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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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09DHAKA482FINDING COMMON GROUND ON COUNTERRORISM WORKING
[...] (C) The U.S. and the United Kingdom share common counterterrorism goals in Bangladesh and we have worked together on specific issues in the past. Embassy Dhaka and the British High Commission reviewed our efforts and agreed on several areas of cooperation at an inaugural counterterrorism quarterly [...]
2009-05-14 08:08:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL HYMPSK MARR KPAO UK BG
09DHAKA485BANGLADESH OPPOSITION LEADER'S SON SAYS NO
[...] (C) Tarique Rahman, the son and political heir-apparent to Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairwoman Khaleda Zia, said he did not plan to return to Bangladesh from London anytime soon. Rahman, who faces multiple corruption charges in Bangladesh, told a visiting senior Foreign Service Nati [...]
2009-05-14 10:18:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCOR KDEM BG
09DHAKA486BANGLADESH'S NEW INTEL CHIEF PROMISES ENHANCED CT
[...] (S) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed DGFI to focus on counterterrorism issues and work closely with the U.S. Government, according to Director General Mollah Fazle Akbar. Akbar emphasized that DGFI would no longer support efforts by extremists to enter the political arena. Akbar a [...]
2009-05-14 10:19:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPTER PREL PGOV PINR PINS KDEM PHUM BG
09DHAKA512LEAHY VETTING FOR ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in The Army Command and General Staff College Course in USA, which will begin on June 18, 2009. Post vetting was completed on May 21, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by J [...]
2009-05-21 10:02:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA513LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR EAST SOUTH ASIA (NESA) SENIOR
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in The Near East South Asia (NESA) Senior Executive Seminar in USA, which will begin on June 07, 2009. Post vetting was completed on May 21, 2009. Post requests that vetting be complet [...]
2009-05-21 10:04:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA533GOVERNMENT PROBE FAILS TO FIND OUTSIDE
[...] (C) A much-anticipated government probe into the February border guard mutiny that left 57 army officers dead found no evidence of outside conspirators, mirroring the reported findings of an army investigation. Instead, the report cited long-standing grievances against poor treatment by, and c [...]
2009-05-28 09:28:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER ASEC BG
09DHAKA555BANGLADESH SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (C) Bob, I am glad you are headed our way. We look forward to welcoming you to Bangladesh, a moderate Muslim-majority country of nearly 150 million people that is friendly to the United States. This is a surprisingly hopeful place despite the daunting problems it faces: recurring natural disast [...]
2009-06-03 10:10:00Embassy DhakaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL KGOV BG
09DHAKA584LEAHY VETTING FOR APCSS COMPREHENSIVE CRISIS MANAGEMENT
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in APCSS Comprehensive Crisis Management Course in USA, which will begin on August 20, 2009. Post vetting was completed on June 09, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by Ju [...]
2009-06-09 05:31:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA586LEAHY VETTING FOR NESA EXECUTIVE SEMINAR IN USA, JULY
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in NESA Executive Seminar in USA, which will begin on July 14, 2009. Post vetting was completed on June 09, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by June 20 to provide sufficien [...]
2009-06-09 05:43:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA591LEAHY VETTING FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA WORKSHOP IN KOREA,
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in Pandemic Influenza Workshop - Korea, which will begin on 29 June, 2009. Post vetting was completed on June 11, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by June 20 to provide s [...]
2009-06-11 07:57:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA613PRIME MINISTER STRONGLY SUPPORTS USG-ORGANIZED
[...] (C) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the new Bangladesh army chief enthusiastically endorsed an upcoming workshop organized by a U.S. Government think tank to improve civil-military relations in Bangladesh. They voiced their support during separate meetings with Lt. Gen. (retired) Ed Smith, di [...]
2009-06-17 02:16:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM BG
09DHAKA617A/S BLAKE OUTLINES NEW AREAS OF COOPERATION FOR
[...] (C) Bangladesh's top two foreign affairs officials welcomed prospects for collaboration with the United States in areas like climate change, food security and building stronger U.S. relations with the Muslim world. South and Central Asia Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake and the Amba [...]
2009-06-17 11:23:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAGR PHUM KPAO SOCI BG
09DHAKA623MINISTER SAYS NO WITCH HUNT AGAINST FORMER
[...] (C) Local Government and Rural Development Minister Syed Ashraful Islam assured Ambassador Moriarty the Prime Minister did not support calls to prosecute the former army chief and former Caretaker Government officials. Ashraf also said trials of people suspected of war crimes in the 1971 war of [...]
2009-06-22 09:41:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM ECON ETRD PINR BG
09DHAKA69BANGLADESH SCENESETTER FOR LTG FRIDOVICH, BG BOERA
[...] (SBU) USG activities in Bangladesh are based on three pillars: democratization, development and denial of space to terrorists. Your visit comes at a critical juncture for U.S. relations with this strategically important, moderate, Muslim-majority nation of 150 million people. The new governm [...]
2009-01-19 10:41:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPGOV PTER KREL BG
09DHAKA690ARCHITECT OF CARETAKER GOVERNMENT LEAVES BEHIND A
[...] (C) Bangladesh's Chief of Army Staff General Moeen Uddin Ahmed, the architect of Bangladesh's 2007-2008 Caretaker Government (CTG),quietly retired June 14. Though he retired without fanfare, Bangladeshis continue to debate whether Moeen should be celebrated or condemned for his role in the [...]
2009-07-14 08:44:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPGOV PREL PINR KDEM MARR PTER BG
09DHAKA707LEAHY VETTING FOR PACIFIC ARMIES CHIEFS CONFERENCE VI
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference VI (PACC) in Tokyo, Japan, which will begin on August 24, 2009 Post vetting was completed on July 20, 2009. Post requests that vetting be compl [...]
2009-07-20 02:56:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA710Bangladesh: Urgent Engineering/Contracting Needs for
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 11. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Post needs Washington engagement and support to implement Mission Dhaka's $34 million cyclone shelter construction project, the centerpiece of emergency supplemental funds Congress provided followi [...]
2009-07-20 08:37:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL PGOV ECON PTER BG
09DHAKA762PRIME MINISTER SIDELINES OLD GUARD AND
[...] (C) When General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam unveiled the new AL Central Committee July 30 it became apparent that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was no longer willing to "forgive, but not forget" those who betrayed her during the two-year Caretaker Government. Four senior party leaders were [...]
2009-08-03 07:12:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM EAID BG
09DHAKA763BANGLADESH CONCERNED BY POSSIBLE BURMESE MILITARY
[...] (S) Bangladesh's armed forces assess that Burma is considering military action to coincide with the November anniversary of the maritime confrontation between the two countries in the disputed zone of the Bay of Bengal. To prepare for this contingency, the Bangladeshi military is redeploying [...]
2009-08-03 10:50:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPREL PINR MARR MASS PGOV BG BM
09DHAKA78PRIME MINISTER LOOKS FOR CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH
[...] (C) As she completes her second week in office, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is focused on assembling her team, preparing for the opening of Parliament, and beginning to deliver on key elements of her ambitious election manifesto. Hasina understands the need to confront the regional terrorism [...]
2009-01-20 06:33:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPREL PGOV EAID PTER PINR PINS KDEM BG
09DHAKA782LEAHY VETTING FOR MPAT TEMPEST EXPRESS-17 IN NEPAL, AUGUST
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the MPAT Tempest Express -17 in Nepal, which will begin on August 28, 2009. Post vetting was completed on August 11, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by August 21, 200 [...]
2009-08-11 06:29:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA82LEAHY VETTING FOR AIRBORNE AND PATHFINDER COURSE IN USA,
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Airborne and Pathfinder Course in USA, which will begin on March 30, 2009. Post vetting was completed on January 20, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by February 15 [...]
2009-01-20 10:22:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA839GOB REFORMING BANGLADESH RIFLES BORDER GUARDS, TO
[...] (C) The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) should conclude its investigation of the February 2009 Bangladesh Rifles border guard (BDR) mutiny by October, according to Commerce Minister LTC (ret.) Faruq Khan, who is charged with coordinating the investigation (reftel). Khan told the Ambassador o [...]
2009-08-26 09:51:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PREL PGOV PINR MARR PHUM MOPS BM BG
09DHAKA840LEAHY VETTING FOR ENHANCED PEACE OPERATIONS CAPACITY
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Enhanced Peace Operations Capacity Building Program in Hawaii, which will begin on September 09, 2009. Post vetting was completed on August 26, 2009. Post requests that vetting [...]
2009-08-27 00:13:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA880LEAHY VETTING FOR COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM CONFERENCE -
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Countering Violent Extremism Conference in Dhaka, which will begin on 27 September. Post vetting was completed on September 10. Post requests that vetting be completed by Septem [...]
2009-09-10 08:21:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA889LEAHY VETTING FOR SENIOR MISSION LEADERS (SML) COURSE IN
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation Senior Mission Leaders (SML) Course in Japan, which will begin on October 19, 2009. Post vetting was completed on September 14. Post requests that vetting be completed by September 28 [...]
2009-09-14 08:51:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA91LEAHY VETTING FOR 15TH ANNUAL PACIFIC COMMAND SPECIAL
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Annual Pacific Command Special Operations Conference 09(PASOC 09) in Honolulu, Hi, USA, which will begin on March 29, 2009. Post vetting was completed on January 22, 2009. Post [...]
2009-01-22 09:46:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA919BANGLADESH DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) Mission Dhaka welcomes reftel initiative and opportunities for further connections with the Bangladeshi diaspora in the United States. We already engage with Bangladeshi-Americans in a number of areas, but there is wide scope for expanded interaction. Our experience is that the Banglad [...]
2009-09-24 09:22:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOEXC BEXP BG BTIO EAID ECON EINV OIIP PGOV PREL SCUL SMIG
09DHAKA971LEAHY VETTING FOR TRAIN THE TRAINER COURSE (TTT) IN
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in Train The Trainer Course (TTT) in Bangladesh, which will begin on October 25. Post vetting was completed on October 14. Post requests that vetting be completed by October 24 to pr [...]
2009-10-14 08:31:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA988BANGLADESH BORDER RIFLES CHIEF DISCUSSES BURMA,
[...] (S) Major General Md. Mainul Islam, Director General of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR),highlighted his commitment to reform and improving the professionalism of the BDR to Embassy officers on October 12. MG Islam outlined the current deployment of border observation posts (BOP) and the limitat [...]
2009-10-20 03:33:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPBTS PINS PINR PREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS MCAP
09DILI123F-FDTL'S MILITARY RECRUIT TRAINING PLAN: STEPPING FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary. The Timor-Leste Defense Force (F-FDTL) will soon move forward with a recruit training plan which promises to nearly double the size of the force by early 2010. The plan has potentially serious flaws, including the use of newly minted and under-trained officers and NCOs as train [...]
2009-05-11 16:05:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ECON MARR EAID TT
09DILI18SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO TIMOR-LESTE BY VADM JOHN M.
[...] (SBU) The visit of Vice Admiral Bird to Dili comes at a perfect time as we seek to encourage the Government of Timor-Leste's active leadership over the reform of its security sector. VADM Bird will be the highest ranking foreign official to visit Dili in 2009 from any nation and will underlin [...]
2009-01-13 03:45:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PMIL OTRA TT
09DILI342POLITICAL FUTURE FOR TOP TIMORESE GENERAL?
[...] SUMMARY: Major General Taur Matan Ruak, the current commander of the Timorese armed forces (F-FDTL),could stand as a candidate in the presidential elections in 2012. While TMR is a member of the independence generation that has dominated Timorese politics since the country's formal independen [...]
2009-12-28 23:07:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MARR MASS PREL TT
09DILI97SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO TIMOR-LESTE BY MARFORPAC'S LT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 11:22:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTT MARR ID MOPS OTRA
09DJIBOUTI1057DJIBOUTI/SOMALIA: TFG OFFICIALS REITERATE REQUEST TO THE USG FOR MILITARY EQUIPMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Officials from Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) hail recent senior USG engagement with the TFG, but highlight the need for military assistance: whether future instruction by U.S. trainers, or material support for nearly 500 TFG troops being trained by Djibouti (refs [...]
2009-08-18 15:48:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALMASS MOPS KPKO PREL SO DJ UG FR
09DJIBOUTI1101DJIBOUTI/SOMALIA: TFG PRESIDENT SHARIF REVIEWS SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, President of Somalia's Transitional Federal government (TFG),expressed appreciation for U.S. support for Somalia, and made an explicit urgent appeal for additional security assistance to the TFG, including equipment and weapons. He outlined the goals [...]
2009-09-10 14:48:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALMOPS MASS PINS PREL DJ SO
09DJIBOUTI1109DJIBOUTI: FORMER OPPOSITION LEADER ON PRESIDENT'S THIRD
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a September 8 meeting with the Ambassador, the head of the former opposition party Front for the Restoration of Democracy and Unity (FRUD)-and currently President Guelleh's most important ruling coalition partner-laid out the FRUD's cautious approach to the question of a p [...]
2009-09-14 07:35:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC KDEM PINR SOCI PHUM DJ ER
09DJIBOUTI1303DJIBOUTI: PROGRESS ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, BUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an October 17-21 visit, G/TIP Program Officer discussed Djibouti's progress on combating trafficking in persons (TIP) with GODJ officials, resident United Nations agencies, and nongovernmental organizations. Since the passage of a comprehensive anti-TIP law in late 2007 [...]
2009-11-15 12:51:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPGOV SMIG KTIP KCRM PREF ECON SO ET ER YM DJ
09DJIBOUTI1419OPPOSITION FIGURES PREPARE FOR 2011 ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Two minor political figures have now declared their intention to run as candidates in 2011 presidential elections: Aden Robleh Awaleh of the National Democratic Party (PND),nominally an ally of the ruling party (ref A),and Mohamed Daoud Chehem of the unaffiliated Djiboutian Part [...]
2009-12-23 09:52:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PINR DJ
09DJIBOUTI27DJIBOUTI SEEKS TO HOST SOMALI COUNTER-PIRACY
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post forwarded draft agenda and draft communique for January 13-14 Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) to MFA Director of Bilateral Affairs Mohamed Ali Hassan on January 8. Ambassador subsequently provided Post's French-language translation (emailed to AF/RSA and PM/PPA) to [...]
2009-01-12 13:01:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALKCRM EWWT MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER SO DJ XA
09DJIBOUTI743DJIBOUTI FONMIN URGES REVISED AMISOM MANDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-20 09:15:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS KPKO MASS DJ KE SO AU
09DJIBOUTI837SOMALIA: TFG CONFIRMS PLANS TO TRAIN TROOPS IN DJIBOUTI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A senior Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) military officer meeting with Djibouti's Chief of Defense reports that the TFG now has 1,000 fighters assembled in Mogadishu ready to undergo training immediately in Djibouti, as soon as transport is arranged. These 1,000 [...]
2009-06-25 18:45:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALMOPS MASS PREL PINS PTER SO DJ UG
09DJIBOUTI881SOMALIA: TFG RECRUITS ARRIVE IN DJIBOUTI FOR MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Within the last week, a total of 340 Somali military recruits arrived at Djibouti's primary military training center, ready to begin two months of basic infantry training. Somali and Djiboutian military officers expect additional Somali trainees to arrive in Djibouti later this we [...]
2009-07-08 14:47:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALMOPS MASS PHUM PREL DJ SO
09DJIBOUTI893SOMALIA: DJIBOUTI'S FM DISCUSSES REGIONAL CONSULTATIONS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A July 10 IGAD ministerial in Addis Ababa will address revising the African Union Mission in Somalia's (AMISOM) rules of engagement to allow it to take more robust military action against al-Shabaab extremists, according to Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf. IGAD m [...]
2009-07-09 15:28:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS KPKO DJ SO ER
09DJIBOUTI895DJIBOUTI: EASBRIG COMMANDER PREVIEWS JULY 13 'FRIENDS"
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 08:27:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MASS DJ XW
09DJIBOUTI919SOMALIA: TFG FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO COMBAT AL-SHABAAB
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti's ongoing effort to train nearly 500 troops for Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) is "critical" for achieving the TFG's aim of training up to 3,000 recruits to form a new Somali army, according to Somali TFG Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar, who hope [...]
2009-07-14 15:18:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MOPS KPKO AU SO DJ ER ET XA
09DJIBOUTI951DJIBOUTI/SOMALIA: TFG TRAINING UPDATE; USG SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 11:46:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS DJ SO FR
09DJIBOUTI991SCENESETTER FOR AFRICOM COMMANDER GENERAL WARD'S VISIT TO DJIBOUTI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Djibouti warmly welcomes AFRICOM Commander General Ward and his party to Djibouti. A stable, moderate Muslim ally, Djibouti not only hosts Camp Lemonier -- the only U.S. military base in Africa -- but also key USG broadcasting facilities used by Arabic-language Radio Saw [...]
2009-07-28 17:18:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMASS MOPS PREL KPKO DJ SO ER JA XA
09DOHA200QATAR REPORTS SIGNIFICANT DARFUR PROGRESS; REMAINS
[...] (C) At a March 18 meeting, MFA Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud presented Ambassador with a copy of an agreement signed in Tripoli on March 15 by five rebel groups in Darfur. The "Charter of Tripoli" was concluded after recent talks between rebel leaders in the Libyan ca [...]
2009-03-19 15:52:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL SU CD QA
09DOHA204ADM OLSON DISCUSSES MILITARY RELATIONSHIP WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-24 10:13:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV QA
09DOHA283JEM THREATENS TO EXPAND WAR IN PURSUIT OF PEACE
[...] (SBU) In an April 28 meeting with Special Envoy (SE) for Sudan Gration (joined by Ambassador, S/USSES Deputy Tim Shortley and P/E Chief Rice),the permanent representative in Doha of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Abu Bakr Al-Qadi underscoredQt the shortest way to a cease-fire in Darf [...]
2009-04-30 05:54:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM QA SU
09DOHA412HOLBROOKE PRESSES QATARI CROWN PRINCE FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 7 meeting with Qatari Crown Prince Tamim, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke outlined the severity of the humanitarian situation in Pakistan's northwest areas and made a strong appeal for humanitarian assistance from Qatar to help stabilize the country. The Crown Prince agree [...]
2009-06-23 11:31:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL QA PK
09DOHA458EMBASSY DOHA'S FOLLOW-UP TO THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH
[...] OVERVIEW: This cable is structured to provide Embassy Doha's assessment - based on consultations with key stakeholders - of the best ways to engage on the three priority areas listed in the President's speech and in Ref A. After describing how we sought feedback to the speech, we call for buil [...]
2009-07-22 04:45:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD TSPL
09DOHA538OFFICIAL VISITS BETWEEN QATAR AND IRAN ESCALATE,
[...] (U) Post has knowledge of only one high-level meeting between Qatari and Iranian officials during 2008. This was an August 2008 visit by Qatar's Amir, Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, to Tehran, where he met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The leaders made public statements indicating [...]
2009-08-30 13:17:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL QA IR
09DOHA675QATAR: MOD COS AL ATTIYAH ON IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Qatari MOD Chief of Staff Maj Gen Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah met with the Ambassador and U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT) Commander Lt Gen Mike Hostage on November 8. He accepted Gen Hostage's invitation to fly a C-17 sortie over Afghanistan, indicating he understood that onerou [...]
2009-11-18 11:39:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS QA IR YM
09DUBLIN114IRISH GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS ATTACK ON BRITISH
[...] (C) The government of Ireland has condemned the attacks in Northern Ireland on March 7 that killed two British soldiers. Irish government officials say that the Northern Ireland Assembly, the British government and the Irish government are coordinating their responses closely. Dublin also s [...]
2009-03-09 15:03:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS EI
09DUSHANBE1156TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS
[...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of General Petraeus, and provides the following overview of recent developments and key issues in Tajikistan. Since your last meeting with President Rahmon on January 17, Rahmon met with Assistant Secretary of State Boucher in April and Assi [...]
2009-10-19 13:14:00Embassy DushanbeSECRET//NOFORNPREL EAID ECON MASS PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE1316DEFENSE TEAM IN TAJIKISTAN TO LOOK AT PROCUREMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: A team of U.S. military purchasing specialists visited Tajikistan last week to investigate possibilities for procuring non-lethal goods on the Tajik market for delivery to U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The team tentatively agreed to purchase bottled water from Tajik manufacturer [...]
2009-11-23 09:42:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON MASS ETRD TI
09DUSHANBE487THE RICHARD BOUCHER FAN CLUB - TAJIKISTAN'S GOVERNMENT PRESS
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) MFA Spokesman Davlat Nazriyev summoned PAO April 22 for questioning, along with his deputy and the director for Europe and North America, to discuss why the embassy's press office had failed to inform the official [...]
2009-04-24 09:49:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KPAO KDEM TI
09DUSHANBE785TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR A/S BLAKE'S JULY VISIT
[...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of A/S Blake. Following is an overview of the key issues in Tajikistan and some talking points for your meetings with senior government officials. Overview 2. (C) Tajikistan has the potential to be a stabilizing influence and a [...]
2009-06-25 10:50:00Embassy DushanbeSECRET//NOFORNEAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE840TAJIKISTAN - A/S BLAKE'S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: In Dushanbe on July 6, 2009 South and Central Asia Assistant Secretary Robert Blake gave an overview to President Rahmon and Foreign Minister Zarifi of the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, emphasizing the importance of Tajikistan in this effort. He proposed the Unite [...]
2009-07-13 12:28:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE886JOINT ODC/EXBS END-USE MONITORING TRIP REPORT
[...] Summary: Monitoring results of U.S. funded communications equipment in Tajikistan are positive. The equipment is being used along the porous Tajik-Afghan border as intended and is being maintained to the highest degree of serviceability. Some issues were identified, but could be easily overco [...]
2009-07-24 10:01:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR EAID MASS ECPS TI
09DUSHANBE954CHINESE INTEREST IN TAJIKISTAN INCREASES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan's largest and most powerful neighbor, China plays an increasingly central role in Tajikistan's economic development. It has made massive state-led investments in Tajikistan's infrastructure, including roads and energy transmission lines, and Chinese imports increasin [...]
2009-08-07 10:46:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV PREL ENRG ELTN TI CH
09DUSSELDORF10IJU/"SAUERLAND CELL" TERRORISM TRIAL OPENS IN DUESSELDORF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of the "Sauerland Cell" charged with membership in the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) and planning terrorist attacks in Germany against American and other targets began on April 22 amidst strict security and enormous media attention at the High Security Court in Duesseldorf [...]
2009-04-22 17:46:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KISL PGOV KCRM KZ PK UZ GM
09FRANKFURT1712FRAUD SUMMARY - GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 2008 TO FEBRUARY 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-30 13:41:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GM
09FRANKFURT241Blue Lantern Level 3: Pre-License End-Use Check on
[...] (SBU) Reftel requested that post conduct a bona fides site visit to Zeltmann GmbH and a pre-license check on application 050136522. ConGen Pol-Econ Off conducted the site visit with junior directors Peter Zeltmann and Achim Zeltmann on January 14. Established in 1964 by current senior directo [...]
2009-01-23 14:04:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC SP GM
09FRANKFURT2648FRAUD SUMMARY - GERMANY - MARCH - AUGUST 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-09 12:57:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GM
09FREETOWN217MAY POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN
[...] (U) Summary: President Koroma continued to focus in May towards reconciling the country's two major political parties, urging them to implement the communiquQ signed following the unrest in March. On the heels of the Cabinet reshuffle, Ministers have signed new performance contracts. The disin [...]
2009-06-12 11:00:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SL
09FREETOWN24SIERRA LEONE 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Per reftel, please see Embassy Freetown's 2009 Investment Climate Statement below. The document will also be sent via e-mail on the unclassified system. Embassy POC for this report is Political/Economic Officer Amy LeMar (lemaran.@state.gov). A. Openness to Foreign Investment 2. The Gov [...]
2009-01-15 18:18:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EINV ETRD KTDB USTR OPIC SL
09FREETOWN325DIPLOMATIC CORPS VIEWS: CRY ME A RIVER
[...] (C) Summary: Through mainly one-on-one meetings over the past two weeks with Western, African and Middle Eastern envoys, plus the United Nations, Ambassador has detected both a desire to support Sierra Leone's stated goals and a frustration that to do so is difficult. President Koroma's lauda [...]
2009-08-17 16:54:00Embassy FreetownSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR SL
09FREETOWN383GUINEA CLAIMS SL "MERCENARIES" SEEK TO OVERTHROW
[...] (S/NF) Poloff received information from a highly-placed security contact that the Guinean junta suspects an army of Sierra Leonean "mercenaries" will attempt to overthrow their regime. A letter sent from the junta to the Sierra Leonean Office of National Security (ONS) during the week of Septe [...]
2009-09-25 12:03:00Embassy FreetownSECRETPGOV PREL PINR PINS GV SL
09FREETOWN42SIERRA LEONE ARMY "DREAM TEAM" AIRS GRIEVANCES
[...] (C) Summary: An anonymous letter released in Freetown has accused the Minister of Defense of making appointments and promotions favoring his own ethnic group, corruption and misuse of government resources, and threatens "another war is possible" if the accusations raised in the letter are not [...]
2009-02-04 14:11:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR SL
09FREETOWN82OUR CLOSEST ALLIES? MEETING WITH INCOMING BRITISH
[...] (C) Incoming British High Commissioner Ian Hughes paid an office call on the Ambassador February 25. Deputy High Commissioner Rachel Cooper and DCM Glenn Fedzer also attended. The Ambassador discussed President Obama and Secretary Clinton's foreign policy objectives and areas of mutual int [...]
2009-03-04 16:46:00Embassy FreetownSECRET//NOFORNSNAR PREL PGOV UK SL
09FREETOWN98SIERRA LEONE FORIEGN MINISTER: ICC INDICTMENT NOT
[...] (U) Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura summoned the Diplomatic Corps on 5 March to inform them that President Koroma was taking a vacation and undergoing a routine medical checkup in New Delhi as a guest of the Indian Government. Bangura also expressed concern that the ICC indictment of Sudanes [...]
2009-03-16 17:49:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SL
09GABORONE277BOTSWANA READOUT ON ZIMBABWE, MADAGASCAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Skelemani spent two hours on April 3 briefing Ambassador Nolan and other Chiefs of Mission on the proceedings of the March 30 SADC Summit. Skelemani was frustrated by the unconstitutional change of power in Madagascar, and he was disappointed that the situation [...]
2009-04-03 11:52:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPKO ZI MA BC
09GENEVA1089START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA
[...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-049. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 24, 2009 Time: 1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva Participants: U.S. RUSSIA A/S Gottemoeller Amb Antonov [...]
2009-11-30 17:04:00Mission GenevaSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA1106START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA
[...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-057. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 25, 2009 Time: 11:00 P.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller and Ambassador Antonov conducted a Heads of Delegation ( [...]
2009-12-02 17:33:00Mission GenevaSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA584SRI LANKA: S/WCI AMB. WILLIAMSON'S GENEVA MEETINGS
[...] (C) S/WCI Amb. Williamson met with representatives of ICRC, OHCHR and UNHCR July 9 to discuss the recent conflict in Sri Lanka in relation to a Congressional reporting requirement in recent supplemental funding legislation. His interlocutors presented a complex picture of what had happened o [...]
2009-07-15 09:23:00Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALCE MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
09GEORGETOWN553Pol/Econ Round-up December 8-December 24
[...] (U) This "round-up" reporting cable covers December 8-December 24. Copenhagen - Lower Than Expected Results 2. (U) Local media reported that the UN Climate Change Summit ended on lower than expected results. President Bharrat Jagdeo expressed disappointment with the total ag [...]
2009-12-23 18:37:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM ECON SENV GY
09GRENADA15CHINA INVESTS BIG-TIME IN GRENADA
[...] (SBU) Grenada and the People's Republic of China (PRC) celebrated the fourth anniversary of relations on January 20, 2009 with protestations of warm friendship and continued observance of the one China policy. The PRC continues to pour money into the cash-strapped island nation. Grenada withd [...]
2009-03-04 21:55:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV GJ CH
09GRENADA1830 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF GRENADA'S COUP D'ETAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: March 13, 2009 marks the 30th anniversary of the 1979 coup led by Maurice Bishop that started Grenada down its four year revolutionary path. Radio and television stations are dusting off old footage of Maurice Bishop's fiery speeches. An apparent trial balloon to gauge public re [...]
2009-03-16 21:48:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV GJ
09GRENADA69JULY 21 FAREWELL CALLS ON GRENADIAN OFFICIALS
[...] (SBU) During Chargi d'Affaires Karen Jo McIsaac's July 21 farewell calls, Government of Grenada officials thanked the United States for its continuing assistance to Grenada. The Minister for Foreign Affairs called for U.S. Government increase assistance levels and issue visas in country, based [...]
2009-07-24 15:54:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL GJ
09GUADALAJARA112"GO BLANK YOUR MOTHERS!" - A GOVERNOR'S FALL FROM GRACE
[...] (C) Summary: Jalisco Governor Emilio Gonzalez Marquez was once considered a possible contender for the National Action (PAN) Party's presidential nomination in 2012. But the Governor's greatest assets - an engaging personality and passionate oratory - have proved to be a double-edged sword. A [...]
2009-03-26 22:06:00Consulate GuadalajaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MX
09GUANGZHOU451Taiwan Research Institute: Cross-Strait Understanding
[...] (SBU) Summary: "Ignorance is our greatest enemy," said Professor Liu Guoshen of Xiamen University's Taiwan Research Institute (TRI) as he opened a recent meeting with visiting American scholars. TRI academics used the opportunity to emphasize the value of direct exchanges between PRC and Taiwa [...]
2009-07-30 08:49:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TW CH
09GUATEMALA100 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-05 07:40:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA1023Retired Colonel Sentenced to 53 Years in Ground-Breaking War
[...] (U) Summary: On December 3, for the first time in Guatemala's history, a former high-ranking army officer was convicted for directly participating in war crimes that occurred during the country's 36 year-long armed internal conflict. Retired Colonel Marco Antonio Sanchez Samayoa, along with [...]
2009-12-11 00:50:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS GT
09GUATEMALA1027WHA/CEN DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOCUSES ON MERIDA INITIATIVE AND
[...] (SBU) A variety of interlocutors described Guatemala's deteriorating security situation, rampant corruption, and the GoG's struggle against increasing narco-trafficking to WHA/CEN Deputy Director David Wolfe during a November 18-21 visit. MOD Valenzuela reiterated his support for a professiona [...]
2009-12-17 15:50:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR ECON GT
09GUATEMALA1029Ambassador Brokered Historic First Step in Dialogue Between
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Guatemalan MOD officials exchanged views, November 23, during a first of its kind breakfast the Ambassador hosted in honor of visiting SouthCom Military Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Ken Keen. The meeting, designed to stimulate dialogue between the mutually distrustful groups [...]
2009-12-18 17:51:00Embassy GuatemalaSECRETPGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM GT
09GUATEMALA1031SOUTHCOM Visit Provides Opportunity to Showcase USG
[...] (C) Summary: USSOUTHCOM's Military Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Ken Keen's visit provided an opportunity to highlight USG assistance in Guatemala while noting areas where the Guatemalans need to improve. The USG-trained Guatemalan military/police joint unit boasts some successfu [...]
2009-12-23 19:06:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV KCRM PHUM KDEM GT
09GUATEMALA106UNDER NARCO THREAT, RULE OF LAW COLLAPSING IN COBAN
[...] (C) Confronted by the threat from three narcotrafficking groups, including recently arrived "Zetas" from Mexico, the local Rule of Law (ROL) apparatus in the northern city of Coban is no longer capable of dealing with the most serious kinds of crime. What is happening there is typical of many rural [...]
2009-02-06 10:15:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR EAID KCRM ASEC PHUM PINR MX GT
09GUATEMALA1108GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 115
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 17:07:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA138 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 09:53:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA1460GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 125
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-18 13:47:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA1462GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 126
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-18 13:48:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA1514GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 130
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-30 21:38:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA170GOG LEADERS DISCUSS APPLICABILITY OF COLOMBIAN
[...] (C) The Ambassador hosted a meeting February 18 for senior Guatemalan leaders, including Acting President Espada, with Embassy Bogota's NAS Director to discuss the applicability of Colombian lessons to Guatemala's deteriorating security environment. Bogota NAS Director identified political wil [...]
2009-02-24 08:13:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV ASEC PINR CO GT
09GUATEMALA180 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-26 15:32:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA213 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-09 14:59:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA215 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-09 14:59:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA216 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-09 14:59:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA22 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-12 17:11:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA222MINISTER OF DEFENSE UNDER PRESSURE TO TURN OVER
[...] (U) Summary: On March 6, the Ministry of Defense presented to a judge certified copies of two of the four 1980s-era military counterinsurgency plans -- Victoria 82 and Firmeza 83 -- ordered by the Constitutional Court to be turned over to the Public Ministry. The two other plans -- Plan Sofi [...]
2009-03-11 14:34:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALMARR PHUM MOPS KDEM KCRM KJUS PGOV GT
09GUATEMALA241TWO POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED FOR 1984 FORCED
[...] (U) Summary: After 25 years of eluding justice, two suspects -- an active-duty police officer and a retired police officer -- were arrested March 5 and 6 for the 1984 disappearance of labor leader Edgar Fernando Garcia, late husband of influential Congresswoman Nineth Montenegro. The arrests [...]
2009-03-17 15:07:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KJUS KDEM PGOV ELAB GT
09GUATEMALA26 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-13 10:27:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA298GUATEMALAN POLICE ARREST TEN NARCOTRAFFICKERS
[...] (C) On March 5, the Guatemalan National Civil Police (PNC) arrested ten alleged members, mostly Guatemalans, of the Mexican Zetas (the armed wing of the Gulf Cartel) in response to shootouts that same day between PNC officers and the alleged narcotraffickers. The confrontations between the PNC [...]
2009-03-30 14:57:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM PTER PGOV KJUS KDEM GT
09GUATEMALA304 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 21:08:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA311A/S SHANNON'S MARCH 19-21 VISIT TO GUATEMALA
[...] (C) During his March 19-21 visit to Guatemala, WHA Assistant Secretary Shannon met with President Colom, other senior members of government, CICIG Commissioner Castresana, and representatives of civil society, press, and the business sector. Colom said Guatemala's fiscal conservatism would h [...]
2009-04-01 17:11:00Embassy GuatemalaSECRETPREL ECON SNAR CVIS PGOV PHUM UN HO ES CU GT
09GUATEMALA324CICIG'S OPENING SALVO IN PORTILLO-ERA EMBEZZLEMENT
[...] (U) On March 26 and the days immediately thereafter, Guatemalan police arrested retired army General Enrique Rios Sosa, active duty Naval Captain Rondolfo Leonel Chacon Alvarez (Commander of the Naval School),army Captain Adolfo Catalan Munoz, retired army Colonel Sergio Cardenas Sagastume, [...]
2009-04-03 16:49:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM PINR GT
09GUATEMALA337 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 17:04:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA338 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 17:06:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA339 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 17:07:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA340 GUATEMALA HUAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 17:07:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS REL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA341 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 17:07:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA379 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 20:08:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA380 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 21:53:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA381 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 21:53:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA452 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-12 20:39:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA538ROGUE ELEMENTS OF GUATEMALAN MILITARY SELLING
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In the wake of a recent deadly shoot-out between GOG anti-drug agents and Zetas, the embassy has received new information indicating rogue elements within the Guatemalan army are selling military-grade weapons and munitions to narcotraffickers. The Embassy DAO has learned that 1 [...]
2009-06-08 22:35:00Embassy GuatemalaSECRETMARR PGOV PTER MCAP PREL PINR MOPS GT
09GUATEMALA546 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 22:29:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA547 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 22:30:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA579 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 21:57:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA588 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-23 18:07:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA609 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 22:23:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA610 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 22:23:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA614 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 22:24:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA654 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 17:13:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA657 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 17:14:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA658 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 17:14:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA659 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 17:15:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA670 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-14 15:24:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA671 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-14 15:24:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA687 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 15:42:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA688 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 15:42:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA689 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 15:43:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA69GUATEMALA: BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to ref a, PolMil Officer researched the bona fides of the arms import company Munar S.A. The research included an on-site inspection of the facility, an interview with the company's owner, and records checks of both the company and the owner with Guatemala's Arms [...]
2009-01-26 14:47:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALETTC KMOC GT
09GUATEMALA690 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 15:43:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA691 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 15:43:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA703PUTTING OUT FIRES: THE OAS OFFICE IN THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent trip by PolOff to the Organization of American States (OAS) office in the Belize-Guatemala Adjacency Zone (AZ) found an effective team performing difficult tasks under often arduous conditions. By resolving territorial disputes early in the process and at a local level, [...]
2009-07-21 22:24:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALOAS PBTS PREL PGOV PINR PNAT GT
09GUATEMALA756WHILE STEALING COCAINE, POLICE CONFRONTED BY AG'S
[...] (U) This is a spot report based on late-breaking, initial information that is subject to confirmation. 2. (U) Guatemalan press reported that on August 6 authorities captured 830 (according to DEA sources, 800-830) kilos of cocaine hidden in a semi-trailer truck in a northern part of Guate [...]
2009-08-07 18:26:00Embassy GuatemalaSECRETSNAR KCRM MOPS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA820 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 22:52:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA869 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-10 16:05:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA872 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-10 21:35:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA890GUATEMALAN COURT SETS PRECEDENT WITH FORCED
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 31, a Chimaltenango court approved Guatemala's first-ever conviction for the crime of forced disappearance. Felipe Cusanero, a military commissioner who acted under military authority, was sentenced to 150 years for the disappearance of six civilians during the inte [...]
2009-09-16 22:04:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM KJUS PGOV KCRM GT
09GUATEMALA898GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST [XXX]
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 14:27:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA904STAFFDEL JACOBSTEIN STRUCK BY GUATEMALA'S SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Human rights and UN officials told Staffdel Jacobstein September 1-4 that weak institutions, vulnerability to narco-traffickers, and corruption were all serious problems facing the Colom government. These points were reiterated by the Country Team, and driven home during the St [...]
2009-09-18 18:32:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PHUM PREL PGOV PINS ASEC EAID MARR MCAP MOPS GT
09GUATEMALA919Congress Elects Supreme Court Amid Controversy
[...] (C) On September 30, the Guatemalan Congress elected the thirteen new members of the Supreme Court from a list of 26 candidates. The candidates' list was the result of a reformed and improved selection process which the U.S. and other embassies, as well as CICIG, had successfully encouraged C [...]
2009-10-02 19:00:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KCRM KJUS KDEM EAID GT
09GUATEMALA921GUATEMALA: Blue Lantern Level 3: Post-License/Pre-Shipment
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to ref a, Emboffs researched the bona fides of the arms import company Importadora Milenium, S.A.(IMSA). The research included an on-site inspection of IMSA, an interview with the company's legal representative, and records checks of both the company and the repres [...]
2009-10-02 21:08:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC GT
09GUATEMALA943USG Assistance Positively Impacting Poptun; Playa Grande a
[...] (C) Summary: During field visits to Poptun and Playa Grande in northern Guatemala on September 28 and October 5, EmbOffs and official visitors observed the positive impact of U.S. Special Forces training of the Guatemalan Army's Special Forces Brigade and an elite police unit, and the joint forces [...]
2009-10-21 21:34:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV KCRM GT
09GUATEMALA969Congress Elects New Executive Board; Pre-Election Jockeying Under Way
[...] (C) On October 27 Congress elected a new Executive Board. Roberto Alejos, of the governing UNE party, was re-elected as President of Congress. Alejos has been helpful to the Embassy, particularly on rule of law reform issues, and we anticipate two more important rule of law reform measures will soo [...]
2009-11-09 19:34:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR PINR KDEM SOCI GT
09HANOI1070Request for Leahy Vetting for candidates from the Vietnam
[...] (SBU) Embassy Hanoi requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Vietnam Ministry of Public Security nominated to attend a two-week course at ILEA Bangkok. The training will be conducted in Bangkok, Thailand on November 9-20, 2009. Initial vetting done [...]
2009-10-08 10:31:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL KTIP VM
09HANOI1184Vietnam - 2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy
[...] The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continued to make progress in its counternarcotics efforts during 2009. Specific actions included: sustained efforts of counternarcotics law enforcement authorities to pursue drug traffickers; increased attention to interagency coordination; continued cooperati [...]
2009-11-05 08:27:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR VM
09HANOI1314(Vodka) Shots Reported Across the China-Vietnam Border
[...] (SBU) On November 18, Vietnam and China signed a series of accords to implement the historic 2008 agreement demarcating Vietnam's 1,400-kilometer land border with China (ref A). According to contacts familiar with the negotiations, the agreement was hastily concluded December 31, 2008 to meet [...]
2009-12-08 04:18:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON PBTS ECIN CH VM
09HANOI134UNEVENTFUL, UNPUBLICIZED, BUT NOT UNNOTICED: 30TH
[...] (SBU) The thirtieth anniversary of Vietnam's short but bloody war with China passed without incident February 17. There were no public protests and only a light police presence in Lenin Park opposite the Chinese Embassy, site of large anti-China demonstrations in December 2007. Vietnam's sta [...]
2009-02-18 10:05:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ECON CH VM
09HANOI312008-2009 INCSR PART I -- VIETNAM
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Hanoi's submission for the narcotics section of the 2008-2009 INCSR. 2. (U) Begin INCSR text: Vietnam I. Summary The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continued to make progress in its counternarcotics efforts during 2008. Specific actions included: sustai [...]
2009-01-12 10:36:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR VM
09HANOI330IDEOLOGY RESURGENT? THE GENERAL SECRETARY'S NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Those with the patience to read General Secretary Nong Duc Manh's recent pronouncements may have noticed something new. Alongside the usual utterances about "peaceful evolution," there is now a further admonition: Cadres must be on guard against the evils of "self-evolution." [...]
2009-04-10 02:29:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON VM
09HANOI424Back to Basics: Vietnam Discusses Peacekeeping at APCSS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an effort to further encourage Vietnam to participate in UN peacekeeping operations (PKO),the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS),an academic institute linked with U.S. Pacific Command, joined with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)-affiliated think tank an [...]
2009-05-04 08:06:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO MARR MASS VM
09HANOI497WAY FORWARD ON DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH VIETNAM
[...] (C) Summary: The United States and Vietnam are moving to a new level of defense cooperation not previously seen in our bilateral relationship. While progress in some areas is slower than we would like, we have now expanded our engagement to the point where setting priorities will be key to ou [...]
2009-06-01 10:01:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM
09HANOI578PEPFAR VIETNAM, SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Warm congratulations on your appointment from me and the entire PEPFAR team here at Mission Vietnam. I wanted to personally congratulate you and spend a little time giving you my perspective on what I believe is a somewhat unique component of your PEPFAR community. Before you [...]
2009-06-22 11:28:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PGOV PROP SOCI EAID SNAR KHIV VM
09HANOI582BUILDING VIETNAM'S MILITARY DETERRENT WITH RUSSIAN
[...] (C) Summary. Increasingly concerned about China's assertive behavior in the South China Sea, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) is pressing ahead with its military modernization program. To better defend its territorial claims and economic interests and present a more potent deterrent to Chine [...]
2009-06-23 10:31:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALMCAP PINR PINS PREL RS VM
09HANOI633Vietnam Arrests Two More High Profile Dissidents
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Adding to the five other individuals arrested at the end of May and throughout June, including prominent lawyer Le Cong Dinh, the GVN arrested two additional high profile dissidents on July 7 - Viet Youth for Democracy leader Nguyen Tien Trung and Bloc 8406 leader Tran Anh Kim. [...]
2009-07-07 11:04:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI698Vietnam's Police Discuss TIP and Child Sex Crimes
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 23, the Deputy Director of the Criminal Police Department in the Ministry of Public Security (MPS),Colonel Ho Sy Tien, discussed trends in human trafficking, including labor exploitation of men and the manipulation of tourist visas and fraudulent marriages for cross-bor [...]
2009-07-28 08:51:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM PREL ELAB VM
09HANOI881The Contenders: How Elite Cadre Advance, Prospects for 2011
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Decision-making at the top of Vietnam's Communist Party structure is broader based and more consensus driven than in China, and the full Politburo and Central Committee take an active role in policy and personnel matters. While the most fervid speculation about the January 2011 P [...]
2009-10-22 09:23:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON VM
09HANOI90VIETNAMESE SECURITY FORCE REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING (DATT,
[...] (SBU) Post proposes the following Vietnamese Armed Forces members for Department clearance for participation in USSOCOM exercise Sovereign Challenge. Hanoi Post did not find any credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the following individuals. The approximate cost for this tr [...]
2009-02-05 09:12:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL VN
09HANOI931War hero/dissident sentenced to 5.5 years; Le Cong Dinh
[...] (SBU) Following a half-day trial December 28, former army Lt. Colonel and democracy activist Tran Anh Kim was sentenced by a court in Thai Binh to five and a half years in prison, followed by three years of probation. Although Kim was convicted under the more serious Article 79 (subversion),[...]
2009-12-29 09:56:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI968BUILDING FOUNDATION FOR A NEW BEGINNING IN DEFENSE TRADE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's visit to the U.S. in June 2008, which included an unprecedented meeting at the Pentagon, both the Vietnamese Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Ministry of Public Security (MPS) have demonstrated previously unseen interest in buying non-lethal [...]
2009-09-17 04:54:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ECON EINT ETRD MARR PARM
09HARARE1012OUTSIDERS, VIEWS OF THE INSIDE OF ZANU-PF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF hardliners have adopted a 'wait and see' attitude regarding Western sanctions, believing that EU sanctions might be lifted soon, with lifting of U.S. sanctions taking another two to three years. Merely offering immunity from prosecution and one-time payments will not be [...]
2009-12-30 14:09:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC ZI
09HARARE117ZIMBABWEAN PARLIAMENT PASSES NSC LEGISLATION
[...] (SBU) The Zimbabwean Parliament passed the Zimbabwe National Security Council (NSC) bill on February 10, creating a new executive entity charged with reviewing the country's national security policies and recommending or directing strategic actions. The NSC legislation is currently awaiting [...]
2009-02-13 07:38:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE18NEW ARRESTS: POSSIBLE EFFORTS TO MANUFACTURE
[...] (C) An eye witness estimates that 300 security forces, including two helicopters, were used in an extensive search of three white-owned properties about 10 miles east of Harare on January 3. Members of the military, police, presidential guard and intelligence services participated in the sear [...]
2009-01-07 12:58:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE217A TRUCE IN THE WAR OF WORDS IN ZIMBABWE
[...] (SBU) This week has been dominated by a church service and public memorial for Susan Tsvangirai, and a public internment. President Robert Mugabe had conciliatory words for Morgan Tsvangirai at the church service; Tsvangirai's eldest son and MDC secretary general and GOZ finance minister Ten [...]
2009-03-12 13:03:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE222ZIM NOTES 03-13-2009
[...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Tragic Car Accident Results in Death of Tsvangirai's Wife... - Roy Bennett Out on Bail... - Surge in Land Invasions Continues... - Retired Army Chief Dies... - New Independent Newspaper Seeks Approval... - Australia Makes Non-Humanitarian Donat [...]
2009-03-16 07:41:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE379FORGIVE AND FORGET? NOT YET -- RECONCILIATION SLOW
[...] (C) Progress towards forgiveness is slow in Gutu South, a rural constituency that was hard hit by violence during the 2008 inter-election period. Although some chiefs are leading an effort towards reconciliation between victims and perpetrators of violence, fear and intimidation remain high a [...]
2009-05-07 15:51:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE444ZANU-PF GOVERNOR FORCING HIMSELF ON AMCIT-OWNED CONSERVANCY
[...] (SBU) After years of successfully avoiding land invasions, Zimbabwe's private conservancies now face the threat of forced "indigenous partnerships" that--if carried out--will likely deter further investment and derail significant conservation gains. Under the Wildlife-Based Land Reform Policy [...]
2009-05-29 12:09:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC SENV PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM CASC ZI
09HARARE506ZIM NOTES 06-19-09
[...] Tsvangirai Delegation Heads to Europe... Following last week's visit to the U.S., Prime Minister Tsvangirai turned his attention to contnental Europe, spending this week meeting with senior European officials. Justice Minister Chinamasa and Foreign Affairs Minister Mumbengegwi of ZANU-PF were [...]
2009-06-19 13:35:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE660ZIM NOTES 08-14-2009
[...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC and Outstanding Issues... - New Doctor's Strike a Blow to Healthcare Efforts... - Tsvangirai Saluted by Defense Chiefs?... - MDC-M Pressures Speaker to Ban MPs... - Secretary Clinton Blames Leadership for Zim Collapse... - ILO Investigation [...]
2009-08-17 08:58:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE699ZIM NOTES 08-28-2009
[...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Zuma Visits Zimbabwe, Discusses GPA... - Elections When?... - Mutambara Speaks Out...and is Slammed... - KP Chair's Visit Stir Controversy... - Mugabe Seeks Health Care in Dubai... - Deputy Youth Minister's Trial Begins... - Richard Hove Dies. [...]
2009-08-31 10:26:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE72FARM SEIZURES CONTINUE: SADC RULING AND BIPPAS
[...] (C) In mid-January, the president of the Commercial Farmer's Union told us that the Zimbabwean government was continuing to promote its land seizure and redistribution program by evicting commercial farmers and handing their farms over to loyal regime officials. Land reform was a topic of con [...]
2009-01-30 08:20:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE725ZIM NOTES 09-11-2009
[...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - SADC Summit... - New Strategy Against White Farmers? - Senior EU Delegation to Visit... - MP Jonathan Moyo Re-joins ZANU-PF... - Activist Killed for a Song... - MFA Apologizes, and The Herald Prints Embassy Letter... - University of Zimbabwe R [...]
2009-09-14 09:40:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE754ZIM NOTES 9-18-09
[...] Donors Pledge USD 70 Million to Education... In a September 14 ceremony attended by the Charge and numerous other heads of mission, the Educational Transition Fund announced it is investing USD 70 million in education. The fund will put textbooks and learning materials back in schools and guar [...]
2009-09-21 09:37:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN EAID ZI
09HARARE771ZIM NOTES 9-25-09
[...] Political Parties Reconfigure Control of Constitutional Process... The three principals to the power-sharing agreement, President Mugabe, PM Tsvangirai, and DPM Mutambara, met last week and agreed to form three new entities to oversee the constitutional process - a Management Committee that ap [...]
2009-09-26 16:05:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN EAID ZI
09HARARE814ZIMBABWE - AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-13 14:15:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE834ZIM NOTES 10-16-2009
[...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Roy Bennett Locked Up Again and then Ordered Released... - MDC Announces Disengagement from ZANU-PF... - Media Commission Selected, but not Announced... - Journalist Arrested in Chiadzwa... - Trial of Human Rights Lawyer and Court Clerk Begins.. [...]
2009-10-19 07:45:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE839UNEASY CALM BLANKETS ZIMBABWE,S RURAL AREAS
[...] (SBU) A series of Embassy visits across five Zimbabwean provinces between mid-September and mid-October 2009 confirmed that levels of political violence are currently quite low, with the exception of invasions of several contested white-owned commercial farms. Nevertheless, the potential for [...]
2009-10-21 12:26:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
09HARARE867A WEEK OF RAIDS, ARRESTS, AND MAYHEM IN ZIMBABWE
[...] (U) Throughout the past week, Zimbabwe's security forces and likely ZANU-PF supporters have executed a series of operations targeting the MDC and several local NGOs, resulting in the arrest of seven people -- five of whom were subsequently released -- the attempted abduction of an eighth indiv [...]
2009-10-30 09:38:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL ASEC ZI
09HARARE879THE DEVIL'S BARGAIN: AN UPDATE ON ZIMBABWE PRISONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 11:34:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM CASC SMIG ELAB ZI
09HARARE938BULAWAYO'S SUPPORT FOR MDC-T GROWING; ECONOMIC
[...] (C) During a recent visit to Bulawayo, we met with representatives from a number of civic organizations to take the political and social temperature in this anti-ZANU-PF stronghold. We were pleasantly surprised that civic groups have experienced significantly less harassment since the formati [...]
2009-12-03 13:34:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ELAB ECON KDEM ASEC ZI
09HARARE964ZIMBABWE AT THE EPICENTER OF RHINO POACHING
[...] (SBU) Rhino poaching continues unabated in Zimbabwe because of lax law enforcement and what appears to be a growing Asian demand for rhino horn. In the last three years, approximately one-quarter of all Zimbabwe's black rhinos have been killed by poachers. Local conservationists are increasin [...]
2009-12-14 09:24:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC ZI VM
09HARARE976MUGABE AND ZANU-PF BURY HEADS AND DIG IN HEELS AT
[...] (SBU) ZANU-PF concluded its five-year Congress on December 13 by reelecting President Robert Mugabe to another term, as well as completing the appointments of Joice Mujuru and John Nkomo as Vice Presidents, and Simon Khaya Moyo as Party Chairman. Though rumors of party discontent abounded, n [...]
2009-12-16 14:58:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HELSINKI127FINLAND'S SECURITY POLICY: EU AN END POINT OR
[...] (C) Summary. Media attention on the Finnish Government's (GOF) quadrennial defense and security white paper focused more on the "strong case" in favor of Finland's possible NATO membership than the fact that the document places primary importance on the European Union's role in promoting secu [...]
2009-04-02 10:59:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALEU FI MARR PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI413FAST TRACK LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: LEHTOMAKI,
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, post has reviewed the records of the below named military candidate for military training and found no derogatory information. --(Maj/Male) Petri Kalle Juhani Lehtisalo, Major, Finnish Army DOB: July 2, 1971 POB: Tampere, Finland 2. (SBU) This candidate plans to attend [...]
2009-11-05 16:05:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYFI PGOV PHUM PREL
09HELSINKI457FAST TRACK LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: MATTSSON,
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, post has reviewed the records of the below named military officer and military unit for military training and found no derogatory information. --(Male) Jouni Ilari Kim Mattsson, Regimental Commander, Utti Jaeger Regiment, Finnish Army DOB: November 29, 1962 POB: Helsinki, [...]
2009-12-04 15:32:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDFI PGOV PHUM PREL
09HILLAH19BABIL: GOVERNOR SIDELINED; POSSIBLE CHANGES IN ISF
[...] (C) Other than one or two public appearances, Governor Salim Saleh Mahdi Al-Muslimawi has largely disappeared from the public stage since the election. According to various political party leaders, Gov Muslimawi has also not played a role in inter-party discussions about filling provincial lea [...]
2009-02-24 14:06:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALPROB PINR IZ
09HILLAH3BABIL ISF REACTS SWIFTLY TO FIRST ASSASSINATION OF A
[...] (SBU) The ISF moved swiftly to respond on January 16 to the assassination that same day of Haytim Kadum Ali Abd Al-Husseiny, number two on Da'wa's list of candidates for the January 31 provincial council (PC) election. Within hours a curfew was imposed on the town of Jabella, where the murder [...]
2009-01-17 09:40:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR IZ
09HILLAH6PM'S OFFICE TAKES CHARGE OF INVESTIGATION INTO ASSASSINATION
[...] (C) On January 20 a Baghdad investigative team arrived in Babil to take the lead in the investigation into the assassination of Haytem Al-Husseiny, Da'wa's number two candidate for election to the PC. The Baghdad team is led by officials from the PM's office -- apparently the CTB -- but also i [...]
2009-01-23 15:23:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV KDEM PINR IZ
09HOCHIMINHCITY169POLITICS AT PLAY IN HCMC BAR ASSOCIATION RESHUFFLE
[...] (C) Summary: The battle between the Ministry of Justice and the HCMC Bar Association over the establishment of a new National Bar Association (NBA) has ended in a truce, of sorts, with HCMC Bar Association President Nguyen Dang Trung staying in place and Vice President, prominent human rights l [...]
2009-03-09 10:02:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY674LOWER MEKONG INITIATIVE: FORECAST MEKONG IN THE DELTA
[...] (U) Summary: One practical byproduct of the Secretary's Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) is the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) effort to help the Mekong countries assess how climate change and human activities impact the Mekong basin. USGS held a Forecast Mekong workshop in Can Tho city Decemb [...]
2009-12-16 11:26:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON ENRG EAGR SOCI PREL PGOV EAID TH VN
09HOCHIMINHCITY688A TALE OF THREE CENTRAL COAST PROVINCES: THE GOOD, THE WEIRD
[...] (SBU) Summary: The three south-central coastal provinces of Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen and Binh Dinh may occupy the same long stretch of coast, but strong local leadership commitment to economic reform enables Binh Dinh to thrive while Khanh Hoa meanders and Phu Yen stumbles. The annual Vietnam Provi [...]
2009-12-28 07:01:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PGOV SOCI VM
09HONGKONG1022HONG KONG JUNE 4 CANDLELIGHT VIGIL: SHINE ON
[...] (C) Summary and comment: As many as 150,000 people attended Hong Kong's annual June 4 candlelight vigil, a number not seen since the first vigil here in 1990. Observers believe the significance of the twentieth anniversary of June 4 was the key factor bringing back those whose attendance had [...]
2009-06-05 10:16:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG1218HONG KONG JULY 1 MARCH: HEAT HALVES HOPED-FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Approximately 50,000 people took to the streets for Hong Kong's annual July 1 Democracy march, up from last year's claimed 47,000 but far short of the 100,000 many were anticipating. Scorching heat may have been a major deterrent. The march differed from 2008's panoply of causes [...]
2009-07-02 09:38:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM HK CH
09HONGKONG1362LABOR TENSIONS RISE IN MACAU OVER PROTECTION OF
[...] (C) Summary: Las Vegas Sands (LVS) Macau President Steve Jacobs criticized recent labor-related actions by the government of Macau (GOM),local police and Macau's gaming union. He provided details about three separate incidents in June and July 2009 that he believes unfairly targeted his comp [...]
2009-07-23 09:13:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD MO HK
09HONGKONG2136CHINA WANTS TO LEAD INTERNATIONAL FIGHT ON SOMALI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 13, at a well-attended private sector-organized International Piracy Conference, senior Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy officers stated China was committed to deploying its fleet to the Horn of Africa (HOA) until the region was stable and secure. They ur [...]
2009-11-20 09:53:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPHSA EWWT ATRN PREL KPIR KCRM SO BA CH HK
09HONGKONG558CIVIC PARTY: MOVING FROM FAN CLUB TO POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Hong Kong's Civic Party is unique in having been formed by a group of incumbents already in the Legislative Council, rather than by a movement which then went on to contest elections. While its legislators are among Hong Kong's most popular, the Civics have almost no [...]
2009-03-25 10:12:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG679MEDIA REACTION: THAILAND; ISRAEL AND PALESTINE; U.S.
[...] Thailand 2. Israel and Palestine 3. U.S. military spending HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]
2009-04-14 09:55:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG793JASPER TSANG: HOW MUCH COURAGE IN HIS CONVICTIONS,
[...] (C) Summary: People across the political spectrum in Hong Kong acknowledge Legislative Council (LegCo) President Jasper Tsang Yok-sing as a man of ideas and integrity. Despite concern about his still-unacknowledged status as a Communist Party member, Tsang has proven he can run LegCo fairly, ha [...]
2009-04-30 06:49:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR HK CH
09HONGKONG931TWO GOVERNING TEAMS IN HONG KONG?
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Central Government Liaison Office (CGLO) Research Department Chief Cao Erbao's January 2008 Party School journal article describing "two governing teams" in Hong Kong has recently surfaced to rekindle alarm bells here about "one country, two systems." The uproar may ha [...]
2009-05-21 07:12:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CH HK MC
09ISLAMABAD1001 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 11, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-11 09:10:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1014 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 12, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-12 10:12:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1025SITUATION IN SWAT: MAY 12
[...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Gilani called a special session of the National Assembly to discuss the situation in Swat and surrounding areas in Malakand District as well as the humanitarian situation of the growing number of IDPs. While most of the members agreed to support the government,s [...]
2009-05-12 15:42:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
09ISLAMABAD1029 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 13, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-13 09:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1035 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 11:58:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1042GENERAL NADEEM ON IDP CRISIS, PLANS AND ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 14 meeting with the Ambassador, General Nadeem, Pakistan,s newly appointed IDP coordinator, estimated that the GOP will need approximately USD 500 million for up to 1.5 million IDPs through December. Nadeem put the total IDP number at 1.27 million (of which roughly 20 p [...]
2009-05-14 17:17:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL PGOV PK EAID PTER
09ISLAMABAD1043IRI POLL: NAWAZ CONTINUES TO GAIN GROUND
[...] (C) Summary: The results of the latest International Republican Institute (IRI) poll, which was taken at the height of the lawyers' long march, unsurprisingly showed Nawaz Sharif continuing his lead over President Asif Zardari; Nawaz's approval rating stood at 75 percent compared to Zardari's [...]
2009-05-15 05:57:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MOPS PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1045GOP'S POLITICAL OFFENSIVE ON SWAT
[...] (C) Summary: Addressing the National Assembly May 14, PM Gilani briefed parliamentarians on the government's strategy in Swat, Northwest Frontier Province, particularly efforts to assist the displaced (IDPs) (reftels). He announced he would convene an all parties, conference on May 18; Chief o [...]
2009-05-15 11:37:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF MOPS EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD1046 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-15 11:48:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD106SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM GENERAL PETRAEUS
[...] (C) Summary. Pakistan has now acknowledged the Mumbai attacker in Indian custody is a Pakistani and has begun a formal investigation designed to lead to prosecution of detained Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawa members here. President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani need to be encouraged [...]
2009-01-17 12:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1063UPDATE ON RESPONSE TO GOP MILITARY REQUESTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-17 11:49:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD1064UNHCR GUTERRES IN ISLAMABAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During separate May 15 briefings for Ambassador and the donor community, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said he was satisfied the GOP now understood the severity and complexity of the IDP challenge and believed the UN response was proceeding better than expect [...]
2009-05-17 12:24:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID UN PK
09ISLAMABAD1065THE ALL PARTIES CONFERENCE GAMBLE
[...] (C) Summary. Ahead of the All Parties Conference (APC) on May 18, Ambassador called both PM Gilani and Nawaz Sharif to encourage their support for a strong political statement endorsing military action. Gilani assured the Ambassador the APC would yield a broad political consensus for action [...]
2009-05-17 12:24:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1070 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-18 09:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1074MODERATE RELIGIOUS LEADERS FIND THEIR VOICE
[...] (C) Summary: Bolstered by the government's new determination to combat terrorism, usually quiet moderate Pakistani religious leaders have begun publicly to condemn the Taliban. The most vocal are the Barelvi leaders who have formed a new alliance, the Sunni Ittehad Council, to counter the Ta [...]
2009-05-18 11:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PHUM KISL PK
09ISLAMABAD1078MILITARY OPERATIONS UPDATE: MAY 18
[...] (S) Summary: The Pakistani Army and Special Services Group (SSG-special forces) continue to prepare for an assault on Swat's main town of Mingora as militants reinforce and resupply their positions. The Army/SSG have lifted the curfew on Mingora several times in an attempt to empty the town [...]
2009-05-18 13:54:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1079IDP CRISIS UPDATE: MEETINGS WITH GOP, G8 HEADS OF
[...] (C) Summary: At a May 18 meeting between GOP Economic Advisor Shaukat Tarin and G-8 Heads of Mission, Tarin said that while the government is focused on immediate IDP emergency needs, it also is looking at reconstruction in order to permit IDPs to return to their homes as soon as their area [...]
2009-05-18 15:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1088 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 19, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-19 10:59:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1093 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 09:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1098NADEEM: IDP'S HOLDING AT 1.5 MILLION;
[...] (C) Summary: IDP Special Support Group leader Lt General Nadeem told Ambassador and PO Peshawar May 29 that the number of IDPs was holding at 1.5 million but could grow to two million when military operations begin in the Waziristans. IDPs were returning to Bajaur in FATA; Buner was now safe fo [...]
2009-05-20 09:51:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM EAID MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD1107 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 21, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-21 10:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1115 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 22, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-22 10:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1118TURKISH AMBASSADOR: THEIR TRILATERALS, FRIENDS,
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, accompanied by EmbOffs, met May 20 with Turkish Ambassador Soysal and other Turkish counterparts. The Turkish Embassy, which has taken on a coordinating role for NATO in Pakistan, advocated greater cooperation with the U.S. vis-a-vis Pakistan. Soysal described Turkey's [...]
2009-05-24 06:23:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PREF EAID MOPS PHUM MARR PREL PK TU
09ISLAMABAD1119KAYANI IS “DESPERATE” FOR HELICOPTERS
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request. In a two hour conversation with Ambassador May 23, Chief of Army Staff General Kayani told Ambassador he was "desperate" for helicopter support as he had only five MI-17s operational. Kayani insisted that Pakistani technicians were capable of doing required helicopte [...]
2009-05-25 03:49:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD1120 PAKISTAN IDP SITUATION REPORT, MAY 23, 2009
[...] (SBU) The military assault on Mingora is underway. The number of returns to Bajaur and Buner remains uncertain. Indications are that people are leaving from and returning to Buner in relatively equal numbers. Those returning are doing so to harvest their crops. Save the Children representat [...]
2009-05-25 03:57:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF EAID PGOV PK IO ECON PINR
09ISLAMABAD1122PAKISTAN MILITARY CLAIM MINGORA; PRIME MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary. Pakistan military operations continued on May 25, as the troops continued efforts to recapture the main Swat city of Mingora and secure major intersections and surrounding areas. Major General Athar Abbas, the Director General's Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) spokesm [...]
2009-05-25 12:05:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1123CODEL LEAHY MEETS PRESIDENT ZARDARI
[...] (C) In a May 25 meeting with Codel Leahy, President Zardari described his recent trilateral meeting in Iran as being focused on controlling drug trafficking and expressed support for the Obama administration's outreach to Iran. Zardari asserted that he had political consensus for current Paki [...]
2009-05-26 01:17:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1138 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 26, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 11:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1140PAKMIL CONTINUES TO MAKE GAINS IN SWAT; UN PUTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Pakistan military tightened control around Mingora on May 25 and 26. Swat Taliban leader Maulana Fazullah announced that his men would no longer fight in Mingora and pleaded for those displaced to return to the city. However, Pakistan military officials saw this announcemen [...]
2009-05-26 13:50:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1142CJCS MAJID BRIEFS CODEL CARPER ON LATEST IN SWAT;
[...] (C) Summary: Codel Carper, accompanied by the Ambassador, met May 26 with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Majid. Majid described his wish list for U.S. assistance -- precision-targeting weapons, more helicopters, and night vision equipment. The land push was going well, but the [...]
2009-05-26 15:51:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD1145 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-27 10:58:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1151UN IDP CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR WAZIRISTAN; MINGORA
[...] (SBU) Summary. On May 27, Ambassador met with representatives from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to discuss OCHA's IDP contingency plan for the Waziristans, which will cost an additional USD 150 million over the recently launched revised UN appeal. OCHA exp [...]
2009-05-27 15:50:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1158 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 28, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-28 10:10:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1167GILANI: "WE'RE ACHIEVING OUR TARGETS."
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani met May 25 with the Ambassador and Codel Leahy -- Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT),Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI),and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA). Gilani was uncharacteristically assertive, confident of the Pakistan military's success against the Swat [...]
2009-05-28 14:52:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS EAID PHUM PK
09ISLAMABAD1177 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-29 13:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1179ADB WILL CONDUCT A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT; NO
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a May 29 meeting with Ambassador, the Asia Development Bank (ADB) committed to doing a joint damage/reconstruction assessment with the World Bank of the conflict-affected areas. In order to properly conduct such a survey, ADB has requested assistance through satellite image [...]
2009-05-29 14:42:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1184LOOKING AHEAD: SUPPORT FOR MILITARY/HUMANITARIAN
[...] (C) Summary. Bolstered by ongoing popular and political support, the Pakistani security forces appear determined to win against militants. We expect a Waziristan campaign as early as late June. Meanwhile, Pakistan's military faces an entrenched enemy in Mingora, Swat, and the security situ [...]
2009-05-30 14:02:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM MARR MOPS PREF PK
09ISLAMABAD1189 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 1, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-01 11:20:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1198 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 02, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-02 11:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1199PM FINANCE ADVISOR ON ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting May 28 with the Ambassador, Shaukat Tarin, the Prime Minister's Advisor for Finance, said that, while he welcomed money coming through the budget, donors should direct their funding to the most effective and cost-efficient platforms for maximum impact. Tarin said th [...]
2009-06-02 12:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1201MILITARY OPERATIONS AND HUMANITARIAN SITUATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Asif Zardari met June 2 with political, military and law enforcement chiefs for Pakistan's four provinces to discuss overall security in the country. Each province is slated to stand up anti-terrorist units. The curfew has been lifted in some of Swat district's main ci [...]
2009-06-02 15:27:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF MOPS EAID PTER PK PINR
09ISLAMABAD1213PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 03, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 11:31:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD122 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 17-20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 11:12:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1222PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 04, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 11:10:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD123DCM MEETING WITH FORMER PAKISTAN AMBASSADOR TO
[...] (C) Summary. During a January 12 meeting with DCM, Rustam Shah Mohman, former Pakistan Ambassador to Afghanistan and former Chief Secretary for the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP),expressed his long-held view that most of Pakistan's problems in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) [...]
2009-01-21 04:26:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1236 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 05, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 11:16:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1244JUNE 5 DISPLACED PERSONS AND MILITARY SITUATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: SRAP Holbrooke's meetings with GOP officials and with Nawaz Sharif received wide coverage in Pakistan's media on June 5. Pakistan's Senate convened after a month's hiatus to debate the military operation in Swat. At a June 4 Army Corps Commanders' meeting, Chief of Staff of the [...]
2009-06-05 15:11:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD1246JUNE 5 DISPLACED PERSONS AND MILITARY SITUATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: SRAP Holbrooke's meetings with GOP officials and with Nawaz Sharif received wide coverage in Pakistan's media on June 5. Pakistan's Senate convened after a month's hiatus to debate the military operation in Swat. At a June 4 Army Corps Commanders' meeting, Chief of Staff of the [...]
2009-06-06 05:00:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD1247HAFIZ SAEED'S RELEASE TO BE APPEALED
[...] (C) Summary: On June 2, Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed was ordered released from house arrest by the Lahore High Court (LHC). With no charges pending against him, the Court found no grounds for continuing Saeed's detention, which began November 26, 2008, stated the 20-page detailed ju [...]
2009-06-07 11:35:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KJUS PK IN
09ISLAMABAD1249 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 08, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-08 09:59:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1254NWFP OFFICIALS PLANNING FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF SWAT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Northwest Frontier Province Chief Secretary Javed Iqbal and Chief Economist Shakeel Qadir told DCM and AID Mission Director that they are already planning for the reconstruction of Swat and the greater Malakand division, once hostilities end. Their concept includes an early r [...]
2009-06-08 15:33:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1261 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 09, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 10:12:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1266 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 09:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1272JUNE 10 IDP UPDATE: UN PULLS PERSONNEL OUT OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UN has moved the majority of its personnel in Peshawar to Islamabad after the June 9 attack on the Pearl Continental hotel resulted in the deaths of two of its officials (septel). This repositioning, the duration of which has not yet been determined, will not prevent the UN [...]
2009-06-10 12:49:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER PREF PHUM PGOV AID PK
09ISLAMABAD1282 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 11, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-11 10:03:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1292 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 12, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 10:32:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1297GILANI UPBEAT; ASKS FOR HELP ON MANY FRONTS
[...] (C) Summary: Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and the Ambassador met June 5 with Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani and several of his key Ministers. Gilani noted how much had changed politically since Holbrooke's last visit to Pakistan in Apri [...]
2009-06-13 08:33:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PINR PHUM ETRD EAID MOPS KJUS PK
09ISLAMABAD1299SRAP HOLBROOKE'S JUNE 5 MEETING WITH FM QURESHI
[...] (C) Summary: SRAP Holbrooke met with Foreign Minister Qureshi, Foreign Secretary Bashir and other Foreign Office officials on January 5. Qureshi said Pakistan was united under Zardari's civilian government, as the ongoing Pakistan military campaign to defeat the Taliban in Swat valley and n [...]
2009-06-13 09:17:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM IN UN PK
09ISLAMABAD1312 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-15 11:17:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1320JUNE 15 SECURITY AND IDP REPORT
[...] (C) Summary: The announcement by the governor of the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) that the government would begin an offensive into South Waziristan Agency dominated headlines. In Malakand, military operations slowed as active resistance dwindled to pockets in Swat, Buner, and Lower Dir [...]
2009-06-15 15:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD1321 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-16 10:11:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1328PESHAWAR: NWFP - CAN SWAT'S CROPS BE SAVED?
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 06:41:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EFIN PK
09ISLAMABAD1330 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 09:48:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1340AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 17 VISIT TO SWABI IDP SITE
[...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador, on June 17, visited Swabi school where community volunteers support displaced families from Swat and Buner. The GOP continues registration verification of families displaced by the conflict in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Northwest Front [...]
2009-06-17 14:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1353 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 11:11:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1357 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 19, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-19 12:16:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1360IDPS RETURNING TO BUNER BUT INFRASTRUCTURE STILL
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy representatives who traveled to Buner district in Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) on June 16 reported that residents are returning, with about half the shops and markets open. The representatives assessed infrastructure and reported that, while roadways were in good s [...]
2009-06-19 16:35:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1364SCENESETTER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR JONES
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Islamabad warmly welcomes your visit. Your arrival comes at a moment when Pakistan's political leaders, and its people, are united in support of the military campaign to confront extremist militants in Malakand (including the Swat valley) and South Waziristan, where the offensi [...]
2009-06-20 16:06:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID MARR MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD1371 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 22, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-22 11:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1380 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-23 10:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1385PESHAWAR: KILLING OF ANTI-BAITULLAH MILITANT
[...] (C) Summary: The June 23 assassination of Mehsud militant commander Qari Zainuddin, presumably sponsored by rival Baitullah Mehsud's Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP),removes a key element of the Pakistani government's planned campaign in South Waziristan Agency (SWA). Qari Zainuddin, who oppos [...]
2009-06-24 09:26:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PINR PK PREL
09ISLAMABAD1386FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF
[...] (C) The government continued low-intensity fighting during the first full week in June with pockets of militants in Swat, Buner, Shangla, and Lower Dir. The latter showed that they pose a continued threat by destroying schools in Lower Dir and Buner, and resuming kidnappings of civilians in [...]
2009-06-24 09:42:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1387FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF
[...] (C) The Pakistani government signaled that the long-awaited offensive in the Mehsud areas of South Waziristan was imminent, but limited its action in the area to aerial and artillery bombardment. Meanwhile, its ongoing precursor action in Frontier Region Bannu drew to a close with an agree [...]
2009-06-24 10:12:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1389 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 13:29:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD139 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 22, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-22 11:36:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1402 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 25, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 12:30:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1409 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 26, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-26 10:24:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD141CONSEQUENCES OF A ZARDARI-NAWAZ SHOWDOWN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-22 14:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
09ISLAMABAD1411IDP UPDATE: MOI DECLARES SWAT SECURE, DEBIT CARDS
[...] (SBU) Summary. On June 24, Minister of Interior Rehman Malik announced that Swat and Malakand division were now secure from terrorists and IDPs could return home once the infrastructure was restored. Many displaced families living in IDP camps, particularly those from Buner, are beginning to [...]
2009-06-26 12:00:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1421 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-29 09:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD143USCENTCOM PETRAEUS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI
[...] (C) Summary: During a meeting January 20 with USCENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and the Ambassador, President Asif Zardari welcomed the "new beginning" of the Obama Administration, urging both countries' military commanders to "revisit the map" on how to jointly fight regional extremi [...]
2009-01-23 08:48:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1435 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-30 10:21:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1437PML-N WARNS NSA JONES THAT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
[...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor General James Jones joined Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and several other Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) leaders for lunch on June 25. The PML-N leaders explained to NSA Jones that Pakistani public opinion currently supported the war agains [...]
2009-06-30 10:45:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1440PRIME MINISTER GILANI DISCUSSES MILITARY
[...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with U.S. National Security Advisor General James Jones on June 25, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani stressed that Pakistan is winning the war against extremists militarily, but needs to win hearts and minds to sustain gains. The country was unified in its support [...]
2009-06-30 10:45:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PHUM KNNP PK
09ISLAMABAD1469BUNER BEGINS TO RECOVER FROM EFFECTS OF TALIBAN
[...] (C) Summary: Several assessment missions to the Buner district of Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) by U.S. mission personnel and contractors and by United Nations (UN) personnel over the past two weeks have revealed that life there is gradually returning to normal, two months after the begi [...]
2009-07-02 09:31:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER EAID MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD1470 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 02, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 09:59:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1493 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 06, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-06 10:15:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1521 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 07, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-07 10:40:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1528 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 08, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-08 08:25:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD153 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 11:16:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1543 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 09, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-09 13:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD155CENTCOM GENERAL PETRAEUS MEETS WITH PAKISTAN COAS
[...] (C) U.S. CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus, accompanied by the Ambassador, J5 Major General Robert Allardice and POLAD Michael Gfoeller, met with Pakistan Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Kayani on January 20. Kayani was accompanied by his Director General Military Operations, M [...]
2009-01-24 12:28:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MAR MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD1552 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 10:40:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD156CENTCOM GENERAL PETRAEUS MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: USCENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and the Ambassador met January 20 with Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani. The Prime Minister complained about the rolling electricity blackouts throughout the country, blaming the Musharraf administration for the lack of capacity. Businesses [...]
2009-01-24 12:29:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1567PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: July 13, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-13 13:09:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1574 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-14 10:34:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1585 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 12:10:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1607AQ KHAN DEFENDS PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS
[...] (C) Summary: In his periodic column in the July 15 edition of Pakistan daily "The News," A.Q. Khan further tested the boundaries of his "gag order" with an expansive defense of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program. This article, like previous ones, seeks to burnish his credentials as the "fath [...]
2009-07-17 09:45:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC PK
09ISLAMABAD161 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 26, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-26 12:41:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1613 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 10:39:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD164 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-27 09:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1642SECRETARY NAPOLITANO DISCUSSES BORDER
[...] (S//NF) Summary: In a series of meetings with President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani and Minister of Interior Rehman Malik July 3, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano offered DHS assistance to enhance Pakistan's border security and sought GOP view [...]
2009-07-20 10:46:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETEAIR PGOV PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1652 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-20 14:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1654INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT IN PAKISTAN: TRANSITION TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the exception of expected further displacement from Waziristan, the current internal displacement from conflict-affected areas in Pakistan appears close to an end. The government has signed on to principles of safe, voluntary, informed and dignified return and began on J [...]
2009-07-20 16:24:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1658ZARDARI AND NAWAZ MEET IN RAIWIND
[...] (C) Summary: On July 17, President Zardari and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met outside of Lahore at Sharif's Raiwind estate and discussed ongoing military operations in Pakistan and potential constitutional changes in their first meeting since the Long March crisis. The relationship b [...]
2009-07-21 08:50:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1660 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 21, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-21 12:01:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1670 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 22, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 08:08:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1671FATA: NEW ROUND OF KURRAM SECTARIAN VIOLENCE
[...] (C) Summary: The breakdown in Sunni-Shi'a relations in Kurram Agency and ensuing violence over the past three weeks has cost 120 lives and mobilized the local communities on a scale not seen for months. After the intervention of the Frontier Corps and a jirga drawn from local Sunnis and Shi [...]
2009-07-22 09:23:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREF EAID PGOV MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD1680 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 10:39:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1684SUPREME COURT SUMMONS MUSHARRAF
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan,s Supreme Court is hearing a case, which actually combines two separate petitions, that may be the first of several legal challenges to the constitutionality of former President Musharraf,s actions on November 3, 2007, when he suspended the constitution, declared a state [...]
2009-07-23 15:28:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1688 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 11:36:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1718 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 28, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-28 11:12:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1732 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 10:37:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1739ICRC ON THE DISPLACED IN PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 23 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Eric Schwartz, International Committee of the Red Cross Head of Delegation Pascal Cuttat expressed concern over the speed of government-facilitated IDP return from the camps and the coerci [...]
2009-07-29 12:17:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM EAID PREL PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1740UNHCR ON THE DISPLACED IN PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 22 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Eric Schwartz, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Country Representative Guenet Guebre Christos and staff requested that the United States Government make clear to the Government of [...]
2009-07-29 12:17:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM EAID PREL PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1748 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 12:29:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD178 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 28, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 10:59:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1782SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO TAKE UP TREASON APPEAL
[...] (C) Summary: Supreme Court Justice Iftikar Chaudhry said July 30 the Court would not take up an appeal to charge former President Musharraf with treason. The appeal had emerged during an ongoing case being heard by the Court which challenges the constitutionality of Musharraf's actions in [...]
2009-07-31 16:30:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1786 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 03, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 10:15:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1803 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 04, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-04 11:30:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1808 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 05, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-05 10:32:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD183UPDATE ON PAKISTAN IDP SITUATION
[...] (C) Summary. As of January 23, the population of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the conflict-afflicted areas of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) continued to rise, with approximately 10,000 families living in the twelve establi [...]
2009-01-28 14:56:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER MOPS
09ISLAMABAD1840 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 07, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-07 12:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1846PAKISTAN'S FIA ON COUNTERING TERRORIST FINANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 22 meeting with the Treasury Advisor to the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) Director General Tariq Khosa said counter-terrorist financing efforts had limited external sources of funds available to Al-Qaida and Tar [...]
2009-08-07 14:42:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID KJUS AF PK
09ISLAMABAD1850 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-10 10:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1873 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 11, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-11 11:08:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1877 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 12, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-12 12:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1884 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 13, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-13 11:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1896ZARDARI TO REFORM FATA GOVERNANCE
[...] (C) Summary: At midnight on August 14, Pakistani Independence Day, President Zardari plans to unveil a reform package significantly changing the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) and extending the Political Parties Act. Zardari's new ordinance will remove some of the draconian aspects of the F [...]
2009-08-14 05:21:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD190PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 09:10:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1900ZARDARI TO REFORM FATA GOVERNANCE
[...] (C) Summary: At midnight on August 14, Pakistani Independence Day, President Zardari plans to unveil a reform package significantly changing the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) and extending the Political Parties Act. Zardari's new ordinance will remove some of the draconian aspects of the F [...]
2009-08-14 05:23:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD191LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Planning for the Friends of a Democratic Pakistan is moving forward, albeit slowly. On January 27, Jean Arnault negotiated with the MFA a draft framework for his future participation as a UN advisor to the Friends under UNDP auspices. Ambassador met separately with Arnault t [...]
2009-01-29 10:21:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON PK
09ISLAMABAD1955 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 10:26:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1976 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 19, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-19 09:58:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1988 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-20 09:48:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1996 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 21, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 11:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2007PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-24 09:48:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD201 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-30 13:07:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2025 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 25, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 08:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2036 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 26, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 09:41:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2049 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-27 10:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2056POST PROPOSED FY09 FOREIGN MILITARY FUNDS SPEND
[...] (S) Post proposes the following distribution of $300 million in FY09 Foreign Military Funds: - Pakistan Navy: $65 million for refurbishment of the Excess Defense Articles (EDA) Oliver Hazard Perry-class (OHP) Frigate. Although the Joint Staff has only allocated $58M to date in FY09 FMF to [...]
2009-08-27 13:50:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD2062STABILIZING AND MODERNIZING PAKISTAN'S MILITARY
[...] (S) Summary: As the current five-year commitment to provide Pakistan with $300 million annually in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) ends in FY 2009 and we begin to implement our Afghanistan/Pakistan strategy, Post proposes the establishment of a new, multi-year commitment of FMF for Pakistan. [...]
2009-08-28 06:17:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD2067 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 28, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-28 10:29:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2075 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 31, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-31 10:11:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2094 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: September 01, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-01 11:29:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2111 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 03, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-03 10:40:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2115SRAP HOLBROOKE' AUGUST 17 MEETING WITH FINANCE
[...] (C) Summary: In their August 17 meeting, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin told Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke that the Ministry of Finance had missed budget targets because of large outlays for IDPs and the military, as well as a large unexpected withdrawal [...]
2009-09-03 14:28:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EAID PGOV PHUM PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2131 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 04, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-04 09:54:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2139FINANCE MINISTER ON PAKISTAN'S BUDGET WOES, TOKYO
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin said the GOP had included $2 billion in Tokyo Pledges in its budget but was grappling with a shortfall in actual donor assistance. He asked that the USG provide $650 million in cash through the GOP to cov [...]
2009-09-04 11:11:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK
09ISLAMABAD2159 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 08, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 12:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2161NGOS DISCUSS ASSISTANCE AND SECURITY IN SWAT
[...] (C) Summary: In September 4 discussions, representatives from 14 international non-governmental organizations (INGOs),the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed that humanitarian relief was being delivered in [...]
2009-09-08 13:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM EAID PREL PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD217 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 02, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-02 10:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2173 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 09, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-09 09:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2183 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-10 11:25:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2184INTERIOR MINISTER REHMAN MALIK'S SEPTEMBER 7 MEETING WITH CODEL SMITH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-10 12:15:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS KNNP IN AF PK
09ISLAMABAD2185ADDRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT PAKISTAN SECURITY
[...] (S/NF) A growing body of evidence is lending credence to allegations of human rights abuses by Pakistan security forces during domestic operations against terrorists in Malakand Division and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. While it is oftentimes difficult to attribute with accuracy any res [...]
2009-09-10 14:40:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PTER MOPS MASS KJUS PK
09ISLAMABAD2196 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-11 11:10:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2201CODEL SMITH VISITS TARBELA TRAINING CENTER; MEETS
[...] (C) Summary. During a September 5 visit to Tarbela, Codel Smith praised the quality of training provided by U.S. Special Forces for its Pakistani Army counterparts; as part of a training demonstration, the delegation fired Glock 17 pistols and AK47 assault rifles. At a later meeting with 11 [...]
2009-09-11 11:17:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNMASS MOPS PGOV PK PTER
09ISLAMABAD2209PESHAWAR: "HERE I COME AGAIN" OPERATION IN BARA
[...] (C) Summary: After just over a week of fighting under the "Here I Come Again" operation in Khyber Agency, the joint army/Frontier Corps/Frontier Constabulary/police actions in Bara tehsil appear to be drawing to a close as army and Frontier Corps troops are pulled out to concentrate on other [...]
2009-09-11 13:39:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD2218 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 09:38:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2226 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 09:40:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2245 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 10:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2263 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 10:47:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2278 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 09:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2288PRIME MINISTER GILANI OUTLINES GOP PLANS ON THE
[...] (C) Summary: In an hour-long meeting September 18, Prime Minister Gilani said the Malakand campaign against extremist groups is 70 percent completed. He emphasized the need to undertake reconstruction and rehabilitation in the region, not only to help the population there but also to convi [...]
2009-09-20 09:46:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PTER PREL SNAR PINS PREF AMGT PHUM
09ISLAMABAD2290ASSESSMENT OF PRESIDENT ZARDARI'S FIRST YEAR IN
[...] (C) Summary: When Asif Ali Zardari took oath as Pakistan's President on September 9, 2008, he inherited a series of intersecting political, economic, and security crises for which the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)-led coalition government appeared ill-equipped. One year later, Zardari appears [...]
2009-09-21 13:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL ECON EAID ENRG MOPS PK IN AF
09ISLAMABAD23 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 05, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-05 09:50:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2301 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-24 09:01:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD231 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 03, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-03 14:39:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2320 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-25 10:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2340 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-28 10:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2353 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-29 11:00:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD236SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY HOLBROOKE
[...] (C) Summary. Mission Pakistan warmly welcomes your arrival; your appointment comes as Pakistan grapples with internal change and hopes the Ombama administration can support regional solutions to development and counter-terrorism challenges. After eight years of military rule, the civilian governmen [...]
2009-02-04 10:40:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER EAID MARR MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD2361 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 10:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD237BAHAWALPUR: GROWING MILITANT RECRUITMENT IN
[...] (C) Summary: In discussing research findings for her new book on extremism, Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa outlined to A/DCM how a decline in the old socio-economic order in southern Punjab was slowly radicalizing the region. She described how a failing agricultural system, absentee landlords, poor educa [...]
2009-02-04 12:53:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2375 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 01, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-01 10:58:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2379 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 02, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-02 12:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2380POST APPROVAL FOR NIGHT VISION DEVICES FOR SPECIAL
[...] (U) Summary: Post supports the procurement of night vision devices (NVDs) for the Pakistan military at a cost of $300,000, using FY09 Pakistan Counter-Insurgency Funding (PCF). The purchase is for 25 Renegade 320 Thermal Imaging Devices for the Special Services Group (SSG). End Summary. [...]
2009-10-02 12:15:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD2384UPDATE ON DISPLACEMENT, RETURN, ASSISTANCE, AND
[...] (U) Summary and introduction: According to the Government of Pakistan, approximately 1.85 million of the roughly 2.7 million displaced Pakistanis (69 percent) had returned to their areas of origin as of September 25. Ongoing military operations to clear remaining pockets of insurgent resistan [...]
2009-10-03 07:43:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL EAID MOPS SNAR PK
09ISLAMABAD2389 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 05, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-05 11:12:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD239PAKISTAN'S GOVERNMENT STABILIZES
[...] (C) Summary. Despite media speculation and rumor, PM Gilani's government is now stable, and President Zardari's position is now secure. Nawaz Sharif may be the most popular leader in Pakistan, but Zardari has added the Muttahida Quami Movement, soon perhaps to be joined by the Pakistan Musl [...]
2009-02-04 13:38:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2391PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE - NAWAZ MOVING TOWARDS
[...] (C) Summary: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif stated that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is moving towards forcing mid-term legislative elections due to the poor performance and growing unpopularity of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government. Shahbaz viewed these moves towar [...]
2009-10-05 16:50:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PK
09ISLAMABAD2393KERRY-LUGAR LEGISLATION CRITICIZED BY OPPOSITION,
[...] (C) Summary: During an October 5 National Assembly session, the opposition PML-N sharply criticized the Kerry-Lugar bill's perceived conditionality, while the PPP defended the government's approach toward the legislation and maintained that the conditions are in synch with Pakistan's own inte [...]
2009-10-05 20:35:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PK
09ISLAMABAD24ZARDARI COMMENTS ON INDIA/NAWAZ SHARIF
[...] (S) Summary: President Zardari told the Ambassador January 2 he would have no choice but to respond militarily to an Indian attack. There was no more politically sensitive issue in Pakistan than Kashmir, he said. Zardari had been briefed by ISI Director General, LTG Pasha, on his meeting with the D [...]
2009-01-05 13:11:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD241 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 04, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-04 14:57:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2411 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 06, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 10:24:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2424 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 07, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-07 10:42:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2427AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH KAYANI AND PASHA ABOUT
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador heard a number of complaints about the Kerry-Lugar bill from COAS General Kayani and DGISI Pasha in a two-hour meeting October 6. These focused on the history of Pressler sanctions, particularly a fear that the waiver in Kerry-Lugar would not be used and aid would be suspend [...]
2009-10-07 13:31:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2434 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 08, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-08 10:37:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2448NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BEGINS FORMAL DEBATE ON
[...] (U) Summary. Pakistan's National Assembly commenced formal debate on the Kerry-Lugar legislation on October 7. The PML-N's Chaudhry Nisar -- the leader of the parliamentary opposition -- criticized the bill's conditions, while PM Gilani stressed that these conditions are not "binding" on Pak [...]
2009-10-09 07:08:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PK
09ISLAMABAD2449(S) PAKISTAN ARMY GHQ AGAIN APPROVES EMBEDDING
[...] (S) Summary: The Pakistani Army has for just the second time approved deployment of U.S. special operation elements to support Pakistani military operations. The first deployment, with SOC(FWD)-PAK elements embedded with the Frontier Corps in XXXXXXXXXXXX, occurred in September (reftel). Previously [...]
2009-10-09 07:25:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD2453 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, TERRORIRSM,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-09 10:39:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2459HEATED DEBATE IN PAKISTAN'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: In three days of intense debate in the Pakistan National Assembly October 7-9, the Kerry-Lugar Bill (KLB) has come under fire (reftel). Post has been observing the debates daily. During debates on October 8 and 9, criticism of the bill by opposition members of parliament conti [...]
2009-10-10 06:24:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2474 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, KERRY-LUGAR BILL,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-13 10:33:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2483 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, PAK-CHINA,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-14 10:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2488RESOURCING THE MILITARY ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS IN PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: To build a long-term relationship with Pakistan and increase the country's political will and military capability to fight insurgent and terrorist groups, post recommends (1) obtaining "cash-flow" financing authority for Pakistan's FMF; (2) announcing a Presidential commitment to Paki [...]
2009-10-14 13:02:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD2495MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: FORMAL INDICTMENT
[...] (C) Summary: On October 10, following more than two months of delays and adjournments, a Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) formally indicted the seven Mumbai attack suspects. The ATC is set to begin formal court hearings on October 17. The Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) is in the pr [...]
2009-10-15 05:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2496 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, TERRORISM,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 09:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD25Pakistan: 2009 INCSR Submission, Part I - Narcotics and
[...] (U) Pakistan is on the frontline of the war against drugs as a major transit country for opiates and hashish from and precursor chemicals to neighboring Afghanistan. In 2008, Pakistani forces have engaged the militants along the border with Afghanistan, particularly in the Bajaur Agency of th [...]
2009-01-05 13:27:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PK
09ISLAMABAD2518 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, KERRY-LUGAR BILL,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-16 10:16:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD252 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 05, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-05 09:42:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2523TERRORISTS INCREASE ACTIVITY IN ADVANCE OF
[...] (S) Summary: With the Pakistan military preparing to launch an operation against major terrorist safe havens in South Waziristan, Pakistan's terrorist/extremist groups have dramatically increased their militant and propaganda operations in an effort to undermine public support. On the operatio [...]
2009-10-16 14:52:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPTER MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD2534 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, KERRY-LUGAR BILL,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-19 10:38:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2543 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, TERRORISM,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 03:41:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2554 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/MILITARY, KERRY-LUGAR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 10:07:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2571 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 12:39:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2585 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-23 11:16:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2591PAKISTAN MILITARY LAUNCHES GROUND CAMPAIGN IN
[...] (S) Summary: The Pakistan military launched a ground combat campaign against Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants in South Waziristan on October 17. Reconnaissance in force (RIF) operations have transitioned to preparations for a major ground assault. Military sources have described th [...]
2009-10-23 15:06:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PTER PREL MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD260 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 06, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-06 11:27:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2600 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 13:26:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2607MILITARY GROUND OFFENSIVE IN SOUTH WAZIRISTAN SLOWS
[...] (S) Summary: A week after Pakistani ground forces began the ground combat phase of Operation RAH-e-NIJAT ("Path of Salvation") against Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP) strongholds in South Waziristan, the offensive has slowed down considerably, as the Army has elected to conduct a deliberate and method [...]
2009-10-26 14:36:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS PK
09ISLAMABAD2609 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 15:03:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2625 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-28 09:37:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2632 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, SECRETARY CLINTON'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 10:56:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2640 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, SECRETARY CLINTON'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-30 11:03:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD266CODEL BIDEN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI
[...] (C) Summary. During a January 9 meeting with President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani, Senators Biden and Graham reasserted their support for passage of the Biden/Lugar aid legislation. However, Senator Biden noted that the U.S. public was financing its own economic recovery efforts and [...]
2009-02-06 14:48:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2663 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 11:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2669 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 12:33:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2672PAKISTAN MILITARY MAKING SLOW BUT DELIBERATE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Pakistani ground forces appear to be making slow but deliberate progress in their campaign against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in South Waziristan. In recent days, the Army has been securing the ground it occupies, and on November 3, the 14th Division advanced into th [...]
2009-11-05 04:29:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS PK
09ISLAMABAD2677 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, HILLARY CLINTON'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 10:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2692 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY STATE'S VISIT,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-06 09:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2698FINANCE MINISTER TARIN ON BUDGETS, CSF DOLLAR FUND, AND PAKISTAN'S IMPROVING ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Finance Shaukat Tarin told the Ambassador that he is "cautiously optimistic" about the Pakistani economy and expressed GOP gratitude that the USG would begin to move gradually towards greater use of Pakistani platforms to channel U.S. assistance. Tarin requested that an ad [...]
2009-11-06 14:52:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID MOPS PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD270CODEL BIDEN'S MEETING WITH COAS KAYANI AND ISI
[...] (S) Summary: Senators Biden and Graham met with Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Kayani and Director General of ISI LTGen Pasha on January 9 to underscore bipartisan support for the U.S.-Pakistan relationship. Senator Biden emphasized the need for the American people to see results soon in Afghanistan [...]
2009-02-06 15:03:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER MARR PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2708WAZIRISTAN UPDATE: GROUND FORCES MAKE GAINS, HOLD
[...] (S) Summary: Pakistan ground forces continue Operation RAH-e-NIJAT (Path of Salvation or Deliverance,) in South Waziristan against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and we have seen significant fighting in the major TTP strongholds of Makin, Ladha, and Sora Rogha. It is likely we are now s [...]
2009-11-10 06:28:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS PK
09ISLAMABAD2709 PAKISTAN SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION TO SEYMOUR M. HERSH STORY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 11:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD271CODEL BIDEN MEETS WITH PM GILANI
[...] (C) Summary. During a January 9 meeting with Codel Biden, PM Gilani pledged continued Pakistani resolve to fight terrorism and cooperate in the Mumbai investigations. He said that civil-military relations had improved, urged an expedited meeting of the Friends of Pakistan and requested U.S [...]
2009-02-06 15:06:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2710 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/MILITARY, POLITICAL,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 11:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2718 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, VISITING U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 11:18:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2739 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, U.S. CONGRESSIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-13 11:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2754PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-17 01:17:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2769CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gilani told CODEL Tierney November 11 that the Pakistani people were united in the fight against terrorism and supported military efforts in Swat, Malakand and South Waziristan. However, he noted the public was upset with Pakistan's failing economy, pointing out co [...]
2009-11-17 14:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF EAID ECON MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD2773 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-18 09:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2780GROUND FORCES MOVE TO SECURE MILITANT STRONGHOLD
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Pakistan Army's Operation Rah-e-Nijat ("Path of Salvation") continues to make progress against Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants in the Mehsud tribal Area of South Waziristan. Three infantry divisions assigned to the Army's 11th Corps continue to be engaged in the [...]
2009-11-18 11:57:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS PK
09ISLAMABAD2787 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 10:08:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2810 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 10:30:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2827 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-23 11:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2836 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-24 09:21:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2837ADVANCE IN SOUTH WAZIRISTAN CONTINUES; FIGHTING
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Pakistani ground forces advanced into the interior of Makin, where they appear to be meeting little resistance in the sixth week of Operation Rah-e-Nijat (""Path of Salvation""),the Pakistan military's air and ground offensive against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) milit [...]
2009-11-24 10:58:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS PK
09ISLAMABAD2838SECRETARY CLINTON,S OCTOBER 30, 2009, MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Political, civic, and business leaders from Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) told the Secretary during an October 30 meeting in Islamabad that "not all tribesmen are militants" and that development and long-term U.S. economic [...]
2009-11-24 12:22:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ECON OVIP PK
09ISLAMABAD2853 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 25, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 10:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD286 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 09, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-09 13:11:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2885 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 01, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 14:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2889 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 02, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-02 11:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD289ZARDARI’S PLANNED APPROACH TO HOLBROOKE
[...] (C) Summary. During a February 8 meeting with the Ambassador, President Zardari outlined Pakistan's need for additional assistance, a message that would figure prominently in his meeting with Special Representative Holbrooke. Zardari outlined the steps he would follow to restrict A.Q. Khan (septel) [...]
2009-02-09 14:56:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2900 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 03, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 09:11:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2939 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 07, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 10:40:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2946 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 08, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-08 11:09:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2947WAVE OF TERRORIST ATTACKS CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its allies are continuing -- and intensifying -- their wave of terrorist attacks in Pakistan's settled areas. Separate attacks in Multan, Lahore, and Peshawar during December 7-8 killed over 70 people. These three attacks came on the heels [...]
2009-12-08 13:09:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2959 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-10 11:37:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2960USG TRAINING PROVIDES FATA LEVIES WITH INCREASED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Through a joint State/INL and Justice/ICIPTAP program, the Mission continues to offer police training to the Levy forces, who are the primary law enforcement arm of the Political Agents in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). On 21 November, 25 Levies graduated [...]
2009-12-10 13:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2963CONTINUED POST-CONFLICT PLANNING FOR SOUTH
[...] (C) Summary. In meetings December 3 with CG and Assistance Coordinator, Northwest Frontier Province Governor Ghani and FATA Additional Chief Secretary Habibullah Khan confirmed support for USAID's proposed supporting post-conflict reconstruction in South Waziristan. Both approved in principl [...]
2009-12-11 08:32:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON PREL EAID PK MOPS
09ISLAMABAD2966 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: December 11, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 09:27:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD297 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-10 11:26:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2987 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 08:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3005 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-15 08:54:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3010Islamabad VIP Visit Limitation Request
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy Islamabad and its three consulates cannot continue to host visitors at the current level. The security situation is too precarious and we do not have the people to support such a heavy visitor load: manning in some Embassy sections is now down to 50 percent. Moreover, th [...]
2009-12-15 14:47:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT PREL OVIP ASEC PK
09ISLAMABAD3015 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-16 09:56:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3027 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-17 11:10:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3035 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-18 09:43:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD304 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 11, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-11 13:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3073 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 22, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 14:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3076 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-23 14:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD308 SPECIAL PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION - RICHARD HOLBROOKE'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-12 11:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3084 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-24 07:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3104 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-30 11:33:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3131 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 31, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-31 10:22:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD330 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-17 10:34:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD334INDIAN HIGH COMMISSION REACTS TO PAKISTAN'S MUMBAI
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI reaction to the GOP report on its investigations into the Mumbai attacks and the request for further information from the GOI has been positive and "deflated tensions," according to the Indian High Commission. Surprise at the depth of the investigation into the attack, h [...]
2009-02-17 15:28:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09ISLAMABAD337 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-18 10:21:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD34 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 06, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-07 03:57:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD341 FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JANUARY
[...] (C) Almost no fighting was reported in Bajaur during the second week of January. Consulate contacts report that security forces have established 13 checkpoints on the 17 km of road between Bajaur's agency border and Khar, converting what is usually a 10 minute drive into a 90 minute voyage. T [...]
2009-02-19 03:34:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD359 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 19, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 11:36:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD365SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL KAYANI’S VISIT TO
[...] (S) Summary. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Kayani's February 20-27 visit to Washington comes on the heels of the government's loss of control over Swat, continued Pakistani Army/Frontier Corps operations in the tribal areas, and still-simmering Indo-Pak tensions in the wake of the Mumba [...]
2009-02-19 16:17:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV MOPS MARR EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD373PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-20 11:07:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD377UPDATE ON IDP SITUATION IN PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. The overall IDP situation has not changed significantly over the past few weeks, with UN estimates of the conflict-affected population still at approximately 300,000. However, there has been an increase in the number affected by conflict in Swat. Despite a proposed peace deal i [...]
2009-02-20 12:39:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD379U.S. EMBASSY APPROVAL FOR JOINT COMBINED EXCHANCE
[...] (U) Summary: U.S. Embassy Islamabad and host nation concur with Special Operations Command Central,s (SOCCENT) and 3rd Special Forces Group,s (SFG)(Airborne) Concept of Operation (CONOP) for conducting a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) event with the Pakistan Army,s (PAKARMY) Special [...]
2009-02-20 13:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDMASS ASEC MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD380U.S. EMBASSY APPROVAL FOR JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE
[...] (U) Summary: U.S. Embassy Islamabad and host nation concur with Special Operations Command Central,s (SOCCENT) and Naval Special Warfare Unit 3 (NSW-3) Concept of Operation (CONOP) for conducting a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) event with the Pakistan Army,s (PAKNAVY) Special Servi [...]
2009-02-20 13:36:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDMASS ASEC MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD381U.S. EMBASSY APPROVAL FOR JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE
[...] (U) Summary. U.S. Embassy Islamabad and host nation concur with Special Operations Command Central,s (SOCCENT) and the Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC) Concept of Operation (CONOP) for conducting Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) events with the Pakistan Army,s (PAKARMY) Speci [...]
2009-02-20 13:36:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDMASS ASEC MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD385FOCUSING THE U.S.-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary. As Foreign Minister Qureshi and his team arrive in Washington for coordination on the Holbrooke/Riedel strategic review, Post offers the following thoughts on issues for strategic engagement. In the coming weeks, Post will detail our suggestions on how to expand political, economic, se [...]
2009-02-21 12:27:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD397 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-23 10:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD411 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 13:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD413 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 25, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-25 11:50:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD415SHARIFS DISQUALIFIED FROM OFFICE
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled February 25 that both Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif from the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party are ineligible to hold public office. President Zardari told Charge that he had temporarily appointed PPP Governor Taseer as Chief Execut [...]
2009-02-25 15:14:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KJUS EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD42PAKISTAN POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (C) Summary: Political developments in Pakistan during the week of January 5 included: the main Baloch insurgent groups called an end to their voluntary and tenuous cease-fire with the Pakistani military; President Zardari announced his plan to reform and restructure the National Accountability [...]
2009-01-08 08:53:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD420 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 26, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-26 09:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD429DEMONSTRATIONS AND POLITICAL MANEUVERING CONTINUE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-26 15:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINR PK PREL
09ISLAMABAD435 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 11:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD439DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE IN PUNJAB
[...] (C) Summary: Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets, mostly in Punjab, after Friday prayers to protest the disqualification of opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leaders Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif. Protests turned violent in Lahore and Rawalpindi, and police used tear gas and b [...]
2009-02-27 14:53:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD441POLITICAL TURMOIL, GOING NOWHERE FAST
[...] (C) Summary: Actors across the political spectrum were working to solve yet another self-inflicted political crisis in the wake of the Supreme Court's February 25 decision to disqualify the Sharif brothers from public office. Both President Zardari's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Shar [...]
2009-03-01 12:09:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PINR KDEM PK
09ISLAMABAD443BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES FROM 25 FEBRUARY 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 02:28:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD EFIN EINT EINV ENRG PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD451 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 02, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 13:27:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD454SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER
[...] (C) Summary: Mission Pakistan warmly welcomes your arrival in Islamabad. You are arriving in the midst of largely self-inflicted political turmoil following the Supreme Court's decision to disqualify from public office Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif, political rivals of President Asif Zardari. Zardari en [...]
2009-03-03 02:20:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD465 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 03, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-03 10:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD472 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 04, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-04 11:09:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD478NEW WAZIRISTAN TERRORIST ALLIANCE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Rival Pakistani Taliban leaders Baitullah Mehsud, Maulvi Nazir, and Hafiz Gul Bahadur formed a new militant alliance on February 23. The new alliance recognizes Taliban leader Mullah Omar as its leader, and its goal is to fight the planned U.S. troop surge in Afghanistan. The P [...]
2009-03-04 14:21:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD486 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 05, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-05 11:17:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD491 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 06, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-06 10:34:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD495ZARDARI-NAWAZ RECONCILIATION: PLEAS FOR U.S. INTERVENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-07 16:44:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD501NWFP: TNSM,S ONE-SIDED "MEDIATION"
[...] (C) Jamal Nasir, Special Assistant to the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Home Secretary, confirmed to post on March 5 that Tehrik-i Nifaz-I Shariati Muhammadi (TNSM) leader Sufi Mohammad had presented the government with a list of 17 demands. The list, which circulated widely in the local [...]
2009-03-09 12:25:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD506PM GILANI STAYS ABOVE THE FRAY
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. In a March 9 meeting with Ambassador, Gilani criticized the decision to impose governor's rule in Punjab and supported compromise to end the dispute between Zardari and the Sharif brothers. However, Gilani offered little in terms of immediate ideas that would be acce [...]
2009-03-09 15:29:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD508PML-N: "WE WON'T BE FOOLED AGAIN."
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) reached out March 9 to the diplomatic corps; the Pakistan People's Party (PPP)-led government made its case to the same group on February 28. PML-N leader Shahbaz Sharif, meeting with the Ambassador late March 9, reiterated the part [...]
2009-03-09 16:04:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD511 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-11 09:36:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD516LITTLE MOVEMENT ON RECONCILIATION
[...] (C) Summary. In a last-ditch effort to reduce tensions with the Sharif brothers ahead of the start of the lawyers' march on March 12, President Zardari offered Pakistan Muslim League (PML) leader Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain the post of Senate leader if PML would form a government with the Pakistan Peo [...]
2009-03-12 04:28:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD526 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 12, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-12 14:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD528PUNJAB GOVERNOR TASEER: A FIZZLE FROM A BANG
[...] (C) Summary: On March 12, Ambassador met in Islamabad with Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, whose jurisdiction extends to the federal capital's border. Taseer was adamant that opposition protesters would not be allowed into Islamabad but committed that arrested organizers would be released as so [...]
2009-03-12 16:06:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD541LATEST EFFORTS AT RECONCILIATION
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. Pakistani media is reporting late March 13 that Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Kayani met today with President Zardari and PM Gilani, and that Zardari had invited Shahbaz Sharif to a late night meeting to discuss reconciliation. When Ambassador sees PM Gilani ton [...]
2009-03-13 15:14:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD546GILANI STILL TRYING FOR RECONCILIATION
[...] (C) Summary. In a March 13 meeting with Ambassador, Prime Minister Gilani reiterated his views that the Pakistan People's Party should end governor's rule and allow formation of a government in Punjab by any party that had the votes. Going further than he had before, Gilani said that because [...]
2009-03-14 15:35:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD551LONG MARCH ROUND UP AS OF 1700 LOCAL TIME, MARCH 15
[...] (C) Summary: Citing fears for his safety, the GOP placed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif under a restraining order early in the day, but backed off to allow him to address the crowds - estimated at 70 - 80,000. Ambassador spoke to Interior Minister Rehman Malik, Prime [...]
2009-03-15 13:11:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD552WHAT'S NEXT?
[...] (C) Summary. Absent a terrorist attack or what we believe is unlikely Army intervention, the lawyers' ""long march"" will end with both sides claiming victory. They then will have to settle into a protracted series of negotiations to address the Sharifs' eligibility, governors' rule in Pun [...]
2009-03-15 13:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD559LONG MARCH ROUND UP AS OF 1500 LOCAL TIME, MARCH 16
[...] (C) Summary: Early in the morning on March 16 Prime Minister Gilani announced former Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's reinstatement and the GOP's intention to file a review petition on the Sharif brothers' case in the Supreme Court. Shortly thereafter, Nawaz Sharif announced that he was calling of [...]
2009-03-16 12:11:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD560IMPLICATIONS OF THE LONG MARCH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 12:24:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD564 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-17 11:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD568CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER GILANI
[...] (C) Summary: CODEL Tierney met February 2 with Prime Minister Yousef Gilani. Gilani thanked the U.S. for its help in defusing tensions with India following the Mumbai attacks. He emphasized the GOP commitment to cooperating with the U.S. in the fight against terrorism and stressed the need fo [...]
2009-03-18 08:40:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD576 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-18 11:09:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD586SAVING THE F-16 PROGRAM
[...] (C) Summary. Pakistan is the most important front-line state in our battle against extremists who threaten the U.S. and our allies. In post's view, preserving the F-16 program, which is the flagship symbol of post 9/11 bilateral re-engagement, is critical to our goals of enabling Pakistan to co [...]
2009-03-18 16:27:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV MARR MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD612 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 13:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD617THE FAT LADY RARELY SINGS IN PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. In a country which has amended its constitution 17 times in its 62 year history and where most leading politicians have spent time in jail at the hands of rivals, there is rarely a definitive end to political disputes that are dragged into the courts. President Zardari and Pr [...]
2009-03-21 12:50:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER
09ISLAMABAD625 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-24 11:30:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD637PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: March 25, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-25 11:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD644PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: March 26, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-26 11:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD659 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-27 12:07:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD66 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 12, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-12 11:59:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD671PILOT COMBATANT COMMANDER INITIATIVE FUND SHOWS
[...] (C) Summary: In reftel, Embassy requested a CERP-like fund for Pakistan. We understand this request sparked a lively debate in Washington, mostly regarding the ability of the Embassy to oversee the funds and whether requesting such funds for Pakistan would endanger the far more generous CERP [...]
2009-03-30 07:39:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD672 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 00, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 11:46:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD680 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: March 31, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 11:22:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD684 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 01, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-01 11:44:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD691 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 02, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 11:08:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD707 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 03, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-03 11:05:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD715IFTIKHAR CHAUDHRY RETURNS
[...] (C) Summary. A little more than two years after former President Musharraf initially fired him, Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry was restored to the bench March 22 by a reluctant President Zardari. The saga of Chaudhry's fall and rise paradoxically demonstrated both the new-foun [...]
2009-04-04 05:25:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM PK
09ISLAMABAD718FINANCE ADVISOR OUTLINES STRATEGY FOR DEPSEC LEW
[...] (C) During an April 1 dinner for Deputy Secretary Lew, Finance Advisor Tareen outlined Pakistan's nine-point agenda for economic development. He recommend the USG focus on poverty alleviation, education and energy as sectors best organized to absorb assistance. Benazir Income Support Progr [...]
2009-04-06 06:48:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID ECON PK
09ISLAMABAD720 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 06, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-06 10:56:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD723SWAT FLOGGING VIDEO GENERATES OUTRAGE
[...] (C) Summary. Civil society groups launched demonstrations across Pakistan April 4-5 to protest the video-taped flogging by the Taliban of a 17 year-old girl in Swat. Secular politicians condemned the incident, and newly restored Supreme Court Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry called upon the govern [...]
2009-04-06 14:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PK
09ISLAMABAD738 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 07, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-07 11:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD746 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 08, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 10:46:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD756 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 09, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-09 10:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD776BAITULLAH MEHSUD DECLARES WAR
[...] (C) Summary: On April 5, Baitullah Mehsud announced that in retaliation for drone strikes in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and a now five million dollar U.S. bounty on his head, his Taliban would be carrying out two attacks each week in Pakistan. This announcement came after [...]
2009-04-13 01:51:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD779 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 13, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-13 09:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD78URGENT NEED TO IMPROVE IDP SERVICES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (U) Summary. President Asif Zardari and Chief of Army Staff General Kayani raised with Ambassador the urgent need to provide the internally displaced people (IDPs) in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered [...]
2009-01-13 15:05:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD788ZARDARI SIGNS SHARI'A REGULATIONS FOR SWAT
[...] (C) Summary: On April 13, President Zardari signed the proposed Nizam-e-Adl regulations into law, officially extending Shari'a law in Swat and surrounding areas. The approval came after months of pressure from coalition partner Awami National Party (ANP) and also the Pakistani military. The A [...]
2009-04-14 14:19:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD797 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-15 09:11:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD80MUSHARRAF BEGINS U.S. SPEAKING TOUR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 10, former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf departed Islamabad for the United States to visit his brother and to participate in a two-week lecture tour with scheduled stops at the University of Pittsburgh, Stanford University, and the World Affairs Council of West [...]
2009-01-13 16:00:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD807GILANI TO KERRY: NO CONDITIONALITIES, NO DRONES
[...] (C) Summary: Codel Kerry met April 13 with PM Gilani. Gilani complained about the conditions recently placed on the House version of the Senator's bill; Kerry said his Senate version would be "very different," and rejected conditions as demeaning. However, he was adamant that metrics would be [...]
2009-04-16 11:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD819 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: April 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-20 10:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD829PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: April 21, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 10:12:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD832SPENDING STRATEGICALLY IN PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. This cable conveys a shorter version of the strategy we laid out in the Mission Strategic Plan and how we will implement the President's strategic review. We welcome the additional resources but we are very mindful of the constraints: our own, the GoP's and the international don [...]
2009-04-21 11:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD84 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-14 09:39:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD847PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 22, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-22 13:47:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD856 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: April 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-23 09:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD867 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: April 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-24 12:28:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD87BOUCHER URGES FBI ACCESS FOR MUMBAI-RELATED DETAINEES
[...] (C) Summary. In a January 5 meeting with Assistant Secretary Boucher, Prime Minister Gilani reaffirmed support for cooperation in the Mumbai investigation; Boucher pressed for FBI access to detained suspects in Pakistan. Boucher encouraged expanded information sharing, including through tr [...]
2009-01-15 08:02:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD883 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 11:42:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD887DIR: MILITARY OPERATIONS CONTINUE WHILE ACCESS FOR
[...] (C) Summary. On April 26, the Government of Pakistan launched military operations in Lower Dir District, Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) in response to the growing taliban presence in the region and at the request of the NWFP government. The Frontier Corps (FC) claim to have killed approxi [...]
2009-04-27 13:01:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD888PREPARING FOR THE LONG HAUL
[...] (C) Summary. As promised, the Pakistani military began anti-militant operations in Lower Dir April 26; the Mission will monitor activities on a regular basis to keep Washington apprised of this positive turn of events. However, based on actions over the past year, we should be prepared for [...]
2009-04-27 13:37:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD894 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 28, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-28 08:52:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD899PML-N SEES MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary. According to Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) members Ishak Dar and Ahsan Iqbal, Nawaz Sharif was disappointed that President Zardari did not seem to share Prime Minister Gilani's enthusiasm for calling an all-parties conference to work out a united political front on security [...]
2009-04-28 11:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD90 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-15 11:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD901UPDATE ON CONDITIONS IN MALAKAND DIVISION: DIR,
[...] (C) Summary. In operations in Lower Dir District (Malakand Division, Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP)) on April 27, Frontier Corps/Army reportedly killed over 70 militants, including two major taliban commanders, and regained control over the Maidan valley. UN organizations report that the [...]
2009-04-28 13:13:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD911 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-29 10:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD918MQM: PRINCIPLES AND CONSPIRACIES
[...] (C) Summary: On April 23, Charge met with Karachi-based Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leaders Dr. Farooq Sattar and Haider Rizvi to discuss their party's stance against the recently signed Nizam-e-Adl Regulation, their ideas for a GOP response, and the potential for violence in the mega-city [...]
2009-04-30 10:07:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD921 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-30 10:36:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD926GROPING FOR NATIONAL UNITY
[...] (C) Summary. Pitching the need for national unity to tackle the extremist challenge has become the flavor of the day, but Pakistan's politicians still are focused first and foremost on their own survival. PM Gilani increasingly is aligning himself with Nawaz Sharif through negotiations to [...]
2009-04-30 13:47:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD93PAKISTAN ANNOUNCES TASK FORCE TO INVESTIGATE
[...] (C) Summary: On January 15, Interior Minister Rehman Malik announced a Federal Investigation Agency-led (FIA) task force to investigate the Mumbai attacks of November 2008. Malik emphasized Pakistan's commitment to investigating and prosecuting all the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks. He [...]
2009-01-15 15:34:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD934 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NEWS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-01 09:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD935 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 01, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-01 09:47:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD939MALAKAND DIVISION: BUNER OPERATIONS IN FOURTH DAY
[...] (S/NF) Summary. On May 1, Pakistan military operations in Buner District (Malakand Division, Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP)) entered their fourth day. Security forces cut a major militant supply line to the Ambela pass and established a Frontier Corps (FC) headquarters in Daggar on April [...]
2009-05-01 12:39:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD940UPDATE ON PAKISTANI IDPS
[...] (SBU) Summary: As military operations continue in Dir and Buner in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP),access to these areas remains the greatest impediment to the UN and others conducting registration, assessing needs, and delivering aid. Higher internally displaced persons (IDP) estim [...]
2009-05-01 13:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PREF PHUM PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD946RECONCILIATION UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) publicly agreed to continue in a coalition with the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) government in Punjab, but PML-N again politely declined PM Gilani's offer to rejoin the PPP-led government in Islamabad. Awami National Party leader Wali Khan [...]
2009-05-03 10:35:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD947ANP'S WALI KHAN PRAISES MILITARY SUCCESSES
[...] (C) Summary. Awami National Party President Asfundyar Wali Khan told Charge May 3 that he was pleased (for the first time) with vigorous Army/Frontier Corps action against militants in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP). GOP forces were moving into Shangla, completing the encirclement [...]
2009-05-03 11:08:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD950 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 04, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 10:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD958 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 05, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-05 09:03:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD971 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 06, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 09:29:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD976 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 07, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 12:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD98 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-16 11:25:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD980 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 08, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 09:44:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD990SWAT -- NO QUICK FIXES
[...] (S/NF) Prime Minister Gilani's May 7 speech announcing the government's intent to "eliminate militants" appears to be the launching point of full scale military operations in Swat. Although Pakistani civilian and military leaders are sounding the right notes about tackling militancy, we should [...]
2009-05-08 11:44:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD991GILANI DECLARES WAR IN SWAT
[...] (C) Summary: On May 7 in a landmark television and radio address to the nation, Prime Minister Gilani made an impassioned plea to Pakistanis to support decisive military action against the Taliban in Swat and surrounding areas. All political parties except Imran Khan's and the Jamaat-e-Islami [...]
2009-05-08 13:21:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PREF PHUM PK
09ISLAMABAD996SITUATION IN SWAT AS OF MAY 9
[...] (SBU) Summary. Operations in Swat District continued on May 9 with reports of over 140 militants killed during the day. Press reports indicate that the Pakistan Air Force started aerial assaults in the Swat city of Mingora on the morning of May 9. By the evening, the UN High Commission for R [...]
2009-05-09 12:50:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
09ISTANBUL133PREMIER WATER FORUM UNITES EXPERTS, LOCAL, AND
[...] (U) Over 25,000 people, including more that 100 ministers and several heads-of-state, attended the Fifth World Water Forum in Istanbul, March 16-22. The U.S. delegation to the Forum was led by USAID Acting Administrator Alonzo Fulgham and included 70 technical experts from more than 10 U.S. a [...]
2009-04-01 16:25:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENIV ENRG PHUM PREL SENV TU UNDP UNEF
09ISTANBUL314BACKGROUND TO ATTACK ON CHRISTIAN IN ISTANBUL
[...] (SBU) Summary. On August 3, a Christian Turk was attacked in Kadikoy, Istanbul, by an acquaintance who recently completed military service. The twenty-minute standoff ended when police officers threatened to open fire. The attacker eventually released the victim after calling him a "missionar [...]
2009-08-14 05:26:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL57ISTANBUL PREPARES TO GREET THE WORLD AT THE FIFTH
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Over 20,000 people, including many heads of state, are expected to attend the 5th World Water Forum (WWF) in Istanbul on March 16-22. The WWF is the premier international water meeting, held once every three years, and a prime venue to showcase U.S. commitment and [...]
2009-02-03 13:06:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ENRG KPAO PGOV TU
09JAKARTA1095KOPASSUS--ALLEGED PAPUA INCIDENTS NOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report claims that Indonesian Army Special Forces (KOPASSUS) continue to violate human rights in Papua. However, the report draws this conclusion based on six incidents in a single Papuan town with a history of corruption, violence, and other gove [...]
2009-06-26 09:44:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PHUM ID
09JAKARTA1146PEACEKEEPING -- INDONESIA LEADS MAJOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian military recently hosted a major U.N. peacekeeping capstone event--"Garuda Shield"--involving 19 countries and about 1400 personnel. The U.S. Global Peacekeeping Operations Initiative (GPOI) team present at the exercise said Indonesia performed impressively as hos [...]
2009-07-07 08:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MOPS ID
09JAKARTA1330USG-SPONSORED DISASTER EXERCISE SUPPORTS
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The U.S. Army-led 2009 Disaster Response Exchange and Exercise (DREE),conducted in Riau Province, Sumatra, focused on response and prevention policies for wild land fires. Riau Province is Sumatra's ground zero for s [...]
2009-08-11 10:45:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR SENV ID
09JAKARTA1339SUMATRA: FOREST FIRES IN RIAU DISRUPT LIFE AND IMPACT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Increasingly serious levels of haze and smoke resulting from forest fires mainly concentrated in Riau Province, Sumatra, have had a severe impact on daily life in the province during the first half of August. The smoke and haze caused by the fires have created flight diversions a [...]
2009-08-13 05:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAIR SENV ID
09JAKARTA1571SAO -- URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED IN RESOLVING VISA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Mission requires the Department's urgent assistant in securing a resolution for a Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) for a senior GOI official who hopes to travel to Pittsburgh for the upcoming G20 summit. The applicant's position is the equivalent of a top presidential aide on the [...]
2009-09-17 11:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CVIS KISL ID
09JAKARTA1669COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP--FOCUSED ON MAINTAINING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI and U.S. must maintain momentum on the Comprehensive Partnership and conclude the Peace Corps agreement soon, Department of Foreign Affairs Director for North and Central America Bunyan Saptomo told visiting EAP/MTS Director Joseph Yun on September 28. In a separate mee [...]
2009-10-06 02:31:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ID
09JAKARTA1685SINO-INDONESIAN RELATIONS -- POLITICAL WARINESS AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI views its deepening ties with the United States as an important element of a strategy to maintain regional balance in light of expanding Chinese influence. Sino-Indonesian ties are currently dominated by booming trade relations, which have in turn brought concerns that [...]
2009-10-07 08:01:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL PGOV MARR ECON ID CH
09JAKARTA1693PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESPERSON ON COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP AT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Presidential advisor and Spokesperson for International Affairs Dino Patti Djalal described U.S.-Indonesian relations as "at an interesting place" in public remarks delivered at a lunch hosted by USINDO on the Comprehensive Partnership on October 6th. He described the recent in [...]
2009-10-08 01:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ETRD PREL ID
09JAKARTA1711PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO REPORTEDLY UNHAPPY OVER
[...] (U) This is an Action Message. Please see paras 5 and 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono (SBY) is reportedly upset with the lack of progress on the Kopassus/Leahy vetting issue and the postponement of the proposed POTUS visit. This message requests that the Department consider a v [...]
2009-10-09 09:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR OVIP ID
09JAKARTA1802MISSION JAKARTA ENDORSEMENT OF FY10 1206
[...] (SBU) This cable provides Embassy Jakarta's concurrence with the regional Section 1206 counterterrorism support proposals and prioritization summarized in reftel. The Indonesia-specific proposals described below were developed with host government officials in the context of regional coordina [...]
2009-10-29 09:41:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KTIA MARR MASS MOPS MCAP ID
09JAKARTA1887 BLUE LANTERN: RESULT OF VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] Summary: We visited PT Multijaya Sparindo - an Indonesian entity in aviation industry supplying business - on November 2, 2009 and met with registered broker Mulany Luwena and her spouse, Chairman Jeffrey Luwena to verify the bona fides of the company requested in reftel. We found the compan [...]
2009-11-16 03:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC ECON ID
09JAKARTA1900PAPUA -- SOME DISCONTENT IN ADVANCE OF SENSITIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent rally in provincial capital Jayapura, Papuan activists raised the "Morning Star" flag--which the GOI has banned as a separatist symbol. Police are questioning those involved, but have not yet brought any charges (a handful of activists have been arrested and jail [...]
2009-11-17 09:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1929NEW STAFF AT PRESIDENTIAL PALACE
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The President's Office has appointed six new staff members. Julian Adrian Pasha will be in a particularly prominent position as Spokesperson for Domestic Affairs. Two key staff positions wh [...]
2009-11-23 08:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ID PINR
09JAKARTA1947SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY BURNS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns, Embassy Jakarta warmly welcomes your visit. Ten years of political and economic reform have made Indonesia democratic, stable, and increasingly confident about its leadership role in Southeast Asia and the Muslim world. Indonesia has held successful, f [...]
2009-11-25 09:13:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON MARR ID
09JAKARTA2072U/S BURNS' DECEMBER 10, 2009, MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) December 10, 2009; 10:45 a.m.; Bali Democracy Forum; Bali, Indonesia. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- Under Secretary William Burns Ambassador Cameron Hume, Embassy Jakarta Scot Marciel, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Dan Rochman, Embassy Jakarta political officer (no [...]
2009-12-17 10:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR SENV OVIP ID AF
09JAKARTA2081INDONESIA-UNITED STATES STRATEGIC CONSULTATIONS ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the first session of the December 11 inaugural U.S.-Indonesia Strategic Consultations, Under Secretary Bill Burns led the U.S. delegation in a discussion of bilateral cooperation under the Comprehensive Partnership (CP). The U.S. and Indonesian delegations discussed ways [...]
2009-12-21 09:03:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALEAID SENV PREL PARM KGHG MARR OVIP
09JAKARTA223ACEH -- STEPS TO PROMOTE SMOOTH ELECTIONS
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Upcoming legislative elections have the potential to consolidate democracy in Aceh or to polarize communities. Recent incidents of politically-linked violence and breakdowns in law and order have created tensions not [...]
2009-02-09 10:10:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL ID
09JAKARTA385IMET HELPING DEFENSE REFORM IN INDONESIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Military Education and Training (IMET) program for Indonesia is money well spent. Reinstated after the lifting of sanctions in 2005, IMET is one of the key tools at our disposal for transforming the Indonesian military into a more professional force. Indonesia [...]
2009-03-05 04:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PGOV ID
09JAKARTA392YUDHOYONO CONSIDERS REPLACING ACEH MILITARY
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY. President Yudhoyono is struggling with how and when to replace the hardline Aceh Regional Military Commander, Major General Sunarko. The only question is whether this happens before or after the April 9 national legi [...]
2009-03-05 10:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL ID
09JAKARTA497COUNTERTERRORISM -- INDONESIAN DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government is making progress in combating terrorism and 2008 marked the third year without a major terrorist attack. Police surveillance, raids and arrests reduced militants' ability to plan and carry out attacks. Legal institutions effectively prosecuted ringl [...]
2009-03-19 09:02:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER ASEC ID
09JAKARTA578ACEH -- POLICE ACTION AND DIPLOMATIC OBSERVERS
[...] (U) This message coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Mission has increased its profile in Aceh Province in recent weeks, thus clearly expressing our support for fair and peaceful legislative elections on April 9. The Ambassador has visited twice since February alone. Our [...]
2009-04-01 08:08:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL ID
09JAKARTA709ISLAMIC PARTIES FAIL TO CATCH UP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Islamic-oriented parties' support declined in April 9 parliamentary elections, with quick count results indicating they received only a combined 28 percent of the vote. These results represented a 10-point drop from the previous two national elections. Internal divisions, corru [...]
2009-04-22 06:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ID
09JAKARTA767PAPUA -- AMID ONGOING TENSIONS, ARMY RIOT QUICKLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An army battalion in Jayapura--the capital of restive Papua Province in eastern Indonesia--rioted when their commander ordered them to pay for the burial expenses of a fellow soldier. Sources told us that the commander was widely suspected of skimming money from the funds alloca [...]
2009-04-30 10:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS MARR ID
09JAKARTA785ACTIVISTS PROTEST AGAINST TWO FORMER GENERALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian activists are protesting the involvement in politics of two former generals who are accused of past human rights violations. The two, Prabowo Subianto and Wiranto (one name only),head new parties which did well enough to enter Parliament in the April elections. Both [...]
2009-05-05 10:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ID
09JERUSALEM109JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/12): ISRAEL SEEN AS IGNORING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-12 10:58:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1092JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/29): PALESTINIANS WONDER IF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-29 11:47:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1137JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/06): Abbas Calls for Cessation
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-06 10:50:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM118JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/13): "IS A CEASEFIRE CLOSER?
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-13 10:20:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1221JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/16): "Qaddoumi: Why did you
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-16 09:08:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM137JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/15): COMPLAINTS OF "NEVER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-15 09:36:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1443JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/17): Internal Fatah elections
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-17 07:54:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM146JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/16): EGYPTIAN PROPOSAL -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-16 11:04:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1742JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/29): Palestinians hope for
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 05:56:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1804FRAUD SUMMARY -- JERUSALEM
[...] Semiannual fraud report for Consulate General Jerusalem follows, formatted per instructions in ref C. (A) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Jerusalem's consular district includes Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. JERUSALEM: Jerusalem's diverse population includes Palestinian residents of E [...]
2009-10-13 09:37:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ECON KWBG IS XF
09JERUSALEM190JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/27): THE COSTS OF DIVISION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-27 10:37:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1925OLIVE HARVEST KICKS OFF, LESS VIOLENTLY THAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post contacts say violence during the current olive harvest season has been lower than expected so far, but they offered different reasons for the decline. Rabbis for Human Rights, (RHR) Arik Ascherman said the IDF,s increased presence in Palestinian orchards adjacent to settle [...]
2009-10-21 15:22:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS EAGR KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1983PA SECURITY COMMANDERS CONCERNED OVER IDF
[...] (C) Summary. In back-to-back meetings on November 2, PA National Security Forces (NSF) West Bank Commander Major General Thiab Ali (Abu al Fatah) and Palestinian Civil Police (PCP) Chief Major General Hazim Atallah expressed anger and frustration with what they described as un-coordinated Is [...]
2009-11-03 15:46:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS MOPS KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2047JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/16): The Palestinian Authority
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 07:32:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2132WEST BANK SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION MORATORIUM, TOME
[...] (SBU) The GOI's November 25 announcement of a ten-month moratorium on new residential construction in West Bank settlements was the subject of continued criticism on November 26-27. Palestinian officials issued a stream of press statements arguing that the moratorium was meaningless without [...]
2009-11-27 11:59:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAO KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2174WEST BANK SETTLERS FEEL "BETRAYED" BY NETANYAHU
[...] (C) Summary. In the wake of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's November 25 announcement of a 10-month suspension of new construction in West Bank settlements, Post contacts in the settler community voiced distrust of the GOI, anger at the USG, and a determination to resist GOI efforts to moni [...]
2009-12-03 15:38:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG CASC IS
09JERUSALEM2203PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY MINISTER OF INTERIOR
[...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of the Interior Said Abu Ali expressed concern about what he called a "troubled and tense" political climate. He predicted, "a resurgence of settler attacks on Palestinians" in the West Bank, and noted that the PA had little control over these [...]
2009-12-07 13:35:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KPAL PREL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2224SETTLEMENT MORATORIUM: WEST BANK SETTLERS ANGRY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite recent GOI outreach to the settler community, Post contacts continue to express distrust of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and blame the USG for the current moratorium on West Bank construction. Meanwhile, most Palestinian contacts remain unimpressed with what they [...]
2009-12-08 15:10:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2225A PALESTINIAN COMMERCIAL PROJECT IN EAST JERUSALEM
[...] (C) Summary. The Arab proprietors of a significant real estate development in East Jerusalem report that the first phase of their project, encompassing 70 apartments, is now nearing completion. The project has taken more than a decade, due to the time required to secure the appropriate permi [...]
2009-12-08 16:25:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EINV KPAL PGOV IS
09JERUSALEM2271PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY MINISTER OF INTERIOR POINTS
[...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of Interior Said Abu Ali expressed frustration at what he characterized as poor Israel Defense Forces (IDF) situational awareness and response time, in the wake of a December 11 arson attack on a West Bank mosque allegedly carried out by extr [...]
2009-12-15 15:49:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM228JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/03): PLO: "NOT JUST AN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-03 12:13:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2319JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/28): The PA continues to
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-28 13:33:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM236JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/04): FEAR THAT SEPARATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-04 10:36:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM254JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/06): NERVOUS ANTICIPATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-06 11:31:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM281JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/13): PEACE PROCESS - "BIGGEST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 10:54:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM33JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/05): "WHY ARE [PALESTINIANS]
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-05 11:46:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM41JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/06): GAZA -- ANOTHER EPISODE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-06 11:08:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM448JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/11): A CALL TO KEEP FAYYAD IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-11 10:22:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM480JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/17): A CALL FOR A
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-17 11:22:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM506JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/23): PALESTINIANS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 11:29:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM546JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/25): PONDERING THE IMPACT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-25 08:25:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM616JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/06): PALESTINIANS: PEACE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-06 10:23:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM62JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/07): GAZA - "A FASCIST WAR"
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-07 11:47:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM73JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/08): "SIGNS OF A TRUCE AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-08 10:00:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM89JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/09): "SAVING GAZA TO SAVE THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-09 11:16:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM97ICRC AND PCRS DETAIL HORRIFIC SCENES IN EVACUATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. An International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) statement on January 8 described the discovery of four children next to their dead mothers and at least 12 dead bodies in a house in Gaza City's Zaytun neighborhood. A Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) medical worker pr [...]
2009-01-09 17:50:00Consulate JerusalemSECRET//NOFORNPREL PHUM MOPS ICRC KWBG KPAL IS GZ PREF
09KABUL10AFGHAN INDEPENDENT HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ISSUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In two simultaneously released reports, the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) strongly condemned Taliban and other insurgents' intimidation and killing of civilians and presented a relatively balanced analysis of civilian deaths due to coalition and Afghan Natio [...]
2009-01-04 09:15:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AF PREL PHUM
09KABUL1038AFGHAN GOVERNMENT PLANNING FOR VICTORY DAY--STRONG
[...] (C) Summary: Afghanistan's security agencies are in the midst of intense planning and rehearsals for the annual April 28 "Victory Day" celebration, which commemorates the day in 1992 on which the Afghan mujahedeen overthrew the Russian-backed regime. However, with the last year's failed assas [...]
2009-04-23 15:24:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MCAP PTER AF
09KABUL1041DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW AND KARZAI ACKNOWLEDGE
[...] (C) In his April 2 meeting with D/S Lew, Karzai reaffirmed his confidence that President Zardari's view on the insurgency problem was in line with Afghanistan's, but continued to express distrust of the motivations of the Pakistan army and ISI. Karzai pledged to cooperate with the U.S. to impr [...]
2009-04-25 06:42:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL1046KARZAI HOSTS PARLIAMENT-US CONVERSATION ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Karzai, his national security ministers, and several dozen MPs urged the Charge and ISAF representatives on April 26 to join with the Afghan government and Parliament to form a commission on reducing civilian casualties. During a long and impassioned but respectful m [...]
2009-04-26 15:51:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1056 CODEL REED AND MOI MINISTER ATMAR DISCUSS POLICE REFORM
[...] (SBU) Summary. Senators Jack Reed and Edward Kaufman met with Minister of Interior Hanif Atmar on April 18. Acknowledging that the Afghan National Police (ANP) is the weak link in Afghan security forces, Atmar emphasized qualitative improvements made over the past year through training and ot [...]
2009-04-27 11:24:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS AFIN AF
09KABUL1068LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ARMY AIR CORPS TRAINING OF AFGHAN
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of thirty (30) individuals selected for Army Air Corps training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post respectfully r [...]
2009-04-29 06:12:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1107COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER SAYS RADIO JAMMING ONLY
[...] (C) On April 30 Afghan Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amirzai Sangin told Econoff that broadcast jamming is the only effective method to halt Taliban radio broadcasts in Afghanistan. Sangin emphasized that the Taliban do not have radio broadcasting licenses in Afghanis [...]
2009-05-02 12:01:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECPS ECIN EFIN AF
09KABUL1116NEXT STEPS ON ELECTION SECURITY PLANNING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The government's Presidential Advisory Group (PAG),led by National Security Advisor Rassoul and with the participation of Ministers, other Cabinet-level decision-makers, and international representatives, on April 30 approved a concept of operations for election security, res [...]
2009-05-03 11:55:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1181THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT, 5/2-5/7: MORE ANGER OVER
[...] Lower House MPs exploded in anger Wednesday (May 6) over new reports of civilian casualties resulting from a joint Afghan Army-Coalition forces operation in Bala Boluk district of Farah province this week. Afghan media and NGOs reported between 40 and 160 civilians killed, prompting many MPs t [...]
2009-05-07 13:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM AF
09KABUL1188LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ARMY AIR CORPS TRAINING OF AFGHAN
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of thirty (30) individuals selected for Army Air Corps training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post respectfully r [...]
2009-05-08 14:53:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1226SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEAHY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (SBU) The government and the public here have welcomed the Administration's new strategy, agreeing on the merit and priority of refocusing on defeating al Qaeda to prevent it, and like-minded local and regional groups, from returning to Afg [...]
2009-05-13 10:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OREP PTER NARC PHUM KDEM
09KABUL1231AFGHAN WOMEN LEADERS ASK CODEL DAVIS FOR MORE
[...] SUMMARY: On May 9, Afghan women leaders told Codel Davis that they have high hopes for a greater engagement on women's issues under the Obama administration. The Afghan participants urged the U.S. to focus on an array of issues affecting women, including political rights and economic developm [...]
2009-05-14 17:02:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AF OREP
09KABUL1233COIN SUCCESS IN ALASAY IS PROVISIONAL: LESSONS FOR
[...] (S) Summary. Two months after a clearing operation to restore Afghan government (GIRoA) authority to Alasay, a tenuous security has been established below a line of control that ISAF Forces and the Afghan National Army (ANA) established one-half kilometer beyond the district center. In this [...]
2009-05-15 10:02:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1234CORRUPTION AND STRUGGLE FOR LEGITIMACY UNDERMINING SECURITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Now that military operations have compelled insurgents to withdraw, at least for now, from much of southern Kapisa, and GIRoA authority has been reasserted, corruption and a struggle for political legitimacy have emerged as obstacles to enduring stability. The uneasy balance be [...]
2009-05-15 12:32:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV AF
09KABUL1270EU POLICE MISSION COMPLETES CONCEPT OF OPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: The European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL)A) has completed an initial reconnaissance visit to Laghman province, and based on discussions with Task Force (TF) Duke, is preparing a concept of operations for deploying officers to Regional Command East (RC-E). As an i [...]
2009-05-18 13:54:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF EUN
09KABUL1278 Balkh Province - Security Setbacks, Corruption, Uneven
[...] (U) Summary: Strong provincial leadership by Governor Atta makes the Balkh government work, but a worsening security picture in districts west of the provincial capital Mazar-e-Sharif and widespread corruption within his administration threaten to undermine people's confidence in government. B [...]
2009-05-19 13:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR EAID MARR AF
09KABUL1290IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN BAMYAN, A HIDDEN STRUGGLE FOR
[...] (S) Summary. Bamyan Province is a significant center of gravity for Iranian influence in Afghanistan. Iran has political reach through its sponsorship of the Hezb-e Wahdat (Unity Party),headed by Second VP Khalili based in Bamyan. A Council of Mujahedeen Commanders remains intact there, an [...]
2009-05-20 16:42:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1295CODEL CARPER - WELCOME TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Senators: We warmly welcome your visit to Afghanistan 2. (SBU) The government and the public here have welcomed the United States' new strategic purpose to defeat al Qaeda and its supporters and to prevent their return to Afghanistan and Pakistan. To accomplish this, President Obama's [...]
2009-05-21 09:12:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OREP PTER NARC PHUM KDEM AF
09KABUL132PRT LASHKAR GAH: HELMAND IEC READY FOR VOTER REGISTRATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Voter Registration is set to begin on January 20 and the local IEC office and Task Force Helmand (TFH) have coordinated efforts to address security and logistical challenges. However, the required registration materials had not yet arrived in Lashkar Gah on January 17 and delay [...]
2009-01-19 12:06:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL1320PANJSHIR GOVERNOR MAY TAKE ON KAPISA INSURGENCY
[...] (C) Panjshir Governor Haji Bahlol reported to PRTOff May 24 that President Karzai is contemplating moving him to Kapisa province following the August 20 presidential election (contingent upon Karzai's re-election). Bahlol, with a reputation for toughness and a track record of maintaining secu [...]
2009-05-26 06:19:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL1321SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LANGEVIN
[...] (SBU) Congressmen: We warmly welcome your visit to Afghanistan 2. (SBU) The government and the public here have welcomed the United States' new strategic purpose to defeat al Qaeda and its supporters and to prevent their return to Afghanistan and Pakistan. To accomplish this, President Oba [...]
2009-05-26 06:47:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1361AFGHANISTAN COUNTERNARCOTICS: NARCO-INSURGENCY
[...] (C) Summary. Afghan Army commandos and U.S. special forces air-assaulted and seized a large Taliban command center that doubled as a heroin-producing complex in central Helmand on May 19-23. The operation, which included the Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA)/National Interdiction [...]
2009-05-31 05:06:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPTER SNAR KCRM PREL PINS AF
09KABUL1390CODEL LANGEVIN DISCUSSES SECURITY AND ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Codel Langevin (Rep. James Langevin, Rep. Mike Coffman, Rep. Tom Rooney, Rep. Kilili Sablan) met with a relaxed, confident President Karzai May 30 to discuss Afghanistan's greatest challenges - insecurity and weak governance, as well as Karzai's plans for the country's future. [...]
2009-06-02 07:38:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MASS KDEM PTER AF
09KABUL140VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN AND SENATOR GRAHAM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Vice President-elect Joseph Biden and Senator Lindsay Graham visited Camp Bastion in Helmand Province January 11 and were briefed by Brigadier General Gordon Messenger, the British Commander of Task Force Helmand, and UK Senior Civilian Advisor Hugh Powell. COMISAF General McKiernan, R [...]
2009-01-20 10:40:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS AF
09KABUL1409LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ARMY AIR CORPS TRAINING OF AFGHAN
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of nine (9) individuals selected for Army Air Corps training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Departme [...]
2009-06-04 09:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1420ZABUL GOVERNOR NASERI'S TENURE OFF TO A ROCKY START
[...] (C) Summary: Governor Muhammed Ashraf Naseri's most significant achievement after two months serving as the Governor of Zabul Province is the drafting of a more realistic development plan. Overall, however, Naseri has failed to connect with the people and an ongoing corruption investigati [...]
2009-06-06 06:54:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1421JOINT WARDAK-LOGAR POLICE SUMMIT PART OF EFFORT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: To address police deficiencies in Logar and Wardak provinces, the 3rd Brigade 10th Mountain Division (3/10) is working with national police and the local police chiefs to implement both a bottom-up and top-down police development strategy. Through a series of inspection tour [...]
2009-06-06 07:05:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1423AMBASSADOR EIKENBERRY AND GOVERNOR AMIN DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An animated Governor Roohul Amin of Farah told Ambassador Eikenberry on May 30 that the situation in his province is improving for ordinary citizens as a result of his efforts to reduce corruption and fight crime, even though Taliban activity is increasing. Under intense press [...]
2009-06-06 12:20:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1426KARZAI AIDE SPECULATES ON POST-ELECTION CABINET;
[...] (C) Palace Chief of Policy Sebghatullah Sanjar told us on June 2 that Karzai had offered a number of positions in his next government to prominent Afghans in exchange for their endorsements. Sanjar asserted Karzai struck those deals without regard to those individuals' abilities or willin [...]
2009-06-07 05:52:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1458OPENING OF ISLAM QALA BORDER CROSSING POINT
[...] (SBU) On June 15, the port at Islam Qala (IQ) will be ready for operations. The Embassy's Border Management Task Force is prepared to host an opening ceremony, between June 15 and July 1, for the USD 20 Million Border Crossing Point at IQ, built by the Army Corps of Engineers (ACE). The Ge [...]
2009-06-08 04:07:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV ETRD AF IR
09KABUL1485MINISTERS TELL CODEL LANGEVIN ARMY AND POLICE
[...] (C)Summary. Codel Langevin spent a full 24 hours in Kabul, meeting with President Karzai (reftel),Defense Minister Wardak, Interior Minister Atmar, and Afghan Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) representatives. The codel, comprised of Representatives James Langevin (D-RI),Mike Coffman [...]
2009-06-10 12:53:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1488LOCAL KUCHI-HAZARA DEAL DEPENDENT ON NATIONAL AND
[...] (C) Summary. The annual conflict posed by the movement of the Kuchi population into the grazing lands of Wardak, Bamyan, and Ghazni Provinces is rearing its head, but the intersection of better grazing as a result of spring rains, a Kuchi readiness to vote in the upcoming elections, and Wardak [...]
2009-06-10 13:57:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1522EU, U.S. AMBASSADORS DISCUSS STRATEGY, DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) During a brief June 7 courtesy call, Ambassador Eikenberry briefed European Commission Ambassador Hansjoerg Kretschmer on the US strategy in Afghanistan. The Ambassador told Kretschmer that strategy focuses on the most insecure areas in southern and eastern Afghanistan, and that the civi [...]
2009-06-14 13:25:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECON AF
09KABUL154PHASE 4 VOTER REGISTRATION IMPERFECT BUT UNDERWAY
[...] (SBU) Phase 4 of the voter registration update opened largely on schedule on January 20 in Nimroz, Kandahar, and Uruzgan. A broken-down truck delayed delivery of material to Helmand. According to IEC headquarters, voter registration operations will open as early as January 21 in six distric [...]
2009-01-20 13:19:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL156AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: GOVERNORS AND
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: At a January 10 conference in Kabul, Afghan central government and provincial authorities -- including eight governors -- agreed that reducing poppy cultivation on a sustainable basis is a high pr [...]
2009-01-21 06:25:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PHUM KPAO AF
09KABUL1560QUIET START TO OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN SEASON
[...] SUMMARY. The presidential and provincial council campaigns for the Aug. 20 election officially kicked off June 16, with a relatively subdued atmosphere in both Kabul and the outlying provinces. Major and minor candidates alike plastered Kabul streets with campaign posters, though few held la [...]
2009-06-18 04:40:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1566LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MARSHALL CENTER TRAINING OF AFGHAN
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of eleven (11) individual selected for Marshall Center training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Depar [...]
2009-06-18 14:08:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1574Jowzjan Province: Worsening Security; Mixed Reviews on
[...] Over the past six months, deteriorating security has been the most significant change in Jowzjan province. Insurgents have demonstrated their ability to launch attacks both in remote districts of the province as well as along the ring road from Sheberghan to Mazar-e-Sharif. While the insurgen [...]
2009-06-20 08:19:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV AF
09KABUL1577SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF NSA TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your visit to Afghanistan. Your timing could not be better. You are coming at a crucial period in Afghanistan's movement toward a more secure and democratic Society. The presidential election campaign has just begun, as has our increase in military forces, plus a dra [...]
2009-06-21 07:22:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR NATO OVIP PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL159Herat: Development Needed in Shindand District
[...] Development lags in the critical district of Shindand, astride the ring road, the last spot of poppy cultivation in Herat province and center of intensified Taliban activity after the August 2008 Azizabad civilian collateral damage incident. A refined development program emphasizing water for [...]
2009-01-21 12:54:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ETRD EAID AF
09KABUL1594EGYPT'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO DEVELOPMENT IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Egyptian Charge' d'Affaires (CDA) Karim Sharaf told PolCouns on 6/16 that Egypt was actively contributing to development in Afghanistan, but could do more with funding from international partners. With assistance from the International Community (IC),Egypt could: 1) establish [...]
2009-06-22 09:45:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PTER EG AF
09KABUL160KARZAI HIGHLIGHTS GOVERNMENT'S ACHIEVEMENTS AND
[...] SUMMARY. President Karzai called on U.S. and international forces to prevent civilian casualties in a State of the Union-style speech opening Parliament's new session January 20. In addition to his appeal to revise the international coalition's military strategy, Karzai ran through a laundry [...]
2009-01-22 10:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER KDEM MARR AF
09KABUL1600SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISSUES
[...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your visit to Afghanistan. Your timing could not be better. You are coming at a crucialperiod in Afghanistan's movement toward a more secure and democratic society. The presidential election campaign has just begun, as has our increase in military forces, plus a dram [...]
2009-06-23 02:37:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL AF
09KABUL165CENTCOM COMMANDER PETRAEUS JAN 20 MEETING WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 07:34:00Embassy KabulSECRETPINR PREL PTER AF
09KABUL165106/23/09 MEETING, ASSISTANT AMB MUSSOMELI AND MOI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Ambassador Mussomeli discussed a range of issues with Minister of Interior (MoI) Hanif Atmar on June 23. On the Kunduz Regional Training Center (RTC) DynCorp event of April 11 (reftel),Atmar reiterated his insistence that the U.S. try to quash any news article on the inciden [...]
2009-06-24 11:37:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS AF
09KABUL1658DEVELOPING A MASTER PLAN FOR TORKHAM GATE
[...] SUMMARY: This is a Joint message from US Embassies Kabul and Islamabad with input from US Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). The Torkham Gate Working Group met from May 23-24 in Jalalabad and Torkham, reviewed the current strategy and develo [...]
2009-06-25 05:36:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCOR KJUS AF PK SNAR MOPS KCRM PREL PINS
09KABUL1677HELMAND GOVERNOR MANGAL UPBEAT, HOPEFUL IN MEETING
[...] (U) Helmand Governor Gulabuddin Mangal was upbeat, yet realistic during a June 16 call on Ambassador Eikenberry at the U.S. Embassy. The Ambassador gave Mangal a set of photos taken during last month's grand opening of the Bost Commercial Airfield in Helmand. Mangal thanked the Ambassador and promi [...]
2009-06-27 11:46:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1683KARZAI ASKS NSA JONES FOR GREATER BILATERAL POLICY
[...] (C) At their June 23 meeting, President Karzai repeated to NSA Jones his call for a US-Afghan joint team to implement the President's new strategy. He conceded such an initiative could not begin until after the election. Karzai will make his role as a unifying and national, rather than ethnic [...]
2009-06-29 04:07:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON AF PK IR
09KABUL1731 Security Key in Ghazni Election Planning
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Overt candidate campaigning is occurring in Ghazni, but is relatively muted due to the prevailing security situation. Ghazni City - the largest population center and the provincial capital - is the most active area. In the countryside, residents appear to want to vote, b [...]
2009-07-02 11:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1741KHOST: DIFFERING REACTIONS TO CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Khosties' vastly different reactions to civilian casualty incidents caused by Coalition Forces (CF) versus those caused by insurgents suggest fear and intimidation by insurgents are profoundly impacting the population. Team Khost (PRT and maneuver battalion),at the direction of [...]
2009-07-04 04:13:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1754KARZAI'S JULY 5 ELECTION MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. President Karzai's tightly-conducted 5 July meeting on election security included senior foreign, security and intelligence members of his cabinet and the Chairman of the Independent Election Commission. The SRSG, COMISAF, Ambs. Mussomeli and Carney attended. The Pr [...]
2009-07-06 08:46:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1762 Beyond 421 - Civilian Staffing Requirements for
[...] Embassy Kabul has undertaken a review of our mission to determine the personnel and resourcing requirements to achieve success, a review that complements GEN McChrystal's ongoing 60-day review of ISAF's mission. In Ref A, Embassy Kabul detailed a USG civilian uplift needed to implement the Pre [...]
2009-07-06 15:31:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT APER PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF
09KABUL1787 Baghlan Industry and Energy Sector Poised For Expansion
[...] (SBU) Summary: Baghlan Province is well positioned to take advantage of its energy production and industrial potential, though some of its business leaders seem overly ambitious. With its intact hydropower plants and location along one of Afghanistan's primary electrical backbones, Baghlan alm [...]
2009-07-09 00:50:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON ENRG AF
09KABUL1788 Baghlan Industry and Energy Sector Poised For Expansion
[...] (SBU) Summary: Baghlan Province is well positioned to take advantage of its energy production and industrial potential, though some of its business leaders seem overly ambitious. With its intact hydropower plants and location along one of Afghanistan's primary electrical backbones, Baghlan alm [...]
2009-07-09 00:53:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID AF ECON ENRG
09KABUL1874KARZAI’S JULY 12 ELECTION MEETING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY and COMMENT. President Karzai's 12 July weekly meeting on election security produced the unwelcome news that polling center numbers must be reduced due to poor security and isolation. The DSRSG noted Khost officials have decided to co-locate 50 polling centers with the remaining 125 i [...]
2009-07-15 04:53:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1892KARZAI DIALOGUE ON U.S.-AFGHAN RELATIONS CONTINUES
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. President Karzai and I continued our dialogue on the future of U.S.-Afghan relations (reftel) in our weekly meeting, July 7. We were joined by National Security Advisor Rassoul. Karzai discussed his priorities for the next five years as outlined in his draft election manifesto. [...]
2009-07-16 03:45:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1914ABDULLAH ENERGIZED ABOUT CAMPAIGN, WORKING FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 14, Ambassador Eikenberry met with presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah to discuss the state of the presidential campaign. Invigorated by his trips to the provinces and boasting an ambitious travel schedule for the next few weeks, Abdullah expounded on his cam [...]
2009-07-18 09:56:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL AF
09KABUL1916Twelfth Meeting of the Afghanistan Joint Coordination and
[...] (U) JCMB-XII approved the Afghan government's Civilian Technical Assistance Plan, and three donors, including the U.S., pledged specific support for some of the 55 urgently needed technical advisors. A new TA Task Force will carry implementation forward and take account of any donor concerns. [...]
2009-07-19 14:13:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN ECON PGOV AF
09KABUL201 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT FOR
[...] SUMMARY: Narcotics cultivation in Afghanistan declined in 2008 by nearly 20 percent, after two years of record highs. Despite the drop in poppy cultivation, however, Afghanistan remained the world's largest grower of opium poppy, with cultivation largely confined to five contiguous provinces i [...]
2009-01-26 13:12:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PREL PINS PTER
09KABUL2077CORRECTED: JULY 25 MINISTERIAL AGREES ON AUGUST 1
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a July 25 ministerial on election issues, the Ministry of Defense (MOD),the Ministry of Interior (MOI),ISAF, the UN, and the Independent Election Commission (IEC) agreed that August 1 would be the final date to determine which of the nearly 7,000 voting centers would not ope [...]
2009-07-27 04:33:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2104 PRT Mazar-e-Sharif: Sar-e-pul Provincial Assessment
[...] (SBU) Security throughout most of Sar-e-pul province remains relatively good, but has worsened in areas bordering neighboring Jowzjan and Faryab provinces. Almalek village of Sayyad district has been ground zero for Mullah Nadir's insurgent gangs, who continue to exploit the weaknesses of the [...]
2009-07-30 04:11:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL213LOGAR GOVERNOR LODIN OFFERS ASSURANCES TO INCOMING
[...] (C) Summary: Logar Governor Atiqullah Lodin was introduced by Combined Task Force (CTF) Currahee Commander Colonel Johnson to incoming Task Force (TF) Spartan Commander Colonel Haight on January 21. The governor criticized the central government for allowing the situation in Logar to deter [...]
2009-01-28 11:24:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2138Ambassador's Meeting with Japanese SRAP Yoshikawa
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Japan's Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Ambassador Motohide Yoshikawa, told the Ambassador July 22 that he had stressed to President Karzai that the Afghan elections must be credible, secure, and free - only on that basis would Japan continue to support Afghanistan. [...]
2009-07-31 14:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EAID JP AF
09KABUL2139GHANI & YASENI CAMPAIGNS' STRATEGIES AND CONCERNS:
[...] (SBU) Summary: Common themes, particularly criticism of front-runners President Karzai and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah for practicing "warlord politics", were apparent in recent meetings with Ashraf Ghani campaign manager Saboor Formuli and Mirwais Yaseni campaign manager (and former Logar governor [...]
2009-08-01 03:43:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2142TRIBAL REVOLT AGAINST THE TALIBAN IN NANGAHAR,S
[...] (S/NF) The Jalalabad Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) met July 23 with tribal members from Nangarhar's Mamand Valley to coordinate support for their recent uprising against the Taliban. The resistance by local members of the Shinwar tribe against Taliban insurgents represents a new devel [...]
2009-08-01 08:55:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF PAK PTER
09KABUL2148TRIBAL REVOLT AGAINST THE TALIBAN IN NANGAHAR'S
[...] (S/NF) The Jalalabad Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) met July 23 with tribal members from Nangarhar's Mamand Valley to coordinate support for their recent uprising against the Taliban. The resistance by local members of the Shinwar tribe against Taliban insurgents represents a new devel [...]
2009-08-02 07:25:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF PAK PTER
09KABUL217INDEPENDENT ELECTION COMMISSION ANNOUNCES AFGHAN
[...] (SBU) Dr. Azizullah Lodin, President of the Independent Election Commission (IEC),on January 29 told the media that the date for Afghanistan's presidential and provincial council elections will be August 20, 2009. Flanked by his fellow Commissioners as well as Chief Technical Officer Dr. Da [...]
2009-01-29 11:24:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL220KARZAI COMMENTS ON WARPLANES, ANA ROLE, AND
[...] (U) Summary. During a speech at the graduation of the first class from the National Military Academy of Afghanistan (NMAA),President Karzai declared that if the U.S. does not provide Afghanistan with military aircraft, he will look elsewhere. He also told Afghan National Army (ANA) graduate [...]
2009-01-29 13:08:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALAFIN PGOV PREL PTER AF
09KABUL221CORRECTED COPY - KARZAI COMMENTS ON WARPLANES, ANA
[...] (U) Summary. During a speech at the graduation of the first class from the National Military Academy of Afghanistan (NMAA),President Karzai declared that if the U.S. does not provide Afghanistan with military aircraft, he will look elsewhere. He also told Afghan National Army (ANA) graduate [...]
2009-01-29 13:32:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALAFIN PGOV PREL PTER AF
09KABUL222WARDAK GOVERNOR FEDAI REVIEWS STABILIZATION
[...] (SBU) Wardak Governor Mohammed Halim Fedai met with incoming Task Force (TF) Spartan Commander Colonel Haight on January 22. The Governor stressed the importance of successfully launching in Wardak the pilot program for a supplemental community security force, the Afghan Public Protection Fo [...]
2009-01-30 04:33:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2261AFTER THE TALIBAN: HIGH EXPECTATIONS IN HELMAND'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Joint U.S. Marine and Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) operations in Helmand's Nawa District have resulted in visible progress since Operation Khanjar commenced July 2. Helmand Governor Mangal held a well-attended shura July 23. The local market has seen growing numbers o [...]
2009-08-06 12:27:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL2262AFGHANISTAN: NEXT STEPS FOR COUNTER-NARCOTICS
[...] (C) Summary. The U.S. Mission in Kabul is applying more resources and new capabilities to support Afghan government counter-narcotics (CN) interdiction efforts in 2009-2010. While downgrading/eliminating USG funding for large scale Afghan police eradication of poppy fields, we will expand ag [...]
2009-08-06 13:00:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM PREL AF
09KABUL2294NANGARHAR GOVERNOR SHERZAI: RETURN OF ACCUSED
[...] (S/NF) Nangarhar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai told Task Force Mountain Warrior Commander (TFMW CDR) and State Department Regional Representative (DOS/R) on August 3 that the return from Pakistan of Haji Zaman, implicated in the murder of former Deputy President Haji Abdul Qadir, would be a test [...]
2009-08-10 08:17:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL2327 TRANSFER OF AFGHAN NATIONAL POLICE TRAINING CONTRACT
[...] Summary: Ambassador and COMISAF join in recommending transfer of the responsibility for implementation of basic Afghan police training and field mentoring from the Department of State to the Department of Defense in order better to provide Afghan police the basic security skills needed in a c [...]
2009-08-11 15:54:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS MARR SOCI PREL PGOV AF
09KABUL2339 Faryab Province Assessment
[...] (U) This is a bi-annual report from the State PRT representative in Mazar-e-Sharif on political, economic and security developments in Faryab Province. 2. (SBU) Security in Faryab province, which forms the western flank of Regional Command North, has deteriorated over the past year and doe [...]
2009-08-13 07:36:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL2347AFGHAN MINISTERS DISCUSS COUNTER-NARCOTICS WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Global Threats William Wechsler traveled to Afghanistan 28-30 July to meet with U.S., Afghan, and international officials to assess the counter-narcotics (CN) situation in Afghanistan. Meetings with the Afghan Min [...]
2009-08-13 15:55:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM PREL AF
09KABUL2367LAGHMAN: ALINGAR, ALLIHANG VILLAGERS EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. Villagers in areas of reported anti-Afghan forces (AAF) activity expressed support for the August 20 presidential and Provincial Council elections. A large shura in Alishang District, at which the provincial governor and police commander spoke, appeared to be a notable success, w [...]
2009-08-16 05:08:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL2369NURISTAN ELECTION UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 6th, community leaders and electoral officials from Nuristan's western valley agreed to work together to provide a stable, secure environment for voting, and to identify suitable election workers. On the same day, Provincial Electoral Officer (PEO) Omar Sami named his s [...]
2009-08-16 05:19:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL237PHASE 4 VOTER REGISTRATION HUMS ALONG
[...] (SBU) Election and security officials report the voter registration update in Helmand, Kandahar, Uruzgan, and Nimroz is working smoothly, with some ten days of the planned 30-day period complete. The US PRT officer in Helmand on January 28 visited the voter registration site in Nad Ali distri [...]
2009-02-01 12:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL2403Civ-Mil Efforts Lift Election Prospects in the South
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Voter turnout almost certainly will be more modest than in the elections of 2004 and 2005, in part because of Taliban intimidation tactics. But thanks to military clearance operations, GIRoA actions and assistance from civilians in RC-South, ISAF and Afghan officials estima [...]
2009-08-17 14:11:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2404AFGHAN INTERIOR MINISTER PROMISES POLICE SUPPORT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Against a backdrop of GIRoA desire to expand its authority over Private Security Companies (PSCs),Afghan Minister of Interior (MinInt) Atmar has offered to provide police protection for convoys supporting Regional Command-South (RC-S),until we reach agreement on how to fold the [...]
2009-08-17 14:18:00Embassy KabulSECRETAF MARR MASS PGOV PREL
09KABUL2405AFGHAN ELECTIONS: POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: General Abdul Rashid Dostum's return to Afghanistan opens up old political wounds, but in the short term is a net vote winner for Karzai -- possibly even enough to gain him a first round victory. Karzai justified his decision "in light of recent protests in Northern Afghanistan [...]
2009-08-17 17:10:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2416POST-ELECTION COMPACT: UNAMA'S ENGAGEMENT SUPPORTS
[...] (C) Summary: SRSG Kai Eide's presentation at the UNAMA meeting on post-election engagement by the International Community with the Government of Afghanistan showed considerable fidelity to the U.S.-launched Post Election Compact consultative process. Eide noted that the international communi [...]
2009-08-18 11:59:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2422POST-ELECTION COMPACT: KARZAI TEAM CONSULTATIONS
[...] (S) Summary: In final pre-election consultations, President Karzai and his security team agreed to the general concept of the strategic dialogue and a post-election "compact" but had few new ideas to contribute in light of their intense focus on elections. Karzai in particular was engaged in [...]
2009-08-19 09:49:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2425Election Preparations in RC-North: A Message to Governor
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry warned Balkh Governor Mohammad Atta Noor that any violence over election outcomes would shape the international community's view on its presence in Afghanistan. The Ambassador called on the governor to use his prestige and position to serve as a ?voice of re [...]
2009-08-19 12:25:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL2427Afghan Elections Situation Report One - 1800 Local, August
[...] (SBU) This is the first situation report cable from Embassy Kabul's Elections Operations Center (EOC). The next report is scheduled for 1200 midnight (local) on August 20; reports will be sent every four hours thereafter. Each cable will cover the categories of: security, fraud, atmospherics, a [...]
2009-08-19 13:13:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL243YOUR VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (C) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential elections, and from increased U.S. military deployments. We continue to face tough challenges in Afghanistan, particularly on the security and governance front. But con [...]
2009-02-02 16:31:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV AF
09KABUL2437Afghan Elections Situation Report Five - 1200 Local, August
[...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 1600 local on August 20. -------- Security -------- 2. The security situation is unusually good, but as of 1200 hrs, ISAF has reported some security incidents directed at the election, but none significant enough to affect election structure. P [...]
2009-08-20 08:50:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL244LOWER HOUSE DEPUTY SPEAKER LIKELY TO RUN FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Lower House Deputy Speaker Mirwais Yaseni (Nangarhar, Pashtun) told the Ambassador February 1 that he will run as a candidate in this year's presidential election. Yaseni criticized President Karzai's inability to rein in corruption. He will campaign on a reformist platform that [...]
2009-02-03 04:26:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL2452Afghan Elections Situation Report Nine - 12:00AM Local,
[...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 0400 local on August 21. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (U) Canadian Embassy representatives had a brief discussion this evening with Seddiq Seddiqqi, Deputy Spokesperson for the Karzai Campaign, to solicit his views and perspectives on [...]
2009-08-20 19:09:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2453AFGHAN ELECTIONS: SUCCESSFUL, SUBDUED AFGHAN-LED
[...] (C) Summary: Millions of Afghans had the opportunity to go to the polls today to vote for the Presidency and 420 Provincial Council seats. The traditionally dangerous areas in the south and east reported numerous small attacks, although there were no major security incidents that significan [...]
2009-08-20 19:35:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2466CJTF-82 COMMANDER SCAPARROTTI,S MEETING WITH
[...] (S) Summary. CJTF-82 Commanding General Scaparrotti and RC-East Senior Civilian Representative Kilner met with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk for 30 minutes during the PM,s trip to Ghazni on August 16. Tusk had planned to visit Poland,s combat brigade ) the largest non-American force in [...]
2009-08-22 04:56:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM EAID KJUS AF
09KABUL249 Afghan Human Rights Report on Kuchi-HazaraViolence:
[...] The Aghan Independent Commission on Human Rights' (AICHR) report on the Summer 2008 clashes betwee ethnic Hazarans and ethnic Pashtoon Kuchi nomds in Wardak Province concludes that, absent decisive government intervention to resolve this long running dispute, violence is likely to flare up aga [...]
2009-02-03 10:02:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV AF
09KABUL2597POST-ELECTION POSTURING AND THE U.S. MESSAGE:
[...] (S) Summary: In a series of meetings August 27, Deputy Ambassador Ricciardone stressed to the Karzai government that we are concerned about any attempts to pressure the elections process and institutions. He pressed the GIRoA publicly to reaffirm its support for the integrity of the Independe [...]
2009-08-28 06:58:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL PINS AF
09KABUL2658FM BILDT AGREES ON NEXT STEPS IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt agreed, in an August 31 meeting with Ambassador Eikenberry, to a post-election course of action for the international community in Afghanistan. Minister Bildt expressed his fears over Afghan perceptions of the upcoming conference of Special Represent [...]
2009-09-01 14:52:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2688 Afghan Government's High Hopes for Hydropower
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the August 5 inauguration of a USAID-funded diesel power plant in Kabul, President Karzai and Minister of Energy and Water Ismail Khan focused on large-scale water projects as the key to Afghanistan's energy future. To implement its national hydropower strategy, AfghanistanQ [...]
2009-09-05 05:12:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EAID PREL SENV AF
09KABUL2760 RESPONSE TO COALITION STRIKE IN KUNDUZ:
[...] (SBU) Begin summary: In stark contrast to the controversy in the international media surrounding the September 4 coalition airstrike on two tankers seized by insurgents south of Kunduz, there has been little fallout from or even criticism of the operation locally. If anything, the near-unanimo [...]
2009-09-10 09:55:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AF PREL GM
09KABUL2774PRT MAZAR: SAMANGAN PROVINCE ASSESSMENT
[...] This is a bi-annual assessment of Samangan Province. 2. SUMMARY: Security throughout Samangan province has remained mostly stable over the past year, but insurgents operating in neighboring Baghlan province are trying to undo that. Governor Enayat, considered by his detractors to be a wea [...]
2009-09-13 04:51:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL2825AFGHANISTAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE DISCUSSES COUNTRY'S
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During a September 4 meeting with visiting USDA officials, Afghan Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock (MAIL) Rahimi said good rains this year contributed to surging agriculture production of grapes, apples, apricots, and pomegranates. He said the country is not rea [...]
2009-09-17 10:28:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECIN EAID AF
09KABUL2832GHANI SEES BAD AND WORSE POST-ELECTION OPTIONS
[...] (S) Summary: Presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani is convinced that without a national framework, Afghanistan will face a political implosion. Without a new national political architecture, Dr. Ghani's prognosis for the country is glum. He warns that the North is on the verge of implosion, K [...]
2009-09-19 06:09:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF KDEM
09KABUL2919POST-ELECTION DOOMSDAY SCENARIOS GAIN MOMENTUM
[...] (C) Summary: Some Afghan analysts and officials are forecasting potentially dire scenarios that could unfold following the announcement of the final election results. A former Afghan diplomat and political analyst, who currently works for UNAMA, predicts "a gathering storm in the north," w [...]
2009-09-20 07:34:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL2992GHAZNI CITY CALM AFTER VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS OVER
[...] (C) Summary: Ghazni City remains calm following the violent September 10 demonstrations in response to the death of Mullah Shams, a prominent local cleric. In the aftermath of the demonstrations, Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) moved to control the situation and arrest those responsibl [...]
2009-09-28 06:00:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC AF
09KABUL3077 Expanding Mobile Money Services in Afghanistan
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mobile commerce (mCommerce),also known as mobile money (mMoney),offers an opportunity to increase rapidly access to financial services in Afghanistan, particularly in rural areas. Moreover, mobile money, with proper regulatory safeguards, advances anti-corruption efforts, for [...]
2009-10-03 13:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV PGOV EAID ETRD AF
09KABUL3079COMISAF TALKS SECURITY, ELECTIONS, RECONCILIATION
[...] (C) Summary: On September 15, COMISAF, Deputy Commander US forces Afghanistan LTGEN Rodriguez and RC-East Commander MG Scaparotti conducted a Battlefield Circulation (BFC) in Ghazni. Aside from meeting with Task Force White Eagle commanders, COMISAF held separate discussions with Ghazni Pro [...]
2009-10-04 05:09:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM MOPS PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL31SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REED
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (SBU) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential elections, and from increased US military deployments. We continue to face tough challenges in Afghanistan, particularly on the security and governance front. But c [...]
2009-01-06 09:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR OREP AF
09KABUL3101Security and Social Issues at Aynak Copper Mine
[...] (C) Summary: Problems are delaying progress on the massive Chinese Aynak copper mine project, Afghanistan?s single largest foreign investment to date totaling almost USD 3 billion in infrastructural investment. While the mine has twice the police force of the rest of Logar province and benefits fro [...]
2009-10-05 13:31:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALEMIN EINV ENRG PREL SENV AF
09KABUL313IEC "SATISFIED" WITH VOTER REGISTRATION AFTER
[...] (SBU) Two senior officials of the Independent Election Commission (IEC),with ISAF support, traveled February 2-4 to Helmand, Kandahar, and Uruzgan to monitor voter registration operations, reach out to voters and key political figures, and assess the neuralgic question of equitable Pashtun [...]
2009-02-11 04:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL315PAKTYA PROVINCE SIX-MONTH ASSESSMENT: JULY-DECEMBER 2008
[...] (SBU) Paktya's security situation remained stable in the second half of 2008, with Zormat and the Zadran Arc the main focuses of coalition security efforts. Increased insurgent infiltration in the northern half of the province may require additional Afghan or Coalition Forces (CF) in 2009, p [...]
2009-02-11 12:54:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID PINR KDEM AF
09KABUL3156THREE ALLEGED JUVENILE DETAINEES IN GOOD HEALTH;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 16, EmbOffs, CSTC-A detainee attorney John Torresala and CSTC-A Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) Embedded Training Team (ETT) Director Col. Thomas Cantwell visited the Kabul Juvenile Detention Center to meet with three juvenile detainees transferred from the [...]
2009-10-06 15:59:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3161PAKISTANIS AT KANDAHAR BORDER FLAG MEETING -- THE
[...] (S) Summary. The high point of the September 29 Border Flag Meeting (BFM) in Kandahar was the Pakistani delegation leader's assertion that the Quetta Shura is an unsubstantiated fabrication. This BFM was the first at which the 5/2 Stryker Brigade joined officials from Canadian Task Force Kandahar, [...]
2009-10-07 06:21:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS UK AF PAK
09KABUL3167BALKH GOVERNOR ATTA CHARGES GIROA ASSASSINATION
[...] (C) Summary: Governor of Balkh Province Atta Mohammad Noor has accused Minister of Interior Mohammad Hanif Atmar of plotting to destabilize Afghanistan's northern region and to assassinate him because of his support for presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah. He charged that in a recent m [...]
2009-10-07 13:46:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC TU AF
09KABUL3168GOVERNANCE IN PANJSHIR - PEEKING UNDER THE HOOD
[...] (SBU) Summary: The government and people of Panjshir have firm control of their own security, providing a safe environment for development and enabling the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) to undertake $65 million worth of projects. However, human capacity remains weak. Perceived neglec [...]
2009-10-07 14:10:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID MOPS AF
09KABUL3177AFGHANISTAN SCENESETTER FOR CODEL INOUYE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-08 08:56:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP MCAP MASS PGOV PHUM PREL AF
09KABUL3182AFGHAN MINISTER - AND FORMER MUJAHID - SLAMS
[...] (C) Summary: The Afghan Government, army, and police need to change their tactics and the Afghan Government should identify and reach out to leaders who can mobilize the population against the Taliban, Mohammed Ismail Khan, Afghan Minister of Water and Energy told Coordinating Director for D [...]
2009-10-09 14:05:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON AF
09KABUL321PRT ZABUL: IT'S HOT IN QALAT
[...] (C) The situation in Zabul province grows increasingly tense, following a February 6 Special Forces operation near Shar-e-safa that killed six, captured three, and garnered national and international media attention. Tribal elders, religious leaders and Provincial Councils members issued pol [...]
2009-02-12 11:14:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3262INTERIOR MINISTRY ORGANIZES FOR POLICE GROWTH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 1 Interior Minister Hanif Atmar launched a series of working groups to plan for Afghan National Police (ANP) growth, and told International Police Coordination Board (IPCB) reps that: -- Police growth and reform are his post-election priorities; --The Ministry [...]
2009-10-14 13:14:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS AF
09KABUL3285ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK-FUNDED PORTION OF RING ROAD STALLED,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Responding to a recent ultimatum from the Afghan government, Chinese contractor CREC has minimally resumed work on a critical section of the ring road in Badghis, funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The contractor had agreed in July to restart the project once the GIRoA [...]
2009-10-15 11:10:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS EINV AF
09KABUL3305A window into Afghanistan's North
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A visit to Mazar-i-Sharif revealed a relatively vibrant economic environment, concerns about growing insecurity especially in nearby Kunduz, and several very effective AID programs helping business students and Islamic credit unions. 2. (U) Coordinating Director for Development [...]
2009-10-17 11:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EINV ECON ETRD EAID BEXP AF
09KABUL3387THE DAY AFTER: MEETINGS WITH THE CANDIDATES
[...] (S) Summary: The day after President Karzai accepted the decision which will lead to a second round in Afghanistan's presidential elections, Ambassador Eikenberry met separately with Karzai and with Dr. Abdullah Abdullah to reaffirm full U.S. support for a successful second round scheduled for [...]
2009-10-21 18:58:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3389Senator Kerry Meeting with Ismail Khan, Afghan Minister of
[...] (C) Summary: Minister for Water and Energy (and former Herat Governor and mujahidin leader) Ismail Khan said October 16 that the Afghan people believe the international community is interfering in the Afghan elections and told visiting Senator John Kerry he believed many Afghan people would not [...]
2009-10-22 09:01:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OVIP AF
09KABUL3390Sarkani Pilot District Visit
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 19, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs, Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne, and Commander of the International Assistance Security Force Joint Command (COMIJC) Lieutenant General David Rodriguez visited the District Center in Sarkani, Kunar Province, [...]
2009-10-22 10:38:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR SOCI EAID AF
09KABUL3396NURISTANIS JOCKEYING AHEAD OF POST-ELECTION
[...] (C/NF) Summary: With the denouement of Afghanistan's prolonged election drama, Nuristani political figures are positioning themselves for the likely shuffle of governors under a new administration. To his rivals, Governor Jamaluddin Badr looks like an easy target. Although a strong, deft l [...]
2009-10-22 21:43:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR AF
09KABUL3420ENGAGING KARZAI'S INNER CIRCLE ON ELECTIONS AND
[...] (S) Summary: The Embassy continues to engage both Karzai and Abdullah confidants to prevent political slippage and to solidify our message before the November 7 presidential run-off. We are recognizing President Karzai's correct but difficult decision to accept a second round and the pivot [...]
2009-10-26 12:30:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3424INITIAL REPORT OF AIRCRAFT AND PERSONNEL LOSS,
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified: Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. In the morning of October 26, during a counternarcotics counterinsurgency operation in Badghis Province (northeast of Heart),a U.S. military CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed, leading to the deaths [...]
2009-10-26 15:25:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL PINS PTER AF
09KABUL3483RECENT TRENDS IN AFGHANISTAN'S BANKING SECTOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: A USAID-funded banking supervision advisor reported October 29 on recent trends in Afghan bank deposits, loans, and profitability at a meeting with Emboffs. The advisor stated overall deposit growth has stalled and that there is no evidence indicating any major deposit withdrawa [...]
2009-11-01 13:00:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3557EMBASSY KABUL VIEWS ON EUPOL EXPANSION IN REGIONAL
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL) hopes to expand its operations into Regional Command East (RC-E),specifically to Jalalabad Airfield and FOB Mehtarlam in Laghman Province. It proposes formalizing this understanding with signed letters of agreement for [...]
2009-11-05 05:09:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINS MARR EUN NATO AF
09KABUL3559ACCUSATIONS REGARDING CHILD SOLDIERS IN DEPARTMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) &2008 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor8 (reftel) incorrectly identifies Afghanistan as a country recruiting children into its armed forces. The report's introduction suggests that a central economic issue for Afghanistan is that the GIROA [...]
2009-11-05 10:24:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV
09KABUL3638INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT CORRUPTION TASK FORCE HELPING
[...] Current levels of corruption in Afghanistan undermine security, development, and rule of law objectives, damage the legitimacy of the Afghan government, and contribute to the country's illicit narcotics trade. At a recent interagency presentation in Kabul, the work of International Contract Co [...]
2009-11-12 04:00:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS KCOR EAID AF
09KABUL3661UNCONVENTIONAL SECURITY FORCES -- WHAT'S OUT THERE?
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: While the international community works to grow the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF),local communities and the Afghan government (GIRoA) are resorting to various unconventional security forces to protect communities from insurgents. These forces range from the U.S.-supported, [...]
2009-11-12 14:56:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNMARR PINS PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3677WELCOME TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Madame Secretary, We warmly welcome you to Afghanistan. Your visit caps a period of political and security challenges here, which we see moving into a new phase of consolidation. The Afghan government and public appreciate our increases in civilian personnel; our continued military pr [...]
2009-11-16 12:15:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV EAID AMGT PREL ECON AF
09KABUL3700KARZAI'S INAUGURATION SPEECH: PREVIEW
[...] (S) Summary: After weeks of quiet interventions and outright drafting support, the U.S. appears to have gotten most of our priorities into the inauguration speech draft as of November 17. Karzai is capable of undermining this progress by inserting criticisms of the international community th [...]
2009-11-17 14:53:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3733HELMAND VIEWS ON U.S. TROOP LEVELS IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over a three-week period in October, PRT Helmand obtained a wide range of Afghans views (more than 75 in all) on the issue of U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan. A majority thought that, under any scenario, the country,s security problems will not be solved soon, with many referen [...]
2009-11-21 11:26:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF CAN
09KABUL376PRESIDENT KARZAI PREVIEWS STRATEGIC REVIEW IDEAS
[...] (C NF) President Karzai on February 15 told Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Flournoy that his government welcomed the opportunity to join in the USG's strategic policy review. He suggested his team likely would advocate for: 1) greater efforts to target terrorist leaders and sanctuaries in Pak [...]
2009-02-21 04:27:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SNAR AF PK IR
09KABUL3798POMEGRANATES RIPE FOR COIN: A COUNTERINSURGENCY
[...] (SBU) Summary: TaGab, a GIRoA critical district and home to thriving Taliban, Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (HiG),and criminal networks, has been targeted by Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Kapisa as the focus of its counterinsurgency efforts. The initial phase of the effort, &Operation Red, [...]
2009-11-28 10:40:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS EAID AF
09KABUL380UK Foreign Secretary Miliband Discusses Best Practices with
[...] (SBU) In a February 18 meeting, Kunar Province Governor Wahidi reviewed for visiting UK Foreign Secretary Miliband the reasons for his success in the most "kinetic" province in Afghanistan. Wahidi cited extremely close cooperation with and support from the PRT in security, governance, and dev [...]
2009-02-22 06:09:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PINR AF
09KABUL382PRT NURISTAN: GOVERNOR JAMALUDDIN OFF TO A SLOW
[...] (C) Nearly three months after his appointment as governor, Jamaluddin Badr has yet to make an impact on key political, security and development issues in Nuristan. Jamaluddin,s analysis of the situation does, however, demonstrate a critical understanding of the province,s most important issue [...]
2009-02-22 06:22:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3823CHALLENGES CONFRONTING NATO TRAINING
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A) was formally declared to be at &initial operating capability8 (IOC) on November 21, when U.S. LTG William Caldwell assumed command of NTM-A and the pre-existing, U.S.-only Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanist [...]
2009-12-01 01:56:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PREL PGOV AF
09KABUL383HELMAND MPS DELIVER THANKS BUT ALSO WARNINGS
[...] (SBU) At a February 2, UK-hosted dinner for Members of Parliament from Helmand Province, the MPs collectively delivered four messages. First, they expressed appreciation for the assistance and sacrifices being offered up by the international community, particularly the U.S.; but the mistake [...]
2009-02-22 09:53:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL384AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: 2009 DRUG ARREST AND SEIZURE
[...] (U) Summary. This cable is the first in a monthly series recording significant counternarcotics activity in Afghanistan. Highlights include: - The Afghan police, protected by an Afghan Army battalion, launched successful eradication operations in Helmand Province starting January 31. Over 1 [...]
2009-02-22 09:56:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL PINS PTER
09KABUL3851REINTEGRATION: LESSONS FROM +MULA SULAIMAN, CASE
[...] (C/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: On November 21 international media Agence France Presse reported that 80 "Taliban militants" led by Mula Sulaiman, a former Border Police Commander, had laid down their arms in Herat and joined the Afghan National Police (ANP). In fact, the First Deputy Interior Minister [...]
2009-12-02 12:25:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS AF
09KABUL3852KOREA MOVES AHEAD WITH PLANS FOR PRT IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C/REL ISAF) Summary and comment: During his five-day visit to Afghanistan, November 12-17, Korean Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Lee Yong-joon solidified Korean plans to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in eastern Afghanistan's Parwan Province. In meetings at I [...]
2009-12-02 12:48:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV KS AF
09KABUL3854MIXED INITIAL REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
[...] (U) Summary: President Obama's Afghanistan strategy speech aired early the morning of December 2 in Kabul, leaving Afghan politicians, political analysts, and government officials the day to both praise and criticize the President's strategy. While some commentators praised Obama's renewed [...]
2009-12-02 16:45:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3865KARZAI LOOKS FORWARD
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On December 2, Ambassador Eikenberry met twice with President Karzai. At the first meeting, the Ambassador and General McChrystal discussed President Obama´s December 2, speech with Karzai and his national security team. Ambassador Eikenberry advised that at the national level, the [...]
2009-12-03 11:27:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PROG AF
09KABUL389CODEL BOEHNER DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH HELMAND
[...] (C) House Republican Leader John Boehner and five other members of Congress visited Camp Bastion in Helmand Province on February 8, and were briefed by Helmand Governor Mangal on developments in the province. Mangal stated that additional U.S. security and development are needed in Helmand, an [...]
2009-02-22 13:06:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3894SUBJECT: HELMAND: A REINTEGRATION ASSESSMENT
[...] (S/REL to USA, ISAF, NATO) Summary: Helmand Province, particularly in parts of the south, is already undergoing de facto reintegration of some Taliban forces on an informal basis, with no involvement from coalition forces or GIRoA. Both Nawa and Garmsir Districts have community councils, comp [...]
2009-12-06 13:29:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV AF
09KABUL3962OPIC-Funded American Investors Create Jobs and Build
[...] (U) Summary: Capitalizing on "Afghan First" opportunities that promote local employment, U.S. investors in Afghanistan are training and employing thousands of Afghans, including women, while building capacity in numerous sectors. OPIC-funded U.S. companies have registered successes in the appa [...]
2009-12-09 06:12:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EINV EAGR KWMN AF
09KABUL3976HELMAND: MARINES PARTNERING WITH AFGHANS -- MORE
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL//REL US ISAF NATO) SUMMARY: Additional Afghan National Security Force (ANSF) units have deployed to Helmand Province and the 2d Marine Expeditionary Brigade (2d MEB) Area of Operation (AO) to work with U.S. Marines. Last July, when Operation Khanjar commenced in the Central Helm [...]
2009-12-10 04:36:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF
09KABUL398BUILDING AFGHAN CIVIL AVIATION CAPACITY
[...] (U) This is an action request message. Please see para 14. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: International community efforts to support the Afghan civil aviation sector are poorly coordinated and lack coherence. The Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) lacks capacity and leadership to manage e [...]
2009-02-24 03:31:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PREL EAID PGOV AF NATO
09KABUL40SCENE-SETTER: GENERAL PETRAEUS VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your return visit to Afghanistan. Your presence at the Afghan National Military Academy,s first graduation will significantly enhance this milestone event. 2. (SBU) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential elections, and from i [...]
2009-01-08 12:17:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PREF AF
09KABUL402KARZAI URGES CODEL PELOSI TO SUPPORT AFGHAN ARMY,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Accompanied by the Ambassador, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and seven other House Democrats breakfasted with President Karzai at the Presidential Palace on 2/21. Karzai claimed Afghanistan was progressing much better than portrayed in the Western media and expressed optim [...]
2009-02-24 08:12:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL KHUM KDEM AF
09KABUL4023HELMAND: DEVELOPMENTS IN THE INFORMAL JUSTICE SECTOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The absence of any formal Afghan government (GIRoA) justice infrastructure in many districts of Helmand province has created a legal vacuum that enables "insurgent justice" to hold sway. In order to help the Afghan government (GIRoA) compete with the Taliban's shadow justice s [...]
2009-12-16 05:18:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PINS PHUM AF UK
09KABUL4027KARZAI ON ANSF, CABINET, AND 2010 ELECTIONS
[...] (S) Summary: President Karzai reiterated to Admiral Mullen and Ambassador Eikenberry on December 14 his commitment to Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) development, Interior Ministry (MOI) reform, and to obtaining sufficient security force recruits and training. Although Karzai's reported cabi [...]
2009-12-16 09:57:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL409HELMAND SIX MONTH UPDATE - GOVERNANCE IMPROVES DESPITE
[...] (SBU) Helmand remains one of the most violent provinces in Afghanistan but the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Afghan security forces continue to expand security across the province. The Governor Mangal overcame strong political challenges from Helmand powerbrokers and gove [...]
2009-02-25 11:49:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PINR AF
09KABUL410NAD ALI DISTRCIT UPDATE - STABILIZATION EFFORT
[...] (C) Six weeks after ISAF and the Afghan Army liberated Nad Ali from enemy forces (EF),stabilization efforts are moving forward and many residents have returned to their homes. A District Administrator has been appointed and elders selected a District Council whose members received training [...]
2009-02-25 12:50:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS AF
09KABUL4129AFGHANISTAN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Per reftel, the following is Embassy Kabul's submission for the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism. Begin Text: In 2009, an Afghan presidential election year, Afghanistan continued to confront the challenges of building a stable, democratic government in the face of a sophisticated, multi-fa [...]
2009-12-22 15:55:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER
09KABUL4186"SHAPING FOR SUCCESS": NANGARHAR, KUNAR, LAGHMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Regional Command East (RC-E) recently released the results of its October 2009 development survey representing the views of nearly 2,400 residents of the Command's critical focus provinces of Nangarhar, Kunar and Laghman ("NKL"). The survey's results can be interpret [...]
2009-12-29 10:23:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL44GENERAL MCKIERNAN'S JANUARY 4, 2009 BRIEFING ON
[...] (C) Summary: GEN McKiernan briefed the ISAF (plus Japan) ambassadors January 4 on the pilot &Afghan Public Protection Force8 (APPF). He explained in detail how APPF is an Afghan-led initiative to achieve local security by having the district-level communities set up public guard forces under [...]
2009-01-08 12:58:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC AF
09KABUL45PRT LASHKAR GAH, HELMAND PROVINCE: FOOD ZONE INITIATIVE AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Initial reports indicate that the 2009 poppy crop in Helmand Province will be smaller than in 2008, with some local reports suggesting a 30 percent reduction. High wheat prices and low opium prices have influenced farmers' decisions. However, the new factor this year is Gover [...]
2009-01-09 09:53:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS SNAR PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
09KABUL465MAKING ELECTIONS AFGHAN, WITH HELP
[...] (SBU) At the semi-annual ISAF headquarters conference for the Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) held February 25-26, key Afghan players on elections highlighted the dramatic increase in the capabilities of Afghan institutions, thanked international partners for their support, and spelled [...]
2009-03-02 13:31:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL471SCATTERED REACTION TO KARZAI'S ELECTION DECREE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Afghanistan's political establishment reacted with a wide range of opinions following President Karzai's 2/28 decree instructing the International Election Commission (IEC) to set an election date in accordance with the Constitution (ref A). The vagueness of the decree's wording [...]
2009-03-02 15:52:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL526PANJSHIR: THE PROVINCE THAT WORKS - PART I
[...] (SBU) Panjshir province is a unique success story within Afghanistan. Having achieved unparalleled security, poppy-free status, and solid governance largely free from corruption, Panjshir has set the stage for further development, including roads and mining. The Panjshiris have accomplished a [...]
2009-03-10 06:54:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM SNAR AF
09KABUL527AFGHANISTAN'S PANJSHIR: THE PROVINCE THAT WORKS - PART II
[...] (SBU) Panjshir province is a unique success story within Afghanistan. Having achieved unparalleled security, poppy-free status, and solid governance largely free from corruption, Panjshir has set the stage for further development, including roads and mining. The Panjshiris have accomplished a [...]
2009-03-10 07:31:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM SNAR AF
09KABUL528PAKTIKA PROVINCE: SECURITY CHALLENGES HINDER
[...] (C) Security worsened in the second half of 2008 in Afghanistan's Paktika province, affecting governance, development, and the work of the PRT. The PRT faced increasing limitations in its mobility and ability to reach the people. PRT construction projects saw cost increases, delays, and ove [...]
2009-03-10 07:38:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL582AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: 2009 DRUG ARREST AND SEIZURE
[...] (U) Summary. This cable is the second in a monthly series recording significant counternarcotics activity in Afghanistan. Highlights include: - The Afghan National Police Poppy Eradication Force (PEF) and Afghan National Army Counter Narcotics Infantry Kandak (CNIK) eradicated about 27 hect [...]
2009-03-15 05:15:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL PINS PTER
09KABUL60KHOST MOURNS MANDOZAI DISTRICT BOMBING VICTIMS
[...] (U) Tribal leaders and government officials joined in a show of unity against terrorism as Khost province mourned the victims of the December 27 Mandozai District Center suicide bombing at two separate events inspired by TF Currahee - a January 1 funeral ceremony and a January 4 provincial shu [...]
2009-01-12 07:45:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER AF
09KABUL613BAMYAN: Six Month Review
[...] (SBU) Summary: While Bamyan remains one of the most secure provinces in Afghanistan, instability and violence are on the rise, particularly in the northeast corner of the province. The central Afghan province is seeing increased Iranian influence. Financial assistance from the Afghan Governme [...]
2009-03-16 12:52:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL621NURISTAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ONSECURITY, JULY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of increased violence in Nuristan, Governor Jamaluddin, appointed in November 2008, articulated his vision for security in the Province. Security has improved in western Nuristan, but a power vacuum in the province, resulting in large part from the lack of a provincial [...]
2009-03-17 06:42:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL629ISOLATION OF SEBARI BEGINS
[...] (C) The Sebari District in north-central Khost remains one of the most insecure in the province, and a February security shura in Sebari highlighted the challenges the Government of Afghanistan (GIRoA) faces in establishing a relationship with local elders to stem the violence. Despite repeate [...]
2009-03-17 12:57:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL636KAPISA GOVERNOR CALLS FOR UNIFIED TAGAB SHURA, MISSES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The four shuras of conflict-ridden Tagab in Kapisa province met on March 10 to discuss forming a single unified shura that would address local security issues and bring peace and stabilization to the district. Shura members agreed generally with the proposition, but discussion q [...]
2009-03-18 06:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV AF
09KABUL685AFGHANISTAN: POST ASSESSMENT ON RELEASE OF NIGHT
[...] (U) This is an action request ) see paragraph 2. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Post recommends the immediate release of Night Vision Devices (NVDs),specifically 2,410 pairs of American Technologies Network Corporation,s ATN NVG7-21 and ATN NVG70CGTI from case B6-B-AAK to the Government of the Islami [...]
2009-03-22 06:35:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV AFIN MOPS
09KABUL722KAPISA GOVERNOR REPLACES ALASAI DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kapisa Governor Abu Baker is moving aggressively to establish political control in concert with a major military operation reestablishing Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) presence in Alasai Valley after more than a year of Taliban control. On March 11, [...]
2009-03-25 07:00:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV AF
09KABUL751FRENCH SPECIAL ENVOY: FRANCE TO INCREASE ITS
[...] (C) French Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Pierre Lellouche visited Kapisa province on March 24 where he participated in a shura of Afghan leaders and received briefings on the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and combined US-French military operations. Lellouche indicated tha [...]
2009-03-27 13:55:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF AADP FR
09KABUL755LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING OF AFGHAN NATIONALS FOR
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of two (2) individuals selected for Senior Service College training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests D [...]
2009-03-28 12:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL756LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING OF AFGHAN NATIONALS FOR
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of sixteen (16) individuals selected for Army Air Corps training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Depa [...]
2009-03-28 12:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL766AFGHAN MEDIA, OFFICALS PRAISE NEW U.S. STRATEGY
[...] Summary: Afghan media coverage of the new U.S. Afghan-Pak strategy has been uniformly very positive, and even typically anti-government newspapers and TV channels have been optimistic in their initial coverage. Criticism has been limited to calling for additions to the strategy, such as support [...]
2009-03-29 12:50:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO AF
09KABUL803SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (SBU) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential election, and from increased U.S. military deployments. We continue to face tough challenges in Afghanistan, particularly on the security and governance front. The [...]
2009-04-01 07:08:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR OREP AF
09KABUL809SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (SBU) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential election, and from increased US military deployments. Implementing the new strategy will require significant resources to enhance our current diplomatic support plat [...]
2009-04-01 14:11:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AMGT ABLD APER CVIS AF
09KABUL810 Chaghcharan: Security, Development and Governance Update
[...] Summary. Ghor is relatively secure by Afghanistan standards. Security concerns arise from anti-government elements moving into Ghor from neighboring provinces Farah and Helmand, from drug smuggling (and the accompanying corruption),and from violent tribal conflicts. Ghor's new governor is sa [...]
2009-04-02 04:34:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL815Ghorls Tribal Dynamics
[...] (SBU) Summary. The alternating conflicts and alliances of Ghorls three major tribes (Pahlawan, Morghabi, and Chest-e-Sharif) inhibit the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) from extending their reach into areas outside the provincial capital, Chaghcharan. The Pahlawan- [...]
2009-04-02 07:56:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV AF
09KABUL83PRT ZABUL: Who says Afghans don't believe in the ballot
[...] (SBU) A community's appeal to the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction team to support voter registration in two outlying areas demonstrates that even conservative, rural Afghans recognize the power of elections to choose their own government. The district elders' ongoing attempts to establish rem [...]
2009-01-15 14:57:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL841SUBJ: ZABUL GOVERNANCE ADRIFT
[...] (C) Governor Mohammed Ashraf Naseri arrived to his new post in Zabul on April 1. He arrives in a province adrift, with little economic or commercial possibilities to boost the hopes or expectations of its subsistence farmers. Tensions among more than 20 tribes make Zabul,s political landscap [...]
2009-04-04 07:00:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL843AFGHAN RECONCILIATION INITIATIVE POSSIBLY BUILDING
[...] (C) Summary. The Afghanistan Peace and Reconciliation Commission (APRC) has been engaged in reconciliation discussions with Taliban elements following a combined Coalition Force (CF) and Afghan National Army (ANA) operation to regain control of the Alasay Valley in Kapisa Province. At the sa [...]
2009-04-04 09:17:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL846DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S APRIL 2, 2009 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On April 2, Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Jacob Lew, D (L),met with Afghan Interior (MOI) Minister Hanif Atmar. Atmar provided an account of the April 1 Ankara trilateral summit with Pakistan and Turkey. He said the presidential level talks were positive, but the [...]
2009-04-05 02:40:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER AF
09KABUL867AFGHAN AUTHORITIES CONCUR WITH DETENTION AND
[...] (C) Per reftel instruction, Political Counselor called on Deputy National Security Advisor Engineer Ibrahim Spenzada on April 5, to obtain concurrence of Afghan authorities for the April 7 detention and transfer of two DoD contractors to face criminal charges in the U.S. District Court for the [...]
2009-04-05 14:42:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKCRM AF
09KABUL897LOGAR GOVERNOR TALKS OF NEEDED COOPERATION;
[...] (C) Summary: Logar Provincial Governor Atiqullah Lodin shared a sober view about the direction of Afghanistan governance and security, lamenting that the Government of Afghanistan is becoming increasingly weak. He predicted that President Karzai will be reelected despite increases in corrupt [...]
2009-04-10 02:47:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PTER AF
09KABUL904Paktikas Bermel District: Governance and Development
[...] (U) Summary: Bermel district is home to most of AfghanistanQs Waziri tribesmen, who remain closely connected with the Waziri tribes across the border in PakistanQs North and South Waziristan tribal agencies. Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Paktika found questionable distribution of USAI [...]
2009-04-12 10:43:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL906Paktika: Remote Gomal District Faces Security,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Gomal District Administrator Musa Jan is concerned that lack of Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) or Coalition Forces (CF) control of roads passing from South Waziristan through Gomal allows Taliban forces free access to the district and points north and west. Some village [...]
2009-04-12 12:42:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL910GOVERNOR MANGAL TELLS CHARGE OF HELMAND'S SECURITY
[...] (C) ChargQ dQ,Affaires Ricciardone and Helmand Governor Gulabuddin Mangal discussed Helmand's pivotal place in the broader Afghan strategy, security and policing, governance, and development, in an April 8 meeting in Kabul. Governor Mangal told the Ambassador that he had proposed to Indepe [...]
2009-04-13 06:10:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL917DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S MEETING WITH COMISAF
[...] (SBU) On April 2, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Jacob Lew met with Commander International Security Assistance Forces (COMISAF) General David McKiernan, to discuss COMISAF,s plans for creating a permissive environment for civilian activity in Regional Command-South and [...]
2009-04-13 14:44:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PINS PTER PGOV AF
09KABUL941CODEL TSONGAS: MEETING WITH AFGHAN INTERIOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 9 meeting with CODEL Tsongas, Interior Minister Atmar praised the U.S. Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) for the training it is providing to the Afghan National Police (ANP) and his ministry, described the training programs in some detail, and [...]
2009-04-15 13:20:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PTER AG
09KABUL954COIN SUCCESS IN ALASAY VALLEY PROVIDES LESSONS FOR
[...] (S) Summary: Ongoing military operations in the Alasay Valley of Kapisa Province have produced rapid and meaningful effects, not just in pushing out insurgents, but also opening important political and governance opportunities. Despite a continued insurgent threat, the Afghan National Security [...]
2009-04-16 09:28:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL963Zabul residents say "Show us the COIN!"
[...] (SBU) Summary: The expansion of Forward Operating Base Wolverine in Zabul is at the heart of counterinsurgency (COIN) activities. To mitigate the negative effects of building a massive International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) military installation within the center of an insurgent area [...]
2009-04-17 06:13:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL973Tensions Growing between Helmand Governor Mangal and
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Tensions are reportedly rising between Helmand's Governor Gulabuddin Mangal and his Deputy Governor Satar Marzakwal. Mangal reportedly told Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) Director Jelani Popal that Satar was responsible for the corrupt land deals in H [...]
2009-04-19 06:54:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL976PRESSING KARZAI ON DECREE TO PROHIBIT OFFICIAL
[...] (SBU) President Karzai is considering, but has not yet signed, a draft decree to prohibit political interference by Afghan security forces in the upcoming presidential and provincial council elections. In separate meetings last week with SRAP Richard Holbrooke and the Charge, Karzai promised [...]
2009-04-19 13:50:00Embassy KabulSECRETKDEM PGOV AF
09KAMPALA1078UGANDA/DRC/CAR/SUDAN: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Background: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information g [...]
2009-09-18 10:12:00Embassy KampalaSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA1095UGANDA OUTLINES AMISOM REQUIREMENTS AFTER SUICIDE
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met Maj. General Nathan Mugisha, the force commander of the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM),on September 22 to discuss U.S. support for Uganda's contribution to AMISOM. Mugisha listed armored personnel carriers, IED detection capability, boat [...]
2009-09-22 16:10:00Embassy KampalaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MASS MCAP AU UG
09KAMPALA1096UGANDA: NATIONAL RESISTANCE MOVEMENT INSIDER SEES
[...] (C) "Captain" Mike Mukula, disgraced former Ugandan Health Minister and current National Resistance Movement (NRM) vice-chairman for eastern Uganda, warned that the 2011 presidential elections will be worse than the deeply flawed 2006 presidential contest. Mukula, whose political reputation w [...]
2009-09-23 06:08:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL UG
09KAMPALA112MISSION KAMPALA CONCURRENCE FOR FY09 HORN OF
[...] (U) Summary: U.S. Mission Kampala has reviewed and supports S/CT's proposal to provide training in Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Counterinsurgency Operations to Uganda to help build its capacity to perform these operations in an effective manner that respects human rights. Mission K [...]
2009-01-29 04:55:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER
09KAMPALA116UGANDA/DRC: JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST LRA
[...] (C) Summary: Joint military operations against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are picking up momentum. The operation was extended on January 22 for another three weeks. Military and political coordination among Uganda, DRC, and southern Sudan rem [...]
2009-01-30 12:02:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM UG SU CG
09KAMPALA120 NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (JANUARY 1-31, 2009)
[...] Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social servi [...]
2009-02-02 13:15:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG
09KAMPALA1219UGANDA: PRESIDENT SIGNS ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LAW
[...] Summary: On October 1, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed the long-awaited "The Prevention of Trafficking in Persons Act" which contains provisions to protect victims, prosecute traffickers and prevent trafficking in Uganda. By criminalizing human trafficking, the Act places Uganda in co [...]
2009-10-22 11:55:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KWMN KCRM UG
09KAMPALA1275UGANDA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition and civil society leaders told Assistant Secretary Carson that President Museveni's consolidation of power, closure of political space, and reliance on the military have negated any hope for free and fair elections in February 2011. Concerned that Uganda is slipping to [...]
2009-11-04 08:38:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC PINS UG
09KAMPALA1276UGANDA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S MEETING WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 08:39:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID EPET SO UG
09KAMPALA1280UGANDA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S MEETING WITH
[...] (S) Summary: Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheikh Sharif said AMISOM must retaliate against extremists or risk losing popular support in Mogadishu, and asked the U.S. to pressure Egypt, the European Union, and others to honor commitments to support the TFG. He adde [...]
2009-11-05 06:53:00Embassy KampalaSECRETPREL PTER MASS MCAP SO UG
09KAMPALA1304UGANDA: THE CONTINUED DECLINE AND FALL OF THE LRA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 13:51:00Embassy KampalaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINS PINR PHUM PGOV UG
09KAMPALA1322UGANDA: DAGNE STAFFDEL MEETINGS WITH MFA AND
[...] (C) Summary: The Congressional Research Service's Africa Specialist Ted Dagne discussed northern Uganda, the 2011 elections, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),and Somalia with the Minister for International Affairs and the Minister of Defense on November 9. The Minister for International Affa [...]
2009-11-17 05:58:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PTER EAID UG
09KAMPALA1348UGANDA: SPECIAL ADVISOR WOLPE'S MEETINGS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Special Advisor for the Great Lakes Dr. Howard Wolpe and Ambassador Lanier discussed regional issues with Ugandan diplomats, parliamentarians, and defense officials on November 11. Ugandan officials welcomed reviving the Tripartite Plus mechanism, and the idea of a regional train [...]
2009-11-30 11:56:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS UG
09KAMPALA1364UGANDA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE - CHILD SOLDIERS
[...] (SBU) PolOff informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA) provisions and impending implementation per reftel demarche on November 27 (ref. A). The United Nations removed Uganda from the list of countries that actively recruit children into the armed forces in [...]
2009-12-07 07:41:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP ELAB KCRM KWMN KMCA PGOV PREL SMIG
09KAMPALA1397UGANDA: INTELLIGENCE SHARING AGREEMENT
[...] (S) On December 16, the U.S. Mission received verbal assurances from the Ugandan Minister of Defense, Dr. Crispus Kiyonga, that Uganda uses intelligence provided by the U.S. to conduct military operations against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in compliance with Ugandan law and the law of arm [...]
2009-12-16 13:42:00Embassy KampalaSECRET//NOFORNPINR PREL MARR UG
09KAMPALA1399UGANDA: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON 2002 GULU PRISON INCIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: The following information responds to reftel questions regarding the 2002 death of Peter Oloya at Gulu Central Prison. In 2003, the Ugandan High Court described Mr. Oloya's death as "a blatant case of extra judicial killing." Relying on the testimony of one eyewitness, and the Ugandan [...]
2009-12-17 07:09:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UG
09KAMPALA1436UGANDA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Summary: Uganda remained vulnerable to international terrorism, with members of al-Qa'ida East Africa using Uganda as a transit point. Al-Qa'ida and the Somali-based al Shabaab posed the most significant terrorist threats to Uganda. There were no terrorist attacks during the year, and Ugand [...]
2009-12-21 12:29:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC UG
09KAMPALA163 UGANDA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2009
[...] Embassy POC for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) issues is Political/Economic Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon, Tel: 256-41-306-214, Mobile: 256-772-220-030, Fax: 256-41-345-144. To prepare this report, P/E Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon (FS-02),spent 30 hours, political assistant Gracie Jaasi spent 15 hour [...]
2009-02-13 09:26:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV
09KAMPALA181UGANDA/DRC/SUDAN: CHISSANO SUPPORTS CONTINUATION
[...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Joachim Chissano fully supports continued military action against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and is willing to weigh in as needed to ensure the operation is completed, according to Nuno Tomas, the head of Chissano's office in Kampala. Tomas confirmed that [...]
2009-02-19 11:58:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM UG CG SU
09KAMPALA241UGANDA/DRC: MUSEVENI AND KABILA DISCUSS OLT AND OIL
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 4 private meeting on their common border, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Congolese President Joseph Kabila agreed to strengthen bilateral relations in accordance with the Ngurdoto Accord reached in Tanzania in September 2007. We do not yet have the details of [...]
2009-03-05 13:29:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM UG CG
09KAMPALA243 NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (FEBRUARY 1-28, 2009)
[...] Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social servi [...]
2009-03-06 05:38:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG
09KAMPALA271STATE OF COUNTERTERRORISM IN UGANDA
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uganda (GoU) is a willing partner in the fight against terrorism and an important member of the East African Regional Security Initiative (EARSI). Uganda is responsive when terrorist threats are identified, but could improve its capabilities with better coordin [...]
2009-03-11 12:49:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KE UG
09KAMPALA2722008 SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE
[...] (S) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country prone to carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? Not generally, however during the reporting period there was one public protest of significance held by the local Muslim population on 16 January [...]
2009-03-12 11:28:00Embassy KampalaSECRETAPER ASEC
09KAMPALA279UGANDA/DRC/SUDAN: OPERATION LIGHTENING THUNDER
[...] (S NF) Summary: Joint military operations against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),codenamed Operation Lightening Thunder (OLT),now entering their fourth month, have gained significant momentum after initially stumbling out of the gate. The Ugandan Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) and Armed F [...]
2009-03-17 12:46:00Embassy KampalaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM MASS MOPS UG CG SU
09KAMPALA289UGANDA/DRC/SUDAN: UN SPECIAL ENVOY DISCUSSES OLT
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Museveni and UN Special Envoy for LRA-Affected Areas Joachim Chissano discussed the ongoing military operations against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) on March 16. Chissano also met with Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) President Salva Kiir, who was in Kampala o [...]
2009-03-18 12:44:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM UG CG
09KAMPALA290UGANDA'S KARAMOJA REGION: THE FINAL FRONTIER FOR SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Mission is moving forward with a series of activities to address sustainable security and development in Karamoja, Uganda's poorest region. The current environment of improved security and renewed domestic and international interest in addressing dire humanitarian and [...]
2009-03-18 12:50:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR ECON MASS PREL SENV PGOV PHUM KDEM UG
09KAMPALA311UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION LIGHTENING THUNDER MOVES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan officials told the diplomatic corps in a briefing on March 24 that Operation Lightening Thunder (OLT) had moved from Phase I to Phase II. OLT's Phase I had reduced the Lord's Resistance Army's (LRA) core strength and demonstrated that regional partners could cooperate [...]
2009-03-25 10:26:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF MOPS MASS UG CG SU
09KAMPALA312UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION LIGHTENING THUNDER UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is the first of periodic updates on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Lightning Thunder (OLT). This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of OLT, but rather offers spot [...]
2009-03-25 14:19:00Embassy KampalaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PREF MARR MOPS UG CG SU
09KAMPALA325UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION LIGHTENING THUNDER UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Lightning Thunder (OLT). This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of OLT, but rather offers spot information [...]
2009-03-30 11:41:00Embassy KampalaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PHUM PREF MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA341UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION LIGHTNING THUNDER UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Lightning Thunder (OLT). This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of OLT, but rather offers spot information [...]
2009-04-03 09:15:00Embassy KampalaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PREF UG CG
09KAMPALA347UGANDA/DRC: KONY'S DOCTOR ESCAPES, DISCUSSES OLT
[...] Summary: The following is the account of Kotto Kpenze, a Central African Republic (CAR) abductee, who served as Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony's "doctor" for the past year. Kpenze escaped from the LRA on March 30 near Sakure, a village on the border between Sudan and the Dem [...]
2009-04-06 11:50:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PREF MOPS MARR UG SU CG CT
09KAMPALA352UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION LIGHTNING THUNDER UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Lightning Thunder (OLT). This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of OLT, but rather offers spot information [...]
2009-04-07 13:18:00Embassy KampalaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM UG CG
09KAMPALA363 NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (MARCH 1-31, 2009)
[...] Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social servi [...]
2009-04-08 04:59:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG
09KAMPALA380UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (APRIL 15,
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) previously known as Operation Lightning Thunder (OLT). Now under Congolese command, it is known as "Rudia II." This report is not meant to provide an overarching narra [...]
2009-04-15 13:18:00Embassy KampalaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PREF UG CG
09KAMPALA423UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (APRIL 24,
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information glea [...]
2009-04-24 10:06:00Embassy KampalaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM UG CG
09KAMPALA430UGANDA/DRC: CAPTURED LRA OFFICER TELLS HIS STORY
[...] Summary: The following is the account of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Colonel Thomas Kwoyelo, who was injured and captured by the Ugandan Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) on February 3 during a firefight. Kwoyelo had been a senior officer until LRA leader Joseph Kony decided to execute LRA deput [...]
2009-04-28 10:43:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PREF MOPS MARR UG SU CG CT
09KAMPALA431UGANDA/DRC: CAPTURED LRA OFFICER TELLS HIS
[...] Summary: The following is the account of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Colonel Thomas Kwoyelo, who was injured and captured by the Ugandan Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) on February 3 during a firefight. Kwoyelo had been a senior officer until LRA leader Joseph Kony decided to execute LRA depu [...]
2009-04-28 10:52:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PREF MOPS MARR UG SU CG CT
09KAMPALA454UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of OLT, but rather offers spot information gleaned in Uga [...]
2009-05-04 13:15:00Embassy KampalaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA463 NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (APRIL 1-30, 2009)
[...] Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social servi [...]
2009-05-06 05:12:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG
09KAMPALA504UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (MAY 15,2009)
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information glea [...]
2009-05-15 08:17:00Embassy KampalaSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA526USAID/OFDA MONITORING VISIT TO NORTHERN UGANDA
[...] From March 30 to 31, 2009 a USAID team visited OFDA NGO activities in northern Uganda. These activities focus on improving returning IDP's access to water, sanitation, hygiene and livelihoods through rehabilitation of water points, hygiene education, and income generating activities. 2. T [...]
2009-05-22 08:23:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PHUM PREL UG
09KAMPALA551UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (JUNE 1,
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information gleaned [...]
2009-06-01 13:58:00Embassy KampalaSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA571UGANDA/DRC: LRA ABDUCTS 135 IN RETALIATORY RAIDS
[...] (C) Ugandan military and U.N. Mission in Congo (MONUC) officials confirm press reports that the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) may have abducted up to 135 people south of the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) border with Central African Republic (CAR). The attacks occurred on June 2 and 3 i [...]
2009-06-08 13:02:00Embassy KampalaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU CT
09KAMPALA587UGANDA: GAMES THE ACHOLI DIASPORA CONTINUE TO PLAY
[...] (C) Summary: The Ugandan Government is investigating the latest attempt by Acholi diaspora to mobilize support for a new rebellion in northern Uganda. The arrest of low level participants continues while the Government decides its next steps, which may include a public outing of Acholi diaspo [...]
2009-06-11 13:36:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA595UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (JUNE 15,
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information glea [...]
2009-06-15 12:35:00Embassy KampalaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA679UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (JUNE 29,
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information gleaned [...]
2009-06-29 13:47:00Embassy KampalaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA687UGANDAN REBEL GROUP: MAKING MOUNTAINS OUT OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan media attention to the arrests of low-level participants in a nascent rebel group in northern Uganda continues to spin out of control, more an indication of lack of government coordination and poison politics than any real threat to national security. Government officia [...]
2009-07-01 13:25:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM UG
09KAMPALA7 NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (DECEMBER 1-31, 2008)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social s [...]
2009-01-07 07:14:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG
09KAMPALA738UGANDAN EFFORTS TO COMBAT GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
[...] Summary: Gender-based violence (GBV),domestic violence and sexual violence are widespread in Uganda, and pose negative health risks for women because they put women and children at greater risk of HIV infection, sexual infection, and pregnancy. The government has taken significant steps to r [...]
2009-07-07 13:26:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KWMN KOCI AF
09KAMPALA77SUBJECT: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-16 05:29:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR UG
09KAMPALA771UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (JULY 15,
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information glea [...]
2009-07-15 12:50:00Embassy KampalaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA830UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (JULY 31,
[...] (SBU) Background: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information g [...]
2009-07-31 10:16:00Embassy KampalaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA922UGANDA/DRC/CAR: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (AUGUST
[...] (SBU) Background: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information gl [...]
2009-08-14 09:27:00Embassy KampalaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA94UGANDA/DRC: ADDRESSING JOINT MILITARY OPERATION'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) attacks against Congolese residents in retaliation for joint Ugandan-Congolese-Sudanese military operations have raised concerns about the protection of civilians. Several assessment teams have traveled to the area of operations to make recommendat [...]
2009-01-23 06:47:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UG SU CG
09KAMPALA946MUSEVENI MIXES TOXIC BREW OF ETHNICITY AND OIL IN
[...] (C) Summary. An internal July 15 memo from Ugandan President Museveni has deepened the ethnic divide between groups living atop newfound oil reserves in Uganda's Western Region. The memo, which was leaked to the press on August 2, instructs the Minister for Presidential Affairs to consider r [...]
2009-08-19 13:52:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM EPET UG
09KAMPALA979UGANDA: MUSEVENI AND PARLIAMENT RE-APPOINT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a hastily arranged August 12 hearing timed to beat an impending constitutional deadline, the Ugandan Parliament confirmed President Museveni's recommendation to renew the tenure of Uganda's Electoral Commissioners. Uganda's "new" Electoral Commission now closely resembles th [...]
2009-08-25 13:07:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR UG
09KAMPALA997UGANDA/DRC/CAR/SUDAN: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Background: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information g [...]
2009-08-28 06:41:00Embassy KampalaSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KARACHI111BALOCHISTAN - NATIONALISTS SKEPTICAL ABOUT ZARDARI OFFER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 08:40:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
09KARACHI131BALOCHISTAN - PROTESTS ROIL PROVINCE AFTER
[...] (C) The mutilated bodies of Baloch National Movement (BNM) General Secretary Ghulam Mohammad and two other Baloch nationalists were found near the southern Balochistan city of Turbat on April 8. The discovery sparked violent unrest in many urban centers throughout Balochistan, including prote [...]
2009-04-14 04:38:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK
09KARACHI145BALOCHISTAN - WHAT MAY BE BEHIND THE CURRENT
[...] (C) Often violent unrest over the killing of three Baloch leaders continued in Balochistan over the past week. Nationalist political parties led protest rallies and militant nationalist groups claimed credit for violence, including a rocket attack on a Frontier Corps (FC) camp. Some nationali [...]
2009-04-27 05:04:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MARR PK
09KARACHI169KARACHI - STOCK EXCHANGE SHOWS LITTLE CHANGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) - 100 Index ended the week of May 8 at 7,129.51, essentially flat over the previous week's close of 7,198.68. Overall market capitalization decreased slightly to $26.41 billion from $26.66 billion, with net foreign portfolio investment outflow [...]
2009-05-13 06:17:00Consulate KarachiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PK
09KARACHI173BALOCHISTAN: AALI BUGTI NAMED SARDAR OF THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: After three years of a leadership vacuum, the Bugti tribe has a new leader. Aali Bugti, the grandson of the late Nawab Akber Bugti, returned to Dera Bugti after three years of exile and was named Sardar in a ceremony held May 19. His return and ascendancy to leadership of th [...]
2009-05-20 03:34:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
09KARACHI255BALOCHISTAN - Baloch Nationalists Threaten Hostage Lives
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Baloch militant nationalist organization, the Baloch Republican Army (BRA),kidnapped eleven laborers and nineteen policemen on July 30, 2009. The hostages were taken in retaliation for an alleged Frontier Corps (FC) crackdown and arrest of several hundred Baloch youth agit [...]
2009-08-05 02:14:00Consulate KarachiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI PK
09KARACHI26BALOCHISTAN - TERRORIST GROUP CLAIMS CREDIT FOR
[...] (SBU).Sunnai extremists from the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi terrorist organization claimed credit for the January 14 killing of four Shi'a police officers and the wounding of three others in Quetta. Six of the officers were members of the minority Shi'a Hazara community, whose leaders claim that viol [...]
2009-01-28 03:24:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PTER PK
09KARACHI53SINDH - UNRESOLVED DEBT ISSUE COULD SHORT-CIRCUIT
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 27 meeting Karachi Electrical Supply Company (KESC) Managing Director Naveed Ismail told the CG that the Dubai-based Abrajj Group may not finalize the purchase of KESC unless the Government of Pakistan (GOP) assumes a debt that could run as high as $1.06 billion to t [...]
2009-02-12 07:27:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALENRG EFIN EINV PK
09KARACHI72BALOCHISTAN - NATIONALIST PROVINCIAL OFFICIAL SHOT
[...] (SBU) A radical Islamic group and a new Baloch nationalist group have both claimed responsibility for the February 23 shooting of Balochistan's Provincial Secretary of Mines and Minerals Jan Mohammad Dashti. The terrorist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed it shot Dashti, an intellectual and au [...]
2009-03-05 11:37:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM PK
09KARACHI73BALOCHISTAN HEATS UP
[...] (C) Summary. At a February 9, telephonic press conference in Quetta, fugitive Baloch nationalist leader Brahamdagh Bugti threatened to retaliate against the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government for its failure to end GOP military operations in Balochistan. This move comes after th [...]
2009-03-06 05:52:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM SOCI PK
09KATHMANDU1007NEPAL: DRL VITITORS MONITOR HUMAN RIGHTS GRANTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nepali Constituent Assembly members, politically active youth leaders, and technocrats told Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) bureau visitors that Nepal is unlikely to meet the May 28, 2010 deadline for drafting the constitution. The Maoists are by far the best organized p [...]
2009-11-05 03:02:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDRL KDEM NP PGOV PHUM SOCI
09KATHMANDU1008NEPAL: LASTING CHALLENGES TO PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: As political party leaders fight for short-term control of government, Nepal's peace process remains stalled. The consensus between the key political parties that existed 2005-2007 -- which led to the end of the conflict, the holding of multiparty elections, and [...]
2009-11-05 09:39:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1015NEPAL: DISQUALIFIED COMBATANTS WON'T LEAVE SOON
[...] (C) Summary: Despite repeated promises, the Maoists are unlikely to allow the discharge of 4,008 disqualified former combatants anytime soon. Maoist internal strategy is confused and focused on retaking government. Negotiations on integration and rehabilitation of the 19,602 verified Maoist [...]
2009-11-10 11:47:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1030MEDIA REACTION: 'ERA OF ENGAGEMENT' WITH JUNTA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 09:41:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU1037NEPAL: MAOISTS THREATEN NEW PROTESTS AS TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: Even as the Maoists threaten new protests, optimism is growing that Nepal's political parties may reach agreement on a deal that will bring the Maoists back into government. Maoist leader Prachanda's meeting in Singapore with senior (and ailing) Nepali politician G.P. Koirala fu [...]
2009-11-17 12:42:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU105SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S VISIT TO NEPAL
[...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. Your visit will be the highest-level visit by a U.S. official since the Maoists won a plurality in the Constituent Assembly (CA) election in April 2008 and formed a coalition government in August. Bilateral Relations ------------- [...]
2009-02-09 10:17:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER EAID PREF PHUM CH BT NP
09KATHMANDU1078NEPAL: PM STILL MULLING PROMOTION OF CONTROVERSIAL
[...] (C) During a November 24 meeting at his request, Chief Secretary Madhav Ghimire told Charge that Prime Minister Nepal had not made a final decision to promote General Toran Jung Bahadur Singh to Lieutenant General, despite press reports to the contrary. Post had previously expressed concern a [...]
2009-11-25 07:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MARR NP
09KATHMANDU1079NEPAL: MAOIST CHAIRMAN OPTIMISTIC ON PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary: The Maoists remain committed to the peace process and are "trying their best" to work with other parties, according to Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal (aka Prachanda). In response to ref A demarche points, Prachanda told Charge that other parties, supported by India, are blo [...]
2009-11-25 07:22:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1090NEPAL: FORMIN SAYS SOME PROGRESS ON PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary. In response to ref A demarche, DeputyPM and FM Sujata Koirala was optimistic that the three major political parties, including the Maoists, would soon create a "high-level political mechanism," but was less confident that the mechanism would lead to progress on the peace process. [...]
2009-11-30 11:59:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1109NEPAL: INDICTED OFFICER DEPLOYED ON UNPKO; WILL BE
[...] (U) The Nepal Army recently deployed Major Niranjan Basnet to the UN peacekeeping mission in Chad, a decision that is drawing fire from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and human rights groups. Basnet is one of the four accused in the high-profile Maina Sunuwar c [...]
2009-12-04 11:23:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NP
09KATHMANDU1112NEPAL: PM NEPAL'S NEGATIVE ASSESSMENT OF PEACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 4 meeting, Prime Minister M.K. Nepal took a hard-line on the Maoists, showing little flexibility on reenergizing the peace process. The "ultra-left" and "untrustworthy" Maoists will be allowed to come into government only after their combatants leave the canton [...]
2009-12-07 11:52:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1120MEDIA REACTION: MEDIA REACTION: SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-09 12:06:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU1127NEPAL: READOUT OF ACTING DCM'S BARDIYA HUMAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Acting DCM Terry White accompanied the heads or deputy heads of missions from Australia, Denmark, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, the UK, and the UN's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on a two-day trip to Bardiya (Dec. 8-9) to highlight t [...]
2009-12-11 06:49:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM NP PGOV PHUM
09KATHMANDU1130NEPAL: MAOIST DEPUTY OUTLINES POSSIBLE DEAL;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sitting under the portraits of Marx, Trotsky, Lenin, Stalin and Mao, United Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Vice Chairman Narayan Kaji Shrestha "Prakash" told Charge that the political parties were close to resolving the political impasse, a statement we have heard repeatedly (an [...]
2009-12-11 08:59:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1135NEPAL: UNPKO OFFICER REPATRIATED AND DETAINED
[...] (SBU) Nepal Army (NA) Major Niranjan Basnet, who had been deployed to Chad on a UN peacekeeping mission, has been repatriated to Nepal following intervention by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO). Basnet is one o [...]
2009-12-14 11:50:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NP
09KATHMANDU1147NEPAL: MAOISTS AGREE TO RELEASE "CHILD SOLDIERS"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Under pressure from the visiting UN Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy, the Maoists and the government of Nepal have reached an agreement on the discharge of the 4,008 disqualified combatants from Maoist cantonments. The discharge will beg [...]
2009-12-17 12:41:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1154NEPAL: MAOIST YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE ACTIVE, STRONG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With more than 700,000 members, the Maoist-affiliated Young Communist League (YCL) is the country's largest, best-organized youth paramilitary organization. The Maoist leadership uses the YCL to enforce general strikes, intimidate voters, and raise funds, mostly through mafia-lik [...]
2009-12-22 12:02:00Embassy KathmanduSECRETPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1162NEPAL: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) While Nepal experienced no significant acts of international terrorism, several incidents of politically-motivated violence occurred across the country. Maoist-affiliated Young Communist League (YCL) criminal activity continued, including intimidation and extortion. In response to contin [...]
2009-12-24 07:31:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM NP
09KATHMANDU1163NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER'S BRIEFING FOR P-5
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister M.K. Nepal, flanked by his two Deputy Prime Ministers, told P-5 Ambassadors and Charges that the country was currently facing &new challenges8 to the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. On the heels of a three-day Maoist bandh,, or general stri [...]
2009-12-24 07:35:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1172NEPAL CABINET PROMOTES TORAN SINGH, DRAWS CRITICISM
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Brushing aside the concerns of the international community and Nepal's own human rights groups, the Cabinet approved the promotion of Toran Singh to Chief of the General Staff on December 24, making Singh the second highest r [...]
2009-12-29 11:33:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM MARR NP
09KATHMANDU1178NEPAL: POLICE ILL-PREPARED IN WESTERN NEPAL
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Nepali Police Officers operate with obsolete equipment and are ill prepared to contribute during a national disaster or other emergency, EmbOffs found during a trip to Western Nepal. Police facilities are in a state of disrepair and officers are forced to share cramped quarter [...]
2009-12-31 09:01:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM NP
09KATHMANDU1180NEPAL: ARMY'S TRANSITION TO PEACETIME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Morale and discipline remain high in the Nepal Army (NA) despite restrictions on training and the instability of the Government of Nepal (GON). EmbOffs found, during a trip to Western Nepal, the NA suffers from a severe shortage of supplies, and the soldiers do not receive pa [...]
2009-12-31 11:27:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM NP
09KATHMANDU127NEPAL: BOUCHER STRESSES NEED FOR CONSENSUS WITH
[...] (C) In meetings February 11 and 12 with the head and the former head of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist, which is the second-largest party in the Government of Nepal, and with the leader of the opposition, Girija Koirala of the Nepali Congress, Assistant Secretary Boucher [...]
2009-02-19 07:38:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID ECON MARR PHUM UN NP
09KATHMANDU128NEPAL: BOUCHER URGES PROGRESS ON MAOIST COMBATANTS
[...] (C) In meetings on February 11 and February 12 with Defense Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Rookmangud Katawal, Assistant Secretary Boucher pushed for progress in completing the peace process, including the rehabilitation and integration of Maoist combatants. The Def [...]
2009-02-19 07:38:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID MARR UN
09KATHMANDU129NEPAL: BOUCHER STRESSES U.S. INTEREST IN
[...] (C) During his February 11-12 visit to Kathmandu, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher emphasized to members of the Government of Nepal that the United States was interested in strengthening Nepal's democracy, in promoting the country's economic development and in seeing an end to violence. Pr [...]
2009-02-19 08:27:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID ENVR ENRG EINV ETRD MARR
09KATHMANDU137OUTBRIEF ON FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and DCM met with Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood February 19 to exchange briefings on the visits of Assistant Secretary Boucher and Indian Foreign Secretary Menon to Nepal. Sood indicated that Menon's only significant meeting was with PM Dahal where Menon str [...]
2009-02-20 09:08:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALUN IN KDEM MARR NP PGOV PREL PTER
09KATHMANDU14A SNAPSHOT AT KATHMANDU'S TIBETAN RECEPTION CENTER
[...] (C) For months following the virtual closure of the Tibet/Nepal border after the March 2008 protests in Lhasa, almost no new arrivals came from Tibet to Kathmandu's Tibetan Reception Center (TRC). By fall 2008 a small but steady number of Tibetans began to arrive at the TRC. To gain a pictu [...]
2009-01-06 08:33:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM NP CH IN
09KATHMANDU160INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL GON MOVES ON
[...] (C) Summary: Indian Ambassador Sood hosted a donor coordination discussion to review planning for discharge of 4000 non-combatants from the PLA cantonments. UNICEF and UNDP briefed comprehensive plans for a three-day out-processing to be followed by sixty options for vocational training. [...]
2009-03-02 08:20:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KOCI UN IN NP
09KATHMANDU164AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 27 MEETING WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with PM Dahal on February 27 to provide observations following Department consultations and the recent A/S Boucher visit to Nepal. PM Dahal appeared to understand that any USG terrorism de-listing action relied largely on future Maoist actions, including clear st [...]
2009-03-02 09:01:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KOCI EAID PHUM NP
09KATHMANDU174NEPAL: PLA RECRUITMENT DRIVE UPS THE ANTE
[...] (C) The commander of the Maoist People's Liberation Army announced March 2 that he intended to recruit more than 11,000 new combatants, allegedly in reaction to the February 28 decision by the governing parties to sanction the recent recruitment by the Nepal Army of some 3,000 new recruits. Th [...]
2009-03-05 10:11:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU178NEPAL: PLA RECRUITMENT ONGOING
[...] (C) On March 5, UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Senior Political Advisor Kathy Jones confirmed to Emboff that UNMIN monitors were reporting People's Liberation Army's (PLA) recruitment underway at three of the seven main cantonments, with the greatest amount of activity at the "Fourth Division" c [...]
2009-03-06 08:48:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PTER UN NP
09KATHMANDU185JOINT BRITISH-FRENCH-U.S. MEETING WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal pledged that unauthorized recruitment by the People,s Liberation Army (PLA) would be halted immediately following a March 8 meeting of the Army Integration Special Committee (AISC) in a meeting with British and French Ambassadors, and American [...]
2009-03-09 09:00:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL NP
09KATHMANDU2NEPAL: COMPROMISE ON ARMY INTEGRATION SPECIAL
[...] (U) On December 26, Nepal's four major political parties agreed to equal representation on the Army Integration Special Committee (AISC). The question now is whether the parties can finalize the AISC's leadership and terms of reference. If successful, this would end a stalemate that has pre [...]
2009-01-02 09:12:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MARR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU215NEPAL: THARU STRIKE ENDS, QUESTIONS REMAIN
[...] (SBU) On March 14, the Government of Nepal (GON) signed a six-point agreement with several Tharu organizations, ending a nearly two-weeklong general strike across the Terai. The strike had badly affected the entire country because transportation and supply links with India for all hill and m [...]
2009-03-17 09:26:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU235 MAOIST DEFENSE MINISTER REFUSES TO EXTEND SERVICE
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 9. Summary -------- 2. (C) The Nepalese Defense Minister refused to approve term extensions for eight brigadier generals of the Nepal Army and the officers were forced into mandatory retirement at midnight, March 16, 2009. Many opine that the D [...]
2009-03-20 09:55:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PTER IN NP
09KATHMANDU239AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 23 MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Recent conflicts over military recruitment and the refusal to extend the careers of eight Nepal Army Brigadier Generals will not have any negative impact on the fragile peace process, Prime Minister Dahal told Ambassador on March 23. Refuting Ambassador,s concern over lack of [...]
2009-03-23 10:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PTER NP
09KATHMANDU243UNMIN/P-5 CONCERN OVER NEPALI LACK OF PROGRESS ON
[...] (C) Summary. French, Chinese, and American Ambassadors along with the UK and Russian Deputy Chiefs of Mission met March 23 for a briefing by UNMIN chief Karin Landgren on her recent consultations and to discuss the lack of progress on key peace issues. UNMIN's mid-term report will be publis [...]
2009-03-24 07:20:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PTER UN NP
09KATHMANDU251NEPAL: COURT STAYS GENERALS RETIREMENT
[...] (C) On March 24 the Supreme Court issued a stay order against the Defense Minister's decision to not extend the terms of eight Nepal Army brigadier generals. The stay order reinstates the generals until the Supreme Court issues a final verdict. Media reports depict the decision as a further [...]
2009-03-25 10:01:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU263NEPAL: CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAS TRANSPARENT BUDGET
[...] The following is post's response to reftel regarding the FY09 prohibition on central governments whose budgets are not transparent. A. YES, the central government of Nepal (GON) is receiving U.S. foreign assistance using FY09 funds. B. YES, Nepal's budget is publicly available. C. [...]
2009-03-31 23:56:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL NP
09KATHMANDU298NEPAL: MAOISTS WIN THREE OUT OF SIX SEATS IN
[...] (SBU) The Unified Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (UCPN-M or Maoists) emerged as the winners of the Constituent Assembly by-elections on April 10, winning seats in three out of six constituencies. The Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML),Nepali Congress (NC),and Madhes [...]
2009-04-13 09:25:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU320NEPAL: MAOIST-LED GOVERNMENT THREATENING TO REMOVE
[...] (C) Nepal's Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal asked Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal to step down on April 19. The PM cited three issues: Nepal Army (NA) recruitment, the brigadier generals' continued reporting to duty after their forced retirement and the NA's withdrawal from the Nation [...]
2009-04-20 09:51:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU325NEPAL: ARMY CHIEF RESPONDS TO CHARGES, NO
[...] (C) Early on April 21, Chief of Army Staff General Rookmangud Katawal provided a written response to the letter he received a day earlier from the cabinet requiring him to explain his alleged acts in violation of government directives and law on three issues. His response addressed the issues [...]
2009-04-21 10:01:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU329NEPAL: CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF NOT FIRED YET
[...] (C) As of close of business on April 22, the Maoist-led Government of Nepal (GON) had not relieved embattled Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Rookmangud Katawal of his duties. The latest developments (since Ref B) include: -- At a brief cabinet meeting the morning of April 22, ministers we [...]
2009-04-22 09:35:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR NP
09KATHMANDU335NEPAL: PM DAHAL MAKES CASE TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON
[...] (C) Early on April 23, Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal briefed selected members of the diplomatic corps, including Ambassador Powell, on why the Government of Nepal (GON) was considering removing Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Rookmangud Katawal. PM Dahal denied that his Maoist party had any [...]
2009-04-23 09:33:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU339NEPAL: POLITICAL CONFRONTATION OVER ARMY CHIEF
[...] (C) A little over a week since Prime Minister Dahal asked Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Katawal to resign, the ensuing political confrontation continues to churn. According to contacts and press reports from April 24-27, various unappealing scenarios, including a sacking of Katawal by the [...]
2009-04-27 10:23:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU345NEPAL: PARTIES CONTINUE TALKS OVER ARMY CHIEF,
[...] (C) As of close of business April 29, ongoing efforts by Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal to persuade the leaders of the opposition Nepali Congress (NC) and coalition partner Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) to agree to the removal of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General [...]
2009-04-29 09:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU353NEPAL: RAYAMAJHEE SELECTED NEW CHIEF JUSTICE
[...] (SBU) On April 29, the Constitutional Council recommended Min Bahadur Rayamajhee to be the new chief justice of Nepal, continuing the tradition of seniority at the expense of the Maoists' preferred candidate. Rayamajhee was the most senior of six Supreme Court justices eligible to replace Chi [...]
2009-04-30 08:44:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PTER NP
09KATHMANDU356SCENESETTER AND POINTS FOR MAY 5 UNSC SESSION ON
[...] (C) The May 5 session of the UN Security Council to review the UN Secretary General's mid-term report on the UN Mission in Nepal provides the United States with an excellent opportunity to push the peace process forward. For almost two weeks, Nepal's politics has been consumed with a struggle [...]
2009-05-01 10:37:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER KDEM UNSC NP
09KATHMANDU364NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS AFTER DISSENT OVER
[...] (C) On May 4 Prime Minister Dahal announced his resignation. The surprise announcement followed the May 3 cabinet vote supported only by the Prime Minister's Maoist party to immediately relieve General Katawal as Chief of Army Staff. UML and Sadbhavana Party ministers then resigned in protes [...]
2009-05-04 09:53:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU365NEPAL: SCENARIOS, WINNERS AND LOSERS AFTER MAY 3-4
[...] (C) With Prime Minister Dahal's resignation (septels),the current Maoist-led coalition is finished. Replacements include a coalition of the Maoists and the Madhesi People's Rights Forum, a national coalition or a Nepali Congress or Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist-led coali [...]
2009-05-04 10:26:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU372NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS SITREP 1
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-05 09:34:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU375NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS SITREP 2
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 09:06:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU377MEETINGS WITH PM DAHAL AND UML LEADER KHANAL:
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador joined like-minded heads of mission in separate meetings with Prime Minister Dahal and UML leader Jhalanath Khanal. Dahal was especially emphatic in his defense of civilian supremacy and the need to have the principle fully recognized in Nepal. He called the Presi [...]
2009-05-06 11:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL NP
09KATHMANDU388NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS SITREP 3
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 09:01:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU389NEPAL: LEAKED VIDEO SPARKS "PRACHANDAGATE"
[...] (C) On May 4, a Nepalese television station released a video of Maoist leader Pushpa Dahal addressing a group of Maoist combatants at a cantonment in Chitwan on January 2, 2008. On May 6, Dahal defended his actions in a press conference. In the 2008 video, Dahal claimed that: - The rea [...]
2009-05-07 09:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU4NEPAL: COMMERCE MINISTER STRESSES NEED TO HAVE
[...] (C) On December 29, Minister of Commerce Rajendra Mahato of the small, Terai-based Sadbhavana Party told the Ambassador that it was essential for the Maoists to join hands with the Nepali Congress for the sake of Nepal's future. Mahato indicated that it was primarily up to Prime Minister Daha [...]
2009-01-02 09:38:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD EAID EAGR PHUM PTER KTEX NP
09KATHMANDU404NEPAL'S MAOISTS RUN AMOK IN RAMECHHAP AND OTHER
[...] (SBU) Following the resignation of Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal on May 4, the Maoist District Organization Committee in Ramechhap, a hilly district 75 km east of Kathmandu, issued an ultimatum to members of the Nepali Congress (NC) and Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) to [...]
2009-05-12 07:24:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU410NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the months of March and April 2009, including the following: -- Foreign Direct Investment Plunges -- Government Revenue Grows Faster Than Expenditures -- Exports Rise, But Imports Rise Faster -- Electricity Crisis A [...]
2009-05-14 07:17:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU420NEPAL: MAJORITY SUPPORT FOR UML-LED GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) On May 17 the Madhesi People's Rights Forum announced it would support Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist and Nepali Congress efforts to form a new government under the leadership of Madhav Kumar Nepal, bringing the coalition support over the majority threshold. Election of [...]
2009-05-18 08:57:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU435NEPAL: ELECTION OF NEW PRIME MINISTER MAY OCCUR
[...] (C) Caretaker Prime Minister Dahal's address to the Constituent Assembly on May 22 paves the way for holding an election of a new Prime Minister on May 23. Former Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist General Secretary Madhav Nepal is currently the only candidate. It may still t [...]
2009-05-22 09:13:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU437NEPAL: NEW PRIME MINISTER SWORN IN
[...] (C) On May 23, the Constituent Assembly elected veteran Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) leader Madhav Kumar Nepal unopposed as the country's new Prime Minister. MK Nepal and two additional UML ministers were sworn in May 25 as negotiations continued to fill the rest o [...]
2009-05-26 08:14:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU456NEPAL: SCENESETTER FOR A/S BLAKE
[...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. Your visit follows A/S Boucher's visit in February 2009, and is the first since the Maoist-led government fell in early May and a new government was formed May 23. Political Situation ------------------- 2. (U) On May 23 member [...]
2009-06-02 08:48:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PTER EAID KDEM IN NP
09KATHMANDU459RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IDENTIFYING AIR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 08:00:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SMIG PARM PK NP
09KATHMANDU461NEPAL: MAOIST LEADER AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) United Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (UCPN-M) chairman Pushpa Dahal told the Ambassador June 2 that the Maoists intended to continue to support the democratic process in Nepal. Dahal, who was accompanied by ex-Finance Minister Baburam Bhattarai, said that the Maoists would participate [...]
2009-06-03 09:08:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM IN NP
09KATHMANDU468NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER EXPANDS HIS CABINET
[...] (SBU) On June 4, in the presence of President Ram Baran Yadav, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal swore in eight additional ministers. Prime Minister Nepal (Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist or UML) named Bijay Gachchhadar, parliamentary leader of the Madhesi People's Rights F [...]
2009-06-05 05:44:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU512NEPAL: FORMER PM DAHAL TELLS A/S BLAKE MAOISTS ARE
[...] (C) Maoist chairman and former Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal told visiting Assistant Secretary Robert Blake on June 12 that his party is committed to the peace process and to drafting the constitution on time. The former Prime Minister spelled out the Maoists' goals for the peace process, inclu [...]
2009-06-17 08:41:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU529NEPAL: NEW PRIME MINISTER HOPEFUL HE CAN MAKE
[...] (C) Newly elected Prime Minister M.K. Nepal told visiting Assistant Secretary Robert Blake June 12 that he hoped his government will take shape within "a few days." He admitted that he is facing problems with the Maoists in the Parliament and the street, but said he is trying to find a way to [...]
2009-06-19 06:01:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU530NEPAL'S PRESIDENT STRESSES COMMITMENT TO PEACE
[...] (C) In his June 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary Blake, President Ram Baran Yadav underscored his commitment to the peace process, a new constitution, and, most importantly, the rehabilitation and reintegration of former Maoist combatants. The President defended his decision to reinstate [...]
2009-06-19 06:06:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU535NEPAL: A/S BLAKE URGES PROGRESS ON PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) In a June 12 lunch meeting with representatives from three of the four major parties and at an evening reception with a broad group of Nepali leaders, visiting Assistant Secretary Robert Blake encouraged parties and institutions to work together to complete the peace process, including dra [...]
2009-06-19 08:08:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KDEM UN UK NP
09KATHMANDU538INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary. In a June 21 meeting with Ambassador, Indian Foreign Secretary Menon expressed growing concern about the potential for confrontation between the military and the Maoists and about the lack of political leadership from the other parties. Menon said that COAS Katawal,s confronta [...]
2009-06-22 08:40:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR UN IN NP
09KATHMANDU600NEPAL PARLIAMENT PROCEEDINGS RESUME
[...] (C) On July 6, with the mid-July budget deadline looming, the Maoists reached agreement with the Nepali Congress (NC) and the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) to end their two-month obstruction of the Parliament and allow the budget to be presented. Deal Struck ----- [...]
2009-07-07 09:28:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MARR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU601NEPAL: AMBASSADOR URGES PROGRESS IN PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) In a series of farewell calls since June 22 with senior Nepali officials and politicians, the Ambassador urged progress on the peace process, in the drafting of the constitution and in the political process generally. Nepali officials, including the Foreign, Defense, Home, Finance, and Pe [...]
2009-07-08 03:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID MARR UNSC NP
09KATHMANDU68NEPAL: MAOISTS MERGE WITH SMALL COMMUNIST PARTY;
[...] (SBU) On January 12, the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (CPN-M),Nepal's largest party, merged with a minor communist party, the Communist Party of Nepal - Unity Center Masal (UC),to form the United Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (UCPN-M). A joint convention of the two parties' Central [...]
2009-01-26 10:32:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU697NEPAL: CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF KATAWAL ANNOUNCES
[...] (SBU) On July 27, the Chief of the Army Staff, General Rookmangud Katawal, called on President Ram Baran Yadav to announce his retirement and introduce his successor, Lt. Gen. Chhatraman Gurung. Katawal said he would take the customary one-month leave beginning August 8 before his retirement [...]
2009-07-29 09:17:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS NP
09KATHMANDU705NEPAL: POTENTIAL NEPALI AMBASSADOR TO U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has nominated Dr. Shankar Prasad Sharma as Ambassador to the United States. Sharma is a longtime economic advisor to the government and has been an adviser to the Koirala family. Political factors may derail the nomination, which must be approv [...]
2009-07-30 10:57:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM OFDP PGOV PHUM PREL NP
09KATHMANDU717NEPAL: CONSTITUTION TIMETABLE REVISED AGAIN--AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Constituent Assembly's (CA's) timetable for drafting Nepal's new constitution has been delayed five times. Only four of ten constitution drafting sub-committees have presented their concept papers to the full committee. In an attempt to resolve the impasse, both the interim [...]
2009-07-31 09:11:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU726NEPAL: MAOIST DEMONSTRATIONS BEGINNING AUGUST 7
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) party announced they will begin demonstrations in the streets and in parliament August 7, unless the coalition government meets a series of demands. The Maoists are demanding a parliamentary debate on the issue of "civilian [...]
2009-08-04 09:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU741NEPAL: HOME MINISTER CONFRONTS SECURITY CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Home Minister Bhim Rawal has unveiled a new security plan intended to curb violence and end impunity. Key aspects of the plan have been developed in coordination with the U.S.-sponsored Security Sector Reform (SSR) project and include redoubling efforts to increase security per [...]
2009-08-10 07:34:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC IN NP
09KATHMANDU748UNMIN PESSIMISTIC ON NEPAL PEACE PROCESS PROSPECTS
[...] (C) Summary: The UN Secretary General's representative in Nepal, Karin Landgren, told P-5 missions on August 11 that prospects for Nepal's peace process over the next six to eight weeks are "slim." Obstacles include the failure of political leaders to develop a "high-level mechanism" for re [...]
2009-08-12 09:06:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PTER KDEM UNSC IN NP
09KATHMANDU756NEPAL: MAOISTS ON CONSENSUS GOVERNMENT,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Maoist Central Committee,s top priority is to force a parliamentary debate on the "civilian supremacy" issue and then to establish a consensus government under Maoist leadership. The Maoists will not agree to a "high-level mechanism" for resolving inter-party disputes on c [...]
2009-08-14 08:29:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM IN NP
09KATHMANDU804NEPAL: UNMIN MONITORING OF PLA COMBATANTS IN DOUBT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Maoist People's Liberation Army (PLA) combatants were detained outside of their cantonment on August 24 carrying weapons and dressed in military fatigues. UNMIN publicly expressed "serious concern" about the incident, which it said was a clear violation of peace agreements. Ot [...]
2009-08-31 02:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU808NEPAL'S NEXT ENVOY TO U.S. IS COMPETENT TECHNOCRAT
[...] (C) Summary: Shankar Prasad Sharma, Nepal's Ambassador-Designate to the United States of America, is a longtime economic adviser to the Government of Nepal (GON) who has also been a personal adviser to the family of Nepali Congress chairman G.P. Koirala. He received his Ph.D. in economics f [...]
2009-08-31 09:19:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU813NEPAL: VP OATH CRISIS SYMBOLIZES ETHNIC DIVISIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Nepal's Vice President Parmananda Jha has refused to take his oath in the Nepali language after the Supreme Court invalidated his previous oath, taken in Hindi. The controversy has been brewing for months and has come to symbolize long-standing tensions over language and ethnicity [...]
2009-09-01 08:35:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU828NEPAL: RETIRING COAS KATAWAL PESSIMISTIC ON FUTURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Expressing appreciation for U.S. support over the years, Chief of Army Staff Katawal told Charge he remains deeply distrustful of Maoist intentions, stressing the importance of continued pressure on the Maoists. A strong and apolitical military is essential to protect Nepal's dem [...]
2009-09-04 13:17:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MASS NP
09KATHMANDU829NEPAL: PM OUTLINES PEACE PROCESS STRATEGY
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal told Charge on September 4 his primary concerns are how to resolve whether former Maoist combatants can integrate into the Nepal Army, achieve unity among the political parties and the international community, and advance the peace process. The [...]
2009-09-04 13:27:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU842SCENESETTER: DASD SCHER VISIT TO NEPAL
[...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. The last high-level visit to Nepal was A/S Blake's visit in June, and your visit will convey the message that the USG is committed to supporting Nepal's peace process and transition to a full-fledged democracy. Arriving only a week af [...]
2009-09-11 19:22:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MARR NP
09KATHMANDU845NEPAL: NEW ARMY CHIEF STRESSES HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) In his first address since being sworn in as Chief of the Army Staff, General Chhatra Man Singh Gurung stressed that the Nepal Army would have "zero tolerance" for human rights violations. Speaking before more than 1,000 generals, officers, and non-commissioned officers at Nepal Army Hea [...]
2009-09-14 12:12:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU871NEPAL: HOME MINISTER LISTS PRIORITIES TO DASD SCHER
[...] (C) Summary: Home Minister Bhim Rawal highlighted to Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Scher his commitment to improving national and regional security, curbing political violence, resolving the most contentious peace process issues with the Maoists, and upholding human rights. I [...]
2009-09-21 13:04:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM IN NP
09KATHMANDU872NEPAL: NGOS BRIEF DAS SCHER ON GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Representatives of democracy and peace-building organizations working in Nepal told visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Scher that the Nepali population is increasingly frustrated with the ongoing political stalemate. "Backbench" Constituent Assembly (CA) members ar [...]
2009-09-21 13:05:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU877NEPAL: UNMIN HEAD SHARES DOUBTS ABOUT PEACE
[...] (C) Summary: Unless the Maoists are "drawn into the political process," progress on constitution drafting and military integration and rehabilitation will be very difficult, according to UNMIN head Karin Landgren. Landgren told visiting Defense DAS Scher that solutions to the technical aspec [...]
2009-09-22 12:53:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IN NP
09KATHMANDU881NEPAL: TERRORIST THREATENING CHRISTIANS ARRESTED
[...] (C) Summary: The leader of the Nepal Defense Army (NDA),Ram Prasad Mainali, was arrested on September 5 in the eastern Terai district of Morang. The NDA is a Hindu extremist organization that gained prominence over the past couple of years for attacks against Christians as well as Muslims [...]
2009-09-23 11:52:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KIRF ASEC CASC IN NP
09KATHMANDU883NEPAL: DEFENSE MINISTER ON PEACE PROCESS, U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Bidya Bhandari told visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Robert Scher that Nepal was "at a very important juncture in the peace process." She supports limited integration of Maoist combatants into the Nepal Army based on the peace agreements so long as t [...]
2009-09-23 12:34:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU884NEPAL: DASD SCHER, COAS ON PEACE PROCESS ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: Chief of Army Staff Chhatraman Singh Gurung asked Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Scher for the United States to resume the supply of lethal assistance to the Nepal Army (NA). Gurung supports the peace process and civilian supremacy but is willing to step in should the Gov [...]
2009-09-24 03:45:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MARR MASS MCAP IN NP
09KATHMANDU887NEPAL: COURT ORDERS MILITARY ACTION IN SURUWAL CASE
[...] (U) In a surprising and positive development, the District Court in Kavre ordered the military to take action in one of Nepal's highest-profile human rights cases, the 2005 murder of 15-year-old Maina Suruwal. The Court ordered the Nepal Army Adjutant General to suspend Major Niranjan Basnet, [...]
2009-09-24 10:35:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
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