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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
06GUANGZHOU17360	Capitalizing on Taiwan Cache: The Fuzhou Cross- [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan-based and -invested companies displayed their wares to an eager crowd at Fuzhou's annual Cross-Strait Trade Fair. Taiwan agricultural produce occupied a prominent spot at the fair, following on China's 2005 elimination of tariffs on ten types of agricultural imports from [...]	2006-06-12 08:45:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL CH TW

06GUANGZHOU17685	AI Update: Guangdong 2nd Possible Human AI Case [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 14, the Guangdong Provincial Health Department confirmed Guangdong has a second suspected avian influenza (AI) case, in Shenzhen, near the Hong Kong border. On June 15, the Guangdong Province Foreign Affairs Office sent a diplomatic note to the Consulate also detailin [...]	2006-06-15 08:37:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU18748	WHERE LONELY PLANET DOES NOT GO: A VISIT TO XILIN [...] (SBU) Summary. A visit to Guangxi's Xilin County revealed one of the poorest and most remote areas in Guangzhou's consular district. Despite the area's overall poverty, there were marked distinctions between relatively prosperous Xilin Town and the county's backward countryside. The Zhuang m [...]	2006-06-23 08:34:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH
06GUANGZHOU18749	Guangdong Muslims: Few but Increasing (C-DI5-01546) [...] (SBU) Summary. The Guangdong Muslim population is small but rapidly increasing. The increasing numbers are due mostly to economic reasons (Guangdong's booming manufacturing economy attracts domestic and foreign Muslims) rather than religious ones (South China has no Islamic institution of h [...]	2006-06-23 08:36:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SCUL SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU20593	Can Pollution Harm an Unborn Child? Despite [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The following cable describes the perception and the basis for the perception many residents in South China have that the pollution in the region is harming unborn babies; it does not address the hard science related to this issue. Recent press reports and anecdotal accounts h [...]	2006-06-30 09:23:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO CH SOCI PGOV
06GUANGZHOU20753	IPR Conference Highlights Local Issues; Guangdong [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese and U.S. officials and companies discussed a range of IPR issues and generally agreed on the direction Guangdong must take on IPR matters at a recent conference co-hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Guangdong Provincial IP Office. The conference was part of [...]	2006-07-03 08:42:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD WTRO CH
06GUANGZHOU20890	Guangdong Humanistic Association Part 2: The [...] (U) Classified by Acting Consul General William Martin. Reason 1.4 (d). Summary ------- 2. (C) Emboldened by government protection in provincial and national party circles, the Guangdong Humanistic Association is leading an experiment in civil society development. The association publi [...]	2006-07-06 01:43:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON CH
06GUANGZHOU21212	From Rural to Urban, Part 2: Qingyuan Villages Tap [...] (SBU) Summary: Qingyuan, Guangdong province's largest and fastest-growing prefecture, is riding a wave of industrialization that has brought rising incomes to its rural communities. Villages that used to live off their crops and government subsidies now rely on family members who work in citi [...]	2006-07-13 06:34:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH
06GUANGZHOU25214	BEATING AROUND THE BUSH: STRATEGIES FOR WRITING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AN EXAMINATION OF THE EDITORIALS IN RECENT ISSUES OF "CITIZEN" ("SHIMIN"),A POLITICALLY PROGRESSIVE MAGAZINE THAT WAS STARTED LAST FEBRUARY (REFS A, B AND C),REVEALS A ROUNDABOUT STRATEGY FOR DISCUSSING SENSITIVE POLITICAL ISSUES IN CHINA. THOUGH IT IS OF COURSE EXTREMELY RIS [...]	2006-08-02 07:51:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU26903	THE HEAT IS ON: GUANGDONG PROVINCE H1 ECONOMIC [...] (U) SUMMARY. This report offers an overview of the economic performance in the first half of 2006 for Guangdong Province. The province continues to be an economic hot spot despite government control measures, murky bookkeeping, and natural disasters. The strong industrial and export sectors [...]	2006-08-14 08:23:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB CH
06GUANGZHOU27723	"Adapting to China's Situation": Self-Censorship by [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent discussions with editors of two prominent South China newspapers revealed a conformist attitude and a willingness to "go with the flow." Based on these two interviews, Congenoffs found that mainstream journalists must be willing to work within the system in order to surv [...]	2006-08-17 06:59:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU29114	South China H1 Economic Report: Fujian, Guangxi, [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the first half of 2006, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Fujian Province, and Hainan Province recorded rapid growth rates despite government control measures and natural disasters. Strong industrial and export sectors fueled rapidly rising gross domestic product (GDP) figures [...]	2006-08-30 09:19:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB CH
06GUANGZHOU29575	South China Lawyer Detained in Guangzhou -- Law [...] (U) Classified by Acting Consul General James Turner. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) On September 6, labor rights lawyer and China Labor Watch employee, Tang Jingling, was detained at the Guangzhou East Train station while proceeding through passport control to board a train to Hong Kong. TangQs [...]	2006-09-08 06:18:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU30120	APEC Workshop on Non-discrimination in Investment [...] (U) Summary: Developing country representatives meeting at a September 1-3 APEC workshop in Xiamen on "Non- discrimination Treatment in Investment Agreements" expressed some concerns about new U.S. free-trade agreements in Southeast Asia. The nine APEC countries attending the meeting focuse [...]	2006-09-15 05:11:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL CH
06GUANGZHOU30121	ASIA PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP ON CLEAN DEVELOPMENT AND [...] (U) Summary: In his roundtable discussion with American Chamber of Commerce South China representatives September 1, White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chairman James Connaughton said that his mission in China was to advance the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development a [...]	2006-09-15 09:55:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG TSPL BEXP CH
06GUANGZHOU30123	YES, CHEN SHUI BIAN WILL STEP DOWN, XIAMEN UNIVERSITY TAIWAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DESPITE RUMORS OF RESIGNATIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL SHENANIGANS, XIAMEN UNIVERSITY TAIWAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE ACADEMICS BELIEVE THAT THERE IS LITTLE LIKELIHOOD TAIWAN PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN WILL STEP DOWN BEFORE HIS TERM IS UP. THEIR FOCUS IS NOT ON THE SHORT- TERM OF DEMONSTRATI [...]	2006-09-15 10:11:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PINR TW CH
06GUANGZHOU30165	Waiting to Inhale: Important First Steps in South China's [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Provincial and municipal governments have implemented many pollution-control measures, most notably installing desulfurization equipment, closing factories, developing an emissions trading scheme, implementing a "credit system," and increasing regional cooperation. Despite thes [...]	2006-09-18 03:24:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO CH SOCI PGOV
06GUANGZHOU30248	Air Pollution in South China: Academics and Research [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Academics and research scientists in Guangdong, who are increasingly concerned about the region's serious air pollution but feel pressured to tone down their comments lest they face cuts in research funding, are interested in learning more about U.S. EPA's experience, especially [...]	2006-09-19 05:37:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU30413	Foreign Banks in South China Continue to Face Regulatory [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign bank representatives based in Guangzhou reviewed with the Consul General at a lunch on September 18 barriers that continue to limit the expansion of their market share. These include lending caps, high capitalization requirements, RMB 1 million minimum deposit for RMB cu [...]	2006-09-19 23:38:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV WTRO CH
06GUANGZHOU30511	Xiamen Mayor on Progress, Future Expansion [...] (U) Summary: Xiamen mayor Zhang Changping told the Consul General September 10 that the city's continuing development was dependent on the expansion of its infrastructure, especially its cargo transport system. In addition, he acknowledged the importance of further developing Xiamen's economic [...]	2006-09-21 09:35:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PINR TW CH
06GUANGZHOU30648	U.S. Industry Promotes Transparent Standards System in [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Representatives from Intel, Qualcomm, and Cisco encouraged China to adopt a transparent, market-oriented standards development process during a DOC-hosted seminar on standards and IPR in Shenzhen on September 21. Chinese industry attendees, who have a generally sophi [...]	2006-09-25 08:24:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD WTRO CH
06GUANGZHOU30782	Behind Everyday Low Prices - Consular Outreach to Wal-Mart [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Employees at Wal-Mart Global Procurement in Shenzhen China told Conoffs during an orientation trip that the company is pleased with how staff are treated when they apply for visas and that that they are interested in working with the consulate to facilitate and improve the workin [...]	2006-09-26 08:07:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS ECON ETRD CH
06GUANGZHOU31565	South China's Taiwan Scholars Concerned about Chen, but [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Taiwan research centers throughout South China are concerned about Chen Shui-bian's strategy for constitutional reform and the impact it could have on cross-Strait ties. They also worry that the anti-Chen campaign could have a significant negative impact on Taiwan's econo [...]	2006-10-20 00:12:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI CH TW
06GUANGZHOU32090	FREE TRAVEL TO HAINAN - ALMOST [...] (U) SUMMARY: According to officials from the Sanya Foreign Affairs Office and Tourism Bureau, Hainan's landing visa and visa waiver programs are intended to increase tourism to Hainan, particularly from East Asia. Americans are permitted to travel to Hainan without a visa if they are part of a [...]	2006-11-02 09:25:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS ECON CH
06GUANGZHOU32097	PACING DEVELOPMENT IN SANYA, HAINAN PROVINCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion of Sanya's development policies during an October 9 meeting with the Consul General, representatives of Sanya's municipal Foreign Affairs Office, the Environmental Protection Bureau, and Tourism Bureau discussed the city's balanced approach to developme [...]	2006-11-02 09:26:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV CH
06GUANGZHOU32144	U.S.-China Bilateral on Margins of Seventh North Pacific [...] (SBU) Vice Admiral Wurster, Commander of the Coast Guard's Pacific Area, told Deputy Director General Li Qingping of the Maritime Safety Administration (under the Ministry of Communications),at an October 25 bilateral meeting on the margins of the Seventh North Pacific Coast Guard Forum that t [...]	2006-11-03 08:35:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHSA MARR CH
06GUANGZHOU32154	Central and Local Officials Debate Public Services [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Central officials, local officials, and academics attending a high level academic symposium in Hainan disagreed on how to efficiently and equitably build a "public service government." Central and local officials in attendance had very different views of their governance responsi [...]	2006-11-03 08:47:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM CH
06GUANGZHOU32265	Enron Prosecutors Share Lessons Learned with Guangdong [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In two days of meetings and roundtables with Guangdong officials, legal experts, students, and media, Department of Justice prosecutors John Hueston and Robb Addison discussed their involvement in the Enron case and highlighted the differences between the U.S. and Chine [...]	2006-11-13 08:29:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV KPAO CH
06GUANGZHOU32317	New Foreign Banking Regulations: Foreign Bankers are [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the November 15 release of banking regulations that permit wholly foreign-owned banks in China, Guangzhou-based representatives of foreign banks believe they can now operate on a level playing field with domestic banks. Citibank and Deutsche Bank branch managers said t [...]	2006-11-22 09:18:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN WTRO ECON EINV CH
06GUANGZHOU32364	Two Shenzhen Labor Campaigns Stopped: NGOs Closed [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Shenzhen officials continue to be concerned about the activities of labor NGOs and recent government reaction to restrict their political activities seems to bear this out. On November 9, during investiga [...]	2006-12-04 07:47:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU32369	(C-AL6-01852) South China Rights Protection Part [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Some South China Rights Protection Movement activists want to focus less on overt political activities that the government will view as opposition and more on information sharing and education, thereby bro [...]	2006-12-06 06:59:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU32394	Guangdong Province Q3 Economic Report [...] (U) SUMMARY: Guangdong Province registered double-digit gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the third quarter (Q3) of 2006 despite government control measures and an emphasis on increasing domestic consumption. Fixed asset investment did not grow as rapidly compared to the same period in 2 [...]	2006-12-13 05:20:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB CH
06GUANGZHOU32406	Visit of HHS Secretary to Guangzhou Highlights Infectious [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael O. Leavitt and his delegation met with doctors, hospital and orphanage administrators, students, and businesspersons to discuss infectious diseases and health-care issues during a December 11-12, 2006 visit to Guangzhou. Hi [...]	2006-12-18 02:33:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SOCI ECON ELAB PGOV SCUL SENV CH
06GUANGZHOU32421	Labor Conditions in the Pearl River Delta (Part 1 of 3): [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Many migrant workers in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) - mostly little-educated young people, including some who are underage, from interior and western provinces - continue to face harsh and unsafe working conditions, long hours, overtime wage arrears, child labor, unsuitable liv [...]	2006-12-19 07:08:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU32432	Labor Conditions in the Pearl River Delta (Part 3 [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) Summary: Pearl River Delta (PRD) labor conditions remain poor because many migrant workers are ignorant of their basic rights, too destitute to pursue complaints legally, are barred from receiving minimum wages and [...]	2006-12-19 07:56:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU32459	How Will China Achieve Its Energy Efficiency [...] (SBU) China must use energy efficient products and technologies, implement structural changes in its high energy-consuming industries, and improve its management of energy conservation efforts, according to government officials and experts who gathered in Hainan Province in November 2006 for t [...]	2006-12-28 03:58:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON SENV CH
06GUANGZHOU5379	The Woes of Foreign Banks in Southern China [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign banking representatives in Guangdong province expressed continued frustration at breaking into domestic markets, while acknowledging the easing of restrictions on paper. The banking officials cited administrative hurdles and a lack of transparency in regulations and gui [...]	2006-02-27 08:43:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV WTRO CH
06GUANGZHOU5870	Journey to the West -- Beihai: Pearls, [...] (SBU) Summary: Acknowledging that previous economic development planning has not panned out as expected, Guangxi's Beihai City officials see their economic future in developing labor-intensive light manufacturing and logistic industries based on outside investment -- particularly from over-h [...]	2006-03-03 03:16:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV CH
06GUANGZHOU6294	Guangdong Government Reaction to AI: Fast but How [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Guangdong Provincial and Guangzhou Municipal governments' reactions to the recent March 2 human avian influenza death were both rather swift and resolute. Both levels of government held emergency meetings and resolved to limit the sale of live animals in Guangzhou's markets [...]	2006-03-07 09:52:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU6981	Staffdel Halpin: Thoughts on Chen Shuibian, Social [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chen Shuibian's pledge to abolish the national unification council and guidelines was the first step in a dangerous political game and has outraged mainland academics, said scholars at China's largest Taiwan Research Institute during a recent visit by Dennis Halpin, professional [...]	2006-03-14 09:04:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM PGOV KCRM PREL CH TW KN
06GUANGZHOU6984	PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY PREPARING FOR AI [...] (SBU) Summary: A visiting PACOM/State delegation meeting with civil and military leaders to discuss Avian Flu (AI) preparedness was impressed with the level of planning by the Southern Military Command of the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA). Civil authorities, however, were less impressive as [...]	2006-03-14 09:06:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CACS AMED ASEC ECON CH
06GUANGZHOU6985	Staffdel Halpin: Thoughts on Chen Shuibian, Social [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chen Shuibian's pledge to abolish the national unification council and guidelines was the first step in a dangerous political game and has outraged mainland academics, said scholars at China's largest Taiwan Research Institute during a recent visit by Dennis Halpin, professional [...]	2006-03-14 09:06:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM PGOV KCRM PREL CH TW KN
06GUATEMALA1000	GUATEMALAN LAND REFORM FLOUNDERING [...] (SBU) Summary: Lack of a clear land policy has sparked trouble for the Government of Guatemala. Historical problems over land ownership, disputes between peasants and landowners, land takeover and forced evictions, plus friction among the Ministry of Agriculture, Secretary of Agrarian Affairs a [...]	2006-05-22 13:27:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ELAB EAGR ECON GT
06GUATEMALA106	AMBITIOUS BUT VAGUE AGENDA FOR REMAINDER OF BERGER [...] (SBU) At a press conference on January 10, Guatemalan President Berger and Vice President Stein presented their plan of government for 2006 through 2008. Berger and his economic team followed up with more details at a January 17 event hosted by the Guatemalan American Chamber of Commerce (Am [...]	2006-01-20 16:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV EAGR GT
06GUATEMALA1187	GUATEMALA: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT HAS BROAD IMPACT [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemala's Constitutional Court has a broad mandate to weigh in on political and social issues. The newly-elected court includes some notable legal scholars. The new court portends to be less partisan and more independent than previous courts. End Summary. 2. (U) The pr [...]	2006-06-16 16:38:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS ETRD EAID SNAR GT
06GUATEMALA168	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Derham hosted a meeting with 10 leaders of the Guatemalan human rights community to share views on security and violent crime. Most agreed that while violence has many sources, the current government does not engage in social cleansing or violence against any sector of [...]	2006-01-30 15:10:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID SNAR KJUS GT
06GUATEMALA1961	AMBASSADOR MAISTO'S SEPTEMBER 27-28 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: During a September 27-28 visit to Guatemala, U.S. Ambassador to the OAS John Maisto promoted "relevant multilateralism" in a number of fora and discussed the Guatemala-Belize dispute with the Belizean Ambassador to Guatemala and with senior officials in the Guatemalan Foreign Mi [...]	2006-10-05 15:13:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA KDEM OTRA OAS GT BH HO
06GUATEMALA2473	GUATEMALA SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH UN TO CREATE [...] Summary: The Government of Guatemala (GOG) signed an agreement with the United Nations December 12 to establish the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). Pending approval and ratification by the Guatemalan Congress, the independent UN-led body will investigate illeg [...]	2006-12-19 18:12:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS EAID SNAR KCRM KDEM GT
06GUATEMALA421	GUATEMALA'S TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION [...] Embassy Guatemala's point of contact for trafficking in persons (TIP) is Labor Attache Troy Fitrell, [502]2326-4635, and fax [502]2334-8474. Troy Fitrell (FS-2) spent 10 hours on the preparation of this report. PolOff Sarah Palaia (FS-4) spent 25 hours on the preparation of this report. PolS [...]	2006-03-01 15:50:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT
06GUATEMALA440	GUATEMALA'S CAFTA LABOR PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] As requested reftel, below please find six proposals for labor projects in CAFTA-DR countries. The proposals are not assigned to specific branches of the U.S. government as we hope the proposals will be discussed on their merits before any of them are linked to specific agencies or offices (a [...]	2006-03-03 14:43:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAID ETRD GT
06GUATEMALA453	GUATEMALAN PERCEPTIONS OF SOCIAL CLEANSING [...] Summary: The phrase "social cleansing" has entered wide usage in Guatemala, even though it is generally used to refer to vigilantism. While no evidence has yet surfaced of a state policy of extrajudicial killings of undesirable elements -- the definition of social cleansing -- the Human Righ [...]	2006-03-06 22:33:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM PGOV EAID ASEC SNAR KJUS GT
06GUATEMALA534	FOREIGN MINISTERS' DECLARATION ON U.S. IMMIGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Foreign Ministers of Central America, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, and the Dominican Republic met in Antigua, Guatemala, on March 15, 2006. They reiterated their call for an hemispheric conference to promote "best practices" in temporary worker programs. They agreed to lau [...]	2006-03-17 16:16:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM CVIS SMIG GT XK CO DR EC MX
06HALIFAX216	ROOKIE NEW BRUNSWICK PREMIER TOUTS STRONG U.S. TIES [...] (SBU) Shawn Graham, Canada's newest Premier, is ready to implement a U.S.-friendly agenda that is focused on expanded trade to the United States, especially energy sales. While electricity exports have been the primary focus, the new Liberal government is looking at how Irving Oil's growing in [...]	2006-11-22 19:39:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ENRG PREL PBTS PTER EPET ETRD EIND CA
06HALIFAX57	PROVINCIAL POLITICS IN ATLANTIC CANADA: WHO'S IN TROUBLE AND [...] SUMMARY: With spring legislative sessions due to start soon in Atlantic Canada, we have taken a political snapshot at each of the four provinces to see just where each of the four governments (all currently Tory blue) stand. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with their minority governments, pre [...]	2006-03-21 17:47:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CA
06HALIFAX70	ENERGY: MOVING LABRADOR'S LOWER CHURCHILL PROJECT TO [...] SUMMARY: Suitors have lined up for a chance to be part of the long-anticipated project to develop the hydroelectric resource of the Lower Churchill River in Newfoundland-Labrador. A tough but calculated business plan by Premier Danny Williams, coupled with new market dynamics, has economists [...]	2006-04-07 15:03:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PGOV CA
06HANOI1011	VETERANS AFFAIRS SECRETARY NICHOLSON MEETS [...] (U) Summary: Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Nicholson told Prime Minister Phan Van Khai during their April 28 meeting that the United States strongly supports Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and achievement of Permanent Normalized Trade Relations (PNTR). He emph [...]	2006-05-03 09:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM KIRF VM
06HANOI1070	VIETNAM - RESULTS OF AVIAN INFLUENZA JOINT ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. A Joint Assessment Mission (JAM) to evaluate the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) Integrated Operational Program for Avian and Human Influenza (AHI),commonly referred to as the "Green Book," concluded on April 28, 2006. The Green Book sets forth a detailed medium- to long-term [...]	2006-05-05 08:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI111	VIETNAM CPC DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN GENERAL MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Assistant FM Nguyen Duc Hung to deliver reftel demarche on a way forward on religious freedom, and took the opportunity to raise other bilateral issues, including human rights, family reunification for Vietnamese refugees in the United States, repatriatio [...]	2006-01-13 06:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF VM
06HANOI1112	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN THE NORTH PART I: POLOFF [...] (SBU) At the recommendation of Protestants in Hanoi, an Embassy team visited Lao Cai Province in the third week of April to investigate allegations of district-level abuse against Protestant groups. The team was able to discuss with officials several serious allegations made against Lao Cai p [...]	2006-05-10 09:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PGOV SOCI PHUM VM
06HANOI1113	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN THE NORTH PART II: POLOFF [...] (SBU) At the recommendation of Protestants in Hanoi, an Embassy team visited Ha Giang Province in the third week of April to investigate allegations of district-level abuse against Protestant groups. The team was able to discuss with officials several serious allegations made against Ha Giang [...]	2006-05-10 09:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI VM
06HANOI1115	AMBASSADOR MEETS MPS VICE MINISTER [...] (SBU) During a May 9 meeting with Vice Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Huong, the Ambassador welcomed progress in developing cooperative bilateral law enforcement contacts, but called on MPS to do more; recognized improvements in the religious freedom situation in Vietnam, but underline [...]	2006-05-11 03:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM KIRF PGOV ASEC VM
06HANOI1240	VIETNAM DPM DZUNG DINNER ON CORRPUTION [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Deputy Prime Minister (and putative Prime Minister) Nguyen Tan Dzung gave assurances to international contributors to Vietnam's economic development that the Government of Vietnam (GVN) will get to the bottom of the major scandal involving misappropriation of funds [...]	2006-05-23 09:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PINR VM
06HANOI1255	IRAN/NAM: Demarche Delivered to Vietnam [...] (SBU) Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials have been completely tied up with the visit of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, so Poloff delivered reftel demarche January 20 to Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Arms Control Expert Vu Van Mien. Mien is responsible for drafting the pap [...]	2006-05-25 09:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP AORC TRGY ENRG IAEA IR VM
06HANOI1279	VIETNAM DPM DZUNG DINNER ON CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Deputy Prime Minister (and putative Prime Minister) Nguyen Tan Dzung gave assurances to international contributors to Vietnam's economic development that the Government of Vietnam (GVN) will get to the bottom of the major scandal involving misappropriation of funds [...]	2006-05-26 08:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PINR VM
06HANOI1368	SITREP: VIETNAMESE NEW PARTY DISSIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Activists report that following the June 1 announcement of the re-establishment of the Democratic Party of Vietnam (DPV) police have harassed some of its members. The activists have publicly called for help. Other western diplomats are cautious about maintaining contact with t [...]	2006-06-05 00:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HUMANR PREL PGOV PHUM VM
06HANOI1398	THE AMBASSADOR AND VFM LE VAN BANG DISCUSS HUMAN [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST: PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang made a push for a meeting with Secretary Rice for Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan in Washington on June 19, reviewed noncommittally our proposals for possible substance for the Preside [...]	2006-06-07 07:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD APEC PHUM AMGT OVIP CVIS CASC
06HANOI1438	VIETNAM'S 20 YEARS OF DOI MOI: ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: This year marks the twentieth anniversary of Vietnam's adoption of its "doi moi" (renovation) policy aimed at transforming its command economy to a market economy. While the momentum has not been smooth or steady, Vietnam has made significant progress since the policy's adoptio [...]	2006-06-14 09:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PINR VM
06HANOI1554	SOME PROGRESS FOR QUANG NINH PROTESTANTS [...] (SBU) On June 16, Poloff met Quang Ninh Province religious affairs officials and visited a Ha Long City Protestant house church. Poloff was allowed to participate in a frank dialogue between provincial officials and congregants at the church concerning the group's one year delayed registration [...]	2006-06-23 07:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR RELFREE VM
06HANOI1636	Ambassador's Meeting with Chairman of Ethnic Minority [...] (SBU) During a June 30 lunch meeting with the Ambassador, GVN Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs Chairman K'sor Phuoc previewed his upcoming visit to the United States as an opportunity to learn about U.S. policy towards Native Americans and describe Vietnam's own ethnic minority policies. P [...]	2006-07-03 02:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF PREF SOCI VM
06HANOI166	VIETNAM A STAUNCH BUT SLOW SUPPORTER OF EAS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Vietnam, originally opposed to the East Asian Summit (EAS) because of fears it would dilute ASEAN's influence, has become a strong supporter of the new edifice in East Asian regional architecture. Vietnam views the EAS now as a way to strengthen Asian unity and brin [...]	2006-01-19 09:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEAN VM
06HANOI1661	U.S. - Vietnam BTA Review [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 19, the Ministry of Trade hosted the annual meeting of the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) Joint Committee. During the meeting, Vietnam clarified the steps it has taken and those underway to implement BTA commitments. The Vietnamese team made a concerted effort to addres [...]	2006-07-06 10:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR WTRO VM
06HANOI173	VIETNAM: FY2006 INCLE AND ESF TIP PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-19 23:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB SMIG EAID KCRM KFRD VM
06HANOI1747	(SBU) HANOI MUSEUMS CONTINUE TO DEFAME THE UNITED STATES, [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Pol Assistant recently surveyed the depiction of the United States in Hanoi's main military and political museums. Exhibits at most military service and political museums cast a negative image of U.S. involvement during the Vietnam War, but the denigration is on par [...]	2006-07-11 07:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR VM
06HANOI1751	Vietnam: Contrasting Support for Religious Freedom in Two [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The issue of religious freedom featured prominently during the Ambassador's visit to the two northern provinces of Yen Bai and Phu Tho on June 25 and 26. The visit was a study in the contrasting treatment by provincial authorities of religious communities in these t [...]	2006-07-11 10:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PGOV SOCI PHUM VM
06HANOI179	Codel Gillmor Discusses WTO, Human Rights, Fullest [...] (U) Summary and Comment: Members of Codel Gillmor met January 17 with National Assembly (NA) Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Vu Mao, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan and National Assembly President Nguyen Van An to discuss bilateral relations, including Vietnam's WTO aspirations, trade relat [...]	2006-01-20 10:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM ECON OVIP VM
06HANOI1802	VIETNAM'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES NEW GOVERNMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: During an unusually long summer session convened May 16-June 29 to approve the new government selected by the Communist Party of Vietnam's (CPV) 10th Party Congress, Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) also debated ten laws and approved three resolutions (debate on the [...]	2006-07-17 04:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR ETRD EINV ECON VM
06HANOI1803	VIETNAM'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES TEN NEW LAWS, [...] (SBU) Summary: During an unusually long summer session convened May 16-June 29 to approve the new government selected by the Communist Party of Vietnam's (CPV) 10th Party Congress (Ref A),Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) also debated ten laws and approved three resolutions. These new laws in [...]	2006-07-17 04:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR ETRD EINV ECON VM
06HANOI1814	HANOI MUSEUM EXHIBITION CRITICIZES VIETNAM'S PAST ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: A new exhibition at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (VME) in Hanoi is currently enjoying considerable public interest and media attention, as the exhibit indirectly criticizes the GVN's past economic policies, while carefully praising current pro-market reforms. The museum's di [...]	2006-07-18 03:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR VM
06HANOI1864	BUDDHIST LEADERS CONFIRM REPORT OF MISTREATED MONKS IN BAC [...] (SBU) Summary: The unrecognized Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) recently reported that a number of monks staged a demonstration in Hanoi to protest the wrongful arrest and torture of Buddhists in Bac Giang Province. While the State-sanctioned Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) refutes th [...]	2006-07-21 09:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI1877	AMBASSADOR VISITS CATHOLICS IN THAI NGUYEN AND LANG SON [...] (SBU) Summary: On a July 5-7 provincial outreach trip, the Ambassador discussed issues related to the Catholic Church with the leaders of Thai Nguyen, Bac Giang and Lang Son provinces (Protestant issues, especially in Bac Giang and Lang Son, reported septel). In Thai Nguyen, the Ambassador al [...]	2006-07-24 10:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF VM
06HANOI188	Central Highlands: UNHCR, Protestant Pastor Discuss [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR representatives traveled to Dak Lak and Kon Tum provinces January 17-20 to meet with local officials and ethnic minority returnees. In both provinces, UNHCR interviewed a number of returnees in private. There were no allegations of mistreatment by the authorities. Howev [...]	2006-01-23 10:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM CB
06HANOI1880	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PROTESTANT ISSUES IN THREE NORTHERN [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: During a July 5-7 provincial outreach trip, the Ambassador discussed Protestant issues with the leaders of Thai Nguyen, Bac Giang and Lang Son provinces. Thai Nguyen officials were open-minded about the issue of registration, but tightlipped about their future plans. [...]	2006-07-25 07:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF VM
06HANOI1947	SBV DEPUTY GOVERNOR DETAILS NORTH KOREAN BANKING [...] (S) Summary: In a July 19 meeting with State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Deputy Governor Tran Minh Tuan, Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart SIPDIS Levey reiterated U.S. concerns over North Korean financial transactions with Vietnam,s State-owned commercial ban [...]	2006-08-01 11:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	SECRET	EFIN CTERR ECON IO PREL KN VM
06HANOI1950	VFM PHUNG RESPONDS TO CONCERNS ABOUT NORTH KOREAN [...] (S) Summary: In a July 19 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Standing Vice Minister Le Cong Phung, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey and the Ambassador raised U.S. concerns over North Korean interactions with two of Vietnam,s State-owned commercial banks. Phung made clear that [...]	2006-08-01 11:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	SECRET	EFIN CTERR ECON IO PREL KN VM
06HANOI2004	VIETNAM'S POPULATION POLICY IN 2006 [...] (SBU) While Vietnam officially no longer restricts the number of children couples may have, GVN propaganda campaigns still strongly encourage individuals to practice family planning (FP) and keep family size to at most two children. Fines or administrative sanctions for larger families are rar [...]	2006-08-08 01:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM KPOP
06HANOI2013	VIETNAMESE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE RE U.S.-ASEAN TRADE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Post delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Trade (MOT) by fax on August 4 and followed up with a meeting on August 7 to obtain a preliminary response. The head of the ASEAN office welcomed the USG proposal, but expressed some concerns about the language on labor and on p [...]	2006-08-09 10:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD VM
06HANOI2051	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, PEACE CORPS, UNGA [...] (SBU) On August 10, the Ambassador discussed the upcoming visit of United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford with Acting Director General Pham Van Que of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Department. Regarding USG concerns about the slow pac [...]	2006-08-11 12:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER KIRF UN EAID VM
06HANOI2080	VIETNAM REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT [...] (SBU) On August 15, the Ambassador met with MFA International Organizations Department Director General Pham Binh Minh and was officially informed of Vietnam's candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the term 2008-2009. The texts of a diplomatic note and aide memoire [...]	2006-08-16 07:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN VM
06HANOI2083	VIETNAMESE MFA VIEWS THAKSIN VISIT TO BURMA AS [...] (C) On August 16, Poloff met with MFA ASEAN Department Senior Officer Duong Tri Hien to discuss Thai Prime Minister Thaksin's recent visit to Burma. (Note: The meeting finally came after a week of MFA postponements and reschedulings. End Note.) In response to reftel points, Hien said Thaksin [...]	2006-08-16 08:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM TH VM
06HANOI2143	PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE SETS SIGHTS ON CORRUPTION, [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Party's Central Committee met for its third Plenum from July 24 to 27, and, among other tasks, approved new Party working regulations and pledged to tackle corruption (job number one for the Party since its April Congress). According to our contacts, the new worki [...]	2006-08-23 02:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR VM
06HANOI2148	EMBASSY ASSESSMENT OF CONDITIONS FOR PROTESTANTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN appears to be fighting an uphill battle to force northern provincial officials to change their approach to religion. Suspicions that Protestants are agents of the United States are still deeply ingrained in the region, and some local officials find it hard to take seriou [...]	2006-08-23 06:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI2169	VIETNAMESE YOUTH FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC GAINS, UNCONVINCED NEW [...] (SBU) While Vietnam's official Youth Union (YU) trumpets the new leadership's commitment to tackle corruption, most among Vietnam's young generation are unconvinced, disinterested or even angry. This said, Vietnam's youth are pleased with economic gains and new freedoms brought by decades of r [...]	2006-08-25 07:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON PINR VM
06HANOI222	Party's 13th Plenum Finalizes Party Documents, [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Able to decide only on a "long list" of possible candidates for the next Central Committee, participants in the Communist Party of Vietnam's 13th Plenum have put off to a 14th and final plenum the ultimate decision on Central Committee membership. At the plenum, a [...]	2006-01-27 07:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PINR VM
06HANOI2380	AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS ETHNIC AFFAIRS MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: IRF Ambassador John Hanford met Minister/Chairman K'sor Phuoc of the GVN's Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs August 17 to discuss GVN efforts to facilitate the practice of religion among ethnic minority groups, particularly those in Vietnam's north. Ambassador Hanford urged t [...]	2006-09-19 04:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI2381	PUBLIC SECURITY VICE MINISTER PROMISES PROGRESS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: IRF Ambassador John Hanford met Vice Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Huong August 18 to discuss the GVN's recent record on religious freedom and to urge the GVN to expedite further progress. Ambassador Hanford provided a list of ten short-term actions that the GVN could u [...]	2006-09-19 04:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI2389	VIETNAM ECONOMIC DELEGATION TO NORTH KOREA REBUFFS [...] (C) Summary: The GVN recently sent a Ministry of Trade-led delegation to Pyongyang and Nampo. According to a GVN readout of the visit provided to the ROK Embassy, during the delegation's August 28-September 1 visit, the Vietnamese turned down a DPRK request for food and other assistance, say [...]	2006-09-19 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON KS KN VM
06HANOI2399	COMMITTEE FOR RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS UPDATES DCM ON RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) On September 15, Chairman Ngo Yen Thi of the GVN's Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) briefed the DCM on recent religious freedom developments in Vietnam. The CRA reports that eighteen congregations have been chosen in five out of 19 northern provinces for "pilot registration." These [...]	2006-09-19 10:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI2412	RECENT GVN ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS: SMOKE AND [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the wake of several high-profile corruption scandals, the GVN is taking steps, both substantive and symbolic, to address corruption involving government and Communist Party officials. In August, the National Assembly Standing Committee passed a resolution specifyi [...]	2006-09-20 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KCOR VM
06HANOI242	EAP A/S HILL MEETS SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 13, EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill met with Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) External Relations Commission Director Nguyen Van Son to discuss the U.S.-Vietnam bilateral relationship and regional issues of mutual interest. In addition to upcoming high-le [...]	2006-02-06 06:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD ECON CB KN VM

06HANOI2420	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR HAGEL [...] (SBU) Senator Hagel: Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit will be an important step in strengthening our cooperative relationship with Vietnam while bringing into focus key issues, including those our two countries will need to address in the run-up to the President's [...]	2006-09-21 06:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL OTRA VM
06HANOI2430	USTR Letter on WTO Accession and Industry Letters on [...] (SBU) Post has delivered to Vietnamese senior officials three letters it has received from USTR related to Vietnam's WTO accession. Econ Counselor gave the letters to Nguyen Cam Tu, Director General (DG) of the Trade Policy Department for Americas, at the Ministry of Trade (MOT) on September 2 [...]	2006-09-21 08:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN VM
06HANOI244	A/S HILL DISCUSSES BURMA, CAMBODIA, LAOS, CHINA [...] Summary: In a frank lunch meeting January 13 with visiting EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill, senior GVN diplomats said that Vietnam is worried about China's increasing influence in Southeast Asia, particularly Burma, Cambodia and Laos, and urged the United States to engage more wit [...]	2006-02-06 06:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CB BM LA VM
06HANOI2510	VIETNAM'S PRESIDENT MEETS WITH CATHOLIC LEADERS [...] (SBU) On September 28, State President Nguyen Minh Triet met with leaders of Vietnam's Catholic Church for the first time since taking office in June. During the meeting, Triet underlined the GVN's willingness to allow Catholics to become more involved in Vietnam's socio-economic development. [...]	2006-09-29 10:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI2511	VIETNAM'S PRESIDENT MEETS WITH CATHOLIC LEADERS [...] (SBU) On September 28, State President Nguyen Minh Triet met with leaders of Vietnam's Catholic Church for the first time since taking office in June. During the meeting, Triet underlined the GVN's willingness to allow Catholics to become more involved in Vietnam's socio-economic development. [...]	2006-09-29 10:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI2514	TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...] Below is post's response to reftel. 2. A. Description of how posts are currently organized for monitoring agreements and responding to foreign trade barrier complaints, including the establishment of teams at posts. The Trade Agreement Compliance Team in Hanoi consists of the Economic S [...]	2006-09-29 11:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD VM
06HANOI2599	CDA DISCUSSES POTUS VISIT, BILATERAL ISSUES WITH [...] (C) The Charge met on October 10 with MFA Americas Department Acting Director General Pham Van Que to continue discussions related to the POTUS visit. Que suggested that President Bush consider adding a short visit with the Communist Party's General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, in part to balanc [...]	2006-10-11 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV ECON VM
06HANOI2608	SENATOR HAGEL DISCUSSES TRADE, PEACE CORPS, HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On October 10, Senator Chuck Hagel discussed Vietnam's WTO accession, Human Rights and the Peace Corps with the GVN's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem. Khiem noted that the GVN is working to prepare for the President's upcoming visit by fulfilling its commitments [...]	2006-10-12 03:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV OTRA ECON VM
06HANOI2620	SENATOR HAGEL DISCUSSES PNTR AND ECONOMIC, SOCIAL REFORMS [...] (SBU) On October 6, Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Chairman and Politburo member Nguyen Phu Trong briefed Senator Chuck Hagel on the NA's developing oversight role in Vietnam's policymaking process and in promoting social and economic development. Trong said passage of Permanent Normal Tra [...]	2006-10-13 01:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV OTRA ECON VM
06HANOI2624	MFA PROTESTS AMBASSADOR'S REMARKS CONCERNING DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 11, MFA Americas Department Acting Director General Pham Van Que called in the Charge to protest remarks about the Vietnamese political movement 8406 Bloc made by the Ambassador during an October 2 Radio Free Asia interview. According to Que, the remarks caused a negat [...]	2006-10-13 04:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI2633	Vietnam Addresses Workforce Anxiety in APEC Conference [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dealing with the anxieties and needs of the Vietnamese workforce as the country becomes more integrated into the world economy is high on the minds of the Vietnamese. This explains the huge turnout for a two-day APEC labor conference in Hanoi. Some 175 participants from Vietna [...]	2006-10-13 10:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID ECON ETRD EINV WTRO VM
06HANOI2642	VIETNAM REACHING OUT TO VENEZUELA AND CUBA ON ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Recent news reports have indicated that Vietnam has signed a series of energy deals with Venezuela and Cuba. According to a GVN official, such Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) are in line with the GVN's policy to seek more oil resources and partners outside of Vietn [...]	2006-10-16 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG OVIP EINV VE VM
06HANOI2662	RESPONSE FROM MFA ON PROPOSED U.S.-VIETNAM NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN is apparently not interested in quickly pursuing two formal agreements on nonproliferation which have been under negotiation between the Department of Energy and the Ministry of Science and Technology since 2004. MOST remains open, however, to discussion of the transfe [...]	2006-10-19 08:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG TRGY VM
06HANOI2686	VIETNAM - OCTOBER 20 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no reported human Avian Influenza (AI) cases and no confirmed AI outbreaks in poultry to date this year in Vietnam. With the winter season approaching, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has announced the need to tighten AI controls. On October 19, the RAND Corpo [...]	2006-10-23 02:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI
06HANOI2710	MFA OUTLINES BUREAUCRATIC DIFFICULTIES IN ADVANCING [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 23, the DCM met with MFA Americas Department Deputy Director Nguyen Ba Hung to discuss the status of bilateral issues in advance of the POTUS visit. The DCM reviewed the list of as-yet unresolved official and commercial agreements that need to be concluded, noting our [...]	2006-10-24 10:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF VM
06HANOI2749	GVN SEEKS ADVICE ON POINTS FOR TEHERAN VISIT [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) On October 26, MFA Americas Department Deputy Director General Nguyen Ba Hung informed us that Vice Foreign Minister Vu Dzung plans to travel to Iran and three African countries in late November. The Iran portion of the tour is [...]	2006-10-27 08:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP VM IR
06HANOI2765	PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung's recent trip to Japan was intended to reaffirm the two countries' friendship and cooperation in a highly visible manner. The PM's schedule included a full array of high-level events and meetings (Ref B). In addition to protocol-driven events, t [...]	2006-10-30 10:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD EINV ENRG KIPR JA VM
06HANOI2767	PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung's recent trip to Japan was intended to reaffirm the two countries' friendship and cooperation in a highly visible manner. The PM's schedule included a full array of high-level events and meetings (Ref B). In addition to protocol-driven events, t [...]	2006-10-30 10:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD EINV ENRG KIPR JA VM
06HANOI2779	THAI PRIME MINISTER BRIEFLY VISITS VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 26, Thailand's interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont met with GVN leaders on a whirlwind visit that was part of a round of courtesy calls to Southeast Asian neighbors. PM Chulanont told his GVN interlocutors that Thailand's "recent situation" had returned to normal [...]	2006-10-31 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TH VM
06HANOI2785	MPT REACTS TO INDUSTRY LETTERS ON DECISION 169 [...] (SBU) Summary. Ministry of Posts and Telematics (MPT) official acknowledged information technology (IT) industry concerns over two Decisions which give domestic preference for government IT procurements. On the positive side, he said the Vietnamese government will soon begin work on a circul [...]	2006-11-01 10:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTRO VM
06HANOI2800	2006-2007 INCSR PART I -- VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-03 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV KCRM VM
06HANOI2813	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NONAPPLICATION RE VIETNAM ACCESSION [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor delivered reftel demarche points on November 6 to Dr. Nguyen Van Binh, Deputy Director General of Trade Policy for Americas, Ministry of Trade. Dr. Binh was reassured when Econ/C reiterated the second point, namely that the United States intends to actively support Genera [...]	2006-11-07 06:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO WTO VM
06HANOI2822	VIETNAM'S FIRST HIV/AIDS LAW: TRANSFORMING NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 29, 2006, the National Assembly of Vietnam passed the Law on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control. The legislation, the first on this subject, goes into effect on January 1, 2007. While details are still under discussion, this bold and comprehensive new Law demonstrates Vie [...]	2006-11-08 00:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PINR PROP SOCI TBIO KHIV VM
06HANOI2962	GVN ANNOUNCES PLANS TO SIGN IAEA ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On December 4, MFA Department of International Organizations Acting Director General Le Hoai Trung met with representatives of the diplomatic community to announce State President Nguyen Minh Triet's decision that Vietnam will sign the IAEA Additional Protocol (AP). [...]	2006-12-05 08:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KNNP KGIT VM
06HANOI30	NEXT WEEK'S PARTY PLENUM TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL AND [...] (C) Summary: In preparation for the National Party Congress, the Communist Party of Vietnam will kick off its 13th Plenum on January 11. Meeting for several days, the Central Committee will both discuss its future membership and other leadership issues and examine several important Party doc [...]	2006-01-06 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR VM
06HANOI3033	DURING HANOI VISIT, UNHCR COMMENTS ON 42 VIETNAMESE H'MONG [...] (SBU) According to a UNHCR official in Hanoi, Thai authorities have reportedly threatened to deport 42 Vietnamese ethnic H'mong recently arrested in Thailand. UNHCR is negotiating a solution with the Vietnamese and Thai MFAs calling for third-party resettlement. All parties appear to accept th [...]	2006-12-19 08:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR PREF VM
06HANOI3070	UNHCR: "NO GENERAL THREAT" IN VIETNAM CENTRAL HIGHLANDS; [...] (SBU) At a December 15 briefing to Hanoi-based diplomats, UNHCR highlighted that the overall environment for Vietnamese ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands was improving, despite an increase of arrivals to Cambodia in 2006. Refugee status recognition rates have dropped significantly in [...]	2006-12-26 09:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR PREF CB VM
06HANOI3081	YEAR-END LABOR STRIFE SEEN LESS LIKELY IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: One year after a wave of labor unrest hit lower-paying foreign-owned factories in Vietnam, workers, businesses and government officials say that similar labor strife is less likely now. Labor experts state that tensions are lower because of last year's government-mandated wage i [...]	2006-12-28 09:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV ETRD EIND EINV VM
06HANOI392	AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS WITH DPM VU KHOAN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 21 meeting, IRF Ambassador Hanford and Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan agreed that the recently concluded Human Rights Dialogue will help to spur on further positive developments in the bilateral relationship. On the issue of religious freedom, Ambassador Hanf [...]	2006-02-22 09:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI393	U.S.-VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: DRL A/S Barry Lowenkron, accompanied by IRF Ambassador John Hanford met, February 20 with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang. After reviewing the bilateral Human Rights Dialogue's morning session (septel),A/S Lowenkron urged the GVN not to constrain NGOs under an impending new [...]	2006-02-22 09:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI395	AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS VIETNAM MPS VICE MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John V. Hanford told Vice Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Huong that he is encouraged by developments in Vietnam related to religious freedom, but remains concerned about the slow pace of church regist [...]	2006-02-22 09:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV VM
06HANOI453	RUSSIA AND VIETNAM KEEP UP THE ILLUSION OF A [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Ephimovich Fradkov was Vietnam's first high-ranking foreign visitor since Tet, the Vietnamese New Year. The February 16-17 visit was the third by a Russian Prime Minister to Vietnam since 1997. The primary purposes of this visit were to strengthe [...]	2006-02-24 10:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL RU VM
06HANOI461	STAFFDEL GROVE DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior MFA officials cautioned visiting Senate Appropriations Committee Majority Clerk Paul Grove that continued USG pressure on Burma and Cambodia will only push those countries closer to China, and will not succeed in convincing them to become more responsible international a [...]	2006-02-27 09:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL PHUM KIRF SNAR KWMN KCRM OMIG VM
06HANOI549	CONDITIONS FACING ETHNIC MINORITY PROTESTANTS IN [...] (SBU) An Embassy and DRL/IRF team recently visited the Northwest provinces of Lao Cai and Yen Bai to examine social conditions for ethnic minorities and to advocate for the rapid registration of ethnic minority Protestant groups. Protestant leaders from the region reported that local officials [...]	2006-03-09 10:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM VM
06HANOI566	A "FIVE-YEAR PLAN" FOR VIETNAM'S TELECOM AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN approved what amounts to a "five- year plan" for the ambitious development of its telecommunications and Internet sectors between now and 2010, with an estimated investment of USD 631 million to be financed by foreign and domestic private sources and overseas developmen [...]	2006-03-13 07:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KPRV VM
06HANOI582	AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS CHAIRMAN THI OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford met February 21 with the head of Vietnam's Committee for Religious Affairs. They agreed that the GVN has taken important steps to establishing religious freedom in most of the country; however the Northwe [...]	2006-03-14 03:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI584	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: UNHCR TO VISIT MARCH 22; UNHCR [...] (SBU) Summary: A UNHCR team will visit Gia Lai Province March 22-23 to meet with the families of "double-backers." The team has also requested private meetings with two individuals who were allegedly mistreated by local authorities. The GVN has invited Assistant High Commissioner Erika Felle [...]	2006-03-14 10:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM CB
06HANOI601	A/DCM'S MEETING WITH MOFA VFM PHUNG ON WTO AND APEC [...] (SBU) Summary: Acting DCM Greg Stanford, accompanied by ECON/C and Econoff, met March 14 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Vice Foreign Minister Le Cong Phung at his request to discuss WTO negotiations. Phung said senior Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials heard informally during a re [...]	2006-03-15 11:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON APEC ETRD WTRO VM
06HANOI615	VIETNAM AND PALESTINE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche March 10 to Nguyen Diep Ha, desk officer in the Foreign Ministry's West Asia and Africa Department. Ha said there has been no change in Vietnamese policy or the situation regarding Vietnam's relations with Palestine (Refs B and C). No one from the Palest [...]	2006-03-16 08:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PA VM
06HANOI625	VIETNAM: WILL LIKELY APPROVE ADDITIONAL GENEVA [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-17 02:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ICRC PHUM PREF IS SZ VM
06HANOI627	VIETNAM AND DPRK WORK TO IMPROVE TIES [...] (C) DPRK MFA Asia Director Ma Chol-su visited Vietnam March 2-5 as part of the two countries' continuing efforts to patch up relations following the mass defection incident of July 2004. During meetings in Hanoi with Government and Party representatives, the two sides agreed to pursue high-le [...]	2006-03-17 05:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VM KN KS
06HANOI628	POLITICAL DEBATE, VIETNAMESE STYLE: THE PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The public's response to the call for comments on the Communist Party's draft Political Report has been enthusiastic and, by Vietnamese standards, refreshingly open. Many commentators have taken on overtly political issues, expressing dissatisfaction with the Party's [...]	2006-03-17 06:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR VM
06HANOI657	U.S.-VIETNAM BILATERAL WTO ACCESSION MARKET ACCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Working within a theme of liberalization, linkages, and legislation, U.S. and Vietnamese negotiators made significant progress in bilateral WTO Accession market access negotiations held January 16-18 in Hanoi. In the agricultural market access negotiations, tariff lines coveri [...]	2006-03-21 09:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO PREL USTR VM
06HANOI669	U.S.-VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: MORNING SESSION [...] (SBU) Delegations from the United States and Vietnam met for the two countries' first Human Rights Dialogue in over three years February 20. The morning session included opening remarks, Vietnam's presentation of its approaches to human rights, a discussion of criminal code, prison conditions [...]	2006-03-22 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI670	AMBASSADOR AND VFM LE VAN BANG DISCUSS WTO, HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador focused on Vietnam's WTO entry, practical developments in our human rights discussions, possible Congressional visits and developments in the bilateral relationship over the next six months during a March 21 lunch with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang. VFM Bang [...]	2006-03-22 23:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD APEC PHUM AMGT OVIP CVIS CASC VM
06HANOI677	Towards a National Assembly That Makes Laws? [...] (SBU) Summary: In spite of the National Assembly's evolving role as Government watchdog, its involvement in Vietnam's lawmaking process remains limited. Both the GVN and the National Assembly recognize that this is partially due to the Assembly's lack of resources, particularly professional [...]	2006-03-23 07:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI VM
06HANOI683	VIETNAM FOREIGN POLICY EXPERTS ON CHINA, THE UNITED [...] (SBU) Summary: During a frank discussion with visiting Deputy NIO Terrence Markin and Poloff, senior officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Institute for International Relations (IIR) encouraged the United States to stay closely engaged in Southeast Asia, but avoid making Southeast Asia [...]	2006-03-24 08:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL APEC ASEAN CH VM
06HANOI697	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENT IN HOA BINH AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On a recent visit to Hoa Binh and Son La provinces west of Hanoi, the Ambassador discussed economic and issues development local leaders. The Hoa Binh officials were notably progressive in their approach to development, which bodes well for their province. However, Son La's o [...]	2006-03-27 08:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF ETRD EINV ECON VM
06HANOI715	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN HOA BINH [...] (SBU) Summary: On a March 13-15 visit, the Ambassador discussed religious freedom issues with the leaders of Hoa Binh and Son La Provinces (reftel). The difference between the Hoa Binh approach to religious freedom and Son La's attitudes was stark. Hoa Binh is a model for the kind of leader [...]	2006-03-29 04:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF ETRD EINV ECON VM
06HANOI739	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ETHNIC MINORITY ISSUES IN HOA [...] (SBU) Summary: On a March 13-15 visit, the Ambassador discussed ethnic minority issues with the leaders of Hoa Binh and Son La Provinces (reftels). Son La has a much larger potential problem with ethnic tension arising from the massive displacement of ethnic minority Thai communities by the [...]	2006-03-31 08:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF ETRD EINV ECON VM
06HANOI775	VIETNAM: HIGH-LEVEL GVN TIP REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: "Complicated developments" in trafficking in persons (TIP) in Vietnam (which is coded official language for a worsening of the situation) provoked a surprisingly high-level conference on TIP in Hanoi that involved two Politburo members and numerous other senior officials in a r [...]	2006-04-04 09:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM PINS VM TIP
06HANOI782	VIETNAM: PSI ENDORSEMENT UNLIKELY SOON [...] (SBU) Summary: Heavy Embassy pressure on the GVN has forced the issue of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) all the way to the Prime Minister's office, where we are told the decision has been made to authorize Vietnam's participation in PSI-related activities on a case-by-case basis, [...]	2006-04-05 06:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KNNP MNUC PARM PHSA PREL VM
06HANOI783	SCENESETTER FOR SPEAKER HASTERT'S VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Mr. Speaker: Your visit to Vietnam comes at an important time in our bilateral relationship. Last year, the United States and Vietnam commemorated the tenth anniversary of normalized relations, the highlight of which was the very successful visit to the United States by Prime Minister [...]	2006-04-05 08:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PHUM PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN VM
06HANOI791	SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN FOREIGN POLICY UNLIKELY AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's foreign policy evolution, a gradual process, is not likely to see any sharp changes or surprises at the upcoming 10th Party Congress. Instead, we will see an elaboration of existing policy, with efforts to improve relations with neighboring countries (ASEAN),maintai [...]	2006-04-05 06:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CVR VM
06HANOI797	VIETNAM AND PALESTINE [...] (SBU) In response to news articles quoting Hamas Foreign Minister Mahmud al-Zahar saying he plans to visit China and "tour other countries in East Asia," Poloff contacted Nguyen Diep Ha, desk officer in the Foreign Ministry's West Asia and Africa Department. Ha said there has been no change in [...]	2006-04-05 07:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PA VM
06HANOI817	VIETNAM: NO COMMENT ON DARFUR PKO NOW [...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA has not responded to our request to discuss the issue of troop and/or equipment support for a UN peacekeeping operation in Sudan. The Ministry of Defense received reftel demarche without comment, but asked unofficially whether China will participate and what is the expe [...]	2006-04-10 10:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SU PKO VM
06HANOI823	VIETNAM'S EVENTUAL PKO PARTICIPATION LIKELY, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA is in charge of preparing the political ground for Vietnam's eventual participation in international peacekeeping operations, which means winning internal consensus and gaining public opinion support. Neither task is complete yet, and the internal consensus- building wil [...]	2006-04-11 10:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SU PKO MOPS VM
06HANOI835	HANOI DISCUSSES NEW LAW ON ASSOCIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On April 3, the GVN presented its ninth draft of a New Law on Associations to donor community Ambassadors, representatives of Vietnam's associations and international NGOs and other interested parties. Follow-on discussion was open and pointed. Controversial elemen [...]	2006-04-13 04:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EINV ECON VM
06HANOI839	10th Party Congress: CPV Offers Preview, Aims for [...] (SBU) In a preview of the Communist Party's upcoming 10th National Congress, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan underscored that the Party's key focus will be on how to continue Vietnam's economic and social development efforts. Sticking close to well-known positions in a presentation to the diplo [...]	2006-04-13 08:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR VM
06HANOI862	SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE DELEGATION MEETS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CHAIRMAN NGUYEN VAN AN [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert delivered a basic message in Hanoi: we support, in principle, Vietnam's economic development and openness and will work hard to pass Permanent Normalized Trade Relations for Vietnam because international economic i [...]	2006-04-17 08:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL PHUM KIRF ECON ETRD WTO VM
06HANOI885	TIP/Vietnam: Vietnam Ministries Get Action [...] (SBU) The Government of Vietnam has begun implementation of a new decision consolidating each responsible ministry's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) efforts and instructing government agencies to develop new programs to deal with the issue. 2. (SBU) Issued by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khi [...]	2006-04-19 10:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM PINS VM TIP
06HARARE1010	CURRENCY CHANGEOVER SPARKS CONFUSION [...] (C) With five business days remaining until the currency conversion deadline of August 21, business contacts tell us the country is woefully unprepared for the expiration of the old bearer checks. Most businesses have suspended or significantly reduced sales, chiefly of imports, rather than [...]	2006-08-11 13:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE1064	SOLOMON MUJURU LASHES OUT AT US PRESSURE, BUT [...] (C) Retired general and ZANU-PF kingmaker Solomon Mujuru told visiting staffdel and the Ambassador on August 25 that the GOZ was open to dialogue, but that targeted sanctions demonstrated that Western capitals were not interested in real discussions. Saying that only the rural poor felt the [...]	2006-08-30 14:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE1242	ZIMBABWE NOT COMPLIANT WITH AGOA ELIGIBILITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-12 10:15:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	AGOA ASEC ECON ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM ZI
06HARARE1280	LOOK EAST "SUCCESSES" FALL FLAT [...] (C) In the GOZ's most recent flirtation with countries to its east, state-controlled media on October 10 reported that a Russian delegation had signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with the GOZ totaling US$300 million. South African journalists checking into the contracts, however, coul [...]	2006-10-24 14:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE1317	BFIF FUNDING CATALYZES PRIVATE SECTOR DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) On October 5, the newly-energized American Business Association of Zimbabwe (ABAZ),generously supported by the Business Facilitation and Incentive Fund (BFIF),held a high-profile day-long economic forum under the theme "Just Business" to identify and deliberate over the key economic [...]	2006-11-03 08:34:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV ZI
06HARARE1322	KEY ZANU-PF MP ENCOURAGES USG SUPPORT FOR REFORM [...] (C) U.S. Economics Professor Craig Richardson, who was in Harare to speak at the October 5 American Business Association of Zimbabwe (ABAZ) forum (reftel),along with econoff, met October 4 with Walter Mzembi, the outspoken ZANU-PF Chairman of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands, La [...]	2006-11-06 15:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	CH EAGR ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
06HARARE1361	CENTRAL BANKER GONO,S "MOST DIFFICULT YEAR" - IT'S [...] (C) In a November 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono described 2006 as his most difficult year in office. He professed embarrassment at Zimbabwe's outcast status within SADC and depicted himself as personally under siege for the country's myria [...]	2006-11-15 16:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI
06HARARE1365	TANCHON COMMERCIAL BANK DEMARCHE RESPONSE: [...] (S) Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono conveyed to the Ambassador in a letter dated November 14 the outcome of the RBZ's investigation into the alleged request from North Korea's Tanchon Commercial Bank to open an account in Zimbabwe (reftel). RBZ Senior Division Chief ) Financial I [...]	2006-11-16 13:32:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	EFIN KN KNNP PARM PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE1375	ZANU-PF INSIDER ON MUGABE'S PLANS [...] (C) ZANU-PF insider Eddie Zvogbo, Jr. told the Ambassador November 14 that President Mugabe has talked about resigning but is concerned that he may be prosecuted by his successors. Zvobgo said if Mugabe clings to power too long a crisis could develop as the economy continues to deteriorate. [...]	2006-11-17 17:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE1377	CHAMBER OF MINES PRESIDENT ON INDIGENIZATION, GOLD [...] (C) In a November 2 meeting with emboffs, Chamber of Mines President David Murangari reported that the GOZ had given up its plans for a 51 percent takeover by indigenous companies of foreign-owned mines and was searching for a face-saving way to back down from earlier announcements. In the me [...]	2006-11-17 17:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON PGOV ZI
06HARARE1378	NO INDICATION OF DOLLARIZATION AS FOREX SCARCITY [...] (SBU) Despite Zimbabwe's hyperinflation and the concomitant depreciation of the Zimbabwe dollar, there is no indication of a trend toward either de facto or formal "dollarization" of the Zimbabwean economy. According to local experts, the biggest obstacle to hard currency transactions is an a [...]	2006-11-17 17:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
06HARARE1413	ZANU-PF POLITBURO MEMBER OFFERS SUCCESSION INSIGHTS [...] (C) ZANU-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity Nathan Shamuyarira told the Ambassador on November 28 that the forthcoming ruling party conference was unlikely to finalize the succession issue. The party would instead settle the issue in 2007. He opined that the presidential and parliam [...]	2006-11-29 12:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE1453	ZIMBABWE'S 2007 BUDGET RELEASE - NO SOUND AND FURY [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Murerwa conceded Zimbabwe's dismal 2006 economic performance in presenting his 2007 Budget to Parliament. He painted a grim picture of the state of the economy across nearly all sectors and indicators. Nevertheless, he premised the 2007 Budget on optimistic projections [...]	2006-12-08 08:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
06HARARE1481	ZIMBABWE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) The Government of Zimbabwe's mis-governance has severely crippled the local economy, making it unlikely to attract or absorb significant foreign direct investment in 2007. Investment prospects are bound to remain dismal due to the country's unstable economic and political environment. G [...]	2006-12-19 13:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
06HARARE1482	IMF TEAM LEADER DECLARES ECONOMY DIRE; GONO [...] (C) IMF Article IV Mission Chief Sharmini Coorey on December 15 told the Charge that Zimbabwe's economic situation was "dire." GDP would likely contract by about 5 percent, the primary budget deficiQwas 25.7 percent (83 percent with interest payments included),and inflation was close to 2,0 [...]	2006-12-19 13:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ZI
06HARARE165	STATUS OF PLANNING FOR ANNAN VISIT TO ZIMBABWE [...] (C) During a February 10 meeting, UNDP Resident Representative Agostinho Zacarias told the Ambassador that the UN Secretariat was still actively working on plans for a visit to Zimbabwe by SYG Annan. According to Zacarias, the issue had been raised during a one-on-one session between Presid [...]	2006-02-14 10:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ZI
06HARARE178	GONO ON POLICY FRUSTRATIONS, SUCCESSION TENSIONS, [...] (S) In a February 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono bemoaned the GOZ's unwillingness to address deepening corruption, fiscal indiscipline and parastatal inefficiencies. Depicting himself as under seige politically, he said the leadership had talked him into wi [...]	2006-02-16 05:45:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ZI
06HARARE179	SANCTIONS INFORMATION FOR BUSINESS COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) This is an action request; please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Embassy has received numerous inquiries from American companies about the USG's targeted sanctions policy in Zimbabwe and its implication for their operations here. To be responsive to our business community, pre-empt additional i [...]	2006-02-16 07:21:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD ASEC ZI
06HARARE180	BELEAGUERED BUSINESS LEADERS SAY POLICY CHANGES [...] (C) At an economic roundtable hosted by the Ambassador on February 8, five leading businessmen had little doubt about the inevitability of a GOZ shift to market-driven policies but differed on its likely timing. They agreed that the speed of economic deterioration was accelerating, the econom [...]	2006-02-16 14:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV ETRD ZI
06HARARE200	MUGABE AT 82 - RIGID, DEFIANT, ISOLATED [...] (SBU) In a taped, edited 90-minute state media interview televised locally on Febuary 19, Robert Mugabe sounded familiar anti-western themes and evidenced little inclination to countenance economic or political reforms on the eve of his 82nd birthday. He was familiarly cagey about the process [...]	2006-02-22 12:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR KPAO ZI
06HARARE232	OPPOSING DEEPER IMF ENGAGEMENT WITH ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) By paying off its arrears to the IMF General Resources Account (GRA),the GOZ has met only one of two conditions for IMF re-engagement. The GOZ has failed persistently to implement - or even articulate - a comprehensive policy reform package to turn around the economy since falling subj [...]	2006-02-28 09:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
06HARARE263	MUTAMBARA ELECTED PRO-SENATE FACTION LEADER, [...] (C) Arthur Mutambara was elected President of the Pro-Senate faction of the MDC during its Congress on February 25. In his speech accepting the post, Mutambara praised Morgan Tsvangirai as a Zimbabwean hero but chastised him for becoming a "little Mugabe." Speaking primarily to a domestic [...]	2006-03-02 16:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE266	ZVOBGO ON ZANU-PF, CHANGE [...] (C) Eddie Zvobgo, Jr., the popular son of Robert Mugabe's late principal intra-party rival of the last ten years, told the Ambassador on March 1 that the ZANU-PF faithful all recognized the need for substantive change, including realignment to the West. Nonetheless, change probably would wai [...]	2006-03-02 18:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM ZI
06HARARE279	ZIMBABWE 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) The Government of Zimbabwe,s misgovernance has severely crippled the local economy, making it unlikely to attract or absorb significant foreign direct investment in 2006. Investment prospects in Zimbabwe are bound to remain dismal due to the country,s unstable economic and political env [...]	2006-03-07 14:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
06HARARE298	GOZ EYING CONTROL OF MINING SECTOR [...] (C) Minister of Mines Amos Midzi announced on March 3 that Cabinet had approved in principle amendments to the Mines and Minerals Act that would force foreign-owned mining companies to hand over 51 percent of their shares to the GOZ. The GOZ is preparing to present the legislation to Parliamen [...]	2006-03-08 17:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EMIN ECON EFIN PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE300	GOZ EYING CONTROL OF MINING SECTOR [...] (C) Minister of Mines Amos Midzi announced on March 3 that Cabinet had approved in principle amendments to the Mines and Minerals Act that would force foreign-owned mining companies to hand over 51 percent of their shares to the GOZ. The GOZ is preparing to present the legislation to Parliamen [...]	2006-03-09 10:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE309	GOZ BLAMES U.S., U.K., "RULE CHANGE" FOR IMF VOTE [...] (U) The state-controlled Herald Newspaper on March 10, under a headline "US, UK block IMF funds", claimed that the United States and the U.K. improperly engineered the IMF's March 8 decision to deny Zimbabwe technical assistance and restoration of its voting rights. The article claimed that [...]	2006-03-10 12:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN KPAO PGOV ZI
06HARARE342	SUBJECT: ENGAGING ZIMBABWE: LOCAL DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) The GOZ,s latest charm offensive combined with the country's continuing downward spiral has resulted in another bout of diplomatic soul-searching in Harare. The international community here has been debating whether to engage the GOZ and if so what the message should be. Heads of OECD Mi [...]	2006-03-17 11:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID ZI
06HARARE349	MUGABE SIGNALS "FLEXIBILITY" ON MINING LAW [...] (C) Zimplats CEO Craig Sebborn told econoff March 16 that he and the visiting Implats CEO had made their case the day before directly to President Mugabe that the proposed changes to the Mines and Mineral Act (reftel) amounted to nationalization of the industry and would harm the sector's deve [...]	2006-03-20 16:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EMIN PGOV ZI
06HARARE372	MOYO ON POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, AVENUES FOR CHANGE [...] (C) Independent MP Jonathan Moyo told poloff March 22 that the growing proximity of Mugabe's departure and economic collapse were increasing a national impetus for political change. In this uncertain environment, securocrats were the only ones focusing on policy and stability, and they were [...]	2006-03-24 12:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE383	MFA OFFICIAL CRITICIZES GOZ FOR STATE OF U.S. [...] (C) In a March 27 courtesy call on the Ambassador, the outgoing MFA Head of Protocol and new DCM at the Zimbabwean Embassy in Washington, Gideon Gapare, told the Ambassador that the GOZ wanted dialogue with the U.S. The Ambassador responded that the U.S. was also open to dialogue but that the [...]	2006-03-28 13:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI
06HARARE413	BANK CEO ON FOREX RATE MOVEMENTS [...] (SBU) CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Washington Matsaira told the Ambassador on April 3 that a combination of attractive interest rates on GOZ Treasury bills and increased availability of fuel had contributed to a cooling of the parallel foreign exchange market over the past month. The parall [...]	2006-04-07 13:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI
06HARARE424	REENERGIZED ANTI-SENATE MDC WING PLANS INCREASED [...] (C) In a series of separate meetings with the Ambassador, leaders of the anti-Senate faction of the MDC depicted an opposition party that was reenergized by a successful Congress and prepared to confront the regime with greater energy and focus. Morgan Tsvangirai said he would conduct nation [...]	2006-04-11 11:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE469	AG EXECUTIVES GLOOMY ON ECONOMIC SITUATION, [...] (C) At an agriculture roundtable hosted by the Ambassador on April 12, five sector leaders lamented the GOZ's paralysis on economic policy and its continuing negative impact on agriculture. Expressing concerns over prospective chaos and even violence if the economy deteriorated further, some [...]	2006-04-21 12:39:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV BEXP ECON PHUM SOCI ZI
06HARARE493	GOZ UNVEILS YET ANOTHER VACUOUS RECOVERY PLAN [...] (C) Long on grand targets, undefined "quick-win strategies," and unrealistic time frames for recovery, Zimbabwe's latest economic recovery plan falls woefully short on substance. The four priority areas outlined in the National Economic Development Priority Programme (NEDPP) announced on Apri [...]	2006-04-28 11:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI
06HARARE553	ZIMBABWEANS ON THE EDGE OF A BREAKDOWN: THE VIEW [...] (C) During a May 2-3 visit to Bulawayo, Ambassador Dell met with both factions of the MDC, an activist organization, and a local economist. MDC anti-Senate faction Vice-President Thokozani Khupe argued that Zimbambweans were ready for mass peaceful action but needed to see the opposition taki [...]	2006-05-11 18:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE563	ZIMPLATS NEARS DEAL TO RELEASE PLATINUM CLAIMS TO [...] (C) Zimplats CEO Greg Sebborn told econoff on May 2 that the company had agreed in principle to release undeveloped platinum claims to the GOZ. In a 4-way deal that could be close to conclusion, the claims would go to the Russian mining firm Norilsk, the GOR would provide Air Zimbabwe with Il [...]	2006-05-12 12:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EMIN PGOV ZI
06HARARE59	HARARE BFIF PROJECT PROPOSAL [...] (U) Embassy Harare proposes to draw on the Business Facilitation and Incentive Fund (BFIF)(reftel) to sponsor a business/economic policy forum on "A Foundation for Economic Turnaround: Private Sector Perspectives." 2. (SBU) With Zimbabwe's GDP having contracted by more than a third in jus [...]	2006-01-20 04:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABUD AMGT BEXP BTIO ECON ETRD ZI
06HARARE629	ZIMPLATS TURNS OVER 36 PERCENT OF ITS GROUND TO GOZ [...] (C) Zimplats CEO Greg Sebborn told econoff on May 24 that the company was signing an agreement that day to release 36 percent of its ground to a GOZ mining development parastatal. In return, it would receive a not yet quantified "empowerment credit" in connection with ongoing GOZ plans to ind [...]	2006-05-26 10:07:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EMIN PGOV ZI

06HARARE670	ZVOBGO ON STASIS, PROSPECTS FOR CHANGE IN ZANU-PF [...] (C) ZANU-PF businessperson and provincial official Eddie Zvobgo told poloff June 1 that the ruling party would remain in disarray and paralyzed by succession tensions until Mugabe passed from the scene. However, he did not believe Mugabe intended to leave office any time soon. Moreover, neit [...]	2006-06-07 14:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE724	US SUBSIDIARY CONFESSES SANCTIONS SINS [...] (C) The Managing Director of the Zimbabwe branch of Greif, an Ohio-based packaging company, told poloff on June 14 that his branch had been knowingly violating US financial sanctions for several years by providing services to Robert Mugabe and other specially designated nationals (SDNs). Tich [...]	2006-06-15 17:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KFPC PREL ZI
06HARARE765	INFORMATION MINISTER'S PASSING LEAVES NO VOID [...] (U) The state media on June 22 announced the June 21 death of Minister of Information and Publicity Tichaona Jokonya. A former Permanent Representative at the UN and Executive Director of the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority, Jokonya was 67. The minister had been treated in the United States for [...]	2006-06-27 15:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO ZI
06HARARE772	A CHASTENED MUTAMBARA SEEKS ASSISTANCE AND TOUTS [...] (C) MDC pro-Senate faction President Arthur Mutambara on June 27 sought the Ambassador's assistance and advice in connection with a planned U.S. visit. The Ambassador responded that we would support the visit and added that we would provide equitable assistance to Mutambara,s faction in the [...]	2006-06-29 14:24:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE783	MUTARE BISHOP ON DIALOGUE WITH MUGABE, NATIONAL [...] (C) In a June 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe Bishop Trevor Manhanga said President Mugabe seemed genuine in his recent efforts to reach out to religious leaders. He said Central Intelligence Organization (CIO) head Happyton Bonyongwe was facilitating the bis [...]	2006-07-03 14:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE800	BUSINESS CONGRESS UNDERSCORES GOZ'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) The Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce,s (ZNCC) annual congress, which brought together private and public sector participants in late June to address Zimbabwe's economic decline, was a dismal failure that highlighted in particular the GOZ,s inability to consider needed economic refo [...]	2006-07-07 10:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE86	EMBASSY HARARE RESPONSES TO OIG FORMAL [...] (U) Following are Embassy Harare's responses to the formal recommendations made by the OIG Report of Inspection, Embassy Harare, Zimbabwe number ISP-I-05-37A, dated September 2005. RECOMMENDATION 1: (U) Embassy Harare should establish and implement grant management procedures that include lin [...]	2006-01-27 07:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASIG AMGT
06HARARE884	CENTRAL BANK HEAD - RUNNIN' OUT OF ZEROES [...] (S/NF) Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono acknowledged to the Ambassador in a July 13 meeting that the Zimbabwean economy was in a state of crisis. Despite a modest drop in the annual rate, which he claimed reflected an abundant harvest, inflation remained the country,s greatest problem. It wa [...]	2006-07-17 07:05:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ZI
06HARARE908	GEARING UP FOR AUGUST RURAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) chairperson Reginald Matchaba-Hove told the Ambassador July 12 that ZESN was planning to observe the local elections expected to be held August 19. He said there were rumors the elections might be delayed but there had been no official announcement [...]	2006-07-18 13:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE96	ADVERSE REACTION TO GONO'S POLICY STATEMENT [...] (C) Reaction to Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono's Monetary Policy Statement for the Fourth Quarter (details septel) has been largely negative. The independent media gave the most prominent coverage to Gono's public reference to the regime,s concern about public unrest over food insec [...]	2006-01-30 16:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE964	GOZ HYPING CHINA'S ROLE IN ZIMBABWE,S ECONOMY [...] (C) Despite GOZ attempts to hype supposed dividends from its relationship with China including the June visit of Vice President Joyce Mujuru to Beijing, business sector contacts tell us that promised Chinese investments have largely failed to materialize. The only major industry in which Chin [...]	2006-08-01 07:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ZI CH
06HARARE97	PARALLEL EXCHANGE RATE JUMPS 50 PERCENT [...] (SBU) After a period of relative stability over the holiday season, the parallel rate suddenly jumped 50 percent in the past week. The jump coincided with renewed business activity, a dearth of forex on the interbank market, and the arrival of an IMF mission sent to assess the state of the ec [...]	2006-01-30 16:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI
06HARARE970	GONO ANNOUNCES MONETARY STATEMENT BOMBSHELL [...] (C) In his mid-term Monetary Policy Statement on July 31, Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono announced a currency redenomination that will slash three zeros from Zimbabwe's inflation-ridden notes. This conversion will be carried out through August 21, after which the old notes will become wor [...]	2006-08-01 15:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE977	ZIMBABWE - FY-2006 ESF REQUEST [...] (SBU) As stated in the Mission Performance Plan, Zimbabwe today is a paradox. On the one hand, President Robert Mugabe and his ruling party have tightened their grip over the country in the past year and have benefited from the split in the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). On [...]	2006-08-03 13:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN AMGT EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL XA ZI
06HARARE98	MONETARY POLICY STATEMENT THIN ON REMEDIES [...] (SBU) Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono,s Quarterly Monetary Policy Review Statement of January 24 failed to present policy changes to stem Zimbabwe,s economic implosion. Gono conceded that Zimbabwe,s officially reported mid triple-digit inflation had not yet peaked. Tacitly admitting events [...]	2006-01-30 16:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI
06HAVANA10078	PAYA PRESENTS PROPOSAL FOR DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary: Leading Cuban pro-democracy activist Oswaldo Paya has unveiled his latest push for a democratic Constitution, calling for a legal framework that would embrace multiple political parties, private enterprise and "social justice." The document, entitled "All Cubans," stems from a "N [...]	2006-05-11 22:30:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL SOCI CU
06HAVANA10189	CARTAS DE CUBA, SPRING 2006 [...] (U) The latest installment of Cartas de Cuba features the following items: - GOC Delirious Over HRC Win - PR on the Prowl - PR vs. BR - Robinson Liked His Whiskey - Party Shuffle - Feisty - New Strategy: Give 'Em Money, Make 'Em Spend It - Just Below the Surface - CDRs... Who [...]	2006-05-12 16:54:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	PGOV PINR PINS ECON EFIN EAGR SOCI UN CU
06HAVANA11516	"FRIENDS OF DEMOCRATIC CUBA" INSPIRE ACTIVISTS, [...] (C) Summary: Cuban pro-democracy activists got a boost from the May 24 conference call with the "Group of Friends of Democratic Cuba," a loose alliance of US Representatives, European diplomats in Washington, prominent members of the Miami exile community and others. One of the activist part [...]	2006-06-02 20:53:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA11629	CUBA CRACKING DOOR OPEN TO MORE CATHOLIC CLERGY [...] (C) Summary: The Cuban Government has eased its strict limits on issuing work permits to foreign Catholic clergy. The GOC has long adhered to a policy of approving new applicants only to the extent that they replace clergy who have stopped working in Cuba. However, since June 2005, the GOC ha [...]	2006-06-05 17:08:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI CU
06HAVANA11650	CARTAS DE CUBA: EARLY SUMMER EDITION [...] (SBU) This edition of "Cartas" features the following items: -- Paras 2-4 Medical Malpractice -- 5-8 Baseball, Music and Racism -- 9-11 China Syndrome -- 12-19 Diplomatic Corps Reflections -- 20-22 Bracing for the NAM ------------------- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ------------------- 2. (U) NEWS: US [...]	2006-06-05 19:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL SOCI CU
06HAVANA12488	BRITISH POLOFF ANALYZES "COMMON POSITION" ON CUBA [...] (C) Summary: The UK's human rights officer in Havana shared with us June 15 her thoughts on the European Council's recently released draft conclusions on the EU's "Common Position" toward Cuba. (The draft states, among other things, the EU's commitment to seeking dialogue with both the Cuban G [...]	2006-06-16 15:25:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA12981	EX-POLITBURO MEMBER CONVICTED OF INFLUENCE-PEDDLING [...] (C) Summary: A Cuban court has convicted Juan Carlos Robinson Agramonte, a former member of the Cuban Communist Party's Political Bureau (Politburo),of influence-peddling and sentenced him to 12 years in prison. The June 16 conviction was announced June 21 in a page-two bulletin in state-co [...]	2006-06-22 16:09:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23588	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL FLAKE: FIDEL EBBING AWAY [...] (SBU) Summary: CODEL Flake arrives at a pivotal, historic time in Cuba. We and others consider Fidel Castro's health to be so critical that he could die any day. His brother, Raul Castro, has been in charge since July 31, 2006, and has done nothing to significantly change the Cuban regime's [...]	2006-12-12 18:10:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV ECON PHUM KDEM SMIG CU
06HAVANA23608	CUBAN REGIME STIFFS CODEL FLAKE [...] (C) Summary: A Congressional Delegation led by Rep. Jeff Flake (R/AZ) spent the December 15-17 weekend publicly urging a change in US policy, but privately getting rebuffed by a Cuban regime that insisted it had no reason or desire to reform itself. The CODEL presented a letter requesting re [...]	2006-12-18 17:00:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL ECON PHUM KDEM CU
06HAVANA23612	CODEL FLAKE PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: CODEL Flake was besieged by international press upon arrival in Havana on December 15 (reftel). Both in their individual comments to the media and in a joint statement read at a December 17 press conference, CODEL members characterized this as a time for dialogue and an "histor [...]	2006-12-18 20:55:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL ECON PHUM KDEM CU
06HAVANA23623	CUBA: REGIME ECONOMIC THINKING, PLANNING CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: A well-informed off-island source briefed us on December 20 on what he had learned of the evolving activity within the regime leadership to address the economic situation. Our source reports that the regime for the moment is focusing new ideas in just two provinces -- Pinar del R [...]	2006-12-21 16:35:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINT ECON KDEM CU
06HAVANA8769	CASTRO'S YOUTHFUL RECRUITS WAGE WAR ON CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: One of Castro's top concerns this year is the battle against corruption. In a campaign that began five months ago, hundreds of state workers have been fired or transferred. Thousands of "social workers" (unemployed youth) were enlisted to man the gas pumps and oversee the books at ho [...]	2006-04-24 15:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON CU
06HAVANA9102	ROCA, SANCHEZ RAP USINT'S INTERNET-ACCESS POLICY [...] (C) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXX on April 18 requested a meeting with COM, without declaring the reason. At the April 24 meeting, they presented a list of 10 independent journalists banned from USINT's two Internet Centers since 2004, saying they had been unfairly blacklisted. XXXXXXXXXXX called the [...]	2006-04-27 19:40:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA9342	POLITICAL PLURALISM KEY TO CUBA'S FUTURE, SAYS PAYA [...] (C) Summary: Leading Cuban pro-democracy activist Oswaldo Paya met with the COM on April 27 and argued that it will be imperative for a future, legitimate Cuban Government to embrace political pluralism. Paya said individual members of the Communist Party (CP) should not be excluded from the [...]	2006-04-28 22:15:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL SOCI CU
06HAVANA9469	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP [...] (C) Summary: Leading Cuban dissident Martha Beatriz Roque is recovering after being roughed up by Communist militants outside her home. Roque, weary but defiant, met with COM April 29 and expressed pleasure with the wide media coverage of the incident and subsequent foreign-government attenti [...]	2006-05-05 14:36:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM SOCI CU
06HELSINKI1025	FINLAND: I2010 INFORMATION SOCIETY CONFERENCE [...] European decision-makers and leading experts convened in Espoo, Finland on September 28th to discuss the challenges of the information society during the i2010 Conference, "Towards a Ubiquitous European Information Society." The Conference examined the opportunities and challenges that new in [...]	2006-10-10 13:44:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINT ELTN FI
06HELSINKI1058	PUTIN AT THE OCT. 20 EU HEADS OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The October 20 EU Heads of State or Government Informals will feature two main components: (1) the informal EU leaders' sessions, where principals will discuss migration, Darfur, innovation and energy; and (2) a dinner with Russian President Putin, which will focus on energy issue [...]	2006-10-17 13:30:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ENRG ETRD PGOV EUN MOPS FI RU SU
06HELSINKI1088	ENERGY, IMMIGRATION, AND INNOVATION: EU HEADS OF [...] (U) The EU Heads of State or Government on 20 October met in Lahti, Finland to discuss external energy relations, immigration, and technological innovation. In press statements throughout the day, the Finnish EU presidency sought to portray the EU as united on these difficult issues, but publ [...]	2006-10-26 11:22:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETRD EUN FI MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL SU
06HELSINKI1092	CORRECTED COPY: ENERGY, IMMIGRATION, AND [...] (U) Summary: The EU Heads of State or Government on 20 October met in Lahti, Finland to discuss external energy relations, immigration, and technological innovation. In press statements throughout the day, the Finnish EU presidency sought to portray the EU as united on these difficult issues, [...]	2006-10-27 12:24:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETRD EUN FI MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL SU
06HELSINKI1093	PUTIN IN LAHTI: MAKING FRIENDS AND INFLUENCING [...] (U) Summary: Russian President Vladimir Putin was the guest of honor at a dinner following the EU Heads of State or Government summit in Lahti on October 20. The leaders were also joined by Finnish President Halonen who has faced criticism for inviting Putin at all. Prime Minister Vanhanen t [...]	2006-10-30 06:40:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM FI MOPS ENRG ETRD EUN RU
06HELSINKI1112	EU-RUSSIA JHA PERMANENT PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL READOUT [...] The EU-Russia Permanent Partnership Council on Justice and Home Affairs met in Helsinki on 30 October. The Finnish Minister of Justice Luhtanen and Minister of the Interior Rajamaki represented the Presidency, German Minister of Justice Zypries and Minister of the Interior Schauble represented [...]	2006-11-01 06:45:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KJUS PHUM PTER EUN FI RU
06HELSINKI1131	EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT: PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF on 6 November met with Finnish MFA Counselor for Russia Paivi Laine to discuss the Nov. 3 EU-Russia foreign affairs PPC and preparations for the EU-Russia summit on 24 November. The PPC had "gone well" and Northern Dimension preparations are "on track"; however, the Presi [...]	2006-11-07 09:07:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ETRD ENRG PL FI RU
06HELSINKI1137	U.S.-EU HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] At the first-ever High Level Dialogue on Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development (HLD) October 24-25 in Helsinki, the U.S. and EU agreed to strengthen bilateral efforts in areas including clean coal, carbon sequestration, energy efficiency, renewables, methane recovery, and b [...]	2006-11-07 12:50:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG TRGY TSPL ELTN EUN EPET FI
06HELSINKI1157	DELIVERING ON NATO'S PROMISE TO AFGHANISTAN - [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Kimmo Lahdevirta, Director of the Finnish MFA's Office of Security Policy. Lahdevirta expressed appreciation for US efforts to keep partners informed as the Riga NATO Summit approaches, and welcomed the fact that Afghanistan will feature prominentl [...]	2006-11-15 11:40:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS
06HELSINKI1158	DELIVERING ON NATO'S PROMISE TO AFGHANISTAN - [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Kimmo Lahdevirta, Director of the Finnish MFA's Office of Security Policy. Lahdevirta expressed appreciation for US efforts to keep partners informed as the Riga NATO Summit approaches, and welcomed the fact that Afghanistan will feature prominentl [...]	2006-11-15 13:57:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS AG FI
06HELSINKI1173	DAS KRAMER AND FINNISH DG ESKELINEN DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer on 15 November met with Finnish Director General Eskelinen and other foreign ministry staff to discuss U.S. consultations around the G-8 Political Directors' meeting in Moscow and Finnish preparations for the upcoming EU-Russia summit on 24 [...]	2006-11-21 14:26:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RU FI EUN BO MD PL UP
06HELSINKI1199	ENERGY FROM THE EAST: FINNISH RELIANCE ON RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: Gasum, Finland,s sole supplier of natural gas, has managed to settle into a peaceful coexistence with its notorious Russian partner Gazprom. Although totally dependent on Gazprom for 100 percent of its supply, Gasum ensures stability through long-term contracts with Gazprom which [...]	2006-12-01 14:47:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD EUN FI RS
06HELSINKI122	AVIAN FLU: ADDRESSING AI-RELATED IMPORT [...] The following is Embassy Helsinki's responses to reftel regarding avian influenza (AI)-related import restrictions on U.S. poultry. ----------- POULTRY BAN ----------- 2. Finland bans the import of poultry from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) affected countries, in accordance [...]	2006-02-09 11:48:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR USTR TBIO FI
06HELSINKI1248	FINLAND: NATO DEBATE HEATS UP [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 2007 parliamentary election campaign is about to kick off and NATO is emerging as a key theme, just as it did in the January 2006 presidential elections -- and despite the efforts of several prominent politicians to muzzle public debate on this sensitive topic. This ca [...]	2006-12-19 13:12:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR EUN RU FI
06HELSINKI182	FINLAND: 2006 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to the checklist in ref A. Embassy Helsinki's point of contact on TIP is Political Officer David Allen Schlaefer; SchlaeferDA2@state.gov; 358-09-6162-5482 or 358-050-322-7923. The Embassy estimates that 80 hours of time were spent preparing this rep [...]	2006-03-08 07:56:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI SMIG PGOV KCRM ELAB KWMN ASEC KFRD PREF FI
06HELSINKI355	HIGHLIGHTS OF ADMIRAL COLLINS VISIT TO FINLAND, [...] (U) Admiral Thomas Collins, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, visited Finland, March 28 - April 1, 2006. Finnish Chief of the Border Guard, Vice Admiral Jaakko Smolander, was the host of the visit. The Admiral's itinerary included meetings with senior GoF officials, briefings by the Finnis [...]	2006-04-27 11:28:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHSA EWWT SENV IMO FI
06HELSINKI465	FINNISH VIEW ON US-EU SUMMIT PREPARATIONS, AFGHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: U/S for Political Affairs Lyra told Ambassador that the US and EU are making good progress toward finalizing Summit Declarations, although more work needs to be done to create a real dialogue on climate change and to find language that is not counterproductive to our shared goals [...]	2006-05-26 09:55:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SENV PREL MARR FI EU
06HELSINKI467	FINLAND: THE FAR LEFT SLOWLY IMPLODES [...] (U) Summary: Finland's only far-left party, the Left Alliance (LA),is struggling in the wake of the resignation of its popular chairperson, Suvi-Anne Siimes. An extraordinary congress elected a radical labor leader as the new chairperson, alienating some party leaders and leading to the r [...]	2006-05-26 10:25:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV FI
06HELSINKI505	FINLAND'S EU PRESIDENCY PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) During its EU Presidency, Finland will generally be a cooperative partner for the US, keen to facilitate US-EU cooperation and improve overall trans-Atlantic relations. We should expect no GOF-generated surprises; the Finns view their Presidency as a continuation of ongoing processes an [...]	2006-06-02 12:24:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SMIG EAID EU FI
06HELSINKI56	Charge Meets with Finnish Legal Expert on Counter- [...] (SBU) Summary. Charge met with one of Finland's most senior officials on counter-terrorism, Marja Lehto, who recently was appointed to chair the Council of Europe's Committee of Experts on Terrorism. Lehto requested input for the Designators' Workshop to be held during Finland's presidency of [...]	2006-01-20 11:24:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PGOV PTER FI EUN
06HELSINKI566	ENERGY DIVERSITY IN FINLAND AND WHAT IT CAN OFFER [...] (SBU) Summary: Finland has the EU's longest border with Russia and the two maintain a complex and long-standing energy relationship. While energy security is a concern for every country, Finland's somewhat unique position makes it very unlikely to suffer disruptions to its Russia- sourced ene [...]	2006-06-16 14:59:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ETRD PREL EPET FI RU
06HELSINKI676	JULY 2006 EU INFORMAL ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTERIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the July 2006 EU Environmental Informal Ministerial, the GOF made clear its eagerness to begin a dialogue with the US on climate change, clean energy, and sustainable development as agreed to during the recent US-EU Summit in Vienna. Finnish contacts understand and accept the [...]	2006-07-18 14:03:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ETRD EAGR EUN FI
06HELSINKI696	EU-US INFORMAL SENIOR-LEVEL MEETING ON JUSTICE AND HOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The U.S. and EU, under the chair of the Finnish Presidency, met in Helsinki on July 18 for the Informal Senior Level Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Meeting. Led by Acting INL DAS Elizabeth Verville, DOJ liaison to USEU Mark Richard, and DHS Acting A/S for Policy Development Pau [...]	2006-07-21 12:28:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PGOV CVIS CPAS KCRM KFRD SMIG EUN FI
06HELSINKI700	EU ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTERS SUPPORT CREATION OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the July EU Informal Ministerial meeting on the Environment, Finnish Minister Enestam and EU Commissioner Dimas called upon EU countries to support a measure creating a United Nations Environmental Organization (UNEO) and a Panel on Natural Resources. END SUMMARY. 2. ( [...]	2006-07-24 12:07:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL UNEP EUN FI
06HELSINKI8	FINLAND: PRESIDENT'S NEW YEAR ADDRESS [...] (U) President Tarja Halonen's New Year's Day speech-- which also serves as Finland's de facto state of the union address-- focused on what she termed the "increasing disparity in income levels in Finland." Halonen said that Finland has been a winner in the emerging global economy, and that [...]	2006-01-04 14:44:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV FI
06HELSINKI830	UPDATE ON FINNISH EU PRESIDENCY ACTIONS IN SUPPORT [...] (C) MFA Unit for Security Policy Director Kimmo Lahdevirta offered an update on the Finnish Presidency's recent efforts to urge EU member states to make troop contributions to UNIFIL. 2. (C) While signals out of Paris continue to be mixed, it now appears clear that the French intend to cont [...]	2006-08-21 13:14:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PGOV FI
06HELSINKI903	GYMNICH [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers held informal consultations in Finland Sept. 1-2, focusing on the Middle East, Iran and Russia. In response to a press report that alleged an EU Presidency call for increased contacts with Hamas, Finnish FM Tuomioja and others made several very strong state [...]	2006-09-08 06:26:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM FI IR IS RU EU
06HELSINKI934	FINLAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SYRIA [...] (C) Charge delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Markus Lyra September 13. She emphasized that the US and EU share the goal of preventing new hostilities in Lebanon and the rest of the region, but that our views on contacts with Syria continue [...]	2006-09-13 13:58:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER USUN LE SY EU FI
06HELSINKI958	OES MEETING WITH EU PRESIDENT AND GERMANY ABOUT [...] Summary: On September 19th US State Department's Special Representative for Sustainable Development Jonathan Margolis, Senior Energy Advisor Griff Thompson and Embassy Econ Officer Glenn Lewis met Finnish representatives of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of the Environment, and a G [...]	2006-09-21 12:10:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV TRGY TSPL FI
06HELSINKI990	FINLAND: PREVIEW OF EU INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERS' [...] (SBU) Summary. The Oct. 2-3 informal EU defense ministers' meeting will focus on operations in Bosnia, Sudan, and Congo; review the EU's force catalogue and the state of civil-military coordination; and discuss the European Defense Agency's (EDA) long term planning scenarios. NATO SYG de Hoo [...]	2006-09-27 09:20:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NATO EUN FI
06HELSINKI994	SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS PEKALA'S VISIT TO HELSINKI, OCTOBER [...] Half way through its EU Presidency, Finland has proven to be the behind-the-scenes negotiator we expected rather than the more out-in-front leader we might have preferred. Often valuing consensus above all, the Finns have been unusually content to see the Commission take the lead on many issu [...]	2006-09-28 13:43:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA SENV ENRG ECON FI
06HERMOSILLO24	HERMOSILLO: MULTIPLE FAILURES LEAD TO PRISON BREAK [...] (U) Summary: On January 15, at approximately 11:30 am, three highly dangerous prisoners broke out of the Centro de Readaptacisn Social I (CERESO) (Center for Social Readaptation, i.e. prison) in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. For one of them, it was his third prison break in as many convict [...]	2006-01-20 17:10:00	Consulate Hermosillo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC ALOW CASC MX
06HERMOSILLO274	CULIACAN CONFERENCE EXPLORES REFORM ALTERNATIVES FOR MEXICAN [...] (U) Summary: On May 25, little more than a month before Mexico's national elections, the annual binational academic conference in Sinaloa on democratic development comparatively examined presidential and parliamentary systems. Participants reviewed the strengths and weaknesses of Mexico's p [...]	2006-06-27 00:31:00	Consulate Hermosillo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EINV OEXC MX
06HERMOSILLO36	PRD AND "ALTERNATIVA" PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES CAMPAIGN IN [...] (SBU) Summary. PRD presidential candidate Lopez Obrador made his first official campaign swing through Sonora state January 27. His visit culminated in political rally in Hermosillo, which was well attended, but not as large as claimed. He made 32 promises to Sonoran voters - local media fo [...]	2006-01-31 03:48:00	Consulate Hermosillo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG SNAR MX
06HILLAH101	BAGHDAD THREATENS REGIONAL NEWSPAPERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Baghdad-based Iraqi Media Network (IMN) and national Al-Sabah newspapers are threatening to cut subsidies to South Central regional independent newspapers, potentially forcing the closure of journals Al-Fayhaa in Babil, Al-Diwaniyah in Diwaniyah, and Al-Ilam Al-Iraqi in Karbal [...]	2006-06-11 17:45:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PROP KISL SCUL IZ
06HILLAH146	BABIL GOVERNOR PLAYING A NEW GAME OR JUST BLUFFING? [...] (C) Summary: The governor of Babil province has shown uncharacteristic willingness to engage with the Regional Embassy Office (REO) during the month of Ramadan, chairing a lengthy meeting to discuss projects, attending the REO's iftar and meeting with REO representatives at his office. Though [...]	2006-10-11 15:38:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV IZ
06HILLAH74	MUQTADA AL-SADR STATEMENTS: ZARQAWI, COLLABORATING WITH [...] SUMMARY: On April 28 and 29, Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr issued two "Istifa" or policy statements. The first statement suggested that Al Qaeda leader Zarqawi had entered into a "truce" with Coalition Forces that created a pretext for continued U.S. occupation of Iraq. Muqtada al-Sadr told his fol [...]	2006-05-01 10:52:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KISL IZ
06HILLAH75	NAJAF FRIDAY SERMONS: SADRIST SAYS THE JAYSH AL-MAHDI ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY During Friday sermons in Kufa and Najaf, Sadr cleric Sayyed Mohammed al-Tabatebaiee rejected the idea of integrating militias into Iraqi security forces in contrast to SCIRI preacher Al-Deen al-Qubanji who praised integration. Both clerics appeared to be reacting to Ayatollah Sist [...]	2006-05-01 10:55:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PINS PTER IZ
06HILLAH82	NORTH BABIL SUNNI SHEIKHS CALL FOR RETENTION OF IP CHIEF, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent meeting with the Regional Coordinator (RC) nine Sunni Sheikhs and tribal leaders from northern Babil Province made a passionate appeal for the REO to prevent the termination of Provincial Police Chief General Qais Hamza Aboud Al-Momouri (ref). The Sheikhs argued th [...]	2006-05-13 16:49:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL IZ
06HILLAH87	POSING AS A STATESMAN, MUQTADA AL-SADR CONDEMNS [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 16, in response to a query from a group of Iraqi teachers based in Libya, Muqtada Al-Sadr issued a "fatwa" decrying the reopening of full diplomatic ties between the United States and Libya. (NOTE: Because he does not have the nece [...]	2006-05-18 17:45:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KDEM IZ
06HOCHIMINHCITY1009	POPULAR ANGER OVER LAND DISPUTES; PROTESTS IN HCMC [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past few months, ConGen has observed a steady stream of small, peaceful protests over land, representing disgruntled groups from the Mekong Delta and the HCMC region. HCMC media contacts tell us of popular dissatisfaction over land expropriation policy and associated o [...]	2006-09-06 10:00:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI KJUS EAID ECON PREL KIRF PGOV VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1014	STAFFDEL BLANK IN THE MEKONG DELTA: AVIAN INFLUENZA, LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to the Mekong Delta province of An Giang August 25 and 26, Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Staffer Jonah Blank reviewed government efforts to control Avian Influenza, visited a women's shelter and examined the status of the ethnic Cham Muslim community. [...]	2006-09-07 08:30:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED PREL PREF KJUS EAGR SOCI VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1035	VISIT OF AMBASSADOR HANFORD TO HCMC: OFFICIAL MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford told GVN officials during a August 14-16 visit that he welcomed the progress that Vietnam has made on religious freedom over the past two years. However, additional progress was needed, especially in the North [...]	2006-09-12 02:08:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF PINR VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1050	ETHNIC MINORITY NATIONALISM, RELIGION AND MIGRATION: [...] (SBU) Ref A reported allegations about conditions in the Central Highlands made by ethnic minority advocacy groups to Department officials on September 11. The advocates asserted that ethnic minority individuals are not fleeing for economic reasons, but because of severe human rights and relig [...]	2006-09-14 09:20:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1083	VISIT OF SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 31 to September 1 visit to HCMC, Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs, Frank Mermoud focused on Vietnam's preparations for WTO accession, state owned enterprise (SOE) reform and U.S. business advocacy. U.S. financial, industrial and pharma [...]	2006-09-25 09:25:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON PREL PGOV VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1086	MEDIA APPROVES AMBASSADOR'S HCMC POLICY SPEECH [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-25 10:09:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1122	PROTESTANT SETBACK IN A NINH THUAN VILLAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: A local evangelist from an ethnic minority village in central Ninh Thuan told us that all 30 followers affiliated with his Inter-Evangelistic Movement had renounced Protestantism under pressure. Local officials reportedly threatened to withhold government benefits and ostracize [...]	2006-10-03 08:49:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINR SOCI PREL KIRF PGOV VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1144	VIETNAM'S TIGHTER GRIP ON THE INTERNET [...] (SBU) Summary: The Party and the GVN have introduced new legal and technical measures to strengthen controls over the Internet. Much of the focus is centered on bolstering firewalls, preventing search engines from displaying unwanted content and centralizing Internet monitoring in Vietnam's [...]	2006-10-06 07:25:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PINR PGOV VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1185	SEPARATISM AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 10-12 visit to the province of Gia Lai, officials told us that U.S.-based activists continue to foment separatism in the Central Highlands and flight to Cambodia. Officials are concerned about what they believe are new efforts to organize anti-GVN activities b [...]	2006-10-17 09:10:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF SOCI PREL KIRF PGOV VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1207	SENATOR HAGEL VISITS HO CHI MINH CITY [...] During an October 4-5 visit to HCMC, Senator Chuck Hagel was officially welcomed by HCMC Party Secretary Le Thanh Hai, who said it was good have the Senator back in Vietnam after a seven-year absence. Hai said he was pleased that bilateral relations continued to improve and that President Bus [...]	2006-10-20 11:09:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PHUM PREL SOCI ECON EFIN PGOV KIRF VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1243	ADJUDICATING ETHNIC MINORITY PRIORITY-ONE REFUGEE CASES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 11, 12 and 13. 2. (C) Over the past few months, the Mission P-1 Committee has been working to develop information on a potential political refugee (P-1 visa) case involving an ethnic minority individual from the Central Highlands provin [...]	2006-10-31 07:19:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR SOCI PREL KIRF PGOV PREF VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1246	ADJUDICATING ETHNIC MINORITY PRIORITY-ONE REFUGEE CASES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 11, 12 and 13. 2. (C) Over the past few months, the Mission P-1 Committee has been working to develop information on a potential political refugee (P-1 visa) case involving an ethnic minority individual from the Central Highlands provin [...]	2006-11-01 05:00:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR SOCI PREL KIRF PGOV PREF VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1257	HCMC BUSINESSMAN PREVIEWS PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT [...] (C) A prominent Ho Chi Minh City businessman who accompanied Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on his recent trip to Japan told EconOff that President Nguyen Minh Triet is keen to receive an invitation to visit the United States from President Bush when the two meet in Hanoi this month. According [...]	2006-11-03 05:26:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY214	DRL A/S LOWENKRON AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE DELEGATION'S [...] (SBU) Summary: In an intensive one-day visit February 21, DRL Assistant Secretary Barry K. Lowenkron met with HCMC Party Secretary Nguyen Minh Triet, HCMC MFA representatives, prominent SIPDIS political dissidents and protestant house church leaders. He also met with civil society, local N [...]	2006-02-27 04:59:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE SOE WTO DPOL
06HOCHIMINHCITY229	(SBU) HCMC NEWSPAPERS PUSH BOUNDS OF POLITICAL DEBATE [...] (C) Summary: Although all of HCMC's newspaper are subject to Party control and censorship, two of its leading national dailies -- Tuoi Tre and Thanh Nien -- have become more assertive, even on some political matters. The newspapers, financially independent, politically well-connected, and i [...]	2006-03-03 10:37:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM VM LABOR DPOL HUMANR
06HOCHIMINHCITY29	DAK LAK: ENCOURAGING SIGNS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Summary: The atmosphere for religious freedom in the hitherto intransigent Central Highlands province of Dak Lak appeared much improved during a ConGen visit in early January. In contrast to past visits, provincial officials told us that they now are prepared to implement Vietnam's legal [...]	2006-01-10 02:59:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KIRF SOCI PHUM VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
06HOCHIMINHCITY320	HCMC MEDIA CONTINUES TO PRESS THE REFORM ENVELOPE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of articles that coincided with the recently-concluded 14th Party Plenum, HCMC-based newspapers continued a public push for reform. Emphasizing rule of law, one of the articles questioned the hitherto-sacrosanct Article 4 of the Constitution, which codifies Communis [...]	2006-03-28 11:44:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI KCOR ECON VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY34	SCOPE PAPER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S VISIT TO HO CHI [...] (SBU) HCMC and its neighboring provinces are the economic and financial soul of Vietnam. Textiles, footwear, furniture, aquaculture -- key export industries -- as well as the country's USD seven billion oil and gas sector are centered around HCMC. With roughly 15 percent of the population, H [...]	2006-01-10 10:19:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON ETRD PGOV VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY388	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN THE MEKONG: KIEN GIANG PROVINCE [...] (U) Summary: Kien Giang Province is reportedly a source of trafficked women and children, particularly for the sex trade in Cambodia. The provincial Women's Union is spearheading anti-trafficking efforts working with the International Office of Migration on an awareness campaign to counsel p [...]	2006-04-17 04:43:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CVIS KWMN ELAB SMIG SOCI TW
06HOCHIMINHCITY412	VIETNAM INTERNET: NEW CHANNELS FOR MEDIA AND POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Internet use in HCMC and other towns -- small and large -- in Vietnam is expanding dramatically. Although the GVN has established a tight regulatory and technical framework to control the Internet, its impact on use and access appears relatively muted thus far. Political and r [...]	2006-04-21 10:58:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PINR PGOV VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY435	CAO DAI ACTIVIST JAILED [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 14, a Cao Dai activist, Tran Huu Phuoc, was sentenced by a Tay Ninh court to two years' imprisonment for "slandering" government officials and members of the GVN-recognized Cao Dai Executive Council. Government-controlled press in Tay Ninh Province subsequently accused [...]	2006-04-25 10:09:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KIRF SOCI VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY87	ANALYSIS OF PROVINCIAL PARTY CONGRESSES IN CENTRAL AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In late 2005, provincial Communist Party Committees in southern and central Vietnam conducted their Party Congresses to select the new crop of provincial leaders for the 2006-2010 term. The results may offer some indication of the thinking and direction of the Party as it prepa [...]	2006-01-25 08:58:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL SOCI KIRF PHUM VM DPOL
06HOCHIMINHCITY957	MILITARY OWNED ENTERPRISES IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Military Owned Enterprises (MOEs) in southern Vietnam are tied in with the Ministry of Defense (MOD) much as other State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) interact with their respective owner/ministries, according to HCMC officials. The economic impact of MOEs is hard to gauge due to the [...]	2006-08-25 02:01:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EIND KCOR PINR VM
06HONGKONG1082	A Primer for Hong Kong Power Reforms [...] (SBU) Summary: In late December 2005, the Hong Kong Government (HKG) proposed to reform the Scheme of Control Agreements (SCAs) governing Hong Kong's electricity market to lower the rates of return to both of Hong Kong's power companies, Hong Kong Electric (HKE) and China Light and Power (CLP) [...]	2006-03-16 01:41:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV KSCA ECON BTIO TRGY CH HK
06HONGKONG1252	DRL OFFICER RANA SIU'S VISIT TO HONG KONG: CIVIL [...] (C) During a March 13-16 visit to Hong Kong, DRL Foreign Affairs Officer Rana Siu discussed civil society and political party developments with Hong Kong-based NGOs. According to the National Democratic Institute (NDI),the pro-Government parties have become more skittish about participating i [...]	2006-03-24 09:21:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HK CH PINR PHUM ELAB
06HONGKONG1284	NPC DELEGATES DISCUSS HONG KONG'S ROLE IN CHINA [...] (C) Summary: During a March 24 lunch with the Consul General, seven Hong Kong delegates to the PRC National People's Congress (NPC) and/or the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) discussed the role of Hong Kong in the PRC's Eleventh Five-Year Plan. Several delegates sa [...]	2006-03-27 09:56:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH HK
06HONGKONG1285	CODEL GRAHAM FOCUSES ON CURRENCY AND PORT SECURITY [...] (C) Renminbi (RMB) valuation, port security, and mainland urban/rural disparity dominated the March 25-26 visit to Hong Kong of Senators Lindsey Graham and Charles Schumer. Hong Kong Monetary Authority Chief Executive Joseph Yam encouraged the Senators to continue pressing the mainland to libe [...]	2006-03-27 10:02:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EFIN WTRO PGOV OREP HK CH
06HONGKONG1383	HONG KONG DOLLAR PEG'S FUTURE UNDER CONSIDERATION [...] (C) The Chinese renminbi (RMB, 8.02=1 USD) and Hong Kong dollar (HKD, 7.76=1 USD) are likely to reach parity by year-end, assuming the RMB continues its gradual appreciation in line with most forecasts. Looking at the evolution of the two currencies, such parity would merely be an accident of [...]	2006-04-03 10:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV HK CH
06HONGKONG1415	NYT CHINA LABOR ARTICLE -- UBS ANALYST CLARIFIES [...] (SBU) UBS Managing Director Jonathan Anderson was not interviewed by the New York Times (NYT) despite being quoted in an April 3 article that has sparked widespread discussion about whether or not there is a labor shortage in China. He speculated that the NYT quoted one of his electronically [...]	2006-04-04 10:02:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON HK CH
06HONGKONG1469	SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S MEETING WITH HONG KONG [...] (C) On March 31, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff met with Hong Kong Secretary for SIPDIS Health, Welfare and Food (SHWF) Dr. York Chow. They discussed Hong Kong's preparations for a possible Avian Influenza (AI) pandemic, AI-related border issues, internati [...]	2006-04-08 02:52:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KFLU AMED TBIO HK CH

06HONGKONG1512	DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S ELECTION STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: On April 7, Consul General Cunningham met with Lee Wing-tat, Democratic Party (DP) Chairman to review the party's election strategy. Lee said he welcomed the creation of the Civic Party and seemed pretty confident that the pan-democrats could get the hundred plus Chief Executive [...]	2006-04-11 09:57:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG1687	PRC PLANS FOR INDIVIDUAL INVESTMENT ABROAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's recent announcement of steps to allow expanded individual access to foreign exchange as well as the creation of new channels for investment abroad has driven up Hong Kong's stock market, drawn out enthusiastic prognostications from media, and even impressed our financial [...]	2006-04-24 03:22:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV HK CH
06HONGKONG1819	CHIEF EXECUTIVE DONALD TSANG AND THE DAB: CORE [...] (C) Summary: Since his early March return from the National People's Congress (NPC) annual meeting in Beijing, Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang has drawn closer to Hong Kong's leading pro-Beijing political party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB). Beg [...]	2006-05-02 10:09:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG1839	CHINA CURRENCY AND MACRO POLICY: IMF'S [...] (SBU) Media coverage of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) May 2 unveiling in Hong Kong of its Asia-Pacific regional outlook is based primarily on an advance press release and does not capture the prescriptive approach put forward at the event with regard to China's currency and macroecon [...]	2006-05-03 11:01:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV HK CH
06HONGKONG1862	FORMER JUSTICE SECRETARY ELSIE LEUNG TO LEAD [...] (C) Summary: On May 7-18, former Hong Kong Secretary for Justice Elsie Leung, will lead a "Better Hong Kong Foundation" (BHKF) delegation to the U.S. to explain implementation of the "One Country, Two Systems" principle in Hong Kong since the 1997 handover to the PRC, as well as other politic [...]	2006-05-04 10:55:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH HK
06HONGKONG1921	CHINA'S ECONOMIC POLICIES THE FOCUS OF FINANCIAL [...] (C) Hong Kong-based investment bank analysts and economists generally welcome China's recent economic tightening measures, and some believe that recent and significant appreciation of Asian currencies may lead to quicker upward movements in the value of the renminbi (RMB). They used the occasi [...]	2006-05-10 00:20:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL CH HK
06HONGKONG1943	COMPETITION LAW DEBATE AHEAD; LIKELY FOCUS TO BE [...] (C) On May 8, the Chairman of Hong Kong's Competition Review Committee told the Deputy Principal Officer (DPO) that his group's report on whether Hong Kong needs a competition law should be completed in mid-June and made public in early July. The committee's present inclination is to assess a [...]	2006-05-11 03:42:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV CH HK
06HONGKONG2050	CHINA INSTALLS ANOTHER BISHOP IN WORSENING [...] (C) Summary: On May 14, Bishop Zhan Silu celebrated Mass to mark his formal installation as Bishop of the Mindong Diocese in the PRC,s Fujian Province. According to Monsignor Eugene Nugent, the papal representative in Hong Kong, Zhan was illicitly ordained a bishop in 2000 but was never form [...]	2006-05-17 10:36:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH VT
06HONGKONG2091	IPR ENFORCEMENT WORKSHOP - "CREATING A STRONGER [...] (SBU) Summary: Post hosted a successful intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement workshop titled, "Creating A Stronger Deterrent," on May 15-16, 2006. Participants were particularly interested in the Hong Kong Government's (HKG) experiences in combating online piracy and in the discuss [...]	2006-05-19 09:27:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON CH HK
06HONGKONG2119	CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM HALF A YEAR LATER: WHAT [...] (C) Summary. The dust has settled since the defeat by Hong Kong democrats of Donald Tsang's Constitutional Reform package in December. Tsang's strategy failed because he didn't anticipate the ability of the pan-democrats to remain united on the call for a timetable for democracy. He believ [...]	2006-05-23 06:57:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINR HK CH
06HONGKONG2199	HKG On Indonesia AI Cases, Business Continuity [...] (SBU) Summary: Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) Controller Dr. P.Y. Leung told Econoff that a preliminary Hong Kong Government (HKG) analysis of a reported cluster of human H5N1 avian influenza (AI) cases in Indonesia found only minor changes to the virus. Leung said that the HKG [...]	2006-05-26 09:12:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED ECON KSTH TBIO KFLU EAGR HK CH
06HONGKONG2373	MEGAPORTS - BILATERAL MEETING ADVANCES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 28-29, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Assistant Deputy Administrator David Huizenga led an inter-agency delegation (Departments of Energy, Homeland Security, and State) to Hong Kong to discuss next steps in the USG's proposed implementation of the Megaport [...]	2006-06-08 09:04:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG PTER PREL PGOV ECON EWWT HK CH
06HONGKONG2378	SUMMARY OF THE ELEVENTH ROUND OF U.S.-HONG KONG [...] (C) ON 16-18 MAY 2006, THE HONG KONG TRADE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT (TID) AND CUSTOMS AND EXCISE (CUSTOMS) DEPARTMENT HOSTED THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY (BIS) FOR THE 11TH U.S. ) HONG KONG BILATERAL EXPORT CONTROL DISCUSSIONS UNDER THE 1997 AGREED MINUTE. THE [...]	2006-06-08 10:59:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETTC BEXP PTER HK BMGT
06HONGKONG2472	INTERPLAY OF U.S. INTEREST RATES AND LOCAL STOCKS [...] (C) Driven by jitters over the direction of U.S. interest rates, Hong Kong stocks have seen double-digit declines over the past month, in line with the sell-off affecting other Asian exchanges and, to a lesser extent, the U.S. markets. This city's economy, however, is heavily oriented towards [...]	2006-06-14 10:46:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN HK CH
06HONGKONG2509	EVOLVING DISCUSSION OF AIR POLLUTION'S [...] (C) Positive reaction to the Consul General's (CG) recent speech encouraging business to be proactive in addressing worsening air pollution suggests a growing realism and sophistication in the local smog debate. Shortly after the speech, a local NGO published a report listing dramatic health [...]	2006-06-16 07:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG SENV CH HK
06HONGKONG2513	DEMOCRATIC PARTY RESISTS REVEALING MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: The Democratic Party (DP) is the only one of Hong Kong's four largest political parties which has failed to comply with a long-existing but only recently publicized legal requirement to release its membership roster. While the DP initially announced that it would publish its list [...]	2006-06-16 08:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR CH HK
06HONGKONG2600	HONG KONG PORT'S COMPETITIVENESS AS A SEA-TRADE [...] (U) Summary. In 2005, Hong Kong's port shipped more goods to the U.S. than any other, while Singapore overtook Hong Kong's position as the world's busiest container port. Pearl River Delta (PRD) ports collectively are much more significant than Singapore, but Hong Kong's share of the Pearl R [...]	2006-06-23 07:37:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ETRD ENRG HK
06HONGKONG2606	COULD A "CHINA ENRON" HAPPEN IN HONG KONG? [...] (C) The expanding role of Hong Kong's stock market, now Asia's top location for raising new equity, underscores the importance of Hong Kong effectively vetting which firms list here and then regulating those companies in a manner that protects investor interests while also advancing China's ec [...]	2006-06-23 10:16:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PGOV HK CH
06HONGKONG2693	CPPCC CHAIRMAN'S VISIT FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC TIES [...] (C) Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Chairman Jia Qinglin visited Hong Kong June 27-29 and made a point on several occasions of commenting positively on Chief Executive Donald Tsang's leadership. With the exception of the Civic Party, most pan-democratic legislators [...]	2006-06-29 10:51:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EFIN HK CH
06HONGKONG2741	THE COLOSSUS: A YEAR OF DONALD TSANG [...] (C) Summary. After a year in office, despite what appeared to be a series of political defeats, Chief Executive Donald Tsang has mastered Hong Kong's political scene and seems to dominate his opponents and rivals on all sides. Buoyed by continued strong economic growth, Tsang has effectively [...]	2006-07-05 08:07:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON PINR HK CH
06HONGKONG2786	QUASI-OFFICIAL PRC MAGAZINE ALLEGES U.S. [...] (C) Since the 1997 handover, the PRC Government has conveyed its displeasure with U.S. policy towards Hong Kong through two primary channels -- formal demarches in Hong Kong and/or in Beijing, and/or the pro-Beijing local media -- often alleging U.S. "interference" in China's "internal affairs [...]	2006-07-07 09:34:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG2949	NO ADDITIONAL ILLICIT BISHOP ORDINATIONS PREDICTED [...] (C) Summary. On July 18, Monsignor Eugene Nugent, the papal representative in Hong Kong, told poloff that he did not expect any illicit Chinese bishop ordinations in the coming weeks and predicted a quiet summer. The Pope, said Nugent, at Cardinal Joseph Zen's suggestion and urging, hoped to [...]	2006-07-19 08:44:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL CH HK VT
06HONGKONG2966	FORMER SECRETARY FOR SECURITY REGINA IP RETURNS TO [...] (C) Summary: On July 18, following a well-choreographed return to Hong Kong, former Secretary for Security Regina Ip launched the Savantas Policy Institute, a think tank which will focus on how to transform Hong Kong into a knowledge-based economy and develop the city into the mainland's platf [...]	2006-07-20 10:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG2981	MACAU ECONOMIC GROWTH ACCELERATING [...] (C) Summary: Macau's economy is again picking up steam as GDP growth surged 18.8 percent in the first quarter of 2006. Growth is being driven largely by the booming tourism and gaming sectors, and by massive investment in a number of large-scale casino and infrastructure projects. Tax receipt [...]	2006-07-21 10:47:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL HK CH PINR MC
06HONGKONG3054	MORE POLITICAL APPOINTEES FOR HONG KONG GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JULY 26, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT (HKG) RELEASED A PROPOSAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE NUMBER OF POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS TO HIGH-RANKING POSITIONS. THE PLAN, PART OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE (CE) DONALD TSANG'S INITIATIVE FOR STRONG GOVERNANCE, IS INTENDED TO STRENGTHEN SUPPORT FOR M [...]	2006-07-27 11:13:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR CH HK
06HONGKONG3065	U.K. TAKES STRONGER LINE ON HONG KONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A JULY 25 REPORT, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT STATED THAT HONG KONG SHOULD IMPLEMENT UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE "AS SOON AS POSSIBLE" AND ALSO OBSERVED THAT THERE HAS BEEN "LITTLE OR NO VISIBLE PROGRESS" TOWARD THAT GOAL. THE REPORT RECEIVED BROAD COVERAGE IN THE HONG KONG PRESS, WHICH ALSO [...]	2006-07-28 11:07:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR HK CH UK
06HONGKONG3154	HONG KONG PLANS FOR ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOLLOWING REF B INDICATIONS THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT (HKG) LIKELY WILL NOT PASS NEW ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING (AML) LEGISLATION UNTIL AFTER THE MARCH 2007 CHIEF EXECUTIVE ELECTION, WE MET RECENTLY WITH COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS ROSANNA URE AND HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY (HKMA) [...]	2006-08-04 10:56:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON KJUS PGOV PREL CH HK
06HONGKONG3171	LEGCO PASSES COVERT SURVEILLANCE BILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 6, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (LEGCO) PASSED A CONTROVERSIAL LAW REGULATING THE USE OF COVERT SURVEILLANCE, INTERCEPTION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AND INTERCEPTION OF POSTAL COMMUNICATIONS BY HONG KONG LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. PRO-DEMOCRACY LAWMAKERS CRITICIZED THE LEGISLAT [...]	2006-08-07 10:36:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL HK CH PINR MC
06HONGKONG3207	PROMINENT HONG KONG PROTESTANT DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On July 31, Reverend Chan Kim-kwong, Executive Secretary of the Hong Kong Christian Council (HKCC) told poloff that the issue of Sino-Vatican relations had moved beyond the State Council's purview and was currently being deliberated by the General Office of the Centra [...]	2006-08-09 11:23:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH VT
06HONGKONG3374	DEMOCRATIC PARTY VICE CHAIRMAN AND LEGISLATOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOUR BAT-WIELDING ASSAILANTS ATTACKED DEMOCRATIC PARTY (DP) VICE CHAIRMAN ALBERT HO ON AUGUST 20; HO SUFFERED INJURIES TO HIS HEAD, ARM, AND FACE. AFTER VISITING THE LAWMAKER IN THE HOSPITAL, CHIEF EXECUTIVE (CE) DONALD TSANG DECLARED, "WE WILL ARREST THEM (THE CULPRITS) AND BRI [...]	2006-08-21 11:03:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG3633	AIR POLLUTION: HURTING HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 01:36:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV CH HK
06HONGKONG3661	MACAU SENIOR OFFICIALS DISCUSS ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary. Macau Chief Executive Edmund Ho and the PRC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Commissioner in Macau Wan Yongxiang told CG James Cunningham that Macau would sustain at least a 10 percent GDP growth rate through 2006. Looking toward Macau's development plans during the next five years [...]	2006-09-13 06:37:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	CH ECON ELTN HK MC EINV
06HONGKONG3750	HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA FRENZY OVER COVERT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The late-August publication of sneak paparazzi-style photos of partially clad "canto-pop" singer Gillian Chung has sparked a public debate in Hong Kong over the proper balance between right to privacy and freedom of the press. Women's rights activists and some politici [...]	2006-09-19 08:44:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG3794	VISIT TO HONG KONG OF EAP DAS THOMAS CHRISTENSEN [...] (C) Summary: During his September 14-16 visit to Hong Kong, EAP DAS Thomas Christensen reviewed Hong Kong economic and political issues with Financial Secretary Henry Tang, who said the central government leadership in Beijing closely followed but did not fully understand political development [...]	2006-09-22 03:34:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR OVIP ECON CH HK
06HONGKONG3840	UNSCR 1695 DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO HONG KONG AND [...] (U) Summary and Action request: This is an action cable, please see paragraphs 8 and 9. 2. (C) Summary. Consulate General Officials delivered Ref A non-paper to Hong Kong and Macau Trade and Finance Authorities and urged continued vigilance to prevent transfers of North Korean financial [...]	2006-09-26 02:36:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN HK KJUS KN MC PREL
06HONGKONG3970	G/SENK VISIT TO HONG KONG AND MACAU [...] (C) Summary: Christian Whiton, Senior Advisor to Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea Jay Lefkowitz (G/SENK),during a September 29-30 visit briefed Hong Kong Legislative Council members and NGO representatives on United States policies toward North Korean refugees and the implication [...]	2006-10-06 03:55:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV HK CH MC KN
06HONGKONG3973	OVERVIEW OF HONG KONG'S ASYLUM POLICIES [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong, which is not a signatory to the United Nations Refugee Convention, does not grant asylum to refugees but allows the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Hong Kong Office to assess all refugee claims submitted by asylum seekers. A recent doubling of as [...]	2006-10-06 06:51:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PREL PREF PINR HK CH
06HONGKONG4027	HONG KONG CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S POLICY ADDRESS: "DON'T [...] (C) Summary: In his second annual Policy Address on October 11, Hong Kong Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang reviewed his first year in office, detailed plans for his current term, and outlined his views on the major challenges that the next CE would face during the 2007-12 term. Tsang's addr [...]	2006-10-11 09:52:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ELAB SOCI CH HK
06HONGKONG4115	FALUN GONG: STRUCTURE AND FINANCING AS SEEN FROM [...] (C) Summary: The Falun Gong (FLG) movement has virtually no organizational structure, coordinated policy, or central financing, according to numerous Falun Gong contacts in Hong Kong. It is better thought of as a very loose association of practitioners who communicate through emails and regu [...]	2006-10-17 09:26:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PINR PGOV HK CH
06HONGKONG4214	EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL IN HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill, accompanied by EAP Special Assistant Thomas Gibbons, exchanged views on local and regional issues with a broad spectrum of key Hong Kong contacts, during an October 21-23 visit. William Ryback, the Deputy Chief Executive of the Hong Kong [...]	2006-10-25 09:25:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH TW KN
06HONGKONG4288	CARDINAL ZEN REQUESTS RETIREMENT AS BISHOP OF HONG [...] (C) Summary: Monsignor Eugene Nugent, the papal representative in Hong Kong, told us that even though Cardinal Joseph Zen has publicly stated his desire to retire as Bishop of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese in order to concentrate on Sino-Vatican issues, he did not believe that the Pope had a [...]	2006-11-02 04:20:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH VT
06HONGKONG4398	CHIEF EXECUTIVE ELECTION COMMITTEE -- ACCOUNTING [...] (C) Summary: Mandy Tam, the functional constituency legislator representing the accounting sector, told us on November 2 about the challenges of recruiting pro-democracy accountants to compete for the twenty accounting subsector seats in the Chief Executive (CE) Election Committee. Many acco [...]	2006-11-09 06:25:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG4529	PRO-BEIJING MAGAZINE ALLEGES U.S. "INTERFERENCE" [...] (C) "Mirror" magazine, a pro-Beijing Chinese-language monthly, repeated well-worn allegations in its November issue that the USG continued to interfere in Hong Kong's internal affairs (Ref A). "Mirror" magazine is published by Xu Simin, a retired Chinese People's Political Consultative Confere [...]	2006-11-21 10:12:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG4610	CHINA ORDAINS THIRD "ILLICIT" BISHOP OF THE YEAR; [...] (C) Summary: Monsignor Eugene Nugent, the papal representative in Hong Kong, told us on December 1 that the installation of Wang Renlei, the Vicar General of the Xuzhou Diocese in Jiangsu Province, as the auxiliary bishop of the diocese was "quite worrying" and "provocative." The participati [...]	2006-12-01 11:15:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH VT
06HONGKONG4641	HONG KONG TO ATTEND PPAQC DEC. 13 - 15 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-05 09:31:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND EWWT PHSA SENV HK
06HONGKONG4666	UNOFFICIAL MARCH 25 REFERENDUM TO ASSESS VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: Former legislator Cyd Ho, Co-Convenor of "Project Civil Referendum", recently discussed her plans for a large-scale unofficial referendum in Hong Kong on March 25, 2007 -- the same day as the Chief Executive (CE) election by the 800-member CE Election Committee. Ho and the other [...]	2006-12-07 03:01:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG4690	HONG KONG ELECTORS CHOOSE CHIEF EXECUTIVE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: On December 10, a small minority of Hong Kong citizens will select the 800-member Chief Executive (CE) Election Committee, which next March will elect a CE to serve from 2007 to 2012. Incumbent CE Donald Tsang almost certainly will be reelected for a five-year term in March 2007 [...]	2006-12-08 08:44:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK
06HONGKONG4691	CHIEF EXECUTIVE ELECTION COMMITTEE: WHO MIGHT VOTE [...] (C) Summary: On December 10, a limited number of Hong Kong residents will select the 800 members of the Hong Kong Chief Executive Election Committee (EC),which in turn will choose the next Chief Executive (CE) in March 2007. Ref a reviewed the complicated Hong Kong electoral process, discusse [...]	2006-12-08 09:15:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK
06HONGKONG4730	HONG KONG OPENS PUBLIC CONSULTATION PHASE ON [...] SUMMARY. At a public forum on November 21, Financial Secretary Henry Tang encouraged all interested parties to SIPDIS give their views on how best to safeguard competition in Hong Kong. Tang's announcement represents a continuation of the Hong Kong Government's (HKG's) step-by-step examin [...]	2006-12-13 09:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO HK
06HONGKONG4735	Expanding USG Financial Crimes Training to [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: During 2005 - 2006 the USG has provided Macau's law enforcement authorities substantial training in anti-money laundering, financial crimes and counterterrorism financing (detailed in para 7). The USG-sponsored training has focused on providing Macau's law e [...]	2006-12-14 04:03:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL MC
06HONGKONG4744	HKG COMPLETES INTERNAL REVIEW OF SFI, READY TO [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 4. 2. (C) On December 14, Commerce, Industry, and Technology Bureau (CITB) Permanent Secretary Yvonne Choi provided an update on the HKG's review of possible limited participation in the USG's Secure Freight Initiative (SFI). Appreciating US [...]	2006-12-14 10:29:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EWWT HK
06HONGKONG4809	MACANESE PROTEST LABOR POLICIES AND CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary and comment: Approximately 600 workers and citizens in Macau took to the streets on December 20, the seventh anniversary of Macau's reversion to the PRC, to protest labor issues and government corruption in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR). Unlike the May 1, 2006 de [...]	2006-12-21 09:04:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CH HK MC
06HONGKONG4811	MFA SAYS PRC CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAS "AUTHORIZED" [...] (C) Deputy Commissioner Xie Xiaoyan of the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Hong Kong called in DPO Sakaue on December 19 to inform us under instructions that the Central Government had "authorized" the Hong Kong Government to engage in "negotiations" or "discussions" with the United [...]	2006-12-21 09:09:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ETRD HK CH
06HONGKONG686	HONG KONG NEWSPAPERS REPORT A READJUSTMENT OF [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The "Oriental Daily" and its sister publication "The Sun" reported on February 17 that during a January 6 Politburo Standing Committee meeting, members reviewed and readjusted policy towards Hong Kong. Beijing concluded that the failure of the reform package last Decem [...]	2006-02-17 10:44:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HK CH PINR PHUM
06HONGKONG687	TAX CUT PRESSURE AS NEW BUDGET LOOMS [...] (C) With the next Chief Executive election planned for the first half of 2007, concerns about public acceptance of government revenue and spending policy are playing a heightened role in advance of the unveiling of the 2006-07 budget, which will take place on February 22. Hong Kong's economic [...]	2006-02-17 11:21:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN HK CH
06HONGKONG733	"GOOD TIMES" BUDGET PROPOSED [...] (C) A dearth of newsy initiatives in Financial Secretary Henry Tang's February 22 budget speech reflects continued cyclical good times. There appears to be broad agreement here that there are no big new problems requiring short-term changes to economic policy or a significant redirection of g [...]	2006-02-22 10:16:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN HK CH
06HONGKONG755	BISHOP ZEN ELEVATED TO CARDINAL [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On February 22, Pope Benedict XVI named 15 new cardinals, among them Bishop Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, head of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese, and an outspoken defender of religious freedom on the mainland as well as a leading figure in the democracy movement in Hong Kong. Ze [...]	2006-02-23 12:22:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	CH HK PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VT
06HONGKONG776	CHANGING VIEWS OF CHINA'S ECONOMY HIGHLIGHTED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prices of mainland corporate shares (H-shares) in Hong Kong, arguably a barometer of market views on prospects for mainland growth and currency appreciation, have increased dramatically in recent months, rising 26 percent so far this year. Financial strategists tell us that the r [...]	2006-02-24 09:59:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV HK CH
06HONGKONG817	2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: HONG KONG [...] (SBU) Hong Kong is in compliance with the standards described in Ref A for the elimination of trafficking in persons. There has been further improvement over the past year in those areas that have, for the past five years, justified Hong Kong's inclusion on the Department's "Tier 1" list. Th [...]	2006-02-28 06:23:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINR PGOV HK CH KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD
06HONGKONG851	LU XINHUA, HONG KONG'S NEW MFA COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Summary: On February 27, Lu Xinhua arrived in Hong Kong and took up his new post as the Commissioner of the PRC Foreign Affairs Office, replacing the outgoing Yang Wenchang. Lu will be Hong Kong's fourth commissioner since the handover and at 55, will also be the youngest. During his thi [...]	2006-03-01 10:32:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG943	BEIJING LEADERS, YET AGAIN, REAFFIRM SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: On March 6, Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang concluded a five-day trip to Beijing to attend the fourth session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing -- his first time as CE. In recent weeks, Tsang has been dogged by speculation, prompted by dissatisfaction among [...]	2006-03-07 11:59:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	CH HK PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
06HONGKONG947	CONUL GENERAL'S INITIAL CALL ON NEW MFA [...] (C) On March 7, Consul General Cunningam called on newly arrived PRC MFA Commissioner u Xinhua at the Commission. Agreeng on the importance of Hong Kong's successful implementation of "one country, two systems" to both countries, they both hoped to enjoy a cooperative relationship and to work [...]	2006-03-08 03:53:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINR HK CH
06IRANRPODUBAI10	IRPO: WESTERN BANK REP CLAIMS AHMADINEJAD DIRECTING [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 14:11:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV IR
06IRANRPODUBAI14	IRANIAN ACTIVISTS LAUD US HUMAN RIGHTS PRESSURE, ADVISE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 17:16:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	IR PREL PGOV PHUM
06IRANRPODUBAI16	REACTION TO LARIJANI'S PROPOSAL FOR IRAN-GULF ALLIANCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-07 15:35:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PREL
06IRANRPODUBAI19	REFORMISTS STRIKE DISSONANT CHORD [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-13 13:52:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IR
06IRANRPODUBAI20	IRANIAN INSIDER CLAIMS AHMADINEJAD IS LOSING SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-14 17:37:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR KNNP PHUM
06ISLAMABAD10261	FM KASURI TELLS IRAN "TAKE THE OFFER" [...] (C) On June 2, Pakistani Foreign Minister Kasuri told the Ambassador that he had telephoned Iranian Foreign Minister Muttaki the previous day to share Pakistan's assessment that Secretary Rice's May 31 statement on Iran (Ref B) was a SIPDIS positive shift in U.S. policy. Kasuri told Muttak [...]	2006-06-02 12:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV IR KNNP
06ISLAMABAD10467	ELECTION COMMISSION STARTS TO UNVEIL ITS PLAN FOR [...] (C) Summary: Encouraging developments out of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and from senior GOP officials indicate that US-led international pressure may be chipping away at the business-as-usual approach many expected from Pakistan,s electoral machinery. Building on over one year [...]	2006-06-05 12:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PREL PK AADP EAID
06ISLAMABAD10539	MUSHARRAF AND ADVISORS CONFER ON FATA PLAN [...] (C) In a May 6 conversation, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz told the Ambassador that President Musharraf had convened a meeting of his senior advisors on May 5 to discuss next steps in implementing the government's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) strategy. The participants [...]	2006-06-06 11:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV MARR
06ISLAMABAD10608	CORRECTED COPY: MUSHARRAF AND ADVISORS CONFER ON [...] (C) In a June 6 conversation, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz told the Ambassador that President Musharraf had convened a meeting of his senior advisors on June 5 to discuss next steps in implementing the government's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) strategy. The participants [...]	2006-06-07 03:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV MARR
06ISLAMABAD10746	SNAPSHOT OF UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN AJK [...] Summary: In July, voters in Pakistan-administered Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) will elect a new President, Prime Minister (PM),and legislative assembly (AJKLA). Since 1975, elections in AJK have been regular and relatively fair. The position of AJK President and Prime Minister has traditi [...]	2006-06-07 13:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IN PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD11311	POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY PAKISTAN VICE [...] (S) Pakistan,s President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan toward Musharraf's goal of "enlightened moderation." Both viewed President Bush,s March visit to Pakistan as a landmark in the bilateral relationship. In [...]	2006-06-15 12:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD11431	GOP CONCERNED BY POSSIBLE UN MANDATE REVIEW OF [...] (U) This cable has an action request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) On June 16, MFA Additional Secretary (UN & Policy Planning) Tariq Osman Haider convened Ambassador to express the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) concern that the U.S. had included the UN Military Observer Group in Indi [...]	2006-06-17 07:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL UNSC KPKO KUNR
06ISLAMABAD11740	POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR DOD U/S RYAN HENRY'S [...] (S) Embassy Islamabad welcomes your June 25-28 visit to Islamabad. Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan toward Musharraf's goal of "enlightened moderation." Both viewed President Bush,s March vis [...]	2006-06-21 08:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV MASS
06ISLAMABAD12265	CONSENSUS ON ELECTION AND RECONCILIATION BEGINS [...] (C) Summary. The visit of elections expert Andrew Raucci provided a rare opportunity for a frank dinner discussion between senior representatives from most of Pakistan's key political parties: PML, PPP, PML-N/ARD, MQM and ANP. Raucci's comment about the critical need for credibility in the el [...]	2006-06-27 11:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD16266	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BALOCHISTAN SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador,s August 10-11 visit to Balochistan, Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani said that Pakistan,s anti-Taliban efforts is currently focused on expelling undocumented Afghans, but that there is no long-term plan for dealing with the Afghan population. Ghani believes th [...]	2006-08-17 13:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK MOPS AF MASS MCAP PTER
06ISLAMABAD16962	BALOCHISTAN (2): THE GRIEVANCES [...] (C) Summary. While the Government of Pakistan (GOP) undertakes projects to develop Balochistan, in part to turn the province into a transit point linking Pakistan to western Afghanistan and the Central Asian states, it faces a distrustful and resentful provincial population. This wariness and [...]	2006-08-29 04:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV KTER PINR
06ISLAMABAD17546	BALOCHISTAN (5): THE PASHTUNS -- BALOCHISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary/Introduction: In Balochistan, violent Baloch tribal leaders and vociferous Baloch nationalists grab the headlines, while the Pashtuns interests and issues are buried on the inside pages. Like the Baloch, the Pashtuns share deep-seated anger toward the federal government for Islama [...]	2006-09-04 07:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV PTER PINR
06ISLAMABAD17890	JULY 27-29 COALITION SUPPORT FUNDS DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. From July 27-29 CENTCOM J-8 led a team of OSD-Comptroller, OSD-Policy, CENTCOM, Joint Staff and Embassy personnel to discuss Coalition Support Fund (CSF) issues with the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) Joint Staff, military services, and Ministry of Finance. The U.S. delegation [...]	2006-09-08 09:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK
06ISLAMABAD18473	TERRORISM FINANCE: COMMENTS ON DRAFT PAPER ON [...] (S/NF) Embassy Islamabad provides the following comments and observations on the draft "Disrupting External Financing to the Taliban" paper. These comments are in addition to those forwarded to SCA/PB in Ref. B. 2. (S/NF) In "Introduction": Office of the Defense Representative Pakist [...]	2006-09-19 12:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL KTFN PTER
06ISLAMABAD18917	HUDOOD ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS: A BIG SLOPPY MESS [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: With President Musharraf on official travel in the U.S., the governing Pakistan Muslim League (PML) announced a tactical retreat in it beleaguered campaign to amend the Hudood Ordinance, the Sharia-based laws on criminalizing extramarital sexual relations and e [...]	2006-09-25 11:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM KWMN PGOV PHUM PK
06ISLAMABAD19121	PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (1): THE CYCLICAL NATURE OF [...] (C) Pakistan is now entering a year of high political stakes, as President Musharraf grapples with his own future in the run-up to provincial and federal parliamentary while political allies and rivals parry and position themselves for possible post-election scenarios. These elections will pl [...]	2006-09-27 13:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PINR PK
06ISLAMABAD19123	PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (3): ELECTORATE AND PARTIES [...] (C/NF) Summary and introduction. Pakistani voters have historically alternated between anti-incumbent backlashes and populist ground swells in which voters simply join the bandwagon of expected winners. Which behavior prevails in the coming elections will depend on the ratio of anti-governm [...]	2006-09-27 13:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PINR PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD19125	PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (5): MUSHARRAF'S COALITION [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Pervez Musharraf has three options for ensuring a solid political foundation for his moderate and progressive agenda as he prepares for 2007 elections. He can stand by the present Pakistan Muslim League (PML) coalition and leadership; stick with the PML, but di [...]	2006-09-27 13:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PINR PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD19804	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FATA SECRETARIAT [...] (U) Ambassador met with Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Secretariat Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Shehzad Arbab on October 5. FATA Secretariat Secretary for Planning and Development Zafar Hassan, ODRP Chief MG Helmly, Islamabad DATT, Peshawar PO, USAID Officer (notetaker) were [...]	2006-10-10 12:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID ECON SOCI PK
06ISLAMABAD20835	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PAKISTAN WILL SEND OBSERVERS [...] (C) On October 19, PolCouns delivered reftel points to MFA (Disarmament) Director Mohammad Kamran Akhtar, along with a copy of the letter from General Abizaid inviting the Government of Pakistan (GOP) to participate in Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Exercise "Leading Edge." The Off [...]	2006-10-23 13:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK KNNP EG KE MNUC PARM PREL
06ISLAMABAD20836	PAKISTANI CONCERNS OVER SPECULATION ON U.S. [...] (S) During an October 20 meeting with the Ambassador on Indo-Pak relations, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz shifted the conversation to ask about press reports that President Bush had likened the current situation in Iraq to the U.S. experience in Vietnam. (Note: Aziz's question was a [...]	2006-10-23 13:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PK PREL PTER IZ
06ISLAMABAD21222	INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSSES BORDER AREA SECURITY, [...] (S/NF) Summary and Introduction: In an October 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao offered a candid assessment of the security situation in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Agencies (FATA),sharing his private assessment that vigorous Government of Pakist [...]	2006-10-31 10:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD21968	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH PAKISTANI PRIME [...] (C) Summary: On November 7, Assistant Secretary Boucher met with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Aziz discussed the political situation, remarking that the Bajaur incident had played into the hands of the religious opposition, and that the mood of the general populace was truly angry. He re [...]	2006-11-13 10:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON ETRD EINV OPIC MNUC AF PK
06ISLAMABAD22617	FM KASURI DESCRIBES VISIT TO DECEMBER VISIT TO IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-28 05:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF IR PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD3808	SLIGHT GAINS FOR PML IN SENATE ELECTIONS [...] (C) In a follow-up to the January 2nd "retirement" of 50 Senators (reftel A),Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPAs) in each of Pakistan's four provinces were charged with electing replacements on March 6. Each Provincial Assembly elected 11 Senators in a secret-ballot overseen by the Provi [...]	2006-03-08 14:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV KDEM
06ISLAMABAD4386	PUGWASH CONFERENCE: KASHMIRI CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: A three-day gathering of Kashmiris, Pakistanis and Indians in Islamabad highlighted the continuing effort of President Musharraf to build support for his peace proposals. The meeting featured a two-and-a-half hour exchange with Musharraf on his ideas for demilitarization, self-g [...]	2006-03-17 12:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK IN PTER
06ISLAMABAD4597	ASFANDYAR WALI KHAN TO VISIT THE UNITED STATES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 5 2. (C) Senator Asfandyar Wali Khan, Chairman of the secular Pashtun-nationalist Awami National Party (ANP) called on Ambassador on March 17 to discuss his recent meeting with President Musharraf (septel). According to Asfandyar, the ANP has taken [...]	2006-03-20 14:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
06ISLAMABAD4767	ANP AND PPP MOVING TOWARDS ACCOMMODATION WITH THE [...] (S) Summary: In recent separate meetings, Awami National Party (ANP) Chairman Senator Asfandyar Wali Khan and Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) Chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim delivered closely coordinated messages to the Embassy. Both leaders were prepared to support an alliance o [...]	2006-03-22 05:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PTER MOPS PK
06ISLAMABAD5070	MFA SEEKS INFORMATION ON 1267 COMMITTEE [...] (S) Summary: On March 24, MFA Director Tasneem Aslam advised DCM that the GOP seeks "hard evidence" from the USG that could be used in domestic legal proceedings on the implemenation of terror financing sanctions against organizations designated by the UN 1267 Committee. Aslam claimed that [...]	2006-03-27 10:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	EFIN ETTC PK PREL PTER KTFN
06ISLAMABAD5307	PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. President Bush's March 3-4 visit to Pakistan inspired a range of opinions on the state of the US-Pakistan relationship. Government officials, such as President Musharraf, PM Aziz, and FM Kasuri expressed satisfaction with the visit and its outcomes, including the launching of a [...]	2006-03-29 12:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD5382	AMBASSADOR'S BILATERAL TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FOREIGN [...] (S) Summary: On March 29, Ambassador called on Foreign Secretary Mohammed Riaz Khan to discuss follow-on action SIPDIS after the March 3-4 visit by President Bush, particularly a time frame for the Foreign Secretary's Strategic Dialogue discussions with P - U/S Burns and cooperation on e [...]	2006-03-31 02:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL EAID ETRD PGOV PK AF PTER PARM KNNP
06ISLAMABAD5596	GOVERNMENT'S CHARM OFFENSIVE LEAVES MANY BALOCH UNIMPRESSED [...] (S) Summary: While sporadic engagements continue between Baloch nationalists and military and Frontier Corps units, the Pakistan government has recently announced a series of political and economic initiatives to address some of Balochistan's long-standing grievances, including promises of more fed [...]	2006-04-03 14:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PTER PK
06ISLAMABAD5767	YASIN MALIK TELLS KASHMIRI MILITANTS "GIVE PEACE A [...] (S) Introduction: Srinagar-based Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik has told post that he has used his extended March-April 2006 visit to Pakistan to reach out to Kashmiri militant leaders, counseling them to lay down their arms and give the peace process a chance. In between highly-pub [...]	2006-04-05 13:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PK PGOV PTER IN

06ISLAMABAD5903	A/S BOUCHER DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH [...] (C) Summary. SCA Assistant Secretary Boucher reviewed a range of regional issues in separate April 4 discussions with Pakistani Foreign Minister Kasuri and Foreign Secretary Khan. Kasuri and Khan were optimistic on relations with India, taking heart from PM Singh's recent speech in Amritsar [...]	2006-04-06 13:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IN AF PK IR
06ISLAMABAD5945	MESSAGE DELIVERED THAT U.S. IS NOT RUNNING FOR UN [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-07 10:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KUNR PREL PHUM UNGA PK
06ISLAMABAD6419	PRIME MINISTER AZIZ BRIEFS SENATOR HAGEL ON [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation with visiting Senator Hagel (R-NE),Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz reiterated Pakistan's opposition to any nuclear weapons program in Iran, but supported Iran's right to a civil nuclear energy program. He praised Afghan President Karzai, and highligh [...]	2006-04-14 14:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PREL MARR PK AF IN PGOV IR
06ISLAMABAD6420	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF EXPRESSES CONCERN TO SENATOR HAGEL ON HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-14 15:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	AF IN MNUC PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD7164	A PRIMER ON PAKISTAN'S FEDERALLY ADMINISTERED [...] Summary. This cable is intended to serve as a basic primer on Pakistan,s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The seven tribal agencies that make up the FATA are administratively, legally, and politically distinct from the rest of Pakistan. This primer focuses on these unique features o [...]	2006-04-24 11:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD7770	PRINCE SULTAN'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN: MOSTLY OPTICS; [...] (C) Summary. In the week following Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud's April visit to Pakistan, PolCouns sought assessments in separate meetings with the MFA Director General for the Gulf region Sajjad Haider, Saudi Embassy DCM Abdullah Al-Omari and a respected local journalist, Far [...]	2006-05-02 11:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PK SA
06ISLAMABAD8829	S/CT AMB CRUMPTON ENCOURAGES ROBUST GOP [...] (C) Introduction and summary: Visiting Islamabad on May 3-4, S/CT Ambassador Henry Crumpton and S/CT Senior Advisor Michael Hurley engaged political, diplomatic and military interlocutors on Pakistan's counterterrorim (CT) strategies and policies. Calling on National Security Advisor Tariq [...]	2006-05-16 02:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD9358	PAKISTANI COMMENTS ON UPCOMING SIACHEN-SIR CREEK [...] (U) Summary. The Pakistani press has cast reports on the upcoming Composite Dialogue talks on Siachen glacier (May 23-24) and Sir Creek (May 25-26) in a lackluster light, mostly by lifting bylines from the Indian press. There has been little discussion on what proposals the GOP will bring [...]	2006-05-22 13:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IN PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD9585	FATA: MISSION PAKISTAN REPORTING AND ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable is intended to inform the inter-agency discussion on how to stimulate counterrorism progress, stability, and political change in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Mission Pakistan--in biweekly "Interagency FATA Working Group" meetings that include office [...]	2006-05-24 12:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PL PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD9703	GOP DECLINES PSI INVITATION...AGAIN [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-25 11:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK PHSA KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV
06ISLAMABAD9704	FREE, FAIR, AND ISI: THE PML ELECTION STRATEGY [...] (C/NF) Summary: According to PML Secretary General Mushahid Hussain, the party's goal in the upcoming elections is a plurality in the National Assembly. He identified urban areas in central Punjab (Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad) as the chief battlegrounds, predicted a strong PML victory in [...]	2006-05-25 11:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PREL PTER MOPS PK AF IR
06ISLAMABAD9708	FATA OPERATIONS SINCE JULY 7TH: A MIXED BAG [...] (U) This is the second in a series of four cables assessing the GOP's progress in its crackdown on extremism. 2. (S) Summary. In the aftermath of the July 7, 2005 bombings in London, President Musharraf made a series of broad-reaching committments to tackle extremism and terrorism in Pakist [...]	2006-05-25 12:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PTER MOPS MARR PK
06ISLAMABAD9710	FATA OPERATIONS SINCE JULY 7TH: A MIXED BAG [...] (U) This is the second in a series of four cables assessing the GOP's progress in its crackdown on extremism. 2. (S) Summary. In the aftermath of the July 7, 2005 bombings in London, President Musharraf made a series of broad-reaching committments to tackle extremism and terrorism in Pakist [...]	2006-05-26 01:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PTER MOPS MARR PK
06ISLAMABAD9892	MUSHARRAF TELLS IRAN "STOP ENRICHMENT NOW" [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 09:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	IR KNNP PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD9964	PROGRESS TOWARDS DEMOCRACY [...] (C/NF) Summary: The upcoming national and provincial elections will be an important bellwether on progress towards democratization in Pakistan. However, free and fair elections must be supported by long-term systemic changes that are necessary to institute good governance and firm civilian co [...]	2006-05-31 07:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PHUM PK
06ISTANBUL1296	JULY 12 PRESIDENT ALIYEV - ENERGY DEPSEC SELL [...] (U) This is a joint ConGn Istanbul-Embassy Baku message. 2. (C) SUMMARY Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev told Deput Secretary of Energy Clay Sell on July 12 that Aerbaijan and US goals and strategies with respect o developing Azerbaijani gas for world markets cincide, and Azerbaijan i [...]	2006-07-18 14:31:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TU
06ISTANBUL1302	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE - EUR DAS BRYZA JULY 12 [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Bryza discussed a potential way to resolve the long-standing Halki issue with the Ecumenical Patriarch during a July 12 meeting. The Patriarch also raised property issues, noting that the Government of Turkey (GOT) had begun selling seized Ecumenical Patriarchate prope [...]	2006-07-19 07:05:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV TU
06ISTANBUL1387	OECD/OSCE CONFERENCE ON INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN [...] Summary: OECD and OSCE jointly sponsored, and the Government of Turkey hosted, a meeting July 11-12 to assess interest of the countries in Central Asia and the Caucasus in an investment and development initiative similar to regional initiatives that OECD has undertaken with USG support in South [...]	2006-08-08 13:10:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN TU
06ISTANBUL1475	COMPETITION FOR EXCELLENCE IN ISTANBUL MUNICIPAL [...] (C) Summary. Turkey,s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) continues to challenge politics as usual through a successful mixture of energetic, grass roots-based politicking and a problem-solving approach to local issues. AKP came to power riding a crest of anger and dissatisfaction at [...]	2006-08-17 13:18:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
06ISTANBUL1478	SUCCESSION ISSUE: PRIORITY AND LIFELINE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Patriarchate senior advisor, Metropolitan Meliton of Philadelphia, stressed to us during an introductory meeting on August 16 that the priority issue for the Ecumenical Patriarchate was the succession of the Patriarch. He noted that Turkish citizenship requirements for any poten [...]	2006-08-17 14:22:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
06ISTANBUL1504	SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 25-26 VISIT OF CODEL MCCAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission Turkey warmly welcomes the visit of Codel McCain to Turkey. Turkey is an ally in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT),facilitating the distribution of supplies and fuel to the coalition in Iraq and supporting the NATO Training Mission (NTM-I) there; publicly calling on Ir [...]	2006-08-22 08:32:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN AMGT ASEC DA GG IT MW OREP TU
06ISTANBUL1511	ISTANBUL'S CHP KADIKOY MAYOR: SAFE, SATISFIED, [...] (SBU) Summary. Republican People,s Party (CHP) mayor of Istanbul's Kadikoy district, Selami Ozturk, represents a wealthy constituency on the Asian side of Istanbul. Political activism is not the byword for this area where secular verities of the Turkish Republic remain more important to vote [...]	2006-08-23 13:43:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
06ISTANBUL1618	OECD/OSCE CONFERENCE ON INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN [...] Summary: OECD and OSCE jointly sponsored, and the Government of Turkey hosted, a meeting July 11-12 to assess interest of the countries in Central Asia and the Caucasus in an investment and development initiative similar to regional initiatives that OECD has undertaken with USG support in South [...]	2006-09-08 08:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN TU
06ISTANBUL1749	FAITH, REASON AND ANOTHER WORLD: TURKISH REACTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Though Pope Benedict XVI's speech delivered at the University of Regensburg on September 12 is fading from Turkey's headlines, the response from Turks is universally negative and the speech continues to be a topic of conversation. A popular view regards the speech as a call fo [...]	2006-09-25 13:02:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
06ISTANBUL1750	FAITH, REASON AND ANOTHER WORLD: TURKISH REACTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Though Pope Benedict XVI's speech delivered at the University of Regensburg on September 12 is fading from Turkey's headlines, the response from Turks is universally negative and the speech continues to be a topic of conversation. A popular view regards the speech as a call fo [...]	2006-09-25 13:02:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
06ISTANBUL180	SHADOW BOXING: TURKEY'S UNREGISTERED ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's economic success over the last four years has prompted renewed discussion about the need to move on to tackle other deep-rooted structural problems in the Turkish economy. Chief among these issues is Turkey's shadow (or unregistered) economy, which experts estimate rep [...]	2006-02-10 14:14:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
06ISTANBUL1846	ISTANBUL BANKERS PRAISE AKP ECONOMIC REFORMS [...] (SBU) Summary. We met three Istanbul-based bankers with visiting Turkey desk officer to discuss economic performance, trends and political risk. All three thought that the AKP government had done a good job implementing IMF-backed reforms, but felt that the AKP economic team lacked depth a [...]	2006-10-10 07:21:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
06ISTANBUL1865	LOCAL OFFICIALS, PUBLIC STAY ON MESSAGE IN EDIRNE [...] (SBU) Summary. Local officials, reporters and academics in Edirne sent a clear and consistent message during the Consul General's regional familiarization trip: concern about the PKK threat and U.S. cooperation in combating it is not reserved for Ankara and southeastern Turkey but extends to [...]	2006-10-11 11:42:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON GR KPAO PGOV PHUM TU
06ISTANBUL192	TURKISH ACADEMICS, STUDENTS COMMENT ON MIDDLE EAST [...] (SBU) Summary. Media savvy academics and students involved in democracy building expressed mixed views to a visiting counter-terrorism team about America and its foreign policy in meetings earlier this month. One academic fretted over Turks, generally more negative opinion of the U.S. and [...]	2006-02-14 06:05:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO TU
06ISTANBUL2013	ISTANBUL'S KURDISH INTELLECTUALS: THE TIME IS NOW [...] (S) Summary. Istanbul's Kurdish intellectuals opine the evolving political situation in Turkey and the region sets a favorable stage for agreement to end the Kurdish conflict in Turkey. According to these intellectuals, Turkey's Kurds -- accepted as equals during Turkey's war of independenc [...]	2006-11-02 13:59:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PTER TU
06ISTANBUL2095	STABILITY VS. THE CANCER OF INFORMALITY [...] Summary: On November 6, at the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Global Forum on Investment, an OECD Country Roundtable examined Turkey's recent experience with strategies to enhance the investment environment and the dramatic improvement in foreign investment in Tu [...]	2006-11-20 13:31:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BEXP ECON ECIN OECD TU
06ISTANBUL2100	ISTANBUL CONFERENCE SEES NEW U.S. POLICY TREND IN [...] Summary. A largely academic audience responded positively to visiting scholar Dr. Ian Lesser of the Woodrow Wilson Center and former Foreign Minister Ilter Turkmen's discussion of the "Future of Turkish-American Relations." Lesser and Turkmen inaugurated Sabanci University's Istanbul Policy [...]	2006-11-21 14:49:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TU
06ISTANBUL2104	FOUNDATIONS, TRANSFORMATIONS AND EU ACCESSION: [...] (SBU) Summary: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) completed its nine-day fact finding mission in Turkey with a generally positive view of religious freedom here. Delegation members clearly recognized the significant challenges facing religious minority co [...]	2006-11-24 12:10:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TU
06ISTANBUL2105	URBANCIC AND BASER DISCUSS EFFORTS TO COMBAT PKK [...] (C) Summary. S/CT Deputy Coordinator Urbancic met Gen. (ret) Baser, the GOT's counter-PKK envoy, in Istanbul on November 11. After expressing appreciation for Urbancic's efforts to curb PKK criminal support in Europe, which was the subject of Urbancic's Ankara meetings, Baser took the opport [...]	2006-11-24 12:57:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN PREL TU IZ
06ISTANBUL2144	ISTANBUL BUSINESS COMMUNITY DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 28, CODEL Shays met members of the Istanbul business community to discuss their views on Iraq's future and U.S. - Turkey relations. The business community sees both risks and opportunities in Iraq, but companies with on-going Iraq operations see potential profit op [...]	2006-12-08 14:29:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENIV ENRG OREP PREL PTER TU
06ISTANBUL2154	AMERICAN COUNCIL OF YOUNG POLITICAL LEADERS ENGAGES WITH [...] Begin Summary: A visiting American Council of Young Political Leaders (AYCPL) delegation engaged over dinner December 4 at the Consul General's Residence with a group of Turkish political party leaders, academics, business executives, and senior press columnists and editors. The lively excha [...]	2006-12-12 09:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO OEXC SCUL PREL CVIS TU
06ISTANBUL2174	CHP - DRIVE TO PREVENT ERDOGAN PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Summary. People's Republican Party (CHP) Istanbul Chairman Sinasi Oktem told us December 20 that Prime Minister Erdogan could not "in good conscience" take the prescribed presidential oath of office and vowed CHP would do everything possible to prevent that from happening -- unless "you (i [...]	2006-12-22 07:25:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
06ISTANBUL392	NEW TURKISH WITHHOLDING TAX ROILS BROKERS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's new 15 percent withholding tax on capital gains and interest from government securities has had little of the market impact that market players predicted last year. A number of analysts profess surprise at how limited the impact has been, with some noting that the Trea [...]	2006-03-16 12:54:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
06ISTANBUL449	GLOBAL FDI MOVEMENTS: MYTHS AND FACTS IN TURKEY [...] (U) Summary: Speakers at a March 24 conference on foreign investment in Turkey evinced optimism about Turkey's overall economic progress but agreed the country needs to develop a strategy to attract significant FDI. Noting that the country lags especially in the area of "green field" investme [...]	2006-03-28 09:12:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV TU
06ISTANBUL476	BUSINESS CRITICISM OF GOVERNMENT INTENSIFIES [...] (U) Summary: Business criticism of recent Turkish Government missteps on the economy has intensified in recent days, as business leaders have grown increasingly concerned about the potential impact of protracted uncertainty surrounding the leadership of the Turkish Central Bank. Former Chai [...]	2006-03-30 13:32:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV TU
06ISTANBUL9	ISTANBUL'S AK PARTY CHAIRMAN GETS PERSONAL AT [...] (U) Summary: A December International Migration Symposium in Istanbul provided useful insight into Turkish perspectives on the social justice and security implications of migration, with many Turkish concerns mirroring those in the U.S. An unexpected note was Istanbul AK Party Chairman Mehm [...]	2006-01-04 13:09:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
06JAKARTA10037	AGO THREATENS TO EXECUTE BALI BOMBERS IN AUGUST [...] (C) The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has announced August 22 as the date on which the three men sentenced to death for the 2002 Bali bombings - Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra and Ali Gufron alias Muklas - will be executed in Nusa Kembangan prison. However, the announcement seems intend [...]	2006-08-09 09:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTE KISL KVPR PGOV ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA10041	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Ministry North American Affairs Director Harry Purwanto on August 7. We explained the draft resolution was consistent with the U.S. requirement for a sustainable ceasefire and stressed U.S. goal was a cessation of hostilities by no later than August [...]	2006-08-09 12:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER MOPS UN IS
06JAKARTA10043	INDONESIA - HAZE SEASON UNDERWAY AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. Fires burning in Sumatra and Kalimantan have sent haze once again throughout the region. Haze problems reached alarming levels in late July, with the Indonesian press reporting over 2,000 hot spots on Sumatra island and another 1,000 hot spots in Kalimantan during the week of [...]	2006-08-09 23:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KTIA TPHY TBIO ECON ID
06JAKARTA10053	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS JUNE [...] Summary. The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced on August 2 a slowing year-on-year (YoY) inflation in July 2006 of 15.15 percent. Bank Indonesia (BI) lowered interest rates on August 8 by 50 basis points (bps) to 11.75 percent. On July 26 Standard & Poor's Rating Services raised I [...]	2006-08-10 06:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA10298	INDONESIA WANTS TO ELEVATE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: S/P Director of Policy Planning Dr. Stephen Krasner met on August 11 with Indonesian Foreign Ministry officials for a strategic dialogue on U.S.-Indonesian relations. Led by Secretary General Imron Cotan, the Indonesians stressed their desire to expand and deepen bilateral coope [...]	2006-08-15 11:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID PARM KDEM ID
06JAKARTA10359	INDONESIA'S FINANCIAL SECTOR POLICY PACKAGE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-16 08:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV PREL ID
06JAKARTA10361	INDONESIA'S FINANCIAL SECTOR POLICY PACKAGE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia issued its Financial Sector Policy Package on July 5, tackling two important issues of non-performing loans at state-owned banks, and insolvent insurance firms. Success in these areas will represent one of the most significant changes in the financ [...]	2006-08-16 09:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV PREL ID
06JAKARTA10539	RICK NESS TESTIFIES IN NEWMONT CASE THIS WEEK [...] (C) Summary. Newmont mining executive and Amcit Richard Ness is scheduled to take the stand in his own defense this week on August 25 in a Manado, North Sulawesi courthouse. He faces fifteen years in prison if convicted on charges of polluting Buyat Bay, the site of the now-closed Newmont Min [...]	2006-08-24 11:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET//NOFORN	EMIN CASC SENV EINV PHUM ID
06JAKARTA10570	TERRORIST FINANCE - INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC RELIEF [...] (S) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs (Deplu) counter terrorism finance officer Aris Munundar told us on August 23 that the Indonesian Government (GOI) would no longer stand in the way of a U.S.-led UN 1267 designation of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) branch in Indo [...]	2006-08-25 10:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	EFIN ETTC PREL AS ID
06JAKARTA10758	RESPONSE RE PROPOSED RESEARCH PROJECT [...] Post sees no potential implications to U.S. foreign policy concerns with the proposed research project no. AI069907 involving a foreign institution. This NIH proposed award is for the research project entitled "The Asia-Pacific HIV Observational Database (APHOD)." Post understands research in [...]	2006-08-31 06:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA ID
06JAKARTA10923	INDONESIA - SEPTEMBER 1 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) announced refocused priorities for controlling avian influenza (AI) at a successful international donor meeting on August 23-24. Donor representatives were pleased with the coordination of the meeting and refocused GOI priorities but concerned b [...]	2006-09-01 09:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA10924	INDONESIA STEPS UP EFFORTS TO PASS TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's Parliament (DPR) has completed a new draft of its proposed anti-trafficking legislation. President Yudhoyono has designated the Ministry of Women's Empowerment (KNPP) and the Ministry of Law & Human Rights to prepare executive branch comments on the bill. The Gov [...]	2006-09-01 10:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL EAID ELAB KJUS KCRM ID
06JAKARTA10926	MOVING FORWARD WITH THE MARITIME BORDER NEEDS [...] (S) Summary: Post strongly supports S/CT's proposal for a border control technical needs assessment for the triborder area and will welcome the assessment team to Indonesia, with the below recommendations for S/CT and DS/ATA's further consideration. Post has received encouragement from various [...]	2006-09-01 11:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
06JAKARTA11149	RESPONSE TO US EFFORTS ON WATER AND SANITATION [...] (U) Response was prepared jointly with USAID Jakarta Mission Staff. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Post is actively engaged with Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials on water and sanitation issues under the auspices of a Strategic Objective Grant Agreement between the USG and the GOI to support higher [...]	2006-09-11 03:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ID
06JAKARTA11377	U.S.-INDONESIA BILATERAL DEFENSE DIALOGUE AGREES [...] (U) Summary: The sixth annual meeting of the U.S.-Indonesia Dialogue (USIBDD) in Jakarta on August 29-31, 2006 the two sides agreed to 138 military-to-military events for 2007. USPACOM and the Indonesian military (TNI ) also signed a Terms of Reference (TOR) formalizing the annual meeting pr [...]	2006-09-13 09:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL ID
06JAKARTA11379	INDONESIA - 2007 BUDGET RAISES SOCIAL SPENDING [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia's (GOI) Rp 746.5 trillion (USD 82.1 billion) draft 2007 budget proposes double digit percentage increases in spending on health, education and social welfare programs, with the total amount of central government spending on these programs reaching Rp [...]	2006-09-13 10:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KMCA KCOR PGOV ENRG TBIO ID
06JAKARTA11482	THE VISIT OF VP KALLA: ENGAGING ON THE ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. Vice President Jusuf Kalla,s September 23-28 visit to the U.S. offers an excellent opportunity to deliver a message on the need to accelerate economic reforms to one of Indonesia,s most influential officials. Although deeply involved in economic policy issues, Kalla is a relucta [...]	2006-09-18 06:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PREL MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA11582	INDONESIA - SEPTEMBER 18 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) [...] (SBU) Summary. The National Committee for Avian influenza and Pandemic Response (National AI Committee) brought together on September 15 key representatives from the government of Indonesia (GOI),donor agencies and international organizations to coordinate funding and implementation of inten [...]	2006-09-19 10:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA11767	INDONESIA'S ECONOMY - RIGHT DIRECTION, WRONG SPEED [...] Summary. Private sector and Government of Indonesia (GOI) interlocutors expressed optimism about the financial sector's growth and progress, but concern about the real sector, during the September 13-15 visit of Department of Treasury officials Andrew Baukol and Seth Searls. Most agreed Indo [...]	2006-09-21 09:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV KCOR ID
06JAKARTA11769	GOI TROUBLED BY EVENTS IN THAILAND [...] (C) On September 20, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono convened a meeting of top advisors to discuss the coup's implications for Indonesia. Several times during that day, one of the President's top foreign policy advisors pressed the Charge for information about the USG's understanding of th [...]	2006-09-21 10:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ID
06JAKARTA1179	YUDHOYONO CONVOKES AMBASSADOR ON IRAN; [...] (S) Summary: President Yudhoyono (SBY) convoked the Ambassador to an extraordinary meeting January 31, attended by four ministers, to convey Indonesia's intention to decide its position on Iran's nuclear program when the IAEA Board of Governors meet on March 6. He conveyed concerns with resp [...]	2006-01-31 11:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL PGOV ID IR
06JAKARTA12031	EAST KALIMANTAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS [...] Summary: Economic and political leaders in East Kalimantan praised the Government of Indonesia's (GOI) decentralization policy during a four-day embassy trip through the resource-rich province on the Indonesian part of Borneo. However, the same leaders criticized strongly the execution of tha [...]	2006-09-29 06:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EINV SENV PREL TBIO ID
06JAKARTA12098	INDONESIA - TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND [...] Embassy Jakarta's Economic Section coordinates monitoring of Indonesia trade agreement compliance and responding to foreign trade barrier complaints. International Trade Officer Tobias Glucksman (GlucksmanTH@state.gov) is the primary working level point of contact for these efforts. Embassy' [...]	2006-10-02 10:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON ID
06JAKARTA12160	DISCOURAGING TNI FROM TAKING MANPADS TO UNIFIL [...] (S) Charge discussed the MANPADS issue with Indonesian Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Dino Patti Djalal on October 2. Charge emphasized that Indonesian deployment with MANPADS would cause big problems and urged GOI to reconsider. Djalal subsequently discussed the issue with the commander [...]	2006-10-03 11:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL ID LE
06JAKARTA12253	AN ENHANCED U.S. ROLE IN COMBATING AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Summary. After a slow start that led to the unchecked spread of AI across much of Indonesia, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) has developed a simplified AI strategy with re- aligned priorities under a functioning National Comm [...]	2006-10-05 09:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA12254	INDONESIA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS CONTINUE TO [...] (C) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,s (SBY) multi-faceted anti-corruption efforts continue to make progress in Indonesia. SBY has thrown his political support behind successful reformers and other anti-corruption "champions", has permitted prosecutions against senior Government o [...]	2006-10-05 10:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV KCRM ID
06JAKARTA12498	SECRETARY'S INITIATIVE ON GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM -- [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Jakarta welcomes the Secretary's Global Internet Freedom Task Force Initiative (GIFT) and looks forward to contributing to its success. As requested in reftel, a list of USAID projects related to the GIFT is described below. USAID in Indonesia continues to place high p [...]	2006-10-13 06:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINT EAID PHUM
06JAKARTA12541	INDONESIA SUPPORTS UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF [...] (C) Polcouns and counterparts from the Australian and New Zealand Embassies delivered reftel demarche to Jonny Sinaga, deputy director in the Department of Foreign Affairs' Directorate for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs. We presented the main points of the demarche, emphasizing the co [...]	2006-10-13 08:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UN ID
06JAKARTA12543	INDONESIA'S ECONOMY ONE YEAR AFTER THE FUEL PRICE [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia successfully restored macroeconomic stability in the first half of 2006 after the August 2005 rupiah "mini-crisis" and the fuel price hikes and interest rate increases that followed. After the Government of Indonesia (GOI) hiked fuel prices by an average of 126% in O [...]	2006-10-13 10:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA12547	U.S.-INDONESIA SOFA TALKS LAY BASIS FOR POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: U.S. delegation's exploratory talks with the Indonesian government on October 5 in Jakarta made considerable headway in establishing a basis of understanding for possible formal negotiation of a bilateral Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Embassy shared a draft template text (r [...]	2006-10-13 11:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL ID
06JAKARTA12555	US-ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL DELEGATION VISITS JAKARTA [...] (SBU) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) told a visiting U.S. ASEAN Business Council (USABC) delegation on October 12 that he remains optimistic about Indonesia's economic outlook and committed to economic reforms and the process of democratization. Vice President Jusuf Kalla [...]	2006-10-16 05:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ENRG ETRD EFIN PGOV ID
06JAKARTA12602	CT UPDATE: FOUR YEARS AFTER FIRST BALI ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary. In the four years since terrorist attacks first rocked Bali on October 12, 2002, foreign police assistance programs have markedly improved Indonesia's CT capacity. The Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist network, however, remains a serious threat to Western and secular interests in I [...]	2006-10-16 09:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL ASEC KVPR CVIS
06JAKARTA12607	REVISED DRAFT CRIMINAL CODE WORRIES ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary: Legal analysts and NGOs told us that the latest draft of the revised Indonesian Criminal Code (KUHP) continues to include controversial provisions on the protection of government officials and state ideology from defamation, and the criminalization of pornography. They feared tha [...]	2006-10-17 05:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM ID
06JAKARTA12687	INDONESIA AND MCC COMPACT ELIGIBILITY [...] (SBU) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) administration has made important progress in the past year implementing a broad-based development strategy emphasizing poverty reduction, private sector growth, and good governance. SBY's bold anti-corruption efforts continue to dism [...]	2006-10-18 10:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON KMCA KCOR ID
06JAKARTA12732	EAP DAS ERIC JOHN'S MEETING WITH BG DADI SUSANTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Indonesian Director General for Defense Strategy Susanto on October 18, EAP DAS Eric John raised U.S. human rights concerns, the need for continued military vetting and accountability for past abuses, the importance of a SOFA in underpinning bilateral cooperatio [...]	2006-10-19 10:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM MASS MOPS ID
06JAKARTA12775	PARLIAMENT PASSES 2007 BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary. Parliament approved a Rp 763.6 trillion (USD 83.4 billion) FY 2007 budget on October 17. Spending for personnel, materials and social programs is slated to rise significantly in 2007 in line with President Yudhoyono's plans to reform the civil service and improve health and ed [...]	2006-10-20 10:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KMCA KCOR PGOV ENRG TBIO ID
06JAKARTA12825	INDONESIA - CIVAIR UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesian transportation officials are focusing on aviation and airport security as tens of millions of Indonesians travel to their home villages and back during the Idul Fitri holiday break. A record 1.5 million Indonesians will take to the skies during the week- long celebr [...]	2006-10-27 07:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD ID
06JAKARTA12873	INDONESIAN DELEGATES FOR THE SENIOR POLICY [...] The government of Indonesia has provided the following nine names to participate in the four-day Senior Policy Exchange in Washington,DC during the week of December 5-8, 2006. The participants are as follows: Name: Major General Suryadi Job Title: Director General for Defense Capability, D [...]	2006-10-31 08:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL KNNP ID
06JAKARTA13170	PM A/S HILLEN'S POLITICAL-MILITARY TALKS IN JAKARTA [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs John Hillen discussed a range of political-military issues with Indonesian Minister of Defense Sudarsono, Foreign Affairs Director General Hariyadhi and other public leaders in Jakarta on November 7. The discussions built on simil [...]	2006-11-09 10:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV MNUC RI
06JAKARTA13172	ADDITIONS TO INDONESIAN DELEGATION FOR SENIOR [...] The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has submitted the names of two additional delegates to participate in the four-day Senior Policy Exchange in Washington, DC scheduled for December 5-8, 2006. The additional participants are as follows: Name: Mr. Ramadansyah Hasan Job Title: Head o [...]	2006-11-09 11:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL KNNP ID
06JAKARTA13173	SHOWDOWN BETWEEN PRESIDENT AND VP OVER REFORM UNIT [...] (C) President Yudhoyono and Vice President Kalla have skirmished publicly over SBY's decision to advance the President's reform agenda. Although referred to in general terms for months, the "Presidential Work Unit on Managing Policy and Reform Programs (UKP3KR)" was reportedly designed and un [...]	2006-11-09 11:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR ID
06JAKARTA13193	YOUR VISIT TO INDONESIA [...] (S) Summary: Mr. President: Your visit to Indonesia provides an excellent opportunity to consolidate recent gains in U.S.- Indonesian relations and showcase the success of our core political values ) freedom, democracy, and economic development ) in this, the world,s largest Muslim-majority [...]	2006-11-13 10:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PREL MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA13194	INDONESIA - AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) AND THE PRESIDENT"S [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Government of Indonesia has not yet finalized its FY 2007 allocations for AI control programs, senior GOI officials including Coordinating Minister Bakrie and Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati have assured the Embassy that total AI spending will match or exc [...]	2006-11-13 10:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA13198	INDONESIAN MPS PRAISE INTL VISITOR PROGRAM, CITE [...] (SBU) Summary. Poloffs recently debriefed four members of the Indonesian House of Representatives who participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program, &The U.S. Political System,8 from August 7 ) 25, 2006. In their visits to cities and towns throughout the United States, the par [...]	2006-11-14 02:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OEXC SCUL KPAO KISL PREL ID
06JAKARTA13229	INTERFAITH YOUTH DELIVER POTUS LETTER TO AMBASSADOR [...] In advance of President Bush's upcoming visit to Indonesia, a group of Indonesian interfaith youth leaders met with the Ambassador to present a letter to the President (full text in para 6). The delegates represented all of Indonesia's major religions: Islam (the youth wings of mass-based [...]	2006-11-17 06:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SOCI KISL ID
06JAKARTA13236	INFRASTRUCTURE FORUM ATTRACTS INVESTORS AND [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) renewed its appeal for private investment under it's five-year, USD 150 billion infrastructure development program at a November 1-3 Infrastructure Forum in Jakarta. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) touted improvements in Indonesia's i [...]	2006-11-19 23:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ENRG EAIR ELTN ECPS PREL ID
06JAKARTA13237	INFRASTRUCTURE FORUM ATTRACTS INVESTORS AND [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) renewed its appeal for private investment under it's five-year, USD 150 billion infrastructure development program at a November 1-3 Infrastructure Forum in Jakarta. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) touted improvements in Indonesia's i [...]	2006-11-19 23:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ENRG EAIR ELTN ECPS ID
06JAKARTA13304	East Java: NU Political Clout Diminished As [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the final battle for control of the National Awakening Party (PKB),Nahdatul Ulama's (NU) political wing and Indonesia's 4th largest political party, the Indonesian Supreme Court ruled on October 12 against East Java PKB Chairman Choiral Anam's attempt to overthrow former Indo [...]	2006-11-27 10:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL ID
06JAKARTA13315	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR RICHARD CROWDER, [...] Embassy Jakarta grants country clearance to Ambassador Richard Crowder, Chief Agricultural Negotiator USTR, Mr. Jason Hafemeister, Deputy Assistant USTR, Mr. Andrew Stephens, Director, USTR and Ms. Ellen Terpstra, Deputy Under Secretary, USDA to visit Jakarta from November 30 through December [...]	2006-11-28 05:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	CH OTRA ETRD USTR JA KA ID
06JAKARTA13326	INDONESIA'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY REMAINS ON TRACK [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia's economy continues to recover from the impact of August 2005 rupiah "mini-crisis," with growth in gross domestic product (GDP) reaching 5.5% year-on- year (YoY) in the third quarter. Strong external demand for Indonesian commodities and increased household consumptio [...]	2006-11-28 09:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA13379	THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GUS DUR [...] (C) During a November 30 meeting with the Ambassador, an uncharacteristically reserved former President Abdurrachman Wahid (aka Gus Dur) gave his views on U.S.-Indonesia relations and President Bush's visit, Indonesia's economic shortcomings, and developments within Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and th [...]	2006-12-01 09:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL ID
06JAKARTA13392	SBY'S CT RECORD AFTER TWO YEARS: A MIXED BAG [...] (C) Two years into the Yudhoyono Administration, Jakarta remains stalwart in its commitment to identify, arrest, and convict terrorist operatives. The combination of strong political support for tactical CT operations and substantial international assistance has enabled Indonesian law enforce [...]	2006-12-04 10:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KJUS ASEC KISL ID
06JAKARTA13413	NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE FIELD STUDIES EAST ASIA [...] Embassy Jakarta welcomes the proposed visit (reftel) of NWC seminar students to Indonesia in April 2007. Embassy requests precise dates for the visit so that more definite plans can be made. Control officer will be MAJ Marc Harrelson, DAO, office tel: (62-21) 3435-9192, home tel: (62-21) 71 [...]	2006-12-06 07:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS ID
06JAKARTA13420	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] Summary. The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced on November 16 that Indonesia's GDP growth reached 5.5% in the third quarter of 2006 on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, the highest quarterly growth rate since the third quarter of 2005. YoY consumer price inflation (CPI) dropped signific [...]	2006-12-06 09:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA13421	SBY - ABE SUMMIT: PLOWING AHEAD ON TRADE AND ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. Energy and a planned Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) were the centerpieces of President Yudhoyono's November 26 - 29 state visit to Tokyo. President Yudhoyono and Prime Minister Abe announced that the two sides had "reached agreement in principle" on an Indonesia-Japan EPA, [...]	2006-12-06 09:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EWWT ENRG KN JA ID
06JAKARTA13450	DPR PASSES NEW PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL BILL [...] (C) On December 7, the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) unanimously passed a bill requiring the creation of a new presidential advisory council within three months. The nine-member council will be charged with advising the President on a full range of issues, its mandate expiring at [...]	2006-12-08 10:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR ID
06JAKARTA13451	INDONESIA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS - [...] Summary. On November 28, Indonesia and Japan agreed in principle to the major elements of a bilateral "Economic Partnership Agreement" (EPA). Parliament approved an amended Customs Law on October 18 that reduces red tape for importers and exporters and imposes stiffer sanctions on smugglers. [...]	2006-12-08 10:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON KIPR ID
06JAKARTA13454	AGO TASK FORCE BECOMES OPERATIONAL AS POSO TRIALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Less than four months after the group's official inauguration, the Attorney General's Terrorism and Transnational Crime Task Force is now becoming operational. In October, Post delivered $100,000 worth of computers and other office equipment to the Task Force's newly-renovated [...]	2006-12-08 11:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC ID
06JAKARTA13494	AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH MINISTER OF NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Pascoe met with Minister of National Education Dr. Bambang Sudibyo on December 11 to discuss President Bush's six-year, $157 million Indonesia Education Initiative. Minister Sudibyo complained that he was not familiar with the U.S. program and had not been able to e [...]	2006-12-15 08:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ID

06JAKARTA13497	INDONESIA ON THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) Indonesia's election to the UNSC demonstrates President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) desire to raise his country's international profile. We have recently seen the emergence of a more flexible, multi-faceted style of Indonesian diplomacy, particularly where SBY's personal initiatives a [...]	2006-12-15 09:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AORC UNSC ID
06JAKARTA13503	INDONESIA: 2006 CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR TRADE AND [...] This report provides updated information on Indonesia's efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, for the period August 2005 to November 2006. This message updates Jakarta's 2005 report (ref c) and draws in places on Jakarta's March 2006 trafficking in persons report (ref b) and t [...]	2006-12-18 01:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD EAID PHUM PGOV SOCI KCRM KJUS
06JAKARTA13513	ACEH: IMPLICATIONS OF THE GAM VICTORY [...] (C) Summary: The surprise win of the Free Aceh Movement's (GAM) Irwandi Yusuf in Aceh's gubernatorial election is clear evidence that the province's first direct local elections were genuine and that the peace process is beginning to mature. Irwandi's win is likely to accelerate GAM's transit [...]	2006-12-18 09:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ID
06JAKARTA13526	INDONESIAN BIOGRAPHICAL AND POLITICAL GOSSIP, [...] (S/NF) Allegations of increasing influence peddling by the first family......The latest scuttlebutt on possible cabinet moves......Survival of the fittest for Golkar leadership.....Snapshots of likely/possible 2009 presidential contenders.....Continued dissatisfaction with Megawati in the PDI- [...]	2006-12-19 06:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PTER KISL ID
06JAKARTA13527	INDONESIA - DECEMBER 19 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-19 07:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR KFLU PGOV ID
06JAKARTA13559	INDONESIA TAKES STOCK OF ECONOMIC REFORMS [...] (SBU) Summary. Coordinating Minister for Economics Boediono told a gathering of Embassy and private sector representatives on January 18 that he expects Parliament to pass new investment and tax laws "in the early months of 2007." Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu went further in her description [...]	2006-12-21 09:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV ID
06JAKARTA13564	CWC: STATUS OF INDONESIAN IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION [...] POLOFF met with Daniel Simanjuntak of the Directorate of International Security and Disarmament at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs on December 13 to present reftel points and discuss the status of Indonesia's implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Simanjuntak sai [...]	2006-12-21 11:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW ID
06JAKARTA13578	PDAS WARLICK'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: IO PDAS James Warlick discussed Indonesian peacekeeping policy and options with Indonesian Director General for Defense Strategy Dadi Susanto in Jakarta on December 19. Susanto said the UNIFIL deployment to Lebanon was Indonesia's first involving mechanized infantry. Indonesia w [...]	2006-12-22 05:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS ID
06JAKARTA13581	IMPLICATIONS OF THE BA'ASYIR DECISION [...] (C) Summary. The decision by Indonesia's Supreme Court to overturn the conviction of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) spiritual leader Abu Bakar Ba'asyir has a number of potential legal and political implications for the GOI's counterterrorism efforts. While the legal basis behind Ba'asyir's 2005 convi [...]	2006-12-22 08:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
06JAKARTA13609	IO PDAS WARLICK'S MEETING WITH FORMER FORMIN ALI [...] (C) Summary. On December 19, IO PDAS James B. Warlick met with Ali Alatas, former Foreign Minister of Indonesia (1987-99),to discuss Indonesia's upcoming term as a non-permanent member of the U.N. Security Council. Alatas said that both President Yudhoyono (SBY) and Foreign Minister Hassan [...]	2006-12-28 09:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC AORC PHUM MNUC KNNP BM IR ID
06JAKARTA1374	INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT TAKES UP DRAFT ACEH LAW [...] (SBU) The Yudhoyono administration on January 26 delivered its draft Law on Governing Aceh (LOGA) to the House of Representatives (DPR) for debate. The August 15, 2005 GOI-GAM MOU, which ended the armed conflict, requires the law's passage by March 31 -- a deadline that would require legislat [...]	2006-02-02 11:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV EFIN KDEM KISL ID
06JAKARTA1817	INDONESIA: A/S HILLEN'S MEETING WITH DEPARTMENT OF [...] (C) Summary: Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Imron Cotan February 1 expressed to SIPDIS Assistant Secretary John Hillen his great pleasure that the U.S. had taken steps to end the "embargo" on military-to-military cooperation and suggested that the countries nee [...]	2006-02-10 11:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA1819	INDONESIA-U.S. POLITICA-MILITARY TALKS [...] (C) Summary: U.S. and Indonesian delegations held a day of political-military talks February 1 to explore expanded bilateral cooperation following the U.S. decision in November to end restrictions on military-to-military relations. The U.S. delegation, led by Dr. John Hillen, Assistant Secre [...]	2006-02-10 12:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA2112	INDONESIA-ET TRUTH/FRIENDSHIP COMMISSION FACES [...] (C) Indonesia's senior bureaucrat responsible for human rights in a February 8 meeting described the Indonesia-East Timor Commission on Truth and Friendship (CTF) as "stagnant," due to East Timor's presentation of its human rights report to the UN, the shooting of three Indonesians on the East [...]	2006-02-16 11:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KAWC TT ID
06JAKARTA240	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - DECEMBER [...] Summary. Indonesian financial markets reacted favorably to a December 6, 2005 cabinet reshuffle, with the rupiah gaining two percent through the end of December to close at 9,840/USD. The Jakarta Stock Exchange composite index also rose six percent after the reshuffle to close at 1,162 on Dec [...]	2006-01-06 08:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD ENRG SENV TBIO MARR ID
06JAKARTA2490	CODEL KOLBE CALLS ON PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO [...] (C) On February 21, President Yudhoyono presented the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) delegation headed by Representative Jim Kolbe with a lengthy description of his priorities including reform, continued democratization, increased economic prosperity, Aceh and Papua. He raised [...]	2006-02-23 12:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KISL MARR OVIP ID IR
06JAKARTA2514	SENATOR FEINGOLD MEETS INDONESIAN HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (SBU) Senator Russ Feingold met February 23 with Indonesian human rights and judicial reform NGOs, and expressed strong support for the promotion of human rights in Indonesia and justice for past abuses. Human rights advocates expressed disappointment at lack of progress in accountability fo [...]	2006-02-24 08:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS ID
06JAKARTA2515	CODEL KOLBE AND HDAC ENGAGE INDONESIAN LEGISLATORS [...] CODEL Kolbe met on February 21-22 with top legislators from the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) in the first overseas visit of the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC). Indonesian legislators welcomed the CODEL,s expertise on legislative affairs and its encouragement for the [...]	2006-02-24 08:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM ID
06JAKARTA2530	CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS INDONESIAN ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (SBU) Senator Russell Feingold called on Indonesian Attorney General Abdul Rachman Saleh on February 22. The Senator opened with questions regarding the status of the Timika case and received assurance that the Attorney General's Office will follow the evidence and expects to convict those cu [...]	2006-02-24 10:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV KJUS OREP ASEC ID
06JAKARTA2531	INDONESIA: 2006 SPECIAL 301 SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Local IPR industry representatives now tell us that the IPR enforcement landscape has changed considerably since they made their Special 310 out-of-cycle review (OCR) submissions in December 2005. They now see a more credible and sustained enforcement effort backed up by sign [...]	2006-02-24 10:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR PGOV ID
06JAKARTA2532	SENATOR FEINGOLD'S FEBRUARY 23 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Introduction and Summary. In a February 23 meeting with Senator Russell Feingold, Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda expressed optimism that Indonesia's historic experience with Islamic fundamentalism would eventually lead to success in stemming the current threat posed by Muslim extrem [...]	2006-02-24 11:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP PTER PGOV KAWC KNNP IR TT ID
06JAKARTA2820	ADMIRAL FALLON'S MEETING WITH MINISTER WIDODO [...] (C) Summary. Commander of U.S. Pacific Command, Admiral William J. Fallon, met with Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Widodo A.S. on February 23. He emphasized the importance to the United States of restored mil-mil relations with Indonesia. Both le [...]	2006-03-03 02:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ID
06JAKARTA2849	INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT, MARCH 2005 TO MARCH 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-03 11:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAID ELAB KFRD KJUS KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
06JAKARTA2914	INDONESIA: ADMIRAL FALLON'S MEETING WITH NEW TNI [...] (C) Summary: Air Chief Marshall Djoko Suyanto was upbeat in his assessment of U.S.-Indonesian military-to-military relations with PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon February 23. Suyanto described the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) internal reforms as &ongoing8 but cautioned that changing TNI,s cul [...]	2006-03-06 10:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA2915	INDONESIA - MARCH 2 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Jakarta city government carried out 24-26 February a series of actions to control Avian Influenza (AI) in birds, including door-to-door inspections, limited culling and vaccinations. Human and animal health officials in West Kalimantan told us that they are doing what they [...]	2006-03-06 11:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA2917	YOUR VISIT TO INDONESIA: MOVING OUR RENEWED [...] (U) Madame Secretary: Your team in Jakarta warmly welcomes your March 14-15 visit to Indonesia, the most senior USG visit since Secretary Powell's of January 4-6, 2005. We have underway preparations to ensure a visit high in substance and symbolism. Introduction ------------ 2. (C) Su [...]	2006-03-06 13:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA2984	INDONESIA - GOVERNMENT OUTLINES INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Boediono and other Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials outlined a wide ranging infrastructure development plan at a February 21 conference for potential foreign investors in Jakarta. Boediono and other GOI speakers described an am [...]	2006-03-07 10:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ENRG EAIR ELTN ECPS ID
06JAKARTA3159	CONTROVERSIAL PORNOGRAPHY BILL POISED TO TARGET [...] (U) Indonesian political interest groups portray the ongoing legislative debate over a pornography law as a struggle for the nation's soul. Some fear that Islamists see the bill as a way to impose a strict "Arabic" ethos while conservatives believe the time as nigh to take a stand against mor [...]	2006-03-09 11:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM KWMN ID
06JAKARTA3244	ISLAMIC BANKING GROWING IN INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia's Islamic banking sector is small (under two percent of banking sector assets) but growing rapidly, and could reach nine percent by 2011, according to Bank Indonesia (BI) officials. BI regulates sharia banking and is encouraging the growth of the sector with a lower i [...]	2006-03-13 09:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV PREL ID
06JAKARTA3291	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TSA ARMEN SAHAGIAN [...] Embassy Jakarta welcomes and grants country clearance for Transportation Security Adminsitraiton (TSA) representative, Mr. Armen A. Sahagian to travel to Bali from 15-16 March, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to: (a) continue dialogue between the TSA and Ministry of Communications (office [...]	2006-03-14 09:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAIR ID
06JAKARTA3482	CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS TNI COMMANDER DJOKO SUYANTO [...] (C) Senator Feingold called on Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) Commander (Panglima) Air Chief Marshal Djoko Suyanto February 24. The Panglima reviewed structural reforms that the military has undertaken over the past several years and affirmed civilian control over the institution. The Panglima [...]	2006-03-17 11:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KJUS OREP ASEC ID
06JAKARTA3483	INDONESIA: CODEL FEINGOLD'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Indonesian Defense Minister told visiting Senator Russell Feingold that progress in the counterterrorism fight by Indonesian law enforcement authorities had disrupted terrorist groups in the country. Terror groups had financial difficulties, were less able to mount attacks and [...]	2006-03-17 12:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA3563	INDONESIA - GOI UNVEILS INVESTMENT CLIMATE PACKAGE [...] (U) Summary: Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Boediono and Trade Minister Mari Pangestu outlined the GOI's February 27 investment climate policy package at a March 10 meeting of the Consultative Group on Indonesia's (CGI) Investment Climate Working Group (ICWG). ICWG members welcom [...]	2006-03-20 09:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN ID
06JAKARTA3688	TRAINING MOBILE BRIGADE PERSONNEL WOULD IMPROVE [...] (C) The deaths of 3 "Mobile Brigade" (Brimob) policemen in Jayapura, Papua on March 16 highlight a major deficiency in our approach to police training in Indonesia. The 2003 ban on the training of Brimob personnel by ICITAP (ref A) prevents us from aiding the unit most in need of assistance [...]	2006-03-21 11:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KJUS ASEC ID
06JAKARTA3896	INDONESIA - MARCH 22 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. President Yudhoyono signed a Presidential Regulation on March 13 establishing a "National Committee on Avian Influenza Control and Pandemic Preparedness." The decree designates the Coordinating Minster for Peoples' Welfare as the "National Coordinator" for AI policy and activi [...]	2006-03-24 11:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT KFLU ID
06JAKARTA3897	INDONESIA: 2006 IPR PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Summary: The tide is turning in a favorable direction on IPR enforcement in Indonesia. A year ago, the IP industry, which was oddly cutting resources here, had marked Indonesia as the next hub for regional piracy and counterfeit syndicates. However, contrary to such expectations, over the [...]	2006-03-24 11:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ID
06JAKARTA4035	INDONESIA: MORE ABEPURA AFTERMATH [...] (C) Summary. While Papuan provincial authorities deal with the aftermath of the March 16 Abepura riot, senior GOI figures hint that foreign interests and Jakarta politicians had a hand in the disturbance. An important group of Papuan political and religious leaders wrote President Yudhoyono [...]	2006-03-27 11:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CASC ASEC ID
06JAKARTA4136	A/S HILL DISCUSSES REFORM WITH FINANCE MINISTER AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani told Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill on March 3 that people are expecting more results from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) Administration in its second year, particularly in making the bureaucracy more responsible and efficient. [...]	2006-03-29 04:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PGOV ID
06JAKARTA4465	GROWING WORKER PROTESTS AGAINST CHANGES IN LABOR [...] (SBU) Indonesia experienced its largest labor protest in at least four years, as Indonesian workers took to the streets of Jakarta and other major cities on April 5 to oppose the GOI's plan to amend the basic labor law. The proposed amendments would scale back 2003 concessions to workers and [...]	2006-04-06 10:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EINV PGOV PHUM KJUS ID
06JAKARTA4756	INDONESIA ENTHUSIASTIC ON U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS PLEDGE [...] (U) On April 11, we conveyed the Secretary's letter on our pledge for the Human Rights Council (reftel a) to Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda under cover of a diplomatic note. 2. (SBU) On April 13, we followed up with Jonny Sinaga, Deputy Director of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at [...]	2006-04-13 11:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PHUM PREL UNGA ID
06JAKARTA4964	INDONESIA: TAX REFORM MOVES FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati told donors on April 19 that President Yudhoyono would sign a decree very soon appointing two prominent Indonesians, Ma'rie Muhammad and Marsilam Simanjuntak, to help steer the Ministry of Finance's (MOF) tax and customs reform efforts. Bo [...]	2006-04-19 10:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PINR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA5039	NU CHAIRMAN MUZADI NERVOUS ABOUT GROWTH OF ISLAMIC [...] (C) Summary: Hasyim Muzadi, Chairman of Indonesia's largest Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU),told the Ambassador April 19 of his concern over the growth of "hard-line Islam" in Indonesia and throughout the Muslim world. Muzadi expressed doubts about the GOI's will to arrest this d [...]	2006-04-20 10:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KISL ID
06JAKARTA5217	SBY OPPONENTS WAVE ECONOMIC NATIONALISM FLAG [...] (C) Summary: Former People's Consultative Assembly Chairman Amien Rais and retired General Wiranto continue to wave the flag of economic nationalism in hopes of strengthening their likely presidential bids in 2009 and stirring up trouble for President Yudhoyono in the meantime. In their latest [...]	2006-04-26 07:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	ECON EMIN ENIV PGOV ID
06JAKARTA5237	NO SURPRISES AT UBUD ASEAN MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary. Based on readouts from Indonesian Foreign Ministry and Jakarta-based diplomatic contacts, the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting Retreat held in Ubud, Bali on April 19 - 20 seems to have been a routine affair. Some ministers expressed disappointment with Burma, but it was hardly a full-c [...]	2006-04-26 11:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEAN PHUM BM ID
06JAKARTA5420	TAX, CUSTOMS CHIEFS REPLACED IN REFORM EFFORT [...] (C) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) replaced the long-serving, corrupt, and powerful Directors General of Taxation and Customs on April 21. The decision shows SBY's strong support for Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati's efforts to reform the Ministry of Finance (MOF) b [...]	2006-04-29 02:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PINR KCOR KMCA PGOV ID
06JAKARTA5486	UNIONS USE MAY DAY TO CONTINUE PROTESTS AGAINST [...] (SBU) Indonesian unions used May Day to continue their street protests in Jakarta and other major cities against earlier government plans to amend the 2003 Manpower Act to improve the investment climate. United firmly against any revisions to the law, labor leaders turned out 30,000 or more [...]	2006-05-01 11:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EINV PGOV PHUM KJUS ID
06JAKARTA5581	DOC DEPUTY SECRETARY SAMPSON'S APRIL 27-28 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Vice President Jusuf Kalla told visiting Department of Commerce Deputy Secretary David A. Sampson on April 27 that under Indonesia's new openness, small interest groups are capable of sensationalizing issues and causing significant damage to Indonesia's reputation and investmen [...]	2006-05-03 23:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ETRD ECON PGOV KCOR ID
06JAKARTA5582	DOC DEPUTY SECRETARY SAMPSON'S APRIL 27-28 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. During his April 27-28 visit to Jakarta, Department of Commerce Deputy Secretary David A. Sampson discussed Indonesia's economic reform efforts and U.S. interests in Indonesia and region with business leaders, academics and opinion leaders. American Chamber of Commerce (Amcha [...]	2006-05-03 23:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ETRD ECON PGOV KCOR ID
06JAKARTA5701	May 4 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE (AI): VISIT OF AI [...] (SBU) Summary: The Department of State's Special Representative for Avian and Pandemic Influenza Ambassador John Lange met with senior Indonesian officials, including Coordinating Minister for Peoples' Welfare Aburizal Bakrie, on May 1 to discuss U.S. efforts to address the AI pandemic threat [...]	2006-05-05 10:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA5703	IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S ENGAGEMENT WITH INDONESIAN [...] (C) House of Representatives Chairman Agung Laksono plans to engage in a friendly manner with Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad during Ahmadi-Nejad's upcoming visit, according to one of Agung's closest associates. Agung's positive view of the Iranians appears to stem at least in part from his pe [...]	2006-05-05 11:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP ENRG EMIN IR ID
06JAKARTA5705	IRANIAM PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD'S MAY 10 - 13 VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Prior to participating in the D-8 Summit in Bali on May 12 - 13, Iranian President Ahmadinejad will be hosted to a state visit in Jakarta, including meetings with President Yudhoyono and Foreign Minister Wirajuda as well as meetings with parliamentarians and appearances at univer [...]	2006-05-05 13:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP KISL AORC IR ID
06JAKARTA5851	INDONESIAN BIOGRAPHICAL AND POLITICAL GOSSIP, Q4 [...] (S/NF) Yudhoyono's relatives seen as key advisors on policy... Yudhoyono held off pressure on Taufik Kiemas... Yudhoyono directed intelligence agency to surveil State Secretary... Cabinet members seen as sympathetic toward SIPDIS radicals... Security forces' ties to Islam Defenders' Front ( [...]	2006-05-09 09:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PTER KISL ID
06JAKARTA5852	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS APRIL [...] Summary. April year-on-year (YoY) inflation fell slightly to 15.4 percent from 15.74 percent in March, continuing an expected gradual downward trend. Bank Indonesia cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 12.5 percent on May 9, a widely expected move in light of inflation easing. The Indon [...]	2006-05-09 09:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA59	YOUR VISIT TO INDONESIA: LAUNCHING A RENEWED [...] (U) Madame Secretary: Your team in Jakarta warmly welcomes your January 8-10 visit to Indonesia, the most senior USG visit since Secretary Powell's of January 4-6, 2005. We have underway preparations to ensure a visit high in substance and symbolism. Introduction ------------ 2. (C) [...]	2006-01-03 11:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL ID
06JAKARTA6017	THE DOWNSIDE OF DECENTRALIZATION: LOCALIZED [...] (C) Summary: Proponents of Islamic Shariah law enjoy growing success exploiting Indonesia's political decentralization to implement "Islamic morality" principles on a local basis. Promulgated by local governments through legislation or executive decrees, Shariah measures or more deceptively-p [...]	2006-05-12 08:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV KJUS PHUM ID
06JAKARTA6120	Indonesia: East Java Banks' Conservatism Causing [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: East Java accounts for 15 percent of Indonesia's GDP, 20 percent of total population and is an important industrial and manufacturing center in Indonesia. Credit contraction, increasing non-performing loans (NPLs) and declining inflation, implying demand reductions, are slowing [...]	2006-05-15 07:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA6200	JAKARTA CT SEMINAR BUILDS ON PARIS PROGRAM, [...] (C) Sixty Indonesian counterterrorism officials participated in an intensive four-day U.S.-funded seminar in Jakarta on CT legislation, marking the next step in U.S-French-Indonesian CT cooperation. Co-hosted by the CT Desk at the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affai [...]	2006-05-16 09:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL ASEC AS FR ID
06JAKARTA6248	JAKARTA EMBARRASSED BY "UNPLANNED" CHEN STOPOVER [...] (C/NF) Summary. Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian's May 11-12 "refueling stopover" on the Indonesian island of Batam turned into an overnight visit that included a tour of an industrial park and a dinner hosted by the Taiwanese business community with the provincial governor in attendance. T [...]	2006-05-17 10:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH TW ID
06JAKARTA6332	GOI DROPS CORRUPTION CHARGES AGAINST FORMER [...] (C) The Yudhoyono administration appeared inconsistent and confused as prosecutors dropped corruption charges against ailing former President Suharto. The handling of Suharto's case illustrates poor policy coordination at the top level of the GOI, and the outcome appears to have reduced, at le [...]	2006-05-18 10:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM KJUS KCRM ID
06JAKARTA6433	APCSS SUPPORT FOR NSC SEMINAR [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 06:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA6493	SCENESETTER: SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO JAKARTA [...] (C) Summary: Mr. Secretary: Your strong support for the Administration's decision to move quickly in November to normalize military-to-military ties with Indonesia has given a new, more cooperative quality to bilateral relations across the range of our interests. You will have the opportuni [...]	2006-05-22 09:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA6497	Aceh: GAM Reintegration Advances Despite Obstacles [...] (SBU) Summary. Successful reintegration of Free Aceh Movement (GAM) ex-combatants and others, essential to ensuring long term peace in Aceh, has advanced but still faces obstacles. Reintegration payments promised by GOI have arrived only slowly. Aceh's economy remains flat or worse, with a [...]	2006-05-23 00:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ASEC SNAR SOCI ID
06JAKARTA6648	INDONESIA COPES WITH HIGH OIL PRICES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia's (GOI) October 2005 decision to slash fuel subsidies has better positioned Indonesia's economy to withstand the macroeconomic pressures from sustained high global fuel prices. Domestic fuel consumption, and very likely illegal smuggling of subsidize [...]	2006-05-26 08:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV PREL ID
06JAKARTA6771	INDONESIA: MAY 30 EARTHQUAKE SITREP [...] (U) The GOI has raised its count of victims from the May 27 earthquake to 5,427 dead and 7,519 seriously injured. So far, no Americans appear among the dead or wounded. The GOI has begun a needs assessment but will likely focus on reconstruction of public facilities, infrastructure, and hous [...]	2006-05-30 10:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC CASC ECON EAID PREF PREL PGOV SENV
06JAKARTA6772	INDONESIA: MAY 30 EARTHQUAKE SITREP - CORRECTED [...] (U) The GOI has raised its count of victims from the May 27 earthquake to 5,427 dead and 7,519 seriously injured. So far, no Americans appear among the dead or wounded. The GOI has begun a needs assessment but will likely focus on reconstruction of public facilities, infrastructure, and hous [...]	2006-05-30 10:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC CASC ECON EAID PREF PREL PGOV SENV
06JAKARTA6811	AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR QUICK AGREEMENT ON SOFA [...] (C) During a May 31 visit to Yogyakarta, Ambassador pressed Presidential foreign policy adviser Dino Djalal to weigh in on the Foreign Ministry's response (ref. B) to our request for a temporary SOFA agreement in conjunction with earthquake relief efforts there. The Ambassador told Djalal th [...]	2006-05-31 09:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR KTIA EAID MOPS PREL ID
06JAKARTA7013	INDONESIA SAYS IT WILL REPAY IMF EARLY [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) announced on May 23 that Indonesia would repay the USD 7.7 billion remaining of its standby reserve loan with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) three years ahead of schedule by 2007. Bank Indonesia (BI) has reportedly prop [...]	2006-06-02 09:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV PREL ID
06JAKARTA7014	COORDINATING MINISTER BOEDIONO ON THE INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Boediono told the Ambassador May 24 that the Government of Indonesia (GOI) would "step back" from the labor reform process to give unions and employers time to work out a compromise on severance pay and other issues. He provided detail [...]	2006-06-02 10:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PREL KFLU ID
06JAKARTA7340	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS MAY [...] Summary. On May 31, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced a slight increase in consumer price inflation, at 15.6 year-on-year (YoY) and 0.4 percent month- on-month (MoM). BPS also announced on May 15 first quarter GDP growth of 4.6 percent YoY, the slowest pace in two years. On M [...]	2006-06-09 09:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA7345	YUDHOYONO ORDERS CRACKDOWN AGAINST MILITANT [...] (C) President Yudhoyono (SBY) has decided to act against militant activities that have increasingly threatened civil society, the rule of law and tarnished Indonesia's image. In the process, he has wrapped himself in a much more traditional nationalist mantle, using Pancasila ideology as a t [...]	2006-06-09 11:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA7393	APPROVAL TO ESTABLISH AN INDONESIA REWARDS PROGRAM [...] (U) Action Request: See paragraphs 3 and 14. 2. (C) Summary. Embassy Jakarta approves moving forward with the establishment of a discreet Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program in Indonesia and requests the assistance of DS/RFJ, SOCOM, and SOCPAC. Indonesian National Police (INP) investigators [...]	2006-06-12 08:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC MOPS PREL PINS ID
06JAKARTA7718	BANK INDONESIA TO CONTINUE CAUTIOUS LOWERING [...] (SBU) Summary. Bank Indonesia (BI) Deputy Governor Hartadi Sarwono told us on June 13 that BI remains confident consumer price inflation will fall to less than seven percent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis by the end of 2006, leaving BI room to continue a "cautious lowering" of interest rates ov [...]	2006-06-19 09:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV PREL ID
06JAKARTA7839	East Java: Toxic Mudflow Forces Evacuations; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A gas well being drilled 40 yards from the main north south transportation corridor in East Java, the Surabaya - Gempol toll road, fractured and has been spewing hot, potentially toxic mud 12 miles south of Surabaya in Porong, East Java since May 29. The rate of mud flows have [...]	2006-06-21 10:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EPET PGOV ID
06JAKARTA7941	ADVISOR WORRIES ABOUT YUDHOYONO'S POLITICAL [...] (S/NF) President Yudhoyono has yet to consolidate political power and could lose his 2009 reelection bid if he cannot show significant achievements in the near future, according to T.B. Silalahi, Special Advisor to the President. In a June 13 meeting, T.B. told us that he had recently sought [...]	2006-06-23 09:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PGOV KDEM ID
06JAKARTA7944	INDONESIA - SLOW PROGRESS ON INVESTMENT REFORMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Indonesia (GOI),led by Coordinating Minister for the Economy Boediono, continues to move ahead with the broad array of reforms outlined in its February 27 investment climate policy package. Parliament held hearings on the GOI's draft investment law (Ref A) o [...]	2006-06-23 10:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN ID
06JAKARTA8006	DONORS OFFER FINANCING, EARTHQUAKE HELP AT CGI [...] (U) Summary. Coordinating Minister for the Economy Boediono and other Government of Indonesia (GOI) ministers expressed optimism that economic growth and investment would pick up in the second half of 2006 at the June 14 Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI) meeting in Jakarta. Several Minist [...]	2006-06-26 10:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EINV ECON EFIN KMCA PTER PREL ID
06JAKARTA8063	LUMINARIES STRUGGLE TO SUGGEST WAY FORWARD AT [...] (C) Summary. Nahdlatul Ulama (NU),Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, hosted some 300 scholars from 53 countries for its second International Conference of Islamic Scholars June 20-22 in Jakarta and Bogor to address Islamic solutions for economic and social ills facing Muslims, especia [...]	2006-06-27 09:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL ID
06JAKARTA8078	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH LAUNCHES REPORT ON TNI [...] (U) Summary: In a June 22 Jakarta event, Human Rights Watch (HRW) Asia launched its research paper on the human rights impact of the Indonesian military's (TNI) business practices. Journalists, human rights defenders, diplomats and several high-ranking military officials attended HRW's pres [...]	2006-06-27 10:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS KISL ID
06JAKARTA8506	YUDHOYONO AND HOWARD BURY THE HATCHET IN BATAM [...] (C) Summary. After a three-month chill in bilateral ties following Australia's decision to grant temporary asylum to 42 Papuan asylum seekers, Prime Minister John Howard and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono sealed the two governments' reconciliation with a lightweight, feel-good [...]	2006-07-06 10:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER AS ID
06JAKARTA8620	RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES POINTS [...] (C) Pursuant to reftel instructions, July 10 we called on Harry Purwanto, Foreign Ministry Director for North and Central American Affairs and delivered the talking points and the White House statement. Purwanto replied that Indonesia's position of concern had been made public and that Indones [...]	2006-07-10 10:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN ID
06JAKARTA8686	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS JUNE [...] Summary. The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced on July 3 a slight decrease in year-on-year (YoY) inflation in June 2006 to 15.5 percent. Citing improving macroeconomic trends, Bank Indonesia (BI) cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 12.25 percent on July 6. At their June 14 m [...]	2006-07-11 10:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA873	Indonesia's Ministry of Agriculture: Anatomy of [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOI Ministry of Agriculture under the Leadership of Dr. Ir. Anton Apriyanto, formerly a researcher and lecturer on food ingredient technology, has made little headway in the year plus that he has been in place. From agricultural trade policy to Avian Influenza (AI),the o [...]	2006-01-24 04:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV ID
06JAKARTA8735	INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - MARCH-JUNE 2006 [...] Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) called for thorough fire prevention planning on June 17 to stop smoke haze export to neighboring countries. On June 27, State Minister of Environment Rachmat Witoelar released a 2005 "State of the Environment Report" listing 65 environmental [...]	2006-07-13 00:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY TBIO EIND ID
06JAKARTA8794	AMBASSADOR MEETS AG MINISTER TO DISCUSS MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Pascoe accompanied by Ag Counselor called on Minister of Agriculture Anton Apriyantono on July 12. The lead topic for discussion was technical market access barriers for US fresh fruit, especially grapes and apples. In addition, the Ambassador also raised market a [...]	2006-07-14 01:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ID
06JAKARTA9157	RESPONSE RE PROPOSED RESEARCH PROJECT [...] Post sees no potential implications to U.S. foreign policy concerns proposed research project no. AG02667601 involving a foreign institution, pending human subject approval, of NIH's proposed award to the research project entitled "The Fourth Indonesian Family Life Survey of Aging." Post unde [...]	2006-07-21 09:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA ID
06JAKARTA9161	PAPUAN POLITICAL ROUND-UP, JULY 2006 [...] (C) Introduction and summary. This messages provides a survey of recent developments in Papuan politics. During a July 10 - 15 visit to Jayapura, poloff found the Papuan scene in a holding pattern. Barnabas "Bas" Suebu, the winner of the March 10 direct elections for governor, had still not [...]	2006-07-21 11:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ID
06JAKARTA9269	RESPONSE RE PROPOSED NIH RESEARCH PROJECT [...] In response to reftel, Embassy sees no potential U.S. foreign policy concerns regarding NIH's proposed award to the research project entitled "Prospective Studies of Avian Influenza Transmission in Asia," No. AI068803, pending human subject approval. Post understands research institutions inv [...]	2006-07-25 06:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA ID
06JAKARTA9336	INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Indonesia's (GOI) is making progress on a new infrastructure investment strategy. Major legislative and regulatory elements are replacing the failed pre-Financial Crisis system that relied largely on unsolicited offers by investors. The GOI has made important [...]	2006-07-25 10:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ENRG EAIR ELTN ECPS PREL ID
06JAKARTA9526	INDONESIA - 2006 BUDGET REVISIONS [...] Summary. On July 12 the Minister of Finance presented the Parliament Government of Indonesia's (GOI) revisions to the 2006 budget. Significant changes include an increase in international oil price assumption to USD 62/barrel from USD 57, avoiding last year's mistake of clinging to an low oil [...]	2006-07-28 08:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA9861	PAPUA: GOVERNORS SWORN IN, SBY VISITS [...] (SBU) Summary. The directly-elected governors of West Irian Jaya and Papua were sworn in without incident on July 24 and 25, respectively. The inaugurations mark the end of a long period of strife over the partition of Papua and the outcome of the March 10 direct elections. President Yudhoy [...]	2006-08-04 10:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PP ID
06JAKARTA9862	MIDDLE EAST CRISIS MOBILIZING INDONESIA'S MUSLIMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The conllict in the Middle East has dominated Indonesianh(eadlines over the past two weeks, and reports o Israeli military operations in Lebanon are spurring action by both political and non-political actos". Press coverage is almost universally one-side,, with front-page head [...]	2006-08-04 11:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KISL ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA9941	INDONESIA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS - JULY [...] Summary: The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce met with members of Indonesia's Parliament on July 5 and voiced general support for the Government of Indonesia's (GOI) draft investment law. The Minister of Trade announced on July 26 that the GOI will establish an Investment Policy Committee and [...]	2006-08-08 06:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON KIPR ID
06JEDDAH128	SAUDI YOUTH: LESSONS FROM JEDDAH'S "SHABBAB" [...] (C) SUMMARY. After more than one year of spending time with Jeddah's "shabbab" (roughly, guys or young men),Poloff has noted some consistent themes common to many of the city's youth. Over the course of numerous road trips to places like Mecca, Medina, Taif, and al-Hada, visits to college cl [...]	2006-02-08 14:52:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL CVIS PTER SCUL PREL SA
06JEDDAH197	JEDDAH ECONOMIC FORUM CONCLUDES WITH OPTIMISM [...] SUMMARY: On February 13, the Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF) concluded its three-day run after a variety of speeches promoting the Saudi economy as an economy no longer based solely on oil. A recurrent subtext of the talks was the fact that Saudi Arabia was becoming integrated into a global eco [...]	2006-03-08 09:44:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KISL PREL SA
06JEDDAH221	PREPARATIONS FOR TOURISM IN WESTERN SAUDI ARABIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 26, Consulate staff met with the new General Manager of the Supreme Commission for Tourism (SCT) in Jeddah. The General Manager offered an ambitious vision for developing tourism in Jeddah and attracting business, religious, and recreational visitors. The SCT plan [...]	2006-03-15 13:29:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	BTIO ECON KICR KISL KWMN PREL SA SENV
06JEDDAH227	CG'S DISCUSSION WITH ALIREZA BUSINESSMEN [...] (C) On March 13, Consul General and Pol/Econ Chief met at Xenel Industries with Executive Director Sheikh Khaled Alireza, his son and Managing Director, Aamer and General Manager and American citizen David Joury. Khaled Alireza told CG that Xenel is producing a television public service ann [...]	2006-03-21 08:20:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KWMN PREL SA
06JEDDAH232	MOSQUE SERMONS FROM SAUDI ARABIA - MARCH 17: AN [...] (C) At the Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque in Khobar on March 17, Shaikh al-Qahtani delivered an aggressively anti-American sermon to an audience of approximately 500 worshipers. The sermon was the strongest condemnation of the Untied States yet delivered by this imam. He began by recounting h [...]	2006-03-22 06:43:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KISL KWMN PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH269	Jeddah's "Perfume" Lake of Sewage [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 13:37:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SA
06JEDDAH271	IRANIAN DIPLOMAT CONFRONTS CONOFF AT JEDDAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent gathering at the home of a prominent Saudi businessman, the Iranian ambassador to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Mohammed Kazem Khawansari, confronted Conoff after he was seated near him by the host. Khawansari discussed the recent publication of an [...]	2006-04-07 14:52:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA IR IS KPAL KWBG
06JEDDAH286	THE CG IN SOUTHERN SAUDI ARABIA, PART II - THE [...] (S) SUMMARY. At the conclusion of the formal meeting between the Consul General and Nejran Governor Prince Mishael bin Saud bin Abdulaziz, CG, Congenoff, and A/RSO were invited for drinks with the Governor at his home. Throughout the 2 hour-long informal meeting Prince Mishael spoke candidly [...]	2006-04-11 10:40:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	EAID ECON IR KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PREL PTER

06JEDDAH304	MOSQUE SERMONS FROM SAUDI ARABIA - APRIL 14: [...] (C) On April 14, Imam Shaykh al-Qahtani devoted most of his sermon at the Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque in Khobar to addressing the problem of Muslims working against their own faith. He began the sermon with a condemnation of some of the comments made by the Libyan leader, Muammar al-Qadhafi, [...]	2006-04-18 08:28:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH341	SETBACKS FOR SAUDI WOMEN CALL PERCEIVED REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two recent setbacks to the empowerment of women demonstrate that while this policy has received official support from the highest levels of the Saudi government, such changes face significant opposition within society at large. Last week, the Pan-Arab daily "Asharq Al Awsat" repo [...]	2006-05-08 05:02:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KWMN PGOV SA SCUL SOCI KMPI
06JEDDAH379	CONVERSATION WITH TABUK GOVERNOR: "ROAD MAP," [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 16, the Consul General and Pol/Econ Chief met Prince Fahad, Governor of Tabuk. In a wide-ranging discussion of Middle Eastern and domestic conditions, Prince Fahad singled out the Palestinian problem as the most critical issue and a fundamental cause of extremism in the [...]	2006-05-22 13:51:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KISL KPAL KWMN PREL PTER SA SCUL
06JEDDAH384	TABUK SAUDI ARABIA: NORTHERN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE [...] SUMMARY: On May 16, the CG and Pol/Econ Chief met with the Board of Directors of the Tabuk Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Manager of the Supreme Commission for Tourism (SCT). The Board enthusiastically promoted the agricultural and industrial developments in the region and express [...]	2006-05-23 12:55:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO EAGR ECON EIND KISL PREL SA SCUL SENV
06JEDDAH425	ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMENTS AT MAY BUSINESS [...] SUMMARY. Business leaders attending a monthly speech sponsored by the American Businessmen of Jeddah (ABJ) maintain their optimism for the Saudi economy. They are, however, cautious when commenting on the local stock exchange. Their concern is that the market is still grossly overvalued. [...]	2006-06-17 14:08:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL SA SOCI
06JEDDAH437	JEDDAH MAYOR PRESENTS DEVELOPMENT PLANS; CONSUL [...] SUMMARY: On June 19, the Consul General, Pol/Econ Chief, Commercial Officer , PolOff and EconOff attended the June General Meeting of the American Businessmen of Jeddah (ABJ). The keynote speaker was Mayor of Jeddah, Adel Fakeih who described the city's ambitious new redevelopment plan to tr [...]	2006-07-01 07:30:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KISL PREL SA
06JEDDAH452	NEW SAUDIA DIRECTOR GENERAL EXPOUNDS ON FUTURE OF [...] This is one of a series of cables relating to the civil aviation sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 2. SUMMARY: On June 25, Pol/Econ Chief and Jeddah Commercial Officer met the newly appointed Director General of Saudi Arabia Airlines (Saudia),Khalid Almolhem. He had earlier presid [...]	2006-07-05 07:43:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON KISL PGOV PREL SA
06JEDDAH459	WAMY OFFICIAL UPSET ABOUT FUNDING AND CRITICAL OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-08 14:19:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PINR PREL SA SOCI
06JEDDAH466	GUARDED OPINION OF CAPABILITIES OF OIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: An AmCit employee of the Islamic Development Bank dismissed the Organization of the Islamic Conference as an organization that has no credibility with its members or the rest of the international community. He described the OIC as little more than a forum for Arab outrage. He [...]	2006-07-10 13:11:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL SA
06JEDDAH469	CG MEETS NEW JAPANESE CONSUL GENERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 8, the Consul General and Pol/Econ Chief met the new Japanese Consul General in Jeddah. His primary objective is to promote Japanese business activities in western Saudi Arabia. As part of his duties, he will monitor and facilitate a major Saudi-Japanese petrochemical [...]	2006-07-11 10:31:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON JA KISL PREL SA
06JEDDAH475	FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES TEHRAN MEETING OF IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JULY 11, THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER SAUD A-FAISAL AND DISCUSSED THE RECENT TEHRAN MEETING OF THE IRAQ NEIGHBORS GROUP AND THE IMPENDING INTERNATIONAL COMPACT FOR IRAQ CONFERENCE. IN TEHRAN, THE "FRANK" MULTILATERAL DISCUSSIONS ADDRESSED A VARIETY OF PRACT [...]	2006-07-12 13:14:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAL PTER SA
06JEDDAH477	CORRECTED COPY--FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES TEHRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 11, the Ambassador met with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud a-Faisal and discussed the recent Tehran meeting of the Iraq Neighbor's Group and the impending International Compact for Iraq Conference. In Tehran, the "frank" multilateral discussions addressed a variety of prac [...]	2006-07-13 02:27:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAL PREL PTER SA
06JEDDAH478	INTERNET SHOWING GRASSROOTS DISSENTION ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Public opinion is divided regarding the July 14 Saudi Press Agency statement on the situation in Lebanon. While local newspapers have reported the government line, websites show a wide variety of opinions that both support and attack the position. Those who support the statement genera [...]	2006-07-15 14:35:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PINR PREL SA SOCI
06JEDDAH486	MINISTER OF LABOR TELLS RELIGIOUS POLICE ONLY MOL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The religious police, or Mutawwa denied that it was responsible for the recent firing of 69 saleswomen at cosmetic and lingerie department stores in Jeddah. The Mutawwa ordered the stores closed after accusing the saleswomen of mingling with men, and criticized them for not coveri [...]	2006-07-19 14:35:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SA KISL
06JEDDAH494	A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF BUSINESS REGISTRATION IN JEDDAH [...] (U) On July 10 Pol/EconOffs and FCSOffs met Mr. Muhammad Atiq Al Harby, Director General of the Ministry of Commerce in Jeddah. During the brief meeting Al Harby gave an outline of the procedures for women to register their businesses in Jeddah. The Ministry's female section is only one year [...]	2006-07-25 05:22:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWMN PINR SA PGOV
06JEDDAH511	SAUD AL-FAISAL ASKS THE US TO CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE [...] (C) FM Saud al-Faisal summoned the Ambassador from Riyadh to Jeddah for a one-on-one late in the evening of July 30 to urge the Secretary to call for a ceasefire in Lebanon. In a soft-mannered but insistent and blunt approach, Prince Saud made the following points: -- "We understand the concern wi [...]	2006-07-30 21:46:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	IS IZ LE PINS PREL SA
06JEDDAH531	LABOR MINISTER DISCUSSES TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, [...] (C) Summary: On August 7, Labor Minister Dr. Ghazi al-Qusaibi described the SAG's efforts against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) to the Ambassador. Minister al-Qusaibi agreed that this was a serious issue for the SAG, and he outlined the steps that it is taking, adding that Saudi Arabia must m [...]	2006-08-09 11:14:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM SMIG ELAB ECON PGOV SA
06JEDDAH540	AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH NEW CHAIRMAN OF [...] SUMMARY: On August 8, the Ambassador and staff met the new Chairman and Board members of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI). The Chairman gave an optimistic assessment of the Saudi economy. He enumerated a number of development projects in Jeddah and around the Kingdom, inc [...]	2006-08-14 12:58:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	BTIO ECON EPET KISL PREL SA
06JEDDAH541	AMBASSADOR SPEAKS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF AMERICAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 9, the Ambassador breakfasted with three members of the American business community. All three reported that Lebanon was creating wide-spread hostility towards the United States among the Saudi population, both Sunnis and Shi'as. A Raytheon official reported a promis [...]	2006-08-14 14:03:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KISL PREL SA
06JEDDAH578	LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM THE ORGANIZATION OF THE [...] The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) conveyed the following letter via fax to Consulate General Jeddah for transmission to Secretary Rice: 2. Begin text: [Page 1] Organization of the Islamic Conference The Secretary General OIC/SG-1/2006 Jeddah 15, August 2006 Exce [...]	2006-09-03 13:12:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL PREL SA
06JEDDAH597	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA SEPTEMBER 1: [...] The sermon at the Grand Mosque in Mecca on September 1 was delivered by Dr. Salih bin-Abdallah bin-Humayd, the Chairman of the Shura Council, which advises the King. The main idea in the sermon was that of a "new dawn" for the Arab and Islamic nation. He remarked that the results of the recen [...]	2006-09-09 10:29:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH598	SAUDI ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION: ENVIRONMENTAL [...] SUMMARY: Pol/Econ Chief met with the director of the newly registered Saudi Environmental Association. The organization will promote environmental issues in planing and decision-making at all levels of Saudi government. Within its mandate, the organization will accept and investigate envir [...]	2006-09-09 14:49:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KISL PGOV PREL SA SENV SOCI
06JEDDAH625	YOUNG PRESIDENTS SPEAK THEIR MINDS TO AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with several members of the Saudi chapter of the Young President's Organization (YPO) on August 20. The group said Israel,s actions in Lebanon were disproportionate, and claimed there is growing anti-US sentiment in the Kingdom and increasing fears of Iran. [...]	2006-09-25 12:40:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SA ECON KISL
06JEDDAH658	VISITING DESK OFFICER MET WITH OIC DG OF POLITICAL [...] (C) Poloff and visiting NEA/ARP Desk Officer met with Director General of Political Affairs for the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Mahdy Fathallah, on October 10. Fathallah laid out the reasons why the U.S. would benefit from closer relations with the OIC. He pointed to the pot [...]	2006-10-16 11:58:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PINR PREL SA
06JERUSALEM1009	AID AGENCIES CONSIDER ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: USAID partners, UN agencies, and NGOs agreed in a March 3 consultation that they would not be positioned to cover serious gaps in healthcare service delivery and increasing food insecurity in an environment of deteriorating security and political restrictions. USAID highlight [...]	2006-03-13 05:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ECON EAID PGOV KWBG
06JERUSALEM1106	FATAH LEGISLATORS SEE ISRAELI ACTIONS, [...] (C) Summary. During a March 13 meeting in Bethlehem, four Fatah Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) members asserted that Israeli policies had played a deciding factor in the Hamas victory in the January 25 legislative elections. These mid-level Fatah leaders, who are close to Fatah's g [...]	2006-03-17 14:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM1117	FATAH FACTION CALLS FOR PA TO DISSOLVE [...] (C) In the wake of the Hamas PLC victory and the March 14 IDF Jericho raid, calls by Fatah cadres to dissolve the Palestinian Authority and transfer responsibility for administering the West Bank and Gaza back to Israel as occupying power have begun to resurface. Paragraph 3 contains the text [...]	2006-03-17 16:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG KDEM PGOV
06JERUSALEM1144	ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER ON UPCOMING LIFE UNDER [...] (U) Action request - please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) A March 20 discussion between Pol Chief and PA Assistant Foreign Minister for Refugees and Palestinian Expatriates Ma'in Shraym revealed deep concern regarding the impending takeover by Hamas of the PA, and of the rumored selection of Hama [...]	2006-03-21 14:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG UNGA
06JERUSALEM1318	LOCAL DONORS' CONTACT POLICIES WITH PA: EITHER [...] (C) Summary: Key donors and implementing agencies active in the West Bank and Gaza reviewed their current contact policy with the PA in a March 30 meeting. The European Commission's Technical Assistance Office is still awaiting official guidance from Brussels. The Norwegian Representative O [...]	2006-03-30 16:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KWBG
06JERUSALEM1337	PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS COMMISSION FACING INSOLVENCY [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Central Elections Commission (CEC) officials warned international donors that the CEC faced insolvency unless it received immediate financial assistance to cover its one-year budget. CEC Chairman Dr. Hana Nasir said that the CEC -- an independent agency whose leade [...]	2006-04-03 13:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM1346	SENIOR PA ADVISOR:"WE'RE COUNTING ON THE [...] (C) "Al-Ayyam" editor Akram Hanniyyah told visiting NEA A/S Welch and DAPNSA Abrams on April 1 that he expects Hamas to focus on governing rather than politics or resistance in the short term, but that he believes the challenge of actually governing PA controlled areas would prove too much fo [...]	2006-04-04 06:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG
06JERUSALEM139	PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) January 11 appealed for independent Fatah candidates running in the district races to withdraw their candidacies. Palestinian contacts suggest that this request will have minimal effect on most of these candidates. [...]	2006-01-12 10:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM1420	MOST DONORS STILL AWAITING GUIDANCE ON CONTACTS [...] (C) Summary: Donors participating in a donor-only Local Development Forum (LDF) meeting April 5 outlined their contact policy and assistance strategies in response to the new Palestinian Authority (PA) government. Most donors said they had received no specific guidelines from their governme [...]	2006-04-06 07:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KWBG
06JERUSALEM1448	ABU MAZEN SECURITY ADVISOR ON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) In an April 6 conversation with Pol Chief, Sahim Fateh (Abu Hisham),a close advisor on security affairs to PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) indicated that Abu Mazen is unlikely to take operational control over the National Security Forces (NSF),and reiterated a long-standing positi [...]	2006-04-07 16:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG MCAP MOPS
06JERUSALEM1620	PALESTINIAN OPINION-MAKERS VOICE DOUBTS ABOUT U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Consul General met with a group of ten influential Palestinian contacts on April 20 to explain changes in USG policy following the formation of the new PA government and it's rejection of Quartet requirements. Several of the Palestinian interlocutors voiced objections to the U [...]	2006-04-21 15:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PREL IS
06JERUSALEM1673	YASSER ABED RABBO: MAKING THE CASE AGAINST HAMAS [...] (C) Summary. During an April 24 meeting in Ramallah with the Consul General, PLO Executive Committee (PLO-EC) member Yasser Abed Rabbo argued that President Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Fatah needed a more coherent strategy to deal with Hamas and gain support among the public. Abed Rabbo said th [...]	2006-04-25 15:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM1685	NABLUSIS CONCERNED ABOUT PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT, [...] (C) In a series of meetings with prominent Nablus personalities on April 25, Consul General heard concerns about the future of the Palestinian government and relations with Israel. Munib al-Masri, a leading businessman and host for the meetings, outlined his private-sector initiative intended [...]	2006-04-26 14:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG
06JERUSALEM1717	PLO NEGOTIATIONS AFFAIRS DIRECTOR ON POLITICAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-28 16:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG
06JERUSALEM1760	UNRWA HEAD ABU ZAYD ON CURRENT SITUATION [...] (C) United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Commissioner General Karen Abu Zayd told Consul General on May 1, in advance of her upcoming trip to Washington, that the situation in Gaza is worsening due to the general deterioration of the Palestinian economy, exacerbated by the non-paymen [...]	2006-05-02 12:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM
06JERUSALEM1904	HAMAS RESPONSE TO QUARTET MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The PA government and HAMAS leadership put out varied responses to the Quartet's decision to establish a mechanism to deliver aid to Palestinians. Prime Minister (PM) Isma'il Hanniyah complained that the international community is still placing conditions on the PA. Foreign Mi [...]	2006-05-12 09:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAL KWBG PREL IS
06JERUSALEM1985	AL-KIDWA ON FINANCES, HAMAS, OLMERT, AND [...] (C) In May 16 meeting with the Consul General, newly appointed presidential advisor for diplomatic and political affairs Nasser al-Kidwa pushed for immediate release of money in Arab League accounts. He said Hamas had discussed the idea of a NUG with Abu Mazen, who had warned that any governm [...]	2006-05-16 16:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG
06JERUSALEM2060	UNRWA OFFICIALS OUTLINE CONTACT POLICY WITH PA, [...] (SBU) Summary. During a May 12 meeting with IO Assistant Secretary Kristen Silverberg, UNRWA Deputy Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi said that his agency would maintain "minimal" contact with the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority. Grandi argued that some technical interaction is necessar [...]	2006-05-22 13:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM2442	ONGOING FATAH-HAMAS DISCUSSIONS ON PRISONERS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Abbas (Abu Mazen) reportedly agreed to continue discussions with the PA government on the prisoners' initiative during a June 13 meeting with PM Isma'il Haniyyah in Gaza. Fatah officials report that HAMAS is insisting on modifying the prisoners' document to include lang [...]	2006-06-14 14:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KPAL KWBG PREL PGOV IS
06JERUSALEM2680	MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JUNE [...] (C) Israeli ground and air forces initiated operations in Gaza late on June 27 and early on June 28. Israeli ground forces now occupy land in the southern Gaza strip, including the disused Gaza airport. Israeli aircraft damaged three bridges in central Gaza, and Palestinian contacts report l [...]	2006-06-28 09:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG
06JERUSALEM2748	MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - DAMAGE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The electricity is out in 75 percent of Gaza, according to USAID Gaza-based field staff. The electricity distribution company began June 28 to rotate the available electricity to different areas in six hour shifts. The electricity shortage is also impacting hospitals, municipa [...]	2006-06-29 13:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ENRG ECPS EPET KWBG
06JERUSALEM3129	MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM JULY 24 SITREP [...] (C) There continued to be isolated incidents of violence in Gaza July 23-24, with reports of three Palestinian fatalities. The IDF arrested 20 Palestinians in the West Bank on July 24. 11 Qassams were launched from Gaza into Israel on July 23, and an additional three were launched on July 2 [...]	2006-07-24 12:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM3415	MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 4 SITREP [...] SUMMARY: Three Palestinians were killed and two wounded August 4 as a result of IDF operations in Gaza. In the West Bank, the IDF arrested 11 Palestinians. The Rafah crossing remains closed as of August 4, but the Karni/al-Mintar and Nahal Oz crossings are operational. Nine of ten electric [...]	2006-08-04 14:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG
06JERUSALEM347	PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS: ELECTION DAY [...] (C) As of 6:00 pm local time, Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections continued to go smoothly with only sporadic reports of violence. The Central Elections Commission reported voter turnout at 64.7 percent with 810,000 voting in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Slow lines at East Jerusa [...]	2006-01-25 17:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ASEC KDEM KPAL KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM349	PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS: ELECTION DAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: As of midnight on Election Day, the Central Elections Commission (CEC) was counting votes with preliminary results not expected until later on January 26. Polls in Jerusalem closed at 2100L, two hours after the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The election was notably free of serious vo [...]	2006-01-25 22:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IS KDEM KPAL KWBG PBTS PGOV PREL
06JERUSALEM3563	TEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM DISBURSES [...] (C) The European Commission, through the Temporary International Mechanism (TIM),completed disbursement, over the last 10 days, of the first tranche of allowances to PA health sector workers. The allowances were disbursed through commercial banks and did not go to any PA Health Ministry emp [...]	2006-08-11 16:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID KTFN KWBG
06JERUSALEM3635	SEPARATION BARRIER ROUTE REVISED, BUT PALESTINIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a July 2006 report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA),Palestinian and NGO contacts have informed ConGen that despite revisions, the route of the separation barrier will cut off tens of thousands of Palestinians from Palestinian-o [...]	2006-08-17 07:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM3716	PALESTINIAN PRIVATE SECTOR WILL ASSIST USSC [...] (SBU) U.S. Security Coordinator LTG Keith Dayton met August 17 with Palestinian business leaders who acknowledged that security and economic revitalization go hand-in-hand, made suggestions for more private sector involvement in the management of the crossings, and pledged to do their part to [...]	2006-08-22 11:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ASEC PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM4031	TEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM: FIRST [...] (C) Summary: The first meeting of the Temporary International Mechanism (TIM) Consultative Group, September 1, reviewed implementation progress to date. Both Windows II (provision of fuel to health, water, and sanitation sectors in Gaza) and III (allowances) have been implemented fully by th [...]	2006-09-06 15:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EAID KWBG
06JERUSALEM4346	EU-BAM CHAIRS SECOND COORDINATION AND EVALUATION [...] (C) Summary: In a productive second meeting of the Coordination and Evaluation Committee on the Rafah crossing chaired by the European Union Border Assistance Mission (EU-BAM),Israeli and Palestinian delegations, with a USG delegation present as observers, reviewed the Rafah crossing operati [...]	2006-09-29 14:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS PTER ETRD KWBG IS EG
06JERUSALEM4472	PALESTINIANS SEEK PROGRESS ON CROSSINGS AMA [...] (C) ConGenoffs, accompanied by USSC, USAID and Embassy Tel Aviv representatives, met October 10 with Palestinian negotiators from the previous PA government who were involved in the negotiation of the Agreement on Access and Movement (AMA). The informal meeting, the first in a series of prel [...]	2006-10-12 12:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV ETRD KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM4566	PALESTINIANS SEEK PROGRESS ON GAZA-WEST BANK LINK [...] (C) Summary: ConGenoffs, accompanied by USSC, USAID and Embassy Tel Aviv representatives, met October 17 with Palestinians who were involved in the negotiation of the Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA). The informal meeting, the third and final in a series of preliminary brainstorming d [...]	2006-10-19 11:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KWBG KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM4568	PALESTINIANS SEEK PROGRESS ON WEST BANK MOVEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: ConGenoffs, accompanied by USSC, USAID and Embassy Tel Aviv representatives, met October 17 with Palestinians involved in the negotiation of the Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA). The informal meeting, the third in a series of preliminary brainstorming discussions intende [...]	2006-10-19 12:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KWBG KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM4570	PALESTINIANS SEEK PROGRESS ON GAZA-WEST BANK LINK [...] (U) Summary: ConGenoffs, accompanied by USSC, USAID and Embassy Tel Aviv representatives, met October 17 with Palestinians who were involved in the negotiation of the Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA). The informal meeting, the third and final in a series of preliminary brainstorming d [...]	2006-10-19 14:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KWBG KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM4713	COMPANY SHORT-LISTED FOR RADIO TRUNKING BID IN [...] (C) The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology is completing its selection of the winner for a radio trunking provider in the West Bank/Gaza, one using push-to-talk radio technology. Former PA Telecommunications Minister Sabri Seidam told EconChief tha [...]	2006-11-03 10:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECPS EFIN PGOV PREL KWBG
06JERUSALEM4799	DEMOLITION OF EAST JERUSALEM HOMES DELAYED [...] (C) SUMMARY: TWO HOMES IN THE EAST JERUSALEM NEIGHBORHOOD OF ISAWIYYAH RECEIVED A 10-DAY STAY OF DEMOLITION NOVEMBER 14, A DAY BEFORE THEIR PREVIOUS STAY WAS TO EXPIRE. RABBIS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS HAS TOLD CONGEN THAT THE JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY SENT SURVEYORS ON NOVEMBER 13 TO MAP AND PHOTOGRAPH [...]	2006-11-15 16:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KWBG KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM4849	EU-BAM CHAIRS THIRD COORDINATION AND EVALUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A PRODUCTIVE THIRD MEETING OF THE COORDINATION AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE (CEC),ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS MADE PROGRESS TOWARDS TACKLING OUTSTANDING ISSUES CONCERNING OPERATIONS AT THE RAFAH CROSSING POINT, INCLUDING: -- UPDATING THE PALESTINIAN POPULATION REGISTRY AND HAND [...]	2006-11-27 15:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS PTER ETRD KWBG IS EG
06JERUSALEM4933	EFFORTS TO PREVENT DEMOLITION OF DARI HOME IN EAST [...] (C) Summary: Ahmed Dari's home in the Issawiyah neighborhood of East Jerusalem was demolished December 11 after efforts by the Israeli NGOs Rabbis for Human Rights and the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions to stop the demolition failed. Rabbis for Human Rights told ConGen PolOff on De [...]	2006-12-11 15:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON KWBG KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM4979	SHIKAKI ON HAMAS AND PUBLIC OPINION [...] (C) Begin Summary. In a December 14 meeting with USSC Dayton, Khalil Shikaki, Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, assessed that Abu Mazen can reach an agreement on a new government with what he described as the "moderate" element of Hamas. Shikaki said that he b [...]	2006-12-18 05:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
06JERUSALEM5030	EU-BAM CHAIRS THIRD COORDINATION AND EVALUATION [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST FOR THE DEPARTMENT IN PARAGRAPH 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: DURING A PRODUCTIVE BUT MORE EMOTIONAL FOURTH MEETING OF THE COORDINATION AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE (CEC),ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS CONTINUED THEIR SLOW PROGRESS ON TACKLING OUTSTANDING ISSUES CONCERNING OPERATIONS AT [...]	2006-12-22 13:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS PTER ETRD KWBG IS EG
06JERUSALEM581	ABU MAZEN'S OFFICE STRATEGIZING FOR HAMAS-LED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential Advisor Ghaith al-Omari told Consul General February 7 that his office is working to formulate a response to HAMAS's victory in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. Al-Omari said the PA is considering a number of ideas to strengthen presidential cont [...]	2006-02-08 14:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IS KDEM KPAL KWBG PBTS PGOV PREL
06JERUSALEM723	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (2/17): HAMAS IN A NEW [...] Columnist Samih Shbeib commented in independent Al-Ayyam under the headline, "Following the Formation of the [Palestinian] Legislative [Council]" (2/17): "Israel and the United States do not view Hamas as a political party capable of standing up to recent Middle East developments, and accordi [...]	2006-02-17 11:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
06JERUSALEM80	PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP [...] (C) Summary. Hamas January 5 endorsed a Code of Conduct for the January 25 Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections that it had earlier refused to sign in October. The Chief Electoral Officer for the Central Elections Commission (CEC),Ammar Dweik, reported that Abu Mazen had yet t [...]	2006-01-06 18:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM819	A/S WELCH 2/25 MEEETING WITH SA'EB EREKAT [...] (C) Summary: During a February 25 meeting in Ramallah, PLO chief negotiator Sa,eb Erekat told visiting NEA A/S Welch that Fatah would not join a Hamas government unless Hamas agreed to President Abbas, platform of peaceful negotiations. The Hamas cabinet would therefore likely consist of Ham [...]	2006-02-28 08:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM820	AKRAM HANIYYAH: HAMAS GOVERNMENT IS TEST CASE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Akram Haniyyeh, a key adviser to President Abbas and the publisher of Palestinian daily "Al Ayyam," told visiting NEA A/S Welch that Hamas, takeover of the Palestinian Authority would mark the first time a Sunni Islamist movement assumed the reins of government; its success or fa [...]	2006-02-28 08:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM903	FORMER JERUSALEM PLC MEMBER ASSESSES HAMAS, ABU [...] (C) Summary. During a March 2 meeting with ConGen Poloff, former Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member Ziad Abu Zayyad (Jerusalem, independent) provided his assessment of the challenges confronting the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the new PLC. On Hamas forming the next Palestinia [...]	2006-03-03 17:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06JOHANNESBURG202	SOUTH AFRICA: ROLE OF NEDLAC [...] Summary: The National Economic Development and Labor Council (NEDLAC) celebrated its tenth anniversary last year, amid some questions about its utility in creating social consensus on government policy. NEDLAC, established in 1995, is a forum designed to promote social dialogue and brings t [...]	2006-06-08 12:47:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON SF
06JOHANNESBURG205	SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER"THE ASSAY" - [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this monthly newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chrom [...]	2006-06-09 15:52:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ENRG ECON ELAB SF ZI
06JOHANNESBURG338	THE SOUTH AFRICAN COAL INDUSTRY: PART III -- PLANS AND [...] (U) Introduction: This is the third of a four-part cable dealing with coal and the important role it plays in the South African economy. Part 3 provides information on some of the new and expansion projects underway and planned clean-coal developments. It reviews some of the policies and leg [...]	2006-09-08 16:01:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ENGR ECON SENV SF
06JOHANNESBURG474	SOUTH AFRICA: TRADE UNION VIEWS ON BLACK ECONOMIC [...] Major trade union federations in South Africa actively support the goals of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE),but have specific criticisms relating to its implementation. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) argues that BEE is insufficiently broad-based and fails to emphasize j [...]	2006-11-24 16:12:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON SF
06KABUL1089	POLICE REFORM: REGIONAL COMMANDS AND RAPID [...] (C) Summary: The GOA has a pressing need for an Afghan National Police (ANP) that can respond to counter civil disturbances as well as law enforcement cases. As foreseen ref A, Ambassador Neumann and LTG Eikenberry discussed and jointly agreed to a revised approach developed by OSC-A and IN [...]	2006-03-14 08:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR SNAR PREL AF
06KABUL116	KARZAI DISSATISFIED; WORRIES ABOUT NEWSWEEK; PLANS [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai is flailing at Newsweek for writing that one of his brothers is a drug dealer. Karzai will make a new push on narcotics eradication. The President criticized our announcing the withdrawal of U.S. forces after NATO comes in. This suggests he has had negative f [...]	2006-01-10 06:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL SNAR AF
06KABUL12	PRT/TARIN KOWT: URUZGAN PREPARES FOR SPRING [...] (U) Summary: PRT Tarin Kowt is helping Uruzgan Province plan and prepare to avert a replay of last year,s devastating spring floods that left hundreds dead and thousands homeless. Along with a number of concrete local projects, the PRT has focused on building the local administration,s respo [...]	2006-01-02 11:37:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV SENV AF
06KABUL1201	Afghanistan: Ambassador Gross Promotes [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador David Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy visited Afghanistan February 25-27, 2006 to meet with senior Afghan government officials, including Vice President Massoud and the newly created Parliamentary Committee on Communicati [...]	2006-03-19 09:34:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV ECON PREL OPIC EAID PGOV AF
06KABUL1277	CODEL HOEKSTRA SEES POPPY PROBLEM FIRST HAND [...] (C/NF) Summary: INL exposed Codel Hoekstra March 23 to the challenges facing U.S. counternarcotics policy and eradication in Afghanistan firsthand. The morning discussion between the Representatives, Embassy CN officials, CFC-A and the U.K. Embassy CN experts highlighted for the congressmen [...]	2006-03-23 14:26:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SNAR PREL PGOV AF
06KABUL1382	FM ABDULLAH'S TRAVAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA convoked Charge on fairly short notice on March 28 to what was billed as a farewell event for FM Abdullah, who did not make the cut in President Karzai's proposed Cabinet reshuffle. However, upon arrival, Charge was treated to a 30-minute one-on-one session with the outgoing [...]	2006-03-29 06:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
06KABUL1461	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL HAGEL [...] Embassy Kabul welcomes Senator Chuck Hagel, Chairman, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Staff members Lou Ann Linehan, Rexon Ryu, and Eric Rosenbach, and DOD Cdr. Steve Vahsen, and grants country clearance for their visit to Afghanistan on April 13-14, 2006, to conduct political, [...]	2006-04-01 05:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN ASEC AMGT OREP AF
06KABUL1478	WARDAK-HILLEN MEETING: ANA IS IMPROVING, ISAF [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Defense Wardak said the quality of the ANA is improving and he welcomes recent Coalition planning for joint operations. In a March 20 discussion with visiting Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs SIPDIS John Hillen, Minister Wardak said that [...]	2006-04-02 04:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER AF
06KABUL1525	PRT/QALAT - KARZAI VISIT HIGHLIGHTS TRADE [...] (U) Summary: President Karzai visited Zabul Province for the first time March 28, where he visited the PRT-run Trade School and the new hospital funded by the UAE. He also greeted people in the bazaar. His "pressing the flesh" may improve Zabul's poor security image. End Summary. 2. ( [...]	2006-04-05 11:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC AF TC
06KABUL1667	GOA DETAINEES LEGAL WORKING GROUP MOVING AHEAD [...] (SBU) The Afghan Inter-Ministerial Legal Working Group met on April 5 to discuss the development of a legal framework that would form the basis for transfer of detainees from U.S. custody as well as for the disposition of individuals taken off the battlefield in future. Due to a confusion on [...]	2006-04-12 12:34:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS KAWC PGOV AF
06KABUL18	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MOVES FORWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The tone of the second week for Afghanistan's National Assembly (NA) has been positive, with members of parliament open to new ideas and mostly constructive debate. The NA spent the week finalizing its leadership and discussing its rules of procedure. The formation of caucuse [...]	2006-01-02 13:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL186	PRT HERAT: FEWER AFGHAN REFUGEES RETURNING FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Latest data from United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) indicate significant increase in Afghan migrant labor in Iran. Undocumented Afghans who turn themselves in to Iranian authorities are treated as spontaneous returnees and given free transportation to the bor [...]	2006-01-14 16:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AF
06KABUL1975	Afghanistan Border Management Initiative - Fueling [...] (SBU) The International Border Management Advisory Team (IBMAT) visited Afghanistan April 9 to 17 and conducted an assessment of overall border management activities in Herat province. The IBMAT team corroborated earlier assessments indicating an overall lack of GoA initiative, poor coordina [...]	2006-05-02 13:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIN PREL AF
06KABUL2149	A COURSE OF ACTION TO REBALANCE THE ANP [...] Proper Demographic Representation was emphasized as a method of conducting business by President Karzai and applies to all types of p placing special emphasis on operational effectiveness achieved by establishing a presence and understanding with the community in which the police operate. [...]	2006-05-12 13:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR PGOV PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL2151	A COURSE OF ACTION TO REBALANCE THE ANP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Course of Action plan outlined below is desig for implementing President Karzai?s decision to re-balance the Afgha in order to address pressing security issues in the south (reftel). by members of the international community involved with building up t the Afghan Ministry [...]	2006-05-12 15:55:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR PGOV PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL2154	A COURSE OF ACTION TO REBALANCE THE ANP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Course of Action plan outlined below is designed as a guide for implementing President Karzais decision to re-balance the Afghan National Police in order to address pressing g security issues in the south (reftel). This outline will be used by members of the international [...]	2006-05-13 08:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR ASEC AF
06KABUL2234	EXBS Afghanistan Advisor Monthly Reporting Cable ? [...] EXBS: The Afghanistan EXBS Advisor issued invitations to the Senior Advisor to the Minister of Commerce and to the Director of International Transit and Trade KABUL 00002234 006.3 OF 006 Facilitation to participate as observers at the 8th Central Asia and Caucasus Regional Forum on Exp [...]	2006-05-16 14:51:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AF
06KABUL2298	THE ARDS AND GOA PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES [...] (SBU) The Afghan Reconstruction Development Service (ARDS,) strives to conduct GOA procurement in accordance with international standards and the GOA Procurement Law, passed in September 2005. Though not all GOA procurement is handled by the ARDS, this office sets a standard to which all gove [...]	2006-05-21 08:38:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN OPIC EAID PGOV AF
06KABUL2323	PARLIAMENT REJECTS BUDGET [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 21, the lower house of the Afghan Parliament rejected the GOA budget by a clear majority (although with only around half of MPs voting). The impasse occurred after the GOA rejected Parliament's suggested changes to the budget, including an increase in salaries for civil s [...]	2006-05-22 13:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL2386	BILATERAL DETAINEE AGREEMENTS WITH THE GOA [...] (C) Summary: Four nations ) Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and the U.K. ) have signed bilateral agreements with the Government of Afghanistan concerning the transfer of detainees. With the exception of Denmark, these nations are already engaged in military action as part of OEF or are lo [...]	2006-05-25 06:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PTER PREL AF
06KABUL2407	New ISAF Headquarters Approach to PRTs: [...] Summary: The Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) has assumed the mantle of command of ISAF. They are bringing a commitment and plan of action to the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) program that should bring greater coherence to the effort. We strongly support this initiative, and recom [...]	2006-05-27 11:04:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER MARR AF
06KABUL2411	New ISAF Headquarters Approach to PRTs: [...] Summary: The Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) has assumed the mantle of command of ISAF. They are bringing a commitment and plan of action to the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) program that should bring greater coherence to the effort. We strongly support this initiative, and recom [...]	2006-05-28 06:04:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER MARR AF
06KABUL2426	DEPUTY MINISTER SAIKAL DISCUSSES THE STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Saikal told PolCouns in a May 21 meeting that the GOA was pleased with the first March 2006 Strategic Partnership dialogue in Washington and hoped to move to substance and outcome in succeeding meetings. He stated that reftel outline for the March dialogue [...]	2006-05-29 12:44:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF
06KABUL2468	PARLIAMENT REJECTS SHINWARI AS CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (U) SUMMARY. On May 27, the lower house of the Afghan Parliament rejected two additional Supreme Court nominations, including conservative Chief Justice Shinwari. END SUMMARY. Vote Count ---------- 2. (SBU) The rejection of Shinwari and additional nominee Roostayi brings the total numb [...]	2006-05-30 12:32:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL2473	PARLIAMENT REACTS TO CONVOY CRASH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Both houses of the Afghan Parliament resumed debate on security in closed session on Tuesday, May 30. According to MPs, the US military convoy vehicle accident of May 29 was discussed, but debate quickly moved to larger security issues. No statements were made calling into quest [...]	2006-05-30 14:26:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS AF
06KABUL2551	PARLIAMENT APPROVES REVISED BUDGET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Afghan National Assembly approved a revised national budget, including modest increases in government salaries and payments to the disabled, on June 3. The new budget, which did not go above the previously agreed ceiling, accommodates Parliament's most significant concerns; [...]	2006-06-04 14:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EFIN KDEM AF

06KABUL2552	RECONCILIATION PROGRAM HOLDS CONFERENCE WITH [...] (SBU) The Independent Commission for the Program for Strengthening Peace (PTS) - the Afghan-led reconciliation process - held a conference on May 15 with representatives of Coalition and ISAF PRTs in order to familiarize them with the PTS process and to give the heads of the six regional PTS [...]	2006-06-05 04:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID PTER AF
06KABUL2704	PARLIAMENT SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN PROVINCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Both houses of the Afghan National Assembly have drafted revisions to the Provincial Council Law, which will be considered by the Wolesi Jirga upon their return from recess in July. The revisions would strengthen the role of Provincial Councils in provincial governance, giving [...]	2006-06-14 05:28:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL2707	AFGHAN BUDGET DEBATE (C-NE6-00713) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable is a response to Department's request for additional reporting on the Afghan National Assembly debate on the budget (REF A). END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Below are the responses, by question: A. What were the major points of debate on the budget? Please see REF C, par [...]	2006-06-14 10:44:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ECIN ECON PGOV AF
06KABUL2723	CODEL HAYES MEETS KARZAI, WARDAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 31, Congressmen Robin Hayes (R-NC),Joe Wilson (R-SC),Jeff Miller (R-FL),Richard Keller (R-FL),and Henry Cuellar (D-TX),and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) met separately with Defense Minister Wardak and President Karzai. The President blamed the recent distu [...]	2006-06-15 05:45:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL2727	PARLIAMENT'S FIRST SESSION: REVIEW AND ATMOSPHERICS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Afghan National Assembly ended its first session on June 5 having achieved several key milestones, including the confirmation of 20 ministers and the passage of the budget. Notable trends in the first session of Parliament included occasional hints of ethnic divisions beneat [...]	2006-06-15 11:13:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL2970	NDS DIRECTOR SALEH ON INSURGENCY - CAUSES AND [...] (S/Rel Aus and GB) Summary: NDS Director General Amarullah Saleh told visiting S/CT Deputy Coordinator and Chief Strategist on June 27 that the Taliban insurgency is now focused largely on Zabul, Helmand, Kandahar, and Uruzgan. For the moment it is still a "measurable problem," he said. S [...]	2006-07-02 13:27:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PTER PREL MOPS AF PK
06KABUL3059	AFGHANISTAN:RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN MISSILE [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-09 03:38:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP KN AF
06KABUL3123	PRT/KHOWST - TAKING THE ERRATIC POLITICAL PULSE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Khowst's July 2, IRI-sponsored town hall meeting for GOA officials to discuss security, corruption, and reconstruction issues devolved into a heated series of speeches denouncing and defending the GOA, local officials, and the international community. Two MPs made negative rem [...]	2006-07-12 13:01:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL3135	DISSATISFACTION IN THE PROVINCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: : On 10 July, Poloff met with Arif Khan, a member of the Paktika Provincial Council who has been in Kabul trying to meet with GOA officials to express his concerns over poor governance, corruption and deteriorating security in Paktika. His efforts to have government meetings had [...]	2006-07-13 11:16:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL3297	DETAINEE DELEGATION MEETINGS FOCUS ON BTIF, PTS [...] (C) Summary: In July 23 meetings, a Washington- based detainee affairs delegation from the Departments of Defense and State discussed the status of detainee operations with ICRC representatives, members of the Afghan interagency working group, and political-military officers from ISAF comman [...]	2006-07-26 08:53:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWCR PHUM AF
06KABUL3305	AFGHANISTAN - EB ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN [...] (U) Meeting attendees from the USG: Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Daniel Sullivan OPIC, Deputy Chief of Staff, Dulce Zahniser State, Bilateral Trade Officer, Mary Beth Goodman Econ Counselor, Jack Spilsbury Tradeoff, Robert Newsome AFGH [...]	2006-07-26 13:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EAID PGOV AF
06KABUL339	PRT/TARIN KOWT: AUSTRALIANS LOOK KEENLY AT TARIN [...] (S/NF) Summary: After Australia,s agreement in principle to send a PRT team to Afghanistan this year, the Australian Force Commander and his POLAD have proposed to Canberra to embed a small number of Australian military personnel in the Tarin Kowt PRT in order to learn more about its operation [...]	2006-01-25 10:55:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR NL AF AS
06KABUL3454	NOMINATIONS OF FIVE NEW CABINET MEMBERS ANNOUNCED [...] (U) The nominations of five new cabinet members were announced by the Presidential Palace on the afternoon of August 2. The nominations are for the Ministries of Commerce, Culture and Information, Economy, Transportation, and Women's Affairs. 2. (SBU) The Minister of Commerce nominee is [...]	2006-08-02 14:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR AF
06KABUL3532	AFGHANISTAN COMPACT: PROGRESS ON LONDON CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Donor representatives used the second Meeting of the Afghan Compact's Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) to press for government action in key areas including energy reform, anti-corruption, and rule of law. GoA interventions highlighted the need for emergency fue [...]	2006-08-07 12:40:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN PGOV USAID
06KABUL359	CIV AIR SHAKE UP [...] (C) Lufthansa Consulting's team at Afghan state-owned flag carrier Ariana fills key senior management positions at the airline. Lufthansa,s earlier announced resignation, made in response to a series of questionable procurement and aircraft lease contracts entered into by Ariana,s Preiden ov [...]	2006-01-26 10:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON AF
06KABUL3608	WALKOUT FROM AFGHAN PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Begin summary: A group estimated at 80 MPs walked out of Parliament on 12 August, ostensibly to protest what they view as discriminatory ethnic policy by the Karzai administration. Led by the Uzbek MPs, the protesters included representatives from at least nine provinces. They [...]	2006-08-14 06:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL3610	PAG REPORT:AUGUST 10 MEETING [...] (C) The full Policy Action Group (PAG) met for the third time August 10. The development of the organization continues to be an ongoing process. 2. (C) Key view points and topics of discussion raised were: -- Minister of Defense Wardak said we need to take initiative on finding ways to m [...]	2006-08-14 09:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL3629	PRT QAL-E-NAW: WHY THERE IS NO DIAG IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The DIAG process in Badghis is broken. Some of the reasons why are the same as elsewhere in Afghanistan: weak local authorities, powerful former commanders and limited reach of government authority. However, while in southern provinces the program struggles in the face of sec [...]	2006-08-15 12:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR ASEC AF
06KABUL3719	PAG MAKES FIRST RECOMMENDATIONS TO PRESIDENT KARZAI [...] (S) Summary: The security situation in the south remains fragile, with an increasingly determined enemy operating freely in key areas according to a joint CFC, ISAF, GOA brief to President Karzai in a Policy Action Group (PAG) meeting on August 16. Wardak said that the enemy is succeeding in p [...]	2006-08-21 10:18:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL376	HELMAND GOVERNOR PROMISED COOPERATION ON [...] (C) Summary: Reftel discussed, among other things, the dramatic increase in opium cultivation in Helmand and advised the establishment of the Helmand Eradication Planning Task Force to deal with the critical issue of opium cultivation in Helmand. That Task Force met January 26 and is undertakin [...]	2006-01-27 03:17:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR KCRM AF
06KABUL3824	PAG UPDATE:AUG 23 MEETING [...] (C) The full Policy Action Group (PAG) met August 23. 2. (C) Key view points and topics of discussion raised were: -- The Security Operations Group (SOG) has begun producing joint daily reports on the security situation. Defense Minister Wardak reported that the implementation and coordi [...]	2006-08-28 08:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL3935	HELMAND GOVERNOR ON TRIBAL WARFARE, SECURITY, NEED [...] (C) Summary: Helmand Governor Daud asked the Ambassador on August 23 for support for efforts to carve out the space the governor said he needs to build "loyal" local governance in the province. The Governor acknowledged poppy cultivation and Taliban activities are critical threats to his effor [...]	2006-09-03 08:36:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MARR PINR PTER AF
06KABUL394	AFGHANISTAN AGRICULTURE MOVING FORWARD: PART I [...] Summary: Developing the agriculture sector in Afghanistan is critical for economic growth and for tackling opium poppy oppy cultivation. The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Food (MAAHF),Mr. Obaidullah Ramin, has begun to provide leadership to rebuild the agriculture sector in [...]	2006-01-30 02:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AMGT AF
06KABUL4001	PAG APPROVES AUXILIARY POLICE [...] (C) The August 30 Policy Action Group (PAG),chaired by National Security Advisor Rassoul, approved in principle a concept for auxiliary police proposed by the Ministry of Interior. The MoI argued that it is essential to provide some level of security in key provinces immediately, particular [...]	2006-09-06 11:15:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR MARR PGOV AF
06KABUL4002	PROBATION BOARD RECOMMENDS REMOVAL OF THREE POLICE [...] (C) The Police Probation Board met on August 30 to discuss the cases of three of the 14 police officials not on the original list of 86 (reftels). At the Senior Working Group meeting in mid-August, it was decided to review the cases of Abdul Basir Salangi (Nangarhar Police Chief),Haji Mohamma [...]	2006-09-06 11:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR MARR PREL AF
06KABUL4005	KARZAI COMMENTS ON COUNTER NARCOTICS POLICY [...] (S) Ambassador Neumann met with President Karzai and discussed the Afghanistan counter-narcotics strategy. Karzai is vehemently against aerial spraying saying that we would eliminate poppy for one year at the price of turning Afghanis permanently against GOA and putting large numbers into the [...]	2006-09-06 12:54:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	SNAR AF
06KABUL4161	PAG REPORT SEPT 14: SECURITY SITUATION STRETCHED [...] (C) An Afghan National Directorate for Security (NDS) briefing to the September 14 Policy Action Group (PAG) continues to paint a stretched security situation in the four southern provinces of Helmand, Farah, Zabul, and Uruzgan. Military gains are being put into jeopardy due to lack of police [...]	2006-09-15 15:45:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL418	AFGHAN DETAINEE TRANSFER TEAM READY TO TRAVEL TO [...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS ACTION REQUESTS: SEE PARAGRAPHS 4 AND 5 BELOW. 2. (C) THE INFORMAL KABUL DETAINEE AFFAIRS WORKING GROUP MET ON JANUARY 26, ATTENDED BY CFC-A, OSC-A, DOS (INCLUDING VISITING WASHINGTON DESK OFFICER),AND DOJ (ARG) REPRESENTATIVES. IT WAS AGREED THAT THE TOP PRIO [...]	2006-01-30 14:35:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC MOPS PREL AF
06KABUL419	AFGHAN WTO ACCESSION: MODEST PROGRESS [...] (SBU) The GOA is making modest progress on WTO accession and plans to reach out to the Afghan private sector to promote WTO membership. The Afghan Commerce Ministry, which has the lead on WTO accession, is building in-house trade capacity to support its accession efforts. The Embassy will s [...]	2006-01-31 11:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID PREL AF
06KABUL4245	AUXILIARY POLICE ASSESSMENT TEAM BEGINS WORK [...] (SBU) After the recent Policy Action Group (PAG) decision to move ahead with recruiting auxiliary police (AXP) under MoI command and control, with Zabol as the pilot province (reftel),MoI with CSTC- A support immediately began to organize an assessment team. An advance group of MoI, CSTC-A, [...]	2006-09-18 14:17:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL4251	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT KARZAI'S UPCOMING VISIT [...] (S) President Karzai is more self-confident than three months ago, but not politically stronger. Karzai worries endlessly about how firm our support is -- and how much he must do. He will be looking for support and encouragement of every kind during this visit, but assurances must be balance [...]	2006-09-19 05:47:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC PINS AF
06KABUL4317	EXBS Afghanistan Advisor Monthly Reporting Cable - [...] (SBU) UNODC held a workshop with the Ministry of Interior (MoI) Afghan Border Police (ABP) to discuss ways of improving cross-border crime detection and interception with Afghanistan's neighboring countries Iran and Pakistan. 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Finance (MoF) Afghan Customs Depar [...]	2006-09-21 11:58:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM PREL ETRD KSTC KNNP AF
06KABUL4321	SECURITY OPERATIONS GROUP SEPT 21: SOUTHERN [...] (S) Summary: Although the usual Policy Action Group (PAG) was canceled this week due to high-level travel, Minister Wardak convened the Security Operations Group (SOG) today, Sept 21, at the Ministerial level in order to keep up the momentum on security-related projects, particularly the auxi [...]	2006-09-21 14:00:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PTER MARR PGOV PK AF
06KABUL455	SENLIS COUNCIL- A GROWING PROBLEM TO GOA CN EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: The Senlis Council, a self-described international drug policy think tank recently released a "research" report on poppy eradication. The report concludes that eradication will cause irreparable damage to reconstruction and development efforts in Afghanistan. Accordingly, the Coun [...]	2006-02-01 13:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM PGOV AF
06KABUL460	PRT Panjshir: The Political Context [...] (SBU) The political dynamics in Panjshir Province are changing. Political standing, in the old paradigm, was based on ones closeness to Ahmed Shah Massoud, the Mujahideen leader assassinated in September 2001. But a new paradigm is emerging. Political clout derives more and more from ones [...]	2006-02-02 10:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PINR AF
06KABUL461	RUMORS OF AFGHAN CABINET SHUFFLE [...] (SBU) The Afghan government is swirling with rumors of an imminent cabinet shuffle and possible downsizing. Several ministries, including Commerce, Communications, Mines and Industry, and Transportation, anticipate management shakeups as it is widely expected President Karzai will reorganize [...]	2006-02-02 13:36:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAID PREL ECPS AF
06KABUL4722	KAZAKH DELEGATION IS ALL BUSINESS IN EXAMINING PRT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A high-level Kazakhstani delegation, led by Deputy Foreign Minister Abdrakhmanov and dominated by trade, investment and energy officials, visited Afghanistan September 24-28, to, among other things, examine the possibility of leading or participating in a Provincial Reconstruct [...]	2006-10-01 12:15:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PARM AORD NATO ETRD EINV KZ
06KABUL4777	SENATORS FRIST AND MARTINEZ MEET WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) President Karzai hosted an Iftar dinner in honor of Senators Bill Frist and Mel Martinez, at the end of their October 2 visit to Afghanistan. Karzai used the dinner to express deep appreciation for U.S. support for Afghanistan, and particularly for the President's efforts to encourage Pr [...]	2006-10-04 02:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER OREP PK IN IR AF
06KABUL4783	PAG REPORT OCT 2: MOVING ON GOVERNANCE AND AUX POLICE [...] (C) The October 2 Policy Action Group (PAG) meeting agreed on an general action plan for Afghan Development Zones (ADZs). Two GOA teams will be going to Helmand and Kandahar provinces to assess the state of governance there, with the aim of identifying and removing incompetent or corrupt offi [...]	2006-10-04 05:32:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	AF NOTAG
06KABUL4899	PAG REPORT OCT 4: KARZAI RALLIES HIS TEAM [...] (C) At a three-hour marathon session of the PAG October 4, an engaged, focused and energetic President Karzai, appearing at times frustrated, directed both his own government and the international community to move forward rapidly on the full menu of security, reconstruction, and strategic c [...]	2006-10-08 14:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5025	PRT KANDAHAR/HELMAND: SECURITY CONCERNS TAKE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Taliban elements have re-infiltrated into parts of the districts of Panjwayi and Zharay. Security incidents in the area have increased, resulting in the deaths of six Canadian soldiers since late September. Canadian forces first shifted into a defensive position to get rein [...]	2006-10-16 04:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5237	VISIT OF AFGHAN COMMERCE MINISTER FARHANG: NEED FOR ACTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Economic Counselor twice in the past week raised with Minister of Commerce and Industries Farhang the need for active GoA engagement on the President's Reconstruction Opportunity Zone initiative. Econcouns reported that the AID-funded U.S. ROZ study team was completing the fina [...]	2006-10-29 03:22:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV AF
06KABUL5238	AFGHAN COMMERCE MINISTER VISIT - OPPORTUNITY TO STRESS OUR [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-29 03:22:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV EFIN AF
06KABUL5249	PRT PANJSHIR: PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER QANOONI OPENS [...] (SBU) The grand opening of the Teachers, Training College (TTC) October 10 in Panjshir combined several unusual features for a public ceremony: a large Kabul delegation; a strong Afghan lead; some participation of women; and, for the first time, broad political themes dealing with regional i [...]	2006-10-29 11:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AF PREL
06KABUL5277	SCENESETTER FOR NSA HADLEY VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Your November 1-3 visit to Afghanistan will be greeted by a President and Afghan government with security and reconstruction very much on their minds. The country is facing some of its most serious challenges since the fall of the Taliban. Since his return from Washington, President Kar [...]	2006-10-30 14:50:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF ECON IR
06KABUL5397	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE VISIT OF PM/WRA [...] (U) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes PM/WRA Policy Advisor Eric Patterson and Technical Advisor Eric Arnett and grants country clearance for the visit from November 15 to November 18,2006. 2. (U) Control officer for the visit is Political-Military Affairs Officer Todd Bullock. Mr. Bullock's co [...]	2006-11-07 12:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PARM PREL MARR MASS ASEC AF
06KABUL5399	PRT LASHKAR GAH - NORTH QUIET AFTER ISAF [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The situation in Musa Qala district in the north of Helmand Province, the site of serious clashes between ISAF and Taliban forces, remains relatively stable following ISAF,s recent withdrawal from the district center (DC). The withdrawal followed an arrangement between the l [...]	2006-11-07 14:38:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5414	OUR TAKE ON AFGHANISTAN OBJECTIVES AT THE RIGA [...] (C) Summary: The upcoming NATO Summit in Riga offers a prime opportunity to advance our agenda in Afghanistan with our NATO Allies. We believe it essential to continue to project a steady, measured message on the need to eliminate caveats some nations have imposed on the deployment of their [...]	2006-11-09 12:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PREL EAID AF
06KABUL5442	BOUCHER AND SPANTA ON JIRGAS, MUSA QALA, IRAN AND [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher used his November 8 meeting with Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta in Kabul to draw out Afghan expectations on cross-border jirgas and press for early consultations with Islamabad to bridge differences. Spanta described [...]	2006-11-13 10:40:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL5444	RASSOUL REVIEWS AFGHAN SECURITY SITUATION WITH [...] (C) National Security Advisor Rassoul used his November 8 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Affairs Richard Boucher to review Afghanistan's evolving security situation, which he characterized as generally improving due to NATO operations in the South, but still affected b [...]	2006-11-13 12:08:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER EAID MARR AF
06KABUL5446	BOUCHER'S CONVERSATION WITH KEY DONORS ON WHAT'S [...] (SBU) In a working lunch in Kabul on November 8, the Ambassador, British Ambassador Evans, Japanese Ambassador Kosuge, and Deputy EU Representative Michael Semple told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher the UN-led Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board P [...]	2006-11-13 12:18:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID AF
06KABUL5452	PRESIDENT KARZAI WITH A/S BOUCHER ON SECURITY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher used his November 8 meeting with President Karzai to report on his discussions in Islamabad on the cross-border jirgas, and urged early direct discussions before differences on expectations and plans become s [...]	2006-11-14 04:27:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5487	PRT/LASHKAR GAH - GOVERNOR DEFENDS DEAL WITH MUSA QALA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with PRTOff, Helmand Governor Daud defended the Afghan government's deal with the leaders of Musa Qala district, wherein the government recognizes the leaders' right to administer the district in return for recognition of the central government's authority. [...]	2006-11-14 10:15:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AF
06KABUL5499	STABILITY AT STAKE IN ZABUL: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Embassy officers visited the Romanian Forward Operating Base (FOB) and the U.S. run Qalat Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Zabul province November 6, where they attended security briefings on Taliban activity and redeployment of artillery assets as well [...]	2006-11-15 09:19:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER MASS AF
06KABUL5504	DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTER SHAHRANI - BUDGET ON TRACK BUT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-15 09:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON MASS MARR PGOV AF
06KABUL5556	AFGHANISTAN COMPACT: THIRD JCMB SESSION TAKES A HARD LOOK [...] The third session of the Afghanistan Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) was held in the presence of a visiting UN Security Council delegation on November 12. UNAMA and Afghan co-chairs reported that the Afghanistan Compact process is taking hold and actively helping to shape Afgha [...]	2006-11-21 12:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM AF
06KABUL5610	POST VIEWS ON PRESSURING EU EXTRADITIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to ref requests from SCA/A, Post has reviewed the issue of encouraging EU members to increase the number of extradition requests made to the GoA. While post recognizes the importance of bringing criminals to justice, we do not believe that substantially increasing th [...]	2006-11-28 02:00:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL5619	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. GOVERNORS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] U.S. Embassy welcomes the visit of Governors Pataki, Kulongoski, Corzine, and Huntsman as well as Anthony Welcher, Dan Wilmot, Traci Scott, Rob Wilkins, MG Michael Sumrall, and Col. Kurt Vogel and grants country clearance for the period November 30 to December 1, for the governors to visit tro [...]	2006-11-29 02:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA AF
06KABUL5632	POLICY ACTION GROUP NOVEMBER 22: ADZ'S AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The November 22 Policy Action Group decided to: - Consider expanding the Afghan Development Zone (ADZ) concept to Regional Command - East (RC-East) while maintaining the focus on RC South; - Limit, for now, the Afghan National Auxiliary Police (ANAP) recruitment, trainin [...]	2006-11-30 03:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR SNAR PTER AF
06KABUL5666	PRT/QAL-E NOW: REBUILT AIRSTRIP IMPROVES LIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Spanish PRT recently upgraded the Qal-e Now airstrip to increase the Spanish Military's ability to support and supply the PRT during the upcoming winter months. The project was conducted by the Spanish Agency for International Development (AECI),which trained local staff [...]	2006-12-04 07:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AF
06KABUL5810	PRT/PANSHJIR: KABUL-PANJSHIR RELATIONS PART I: THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Relations between the valley province of Panjshir and the capital city of Kabul have evolved this past year. Panjshiris in the central government maintain their prominence, although the sacking of Abdullah Abdullah as Foreign Minister this spring caused some resentment in the [...]	2006-12-12 03:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV INR AF
06KABUL5839	AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN JIRGA DOCUMENTS [...] (C) As reported reftel, below are the GOA and GOP jirga documents provided to us by Foreign Minister Spanta. The documents have not been provided to other nations, nor to the UN, although many have been given oral briefings. 2. Text of Afghanistan Jirga Document: ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AF [...]	2006-12-13 13:10:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5853	PRT/KHOST: KHOST EAGER TO CONVERT ARBAKI INTO ANAP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Provincial and Ministry of Interior (MOI) officials had selected the first 460 members of a future Afghan National Auxiliary Police (ANAP) force for Khost, but MOI, implementing a November 11 agreement under the direction of the Policy Action Group (PAG),has since told Khost Af [...]	2006-12-14 11:15:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER AF MARR SNAR
06KABUL5931	GOA BITES BACK AGAINT HRW CALL FOR PROSECUTION OF [...] (U) President Karzai wasted no time in rebutting a December 12 statement from Human Rights Watch (HRW) calling for the immediate enforcement of the 2005 Action Plan on Truth, Justice and Reconciliation. The HRW statement named several prominent GOA officials as having committed gross human r [...]	2006-12-23 11:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
06KABUL5952	PRT/QALAT: SUICIDE BOMBING IN QALAT BAZAAR [...] (S/REL TO USA, ISAF, NATO) SUMMARY: On December 14, a suicide bomber detonated himself in the Qalat bazaar killing four locals, including a 12 year old child. Thirty others were wounded, but all were treated at the provincial hospital without outside assistance, a noteworthy accomplishment. [...]	2006-12-26 09:14:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5980	FINDING COMMON GROUND ON CORRUPTION TRIALS BETWEEN [...] (C) Afghanistan,s Attorney General Sabit has made a number of comments recently to officials of the U.S. and other governments that are critical of the policies and practices of Chief Justice Azimi in connection with anti-corruption cases filed in some provinces by Sabit. Some of these commen [...]	2006-12-28 08:14:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL623	NEW INVESTMENT LAW DRAWS BOTH PRAISE AND CONCERN [...] (SBU) A new investment law, quietly signed by the President just before the new Parliament convened, has elicited both praise and concern among the international and Afghan business community. The new law, while offering more favorable conditions in areas such as the leasing of real estate an [...]	2006-02-12 13:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL EAID PGOV AF OPIC
06KABUL64	HAZARAJAT FEELING NEGLECTED AGAIN; ACTING DAI [...] (U) SUMMARY: Acting Governor of Dai Kundi Province Ahmadullah Nawid and Hazara political activist Zulfiqar Omid were pleased on January 5 to once again voice their complaints to a USG PolOff about the lack of development attention being given to the Hazarajat region. Describing the region as [...]	2006-01-05 13:15:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL745	AFGHANISTAN INVESTMENT COMPANY CLOSING IN ON FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary: The Afghanistan Investment Company (AIC,) founded in October 2005 by 50 of Afghanistans and the Afghan Diasporas wealthiest businessmen, is closing in on its first venture: a Greenfield cement plant in Puli i Khumri, Baghlan province. According to Mahmood Karzai, the GOA Presi [...]	2006-02-20 12:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL OPIC EAID PGOV AF
06KABUL804	LOOKING FOR WAYS TO EXPAND AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Ronald Neumann 1.4 (d). This is a joint Embassy Kabul/Embassy Islamabad cable. 2. (C) Positive Afghan-Pak relations are essential to long-term stability in Afghanistan and to U.S. strategic objectives in the struggle against terrorism. President Bush's visit [...]	2006-02-24 11:44:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PTER PREF EAID AF PK
06KABUL852	PRT/GHAZNI - GOVERNOR CONSIDERS SUPPORTING NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ghazni Governor Sher Alam, frustrated by his inability to maintain security in several of Ghazni's Pashtun provinces and perhaps also desiring to re- institute a security network that is loyal to him, has in recent weeks created or talked of creating informal armed forces outsi [...]	2006-02-27 10:01:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PTER PINR AF
06KABUL9	PRT/TARIN KOWT: URUZGAN PREPARES FOR SPRING [...] (U) SUMMARY: PRT Tarin Kowt is helping Uruzgan Province plan and prepare to avert a replay of last year,s devastating spring floods that left hundreds dead and thousands homeless. Along with a number of concrete local projects, the PRT has focused on building the local administration,s respo [...]	2006-01-02 10:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV SENV AF
06KATHMANDU1085	NEPALI PARLIAMENT ENDORSES CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (U) On April 30, the King swore in a frail G.P. Koirala as Nepal's new Prime Minister. Koirala subsequently addressed the House, calling on the Maoists to come for dialogue, and shun violence as early as possible. The House unanimously passed Koirala's motion (ref A) supporting a constituent [...]	2006-05-01 10:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU1090	SEVEN MEMBER CABINET FORMED [...] (U) Prime Minister GP Koirala announced a seven-member cabinet on the afternoon of May 2, adding he would expand the Cabinet to 21 members in the future. Key members include KP Oli, CPN-UML as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Krishna Sitaula, Nepali Congress (NC),as Home Minister, [...]	2006-05-02 09:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU123	SUGGESTED NEXT STEPS IN U.S.-NEPALI BILATERAL [...] (C) This is an action request. We seek Washington's concurrence on the steps outlined below. Summary and Introduction: Re-examining Our Policy in Nepal --------------------------------------------- ------------- 2. (C) Since assuming control of the government of Nepal last February 1, K [...]	2006-01-12 12:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU1239	DEFENSE SECRETARY: GOVERNMENT'S RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (C) Bishnu Dutta Uprety, Ministry of Defense Secretary, told A/DCM and Pol/Econ Chief May 12 that the Ministry of Defense would soon become a "player." Uprety said that Prime Minister Koirala had stressed to him that the focal point for military policy issues must be the Ministry of Defense, a [...]	2006-05-12 11:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR NP
06KATHMANDU1251	MAOIST TEN POINT ROAD MAP [...] (C) The Maoists on May 13 laid out a ten-point road map and announced that Prachanda, CPN-Maoist Chairman, would lead the Maoist's dialogue team in the top-level negotiations with the government. Prachanda stressed the need to follow the 12-point understanding and cautioned the political parti [...]	2006-05-15 11:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU1281	NEPAL: SEIZING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (C) I believe we have a four-six month window to use our assistance to consolidate recent gains in democracy in Nepal. While some argue that development and governance should take a back seat to peace, I disagree. We need to help the government show it is making a difference in people's lives [...]	2006-05-19 11:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL MASS NP
06KATHMANDU1282	EUPHORIA, BUT SOME QUESTIONS, OVER PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Nepalese throughout the country took to the streets on May 18 and 19 to peacefully celebrate the May 18 "historic" Declaration of the sovereignty of Parliament (reftel). Civil society leaders welcomed the Declaration, but privately worried about its implementation and legality. Business p [...]	2006-05-19 11:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM ECON NP
06KATHMANDU1285	EUPHORIA, BUT SOME QUESTIONS, OVER PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Nepalese throughout the country took to the streets on May 18 and 19 to peacefully celebrate the May 18 "historic" Declaration of the sovereignty of Parliament (reftel). Civil society leaders welcomed the Declaration, but privately worried about its implementation and legality. Business p [...]	2006-05-19 12:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM ECON NP
06KATHMANDU1290	FM OLI TELLS DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY MAOISTS MUST [...] (U) In a May 19 briefing for the diplomatic community, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister K.P. Oli said Nepal's relationship with its immediate neighbors would remain unchanged, and that Nepal would continue its policy of friendship and cooperation with all countries. He highlighted N [...]	2006-05-22 06:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF ETRD NP
06KATHMANDU1319	JAPANESE AMBASSADOR SUPPORTS ACTING QUICKLY TO [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Japanese Ambassador Tsutomu Hiraoka on May 24 in order to push the message that Nepal's traditional donors should increase assistance as quickly as possible to consolidate the democratic transition. Hiraoka replied that he supported increasing assistance to the new [...]	2006-05-25 08:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID ASEC NP JP IN
06KATHMANDU1344	EUROPEAN DONORS ON WORKING WITH THE MAOISTS [...] (SBU) During a May 24 meeting among international donors, DFID-GTZ Risk Management Officer Dan Huntington presented a paper on Suggested Development Approaches that argued that there were two governments in existence and that donors should treat them equally. His paper acknowledged that "the [...]	2006-05-26 10:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PTER NP
06KATHMANDU135	CONTACTS RELATING TO KIDNAPPED SDU SHIFT LEADER [...] (S/NF) On January 12, at the recommendation of Post's EAC (ref A),Emboff contacted a political party member known to have contacts with the Maoists, Hridayesh Tripathi, and asked that he convey to the Maoists that the USG would not tolerate threats and/or attacks against its employees and woul [...]	2006-01-13 10:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP
06KATHMANDU1374	HOUSE ENDORSES WOMEN'S RIGHTS [...] (U) The Parliament on May 30 unanimously approved a broad proposal endorsing women's rights. The proposal included a provision to allow children to acquire citizenship through their mothers. "This is meant to ensure that all Nepalis get citizenship," Member of Parliament (MP) Jaganath Khatiwa [...]	2006-05-31 07:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU1398	CHINESE AMBASSADOR CLAIMS NO INFLUENCE WITH NEPALI [...] (C) The Ambassador met with his Chinese counterpart Sun Heping on June 1 to encourage China to provide increased assistance to Nepal to support the current government. Sun agreed that it was important to support the current government, and said that China was trying to find funding for additi [...]	2006-06-02 06:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER EAID CH NP
06KATHMANDU141	2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (SBU) This is Post's 2006 Investment Climate Statement, per reftel. Post has also sent the Investment Climate Statement by unclassified email, per reftel. Begin Text. INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Although the Government of Nepal (GON) is open to fore [...]	2006-01-13 11:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR NP
06KATHMANDU1432	PRIME MINISTER BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON UPCOMING NEW [...] (S/NF) Ambassador Moriarty, accompanied by A/DCM Schwartz met June 5 with Prime Minister G.P Koirala and Senior Foreign Policy Adviser Chalise on the eve of the Prime Minister,s upcoming visit to New Delhi. Although press accounts have speculated that the trip will focus on economic and trade [...]	2006-06-05 12:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER IN NP
06KATHMANDU1471	UNHCR FINDS MANY INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE IN [...] (C) The United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) briefed members of the international community on June 7 about a May 18-29 mission it led to nine districts in eastern Nepal, where it found that, using the international definition of internally displaced people (IDPs),there could be [...]	2006-06-09 07:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM PTER NP
06KATHMANDU1504	CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF ON HUMAN RIGHTS; MAOISTS [...] (C) On June 12, the Charge d'Affaires, accompanied by A/DCM and ODC Chief, met with Chief of Army Staff General Pyar Jung Thapa to inform him of the USG decision to return Captain Indiver Rana to Nepal from U.S-based training due to our concerns that he was serving in a unit currently facing s [...]	2006-06-12 11:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER MASS NP
06KATHMANDU1522	HOPE AND CONCERN IN WESTERN NEPAL [...] (C) During a June 6-7 trip to Western Nepal, civil servants, political and business leaders, military officials, and human rights workers all expressed to the Ambassador their continued concern about Maoist activities; their concern was tempered with hope for peace. Surprisingly, and perhaps [...]	2006-06-14 04:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID MASS MOPS NP
06KATHMANDU1564	GOVERNMENT HOLDS DONOR MEETING ON CHILD LABOR, [...] (SBU) In a June 1 meeting, the Government of Nepal's (GON) Minister of Labor and Transport Management (MOLTM) Ramesh Lekhak and MOLTM Secretary Deependra Bickram Thapa requested donor and NGO support for the GON's Master Plan on Child Labor that established a goal of eliminating all child labor [...]	2006-06-16 12:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PGOV EAID ECON KOCI NP
06KATHMANDU1578	NEPAL ARMY SHARES ITS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL REPORT [...] (C) The Nepal Army (NA) will present its human rights report to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva during the upcoming session. The Army is aware that it has problems with human rights abuse and alternates between trying to explain the reasons for violations and trying to addr [...]	2006-06-19 13:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV MASS NP
06KATHMANDU1617	GOVERNMENT TRYING TO WALK BACK THE EIGHT-POINT [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala's Foreign Policy Advisor, Dr. Suresh Chalise, told the Ambassador and Pol/Econ chief June 21 that the Government of Nepal (GON) now had to work on "damage control," following the June 16 eight-point agreement with the Maoists (ref A). Chalise agreed with the Ambassad [...]	2006-06-21 11:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPKO NP
06KATHMANDU1663	FORMER PRIME MINISTER SURYA THAPA WORRIED ABOUT THE EIGHT-POINT AGREEMENT AND POSSIBLE MAOIST-LED GOVERNMENT [...] (C) In a June 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Surya Bahadur Thapa, chairman of the Rastriya Janashakti Party (RJP) and five-time Prime Minister, condemned the eight-point agreement that Prime Minister G. P. Koirala had signed with Maoist chairman Prachanda on June 16. He stressed that the po [...]	2006-06-23 12:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR NP PREF
06KATHMANDU172	MAOISTS BOMB CAPITAL, GOVERNMENT BANS GATHERINGS [...] (C) On January 14, the Maoists simultaneously attacked different police posts and government buildings in the Kathmandu Valley, detonating at least three bombs and raiding two police posts, killing at least twelve policemen. In reaction, the government issued a nighttime curfew with "shoot on [...]	2006-01-17 10:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU1755	PRIME MINISTER KOIRALA HOSPITALIZED WITH PNEUMONIA [...] (SBU) Prime Minister GP Koirala was admitted to the Martyr Gangalal National Heart Center in Kathmandu late on July 3 following respiratory difficulties. Dr. Madhu Ghimire, Koirala's personal physician, announced at a midnight press briefing that the Prime Minister had pneumonia in the lower [...]	2006-07-05 12:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR NP
06KATHMANDU1797	NEPAL'S "STATE OF THE UNION" IMPRESSES FEW [...] (C) On July 9, Deputy Prime Minister K.P. Oli presented to Parliament the Government of Nepal's (GON) annual policy and program statement for the 2006-2007 fiscal year (full text emailed to SCA/INS). (Note: The Nepali fiscal year runs from July 15 - July 14. End Note.) The statement to Parli [...]	2006-07-10 12:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREF NP
06KATHMANDU1925	TASK FORCE TO PRESENT UNIFIED VOICE FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) On July 18, the Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) formed a 20-member task force to incorporate the differing opinions of the political party leaders into a unified agenda for the July 21 talks between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist negotiation teams. Nepal Sadbhavana Party - Anandi De [...]	2006-07-19 12:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU1984	PRACHANDA STRIKES OUT AGAINST MAOIST-ONLY [...] (C) Maoist Supremo Prachanda sent a letter to United Nations (UN) Secretary General Kofi Annan July 24 protesting that the Government of Nepal (GON) had sent its July 2 request for assistance (ref A) to the UN without consulting the Maoists. The Maoist letter denounced the GON letter for refe [...]	2006-07-25 12:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP

06KATHMANDU2004	GOVERNMENT AND MAOISTS WRANGLE FOR CONTROL OF [...] (C) On July 25, Suresh Chalise, Prime Minister GP Koirala's foreign relations adviser, told DCM that the Government of Nepal (GON) was uncertain as to what the Maoists wanted out of the peace process. He accused Maoist Chairman Prachanda of objecting to the spirit of the June 16 eight-point [...]	2006-07-26 11:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU2028	PRC VFM SAYS CHINA AND THE U.S. SHARE A COMMON [...] (C) In a July 27 meeting with PRC visiting Vice Foreign Minister Wu Tawei, Ambassador Moriarty stressed the importance of a unified approach to the Maoist issue in Nepal. Wu shared the Ambassador's perspective that the PRC and the U.S. must work together to assist Nepal during this time of tr [...]	2006-07-28 11:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH NP
06KATHMANDU2097	NEPAL: U.S. AND INDIA READING FROM THE SAME PAGE [...] (C) In an August 2 conversation with the Ambassador, Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee indicated that the Government of India (GOI) was moving in unison with the U.S. on Nepal policy, insisting that the Maoists give up their weapons before entering an interim government. Mukherjee also [...]	2006-08-02 12:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PREF IN NP
06KATHMANDU2152	MAOIST LETTER DEMANDS U.S. REMOVAL OF TERRORIST TAG [...] (C) On August 7, a group of five individuals associated with the Magar National Liberation Front, an organization associated with the Maoists, appeared at the Chancery and delivered a letter to the U.S. President. The letter demanded that the USG remove the terrorist tag on the Maoists and st [...]	2006-08-08 11:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU2154	ARMS MANAGEMENT STILL KEY ISSUE BUT TEMPORIZING [...] (C) Since the August 3 departure of the UN assessment mission without a deal on arms management, the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist negotiating teams have struggled to reach an agreement. Neither party wants to be blamed for missing this opportunity for peace. According to at least one [...]	2006-08-08 12:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU2188	PRIME MINISTER TAKES A STRONG STANCE ON MAOISTS [...] (C) A spry Prime Minister Koirala thanked Senator Specter for continued support, explaining that United States financial assistance had helped stabilize the government. Koirala stressed his strong support of democracy, and emphasized that unless the Maoists gave up their weapons they could not [...]	2006-08-14 01:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NP
06KATHMANDU2268	GOVERNMENT BACKS DOWN AFTER PROTESTS OVER [...] (C) The poorly handled attempt by the Government of Nepal (GON) on August 18 to bring its subsidized rates for petroleum products more in line with world prices ended with a complete reversal on August 20. Street protests in the 10-20,000 person range in Kathmandu on August 19 and 20 compelle [...]	2006-08-21 11:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL ECON NP
06KATHMANDU228	PARTY DEMONSTRATIONS THWARTED; MAOIST VIOLENCE [...] (U) The demonstrations rescheduled by the Parties on January 21 led to clashes between demonstrators and security forces, disrupting the Parties' hopes for a mass turnout. The armed police force (APF) and civil police used tear gas, baton charges, and arrests to control demonstrators, who cha [...]	2006-01-23 12:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS NP
06KATHMANDU2349	GON STRUGGLES WITH MAOIST CHALLENGE [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala's Foreign Policy Advisor Dr. Chalise told DCM August 29 that the GON is acutely aware of stepped-up Maoist presence in Nepal's urban centers and the deteriorating law and order situation throughout the country. He said that the GON was trying to bind the Maoist ins [...]	2006-08-30 11:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU2434	PRIME MINISTER PLANS TO APPOINT NEW HOME MINISTER [...] (C) USAID-contracted peace facilitator Hannes Siebert told the Ambassador September 7 that Prime Minister Koirala is probably going to appoint a new Home Minister. Siebert expects incumbent Home Minister Sitaula to keep his position on the Government of Nepal's (GON) negotiating team with Koi [...]	2006-09-08 11:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU244	MAOIST DEPUTY DEFENDS VIOLENCE TO END AUTOCRATIC [...] (SBU) Maoist Deputy Baburam Bhattarai published an article in the January 18 issue of Budhabaar, a Nepali-language weekly (mouthpiece of CPN-UML, a major party of the seven-party alliance) with a circulation of about 10,000, explaining that the Maoists intended to use armed struggle to accompl [...]	2006-01-25 08:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU2461	PRIME MINISTER TO ACT AGAINST MAOISTS IN TWO WEEKS [...] (C) In a meeting on September 10, the Ambassador told Prime Minister Koirala that the Government of Nepal (GON) was losing control of the country. The Maoists were acting with impunity and they clearly assumed the GON would do nothing. PM (and Nepali Congress Party chief) Koirala responded tha [...]	2006-09-11 12:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NP
06KATHMANDU247	MUNICIPAL ELECTION PRIMER [...] (U) Fourteen percent of the total number of voters in Nepal live in the 58 municipalities. Voters must be at least 18 and candidates must be at least 21. In the 58 municipalities where February 8 elections are scheduled for over 4,000 seats, depending on population, there are between nine a [...]	2006-01-25 10:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS NP
06KATHMANDU2491	MAOISTS FLEX THEIR MUSCLES [...] (C) On September 13, the Maoists called a nationwide traffic strike to protest an alleged shipment of weapons from India to the Nepal Army in violation of the government-Maoist cease-fire Code of Conduct. The Government of Nepal (GON) denied these allegations. It said that no weapons had ent [...]	2006-09-13 12:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU2518	STUDENT POLITICS IN NEPAL: NOT YOUR COLLEGE [...] (C) Student organizations - the starting point for many Nepalese leaders - have been instrumental in stimulating political change during the past 60 years. Students have been able to operate when and where mainstream politicians could not. Student organizations were the legal arms of politi [...]	2006-09-15 10:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR NP
06KATHMANDU252	CPN-UML PARTY LEADER WORRIED [...] (C) UML leader MK Nepal, who remains under house arrest, welcomed the Ambassador's visit to his home on January 25. He claimed he had not been in touch with UML party cadre or Maoists recently. MK Nepal speculated that Maoist second-in-command Baburam Bhattarai was making strong statements to [...]	2006-01-26 07:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP
06KATHMANDU2539	MAOISTS ALLEGEDLY PLANNING URBAN REVOLUTION IN [...] (C/NF) On September 12, Chauyen Lai Shrestha, member of the Nepali Congress (NC) Party and assistant to Prime Minister Koirala's daughter, passed two Nepali-language documents to the Embassy. The documents, which appear to reflect the results of the recent Maoist Central Committee meeting, ou [...]	2006-09-19 01:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU2551	WORLD BANK REP TRIES TO ENGAGE MAOISTS [...] (C) On September 15, World Bank (WB) Country Representative Ken Ohashi told Emboff that he had requested a meeting with the Maoists' 20-member economic advisory committee, but was rebutted. Frustrated with the Government of Nepal (GON),Ohashi suggested the Maoists should be allowed to run a [...]	2006-09-19 10:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PTER PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU2558	INDIAN AMBASSADOR AFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) In a meeting on September 18, Indian Ambassador Mukherjee told the Ambassador that he had heard that the recent meeting between Prime Minister Koirala and Prachanda had been successful. Two-on-two talks were planned, he said for September 26, 27 and 28 between the Government of Nepal (GON [...]	2006-09-20 13:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ECON MARR IN NP
06KATHMANDU2573	PM TELLS AMBASSADOR: GIVE PEACE A CHANCE [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala and Foreign Policy Advisor Dr. Chalise told the Ambassador September 21 that the Government of Nepal had to give the Maoists every chance to make peace. Maoist Supremo Prachanda had accepted the PM's demand in a meeting September 17 that Maoist arms management would h [...]	2006-09-21 11:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU2596	ECONOMIC GROWTH UNLIKELY UNTIL RESOLUTION OF [...] (SBU) During a recent visit to Nepal, two INR economic analysts gained insight into Nepal's poor economic state. Industrialists in Kathmandu and the key border town of Birgunj explained how Maoist extortion and the activities of Maoist-affiliated trade unions had greatly disrupted their enterp [...]	2006-09-25 10:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU2619	CHINESE AMBASSADOR WORRIED ABOUT THE MAOISTS [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador September 26, Chinese Ambassador Sun denied that China supported the entry of the Maoists with their arms into an interim Nepali government. To the contrary, the PRC still had a Maoist no-contact policy in place. Sun stated that China's key interest in Nepa [...]	2006-09-27 10:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CX NP
06KATHMANDU2625	BUCKING UP THE PARTIES ON MAOIST ARMS MANAGEMENT [...] (C) According to various sources, Home Minister and chief Government of Nepal (GON) negotiator Krishna Sitaula is pushing his Seven Party Alliance (SPA) colleagues, including Prime Minister Koirala, to accept a deal that brings the Maoists into an interim government quickly without dealing wi [...]	2006-09-27 11:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL NP
06KATHMANDU2634	AMBASSADOR TELLS DANISH AMBASSADOR AND VATICAN [...] (C) In a meeting on September 26 with Danish Ambassador Thilstead and another on September 28 with Vatican Nuncio Quintana on September 28, the Ambassador stressed that Nepal's peace process was important, but most important was the outcome. Ambassador Thilstead, who had just hosted his Minis [...]	2006-09-28 13:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREF DA VT BT NP
06KATHMANDU2638	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SCA PDAS STEVEN R. MANN [...] Embassy Kathmandu warmly welcomes SCA PDAS Steven R. Mann to Nepal from October 3-6, 2006, for meetings with embassy and host government officials. Country clearance is hereby granted for travel to and within the Kathmandu Valley. For the traveler's safety, you should review the security inf [...]	2006-09-30 09:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA IN NP
06KATHMANDU2666	CHIEF GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) The Government of Nepal's chief peace negotiator Krishna Prasad Sitaula told visiting SCA PDAS Steven Mann and the Ambassador October 6 that he was optimistic the summit meeting on October 8 would be successful. PDAS Mann stressed the USG's view that it was difficult to imagine how the tal [...]	2006-10-06 12:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREF CVIS UN CX NP
06KATHMANDU2700	PEACE DEAL APPEARS UNLIKELY ON EVE OF THIRD DAY OF [...] (C) USAID contracted peace facilitator Siebert and leaders of two of the three major political parties in the Government of Nepal (GON) told the Charge d'Affaires and visiting SCA India, Nepal, Sri Lanka Office Director Bernicat in separate meetings on October 11 that they did not expect the GO [...]	2006-10-12 11:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU2702	PARLIAMENT SPOKESMAN TO U.S.: "TAKE A CHANCE" WITH [...] (C) Parliament Spokesman Manohar Bhattarai told SCA/INS Office Director Marcia Bernicat on October 12 that the U.S. should aid the peace process by establishing informal dialogue with the Maoists. He stressed that there were many in Parliament, including himself, who agreed with the Ambassad [...]	2006-10-12 12:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU2732	NORWEGIAN/DANISH AMBASSADORS FAVOR MAOIST [...] (C) In a luncheon October 12 with SCA/INS Director Marcia Bernicat and Charge, Ambassador Finn Thilsted of Denmark and Ambassador Tore Toreng of Norway stressed the need for Maoist outreach and engagement to ensure a viable peace process, while Indian Political Counsellor Prabhat Kumar remained [...]	2006-10-13 11:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL NP
06KATHMANDU2773	PM'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR UPBEAT ON PEACE TALKS [...] (C) PM Koirala's Foreign Policy Advisor, Dr. Suresh Chalise, was upbeat regarding the prospects for a peace deal between the (Government of Nepal) GON and Maoists in a meeting with CDA October 18. He said that the PM had instructed him to deliver a hard-line message to the UN peace team on t [...]	2006-10-18 11:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UN NP
06KATHMANDU2776	INDIAN CHARGE ADAMANT ON MAOIST ARMS MANAGEMENT, [...] (C) CDA called on Indian Charge Dr. Kheya Bhattacharya October 18 to discuss UN Nepal peace team leader Ian Martin's trip to New Delhi the day before and the overall status of the peace process. She applauded Prime Minister Koirala's firm stance on the need for the Maoists to disarm before [...]	2006-10-18 12:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UN NP
06KATHMANDU284	MAOISTS THREATEN ELECTION PARTICIPANTS [...] (U) Pravakiran, Kathmandu Valley Commander of the Communist Party of Nepal, released the following press statement on January 28, 2005, warning people "not to participate in the elections in any way." He threatened that those who did so would "face the most serious consequences." Begin text [...]	2006-01-30 10:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU2879	FINANCE MINISTER CONCERNED ABOUT MAOIST INTENTIONS [...] (C) On October 26, Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat expressed his concern to the Ambassador, World Bank Country Director Ken Ohashi and IMF Resident Representative Alexander Pitt that bilateral and multilateral donors not give legitimacy to the Maoists by signing assistance agreements with th [...]	2006-10-27 12:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAID PTER NP
06KATHMANDU2904	CPN-UML AND NC-D WEIGH IN ON ARMS MANAGEMENT [...] (C) On October 27, the Ambassador met with General Secretary of the Nepal Communist Party - United Marxist SIPDIS Leninist (CPN-UML) MK Nepal and Nepal Congress-Democratic (NC-D) President Sher Bahadur Deuba to discuss the Ambassador's consultations in the U.S. and the status of peace tal [...]	2006-11-01 01:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR NP
06KATHMANDU2931	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OLI CONCERNED ABOUT MAOIST [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on November 1, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister KP Oli shared his concerns about whether the Maoists intended to enter the political mainstream peacefully. He explained that the international community was playing an important role in the peace [...]	2006-11-02 12:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL IN NP
06KATHMANDU2955	2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Although Nepal is neither a significant producer of, nor a major transit route for, narcotic drugs, domestically-produced cannabis, hashish and heroin are trafficked to and through Nepal every year. An increase in the number of Nepalese couriers apprehended by the police suggests that Nepalis [...]	2006-11-03 08:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV KTFN NP
06KATHMANDU2959	TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE, NOVEMBER 3 [...] (C) According to Douglas DiSalvo, a UNHCR officer in Kathmandu, 41 out of the group of 43 Tibetan refugees who arrived in Nepal safely after the shooting incident at the Chinese border on October 1 (ref A) departed Nepal for India on October 20 and arrived on October 21; the other two should t [...]	2006-11-03 10:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREF PINR NP
06KATHMANDU2962	PRIME MINISTER ANGRY INDIA AND EU COSYING UP TO [...] (C) The Ambassador stressed to Prime Minister Koirala in a meeting November 3 that any arms management agreement with the Maoists had to begin to drain the fear and would thus require substantial domestic and international monitoring. The Ambassador's third point was that the Government of Nep [...]	2006-11-03 12:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR EU IN NP
06KATHMANDU2972	CHALLENGES FACING THE NEPALI POLICE: SECURING LAW [...] (SBU) From September 20 to 29, 2006 TDYers Christa Skerry and Holly Benner from the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) met with officials from the USG, Nepal security forces, Nepal government officials, journalists, local and international NGOs, the United [...]	2006-11-06 11:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MARR NP UN
06KATHMANDU2973	LAW AND ORDER DURING THE TRANSITION: CHALLENGES [...] (C) Interviewees, including Nepal security forces, Government of Nepal officials, journalists, local and international NGOs, UN agencies and the UK Embassy, who met recently with TDYers from the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) described a sharp downward [...]	2006-11-07 01:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UN NP MARR PREF PTER
06KATHMANDU2998	2006-2007 INCSR REPORT, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND [...] (SBU) This is Post?s 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering, per ref A. Begin Text: Nepal is not a regional financial center. There are no indications that Nepal is used as an international money laundering center. The Governm [...]	2006-11-07 11:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM KTFN NP
06KATHMANDU3000	U.S.-NEPAL POLICY AT THE CROSSROADS: SUPPORTING A [...] (C) With the governing Seven-Party Alliance and the Maoists in their second straight day of marathon peace talks, there is increasing expectation in Kathmandu that a peace deal might be on the way. While the text of an actual agreement or agreements could be delayed, the outlines of how Maois [...]	2006-11-07 11:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR EAID UN EU NP
06KATHMANDU3014	CORRECTED COPY: GOVERNMENT AND MAOISTS SIGN PEACE [...] (U) This is a corrected copy of Kathmandu 3013 with text of the agreement attached. Summary And Introduction ------------------------ 2. (C) Following two days of marathon talks and weeks of anticipation, the Seven-Party Alliance and the Maoists signed a package agreement in the early mo [...]	2006-11-08 13:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR NP
06KATHMANDU3024	PM KOIRALA OPTIMISTIC ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR PEACE [...] (C/NF) In a November 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister GP Koirala shared his optimism on the future of the Government of Nepal's (GON) peace process with the Maoists, but underscored the need for a large presence of foreign observers on the ground in Nepal. The Ambassador pressed [...]	2006-11-10 11:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER NP
06KATHMANDU3033	FOREIGN MINISTER OLI PESSIMISTIC ON PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) In a November 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister KP Oli expressed strong personal reservations about the November 8 agreement between the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists (ref A). Oli worried that the November 8 agreement set a bad example b [...]	2006-11-13 10:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PREF NP
06KATHMANDU3038	WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT IN NEPAL [...] On November 2, Emboff delivered reftel "Summary Recommendations of the Women's Empowerment Working Session" to Nepal's Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Urmila Aryal. The Minister welcomed the fact sheet and provided Emboff with a list of recent legislative efforts on behalf of [...]	2006-11-14 01:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PREL UNGA NP
06KATHMANDU3062	UN REP. AND BRITISH AMBASSADOR DEALING WITH [...] (C) On November 15, the UN Secretary General's personal representative Ian Martin and UK Ambassador Andrew Hall gave their views on the Maoists, the peace process and challenges for Nepal to Assistant Secretary Boucher and the Ambassador. Martin was not willing to wager on the Maoist intentions [...]	2006-11-17 11:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR PREF UN UK NP
06KATHMANDU3091	NEPAL PEACE DEAL: TEETH, BUT NOT MUCH BITE [...] (C) The Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists signed a comprehensive peace accord on November 21, after finally coming to a consensus on the remaining sticking points (ref A). Although the accord calls for an end to violence and states that anyone found carrying weapons will be subject to [...]	2006-11-22 10:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL NP
06KATHMANDU3116	NEGOTIATORS FOCUSED ON HOW MANY COMBATANTS WILL [...] (C) The political adviser to the UN peace team told DCM November 27 that the Government of Nepal and the Maoists were arguing over how many combatants would get jobs in the security forces. John Norris said the issue preventing an arms management agreement was not who was a combatant. The po [...]	2006-11-27 12:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
06KATHMANDU3124	ARMS MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT: VAGUE WORDING, BUT [...] (C) On November 28, the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists signed an arms management agreement, in the presence of the UN, creating a concrete mechanism for the separation of Maoist combatants from their weapons. The agreement provides that all Maoist People's Liberation Army (PLA) mem [...]	2006-11-29 12:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL NP
06KATHMANDU3168	NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR WANTS TO GET THE PROCESS [...] (C/NF) In a December 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee stressed that the logistical realities of the peace agreements between the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists needed to move quickly in order to succeed. Mukherjee worried about continued Maois [...]	2006-12-06 10:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER NP
06KATHMANDU3176	NEPAL GOVERNMENT SLOW TO ADDRESS IDP PROBLEM [...] (SBU) The Maoist insurgency in Nepal has created significant population displacement, although the scope of the problem and location of internally displaced persons (IDPs) have been difficult to assess due to social stigmatization, lack of material assistance and Nepal's open border with India [...]	2006-12-07 08:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU321	ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF KING'S TAKEOVER [...] (U) On February 1, in a content-free speech marking the one-year anniversary of his takeover, the King announced no new initiatives, but highlighted the success of his plan to restore democracy to Nepal. He reconfirmed his intention to go ahead with municipal elections on February 8 and with [...]	2006-02-01 08:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC NP
06KATHMANDU3224	NEPAL: TIBETAN SETTLEMENT LEADERS DESCRIBE [...] (C) In a December 12 meeting with RefCoord, Tibetan settlement leaders described the lack of employment opportunities for Tibetan youths and the difficulties in obtaining and renewing identification and travel documents from the Government of Nepal (GON). Out of roughly 4,000 Tibetan resident [...]	2006-12-15 06:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF CH NP
06KATHMANDU3225	CENSUS OF FIRST BHUTANESE REFUGEE CAMP CONCLUDED [...] (C) Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Durable Solutions Officer Kim Roberson reported on December 13 that nearly all Beldangi I camp residents had appeared for the census, which was completed December 8. UNHCR has identified 120 vulnerable cases, of which only 20 had expr [...]	2006-12-15 07:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF BH NP
06KATHMANDU3238	CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF COMMENTS ON ARMS MANAGEMENT, [...] (C) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Katawal told the Ambassador December 13 that he had emphasized to Prime Minister Koirala earlier that day that the Maoists had to be completely separated from their weapons before they were included in the interim parliament and the interim government. K [...]	2006-12-18 09:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU3253	PRIME MINISTER TAKES FIRM STAND ON ARMS [...] (C) Prime Minister GP Koirala, who was recovering from a cold, stressed to the Ambassador December 20 that he would not permit the Maoists to enter the interim government until arms management was complete. He confirmed, however, that he had agreed to promulgate the interim constitution and st [...]	2006-12-20 08:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR PREF CASC UN BT NP
06KATHMANDU3264	NEPAL NOT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST SAFE HAVEN...YET [...] (C) Top GON security officials indicated to S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer December 15-17, that although non-Maoist terrorist activity was currently minimal, Nepal's troubled law and order situation offered potential safe haven conditions to such groups. Despite progress in the peace [...]	2006-12-22 02:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL EFIN KTFN NP
06KATHMANDU3273	NEW COORDINATOR FOR CANTONMENT MANAGEMENT FACES [...] (C) On December 18 Sushil Rana, Coordinator of the newly formed Office of the Central Coordinator for Cantonment Management within the Home Ministry, told Emboffs that his office was working hard to get the People's Liberation Army (PLA) camps up and running. Rana's office is tasked with ma [...]	2006-12-22 06:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER UN
06KATHMANDU3275	NEPAL NOT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST SAFE HAVEN...YET [...] (C) Top GON security officials indicated to S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer December 15-17, that although non-Maoist terrorist activity was currently minimal, Nepal's troubled law and order situation offered potential safe haven conditions to such groups. Despite progress in the peace [...]	2006-12-22 06:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL EFIN KTFN NP
06KATHMANDU3283	NEW COORDINATOR FOR CANTONMENT MANAGEMENT FACES [...] (C) On December 18 Sushil Rana, Coordinator of the newly formed Office of the Central Coordinator for Cantonment Management within the Home Ministry, told Emboffs that his office was working hard to get the People's Liberation Army (PLA) camps up and running. Rana's office is tasked with ma [...]	2006-12-22 07:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER UN
06KATHMANDU3324	NEPAL: PEACE PROCESS MOVES FORWARD IN FITS AND [...] (C) PM Koirala's foreign policy advisor told Charge December 28 that the Government of Nepal would not promulgate the interim constitution until UN arms management had begun in earnest. Chalise noted that Koirala had charged Maoist Supremo Prachanda with undermining the planned June 2007 Cons [...]	2006-12-29 10:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
06KATHMANDU346	RUN-UP TO ELECTION FILLED WITH MAOIST VIOLENCE [...] (C) Maoist violence, including bombings throughout the country and within the Kathmandu Valley, continued in the lead-up to the February 8 municipal election. Fear of Maoist violence kept many people indoors on the first two days of the Maoist's February 5-11 national general strike, and caus [...]	2006-02-06 12:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER NP
06KATHMANDU348	PACOM ADMIRAL FALLON DISCUSSES NEPAL WITH HUMAN [...] (C) During a meeting with PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon on February 2, human rights activists highlighted the distance between the King and the Parties and called for a consensus on a way forward, while noting the dangers of a Maoist takeover. They agreed that the King should reach out to th [...]	2006-02-06 12:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL NP
06KATHMANDU349	PACOM ADMIRAL FALLON DISCUSSES NEPAL WITH HOME AND [...] (C) In his meetings with the Foreign and Home Ministers on February 1, visiting PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon called for the King to begin reconciliation with the political parties. Foreign Minister Pandey assured the Admiral that Nepal was "ready to go to any extent" to improve relations wi [...]	2006-02-06 12:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP
06KATHMANDU372	NEPAL: INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE MOUNTING? [...] (C) At a February 6 luncheon hosted by Japanese Ambassador Hiraoka, visiting MFA Southwest Asia Division Director Shinsuke Simiju told the Ambassador that he wanted to coordinate closely with the U.S. regarding policy toward Nepal. The Ambassadors and Simiju agreed that the U.S. and Japan sha [...]	2006-02-07 12:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF NP
06KATHMANDU376	PROPOSALS FOR FY 2006 G/TIP INCL AND ESF FUNDING [...] Embassy Kathmandu is pleased to propose the following eight projects, in rank order, for consideration for FY 2006 International Narcotics, Crime and Law Enforcement (INCLE),and Economic Support Funds (ESF) funding. Post has pouched the full text of the proposals to the Office to Combat Tra [...]	2006-02-08 01:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC NP
06KATHMANDU465	BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE SKEPTICAL OF U.S. POSITION [...] (C) In a February 15 conversation, Anthony Stokes, head of the South Asia Group of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, questioned the Ambassador's urging reconciliation between the Parties and Palace before engaging the Maoists. Stokes pushed instead to start a three-way negotiation p [...]	2006-02-16 12:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU47	UML WORRIED ABOUT KING MORE THAN MAOISTS [...] (C) Arguing that the King forced the Maoists to end their cease-fire, UML leader MK Nepal suggested to the Ambassador on January 4 three scenarios in which the Parties would chastise the Maoists for violence. The Ambassador countered that there was no excuse for the resumption of violence. MK [...]	2006-01-05 08:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL NP
06KATHMANDU553	REFOULEMENT OF TWO TIBETAN REFUGEES [...] (C) On February 24, UNHCR Protection officer told Emboff about a case of two sisters, age eight and thirteen, now at the Tibetan Reception Center (TRC),whom the Nepali authorities had turned over to the Chinese authorities in October/November 2005. The UNHCR officer has used two interpreters [...]	2006-02-24 10:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF CH NP
06KATHMANDU558	U.S. POLICY RESULTS IN SLOW PROGRESS [...] (C) In the wake of the failure of the February 8 municipal elections Nepal's King Gyanendra might have to be more flexible. Up until now, the seven-party alliance is maintaining its 12-point understanding and remains locked in an increasingly dangerous embrace with the Maoists. Meanwhile, th [...]	2006-02-24 12:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU566	INDIAN AMBASSADOR: SUMMIT AN IDEAL OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (S/NF) Indian Ambassador Mukherjee believes it important that we show the King and the people of Nepal that we remain closely lashed up with respect to handling the situation here. In a February 27 conversation, Mukherjee suggested that it would be particularly useful if the President and Pr [...]	2006-02-27 11:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PINS IN NP
06KATHMANDU600	ALTERING THE DISCUSSION: EMBASSY PUBLIC [...] In a case study of the value of public diplomacy, the Embassy has recently waged a broad and largely effective public discussion about the goals and intentions of the country's Maoist insurgents. Our centerpiece was a February 15 speech by Ambassador Moriarty that raised concrete questions ab [...]	2006-03-02 13:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO NP
06KATHMANDU629	NEPAL 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (U) The following is Embassy Kathmandu's submission for the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW -- A. Nepal is a country of origin for the trafficking of women and children, and to a lesser extent boys and men. The majority of persons are trafficked to India, while othe [...]	2006-03-07 07:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD ELAB SMIG ASEC NP
06KATHMANDU638	GOVERNMENT PARTIALLY DEREGULATES PETROLEUM [...] (SBU) On February 13, His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) announced an end to government control over retail pricing of petrol and diesel. After successive financial crises faced by the monopoly state-owned Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) in 2005, a major move toward deregulation of the pet [...]	2006-03-08 09:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU677	PDAS CAMP REITERATES BUSH MESSAGE ON NEPAL [...] (U) At a press conference in Kathmandu March 9, visiting PDAS Donald Camp built on President Bush's March 2 statement on Nepal and Ambassador Moriarty's February 15 policy speech to reiterate that the United States wanted to see the King reach out to the political parties and the Maoists give [...]	2006-03-13 12:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OEXC SCUL PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO NP
06KATHMANDU690	MAOIST BLOCKADE DISRUPTS DAILY LIFE IN NEPAL [...] (U) Transport came to a standstill on March 14, crippling routine activity in many areas of the country on the first day of the Maoists' indefinite blockade of district headquarters. Although only about ten percent of normal traffic entered or exited the Valley, there was little impact on dai [...]	2006-03-15 11:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU741	MAOIST BLOCKADE CONTINUES, DISRUPTING KATHMANDU [...] (U) Fear of Maoist retribution continued to affect daily life around the country on March 15, the second day of the Maoist-called blockade of district headquarters and the capital. Due to limited supply, commodity prices soared in Kathmandu, and thousands of local commuters were inconvenienc [...]	2006-03-16 11:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU752	NEW IDP POLICY [...] (U) His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) announced a new policy for internally displaced persons (IDPs) on March 13. Home Minister Kamal Thapa, releasing the policy, explained that it was drafted in accordance with international humanitarian principles and designed to provide immediate h [...]	2006-03-17 12:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PTER PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU767	HOME MINISTER OFFERS PARTIES LITTLE SPACE [...] (C) In a March 20 meeting, the Charge urged Home Minister Thapa to release the ten remaining civil rights and political leaders in detention since January 19. The Charge also argued that His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) should allow the political parties to conduct their planned peacef [...]	2006-03-21 11:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREF PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU768	CHINESE DELEGATION SUPPORTS DIALOGUE OF [...] (C) State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan led a Chinese delegation to Kathmandu from March 16-18 that expressed hope for unity among "constitutional forces" in Nepal and signed two financial agreements. Tang delivered the message of the need for unity to leaders of three major parties of the seven-par [...]	2006-03-21 12:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF NP
06KATHMANDU776	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH URGES MAOISTS AND GOVERNMENT TO [...] (C) Saman Zia-Zarif, Deputy Director Asia Division of Human Rights Watch (HRW),met with Emboffs on March 17 to outline the key human rights concerns related to the Maoist insurgency he encountered during his February 24-March 17 visit to Nepal. Major concerns included militarization of civil [...]	2006-03-23 06:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PREL NP
06KATHMANDU807	GOVERNMENT JAILS UML LEADER [...] (U) On March 23, the government took Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) General Secretary MK Nepal into police custody for "spreading false information" about the government. Nepal had been under house arrest of the previous two months. The government's actions foll [...]	2006-03-24 12:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU830	RNA HUMAN RIGHTS CELL WORKING [...] (C) In a March 24 meeting, Col. Dharma Baniya, head of the Human Rights Cell of the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA),and Brig. Gen. B.A. Kumar Sharma, Judge Advocate General, told Emboffs that the RNA was working hard to improve its human rights record. Baniya gave a point by point reply to the U.S. [...]	2006-03-28 11:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER MASS NP
06KATHMANDU831	GOVERNMENT CONTEMPLATING APPOINTING A PRIME [...] (C) In separate March 27 meetings with the Ambassador, Vice Chairman Tulsi Giri and Home Minister Kamal Thapa each stated that the King was considering appointing a Prime Minister and relinquishing his Chairmanship of the Government. Giri mentioned that he was pushing former Prime Minister (a [...]	2006-03-28 11:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU835	DID MAOISTS ATTACK RADIO STATION BECAUSE OF U.S. [...] (C) Members of a visiting international media mission told Emboff that Maoists had told them a Maoist attack on a radio station in May 2005 was due to its American connection and that the Maoists had threatened future harm to any media with U.S. ties. Further investigation by the Embassy, ho [...]	2006-03-29 08:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV CASC KPAO EAID NP
06KATHMANDU894	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BHUTANESE REFUGEES WITH [...] (C) On April 3, Australian Ambassador Graeme Lade and Japanese Ambassador Tsutomu Hiraoka separately met with the Ambassador to discuss the Bhutanese refugee issue. While neither the Australians nor the Japanese could immediately agree to the idea of a joint approach with the Danes and Norweg [...]	2006-04-04 12:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF IN NP JA AS BT
06KATHMANDU896	NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION WORKING [...] (C) In a March 31 meeting, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Khatri and two other Commissioners thanked the Ambassador for USG support of the Commission, and detailed the NHRC's activities, especially its work to resolve old disappearance cases. While Nepalis had not reported a [...]	2006-04-05 05:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU908	GOVERNMENT PREEMPTIVELY ARRESTS PARTY LEADERS [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 11. Summary ------- 2. (C) Citing fears that the Maoists would infiltrate the April 6-9 peaceful protest program of the seven-party alliance and turn it violent through targeted assassination, the government arrested over 100 po [...]	2006-04-05 12:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER NP
06KATHMANDU950	INDIANS THINKING OF PRESSURING BHUTAN ON REFUGEES [...] (C) On April 7, the Ambassador met separately with his Indian and Australian counterparts and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Resident Representative Abraham Abraham to discuss Bhutanese refugee issues. Cognizant of His Majesty's Government of Nepal's (HMGN) fear that Bhu [...]	2006-04-12 05:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU959	POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS HOPING KING WILL OFFER [...] (C) In separate meetings on April 12, the Ambassador urged Nepali Congress (NC) President G.P. Koirala and CPN-UML Acting General Secretary Amrit Bohara and Central Committee Member Bharat Mohan Adhikari to respond positively if the King makes a good faith offer in his New Year's Message on Ap [...]	2006-04-12 13:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL NP
06KATHMANDU962	POKHARA: STUNNED NEPALI TOURIST TOWN COPES WITH [...] (C) Summary: During an April 8-10 visit to the tourist city of Pokhara, A/DCM witnessed an almost total lockdown of the city in the wake of occasionally violent demonstrations, the fatal shooting of one protestor, vandalism of government property and widespread road blockages during a genera [...]	2006-04-13 11:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PINS PREL NP
06KHARTOUM1026	Sudan's GNU Extends GMO Waiver for Six Months [...] Background: Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU) requires certification that U.S. food assistance to Sudan does not contain genetically modified organisms (GMO). The primary food commodities affected by this requirement are U.S. donations of wheat and corn-soy blend (CSB). Though U.S [...]	2006-05-01 10:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1062	Sudan's Strategic Commodity Reserve Authority [...] On April 19, 2006, a USAID food security representative met with Badawi El Khair, Director General of Sudan's Strategic Commodity Reserve Authority (SCRA),and Ahmed Mardas, head of the SCRA marketing section, to discuss the agency's ongoing efforts to maintain food security in Sudan. The SC [...]	2006-05-04 14:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1063	CONTINUOUS RIOTS CLOSE JUBA UNIVERSITY [...] SUMMARY: After a series of riots over the student's right to form a union, the government has again closed Juba University in Khartoum until further notice. As a university founded to support the advancement of the South, many southerners want the university to return to its home in Juba, b [...]	2006-05-04 15:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
06KHARTOUM1092	SOUTHERN ASSEMBLY SETS POLICY; EYES CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) has reviewed and endorsed Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Salva Kiir's policy statement, with changes, and is now moving on to addressing corruption. The SSLA wants to be the main watchdog against corruption and plans o [...]	2006-05-09 06:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN KCOR SU
06KHARTOUM1105	SUDAN: IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTE RESPONSE [...] Per reftel, Sudan does not require any firms to comply with Arab League or Organization of the Islamic Conference boycotts of Israel. Sudanese and foreign firms are not required to complete boycott compliance questionnaires or furnish boycott-clearance certificates as a prerequisite for lice [...]	2006-05-10 14:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PIRF KBCT ABLD ETRD AL SU
06KHARTOUM1122	SUDANESE VP TAHA SAYS NO DECISION YET ON UN [...] (C) Summary: On May 13, Sudanese VP Taha told CDA Hume that Sudan had not yet decided on whether to accept transition to a UN peacekeeping force in Darfur. The Government of Sudan is committed to the Darfur Peace Agreement, and it is ready to take concrete steps, such as expanding delivery o [...]	2006-05-13 13:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PREF EAID PGOV US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1155	SUDAN: OFAC WAIVER NEEDED IN SUPPORT OF SAWA START- [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: After long negotiations, an agreement for the establishment of Radio SAWA in Sudan is nearing the point of signature. At this juncture, Post has learned that the Department of Treasury's Office Foreign Assets Control (OFAC),wh [...]	2006-05-15 16:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC BEXP PREL KPAO OIIP PGOV US SU
06KHARTOUM1188	RAISING THE STAKES IN WHITE NILE/TOTAL CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Summary. The White Nile Limited (WNL)/Total controversy has become increasingly ugly. There is speculation that Khartoum interests were behind a recent attack on a White Nile Ltd. (WNL) seismological team. At least one Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) official has accused Total of i [...]	2006-05-21 15:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL ASEC PINS FR SU

06KHARTOUM1191	MAY 19 FIREWORKS IN JUBA [...] Summary. At approximately 1500 hrs local on May 19, an ammunition dump at the main Sudanese Armed Forces base, situated on the outskirts of Juba, caught fire and detonated much of the ordnance contained in the bunker. A brief general panic ensued, with both SAF and SPLA troops going on alert. [...]	2006-05-22 05:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS ASEC CACS PGOV SU
06KHARTOUM1257	SUDAN: PRESS REFLECTS ON DARFUR DEVELOPMENTS, [...] SUMMARY. Sudanese press commentaries suggest growing consensus in favor of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). Opposition continues, however, to the proposed transition from African Union (AU) to UN peacekeepers in Darfur (something explored with the Sudan Government this week by UN Special Env [...]	2006-05-26 12:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO OIIP PGOV PINR SU
06KHARTOUM1300	SUDAN/IRAN: POINTS ON NUCLEAR ISSUE PASSED [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel points to MFA America's desk head, Ambassador Dirdiri, on June 5. Charge stressed the importance of the evolution of U.S. policy on the Iran nuclear issue, as well as our unhappiness with the NAM statement. 2. (C) Charge noted the significance of the P5 plus [...]	2006-06-05 09:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR SU
06KHARTOUM1308	SUDAN/CPA: NCP AND SPLM HOLD THREE-DAY OFFICIAL [...] (C) Summary. From May 26-29 the NCP and the SPLM discussed CPA implementation; according to a participant the session began somewhat acrimoniously but warmed throughout. Vice President Salva Kiir highlighted three main CPA issues; security, oil revenue transparency, and Abyei. President Bas [...]	2006-06-05 11:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU
06KHARTOUM1362	SUDAN/UN SECURITY COUNCIL VISIT: STROKING THE [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The UN Security Council held a series of meetings in Khartoum on June 6, including with President Bashir and FM Lam Akol. SRSG Jan Pronk counseled the group to be aware of Sudan's sensitivities with regard to international intervention and Sudan's sovereignty as it p [...]	2006-06-08 10:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC SU
06KHARTOUM1418	LITTLE PROGRESS WITH REMAINING OTHER ARMED [...] (SBU) Summary: GoSS Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Gabriel Changeson reported that there has been little progress in dealing with the remaining other armed groups (OAGs) in Southern Sudan, with no definitive breakthrough to date. Two of three warlords have visited Juba, and Vice Presiden [...]	2006-06-15 11:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS PHUM PINS SU
06KHARTOUM1469	Sudan/CPA: AEC receives briefing on SPLM/NCP [...] (SBU) Paragraph 3 contains the final Joint Communique from the recently held NCP/SPLM senior level meetings (reftel). At the Assessment and Evaluation Committee meeting on June 20, both sides were invited to brief the results of the meeting. For the NCP, Sayed el-Khatib, Director of the Ce [...]	2006-06-22 12:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PREL SU
06KHARTOUM1481	WEST DARFUR - INTERAGENCY COOPERATION TO [...] Strict enforcement of a new policy designed to curtail the illegal production, sale, and consumption of alcohol in Riyad camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs),near El Geneina, West Darfur, resulted in an 80 percent reduction in alcohol production and a decline in the number of protect [...]	2006-06-25 09:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1500	SOUTH SUDAN: ASSESSMENT COMMISSION FINDS [...] (C) Summary: The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) found much frustration but some hope during a three day visit to Juba, June 22-24. Eleven Commission members, including CDA Hume, met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Salva Kiir, [...]	2006-06-27 05:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SU
06KHARTOUM1537	SOUTH SUDAN: ASSESSMENT COMMISSION FINDS [...] (C) Summary: The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) found much frustration but some hope during a three day visit to Juba, June 22-24. Eleven Commission members, including CDA Hume, met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Salva Kiir, [...]	2006-06-29 10:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SU
06KHARTOUM1542	SOMALI ISLAMIC COURTS DELEGATES IN KHARTOUM EXPRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At a chance meeting in Khartoum on June 24, Somali delegates of the Islamic Courts movement asked Emboff to convey their views to the U.S. Government. They argued that, despite perceived U.S. hostility, they were not anti-American, and actually wanted, above all, to open contac [...]	2006-06-29 14:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR SO SU
06KHARTOUM1545	SOMALI ISLAMIC COURTS DELEGATES IN KHARTOUM EXPRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At a chance meeting in Khartoum on June 24, Somali delegates of the Islamic Courts movement asked Emboff to convey their views to the U.S. Government. They argued that, despite perceived U.S. hostility, they were not anti-American, and actually wanted, above all, to open contac [...]	2006-06-29 16:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR SO SU
06KHARTOUM1613	EL FASHER DPA IMPLEMENTATION OFFICE CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The El Fasher DPA Implementation Office is still two weeks away from opening. While AMIS is engaged in the logistical aspects of the facility, they have neither the staffing capabilities nor policy guidance to move the operation forward. AMIS appears willing to accept support a [...]	2006-07-10 08:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO AMGT AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM1628	GNU ON BRUSSELS CONFERENCE AND U.S.-SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: GNU officials Presidential Advisor Ismail and State Minister of Foreign Affairs Al-Wassila expressed the Government's interest in improving the U.S.-Sudan bilateral relationship, and in taking advantage of the July 18 AMIS donor's conference in Brussels to hold discussions with A [...]	2006-07-11 16:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1645	Minister of Commerce: All Work and No Clout [...] (SBU) Summary: Anthony Lino Makana, Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Minister of Commerce, Trade and Supply is the youngest, and one of the hardest working ministers in the GOSS. A former CARE project manager with a master's degree in post-conflict reconstruction, Makana has the qualificat [...]	2006-07-12 11:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ETRD SU
06KHARTOUM1772	DISCOURAGING AU MEETING WITH G-19 RAISES MANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: AU DPA implementation lead Ambassador Sam Ibok held a harrowing, but fruitless meeting with members of the G-19 SLM/A-Minawi breakaway group. The G-19 sees little utility in engaging with the African Union (AU),which they believe will soon be replaced by a UN peacekeeping operat [...]	2006-07-24 12:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO PGOV US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1775	SANT'EGIDIO ANALYSIS OF LRA/GOU TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Community of Sant'Egidio (CSE) assisting with the mediation of talks between the Lord's Resistance Army/Movement (LRA/LRM) and the Government of Uganda (GOU) have provided a detailed readout on where the talks now stand. After long discussions, the groups [...]	2006-07-24 12:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PREL UG SU
06KHARTOUM1778	SANT'EGIDIO ANALYSIS OF LRA/GOU TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Community of Sant'Egidio (CSE) assisting with the mediation of talks between the Lord's Resistance Army/Movement (LRA/LRM) and the Government of Uganda (GOU) have provided a detailed readout on where the talks now stand. After long discussions, the groups [...]	2006-07-24 12:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PREL UG SU
06KHARTOUM1881	LRA Talks: UN Begins Technical Assistance [...] (SBU) Summary: UNICEF and UN OCHA have begun providing limited support to the talks between Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),currently being mediated by Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar. UNICEF has sent a protection officer to visit the LRA camps and [...]	2006-08-09 04:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID UG UN SU
06KHARTOUM1918	KHARTOUM TALK ABOUT UN REHATTING [...] (C) On August 13 CDA Hume met at his request with SPLM parliamentary chief Yassir Arman to discuss Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) implementation and transition from AU to UN forces in Darfur. Hume reiterated USG readiness to work with the SPLM to bring together Minni Minawi, Abdul Wahid, and SLM [...]	2006-08-13 15:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1927	BUDGET SHORTFALL IN SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Failure to achieve planned production levels in petroleum output has created a budget shortfall for the Khartoum government. The government is responding to the financial crunch by borrowing, tapping the Oil Revenue Stabilization Account, privatizing government companies, deferr [...]	2006-08-14 12:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET PGOV PREL SU
06KHARTOUM1936	CDA HUME'S MEETING WITH GNU AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE [...] (C) Summary: During an August 14 meeting, Charge Hume noted the importance of building the U.S.-Sudan relationship and permitting a transition to a UN peacekeeping operation in Darfur. Deciding not to do so would involve significant risks, as Sudan would be solely responsible for the consequ [...]	2006-08-14 16:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM1976	PULLING PRESIDENT BASHIR BACK FROM THE DARK SIDE [...] (C) Summary: Over the past few weeks, President Bashir has turned away from his previous strategy of cooperation with the international community to resolve the conflict in Darfur and gone over to the dark side -- a unilateral approach relying on the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) to re-establis [...]	2006-08-19 16:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MOPS PGOV ETTC SCUL AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM1980	SOUTHERN SUDAN - IDP RETURNS UPDATE [...] The returns season, which has witnessed a fairly active spontaneous return movement to Southern Sudan and the Three Areas - Abyei, Southern Kordofan, and Blue Nile - has come to an end with the onset of the rainy season and will restart in October or November 2006. According to the Federal Mi [...]	2006-08-20 06:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1987	MEETING WITH SLA,S MINAWI AND AU,S IBOK ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: On August 21, CDA Hume met SLA leader Minni Minawi and AU Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) implementation chief Sam Ibok, at their urgent request. Ali Traio (SLA) and Amb. Boubou Nhiang (AU) also attended the two-hour session. Ibok and Minawi expressed both fear about the deteriorati [...]	2006-08-21 13:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV AU CH UN SU
06KHARTOUM2008	WTO ACCESSION PROCESS HELPS DRIVE MODERNERIZATION [...] (U) Summary: The process of preparing for WTO accession is helping to drive economic reform in Sudan. Although Sudan's WTO membership is stalled, economic reforms and trade liberalization continue, helping to encourage a more pragmatic approach to economic questions. End Summary. ---------- [...]	2006-08-24 11:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL PGOV EFIN WTO SU
06KHARTOUM2020	MORE ON POSSIBLE MEETING OF SLM DISSIDENTS [...] (C) On August 24 CDA Hume met with Yassir Arman, SPLM parliamentary leader, to discuss efforts to secure support of SLM dissidents for the Darfur Peace Agreement. Arman said he had just returned from Asmara, where he had met separately with SLM leader Abdul Wahid and SLM dissident leader Abdul [...]	2006-08-25 11:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM SU AU
06KHARTOUM2022	AU PREPARING TO END DARFUR PKO ON SEPTEMBER 30 [...] (C) Summary. The African Union,s Ambassador Kingibe has advised AU headquarters that the AU,s only viable option is to end the peacekeeping operation by September 30. At a meeting of AU and international partners on August 24, Kingibe asked the partners to assist the AU in finding a solution [...]	2006-08-25 13:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM SU AU
06KHARTOUM2045	A/S FRAZER MEETINGS IN KHARTOUM: DARFUR VERDICT [...] (C) Summary: After a hostile welcome at the airport, Assistant Secretary Frazer fought to advance the three overarching goals of her visit to Khartoum: the U.S. seeks to address the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, to support implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA),and to foster an [...]	2006-08-29 15:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM SU AU
06KHARTOUM2098	BASHIR REITERATES OPPOSITION TO DARFUR UN PKO [...] Summary: Following the August 26-29 visit of A/S Frazer to Khartoum, President al Bashir and other NCP leaders have reiterated publicly the policy of rejection of UN peacekeeping forces for Darfur. The NCP organized an August 30 march in Khartoum to demonstrate opposition to the UN resolutio [...]	2006-08-31 13:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO PHUM MOPS UN SU
06KHARTOUM212	SUDAN: HASSAN AL-TURABI MEETS COMMISSION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom met with People's Congress Party (PCP) Secretary General Hassan al-Turabi at his home on January SIPDIS 18. Turabi said worship should be free of state control, but freedom of religion is shaped by society, not just th [...]	2006-01-28 11:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PHUM PGOV PREL SU
06KHARTOUM2165	DARFUR - IRC REPORTS SEXUAL ASSAULTS [...] (SBU) On August 7, nearly 300 female internally displaced persons (IDP) convened a meeting in Kalma IDP camp to ask the international community to increase protection through the resumption of African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) firewood patrols. Following the meeting, the non-governmental o [...]	2006-09-08 08:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
06KHARTOUM2174	NORWEGIAN OIL ADVISOR IN SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Recently arrived Norwegian petroleum consultant Einar Risa met with Emboff and provided an overview of his work in Sudan. Risa is interested in coordinating with other donors. He provided some details of sales of Sudanese oil, mentioned some technical problems with production fro [...]	2006-09-10 13:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EAID PREL SU
06KHARTOUM219	A/S FRAZER BREAKFAST WITH SPLM [...] (C) Summary. On January 25, Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer, Roger Winter, and the Charge met with three senior SPLM officials resident in Khartoum: Yassir Arman, Chairman of the SPLM National Assembly Caucus; Malik Agar, Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of investment; and Deng [...]	2006-01-29 10:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SU
06KHARTOUM2223	DARFUR - WEST DARFUR SITUATION REPORT [...] (U) USAID Darfur Field Office (USAID/DFO) staff traveled to El Geneina, West Darfur, from August 19 - 21, 2006. The field officers re-established contacts with partner agencies, assessed humanitarian needs for internally displaced persons (IDPs),and discussed anticipated funding with implemen [...]	2006-09-14 12:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
06KHARTOUM2227	Juba: Laws Needed So Legislature Puts Off Anti-Corruption [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 6, the second session of the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) opened with speeches by Speaker James Wani Igga and Government of Southern Sudan President Salva Kiir. While Kiir's speech officially kicked off the 200-day plan (septel),James Wani Igga focu [...]	2006-09-14 14:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR SU
06KHARTOUM2280	SPLM Supports UN, Plans a Way Forward [...] (SBU) During a meeting of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) Political Bureau, held in Juba on September 14-16, the party announced its unconditional support for UN troops in Darfur and developed an eleven- point plan to move the process forward. The plan includes meeting with all r [...]	2006-09-18 15:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO UN SU
06KHARTOUM2283	SUDAN - AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE 11 [...] On September 3, Government of National Unity (GNU) officials announced that several backyard chicken flocks in Juba had been found to be infected by Avian Influenza (AI) H5N1. This is the first time Southern Sudan has confirmed cases of H5N1. At this time no new cases of AI have been reporte [...]	2006-09-19 06:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KFLU SU
06KHARTOUM2347	PRESIDENT DECLARES U.S. DIPLOMATS RESTRICTED TO 25 [...] (SBU) U.S. diplomats in Sudan will be restricted to a 25 km radius of the Presidential Palace, President Omar Hassan al-Bashir declared during a September 24 press conference in Khartoum. According to the state-owned Sudan News Agency (SUNA),Bashir said any American official visiting Sudan w [...]	2006-09-25 15:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS US SU
06KHARTOUM239	A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH GOS NISS D/G GHOSH ON 25 [...] (S) SUMMARY: A/S Frazer met with NISS D/G Saleh Ghosh on January 25 following the AU Summit in Khartoum. This was A/S Frazer,s second meeting with Ghosh, the first was in late November 2005. Ghosh emphasized his and his government,s desire to make the Darfur issue go away, noting that activ [...]	2006-01-31 12:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR US AU
06KHARTOUM2427	DARFUR: MEETING WITH EU'S HAAVISTO [...] (C) Summary: In an October 2 discussion with CDA Hume, EU Special Representative to Sudan Pekka Haavisto described his recent meetings in Asmara with rebel leaders and Eritrean officials; the Sudanese government's internal divisions and its refusal to negotiate with the international community [...]	2006-10-03 08:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU UN EU
06KHARTOUM2464	DARFUR: SOUTHERN SUDAN VP WARNS THAT DARFUR [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion September 29, Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar warned flatly that "Darfur can destroy the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA)." Machar spoke to Sudan Programs Group (AF/SPG) Director Lauren Landis, who was visiting Juba. Sudan Pre [...]	2006-10-06 09:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SU UG CG
06KHARTOUM2480	FOREIGN MINISTRY WELCOMES NATSIOS, BUT SAYS [...] Summary: Sudan welcomes the visit of Special Envoy Natsios, but believes "Democrats within the US State Department" are trying to sabotage his mission before it takes off, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in an October 5 press release. Natsios will be granted a visa, provided both his mi [...]	2006-10-10 10:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OPRC KPAO SU US
06KHARTOUM2483	DARFUR: ARAB FACTIONALIZATION, INCREASING [...] (C) In meetings September 21-24, UN officers, Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) Minni Minawi representatives, and Government of National Unity (GNU) officials in West Darfur all highlighted continued insecurity, a lack of humanitarian access and an absence of information about the Darfur Peace [...]	2006-10-10 14:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU
06KHARTOUM2491	Scenesetter for Visit of SPE Andrew Natsios [...] (U) The following is a scene setter for the upcoming visit of Special Presidential Envoy to Sudan Andrew Natsios from October 13 - October 19, 2006. 2. (SBU) General Atmosphere in the Government -- The NCP has recently backed off on their continuing stream of bellicose rhetoric and acti [...]	2006-10-12 16:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SU
06KHARTOUM2512	SUDAN - FY 2007 DISASTER DECLARATION [...] The humanitarian situation in Sudan continues to warrant U.S. Government (USG) assistance to meet the emergency requirements of conflict-affected civilian populations throughout the country. USG assistance in Sudan saves lives and mitigates the economic impact of conflict on livelihoods, foste [...]	2006-10-16 13:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
06KHARTOUM2542	Sudan: MFA Advises Gov't to Search Diplomats [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent a diplomatic note explaining that, for reasons of national security and the safety of air navigation, Government authorities would begin occasionally searching members of Diplomatic Missions and International Organizations, including physical searches. [...]	2006-10-25 10:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OFDP SU
06KHARTOUM255	IRANIAN VP VISITS SUDAN, BASHIR PLEDGES SUPPORT [...] (U) Iranian Vice President Dr. Ahmad al-Musawi visited Sudan on January 25 and 26 to discuss bilateral relations. He delivered a letter from President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad to President Omar al-Bashir. In a press conference, Musawi said the letter outlined Iranian policy aimed at strengthening [...]	2006-02-02 11:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR PGOV IR SU
06KHARTOUM2550	SUDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PAMELA FIERST AND [...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Pamela Fierst, AF/SPG, and Phil Garrison, Oil Advisor to Juba, for the period of November 1 - 4, 2006, for the purpose of initial advisory support for the SPLM in support of CPA implementation. Due to security concerns and limita [...]	2006-10-26 14:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA EAID EPET PREL SU
06KHARTOUM2563	Sudan Country Clearance Granted for COTR Ned Arcement [...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Ned W. Arcement, AF Contracting Officer's Technical Representative, to Sudan for a period of service to commence on October 28, 2006. Post notes that travel to Darfur by all employees under Chief of Mission authority, including Mr [...]	2006-10-29 05:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA EAID PREL SU
06KHARTOUM2565	SPLM'S ALOR IDENTIFIES NCP INNER CIRCLE FOR NATSIOS [...] (C) In a meeting with Special Presidential Envoy (SPE) Andrew Natsios on October 14, Minister for Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor said policy change would come from President Omar al-Bashir's inner circle, led by Presidential Advisor Nafie al Nafie. He recommended getting African and Arab nations, [...]	2006-10-29 05:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN SU
06KHARTOUM2570	Sudan Country Clearance Granted for Tod Wilson [...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Tod Wilson, S/CRS DPA Signatories Advisor, to Sudan for a period of service to commence on October 30, 2006. Post notes that travel to Darfur by all employees under Chief of Mission authority, including Mr. Wilson, requires the a [...]	2006-10-29 13:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA KCRS EAID PREL SU
06KHARTOUM2573	Sudan Country Clearance Granted for Mitchell P. Benedict [...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Mitchell P. Benedict, Political Officer, to Sudan on October 30, 2006, to attend talks sponsored by the League of Arab States and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development between the Transitional Federal Government of Somali [...]	2006-10-30 04:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL SU
06KHARTOUM2588	CORRECTED COPY - SUDAN - FY 2007 DISASTER DECLARATION [...] The humanitarian situation in Sudan continues to warrant U.S. Government (USG) assistance to meet the emergency requirements of conflict-affected civilian populations throughout the country. USG assistance in Sudan saves lives and mitigates the economic impact of conflict on livelihoods, foste [...]	2006-10-31 12:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
06KHARTOUM2625	Darfur: NRF Press Release Claims Gov't has Transferred [...] (SBU) On November 1, Sudan Tribune, an online news service, posted a press release dated October 1, purportedly from the National Redemption Front, a grouping of Darfurian rebels that have not signed the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA),claiming that the Sudanese Government had transferred chemica [...]	2006-11-06 15:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MCAP PGOV PHUM SU
06KHARTOUM2632	Bashir Calls for Commitment to National Unity [...] (U) SUMMARY: Sudanese President Omer Bashir addressed the opening of the third session of the National Legislative Council (the National Assembly and Council of States in joint session) on October 30, reiterating the government's commitment to implementing peace agreements reached with groups [...]	2006-11-08 07:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SU
06KHARTOUM2635	Compromise Possible on NPC [...] The National Petroleum Commission (NPC) has been mired since its establishment by an inability to agree on terms of reference. The SPLM also been denied meaningful access to the existing oil contracts and consistent access to the fields to read the meters and investigate environmental concern [...]	2006-11-08 07:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR ECON EPET EINV ENRG SU
06KHARTOUM2639	Sudan Compromise Possible on National Petroleum Commission [...] The National Petroleum Commission (NPC) has been mired since its establishment by an inability to agree on terms of reference. The SPLM also denied meaningful access to the existing oil contracts and consistent access to the fields to read the meters and investigate environmental concerns. T [...]	2006-11-08 11:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EPET EINV ENRG SU
06KHARTOUM2649	CONFIRMED DIFFICULTIES WITH THE DIPLOMATIC POUCH [...] (SBU) Background: In late September, the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) did not grant, as requested by post, appropriate paperwork to allow Post personnel to meet an airQft carrying a classified pouch. Compounding our problems, Air Egypt received instructions to forbid the USG cou [...]	2006-11-09 14:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PREL ADPM OFDP SU US
06KHARTOUM2669	PERHAPS A MOMENT OF OPPORTUNITY ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: Six months after the conclusion of the Darfur Peace Agreement, perhaps there is a moment of opportunity to re-launch implementation of its important security provisions. The new AMIS force commander has provided needed leadership and challenged the international community to sup [...]	2006-11-14 15:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2688	DARFUR ANALYSIS: SPLM MAINTAINS SUPPORT OF UNPKO [...] (C) The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) continues to vocally support a UN peace-keeping operation (UNPKO) in Darfur. First Vice President and President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Salva Kiir recently told an Arabic-language paper in London that his position is clear a [...]	2006-11-16 12:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN SU
06KHARTOUM2697	DESPITE OPTICS ON FM VISIT, NO NEW FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: Despite the positive coverage in both the Western and Sudanese press of French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy's recent trip to Khartoum and reports of a French initiative to resolve the Darfur crisis, French Political Counselor Francois Colas characterized the visit as an [...]	2006-11-19 12:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO SU FR CD
06KHARTOUM272	Darfur: 2005 Protection Year in Review - [...] In analyzing protection trends in 2005, it is striking to note how many issues remained similar when compared with 2004 (reftel A). The large-scale humanitarian needs in Darfur have been the result of widespread human rights violations, including the attacking and killing of civilians, rape [...]	2006-02-06 11:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM2730	DENG ALOR: BASHIR BACKING DOWN IN OPPOSITION TO UN [...] (C) In a November 21 conversation with AID Mission Director and Poloff, Minister of Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor said that President Bashir had begun to "back down" in his opposition to United Nations (UN) intervention in Darfur. He based this assessment on a cabinet briefing that Bashir had giv [...]	2006-11-22 16:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU UN
06KHARTOUM2738	IMF Briefs on Sudan's 2007 Budget [...] Summary: Visiting IMF officials recently briefed the international community on Sudan's national budget for 2007. Sudan's macroeconomic indicators are sound, with inflation stabilizing and growth continuing, although statistics remain unreliable. Further work, however, is needed in the areas [...]	2006-11-26 14:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV IMF SU
06KHARTOUM2788	SUDAN - NEEDS ASSESSMENTS IN KASSALA STATE [...] (U) From November 5 to 9, the UN led a Joint Assessment Mission (JAM) to examine the food and non-food aid needs of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in Kassala State, eastern Sudan. For the first time, the JAM was carried out in conjunction with the UN World Food Program (WFP)-led Annual Needs [...]	2006-12-04 07:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
06KHARTOUM2812	CDA Addresses Darfur Crisis in Local Press [...] (U) In an interview with Arabic daily "Al-Sudani," the Charge d'Affaires addressed the Sudanese security apparatus' failure to stem the violence in Darfur, while also noting slight improvement in the humanitarian situation. The Charge noted that UN Security Council resolutions, such as Resolut [...]	2006-12-07 15:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF KPAO PHUM SOCI UN SU
06KHARTOUM2869	DARFUR - NGO OUTLOOK BLEAK IN MEETING WITH SE [...] (SBU) On December 12, Special Envoy Natsios met with 11 members of the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) NGO Forum Steering Committee in Khartoum to solicit their perspectives on the humanitarian situation in Darfur. Oxfam, Help Age, Tearfund, the International Rescue Committee (IRC),Norweg [...]	2006-12-19 12:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI SU KHDP
06KHARTOUM2890	DARFUR: UN ENVOY OULD-ABDALLAH MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: UN Envoy Ould-Abadallah had a "good meeting" with President Bashir on December 21, State Foreign Minister Karti told CDA Hume in late afternoon phone call. However, Karti gave no details on their discussions of the light and heavy packages envisioned in the Addis/Abuja framework. [...]	2006-12-21 15:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM308	Darfur: Overview of Protection Trends in 2005 - [...] This cable represents the second in a series of three to review the protection situation and humanitarian response in 2005. Over the course of the year, it became increasingly evident that the problems in Darfur could be characterized as a complex political and human rights crisis. The sit [...]	2006-02-09 09:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM316	ROUND ABOUT IN EL FASHER: CDA HUME GETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CDA Hume traveled to El Fasher, Darfur, on February 4-5 to meet with the new AMIS Force Commander and his staff, and to gain their views on peacekeeping and humanitarian operations. The trip also sought to review resources in El Fasher available for hosting high-level delegati [...]	2006-02-09 16:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL KPKO AU SU
06KHARTOUM321	Southern Sudan: Overview of Southern Banking [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 8, officials at CG Juba met with the Governor of the Bank of Southern Sudan (BOSS) Elijah Malok Aleng Mayen, who is also Deputy Governor of the Bank of Sudan (BOS). Aleng explained that the BOSS, which began full operations on February 1, is a semi-autonomous depar [...]	2006-02-10 11:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON SU
06KHARTOUM364	SLA COMANDERS CALL FOR A SINGLE LEADER [...] (C) (Note: this is a re-transmission of 05 Khartoum 01654 to reflect redrafting and reclassification of para 4 per AF/SPG request. End note.) Summary: The lack of a clearly defined leader at the top of the SLA has left field commanders with divided loyalties, hungry forces, and time on the [...]	2006-02-14 15:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MCAP PREL SU
06KHARTOUM406	QUESTIONS ON GOSS MINISTER GARANG'S TRIP TO [...] (U) Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Minister Rebecca Garang's high-profile trip to the U.S. has raised some eyebrows among other SPLM leaders. 2. (C) Remy Oller Itorong, Deputy Speaker of the Government of National Unity (GNU) Council of States and a close associate of Salva Kiir, dur [...]	2006-02-16 08:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR US SU
06KHARTOUM424	Darfur: Overview of Protection Trends in 2005 [...] This cable represents the third and final in a series to review the issue of protection and the related humanitarian response in 2005. In the Darfur crisis, humanitarian protection - defined as efforts to mitigate the risks of violence, abuse, harassment, or exploitation of vulnerable groups [...]	2006-02-18 11:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM430	SUDAN OPPOSES UN PEACE-KEEPING IN DARFUR [...] (C) During CODEL Pelosi,s February 19 meeting with Sudanese Vice President Taha, Congressman Wilson drew attention to President Bush,s recent statement in Florida that the size of the peace-keeping force in Darfur should be doubled, with the UN and NATO helping the African Union. Wilson asked [...]	2006-02-20 09:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM431	SUDAN OPPOSES UN PEACE-KEEPING IN DARFUR [...] (C) During CODEL Pelosi,s February 19 meeting with Sudanese Vice President Taha, Congressman Wilson drew attention to President Bush,s recent statement in Florida that the size of the peace-keeping force in Darfur should be doubled, with the UN and NATO helping the African Union. Wilson asked [...]	2006-02-20 10:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM440	CODEL PELOSI AND VP TAHA ON CPA AND DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: CODEL Pelosi and Vice President Taha discussed the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and the crisis in Darfur during a February 19 meeting in Khartoum. The CODEL pressed Taha to get the CPA "back on track," and asked about the U.S. proposal to expand the [...]	2006-02-21 11:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO US AU UN
06KHARTOUM479	MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND [...] (U) Summary: On February 20, CG Juba met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Dr. Martin Elia Lomuro. The Minister provided an overview of his ministry's capacity as well as his ambitious vision for the future. He described the irresponsible logging [...]	2006-02-23 16:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EPET PGOV EAID SU
06KHARTOUM482	POST MORTEM ON CONFLICT IN JONGLEI, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 17, CG Juba met with Gatkuoth D. Kuich, Member of the Southern Legislative Assembly from the Waat Constituency in Jonglei State, where fighting broke out between the SPLA and Nuer militia two weeks past. Kuich had traveled to the area and interviewed civilians, SPL [...]	2006-02-23 16:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS PINS SOCI PINR PHUM SU
06KHARTOUM487	Southern Sudan: Meeting with GoSS President's [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 21, CG Juba met with Presidential Advisors for Legal Affairs Paul Mayom and Gender Affairs Awut Deng. Mayom offered his views on GoSS priorities; following discussions ranged over alleged northern support of the Lord's Resistance Army, U.S. sanctions on Sudan, and th [...]	2006-02-25 14:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS MOPS PREL SU
06KHARTOUM494	SUDANESE FIRST VICE PRESIDENT,S TRIP TO ERITREA [...] (C) On February 23 Sudanese First Vice President Salva Kiir traveled to Eritrea with a delegation that included Director of the National Intelligence and Security Services Salah Gosh, MFA Under Secretary Mutriff Saddiq, and SPLM-bloc parliamentary leader Yassir Arman. Eritrean President Isaias [...]	2006-02-27 07:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ER SU
06KHARTOUM499	DARFUR PEACE PROCESS: CHARTING A WAY FORWARD [...] Summary. The Darfur peace process needs to enter the endgame. The Abuja peace talks, despite gradual progress, have failed to deliver a deal between key rebel leaders and the Sudanese government. The African Union has yet to request the United Nations to take over the peace-keeping operati [...]	2006-02-27 09:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM528	SOUTHERN SUDAN: MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 28, CG Juba met with GoSS Presidential Security Advisor Samuel Abu John to discuss SPLA reform, military force structure, and CPA implementation modalities. Abu John said that the GOSS realizes the importance of paying the SPLA, but is still trying to get good rol [...]	2006-03-01 10:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINS PINR SU
06KHARTOUM562	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR GHAZI SALAHUDDIN OFFERS HIS [...] (SBU) Summary: CG Juba met with Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salahuddin on March 4 to review, inter alia, CPA implementation issues. Ghazi discussed internal dynamics in the Government of National Unity (GNU),the SPLM's role in the GNU, progress on the division of petroleum revenues, Abyei, a [...]	2006-03-06 13:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET PINS PINR SU
06KHARTOUM578	SUDAN BRIEFS: TRADE/AID TO KENYA; NORWAY IN [...] SUMMARY: This week's installment of news briefs not included in post's other reporting includes prospects for a Sudan-Kenya trade agreement, together with South Sudan's USD 1 million donation for Kenyan famine relief; Norway's assurances that it will continue to support peacekeeping and reli [...]	2006-03-07 06:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ETRD EPET SOCI SENV SU KE NO CH
06KHARTOUM667	GoSS Trade Ministry to Develop Private Sector [...] SUMMARY: The main focus of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Supply will be to develop the private sector in the region. In a March 8 meeting with CG Juba, Minister Anthony Lino explained that southerners have never really worked in the private sector, [...]	2006-03-15 16:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ETRD PINR SU
06KHARTOUM697	Nuba Mountains - Where are the Peace Dividends? [...] This is the first of two cables prepared by a USAID team that visited South Kordofan State and Abyei from February 26 to March 8, 2006. The purpose of the mission was to a) monitor USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) programs, b) assess the returns [...]	2006-03-19 08:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM701	IDPs in Central and Eastern Equatoria: USAID [...] In February, two officials from the USAID Sudan Field Office (USAID/SFO) in Nairobi traveled to Juba, Kajo- Keji, Nimule, and Lobone in Central and Eastern Equatoria States of Southern Sudan. The USAID team met with government officials and internally displaced persons (IDPs) to discuss plan [...]	2006-03-20 07:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM709	DEADLY ATTACK ON UNHCR COMPOUND IN YEI [...] (SBU) Summary: In what appears to be a botched robbery, three bandits killed one guard and critically wounded two UNHCR staff in the UNHCR Compound in Yei on March 15. During the attack, one of the assailants was killed and another wounded. SPLA forces reportedly detained two persons, but [...]	2006-03-20 12:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV ASEC MOPS PREF EAID OGIV SU UN
06KHARTOUM728	ABYEI REVISITED - POWER VACUUM REMAINS [...] This is the second of two cables prepared by a USAID team that visited South Kordofan State and Abyei from February 17 to March 8, 2006. The purpose of the mission was to a) monitor USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) programs, b) assess the returns [...]	2006-03-23 07:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM754	FIRST VICE PRESIDENT SALVA KIIR SPEAKS ON LRA, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Charge and USAID Almquist on March 23 (Darfur part reported ref A),First VP Salva Kiir reiterated his allegation that NCP elements of the GNU and the SAF continue to provide support to the LRA, and that SAF forces have not sufficiently redeployed out of the sout [...]	2006-03-26 11:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PINR EPET SU
06KHARTOUM775	USAID MEETING WITH FOOD SECURITY AND [...] On March 9 and 10, USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) and USAID Sudan Field Office (USAID SFO) staff met with USAID/DCHA food security and agriculture partners and USAID SFO livelihoods partners in Rumbek to discuss the current status of the sectors [...]	2006-03-28 06:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM781	PRES. ADVISOR MANSOUR KHALID PROVIDES SPLM [...] (C) Summary: In a March 23 discussion with Pol/Econ Chief, Presidential Advisor Mansour Khalid (SPLM) said the SPLM had drafted a position paper on the current political situation in Sudan in response to recent events, including protests and inflammatory statements by government officials. T [...]	2006-03-28 14:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KPKO SU
06KHARTOUM796	Pres. Bashir Interview with Al-Jazira at Arab [...] Summary: In a March 29 interview with Al-Jazira, President Bashir said: many southern forces had supported the government during the North-South civil war; Khartoum was both a northern state and the national capital subject to shari'ah law; the Arab League had pledged to support AMIS financ [...]	2006-03-30 13:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI AL US SU
06KHARTOUM798	Local Press, AU Special Rep React to Arab [...] Summary: Khartoum media coverage of the Arab League Summit was favorable, with extensive coverage on television, radio, and newspapers, both in English and Arabic. AU Special Representative Kingibe criticized Arab League offers of financial support for AMIS, referring to it as "medicine aft [...]	2006-03-30 15:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI AL US SU
06KHARTOUM822	Press Summary March 27 - April 3 [...] SUMMARY: This cable covers miscellaneous items that have appeared in the press over the past week but are not covered elsewhere. This includes renewed violence at the University of Juba over the student union issue (reftel),the forming of a new political party by southern NCP member-- and f [...]	2006-04-04 09:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO OIIP PGOV PINR PHUM ECON MOPS
06KHARTOUM823	MFA Convokes Ambassadors, GNU Outlines New [...] (U) Summary: The MFA has convened its ambassadorial corps for a conference to re-examine directions in Sudanese diplomacy. Senior government officials addressing the opening session noted the realities of the CPA, pressures from abroad, new leadership, the role of membership in international [...]	2006-04-04 09:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SU
06KHARTOUM849	SPLM POLITBURO MEETS IN RUMBEK [...] (SBU) Summary: The SPLM Politburo met in Rumbek from April 2 to 5 to discuss the internal organization of the party, select officials for unfilled slots, and debate policy options. The meetings were reportedly more cordial than expected. CG Juba was in Rumbek at the time and picked up the [...]	2006-04-06 15:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL PINS SU
06KHARTOUM850	MFA Paper Outlines Foreign Policy Objectives [...] Summary: During the April 1-5 MFA ambassadorial corps conference (reftel),the ministry circulated a thought piece on the future of Sudanese foreign policy. Its key points are as follows: Sudan is entering a new era following the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Sudan must thus [...]	2006-04-06 15:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV US SU

06KHARTOUM938	Sudan: Door Open to Restoring Relations with [...] Summary: At high levels, Sudan publicly denies involvement in Chad, and has declined to sever diplomatic relations or to expel the Chadian charge d'affaires from Khartoum. Sudan also maintains that the door is open for closer engagement with Chad. In general, the tone of the official Sudan [...]	2006-04-18 17:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PRL PGOV SOCI CD SU

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