit Single Digit in 2009 - Botswana Ranked No. 1 in Africa for Mi [...]	2009-04-03 04:25:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN EAIR PGOV BC
09GABORONE670	SALOMAO OUTLINES AMBITIOUS SADC SUMMIT AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: SADC Executive Secretary Tomaz Salomao told the Gaborone diplomatic corps on August 25 that the upcoming September 7-8 summit hopes to tackle a host of political and economic issues. Particular priorities will be reviewing progress made in resolving political impasses in eastern [...]	2009-08-25 15:03:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD AEC CVIS BC
09GENEVA1203	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-117. 2. (U) Meeting Date: December 9, 2009 Time: 5:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva Participants: UNITED STATES RUSSIA U/S Tauscher Amb Antonov [...]	2009-12-20 13:52:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA126	(C) EU PRESIDENCY DOWNBEAT ON DURBAN [...] (C) Summary: In their role as current president of the European Union, the Czech Human Rights team (which negotiates the Durban process on behalf of the EU) today conveyed their deep suspicion of possible progress on Durban substantive discussions next week; said they would not propose an abri [...]	2009-02-12 16:07:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC
09GENEVA133	DURBAN INTERSESSIONAL WORKING GROUP - DAY 1 [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) This cable reviews interactions that the USDel to the Durban Inter-Sessional Working Group (ISWG) had on February 16. 3. (U) As discussed on the evening teleconference with Washington, post requests the following actions: -- updated [...]	2009-02-16 20:41:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC
09GENEVA198	NSC SAMANTHA POWER'S UNHCR CONSULTATIONS ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR officials told NSC's Samantha Power that Government of Iraq and the UN itself are the biggest immediate obstacles to developing sustainable mechanisms to help Iraqi Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and refugees return and reintegrate inside Iraq. In the case of the GOI, [...]	2009-03-09 09:29:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREF PREL
09GENEVA363	Accounting: a key development challenge [...] SUMMARY: The Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR) builds developing countries' capacities to keep accounts (book keeping) and comply with internationally accepted accounting standards. ISAR has produced useful simplified acc [...]	2009-05-11 16:37:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EINV EFIN UNCTAD
09GENEVA434	CHARGE HOSTS IRAQ REFUGEE DISCUSSION WITH GENEVA [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: During a lunch for key donor country reps, the Charge outlined the new US strategy for Iraq and made a pitch for additional funding, particularly for UNHCR's new proposal to lay the groundwork for sustainable returns for Iraqi refugees and internally displaced. Par [...]	2009-06-09 11:07:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM IZ
09GENEVA584	SRI LANKA: S/WCI AMB. WILLIAMSON'S GENEVA MEETINGS [...] (C) S/WCI Amb. Williamson met with representatives of ICRC, OHCHR and UNHCR July 9 to discuss the recent conflict in Sri Lanka in relation to a Congressional reporting requirement in recent supplemental funding legislation. His interlocutors presented a complex picture of what had happened o [...]	2009-07-15 09:23:00	Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	CE MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
09GENEVA684	ISRAEL TO TRY NEW TACK ON GOLDSTONE REPORT, UPSET [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. Summary ------- 2. (C) For the first time since the creation of the Human Rights Council (HRC),Israel is considering engaging in substantive negotiations on a resolution about the Palestinian territories. The resolution, if tabled, would r [...]	2009-08-19 11:47:00	Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM IS
09GENEVA880	ASSESSMENT OF U.S. ENTRY INTO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - [...] (SBU) The 12th Human Rights Council Session -- the first with the U.S. as a member -- concluded on October 2. Feedback on U.S. participation was positive, with many delegations noting our efforts to creatively address historically divisive issues, such as freedom of expression, country mandat [...]	2009-10-16 06:51:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNHRC
09GENEVA888	ASYCUDA customs software: aid catalyst [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is helping countries install the automated customs data software program (ASYCUDA),which the USG has supported in numerous countries, most recently Haiti, Jordan, and Sao Tome and Principe. Mission Officer participated in an U [...]	2009-10-19 16:42:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID UNCTAD
09GENEVA894	GAZA, GOLDSTONE RESOLUTION PASSES AT HRC SPECIAL SESSION [...] (SBU) The Human Rights Council Special Session passed a resolution endorsing the recommendations contained in the Goldstone Fact Finding Mission's report on the conflict in Gaza. By a margin of 25 in favor, 11 abstentions, 6 no votes, and 5 not voting, the Council adopted the resolution that [...]	2009-10-20 14:05:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNHRC
09GEORGETOWN157	JAGDEO UNREPENTANT AFTER LATEST ANTI-US OUTBURST, [...] (C) Summary: A day after another set of searing public criticisms of the U.S. Government and its "condescending lectures" on fighting drug trafficking and other issues through its annual reports, an entirely unrepentant President Jagdeo asserted to the Ambassador on March 19 that the tone of t [...]	2009-03-20 19:16:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR GY
09GEORGETOWN179	2009 OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT FOR GEORGETOWN [...] This report provides a historical record of crime in Georgetown, Guyana and how it affects the American private sector community that resides in country. --------------------------- OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY --------------------------- I. Criminal activity in Georgetown continues to incre [...]	2009-04-02 15:51:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER ASEC
09GEORGETOWN363	CARICOM LEADERS TALK ABOUT PROGRESS ON INTEGRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met in Georgetown July 2-5 for lengthy discussions on numerous regional topics with a focus on hemispheric relations, the economic criss, the free movement of peoples among member states and competing propo [...]	2009-07-08 20:49:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON GY PREL
09GEORGETOWN547	CANADIAN COMPANY CONFIDENT OIL OFF GUYANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on promising seismic indicators, CGX Resources Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian oil firm CGX Energy Inc. created in 1998 to develop deposits in Guyana's coastal waters, plans to begin exploratory drilling in September 2010 and projects peak production of up to 300 [...]	2009-12-22 14:40:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON EPET XL GY
09GRENADA3	GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR JANUARY 4 - 10, 2009 [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: a. PM Thomas Promises Anti-Corruption and FOIA Implementation Prime Minister Tillman Thomas told media workers that his government [...]	2009-01-14 20:47:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM ETRD GJ
09GUANGZHOU346	Rep. Larsen Meeting with GD Party Secretary Wang Yang: [...] (U) SUMMARY: Guangdong remains highly dependent on exports, so higher savings rates in the United States could adversely affect the province's economy, Guangdong Party Secretary Wang Yang told Congressman Rick Larsen in a May 26 meeting. His plan for surviving the current economic downturn: c [...]	2009-06-04 06:13:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV CH
09GUANGZHOU397	South China Bankers See Signs of Economic Improvement, [...] (SBU) Summary: Guangzhou bankers differ over whether South China's economy is as bad off as some media reports would have us believe. They agreed, however, that Beijing is increasing the pressure to expand lending to small and medium enterprises. They expressed interest in the Chinese governm [...]	2009-07-01 07:31:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD HK CH
09GUANGZHOU481	Fujian Businesses: Looking for Opportunities In the Midst [...] (U) Summary: Although the global economic crisis has severely impacted export businesses, the crisis has also created new opportunities, according to Fujian Province company executives. Larger, more efficient export-oriented companies said they had consolidated and increased market share as [...]	2009-08-07 07:41:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD CH TW
09GUANGZHOU482	South China Rail Lines Expanding, But Not Due to Economic [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: South China rail lines will almost double to 9,400 km by 2020, but the expansion projects were included in central and provincial railway plans initiated in 2004, rather than as part of China's massive economic stimulus. Expanded railway capacity will do little to a [...]	2009-08-07 08:31:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN SOCI ELAB ECON PGOV CH
09GUANGZHOU503	South China IPR: Rights Holders Reiterate Need for [...] (SBU) Summary: American brand owners said Guangdong Province remains the global source for most counterfeit and infringing products during an August 11 introductory meeting with the Consul General. Executives highlighted continued concerns about weak IPR enforcement in South China and suggeste [...]	2009-08-20 09:14:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON PGOV CH
09GUANGZHOU534	Senior Citizens Seize, Hold Suspect Wastewater Plant to [...] (U) Summary: Residents of villages neighboring a controversial wastewater treatment facility near Quanzhou, Fujian Province, expelled workers and occupied the plant August 26 in protest of government claims that the plant's discharges were safe and that the local water source was unaffected by [...]	2009-09-10 09:15:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PHUM ECON PGOV CH
09GUANGZHOU545	Stalemate at Wastewater Plant Holds; Still no Communication [...] (U) Summary: Local villagers continued to control a suspect Quanzhou wastewater treatment plant (reftel) as of September 14. To attract the attention of officials, villagers began filling contaminated holding tanks with soil September 9. Authorities have restricted inter-village communication [...]	2009-09-15 09:34:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PHUM ECON PGOV CH
09GUANGZHOU570	Another Fujian Community Grapples with Unwanted Wastewater [...] (U) Summary. Residents of Chang'an Village oppose government plans to build a wastewater treatment plant in their community. But unlike villagers of Fengwei Township who have responded with a violent protest (reftels),the Chang'an villagers have sought the guidance of a Fuzhou-based environ [...]	2009-09-29 07:42:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PHUM ECON PGOV CH
09GUANGZHOU573	Nike Facing Old Child Labor Allegations Anew in Jiangsu [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A disgruntled former employee of a Nike supplier in east China has alleged that his company and others supplied Nike with soccer balls made with child labor 2003-2007. Nike said it investigated identical allegations in 2007 but, after failing to substantiate the claims, conclude [...]	2009-09-30 05:59:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM EINV ECON CH
09GUANGZHOU59	GUANGZHOU HOUSE CHURCHES - GROWING DESPITE SPORADIC POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Guangzhou's underground house churches continue to grow, particularly among students and professionals, even in the face of periodic police pressure and oversight of large gatherings and religious training. Church leaders tell us that most area house churches continue to hold serv [...]	2009-02-03 08:13:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM SOCI CH
09GUANGZHOU627	CHINA'S 106TH CANTON FAIR SHOWS GRADUAL EXPORT RECOVERY [...] (U) Summary: Guangzhou's semi-annual Canton Fair concluded its 106th installment this week and reported that Chinese export orders continued to strengthen. However, orders have not recovered to pre-financial crisis levels, highlighting the need for China to further restructure the economy from [...]	2009-11-06 09:26:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KIPR PREL EINV CH
09GUANGZHOU644	CHINESE BLOGGERS FEEL INCREASING GOVERNMENT PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chinese government has been tightening its grip on the Internet, and the trend won't be reversed any time soon, according to prominent bloggers attending the 5th Annual Blogger Conference (Septel). Bloggers viewed the role of the Internet in Chinese society alternatively as a [...]	2009-11-20 09:15:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SCUL KWWW SOCI EINT KEMS CH
09GUATEMALA289	CN TACTICAL RESPONSE TEAM SEIZESS A CESSNA 210 AND [...] SUMMARY: On March 20, 2009 a host nation Tactical Response Team (TRT) consisting of Guatemalan Counter Narcotics Police (SAIA),Guatemalan military special forces unit GEIR/KAIBIL and DEA agents from the GCO intercepted a drug trafficking group as they attempted to off load a shipment of narco [...]	2009-03-26 14:54:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT
09GUAYAQUIL23	COASTAL YOUTH ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT NEW U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: To celebrate President Barack Obama,s inauguration, Consulate General Guayaquil invited 25 young Ecuadorian leaders to participate in an informal discussion on what his election means for the world. The participants uniformly applauded the fact that the U.S. had elected an Afric [...]	2009-01-29 21:43:00	Consulate Guayaquil	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EC
09HALIFAX16	BIO DATA REPORT: LESLIE, MEGAN -- MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR [...] (U) Introduction/Summary: Rookie MP Megan Leslie won the Halifax seat as the New Democratic Party candidate in the October 2008 federal general election. Leslie replaced veteran NDP MP and former national party leader Alexa McDonough who retired from politics prior to the election. Initially [...]	2009-04-22 12:45:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR CA
09HALIFAX25	ATLANTIC CANADA ENERGY UPDATE [...] Canadian federal government plans to develop an Atlantic energy gateway to the United States ignited a political war of words with the province of New Brunswick, which was already working on a similar concept with the State of Maine. The political wrangling, however, has had no effect on Newf [...]	2009-04-29 19:47:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET PGOV PBTS PREL FR CA
09HALIFAX28	FALL OF NOVA SCOTIA GOVERNMENT LEADS TO JUNE 9 PROVINCIAL [...] SUMMARY: The Tory government of Premier Rodney MacDonald of Nova Scotia collapsed on May 4, setting the stage for a provincial election on June 9. We expect the focus of campaign to be on local issues, primarily the economy. Regardless which party emerges victorious on June 9--most likely as [...]	2009-05-05 14:43:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CA
09HALIFAX39	NOVA SCOTIA ELECTION RESULTS: NDP MAKE HISTORY IN OUSTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A new, historic era is set to begin in Nova Scotia politics now that the New Democratic Party has scored a decisive win in the June 9 provincial election--the first time the NDP has won a provincial election east of Ontario. Pending any reversals on recounts, the NDP will have [...]	2009-06-10 13:40:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR CA
09HANOI122	AVIAN INFLUENZA: ANIMAL OUTBREAKS SPREAD INTO SEVEN [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 09:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM

09HANOI160	Vatican Discuses Normalizing Relations, Raises Papal Visit [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Monsignor Pietro Parolin, Holy See Under-Secretary for Relations with States, travelled to Vietnam February 15-22 at the invitation of the GVN to begin bilateral discussions on normalization of relations under the rubric of a Joint Working Group. During the visit, P [...]	2009-02-24 10:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI202	DAS MARCIEL'S HANOI MEETINGS [...] (C) In a wide-ranging set of meetings in Hanoi February 25, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel emphasized the continued progress in U.S.-Vietnam relations. His counterparts, including VFM Pham Binh Minh, AFM Bui Thanh Son, and Office of Government DG Buy Hui Hung, voiced enthusiasm [...]	2009-03-06 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD UNSC MNUC BM VM
09HANOI205	SUMMER IS SINK-OR-SWIM TIME FOR VIETNAM'S LEADING [...] (SBU) Summary: Orders for most of Vietnam's leading exports are down across the board, by about 25% or higher, according to industry representatives. At this point, exporters are not panicking because they still have orders to keep them active for this quarter. Some are even hoping to expand [...]	2009-03-09 06:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR EFIS ELAB ECON KTDB KTEX PGOV VM
09HANOI233	VIETNAM WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO REPEAT TRADE NUMBERS LIKE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Vietnam's trade was running at full speed when the global economic crisis hit in the second half of 2008, slowing what would have been a remarkable year for Vietnam. The positive trend was so strong that despite lower fourth-quarter numbers, Vietnam's total trade in goods for 200 [...]	2009-03-13 08:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR EIND EPET ECON KTDB KTEX PGOV VM
09HANOI241	FINANCIAL CRISIS CAUSING INCREASED UNEMPLOYMENT; FULL [...] (SBU) Summary: The global economic slowdown and declining Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is increasingly affecting Vietnam's economy, including employment levels. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) says unemployment is rising and labor officials predict that up to 400,000 workers in the formal [...]	2009-03-16 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EAID EINV ELAB VM
09HANOI417	VIETNAM'S PLANS FOR BAUXITE EXPLOITATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) has spent several years developing plans to exploit Vietnam's massive bauxite reserves, estimated as the world's fourth or fifth largest. Despite environmental and national security concerns, and popular anxiety over Chinese participation, the hi [...]	2009-04-29 10:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN SENV ECON PREL EINV VM
09HANOI52	2008 RECAP OF THE SINO-VIETNAM SOUTH CHINA SEA [...] (C) Summary: Despite final land border demarcation and progress settling the maritime boundary beyond the Gulf of Tonkin, 2008 ended without evident progress in the Sino-Vietnam territorial dispute in the South China Sea. In November, BP gave notice that it would seek to terminate its leases [...]	2009-01-20 05:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM
09HANOI640	EXXON, PETROVIETNAM INK CONTRACT FOR PRODUCTION [...] (C) ExxonMobil (EM) and state-run PetroVietnam (PVN) quietly signed a production sharing contract (PSC) on June 30 for two sets of blocks in the South China Sea that lie well within China,s line of demarcation. The deal makes EM the largest offshore acreage holder in Vietnam, with 14 million [...]	2009-07-10 02:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET PREL VM
09HANOI803	SENATOR WEBB'S AUGUST 19-20 MEETINGS IN HANOI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a short, but substantively very productive set of meetings in Hanoi, August 19-20, Senator Jim Webb emphasized the need to continue building on the remarkable progress that the two countries had made since the Senator first re-engaged with Vietnam as a civilian in 1991. The [...]	2009-08-27 09:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF ECON ETRD BM VM
09HANOI847	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) September 27, 2009; 2:15 p.m.; The Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Hanoi. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michalak Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, EAP Rear Admiral Ch [...]	2009-09-30 08:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ASEAN KN BM VM
09HANOI851	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) September 27, 2009; 2:15 p.m.; The Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Hanoi. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michalak Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, EAP Rear Admiral Ch [...]	2009-09-30 09:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD ASEAN BM KN VM
09HANOI895	Deputy Secretary Steinberg's September 27, 2009 Conversation [...] (SBU) September 27, 2009; 9:30 a.m.; Ministry of Defense, Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak, U.S. Embassy Hanoi Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistance Secretary, EAP Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant [...]	2009-11-10 04:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MARR MASS VM
09HARARE106	ZIMBABWE - REACHING OUT TO REFORM-MINDED ZANU-PF [...] (C) As part of an effort to engage with moderate members of ZANU-PF, poloff met with Ivene Dzingirayi, a first-time ZANU-PF parliamentarian with good working relationships with his MDC counterparts. Dzingirayi discussed his perspective of reform elements within the ZANU-PF side of Parliament a [...]	2009-02-10 13:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE18	NEW ARRESTS: POSSIBLE EFFORTS TO MANUFACTURE [...] (C) An eye witness estimates that 300 security forces, including two helicopters, were used in an extensive search of three white-owned properties about 10 miles east of Harare on January 3. Members of the military, police, presidential guard and intelligence services participated in the sear [...]	2009-01-07 12:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE222	ZIM NOTES 03-13-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Tragic Car Accident Results in Death of Tsvangirai's Wife... - Roy Bennett Out on Bail... - Surge in Land Invasions Continues... - Retired Army Chief Dies... - New Independent Newspaper Seeks Approval... - Australia Makes Non-Humanitarian Donat [...]	2009-03-16 07:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE261	MONITORING REPORT ON GCN G/TIP GRANT [...] (U) On March 24, 2009, poloff visited the local non-governmental organization Girl Child Network (GCN) to evaluate progress on a US$152,000 grant that was awarded by G/TIP on September 22, 2009. 2. The answers below are keyed in response to questions posed in reftel. A. Political officer [...]	2009-03-26 15:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PGOV KTIP ZI
09HARARE29	TORTURE, TERRORISM, AND THE RED VAN: UPDATE ON [...] (C) Court cases continue for 18 Zimbabweans abducted between late October and mid-December who face various accusations related to terrorism, banditry, and mounting an armed insurgency. Prominent human rights activist Jestina Mukoko and eight others remain in custody until their next appearan [...]	2009-01-09 11:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE326	ZIM NOTES 04-17-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Outstanding Issues Still Outstanding... - Communications Portfolio in Limbo... - Constitutional Process Kicks Off... - Joint Independence Day Celebrations Planned... - MDC MPs Divided Over Cars... - U.S. Lauded for Lifting Travel Warning... - [...]	2009-04-20 07:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE394	MDC MP CONVICTED FOR OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE; OTHERS STILL FACE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The advent of the transitional government has failed to stem political prosecutions of abductees as well as MPs. This week Matthias Mlambo, MDC-T MP for Chipinge East, was jailed for an effective seven months while his colleague Meki Makuyana, MDC-T MP for Chipinge South, also fac [...]	2009-05-13 16:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE411	ZIM NOTES 05-15-09 [...] Tsvangirai Launches Next 100 Day Plan... Having just about completed the first 100 days of the unity government, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai hosted a conference in Harare to lay out his plans and goals for the next 100. The plan groups the 32 ministries into five clusters (Economic, Inf [...]	2009-05-18 08:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE477	CODEL PAYNE: GOZ AND CIVICS PLEAD FOR HEALTH, [...] (SBU) During his May 29-31 visit to Zimbabwe, Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ) and three congressional staffers met with senior government officials including President Robert Mugabe (ref),Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara, Health Minister Dr. Henry Madzo [...]	2009-06-09 08:56:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE559	ZIMBABWEAN FIRMS EXPRESS GUARDED OPTIMISM ON [...] (SBU) Discussions with a cross-section of Zimbabwean businesses indicated the sector is eager to contribute positively to economic recovery and feels more optimistic about the country's economic future than it did prior regulatory liberalization (including dollarization) that has led to price [...]	2009-07-07 12:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EMIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE577	ZIM NOTES 07-10-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Kimberley Team Urges Ban on Chiadzwa Diamonds... - Cabinet Presses Ministers on Outstanding Issues... - Constitutional All Stakeholders Conference to Kick-Off Monday... - Another MDC-T MP Convicted... - Swine Flu in Zimbabwe? - MIC Maintaining [...]	2009-07-13 09:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE6	MDC SPOKESPERSON CHAMISA ON NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) According to MDC spokesperson Nelson Chamisa, the MDC's goal is new elections through which it can take over complete control of government. Chamisa told polecon chief December 31 the MDC believes it can best shape the electoral environment, including drafting of a new constitution, thro [...]	2009-01-02 09:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE610	BFIF-FUNDED FORUM FOCUSES ON GOOD GOVERNANCE [...] (U) On April 2, the Institute of Directors of Zimbabwe (IODZ),supported by the State Department's Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) and by local businesses, held its annual Director of the Year Award Ceremony highlighting good governance. BFIF also supported a related workshop on t [...]	2009-07-24 08:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV BEXP ETRD ZI
09HARARE679	MDC-T ATTEMPTS TO USE DWINDLING PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) In the absence of leadership by Cabinet, Parliament is moving forward with attempts to reform two pieces of existing legislation that have been used by the State to restrict civil liberties. The effort comes as the MDC-T's slim parliamentary advantage is under threat by ZANU-PF and polit [...]	2009-08-20 15:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE72	FARM SEIZURES CONTINUE: SADC RULING AND BIPPAS [...] (C) In mid-January, the president of the Commercial Farmer's Union told us that the Zimbabwean government was continuing to promote its land seizure and redistribution program by evicting commercial farmers and handing their farms over to loyal regime officials. Land reform was a topic of con [...]	2009-01-30 08:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR ASEC PHUM ZI
09HAVANA269	H1N1: FIRST CASE IN CUBA; FIDEL ADMITS NOT PART OF [...] Cuba confirmed its first case of the H1N1 virus in a Mexican medical student who returned to the island days before Cuba became the first country to suspend flights from Mexico on April 29. Fidel Castro defended Cuba's (over) reaction to the outbreak and made a few accusations of his own alon [...]	2009-05-12 19:20:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU ASEC TF ECON CU
09HAVANA344	FIDEL CASTRO IMPRESSED BY POTUS AFTER CAIRO SPEECH [...] (C) The Government of Cuba has offered no official reaction to President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo. Former president Fidel Castro, however, previewed his interest in the Cairo speech in a Reflection article on June 6 that he started with "Yesterday afternoon, while I was carefully analyzing Ob [...]	2009-06-10 18:05:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU
09HELSINKI106	FINLAND PLEDGES $12-14 MILLION FOR PALESTINIAN [...] In a meeting with Econoff on March 9, Desk Officer for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Middle East and North Africa Unit Anna Savolainen confirmed that Finland has pledged between $12 million and $14 million this year for assistance to the Palestinian Authority. This includes $4.5 million the [...]	2009-03-17 08:10:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER EUN FI
09HELSINKI143	FINLAND: MADAGASCAR RETURN TO DEMOCRACY [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-15 13:12:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAID PGOV SZ NO MA FI
09HELSINKI149	FINLAND: COMMENTS ON APRIL GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. PolOff met with Finnish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Markku Lampinen on April 23. Lampinen previewed all of the EU agenda items. The Government of Finland (GoF) believes that efforts should be made to encourage the new Israeli government to honor the commitments made by the [...]	2009-04-24 13:47:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV FI
09HELSINKI150	FINLAND: STUBB PUSHES FOR NEW THINKING IN FIRST [...] (C) Summary. Reflecting the influence of Foreign Minister Stubb, who has called for Finland to move away from "old phobias" and to abandon "empty and ritualistic rhetoric," Finland,s new Russia Action Plan seeks to create a comprehensive, realistic and honest set of guidelines to govern Finla [...]	2009-04-24 15:18:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS FI
09HELSINKI177	FINLAND ON THE MAY GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Finns doubt stronger language on Iran will issue from the May GAERC, given the lack of consensus regarding tougher sanctions. Though discussion within the EU has been limited, early signs are positive regarding continuation of Operation ATALANTA off the Horn of Africa. Signs [...]	2009-05-15 14:30:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN FI MARR PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI23	FINLAND: DEMARCHE EU-SYRIA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 13:42:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EU SY FI
09HELSINKI24	FINLAND: DEMARCHE US-ISRAEL ANTI-SMUGGLING MOU [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 13:46:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PARM PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS FI
09HELSINKI319	IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE: FINNS SHARE CONSENSUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-24 06:53:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS FI
09HELSINKI32	FINLAND AND THE JANUARY 26-27 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Polchief met on January 21 with Deputy Director Markku Lampinen of the MFA's Unit for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy regarding the January 26-27 GAERC (REF A). Lampinen stated that the Foreign Ministers' (FMs) agenda contains two broad topics, the Middle East Peace Proces [...]	2009-01-22 14:03:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV
09HELSINKI446	FINLAND: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (SBU) Pol/Econoff delivered reftel remarks to Anna Salovaara, First Secretary in the Unit for UN and General Global Affairs at the MFA, and Kiikka Eela, Regional Manager for the Midle East Unit in the Bureau of Middle East and North African Affairs at the MFA. Both GOF officials stated that [...]	2009-11-30 13:49:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE
09HELSINKI484	FINLAND: PRIME MINISTER HOLDS FIRST RUSSIA FORUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following up on the government's "Russia Action Policy" issued earlier this year, on November 26 Prime Minister Vanhanen held the first "Russia Forum." According to the Action Plan, the PM should hold a Forum to connect Finns from government, business and academia in order to i [...]	2009-12-22 09:26:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	FI PGOV PREL EUR RS
09HILLAH45	BABIL PRT: BABIL'S BANKS STRUGGLE TO FOSTER PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Babil's political, academic, and business leaders have repeatedly identified access to capital and the functionality of the banking sector as the top impediment to greater private sector development in the province. While the number of private sector banks in Babil has increase [...]	2009-06-26 10:41:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EINV IZ
09HOCHIMINHCITY171	BIOFUEL OR BUST: ONE COMPANY'S QUEST TO TRANSFORM VIETNAM'S [...] (U) Summary: One enterprise in Vietnam is forging a biofuel initiative based on crude oil from a new-generation biofuel feedstock, jatropha curcus. GreenEnergy, Vietnam (GEV) has completed the first stage of its project to plant and refine crude oil from the jatropha bush, a hardy perennial p [...]	2009-03-10 01:54:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD EFIN SOCI PGOV VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY213	CAMBODIA BORDER AND CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCES BRUSHING OFF [...] (SBU) Summary: While provinces on the outskirts of Vietnam's Southern Key Economic Zone (SKEZ) feel cushioned from the global economic downturn because their largely agricultural economies can easily absorb unemployed workers, these areas are suffering from declining global commodity prices. [...]	2009-03-24 09:17:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV ETRD PGOV PREL SOCI VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY31	ENVIRONMENTAL FEES FIGHT POVERTY, SAVE FORESTS IN VIETNAM'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Vietnam has lost a staggering 80 percent of its old-growth forest in the last 20 years, a calamity that the GVN's underfunded and unenforced Forest Protection program '661' has failed to prevent. A USAID-supported Payment for Environmental Services (PES) initiative, however, is [...]	2009-01-13 01:00:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR EIND SENV SOCI PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY339	OPTIMISM IN HO CHI MINH CITY: FROM BUSINESS AND FROM [...] (C) Summary. Ho Chi Minh City's business elites were nothing if not optimistic during the Ambassador's May 6-8 visit; when pressed on the impact of the global economic downturn they pushed back. An American manager assessed Vietnam's situation is "much improved" over last year's sharp inflati [...]	2009-05-08 06:30:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD OVIP PGOV PREL SOCI VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY619	TALK OF MONEY POLITICS AND DISTRUST OF CHINA TOP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The driving force behind CPV politics is the personal greed of its members, according to a prominent HCMC businessman with both a long track record of success and good political connections. He explained that while the CPV includes large numbers of both conservative ideologues and [...]	2009-10-09 03:54:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH VM
09HONGKONG1011	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SUNFLY ELECTRONICS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...]	2009-06-04 08:46:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
09HONGKONG1074	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...]	2009-06-12 08:01:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
09HONGKONG11	HONG KONG DEMOCRATS DENIED ENTRY TO MACAU FOR [...] (C) Summary: Over twenty Hong Kong activists, including nine legislators, traveling to Macau to participate in a rally opposing Macau's Article 23 legislation were denied entry December 20, Macau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day. A Macau government press release indicated the g [...]	2009-01-02 09:47:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK MC
09HONGKONG1104	HONG KONG'S SLOW ROAD TO RMB INTERNATIONALIZATION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: With the Hong Kong economy shrinking as a result of reduced financial and trade flows, local policymakers are looking to the Mainland for approval for expanded Renminbi (RMB) use in Hong Kong. Mainland authorities appear to be moving slowly to permit additional RMB t [...]	2009-06-16 09:18:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HK CH
09HONGKONG1423	HKMA WORRIED ABOUT FSB SEAT, ASIAN CENTRAL BANKS [...] (C) Summary: In an introductory meeting with the new Hong Kong Consulate General Economic and Political Chief July 29, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Deputy Chief Executive Peter Pang raised his concerns about Hong Kong,s future participation in the Financial Stability Board (FSB). Hong [...]	2009-08-03 08:43:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV HK CH KS
09HONGKONG2136	CHINA WANTS TO LEAD INTERNATIONAL FIGHT ON SOMALI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 13, at a well-attended private sector-organized International Piracy Conference, senior Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy officers stated China was committed to deploying its fleet to the Horn of Africa (HOA) until the region was stable and secure. They ur [...]	2009-11-20 09:53:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PHSA EWWT ATRN PREL KPIR KCRM SO BA CH HK
09HONGKONG2171	THIRD MACAU ADMINISTRATION: ALL THE OLD FAMILIAR [...] (C) Summary: Fernando Chui Sai-on will not merely assume Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau-wah's job December 20, he'll largely inherit his government. Of Macau's ten senior positions, only three will change -- former anti-corruption chief Cheong U will take Chui's Social Affairs and Culture port [...]	2009-11-25 09:47:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR MC
09HONGKONG2295	HONG KONG: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 00:02:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER HK
09HONGKONG23	MEDIA REACTION: SINO-US RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-05 09:48:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG2313	THE MACAU SAR ECONOMY AT 10: EVEN JACKPOTS HAVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ten years after reversion to mainland China, the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) bears little resemblance to the somnolent Portuguese-run enclave of popular imagination that existed before 1999. The opening of the gaming market and a flood of Chinese tourists, combi [...]	2009-12-18 10:51:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV MC CH HK
09HONGKONG318	Hong Kong's Profits Down, Hope For New Tourists Up [...] Summary: Some of Hong Kong's richest men announced their company profits were hit hard by the economic downturn, with Bank of East Asia's 2008 profits falling by 97.5 percent from 2007. Air and sea cargos fell by double digits again in January, while the unemployment rate edged up to 5 percen [...]	2009-02-20 12:08:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
09HONGKONG343	HONG KONG'S 2009-10 BUDGET FOCUSES ON JOBS, [...] Summary: Hong Kong's Financial Secretary outlined the Special Administrative Region's new budget on February 25. The Secretary reported Hong Kong's economy has been hit hard by the global economic crisis, officially falling into recession in the third quarter of 2008. With unemployment at 4. [...]	2009-02-25 10:52:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV HK
09HONGKONG387	SUBMISSION FOR 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the following are post's contributions to the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) of the People's Republic of China. (Note: Per instructions, subheadings and paragraph letters correspond to those in paragraphs [...]	2009-03-03 10:38:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB HK MC CH
09HONGKONG438	HK OFFICIALS LOOK TO G-20, REGIONAL FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong officials will participate in upcoming G-20 meetings as part of the Chinese delegation, focusing on advising senior PRC officials on regulatory and financial sector reforms, U.S. Treasury officials heard during a February 20-24 visit to Hong Kong. Comments by Treasury [...]	2009-03-10 11:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL HK CH
09HONGKONG499	MACAU CHIEF EXECUTIVE: THREE NON-CANDIDATES IN A [...] (C) Summary and comment: In the end, Beijing will choose the next Chief Executive (CE) of Macau, due to take office December 20 this year at the end of Edmund Ho's second term. The only question is which of the three distinct options it prefers. Offering continuity, connections, social standin [...]	2009-03-18 08:26:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MC
09HONGKONG688	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USCC VISIT TO HONG KONG, [...] Consulate General Hong Kong warmly welcomes the visit of Chairman Bartholomew and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) delegation to Hong Kong May 9-12 2009. Control Officer for the visit is Political Officer Benjamin Weber, office telephone:(852)2841-2110; mobile t [...]	2009-04-15 10:20:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL OREP HK
09HONGKONG983	MACAU CHIEF EXECUTIVE ELECTION: BEIJING BLINKS? [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Unless and until Macau Prosecutor General Ho Chio-meng throws his hat in the ring, it appears Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Fernando Chui Sai-on has a lock on Macau's July Chief Executive election. Ho's entry would likely be a signal Beijing had decided he [...]	2009-06-01 03:22:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH MC
09HYDERABAD56	BHARAT BALLOT 09: UNDERSTANDING ANDHRA PRADESH: DEFYING [...] SUMMARY: With voter turnout in Andhra Pradesh (AP) significantly higher than the national average, the Congress party defied the exit polls to increase its huge margin in the Lok Sabha delegation from the state and win a simple majority in the state assembly. The emergence of two new parties [...]	2009-06-01 14:35:00	American Consulate Hyderabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN
09ISLAMABAD1070	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 09:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1078	MILITARY OPERATIONS UPDATE: MAY 18 [...] (S) Summary: The Pakistani Army and Special Services Group (SSG-special forces) continue to prepare for an assault on Swat's main town of Mingora as militants reinforce and resupply their positions. The Army/SSG have lifted the curfew on Mingora several times in an attempt to empty the town [...]	2009-05-18 13:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1079	IDP CRISIS UPDATE: MEETINGS WITH GOP, G8 HEADS OF [...] (C) Summary: At a May 18 meeting between GOP Economic Advisor Shaukat Tarin and G-8 Heads of Mission, Tarin said that while the government is focused on immediate IDP emergency needs, it also is looking at reconstruction in order to permit IDPs to return to their homes as soon as their area [...]	2009-05-18 15:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1118	TURKISH AMBASSADOR: THEIR TRILATERALS, FRIENDS, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, accompanied by EmbOffs, met May 20 with Turkish Ambassador Soysal and other Turkish counterparts. The Turkish Embassy, which has taken on a coordinating role for NATO in Pakistan, advocated greater cooperation with the U.S. vis-a-vis Pakistan. Soysal described Turkey's [...]	2009-05-24 06:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PREF EAID MOPS PHUM MARR PREL PK TU
09ISLAMABAD1142	CJCS MAJID BRIEFS CODEL CARPER ON LATEST IN SWAT; [...] (C) Summary: Codel Carper, accompanied by the Ambassador, met May 26 with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Majid. Majid described his wish list for U.S. assistance -- precision-targeting weapons, more helicopters, and night vision equipment. The land push was going well, but the [...]	2009-05-26 15:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD1201	MILITARY OPERATIONS AND HUMANITARIAN SITUATION [...] (SBU) Summary: President Asif Zardari met June 2 with political, military and law enforcement chiefs for Pakistan's four provinces to discuss overall security in the country. Each province is slated to stand up anti-terrorist units. The curfew has been lifted in some of Swat district's main ci [...]	2009-06-02 15:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF MOPS EAID PTER PK PINR
09ISLAMABAD1210	ICRC TO LAUNCH PRELIMINARY APPEAL TO PROVIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is likely to issue at least a preliminary appeal by June 5 for not less than an additional USD 40 million to almost double its program in Pakistan. The expanded program, intended to be massive in scale but limited in time, wou [...]	2009-06-03 09:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD122	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 17-20, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 11:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1353	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 11:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1360	IDPS RETURNING TO BUNER BUT INFRASTRUCTURE STILL [...] (U) Summary: Embassy representatives who traveled to Buner district in Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) on June 16 reported that residents are returning, with about half the shops and markets open. The representatives assessed infrastructure and reported that, while roadways were in good s [...]	2009-06-19 16:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1385	PESHAWAR: KILLING OF ANTI-BAITULLAH MILITANT [...] (C) Summary: The June 23 assassination of Mehsud militant commander Qari Zainuddin, presumably sponsored by rival Baitullah Mehsud's Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP),removes a key element of the Pakistani government's planned campaign in South Waziristan Agency (SWA). Qari Zainuddin, who oppos [...]	2009-06-24 09:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINR PK PREL
09ISLAMABAD139	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-22 11:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1445	IDP UPDATE: REGISTRATION INITIATED FOR WAZIRISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Registration has begun for internally displaced people from South Waziristan Agency (SWA) in two districts and a frontier region east of the agency; only those whose sole residence is in SWA will be eligible. The Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) government has forbidden n [...]	2009-06-30 15:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID MOPS PGOV PINR PK PREF PREL
09ISLAMABAD1654	INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT IN PAKISTAN: TRANSITION TO [...] (SBU) Summary: With the exception of expected further displacement from Waziristan, the current internal displacement from conflict-affected areas in Pakistan appears close to an end. The government has signed on to principles of safe, voluntary, informed and dignified return and began on J [...]	2009-07-20 16:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1718	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-28 11:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2022	ENCOURAGING GULF INVESTMENT IN KARACHI'S POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC),Pakistan's only private utility, serves 18 million consumers in Karachi, the financial, industrial and commercial hub of Pakistan. Inadequate generation and out-dated transmission infrastructure have contributed to chronic load shedding [...]	2009-08-25 05:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG AE PK
09ISLAMABAD2135	REGIONAL FOOD SECURITY SYMPOSIUM ON WHEAT STEM RUST [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-04 10:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON PREL TBIO AF IN PK IR
09ISLAMABAD2201	CODEL SMITH VISITS TARBELA TRAINING CENTER; MEETS [...] (C) Summary. During a September 5 visit to Tarbela, Codel Smith praised the quality of training provided by U.S. Special Forces for its Pakistani Army counterparts; as part of a training demonstration, the delegation fired Glock 17 pistols and AK47 assault rifles. At a later meeting with 11 [...]	2009-09-11 11:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS MOPS PGOV PK PTER
09ISLAMABAD2218	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 09:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2233	PAKISTAN WILL FOLLOW NAM ON IAEA GENERAL [...] (C) PolOff raised U.S. concerns about Middle East issues at the IAEA General Conference (reftel) with Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Disarmament Director General Irfan Yusuf Shami on September 15. Shami agreed that Middle East issues are likely to be problematic this year and recognize [...]	2009-09-15 14:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP AORC PARM IAEA EG IS PK
09ISLAMABAD2263	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 10:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2279	NON-INJURY ACCIDENT INVOLVING OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT VEHICLE [...] (U) ON 9-18-2009, OGV T-06-0022A, DRIVEN BY ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTOR (ARD) JOHN A. F. DUDLEY, WAS STATIONARY, FACING EAST ON AGHA KHAN ROAD, SECTOR F-6/4, IN ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN, WHEN IT WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY A MOTORCYCLE BEARING PAKISTAN LICENSE PLATE MM-234. THE OPERATOR OF THE MOTORC [...]	2009-09-18 09:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DEAX SNAR TI
09ISLAMABAD2301	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-24 09:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD236	SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY HOLBROOKE [...] (C) Summary. Mission Pakistan warmly welcomes your arrival; your appointment comes as Pakistan grapples with internal change and hopes the Ombama administration can support regional solutions to development and counter-terrorism challenges. After eight years of military rule, the civilian governmen [...]	2009-02-04 10:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER EAID MARR MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD2424	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-07 10:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2453	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, TERRORIRSM, [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-09 10:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2477	BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 23 SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-13 12:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2571	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 12:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD260	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-06 11:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2708	WAZIRISTAN UPDATE: GROUND FORCES MAKE GAINS, HOLD [...] (S) Summary: Pakistan ground forces continue Operation RAH-e-NIJAT (Path of Salvation or Deliverance,) in South Waziristan against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and we have seen significant fighting in the major TTP strongholds of Makin, Ladha, and Sora Rogha. It is likely we are now s [...]	2009-11-10 06:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS PK
09ISLAMABAD2810	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 10:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2837	ADVANCE IN SOUTH WAZIRISTAN CONTINUES; FIGHTING [...] (S/NF) Summary: Pakistani ground forces advanced into the interior of Makin, where they appear to be meeting little resistance in the sixth week of Operation Rah-e-Nijat (""Path of Salvation""),the Pakistan military's air and ground offensive against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) milit [...]	2009-11-24 10:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS PK
09ISLAMABAD2959	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-10 11:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD454	SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (C) Summary: Mission Pakistan warmly welcomes your arrival in Islamabad. You are arriving in the midst of largely self-inflicted political turmoil following the Supreme Court's decision to disqualify from public office Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif, political rivals of President Asif Zardari. Zardari en [...]	2009-03-03 02:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD718	FINANCE ADVISOR OUTLINES STRATEGY FOR DEPSEC LEW [...] (C) During an April 1 dinner for Deputy Secretary Lew, Finance Advisor Tareen outlined Pakistan's nine-point agenda for economic development. He recommend the USG focus on poverty alleviation, education and energy as sectors best organized to absorb assistance. Benazir Income Support Progr [...]	2009-04-06 06:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID ECON PK
09ISTANBUL118	WITH ELECTION IN THE BAG, SISLI MAYOR AIMS HIGHER [...] In a meeting earlier this week with PolOffs, Mustafa Sarigul, Mayor of Istanbul's Sisli District, focused more on his national ambitions than he did on the local elections scheduled for March 29. With polls showing some 80 percent of the District supporting him for a third term, Sarigul can [...]	2009-03-23 10:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU

09ISTANBUL140	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE CONSIDERS TURKS TOLERANT [...] (C) Summary. During an April 10th meeting, the Ecumenical Patriarchate's press relations representative, Father Dositheos, explained the continuing problems the Patriarchate faces to Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Representative Chris Carney (D-PA). The list of challenges -- including the n [...]	2009-04-15 15:32:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU GR OSCE
09ISTANBUL142	CHECHEN REFUGEE CONDITIONS IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary. The murder in Istanbul between October 2008 and February 2009 of three Chechens with alleged terrorist ties prompted speculation by news outlets and local Chechen refugees that Russia or Chechen governor Ramzan Kadyrov might be involved. Contacts also reported on the difficult [...]	2009-04-21 13:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV TU OSCE RS
09ISTANBUL209	PANEL WARNS TURKEY LAGS BEHIND IN ISLAMIC FINANCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Representatives from Islamic finance institutions and local law firms met in Istanbul on June 4 for a one-day session on Islamic Finance in Turkey. Osman Akyuz, Secretary General of the Turkish Participation Banks Association, was enthusiastic about the growing strength of "part [...]	2009-06-12 08:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN TU
09ISTANBUL244	POST-ELECTION IRAN: "THE SYSTEM IS NO LONGER [...] (S/NF) Summary: Former Iranian MFA Director General Kia Tabatabaee, recently returned from Iran, described how he thinks Ahmadinejad's campaign "stole" the elections, including printing 20 million extra ballots for ballot-box stuffing. He predicted the regime will now work hard to secure in [...]	2009-07-02 14:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINS KDEM PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL269	KOC EXECUTIVES ASSESS TURKEY'S ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Koc executives expressed concern over the Turkish economy to Ambassador Jeffrey and CG Wiener in a July 9 meeting. While the situation has improved since earlier this year and Turkey is relatively better-positioned than its peers, consumer confidence remains low and must reboun [...]	2009-07-15 08:09:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV TU
09ISTANBUL28	TURKISH INTELLECTUALS WANT FREEDOM TO DISCUSS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 13:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU
09ISTANBUL319	BMENA FACES CHALLENGES IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 31, NEA Acting DAS Madelyn Spirnak met with the director and officers of the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) Foreign Policy Program to discuss the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) initiatives and methods of achieving greater GOT buy-in t [...]	2009-08-14 15:19:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL MC XI ZR XF
09ISTANBUL320	SESAME SEES ITSELF AS A MODEL CENTER FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The fourteenth meeting of the Council of Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) was held in Istanbul in July. The SESAME project is a scientific initiative currently under construction in Jordan that currently fosters positive in [...]	2009-08-17 05:33:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PRELTBIOBA CY EG ENRG IR IS IZ JO PK
09ISTANBUL345	IRAN: TURKISH EXPERTS SEE KHAMENEI IN CHARGE, [...] (C) Summary: We recently pulsed several leading Turkish think-tank experts for latest views on developments in Iran and the Iranian regime's view of engagement with the international community. The common themes we heard were: Supreme Leader Khamenei remains in firm control of the regime, su [...]	2009-09-11 13:38:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU IR
09ISTANBUL346	CONGRESSIONAL STUDY GROUP GETS BROAD VIEW OF [...] (SBU) Summary. A Congressional Study Group arranged by the Association of Former Members of Congress met with leadership from the Jewish Community, Armenian Archbishop, analyst Hugh Pope, Kurdish intellectual Umit Firat and GOT EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis between September 1-3. Both Jewish [...]	2009-09-11 13:40:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV TU AR GR CY OSCE
09ISTANBUL370	IRAN/RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: ASSYRIAN PENTACOSTAL [...] (C) Summary: According to the pastor of the largest Protestant Evangelical Church in Turkey (who also oversees the global church's evangelical missions in the Middle East),the Iranian Majles's Assyrian community representative, Jonathan Betkolia, asked an Iranian court in March 2009 to clos [...]	2009-09-30 13:16:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PINS PGOV TU IR
09ISTANBUL38	JEWISH COMMUNITY OF TURKEY: GOVERNMENT'S GAZA [...] (C) Summary. Three weeks of grassroots demonstrations throughout Turkey against the humanitarian crisis caused by Israeli actions in Gaza (refs A-C) have triggered anxiety within the Jewish Community of Turkey. Jewish Community president Sylvio Ovadya and vice president Lina Filiba shared th [...]	2009-01-21 14:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE
09ISTANBUL398	USAID AND TIKA PUSH FOR TRILATERAL COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 6 meeting on the sidelines of the IMF/WB summit with the leadership of Turkey's aid and development organization, TIKA, the members of the USAID delegation discussed food security in Central Asia and Africa. They also discussed opportunities for trilateral coopera [...]	2009-10-16 13:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU UZ
09ISTANBUL464	PATRIARCH,S "60 MINUTES" INTERVIEW CREATES A STIR [...] (C) Summary. A harsh media buzz continues to reverberate over the Patriarch's December 20 comments in the "60 Minutes" program that he feels "crucified" as a member of the Greek Orthodox community in Turkey. The program focused on the shrinking number of Christians in the Middle East, includ [...]	2009-12-22 08:14:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GR TU OSCE
09ISTANBUL468	LEADING ENTREPRENEURS PARTICIPATE IN ISTANBUL [...] (U) Summary. A Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit Roundtable was hosted in Istanbul by Consul General Wiener on December 21, bringing together a group of successful Turkish entrepreneurs to discuss shared experiences and lessons learned, and to discuss the potential for new partnerships a [...]	2009-12-29 05:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINT ETRD PHUM PREL TU
09ISTANBUL78	TURKISH THINK TANK EXPERTS EXPOUND ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: We recently pulsed private Turkish experts for latest views on Turkey-Iran and US-Iran relations. The most common themes we heard were: Turkey and Iran, as neighbors and rivals, both seek a stable "balance of power" with each other and usually pursue bilateral relations with t [...]	2009-02-26 10:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KNNP IAEA TU IR
09ISTANBUL81	KOCAELI ELECTIONS SHAPING UP AS TWO PARTY RACE [...] Summary. A hard-fought and close race for the Mayorship of Kocaeli Greater Municipality, the largest city in Kocaeli Province, is shaping up between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP). In the last municipal elections, Ibrahim [...]	2009-02-26 14:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PREL TU
09JAKARTA1016	ILLEGAL TIMBER SEIZURES IN INDONESIA [...] Summary: Recent seizures of suspected illegal timber in East Java and Papua highlight the continued challenge of illegal logging in Indonesia. The USG continues to support the Government of Indonesia's efforts to tackle the problem through capacity building. This support includes an upcoming [...]	2009-06-16 10:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID
09JAKARTA1023	INDONESIA CONDEMNS NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia condemns North Korea's recent nuclear test and calls on Pyongyang to return to the Six Party Talks, a senior GOI nonproliferation official told us on June 15 in response to our points on this issue. President Yudhoyono is following the matter closely and plans to send [...]	2009-06-17 08:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC KNNP UNSC ID KN
09JAKARTA1035	GOI ACTS TO STOP VIOLENCE AT ROHINGYA CAMP IN ACEH [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In response to recent beatings of Rohingya asylum seekers and Bangladeshi migrants by Indonesian Red Cross staff at a camp in East Aceh, the GOI has dispatched a security team to the camp to restore order. The situation [...]	2009-06-19 04:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF ID BM CE
09JAKARTA1049	ROHINGYAS IN ACEH -- GOI VOWS QUICK TRANSFER, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Key Indonesian officials have agreed with our recommendation to move the Rohingya asylum seekers and Bangladeshi migrants away from the tense Idi Rayeuk camp in East Aceh, Sumatra. They also pledged to act quickly to separate minors. Responding to a demarche on these points de [...]	2009-06-22 08:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV ID BM CE
09JAKARTA1072	2009 AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN LABOR DIPLOMACY: [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mission nominates Stanley J. Harsha for the 2009 Award for Excellence in Labor Diplomacy. Counselor for Political Affairs Joseph L. Novak has nominated Stan with the full endorsement of Ambassador Cameron R. Hume. 2. (U) SUMMARY (Con'd) Stan has performed his Labor Attache [...]	2009-06-24 08:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER ELAB PHUM ID
09JAKARTA1076	ASEAN 101 and Contacts [...] Summary: Secretary Clinton's historic February visit to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat (ASEC) in Jakarta underscores a deepening U.S. relationship with ASEAN. The United States was ASEAN's first "Dialogue Partner" to name an Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs. It al [...]	2009-06-24 23:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEAN ECIN PREL EAID ID
09JAKARTA1126	DVC DIALOGUE PLACES SPOTLIGHT ON INDONESIAN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: G/TIP Director Ambassador Luis CdeBaca held a June 29 DVC dialogue with key GOI officials and NGO leaders regarding the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report on Indonesia. Ambassador Hume ope [...]	2009-07-02 07:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ELAB SMIG ID
09JAKARTA1135	PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN WRAPS UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the presidential election on July 8 fast approaches, the three candidates wrapped up their campaigns on July 4 ahead of the official "cooling off period." The last of three presidential debates (held on July 2) was livelier than the others, but did not seem to undermine Pr [...]	2009-07-06 04:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1183	POSSIBLE INDONESIAN DELEGATION VISIT TO NORTH KOREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has confirmed to us that it continues to review whether to send a delegation to North Korea in a bid to assist the negotiation track. The ROK Pol/C told us that his government had discussed the matter with the GOI and believed that the effort could potentially be constr [...]	2009-07-14 09:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP ID KS KN
09JAKARTA1187	INDONESIAN MUSLIM GROUPS PROTEST TREATMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hundreds of protesters from various Indonesian hardline Islamic groups rallied outside the Chinese Embassy in Jakarta on July 13 protesting Chinese treatment of ethnic Uighurs. The protesters--who briefly clashed with security guards--urged that the GOI put diplomatic pressure [...]	2009-07-15 03:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PGOV ID CH
09JAKARTA1198	ISLAMIC CARD FAILS IN RECENT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Kalla's attempt to play the Islamic card in Indonesia's recent presidential election campaign failed spectacularly. Despite blatantly playing up Muslim symbolism and his support from Muslim organizations, he only garnered 10-15 percent of the total vote. These [...]	2009-07-16 04:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM SOCI ID
09JAKARTA121	INDONESIA EFFUSIVELY WELCOMES BARACK OBAMA AS [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and Consulate Medan. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Indonesians across the archipelago exuberantly greeted President Barack Obama's Inauguration on January 20. At a formal ball in Jakarta held during the Inauguration ceremonies, a Presid [...]	2009-01-22 10:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO SCUL ID
09JAKARTA1230	INDONESIA REACTS TO BOMB BLASTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's public speculation that the July 17 bombings of two luxury hotels could be an attempt to sabotage his new, second administration and destabilize the country met with sharp criticism. Opposition parties claimed he was trying to intimidate them due to their [...]	2009-07-23 05:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL PTER ID
09JAKARTA128	ROHINGYA REFUGEES IN INDONESIA [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. Please see para 7 for action request. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government on January 23 invited the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to assist with the safe repatriation of 193 Burmese and Bangladeshi nationals hou [...]	2009-01-23 10:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV ID BM
09JAKARTA1315	TERRORIST NOORDIN TOP REPORTED KILLED IN POLICE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesian police have raided a suspected militant safe house in Central Java. Media sources have reported that Noordin Top--the suspected mastermind behind the July 17 Jakarta bombings--was killed in a gun battle with police. However, Indonesian officials have not yet confirm [...]	2009-08-08 05:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV PINS ASEC ID
09JAKARTA1329	TERRORIST NOORDIN M.TOP -- A BIO SKETCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission provides biographic information below regarding Noordin M. Top. Top, a Malaysian national, has been implicated in the July 17 hotel bombings in Jakarta and other terrorist acts. Top, who is 41 and arrived in Indonesia after 9/11, has been involved with extremist politi [...]	2009-08-11 10:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS ASEC ID
09JAKARTA1342	BURMA DEMOCRACY GROUP SHUTDOWN OUT OF CHARACTER AS [...] (C) Indonesian police temporarily stopped a coalition of Burma pro-democracy organizations from holding a conference at a Jakarta hotel August 12, reportedly following a complaint from Burma to the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). National police ordered the conference closed [...]	2009-08-13 09:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM
09JAKARTA137	ROHINGYAS -- URGING THE GOI TO ENSURE PROTECTION [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Although it has publicly classified them as "economic migrants," the Indonesian government has made no final decision regarding the status of 193 Burmese and Bangladeshi boat people. The boat people are mostly ethnic [...]	2009-01-27 11:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV ID BM
09JAKARTA1399	LEGISLATORS ASK FOR U.S. -INDONESIA COOPERATION AT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesian legislators told us at a DCM-hosted lunch that the key to strengthening U.S.-Indonesia relations was cooperating on issues confronting their constituents at the local level. A multi-partisan group of women legislators met with us on August 11 to discuss bilateral r [...]	2009-08-24 08:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM ECON ID
09JAKARTA1417	ASEAN -- SECGEN SURIN ON HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 25 diplomatic briefing at ASEAN headquarters in Jakarta, Secretary General Surin outlined developments in the areas of establishing an ASEAN human rights mechanism and addressing regional stability issues, such as North Korea. Surin reiterated ASEAN's call for the [...]	2009-08-27 08:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ASEAN ID
09JAKARTA1437	UN RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY -- ISRAEL'S REQUEST TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has reviewed with the GOI reftel points concerning Israeli involvement in the upcoming anniversary celebration of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Pol/C underscored the USG's support for Israel's request to speak at the eve [...]	2009-08-31 08:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL ID IS
09JAKARTA1466	ELITE POLICE MOBILE BRIGADE -- A WAY FORWARD ON [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The USG's current training policy toward Mobile Brigade is counterproductive. Prohibiting this key law enforcement element from receiving ICITAP training prevents members from learning about INL-funded DOJ/ICITAP-develope [...]	2009-09-02 10:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM ASEC ID
09JAKARTA1492	IN ANOTHER FLARE UP, INDONESIANS LASH OUT AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesians have lashed out over the use of a traditional dance in a Malaysian tourist advertisement, claiming that the dance is Balinese in origin. This latest controversy feeds into previous Indonesian allegations of cultural misappropriation by Malaysia. On the positive side [...]	2009-09-08 05:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SCUL PBTS PTER ID MY
09JAKARTA1525	IRAN -- WORKING WITH INDONESIA TO EXPAND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has reviewed points re Iran's nuclear program with the GOI. Pol/C made the key point that it is vital that Indonesia help make Iran understand that it faces the possibility of additional sanctions if it spurns the international community. We urged that Indonesia make c [...]	2009-09-14 08:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC KNNP PARM ID IR
09JAKARTA1542	INDONESIAN RESPONSE ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUES AT IAEA [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Deputy Pol/C delivered reftel message urging support for a consensus outcome on Middle East issues at the September 2009 IAEA General Conference to Roy Soemirat of the Department of Foreign Affairs Direc [...]	2009-09-15 09:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM AORC KNNP IAEA ID
09JAKARTA1584	TIMOR-LESTE -- INDONESIAN VIEWS ON RELEASE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has reviewed with GOI contacts reftel points related to the recent release from detention by authorities in Timor-Leste of former militia leader Martenus Bere. GOI contacts confirmed that they are working with the GOTL to ensure the return of Bere--who is now in the cust [...]	2009-09-23 07:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID TT
09JAKARTA1628	BURMA -- INDONESIA WELCOMES NEW U.S. APPROACH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has welcomed the new U.S. approach on Burma. Speaking in New York, Foreign Minister Wirajuda publicly praised the USG's decision to begin a direct dialogue with the Burmese authorities, and called on Burma to respond with positive steps regarding Aung San Suu Kyi and ot [...]	2009-09-29 10:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM
09JAKARTA1685	SINO-INDONESIAN RELATIONS -- POLITICAL WARINESS AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI views its deepening ties with the United States as an important element of a strategy to maintain regional balance in light of expanding Chinese influence. Sino-Indonesian ties are currently dominated by booming trade relations, which have in turn brought concerns that [...]	2009-10-07 08:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR ECON ID CH
09JAKARTA1732	DECISION AND GUIDANCE REQUEST ON VISA CASE OF [...] (U) The following is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In reftel, Post sought Department's urgent assistance in adjudicating the visa case of Director General of the Ministry of Defense, Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin so that he might travel with President Yudhoyono to t [...]	2009-10-15 06:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CVIS KISL ID
09JAKARTA175	IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON EAST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The global financial crisis is having a significant impact on the natural resource dependent economy and politics of East Kalimantan, Indonesia's second largest province. The drop in commodity prices is slowing illegal logging, but deforestation continues. Furthermore, the inab [...]	2009-02-03 11:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ETRD SENV EAID ID
09JAKARTA176	MORE ROHINGYAS ARRIVE IN INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. A second boatload of 198 Rohingyas landed off the eastern coast of Indonesia's Aceh Province on February 3. Interviews with the initial group of 193 Rohingyas/Bangladeshis currently housed on Sabang Island in Aceh were scheduled to conclude on February 3. DepPol/C stressed ag [...]	2009-02-03 12:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV ID BM
09JAKARTA1771	MOVING FORWARD ON INTERFAITH DIALOGUE AND BALI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Umar Hadi, Director for Public Diplomacy at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),confirmed in his recent meeting with CDA that the GOI remained committed to holding an interfaith dialogue with the U.S. Hadi welcomed high level U.S. participation in both the Bali Democracy F [...]	2009-10-22 11:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KPAO ID
09JAKARTA1785	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON VISA CASE OF [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In reftel message, Mission provided information regarding allegations of gross human rights violations against presidential advisor and Defense Secretary General Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin. Mission is p [...]	2009-10-26 11:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CVIS KISL ID
09JAKARTA1788	NEW HEAD OF INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kemal Stamboel is the new chair of Indonesia's parliamentary commission dealing with foreign policy and defense. He should prove to be a productive interlocutor for the U.S. on critical policy issues. An experienced businessman with a U.S. education and a solid knowledge of [...]	2009-10-27 04:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA182	ROHINGYA BOAT PEOPLE HOSTED BY ACEHNESE COMMUNITY [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan and Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The 198 Rohingyas that landed in northern Aceh on February 2 are being well cared for by members of the Acehnese community. The local government has asked the International Organization [...]	2009-02-04 10:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF ID BM PK AF
09JAKARTA1820	SCENSCETTER FOR VISIT OF SPECIAL ADVISOR EINHORN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Special Advisor Einhorn, Embassy Jakarta warmly welcomes your visit. Indonesia and the United States are key partners in promoting democracy and security in Southeast Asia and have growing cooperation on nonproliferation. The GOI is favorably disposed toward what it views as [...]	2009-11-02 10:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV MNUC ECON AORC IAEA ID
09JAKARTA1913	OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH AN ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has reviewed points re upcoming Israel-related UNGA resolution with Presidential Palace and Department of Foreign Affairs contacts. We underscored the overall unbalanced number of UNGA resolutions explicitly critical of Israel and urged the overall reduction of one-side [...]	2009-11-19 08:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID IS
09JAKARTA1929	NEW STAFF AT PRESIDENTIAL PALACE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The President's Office has appointed six new staff members. Julian Adrian Pasha will be in a particularly prominent position as Spokesperson for Domestic Affairs. Two key staff positions wh [...]	2009-11-23 08:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ID PINR
09JAKARTA194	ROHINGYA SITUATION BREAKTHROUGH -- UNHCR PROMISED [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The GOI's Department of Foreign Affairs (Deplu) has told UNHCR that it will be granted access to the two groups of Rohingya boat people being cared for in Aceh. The promise is contingent on UNHCR including humanitar [...]	2009-02-05 10:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF ID BM
09JAKARTA1947	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY BURNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns, Embassy Jakarta warmly welcomes your visit. Ten years of political and economic reform have made Indonesia democratic, stable, and increasingly confident about its leadership role in Southeast Asia and the Muslim world. Indonesia has held successful, f [...]	2009-11-25 09:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON MARR ID
09JAKARTA196	ACEH PRE-ELECTION VIOLENCE ESCALATES [...] (SBU) Summary. Two shootings in as many days have killed two members of the Aceh Transition Committee (KPA - the successor organization to the GAM separatist movement) and injured a third on the night of February 3 and the afternoon of February 4. The shootings follow in the wake of an attempt [...]	2009-02-05 10:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC SOCI ID
09JAKARTA1966	BURMA -- URGING INDONESIA TO PRESS FOR A DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff briefed GOI officials on the need for a dialogue between the Burmese government, the democratic opposition and ethnic minority groups, per reftel instruction. Our interlocutors agreed that such a dialogue was necessary if Burma's 2010 elections were to meet minimum inter [...]	2009-12-01 11:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ID BM
09JAKARTA1971	Visit of U/S Burns and Three Aspects of a [...] (SBU) Your visit will be only the second opportunity this year for high-level, in-depth discussion of the bilateral relationship. Since the Secretary's visit in February significant progress has been made in such fields as education, counter- terrorism, science and technology, and people-to- [...]	2009-12-02 10:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ID
09JAKARTA2010	FILM CHALLENGES GOI VERSION OF EAST TIMOR INVASION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian censors have voted to ban the Australian film "Balibo," which alleges that Indonesian troops deliberately killed five foreign journalists during the 1975 invasion of East Timor. The ban may not be legally enforceable and activists have already screened the film in Ja [...]	2009-12-07 10:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI ID AS TT
09JAKARTA2033	G/TIP -- URGENT NEED TO REFORM INDONESIAN LABOR [...] This is an Action Request -- Please see Para 6. 2. SUMMARY: The Indonesian Working Group on Labor Migration (IWGLM) is seeking International Organization for Migration (IOM) assistance in reforming Indonesian Labor Law 34 on the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Overseas Workers. Th [...]	2009-12-11 10:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PREF ID
09JAKARTA205	ROHINGYA IN EAST ACEH RECOVERING FROM ORDEAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Consulate Medan staff brought sports equipment in a February 5 visit to the East Aceh site camp of the 198 Rohingya that were rescued off of the coast of Aceh on February 3. The Rohingya seemed to be recovering from their ordeal well thanks to efforts by local officials, the Ind [...]	2009-02-06 08:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF SOCI ID
09JAKARTA2071	U/S BURNS' DECEMBER 10, 2009, MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) December 10, 2009; 4:15 p.m.; Bali Democracy Forum; Bali, Indonesia. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- Under Secretary William Burns Ambassador Cameron R. Hume, Embassy Jakarta Scot Marciel, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Dan Rochman, Embassy Jakarta political officer ( [...]	2009-12-17 10:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KDEM OVIP ID AF
09JAKARTA2081	INDONESIA-UNITED STATES STRATEGIC CONSULTATIONS ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the first session of the December 11 inaugural U.S.-Indonesia Strategic Consultations, Under Secretary Bill Burns led the U.S. delegation in a discussion of bilateral cooperation under the Comprehensive Partnership (CP). The U.S. and Indonesian delegations discussed ways [...]	2009-12-21 09:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID SENV PREL PARM KGHG MARR OVIP
09JAKARTA2082	INDONESIA-UNITED STATES STRATEGIC CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the second session of the December 11 inaugural U.S.-Indonesia Strategic Consultations, Under Secretary Bill Burns led the U.S. delegation in a discussion of cooperation on regional and international issues. The USG and the GOI agreed to cooperate in promoting democratic [...]	2009-12-21 09:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR KDEM OVIP ID AF
09JAKARTA2092	ROHINGYA MOVED FROM ACEH TO MEDAN, AWAIT NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesian authorities transferred 190 Rohingya to Medan from Aceh on December 17, where many had spent nearly a year in one of two camps located in East Aceh and on Wei Island. The arrival of the Rohingya was rejected by communities at two original sites intended for their relo [...]	2009-12-22 09:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF SOCI ID
09JAKARTA2122	DEATH OF FORMER INDONESIAN PRESIDENT ABDURRAHMAN [...] (U) The following message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's fourth president and a champion of democracy, diversity and human rights, Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid died in Jakarta on December 30 at the age of 69. Gus Dur--who had suf [...]	2009-12-31 05:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ID
09JAKARTA249	KOSOVO -- BRIEFING INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has brieed GOI officials re Kosovo using latest points. Kosovo is a sensitive issue for Indonesia given its history of separatist movements and GOI interlocutors reiterated Indonesia's firm opposition to territorial separation in principle. In view of this, Mission advi [...]	2009-02-12 08:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ICJ KV ID
09JAKARTA252	ROHINGYAS -- INDONESIA WORKING WITH UNHCR, PUSHING [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The GOI will soon grant access to UNHCR to the nearly 400 Rohingya boat people rescued by Indonesian authorities off the coast of Aceh in January-February. UNHCR and IOM personnel met with the GOI to present a plan fo [...]	2009-02-12 10:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF ID BM
09JAKARTA26	IN ANNUAL SPEECH, FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a review of Indonesian foreign policy priorities, Foreign Minister Wirajuda portrayed Indonesia as a "bridge and consensus builder" and defender of fundamental principles, particularly in the United Nations. He highlighted Indonesia's role as a key emerging economy and a voi [...]	2009-01-07 10:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID
09JAKARTA271	INDONESIAN ELECTIONS EXPECTED TO BE LARGELY [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's 2009 national elections are expected to be largely peaceful. A tradition of peaceful elections, government-opposition relations that are not strained and effective law enfor [...]	2009-02-17 10:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS ID
09JAKARTA335	ASEAN SECRETARY-GENERAL THANKS SECRETARY CLINTON [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-26 09:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEAN PREL PGOV ID
09JAKARTA346	PROTECTION FOR ROHINGYAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has thanked the GOI for its efforts to provide protection to the Rohingya boat people who have been rescued in Indonesian waters. GOI officials reiterated their commitment to addressing the Rohingya's humanitarian needs and working with the UN High Commissioner for Refug [...]	2009-02-27 10:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF ID BM
09JAKARTA349	IRAQ -- REVIEWING U.S. POLICY WITH INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has reviewed the President's commitment to end the U.S. combat mission in Iraq by August 31, 2010, with key Indonesian officials. They welcomed the USG's initiative and said they hoped it would lead to greater security for the Iraqi people. Indonesia has not yet decided [...]	2009-03-02 08:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ID IZ
09JAKARTA370	YEMENI PRESIDENT'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS LONGSTANDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's February 28-March 3 visit to Jakarta highlighted the longstanding ties shared by the two countries. Saleh also participated in the World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF),a gathering of economic leaders from the Muslim world. The visit also c [...]	2009-03-03 10:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID YM
09JAKARTA373	THE SECRETARY'S INDONESIA VISIT: NEW PARTNERSHIP BEGINS [...] (U) During her recent visit to Jakarta, Secretary Clinton announced that the United States and Indonesia would form a comprehensive partnership. At the heart of that partnership is recognition of the importance of education. International education is a win-win for the U.S.-Indonesian partnersh [...]	2009-03-04 00:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL OEXC CVIS ID
09JAKARTA375	MAINSTREAM MUSLIM ORGANIZATIONS STAY NEUTRAL IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's two large mainstream Muslim organizations, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah, have maintained their historically neutral political postures ahead of this year's national elections. Despite their proclaimed neutrality, many of their leaders and members are inten [...]	2009-03-04 03:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ID
09JAKARTA392	YUDHOYONO CONSIDERS REPLACING ACEH MILITARY [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY. President Yudhoyono is struggling with how and when to replace the hardline Aceh Regional Military Commander, Major General Sunarko. The only question is whether this happens before or after the April 9 national legi [...]	2009-03-05 10:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ID
09JAKARTA399	EMBASSY JAKARTA PROPOSAL FOR SCIENCE FELLOWS [...] (U) Embassy Jakarta is interested in the Embassy Science Fellow Program (ESFP) and requests Department assistance in identifying up to two interested candidates focused on marine and fisheries issues, with specific interest in the Coral Triangle Initiative, and climate change. These fellows wo [...]	2009-03-06 09:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
09JAKARTA41	GAZA -- INDONESIAN CIVIL SOCIETY WEIGHS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND REQUEST: Charge met with thirty Indonesian religious and civil society leaders at their request for a wide ranging discussion of the situation in Gaza on January 9. Indonesian interlocutors noted concern for the humanitarian situation in Gaza and called on the United States [...]	2009-01-09 10:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL ID XF
09JAKARTA479	POLICE INSPECTOR CALLS FOR RENEWED INVESTIGATION [...] (C) On March 16, Retired East Java Police Chief (Kapolda) Inspector General Herman Surjadi Sumawiredja told Pol/C and Director ICITAP Indonesia that he was extremely concerned about voting fraud in East Java's recent gubernatorial elections and informed them he was going public with informatio [...]	2009-03-17 10:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA5	GAZA -- INDONESIA REACTS TO ISRAELI MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI and Indonesian Muslim groups have strongly condemned ongoing Israeli military operations in Gaza. Hard-line groups have called for volunteer fighters to go to Gaza, but the Indonesian government has vowed to prevent this. The GOI is sending a medical relief team to the [...]	2009-01-02 09:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC KISL ID IS
09JAKARTA512	ALLEGED EAST JAVA VOTER FRAUD SPARKS NATIONAL [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Accusations of widespread voting fraud in East Java's recent gubernatorial elections are sparking concerns about the credibility of the upcoming national legislative elections, scheduled for April 9. On Ma [...]	2009-03-20 10:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR ID
09JAKARTA584	WORLD OCEAN CONFERENCE -- RAISING ISRAELI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has learned that Indonesia does not plan to invite Israeli representatives to the World Ocean Conference (WOC) it will host, May 11-15. We have noted that a failure to invite Israeli participants could undermine the WOC's claim to be a world conference. We also urged GO [...]	2009-04-01 10:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHSA SENV ID IS
09JAKARTA613	TOP INDONESIAN FOUNDATION WANTS U.S. PARTNERSHIP ON HIGHER [...] (SBU) During Secretary Clinton's visit to Indonesia she supported an expanded bilateral relationship in the field of education. Our challenge: to cultivate sustainable educational partnerships between the U.S. and Indonesia by expanding university partnerships and increasing the number of Indo [...]	2009-04-03 09:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL ID
09JAKARTA629	ROHINGYAS TREATED WELL IN INDONESIA, INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) This is an Action Request--see Para 9. It was coordinated with Consulate Medan and is Sensitive but Unclassifed. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs (Deplu) has given the International Organization for Migration (IOM) access for the first time to the second g [...]	2009-04-07 07:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PREF ID BM
09JAKARTA647	INDONESIA READIES FOR APRIL 9 LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Election workers are setting up polling stations across the nation as Indonesians gear up to vote in the April 9 national legislative elections. The national Election Commission (KPU)--which faces the daunting task of administering this huge enterprise in the world's third larg [...]	2009-04-08 10:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA664	INDONESIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS FREE AND FAIR [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consuls General Surabaya and Medan. It is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Observers are calling Indonesia's third democratic legislative elections free and fair despite limited logistical difficulties, several [...]	2009-04-13 10:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA698	BALI PROCESS REINVIGORATED, SEEKS ANSWERS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. The April 14-15 Bali Process Ministerial Conference established a reinvigorated ad hoc mechanism for member countries to raise transnational issues, which could address the Rohingya problem. Another breakthrough was the attendance of a senior Burmese official. While the Rohing [...]	2009-04-17 11:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF ID BM PHUM
09JAKARTA709	ISLAMIC PARTIES FAIL TO CATCH UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Islamic-oriented parties' support declined in April 9 parliamentary elections, with quick count results indicating they received only a combined 28 percent of the vote. These results represented a 10-point drop from the previous two national elections. Internal divisions, corru [...]	2009-04-22 06:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ID
09JAKARTA733	MARITIME SECURITY/SULAWESI SEA -- TWO USG-FUNDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two U.S.-funded maritime radar systems located in the Sulawesi Sea region are in place. Mission is providing training for the Indonesian Navy in order to make the systems operational as soon as possible. The Sulawesi Sea effort is in addition to the U.S.-funded radar networks [...]	2009-04-27 03:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PTER EWWT ID
09JAKARTA785	ACTIVISTS PROTEST AGAINST TWO FORMER GENERALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian activists are protesting the involvement in politics of two former generals who are accused of past human rights violations. The two, Prabowo Subianto and Wiranto (one name only),head new parties which did well enough to enter Parliament in the April elections. Both [...]	2009-05-05 10:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ID
09JAKARTA804	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR'S INSIGHTS ON POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 5 meeting with DepPol/C, Presidential Advisor T.B. Silalahi said President Yudhoyono is leaning toward choosing State Minister Hatta Rajasa as his vice-presidential running mate. The President still has not made his mind up, however (Yudhoyono has said he will announce h [...]	2009-05-07 09:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PDEM ID
09JAKARTA806	INDONESIAN MARKETS STRENGTHEN, DESPITE ELECTION SEASON [...] (SBU) Summary: While Indonesia remains vulnerable to changes in global sentiment, markets here rallied strongly in recent weeks. Improved global sentiment lifted equity markets throughout the region; Indonesian markets benefited from positive current account news, increased capital inflows, fa [...]	2009-05-07 10:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ID
09JAKARTA84	BURMA CORE GROUP -- URGING GOI AND ASEAN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel instructions, Mission has urged the GOI and the ASEAN Secretariat to support extending the mandate of the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) on Burma cyclone relief. We underscored the TCG's unique role in coordinating critical relief and reconstruction assistance. GOI offi [...]	2009-01-15 09:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV ID BM
09JAKARTA842	Decentralization: challenges and opportunities in East [...] (SBU) Summary: Decentralization is nearly universally regarded as a positive policy. However, there is a wide range of performance with decentralization's increased local government authorities and budgetary allocations. East Java is one of the most productive, well-performing provinces in In [...]	2009-05-15 04:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL ID
09JAKARTA850	BURMA -- NEW CHARGES AGAINST AUNG SAN SUU KYI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Using Ref A points, Mission underscored U.S. concern regarding new charges against Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) to GOI and ASEAN Secretariat officials. The regime's latest move deepened Burma's international isolation and hurt ASEAN. Our contacts are following the matter but neither [...]	2009-05-15 09:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ID BM
09JAKARTA893	SENIOR INDONESIAN MP WORKS TO HIGHLIGHT PLIGHT OF [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) This is an Action Request--see paragraph 7. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: A leading member of the Myanmar Caucus of the Indonesian Parliament is planning a series of media roundtable discussions meant to raise loc [...]	2009-05-26 06:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM ID BM XC
09JAKARTA90	INDONESIA AND THE NETHERLANDS MOVE TOWARD A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia and the Netherlands pledged to conclude a Comprehensive Partnership Agreement during FM Verhagen's January 14-15 visit to Indonesia. The Partnership would deepen the two countries' cooperation in security, economic development, environmental protection, education and [...]	2009-01-16 09:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAIR ID NL

09JAKARTA929	BORNEO MARITIME TERRITORIAL DISPUTE TESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has called for renewed talks with Malaysia about a long-standing maritime border dispute over a region located off of eastern Borneo Island (Indonesian Kalimantan). Malaysian naval vessels reportedly recently entered disputed waters in the region before backing off. Bil [...]	2009-06-01 10:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ID MY
09JAKARTA985	Asia Forest Partnership - Dynamic, Diverse, Widely [...] Summary: The 8th Meeting of the Asia Forest Partnership (AFP) and AFP Dialogue underscored the value of its open membership and the informality of its discussions on sometimes-sensitive topics related to deforestation and forest degradation. AFP members and other participants at the May 27-29 [...]	2009-06-10 05:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR KGHG ECON PGOV ID
09JAKARTA988	IRREGULAR MIGRANT FLOWS SURGING THROUGH INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The number of irregular migrants transiting Indonesia this year is on pace to quadruple over last year's flow due primarily to a surge of arrivals from Afghanistan. The number of migrants now in Indonesia has reached a peak not seen in nearly a decade. Many of the migrants were [...]	2009-06-10 07:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF ID BM CE AF
09JEDDAH123	OIC OFFICIALS, ADDRESSING REGIONAL ISSUES, CALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an Organization of the Islamic Conference(OIC) roundtable with visiting American professor William Quandt, OIC Secretariat officials reiterated previous calls for strengthened ties with the US government (refs A,B),including appointment of a new US special envoy. OIC official [...]	2009-03-31 14:11:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL OPDC OIC SA
09JEDDAH168	OIC SECRETARY GENERAL LETTER TO SECRETARY CLINTON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post received a letter from OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu to Secretary Clinton voicing strong concerns over increased Israeli settlement activities as well as the demolition of Palestinian houses. Letter asks the United States to place pressure on Israel to cease the [...]	2009-05-09 15:22:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KISL KPAL WBG SA
09JEDDAH265	TWO JEDDAH-BASED SHURA COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENT ON [...] (C) Charge's separate July 1 meetings with two Shura Council members in Jeddah, one a reform-oriented, U.S.-educated economist and the other a rather conventional thinking Arab foreign policy intellectual, presented an interesting contrast and a window into the personalities serving on the Cou [...]	2009-07-18 11:53:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL SCUL KWMN KISL SA
09JEDDAH266	OIC SYG PRAISES PRESIDENT,S CAIRO SPEECH, URGES [...] (C) During July 13 meeting with Charge (Ambassador Erdman),Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu praised the President,s Cairo speech and the new tone set by his administration toward the Muslim world; hoped to see the Secretary at this fall's UNG [...]	2009-07-18 13:05:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PHUM PREL CH SA
09JEDDAH275	PRINCE MISHAAL ON GOVERNING SAUDI ARABIA,S SECOND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In July 13 meeting with Charge, Governor of Jeddah, HRH Prince Mishaal bin Majed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, reviewed the challenges of presiding over the Kingdom,s second and most progressive city with its growing population, development plans (including a future Diplomatic Quarter),[...]	2009-07-21 14:39:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SCUL KPAO KISL SA
09JEDDAH300	SAUDI SUMMER CAPITAL OF TAIF EAGER TO ENGAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Charge on August 8, the Governor and Mayor of Taif and the President of Taif University (the site of recent protests by rejected female applicants) invited U.S. participation and investment in their ambitious plans to develop tourism, technology, manufacturing, [...]	2009-08-14 15:30:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS ECON ENIV KPAO OEXC PGOV SA SOCI
09JEDDAH367	THE NEW FACE OF SAUDI ARABIA? SAUDI MINISTER,S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In September 23 meeting with Ambassador Smith and Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale, Saudi Minister of Culture and Information Abdul Aziz Khoja held forth on issues ranging from new media and the significance of the Kingdom,s brand-new flagship [...]	2009-10-01 11:14:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EDU KPAO LE PGOV PHUM PREL SA SCUL
09JEDDAH37	INAUGURATION PROGRAM IN JEDDAH: SAUDI GUESTS [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 20 Post hosted over 200 Saudi and foreign contacts )- youth, business people, KSA government officials, diplomats and the American expat community )- at the Consulate to watch the Presidential Inauguration in real-time. Participants appreciated the opportunity to wa [...]	2009-01-27 14:23:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL KMPI KPAO OPRC PHUM SA SCUL SOCI XF
09JEDDAH392	REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION OF SECRETARY GEITHNER [...] (U) On October 13, Post received an expected (ref A) letter from Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) and Gulf Research Center (GRC) requesting Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's participation as panelists at the Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF) [...]	2009-10-15 15:23:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KWBG PGOV PREL SOCI SA
09JEDDAH456	JEDDAH REGION FLOODING ON FIRST DAY OF HAJJ: 77 [...] (SBU) Summary: Media reported that flash flooding yesterday (November 25) in Jeddah killed 77 and stranded up to 1,000, especially in the poorer districts to the east and south of the city. Total casualty estimates may rise. Rain, a rare occurrence in this region and reported to be "the wor [...]	2009-11-26 14:10:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC PGOV SA SENV
09JEDDAH460	LATEST ON JEDDAH FLOOD -- COMPENSATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an announcement that SMSed its way around Jeddah late yesterday evening, King Abdullah ordered immediate payment of SR 1 million (USD 267,000) to the surviving families of each victim of last Wednesday's catastrophic flood. The royal decree created a high-level commission to i [...]	2009-12-01 19:33:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC ECON KPAO PGOV SA SENV
09JEDDAH466	HAJJ 2009/1430 -- AN AMERICAN'S INSIDE VIEW OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-08 14:47:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KISL PGOV PREL KFLU SA
09JEDDAH476	SAUDI ARABIA HOPING TO TURN MINING INTO THE THIRD [...] (U) Summary: Behind oil and petrochemicals, Saudi Arabia is trying to make mining the third pillar of its economy. Although its mining operations are small compared to many other countries, and dwarfed by the Kingdom's oil and petrochemical sector, KSA plans to expand its mining industry b [...]	2009-12-16 16:20:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV SA
09JEDDAH488	JEDDAH FLOOD AFTERMATH: CLEANING UP THE CITY AMID [...] (SBU) Summary: Jeddah officials report 121 dead and 39 missing in the November 25 flash flood that devastated the eastern part of the city, although the public believes the actual toll is much higher and one contact accused the SAG of suppressing the true figures. Most of the city now appears [...]	2009-12-23 11:03:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC ECON KPAO PGOV SA SENV
09JEDDAH61	SAUDI ARABIA: CONTRIBUTION TO THE NINTH ANNUAL [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS: --Saudi Arabia continues to be a destination country for foreign domestic workers, primarily women from East and South Asia, who are either trafficked into the Kingdom or whose treatment after arriving in the country qualifies them as victims of trafficking. --In additio [...]	2009-02-11 06:26:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09JEDDAH79	COMEDIAN AHMED AHMED CIRCUMVENTS RELIGIOUS POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 21, well-known Egyptian-American comedian Ahmed Ahmed and other comedians performed in Jeddah before a mixed-gender audience of nearly 1000 Saudis and expats, who were regaled by comic routines on sensitive topics ranging from the Mutawwa (religious police) to Arabic-s [...]	2009-02-26 16:01:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PGOV SA SCUL
09JEDDAH85	HIJAZIS COMMENT ON RECENT MEDINA CLASHES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post met with Hijazi Shi'a to get their views of recent demonstrations in Medina following clashes after Shi'a pilgrims were not allowed to enter Baqi'a cemetery on February 20. Poloffs also spoke to a local Sunni contact with ties to Medina who claims the situation has been blown [...]	2009-03-02 16:49:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM SA
09JERUSALEM1003	SPECIAL JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINIAN REACTION TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-15 10:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1006	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/16): PALESTINIAN UNEASE WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 10:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM101	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 10, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. President Abbas, in a press conference with President Mubarak January 10, called on HAMAS and Israel to accept the UNSC resolution immediately and said the Egyptian proposal is the means to implement the resolution. He said Palestinian reconciliation is necessary, but that pea [...]	2009-01-10 12:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF IS
09JERUSALEM1031	PM FAYYAD RESPONDS TO NETANYAHU'S SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: At a June 17 meeting of donors, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad responded to Israeli PM Netanyahu's June 14 speech. He acknowledged the mention of a Palestinian state, but commented that the speech as a whole describes a policy that will not lead to a success [...]	2009-06-18 14:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1041	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/19): "HAMAS MUST ACCEPT THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-19 10:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1097	ANNOUNCEMENT OF MUNICIPALITY PLAN TO SCALE BACK [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem Municipality contacts confirmed a June 29 Ha'Aretz article, which claimed that the municipality is developing a plan to legalize Palestinian homes that do not interfere with municipal development, such as the construction of roads and schools. Jerusalem Legal Advisor Y [...]	2009-06-29 15:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1151	MUNICIPALITY APPROVAL PUTS SHEPHERD HOTEL ONE STEP [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality Licensing Committee approved plans to build two apartment buildings on the Shepherd Hotel property, pending certification from other agencies -- such as the Antiquities Authority and safety inspectors -- according to Municipality officials. The remain [...]	2009-07-06 13:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
09JERUSALEM1161	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/08): Israel Will Not Commit to [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-08 10:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM118	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/13): "IS A CEASEFIRE CLOSER? [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-13 10:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1217	JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY CARRIES OUT TWO HOME [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality, together with the Israeli Border Police, carried out two home demolitions in East Jerusalem on July 13. The Jerusalem Mayor's office denied responsibility for the demolition orders, saying the Municipality only executed orders issued by the GoI Interi [...]	2009-07-15 13:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
09JERUSALEM1226	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/17): "The dialogue must [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-17 09:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1256	UPDATE ON PENDING DEMOLITIONS AND EVICTIONS IN [...] (C) Summary. This cable provides an update on the status of nine politically sensitive property issues in East Jerusalem. Developments in three of these cases (the Shepherd Hotel, Shaykh Jarrah evictions, and demolitions in Abasiya -- a subdivision of Abu Tor -- could occur within the next [...]	2009-07-21 13:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1276	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/24): PALESTINIANS CALL FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 10:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1336	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/04): Fatah Party Congress Seen [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-04 08:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1344	PALESTINIANS, INTERNATIONALS PROTEST EVICTIONS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The GoI evicted two Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem's Shaykh Jarrah neighborhood on August 2, after Israeli courts awarded ownership of the properties to two Israeli organizations, Nakhalat Shimon International (NSI) and the Sephardic Community Committe [...]	2009-08-04 14:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER IS KPAL KWBG
09JERUSALEM1357	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/06): Coverage Highlights [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-06 09:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1360	GOI RENEWING CLOSURE ORDERS ON EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) ConGen contacts report that at least one of eight Jerusalem-based Palestinian institutions closed by the GOI in 2001 has received another six-month renewal of the closure order, and others expect to receive similar notices in the coming days. Taher Hussayni, the caretaker of the Arab Stud [...]	2009-08-06 14:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG SCUL IS
09JERUSALEM1397	LETTER FOR THE SECRETARY FROM EVICTED EAST [...] (U) Members of the Hanun and Ghawi families, who were evicted from their homes in East Jerusalem's Shaykh Jarrah neighborhood August 2 (ref),arrived at the Consulate General's Post 2 facility August 10 carrying a letter addressed to the Secretary. The letter describes the families' eviction [...]	2009-08-12 14:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
09JERUSALEM1499	JERUSALEM CONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Plans for demolitions and new Israeli construction in several East Jerusalem Palestinian neighborhoods are progressing, according to local legal and NGO contacts. Demolitions in Al Bustan and Abasiya could move ahead at any time, they claimed. Islamic Waqf contacts expressed [...]	2009-08-24 15:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1527	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/27): Press speculates on [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-27 10:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM160	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/21): OBAMA INAUGURATION USHERS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 11:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM161	NEW EVICTION ORDER THREATENS PALESTINIAN HOME IN [...] (C) Summary. An Israeli court issued an eviction order to an East Jerusalem family after a legal case that dates to 1998. The family has secured an extension of the eviction deadline and appealed to a higher court but fears that they will lose their home in the end. This house is close to [...]	2009-01-21 11:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS
09JERUSALEM1627	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/10): New settlement units in [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 10:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1695	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/16): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-16 12:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1707	CONTINUED TUNNELING IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. The settler organization ELAD continues to excavate a tunnel under the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, according to NGO sources, despite a stop-work order from Israeli courts. The organization is beginning to publicize its efforts, leading Muslim leaders to criticize the [...]	2009-09-18 16:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1708	CONTINUED TUNNELING IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. The settler organization ELAD continues to excavate a tunnel under the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, according to NGO sources, despite a stop-work order from Israeli courts. The organization is beginning to publicize its efforts, leading Muslim leaders to criticize the [...]	2009-09-18 16:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1712	PA HEALTH MINISTER ISSUES PRESS RELEASE ON [...] (C) On September 20, PA Health Minister Fathi Abu Mughni issued a press release endorsing the recently-issued UN fact-finding report authored by Judge Richard Goldstone. Abu Mughni, according to the press release, called the report an "explicit condemnation" of Israeli combat operations in t [...]	2009-09-22 14:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KWBG KAWC IS
09JERUSALEM1721	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/25): Continued Skepticism [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-25 06:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1739	RENEWED HARAM AL-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT CLASHES [...] (C) At approximately 7:30 a.m. on September 27, clashes erupted amongst Jewish worshippers, Palestinian protestors, and Israeli National Police (INP) on the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount. According to former PA Minister for Jerusalem Affairs Hatem Abdel Qader, the incident was sparked by the [...]	2009-09-27 15:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1748	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/30): American Role in Peace [...] Hamada Fara'neh commented in independent Al-Ayyam under the headline, "Reaching a settlement without a third party" (9/30): "It is not the first time that the US failed to forge an agreement between the Palestinians and Israelis, especially in regards to the final status issues ... It was unsuc [...]	2009-09-30 08:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1781	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/07): Israeli actions at [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-07 06:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1786	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/08): Hamas threatens to [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 07:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1815	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/14): Egypt continues to work [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-14 09:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1838	EAST JERUSALEM HOME DEMOLITIONS RESUME [...] (C) Summary. On October 12, Israeli officials demolished a Palestinian-owned house and dismantled several other structures in the Beit Hanina area of East Jerusalem. The demolitions were the first to take place inside the Jerusalem municipality in nearly three months. PLO official Saeb Ere [...]	2009-10-15 12:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM190	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/27): THE COSTS OF DIVISION [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-27 10:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1943	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/26): More clashes between [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 06:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1949	UPDATE ON OCTOBER 25 EVENTS AT THE TEMPLE [...] (SBU) Summary. Skirmishes took place between Muslim worshippers and the Israeli National Police (INP) around the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif compound on October 25, apparently triggered by rumors of an impending incursion into the compound by radical pro-settler elements. Unrest spread int [...]	2009-10-26 19:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL KISL IS JO
09JERUSALEM1974	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/3): Palestinians skeptical of [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 07:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1975	REVISED JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/3): Palestinians [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 12:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1977	UPDATE ON EAST JERUSALEM HOME DEMOLITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality on November 2 executed three home demolitions in East Jerusalem, displacing 37 Palestinians, including 18 children, according to residents and NGO sources. Local residents told PolOff that the owners of the first two homes were not aware of any demo [...]	2009-11-03 13:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1984	UNSCO AND UNRWA DESCRIBE CONTRADICTIONS IN GAZA [...] (C) Summary. In an October 22 meeting with USUN Ambassador Susan Rice, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO) Robert Serry and UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Director for Gaza John Ging emphasized the need to restart essential infrastructure projects in Gaza, inc [...]	2009-11-03 18:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PTER PGOV EAID KPAL GZ IS
09JERUSALEM1987	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/4): Palestinians not convinced [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 06:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2026	JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY ISSUES MORE EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) The Jerusalem Municipality served 17 more demolition orders on November 8, in this case on homes in the already-tense Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem. Of the 17 orders served, eight pertain to homes in the al-Bustan area of Silwan, which is the subject of a development plan propose [...]	2009-11-09 15:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2028	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/10): Questions about where the [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-10 08:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2063	PLAN FOR NEW ISRAELI NEIGHBORHOOD IN EAST [...] (SBU) NGO and Jerusalem municipality contacts separately confirmed to Post on November 17 that the Jerusalem District Planning Board approved the "Mordot Gilo" plan for construction of 844 residential units inside the Jerusalem municipal borders, and adjacent to the existing East Jerusalem s [...]	2009-11-17 15:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2077	NEW EAST JERUSALEM DEMOLITIONS NOVEMBER 17-18 [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality executed demolition orders at five sites in East Jerusalem over the course of November 17 and 18, according to municipal, NGO, and local press sources. The demolitions are the most significant in scope since the demolition of nine housing units on Oct [...]	2009-11-18 17:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM208	MUNICIPALITY DEMOLISHES THREE HOMES IN EAST [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality conducted three demolitions in East Jerusalem on January 28, including a large building inhabited by 45 people. The building's owner said the GoI Interior Ministry had postponed demolition until March 31, but that the Municipality acted on its own. Ac [...]	2009-01-29 15:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2086	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/20): Popular Campaign Against [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 09:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2273	MAYOR BARKAT ANNOUNCES JERUSALEM RE-ZONING [...] (SBU) Summary: Members of the Knesset Law Committee met on December 13 with Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat to argue against the implementation of a High Court order for the evacuation and sealing of Beit Yehonatan, an illegally-constructed apartment building in the East Jerusalem neighborhood o [...]	2009-12-15 16:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2275	FEW HEADLINES AS ABU MAZEN DEFENDS HIS STANCE ON [...] (C) Summary. PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) said little new on negotiations or his personal future in a December 15 speech to the opening session of a two-day PLO Central Council (PLO/CC) meeting in Ramallah, which convened primarily to extend his term as president beyond its expirati [...]	2009-12-15 17:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2294	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/18): President Abbas: "There [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-18 08:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2303	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/22): Prisoner exchange deal [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-22 06:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2323	IMMINENT PUBLICATION OF TENDERS FOR 692 NEW [...] (C) Summary: On December 27, Israel press sources reported the impending publication of 692 construction tenders for new residential units in three Israeli neighborhoods of East Jerusalem: 377 units in Neve Yaakov, 198 in Pisgat Zeev, and 117 in Har Homa. While the details of the tenders a [...]	2009-12-28 15:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2332	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/29): [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-29 08:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2333	GAZA'S BUSINESS COMMUNITY: FED UP WITH POLITICS, [...] (C) Summary. Gazans are broadly disgusted with political parties (both Hamas and Fatah) and are focused on day-to-day issues of survival, according to Post contacts in Gaza's business community, who remain confident in the resourcefulness and resilience of the business culture in Gaza. The [...]	2009-12-29 09:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PTER KWBG PREF IS
09JERUSALEM2334	PALESTINIAN PARLIAMENTARIAN MUSTAFA AL-BARGHUTI ON [...] (C) Summary. Mustafa Barghuti, who was elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) in 2006 as the head of the Independent Palestine list, believes that PLC and presidential elections need to occur in the upcoming year in order to preserve the Palestinian democratic experience and st [...]	2009-12-29 10:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM255	Al Quds University Freezes Official Cooperation with [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the IDF operations in Gaza, the University Council of Al Quds University voted to put a moratorium on official cooperation with Israeli academic institutions. The decision was endorsed by the university President, Dr. Sari Nusseibeh, generally a strong advocate of [...]	2009-02-06 11:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS SCUL KPAL KWBG KPAO
09JERUSALEM30	GAZA CONTACTS DISCUSS DETERIORATING SITUATION AS [...] (C) Summary. A wide range of political, civil society, and NGO contacts in the Gaza Strip expressed a growing sense of fear and desperation on January 4, with essential services almost completely cut off and the sounds of intense ground combat growing nearer to densely inhabited areas. ConGen [...]	2009-01-04 19:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PHUM ECON EAID
09JERUSALEM314	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/23): PALESTINIANS SEE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-23 15:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM337	CONSUL GENERAL'S MEETING WITH JERUSALEM MAYOR NIR [...] (C) Summary. Recently-elected Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat described his "businesslike" approach to municipal governance to the Consul General during a February 23 meeting, saying that he hopes to develop Jerusalem into a tourist haven using the "Disney World" model. Barkat said he wants to in [...]	2009-02-26 13:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ASEC IS PBTS KWBG ABLD PREL
09JERUSALEM343	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/27): UNITY AS THE ANECTDOTE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 11:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM444	JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY ISSUES 58 ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian sources informed Post about an additional 56 demolition and two evacuation orders issued by the Jerusalem municipality between March 5 and March 9. Palestinian officials told the Consul General that Israel has adopted a policy of "escalation" in East Jerusalem that co [...]	2009-03-10 08:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM481	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/18): THEORIES ON WHO IS TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-18 11:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM561	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/26): PALESTINIANS ASSERT ARAB [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-26 11:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM616	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/06): PALESTINIANS: PEACE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-06 10:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM62	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/07): GAZA - "A FASCIST WAR" [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-07 11:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM628	EAST JERUSALEM EVICTION ORDER UPHELD IN ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary. Israel's High Court of Justice (HCJ) on April 5 rejected a petition lodged by two East Jerusalem families against eviction orders regarding their homes in Shaykh Jarrah. The decision exhausts possible judicial remedy and effectively reinstates eviction orders, which could now b [...]	2009-04-07 13:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL
09JERUSALEM663	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/14): PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-14 08:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM678	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/20): PALESTINIANS: NEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-20 09:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM716	PUNITIVE HOME DEMOLITION ORDERED BY MOD [...] (C) Palestinian press reported April 28 that GoI Minister of Defense Ehud Barak signed a demolition order for the home of Qassem al-Mughrabi, a Palestinian who was shot to death on September 22, 2008, after injuring 16 IDF soldiers and one civilian with his car in downtown Jerusalem. Press re [...]	2009-04-28 13:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM732	PATIENT REFERRALS FROM GAZA RESUME [...] (C) Summary: On April 27, the Palestinian Authority (PA) resumed referring patients from Gaza for medical treatment in East Jerusalem, Israel, and Jordan, following a month-long suspension resulting from a dispute between the PA and the Hamas-controlled government in Gaza. The PA's coordinator [...]	2009-05-01 14:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG PTER IS
09JERUSALEM734	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/04): CONCERNS MOUNT OVER [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-04 11:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM736	JERUSALEM MAYOR DESCRIBES PLANS FOR SILWAN BUT [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem Mayor Barkat told the Consul General May 1 that the Municipality is nearly ready to submit a new Jerusalem master town plan to the District Committee for approval. Barkat also said he is developing a neighborhood plan for al-Bustan, which will require the demolition o [...]	2009-05-04 14:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM742	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/05): LOW EXPECTATIONS OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-05 10:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM783	JERUSALEM MAYOR PRESENTS NEW TOWN PLAN, FAILS TO [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem Mayor Barkat presented a new Jerusalem town plan to the District Planning Committee on May 5. The new town plan aims to develop jobs and tourist areas in Jerusalem, and specifically mentions developing East Jerusalem and constructing new housing in East Jerusalem. Mu [...]	2009-05-12 13:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
09JERUSALEM811	SHEPHERD HOTEL PLANS SUSPENDED, BUT THE [...] (C) Summary. The head of the Jerusalem Municipality Department of Building, Licensing, and Enforcement told PolOff May 7 that plans for the construction of two new Israeli apartment buildings on the Shepherd Hotel property in East Jerusalem are set to be approved by the Licensing Committee w [...]	2009-05-15 14:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER UK
09JERUSALEM812	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/18): PALESTINIANS: U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 08:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM823	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/20): UNITY TALKS: "USELESS, [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-20 09:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM859	EAST JERUSALEM SETTLEMENT "NOF ZION" ON THE [...] (C) Summary. Residential units in the Nof Zion settlement in the Jabal Mukabbir neighborhood of East Jerusalem are not selling and the builder is in serious financial difficulty. According to the developer, prospective buyers of the high-end apartments were "uncomfortable" with Nof Zion's [...]	2009-05-28 13:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IS KWBG
09JERUSALEM894	GOI COMMITTEE APPROVES PLAN FOR 200-ROOM HOTEL IN [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli Ministry of Interior (MOI) on June 2 approved a plan for a 200-room hotel in the Wadi Joz neighborhood of East Jerusalem, which will involve the demolition of a Palestinian wholesale market and kindergarten. The approval was welcomed by the Jerusalem Municipality, [...]	2009-06-05 14:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM IS KWBG

09JERUSALEM897	PALESTINIANS WELCOME PRESIDENT OBAMA'S JUNE 4 [...] (U) Summary. Palestinians welcomed President Obama's June 4 Cairo speech. Palestinian Authority (PA) officials praised the speech, highlighting the President's commitment to an independent Palestinian state. Several Fatah leaders told Post officers privately that President Obama's speech [...]	2009-06-05 15:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS PTER KISL
09JERUSALEM965	NEW HOME DEMOLITIONS AND DEMOLITION ORDERS IN [...] (C) Summary. According to the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD),two home demolitions were carried out in Jerusalem's Old City on June 9. One was an apartment in the Christian Quarter, and the other a second-floor addition in the Muslim Quarter. ICAHD also reported that [...]	2009-06-09 14:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL
09JERUSALEM971	JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY ISSUES TWO MORE DEMOLITION [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem municipal officials, accompanied by police, served two demolition orders and ten warning notices in the al-Bustan neighborhood of Silwan to Palestinian homeowners on June 10. Local residents and Palestinian officials expressed concern that as many as 88 homes in al-Bu [...]	2009-06-10 15:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL
09JERUSALEM98	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 9 [...] (SBU) Summary. Kerem Shalom crossing was open on January 9 and Nahal Oz fuel transfer station was closed. Movement of fuel and aid shipments in Gaza is severely limited, given UNRWA and ICRC's suspension of movement following lethal incidents involving the IDF (septel). Most of Gaza homes re [...]	2009-01-09 18:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD CASC IS
09KABUL1088	AFGHANISTAN: GOVERNMENT AND DONOR COORDINATED EFFORTS BRING [...] (U) Summary. Continued progress in the building and rehabilitation of Afghanistan's energy transmission and distribution infrastructure will soon result in additional power reaching Kabul. The North East Power System (NEPS) will handle the additional import of Uzbek power after a joint governm [...]	2009-04-29 13:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV
09KABUL1109	SHERZAI AIDE CLAIMS KARZAI STRONG-ARMS SHERZAI OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nangarhar Governor Gul Aga Sherzai withdrew from the presidential race on May 2, the day after a reportedly lengthy and emotional meeting with President Karzai. Sherzai's campaign manager alleged that Karzai's increasingly emotional and threatening tone pushed Sherzai to end hi [...]	2009-05-02 14:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1233	COIN SUCCESS IN ALASAY IS PROVISIONAL: LESSONS FOR [...] (S) Summary. Two months after a clearing operation to restore Afghan government (GIRoA) authority to Alasay, a tenuous security has been established below a line of control that ISAF Forces and the Afghan National Army (ANA) established one-half kilometer beyond the district center. In this [...]	2009-05-15 10:02:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1238	THIS YEAR ELECTIONS ARE VERY GOOD: AFGHAN YOUTH [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a webchat engaging over 100 university students and other youth through Lincoln Centers in Kabul, Jalalabad, Bamyan, and Mazar-e-Sharif, Embassy officers discussed the role of civil society in elections, with the theme of "more than just a voting day." The students welcomed an [...]	2009-05-17 04:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1270	EU POLICE MISSION COMPLETES CONCEPT OF OPERATION [...] (C) Summary: The European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL)A) has completed an initial reconnaissance visit to Laghman province, and based on discussions with Task Force (TF) Duke, is preparing a concept of operations for deploying officers to Regional Command East (RC-E). As an i [...]	2009-05-18 13:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF EUN
09KABUL1309	Paktika - Governor Katawazay Addresses Security, [...] (SBU) On May 17, PRT Paktika (Sharana) facilitated a visit by Governor Katawazay, National Directorate for Security provincial commander General Mohammad Yaseen, and the governor's tribal affairs advisor (and cousin) Mohammad Mateen to Gayan district in northeastern Paktika, on the border with [...]	2009-05-25 05:20:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL1319	CANDIDATE CHALLENGE PERIOD ENDS [...] (C) Summary: The May 23 deadline for filing of complaints against registered candidates has passed. The Election Complaints Commission (ECC) collected a total of 268 challenges. Of those, the UN-sponsored Disarmament and Reintegration Commission ("D and RC") submitted 119 names with alleged [...]	2009-05-26 05:47:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1378	CODEL CARPER STRESSES NEED FOR GREATER AFGHAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Senators Thomas Carper, Mark Udall, Jeanne Shaheen, Kay Hagan, and Mark Begich had a productive visit to Afghanistan that included meetings with President Karzai, the Ministers of Defense and Interior, and a visit to Regional Command-East. The Codel delivered effective USG mess [...]	2009-06-01 08:43:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OREP AF
09KABUL140	VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN AND SENATOR GRAHAM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Vice President-elect Joseph Biden and Senator Lindsay Graham visited Camp Bastion in Helmand Province January 11 and were briefed by Brigadier General Gordon Messenger, the British Commander of Task Force Helmand, and UK Senior Civilian Advisor Hugh Powell. COMISAF General McKiernan, R [...]	2009-01-20 10:40:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS AF
09KABUL1423	AMBASSADOR EIKENBERRY AND GOVERNOR AMIN DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: An animated Governor Roohul Amin of Farah told Ambassador Eikenberry on May 30 that the situation in his province is improving for ordinary citizens as a result of his efforts to reduce corruption and fight crime, even though Taliban activity is increasing. Under intense press [...]	2009-06-06 12:20:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1468	INFLUENTIAL PASHTUNS IN AFGHAN POLITICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As the country's largest ethnic group, Pashtuns will play a determining role in this year's presidential election. If the 2009 election breaks down along ethnic lines, as it largely did in 2004, President Karzai will have a significant advantage over other candidates, especia [...]	2009-06-08 14:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1493	ENSURING CREDIBLE ELECTIONS:KABUL RESPONSES [...] The USG and its international partners are taking steps to help Afghanistan hold credible presidential and provincial council elections in 2009. The augmented U.S. Mission will lead implementation of a number of efforts. Successful realization of these objectives will rely in most cases on br [...]	2009-06-11 02:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1522	EU, U.S. AMBASSADORS DISCUSS STRATEGY, DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) During a brief June 7 courtesy call, Ambassador Eikenberry briefed European Commission Ambassador Hansjoerg Kretschmer on the US strategy in Afghanistan. The Ambassador told Kretschmer that strategy focuses on the most insecure areas in southern and eastern Afghanistan, and that the civi [...]	2009-06-14 13:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON AF
09KABUL1526	Ambassador's Meeting with Afghan Finance Minister [...] (SBU) Ambassador Eikenberry and Finance Minister Zakhilwal June 8 discussed joint visits to Afghan provinces, including a June 17 trip to open a US-financed border crossing post in Islam Qala, Herat. Zakhilwal welcomed the preliminary, positive assessment by a USAID team that examined the Finan [...]	2009-06-15 08:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID AF
09KABUL1558	SUPREME COURT CONTINUES TO BACK KARZAI ON MEDIA LAW [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Afghan Chief Justice Azimi on June 7. Azimi stated that President Karzai had the authority to request judicial review of a portion of the Media Law after his veto was overridden, despite there being no obvious legal precedent. Azimi reaffirmed his commitment to [...]	2009-06-17 14:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI KCOR KJUS AF
09KABUL1679	INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS: STATE OF PLAY [...] (SBU) This, fourth in a series, updates and provides additional details on Embassy plans and efforts for the Afghan presidential and provincial council elections, per the request in ref A. This cable updates post's efforts to achieve a sizeable contingent of international observers to help en [...]	2009-06-28 02:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1714	PRE-ELECTION POLLING PLANS [...] This is the sixth in a series of cables updating and providing additional details on Embassy plans and efforts in support of the Afghan presidential and provincial council elections, per the request in reftel. This cable addresses post efforts on pre-election polling. ------------------- [...]	2009-07-02 02:44:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1735	ANATOMY OF AN INSURGENCY - DECLINING SECURITY IN [...] (C) Summary: Though by no means comparable to the situation in Afghanistan's south and east, the security climate in the country's northwest is worsening in certain districts, and this has local officials concerned. A particular worry is the situation in Ghormach district, administratively [...]	2009-07-02 14:15:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL201	2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT FOR [...] SUMMARY: Narcotics cultivation in Afghanistan declined in 2008 by nearly 20 percent, after two years of record highs. Despite the drop in poppy cultivation, however, Afghanistan remained the world's largest grower of opium poppy, with cultivation largely confined to five contiguous provinces i [...]	2009-01-26 13:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PREL PINS PTER
09KABUL2103	ADDITIONAL FY 2010 BUDGET REQUIREMENTS FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Madame Secretary: Embassy Kabul has concluded a rigorous analysis of U.S. Government civilian assistance programs required to effectively implement the President's strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Success will be contingent upon balanced gains in the fields of security, ec [...]	2009-07-29 16:19:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ABUD AFIN AF
09KABUL2161	POST-ELECTION COMPACT: CONSULTING KARZAI ADVISORS [...] (S) Summary: Previous message (notal) laid out our action plan to develop a compact with the next Afghan administration for post-election progress in five key areas of strategic interest to the United States and Afghanistan. The first structural engagement occured July 28, with President Kar [...]	2009-08-02 16:55:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV AF
09KABUL2239	Developing a Private Sector-Led Rural Finance [...] (SBU) The financial sector in Afghanistan has made significant progress in establishing a market-based system for access to credit in rural areas. With substantial U.S. Government (USG) assistance, financial services are expanding to meet agricultural market needs and demonstrating that lendi [...]	2009-08-05 06:59:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAID EAGR BEXP AF TI
09KABUL2270	Key GIRoA Ministers Plan Sub-National Governance [...] (SBU) Planning for coordinated U.S./ISAF/UNAMA/GIRoA sub-national governance interventions in the South and East took shape at an August 1 meeting of key ministers, senior ISAF and UNAMA representatives, and Ambassador Eikenberry that was hosted by the Ministry of Rural Reconstruction and Devel [...]	2009-08-07 13:40:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAID EFIN EAGR AF
09KABUL2325	PRISONS IN LAGHMAN PROVINCE FUNCTIONING RELATIVELY [...] (C) A recent visit to Laghman prison demonstrated that penal reform in this province is moving in the right direction, although detention centers continue to suffer from a lack of resources. On August 3, a Rule of Law team from Task Force Mountain Warrior (TFMW) toured the Laghman provincial [...]	2009-08-11 14:39:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM AF
09KABUL2383	AFGHAN MINISTRIES ORGANIZE FOR POST-CONFLICT DISTRICT [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) hosted a second meeting of the new Afghan/U.S./ISAF/UNAMA District Delivery Working Group (DDWG) on August 8 at the deputy minister level. The Forum, aimed at encouraging the creation of a mechanism for the quick deploym [...]	2009-08-16 14:06:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV EAID EAGR EFIN PREL AF
09KABUL2384	IEC NIXES QUESTIONABLE GIROA SOLUTION TO ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent weeks, the Afghan government initiated two local security measures - Community Based Security and a "pacification" program - intended to safeguard polling places and voters in some of the most at-risk electoral districts. While the measures were billed by the GIRoA as t [...]	2009-08-16 17:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINS AF
09KABUL2422	POST-ELECTION COMPACT: KARZAI TEAM CONSULTATIONS [...] (S) Summary: In final pre-election consultations, President Karzai and his security team agreed to the general concept of the strategic dialogue and a post-election "compact" but had few new ideas to contribute in light of their intense focus on elections. Karzai in particular was engaged in [...]	2009-08-19 09:49:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2425	Election Preparations in RC-North: A Message to Governor [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry warned Balkh Governor Mohammad Atta Noor that any violence over election outcomes would shape the international community's view on its presence in Afghanistan. The Ambassador called on the governor to use his prestige and position to serve as a ?voice of re [...]	2009-08-19 12:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL243	YOUR VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (C) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential elections, and from increased U.S. military deployments. We continue to face tough challenges in Afghanistan, particularly on the security and governance front. But con [...]	2009-02-02 16:31:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV AF
09KABUL2465	CJTF-82 CG SCAPARROTTI,S MEETING WITH NANGARHAR [...] (C) Summary. During an animated 90-minute meeting on August 11 with Gen. Scaparrotti and SCR-E Kilner, Governor Shirzai returned repeatedly to two central themes: working with and through Afghanistan,s tribal structure is the key to more effective government; and reforming and strengt [...]	2009-08-22 04:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID KJUS AF
09KABUL2466	CJTF-82 COMMANDER SCAPARROTTI,S MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary. CJTF-82 Commanding General Scaparrotti and RC-East Senior Civilian Representative Kilner met with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk for 30 minutes during the PM,s trip to Ghazni on August 16. Tusk had planned to visit Poland,s combat brigade ) the largest non-American force in [...]	2009-08-22 04:56:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID KJUS AF
09KABUL2667	AN AFGHAN PRIVATE SECTOR AIRLINE WORKING TO EXPAND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Safi Airways, one of three private Afghan-owned carriers, reports it is close to profitability but faces burdensome governmental oversight and unfair competition, particularly from state-owned Ariana Airlines. Safi is banking its future growth on full International Air Transport [...]	2009-09-02 09:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL EAID EINV PGOV NATO AF
09KABUL2688	Afghan Government's High Hopes for Hydropower [...] (SBU) Summary: At the August 5 inauguration of a USAID-funded diesel power plant in Kabul, President Karzai and Minister of Energy and Water Ismail Khan focused on large-scale water projects as the key to Afghanistan's energy future. To implement its national hydropower strategy, AfghanistanQ [...]	2009-09-05 05:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAID PREL SENV AF
09KABUL2774	PRT MAZAR: SAMANGAN PROVINCE ASSESSMENT [...] This is a bi-annual assessment of Samangan Province. 2. SUMMARY: Security throughout Samangan province has remained mostly stable over the past year, but insurgents operating in neighboring Baghlan province are trying to undo that. Governor Enayat, considered by his detractors to be a wea [...]	2009-09-13 04:51:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL2940	DISTRICT DELIVERY PROGRAM MAKES STEADY PROGRESS [...] Summary: Over the last seven weeks, the Afghan-led District Delivery Working Group (DDWG) has made steady progress toward extending Afghan government services to strategic or newly cleared districts. Major service delivery ministries and executive agencies, together with the Embassy, ISAF a [...]	2009-09-24 04:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PINS PGOV AF
09KABUL3077	Expanding Mobile Money Services in Afghanistan [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mobile commerce (mCommerce),also known as mobile money (mMoney),offers an opportunity to increase rapidly access to financial services in Afghanistan, particularly in rural areas. Moreover, mobile money, with proper regulatory safeguards, advances anti-corruption efforts, for [...]	2009-10-03 13:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV EAID ETRD AF
09KABUL3079	COMISAF TALKS SECURITY, ELECTIONS, RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: On September 15, COMISAF, Deputy Commander US forces Afghanistan LTGEN Rodriguez and RC-East Commander MG Scaparotti conducted a Battlefield Circulation (BFC) in Ghazni. Aside from meeting with Task Force White Eagle commanders, COMISAF held separate discussions with Ghazni Pro [...]	2009-10-04 05:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MOPS PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3166	UPDATE ON ISAF PLAN TO PROVIDE CELLULAR TELEPHONE SERVICE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy and ISAF are working together to provide cellular telephone services from Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) located in RC-South and RC-East. In RC-East, commercial providers will have the opportunity to build towers on or near FOBs under a pilot program. In RC-South, [...]	2009-10-07 12:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV PGOV AF
09KABUL3278	Embassy Outreach to Minister Khan of Energy and Water [...] Meeting with Afghan Water and Energy Minister Mohammed Ismail Khan October 13, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs, Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne, highlighted two new initiatives. (Discussions of politics reported setpel.) The first was USAID's recent launch of a four-yea [...]	2009-10-15 09:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAID PGOV AF
09KABUL3285	ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK-FUNDED PORTION OF RING ROAD STALLED, [...] (SBU) Summary: Responding to a recent ultimatum from the Afghan government, Chinese contractor CREC has minimally resumed work on a critical section of the ring road in Badghis, funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The contractor had agreed in July to restart the project once the GIRoA [...]	2009-10-15 11:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV AF
09KABUL3387	THE DAY AFTER: MEETINGS WITH THE CANDIDATES [...] (S) Summary: The day after President Karzai accepted the decision which will lead to a second round in Afghanistan's presidential elections, Ambassador Eikenberry met separately with Karzai and with Dr. Abdullah Abdullah to reaffirm full U.S. support for a successful second round scheduled for [...]	2009-10-21 18:58:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3390	Sarkani Pilot District Visit [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 19, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs, Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne, and Commander of the International Assistance Security Force Joint Command (COMIJC) Lieutenant General David Rodriguez visited the District Center in Sarkani, Kunar Province, [...]	2009-10-22 10:38:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SOCI EAID AF
09KABUL3420	ENGAGING KARZAI'S INNER CIRCLE ON ELECTIONS AND [...] (S) Summary: The Embassy continues to engage both Karzai and Abdullah confidants to prevent political slippage and to solidify our message before the November 7 presidential run-off. We are recognizing President Karzai's correct but difficult decision to accept a second round and the pivot [...]	2009-10-26 12:30:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3429	AFGHAN ELECTIONS: MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT SECOND ROUND [...] (SBU) Summary: The current mood in the provinces regarding the second round of the presidential election varies widely throughout Afghanistan. Government officials and members of the public, mostly supporters of President Karzai, express fatigue with this protracted political process, and qu [...]	2009-10-27 09:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL3444	HELMAND UPDATE: FOOD ZONE ALLEGATIONS ARE BUILDING [...] (C) Begin Summary. Governor Mangal is working steadily to expand an effective GIRoA presence to the district level and continues to prove himself a pragmatic and energetic governor in Helmand. However, the continued drumbeat relating to abuses involving his signature Food Zone program have not [...]	2009-10-27 15:14:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF
09KABUL3557	EMBASSY KABUL VIEWS ON EUPOL EXPANSION IN REGIONAL [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL) hopes to expand its operations into Regional Command East (RC-E),specifically to Jalalabad Airfield and FOB Mehtarlam in Laghman Province. It proposes formalizing this understanding with signed letters of agreement for [...]	2009-11-05 05:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINS MARR EUN NATO AF
09KABUL366	AFGHANISTAN: UNREGULATED HAWALAS (MONEY SERVICE [...] (S) SUMMARY. Hawalas or Sarafs represent the primary source of funds transfer within Afghanistan, accounting for an estimated 80-90% of total transfer among individuals and small businesses. While the majority of hawala fund transfers are for legitimate purposes, sensitive reporting continue [...]	2009-02-18 13:36:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	ECIN ECON EFIN ETRD KCOR KCRM PGOV PINR PTER
09KABUL3721	AGRICULTURE IN PANJSHIR: FERTILE GROUND FOR U.S. [...] (U) Summary: Small family farming is the staple of Panjshir Province's economy, making it a high priority for the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT),as well as for Governor Bahlol Bahji, who declared 2009 to be the &Year of Agriculture in Panjshir.8 Local farmers make good use of the vall [...]	2009-11-19 04:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PGOV AF
09KABUL3743	Afghan Clean Energy and Water Supply Programs: Meeting [...] Summary: This message summarizes two new USAID programs addressing critical energy and water needs that will rely on Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) officers to identify and prioritize specific projects in the field. These two programs are flexible, responding to on-the-ground, demand-dr [...]	2009-11-22 08:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG SENV AF
09KABUL3744	EARLY KARZAI INAUGURAL FEEDBACK: TRIBAL AND WOMEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Twenty Afghan tribal and women leaders, gathered in Kabul November 21, gave Embassy officers contrasting reactions to key points in Karzai's inaugural speech regarding security and corruption. The tribal representatives, mainly from the East, expressed confidence in the ANSF's [...]	2009-11-22 16:34:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3767	AFGHANISTAN'S FIBER-OPTIC CABLE: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghan officials have reported for months that a fiber-optic cable would soon link Afghanistan's population centers and neighboring countries, but they now admit the cable is far from complete and international connections rarely function. Uzbekistan and Tajikistan continue to [...]	2009-11-24 15:22:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV PREL AF
09KABUL380	UK Foreign Secretary Miliband Discusses Best Practices with [...] (SBU) In a February 18 meeting, Kunar Province Governor Wahidi reviewed for visiting UK Foreign Secretary Miliband the reasons for his success in the most "kinetic" province in Afghanistan. Wahidi cited extremely close cooperation with and support from the PRT in security, governance, and dev [...]	2009-02-22 06:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PINR AF
09KABUL3852	KOREA MOVES AHEAD WITH PLANS FOR PRT IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/REL ISAF) Summary and comment: During his five-day visit to Afghanistan, November 12-17, Korean Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Lee Yong-joon solidified Korean plans to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in eastern Afghanistan's Parwan Province. In meetings at I [...]	2009-12-02 12:48:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV KS AF
09KABUL3888	REGIONAL COMMAND EAST CIVILIAN UPLIFT: THE NEW, INTEGRATED [...] (C) Summary: This is the first of a series of messages that will outline important innovations in our operational paradigm in Regional Command East (RC/E),one of the more volatile areas along Afghanistan's Pakistan border, to improve stability and demonstrate near and medium term progress. A k [...]	2009-12-06 06:17:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PREL PROP AF
09KABUL3890	KANDAHAR POLITICS COMPLICATE U.S. OBJECTIVES IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: As we step up engagement with GIRoA leadership in Kandahar, it is important to understand the dynamics of political power and how fundamental Kandahar is to the fortunes of the Karzai regime. It is from Kandahar that President Karzai's claim to national legitimacy originates and from t [...]	2009-12-06 09:53:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PTER AF
09KABUL3907	ENABLING THE GOVERNMENT OF AFGHANISTAN TO GIVE ITS CITIZENS [...] (U) Summary: With one of the lowest literacy rates and some of the worst health statistics in the world, the lack of an educated and healthy population is a severe impediment to social and economic progress and stability in Afghanistan. Enabling the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afgha [...]	2009-12-06 15:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ESTH SOCI AF
09KABUL3962	OPIC-Funded American Investors Create Jobs and Build [...] (U) Summary: Capitalizing on "Afghan First" opportunities that promote local employment, U.S. investors in Afghanistan are training and employing thousands of Afghans, including women, while building capacity in numerous sectors. OPIC-funded U.S. companies have registered successes in the appa [...]	2009-12-09 06:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV EAGR KWMN AF
09KABUL4024	SUBJECT: BUILDING A STRATEGY ON AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (S) Summary. Cross-border issues have a fundamental impact on U.S. objectives in southern Afghanistan, and improved control of the southern border -- at the Spin Boldak crossing in particular -- is a critical path to international coalition and GIRoA success. This message assesses the key cha [...]	2009-12-16 05:31:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS ELTN CAN PK AF
09KABUL4039	SUBJECT: SPIN BOLDAK: A STABILITY AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Spin Boldak District in Kandahar enjoys a reputation for stability and security in a region of the country otherwise known for insurgent violence. Encompassing the Weesh border crossing with Pakistan and astride strategic Highway 4, Spin Boldak occupies valuable turf on the fro [...]	2009-12-17 05:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS CAN AF
09KABUL4186	"SHAPING FOR SUCCESS": NANGARHAR, KUNAR, LAGHMAN [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Regional Command East (RC-E) recently released the results of its October 2009 development survey representing the views of nearly 2,400 residents of the Command's critical focus provinces of Nangarhar, Kunar and Laghman ("NKL"). The survey's results can be interpret [...]	2009-12-29 10:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL465	MAKING ELECTIONS AFGHAN, WITH HELP [...] (SBU) At the semi-annual ISAF headquarters conference for the Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) held February 25-26, key Afghan players on elections highlighted the dramatic increase in the capabilities of Afghan institutions, thanked international partners for their support, and spelled [...]	2009-03-02 13:31:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL58	AFGHANS, PAKISTANIS DISCUSS CROSS-BORDER [...] (U) Summary. Two border-related events hosted by CTF Currahee January 5 and 6 brought together Afghan, Pakistani and Coalition force commanders to discuss better coordination of operations to disrupt insurgent activities along the border. At the January 5 Focused Border Development (FBD) mee [...]	2009-01-12 07:28:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF PK
09KABUL751	FRENCH SPECIAL ENVOY: FRANCE TO INCREASE ITS [...] (C) French Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Pierre Lellouche visited Kapisa province on March 24 where he participated in a shura of Afghan leaders and received briefings on the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and combined US-French military operations. Lellouche indicated tha [...]	2009-03-27 13:55:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF AADP FR
09KABUL793	AFGHANISTAN Q MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE SHARES [...] DCM and USAID Deputy Mission Director met with the Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) Muhammad Asif Rahimi on March 19, 2009 to discuss the recent USG strategic review and the increased emphasis on agriculture. The DCM highlighted the increased role for agriculture in o [...]	2009-03-31 07:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ENRG ETRD ECON EAID AF FAS
09KABUL843	AFGHAN RECONCILIATION INITIATIVE POSSIBLY BUILDING [...] (C) Summary. The Afghanistan Peace and Reconciliation Commission (APRC) has been engaged in reconciliation discussions with Taliban elements following a combined Coalition Force (CF) and Afghan National Army (ANA) operation to regain control of the Alasay Valley in Kapisa Province. At the sa [...]	2009-04-04 09:17:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL846	DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S APRIL 2, 2009 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: On April 2, Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Jacob Lew, D (L),met with Afghan Interior (MOI) Minister Hanif Atmar. Atmar provided an account of the April 1 Ankara trilateral summit with Pakistan and Turkey. He said the presidential level talks were positive, but the [...]	2009-04-05 02:40:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER AF
09KABUL904	Paktikas Bermel District: Governance and Development [...] (U) Summary: Bermel district is home to most of AfghanistanQs Waziri tribesmen, who remain closely connected with the Waziri tribes across the border in PakistanQs North and South Waziristan tribal agencies. Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Paktika found questionable distribution of USAI [...]	2009-04-12 10:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL937	SRAP HOLBROOKE, CJCS ADM MULLEN DISCUSS RECONCILIATION, [...] (SBU) Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Holbrooke and CJCS Admiral Mullen discussed security and reconciliation with the Ulema Council and, in a separate meeting, with Pashtun tribal elders. In both meetings, SRAP Holbrooke began the meeting by articulating the U.S [...]	2009-04-15 06:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL954	COIN SUCCESS IN ALASAY VALLEY PROVIDES LESSONS FOR [...] (S) Summary: Ongoing military operations in the Alasay Valley of Kapisa Province have produced rapid and meaningful effects, not just in pushing out insurgents, but also opening important political and governance opportunities. Despite a continued insurgent threat, the Afghan National Security [...]	2009-04-16 09:28:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KAMPALA1096	UGANDA: NATIONAL RESISTANCE MOVEMENT INSIDER SEES [...] (C) "Captain" Mike Mukula, disgraced former Ugandan Health Minister and current National Resistance Movement (NRM) vice-chairman for eastern Uganda, warned that the 2011 presidential elections will be worse than the deeply flawed 2006 presidential contest. Mukula, whose political reputation w [...]	2009-09-23 06:08:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL UG
09KAMPALA112	MISSION KAMPALA CONCURRENCE FOR FY09 HORN OF [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Mission Kampala has reviewed and supports S/CT's proposal to provide training in Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Counterinsurgency Operations to Uganda to help build its capacity to perform these operations in an effective manner that respects human rights. Mission K [...]	2009-01-29 04:55:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER
09KAMPALA1166	UGANDA: DONOR GROUP STATEMENT ON TRANSPARENCY OF 2011 [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 2, local newspapers prominently published a statement by international donors on the importance of free, fair and peaceful elections in Uganda in 2011. The statement was drafted by the British High Commission on behalf of the Partners for Democracy and Governance Grou [...]	2009-10-08 13:51:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM UG
09KAMPALA1191	UGANDA: URGENT DEMARCHE ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-15 11:12:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAL PREL PHUM PTER UG
09KAMPALA1241	FRAUD SUMMARY - UGANDA [...] (U) Uganda is a country in political and economic transition. It is estimated that 31% of its 30 million people live below the poverty line, and in northern Uganda, over 70% of the population lives below the poverty line. A high unemployment rate and the lack of a living wage for many Ugandan [...]	2009-10-27 09:12:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC UG
09KAMPALA1268	UGANDA: UNGA IRAN, BURMA, NORTH KOREA DEMARCHES [...] (SBU) Poloff urged Uganda to vote against no action motions and in favor of Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Burma, and North Korea per reftel on October 28. Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Multilateral Affairs Officer, Issac Sebulime, and the Acting Chief of the Ministry's Social Unit, Marti [...]	2009-11-02 13:47:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA UG
09KAMPALA1304	UGANDA: THE CONTINUED DECLINE AND FALL OF THE LRA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-10 13:51:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINS PINR PHUM PGOV UG
09KAMPALA1308	UGANDA: GOLDSTONE VOTE RESULT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 05:25:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAL PRE PHUM UNGA PTER UG
09KAMPALA1348	UGANDA: SPECIAL ADVISOR WOLPE'S MEETINGS ON [...] (C) Summary: Special Advisor for the Great Lakes Dr. Howard Wolpe and Ambassador Lanier discussed regional issues with Ugandan diplomats, parliamentarians, and defense officials on November 11. Ugandan officials welcomed reviving the Tripartite Plus mechanism, and the idea of a regional train [...]	2009-11-30 11:56:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS UG
09KAMPALA1359	UGANDA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE - DEFAMATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 13:43:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA UG
09KAMPALA1436	UGANDA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Summary: Uganda remained vulnerable to international terrorism, with members of al-Qa'ida East Africa using Uganda as a transit point. Al-Qa'ida and the Somali-based al Shabaab posed the most significant terrorist threats to Uganda. There were no terrorist attacks during the year, and Ugand [...]	2009-12-21 12:29:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC UG
09KAMPALA163	UGANDA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2009 [...] Embassy POC for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) issues is Political/Economic Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon, Tel: 256-41-306-214, Mobile: 256-772-220-030, Fax: 256-41-345-144. To prepare this report, P/E Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon (FS-02),spent 30 hours, political assistant Gracie Jaasi spent 15 hour [...]	2009-02-13 09:26:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV
09KAMPALA184	UGANDA'S NEW CABINET [...] President Museveni named a new cabinet on February 16. Vice President Gilbert Bukenya and Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi remain in place. The list of ministers follows: Eriya Kategaya, First Deputy Premier/East African Affairs Henry Kajura, Second Deputy Premier/Public Service Kirunda Kive [...]	2009-02-20 08:56:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR UG
09KAMPALA271	STATE OF COUNTERTERRORISM IN UGANDA [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uganda (GoU) is a willing partner in the fight against terrorism and an important member of the East African Regional Security Initiative (EARSI). Uganda is responsive when terrorist threats are identified, but could improve its capabilities with better coordin [...]	2009-03-11 12:49:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KE UG
09KAMPALA482	UGANDAN PERSPECTIVE ON MIGINGO ISLAND BORDER ISSUE [...] Summary. The Ugandan Government will accept the outcome of a joint border verification team, which is determining whether Uganda or Kenya owns tiny Migingo Island in Lake Victoria. The border verification team began work on May 6 and is expected to report its findings in mid-to-late June. Th [...]	2009-05-08 09:07:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KA UG
09KAMPALA491	FOOD SECURITY ASSISTANCE: AN APPEAL FROM THE [...] Summary: In order to maximize the development impact of taxpayer-funded foreign assistance, the U.S. Mission in Uganda strives to ensure that all U.S. Government (USG) assistance programs are well coordinated internally, as well as with the Government of Uganda (GOU) and other development par [...]	2009-05-14 04:02:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON PREL UG
09KAMPALA561	UGANDAN PRESIDENT SEEKS OIL SECTOR SUPPORT IN IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Iran agreed to provide funding and expertise to Uganda's fledgling oil industry during a visit by Ugandan President Museveni from May 15-18. Museveni raised the issue of Iran's nuclear program, arguing that the trouble it was causing Iran internationally was doing more harm tha [...]	2009-06-04 11:12:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UG IR
09KAMPALA628	MUSEVENI APPOINTS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONERS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Museveni named four commissioners to the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) on May 7, finally filling the vacancies after six crippling months of inactivity. The appointments will allow the UHRC to resume hearing cases of human rights violations, which had stalled a [...]	2009-06-18 08:13:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV UG
09KAMPALA70	UGANDAN GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DECLARE VICTORY [...] Summary: In a landmark ruling, the Uganda High Court on December 22 declared that constitutional rights apply to all people, regardless of their sexual orientation. The Court ruled that the Government of Uganda (GOU) violated the rights of members of the Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG),a loc [...]	2009-01-15 09:40:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM UG
09KAMPALA738	UGANDAN EFFORTS TO COMBAT GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE [...] Summary: Gender-based violence (GBV),domestic violence and sexual violence are widespread in Uganda, and pose negative health risks for women because they put women and children at greater risk of HIV infection, sexual infection, and pregnancy. The government has taken significant steps to r [...]	2009-07-07 13:26:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN KOCI AF
09KAMPALA77	SUBJECT: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 05:29:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR UG
09KAMPALA806	UGANDA: U.S. MISSION APPROACH TO MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-27 05:37:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD TSPL
09KARACHI151	KARACHI - AIRLINES ALERTED TO CHECK FOR H1N1 AT KARACHI [...] (SBU) While there are currently no reported cases of H1N1 "swine flu" in Pakistan, the government is beginning preparations in case the virus arrives via international travelers. The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has increased monitoring of inbound passengers to check for those wit [...]	2009-05-01 02:48:00	Consulate Karachi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR TBIO SOCI EAID PK
09KARACHI387	KARACHI - NATIONAL AIRLINE FLOUNDERS AS PRIVATE CARRIERS [...] (C) Summary: While Pakistan's national carrier, PIA, has been operating at a loss for years, Pakistan's private carriers are seeing profits increase and are cautiously preparing to expand - particularly into the Middle Eastern market. PIA executives blame reduced travel demand and unfair compe [...]	2009-12-14 06:16:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PGOV ECON PK
09KARACHI68	KARACHI - CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY FRUSTRATED BY [...] (C) Summary: Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Deputy Director General Sajid Habib told EconOff on February 13 that Pakistan's airline industry wanted a response from the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) to an industry request to fly direct flights to the U.S. He invited U.S. carrier [...]	2009-03-02 06:22:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD PREL ECON PK
09KATHMANDU158	SEVERE POWER CRISIS IN NEPAL LIKELY TO BE LONG LASTING [...] (U) Dry winter weather has triggered extreme outages in hydropower-dependent Nepal, and a top official in the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) recently warned that the current 14-hour daily power cuts are likely to continue for the foreseeable future. The country?s large energy deficit ? peak [...]	2009-02-27 09:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECIN ECON EINV PGOV SENV AMGT ABLD ABUD AFIN
09KATHMANDU375	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS SITREP 2 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-06 09:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP

09KATHMANDU81	U.S. AND NEPAL SIGN AGREEMENT ON LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) On January 23, the Deputy Chief of Mission and Finance Secretary Rameshore Khanal signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA),in English (reftel),covering long-term law enforcement assistance worth over USD 2.5 million to the Home Ministry, Nepal Police (NP),and Armed Police Force (APF). This In [...]	2009-02-02 03:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL SNAR INL KCRS NP
09KATHMANDU852	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE [...] (C) Nepalese Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala told Charge during a meeting on September 15 (septel) she would look into the Middle East issues related to the International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference currently in process in Vienna. Charge specifically requested that Nepal vote aga [...]	2009-09-15 11:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS NP
09KATHMANDU910	FRAUD SUMMARY - KATHMANDU, NEPAL [...] Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a per capita income of less than USD400. A precarious peace following ten years of armed civil conflict, the Maoist party intimating a potential return to violence, weak government institutions under the current government - the second [...]	2009-10-05 12:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NP
09KATHMANDU991	NEPAL: DRAFT 2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Summary: Although Nepal is neither a significant producer of nor a major transit route for narcotic drugs, some hashish, heroin and domestically produced cannabis and opium are trafficked to and through Nepal every year. Nepal's Narcotics Drug Control Law Enforcement Unit (NDCLEU) reports th [...]	2009-11-02 10:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR NP
09KATHMANDU998	NEPAL: UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE MULLS FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) plays an useful and unique role in protecting human rights in Nepal. OHCHR has established long-term and ambitious benchmarks its future program, but it is not clear the Government of Nepal will extend its current [...]	2009-11-03 13:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KHARTOUM1014	STAFFDEL DORAN FINAL SCHEDULE [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Post provides in para 2 the text of the final schedule for Staffdel Doran. 2. (SBU) Schedule for the Visit to Sudan of Congressional Staff Delegation Doran August 24-28, 2009 ---------- Delegation ---------- Ms. Marissa Doran, Professional Staff Member [...]	2009-09-03 05:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP OTRA SU
09KHARTOUM1029	KENYA STRIKES DIFFICULT BALANCE BETWEEN NORTH AND [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with Kenyan Ambassador Robert Ngesu on September 2. During the discussions, Ngesu commented on the Sudan People's Liberation Movement's (SPLM) perceptions of U.S. efforts to facilitate implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and addressed Kenya's bal [...]	2009-09-07 13:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MARR MASS MCAP PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM104	MORE DETAIL ON JEM-SAF FIGHTING NEAR EL FASHER [...] (SBU) UNAMID confirmed on January 27 that Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) engaged armed rebels with the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in ground attacks and aerial bombardment during the day of January 26, in areas south and east of El Fasher, North Darfur. Ahmed Togoud and Gibril Ibrahim of J [...]	2009-01-27 14:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1049	NCP INVITES U.S. POLITIAL PARTIES TO CONVENTION, [...] (U) This is an action message; see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: During a September 7 meeting with Charge, Presidential Advisor Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismael asked Charge's help in identifying U.S. Congressmen or other representatives of the two major U.S. parties to be invited to the National [...]	2009-09-14 10:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM1095	UNAMID TO BE GRANTED ACCESS TO KORMA IN WAKE OF ATTACKS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) continues to be denied access to the town of Korma following clashes between the Government of Sudan (GOS) and Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) faction there on September 17-18. UNAMID's most recent attempt t [...]	2009-09-28 17:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PREF KPKO AU SU
09KHARTOUM1197	SUDAN PEOPLE'S LIBERATION MOVEMENT (SPLM) LAUNCHES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPM) launched its campaign for the 2010 elections on October 12. SPLM's National Elections Strategic Committee (NESC) Chairman and Speaker of the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) Chairman, James Wani Igga and SPLM Deputy Secretary [...]	2009-10-25 15:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM1237	USAID Acting Administrator Meeting on Elections in [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 24, USAID Acting Administrator Alonzo Fulgham and Acting Assistant Administrator for USAID's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) Susan Reichle participated in an elections and political processes roundtable in Khartoum. They met w [...]	2009-11-03 14:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU
09KHARTOUM13	MAIDOB REBELS KILLED IN JEM INFIGHTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Dozens of Maidob fighters from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) were killed and many more injured at the hands of their Zaghawa counterparts in clashes in Eastern Chad on January 1, according to multiple rebel sources. The infighting apparently started when the Maidob prot [...]	2009-01-06 13:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1326	Preview of Sudan 2010 Humanitarian Work Plan [...] (U) Summary: On November 15, USAID attended a stakeholders' conference providing a preview of the UN and partners 2010 Humanitarian Work Plan. The conference, chaired by Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (DSRSG) Ameerah Haq and Commissioner of the Government of Nation [...]	2009-11-23 12:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU
09KHARTOUM134	UNAMID PROPOSES SAFE ZONE IN MUHAJARRIYA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 2, UNAMID's Joint Special Representative Rodolphe Adada told CDA Fernandez that the Justice and Equality Movement has taken four defensive positions outside of Muhajarriya, while the GoS vows a large-scale attack on JEM in South Darfur. UNAMID will stay in the area, [...]	2009-02-03 06:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1361	SUDAN: LUBNA HUSSEIN, NOMINATION FOR 2010 INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) U.S. Embassy Khartoum nominates Lubna Hussein for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. 2. (U) The Public Order Police of the Government of Sudan (GOS) arrested Hussein in July, charging her with violating the Sudanese law for "public appearance in indecent dress [...]	2009-12-07 13:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM KTIP PINR NI
09KHARTOUM1475	ABYEI REFERENDUM LAW APPROVED, BUT SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (C) Summary. On December 30, the National Assembly approved the Abyei Referendum Law by a majority vote, one day after passing the Southern Sudan Referendum Law (reftel). Acting Charge d'Affaires and poloff met with Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin on December 30 prior to the announce [...]	2009-12-30 16:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM163	DARFUR: JEM HEADS NORTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: JEM has fled Muhajarriya and appears to be heading north, according to UNAMID and GOS sources. UNDSS contacts told poloff that they now have unconfirmed reports of fighting between JEM and the GOS near Shangil Tobaya. Although the UNAMID Team Site did report receiving indirec [...]	2009-02-05 15:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM168	DARFUR: JEM HEADS NORTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: JEM has fled Muhajarriya and appears to be heading north, according to UNAMID and GOS sources. UNDSS contacts told poloff that they now have unconfirmed reports of fighting between JEM and the GOS near Shangil Tobaya. Although the UNAMID Team Site did report receiving indirec [...]	2009-02-05 16:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM173	MINAWI REFUSES TO GO TO DOHA [...] (C) SLM leader Minni Minawi and UN/AU Chief Mediator Bassole had a "tough meeting" February 7 in El Fasher during which Minawi refused to travel to Doha this week as part of the Government of Sudan delegation, according to reports from both Minawi and Bassole's Joint Mediation Support Team (JM [...]	2009-02-08 10:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM186	SMALL VOICE, WEAK LEADERSHIP: SPLM NUBA ON EDGE [...] (C) Summary. The Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) in the Nuba Mountains appears to lack leadership and has not effectively advocated for itself with the SPLM National Secretariat in Juba nor with the Government of National Unity (GNU) in Khartoum. It also appears to lack a vision for [...]	2009-02-09 15:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC SOCI KDEM AU SU
09KHARTOUM259	MINNAWI: WE ARE CHASING JEM OUT OF DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 24, the Chairman of the Sudan Liberation Movement and Senior Presidential Assistant Minni Minnawi told CDA Fernandez that his fighters are currently chasing JEM fighters north to the Chadian border and out of Sudan. Minnawi reported that his forces have been emergin [...]	2009-02-25 08:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM357	NCP PASSES A PARLIAMENTARY RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE INGO [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Deputy Speaker of the National Parliament Atem Garang (SPLM) on March 13th to discuss the March 12th emergency session of the Parliament, as well as gather his views on national elections. Garang informed poloff that during the Parliamentary session, the National Congress [...]	2009-03-16 04:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM425	SOUTH DARFUR SECURITY UPDATE, MARCH 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sudanese authorities have arrested three men in connection with the March 17 ambush and killing of one Nigerian UNAMID peacekeeper in Nyala. A spate of daylight attacks within the city has alarmed UN security, while at the same time it copes with reduced visibility in the resti [...]	2009-03-26 05:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM468	SE GRATION VISIT BEGINS: MFA'S SIDDIQ SAYS "WE ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's Special Envoy to Sudan General Scott Gration began his visit to Sudan with a meeting the morning of April 2 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Undersecretary (and NCP insider) Mutriff Siddiq. Siddiq expressed the Government of Sudan's willingness to improve U [...]	2009-04-02 17:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM481	RECLUSIVE SLA/AW COMMANDERS WELCOME SE GRATION IN JEBEL [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 5 rebel commanders from SLA/Abdul Wahid and an enthusiastic local population warmly welcomed Presidential Special Envoy Scott Gration and his delegation to Darfur's most inaccessible area, the mountainous rebel enclave of Jebel Marra. Praising the US and hoping for stron [...]	2009-04-08 06:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM487	CORRECTED COPY: RECLUSIVE SLA/AW COMMANDERS WELCOME SE [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 5 rebel commanders from SLA/Abdul Wahid and an enthusiastic local population warmly welcomed Presidential Special Envoy Scott Gration and his delegation to Darfur's most inaccessible area, the mountainous rebel enclave of Jebel Marra. Praising the US and hoping for stron [...]	2009-04-09 10:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM524	EXECUTION OF FORMER EMBASSY GUARD AND MEMBER OF THE FUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 13, 2009, former Embassy guard Adam Ibrahim El-Haj was executed by hanging for conspiracy to commit murder along with eight other members of Khartoum's Fur community. The accused were charged with the September 6 2006 beheading of prominent Sudanese journalist Mohamed Ta [...]	2009-04-15 14:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC APER AMGT PGOV PREL AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM557	MARCH 23 SESSION OF GRANVILLE/ABBAS MURDER TRIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 23, 2009, five U.S. Embassy Foreign Service National (FSN) employees from the Regional Security Office, Political/Economic and Public Affairs sections attended the trial of five Sudanese men accused in the January 1, 2008 murders of USAID Officer John Granville and FSN [...]	2009-04-24 09:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PGOV SU
09KHARTOUM571	MALIK AGAR PRESSES HARD FOR TRUTH TO BE TOLD IN THREE AREAS [...] (SBU) Summary. Governor of Blue Nile State Malik Agar is fighting for the truth to be reflected in an INGO expulsion report for the Three Areas. According to Malik, the Three Areas joint UN-GOS assessment after the National Congress Party's (NCP's) INGO expulsions on March 4 revealed that ING [...]	2009-04-28 11:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI KPKO ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM59	DUP CHAIRMAN MIRGHANI URGES STRONGER TIES, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 19 meeting with CDA Fernandez, DUP Chairman Mohamed Mirghani urged direct USG financial support for Sudanese Northern opposition parties, including his party so it could compete in national elections on a level playing field with the NCP. He also requested that USG li [...]	2009-01-20 08:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM591	CHADIAN REBELS STILL FEAR ARMY OFFENSIVE, PLEDGE NOT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 4 meeting in Khartoum, RFC Chadian Rebel Commander (and close associate of UFR President Timane Erdimi) Mahamat Hanno claimed that the Chadian Army remains poised to attack the Chadian rebels along the nebulous border region. Hanno backtracked on earlier assertions that [...]	2009-05-05 14:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM661	JEM TAKES KARNOI FROM GOS, SLA/MM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) has taken Karnoi, North Darfur, from the Government of Sudan (GOS),and unconfirmed reports from SLA/Minni Minnawi cite fifty dead in the fighting over the last week near the Chadian border. Two years to the month after the signing of the [...]	2009-05-18 14:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM665	AMNA DIRAR FORMS EASTERN DEMOCRATIC PARTY, LAMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Eastern Front has effectively dissolved after electoral officials denied requests to register it as a political party, Dr. Amna Dirar told poloffs in a May 17 meeting. In response to this setback, Dirar formed the Eastern Democratic Party to provide an alternative to the tri [...]	2009-05-20 04:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PINR KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM698	NISS CHIEF CALLS ON SENATORS TO REMOVE SUDAN FROM [...] (S) SUMMARY: At National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Headquarters, NISS Chief Salah Ghosh expressed frustration that after nine years of NISS cooperation with the CIA, Sudan remains designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, and complained that Sudan is "paying a high price" for [...]	2009-05-28 15:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM814	UN ELECTIONS CHIEF CALLS DELAY OF ELECTIONS TO APRIL 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 30, poloffs attended the monthly meeting of the Electoral Assistance Group (EAG) in Khartoum. UNMIS Chief Electoral Affairs Officer Ray Kennedy noted that the National Electoral Commission (NEC) would imminently release a new electoral calendar, which calls for voter reg [...]	2009-07-07 06:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM84	SLM/MM ALLEGES JEM MANIPULATED BY GOS [...] (SBU) Summary: The SLA/MM commanders who defected to JEM last month are in fact government agents who instigated JEM's attack on Minnawi forces in Muhajiriya to sow discord amongst the rival Zaghawa movements at the behest of the government, SLM/MM reps told poloffs in a meeting on January 22. [...]	2009-01-23 09:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM869	Sudan: Special Envoy Gration and CDA Whitehead visit Heglig [...] (U) On July 21 Special Envoy (SE) Gration and Charge (CDA) Whitehead visited Heglig oilfield, the field headquarters of the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company (GNPOC). Taking off from the regional capital of Kadugli, SE and his delegation were transported by helicopter over the lush rainy [...]	2009-07-27 04:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM916	TAHA ASSESSES CPA, APPEALS FOR LIFTING OF [...] (C) Summary: In an August 5 meeting, Government of National Unity (GNU) Second Vice President Ali Osman Taha offered Representative Keith Ellison a mixed assessment on implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Provisions like Wealth Sharing, he said, have been successful becau [...]	2009-08-07 09:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID EFIN PREF PGOV KPKO SU
09KHARTOUM949	REP. ELLISON FINDS CONCERN ON CPA PROGRESS, STRONG SUPPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his August 7-8 visit to Juba, Rep. Keith Ellison's senior interlocutors in the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) and the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) stressed the incomplete state of CPA implementation, particularly concerning border demarcation and prepar [...]	2009-08-17 07:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM95	GOS/JEM CLASHES, AERIAL BOMBING SOUTH OF EL FASHER [...] (SBU) Apparently in an effort to r%pel JEM vEhicles, GOS airplanes conducted aerial bombings January 26 in areas south of El Fasher, capital of North Darfur state. The bombing occurred in close proximity to Zam Zam IDP camp, approximately 20 km from the North Darfur capital. UN and NGO source [...]	2009-01-26 14:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM951	REP. ELLISON FINDS CONCERN ON CPA PROGRESS, STRONG SUPPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his August 7-8 visit to Juba, Rep. Keith Ellison's senior interlocutors in the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) and the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) stressed the incomplete state of CPA implementation, particularly concerning border demarcation and prepar [...]	2009-08-18 04:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM UNSC SU
09KIGALI150	ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN GATHERS FORCE [...] (C) Summary. In recent months, anti-corruption efforts by the Rwandan government (GOR) have gathered force, with several senior civil servants under arrest. The GOR leadership is issuing orchestrated messages on anti-corruption, and a new anti-corruption body has been established to coordin [...]	2009-03-06 12:52:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM ECON RW
09KIGALI158	READING THE TEA LEAVES - RWANDA'S ECONOMIC [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-10 15:36:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ENGR EINV PGOV RW
09KIGALI181	PYRETHRUM: BACK TO THE FUTURE? [...] (U) Summary: Rwandan production of pyrethrum, a natural insecticide that has been a key Rwandan export crop since 1937, collapsed in 2007/8 due to the country's sole refiner mismanaging suppliers and buyers. From a peak of 1,350 tons in 2006, production slipped to less than 220 tons in 2008. [...]	2009-03-25 15:06:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV EINV USAID RW
09KIGALI221	RWANDA BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) The FY09 foreign assistance package for Rwanda includes funds that are considered assistance for the central government under the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 2003 (FOAA-3). Post therefore provides the following responses to the questions [...]	2009-04-20 06:00:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL EFIN PGOV RW
09KIGALI328	BBC TEAM MEETS WITH GOVERMENT FOLLOWING SUSPENSION [...] (C) On May 21, Jerry Timmins, the Head of BBC World Service for Africa and the Middle East, met with Rwandan officials to discuss the April 25 suspension of BBC Kinyarwanda Service broadcasts in Rwanda (ref B). According to BBC personnel who participated in the five-hour discussion, Informat [...]	2009-05-28 06:40:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI348	IMF CONDUCTS SUCCESSFUL SIXTH REVIEW [...] (SBU) An IMF team successfully concluded its sixth review of Rwanda's three-year Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program with a briefing for donor governments on May 29. The team found Rwanda had met all its 2008 PRGF performance targets; some early 2009 fiscal targets were mis [...]	2009-06-08 13:15:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON EFIN PREL RW
09KIGALI353	UNHCR ON CLOSURE OF KIGEME CAMP, RETURNING RWANDAN [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs met with United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Rwanda Country Representative Nyekan (protect) to discuss the June 2 closure of Kigeme refugee camp, and the return of Rwandan refugees from Uganda. While 1500 Burundian refugees in Kigeme accepted return in Ma [...]	2009-06-10 11:27:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM RW
09KIGALI370	RWANDA'S 2009-2010 BUDGET TABLED BEFORE PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Finance Minister James Musoni introduced the Government of Rwanda's (GOR) 2009-2010 budget before Parliament on June 11. His budget message laid out a USD 1.452 billion budget, up 24 percent from last year in nominal terms, with domestic resources for the first time exceeding [...]	2009-06-17 15:09:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID RW
09KIGALI468	MINI-CABINET SHUFFLE IN RWANDA [...] (SBU) On July 26, Rwanda government radio and television announced President Kabila's modest reshuffling of cabinet positions. Most ministries went unchanged, with the key positions of Prime Minister and Ministers of Defense, Finance, Foreign Affairs, Internal Security, and Justice remaining [...]	2009-07-29 13:39:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI552	WORLD BANK RANKS RWANDA MOST IMPROVED FOR BUSINESS [...] (U) SUMMARY: World Bank "Ease of Doing Business" 2010 indicators--released September 8, 2009--recognize Rwanda as the world's top reformer in implementing business regulation reforms. Rwanda introduced reforms in seven out of ten categories, improving its overall ranking from 143 to 67 out o [...]	2009-09-09 15:24:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EAID RW
09KIGALI570	CODEL MEEKS VISIT FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: A Congressional delegation led by Rep. Gregory Meeks (NY),who chairs the House Financial Services Committee's Sub-committee on International Monetary Policy and Trade, and including subcommittee members Representatives Melvin Watt (NC),Sheila Jackson Lee (TX),Jack Kingston (GA) [...]	2009-09-11 14:00:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP ECON ETRD EFIN EAID PGOV PREL RW
09KIGALI586	LOBBYING FOR RWANDAN SUPPORT AT UNGA [...] (C) Ambassador and Emboffs raised with Rwandan Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali and her Americas Director our interest in working closely with Rwanda on UNGA issues. Museminali welcomed our approach and noted that the Government of Rwanda (GOR) often follows the African Union (AU) consensu [...]	2009-09-18 15:02:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN RW
09KIGALI588	RWANDA NO "ISLAND" - KAGAME PREACHES REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 13 meeting with visiting senior State Department officials, President Kagame said his country's future success depended on the stability and prosperity of the region as a whole. Accordingly, Rwanda wanted closer ties with neighbors such as the Democratic Republ [...]	2009-09-18 17:40:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ECON EAID CG RW
09KIGALI694	ELECTORAL COMMISSION UNVEILS PLANS FOR 2010 VOTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rwandan election officials briefed the donor community October 15 on preparations for Rwanda's next presidential elections, set for August 9, 2010. Outstanding funding needs are modest at $1.2m, and the electoral process will feature a twenty-day campaign period. Parliament is [...]	2009-10-27 16:43:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID RW
09KIGALI735	CONGOLESE AMBASSADOR ARRIVES IN RWANDA [...] (SBU) Norbert Nkulu from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) arrived in Kigali November 2, to begin an assignment as the DRC's ambassador to Rwanda--the first since Presidents Kabila and Kagame took office. Ambassador met Nkulu on November 5, at a reception during which Nkulu warmly en [...]	2009-11-06 09:36:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CG RW
09KIGALI736	DASD HUDDLESTON AND RWANDAN DEFENSE REVIEW [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Huddleston met October 26 with Rwandan Minister of Defense Gatsinzi and senior Rwandan Defense Force officers, including Chief of Defense (CHOD) Kabarebe. The Rwandans thanked DASD for USG cooperation on peacekeeping and highlighted the Rwan [...]	2009-11-06 11:36:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MOPS MASS PINR CG RW
09KIGALI77	RWANDA ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) This edition of the Rwanda Economic Review covers: -- 2008 Tourism revenues up 55 percent over 2007, but slow start to 2009 -- Economy grows 10 percent in 2008 -- Rwandatel to invest $45 million to expand market share, MTN launches BlackBerry -- Construction begins on new Hydro Powe [...]	2009-02-05 13:07:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC RW
09KIGALI770	NEW DRC AMBASSADOR DESCRIBES MISSION, PRAISES GOR [...] (C) In a November 19 call, new Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ambassador Norbert Nkulu described in warm terms his reception by Rwandan officials and what he described as a large and welcoming Congolese community here - many of whom met him at the airport. He recounted with visible pl [...]	2009-11-20 06:05:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON PINR PHUM CG RW
09KIGALI78	RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUND-UP [...] (U) In this edition: - Efforts to Form New Political Party Continue - Ombudsman on Corruption - EU Final Election Report Issued - Intel Chiefs Meet in Rwanda New Party Holds Assembly and Press Conference --------------------------------------------- 2. (C) Supporters of the n [...]	2009-02-05 13:37:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI787	RWANDA IMPROVES RANKING IN CORRUPTION PERCEPTION [...] (U) A November 17 report released by Transparency International (TI) ranks Rwanda 89th out of 180 countries surveyed in its 2009 Corruption Perception Index. Last year, TI ranked Rwanda 102 out of 180 countries. The new ranking places Rwanda as the "least corrupt" in East Africa and among th [...]	2009-11-25 06:22:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON PGOV RW
09KIGALI803	RWANDA JOINS COMMONWEALTH [...] (U) Summary: On November 28th, Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Trinidad and Tobago decided to admit Rwanda as their group's newest member. Although concrete benefits to membership appear modest, Rwandan officials anticipate expanded business and trade opportunities and welcome the [...]	2009-12-01 08:15:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV RW
09KIGALI823	RWANDA'S NEW CABINET LINEUP [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 14:19:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR RW
09KIGALI835	RWANDAN COMPREHENSIVE AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 6, 2009, the African Union/New Partnership for Africa's Development (AU/NePAD) held a Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) post-compact review of Rwanda's 2009-2012 Agriculture Sector Investment Plan to raise agricultural productivity and reduc [...]	2009-12-07 14:55:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD PREL EAID AU RW
09KIGALI874	RPF FLEXES ITS MUSCLES DURING CONGRESS, CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 12, approximately 2500 Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) members from across Rwanda held a party congress in Kigali to hear remarks by Rwandan president Paul Kagame and other senior figures and to elect individuals to fill party leadership slots. RPF rank and file n]F 6v [...]	2009-12-22 06:15:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RW
09KINGSTON248	JAMAICA: PROMINENT FIGURES ADVOCATE CARIBBEAN AGENDA FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 15:14:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL IBRD IDB CDB TRSY
09KINGSTON806	JAMAICA: EARLY CHRISTMAS FOR CASH PLUS INVESTORS? [...] (SBU) Investors in the failed alternative investment scheme, Cash Plus, could have an early Christmas, if liquidator Hugh Wildman is able to reclaim USD 25 million discovered in an offshore account in a Swiss bank in Dubai. The accounts were in the names of Carlos Hill, the embattled head of C [...]	2009-10-09 14:34:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL KCRM KCOR JM XL UK AE
09KINHASA1056	SA WOLPE IN KINSHASA 1/3: OBJECTIVES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Advisor for the Great Lakes Howard Wolpe visited Kinshasa November 13-17 as the culmination of his six-country salutatory tour of the region. In his meetings with senior GDRC decision makers, Wolpe outlined the Obama Administration's objectives in Central Africa and pro [...]	2009-12-03 12:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS CG
09KINSHASA1043	KABILA ENGAGES DIP CORPS ON MONUC, ELECTIONS AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-30 15:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO ECON CG
09KINSHASA1052	Rumors and Realities of Rwandan Returnees in North Kivu [...] (SBU) Summary: Statistics from UNHCR, MONUC, the Congolese National Commission for Refugees (CNR),and independent field investigations indicate that significant numbers of ethnic Tutsis are entering North Kivu from Rwanda. UNHCR's estimate of 12,000, while plausible, is probably inflated. [...]	2009-12-02 14:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA1063	GDRC THOUGHTS ON CNDP INTEGRATION, SGBV, AND SADC [...] (U) During a December 2 meeting with polcouns, John Muabma, an advisor in the Ministry of Regional and International Cooperation, discussed the CNDP's transition from a military movement to a political party, sexual and gender based violence (SGBV),and the DRC's role in SADC and other Centra [...]	2009-12-07 13:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWMN ECON CG
09KINSHASA1066	DRC ACCREDITS RWANDAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: Rwandan Ambassador Amandin Rugira submitted his credentials to DRC President Joseph Kabila on December 2 in a brief ceremony at the presidential offices, Palais de la Nation. Prior to formally assuming his duties, Rugira met with USG officials to discuss the new Rwandan diplomati [...]	2009-12-08 14:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA1079	CAMPAIGN FOR 2011 ELECTIONS KICKS OFF AS KABILA [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 7 State of the Nation address, President Kabila implicitly launched his campaign for the 2011 local and presidential elections, focusing his points primarily on domestic political issues. Kabila predicted GDP growth of 5.4% in 2010, and he lauded the progress ma [...]	2009-12-14 06:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN SENV KDEM EINV CG
09KINSHASA1097	PRESS FREEDOM IN KIVUS FACES SERIOUS CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Journalists and local radio media outlets in the Kivus told visiting assistant public affairs officer (APAO) they continue to receive threats, and they suspect harassment will continue in the lead-up to the 2011 local elections. The unclear future of Radio Okapi, coupled with [...]	2009-12-17 08:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PREL PHUM KDEM CG
09KINSHASA1098	USAID AND UNFPA SUPPORT NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE [...] Summary: USAID has helped to pave the way for the repositioning of Family Planning (FP) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),thus creating an opportunity for increased support to capitalize on the present momentum to expand the FP activities in the DRC. A December 8-9 National Confe [...]	2009-12-17 08:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA1116	LIGHT INFANTRY BATTALION (LIB) TRAINING IN [...] (SBU) Summary: United States training of a Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) of the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) is scheduled to commence Wednesday, February 17, 2010. Major efforts to identify forces to conduct and support training are underway, as are efforts to contract for construction su [...]	2009-12-21 14:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MASS PHUM PREL KWMN SOCI CG
09KINSHASA1127	NGO REPORT ON DRC PRESS FREEDOM SAYS VIOLATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The 2009 annual report on press freedom in Central Africa by NGO "Journalistes en Danger" (Journalists In Danger - JED) notes a significant decrease in recorded violations of press freedom in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from the previous year. However, the report al [...]	2009-12-22 15:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO OIIP PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA120	DRC: A Look Back on 2008 and a Preview of 2009 [...] (SBU) The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) faced substantial challenges in 2008 but made tangible progress in dialogue with armed groups, judicial, decentralization, and economic reforms and development cooperation. In 2009, the DRC faces many of the same challenges that [...]	2009-02-05 18:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF EAID KDEM KPKO CG
09KINSHASA138	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 11 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Special Parliamentary Session on RDF/FARDC Operations? ------------------------------ [...]	2009-02-11 12:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA140	FOREIGN MINISTER'S FEBRUARY 11 BRIEFING TO AMBASSADORS ON [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacted embassy late February 9 to request ambassador's attendance at briefing next day by Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwanke at MFA headquarters. Present at the briefing were ambassadors of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, South Af [...]	2009-02-11 14:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG UN EUN
09KINSHASA149	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 13 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC sources confirmed a Reuters [...]	2009-02-13 14:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA169	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 20 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. FDLR Operations --------------- 2. (SBU) Goma PolOff and post have received info [...]	2009-02-20 13:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA172	OPERATION LIGHTNING THUNDER: SITUATION FROM DUNGU [...] (SBU) Summary: Goma poloff recently traveled to Dungu in Haut Uele with MONUC escorts to gather information related to Operation Lightning Thunder. All MONUC personnel remain garrisoned at the Dungu airstrip, which is well guarded by an unknown number of UPDF and FARDC battalions. No MONUC f [...]	2009-02-23 14:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA192	MONUC ANALYST DISCUSSES EVENTS IN THE KIVUS, [...] (C) Summary: Johan Peleman, Chief of MONUC's Joint Mission Analysis Cell, told PolCouns and visiting Washington analysts on February 26 that, although the joint FARDC-RDF operations against the FDLR had been successful in North Kivu, dealing with the FDLR in South Kivu represented enormous c [...]	2009-03-02 16:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PINR PHUM CG
09KINSHASA219	AMBASSADOR, UN'S ASSISTANT SYG FOR PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Garvelink had a wide-ranging discussion March 5 with Edmond Mulet, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations. Mulet reported that opinion is divided within the GDRC with respect to MONUC's redeployment plan pursuant to UNSCR 1856. He also said that, [...]	2009-03-06 11:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA308	PREPARATIONS FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS MOVE FORWARD TENTATIVELY [...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC's Independent Election Commission (CEI) has announced that the GDRC will commit $31.3 million for the 2009 elections, an important step in leveraging crucial support from donors. Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito underscored the GDRC's commitment in a March 24 letter to UN [...]	2009-04-01 13:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
09KINSHASA316	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL INHOFE TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...]	2009-04-02 11:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CG
09KINSHASA328	TUTSI POLITICIAN RUBERWA CONCERNED THAT FAILURE TO [...] (C) Summary: During an April 2 meeting with Ambassador, Chairman of the Congolese Rally for Democracy Party (RCD) Azarias Ruberwa warned that failure by Parliament to enact an Amnesty Law could easily encourage CNDP elements to reject integration and take up arms again. Ruberwa claimed that [...]	2009-04-06 12:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA33	THE CNDP RIFT: VIEWS OF TWO PROMINENT EASTERNERS [...] (C) In separate meetings with PolCouns and PolOff on January 8 and 9, Eugene Serufuli, former North Kivu Governor, and Enoch Ruberangabo Sebineza, a South Kivu civil society activist and former parliamentarian, discussed the recent CNDP split, as well as the prospects of joint DRC-Rwandan mil [...]	2009-01-13 14:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PREF CG
09KINSHASA334	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL ADAM SMITH TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...]	2009-04-07 14:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CG
09KINSHASA336	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL WILLIAM WARD TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...]	2009-04-07 16:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CG
09KINSHASA37	DRC 2009 BFIF PROPOSALS [...] (U) Post proposes two projects for funding under the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) for 2009: An East and Central Africa Economic Officers Conference to be hosted by Embassy Kinshasa, and a series of U.S-DRC commercial seminars in key selected cities in the DRC. 2. Project 1: E [...]	2009-01-13 16:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AMGT BEXP BTIO ECON ETRD EINV CG
09KINSHASA378	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH EUGENE SERUFULI: [...] (C) During an April 14 meeting with Ambassador, Eugene Serufuli, former RCD Governor of North Kivu, clearly advocated for a decoupage of North Kivu into a Rwandophone-dominated Petit Nord and a Nande-dominated Grand Nord. He cautioned against viewing ethnic relations in Eastern DRC through [...]	2009-04-16 11:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS CG
09KINSHASA387	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICTOR NGEZAYO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met April 17 with influential North Kivu businessman Victor Ngezayo. Unsurprisingly, Ngezayo was highly critical of the GDRC, particularly its efforts to bring peace to the East, which he characterized as superficial. Ngezayo maintained that the new CNDP was a Rwandan [...]	2009-04-20 12:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA393	EASTERN DRC NOTES -- APRIL 21 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) According to media reports, the FD [...]	2009-04-22 11:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA398	FORCED LABOR BY THE FARDC [...] (C) Summary: FARDC troops are reportedly forcing civilians, including children, to act as their porters in North and South Kivu, according to the UN Joint Human Rights Office. The Human Rights Office has also observed new cases of rape and pillaging by FARDC troops. MONUC's support of the [...]	2009-04-22 16:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPKO KTIP MOPS CG
09KINSHASA407	SRSG SECURES COMMITMENT FROM FARDC TO RELEASE [...] (SBU) Summary: During her recent visit to the DRC, Radhika Coomaraswamy, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Children and Armed Conflict reportedly secured commitments from the Minister of Defense and FARDC Generals to identify and release children from FARDC ran [...]	2009-04-24 14:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM MOPS KTIP CG
09KINSHASA423	RESTARTING UNHCR TRIPARTITE MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff recently met with officials from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the DRC's National Commission for Refugees (CNR) to discuss USG interest in restarting tripartite meetings. UNHCR recommended that the USG send observers to the Tripartite Working Groups [...]	2009-04-30 08:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL AO CG
09KINSHASA424	EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 30; BOSCO ALLEGEDLY PART [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Bosco Allegedly Part of Kimia II -------------------------------- 2. (U) BBC and [...]	2009-04-30 09:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG

09KINSHASA443	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 6 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. GDRC-CNDP Negotiations ---------------------- 2. (U) Local media in Kinshasa rep [...]	2009-05-06 14:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA450	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING POLITICAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-07 16:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AORC CG MA
09KINSHASA451	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SOUTH KIVU GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: During a recent conversation with ambassador, South Kivu Governor Louis Muherhwa said he had stressed to senior GDRC officials the need to coordinate upcoming Kimia II military operations with the provincial government. Muherhwa noted that, although integration had generally be [...]	2009-05-07 18:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF CG
09KINSHASA454	SSR IN THE DRC: EMBASSY CONVENES GREAT LAKES [...] (SBU) Summary: We convened a meeting of the DCMs and DATTs from the Great Lakes Contact Group countries and organizations on May 4 to hold a discussion on the way forward on SSR (defined as military reform issues for the purposes of this meeting) and to generate field input for the upcoming C [...]	2009-05-08 10:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR CG
09KINSHASA455	SCENESETTER FOR MAY 18-19 VISIT OF U.S. PERMANENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),with the assistance of Great Lakes neighbors and the international community, achieved tangible progress in efforts to resolve persistent conflict and insecurity in its eastern provinces in late 2008 and early 2009. However, despite DRC [...]	2009-05-08 10:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA487	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 20 [...] (U) The information contained in this report consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Visit of UNSC Ambassadors ------------------------- 2. (U) Ambassadors to the Un [...]	2009-05-20 15:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA492	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KABILA [...] (C) Summary: After the May 19 UN Security Council meeting with President Kabila, Ambassador Rice had a bilateral session with the Congolese president. Ambassador Rice told Kabila the new Administration looked forward to a cooperative working relationship with the Congo and congratulated him on [...]	2009-05-22 10:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL USNC KPKO CG
09KINSHASA493	TFM EXPORTING COPPER DESPITE UNRESOLVED CONTRACT [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador visited the Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM) site, the largest U.S. investment in the DRC, on May 7. TFM is currently producing copper and will soon be in cobalt production as well. The visit provided an opportunity for the ambassador to see first-hand TFM's USD 1.75 bil [...]	2009-05-22 14:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET	ECON EINV EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA509	AMBASSADOR RICE, UNSC PERMREPS MEET WITH MONUC AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 18 Ambassador Susan Rice and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Permanent Representatives (permreps) met with North Kivu provincial officials, MONUC leadership, and victims of sexual violence in Goma and visited Kiwanja, a village in North Kivu, where rebel groups [...]	2009-06-01 14:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL CG
09KINSHASA512	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 2 [...] (U) The information contained in this report consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) On May 25, LRA soldiers attacke [...]	2009-06-02 10:49:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA530	EMBASSY KINSHASA MAKES THE MOST OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO [...] Summary: Embassy Kinshasa hosted three viewings of President Obama's Cairo speech on June 4 and 5, reaching a direct audience of 80 journalists, opinion leaders (Muslim and non-Muslim),and Muslim women, as well as promoting the speech through local contacts, the Embassy website, Facebook pages [...]	2009-06-08 08:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA535	GDRC CABINET RESHUFFLE IMMINENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Diplomatic and host government sources in Kinshasa and Goma indicate that a cabinet reshuffle by President Joseph Kabila is imminent. A major reason behind the reshuffle is the integration of former CNDP and armed group members into mainstream political and administrative posit [...]	2009-06-08 13:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
09KINSHASA578	DRC: MBUSA NYAMWISI -- YESTERDAY'S MAN? [...] (C) Summary: In a June 9 meeting with TDY poloff, Minister of Decentralization and Territorial Development Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi expressed bitterness and resignation about developments in the DRC. An ethnic Nande, who in October was demoted from Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mbusa strongly c [...]	2009-06-19 09:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS PREF RW CG
09KINSHASA581	EASTERN DRC NOTES -- JUNE 19 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation -- Haut Uele/Dungu -------------------------------------- 2. [...]	2009-06-19 14:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREL PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA6	EASTERN DRC NOTES - January 5 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) The CNDP and an unspecified Mai [...]	2009-01-05 09:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA632	PRESIDENT PRESIDES OVER NATIONAL DAY FESTIVITIES IN GOMA [...] (SBU) Summary: President Kabila presided over well-executed and lavish Independence Day ceremonies in Goma on June 30. Charge and Goma emboff attended ceremonies on behalf of the USG. Observers were impressed by a parade of smart-stepping soldiers, well-equipped police, and a wide array of [...]	2009-07-02 16:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA64	DR CONGO QUARTERLY REFUGEE REPORT, DECEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) Continued attacks from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have displaced thousands of citizens in the DRC. UNHCR estimates that there are currently over 104,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in Dungu Territory. In 2008, UNHCR reported that it assisted with the return of over 39,000 [...]	2009-01-21 16:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PREL KPKO CG CF TZ UG ZA UN
09KINSHASA65	PRESIDENT KABILA PROVIDES BRIEFING ON RWANDAN [...] (C) Summary: President Kabila met with UNSC Ambassadors on January 20 to provide an update on events in the Eastern Congo, particularly the entry of Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) soldiers into DRC territory earlier that day. Following the meeting, Kabila and Ambassador met alone briefly. Kabil [...]	2009-01-21 18:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM KPKO CG
09KINSHASA715	DRC SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S AUGUST [...] (C) Madam Secretary: Your August 10/11 visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) comes at a critical juncture. Effective leadership by President Joseph Kabila will determine whether the DRC,s government (GDRC) can successfully address the country's enormous development and security chal [...]	2009-07-28 06:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM CG
09KINSHASA764	VITAL KAMERHE DISCUSSES KABILA, HIS RESIGNATION, [...] (C) Summary: Vital Kamerhe, the former President of the National Assembly, recently provided Special Envoy Wolpe and polcouns a comprehensive review of the DRC's recent political history, offering his perspective on the DRC's political evolution. He views President Kabila as a changed man -- [...]	2009-08-19 08:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN KDEM KJUS CG
09KINSHASA848	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DRC ON IAEA GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 14:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA CG
09KINSHASA857	S/P'S ROSS, COHEN AND PATEL MEET WITH CONGOLESE [...] (SBU) Summary: The visit of Senior Advisor for Innovation, Alec Ross, to Kinshasa and Goma September 9-12, accompanied by Policy Planning staff Jared Cohen and Mira Patel, was an opportunity to advance progress on the new U.S. - DRC partnership following Secretary Clinton's August 10-11 visit [...]	2009-09-22 12:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA86	AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSION WITH PRIME MINISTER MUZITO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with DRC Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito on the latter's request January 26 to discuss the economic crisis facing the country and the current situation in the east. In particular, Muzito asked for USG help with respect to IMF consideration of emergency financial ass [...]	2009-01-28 13:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CG
09KINSHASA886	NGO ACTIVIST ON RUDIA II, KIMIA II, AND INTEGRATION [...] (C) Summary: Noel Atama, a field researcher for the NGO ENOUGH, told PolCouns recently that, although the tide had turned against the LRA, capturing LRA leader Joseph Kony and dismantling the rebel group could ultimately take time. On Kimia II, Atama encouraged the FARDC to stay the course, [...]	2009-09-29 11:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREF PHUM PREL CG
09KINSHASA908	S/P'S ROSS, COHEN AND PATEL MEET WITH CONGOLESE [...] (U) Introductory note: S/P staffers Alec Ross, Jared Cohen and Mira Patel visited Kinshasa and Goma September 9-12. Reftel is an account of the Kinshasa portion of their trip. This message refers their meetings in Goma. End introductory note. Courtesy Call with Vice Governor of North Kiv [...]	2009-10-05 12:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA959	Human Rights Watch criticizes Kimia II [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Human Rights Watch (HRW) researchers told Charge d'affaires that the impact of Kimia II on the civilian population is more brutal than MONUC reports indicate. HRW proposes a re-evaluation of Kimia II with pressure on both the GDRC and international community. Two of t [...]	2009-10-21 13:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL PREF MOPS KPKO CG
09KOLKATA17	KOLKATA MUSLIMS SING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PRAISES, BUT WATCH [...] Summary. Kolkata area Muslims came together at the American Center on Inauguration Day to perform songs and recite poetry in honor of the incoming U.S. President Barack Obama. The spontaneous display of welcome for a new American president was unprecedented in Kolkata PAS' experience. The poets [...]	2009-01-23 10:46:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL KISL KPAO IN
09KOLKATA35	BIHAR CHIEF MINISTER KUMAR: KOSI RELIEF, STATE DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a wide range of contacts, Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is effectively mobilizing the state government machinery to respond to the August 2008 flooding of the river Kosi and improve development in the state. Since forming a government in November 2005, Kumar h [...]	2009-02-10 10:50:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID IN NP
09KOLKATA62	COAL INDIA: GROWTH THROUGH LEADERSHIP, TECHNOLOGY, [...] (SBU) Summary: Led by a dynamic chairman, Coal India Limited (CIL),the world's largest coal producing company, is focused on growing its operations through more efficient mining operations, greater utilization of outsourcing and initiating overseas acquisitions. CIL has recognized the importa [...]	2009-03-09 13:05:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV ENRG BEXP SOCI IN
09KUALALUMPUR1015	MALASIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES HOLD FIRST FORMAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The three main Malaysian opposition parties held their first official joint convention on December 19, agreeing to a core platform of unified party positions and setting their sights on taking over the government during the next general elections. The opposition coalition know [...]	2009-12-24 06:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR102	MALAYSIA'S NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysia made some progress in addressing the challenges associated with trafficking in persons during this reporting period, building incrementally on the advances it made last year. Malaysia began implementing and enforcing its comprehensive anti-trafficking law, which went [...]	2009-02-13 09:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD KTIP
09KUALALUMPUR113	AMBASSADOR KEITH'S MEETING WITH MFA SECRETARY [...] (C) The Ambassador met MFA Secretary General Rastam February 17 for an extended dinner conversation covering our commitment to ASEAN, a range of Iran-related issues, Burmese refugees, our trade relationship, bilateral ties, and Malaysia's desire to be part of the Anti-Piracy Contact Group. Ra [...]	2009-02-19 00:03:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PARM PHUM ECON ETRD ETTC MNUC IR MY
09KUALALUMPUR195	MALAYSIA UNVEILS USD 16 BILLION ECONOMIC STIMULUS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Facing rapidly slowing growth and a probable recession in 2009, Malaysia announced its second fiscal stimulus package on March 10. The larger than expected stimulus package includes additional spending, guarantees, equity investments and tax incentives amounting to a [...]	2009-03-16 23:16:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON ETRD PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR23	GAZA: PARLIAMENT VOTES TO CONDEMN ISRAEL, SEEKS [...] (SBU) In a special session of the Malaysian Parliament convened on January 12, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi delivered a blistering condemnation of Israel, while also lambasting the United States for supporting Tel Aviv. After seven hours of speeches, Parliament unanimously endorsed a resolu [...]	2009-01-13 10:40:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAL UNSC UNGA IS MY
09KUALALUMPUR230	MALAYSIA'S WOMEN'S MINISTRY PROVIDES TIP UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Director General (DG) Noorul Ainur from the Women's Ministry briefed the Embassy on March 20 about recent Ministry efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). The DG described progress in working with local NGOs and initiating a nascent TIP awareness program, and also prov [...]	2009-03-27 10:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI KTIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR245	MALAYSIAN POLICE INVESTIGATES BURMESE REFUGEE TIP [...] (U) Inspector General of Police (IGP) Musa Hassan announced a joint investigation by Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) and Malaysia's Immigration Department into allegations that Immigration officials are involved in the trafficking of Burmese refugees along the Malaysia-Thai border. The April 1 [...]	2009-04-02 12:16:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PINR PINS PHUM KTIP BM BX ID MY
09KUALALUMPUR258	MALAYSIA: NO OFFICIAL RESPONSE YET TO NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) The Ambassador conveyed the President's statement and additional reftel points on North Korea's April 5 missile launch to Malaysian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Rastam Mohd Isa on April 6. Rastam has yet to respond and in follow-up with MFA contacts in the East Asia, Americas and Mu [...]	2009-04-08 08:43:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PARM PGOV PREL KNNP KN MY
09KUALALUMPUR266	NAJIB UNVEILS CABINET, PLACES LOYALISTS IN KEY [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Najib Razak publicly announced his cabinet on April 9, placing his loyalists in key positions and giving the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party control of 15 out of 24 ministries. Najib appointed Muhyiddin Yassin as Deputy Prime Minister, reflecting h [...]	2009-04-09 12:37:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR268	NAJIB'S NETWORK - A PRELIMINARY LOOK [...] (C) This cable provides a preliminary review of Prime Minister Najib Razak's close aides and political associates, known associated companies, and business contacts, as well as summary information on Najib's four brothers. The review is based on information available prior to Najib's confirma [...]	2009-04-10 07:21:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS ECON MY
09KUALALUMPUR304	BANK MELLAT SUBSIDIARY IN LABUAN, MALAYSIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-24 09:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL ETTC KTFN MY
09KUALALUMPUR318	MALAYSIAN PM ANNOUNCES FINANCIAL SECTOR [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak announced a number of liberalizations to Malaysia's financial sector on April 27, as promised last week when he removed some restrictions in various service sectors (reftel). Foreign equity limits will be raised from 49 percent to 70 percent for in [...]	2009-04-28 12:17:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ETRD PREL MY BG
09KUALALUMPUR336	TFFLU01: MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - MAY 6, 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysia has no reported human H1N1 cases. Four potential cases have already been tested and cleared. Post delivered a demarche to the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industries and the Ministry of International Trade and Industry requesting a reconsideration of the cur [...]	2009-05-06 09:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR351	FOREIGN MINISTER ANIFAH AND AMBASSADOR ENDORSE [...] (C) Malaysia's new Foreign Minister Anifah Aman endorsed strengthened relations with the U.S. during the Ambassador's May 11 introductory call, which precedes Anifah's travel to Washington and May 14 meeting with Secretary Clinton. The Minister called for increased and institutionalized offic [...]	2009-05-11 10:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ECON SENV KNNP IR PK AF MY
09KUALALUMPUR387	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PAKISTAN'S IDP CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 09:32:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF EAID PK MY
09KUALALUMPUR392	NEXT STEPS FOR U.S. - MALAYSIA RELATIONS [...] (S) We have come a long way in the first months of the new Administration's relationship with Malaysia. Secretary Clinton's congratulatory call to Foreign Minister Anifah and her early meeting with him in Washington as well as Prime Minister Najib's well publicized receipt of a letter of con [...]	2009-05-20 09:36:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR402	MALAYSIAN CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON LICENSE FOR [...] (C) Summary: At an AMCHAM luncheon on May 18, the Ambassador told Bank Negara Governor Zeti that the U.S. continued to object to the GOM decision to license First East Export Bank PLC (a subsidiary of Iran's Bank Mellat) to open in Labuan (ref A). The Ambassador explained that there was no [...]	2009-05-26 08:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETTC IR MY PREL
09KUALALUMPUR409	MALAYSIA "CONCERNED" ABOUT DPRK NUCLEAR TEST [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak expressed "concern" about the DPRK nuclear tests to reporters on May 26, saying that "North Korea's display of nuclear capability will further heighten the tension in the Korean peninsula and affect the whole East Asian region." Najib hoped that the issue [...]	2009-05-27 09:25:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP KNNP UNSC KN MY
09KUALALUMPUR59	FOREIGN MINISTRY RELEASES STRATEGIC PLAN, SEEKS [...] (U) Malaysia's Foreign Ministry summoned representatives from all foreign missions on January 29 in order to formally announce its Strategic Plan for 2009-2015, the first time the Ministry has made public such a document. The strategic plan, which was required of all ministries by the Prime M [...]	2009-01-30 09:17:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD MY
09KUALALUMPUR61	MALAYSIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC OVER PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] (SBU) Malaysians have enthusiastically but cautiously welcomed President Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and his expected successor, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak, have both pledged to work closely with the Obama Administration, and [...]	2009-01-30 10:26:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO SCUL MY
09KUALALUMPUR699	HAZE IN MALAYSIA CAME EARLY, STICKING AROUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The annual haze came early to Malaysia this year, starting in late May. Forest and peat fires primarily in Indonesia are the main cause of the haze, although some burning in Malaysia, including in the Bakun Dam region of Sarawak, has contributed to the problem. The haze has dra [...]	2009-08-18 08:49:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV MY ECON
09KUALALUMPUR739	BANK MELLAT/FEEB DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA AND [...] (S) DCM Rapson, accompanied by econoff, conveyed reftel points and non-paper on First East Export Bank to Mohammad Radzi, Deputy Secretary General I of the Malaysian Foreign Ministry, on September 4. DCM highlighted the key points of the non-paper for Radzi, noting specifically that if the GOM [...]	2009-09-04 09:19:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KNNP MY PINR
09KUALALUMPUR752	BANK MELLAT/FEEB DEMARCH DELIVERED TO BANK NEGARA [...] (S) Econcouns delivered ref A demarche on FEEB xxxxxxxxxxxx emphasized that BN and LOFSA took their supervisory role seriously, and that Malaysia approved the FEEB license and would allow it to operate as long as there was no evidence that FEEB was in contravention of any relevant law and was not s [...]	2009-09-11 09:45:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KNNP IR PINR PTER MY
09KUALALUMPUR772	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADER ANWAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting at the Embassy on September 14, opposition coalition Peoples Alliance (PR) leader Anwar Ibrahim told the Ambassador that, in line with reports in the blogosphere, he had met with Prime Minister Najib Razak alone for about two hours in early August. Najib had said tha [...]	2009-09-18 04:32:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	MY PGOV PREL
09KUALALUMPUR828	REALIST ISLAMIC POLITICS IN KELANTAN [...] (C) Summary: Kelantan, Malaysia's least-developed and most conservative Muslim state, has been governed by the opposition Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) for the last 20 years. Its relative poverty has led to jibes such as that from Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin on October 6 that Kelantan [...]	2009-10-19 02:52:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON GTIP MY TH
09KUALALUMPUR835	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 [...] (SBU) September 28, 2009; 12:30 p.m.; The Ambassador's residence; Kuala Lumpur. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Keith Ambassador Joseph DeTrani, Directorate of National Intelligence Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Ma [...]	2009-10-22 05:11:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL PGOV MY CH
09KUALALUMPUR859	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 28,2009 [...] (SBU) September 28, 2009, 09:00 a.m.; Prime Minister's Office, Putrajaya, Malaysia. 2. (SBU) Participants: United States ------------- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador James Keith DNI Ambassador Joseph DeTrani Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Joseph Donovan Deputy Assistant Secre [...]	2009-10-27 06:44:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL PGOV ECON MY
09KUALALUMPUR880	Malaysia: Minister Yakcop Bullish on FDI Growth Prospects [...] (SBU) Malaysian Minister at Large and economic adviser to the Prime Minister (former Minister of Finance II) Nor Mohamed Yakcop spoke privately and candidly October 21 to AMCHAM members on the Najib Administration's plans to attract new foreign direct investment (FDI). Yakcop said the governme [...]	2009-10-30 08:31:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV MY
09KUALALUMPUR886	SARAWAK: NATIONAL FRONT'S "SAFE DEPOSIT" SECURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An October 12-14 visit by Pol counselor to Sarawak -- known as a ruling National Front's (BN) "safe deposit" because BN can count on retaining political control of its 31-member Parliamentary delegation -- reinforced the view that Sarawak remains firmly in the ruling coalition's [...]	2009-11-02 10:10:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON MY
09KUALALUMPUR917	MALAYSIA: SPECIAL ADVISOR ON NONPROLIFERATION AND [...] (C) Summary: In November 3-4 meetings with senior Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB),Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI),and Bank Negara officials, Special Advisor for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Robert Einhorn discussed the importance of Malaysia adopting an export c [...]	2009-11-13 08:10:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PTER PREL EFIN ETRD ETTC PARM PGOV IR MY KNNP
09KUALALUMPUR922	MALYSIA: DESIGNATION OF FIRST EAST EXPORT BANK [...] (SBU) Econcouns delivered the points contained in Ref. A to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary for Disarmament and Non-proliferation Bala Chandran Tharman on November 5. Tharman did not provide any immediate feedback. Econcouns also delivered via letter the points contained in reftel [...]	2009-11-16 08:52:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ETTC IR KNNP MY PARM PREL PTER
09KUALALUMPUR935	INDONESIAN PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA [...] (SBU) Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made an official visit to Malaysia on November 11-12, his first abroad since winning his second consecutive election in July of this year. Although a number of issues between the two countries have flared in recent months, putting some strain [...]	2009-11-19 08:49:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID MY
09KUALALUMPUR937	NON-PRO/EXPORT CONTROL MEETING WITH MALAYSIAN MFA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 02:54:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KNNP KSTC EXBS ECON PARM PTER PGOV PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR942	MALAYSIA: MFA SHARES VIEWS ON ITS UN POSITIONS [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Poloff met with Principal Assistant Secretary Jamal Sharifuddin Johan, Assistant Secretary Mohd Adlyn Mughni Shamsudin, and Assistant Secretary Nik Ady of the MFA's Multilateral Political Division on November 18 to discuss Malaysia's general voting practices in the UN, [...]	2009-11-20 08:53:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAL IR IS MY
09KUALALUMPUR958	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA BY AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Madam Ambassador, Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes your visit to Malaysia. U.S.-Malaysia relations are changing across a wide range of bilateral and multilateral settings. In his first seven months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has demonstrated a more pragmatic and action-o [...]	2009-11-30 09:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	KWMN PREL PGOV GTIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR959	MALAYSIA: BANK NEGARA KEEPING CLOSE WATCH ON FIRST [...] (C) Summary: Bank Negara (BN) Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Manager Abdul Rahman Abu Bakar (Rahman) stated during a November 20 meeting with econoff that FIU is monitoring all account activity at First East Export Bank (FEEB - a subsidiary of Iran,s Bank Mellat) on a daily basis, treating [...]	2009-11-30 09:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD ETTC IR KNNP MY PINR PTER
09KUALALUMPUR962	MALAYSIA: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Per reftel instructions, Post submits the following text for the 2009-2010 INCSR, Part 1. BEGIN TEXT: Malaysia I. Summary Malaysia is not a significant source country or transit point for U.S.-bound illegal drugs; however, domestic drug abuse in Malaysia remains on the rise, and Mal [...]	2009-12-01 08:29:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR981	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA BY SPECIAL [...] (C) Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes your visit to Malaysia. U.S.-Malaysia relations are changing across a wide range of bilateral and multilateral settings. In his first eight months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has demonstrated a more pragmatic and action-oriented approach [...]	2009-12-09 23:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR982	MALAYSIA: MFA INFORMED ON MALAYSIAN CORPORATE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-09 23:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET ETTC KNNP MY
09KUALALUMPUR99	MALAYSIAN COAST GUARD RECEIVES ITS FIRST U.S. [...] (U) For the first time in its nearly four-year history, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) hosted the port visit of a U.S. Coast Guard vessel. The 378-foot High Endurance Cutter Boutwell arrived in the East Malaysia port of Kota Kinabalu on February 4, 2009. The crew of 178 US [...]	2009-02-13 00:25:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MCAP MARR MY
09KUWAIT1002	NEW PUBLICLY-OWNED BANK "WARBA" WILL GIVE CITIZENS [...] (C) On Sept. 15, the Kuwaiti cabinet announced the creation of Warba Bank as a public shareholding company and the fourth Sharia-compliant bank in the country. Warba Bank is being established by Amiri Decree and will have a share capital of KD 100 million (USD 350 million). Kuwaiti citizens [...]	2009-10-19 12:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV KU
09KUWAIT1009	WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL CASEY (OCTOBER 25-58, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Casey to travel to post from Oct 25-58, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and an expeditor will meet and assist you upon arrival. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9985-1697 Fa [...]	2009-10-22 10:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IR
09KUWAIT1011	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Econoff visited Gulf Technology Electronic & Systems Co. October 1 and met with its director, Nallepilly K. Balasubramanian, to substantiate the company's bona fides as a broker of USML items. Econoff confirmed that the company is in business at the listed location. [...]	2009-10-22 12:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ETTC EIND EINT KOMC KU
09KUWAIT102	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BOEHNER (FEBRUARY 5-7, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Boehner to travel to post February 5-7, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2009-02-04 09:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ AF KU PK TU EI COUNTRY
09KUWAIT1021	MOVING KUWAIT TERROR FINANCE COOPERATION FORWARD [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (S/NF) Summary: (S/NF) Post believes we have an opportunity to change the terms of the engagement with the GoK by widening the scope of the terror finance conversation to include all financial crimes. A constituency exists among t [...]	2009-10-26 12:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINR KTFN KU
09KUWAIT1038	WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL CAMMACK (NOVEMBER 2-7, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Cammack to travel to post Nov 2-7, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9985-1697 [...]	2009-10-30 14:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
09KUWAIT1039	WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL CAMMACK (NOVEMBER 2-7, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Cammack to travel to post Nov 2-7, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9985-1697 [...]	2009-10-30 14:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
09KUWAIT1051	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL PRICE (NOVEMBER 7-9, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Price to travel to post Nov 7-9, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9985-1697 Fa [...]	2009-11-04 12:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ EI KU JO BA NO LE
09KUWAIT1052	SR PANDITH REACHES OUT TO NEXT GENERATION OF KUWAITI [...] (U) Summary: Special Representative for Muslim Communities Farah Pandith's October 26-28 visit to Kuwait concentrated on outreach to students and young leaders active in civil society in a wide variety of ways. Throughout her visit, SR Pandith emphasized her strong interest in helping Kuwait's [...]	2009-11-04 13:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KISL KPAO ZR
09KUWAIT1060	GOK AND CORPORATIONS HOST FIRST-EVER TRAINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 26 and 27, Kuwait's General Administration for Customs held its first-ever training sessions for customs inspectors designed to combat trade in counterfeit goods in collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce, the Brand Owners Protection Group, and American-based comp [...]	2009-11-09 12:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR EIND EINT ETRD KU
09KUWAIT1090	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL MERKLEY (NOVEMBER 22-25, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL MERKLEY to travel to post from NOV 22-25, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and an expeditor will meet and assist you upon arrival. Embassy point of contact is: Larry Carson ISU Management Officer Office: +965-2259-1545 Cell: +965-9983-5 [...]	2009-11-18 12:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN
09KUWAIT1094	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL MURTHA (NOVEMBER 22-23, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Murtha to travel to post Nov 22-23, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Senior Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 998 [...]	2009-11-18 15:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU EI TC IT
09KUWAIT1101	TRIPARTITE CELEBRATES IRAQI EFFORTS, REMAINS [...] This is an Action Request. See Para 6. 2. Summary. Ambassador led the U.S. delegation to the 32nd Tripartite Commission (TC) meeting on November 18, which though it closed only one official remains file, registered a spirit of optimism that was in stark contrast to last year's negative [...]	2009-11-19 13:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM MARR PGOV IZ KU
09KUWAIT1106	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL BARRASSO (NOVEMBER 24-27) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL BARRASSO to travel to post from NOV 24-27, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and an expeditor will meet and assist you upon arrival. Embassy Point of Contact is: Control Officer: Garth Hall Political Officer Office: (965) 2259-1690 M [...]	2009-11-23 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN
09KUWAIT1131	KUWAITI JOURNALIST ARRESTED FOR SLANDERING RULING [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 13:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KMPI KU
09KUWAIT1133	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL RICHARDSON (DECEMBER 4-7, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Richardson to travel to post from Dec 4-7, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and an expeditor will meet and assist you upon arrival. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Senior Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9985-1 [...]	2009-12-03 07:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU AF
09KUWAIT1135	WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL Kostiw (December 5-8, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Kostiw to travel to post from Dec 5-8, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and an expeditor will meet and assist you upon arrival. Embassy point of contact is: Robyn AbouZeid, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1203 Cell- (965)9961-4586 Fax [...]	2009-12-03 09:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IR AF AE
09KUWAIT1138	RAISING ISRAEL'S SETTLEMENT MORATORIUM WITH GOK [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 13:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS KU
09KUWAIT115	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL LANKLER(February [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to Staffdel Lankler to travel to post on February 22-26, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ex [...]	2009-02-09 09:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IQ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT1155	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL TAYLOR (DECEMBER 12-15, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL TAYLOR to travel to post from Dec 12-15, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and an expeditor will meet and assist you upon arrival. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Senior Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9985-169 [...]	2009-12-10 12:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ
09KUWAIT1158	U.S. SPEAKER, DR. REZA ASLAN SPEAKS TO KUWAITI AUDIENCES ON [...] (U) Summary: Dr. Reza Aslan, a well known Iranian-American scholar and author of several books on Islam, spoke to a diversified group of scholars, intellectuals, Islamic thinkers, officials and students from a wide range of political, economic and social backgrounds during his November 22-25 vi [...]	2009-12-13 13:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC OIIP SCUL KPAO ZR
09KUWAIT1170	KUWAITI FOOD SECURITY: LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE... [...] (SBU) Key Points -- Despite high profile press reports, the GoK has not invested in buying farm land in developing countries. -- The Kuwait Fund and the Arab fund have both provided loans and grants to support agricultural sectors in developing countries. -- There is some interest in ag [...]	2009-12-15 10:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EINV ETRD EAID KU
09KUWAIT1173	AMIR'S ADDRESS TO GCC ACCENTUATES POLITICAL [...] (C) While the Kuwait-hosted December 14-15 GCC Summit has a decidedly economic and infrastructural focus, with discussion of projects to link participant countries' electrical grids, develop a common railway authority and form a monetary union high on the agenda, Amir Shaykh Sabah Al Sabah's D [...]	2009-12-16 05:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR IZ IS KU
09KUWAIT1212	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL McConnell (January 7-8, 2010) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL McConnell to travel to post from Jan 7-8, 2010. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and an expeditor will meet and assist you upon arrival. Embassy point of contact is: Robyn Abouzeid, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1203 Cell- (965)9961-4586 Fax [...]	2009-12-28 05:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PK AF KU UK
09KUWAIT1217	AMIR MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MUBARAK [...] (U) Local media briefly noted a December 23 visit to Kuwait by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the highlight of which was a meeting with Amir Shaykh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah, Crown Prince Shaykh Nawaf Al Sabah, and First Deputy PM and Minister of Defense Shaykh Jaber Al Sabah. Mubarak was ac [...]	2009-12-29 13:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KU EG
09KUWAIT123	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL ROS-LEHTINEN (February [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to CODEL Ros-Lehtinen to travel to post on February 17-20, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ [...]	2009-02-10 09:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT129	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL PINGREE(February 14-15, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to CODEL Pingree to travel to post on February14-15, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]	2009-02-11 12:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT135	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA (February 14-18, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Faleomavaega to travel to post on February 14-18, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Agnel Berry, ISU Coordinator Office- (965) 2259-1416 Cell- (9 [...]	2009-02-16 04:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IT KU
09KUWAIT139	DOE-KISR SEISMOLOGY COOPERATION TO ENHANCE MONITORING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL),affiliated with the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA),expects to finalize an agreement shortly with the GOK-funded Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) to enhance the USG's and GOK's capab [...]	2009-02-18 07:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL TPHY PREL SENV ETTC KU
09KUWAIT14	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL KILDEE (JANUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Kildee to travel to post January 8-12, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]	2009-01-06 10:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM EG CY KU IS CENTCOM EUCOM
09KUWAIT159	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL LYNCH(February 27-28, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to CODEL Lynch to travel to post on February 27-28, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]	2009-02-24 10:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE

09KUWAIT187	MFA COMMENTS ON U.S. REVIEW OF IRAQ POLICY [...] (C) POLCOUNS on March 2 discussed ref A points concerning the ongoing review of U.S. policy in Iraq with Dr. Hamad Bu Rahamah, Counselor in MFA's International Organizations Department. Rahamah, who received the demarche as the senior-most MFA official available after Kuwait's long National [...]	2009-03-03 12:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ KU
09KUWAIT20	Amended COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL KILDEE [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Kildee (to include LTG Eric Schoomaker and LTC James Pulliam, as per email received from CDR Glen Diehl) to travel to post January 8-12, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq c [...]	2009-01-08 11:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM EG CY KU IS CENTCOM EUCOM
09KUWAIT25	CODEL GRAHAM SHARES VIEWS WITH GOK ON IRANIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a January 8 meeting, Senator Joe Biden, accompanied by Senator Lindsey Graham, briefed Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Jaber Al Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al Sabah on the U.S. political transition and cabinet formation process. In [...]	2009-01-12 09:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT287	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL TSONGAS (APRIL 5-8, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Tsongas to travel to post April 5-8, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...]	2009-03-23 10:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ AF AE COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT288	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL TSONGAS (APRIL 5-8, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Tsongas to travel to post April 5-8, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9721-5933 [...]	2009-03-23 10:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ AF AE COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT289	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL TSONGAS (APRIL 5-8, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Tsongas for travel to post April 5-8, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9721-5933 [...]	2009-03-23 10:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ AF AE COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT336	KUWAIT BOURSE SUSPENDS ALMOST ONE FIFTH OF TRADED FIRMS [...] (U) The Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) announced April 1 the suspension of 36 companies, including giants Global Investment House (GIH) and Investment Dar, for failing to file their 2008 financial results by March 31. With 210 companies traded on the KSE (the second largest bourse in the Middle E [...]	2009-04-07 13:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON KU
09KUWAIT343	EMBASSY KUWAIT WELCOMES CODEL REED (APRIL 14-16, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Reed to travel to post, April 14-16, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Agnel Berry, ISU Coordinator Office- (965) 2259-1416 Cell- (965)9973-9854 H [...]	2009-04-08 07:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ PK AF AE
09KUWAIT352	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL MICHAUD (APRIL 14-15, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Michaud to travel to post April 14-15, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9721-593 [...]	2009-04-12 08:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI GM KU
09KUWAIT486	KUWAIT: KEEPING A WARY EYE ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti government officials and foreign policy analysts remain deeply suspicious of Iran's hegemonic ambitions, which they view as a serious threat to the Gulf region and the wider Middle East, and regularly raise the issue at senior meetings with USG officials, most recently wi [...]	2009-05-14 14:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV KU
09KUWAIT493	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Ambassador Christopher Hill and Senior Advisor Mr. Gordon Gray to travel to post on Monday, May 18, 2009 for a meeting with Ambassador Deborah K. Jones. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply f [...]	2009-05-17 13:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT ASEC KU IZ
09KUWAIT51	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL ARCANGELI (JANUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for StaffDel Arcangeli to travel to post January 28-31, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]	2009-01-21 10:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU QA BA COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT511	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL LEAHY(MAY 23-24, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Leahy to travel to post on May 23-24, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the base. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9721-5933 Ho [...]	2009-05-21 07:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI FR IZ PK KU
09KUWAIT518	U.S. PROGRAMS PROPEL KUWAITI WOMEN TO GREEN CHAIRS [...] (C) Summary. In Kuwait's May 16 election, four U.S. educated women -- Dr. Ma'asouma Al-Mubarak, Dr. Aseel Al-Awadhi, Dr. Rola Dashti, and Dr. Salwa Al-Jassar -- became the first women to win seats in Kuwait's fifty-member parliament. Embassy believes their electoral chances were significantly [...]	2009-05-21 15:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ELAB KWMN KMPI KPAO OEXC OIIP
09KUWAIT523	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL LANGEVIN (MAY 25-26, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Langevin to travel to post May 25-26, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9721-5933 [...]	2009-05-25 10:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ BA AF TC GM
09KUWAIT54	ARAB ECONOMIC SUMMIT: ARAB DISUNITY AND GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The Arab Economic Summit concluded January 20 in Kuwait with a "Declaration" in lieu of a "final communiqu" after leaders failed to agree on language regarding the recent hostilities in Gaza. Despite heroic efforts to paper over differences and Saudi King Abdullah's open calls fo [...]	2009-01-21 15:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL KPAL KU
09KUWAIT560	MOOT COURT VERDICT . . . A HUNG JURY, A VICTORY FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The terrorism trial simulation conducted at the American University of Kuwait (AUK),detailed in reftel, came to a conclusion on May 19 with closing arguments by the defense and prosecution and two and a half hours of jury deliberation, which ended with a (partially manufactured [...]	2009-06-04 09:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL SOCI PTER KU ZR
09KUWAIT561	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL HOLDEN(JUNE 6-7, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Holden to travel to post on June 6-7, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)99721-5933 [...]	2009-06-04 11:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC KU AFIN IZ
09KUWAIT619	KUWAIT ECONOMIC UPDATE - JUNE 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: -Despite high profile defaults, Kuwait continues to be spared most of the ravages of the global financial crisis. S&P recently reaffirmed its "AA-/A-1 " ratings, citing Kuwait's "robust external balances." -Current oil prices will likely produce a budget surplus [...]	2009-06-24 09:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EPET KU
09KUWAIT631	SCENESETTER FOR AA/S FELTMAN VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] (C) Dear AA/S Feltman, my staff and I look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. Your arrival comes at an interesting moment, with a newly elected National Assembly already testing the government's resolve through the "grilling" of a senior Al Sabah minister. Your visit will provide an excellent [...]	2009-06-25 13:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV IZ IR KU
09KUWAIT633	KUWAIT H1N1 LESSONS LEARNED -- WALKING THE LINE [...] (C) Summary: Reports of multiple H1N1 influenza cases among U.S. military personnel in Kuwait in mid-May strained U.S.-Kuwait relations and threatened the seamless monthly flow of 50,000 OIF troops. Emboffs and senior Army officers worked diligently to maintain GOK trust in the USG's ability [...]	2009-06-28 03:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU MARR MOPS AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO
09KUWAIT639	KUWAIT'S AID TO PAKISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary and Key Points ---------------------------- -- The Kuwait Red Crescent (KRC) has made preparations to provide Pakistani Internally Displaced Persons with 20,000 tents and 10,000 packages of foodstuffs, cooking ut [...]	2009-06-28 13:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID PHUM PREL PK KU
09KUWAIT645	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL HUTCHISON(JUNE 30-JULY 1, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Hutchison to travel to post on June 30-July 1, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9 [...]	2009-06-29 12:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC KU
09KUWAIT66	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL TIERNEY (JANUARY 29-30, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Tierney to travel to post January 29-30, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]	2009-01-26 03:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI HU KU PK QA COUNTRY
09KUWAIT67	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL SMITH (JANUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Smith to travel to post January 31- February 1, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/e [...]	2009-01-26 03:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT676	AA/S FELTMAN DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: During a June 30 meeting between the Prime Minister and AA/S Feltman, the PM: -- urged ongoing dialogue with Iran, despite recent events, and the avoidance of any military option, notwithstanding his pessimistic outlook on Iran's nuclear program and the prospects for any opening [...]	2009-07-08 05:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KUNC IR IZ PK KU
09KUWAIT682	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK TO REVIEW REQUEST TO [...] Following a July 9 meeting on another subject, A/DCM delivered points contained reftel to Salah Al-Mutairi, Counselor in MFA's Arab World Department, noting the urgent need for generous humanitarian assistance to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya. Al-Mutairi, wh [...]	2009-07-09 10:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID ER ET KE SO KU
09KUWAIT690	WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL GROVE (JULY 12-15, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Grove to travel to post July 12-15, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Larry Carson, ISU Management Officer Office- (965) 2259-1545 Cell- (965) [...]	2009-07-10 11:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI GM KU
09KUWAIT691	WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL GROVE (JULY 12-15, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Grove to travel to post July 12-15, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Larry Carson, ISU Management Officer Office- (965) 2259-1545 Cell- (965) [...]	2009-07-10 11:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI GM KU
09KUWAIT728	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL BARRASO(July 24-27, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Barrasso to travel to post from July 24-27, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9985 [...]	2009-07-21 10:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
09KUWAIT731	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL LYNCH(July 25-26, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Lynch to travel to post from July 25-26, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9985-16 [...]	2009-07-22 08:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IS IZ
09KUWAIT738	SCENESETTER FOR THE AMIR OF KUWAIT'S AUGUST 3 [...] (C) The President's August 3 meeting with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al Sabah offers an opportunity to reaffirm the importance we attach to our bilateral relationship at a time when the U.S. drawdown from Iraq, efforts to move Iraq out from under Chapter VII sanctions, and concern abou [...]	2009-07-22 15:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CVIS ECON IR IZ KU
09KUWAIT759	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL BISHOP(AUG 4-6, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Bishop to travel to post on August 4-6, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9986-169 [...]	2009-08-02 05:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ AE GM
09KUWAIT762	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL MURPHY-MCKEON(AUGUST 7-9, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Murphy-McKeon to travel to post from August 7-9, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965 [...]	2009-08-02 11:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM AF QA KU TU IZ
09KUWAIT789	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL MCCAIN (AUGUST 14-16, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL McCain to travel to post August 14-16, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9985-169 [...]	2009-08-11 11:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN EI AF KU IZ LY MU AE YM
09KUWAIT79	KUWAIT'S WITHERING BOURSE, POPULIST POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: Investor confidence in Kuwait has gone from bad to worse in recent weeks. Many Kuwaiti investors had expected a new year rally in stock prices -- instead, the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) is down almost 20% since January Â [...]	2009-01-29 10:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KU
09KUWAIT836	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL BORDALLO(AUGUST 24-25, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Bordallo to travel to post from August 24-25, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)99 [...]	2009-08-24 07:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ BA AF QA
09KUWAIT853	CENTRAL BANK DEPUTY GOVERNOR ON MENA/FATF, [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary and Key Points: On August 24, CDA and Econoffs met with Mohammed Al Hashel, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK). Key topics discussed: Economic status from CBK's perspective: robust oil prices balance the [...]	2009-08-30 10:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET EINV KU
09KUWAIT854	GOK VIEWS ON 2010 NPT REVCON [...] (C) Polcounselor on August 27 raised reftel points concerning the May 2010 NPT review conference (Revcon),with Jassem Al-Najem, MFA lead on NPT issues. In delivering points, Polcounselor noted Embassy interest in initiating a sustained dialogue on NPT and related non-proliferation issues and [...]	2009-08-30 11:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KNNP NPT KU
09KUWAIT884	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL LEVIN (SEPT 3-4, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Levin to travel to post September 3-4, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9985-169 [...]	2009-09-03 10:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
09KUWAIT885	WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL GARVEY (SEPT 4-6, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Garvey to travel to post September 4-6, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9985 [...]	2009-09-03 10:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
09KUWAIT888	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK GOALS FOR ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) POLCOUNS on September 07 raised reftel points concerning the upcoming (September 09-10) Arab League Ministerial with MFA Arab World Department Counselor Salah Al-Mutairi. Al-Mutairi, while noting that he had not received much information about the ministerial agenda from his chain of comm [...]	2009-09-07 14:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AL KU
09KUWAIT889	RAISING UNGA GOALS WITH KUWAIT [...] (C) Polcouns on September 07 raised USG UNGA goals (reftel) with Jassem Al-Najem, Counselor in MFA's International Organizations Department, stressing USG interest in transending the North-South divide, bolstering non-proliferation regimes, encouraging support for peacekeeping, Middle East pea [...]	2009-09-07 14:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KU
09KUWAIT890	KUWAIT UNLIKELY CANDIDATE FOR HRC [...] (C) Political Counselor on September 7 raised reftel points with Jassem Al-Najem, Counselor in MFA's International Organizations Department, noting the importance to our common interests of having an effective Human Rights Council and the unfortunate signal that Iran's presence on the HRC woul [...]	2009-09-07 14:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT898	MFA USEC ON IRAQ, IRAN, PEACE PROCESS AND SECURITY [...] (C) MFA Undersecretary Khalid Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador September 7 that Kuwait had heard via UN sources that Iraq is now willing to cooperate on the issue of maintenance of land border markers. Jarallah added that Kuwait would shortly welcome an Iraqi delegation here to work on the iss [...]	2009-09-09 11:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV KU IZ IR
09KUWAIT97	AMBASSADOR STRESSES NEED FOR IMMEDIATE BUDGET [...] (SBU) On February 2, Ambassador used a meeting called by MFA U/S Khaled Al Jarallah to brief on the outcomes of the Arab Economic Summit and on the central role that Gaza played in the summit (septel) to urge the GoK to provide immediate budget support for the Palestinian Authority (PA). Ambas [...]	2009-02-02 13:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAL EAID ECON KU
09KUWAIT982	THE KUWAIT BANKING SECTOR: 2009 PRIMER [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwait's banking sector, the third largest in the GCC after Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, comprises 18 financial institutions, including market leaders National Bank of Kuwait (NBK),and Kuwait Finance House (KFH),the second largest Islamic bank in the world. With [...]	2009-10-14 10:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON KU
09KUWAIT985	WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL NOBLET (OCTOBER 16-18, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Noblet to travel to post from Oct 16-18, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9985 [...]	2009-10-15 06:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU JO IR GE
09KYIV1093	AUSTR WILSON'S VISIT TO UKRAINE: PORK BAN LIFTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant U.S. Trade Rep (AUSTR) for Europe and the Middle East Chris Wilson visited Kyiv June 22-23. AUSTR Wilson delivered a positive message on our desire to expand bilateral trade and investment. The GOU gave us some good news, lifting a ban on U.S. pork put in place due t [...]	2009-06-30 12:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO PGOV UP
09KYIV1271	UKRAINE: FEWER SUMMER WORK AND TRAVEL STUDENTS IN 2009, BUT [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. 2. (U) Summary: Between January and June, Post interviewed 8288 Ukrainian university students aspiring to participate in the summer work and travel and camp counselor (SWT) program in the U.S. The number of SWT applicants was approximately 14 percent lower tha [...]	2009-07-31 14:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD CMGT ECON UP
09KYIV1301	UKRAINE TOO STRAPPED TO ENHANCE CONTRIBUTION TO [...] (SBU) On August 4, we followed up on our earlier delivery of reftel demarche encouraging enhanced contributions to the effort in Afghanistan. Olga Timysh, Deputy Director for Afghanistan and Central Asia in MFA's Asia, Africa, Middle East Directorate, made it clear that Ukraine's economic cri [...]	2009-08-06 18:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF UP
09KYIV1607	Impact of Crisis: Ukrainians Suffering, But Not Rioting [...] (U) Summary. Real GDP contraction -- estimated to be 12%-15% for 2009 as a whole -- accumulating wage arrears, and a growing shadow economy have set Ukraine back in its economic development to the level of 2003, according to former Finance Minister Victor Pynzenyk. Despite increased hardship [...]	2009-09-18 12:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EFIN
09KYIV1874	TYMOSHENKO APPEALS TO EMOTIONS, PATRIOTISM IN HER [...] (C) Before an estimated 150,000 followers and spectators, Prime Minister Tymoshenko accepted on October 24 her party's nomination for president. The event was a four-hour, highly staged, nationally televised extravaganza on Independence Square (the site of the 2004 Orange Revolution) featuring [...]	2009-10-26 17:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
09KYIV2021	CONCLUDING THE SAGA OF UKRAINE'S MOST TROUBLED BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. Nadra Bank, the much troubled Ukrainian financial institution, may be close to finalizing a deal with at least 75% of its external creditors, who hold $570 million of Nadra's total debt. Nonetheless, the Ukrainian government is giving signals that it could be changing tack and [...]	2009-11-20 04:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV571	DEFENSE MINISTER SEES NATO ACCESSION AS "MARATHON, [...] (C) Defense Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov, meeting with the Ambassador in Sevastopol March 27, declared that the GOU now regards NATO accession as a "marathon not a sprint." Recognizing that a membership invitation "will not take place in the near future," the GOU will devote itself to bringing Uk [...]	2009-03-30 14:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO UP
09LAGOS114	NIGERIA: REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT PLOWS AHEAD, WHILE HEDGING [...] (SBU) Summary: Given Nigeria's housing shortage crisis of 16 million units, demand for real estate development has not waned in this economic downturn. CityScape, a Nigerian real estate firm, is developing 6 projects in Lagos and Ogun States, 2 in Rivers State, and 1 in Abuja, and is showing n [...]	2009-03-11 15:00:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV NI
09LAGOS14	NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEMBER [...] (U) Summary: Acting Consul General met on December 23 with Tony Uranta (protect throughout),a member of the Niger Delta Technical Committee and campaign manager for the 2007 presidential campaign of Patrick Utomi, Dean of the Lagos Business School. According to Uranta, the Technical Committe [...]	2009-01-12 06:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS142	NIGERIA: DOCUMENTARY HIGHLIGHTS RISING SEA LEVELS, [...] (U) Summary: Nigerian film director Desmond Majekodunmi, with funding from the Heinrich Boll Foundation, produced "Global Warming: Nigeria Under Attack", a documentary screened in Lagos on November 19. The 40 minute-long film documents the threat of rising seas levels on recent developments o [...]	2009-03-19 05:52:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI PGOV ECON NI
09LAGOS275	NIGERIA: EBONYI STATE BENEFITS FROM USG RICE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 18, the Ambassador traveled to Ebonyi state to meet the governor and visit a USAID funded vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) clinic. The Ambassador and Governor Martin Elechi spoke about developing the rice industry and the importance of private sector investment in agricultu [...]	2009-07-02 15:11:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID EAGR EMIN NI
09LAGOS310	NIGERIA: INCREASED VIOLENCE IN THE SOUTH EAST - [...] (C) Summary: Recent cases of kidnappings, hijackings and armed robberies in the South East have been increasingly attributed to "militants" or other criminal elements coming in from the South South or Delta region blaming it on the military putting pressure on them in that area. Roadways bet [...]	2009-07-21 06:50:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KCRM NI
09LAGOS315	NIGERIA: IMO STATE GOVERNOR TO SWITCH TO PDP ON JULY 25 [...] (SBU) Summary: After weeks of speculation and denial, Imo State Governor Ikedi Ohakim of the Progressive Peoples' Alliance (PPA) has now finalized his plan to switch to the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP). PPA leaders have threatened to drag him to the Supreme Court if he leaves the party. H [...]	2009-07-24 06:46:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NI
09LAGOS358	NIGERIA'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Governor Sanusi of Nigeria's Central Bank (CBN) has been defending himself in National Assembly Committees. At issue is the legality of his sacking of five bank Managing Directors (MD). Sanusi contends that his actions were legal, while members of the National Assembly want to [...]	2009-09-09 07:15:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN NI PGOV
09LAGOS491	FY2009 AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL [...] Mission Nigeria received $90,000 for the Ambassador's Special Self-Help (SSH) Program for FY 2009 (reftel). The beneficiaries were community groups and civil society organizations striving to improve basic economic and social conditions of the people in their communities. Fourteen community-b [...]	2009-12-31 13:44:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV NI
09LAGOS82	NIGERIA: EXXONMOBIL HOUSING COMPOUND IN AKWA IBOM [...] (C) Summary: On February 17, twenty four gunmen attacked a jetty near an ExxonMobil housing complex in Eket, Akwa Ibom state. A Nigerian army unit stationed nearby to guard the complex drove them off after a 30 minute battle. Local security officials believe the gunmen are still in the area [...]	2009-02-25 06:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ASEC PGOV PINS NI
09LAGOS98	NIGERIA: SOUTH-EAST GOVERNORS BRING LIMITED CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings through January, contacts in Anambra, Ebonyi, and Abia states told Poloff that after being marginalized by the federal government for years, the states are now using their own resources to improve infrastructure and industry. On Poloff's road trips through [...]	2009-03-03 16:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV NI
09LAHORE200	RAMADAN CHARITABLE EVENTS WELL RECEIVED IN LAHORE [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the holy month of Ramadan Consulate Lahore distributed gift bags containing school supplies, juice, and a snack to over 1,000 children from four madrassahs and three orphanages. We also provided a package of basic food stuffs to 150 underprivileged families. Major Urdu [...]	2009-10-19 08:25:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PK
09LAPAZ519	MORALES PARROTS CHAVEZ ON G20, CRITICIZES OBAMA [...] (C) Summary: During a press conference at the Presidential Palace, Bolivian President Evo Morales on April 3 repeated almost verbatim Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's criticisms of the G20 summit agreement from a day before. Morales added his own doubts regarding President Obama, saying he [...]	2009-04-03 21:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL ECON
09LAPAZ593	GOVERNMENT CLAIMS INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS ARE IN [...] (C) Summary: Early April 16, a Bolivian National Police (BNP) SWAT team raided the ExpoCruz fairgrounds in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, reportedly discovering arms and ammunition. Police also raided a downtown hotel, engaging in a firefight and ultimately killing three individuals (reportedly includin [...]	2009-04-16 22:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PTER PREL BL
09LIBREVILLE281	GABON: U.S. INTERESTS IN THE POST-BONGO ERA [...] (C) About a dozen African heads of state, French President Sarkozy, AU Chair Jean Ping and other luminaries are expected in Libreville for Gabonese President Omar Bongo's June 16 state funeral. Drawing on our excellent condolence message, any U.S. delegation should honor Bongo's memory and f [...]	2009-06-12 11:53:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR GB
09LIBREVILLE504	GABON: U.S. OIL COMPANY SELLS ASSETS DUE TO OIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 09:07:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EIND TPHY GB
09LIBREVILLE506	GABON: U.S. OIL COMPANY SELLS ASSETS DUE TO OIL [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S.-owned Marathon Oil sold its permits and holdings in Gabon to a French company, but will continue to monitor its exploration of offshore blocks from Houston. This move effectively discontinues Marathon's active operations on-the-ground. Another U.S. company, Vaalco, remai [...]	2009-11-17 12:45:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EIND TPHY GB
09LILONGWE182	FRAUD SUMMARY; MALAWI SEPT 2008 - FEB 2009 [...] Per reftel request, post submits the following semi-annual report covering the period September 2008 through February 2009. ------------------ COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------ 2. Malawi is among the world's poorest countries, with more than two-thirds of the population living in pov [...]	2009-04-03 10:21:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS MI
09LILONGWE183	MALAWI ELECTIONS UPDATE - MULUZI READY TO WAVE THE [...] (C) Summary: According to Muluzi confidante Harry Thomson and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Secretary General Chris Daza, former President Bakili Muluzi is prepared to withdraw his nomination for President and support MCP candidate John Tembo if the Constitutional Court upholds the MEC ruling on [...]	2009-04-03 14:13:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE368	MALAWI - MUTHARIKA SURPRISES WITH NEW CABINET [...] (U) President Mutharika unveiled a new cabinet that included some surprising changes. Most notable was the move of widely-praised, former Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe to Minister of Local Government and Rural Development. Including Gondwe, Mutharika retained 6 former cabinet ministers, but [...]	2009-06-25 15:49:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE44	MALAWI: PRIMARIES DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD [...] (C) Summary: Malawi's recently concluded primary season was marred by procedural problems and disputed outcomes. None of the three major parties had transparent or consistent rules for conducting primaries, and none were immune from vote-buying and outright imposition of candidates. In the No [...]	2009-01-29 11:45:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE554	MALAWI - AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] Per reftel request, Embassy Lilongwe submits the following updated AGOA eligibility information in the requested format. 2. Country: MALAWI Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary: Malawi's population is approximately 13 million and GDP at current prices is USD 4.6 bil [...]	2009-10-08 14:02:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON XA MI
09LILONGWE613	FRAUD SUMMARY - MALAWI [...] Per reftel (a),Post submits the following semi-annual report for the period March 2009 through August 2009. ------------------ COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------ 2. Landlocked Malawi is one of the world's most densely populated and least developed countries. The economy is predominat [...]	2009-11-16 10:09:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MI
09LILONGWE624	MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA ANTI-ISRAELI [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche on November 19 to GOM Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni. 2. (C) Chiunguzeni agreed that many of the UNGA resolutions on the Middle East which were offered and debated were redundant, saying, "The General Assembly ce [...]	2009-11-19 15:42:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL MI
09LILONGWE650	MALAWI: FUEL CRISIS HIGHLIGHTS BINGU'S ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although President Bingu wa Mutharika continues to enjoy acclaim in development circles for Malawi's strong economic growth in recent years, a series of bad decisions and policies is increasingly undermining the progress of the President's first term. This trend is evident in Ma [...]	2009-12-03 15:11:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV MI
09LIMA1351	PERU ON IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE, MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] (C) Drawing on reftel points, Poloff delivered subject demarche to the MFA's Chief of International Security and Disarmament issues Vitaliano Gallardo, on September 14. Gallardo listened attentively, but indicated that Peru was preparing to follow its earlier voting pattern of supporting both [...]	2009-09-14 22:55:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS PE
09LIMA1729	NAS Lima End of Month Report - November [...] (U) Summary: - Aviation Report - Ports/Maritime Program Report - Ports Program Case of Note - Eradication Report - Police Programs Report - CADCA Evaluates New Community Anti-Drug Coalitions East of the Andes Aviation Report 2. (SBU) NAS Aviation ha [...]	2009-12-29 19:58:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PE XR KCRM ASEC PREL
09LIMA543	SHINING PATH IN THE VRAE [...] (C) Summary: The Apurimac and Ene River Valley (VRAE),a remote jungle area east of the Andes straddling northern Ayacucho and parts of several other regions, is home to the most resilient of the remaining two armed factions of the Shining Path (SL). The SL faction in the VRAE is led by three [...]	2009-04-13 20:27:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PETR PE
09LIMA544	NAS LIMA END OF MONTH REPORT - MARCH [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-13 20:41:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
09LIMA7	SENDERO LUMINOSO AND THE RECENT SPIKE IN VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: The increase in deadly attacks attributed to Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, SL) remnants in recent months suggests a change is afoot. Some observers maintain the violence is SL's response to a military incursion into its territory. Others believe the terrorist group is rebuildi [...]	2009-01-06 21:51:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SNAR PINR PE
09LIMA856	GOP SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH INDIGENOUS LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: The GOP on June 15th signed a 12-point agreement with indigenous leaders that will lead to the annulment (vice the previous suspension) of the two presidential decrees that sparked protests and roadblocks in the northern Amazon since early April. Protests and roadblocks continue [...]	2009-06-15 22:12:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI PE
09LIMA888	AMAZON PROTESTS SUBSIDE, COPYCATS CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: After Congress repealed two legislative decrees (ref),prolonged protests by Amazon communities appear to have subsided. The GOP must now negotiate with indigenous and regional leaders to develop new laws. Should a majority of legislators vote to "censure" the PM, who has been s [...]	2009-06-22 21:50:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA904	PM SEEKS TO NEGOTIATE END TO ONGOING PROTESTS [...] Summary: (C) Amazonian protests against several presidential decrees have ended, but a handful of spinoff -- and unrelated -- protests continues to nag the GOP. Prime Minister Yehude Simon traveled to Andahuaylas June 16 and to Cusco June 17 seeking to strike deals to end these protests. End [...]	2009-06-24 22:44:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA918	PM GOES BEFORE CONGRESS; POTENTIAL FOR PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary. After diffusing protests in Andahuaylas on June 23, Prime Minister Yehude Simon was unable to reach a similar deal the next day in the town of Sicuani, where the demands were more political. Protest leaders there have given Simon three days to address their complaints, or they w [...]	2009-06-26 17:47:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI PE
09LISBON106	PORTUGAL RECEIVES DEMOCRACY IN MAURITANIA MESSAGE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-19 16:01:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PO
09LISBON137	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PORTUGUESE DEFMIN; HELP [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Ambassador met March 4 with Portugal's Minister of Defense to discuss a range of issues. The Minister said Portugal's second ISAF OMLT will deploy to Afghanistan before the end of March and the medical unit is ready to deploy to Kabul Airport but is held up by administrative [...]	2009-03-06 13:06:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV PINR AF PU PO
09LISBON184	PORTUGAL RESPONSE TO PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-01 13:46:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL IS EUN PO
09LISBON226	PORTUGUESE ON S-FM MEETING, ISAF, AFRICA, AND [...] (C/NF) Summary. Portuguese MFA Political Director and his advisers met with Ambassador Stephenson April 21 to discuss a range of issues in advance of the Portugal-U.S. Bilateral Commission meeting scheduled for May 4. The Portuguese are pleased to have confirmation for FM Amado's meeting with [...]	2009-04-22 14:09:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CVIS XA ZK AF PO
09LISBON228	PORTUGAL VIEWS ON APRIL GAERC [...] (SBU) On April 23 Portugal's MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Florbela Cardy shared Portugal's views on the April GAERC. Burma, the Middle East, the Eastern Partnership, and Sri Lanka will be on the agenda, with informal discussions on Afghanistan/Pakistan/Iran, Ukraine, Moldova, and the Durban Re [...]	2009-04-24 09:53:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PO
09LISBON254	PORTUGAL-US BILATERAL COMMISSION; PROGRESS ON ISAF [...] (C) Summary. The U.S.-Portugal Bilateral Commission met in Lisbon on May 4 as part of its regular semi-annual meeting schedule and reviewed the state of the bilateral relationship. Portuguese MFA PolDir Brito said the GOP continues to study options to make good on the Prime Minister's promis [...]	2009-05-13 15:03:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV OVIP PO
09LISBON26	PORTUGAL LIKELY TO SUPPORT CONSENSUS ON EU-SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-14 16:42:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	EU SY PREL PO
09LISBON266	MEETING WITH JORGE SAMPAIO ON ALLIANCE OF [...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see para 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Former Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio, currently the UN HiRep for the Alliance of Civilizations and the UN Special Envoy against Tuberculosis, met with Ambassador Stephenson at the embassy on May 15. Sampaio gave a re [...]	2009-05-19 11:55:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UN PO
09LISBON518	PORTUGAL "ON THE SAME LINE" AS THE U.S. ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-29 15:07:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR KNNP MNUC PARM PO
09LISBON531	PORTUGAL FAVORS EU SANCTIONS IF IRAN FAILS TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 13:04:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KNNP MNUC PARM PO
09LISBON568	PORTUGAL WILL SUPPORT EU POSITION ON GOLDSTONE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 15:01:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL PO
09LISBON595	PORTUGAL ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 15:08:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE PO

09LISBON598	PORTUGAL ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 13:34:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR PREL PO

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