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07BANGKOK5556	CANDIDATE FOR UN IAAC [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 11:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UN UNGA

07BANGKOK5574	THAI-JAPAN TRADE AGREEMENT SET TO ENTER INTO FORCE [...] Summary. The Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement (JTEPA) will enter into force on November 1. The trade agreement liberalizes the vast majority of trade in goods between the two countries, though key Thai exports like rice and sugar are excluded. Trade in services and investment i [...]	2007-10-29 06:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON TH
07BANGKOK5585	PRC POLITICAL OFFICER IN BANGKOK DISCUSSES BURMA [...] (C) A Chinese diplomat posted in Bangkok viewed Singapore's strong public line on Burma as unwise and doubted that Burma would be marginalized at the upcoming ASEAN Summit. He saw little possibility that Indonesia could exert meaningful influence on the Burmese regime. The diplomat suggested [...]	2007-10-30 01:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH CH BM
07BANGKOK5644	FDA CHIEF EXPECTS NO MORE CL'S [...] Summary: Dr. Siriwat Tiptaradol, Secretary General of the Thai Food and Drug Administration (FDA),said he expected no new compulsory licenses on drugs, crediting progress in recent discussions with European pharmaceutical companies on pricing and access for four cancer drugs. However, the c [...]	2007-11-01 09:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR TH
07BANGKOK5646	DEFENSE MINISTER PLEDGES NO INTERFERENCE IN [...] (C) Summary. Defense Minister Boonrawd Somtas told the Ambassador that the Thai military is committed to not interfering in the coming political campaign and that the Council for National Security could dissolve as it has no role to play at this point. Boonrawd stated his hope that the Burm [...]	2007-11-01 10:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM MARR MCAP TH BM
07BANGKOK57	AMBASSADOR PRESSES SENIOR RTA, MFA OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) On the sidelines of the January 4 briefing for the diplomatic corps on the December 31 bomb attacks in Bangkok (septel),the Ambassador separately pressed both Royal Thai Army (RTA) Assistant CINC Anupong Paojinda and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjarna-Goonchorn [...]	2007-01-04 10:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5717	PPP SPOKESMAN ON ELECTIONS, ROYAL HEALTH, NEW ARMY [...] (C) The King's sister remains in the hospital, and a political ally of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin told us she is brain-dead, despite public announcements to the contrary. The political party loyal to Thaksin revised its draft party list in response to an alleged plan by unnamed figures to u [...]	2007-11-07 10:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5731	LOCAL NGOS TELL A/S SILVERBERG THEY SUPPORT USG [...] (C) Five prominent organizations working on Burma-related issues in Thailand expressed their support for USG policy on Burma and offered ideas for next steps during a November 5 meeting with I/O Assistant Secretary Silverberg and the Ambassador. Overall, the group felt that targeted sanctions [...]	2007-11-08 06:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK5736	CONFIDANT DESCRIBES STEPS FORWARD FOR BURMA [...] (C) Leon de Riedmatten, former liaison between Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and the Burmese junta, recently discussed with UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari proposals to increase the effectiveness of Gambari's November mission to Burma. De Riedmatten told us that Gambari was more resolved to achieve [...]	2007-11-08 08:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK5801	THAIS PREPARED TO SIGN CHARTER, DISCUSS BURMA AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 7, Thailand's National Legislative Assembly (NLA) cleared the way for Prime Minister Surayud to sign the ASEAN Charter at the ASEAN Summit scheduled for November 18-22 in Singapore. While the Charter passed on the first reading, the NLA did not approve the blueprint f [...]	2007-11-14 11:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO ASEAN TH BM
07BANGKOK5802	NLA MOVING QUICKLY ON WIDE-RANGING INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary. The Thai government is pushing ahead with the Internal Security Act with the National Legislative Assembly which passed the first reading by a wide margin on November 8. The Internal Security Act would provide the military, through its role in the Internal Security Operations Com [...]	2007-11-14 23:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK5824	FINANCE MINISTER UPBEAT ON THAI ECONOMIC PROSPECTS [...] (C) Most financial liberalization legislation should be completed before the December 23 elections, the Finance Minister told the Ambassador. The interim government is seeking &fast track8 trade agreement negotiating authority under a new constitutional requirement that requires parliamenta [...]	2007-11-15 08:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ECON TH
07BANGKOK5849	PINHEIRO: BURMESE JUNTA WANTS RETURN TO STATUS QUO [...] (C) Professor Paulo Pinheiro, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burma, told us he planned to tell the UN that he did not see any indication that Burma's military junta wanted anything but to return to the status quo. Prior to a general briefing to Western diplomats [...]	2007-11-16 11:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH BM
07BANGKOK5880	PINHEIRO TELLS DIPLOMATS IN BANGKOK TRIP TO BURMA [...] (C) UN Special Rapporteur Paulo Pinheiro explained to Bangkok-based Western diplomats on November 16 that his recent trip to Burma had been "worthwhile." He described his interviews with five detained political prisoners as revealing and stressed his efforts to encourage GOB officials to perm [...]	2007-11-20 09:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH BM
07BANGKOK5882	SOUTHERN THAILAND: SOUTHERN DETAINEES RETURN HOME [...] (C) Summary: On 15 November the Thai 4th Army lifted its ban on 384 suspected militants detained in the army's "vocational training camps" from returning to their homes in Thailand's deep south. This is a clear victory for human rights advocates and the rule of law, and is an example of the [...]	2007-11-20 23:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
07BANGKOK59	JANUARY 4 DIPLOMATIC CORPS BRIEFING ON THE BANGKOK [...] (C) Summary. In a January 4 briefing for the diplomatic corps, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjarna-Goonchorn reiterated Prime Minister Surayud's public comments laying blame for the December 31 bomb attacks in Bangkok on "people who lost their political benefit [...]	2007-01-04 10:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PTER PINR ASEC TH
07BANGKOK5939	PRO-THAKSIN PARTY'S VIEW OF UPCOMING ELECTION [...] (C) Top officials of the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) anticipate winning over 200 seats in the December 23 election but remain concerned about bias from the Election Commission and the military's Internal Security Operations Command. In separate meetings with us on November 20-21, P [...]	2007-11-26 10:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5949	TRAVELS IN ISAAN - LOOKING TO PPP TO CARRY ON [...] (C) Summary. Contacts in three northeastern Thailand provinces told us that voters in the poor, rural area are likely to vote for the People's Power Party and the Motherland Party as these parties are the inheritors of former Prime Minister Thaksin's legacy. Networks of local officials and v [...]	2007-11-27 08:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5991	SOUTHERN THAILAND: A TRIP TO THE QUEEN'S PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary: During a one-day visit to southern Thailand Poloff and Army Attache saw two villages in Pattani and Narathiwat provinces the Queen's project is building in an attempt to provide family members of victims of the southern violence and teachers in the South with safe places to live. [...]	2007-11-29 09:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC PINR PREL PTER TH
07BANGKOK6007	THAI ELECTION BODY GRAPPLES WITH FRAUD, ARMY [...] (SBU) On November 25 and 27, candidates competing under the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) banner in the northern city of Chiang Rai accused the security forces of raiding homes in the area to intimidate PPP candidates and voters; however, provincial officials denied the raids were pol [...]	2007-11-30 09:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6058	JUDGING THE THAI ELECTIONS [...] (C) The Thai elections for members of Parliament are on track for December 23. Despite efforts by hard-line opponents of former PM Thaksin to delay or derail the election process, the campaign is in full swing. Our steady message advocating for elections this year helped to influence this v [...]	2007-12-06 11:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6076	THAI EXPORTS UP, BUT MARGINS SQUEEZED BY STRONG BAHT [...] Summary: Thailand's exports continue to show strong growth and are on track to surpass the RTG's target of 12.5 percent growth in 2007. However, Commerce's statistics are somewhat misleading as export value in baht terms is not nearly as strong as the reported dollar values. Thailand's lar [...]	2007-12-07 09:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD TH
07BANGKOK6133	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT [...] (C) Summary: The RTG has called for Iran to cooperate further with the IAEA, although Thailand appears unlikely to complain strongly and publicly about the extent of Iran's cooperation. A working level MFA contact told us Thailand would abide by any UNSC resolutions ordering sanctions against [...]	2007-12-13 09:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC IAEA IR PARM AORC TH
07BANGKOK6158	PM SURAYUD DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, BURMA, BAN KI-MOON [...] (C) In the Ambassador's December 13 farewell call, Surayud shared the Ambassador's hopes for a smooth election but did not offer predictions for how this would proceed Surayud indicated he sympathized with USG concerns about the draft Internal Security Act and amendments to the Foreign Busines [...]	2007-12-14 11:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC MOPS TH BM
07BANGKOK6296	MEDIA FREEDOM IN COMMUNITY RADIO: A VIEW OF NORTHERN [...] (SBU) On December 12-13, AIO and LES Specialist visited community radio stations in the northern region of Thailand. Community radio members with whom we met expressed concern over the current operating environment, but indicated that not much had changed between the Thaksin and post-Thaksin e [...]	2007-12-31 10:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO TH
07BANGKOK727	RTG INVITES FEEDBACK ON POWER SOLICITATION [...] SUMMARY. Thailand is moving closer to issuing its second solicitation for Independent Power Producers (IPPs) in 2007. The new solicitation is designed to minimize the cost and risk for the RTG throughout the bid process and up to the point the new capacity comes on line. Bidders will face n [...]	2007-02-06 07:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV TH
07BANJUL103	THE GAMBIA: RECENT GOTG PERSONNEL CHANGES [...] (C) Indicative of President Jammeh's penchant for abrupt cabinet changes, a long-serving member was recently sacked, along with her protege, the number-two at the Foreign Affairs Department. The GOTG's veteran UN Permrep in New York was appointed to the newly established cabinet portfolio for [...]	2007-02-27 17:37:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GA
07BANJUL167	THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION [...] (C) In recent discussions on the negative human rights trend here, our contacts were downbeat on prospects for early improvement. A reform-minded Muslim cleric, Imam Baba Leigh, portrayed a cowed and co-opted Islamic relgious establishment as unwilling to confront President Jammeh over the GOT [...]	2007-04-02 11:02:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KMCA KISL GA
07BANJUL207	THE GAMBIA: FATOU JAW MANNEH'S TRIAL CONTINUES [...] (U) The trial of U.S.-based journalist Fatou Jaw Manneh, accused of sedition, resumed on April 20 with a closed court session, during which an officer of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) continued his testimony from April 13. Journalistic accounts of the session report that the witness [...]	2007-04-23 17:55:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KMCA KDEM GA
07BANJUL33	THE GAMBIA: NIA HEAD REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO [...] (S/NF) Ambassador, accompanied by SIMO/DAKAR chief, paid introductory call January 17 on Pa Jallow, recently appointed to head the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) as Director General (see reftel for previous reporting on Jallow's appointment). Ambassador stressed that the GOTG had long se [...]	2007-01-22 09:21:00	Embassy Banjul	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC PREL PGOV GA
07BANJUL332	THE U.S./GAMBIAN RELATIONSHIP: DEPARTING [...] (C) The U.S./Gambian relationship remains strained,due primarily to President Jammeh's increasingly authoritarian leadership and consequent decline in the human rights environment here -- a decline that figured prominently in the June 2006 suspension of The Gambia's eligibility for the Milleni [...]	2007-06-25 15:41:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS PHUM KPKO KPAO EINV ETRD
07BANJUL65	REACTIONS TO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Reactions to the January 25 National Assembly elections are generally positive with regard to the technical voting and counting procedures. However, observers and politicians alike have expressed dismay at the low voter turnout rate and some irregularities, while the opposition United [...]	2007-02-07 10:55:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KDEM GA
07BASRAH102	ISF-JAM CLASHES PREVIEW BASRAH PIC [...] (C/REL MNF-I) Summary: On October 26, Police Chief Major General Jalil Khalaf Shueil provided Regional Embassy officers (REO) with an account of the recent clashes between Iraqi security forces (ISF) and Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters (JAM). (Ref. A) While the Iraqis were able to resolve the confli [...]	2007-11-01 16:53:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS MARR IZ
07BASRAH107	SOUTHERN TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT REQUIRES MORE COORDINATION AND [...] (S/NF) Summary & Comment: Southern Iraq's security situation remains fragile: Iranian lethal aid is pouring in, militias continue to act outside the law, and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) remain incapable of establishing law and order. Inspired by the successes of Anbar, southern tribal leaders [...]	2007-11-15 18:55:00	REO Basrah	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IR IZ
07BASRAH114	S/I SATTERFIELD HELPS BASRAH GOVERNOR AND PRIME MINISTER [...] (S/Rel MCFI) SUMMARY: Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq (S/I),Ambassador David Satterfield, encouraged Basrah Governor Mohammed Wa'eli to contact and work through Iraqi National Security Advisor (NSA) Muwafaq al-Rubaie as an intermediary to improve the Governor's relatio [...]	2007-12-03 18:36:00	REO Basrah	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON PTER PGOV PREL MARR MOPS IR IZ
07BASRAH116	SAYID AL-SHUHADA LEADER DENIES IRANIAN TETHERS [...] (C/REL AUS/CAN/UK) SUMMARY: Sayid al-Shuhada (SAS) Secretary General Sayid Dagher al-Musawi visited the Regional Embassy Office (REO) on December 13, 2007. SAS is believed to be an Iranian front organization, but Dagher denied he is controlled by Iranians. Rather, he claimed SAS is a legitim [...]	2007-12-15 15:08:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS IZ IR
07BASRAH117	BASRAH DEVELOPMENT FORUM HIGHLIGHTS POLITICAL CONSENSUS FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The "Third Basrah Development Forum" on December 12 was a resounding success. PM Maliki's presence on the dais next to Basrah Governor Wa'eli was a public announcement that the central and provincial governments are working together to solve Basrah Province's security and developm [...]	2007-12-16 11:36:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV IZ
07BASRAH118	BASRAH PROVINCE RETURNED TO IRAQI CONTROL [...] (U) Basrah province was officially returned to Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC) December 16 at a well run ceremony held at the Basrah Air Station. Basrah is the fourth and final province in MND(SE),and the ninth of Iraq's eighteen provinces, to undergo a security transfer. UK Foreign Minister [...]	2007-12-16 16:22:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PGOV PREL PTER PINS IZ
07BASRAH15	MODERATES PREDICT MORE VIOLENCE [...] (S/NF) Summary and Introduction. Two tribal leaders and a lawyer, all with close ties to the Coalition, told REO Basrah that they expect violence to erupt in Basrah after Coalition Forces implement Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC). This ominous prediction was delivered by Sheikh Mansur al-Kana [...]	2007-02-21 18:07:00	REO Basrah	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER IR IZ
07BASRAH35	IRAQI ARMY OPENS TALKS ON FUTURE OF BASRAH PALACE [...] (C) Summary. The commander of the Iraqi Army's (IA) 10th division in charge of southern Iraq, Major General Habib Abbas al-Husseini, met with the Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) director on April 25. The two discussed efforts to stabilize the province and prospects for the IA taking con [...]	2007-04-30 11:39:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MOPS IZ IR
07BASRAH38	BASRAH GOVERNOR REMAINS IF OFFICE, FOR NOW [...] (C) The latest attempt to oust Basrah Governor Mohammed al-Wa'eli appears to be over, at least for now. The three leading opponents, provincial council members Hassan al-Rashid (Badr) and Sayid Yousuf (Thar Allah) and Defense Ministry advisor Majid al-Sari, visited the Regional Embassy Office [...]	2007-05-08 07:14:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ IR
07BASRAH41	BASRAH CLERIC FEARS CIVIL WAR [...] (C) Summary. A respected Basrah cleric (name protected) visited the Regional Embassy Office (REO) Basrah May 19 and predicted that civil war could engulf Iraq's oil-rich southernmost province after Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC) is implemented. He added that the political parties and securit [...]	2007-05-21 06:36:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR IZ
07BASRAH45	LOCAL POLITICIAN ON SECURITY, PIC [...] (C) Iraqi National Dialogue Front (IDNF) Southern Director Awad al-Abdany met with the Regional Embassy Office (REO) director on May 22 to discuss security and plans to handover provincial Iraqi control (PIC). Awad said the Basrah police are divided between factions. He said "the security forc [...]	2007-05-25 13:44:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL IZ
07BASRAH58	NEW POLICE CHIEF ADDRESSES JAM, PERSONAL RUMORS [...] (C) Basrah's new police chief Major General Jalil Khalaf Shueil met with the director of the Office of Provincial Affairs and the director of the Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) on July 27 to discuss his efforts to stabilize Basrah. Jalil said his primary objectives are to reform his poli [...]	2007-06-28 06:04:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PINS PTER MOPS IZ IR
07BASRAH68	BADR LEADER SUGGESTS TRUCE BETWEEN ISF AND MILITIAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Badr leader Hasan al-Rashid met with Regional Embassy Officials (REO) on July 28 and August 9. He said he would serve as governor if asked, and that as governor he would seek to improve security by reconciling the politicians, the Iraqi security forces (ISF),and the militias. He [...]	2007-08-13 11:23:00	REO Basrah	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS IZ IR
07BASRAH69	BANI MALIK TRIBE STRIKES MILITIAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bani Malik tribe demonstrated they were a force to be reckoned with August 10, following the murder of the tribal leader's son. The Bani Malik assumed Badr Corps was responsible and attacked a Badr office, killing one Badr member. The tribe also attacked the offices of severa [...]	2007-08-13 12:20:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR IZ
07BASRAH70	CENTRAL BANK MANAGER ON BASRAH PROBLEMS: SECURITY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Zuhair Ali Akbair, General Manager for the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI),Basrah Branch met with Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) officials on August 11. Zuhair listed lack of electricity and security as the two main impediments to Basrah's development, but Zuhair showed no con [...]	2007-08-18 15:50:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG ECON EAGR PGOV PTER IZ
07BASRAH71	BASRAH GOVERNOR LIKELY TO REMAIN IN OFFICE [...] (C) Regional Embassy Office contacts predict Governor Mohammed Wa'eli (Fadhila) will remain in his position despite the Provincial Council's no confidence vote against him. The sudden shift towards Wa'eli stems from reports that the Iraqi High Tribunal Court will decide in favor of Wa'eli. Fa [...]	2007-08-18 15:55:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
07BASRAH77	BASRAH GOVERNOR BESET WITH PROBLEMS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Governor Muhammed Wa'eli visited the Regional Embassy Office (REO) August 30 to give us a tour de force of current issues confronting him. He told us that the court's decision on his fate was delayed and is now expected in mid-September. He seemed confident, but not overwhelming [...]	2007-09-04 18:28:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IR UK IZ
07BASRAH88	SECURITY IN BASRAH PROVINCE [...] (S) Summary: While attacks against Coalition Forces (CF) remain at a six-month low, security for Basrah's politicians and government security forces is bad. A series of assassinations, or attempts, of politicians and security officials has highlighted the failure of basic law enforcement. Un [...]	2007-09-25 06:52:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PINS PGOV ASEC ECON IZ
07BASRAH96	GEN MOHAN ON IRAN, ISF, AND PIC [...] (S/REL AUS, CAN, UK) SUMMARY: In an October 7 meeting, Basrah Security Chief General Mohan listed Iran as Basrah's central problem, with unrestricted arms smuggling leaving militias too powerful for him to confront directly now. As UK troops leave, he described three areas in which the U.S. co [...]	2007-10-14 12:08:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PGOV PINS PREL MOPS IR IZ
07BEIJING1077	CHINA'S WOMAN OF COURAGE: EDITOR HU SHULI [...] Embassy Beijing is pleased to nominate Hu Shuli, editor in chief of Caijing magazine, to receive the Secretary's inaugural International Women of Courage SIPDIS Award (ref). Hu has not just broken through the glass ceiling many professional women in China face -- she has shattered it. In [...]	2007-02-15 06:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN KPAO CH
07BEIJING1102	FEBRUARY 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points made at the February 15 MFA press conference were: -- Six-Party Talks have entered a "substantive stage." The Spokesperson outlined the structure of working groups and called for the United States and DPRK to resolve financial issues. -- China is ready to expand imports from th [...]	2007-02-15 10:28:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD UNSC CH KN JA IR IN RS XA
07BEIJING1145	(C/NF) AFM HE YAFEI POSITIVE ON DR. GAO CASE [...] (C) Following a meeting requested by Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei on a separate topic (septel),the Charge in a one-on-one pull aside expressed serious concern about the case of Dr. Gao Yaojie, currently prevented by local authorities from traveling to the United States to participate [...]	2007-02-16 07:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING1154	AFM HE URGES UNITED STATES TO INTERCEDE WITH COURT [...] (C) China is dissatisfied with the United States Government's inaction in preventing the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York from entering a default judgment in the Falun Gong case against China Central Television, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Charge F [...]	2007-02-16 08:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CH
07BEIJING1269	CHINESE STATE COUNCILOR TANG'S VISIT TO BURMA [...] (C) China encouraged Burma to accelerate its democratic and national reconciliation processes, develop its economy and improve the lives of the Burmese people, State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan told Burmese generals on his February 25-27 visit to Burma. According to a readout provided to the DCM b [...]	2007-02-27 13:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ASEAN BM CH
07BEIJING1362	MARCH 1 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS [...] Key points made at the March 1 MFA press conference were: -- China expects a positive outcome from talks in New York between DPRK VFM Kim Kye-gwan and A/S Hill. -- The Spokesperson repeated the schedule for Deputy Secretary Negroponte's visit. SIPDIS -- China hopes Iran will abide by [...]	2007-03-01 11:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD ELAB IR KN JA CH GH NP
07BEIJING1402	MFA EXPRESSES STRONG DISSATISFACTION OVER [...] (C) MFA North American Affairs Director General Liu Jieyi called in the DCM on March 2 to express China's "strong dissatisfaction" and "firm opposition" to the announcement of planned U.S. sales of AMRAAM and Maverick missiles to Taiwan. Speaking from prepared points and with a high level of [...]	2007-03-02 12:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CH TW
07BEIJING1438	NDRC VICE CHAIRMAN ZHANG GUOBAO: CHAMPION OF [...] (C) Summary. National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman Zhang Guobao outlined China's growth in energy consumption and plans for expansion of production of a variety of energy sources at a luncheon hosted by the Ambassador on February 8. Zhang expressed his bureaucratic [...]	2007-03-05 08:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV ETTC PGOV CH IR
07BEIJING1448	DAS JOHN DISCUSSES BURMA, SOUTHEAST ASIA WITH AFM [...] (S) If the United States wants to make a difference on Burma, it should engage directly with General Than Shwe, Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai told EAP DAS Eric John on March 5. In a separate meeting, MFA Director General for Asian Affairs Hu Zhengyue stressed that State Councilor Tang [...]	2007-03-05 12:08:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL UNSC CH XC BM ID TH RP TT
07BEIJING1484	AFM CUI TIANKAI ATTEMPTS TO BROKER BETTER TIES [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai traveled to Afghanistan and Pakistan February 6-9 in an effort to broker better relations between the two countries in light of recent tensions, according to an MFA official. While in Afghanistan, Cui negotiated an agreement to improve the security s [...]	2007-03-07 06:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID AF PK CH
07BEIJING1518	DAS JOHN DISCUSSES BURMA, VIETNAM AND JOINT [...] (C) Chinese scholars of Southeast Asian affairs told EAP DAS Eric John that Burma presents a major challenge and opportunity for United States-China relations following China's veto blocking a Burma resolution in the UN Security Council (UNSC). The academics said China wants to cooperate wit [...]	2007-03-08 04:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD UNSC CH BM VN XC
07BEIJING152	CHINA URGES UNITED STATES TO BAR MEDIA, PUBLIC [...] (C) China urges the United States to prevent Chen Shui-bian from conducting public or media events during his upcoming transit stops in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Charge January 8. Expressing China's strong dissatisfaction over and continued o [...]	2007-01-08 07:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
07BEIJING1566	MARCH 8TH MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT, [...] Key points made at the March 8 MFA Press Conference were: -- China's State Council issued a report on the Human Rights Record of the United States in 2006 as "a mirror for the United States to view its own human rights" situation and to question American "double standards" in criticizing othe [...]	2007-03-09 04:45:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM ENRG XM JA AO PE CH
07BEIJING1668	WU YI INTERVENES AS DR. GAO CASE LAYS BARE [...] (C) Vice Premier Wu Yi personally intervened in the case of Dr. Gao Yaojie in order to break an impasse between the Central Government and Henan Province authorities, xxxxx unusually candid comments, along with other observations from MFA staffers, reveal a glimpse into central-local dissonance and [...]	2007-03-13 09:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING1672	LI YUANCHAO DISCUSSES REFORM, PROPERTY LAW AT [...] (C) Pressing ahead with political and economic reform poses the biggest challenge for Jiangsu, provincial Party Secretary Li Yuanchao said at a dinner hosted by the Ambassador March 8. Interest groups that are unwilling to compromise, especially on issues such as health care, are slowing pos [...]	2007-03-13 10:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING1676	MARCH 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING [...] Key points made at the March 13 MFA press conference were: -- The first denuclearization working group meeting will be held on March 17 chaired by VFM Wu. -- IAEA Chief ElBaradei was briefed by VFM Wu on the Six-Party Talks in Beijing en route to Pyongyang. -- Australia and Japan should [...]	2007-03-13 11:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CH
07BEIJING1679	PRC-RUSSIA: SNAPSHOT OF RELATIONS AS HU JINTAO [...] (C) Hu Jintao will visit Moscow later this month at a time when many Chinese analysts believe the China-Russia relationship is at an all-time high, according to a leading Chinese academic on Russia. Hu's visit will kick off the Year of China in Russia and will serve as an opportunity for him [...]	2007-03-14 03:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG MARR RU CH
07BEIJING1688	INVITATION TO FBI-SPONSORED GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-14 07:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KNNP RU CH
07BEIJING1690	KEY CHINESE ACADEMIC SEES CROSS-STRAIT TIES [...] (C) A leading Chinese commentator on foreign affairs disagreed with China's standard line on Taiwan and told visiting EAP/CM Director John Norris that from his perspective Chen Shui-bian is a diminishing threat to Beijing. After other scholars offered familiar points about the danger of Chen [...]	2007-03-14 07:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW JA
07BEIJING1697	SECRETARY PAULSON, VICE PREMIER WU YI DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. In a March 7 meeting at Beijing Capital International Airport, Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson urged Vice Premier Wu Yi to offer more liberalization of Chinese services sectors, highlighting financial services, civil aviation and environmental services in preparation f [...]	2007-03-14 10:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD SENV OVIP KIPR CVIS PREL CH
07BEIJING1698	FARE HIKES SPARK HUNAN RIOTS, CROWDS TURN ON POLICE [...] (C) A Hunan security officia confirmed a Xinhua News Service report that the March 9-10 violent protests over bus fare hikes in Yongzhou have tapered off. He denied foreign and Hong Kong news reports that a sudent was killed in the tumult. Security officials are now engaged in two investiga [...]	2007-03-14 10:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
07BEIJING1753	ADB's NGO PROJECT GETTING HIGH MARKS IN JIANGXI [...] (SBU) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and its Chinese Government partners launched the second phase of the NGO-Government Partnerships in Village-Level Poverty Alleviation project on January 19. The pilot project, based in Jiangxi Province, was inaugurated in December 2005 (see reftel). Gov [...]	2007-03-15 07:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING1776	TWO CPPCC DEPUTIES SAY DEMOCRACY IS ON THE WAY [...] (C) Two Delegates to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) predicted to Econoff that China will be more democratic within a generation with or without the support of the Communist Party. Businessman Wang Chaobin said his positive experience in the CPPCC with offering [...]	2007-03-16 07:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI PREL CH
07BEIJING1792	QINGHAI GOVERNOR EMPHASIZES BALANCED DEVELOPMENT, [...] (C) China's only female governor, Song Xiuyan of Qinghai Province, emphasized the need for balanced development that promotes rapid economic growth and raises living standards while also protecting the environment during a March 11 lunch with the Ambassador. Protecting Qinghai's environment b [...]	2007-03-16 12:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CH
07BEIJING1841	PRC-JAPAN HISTORY DIALOGUE: COMFORT WOMEN ISSUE [...] (C) Chinese and Japanese historians meet in Tokyo March 19-20 to conduct the second round of a dialogue on modern history intended to calm tensions in both countries, scholars and officials involved with the project told us. Officials say press reports that Premier Wen will cut short his April [...]	2007-03-19 10:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI JA CH
07BEIJING1882	DAUSTR BHATIA DISCUSSES STRATEGIC ECONOMIC [...] (C) Although the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) will be an important legacy of the United States-China bilateral relationship, it is essential that the SED produce positive, practical results, Deputy United States Trade Representative Karan Bhatia told Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Ma [...]	2007-03-20 10:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EFIN ETRD PREL TW
07BEIJING1900	CHINA PREPARES RESUMED AND EXPANDED [...] (S) China is prepared to immediately resume and expand nonproliferation cooperation with the United States, MFA Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Zhang Yan told the DCM. Zhang's proposals include: - immediately resuming nonproliferation consultations with ISN A/S Rood at the [...]	2007-03-21 05:58:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC CH IR
07BEIJING1936	HUMAN RIGHTS: PETITIONERS AND ACTIVISTS FACE [...] (C) Following the close of China's annual legislative confab, the National People's Congress (NPC),on March 16, many activists who had been detained or under police scrutiny have been released. Several contacts indicated that security during the "two meetings" was heightened this year, in par [...]	2007-03-21 12:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07BEIJING1966	MARCH 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points made at the March 22 MFA press conference were: -- The Six-Party Talks continued with bilateral meetings despite reports that DPRK VFM Kim Kye-Gwan was at the airport ready to depart Beijing. -- The Talks have run into "unexpected" technical and procedural problems regarding the [...]	2007-03-22 10:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM MNUC KN KS JP CH FR SU
07BEIJING2016	CHONGQING LEADER WANG YANG SAYS "THE WORLD IS [...] (C) Chongqing Party Secretary Wang Yang, one of China's youngest regional leaders, told the Ambassador that continued good United States-China relations will depend on continued growth in bilateral economic ties. Wang frankly discussed the challenges he faces in Chongqing, but insisted that [...]	2007-03-26 03:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI CH
07BEIJING2059	MARCH 27 PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, PM WEN [...] Key points made at the March 27 MFA press conference were: -- The MFA Spokesman said no date has been set for the next round of Six-Party Talks, discussed DAS Glaser's visit on the Banco Delta Asia issue and ducked other questions about why last week's Talks broke down. -- Premier Wen will [...]	2007-03-27 10:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC CH KN KS JA RS ST SP IN PK
07BEIJING2073	CHAIRMAN OF JCS GENERAL PACE'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) The United States and China are not only important stakeholders in the international community but also "constructive partners" working together closely to serve the common interests of the world's people, stated FM Li Zhaoxing during a March 23 meeting with the Chairman of the Joint Chief [...]	2007-03-28 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS CH TW
07BEIJING2091	U/S LAVIN, MOFCOM VM MA DISCUSS SED, JCCT, MARKET [...] (SBU) Commerce Under Secretary Lavin informed Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Vice Minister Ma Xiuhong that unaddressed market access and IPR issues, the possibility of countervailing duty cases against China this year and the potential for a deterioration in the bilateral economic and trade rel [...]	2007-03-29 09:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP KIPR WTRO EINV CH
07BEIJING2101	CHINA MISSION 2007 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION: [...] (SBU) Summary. This is the first of two cables to assist Washington, DC agencies in their Section 301 decision making for China. This cable focuses on non- enforcement related IPR issues, including policy developments, legislative developments and patent and trademark prosecution. Post reco [...]	2007-03-29 12:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON WTRO CH
07BEIJING2103	CHINA MISSION 2007 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION: [...] (SBU) This is part two of the Mission's reporting on "Special 301" related developments. The Mission's recommendations that China should once again be placed on the Priority Watch List, with Section 306 monitoring, and considered for an appropriate WTO case on IPR, were set forth in the first [...]	2007-03-30 00:22:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON WTRO CH
07BEIJING2130	HU JINTAO'S UPBEAT VISIT TO RUSSIA: EXTENDING [...] (C) Chinese scholars say President Hu Jintao's March 26-28 visit to Russia solidified the China-Russia political strategic partnership and helped expand that partnership to economic and cultural fields. Given the Hu-Putin consensus on most bilateral and international political issues, includi [...]	2007-03-30 09:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG RS CH ZK KN
07BEIJING2138	HU JINTAO'S UPBEAT VISIT TO RUSSIA: EXTENDING [...] (C) Chinese scholars say President Hu Jintao's March 26-28 visit to Russia solidified the China-Russia political strategic partnership and helped expand that partnership to economic and cultural fields. Given the Hu-Putin consensus on most bilateral and international political issues, includi [...]	2007-04-02 01:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG RS CH ZK KN
07BEIJING2338	COOKED STATS, RAW NERVES: UPBEAT PROTEST NUMBERS [...] (C) China's Ministry of Public Security has made a point in the early part of 2007 of publicizing statistics showing that "mass incidents" across China are on the wane, particularly in rural areas. MPS Vice Minister Liu Jinguo announced in January that the number of "mass incidents," which h [...]	2007-04-10 02:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
07BEIJING2443	APRIL 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, BDA, [...] Key Points at the April 12 MFA Press Conference by MFA Spokesman Qin Gang were: -- Asked repeatedly about BDA, Qin said China hopes the situation can be properly resolved as soon as possible, that the handling of the BDA issue will be conducive to the social and financial stability of Macau [...]	2007-04-12 10:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC KN KS VM JA KG CD IN SU
07BEIJING2459	RESIDENCE PERMIT REFORM: "OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLE" [...] (C) An official announcement that residence permits in 12 provinces and regions will no longer classify citizens as rural or non-rural has pushed debate over China's household registration system back to the fore in media and academic circles. But as with previous declarations of reform, the [...]	2007-04-13 07:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
07BEIJING2471	AMBASSADOR RAISES VOA BROADCASTS, INTERNET [...] (C) China's blocking of Voice of America radio and television broadcasts and censorship of United States Government Internet sites undermines the kinds of exchanges China itself wants to foster, the Ambassador told State Council Information Office Director Cai Wu on April 9. The programs and [...]	2007-04-13 09:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING2481	PREMIER WEN'S VISIT TO JAPAN DOMINATES NEWS CYCLE [...] (C) Mainland media has presented saturation coverage of Premier Wen Jiabao's trip to Japan this week as print, online and broadcast media have given the visit top billing. With few exceptions, the treatment has been straightforward and upbeat. The official and popular press has emphasized P [...]	2007-04-13 12:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCUL SOCI CH JA
07BEIJING255	PRC/FRANCE: SEGOLENE ROYAL VISITS BEIJING [...] (C) Segolene Royal, the head of the French Socialist Party who hopes to become France's first female President in elections in April and May, had a positive visit to China, according to French Embassy Political Counselor Erkki Maillard. During her four-day trip to Beijing ending of January 9 [...]	2007-01-11 10:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU CH FR
07BEIJING259	STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE (SED) OPENING SESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: During the December 14 opening of the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED),Vice Premier Wu Yi and National Development and Reform Chairman Ma Kai,s presentations on China,s development road and strategy broke little new ground and drew largely from 11th Five-Year Plan documents. [...]	2007-01-11 12:20:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN WTRO PREL SENV ENRG CH
07BEIJING2632	APRIL 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, BDA, [...] Key points at the April 19 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokesman Liu Jianchao were: -- The spokesman repeated previous statements that the relevant parties are close to solving the BDA issue, but some technical questions remain. -- China says now is "not the proper time" for sanctions [...]	2007-04-19 09:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC KS KN SU JA CA CO
07BEIJING266	STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: President Hu Jintao congratulated the United States Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) delegation on a successful first dialogue and stressed the importance of United States-China economic ties to regional and world prosperity. Treasury Secretary Paulson said the dialogue had bee [...]	2007-01-11 13:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL SENV ENRG CH
07BEIJING2680	PRC-JAPAN: PREMIER'S TRIP CONTINUES THAW BUT [...] (C) Premier Wen Jiabao's April 11-13 visit to Japan, the first bilateral trip to Tokyo by a Chinese leader in seven years, produced concrete economic agreements and opened new channels for political and security talks but failed to resolve tough bilateral issues, Chinese diplomats and analyst [...]	2007-04-20 09:57:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL ENRG SENV CH JA KS
07BEIJING2712	CHINA'S SPECIAL ENVOY DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST TRIP [...] (SBU) China sees its role in the Middle East as one of trying to persuade all parties to continue looking for a way toward peace, China's Special Envoy on the Middle East Sun Bigan told Poloffs during a briefing on his April 9-20 visit to Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Palestinian Territories and Br [...]	2007-04-23 23:26:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL IS CH XF

07BEIJING2748	TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS' VISIT TO CIVIL [...] (U) Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters visited the Civil Aviation Management Institute of China (CAMIC) in Beijing on April 13 to deliver a speech on United States- China aviation cooperation. Tian Baohua, President of CAMIC, hosted the Secretary, and Minister Yang Yuanyuan of the Gen [...]	2007-04-24 09:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON BEXP PGOV OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH
07BEIJING2802	PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER AZIZ'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] (C) Prime Minister Aziz's April 16-20 visit to China focused on promoting economic cooperation, stated MFA Asia Department Director for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh Zhang Yiming. China and Pakistan signed several agreements that were "firsts" for China including the China-Pakistan Joi [...]	2007-04-26 08:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID AF PK CH
07BEIJING2812	APRIL 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BDA, DPRK-BURMA, [...] Key points at the April 26 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokesman Liu Jianchao were: -- Relevant parties are still making contact and consultations in an effort to solve the BDA issue. -- The MFA has taken note of reports of the arrests of United States citizens in Tibet where the case [...]	2007-04-26 11:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC KS KN CA FR BM ET
07BEIJING2909	U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW [...] (SBU) Chair Carolyn Bartholomew and a United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission delegation used a meeting with MFA North America Deputy Director General Xie Feng to urge China to do more to produce concrete results on key economic issues, to allow American FDA inspectors to [...]	2007-04-30 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING3085	CENTRAL CHINA EXPO 2007: IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY [...] (C) Government officials and businessmen descended on Zhengzhou April 26-28 for the second Central China Expo. The Expo, a featured part of the Central Government's six-province "Central China Rising" strategy, was well attended despite the poor organization of volunteers who were ill-prepare [...]	2007-05-09 08:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV ENRG CH HK
07BEIJING3107	ANALYST DISCUSSES ANTI-JAPANESE SENTIMENT, [...] (C) A visiting American analyst of Asian regional affairs discussed Sino-Japanese relations with four scholars from three different Chinese government think-tanks during his mid-April visit to Beijing, soon after Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to Japan. Scholars felt that key points in the often [...]	2007-05-10 09:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ASEAN CH JA
07BEIJING3117	MAY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SPECIAL REP FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS; DARFUR; TAINTED PRODUCTS; BUSH-HU; HUANG JU; DALAI LAMA; SED; IPR; VISITS [...] Key points at the May 10 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokeswoman Jiang Yu were: -- Liu Guijin has been appointed to the newly created position of "special representative for African affairs" where he will focus on the Darfur issue. -- China will send a team of 275 engineers to Darfur [...]	2007-05-10 10:23:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PRE ETRD SU XA XW ZU PM UK NL BE
07BEIJING315	PM OLMERT'S CHINA VISIT [...] (C) The January 9-11 China visit by PM Olmert, the first visit to China by an Israeli Prime Minister in nine years, was very good with regard to atmospherics, with the Chinese accentuating the positive on areas of Israel-China policy agreement on Iran and the Middle East, although there were n [...]	2007-01-12 10:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH IS
07BEIJING3173	PRC: BORDER TALKS WITH INDIA MAKING STEADY [...] (C) The last round of border talks between China and India was the most in depth to date, according to MFA Asian Affairs Department Director for India, Nepal and Sri Lanka Huang Xilian. The two countries' differences on the Eastern section of the border remain quite large. Beijing and New De [...]	2007-05-11 12:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN CH
07BEIJING318	FOREIGN JOURNALISTS TEST CHINA'S RELAXED MEDIA [...] (C) Foreign journalists have had mixed results in testing China's newly relaxed travel and interview rules (reftel). Several dissidents and controversial figures have given interviews to foreign media outlets with no official interference or repercussions, our contacts told us. Nonetheless, [...]	2007-01-12 11:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING3207	SUBJECT: U.S.-CHINA HIGH TECHNOLOGY AND STRATEGIC [...] (FOUO) The April 17-18 U.S.-China High-Technology and Strategic Trade Working Group (HTWG) meeting in Hangzhou set a positive tone for the high technology and export control dialogue. The delegations agreed on &Guidelines for U.S.-China High-Technology and Strategic Trade Development8 (reprin [...]	2007-05-14 08:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	TAGS
07BEIJING3239	S/CRS AMBASSADOR HERBST CONSULTATIONS IN BEIJING [...] (C) China has the capability to be a vital contributor and partner in global reconstruction and stabilization (R/S) efforts, Ambassador John Herbst told officials from the Ministries of Foreign and Civil Affairs and representatives from Chinese think tanks April 27-28. In the meetings, Ambas [...]	2007-05-15 03:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRS CH
07BEIJING3260	PRC/AFRICA: PRC NEW SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR [...] (C) Newly appointed PRC Special Representative for Sudan/Africa Liu Guijin will travel to Sudan from May 18-24 to meet with Sudan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and other senior leaders, Liu told Polmincouns. A stop in Darfur is not currently scheduled. Liu looks forward to working [...]	2007-05-15 11:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH SU UN
07BEIJING3261	MAY 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TRADE AND SED; SUDAN; [...] Key points at the May 15 MFA Press Conference were: -- United States-China trade is "win-win," trade frictions are natural given the volume of trade and China has made efforts to revalue the rmb. Such topics will be discussed in the upcoming Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED). -- China pla [...]	2007-05-15 11:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD CH SU JA XA XW VM PM KS KN ZK
07BEIJING3311	JAPANESE AMBASSADOR ON WEN VISIT, YASUKUNI SHRINE [...] (C) Chinese and Japanese leaders made calculated decisions that allowed Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's April 11-13 visit to Japan to succeed, Japanese Ambassador to China Miyamoto told the Ambassador in a May 9 meeting. Japanese PM Abe judged that a successful Wen visit would help his domestic [...]	2007-05-17 08:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD JA CH
07BEIJING3322	COMMUNIST YOUTH LEAGUE LEADER HU CHUNHUA [...] (C) Communist Youth League First Secretary Hu Chunhua told the Ambassador that 70-80 percent of China's rural youth seek work in urban areas and this sort of social change, plus the unprecedented number of university graduates seeking jobs, presents serious challenges. Scrutiny of new appli [...]	2007-05-17 10:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI CH
07BEIJING3411	ILSA: CHINA: MFA CHARACTERIZES YADAVARAN OIL DEAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-21 08:42:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL CH IR
07BEIJING3462	PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETINGS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 08:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS CH TW
07BEIJING3463	PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) The United States' and China's common interests are "on the rise" in response to increasingly diversified global threats, Vice Foreign Minister (VFM) Zhang Yesui told United States Pacific Command (PACOM) Commander Admiral Timothy J. Keating on May 11. Zhang said China wants to continue [...]	2007-05-22 09:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS CH TW
07BEIJING3466	MAY 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SED, INDIAN GENERAL'S [...] Key points at the May 22 MFA Press Conference were: -- Jiang outlined Vice Premier Wu Yi's planned schedule of meetings, including with the President, during the upcoming SED session in Washington. -- The visit by India's Army Chief of Staff aims to improve bilateral military ties. -- T [...]	2007-05-22 10:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD SU UK CV DR IN PE GM
07BEIJING3535	MAY 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, ENVOY TO SUDAN, [...] Key points at the May 24 MFA Press Conference were: -- IAEA and UNSC decisions must be implemented, but all parties must intensify diplomatic efforts so as to arrive at an enduring, comprehensive solution that serves the interests of all, said the spokeswoman. -- China hopes the Sudanese G [...]	2007-05-24 10:23:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD SU JA KN IR PM BM MX IN GM
07BEIJING3578	ZHENGZHOU WELCOMES EMBASSY'S FIRST VIRTUAL PRESENCE POST IN [...] (SBU) The China Mission launched its first Virtual Presence Post (VPP) in Henan Province's Zhengzhou city during a major commercial Expo in the city. Despite local officials' initial uncertainty, the media and residents of Zhengzhou welcomed the new initiative, which built on more than a year [...]	2007-05-29 03:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH KPAO KIIP
07BEIJING3621	MAY 30 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: CHEN SHUI-BIAN PLOTS, [...] Key points at the May 30 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- The TAO is highly concerned about Chen Shui-bian and the DPP's push for a referendum on applying for membership in the UN under the name "Taiwan." -- Japan should abide by the three political joint documents betw [...]	2007-05-30 07:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD ECON CH TW
07BEIJING3631	STRUCTURAL ISSUES WORKING GROUP AND TRADE REMEDIES WORKING [...] (SBU) The Structural Issues Working Group (SIWG) convened on April 17, 2007, in Beijing and the Trade Remedies Working Group (TRWG) met on April 18, 2007. The SIWG was established in the April 2004 meeting of the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) to provide a forum for th [...]	2007-05-31 00:58:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV CH
07BEIJING3771	CHINA/SUDAN: BEIJING OPPOSES CONGRESSIONAL [...] (C) China is strongly dissatisfied with and opposes two proposed Congressional resolutions related to China's role in Darfur, Director General for North American and Oceanian Affairs Liu Jieyi told the Charg on June 5. Liu contended "Darfur is moving in the direction of being resolved" and th [...]	2007-06-05 10:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD UN CH SU AU
07BEIJING3861	JUNE 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PRESIDENT BUSH-KADEER [...] Key points at the June 7 MFA Press Conference were: -- The MFA called President Bush's decision to meet with Rebiya Kadeer a "blatant interference in China's internal affairs." -- China and Costa Rica have established diplomatic ties. -- If the Korean nuclear issue is raised at G-8, the [...]	2007-06-07 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM GE KS NS CS RP
07BEIJING3884	CHINA'S DRAFT CHARITY LAW [...] (C) Summary: Embassy has obtained a copy of China's draft "Charity Law" (para. 5). The Law would create a legal means to register non-profit organizations in China for the first time, but whether it will serve as a stimulus to the development of Chinese civil society, or as a means for the [...]	2007-06-08 07:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KOLY ELAB CH
07BEIJING390	LABOR CONTRACT LAW: NATIONAL PEOPLE's [...] (U) On December 25, 2006, the National People's Congress (NPC) debated a new, second draft of the Labor Contract Law (LCL). The LCL is intended to complement existing labor legislation and specifically address prevalent abuses of workers? rights. The second draft is substantially different [...]	2007-01-17 08:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EINV PGOV CH
07BEIJING3921	SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION SUMMIT DEMARCHE [...] (S) China appreciates cooperation with the United States on issues concerning Central Asia and invites further dialogue, MFA Deputy Director General for Eurasia Zhang Xiao said in response to Acting Political Minister Counselor's delivery of reftel points on the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation O [...]	2007-06-11 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL AF KG ZK CH
07BEIJING399	MILITARY THINK TANKERS STRESS TAIWAN CONCERNS TO [...] (C) Academics from military-related think tanks stressed to EAP PDAS Kathleen Stephens that Taiwan remains the most important security issue in the U.S.-China relationship. Following an overwhelming stress on Taiwan, they also noted North Korea, security for the Olympics and potential differen [...]	2007-01-17 13:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC KOLY CH TW KN JA KS
07BEIJING4010	JUNE 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the June 14 MFA Press Conference were: -- China has taken note of reports indicating the imminent transfer of North Korean funds from Macau's Banco Delta Asia and hopes relevant parties take steps toward denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. -- Not responding directly to [...]	2007-06-14 11:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM EFIN KJUS KS KN RS PO VM NU IZ
07BEIJING411	CHINESE OFFICIAL POLLING: SURVEY SAYS, YOU'RE [...] (C) The Chinese Government at various levels is increasingly turning to opinion polling to measure public satisfaction with officials' performances and with provision of social services. The Ministry of Supervision (the Government analog to the Party's Central Discipline Inspection Commissio [...]	2007-01-18 09:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING4132	JUNE 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, TIP [...] Key points at the June 19 MFA Press Conference were: -- The spokesman said the DPRK's invitation to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) affirms the DPRK's political will to implement the initial actions of the February 13 Joint Document. -- The Chinese Government places importanc [...]	2007-06-19 10:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM EFIN ETTC KN JA IZ SU SP PM VT CH
07BEIJING4269	MFA EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN, [...] (C) MFA North America Director General Liu Jieyi called on the United States to stop all arms sales to Taiwan and to "explicitly oppose and curb" the attempts of the "Chen Shui-bian authorities" to achieve de jure independence during a June 25 meeting with DCM Piccuta. Liu expressed China's " [...]	2007-06-25 11:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH TW
07BEIJING4301	JUNE 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, A/S [...] Key points at the June 26 MFA Press Conference were: -- The MFA thanked all parties for their efforts in solving the BDA issue, but gave reporters no information on when the Six-Party Talks would resume. -- IAEA DDG Heinonen will brief Beijing on his trip to the DPRK upon its completion an [...]	2007-06-26 09:29:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EFIN UNSC KS KN JA IZ CI TU PK CH
07BEIJING4357	JUNE 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES, [...] Key points at the June 28 MFA Press Conference were: -- The MFA noticed reports of DPRK missile launches yesterday and the Chinese and Japanese Foreign Ministers discussed the Korean nuclear issue over the phone this morning. -- China is actively engaged in Iraq reconstruction and efforts [...]	2007-06-28 09:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KS KN JA IZ VT SP CH
07BEIJING4483	JULY 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the July 5 MFA Press Conference were: -- It is imperative for all sides to fulfill commitments to denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula and China holds an open attitude toward the resumption of Six-Party Talks. -- China hopes Defense Minister Nelson's upcoming visit will streng [...]	2007-07-05 10:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KS KN JA PM GT PA AS DR RS VT
07BEIJING4521	EAP DAS TOM CHRISTENSEN WITH MFA NORTH AMERICA DG [...] (C) China will press Sudan to accept a peacekeeping force in Darfur under UN command and control and welcomes bilateral talks between the United States and North Korea, MFA North America and Oceania Affairs Department Director General Liu Jieyi told visiting EAP DAS Thomas Christensen on July 5 [...]	2007-07-06 09:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMUC PTER PHUM IZ IR KN TC
07BEIJING4577	JULY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, U.S. [...] Key points at the July 10 MFA Press Conference were: -- China hopes for a Heads of Delegation meeting in "mid-July," but setting a date requires the consent of all parties. -- China calls for immediate corrective action in response to reports of an FBI advertisement in San Francisco local [...]	2007-07-10 09:46:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KS KN BM PK NG IZ AF CH
07BEIJING459	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: CHINA RESPONSE ON PLAN OF WORK [...] (C) China has no current plans to host activities to implement the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism but will actively participate in activities hosted by others, MFA Arms Control Department official Yang Yi told poloff. China has a generally positive attitude about the activities, [...]	2007-01-19 09:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KNNP RU CH
07BEIJING460	EAP PDAS STEPHENS DISCUSSES KOREAN PENINSULA AND [...] (C) The United States and China share the key goal on the DPRK nuclear issue of implementation of the 2005 Joint Statement, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kathleen Stephens told Chinese scholars January 17. Resolving the DPRK nuclear issue is an urgent priority for Beijing, the scho [...]	2007-01-19 11:55:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV CH KN KS
07BEIJING4799	CLOSURE OF NGO "CHINA DEVELOPMENT BRIEF" CAUSE FOR [...] (C) The recent decision by Beijing City authorities to shut down the China Development Brief (CDB) newsletter has caused concern, but not alarm, among local NGOs and foreign foundation representatives. Embassy contacts were unsure precisely why the organization, which served as an information [...]	2007-07-20 09:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
07BEIJING4801	EAP A/S HILL WITH VFM ZHANG YESUI ON IRAN, DARFUR, [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui told EAP A/S Hill July 20 that the Iran nuclear issue should be solved through dialogue, but China does not oppose "a certain level of pressure" on Tehran. China believes the UN Security Council members should first assess progress in Iran-IAEA negotiatio [...]	2007-07-20 11:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PHUM IR IZ SU CH
07BEIJING483	U/S HUGHES URGES INCREASED EXCHANGES, MEDIA [...] (SBU) During a packed two-day visit to Beijing, Undersecretary Karen Hughes in concert with Public Diplomacy Envoy Michelle Kwan visited a middle school classroom, Beijing University's Women's Legal Aid Center, a Special Olympics training facility, attended a church service and met with State [...]	2007-01-22 12:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SCUL PHUM KOLY KPAO KIRF CH
07BEIJING4844	AMBASSADOR'S JULY 23 MEETING WITH AFM HE YAFEI: [...] (C) The United States must make "firmer and clearer warnings" to Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian not to hold the "dangerous" UN referendum, and giving Chen a visa to transit the United States would counter U.S. statements against the referendum, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Amb [...]	2007-07-24 09:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PHUM PNUC MARR IR IZ SU CH
07BEIJING4899	PDAS STEPHENS' CHINA EXCHANGES ON NEAPSM [...] (C) Summary: China views the Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism (NEAPSM) as a positive future outgrowth of the Six-Party Talks to resolve problems and promote cooperation within the region, senior MFA officials told EAP PDAS Stephens July 25. Responding to PDAS Stephens' presentatio [...]	2007-07-26 08:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM MNUC KN KS RS JA CH
07BEIJING4926	PDAS STEPHENS' DISCUSSIONS ON NEAPSM WITH [...] (C) Summary: China sees a Northeast Asia peace and security mechanism (NEAPSM) as the "logical outcome" of Six-Party Talks, Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai told EAP PDAS Stephens July 26. AFM Cui finds U.S. thinking on core principles for the regional peace mechanism to be "useful" bu [...]	2007-07-28 07:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JA KN KS RU
07BEIJING499	JANUARY 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: ANTI-SATELLITE [...] Key points made at the January 23 MFA press conference were: -- The MFA Spokesman confirmed the test of an anti- satellite missile earlier this month, said the test did not target any country and reaffirmed that China opposes the weaponization of space and will not participate in a space ar [...]	2007-01-23 11:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KIRF PREF CH KN JA XA LE PK
07BEIJING5064	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH [...] (C) Canberra wants to be "in the loop" regarding discussions of a Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism (NEAPSM),given that Australia is likely to be drawn into any conflict in the region, Australian Ambassador to China Geoff Raby told Ambassador Randt and Japanese Ambassador Yuji Miyam [...]	2007-08-03 10:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SENV PHUM CH JP AS KS KN
07BEIJING5140	AFTER THE JAPAN ELECTIONS, PRC CONTACTS FORESEE [...] (C) Following the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) upper house election defeat on July 29, most PRC officials and analysts we spoke with predicted stability in the Sino-Japanese relationship. The election results themselves will not have much impact on the current positive trend in bilateral [...]	2007-08-07 10:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON SENV CH JA
07BEIJING5176	INFORMAL FOREIGN AID DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) A Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) official responsible for foreign aid told a visiting USAID official that the Chinese Government would welcome efforts by the United States to cooperate with China on economic development initiatives. The August 2 meeting followed a positive exchange with a [...]	2007-08-08 09:26:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID CH
07BEIJING523	A/S HILL MEETS WITH HE YAFEI, RAISES BILATERAL, [...] (C) Relations between the United States and China advanced significantly in 2006 and both sides should work together to take advantage of more challenges and opportunities in 2007, Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei told EAP Assistant Secretary (A/S) Christopher Hill January 21. On th [...]	2007-01-24 08:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EAGR CH BM HA IR KS KN
07BEIJING5295	REP. HASTERT ENCOURAGES U.S.-PRC ENERGY COOPERATION [...] (C) Visiting House of Representatives members Dennis Hastert (R-IL) and John Shadegg (R-AZ),accompanied by the Ambassador, encouraged greater U.S.-China cooperation in developing clean coal and nuclear technology in an August 13 meeting with Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. FM Yang said the UN [...]	2007-08-13 13:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP ENRG CH
07BEIJING533	ANTI-CORRUPTION ENFORCER DISCUSSES PARTY'S FIGHT [...] (C) China's leaders continue to trumpet the Party's crackdown on corruption, with its Central Discipline Inspection Commission (CDIC) supplying the shock troops for the fight. CDIC staff recently told poloffs that the past year has been an exceptionally busy one because of the large number of [...]	2007-01-24 12:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING5360	BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION DIALOGUE: SMALL GROUP [...] (S) Summary: In a small group meeting concluding bilateral nonproliferation talks August 13, ISN PDAS McNerney outlined a U.S. proposal to work cooperatively to end proliferation by specific sanctioned Chinese companies with a view toward eventually removing sanctions on companies that demons [...]	2007-08-15 09:29:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCR CH
07BEIJING5387	EAP A/S HILL'S AUGUST 14 MEETING WITH AFM HE [...] (C) EAP Assistant Secretary Hill raised U.S. concerns on Iran and Darfur with Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei on August 14. AFM He stated that although our approaches often differ, China wants to cooperate with the United States on both issues. AFM He conveyed China's concern ove [...]	2007-08-16 03:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR ETRD CH IR SU TW
07BEIJING550	HONG KONG: CG CUNNINGHAM'S MEETINGS IN BEIJING [...] (C) The Mainland's chief objective for Hong Kong is maintaining long-term political and economic stability, Government officials and scholars told Consul General James Cunningham during discussions in Beijing January 18-19. Hong Kong has seen significant positive development since the end of [...]	2007-01-25 05:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV CH
07BEIJING5556	CHINA/SED: SECRETARY PAULSON AND NDRC CHAIRMAN [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and National Development and Reform Commission Chairman Ma Kai met on August 1, 2007, to discuss the Strategic Economic Dialogue, currency reform, and investment policy. Secretary Paulson emphasized the need to make the Strategic Economic Di [...]	2007-08-22 07:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET PREL SENV EINV CH
07BEIJING5578	INFLATION SPIKE GETTING ATTENTION FROM LEADERSHIP, MEDIA, [...] (SBU) With CPI inflation hitting a ten-year high of 5.6 percent in July, there is now widespread concern among the public, extensive coverage in the media, and evident attention from China's senior leadership to rising prices. The spike over recent months is generally viewed as resulting from [...]	2007-08-23 07:50:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH
07BEIJING5608	AMBASSADOR PRESSES FM YANG ON IRAN, DISCUSSES [...] (C) Pressed to work more effectively with the United States on curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions and destabilizing behavior, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told the Ambassador that China shares U.S. goals vis- a-vis Iran and has pressed Iran to "take stock of the current situation" and "adopt fle [...]	2007-08-27 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KNNP ETRD MARR MNUC CH TW IR KN
07BEIJING5640	CODEL SKELTON DISCUSSES TAIWAN, MIL-MIL [...] (C) Taiwan is the most important and sensitive issue in the U.S.-China bilateral relationship, Chairman of the National People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee Jiang Enzhu told the visiting Congressional delegation led by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) in an Aug [...]	2007-08-28 09:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM ETRD KIPR TW CH
07BEIJING5655	CODEL SKELTON ADDRESSES MILITARY TRANSPARENCY, [...] (SBU) The United States and China share a long history and have many common interests that will only grow deeper and more plentiful, National People's Congress Standing Committee Chairman Wu Bangguo told CODEL Skelton August 27. The delegation raised tough questions concerning military exchan [...]	2007-08-29 04:16:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KIRF ETRD PARM CH
07BEIJING569	PRC/AFRICA: MFA PRESS BRIEFING ON HU JINTAO'S [...] Key points made by Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun at the January 24 MFA press briefing on President Hu's upcoming visit to Africa were: -- Hu will visit Africa from January 30 to February 10, including stops in Cameroon (Jan. 30-Feb. 1),Liberia (Feb. 1),Sudan (Feb. 2-3),Zambia (Feb. [...]	2007-01-25 10:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV XA SU CH
07BEIJING5757	PRC DEFENSE MINISTER STRESSES CHINA'S PEACEFUL RISE [...] (SBU) In a public address in Tokyo August 30, PRC Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan countered arguments that China poses a threat to the region and underscored China's increasing defense transparency. The Minister stated that the PRC has no military allies and its defense policy will not change, [...]	2007-08-31 11:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JN
07BEIJING5792	SEPTEMBER 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: COMPUTER HACKING, [...] Key points at the September 4 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China calls allegations that the Chinese military hacked into Pentagon computer systems "groundless" and representative of a "Cold War mentality." -- China will begin annual reporting to the UN on military spending and resume partic [...]	2007-09-04 09:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV SOCI PINR MARR UNSC KS KN IR AS
07BEIJING5818	NPC CHAIR WU BANGGUO DISCUSSES PRODUCT SAFETY, [...] (C) Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL),accompanied by the Ambassador, emphasized the importance of food and product safety issues to American consumers during a meeting with National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on August 28. Wu Bangguo said we need to set [...]	2007-09-05 09:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD SNAR KOLY MCAP PTER ECON CH
07BEIJING5836	CODEL LARSEN-KIRK DISCUSSES PRODUCT SAFETY, TRADE, [...] (SBU) Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) strongly urged China to address U.S. concerns about the safety of Chinese products and the RMB exchange rate in an August 27 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei. Representative Kirk encouraged China's cooperation [...]	2007-09-06 05:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP PGOV PTER ETRD IR TW AF CH
07BEIJING5888	TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM REMAINS SERIOUS CONCERN, [...] (C) Current tensions over Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's UN referendum, while serious, have not yet become a crisis, in part because of careful management by Washington and Beijing, in part because Chen has yet to cross China's "red line" of de jure independence, Embassy contacts commented [...]	2007-09-07 06:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CH TW
07BEIJING5898	XINJIANG POLICE: ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM THREATENS [...] (C) Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) visited Urumqi, Kashi and China's border with Kyrgyzstan during an August 29-31 trip to the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. Public Security Bureau officials simultaneously touted the success of anti-terrorism efforts in Xinjiang w [...]	2007-09-09 22:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER OREP SNAR PREL PRGOV TI PK KG AF CH
07BEIJING5902	CHINESE SCHOLAR DESCRIBES INTERNAL DEBATE OVER [...] (C) Summary: China's Iran policy is the subject of heated debate within China's academic and foreign policy establishment, said Yin Gang, a Chinese research professor who recently returned from an officially sponsored trip to Iran. One camp, led by a senior People's Liberation Army (PLA) sch [...]	2007-09-10 00:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER TBIO MNUC XF IR CH
07BEIJING5918	CHINA TO CONSIDER FORMAL UNSC BRIEFING ON BURMA, [...] (C) Summary: China will consider supporting a formal briefing of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) by Special Envoy Gambari (reftel),MFA Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam Division Deputy Director Liang Jianjun told us September 10. Liang said the MFA had conveyed to the Burmese gov [...]	2007-09-10 09:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING5950	WAL-MART PULLS CHICKEN JERKY PET FOOD STRIPS FROM SHELVES [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy APHIS Attache and HHS Health Attache were informed separately on August 30 by the General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) of Wal-Mart's recent decision to remove chicken jerky pet food strips manufactured by two Chinese firms from [...]	2007-09-11 23:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO ECON PREL HHS CH
07BEIJING5977	DESPITE POTENTIAL HICCUPS, PRC PUSHES FOR IMPROVED [...] (C) In the wake of Japanese PM Abe's September 12 resignation, his earlier cabinet reshuffle, landmark August visit to India and multilateral naval exercises, Embassy contacts underscored China's continued desire to improve China-Japan relations. Neither Abe's resignation nor his recent cabin [...]	2007-09-12 12:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JN IN
07BEIJING598	LATEST ROUND OF CHINA-VIETNAM BORDER TALKS BREAK [...] (C) Chinese negotiators walked out of Sino-Vietnamese border talks without agreement January 20, leaving the Vietnamese delegation feeling disappointed and overlooked, according to our contacts. "Golf diplomacy" by Chinese VFM Wu Dawei and Vietnamese VFM Vu Dung could not overcome a negative [...]	2007-01-26 08:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG CH VN PF
07BEIJING6004	SEPTEMBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PM ABE'S [...] Key points at the September 13 MFA Press Briefing were: -- Abe's resignation is an internal affair of Japan and China attaches great importance to the development of Sino-Japanese ties. -- The choice of a new Russian prime minister is an internal affair of that country. China and Russia h [...]	2007-09-13 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV JA CH RS ID IR
07BEIJING6018	AQSIQ AND STAFFDEL DISCUSS IMPROVEMENTS TO CHINA'S [...] (SBU) This report is Sensitive But Unclassified, for official United States Government use only and not for release to the media. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A Congressional Committee on Commerce and Energy Staff Delegation led by investigator David Nelson met China's food safety ministerial and r [...]	2007-09-14 05:37:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR ECON HHS ETRD BEXP CH JA
07BEIJING6075	BURMESE FM WELCOMES GAMBARI IN MID-NOVEMBER; READY [...] (C) Summary: MFA Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam Division Deputy Director Liang Jianjun told us September 17 that during a September 13-14 visit to China, FM Nyan Win explained to PRC State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan and FM Yang Jiechi the Burmese government's perspective on the recent turmoil [...]	2007-09-17 09:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING6076	PRC URGES IRANIAN NUCLEAR ENVOY TO RESPOND TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA Director General for West Asian and North African Affairs Song Aiguo informed us September 17 that Iran's Interior Minister Mostafa Pur-Mohammadi told PRC officials September 13-14 that the Iran nuclear issue is "on the right track" and urged China to oppose new sanctions. Ac [...]	2007-09-17 11:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC CH IR
07BEIJING614	FIRST THE PRD, THEN THE YRD... NOW THE BOHAI RIM? [...] (SBU) China's Central Government has backed the Bohai Rim Economic Circle (BREC) in Northern China as a key region for economic development in a manner often compared to the Pearl River Delta (PRD),emanating from Shenzhen-Guangzhou, and the Yangtze River Delta (YRD),anchored by Shanghai. The [...]	2007-01-26 08:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING6158	LIU GUIJIN: U.S. VISIT A SUCCESS; DISCUSSES SUDAN, [...] (U) Summary: PRC Special Envoy for Darfur Liu Guijin described his recent trip to the United States as a success that resulted in increased understanding of China's Darfur policies at a September 18 press briefing. In response to questions, he said that the security situation in Darfur is im [...]	2007-09-19 11:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH ZI ET
07BEIJING617	A/S SILVERBERG AND AFM CUI DISCUSS BURMA, HAITI, [...] (C) United Nations successes in 2006 benefited from P-5 cooperation, especially between the United States and China, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations (IO) Affairs Kristen Silverberg told Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai. U.S.-China cooperation resulted in the selecti [...]	2007-01-26 10:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC CH BM IR KS KN SU
07BEIJING619	A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETINGS WITH FM LI, IO DG WU AND [...] (C) Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing told A/S Silverberg Beijing hopes U.S.-China cooperation on international organizations issues will continue in 2007, with the United States and China addressing problems arising in various hotspots based on a constructive, cooperative, win-win approach. FM L [...]	2007-01-26 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC CH IR KS KN SU
07BEIJING620	"DEMOCRACY IS A GOOD THING" ARTICLE IGNITES DEBATE [...] (C) An article in the influential weekly Study Times strongly endorsing democracy as "the best" political system has stimulated sharp discussion in Chinese media and intellectual circles. Our contacts speculated that "Democracy Is a Good Thing," by progressive scholar and author Yu Keping, i [...]	2007-01-26 11:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING6234	BEIJING LEGAL SCHOLAR ALLEGES DPP UN REFERENDUM [...] (C) A Chinese legal scholar and National People's Congress (NPC) adviser specializing in Chinese constitutional issues, Wang Zhenmin (protect),alleged that passage of a Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) referendum endorsing UN membership "in the name of Taiwan" would be legally equiva [...]	2007-09-21 09:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TW CH
07BEIJING6339	SEPTEMBER 27 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BURMA, SIX PARTY [...] Key points at the September 27 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China hopes all parties in Burma can "exercise restraint" so as to avoid escalation of the situation. China also urged the press to report truthfully and avoid "exaggerated hype." -- The Six-Party Talks are set to begin this evenin [...]	2007-09-27 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CH KN KS RS BM
07BEIJING6458	CHINA "CAUTIOUS" ON FORMAL UNSC MEETING, BELIEVES [...] (C) Summary: In response to points in reftels, Chinese MFA officials referred to MFA press statements noting China's "positive appraisal" of UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari's just completed mission to Burma. MFA officials advised caution on proceeding with a formal meeting of the UNSC on Bur [...]	2007-10-04 09:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING6540	OCTOBER 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BURMA UNREST, [...] Key points at the October 9 MFA Press Briefing: -- Burma has "become calmer" through the efforts of both the Burmese government and the international community. Any action by the UN Security Council should be "cautious and prudent" and calculated to promote "stability" within Burma. The "pr [...]	2007-10-09 14:03:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CH IN KN BM
07BEIJING6606	CHINA TIGHTENS MEDIA CONTROLS AS PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) As the 17th Party Congress rapidly approaches, propaganda officials are telling Chinese news outlets to avoid "negative" reporting, according to numerous media contacts. News of accidents and disasters, especially mining accidents, will be tightly controlled. Media speculation about Part [...]	2007-10-11 09:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP CH
07BEIJING6638	CHINESE IRAN EXPERT SAYS PRC SEEKING OPPORTUNITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 11 People's Daily report, China's former ambassador to Iran suggested the Six-Party Talks model could be applied to the Iran nuclear issue but that the United States would have to negotiate directly with Iran. A Chinese researcher claimed to PolOff that Beijing is [...]	2007-10-12 09:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER TBIO MNUC XF IR CH
07BEIJING6641	ROUNDUP OF DISSIDENTS, UNDESIRABLES AS BEIJING [...] (C) Security authorities appear to be rounding up a large number of petitioners, dissidents and other "undesirables" in advance of the 17th Communist Party Congress, which opens October 15. Police are detaining petitioners in Beijing and forcibly returning them to their home towns, contacts r [...]	2007-10-12 10:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING6671	CHARGE PRESSES MFA ON WSJ REPORTER'S VISA [...] (C) Summary: Per ref A, the Charge d'Affaires met with the MFA Information Department DG October 12 to press him to issue a residency permit to a Pulitzer Prize-winning Wall Street Journal correspondent. The DG, Liu Jianchao, stressed that the visa denial for journalist Ian Johnson was due to [...]	2007-10-15 09:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH
07BEIJING6675	U.S. FDA COMMISSIONER MEETS WITH CHINESE COUNTERARTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner traveled to Shanghai October 10-14 to deliver one of the keynote speeches at the Fifth Annual Sino-U.S Symposium on Medicine in the Twenty-First Century and to participate in the centennial anniversary c [...]	2007-10-15 22:32:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR ETRD ECON PREL HHS CH
07BEIJING6676	U.S. FDA COMMISSIONER MEETS WITH CHINESE COUNTERPARTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner traveled to Shanghai October 10-14 to deliver one of the keynote speeches at the Fifth Annual Sino-U.S Symposiu on Medicine in th Twenty-First Century and to participate in the centennial anniversary cel [...]	2007-10-15 22:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR ETRD ECON PREL HHS CH
07BEIJING6690	OCTOBER 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DALAI LAMA VISIT [...] Key points at the October 16 MFA Press Briefing: -- The U.S. presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor to the Dalai Lama will "seriously hurt" U.S.-China relations. -- Chinese participation in this week's scheduled P5-Plus-1 Political Directors' meeting was cancelled for "techn [...]	2007-10-16 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CH BM IR JA GM SU
07BEIJING6760	PRESS BRIEFING ON OLYMPICS HELD OCTOBER 19 ON [...] A briefing on next year's Olympic Games was held October 19 as part of the series of press conferences staged in conjunction with China's ongoing 17th Communist Party Congrss. Liu Jingmin, who serves both as Beijing Vce Mayor and Executive Vice President of the Beijing Organizing Committee f [...]	2007-10-19 12:19:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY CH
07BEIJING6810	OCTOBER 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, DALAI LAMA, [...] Key points at the October 23 MFA Press Briefing: -- China's new leadership committed to peaceful development and DPRK denuclearization process -- Regarding the Dalai Lama, the United States and China will hold "effective communication" -- EU-China dialogue on human rights "helpful" -- V [...]	2007-10-23 09:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH
07BEIJING6844	OCTOBER 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GAMBARI VISIT, J-10 [...] Key points at the October 25 MFA Press Briefing: -- UN Special Envoy Gambari met with Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei, Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi and State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan on October 24-25. -- China has taken note of the "untrue and groundless" reports in the Russian media th [...]	2007-10-25 10:23:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH BM IR RS JA SU TU IZ PK
07BEIJING6848	CORRECTED COPY (PASS LINE ADDED) - (S) CHINA [...] (S) The Ambassador raised reftel demarche on the possible transit of military-related goods from the DPRK to a UN sanctioned entity in Iran through Beijing with Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei (other subjects from that meeting reported septels) October 25. AFM He said China takes its nonp [...]	2007-10-25 11:18:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP ETTC EWWT KN CH
07BEIJING6851	GAMBARI TO PUSH DIALOGUE IN BURMA; CHINA STILL [...] (C) Summary: Drawing from Ref A talking points, the Ambassador encouraged UN Special Envoy Gambari October 25 to push for more concrete progress in Burma. Gambari confirmed that he will return to Burma "in the first week of November." In addition to praising Chinese efforts on his behalf, G [...]	2007-10-25 23:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING6857	ECONOMIC POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF THE 17TH PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) The outcomes of the 17th Party Congress indicate agreement among China's top leaders that economic policy should continue to promote rapid growth but at the same time shift the forces behind that growth away from investment and towards domestic consumption. As such, future policies will l [...]	2007-10-26 05:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV PREL CH

07BEIJING6889	TREASURYS SMITH AND MEDEIROS MEETING WITH MOF A/S ZHU [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Deputy Chief of Staff Taiya Smith and Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) Political Advisor Evan Medeiros discussed preparations for the third round of the SED with Ministry of Finance Assistant Minister Zhu Guangyao October 10. Smith and Zhu agreed that the SED should fo [...]	2007-10-30 06:35:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV CH
07BEIJING6895	MFA SAYS GAMBARI TO PUSH FOR DIALOGUE IN BURMA; [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese Government has agreed to a November 5 visit by UN Special Envoy Gambari, and during that visit Gambari hopes to push for dialogue between the regime and Aung San Suu Kyi, a more inclusive constitutional process and measures to improve economic development, an MFA Inte [...]	2007-10-30 08:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING6919	OCTOBER 31 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: 17TH PARTY CONGRESS [...] Key points at the October 31 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- The spokesman gave a summary of the "guiding ideology" and "overall requirements" for Taiwan-related work revealed in General Secretary Hu Jintao's political report at the recent 17th Party Congress. -- The s [...]	2007-10-31 11:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD ECON MASS MNUC CH TW
07BEIJING6935	CHINA AND SINGAPORE SUPPORT AN "INCLUSIVE [...] (C) Summary: Singapore and China expressed support for a more inclusive national reconciliation process in Burma during the October 26 visit of Singapore FM George Yeo to China, though neither Yeo nor Chinese FM Yang Jiechi articulated the elements of that process, according to MFA Asia Depar [...]	2007-11-01 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM SN
07BEIJING6937	NOVEMBER 1 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DALAI LAMA, BURMA, [...] Key points at the November 1 MFA Press Briefing: -- Countries that meet with the Dalai Lama have been deceived or wish to meddle in the internal affairs of China. Seeking to undermine China's policy of peaceful development in Tibet is doomed to failure. -- China hopes the relevant parties [...]	2007-11-01 09:22:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS CA IR
07BEIJING6938	PRC-ISRAEL: FM LIVNI PRESSES BEIJING TO SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an Israeli Embassy readout, visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni stressed to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi that efforts to achieve international consensus on the way forward with Iran have weakened existing sanctions against the [...]	2007-11-01 09:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC ETRD CH IR IS
07BEIJING6939	A/S HILL-VFM ZHANG BILATERAL MEETING, OCTOBER 31, [...] (C) In an October 31 meeting with EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill and the Ambassador, Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui urged the United States to be cautious on the Taiwan issue during this sensitive period, expressed opposition to "protectionist" U.S. Congressional resolutions an [...]	2007-11-01 09:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETRD CVIS MASS CH TW KN XV
07BEIJING6971	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON FRENCH FM [...] (C) At the November 2 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that French FM Bernard Kouchner's visit to China was "extremely successful," with discussions on Burma, North Korea, foreign aid, the environment, human rights and Taiwan. Chief Iranian N [...]	2007-11-05 09:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CH FR GM JA UK BM IR
07BEIJING6974	A/S SILVERBERG MEETING WITH MFA IO DG WU HAILONG [...] (C) In an October 31 meeting, A/S Silverberg disagreed with her MFA counterpart's positive assessment of the situation in Burma; when MFA International Organizations Director General Wu Hailong called for the international community's patience, A/S Silverberg laid out specific steps the Burmes [...]	2007-11-05 09:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SY LE BM YI IR IZ KN
07BEIJING6975	CHINA WISHES TO WORK WITH USG TO PROMOTE STABILITY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary: China is deeply concerned about the current state of emergency in Pakistan and hopes Pakistan President Musharraf will maintain stability there, according to MFA Asian Affairs Director General Hu Zhengyue. Hu told Pol [...]	2007-11-05 10:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHUM MNUC PGOV CH PK
07BEIJING7004	CONTACTS ASSESS HU JINTAOÂ´S STRENGTH AFTER THE [...] (C) Chinese President Hu Jintao succeeded in further elevating his authority at the recently completed 17th Communist Party Congress, most Embassy contacts believe, though they differ to what extent. A minority of observers, however, argue he fell short of his goals. Despite HuÂ´s apparent gains, [...]	2007-11-07 05:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING7035	OPEN BUT NOT TRANSPARENT: LOCAL REPORTERS [...] (C) Although the Communist Party employed a more sophisticated media strategy during the 17th Communist Party Congress October 15-21, local contacts tell us they were disappointed with the Party's tight regulation of domestic coverage while the Congress was in session. Press controls inside China [...]	2007-11-08 10:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP CH
07BEIJING7036	NOVEMBER 8 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, BIBLE BAN, [...] Key points at the November 8 MFA Press Briefing: -- China requested that Iran "respond positively" and "attach importance to" the concern of the international community. (Note: some news organizations stated that China "demanded" Iran respond positively. The word in Chinese was "yaoqiu" whi [...]	2007-11-08 10:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS PK IR AF ID VE SN
07BEIJING7097	NOVEMBER 14 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: ARMS SALES, [...] Key points at the November 14 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- The TAO held discussions yesterday with six Taiwan companies on how to push for the early resumption of sand exports to Taiwan. -- The TAO deferred to the MFA on the question of the United States' intention [...]	2007-11-14 08:46:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD ECON MASS CH TW
07BEIJING7098	CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM ON CHINA-JAPAN TIES DESPITE LACK [...] (C) Chinese and Japanese contacts were cautiously optimistic about Japanese PM Fukuda's impact on China- Japan relations, highlighting his "balanced" approach, but they were hesitant to predict any significant developments in the near term. The October round of talks on joint energy explorati [...]	2007-11-14 09:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JN IN
07BEIJING7127	NOVEMBER 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, U.S.-CHINA [...] Key points at the November 15 MFA Press Briefing: -- Foreign Minister Yang in Teheran urged Iran to "show flexibility and keep positive contact" with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the European Union (EU). -- China has seen the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review and [...]	2007-11-15 10:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH IR AF JA FR UK MX
07BEIJING7128	PRC/IRAN: MFA READOUT OF FM YANG'S TEHRAN VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an MFA readout, in meetings with President Ahmadinejad, Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki, and chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili in Tehran, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said that after five years of addressing the nuclear issue, "there is currently no re [...]	2007-11-15 11:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC ETRD CH IR
07BEIJING7192	CHINA/IPR: AMBASSADOR'S SIXTH IPR ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) On October 23-24, the China Mission held Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr.'s Sixth Annual Roundtable Discussion on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in China, with the theme "IPR Protection on the Ground - What the United States Embassy is Doing to Support Rights Holders in China, and What [...]	2007-11-21 06:42:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON WTRO PGOV CH
07BEIJING7197	VFM WANG YI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON BURMA VISIT; [...] (C) Summary: Briefing the Ambassador on his recent trip to Burma, Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the ongoing "political reconciliation and democratic process" are the domestic affairs of Burma and should therefore be addressed by the Burmese Government and people themselves. The internat [...]	2007-11-21 10:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING721	THE TROUBLE WITH KIDS: 20-40 GENERATION GAP [...] (C) It is fashionable among Chinese elites who were born in the 1960s or before to criticize current Chinese college students and recent graduates as self- absorbed and materialistic. Scholars and journalists have told us that in their view, a "20-40" generation gap is emerging between youn [...]	2007-01-30 10:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING7213	PRC/MEPP: PRC SUPPORTS ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's decision to send Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi to the November 26-27 Annapolis conference on the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) demonstrates China's firm support for the international meeting, according to an MFA contact. Chinese public statements have played up the int [...]	2007-11-23 09:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG PTER MEPP CH IS
07BEIJING723	CPA'S LIU BAINIAN SAYS CHINA HAS TRIED TO EASE [...] (C) Vice-Chairman of the Catholic Patriotic Association (CPA) Liu Bainian said China sought to ease tensions with the Vatican in the lead-up to Gan Junqiu's ordination as bishop of Guangzhou Diocese. Liu says China informed the Vatican of the pending nomination and has postponed appointment of [...]	2007-01-30 12:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV CH VT
07BEIJING7253	BEIJING UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS ENGAGE S/P DIRECTOR [...] (C) Meeting with prominent Beijing scholars, Policy Planning Director David Gordon discussed U.S.-China strategic policy issues, Taiwan, democracy and U.S. alliances in Asia. His Chinese interlocutors questioned whether the United States views China as a threat and noted the contradictions bet [...]	2007-11-28 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR MASS CH TW KS KN JA
07BEIJING7262	U.S.-CHINA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: CHINESE (AND [...] (C) China's foreign policy must contribute to domestic economic development and be non-ideological and based on interests, not values, China's top policy planning diplomat told visiting U.S. Policy Planning Director David Gordon. U.S.-China relations have transcended the purely bilateral and a [...]	2007-11-29 04:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PARM SENV IR KN JP IN AU CH
07BEIJING7272	SARKOZYING UP TO THE CHINESE: FRENCH PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) French President Sarkozy stressed China's and France's "shared vision" during a successful November 25-27 visit to China, French DCM Chapuis briefed Beijing-based diplomats November 28. The visit reaped over 20 billion euros of contracts for French firms, but focused on political issues. [...]	2007-11-29 09:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHUM SENV EFIN PGOV FR CH TW IR
07BEIJING7274	(CORRECTED COPY) SARKOZYING UP TO THE CHINESE: [...] (C) French President Sarkozy stressed China's and France's "shared vision" during a successful November 25-27 visit to China, French DCM Chapuis briefed Beijing-based diplomats November 28. The visit reaped over 20 billion euros of contracts for French firms, but focused on political issues. [...]	2007-11-29 11:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHUM SENV EFIN PGOV FR CH TW IR
07BEIJING7363	U.S.-CHINA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: REGIONAL [...] (C) During the U.S.-China Policy Planning dialogue in Beijing in November, both sides agreed that the Six-Party Talks and APEC represent important parts of the existing East Asian regional architecture, and China and the United States have common interests in those institutions. The post-Six- [...]	2007-12-05 11:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EAID APEC SENV KN JP RU TW CH
07BEIJING7364	U.S.-CHINA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: AFRICA, ENERGY [...] (C) During the U.S.-China Policy Planning dialogue in Beijing in November, MFA Director General for Policy Planning Ma Zhaoxu said the United States and China have common concerns on African development issues. He expressed hope for the region and noted the importance of China as a model and [...]	2007-12-05 12:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ETRD EAID APEC SENV CH XA
07BEIJING7382	CHINA/JAPAN HIGH-LEVEL ECONOMIC DIALOGUE, FORM WINS OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Form prevailed over substance at the first ever China-Japan High-Level Economic Dialogue (HLED) in Beijing December 1, 2007. The meeting was co-chaired by Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan and Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura. Topics included macroeconomic policies, ec [...]	2007-12-06 09:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON CH
07BEIJING7383	DECEMBER 6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY [...] Key points at the December 6 MFA Press Briefing: -- China believes the date for the next round of Six- Party Talks must be reached by consensus. -- China will "earnestly study" the NIE on Iran with relevant parties so as to push forward the proper settlement of the issue. -- On climate [...]	2007-12-06 11:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH
07BEIJING7384	AMBASSADOR URGES CHINESE ACTION ON BURMA [...] (C) Drawing upon Ref A talking points, the Ambassador in a December 6 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei urged China to press the Burmese regime to engage in an authentic dialogue with the opposition and include the opposition in efforts to draft a constitution. Drawing upon Ref [...]	2007-12-06 11:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING7385	AMBASSADOR URGES CHINESE ACTION ON BURMA [...] (C) Drawing upon Ref A talking points, the Ambassador in a December 6 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei urged China to press the Burmese regime to engage in an authentic dialogue with the opposition and include the opposition in efforts to draft a constitution. Drawing upon Ref [...]	2007-12-06 11:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING7386	EAP A/S HILL'S DECEMBER 6 MEETING WITH VFM ZHANG: [...] (C) EAP Assistant Secretary Hill, accompanied by the Ambassador, raised U.S. concerns on Iran, Darfur, North Korean refugees, human rights and Burma with PRC Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui on December 6. A/S Hill pressed the PRC to prevent further transfers of conventional weapons to Iran [...]	2007-12-06 12:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PREF PHUM MARR ETRD AMGT CH IR SU
07BEIJING7401	BEIJING AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: NEW HUMAN AI CASE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: China confirmed a human case of avian influenza on December 2, 2007. This is the fourth human case this year, three of which have died. The last case was reported in May 2007 (Ref A). In a divergence from past AI announcements, the Ministry of Health did not/not send around a form [...]	2007-12-07 07:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR CH
07BEIJING7405	PRC/MEPP: CHINA TO ATTEND PARIS CONFERENCE, LIKELY [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points urging China to attend the donors' conference in support of the Palestinians to be held in Paris December 17 to MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Department Levant Division Deputy Director Xu Chen. 2. (C) Xu said that China will attend the conference [...]	2007-12-07 08:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PTER MEPP CH FR IS
07BEIJING7409	CHINA'S "INDEPENDENT" PRESS: ECONOMIC OBSERVER [...] (C) Managers and journalists from the Economic Observer, China's only "private" (non-Party- affiliated) newspaper, which was launched as a nation- wide, weekly paper in 2001 and is owned by a commercial provincial holding company, told PolOffs recently that the Observer is alive and well and [...]	2007-12-07 10:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP CH
07BEIJING7462	MIGRANT MOTHER'S DEATH PROVOKES DEBATE ON [...] (C) The death of a desperately poor migrant worker and her unborn child at a Beijing hospital has generated public uproar and a wave of social criticism by intellectuals. The migrant, 22-year-old Li Liyun, died November 21 when her common-law husband refused to sign a permission form to allow [...]	2007-12-12 11:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP SOCI CH
07BEIJING7473	DECEMBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the regular December 13 MFA press briefing: -- VFM Wu Dawei and ROK Ambassador Chun Yung-woo met this morning to discuss the Six-Party Talks and the "next stage of work." -- China hopes the Sudan Government can take measures to ensure the safety of Chinese citizens in Sudan. [...]	2007-12-13 09:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV JA KN KS SA IT FM SG FR LE IS
07BEIJING7498	EAP DAS CHRISTENSEN AND MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL LIU [...] (C) In a December 14 meeting with EAP DAS Thomas Christensen, MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Director General Liu Jieyi reviewed progress to date and challenges ahead for bilateral relations. He noted that the U.S. presidential election, the Olympic Games in Beijing, and the election [...]	2007-12-14 09:47:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PARM ETRD PHUM MARR CH TW IR BM SU UN
07BEIJING7499	EAP DAS CHRISTENSEN PRESSES CHINA ON IRAN, BURMA, [...] (C) Summary: EAP DAS Thomas Christensen told Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei that the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) only underscores the need for continued pressure on Iran, including via a third UNSC resolution. AFM He said that language in the UNSCR draft on export credits [...]	2007-12-14 10:11:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC ETRD CH IR SU BM
07BEIJING7567	Avian Influenza Cases in Jiangsu - Latest Update [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the death of a twenty-four year old male from Avian Influenza (AI) in Jiangsu Province on December 2, the young man's 52 year old father developed symptoms and was confirmed positive for Influenza A H5N1 virus on December 6. The father had extensive close contact with [...]	2007-12-20 08:32:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR CASC CH
07BEIJING7575	PM FUKUDA,S VISIT TO CHINA STILL IN THE PLANNING [...] (C) Preparations for Japan Prime Minister Fukuda's upcoming official visit to Japan are underway even though the dates of the visit and the agenda have yet to be agreed, MFA Asian Affairs Department Japan Division Deputy Director Lu Guijun told Poloff on December 19. Lu said the notional agen [...]	2007-12-20 10:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JN
07BEIJING7577	DECEMBER 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PRODUCT [...] Key points at the December 20 MFA Press Briefing: -- On U.S. Presidential candidate Barack Obama's reported call for a ban on U.S. imports of Chinese toys, China believes that a few defective products should not be the grounds for an overall ban. -- China believes all sides will continue w [...]	2007-12-20 11:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR EIND CH BM IN KS KN
07BEIJING7581	SED SESSION V: MERGING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Session V of the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) focused on the environmental protection achievements of both countries and sustainable development recommendations for the future. Several successful collaborative efforts on environmental protection were highlighted [...]	2007-12-21 03:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG ETRD SENV KGHG TBIO CH
07BEIJING7595	SED SESSION VI: ADVANCING BILATERAL INVESTMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: During the December 13 investment session of the third SED, both sides agreed that increased Chinese investment in the United States would strengthen bilateral ties. Chinese officials expressed frustration over how the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIU [...]	2007-12-21 09:36:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON CH
07BEIJING7657	CHINESE DEMARCHE ON OPPOSITION "TURMOIL" [...] (C) MFA Department of Asian Affairs Deputy Director for Burma Chen Chen delivered the following "unofficial demarche" to PolOff December 29: BEGIN UNOFFICIAL DEMARCHE: - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has heard that a "Myanmar opposition clique" is "considering turmoil" against the Myanm [...]	2007-12-29 08:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING769	ROK FOREIGN MINISTER SONG VISIT TO EIJING [...] (C) Foreign Minister Song Min-soon discussed bilateral relations with high-level Chinese officials and raised growing concerns about the treatment of North Koreans in China in a day-long series of meetings with ROK consular officers in the PRC on his recent visit to Beijing. Our PRC and ROK E [...]	2007-02-01 08:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CMGT CH KS KN
07BEIJING772	FEBRUARY 1 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: US-DPRK FINANCIAL [...] Key points made at the February 1 MFA press conference were: -- Despite comments from VFM Wu that the Fifth Round of Six-Party Talks would last 3-4 days, the MFA gave no timetable and had no substantive comments on the recent financial talks between the United States and the DPRK. -- The [...]	2007-02-01 10:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CH
07BEIJING773	MFA CONCERNED ABOUT REPORTED U.S. SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) MFA North Americas Director General Liu Jieyi expressed concern to the DCM over Taiwan media reports alleging U.S. support for Taiwan's development of long-range attack capabilities. DG Liu cited reports of U.S. civilian companies' plans to sell equipment for Taiwan's Xiong Feng long-ran [...]	2007-02-01 11:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CH TW
07BEIJING792	CHINA/IPR: AMBASSADOR'S SIXTH IPR ROUNDTABLE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 06:42:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON WTRO PGOV CH
07BEIJING86	JANUARY 4 MFA BRIEFING: IRANIAN ENVOY TO BEIJING, [...] Key Points at the January 4 MFA Press Conference were: -- Ali Larijani, special envoy to Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, will visit China January 4-5 to discuss the Iranian nuclear issue, bilateral relations and other issues of common interest. -- Although the MFA denies that the recen [...]	2007-01-04 12:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CH
07BEIJING917	DAS CHRISTENSEN'S MEETING WITH DG LIU JIEYI [...] (C) EVFM Dai Bingguo will represent China in the next Senior Dialogue following the expected confirmation of Deputy Secretary-designate Negroponte, MFA North American Affairs DG Liu Jieyi told EAP DAS Thomas Christensen. China is prepared to hold subdialogue talks on the Middle East, Africa, [...]	2007-02-07 12:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KNNP CH SU IR
07BEIJING925	DAS CHRISTENSEN'S MEETING WITH BEIJING [...] (C) EAP DAS Thomas Christensen expressed concern to leading Beijing University scholars about the implications of China's anti-satellite (ASAT) test. Dean of Beijing University's School of International Studies Wang Jisi (strictly protect) blamed "communication failure" within the Chinese Gov [...]	2007-02-08 08:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MNUC TSPA PGOV CH SU BM IR
07BEIJING935	HUMAN RIGHTS: POST AGAIN RAISES CASE OF DR. GAO [...] (C) The MFA is continuing to look into the case of Dr. Gao Yaojie, MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General Chen Xu stated in response to Polmincouns' delivery February 8 of a demarche (ref A) urging that China let Dr. Gao travel to Washington to be honored at the Vi [...]	2007-02-08 09:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
07BEIJING976	HUMAN RIGHTS: POST DELIVERS SENATOR CLINTON LETTER [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-10 07:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
07BEIRUT1006	LEBANON: GEAGEA SEES SECOND GOVERNMENT AVERTED, [...] (C) Samir Geagea received the Ambassador on July 6 in his recently completed home and Lebanese Forces office in Maarab. Other than the French initiative, the political situation is on hold, Geagea observed. The opposition is not currently working toward a second government, but President Laho [...]	2007-07-06 13:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1047	LEBANON: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR PARIS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Lebanese political representatives have low expectations for the July 14-17 conference in St. Cloud, outside Paris, though many tell us they note a change in tone and rhetoric from some of Lebanon's more militant parties, such as Hizballah. The French also harbor no illusions about the co [...]	2007-07-13 14:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1056	LEBANON: NAHR AL-BARID: BIG STEP FOR LEBANESE [...] (C) As the Lebanese Armed Forces' eight week old confrontation with Fatah al-Islam nears its end, one thing is certain: after years of Syrian domination and internal passivity, the LAF has surprised most observers by showing that it can stand on its own two feet. Despite suffering what for L [...]	2007-07-16 15:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1074	LEBANON: PM SINIORA LAMENTS BETRAYAL OF MARONITE [...] (C) A visibly upset PM Siniora told the Ambassador July 17 he was flabbergasted by what he saw as Maronite Patriarch Sfeir's ongoing attacks against GOL alleged efforts to marginalize Lebanon's Christian population. Stressing the GOL's policy of accommodating Christians was one of "conviction [...]	2007-07-19 14:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1082	FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON LEBANESE DIALOGUE AT LA [...] (C) In a 7/19 meeting with the Ambassador, French Ambassador Bernard Emie noted that France's "extremely modest expectations" for the La Celle-St. Cloud talks "were not exceeded." But, in Emie's calculation, the "chemistry worked," breaking the ice between Lebanese participants who in some [...]	2007-07-20 15:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1083	AOUN SURVEYS POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, HIS ROLE AFTER [...] (C) In a July 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun was mildly positive about the recent Paris talks, noting that his "team" had played a constructive role. He expressed his willingness to be a facilitator in any future efforts to solve Lebanon's po [...]	2007-07-20 15:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1088	LEBANON: MIXED REACTIONS TO LA CELLE-ST. CLOUD [...] (C) Lebanese participants in the July 14-15 La Celle-St. Cloud talks told Embassy that the talks succeeded in breaking the ice among Lebanon's feuding political parties, who had not sat down together as a group since the spring 2006 national dialogue. Herded together in a two-star, unaircondi [...]	2007-07-23 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1094	COUSSERON ON LEBANON DIALOGUE INITIATIVE, REGIONAL [...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador on 7/24, French Special Envoy Jean-Claude Cousseran discussed follow-on to the dialogue in La Celle-St. Cloud and his regional visits. He said that, although he heard "nothing new" after a day in Beirut, he favored trying to keep a French-sponsored process al [...]	2007-07-24 15:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1145	KOUCHNER'S TRIP: LITTLE TO SHOW, BUT KOUCHNER TO [...] (C) Although MP Boutros Harb perhaps best summed up current French diplomacy as "wishful thinking politics," French Ambassador Bernard Emie provided the Ambassador a relatively upbeat description of Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's July 27-29 Lebanon visit. Emie said that getting togethe [...]	2007-07-30 06:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1163	SURPRISING MESSAGE FROM THE PRO-SYRIAN CAMP: [...] (C) In a 8/1 meeting with the Ambassador, former Minister Wadih al-Khazen -- close to both Lebanese President Emile Lahoud and Maronite Patriarch Sfeir -- insisted that Emile Lahoud will leave the presidency on schedule on November 24. Khazen also made a surprising proposition: if the USG [...]	2007-08-02 11:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT1186	LEBANON'S METN BY-ELECTIONS: DID EVERYONE LOSE [...] (C) While the pro-independence March 14 majority and the Hizballah-Aoun opposition each picked up one seat in the parliamentary by-elections held 8/5 (reftel),the Hizballah-Aoun forces claim the bigger victory: before the two assassinations (of Pierre Gemayel and Walid Eido) that created t [...]	2007-08-06 16:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT1199	LEBANON: CODEL SHAYS MEETS ACTING FM - OR DID THEY? [...] (C) Summary: During CODEL Shays's brief meeting with Acting Foreign Minister Tareq Mitri, the group discussed the August 6 re-appearance of Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh in his official office and his decision to resume "management" of foreign relations for the first time since submitting hi [...]	2007-08-08 05:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1208	LEBANON: CBL GOVERNOR SALAMEH PESSIMISTIC ON [...] (C) Central Bank Governor Salameh says the GOL barely met its Emergency Post Conflict Assistance program targets, is not making satisfactory progress on reform, will have a hard time meeting further benchmarks, and could not meet the higher standards required for a formal IMF program. Salameh [...]	2007-08-09 06:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN LE
07BEIRUT1209	IRAN AND AOUN: THINKING ALIKE, ACCORDING TO [...] (S) Minister of Justice Charles Rizk, his presidential aspirant's heart beating faster than ever, told the Ambassador over an 8/8 lunch that he was delighted to receive Iranian Ambassador Mohammed Rida Chibani two days earlier. Chibani, who boycotts the Siniora cabinet in solidarity with Hiz [...]	2007-08-09 07:46:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY IR
07BEIRUT1220	LEBANON: BRIEFING PM AND DEFMIN ON USG BILATERAL [...] (C) Ambassador and EmbOffs gave a comprehensive briefing of USG bilateral military assistance for Lebanon to PM Siniora and DPM and Defense Minister Murr. This briefing highlighted the dramatic growth of grant assistance from FY 05 to FY 07 in response to Lebanon's recent emergency requests. [...]	2007-08-09 14:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1320	LEBANON: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HEADED FOR A [...] (C) With less than one month to go before the beginning of the two-month presidential election period, the gulf between the majority March 14 and opposition March 8 appears to be widening. The battle currently is being fought in the Christian arena, split into two opposing camps: one, represe [...]	2007-08-28 12:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1335	LEBANON: CENTCOM COMMANDER VISITS WITH LEBANESE [...] (S) Admiral William J. Fallon, Commander United States Central Command met with Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Lieutenant General Michel Sleiman and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Elias Murr on 8/29 in Beirut, Lebanon at the Ministry of Defense. During these introductory meet [...]	2007-08-31 04:05:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1346	WITH NAHR AL-BARID IN LAF HANDS, DEFMIN MURR [...] (S) On 9/3, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr called the Ambassador to report that the wife of Fatah al-Islam (FAI) leader Shakr al-Absi had positively identified the body of her husband, apparently killed on the last day of fighting on 9/2 in the Nahr al-Barid camp. Whil [...]	2007-09-03 09:19:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PARM LE SY QA
07BEIRUT1379	LEBANESE ANALYZE SAAD HARIRI'S INTENTIONS [...] (S) In a one-on-one conversation on the margins of a larger session (reftel),former Prime Minister Najib Mikati told the Ambassador that, in two recent meetings, MP Saad Hariri complained that USG backing of Fouad Siniora was coming at Saad's expense. Hariri and his stepmother Nazek were t [...]	2007-09-10 05:53:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1420	LEBANON: PM WILL RECONSIDER INTERNATIONAL BORDER [...] (S/NF) During a September 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora said that he had not been given a copy of the Spanish proposal for an EU border mission. Worried about Syria's ability to manipulate the negotiations in its own favor, the PM agreed that the GOL should be given an [...]	2007-09-16 08:14:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL IS LE SY
07BEIRUT1421	LEBANON: FRENCH CHARGE BRIEFS ON KOUCHNER VISIT, [...] (S) In a 9/14 meeting with the Ambassador, French Charge d'Affaires Andre Parant was at pains and obviously under instructions to play up the French-U.S. shared vision on Lebanon and to downplay any differences. He said that, while France hopes for a consensus president, France, like the U. [...]	2007-09-16 08:14:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1422	SAAD HARIRI ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador on 9/15, MP Saad Hariri portrayed none of the proclivity to compromise on Lebanon's presidency that Walid Jumblatt darkly suspected only a few days earlier (ref a). Calling Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri "a liar," Hariri said that he was prepared to "go all th [...]	2007-09-16 10:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT144	LEBANON: INFORMATION MINISTER ON SYRIAN, IRANIAN, [...] (C) In a 1/26 meeting, Minister of Information Ghazi Aridi (Druse, allied with Walid Jumblatt) provided details on Syrian, Iranian, and Saudi diplomacy in recent days. Based on what he claims to know, Aridi was pessimistic that the 1/25 riots marked the end to the violence. Syria, he insis [...]	2007-01-26 18:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY IR SA
07BEIRUT145	CHATAH GRATEFUL TO USG FOR PARIS III SUCCESS [...] (C) Mohamed Chatah, Senior Advisor to Prime Minister Siniora, gushed exuberantly about U.S. leadership in achieving a successful Paris III conference. He expressed delight as well with the CEO Partnership event, saying that the GOL would now hire someone to serve as permanent liaison with t [...]	2007-01-29 06:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EAID LE SY
07BEIRUT1469	LEBANON: IS SLEIMAN THE ACE UP BERRI'S SLEEVE? [...] (C) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has again gone on the offensive, this time postponing parliament's presidential election for one month to allow time for March 14 and March 8 to reach a consensus candidate. In a move in which Phalange party leader Amine Gemayel appears to be the unwitting a [...]	2007-09-25 08:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1483	LEBANON: BERRI INITIATIVE MOVING AHEAD [...] (C) As he promised he would, Speaker Berri called MPs to parliament on September 25 to begin the process of electing Lebanon's next president. Because only 74 MPs showed up, 12 short of the two-thirds majority needed to elect a president on the first round, the session was adjourned without a [...]	2007-09-26 13:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1511	LEBANON: TACTICAL FLIRTATION (BUT NO STRATEGIC [...] (C) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri appears, inadvertently, to be a miraculous match-maker: after years of political warfare, March 14 leaders and Michel Aoun's bloc are now gingerly exchanging tender glances, tentatively discovering beauties in each other that neither perceived before. Mar [...]	2007-09-28 16:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1512	LEBANON: GEAGEA: WHAT IS HARIRI COOKING UP? [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea believes accepting Free Patriotic Movement leader General Michel Aoun's offers of detente is the best way to coopt Aoun's presidential ambitions. He dismissed concerns that March 14's support could boomerang by increasing prospects for Aoun's candidacy, [...]	2007-09-30 12:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1534	LEBANON: A KINDER, GENTLER AOUN DISTANCES HIMSELF [...] (C) In a surprise change of heart, General Michel Aoun told the Ambassador he would not support a second government and hinted at a willingness to dissolve his 2006 MOU with Hizballah if he receives a better offer. Aoun, who has been reaching out to March 14 leaders in the past ten days, appe [...]	2007-10-02 16:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1544	LEBANON: LEBANESE BANKS IN PLAY? [...] (C) Recent Rumors of the sale of BLOM Bank, to either Arab Bank or Audi Bank, were persistent enough to cause BLOM to issue a disclaimer. However, both BLOM and Audi tacitly admit unconsummated deals. Some regional player, almost certainly the Arab Bank, also tried to make a deal with one of [...]	2007-10-03 14:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENIV PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1546	LEBANON: TELECOM SECTOR -- AS CONFUSING AS EVER [...] (C) Both Telecom Minister Hamadeh and Transportation Regulatory Authority (TRA) Chairman Shehadi are optimistic about the launch of the mobile telecom sale, but Shehadi appears to be struggling to get the TRA up and running. In earlier meetings with USG officials, Hamadeh appeared to support [...]	2007-10-04 08:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ENIV PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1574	LEBANON: PAPAL NUNCIO GLOOMY ABOUT CHRISTIAN [...] (C) The Papal Nuncio in Lebanon exhibited a general disdain for Maronite Patriarch Sfeir, the Maronite Christians, and the greater Lebanese Christian community regarding their disorganized, ineffective role in Lebanese politics today, calling the Maronite church a "grande folie." He stressed [...]	2007-10-09 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1598	LEBANON: FRENCH, SPANISH, ITALIAN FMS TO MAKE [...] (C) The French, Spanish, and Italian Foreign Ministers are planning a joint visit to Lebanon October 19-20 to meet with UNIFIL commanders and their national troop contingents in UNIFIL and aleo meet with key political leaders in Beirut. French Embassy DCM and poloffs told us that the French hop [...]	2007-10-11 15:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1599	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S DEFENSE EDELMAN [...] (C) Under Secretary Edelman: Welcome back to Lebanon. Your trip provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce the message of strong U.S. government support for Lebanon. You come during a critical period of the presidential election season. Parliament elects the president and is supposed to [...]	2007-10-11 15:21:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT16	FINANCE MINISTER AZOUR'S WISHFUL THINKING FOR [...] (S) In a January 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Finance Jihad Azour was less alarmist than Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh (reftel) regarding Lebanon's financial situation in 2007. But, like Salameh, Azour counted on a successful Paris III conference as the essential element i [...]	2007-01-03 15:08:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	ECON EFIN EAID PREL LE
07BEIRUT1623	LEBANON: "CHANGE AOUN" URGES GREEK ORTHODOX [...] (C) Greek Orthodox Archbishop Elias Audi is worried about March 8 and March 14's inability to date to find a solution to the presidential election impasse. He believes the key to a solution lies in a shift in General Michel Aoun's thinking, which begs the question, who is most suitable to infl [...]	2007-10-17 14:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1639	LEBANON: MARONITE BISHOP ON PATRIARCHS' SEPARATE [...] (C) A hopeful yet concerned Boulos Matar -- the Maronite Bishop of Beirut -- reported on Patriarch Sfeir's efforts to prevent a presidential vacuum. Matar said the Patriarch is working with General Michel Aoun to move him from "king to kingmaker," and communicating with Hizballah to deliver th [...]	2007-10-19 14:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1640	LEBANON: IS AOUN'S ATTITUDE CHANGING? [...] (SBU) Some members of General Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement suggested to embassy contacts that Aoun is accepting that he cannot be elected president and is willing to support a consensus candidate elected by a two-thirds quorum. These members also report he opposes oppose a two-governm [...]	2007-10-21 08:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1652	LEBANON: OPPOSING THE "STATUS QUO" DELAY OF [...] (C) Reftel discusses possible scenarios for Lebanon's upcoming presidential elections. But increasing evidence suggests that -- if the pro-Syrians can't impose their own candidate through pressure for "consensus" -- the "second government" option is no longer the pro-Syrians' weapon of choic [...]	2007-10-22 14:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT166	LEBANON: RIAD SALAMEH: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OR [...] (C) Ministers Haddad and Azour shared with Ambassador some insight into the Central Bank (CBL) and its governor Riad Salameh, but stopped short of accusing him outright of malfeasance. However, they referred to the GOL/banking relationship as a "mess" and indicated that there are people who [...]	2007-01-31 16:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1661	LEBANON: HARIRI RETURNS TO LEBANON, PURPORTS TO [...] (C) An alarmist Saad Hariri accused the U.S. of not doing enough to prevent Syrian interference in Lebanon, claiming the Europeans and Saudis are willing to follow a more aggressive U.S. lead. Now is the time to exert the utmost pressure to get Emile Lahoud out, Hariri argued, and March 14 ne [...]	2007-10-23 15:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1665	LEBANON: MARCH 14 PLEASED WITH EUROPEAN VISIT, [...] (C) Telecom Minister Marwan Hamadeh described the October 20 Lebanese political leaders' meeting with visiting French, Italian and Spanish foreign ministers as positive, especially on UNIFIL, and denied reports the Europeans are pushing Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as a [...]	2007-10-24 13:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1677	LEBANON: UPDATED DEMOCRATIC REFORM STATEGY [...] (C) Lebanon's democratic traditions go back at least to its initial elections, first held during the Ottoman rule Empire in 1854. The landmarks in Lebanon's democratic history are the 1924 Constitution, the National Pact of 1940, and the 1989 Ta,if Accord. Throughout Lebanon,s history democr [...]	2007-10-26 13:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1699	LEBANON: SINIORA ADVOCATES PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...] (C) In a 10/29 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora recommended simultaneous pursuit of two options regarding presidential elections. First, he urged continued push for an absolute majority ("half plus one") election, despite the fact that March 14 might not be able to p [...]	2007-10-30 13:59:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1712	ON LEBANON'S PRESIDENCY, NAJIB MIKATI SAYS SAUDIS [...] (S) In a 10/31 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister Najib Mikati (once and perhaps still close to the Syrian regime) mused that Damascus has two preferred options for Lebanon's presidential elections: first, extending the status quo (with Emile Lahoud remaining in Baabda Palace [...]	2007-11-01 13:16:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY SA

07BEIRUT1713	LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SAYS USD FOUR [...] (C) Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh is preparing for possible financial chaos, if the political situation deteriorates. He is prepared to run a "legitimate" bank from anywhere, and can support the Lebanese pound for the short term. In the event of political instability, he believes it is [...]	2007-11-01 13:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ENIV PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1714	LEBANON: HARIRI BLOC WOULD ACCEPT PATRIARCH'S [...] (C) Parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri's cousin and Chief of Staff Nader recently delivered assurances on behalf of Saad to the Patriarch that his bloc would vote for any candidate selected by the Patriarch in order to avoid a presidential vacuum. Nader was skeptical, however, whether [...]	2007-11-01 14:04:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1723	LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER, HIS PRESIDENTIAL [...] (S) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on 10/30, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman said that the LAF would try to "freeze" the situation on the ground, taking action against whichever side of Lebanon's cavernous political divide -- March 8-Aoun or March 14 -- woul [...]	2007-11-05 04:52:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1729	LEBANON: MESSAGE TO USG: BERRI WANTS A PRESIDENT [...] (C) Resigned Minister of Health Mohammed Khalifeh, close to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, delivered a surprising message to the Ambassador in a November 2 meeting: Berri really wants a president to be elected by the midnight November 23 deadline. This goes against speculation that Berri, b [...]	2007-11-05 08:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1737	LEBANON: FRENCH CHARGE ADVOCATES TOUGH MESSAGE TO [...] (C) French Charge Andre Parant reported that French officials delivered tough messages to their Syrian counterparts during their November 3-4 meetings in Istanbul, warning that France would hold Syria responsible if Lebanon is unable to elect a president by November 24. Locally, a stronger Ch [...]	2007-11-06 15:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1747	LEBANON: FRENCH CHARGE SAYS FRANCE WILL PUSH [...] (C) French Charge Andre Parant believes it may be possible to convince the Patriarch to provide a short-list of presidential candidates, although he agrees that letting him decide on the names could result in less than ideal candidates. France is determined to find a solution before the midni [...]	2007-11-07 14:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1752	LEBANON: PATRIARCH SFEIR OPPOSED TO GIVING NAMES [...] (C) Maronite Patriarch Sfeir told the Ambassador on 11/08 that he is opposed to the French request that he provide a list of five acceptable presidential candidates for Saad Hariri and Nabih Berri to consider. First, he explained, he would offend all other Maronites if he would pick only fi [...]	2007-11-08 14:59:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1777	LEBANON: AOUN DOWN ON THE FRENCH INITIATIVE [...] (C) General Michel Aoun remains as gloomy and dejected as he was during the last meeting with the Ambassador (reftel). While the French initiative seems to have picked up momentum elsewhere in Beirut in the last few days, Aoun shot down hope for the initiative, saying that he would not particip [...]	2007-11-14 13:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1787	LEBANON: FORMER PM SAYS IT'S A CRIME NOT TO ELECT [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati, claiming, like many others, to have insider information on the Patriarch's list of presidential candidates, lamented the fact that the best candidate, Nassib Lahoud, would not be elected. He believed President Emile Lahoud would defy Hizballah's demand [...]	2007-11-15 16:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT181	LEBANON: PARIS III RESULTS PHENOMENAL, BUT LOTS [...] (C) Ministers Jihad Azour and Sami Haddad, clearly excited by the successful outcome of the Paris III Donor's Conference, want to make sure that the money pledged will be tied to reforms and spent with discipline. Chatting about the event, they are ready to tackle banking reform and to take [...]	2007-02-02 16:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
07BEIRUT184	LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI SURPRISINGLY FOCUSES ON [...] (C) In a 2/2 meeting, Speaker Berri told the Ambassador that despite recent unproductive discussions between Saudi Arabia and Iran regarding Lebanon, he believes options now exist to escape from the current impasse. Specifically, he listed three ways to establish the "critical" Special Trib [...]	2007-02-02 17:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT1875	LEBANON: TELECOM MINISTER OPPOSES CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Telecom Minister Marwan Hamadeh fears electing Lebanese Armed Force Commander Michel Sleiman president would repeat mistakes of the past, mistakes that led to the assassination of former PM Rafiq Hariri. Hamadeh proposed instead that March 14 build on the positive momentum generated by Pr [...]	2007-11-27 13:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1894	LEBANON: PM SINIORA WAITING FOR GREEN LIGHT TO [...] (C) PM Siniora, downplaying threats of violence, is ready to take the first steps toward amending the constitution to allow Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman to be elected president, once all of the March 14 leaders are on board. Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, calling [...]	2007-11-29 16:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1897	LEBANON: GEAGEA PUTTING THE BRAKES ON SLEIMAN [...] (C) Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea, critical of majority leader Saad Hariri's attempts to force the presidency of Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman on his March 14 allies, is not "adamantly against" the idea. However, he conditions his support on an LF say in the [...]	2007-11-30 07:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1898	LEBANON: MARONITE LEAGUE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT SLEIMAN [...] (C) The president of the Maronite League, Joseph Torbey, and fellow prominent Maronite leaders enthusiastically expressed their support for Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as president. Citing the problems the next president will face as "Lebanese problems, not Maronite p [...]	2007-11-30 11:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SY LE
07BEIRUT1899	LEBANON: TRYING TO MAKE A SLEIMAN PRESIDENCY WORK [...] (S) Despite the backing of Saad Hariri, Fouad Siniora, Walid Jumblatt, and -- less enthusiastically -- Samir Geagea, Michel Sleiman does not yet have his six-year lease on the Baabda Presidential Palace locked in. Just as Hariri et al. had hoped, March 14's backing of Sleiman caught Hizballa [...]	2007-11-30 12:14:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1904	LEBANON: PATRIARCH SFEIR ANNOYED AT AOUN, PREFERS [...] (C) In a 11/29 meeting with the Ambassador, a glum Maronite Patriarch Sfeir groused about Michel Aoun and complained that the French, in forcing him to give a list of presidential candidates, had promised him that one of those named on the list would be elected by the parliament. Why, Sfeir [...]	2007-11-30 16:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1916	LEBANON: INCREASING THE HEAT ON THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (S) The pro-Syrian March 8-Aoun forces have much to gain, and March 14 forces much to lose, from the ongoing delay in filling Lebanon's presidential vacuum. Tactically, March 14 has more bargaining power on selecting the prime minister and cabinet if the normal constitutional processes are [...]	2007-12-04 14:42:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1925	LEBANON: ACTING FM MITRI CREDITS SECRETARY RICE [...] (C) Acting Foreign Minister Tariq Mitri, who represented Lebanon in Annapolis, expressed satisfaction with the conference and hope for future steps, attributing his hope to the sincere dedication he sees in Secretary Rice. He explained to the Ambassador on December 6 that his own speech at t [...]	2007-12-07 11:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS PHUM FR SY PREF KPAL KDEM LE
07BEIRUT1959	LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER ASKS A/S WELCH TO DELAY [...] (C) Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman told visiting NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch December 16 that the investigation into the December 12 assassination of General Francois al-Hajj was focusing on Islamic extremists suspected of trying to undermine the army. Palestinian [...]	2007-12-16 13:30:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1968	LEBANON: NEA A/S WELCH'S DECEMBER 15 MEETING WITH [...] (C) In a December 15 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr alluded to his strong belief that Hizballah and Syria had the most reason to assassinate General Francois Hajj. Murr also said he had positive leads to identify Hajj's [...]	2007-12-17 17:00:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	OVIP MASS MOPS PARM PGOV PREL SY LE
07BEIRUT197	IS SAAD HARIRI SURRENDERING TO HIZBALLAH'S DEMANDS? [...] (S) In 2/6 meetings with the Ambassador, March 14 and GOL figures expressed deep foreboding about a rumored offer that Saudi Arabia and Saad Hariri were on the verge of accepting from Iran, Syria, and Hizballah to solve Lebanon's political crisis. According to rumors, March 14 -- by accepti [...]	2007-02-06 15:35:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV PTER LE SY SA IR
07BEIRUT1973	LEBANON: A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) During his December 15 meeting with Prime Minister Siniora at the Grand Serail, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch pledged continued U.S. support for the March 14 majority and democracy in Lebanon. He assured the PM that the USG would make no deal with Syria or others at the expense of L [...]	2007-12-17 18:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1981	LEBANON: WITH A/S WELCH, HARIRI STEADFAST; WANTS [...] (C) During December 15, 18, and 19 meetings with majority leader Saad Hariri, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams (at the 18th and 19th meetings) reiterated U.S. support for March 14's resistance to the opposition's attempts to force concessions from the majority bef [...]	2007-12-21 14:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1984	LEBANON: PM SINIORA TELLS A/S WELCH "I CANNOT DO [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora was grateful to receive a debrief on NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch's return visit to Lebanon. Speaking during the evening of December 19, A/S Welch and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams reiterated U.S. support for March 14 and the democratic processes in Lebanon. They ad [...]	2007-12-21 15:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1987	LEBANON: FORMER AMAL PARTY INSIDER SAYS SYRIA [...] (C) Former Amal member Mohamed Obeid believes the pro-government March 14 bloc has thus far mishandled the presidential election crisis. He claims the matter is now hinging on secret talks between Druse leader Walid Jumblatt and Parliament Speaker Berri, who would have to get Hizballah appro [...]	2007-12-21 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT200	LEBANON: SINIORA RECOMMENDS DUAL TRACK: [...] (C) In a 2/5 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Siniora interpreted Nabih Berri's support for a cross-confessional "tribunal document study committee" (reftel) as a Syrian ploy to avoid the fait accompli of a Chapter VII decision. Siniora maintained that Berri is clearly carrying out Syrian ord [...]	2007-02-06 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT2009	LEBANON: NEW YEAR'S EVE "YEAR IN REVIEW" WITH PM [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora conducted an informal "Year in Review" session with the Ambassador during a meeting on December 31, repeating some previously reported points about the threat to Lebanon's sovereignty in recent months. The Prime Minister also expressed surprising optimism about the [...]	2007-12-31 16:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY IS LE
07BEIRUT204	SAUDI AMBASSADOR CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC REGARDING [...] (S) In a 2/7 meeting with the Ambassador, Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Khoja expressed cautious optimism that a solution to Lebanon's political crisis was starting to come together and could even be achieved quickly. While the proposed deal is similar to what we discussed yesterday in reftel [...]	2007-02-07 16:13:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SA IR
07BEIRUT213	HARIRI CALLS BERRI; EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE TO BE [...] (C) As a follow up to what Saudi Ambassador Khoja described as a "Berri initiative" earlier in the day (reftel),MP Saad Hariri, still in Riyadh, called Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday evening (2/7),in the first direct communication between Hariri and Berri since November. The [...]	2007-02-08 16:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY SA
07BEIRUT220	LEBANON: AOUNIST MP EXPLAINS THE GENERAL [...] (S) FPM MP Ibrahim Kanaan shared with us his views on party leader Michel Aoun, attempting to explain (while analyzing for himself) Aoun's motivations in collaborating with pro-Syrian political leaders and movements. Kanaan shared with us that the OrangeTV venture was flagging as a reflection [...]	2007-02-09 16:45:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT221	HARIRI'S ADVISOR CLAIMS BERRI NOT YET SERIOUS [...] (C) In a 2/10 meeting and lunch with the Ambassador, ex-MP Ghattas Khoury (accompanied by Nadar Hariri, cousin of Saad) expressed pessimism about the committee on which he serves that was set up as a result of a phone call between Saad Hariri and Nabih Berri (reftel). The March 8 representa [...]	2007-02-12 06:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY IR SA
07BEIRUT227	MIKATI SAYS SINIORA NOW AS MUCH SYRIA'S PROBLEM AS [...] (S) Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati (please protect) told the Ambassador in a 2/12 meeting that his brother Taha had recently visited Damascus. Acknowledging how peculiar it is for the GOL to negotiate the Special Tribunal with those likely to be tried, Taha told Najib that the Syrians ar [...]	2007-02-12 16:48:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT229	LEBANON: LEBANESE FORCES' GEAGEA BELIEVES CIVIL [...] (C) In a 2/9 meeting with the Ambassador and emboff, leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF),Dr. Samir Geagea, stated that civil war is inevitable and there is no choice but to make appropriate preparations. He said U.S. help to the LF is the same as help to the Lebanese state, given that the [...]	2007-02-12 17:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT231	LEBANON: HARIRI BELIEVES ACCEPTABLE POLITICAL [...] (C) In a 2/12 meeting, Future Movement leader Saad Hariri said that despite premature reports of its demise, the Saudi initiative remains alive, even though the Iranian regime may be trying to back out of its previous commitments. In essence, the resolution is comprised of three parts: expe [...]	2007-02-13 08:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT24	LEBANON: EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR BELIEVES NASRALLAH [...] (S) The Ambassador and Polchief called on Egyptian Ambassador to Lebanon Hussein Derar January 3 to request a readout of Derar's December 29 meeting with Hassan Nasrallah, the first meeting of any Egyptian Ambassador with the Hizballah leader, and the latest on the Amr Moussa initiative. Der [...]	2007-01-04 17:05:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT240	UNIFIL SAYS ISRAEL CROSSED BLUE LINE, BUT [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 12. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) UNIFIL Force Commander Claudio Graziano, in a hastily arranged 2/13 briefing for P-5 and UNIFIL-contributing country COMs, criticized both the Lebanese and Israelis regarding the 2/5 and 2/7 Blue Line incide [...]	2007-02-14 14:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS LE IS
07BEIRUT265	LEBANON: ARMENIAN PATRIARCH SEES URGENT NEED FOR [...] (C) The Patriarch of the Armenian Orthodox Church in Lebanon, Catholicos Aram I, believes that Lebanon's political situation is so polarized between pro-government and opposition forces that unless some "bold initiative" is taken to change the current course of events, the outcome will be civi [...]	2007-02-19 08:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF LE
07BEIRUT291	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR WALID JUMBLATT'S [...] (S) In his upcoming visit to Washington, Walid Jumblatt will focus on obtaining USG support for the establishment of the international tribunal and for confronting Syrian and Lebanese opposition pressure on the government. He will be interested in discussing with Washington leaders possible o [...]	2007-02-23 13:38:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT320	LEBANON: UN MISSION TO LEBANON AND ISRAEL ON [...] (C) UN Senior Advisor Michael Williams visited Beirut February 27-March 1 to prepare a report to the SYG on implementation of UNSCR 1701. Williams remarks on his preceding visit to Israel were mostly negative. He was concerned at Israel's refusal to accept the visit of a UN cartographer to [...]	2007-03-01 17:12:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR LE SY SI
07BEIRUT349	LEBANON: BERRI DESCRIBES NEW PLAN TO RESOLVE [...] (C) Nabih Berri described a "new" plan as the last opportunity for Lebanon to avoid serious civil disobedience. He said that all sides (except possibly Michel Aoun) would emerge with their non-negotiable objectives intact. Under the Berri plan, the pro-government March 14 and opposition Mar [...]	2007-03-06 17:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY SA
07BEIRUT357	LEBANON: NO PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN IRAQ SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-08 10:20:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT382	IN ROUND THREE, HARIRI PITCHES BERRI ON 24-MEMBER [...] (S) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and MP Saad Hariri met for the third time late on 3/12 in an attempt to forge a political compromise between the March 8 and March 14 movements. Hariri advisor Ghattas Khoury, who attended the talks, told us that, with no breakthrough on either the Special [...]	2007-03-13 16:51:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT383	LEBANON: GENERAL AOUN HOSTS AMBASSADOR IN [...] (C) Michel Aoun is seeking to portray himself to the USG (and possibly to Lebanon) in a new light -- not so close to Hizballah after all, skeptical of Syrian intentions and of President Lahoud, dismissive of Amal, and supportive of the international tribunal. He puts forth a vision of a nonco [...]	2007-03-13 16:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT384	LEBANON: SAMIR GEAGEA HOLDS SCANT HOPE FOR [...] (C) In a 3/12 meeting, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea supported the current Berri-Hariri talks aimed at solving Lebanon's political crisis as a "useful" endeavor, but was also certain they would ultimately fail. No matter how reasonable or constructive Berri appears, he cannot compromi [...]	2007-03-13 16:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
07BEIRUT397	UN ENVOY PEDERSEN DEFENDS 1701 REPORT [...] (C) On March 15, the Ambassador met with UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Geir Pedersen to review the Secretary General's report on the implementation of UNSCR 1701. The Ambassador noted changes made in the report subsequent to the widely circulated March 8 draft. Objecting to areas where [...]	2007-03-16 09:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT403	LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER CONCERNED ABOUT GOL [...] (C) Finance Minister Jihad Azour reported to us that none of the money pledged at Paris III has yet arrived, and Lebanon's short term financial situation is difficult but still manageable. The real problem is that continued political uncertainty is derailing Lebanon's anticipated cycle of ec [...]	2007-03-16 15:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT407	LEBANON: HADDAD UPBEAT ON WTO ACCESSION, [...] (C) Following his recent Washington trip, Economy Minister Haddad expressed regret that he had not seen more members of Congress, but he was optimistic about the aid promised at the Paris III donor conference. He understands USG wishes about debt reduction, and expects to discuss this again [...]	2007-03-19 15:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD LE
07BEIRUT423	SAUDI AMBASSADOR BLAMES JUMBLATT FOR IMPASSE, AS [...] (C) Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Khoja used a 3/21 meeting with Ambassador Feltman to blast Walid Jumblatt. Had it not been for Jumblatt's objections, Khoja said, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and MP Saad Hariri would be able to conclude a "declaration of intent" of how to end Lebanon's poli [...]	2007-03-22 13:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY SA
07BEIRUT426	FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON LEBANON DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) In a 3/22 meeting with the Ambassador, French Ambassador Bernard Emie expressed concern that, with the departure of French President Jacques Chirac, France will lose its only strong advocate for Chapter VII approval of the Special Tribunal. The "entire French bureaucracy" is against pro [...]	2007-03-22 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV LE SY SA FR
07BEIRUT44	LEBANON: TASHNAQ MPS DISTANCE SELVES FROM [...] (C) Ambassador Feltman and Emboff met with Tashnaq Secretary General Hovig Mukhtarian and Members of Parliament SIPDIS Hagop Pakradunian and George Kassarji in early January. Tashnaq politicians distanced their party from the rest of the opposition, emphasizing their relative neutrality, ma [...]	2007-01-08 18:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM SY LE
07BEIRUT536	LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI INSISTS THAT A CHAPTER VII [...] (C) In a 4/17 meeting notable for Nabih Berri's casual attitude toward the Special Tribunal, Berri contended that even if the Security Council establishes the court under Chapter VII, the crisis in Lebanon would persist. Berri gave the impression that the tribunal was almost a side issue in [...]	2007-04-18 10:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT57	FORMER PM KARAMI SEEMINGLY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH [...] (C) Responding to messages passed by the Karami family, the Ambassador called on former Prime Minister Omar Karami in his Beirut home on 1/9. The Sunni politician (and former MP) from Tripoli stated that the situation in Lebanon was deteriorating rapidly, and he questioned the tactics of the [...]	2007-01-10 16:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT576	LEBANON: SINIORA IN GO-SLOW MODE ON TRIBUNAL [...] (C) PM Siniora's recent trip to Egypt garnered an energy deal that could reduce Lebanon's dependence on Syria, but President Mubarak and Amr Moussa advised steadfastness, not confrontation, in the GOL's political conflict with Syria and its allies in Lebanon. Rumors of a Swiss track to solve t [...]	2007-04-25 06:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM ENRG PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT587	PEDERSEN BRIEFS ON UNSYG BAN'S TRIP TO DAMASCUS [...] (C) In a 4/25 meeting with the Ambassador, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Geir Pedersen said that, in terms of the Lebanon agenda, the Syrians -- as could have been predicted, he acknowledged -- offered "nothing" in UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon's meetings in Damascus the previous day. While adopti [...]	2007-04-25 15:22:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT607	LEBANON: ARCHBISHOP AUDI FEARS TRIBUNAL WILL [...] (C) In a 4/27 meeting with the Ambassador, Archbishop Elias Audi, the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Beirut, had no additional information on the attacks of the two murdered youths found last evening south of Beirut, but hoped it was not politically motivated because this could further escala [...]	2007-04-30 12:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT611	SINIORA ON CABINET INITIATIVE, TRIBUNAL [...] (C) In a 5/1 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Siniora underscored his belief that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon must be established by the UNSC, as Lebanon's constitutional process is blocked. But he resisted sending a stronger, specific message requesting Chapter VII now. In what quickly [...]	2007-05-01 15:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT618	LEBANON: MINISTRY OF FINANCE STAFF REVIEWS [...] (SBU) In separate meetings with Ministry of Finance staff, the common view of their recent meetings in Washington was positive. While MOF Director General Alain Bifani gave a sharp, insightful readout of the meetings, his working level finance team were already focused on the next event, a E [...]	2007-05-02 13:59:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN LE PGOV PREL SY
07BEIRUT622	LEBANON: THROUGH AOUN'S LOOKING GLASS: ARGUES FOR [...] (C) The Ambassador and Poloff visited General Michel Aoun and his chief advisor Gebran Bassil on May 2. Aoun's perceptions continue to be radically different from U.S. views despite similar stated goals of a free and democratic Lebanon. Aoun argued that appeasing and building trust with Syr [...]	2007-05-03 08:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT665	PATRIARCH SFEIR UNENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT VATICAN [...] (C) In a 5/10 meeting with the Ambassador, Maronite Patriarch Sfeir downplayed the possibility of a special Vatican envoy helping to solve Lebanon's political crisis. A Vatican envoy, Sfeir said, would be perceived as coming to unite the Christians in advance of presidential elections. As t [...]	2007-05-11 17:20:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT673	SCENESETTER FOR A/S WELCH'S 5/15-17/07 VISIT TO [...] (S) David: You last visited Lebanon in August 2006. Then, as now, Lebanon was in deep crisis. Yet the impact of today's crisis -- when Syria's allies seek to paralyze and make irrelevant the cabinet of Fouad Siniora and then install a pro-Syrian president in autumn -- stands in sharp contras [...]	2007-05-15 08:25:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT691	LEBANON: PATRIARCH SFEIR DISMISSES POPULAR [...] (C) In a May 15 meeting with visiting NEA A/S Welch and the Ambassador, Maronite Patriarch Sfeir -- commemorating his 87th birthday on the same day -- reported that his rare visit to President Emile Lahoud the previous week was to warn against Lahoud's appointment of a second cabinet. Lahoud d [...]	2007-05-17 12:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT699	LEBANON: A/S WELCH VISITS FORMER PRESIDENT [...] (C) In a May 16 meeting with visiting NEA A/S Welch and the Ambassador, former President Amine Gemayel stressed the need for a successful UN Security Council vote to establish the tribunal to try suspects in the death of former Prime Minister Hariri. Gemayel also hopes for a strongly-worded r [...]	2007-05-17 16:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL LE SY
07BEIRUT704	LEBANON: HARIRI FEELS GOOD ABOUT FRENCH AND BAD [...] (C) In a 5/15 meeting with A/S Welch, MP Saad Hariri reported with satisfaction about the start of his relationship with French President Sarkozy, which Hariri interpreted as a promising sign of continued French support. The Syrians, however, continue to worry Hariri. Having blocked the gover [...]	2007-05-18 15:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY LE
07BEIRUT743	DEFMIN MURR SAYS DECISIVE BATTLE WITH FATAH [...] (S) Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador in a 5/24 meeting that the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) will initiate a major assault on Nahr al-Barid camp in about 4-5 days, the time needed to assemble troops and ammunition and clear the camp of as many civilians [...]	2007-05-25 11:30:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PARM MOPS PTER PREF LE SY
07BEIRUT745	LEBANON: UNIFIL COMMANDER POSITIVE ON MANDATE, [...] (C) UNIFIL Commander Major-General Claudio Graziano feels confident that UNIFIL's mandate would be renewed by the UNSC in August and, if given the opportunity for a wish list, he would like to expanded UNIFIL,s area of operations beyond the Litani River and have a clearer interpretation of the [...]	2007-05-25 15:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT757	LEBANON: HARIRI TELLS THE HDAC THAT "DEMOCRACY IS [...] (SBU) Saad Hariri told members of the House Democracy Assistance Commission that the establishment of the International Tribunal investigating the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and others would send a strong message throughout the Arab world. He warned that Syria is oppo [...]	2007-05-29 15:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT813	LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER RIZK LOOKS AHEAD ON [...] (C) Visiting Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Kristen Silverberg and the Ambassador on June 5 discussed upcoming issues regarding the Special Tribunal for Lebanon with Minister of Justice Charles Rizk. Fully supportive of A/S Silverberg's argument to make progress on making [...]	2007-06-06 15:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE SY
07BEIRUT814	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI REVIEWS NEXT STEPS ON THE [...] (C) Saad Hariri thanked the Ambassador and IO A/S Silverberg in a 6/5 meeting for U.S. support in adoption of the tribunal, and he pledged to move quickly on selecting Lebanese judges. He suggested that locating the tribunal in Cyprus could handicap the ability of Turkish pressure on Syria t [...]	2007-06-07 06:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT837	LEBANON: GEAGEA URGES DEAL ON PRESIDENCY, PRESSURE [...] (C) In a June 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces leader Dr. Samir Geagea said the key to resolving Lebanon's political crisis is the presidency, suggesting that a deal over President Lahoud's replacement is possible if the Saudis exert their influence with Parliament Speaker Nabih [...]	2007-06-11 15:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT89	LEBANON: ARMENIAN CATHOLICOS SEES LEBANON'S [...] (C) The Patriarch of the Armenian Church in Lebanon, Catholicos Aram I, believes that Lebanon's political situation has reached a "crossroads" at which conflict between government and opposition cannot continue. The priority of all Lebanese must be the well-being of Lebanon, not the promotion [...]	2007-01-17 16:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT896	LEBANON: AOUN RECEPTIVE TO RAPPROCHMENT WITH MARCH [...] (C) In a June 18 meeting with the Ambassador, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader General Michel Aoun agreed that a second government would be catastrophic for Lebanon. The FPM is exploring cooperation with the March 14 majority to form a national unity government, but claims the ball is in M [...]	2007-06-19 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC AA
07BEIRUT899	APPALLINGLY BAD EXAMPLE OF UNAUTHORIZED PERSONAL [...] (U) We urge all recipients of this message to remind all employees that Embassy Beirut is a partially unaccompanied post. All USG employees from all agencies, as well as their families and members of households, are subject to reftel guidance on travel to Beirut. Unless advised differently [...]	2007-06-20 13:42:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	AMGT ASEC APER LE
07BEIRUT917	LEBANON: SINIORA INTENDS TO USE NAHR AL-BARID TO [...] (C) In a 6/21 meeting, PM Siniora conveyed to the Ambassador his conviction that the fight at Nahr al-Barid was a watershed event -- one which will enable his government to take the offensive against the numerous concentrations of militants located in the 12 Palestinian refugee camps and in [...]	2007-06-22 14:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT944	LEBANON: CONGRESSMAN ISSA VISITS BEIRUT [...] (C) Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) visited Beirut June 24-25, where he held meetings with PM Siniora (reftel),Free Patriotic Movement General Michel Aoun, Parliament Speaker Nabil Berri, Future Movement leader Saad Hariri, and March 14 MP Samir Franjieh. The visit occurred in the wake of A [...]	2007-06-26 13:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT952	LAHOUD'S SECOND CABINET SCENARIO: EVEN IF HE'S [...] (C) Rumors about if and when President Emile Lahoud will unilaterally form a second cabinet continue to dominate political talk in Lebanon. There are some indications that Lahoud might move far more quickly than expected to take this step to undermine Siniora's cabinet. Elias Murr, citing h [...]	2007-06-27 16:19:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT974	LAHOUD'S LEGAL ADVISOR: SECOND CABINET (OR [...] (C) Lebanese President Emile Lahoud's amiable legal advisor, Selim Jeressaiti, told the Ambassador on 6/29 that -- based on Jeressaiti's advice -- Lahoud has begrudgingly delayed the appointment of a second cabinet from July until September. If no consensus presidential candidate emerges by [...]	2007-07-02 05:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BELGRADE1061	SERBIAN GOVERNMENT SPENDING RAISES MEDIUM TERM RISK [...] (U) Adoption of the 2007 budget on June 23, along with issuance of a memorandum of economic policies for 2008-2010, makes it clear that fiscal tightening will take place, at best, only in the medium term. The GOS outlook assumes a further increase in wages, which will fuel the growing trade a [...]	2007-07-27 12:32:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KPRV SR
07BELGRADE1065	VISAS DONKEY CORRUPTION 212 (F) SRM (MISKOVIC, Miroslav) [...] (s) Summary: Miroslav Miskovic, dpob: 5 July 1945, Serbia, is the richest man in Serbia and, according to the most recent Forbes ranking, one of the richest in the world, with over $1 billion in wealth. He dominates banking, insurance, and consumer goods in Serbia after obtaining massive we [...]	2007-07-27 15:59:00	Embassy Belgrade	SECRET	CVIS KCOR KCRM ASEC PGOV PREL ECON KFRD SR
07BELGRADE1086	NATIONWIDE MEDIA APPEARANCES IN SERBIA BY [...] Summary: From July 17-26 outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Michael C. Polt conducted a series of interviews with a broad spectrum of Serbian media in which he forcefully conveyed messages on U.S. ambitions for Kosovo, Serbia and the region. The Ambassador reiterated that the U.S. supports [...]	2007-08-01 07:11:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS PGOV KPAO SCUL SR MW YI
07BELGRADE111	K+1: ROLLING OUT THE SERBIAN BENEFITS PACKAGE [...] (C) As we approach the endgame in the Kosovo status process, this Mission is preparing to activate the third phase of our K 1 strategy, the rollout of the Serbian benefits package, to demonstrate the continued U.S. commitment to Serbia's future beyond Kosovo. This rollout would involve the in [...]	2007-01-24 16:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL SR
07BELGRADE1145	GOS RECEIVES TROIKA'S MESSAGE [...] On August 14, the Charge, along with the Russian and Portuguese (EU President) Ambassadors and German Charge, orally delivered the Troika's points in ref to the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. With the Foreign Minister on vacation, the delegation was received by State Secretary Radojko Bog [...]	2007-08-14 17:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PGOV PREL SR KV
07BELGRADE1160	KOSOVO WEEKLY: KOSTUNICA TARGETS NATO [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian leaders generally termed the Kosovo Troika's first visit to Belgrade as positive and a new start -- leaving behind the Ahtisaari's proposal. The DSS quickly dismissed partition of Kosovo as unacceptable and instead made pronouncements alleging that NATO is trying to for [...]	2007-08-17 17:26:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR
07BELGRADE1323	ECONOMIC TRAIN NOT (YET) DERAILED BY KOSOVO [...] (U) During introductory meetings with Serbian government leaders and the U.S. business community the Ambassador heard positive messages that economic reform activity is moving forward. Despite the fact that economic issues are pushed off the front page by Kosovo, there are areas of progress a [...]	2007-09-28 12:06:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV KIDE KPRV SR
07BELGRADE1359	SOUTHERN SERBIA: ALBANIANS CRITICIZE BELGRADE [...] (SBU) All ethnic Albanian parties from southern Serbia's Presevo Valley signed a declaration, September 29, criticizing the Government of Serbia for "delaying" political progress in the region. The parties alleged that the GOS was militarizing the region, failing to follow through on promised [...]	2007-10-05 17:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW KV
07BELGRADE1532	Serbia: Vojislav Seselj Goes on Trial in The Hague while [...] (U) Notorious Serbian Radical Party (SRS) leader Vojislav Seselj's November 7 war crimes trial in The Hague attracted only moderate media attention in Belgrade and no public pronouncements or protests. With the concomitant press of Serbia's initialing of a Stability and Association Agreement [...]	2007-11-09 16:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KV SR
07BELGRADE1585	SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH BISHOP IRINEJ ON PATRIARCH'S [...] (SBU) Novi Sad Bishop Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church spoke to the DCM on November 21 about successors to Patriarch Pavle, who is ill, naming Metropolitan Amfilohije as a likely candidate. Irinej said SOC would need a dynamic new patriarch who could both command the same authority as his [...]	2007-11-26 12:26:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SV
07BELGRADE1627	The Sandzak: Ugljanin's Fiefdom [...] (SBU) Sandzak is one of the last vestiges of Milosevic-era rule in Serbia where a local politician holds on to his power base through manipulation, coercion, and intimidation. However, this Muslim-populated area appears primed for a political opening, as Novi Pazar Mayor Ugljanin's tactics ar [...]	2007-12-10 06:38:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SR KV BK
07BELGRADE1659	(C) SERBIA TO TRY TO GET MANPADS DESTRUCTION BACK ON TRACK [...] (C) Assistant Minister for Defense Dusan Spasojevic said the Government of Serbia would accept the U.S. interpretation of the bilateral agreement on the destruction of Man Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) and would fulfill the terms of their agreement. Spasojevic said that the MOD would [...]	2007-12-13 11:12:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PARM PTER PREL MW SR
07BELGRADE1675	SOUTHERN SERBIA: DEFENSE MINISTER MAKES LANDMARK VISIT [...] The Serbian Defense Minister made a landmark visit to Southern Serbia (Presevo Valley),December 13-14, and had positive meetings with the ethnic Albanian mayors of Presevo and Bujanovac. The Minister and the mayors agreed that, although serious tensions remained, the situation in Southern Se [...]	2007-12-17 07:04:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
07BELGRADE1727	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON KOSOVO AND ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) President Tadic is working to maintain calm in Kosovo and to prevent any misunderstanding with the international community regarding any potential redlines, President Tadic's foreign policy advisor, Jovan Ratkovic, told the Ambassador on December 26. Ratkovic said that the draft Kosovo r [...]	2007-12-26 16:14:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KV SR
07BELGRADE188	WAR CRIMES ROUNDTABLE HIGHLIGHTS CROSS- [...] (SBU) Summary: A war crimes conference held in Belgrade to commemorate the second anniversary of the 2005 signing of the Croatia-Serbia MOU on war crimes cooperation highlighted the significant achievements that have been made since the MOU in establishing cooperation and cross-border collab [...]	2007-02-08 14:40:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM ICTY PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE236	VINCA NUCLEAR INSTITUTE: CAS STAFFING, VIND [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy has been informed by Vinca Nuclear Institute direction that the Department of Energy (DoE)-built Central Alarm Station (CAS) will be staffed in the near future. After the institute and the Ministry of Interior (MUP) reached an agreement on CAS staffing, Vinca identif [...]	2007-02-21 17:16:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP PARM EAID OTRA SR
07BELGRADE249	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. UNOSEK: the view from Belgrade ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) For the week of 2/19, almost all Kosovo focus was on the UNOSEK talks in Vienna. The media reports from Vienna have been mostly straightforward. [...]	2007-02-23 17:01:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE272	SERBIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] OVERVIEW --------------- A. Serbia is a country of origin, transit, and destination for internationally trafficked men, women, and children. The Agency for the Coordination of Protection of Victims of Trafficking recorded 62 TIP victims. Of these, there were 60 females and 2 males; 33 wer [...]	2007-02-28 14:29:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SR
07BELGRADE275	KOSOVO SERB PROTEST AT EMBASSY BELGRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kosovo-based Serbian National Council (SNV) staged a peaceful demonstration of approximately 10,000 - 20,000 people in front of the U.S. Embassy on February 27 to protest against the Ahtisaari proposal for Kosovo status and alleged USG support for "dividing up" Serbia. The s [...]	2007-03-01 09:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS SR YI
07BELGRADE303	EDUCATION MAFIA ARRESTED ON BRIBERY CHARGES [...] (U) Serbian police have arrested 18 people, including 12 university teachers, in an ongoing investigation of rampant corruption at the Law Faculty of Kragujevac University. The arrests, all occurring since February 20, include Assistant Minister of Education Emilija Stankovic, Sveta Puric, rec [...]	2007-03-06 14:59:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KCRM KCOR PREL SR
07BELGRADE310	A/S FRIED'S VISIT TO SERBIA YIELDS FEW SURPRISES [...] (C) Ambassador Fried used his March 5-6 visit to Belgrade to focus Serbia's leadership and youth on the country's long-term future as a Euro-Atlantic partner. The A/S encouraged both Tadic and Kostunica to take strong measures to give Serbia a European future regardless of the Kosovo outcome. [...]	2007-03-08 08:04:00	Embassy Belgrade	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM SR
07BELGRADE323	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (3/5 - 3/9) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (U) Summary: For the week of March 5, Serbia's preparation for the final, top-level round of UNOSEK talks, as well as the visits of A/S Fried and NATO SYG Scheffer were the most notable events related to Kosovo and S [...]	2007-03-09 13:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE489	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (4/9 - 4/13) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (SBU) Summary: For the week of April 9, Serbia's self-titled "diplomatic offensive" to block passage of a UNSC resolution on Kosovo was the dominant event related to Kosovo and Serbia. The Ambassador and his French [...]	2007-04-13 16:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI

07BELGRADE498	CONGRESSMAN ROHRABACHER'S MEETING WITH TADIC [...] (c) Congressman Rohrabacher's (R-CA) April 13-14 visit to Belgrade was dominated by a candid meeting with President Tadic on April 13. Tadic used the meeting to urge the Congressman not to move forward with a resolution supporting the Ahtisaari plan and supervised independence for Kosovo. T [...]	2007-04-16 14:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS UNSC PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE533	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (4/16-4/20) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS -------------------- 2. (SBU) Summary: The first half of the week was dominated by GoS reactions to a mischaracterization of remarks by U/S Burns in testimony before Congress, while the second ha [...]	2007-04-20 16:31:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SR
07BELGRADE643	COALITION DEAL STRUCK; NO FORMAL WORD YET [...] (sbu) Summary: Though there is still no official word, a deal has been struck that will keep Kostunica at the helm of a weak democratic coalition government. The deal and the politics surrounding it have left a pall of fear in political circles and in the population at large, as many saw th [...]	2007-05-11 17:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE651	ENGAGING WITH SERBIA'S "NEW" GOVERNMENT [...] (c) The new government in Serbia does not look appreciably different from the previous one, save Tadic's DS party's participation. Tadic's party now plays a large role and holds competencies in defense and foreign affairs that could have an impact on moving forward the Euro-Atlantic agenda, [...]	2007-05-14 11:48:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS EINV ICTY SR
07BELGRADE683	CERTIFICATION AND SERBIA'S "NEW" GOVERNMENT [...] (c) The new government in Serbia does not look appreciably different from the previous one. Tadic's DS now has the potential to play a large role in defense and foreign affairs that could have an impact on moving forward the Euro-Atlantic agenda, but Kostunica still holds many of the reins. [...]	2007-05-17 16:34:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ICTY PREL EAID SR
07BELGRADE716	IS THE EU TIRING OF SERBIA? [...] (c) Summary: Despite a constant stream of pro-Serbian rhetoric from both European capitals and the EU itself, from the Belgrade perspective some in the machinery of the EU seem to feel Europe is getting tired of handholding its perennial "problem child." The view from the EU bureaucracy in [...]	2007-05-22 10:20:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EU SR
07BELGRADE738	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (5/21 - 5/25) [...] This cable summarizes the week's notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. Summary: With a government formed, media and public attention in Serbia has returned to Kosovo and speculation on the likelihood of a UNSC resolution based on the Ahtisaari plan. In a late-breaking developmen [...]	2007-05-25 16:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE773	SERBIA STEPS UP WAR CRIMES COOPERATION [...] (c) SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION: The formal constitution of Serbia's new "National Security Council (NSC)" on May 31 -- led by President Tadic and designed to conduct full ICTY cooperation -- combined with the arrest of a top former aide to PIFWC Ratko Mladic, steps up significantly the new go [...]	2007-06-01 13:32:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	ICTY PHUM PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE785	Verdict in the Djindjic Case [...] (SBU) Summary: The Special Court in Belgrade rendered its verdict in the case of the March 12, 2003 assassination of former Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, convicting all twelve defendants and sentencing them to harsh penalties by Serbian standards. Even though the verdict is subject to appea [...]	2007-06-04 16:45:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KJUS SR
07BELGRADE797	DETAILS, IMPACT OF TOLIMIR ARREST [...] (s) Summary: A recent meeting with Serbia's Action Plan coordinator revealed that Tolimir was in fact arrested in Belgrade. The circumstances of the arrest point mostly to internal political motivations vice a sea change in ICTY policy. Nevertheless, the result was positive, and proved the [...]	2007-06-06 13:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	SECRET	ICTY PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE814	DEL PONTE OVERLY BULLISH ON SERBIA'S ICTY COOPERATION [...] (c) Carla del Ponte's decidedly upbeat briefing to Belgrade's diplomatic corps June 6 highlighted the recent arrest of Zdravko Tolimir as evidence that Serbia is cooperating with the ICTY. Del Ponte told the group her June 18 report to the Security Council would "most likely" be positive, an [...]	2007-06-08 15:17:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	ICTY PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE879	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW DEFMIN [...] (c) Summary: The Ambassador's June 1 courtesy call on new DEFMIN Dragan Sutanovac focused on ICTY cooperation (improving),Kosovo (the military remains committed to staying out),and developing Serbia's security relationship with the U.S. and NATO. Sutanovac has already experienced the frust [...]	2007-06-21 09:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR SR
07BELGRADE884	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW DEFMIN [...] (c) Summary: The Ambassador's June 1 courtesy call on new DEFMIN Dragan Sutanovac focused on ICTY cooperation (improving),Kosovo (the military remains committed to staying out),and developing Serbia's security relationship with the U.S. and NATO. Sutanovac has already experienced the frust [...]	2007-06-21 09:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR SR
07BELGRADE907	AMBASSADOR MEETS ECONOMY MINISTER [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with new Minister of Economy Mladjan Dinkic for the first time on June 20 to review the economic agenda for the new government. Dinkic, leader of the G17 party, said that he personally favors a partition of Kosovo but said that preserving momentum on Euro-Atlantic rela [...]	2007-06-25 14:14:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV KIDE KPRV SR
07BELGRADE914	AMBASSADOR MEETS ECONOMY MINISTER [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with new Minister of Economy Mladjan Dinkic for the first time on June 20 to review the economic agenda for the new government. Dinkic, leader of the G17 party, said that he personally favors a partition of Kosovo but said that preserving momentum on Euro-Atlantic rel [...]	2007-06-26 08:02:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV KIDE KPRV SR
07BELGRADE933	KOSOVO DOMINATES BELGRADE COE MEETING [...] (U) Summary: Serbian President Boris Tadic and Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic used their speeches at the opening of the 1000th meeting of the CoE Ministers' Deputies to reiterate the GOS' position on Kosovo, advertise recent cooperation with The Hague, emphasize Serbia's sincere commitment to co [...]	2007-06-29 15:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE934	KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: KOSTUNICA'S "BATTLE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: With news of another rejection by Russia on a UNSC draft resolution, Prime Minister Kostunica used his strongest anti-U.S. rhetoric to date in reaction to the Ambassador's direct speech about Serbia's path to Europe. Kostunica cast bilateral differences over Kosovo as a "battle [...]	2007-06-29 16:55:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE958	KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: BELGRADE PREPARES FOR NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Without hard news on Kosovo out of Kennebunkport, Serbian media filled the vacuum with speculation about new status negotiations. Serbian officials doggedly continued their diplomatic offensive abroad and political entrenchment at home. Partition of Kosovo crept back into the ne [...]	2007-07-06 15:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE984	2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] Below is the submission for the 2007 report on investment disputes and expropriation claims in Serbia. This cable contains additional information on property restitution cases reported to the Embassy since June 2006. There are developments on several of the cases and three new property restit [...]	2007-07-12 06:13:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	KIDE EINV EFIN CASC PREL SR MW
07BELGRADE988	A/S FRIED OUTLINES NEXT STEPS FOR KOSOVO: SERBIA ON [...] (C) Summary. Visiting A/S Fried urged Serbia's political leaders and the public to lead their country to a future in Europe following Kosovo's future independence. In separate meetings, July 10, the A/S outlined for President Tadic, PM Kostunica, and FM Jeremic the likely scenario of a minima [...]	2007-07-12 11:57:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SR
07BELGRADE989	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BEAN'S VISIT TO BELGRADE [...] Representative Bean, Your delegation is visiting Serbia at a time when local leaders are confident about the success so far of Serbia's policies on Kosovo and progress in integration with the European Union. In reality, the current Kosovo status delay is no more sustainable than the status [...]	2007-07-12 14:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELMOPAN494	ACTION REQUEST: POST'S ASSESSMENT OF CENTRAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Our assessment, based on discussions within Country Team and with regional law enforcement officers covering Belize, is that inclusion in regional efforts to strengthen border protection and to combat alien smuggling would be of great benefit. Anti-gang efforts aimed at prevent [...]	2007-08-06 22:17:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER BH
07BELMOPAN5	BELIZE: PM MUSA OPTIMISTIC ABOUT 2007 [...] (U) In his New Year's Message, published in the December 31 edition of The Reporter (one of Belize's weekly newspapers),Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Said Musa was optimistic about the country's future - particularly in the areas of the economy and the border dispute with Guatemala. [...]	2007-01-04 19:49:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN BH
07BELMOPAN91	BELIZE: ANTI-TIP PROGRAM GETS MORE CASH [...] Summary. On January 30, poloff met with Anita Zetina (Chair of the Belize Anti-Trafficking Committee and Chief Executive Officer at the Ministry of Human Development) and Ayesha Borland (Desk Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) to discuss the government's latest efforts in combating T [...]	2007-02-09 16:49:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCRM KWMN BH
07BELMOPAN96	BELIZE: IIP SPEAKER KELLNER JUMPSTARTS EMBASSY'S GOOD [...] See action request in para 7. ------- Summary ------- 2. During his two-day (January 24-25) visit to Belize, IIP Speaker Ken Kellner met with university students, civic leaders, and government officials to share his experiences as Senior Counsel for the House of Representatives Commit [...]	2007-02-12 19:10:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP EAID PGOV KPAO BH
07BERLIN1007	SCENESETTER FOR G-8 AFRICA PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. Chancellor Merkel will open the Eighth Africa Partnership Forum (APF) in Berlin immediately following the G-8 Finance MinistersQ Meeting in Potsdam May 19-20 and the German-World Bank Forum on May 21. Hosted by the German Development Minister, the APF will set out the key co [...]	2007-05-18 09:17:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ECIN EMIN ETRD PREL GM
07BERLIN103	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ECONOMIC MINISTER GLOS ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with German Minister for Economics and Technology Michael Glos to discuss the Doha Development Round and cooperation on energy/environment issues. The Ambassador also delivered STATE 4760 points on Iran, which will be reported septel. Glos stated Doha's successful [...]	2007-01-18 12:48:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD ENRG WTRO PREL GM
07BERLIN1067	TURKEY AND TURKISH-GERMANS [...] (C) Summary. The Turkish state has long considered Turks resident in Germany as potential allies and maintains official and unofficial means of influencing the community. For many years, Turkey had at best been ambivalent and sometimes directly hostile to integration. Turkey's stance has cha [...]	2007-05-25 12:00:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PGOV PREL TU GM
07BERLIN1093	GERMANY'S SOCIAL DEMOCRATS ON THE EDGE OF ... [...] (C) Summary. Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) is showing early signs of a recovery after six months of declining fortunes. Though polls do not yet indicate a shift in the public mood, party leaders are taking steps to reassert discipline and unify the party; some party themes seem to [...]	2007-05-31 15:20:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
07BERLIN113	GERMAN VIEWS ON THE JANUARY FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarch to Thomas Schieb, Deputy EU Correspondent at the MFA, and relayed the points to the Chancellery, the Economics Ministry and the MFA's policy planning staff. Schieb reported that Germany is encountering difficulties with its desire for the EU to approve a [...]	2007-01-19 17:39:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GM
07BERLIN1134	CFE: GERMANY REACTS POSITIVELY TO U.S. THINKING ON [...] (C) We delivered ref A points on U.S. thinking on elements for a final document for the June 12-15 CFE Extraordinary Conference to Amb. Friedrich Groening, MFA Director for Disarmament and Arms Control, June 5 and then followed-up with him June 6 to get his reactions right before he left for B [...]	2007-06-06 13:42:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL GE
07BERLIN1190	GERMANY - MFA RESPONSE TO 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (U) CONTAINS REQUEST FOR ACTION -- PLEASE SEE PARA 6. 2. (SBU) Emboffs delivered demarche contained in ref and passed an advance copy of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report country narrative for Germany to Axel Kuechle, MFA Deputy Director for International Cooperation against Orga [...]	2007-06-13 15:36:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV ASEC
07BERLIN1552	ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN'S MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 10, EEB Assistant Secretary Dan Sullivan met with officials from the SIPDIS German Chancellery, Ministry of Economics and Technology and Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss the President's September 27-28 Major Economies Conference. Sullivan also conducted a w [...]	2007-08-14 05:39:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KCHG PREL GM
07BERLIN1591	GERMAN BUNDESTAG'S AFGHANISTAN MANDATE RENEWAL [...] (C) Germany's debate on the future of its Afghanistan mandates continues unabated despite the Bundestag's summer recess. The recent unfortunate deaths of three German police officers (who were killed when a remotely detonated mine exploded near their vehicle) and the one-day kidnapping and re [...]	2007-08-22 15:46:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO GM AF MARR
07BERLIN1612	GERMANY LOOKS EASTWARD: CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S TRIP [...] (C) Chancellor Merkel will visit China and Japan August 26 ) September 1, in her longest trip abroad since taking office. The trip will be largely devoted to G8 issues raised at the summit in June, the so-called 'Heiligendamm process,' and climate change. Her visit to China will highlight th [...]	2007-08-24 15:38:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH JA GM
07BERLIN1648	EMBASSY BERLIN'S EFFORTS ON FY2007 IRAN DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: As a pilot post in the FY07 Iran Democracy Small Grants Program, Embassy Berlin has canvassed several local nongovernmental organizations working on Iran or Middle East issues to discuss Small Grant opportunities. While generally positive on overall initiative goals, organizatio [...]	2007-08-31 12:00:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM KPAO PREL GM IR
07BERLIN1671	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GERMANY CONCERNING IRAN FOR [...] (C) EMIN presented Reftel demarche September 3 to Geza von Geyr, Director for U.S. and Canada in the German Federal Chancellery. Von Geyr expressed appreciation for being informed of USG concerns, and undertook to disseminate them further within the German interagency community. 2. (C) EM [...]	2007-09-05 15:36:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC IR IAEA AORC
07BERLIN169	EU'S POLICY TOWARDS CENTRAL ASIA: DAS [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Erica Barks-Ruggles met on January 17-19 with democracy and human rights officials in the German MFA and Chancellery. Among other topics, Barks-Ruggles and German interlocutors discussed the Germans' plans to lead the deve [...]	2007-01-26 12:44:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GM
07BERLIN1715	GEORGIA/NATO: GERMANY HOLDS FIRM AGAINST NAC TRIP [...] (C) Political Counselor raised Ref (A) points with MFA NATO Office Director Dirk Brengelmann and NSC-director-equivalent Detlef Waechter at the Chancellery. Their positions were essentially identical and appeared to be coordinated: Germany does not support a North Atlantic Council visit to Georgia [...]	2007-09-10 15:50:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO GG PREL RS GM
07BERLIN1820	(C) MTCR: NEXT STEPS FOR SMALL GROUP PROPOSALS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 14:49:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN1823	GERMANS DOWNPLAY SUGGESTIONS OF SPLIT ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: German opinion on Kosovo is moving in the right direction. Recognizing the unlikeliness of a positive outcome to the Troika process, officials at the Chancellery and Foreign Office have underscored to us that they are working toward the broadest possible support within the EU f [...]	2007-09-28 15:52:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GM KV UNMIK
07BERLIN1841	IFTAR DIPLOMACY [...] (U) Summary: For the third year, Ambassador and Mrs. Timken led senior Mission Germany staff in hosting Iftar dinners and events, a major element in the Mission's Muslim Engagement activities. This year, the venues were Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, and Munich. Muslim guests uniformly praise [...]	2007-10-04 15:19:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GM KIRF KISL PGOV PREL
07BERLIN1883	GERMAN MFA RESPONSE TO GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poloff and Econ Counselor met with German MFA and Economic Ministry officials respectively to discuss ref A. Deputy European Correspondent Thomas Schieb, who is responsible for overseeing the drafting of position papers for the MFA's use at the October 15-16 EU General Affairs and Exter [...]	2007-10-12 15:45:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL RS LY IS IZ IR
07BERLIN1943	ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S CONVERSATION WITH [...] (C) EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried met October 23 with German National Security Adviser Christoph Heusgen. They discussed Russia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Georgia, Turkey, and the Middle East. Russia/2 2/MD/CFE: ------------------ 2. (C) Heusgen noted that the Chancellor saw Russian Pre [...]	2007-10-24 14:22:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GM KS RS
07BERLIN1977	THE SPD RALLIES AROUND BECK AND LOOKS TOWARD 2009 [...] (C) Summary: The Social Democratic Party's (SPD) October 26-28 convention gave a much-needed boost to party chairman Kurt Beck, who emerged as the SPD's undisputed candidate for chancellor in 2009. The SPD focused squarely on a domestic agenda that should not directly affect our ability to wo [...]	2007-10-30 11:26:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON AF IR GM
07BERLIN2008	OCTOBER 30 G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP MEETING FOCUSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The final G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting of the German G-8 Presidency took place in Berlin on October 30, and included focused discussions on geographic expansion and related modalities. The delegates also heard presentations from implementing agencies des [...]	2007-11-02 11:06:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS
07BERLIN2014	LABOR REFORMS IN GERMANY: A THREAT TO [...] In the last few weeks, much has been written about the SPD's new program to roll back labor reforms in Germany, with the "Financial Times" characterizing them as a German retreat from economic reform. Whether the Beck proposals or a government counter-proposal can be contained as a piece-me [...]	2007-11-02 16:43:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN2029	GERMAN EXPECTATIONS FOR MID-NOVEMBER IAEA REPORT [...] (C) Emboffs delivered ref A demarche November 5 to MFA Nonproliferation Divison Desk Officer Hellmut Hoffmann, IAEA Desk Officer Martin Langer, and Nuclear Nonproliferation Desk Officer Joerg Polster. Hoffmann expressed appreciation for the information and noted that Germany had received a si [...]	2007-11-06 17:07:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA AORC PGOV PREL GM
07BERLIN2034	GRAND COALITION OPPOSES EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. The German reaction to the European Commission's unbundling directives for the European energy market has been overwhelmingly negative. The Grand Coalition is displaying rare unanimity on this issue and is backed by Germany's major energy companies. The Economic Ministry, resp [...]	2007-11-07 13:45:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ETRD PGOV EU RU GM
07BERLIN2060	MUENTEFERING RESIGNS; STEINMEIER BECOMES [...] (C) Summary: In a surprise move, one of the Social Democratic Party's (SPD) top politicians and ministers, Franz Muentefering, announced his resignation as Vice-Chancellor and Labor Minister November 13, citing personal reasons. Later in the day, SPD Chairman Kurt Beck announced that Foreign [...]	2007-11-13 18:11:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
07BERLIN208	EB/ESC DAS PAUL SIMONS MEETINGS WITH GERMAN [...] SUMMARY. On January 25, EB DAS Paul Simons met with Foreign Office Policy Planning Staff Head Markus Ederer and Economic Ministry Director General for Energy Issues Andreas Schusseil to discuss energy issues during Germany's EU and G-8 presidencies. Both German officials were positive about [...]	2007-02-01 17:19:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV PREL SENV EU GM
07BERLIN2094	GERMAN BANKS WEATHERING SUB-PRIME MORTGAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Third quarter reports show that most German banks appear to have weathered the turbulences in the international financial markets. Large private banks such as Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank reported losses in their investment portfolios, balanced by gains in other sectors, resu [...]	2007-11-20 10:35:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN2141	G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS GROUP MEETING, [...] (SBU) Summary: ISN DAS Andrew Semmel visited Berlin November 27 to participate in the final G-8 Nonproliferation Directors Group Meeting (NPDG) of the German presidency. Delegates expressed disappointment with the lack of agreement on a work program at the Conference on Disarmament (CD) and a [...]	2007-11-30 09:54:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC PREL ETTC KNNP JA GM
07BERLIN215	JOINT COORDINATION AND MONITORING BOARD: ENHANCED [...] At the high-level session of the Afghanistan Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) in Berlin January 30-31, donor Government representatives and Afghan partners renewed their commitment to realize the political vision outlined in the January 2006 Afghanistan Compact. In the opening [...]	2007-02-02 15:32:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL PGOV ENRG AF
07BERLIN2152	CLIMATE CHANGE -- GERMAN OPINION AHEAD OF UN [...] (SBU) The Germans have endorsed a roadmap approach at Bali that is not dissimilar to that of the U.S. (Reftel A),but Chancellor Merkel's government is committing itself to increasingly ambitious environmental objectives that could challenge the U.S. position in Bali and other international n [...]	2007-12-03 09:19:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV KGHG ENRG GM
07BERLIN2157	GERMAN RESPONSE U.S. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-03 19:18:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	GM IR KNNP MNUC PARM
07BERLIN2173	IRAN - ECONOMICS MINISTRY AND MFA SUPPORT THIRD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior officials in the German Economics Ministry and in the MFA's Economic Policy Division insist Germany remains committed to a "strong, robust" third UNSCR on Iran. If there is no resolution or a watered-down resolution, Germany is prepared to support autonomous EU measures t [...]	2007-12-06 07:50:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM EFIN ETRD ECON PREL IR EU GM
07BERLIN2186	MERKEL CLAIMS POLITICAL CENTER FOR CDU [...] (C) Summary: German Chancellor Angela Merkel's central and ever present role in the Christian Democratic Union's (CDU) December 3-4 convention and the absence of any major internal opposition to her policies or leadership reinforce her position as the undisputed leader of the most U.S.-frien [...]	2007-12-10 17:42:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
07BERLIN219	EXPORT CONTROL BILATERAL TALKS BETWEEN GERMANY AND [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Christopher Padilla met a range of German export control officials and industry representatives December 1, 2006, to discuss export control issues. Assistant Secretary Padilla and his German interlocutors discussed 1) the U [...]	2007-02-02 17:56:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EINV GM
07BERLIN2208	SECOND WAVE OF FINANCIAL MARKET CRISIS HITS [...] SUMMARY: The "second wave" of the U.S. sub-prime mortgage crisis has hit the German banking sector, striking hardest those banks that were already affected at the beginning of the crisis in July and August. IKB (Industrie Kreditbank) and Saxony state bank (Sachsen LB) announced their need fo [...]	2007-12-17 06:30:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN229	DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S DISCUSSIONS IN BERLIN ON [...] (C) Summary: DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, in January 26 meetings with German Interior Minister Schaeuble, Justice Minister Zypries and Chancellery Head de Maiziere, reiterated USG interest in enhanced counter-terrorism information-sharing. The German side agreed that data-privacy concern [...]	2007-02-05 17:45:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KHLS PTER CVIS PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN244	JANUARY 23 MEETING OF G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) met January 23 in Berlin under the German Presidency. The Chair informed partners that the next meeting, February 27-28, would focus on the mid-term review of the 10-year Global Partnership (GP) program, with the International Atom [...]	2007-02-07 10:41:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA
07BERLIN251	US-EU INFORMAL JHA HIGH LEVEL MEETING, JANUARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The U.S. and EU, under the chair of the German Presidency, met in Berlin January 22-23 for the Informal Senior Level Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Meeting. Led by INL DAS Elizabeth Verville, DOJ Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce Swartz, and DHS Acting A/S for Internati [...]	2007-02-08 06:47:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GM KJUS PREL PTER SMIG KHLS CVPR EU
07BERLIN271	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETS WITH SENIOR [...] (C) Summary -- Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt discussed TFTP/SWIFT, terrorist financing, the importance of open investment policies, and the Chancellor's transatlantic economic initiative in a meeting February 8 with Jens Weidmann, Director General in the Chancellery for Economic and Finan [...]	2007-02-11 16:42:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PTER GM
07BERLIN273	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) Summary -- Meeting with Economics Ministry State Secretary Bernd Pfaffenbach February 7, Treasury Deputy SIPDIS Secretary Kimmitt discussed moving forward on the SIPDIS Chancellor's transatlantic economic initiative, the Doha Development Agenda, the importance of implementing strong [...]	2007-02-11 16:42:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PREL ETTC PTER GM
07BERLIN275	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS GERMAN [...] (C) Summary -- Meeting with German Justice Minister Zypries February 8, U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt, accompanied by Ambassador, discussed Germany's goals, as EU and G-8 President, for combating intellectual property rights violations, UN sanctions on Iran, and international efforts [...]	2007-02-11 16:42:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL KIPR GM IR
07BERLIN277	DEPUTY TREASURY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS WITH [...] (C) Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Kimmitt met with German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble (CDU) February 8 as part of his discussions with senior German officials. Discussing TFTP/SWIFT, Schaeuble re-affirmed that the big issue is the need to balance our responsibilities to protect pe [...]	2007-02-11 16:42:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	EFIN ETTC PTER PREL GM IR
07BERLIN278	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS GERMAN [...] (C) Summary -- Meeting with German Justice Minister Zypries February 8, U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt, accompanied by Ambassador, discussed Germany's goals, as EU and G-8 President, for combating intellectual property rights violations, UN sanctions on Iran, and international efforts [...]	2007-02-11 16:42:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL KIPR GM IR
07BERLIN356	Minister Tiefensee's U.S. Visit - disappointment on Open [...] (SBU) SUMMARY -- Ministry staff report German Minister of Transportation, Construction and Urban Affairs Wolfgang Tiefensee returned from his first official visit to Washington pessimistic about the future of the U.S./E.U. civil air agreement negotiations. Senior Ministry officials report Tief [...]	2007-02-22 14:23:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ENRG ICAO PREL GM
07BERLIN376	G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS GROUP MEETING, [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. delegation, headed by Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy and Negotiations Andrew Semmel, considers the first meeting of the Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) under Germany's G-8 Presidency a good start and hopes to see it engage [...]	2007-02-23 17:10:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CA
07BERLIN38	GASTRIGHT DELEGATION DISCUSSIONS IN BERLIN ON [...] (C) (Summary) In an productive and timely visit, South and Central Asian Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary John Gastright, International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Bureau Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Tom Schweich, USAID Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator Mark Ward, and J [...]	2007-01-09 09:41:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL SNAR PTER PNAT PGOV EAID ECON ECIN
07BERLIN431	GERMAN VIEWS ON MARCH FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Thomas Schieb, Deputy EU Correspondent at the MFA, and relayed the points to the Chancellery, Economic Ministry, and Environment Ministry. On Kosovo, Schieb said that Germany remained committed to the Ahtisaari timeline and was hopeful that a new UNSC [...]	2007-03-02 14:17:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EUN KPAL GM
07BERLIN479	UK ENGAGING GERMANY ON POSSIBLE ENERGY/CLIMATE [...] (C/NF) A British Embassy contact passed emboff the following British draft non-paper March 7 that they have been told to deliver to the German government. He asked that the USG not/not disclose that it had received/knew the contents of the document. The non-paper is most striking for its pra [...]	2007-03-08 16:26:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV ENRG EAIR GM
07BERLIN520	GERMAN PRESIDENCY SEES CLIMATE/ENERGY AND PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: Chancellor Merkel has identified energy/climate change and progress on an EU constitution as her top priorities for the remainder of Germany's EU presidency, according to officials in the Chancellery and MFA. The German government believes the EU's consensus position has laid th [...]	2007-03-14 16:08:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD SENV ENRG PREL PGOV PL EU GM
07BERLIN535	FEBRUARY 27-28 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The second G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency took place in Berlin February 27-28. The two days of discussion covered three themes: "Main Achievements Within the Global Partnership," "Experiences and Lessons Learned," and "Develo [...]	2007-03-16 19:02:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA
07BERLIN555	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MARCH 19 [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and German MFA State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg discussed the need to maintain political unity within the international community on Iran and to work together to ensure effective implementation of multilateral agreements. They also discussed [...]	2007-03-20 13:46:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL SENV ENRG EAIR MARR GM IZ PK
07BERLIN576	GERMANY AND MISSILE DEFENSE: STRATEGY FOR DEFUSING [...] (C) Summary. Discussion of missile defense (MD) in Germany may become trapped by partisan domestic political interests. Social Democrats (SPD),suffering in the polls and without any major issues to distinguish themselves from the conservatives (CDU/CSU),seem to see an opportunity to reasse [...]	2007-03-21 16:35:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR GM
07BERLIN604	MDA DIRECTOR OBERING PROMOTES MISSILE DEFENSE IN [...] (SBU) Lt. General Henry A. Obering, Director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, visited Berlin on March 15 to provide briefings and answer questions about U.S. missile defense (MD) plans from the German press, think-tank analysts, high-ranking government officials, and members of the German P [...]	2007-03-23 16:56:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS NATO PREL GM
07BERLIN730	AL MASRI CASE UPDATE: MUNICH PROSECUTOR TO MAKE [...] (SBU) Following up on April 7 media reports indicating the Munich State Prosecutor's Office planned to take a "new legal step" in the Al Masri case, Mission approached both the prosecutor's office in Munich and the Federal Justice Ministry. The Munich Deputy District Attorney told ConGen Mun [...]	2007-04-10 17:25:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PTER PREL GM
07BERLIN791	MARCH 29 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The third G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency took place in Berlin March 29. The Chair opened with a discussion of a draft document which reviewed the first five years of the Global Partnership (GP). Some delegations complained t [...]	2007-04-18 18:04:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA
07BERLIN796	CONTROVERSY SURROUNDS NEW MUSLIM COORDINATING [...] (U) Summary. Reftel reported the planned establishment of a Muslim Coordination Council (KRM) by Germany's four largest Muslim religious organizations. The Council would serve as an umbrella organization representing German Muslims belonging to or otherwise associated with the four organizat [...]	2007-04-19 15:09:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI KISL GM
07BERLIN81	GERMAN REACTION TO AFRICOM BASING [...] (C) DCM and Naval Attach presented reftel talking points to MOD and MFA on January 15. MOD Parliamentary State Secretary Christian Schmidt offered preliminary personal SIPDIS views and undertook to provide DCM initial coordinated German government feedback on January 17. Schmidt reacted [...]	2007-01-15 11:43:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL GM XA US
07BERLIN834	SECOND G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS' GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: The second G-8 Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency was held March 30 in Berlin. The delegates discussed the need for Germany to produce soon a draft statement on nonproliferation for the June G-8 Summit. The delegates also agreed that [...]	2007-04-24 17:43:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CA UK FR IT
07BERLIN835	SECOND G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS' GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: The second G-8 Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency was held March 30 in Berlin. The delegates discussed the need for Germany to produce soon a draft statement on nonproliferation for the June G-8 Summit. The delegates also agreed that [...]	2007-04-24 18:32:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CA UK FR IT
07BERLIN864	TERRORIST FINANCE: DISRUPTING TALIBAN FINANCING: [...] (S) Global Affairs Off delivered ref demarche to Mathias Sonn, MFA Office Director for International Counterterrorism Cooperation, who said he agrees completely with the idea of German and joint approaches to Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and the UAE along the lines of reftel. Given the military [...]	2007-04-27 18:04:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PTER EFIN KTFN KPAO AF PK GM ZU ZP
07BERLIN884	SNAPSHOT OF GERMAN ECONOMY ? RECOVERY IN [...] Summary: The German economy is expected to grow 2.4% in 2007 according to the spring consensus forecast of Germany?s six leading economic institutes. After half a decade of below-average economic performance, Germany has finally caught up with the general growth trend in the Euro zone, ove [...]	2007-05-02 15:56:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PREL GM
07BERN171	IRAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES "THE SWISS PLAN" WITH \ [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-23 14:46:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PTER ETTC IR SZ
07BERN881	FM CALMY-REY "TAKES NOTE" OF USG CONCERNS \ [...] (S) Per instructions in reftel A, CDA met FM Calmy-Rey on \ the evening of September 7 to discuss USG concerns regarding \ the handling of the Iran case at the September 10-14 IAEA \ Board of Governors (BOG) meeting (reftels C/D). As requested \ in ref B, CDA also took the opportunity to raise USG [...]	2007-09-11 09:44:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	MNUC KNNP ETTC IR SZ
07BISHKEK102	SADYRKULOV: ROSY OUTLOOK FOR KYRGYZSTAN AND [...] (C) Summary: During a lengthy conversation with Ambassador, First Deputy Chief of Staff Sadyrkulov predicted his own influence would increase and that Kyrgyzstan would push forward on reforms and improved relations with the west. Ambassador emphasized the importance of resolving the legal iss [...]	2007-02-02 02:25:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KG
07BISHKEK1154	Media Reaction: the Sixth Anniversary of the September 11 [...] (SBU) Summary: The sixth anniversary of the September 11th tragedy garnered substantial coverage in the local media. Much of the coverage repeated or supported conspiracy theories printed in Russian media, which is widely-read in Kyrgyzstan. Most of the coverage was critical of U.S. policy po [...]	2007-09-17 10:06:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KG
07BISHKEK1178	U.S. BUSINESS SEMINAR DRAWS KYRGYZ ENTREPRENEURS [...] (U) Summary: The Embassy-hosted "Doing Business with the USA" seminar attracted approximately 220 people for a discussion on developing business relations with U.S. firms and ways to compete for U.S. government contracts at Manas air base and in Afghanistan. More than 90% of the companies we [...]	2007-09-25 04:57:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PREL KG
07BISHKEK1183	FY07 BFIF REPORTING FROM EMBASSY BISHKEK [...] Per reftel A request, Embassy Bishkek hereby submits the following report regarding the use of Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) resources in 2007 in the Kyrgyz Republic. 2. The total amount of BFIF support provided for use by Embassy Bishkek was $3,100.00. The total amount spe [...]	2007-09-25 12:47:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO ECON ETRD EINV AFIN ADPM KG
07BISHKEK1184	EARLY KYRGYZ REACTIONS TO NEW CONSTITUTION DRAFT [...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyzstan will hold a national referendum October 21 on a "new edition" of the constitution. The draft text, which was released to the public September 20, calls for parliament to be elected entirely by party lists and appears to strengthen presidential control over the parliam [...]	2007-09-25 12:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK1187	KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER KARABAYEV'S TRIP TO THE [...] (C) Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Ednan Karabayev will travel to Washington and New York between September 26 and October 3. This is his first trip to the United States since becoming foreign minister in February 2007, and the first high-level visit since President Bakiyev and former Foreign Minister [...]	2007-09-26 12:46:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK125	MANAGING KYRGYZ CRITICISM OF MANAS AIR BASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kyrgyz domestic political turmoil in December and January over a new constitution and government has shifted public and political attention away from Manas Air Base. This welcome hiatus may prove temporary, however, once the new government is in place. Looking ahead, we see sev [...]	2007-02-06 11:59:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK1280	Embassy Events Marking Ramadan and Orozo Ait [...] (SBU) On September 25, the Ambassador hosted an Iftar dinner for local religious leaders and members of the diplomatic corps and interfaith community. Over forty guests joined Embassy staff for this event. In her remarks, the Ambassador emphasized the positive spirit of cooperation between th [...]	2007-10-15 10:14:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO SCUL KG
07BISHKEK1354	KYRGYZ REJECT PRESSURE ON UKRAINE WTO ACCESSION [...] (C) Summary: A Kyrgyz MFA official asked visiting SCA Senior Advisor Robert Deutsch November 8 to relay Bishkek's readiness for "constructive" talks with Kyiv over Ukraine's WTO accession to Washington, but argued against continued "politicization" and "third party political pressure" with res [...]	2007-11-13 12:43:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO PREL KTIA ECON KG
07BISHKEK1366	KYRGYZ PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: A GUIDE TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kyrgyzstan will hold early parliamentary elections on December 16. For the first time, election to parliament will be solely on a proportional basis by party list. The new electoral code sets an extremely high threshold for a party to enter parliament: 5% of all registered v [...]	2007-11-15 10:11:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KG
07BISHKEK1401	KYRGYZ PRESIDENT OUSTS PM ATAMBAYEV AHEAD OF [...] (C) Summary: On November 28, Kyrgyz President Bakiyev dismissed Acting Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev. The post will likely remain vacant until after the December 16 parliamentary elections. The move came the day after Jalalabad oblast governor Iskender Aidaraliyev's appointment as fir [...]	2007-11-28 11:50:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI KG
07BISHKEK142	MORE KYRGYZ CABINET APPOINTMENTS MADE; [...] (SBU) A number of new cabinet-level appointments were made February 8, including the ministers of Foreign Affairs; Finance; and Industry, Energy and Fuel Resources. The February 8 appointments include: -- Ednan Karabayev, former Deputy Rector of the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University, was app [...]	2007-02-08 13:01:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	TAGS

07BISHKEK1421	KYRGYZ FM PUSHES FOR GREATER COOPERATION WITH U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting Central Asia Office Director Spratlen and Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Karabayev November 20 in Bishkek. Spratlen stressed the importance of the upcoming parliamentary elections as an indicator of the direction of Kyrgyzstan's political reform, and she discussed [...]	2007-12-03 07:26:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK1424	KYRGYZ OFFICIALS CALL IN INTERNATIONAL REPS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Senior Kyrgyz administration officials called a meeting November 30 with some of the diplomatic and donor community to discuss the upcoming parliamentary elections. Attending the meeting were representatives from the National Democratic Institute (NDI),the International Republi [...]	2007-12-03 12:33:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK143	IMF/WB "NOT OPTIMISTIC" AS KYRGYZ HIPC DECISION [...] (C) Summary: World Bank and IMF representatives in Kyrgyzstan have requested that Kyrgyz authorities recommit, in writing, to the December HIPC agreement by late February or risk the loss of all debt relief envisioned under HIPC. PM Isabekov's "step by step" parliamentary strategy on HIPC, de [...]	2007-02-08 14:13:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PREL KG
07BISHKEK154	BIO OF NEW KYRGYZ FM KARABAYEV [...] (SBU) Ednan Oskonovich Karabayev, Kyrgyzstan's new Foreign Minister, was appointed February 8 after spending thirteen years at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University as Vice Rector. No stranger to the MFA, FM Karabayev held the same position from 1992-1994, under former President Askar Akayev. [...]	2007-02-09 12:02:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
07BISHKEK1548	KYRGYZ FM WARY AS OPPOSITION EXHAUSTS ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: In a December 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Karabayev acknowledged "problems" with the December 16 parliamentary elections, but reasoned that an Ak Jol-dominated parliament would inspire real debate with the government. To correct electoral code proble [...]	2007-12-31 08:42:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI KG
07BISHKEK184	FORMER PM KULOV THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister Felix Kulov told an overflow crowd of press, diplomats, and supporters February 14 that he was joining the political opposition. Saying that he could not remain a "passive observer," Kulov vowed to "unite and lead" the forces that want "radical, positive cha [...]	2007-02-15 14:27:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK194	KYRGYZ REJECT HIPC, SEEK ALTERNATIVES [...] (C) Summary: Reversing its initial decision in December, the Kyrgyz government and President Bakiyev February 20 rejected participation in the HIPC debt relief initiative. President Bakiyev subsequently tasked the government with finding alternative ways to pay off Kyrgyzstan's $2 billion for [...]	2007-02-21 12:12:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PREL KG
07BISHKEK210	KYRGYZ DOWNPLAY EXPECTED IMPACT OF NEW RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: With an estimated 500,000 Kyrgyz working in Russia, sending back an estimated half billion dollars a year in remittances, Russia's new restrictions on foreign labor and outdoor markets (Ref A) have prompted concern here about a possible sudden return of labor migrants and reductio [...]	2007-02-28 08:52:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SOCI KG
07BISHKEK227	NEW KYRGYZ FM KARABAYEV MORE POSITIVE ON U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Ambassador's introductory meeting with new Foreign Minister Ednan Karabayev on February 26, Karabayev said he was looking forward to a productive relationship, and suggested establishing a regular schedule of meetings with the Ambassador. He said that his top priorities were [...]	2007-03-05 11:49:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK240	FM KARABAYEV URGES FASTER RESOLUTION OF BASE ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: During a March 5 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Karabayev urged the U.S. to move forward to solve base issues, such as the December shooting incident and the September collision. Karabayev seemed interested in assisting the U.S. in countering the negative publicity and [...]	2007-03-07 08:44:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD PHUM KG
07BISHKEK259	KYRGYZ OFFICIALS URGE DELAY IN AIRMAN'S DEPARTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION RECOMMENDATION. In a March 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Kyrgyz Deputy National Security Adviser Oruzov warned of very strong negative reaction if the service member involved in the December 6 shooting incident departs Kyrgyzstan without coordination with the Kyrgyz g [...]	2007-03-13 13:19:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK340	MFA LAYS NEXT STEPS ON SHOOTING INCIDENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 27, Ambassador delivered ref A diplomatic note denying Kyrgyz request to extradite Airman Hatfield in connection with the December 6 shooting incident at Manas Air Base. First Deputy Foreign Minister Kydyrev was expecting this response and laid out his views on next st [...]	2007-03-28 07:49:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG
07BISHKEK363	KYRGYZ PROPOSE DISCUSSIONS ON AIR BASE ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Karabayev informed the Ambassador April 3 that the Kyrgyz government proposes to hold discussions with the U.S. to resolve outstanding issues connected to the operation of the Manas Air Base, including environmental concerns and questions about leased land. Karab [...]	2007-04-03 12:37:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK365	KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION RELAY VIEWS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with the Ambassador April 3, the prime minister's chief of staff Medet Sadyrkulov and opposition MP Kubatbek Baibolov gave differing assessments of the impact of the appointment of Almaz Atambayev as prime minister. Sadyrkulov said that Atambayev would be ab [...]	2007-04-03 13:34:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK373	BAKIYEV-DOLE: POSITIVE MEETING ON RELATIONSHIIP [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 4, Senator Robert Dole held a positive meeting with President Bakiyev and Foreign Minister Karabayev. Bakiyev said that he understands the importance of the Manas Air Base, but the outstanding questions, such as compensation, the September collision, the December 6 sh [...]	2007-04-05 10:47:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MARR KG
07BISHKEK389	KYRGYZSTAN ON THE EVE OF DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: For the fourth time in a year, Bishkek is bracing for a mass opposition rally on the central Ala-Too Square. Felix Kulov's United Front, with the support of the For Reforms movement, plans to begin the demonstration on the afternoon of April 11 and continue until President Bakiye [...]	2007-04-10 12:50:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK390	KYRGYZ DEPUTY FM ON IRAN, SCO SUMMIT, INTERNAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-10 13:28:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR IR AF KG
07BISHKEK413	SCENESETTER FOR DAS FEIGENBAUM'S VISIT TO BISHKEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at an unsettled time in Kyrgyzstan. To this point (mid-day April 13),the "non-stop" anti-Bakiyev protest called by former Prime Minister Kulov has failed to gain momentum. The demonstration is not over, however, and there is still a risk that a misstep or a pr [...]	2007-04-13 14:45:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK426	KYRGYZ PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF: RELATIONS WILL [...] (C) Summary. SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum discussed the current political situation, prospects for Kyrgyzstan's Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Threshold Country Program, and the state of bilateral relations on April 17 with newly-appointed Presidential Chief of Staff Medet Sadyrkulov. Sad [...]	2007-04-18 03:35:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK427	DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum arrived April 15 to an unsettled political situation in Kyrgyzstan. United Front leader Felix Kulov has vowed publicly to press on with street demonstrations until President Bakiyev resigns, even though the demonstrations have failed to gain momentum. In [...]	2007-04-18 03:40:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK480	BISHKEK CALM, BUT ACCUSATIONS FLY OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The center of Bishkek has remained calm since the anti-government demonstration ended abruptly the night of April 19 (reftel),and demonstrators have not returned to Ala-Too Square. The opposition and the government have accused each other of provoking the confrontation that led [...]	2007-04-24 11:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK485	KYRGYZ DEFENSE MININISTER ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT [...] (C) On April 19, SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum met with Defense Minister Isakov and Deputy Defense Minister Oruzbayev for a warm and open discussion. Isakov repeated assurances (reftel) that Kyrgyzstan understood the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan and had made a political de [...]	2007-04-25 11:21:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG
07BISHKEK490	DAS FEIGENBAUM AND FM KARABAYEV LAY GROUNDWORK FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his April 15-19 visit to Bishkek, SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum met twice, over five hours, with Foreign Minister Ednan Karabayev for open and wide-ranging discussions. While many other meetings during the visit were dominated by the fast-changing domestic political situation, [...]	2007-04-27 06:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MARR AF KG
07BISHKEK492	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION CLAIMS HARASSMENT FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 26, the Kyrgyz Prosecutor General brought criminal charges against United Front leaders Omurbek Suvanaliyev and Omurbek Abdrakhmanov for "mass disorder" associated with the opposition's April 11-19 demonstration. Suvanaliyev and Abdrakhmanov, along with United Front you [...]	2007-04-27 12:06:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK520	KYRGYZ PM PARTICIPATES IN US EMBASSY WORLD PRESS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Summary: In honor of World Press Freedom Day, Post hosted an event at the recently raided Freedom House Printing Press. The Ambassador, Kyrgyz Prime Minister Alamaz Atambayev, and Kyrgyz Media Representative Shamaral Maychiev gave short remarks regarding the importance of a free press in [...]	2007-05-04 09:12:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO KG
07BISHKEK542	DECENTRALIZATION SUCCESSES IN KYRGYZSTAN [...] Summary: Since 1998 USAID has been helping Kyrgyz cities to become more transparent and accountable to their citizens and more effective leaders with skills in municipal property management, financial management, and service delivery. As a result, local leaders have accomplished many firsts, [...]	2007-05-11 10:36:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KJUS PGOV KMDR KG
07BISHKEK544	KYRGYZSTAN, MANAS AIR BASE AND THE SCO SUMMIT: [...] (C) Summary. With the August 16 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishek only three months away, we need to move to closure now on two contentious incidents -- an aircraft collision and a shooting -- that have undermined public and political support for continued operation o [...]	2007-05-11 11:44:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK609	KYRGYZ EXPRESS INTEREST IN FIBER OPTICS CONFERENCE [...] Kyrgyz Minister of Transport and Communications Sulaimanov, Kyrgyz Telecom President Mambetaliev and "Government Communications" State Company Director Beyshekenov all expressed interest in reftel's proposed fiber optics conference. We have also received positive feedback from the Communicat [...]	2007-05-23 12:19:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECIN EFIN ECPS EINV ETRD EAID KG
07BISHKEK626	AMBASSADOR NEUMANN BRIEFS POLITICAL HEAVY HITTERS [...] (C) Summary: In an effort to reaffirm the importance of Manas Airbase operations, SCA Special Envoy for Assistance to Afghanistan Ambassador Neumann briefed key government officials on military activity and reconstruction efforts currently underway in Afghanistan. Prime Minister Atambayev sum [...]	2007-05-25 12:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KDEM KG
07BISHKEK627	MANAS: KYRGYZ TRY TO TONE DOWN THE VOLUME, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Kydyrov's May 25 conversation with the Ambassador revealed what is likely to be the main Kyrgyz talking point during the visit of Secretary Gates: renegotiation of the base agreement. The SIPDIS Ambassador disabused Kydyrov of the notion that an "administ [...]	2007-05-25 14:11:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL KG
07BISHKEK665	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) We warmly welcome you to Kyrgyzstan June 7 to 11. Your visit comes at an important time for the bilateral relationship. The series of high-level visits -- Secretary of Defense Gates on June 5, your visit, and then CENTCOM Commander Admiral Fallon later in June -- will demonstrate to the K [...]	2007-06-01 13:37:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK707	BAKIYEV TELLS BOUCHER BASE IS BILATERAL ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: In a June 8 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, President Bakiyev said that U.S.-Kyrgyz cooperation had been "mutually beneficial" on the political, economic, and security fronts, but there were unresolved problems with Manas Air [...]	2007-06-11 11:10:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR EINV KG
07BISHKEK724	CORRUPTION, ENERGY AND RULE OF LAW HEADLINE KYRGYZ [...] (SBU) Summary: President Bakiyev and Prime Minister Atambayev emphasized the rule of law, the battle against corruption and enhancing the business environment in a day-long discussion of the Kyrgyz Country Development Strategy (CDS) with the international donor community May 31. Bakiyev also [...]	2007-06-14 03:36:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PREL PHUM KG
07BISHKEK737	KYRGYZ PUSH FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE FINANCING, [...] (C) Summary: During a June 7-11 visit to Bishkek, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher met with senior Kyrgyz government officials, parliamentary deputies, civil society representatives, and business leaders. Prime Minister Atambayev was upbeat about the bilateral r [...]	2007-06-18 10:37:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV MARR KG
07BISHKEK79	BAKIYEV NOMINATES AG MINISTER AS NEXT PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 26, following consultations with Speaker Marat Sultanov and parliamentary leaders, President Bakiyev nominated Acting Minister of Agriculture Azim Isabekov as Prime Minister. Isabekov is seen as loyal to Bakiyev, without strong personal ambitions. Several MPs, includ [...]	2007-01-26 13:26:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
07BISHKEK832	KYRGYZ REFORMS: UNDER THE RADAR, BUT HAVING AN [...] (C) Summary: Against a backdrop of domestic political wrangling, changes in government personnel, and heated debate over the presence of the Manas Airbase, important reforms are beginning to reshape Kyrgyzstan's economy, business environment, criminal justice system, and media. While these [...]	2007-06-27 03:31:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR KMCA KG
07BISHKEK86	LOOING AHEAD AT U.S.-KYRGYZ RELATIONS IN 2007 [...] (C) Summary/Introduction. Looking back on 2006, U.S.-Kyrgyz relations suffered a series of body-blows, including the unprecedented expulsion of two U.S. diplomats and a series of unfortunate incidents related to the Manas airbase that have undermined the U.S. image as a beneficial partner. [...]	2007-01-29 12:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK907	KYRGYZ NGO FORUM FOCUSES ON INTERNAL, GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Over 150 Kyrgyz NGOs from throughout the country convened July 10-11 to discuss constitutional, economic, ecological, and social reform; corruption; the future of political party development; and the role of civil society in relation to the Kyrgyz Government's Country Developme [...]	2007-07-13 07:43:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK909	ENGAGING THE KYRGYZ ON MANAS AIR BASE [...] (C) Summary: On June 22, the Kyrgyz government proposed changes to the July 2006 Protocol of Intentions covering payment for access to, and use of, Manas Air Base. The Kyrgyz proposal includes a request for $18 million for upgrades to their air traffic control system at Manas, as well as a r [...]	2007-07-13 09:44:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK98	FIGHT OVER U.S. LED TO IBRAGIMOV,S RESIGNATION [...] (C) On January 30, Ambassador met with the President's former Foreign Policy Advisor Ermek Ibragimov, who unexpectedly resigned on January 23. Ibragimov said the press report that the President had "released him from his position in connection with an appointment to another position" was in [...]	2007-01-31 12:36:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KG
07BOGOTA101	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL PACE, CJCS [...] (C) Post welcomes the January 18-20 visit of General Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to Colombia. With U.S. assistance, Colombia is fighting a war on four fronts -- FARC, ELN, paramilitaries, and drug traffickers -- with a mix of political, military, and police measures. A [...]	2007-01-05 20:51:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PHUM CO
07BOGOTA1088	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BAYH [...] (SBU) Post welcomes CODEL Bayh to Colombia. President Alvaro Uribe was re-elected in May, 2006; he is the first president to be re-elected to a second, consecutive term in over 100 years. We expect close bilateral relations between the United States and Colombia to continue in his second ter [...]	2007-02-14 19:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOC ECON CO
07BOGOTA1139	GUARDED OPTIMISM ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF GOC-ELN [...] (C) Presidential Counselor Jose Obdulio Gaviria and GOC-ELN guarantor Alvaro Jimenez separately expressed to us guarded optimism about the possibility of a GOC-ELN ceasefire being announced in the near future. Jimenez said the two sides hoped to present a ceasefire agreement at the end of th [...]	2007-02-16 13:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV PREL CO
07BOGOTA1218	PRESIDENT URIBE APPOINTS FORMER FARC HOSTAGE AS [...] On February 19, President Alvaro Uribe appointed Fernando Araujo Perdomo to replace Maria Consuelo Araujo (no relation) as Colombia's Foreign Minister. Fernando Araujo escaped from 6 years of FARC custody on December 31, 2006. Uribe said he appointed Araujo because he was a symbol of Colombi [...]	2007-02-20 22:40:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PHUM PINR CO
07BOGOTA1221	FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS AERIAL ERADICATION CONTINUES [...] (C) Foreign Minister Maria Consuelo Araujo told the Ambassador on December 15 the GOC would continue its aerial eradication efforts near the border with Ecuador despite GOE protests. President Uribe was annoyed that the GOC's moratorium on spraying near the border had resulted in an additio [...]	2007-02-21 14:32:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV PHUM SNAR CO
07BOGOTA1232	A/S SHANNON MEETS WITH DEFENSE MINISTER SANTOS ON [...] (C) Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos told WHA A/S Thomas Shannon and INL A/S Anne Patterson the U.S. and Colombia should develop a coordinated message on Plan Colombia's successes, a message he would take with him to Washington when he met with Secretary of Defense Gates. Santos urged the U [...]	2007-02-21 23:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR CO
07BOGOTA1400	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCGOVERN [...] (SBU) Post welcomes CODEL McGovern to Colombia. With U.S. help, President Uribe has made great strides in fighting drug trafficking and terrorism. In January, the GOC presented a Plan Colombia consolidation phase strategy, with a heightened emphasis on social development. USAID programs aim [...]	2007-02-28 21:12:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOC ECON CO
07BOGOTA1472	SCENESETTER CHECKLIST FOR VISIT OF PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (C) Your visit highlights the strength of our bilateral ties, and comes at a critical time for President Uribe. Seven months into his second term, Uribe is looking for a firm U.S. commitment to sustain high aid levels--as well as U.S. congressional approval of our bilateral Free Trade Agreeme [...]	2007-03-05 22:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SNAR ECON ETRD PHUM KCRM CO
07BOGOTA1516	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY U.S. TRADE [...] (SBU) Post welcomes DUSTR Veroneau to Colombia. With U.S. help, President Uribe has made great strides in fighting drug trafficking and terrorism. The economy is growing, the investment climate is strong, and there is both anticipation and nervousness over the fate of the U.S.-Colombia Trade [...]	2007-03-07 15:24:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL CO
07BOGOTA1797	POSITIVE GOC RESPONSE TO UNHCHR REPORT; [...] (C) The UNHCHR office in Colombia released a balanced annual human rights report on March 13, citing numerous examples of significant progress over the past year. The report praised substantial reductions in homicides, kidnappings, torture allegations, and forced displacement, and said inves [...]	2007-03-20 15:50:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KCRM CO
07BOGOTA1810	REPRESENTATIVE MCGOVERN MEETS WITH DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos told Representative James McGovern (D-MA) on March 4 that the Justice and Peace Law was an example of security advances under Uribe, but voiced concerns that revelations of para-political ties would be viewed negatively by the U.S. Congress. Santos [...]	2007-03-20 19:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PMIL PHUM PTER PREL ELAB VE CO
07BOGOTA2103	GOC-ELN TALKS APPEAR STALLED, ELN POLITICAL [...] (C) GOC-ELN talks appear stalled, largely because the ELN calculates the GOC will weaken as a result of the "parapolitical" scandal and offer more generous terms. The ELN's miscalculation is not surprising. The terrorist group has a long history of misreading the country's political situat [...]	2007-03-29 19:04:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM MARR CO
07BOGOTA2464	SUCRE, NEW SPACES OPENING POST PARAMILITARY [...] (C) Our March 26-27 visit to Sucre showed a department starting to recover from years of paramilitary domination and economic decline. The paramilitary demobilization--and increased GOC security presence--has provided a growing sense of security, allowing displaced people to return to their [...]	2007-04-13 21:51:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA2528	SOME PROGRESS IN CORDOBA POST PARAMILITARY [...] (C) Our March 25-26 trip to the former paramilitary heartland Cordoba showed some positive changes following paramilitary demobilization: violence had decreased, security improved, and new spaces for civil society activity had opened. The demobilization and para-political scandal had delegit [...]	2007-04-17 17:39:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA2533	AFRO-COLOMBIANS STRUGGLE FOR POLITICAL IDENTITY [...] A century-and-a-half of state neglect has marginalized the majority of Afro-Colombians and created substantial deficits in income, health and education. Sometimes called an "invisible minority," only in recent years has the government acknowledged Afro-Colombians as a distinct ethnic group e [...]	2007-04-17 19:23:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PGOV ECON CO
07BOGOTA2835	FOREIGN MINISTER ARAUJO MEETING WITH WHA PDAS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo told WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro the GOC considered the bilateral Free Trade Agreement to be the "economic arm of Plan Colombia," whose ratification was key for Colombia to continue its success in fighting terrorism, reducing violence, and addressing social p [...]	2007-04-27 20:19:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PHUM PTER CO
07BOGOTA3093	CESAR ATTEMPTING TO SHAKE-OFF PARAMILITARY LEGACY [...] (C) During two trips to former paramilitary-dominated Cesar department in March and April, community leaders said local sympathy for the paramilitaries has turned into resentment. The demobilization of 5,000 paramilitaries led by Cesar strongman Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, AKA "Jorge 40," reduced vi [...]	2007-05-04 14:10:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA3133	MAGDALENA IMPROVING, BUT THREATS FROM EMERGING [...] (C) Community leaders in Magdalena told poloff the paramilitary demobilization and President Uribe's democratic security strategy have led to improvements in security and the local economy. Still, instances of rearmament of ex-paras are worse in Magdalena than in other north Atlantic coast d [...]	2007-05-04 22:58:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA3139	UNION PENEYA: POTENTIAL POSTER CHILD FOR URIBE'S [...] The voluntary return of 1,200 displaced residents to the small town of Union Peneya is a sign that President Uribe's "Democratic Security" policy is working. The COLAR thwarted a series of FARC attacks on the town and residents say they feel safe. GOC agencies are providing short-term relief [...]	2007-05-07 14:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PREF MARR SOCI CO
07BOGOTA3448	CARAMAGNA SAYS "DE-PARAMILITARIZATION" OF REGIONS [...] (C) OAS Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia (MAPP/OAS) Director Sergio Caramagna told PolCouns the mission's ninth quarterly report would characterize the demobilization process as positive, with the potential to lead to the "de-paramilitarization" of former paramilitary strongho [...]	2007-05-16 13:02:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA3635	COLOMBIA'S STRENGTHENING PESO -- THE PRICE OF [...] (C) Summary. The Colombian Peso has been among the fastest appreciating currencies in the world thanks to strong economic prospects and improved security conditions. Political pressure from the export sector led the Central Bank to intervene heavily on the foreign exchange market during the f [...]	2007-05-18 22:33:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN CO
07BOGOTA3872	COLOMBIA: HOMICIDES PLUMMET, ESPECIALLY CIVILIAN [...] Data from the Colombian Commission of Jurists (CCJ),a prominent human rights group, show "political" homicides involving civilians fell by almost 70 percent during Uribe's first term. Overall, Colombia's homicides dropped by 40 percent in the last four years, reaching their lowest level in [...]	2007-05-31 15:25:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV MARR CO
07BOGOTA4324	FARC OFFICIAL RODRIGO GRANDA LIKELY TO END UP IN [...] (C) Summary: Catholic priest Dario Echeverri said the GOC's release of unofficial FARC "Foreign Minister" Rodrigo Granda will not lead to any advances on a humanitarian exchange in the short-term, but could be helpful in the long-term. He said the GOC is working to arrange Granda's travel to [...]	2007-06-15 18:13:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER CO
07BOGOTA5256	PRESIDENT URIBE MEETS WITH CODEL REYES [...] On July 8, at 1730, at CATAM airfield in Bogota. 2. Participants: United States Chairman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) CDA Milton Drucker C/ORA David Fitzgerald Michael Delaney George Pappas Notetaker Colombia President Uribe FM Fernando Araujo DAS Director Andres Penate ------ [...]	2007-07-19 21:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL PTER MARR ELAB CO
07BOGOTA5651	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY USTR JOHN [...] (SBU) Post welcomes Deputy USTR John Veroneau to Colombia. With U.S. help, President Uribe has made great strides in fighting drug trafficking and terrorism. The economy is growing, the investment climate is strong, and there is both anticipation and nervousness over the fate of the U.S.-Col [...]	2007-08-02 20:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD CO
07BOGOTA581	MEDELLIN SETS THE PACE ON SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) Secretary of Government for Medellin Gustavo Villegas said on January 16 security in the city had improved dramatically over the last three years. Even regular criminal group members want to "demobilize." Still, Medellin faced security challenges associated with ex-paramilitary power st [...]	2007-01-26 20:06:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA5871	ARRESTS MADE IN NARCO/FARC INFILTRATION OF MILITARY [...] The Colombian Prosecutor General (Fiscalia) and Colombian Army counterintelligence worked closely for over a year to uncover a small network of Army personnel collaborating with the Norte de Valle drugs cartel. The Fiscalia has arrested at least nine military members and two civilians, and th [...]	2007-08-10 21:11:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER MARR CO
07BOGOTA6186	CHAVEZ OFFERS TO HELP NEGOTIATE COLOMBIAN [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Chavez met with relatives of FARC-held hostages and offered to act as an observer/guarantor for a humanitarian exchange. He also suggested Venezuela as a possible site for talks. Colombian Liberal party Senator Piedad Cordoba set up the meeting after Presi [...]	2007-08-22 22:51:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA6200	VISIT OF HDAC COMMITTEE, AUGUST 27-31, 2007 [...] (SBU) Colombia's congress passed President Uribe,s top legislative priorities in its latest session, and its members look forward to developing institutional ties with the U.S. Congress. Security has markedly improved with successful military efforts to re-take areas controlled by the Revolut [...]	2007-08-23 20:46:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM ECON ETRD OVIP OTRA PGOV PREL CO
07BOGOTA6329	REPRESENTATIVE BLUNT MEETS WITH VICE PRESIDENT [...] Summary: Representative Roy Blunt (R-MO) met with Vice President Santos on August 22 to discuss counter narcotics cooperation and prospects for U.S. congressional approval of the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Santos voiced optimism regarding degradation of the FARC's network and cont [...]	2007-08-29 14:45:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA6487	USNS COMFORT VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. USNS COMFORT anchored near Buenaventura, Colombia from August 22-28 during its humanitarian assistance deployment to the region. Coordinating with Embassy Bogota, Colombian authorities, and NGOs, the COMFORT team provided 25,815 medical, dental and veterinary services and train [...]	2007-09-05 22:12:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER CO
07BOGOTA6697	CODEL PRICE MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 28 meeting with Codel Price, President Uribe explained the Justice and Peace Law and reiterated his commitment to extradite former paramilitaries who violate their peace process obligations. He reviewed GOC efforts to reintegrate former paramilitaries -as well as [...]	2007-09-13 15:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD KJUS PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA670	WHA A/S SHANNON AND FM ARAUJO DISCUSS PLAN [...] (C) In a one-hour meeting with Foreign Minister Maria Consuelo Araujo on January 29, WHA A/S Thomas Shannon welcomed the GOC's Plan Colombia consolidation proposal. Araujo said the proposal assigns new resources to human rights, social development, displaced people, and Afro-Colombian and ind [...]	2007-01-31 12:58:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SNAR EC CO
07BOGOTA689	CERREJON COAL COMPANY SETTLES LABOR DISPUTE [...] (U) On January 29, Cerrejon Mines (owned by a consortium of UK and Canadian companies) settled biannual labor talks, averting a strike which would have affected delivery of nearly 500,000 tons per month of coal to the U.S. The workers' union at Cerrejon, SINTRAMINENEGETICA, was the same union [...]	2007-01-31 21:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EMIN EINV ELAB CO
07BOGOTA6899	SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL MCCAFFREY [...] (SBU) President Uribe's "democratic security" policy has hit the FARC and ELN hard over the past five years, with security improving across the country. Colombians are free to travel highways and confidence has skyrocketed, translating into record economic growth. The paramilitary peace proc [...]	2007-09-21 18:28:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR PTER CO
07BOGOTA6957	OPIC CEO MOSBACHER HIGHLIGHTS U.S.-COLOMBIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In September 10-11 meetings with government and private sector representatives, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Robert Mosbacher, Jr. highlighted the potential for increased U.S. investment in Colombia and the range of OPIC services a [...]	2007-09-25 14:17:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG OPIC CO
07BOGOTA6967	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S SEPTEMBER 21 MEETING WITH [...] (C) GOC Peace Commissioner Restrepo said that the GOC finds it hard to control Senator Cordoba's and President Chavez' efforts to facilitate a humanitarian exchange. The FARC has little interested in an exchange, but wants to use Chavez' role to gain international recognition, create tension [...]	2007-09-25 17:02:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV VZ CO
07BOGOTA7017	GENERAL PETER PACE'S SEPTEMBER 13 MEETING WITH [...] (U) September 13, 2007, Cartagena Airport, 60 minutes 2. (U) Participants: United States SouthCom Commander ADM James Stavridis Ambassador William Brownfield Colombia Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos Military Forces Commander GEN Fredy Padilla Army Commander GEN Mario Monto [...]	2007-09-27 15:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PTER PHUM CO
07BOGOTA7019	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S SEPTEMBER 24 CALL ON TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism Luis Guillermo Plata on September 24 told the Ambassador that the dramatic turnaround of Colombia remains a process and still requires expanded trade and investment. The Minister applauds USG efforts to expand the bilateral economic rela [...]	2007-09-27 18:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ETRD EINV PGOV CO
07BOGOTA7061	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD,S SEPTEMBER 26 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met September 26 with families of the three American hostages held by the FARC. The families appreciated the Ambassador's recent statements that he would not oppose other governments' efforts to resolve the hostages' detention. The Ambassador stressed the importan [...]	2007-09-30 20:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PTER PREL PGOV CO VZ
07BOGOTA7104	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S SEPTEMBER 26 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior and Justice (MOIJ) Holguin told the Ambassador on September 26 that the Justice and Peace Law (JPL) process faced difficult challenges as it addresses the legal status of 18,000 rank and file demobilized paramilitary. The recent victims protection decree will [...]	2007-10-03 12:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PINR PHUM PTER CO
07BOGOTA7171	CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER HIGHLIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: With funding from the Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs (EEB),Embassy Bogota hosted the visit of Conservation International Senior Research Scientist Timothy J. Killeen to Colombia September 26-28 to speak about the sustainable development of biofuels. As part of the t [...]	2007-10-04 15:32:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON KPAO OIIP SENV CO
07BOGOTA7265	WORLD BANK BOOSTS COLOMBIA'S "DOING BUSINESS" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the World Bank's "Doing Business 2008" report released September 27, companies are finding it easier to do business in Colombia. In comparison to last year, Colombia improved 13 positions to 66th out of 178 countries ranked. The World Bank identified Colombia as t [...]	2007-10-09 21:51:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BEXP ETRD EFIN CO
07BOGOTA7695	DRAFT MAPP/OAS TENTH QUARTERLY REPORT ON PEACE [...] (C) The MAPP/OAS draft Tenth Quarterly Report on the peace process recognizes GOC progress in the reintegration of demobilized paramilitaries, as well as in combating new criminal groups, but urges it to do more to prevent narcotraffickers, the FARC, and other criminal groups from exploiting [...]	2007-10-25 17:33:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	CO PHUM PGOV KJUS PREL
07BOGOTA7702	VALLE DE CAUCA: CLEAN ELECTIONS EXPECTED DESPITE [...] (C) Summary. We expect peaceful elections in most races in Valle de Cauca, but there is widespread concern that drug money may be behind some campaigns. The FARC is unlikely to disrupt elections, but is reportedly sponsoring candidates around Cali. New criminal groups and ex-paramilitaries [...]	2007-10-25 21:43:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO
07BOGOTA7748	SCENESETTER FOR THE USTR SCHWAB-LED CODEL AND [...] (SBU) Your delegation will visit a Colombia far safer, economically stronger, better governed and more democratic than it has been in decades. Many Colombians say conditions today have improved to a level better than any other time in their lives or those of their parents. During your visit y [...]	2007-10-30 19:41:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELAB EAGR OVIP PGOV PREL CO
07BOGOTA7951	SCENESETTER FOR ONDCP DIRECTOR JOHN WALTERS AND DEA [...] (SBU) You are visiting a Colombia far safer, economically stronger, better governed and more democratic than it has been in decades. Many Colombians say conditions today have improved to a level better than any other time in their lives or those of their parents. Murder rates declined 40 per [...]	2007-11-06 22:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP SNAR ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL CO
07BOGOTA7955	SCENESETTER FOR ONDCP DIRECTOR JOHN WALTERS AND DEA [...] (SBU) You are visiting a Colombia far safer, economically stronger, better governed and more democratic than it has been in decades. Many Colombians say conditions today have improved to a level better than any other time in their lives or those of their parents. Murder rates declined 40 per [...]	2007-11-07 14:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP SNAR ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL CO
07BOGOTA7990	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S OCTOBER 25-26 VISIT TO [...] The Ambassador visited Cartagena, capital of the Department of Bolivar for meetings with government, private sector, educational and religious leaders. His interlocutors underscored that improved security had opened the door for economic growth and expressed interest in deepening the U.S.-Co [...]	2007-11-08 18:42:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAID PGOV ASEC CO
07BOGOTA8080	FISCALIA SPECIAL COMMISSION INVESTIGATING [...] The Prosecutor General's office (Fiscalia) has sent a special commission to Antioquia, Cordoba, and four other departments to review the backlog of alleged extrajudicial killing and to spur action on investigations. Human Rights unit prosecutor William Arteaga--based in Medellin--heads the co [...]	2007-11-15 19:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
07BOGOTA8170	COLOMBIAN AND MEXICAN AUTHORITIES MOVING SWIFTLY IN WAKE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Mexico (GOM) seized two large cocaine shipments that originated from Colombian seaports in October. In response to these seizures, the Government of Colombia (GOC) sought additional information from the GOM and initiated formal investigations of all involved [...]	2007-11-21 18:36:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM PTER MX CO
07BOGOTA8200	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SENATE MAJORITY [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 21:19:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ETRD ECON CO
07BOGOTA8255	IMPROVING SECURITY AND STRONG ECONOMY BOOST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Strong economic growth and record levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) are bolstering Colombian bank balance sheets as well as foreign financial institutions' interest in investing in the sector. Following a period of consolidation, three Colombian-owned banking groups have [...]	2007-11-27 15:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON CO
07BOGOTA8362	SCENESETTER FOR DECEMBER 7-9 VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (SBU) Your return to Colombia comes as the Uribe Administration continues building a safer, economically stronger, better governed and more democratic country. Murder rates declined 40 percent since 2002, violence against union members fell over 60 percent, and kidnapping rates plummeted 76 pe [...]	2007-12-04 23:56:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP ETRD PREL ELAB PHUM PTER PREF CO
07BOGOTA8384	PRESIDENT URIBE SPEAKS TO REID DELEGATION ON TPA, [...] (SBU) During a November 28 meeting with the U.S. Congressional Delegation led by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, President Alvaro Uribe outlined Plan Colombia's accomplishments and stressed the importance of continued U.S. support. Uribe said passage of the U.S.- Colombia Trade Promotion A [...]	2007-12-06 20:14:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PTER PHUM PGOV KJUS VE CO
07BOGOTA8508	ILO COMMISSION GAINS TRIPARTITE PERSPECTIVES IN [...] A high-level International Labor Organization (ILO) commission visited Colombia November 25-28 to encourage progress on implementation on the June 2006 Tripartite Agreement (ref A). The commission released its report--which the local ILO report called positive--to the GOC, unions, and employe [...]	2007-12-13 20:37:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KJUS PGOV PHUM PTER CO
07BOGOTA8585	SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES: HUMANITARIAN DEMINING IN [...] (U) A November 12-17 visit by PM/WRA program officer reviewed progress of USG-supported humanitarian mine action (HMA) projects and next steps. The GOC's recent restructuring of its civilian HMA management shows renewed commitment to demining issues, and receives high marks from international [...]	2007-12-18 20:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PHUM PREF CO
07BOGOTA8661	NICARAGUA URGES FARC "BROTHER" TO RELEASE HOSTAGES [...] On December 7, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega called on his "beloved brother," Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) leader Manual Marulanda, to free Ingrid Betancourt, apparently in response to Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez' appeal for his involvement. Ortega added that "in the [...]	2007-12-27 13:13:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM FR VZ CO NU
07BOGOTA8692	EMBASSY PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPONSORS CONFERENCE ON [...] Embassy Public Affairs sponsored the 12th Houston Series seminar with a focus on "Social Justice: Reducing Poverty, Building the Economy and Peace." 110 leaders and officials from the private sector, academia, government and NGOs participated in the three-day conference held in Cartagena fr [...]	2007-12-28 20:17:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV ASEC KPAO OIIP CO
07BOGOTA870	INL A/S PATTERSON MEETS WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR [...] (C) In a January 30 meeting, INL A/S Anne Patterson asked Minister of Interior and Justice Carlos Holguin to continue expediting consultations with indigenous communities regarding aerial eradication in reserves. Holguin expressed frustration with the conflicting SIMCI and CNC numbers on hec [...]	2007-02-07 20:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO SNAR

07BRASILIA1000	BRAZIL: INL A/S PATTERSON'S MEETING WITH [...] (C). Summary. INL Assistant Secretary Patterson and Ambassador Sobel, accompanied by DCM, Embassy Regional Affairs Chief, and PolCounselor, met on 14 May with General Jorge Armando Felix, chief of the ministerial-level Office of Institutional Security (GSI) in Brazil's Presidency. Felix was [...]	2007-06-04 13:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SNAR PGOV BR
07BRASILIA1025	BRAZIL'S ACRE STATE: GROUND ZERO FOR SOUTH AMERICAN [...] (SBU) Summary. One of President Lula's key objectives is the construction of an all-weather highway linking Brazil to the Pacific Ocean, and within a few years this dream will become reality. The GOB has paved route BR 364/317 to the Peruvian border and paving of this highway on the Peruvia [...]	2007-06-06 13:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN PGOV SENV EAID PHUM ETRD SNAR BR PE
07BRASILIA1037	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NSF OFFICIAL SMITH [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. William M. Smith, Program Director in the Office of the Assistant Director (GEO),to Manaus, Brazil, June 10-16, 2007, to attend the 24th meeting of the Inter-American Institute (IAI) Conference of the Parties (COP). 2. Visitors are remi [...]	2007-06-06 20:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA NSF OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1039	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NSF OFFICIAL BROWN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Louis B. Brown, Senior Staff Associate in the office of the Assistant Director (GEO),to Manaus, Brazil, June 10-16, 2007, to participate in the meetings of the Executive Council and Conference of the Parties of the Inter-American Institute [...]	2007-06-06 20:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA NSF OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1040	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NSF OFFICIAL FILMER [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Paul E. Filmer, Program Director in the Division of Earth Sciences (EAR),to Manaus (Brazil),June 10-17, 2007, who will lead the U.S. Government Delegation to the Conference of the Parties of the Inter-American Institute. 2. Visitors ar [...]	2007-06-06 20:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA NSF OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1041	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH OFFICIAL ROSALY CORREA [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Rosaly Correa de Araujo, Director of the Americas, OGHA, OS, HHS to travel to Sao Paulo, Brazil, from June 9-10, to Brasilia, Brazil, from June 10-15, and to Sao Paulo, Brazil from June 15-16, 2007, to co-chair the meeting of the JCM Workgro [...]	2007-06-06 20:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1042	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR OES/EGC OFFICIAL [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Norman Barth, OES/EGC/State Department, to Manaus, Brazil, June 07-16, 2007, to attend the Executive Council and Conference of Parties of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. 2. Visitors are reminded that all US citizens t [...]	2007-06-08 10:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TPHY OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1049	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL SIMOES [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Eduardo Simoes, Prevention Research Program Director, NCCDPHP, DACH, COGH, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia (DF),Brazil, June 11-14, 2007, to represent HHS/CDC interests in establishing an agenda of future [...]	2007-06-08 16:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1099	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NPS OFFICIAL JOHNSON [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Robert Johnson, Director of the Everglades-South Florida Natural Resources Center, National Park Service (NSP) in Florida, to Foz do Iguacu, Brasilia, and Cuiaba (Brazil),June 15-26, 2007, to participate in the Brazilian Congress on Protect [...]	2007-06-14 17:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY KSCA SCUL OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1115	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE CONTRACTORS PETERSON [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for David P. Perterson and Loren J. Habergger, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),July 5-19, 2007, to Itaituba and Creporizao (State of Para) Brazil, to work on projects on reduction of emissions from community and small scale gold mining in developin [...]	2007-06-15 18:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1130	AMEMBASSY BRASILIA NOMINATES RURALFONE FOR THE SECRETARY'S [...] (U) Based upon its outstanding program aimed at using technology and resources to assist communities located in Brazil's remote, underprivileged areas, the Ambassador nominates the U.S. company Ruralfone, Inc. for the Secretary of State's 2007 Award For Corporate Excellence For the Small to Med [...]	2007-06-18 17:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP ELAB ETRD BR
07BRASILIA1145	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE DOS AND NNSA FUNDED [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for a Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration's (DOE/NNSA) International Nonproliferation Export Control Program (INECP) for the following DOS and NNSA-funded personnel, from July 7-14, 2007 to conduct WMD Commodity Identifica [...]	2007-06-20 10:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ETTC KSTC PARM PREL KSCA KNNP BR
07BRASILIA116	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL HOWARD [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. William Howard, Safety and Health Manager, Office of Health and Safety, OD, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia (DF),Brazil, February 6-8, 2007, to participate in the BSL-4 lab design workshop. 2. Visitors [...]	2007-01-22 20:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1204	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIAL SCHNEIDER [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for William Schneider, Office of Prevention, Pesticides an Toxic Substances, for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s OECD Biopesticide Steering Group, to Sco Paulo (transit only) and Brasilia, Brazil, from June 29 to July 05, 2007, to partic [...]	2007-06-26 19:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1216	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL BLANDFORD [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for John Blandford, Economist, NCHSTP, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Rio de Janeiro, , from July 1-8; Brasilia, from July 8-14, to Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 14, 2007, as follow: -- Rio de Janeiro/Brasilia: to provide techni [...]	2007-06-27 19:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1240	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE A/S KARSNER JULY [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Alexander Karsner, to Brasilia (July 10-12) and Rio de Janeiro (July 12),Brazil, to participate in the Council on Competitiveness and its Brazil [...]	2007-07-02 18:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1242	SCENESETTER FOR THE JULY 9-11 VISIT OF [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. and Brazil share the basic goals of fostering hemispheric stability, promoting democracy, achieving a mutually satisfactory conclusion to the Doha round of WTO negotiations, preventing terrorist and drug transit activity and strengthening international non-proliferation [...]	2007-07-02 19:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	ECON PGOV EFIN BR
07BRASILIA1262	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIAL FERNANDEZ [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. Luiz Fernandez, International Affairs Specialist, Office of International Affairs (OIA),U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),to Brasilia, Itaituba, and Creporizao, Brazil, July 5-29, 2007, to work on UNEP Global Mercury Partnership P [...]	2007-07-05 10:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1278	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE BARTON [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Bradley L. Barton, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Director of Commercialization and Deployment, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, to Brasilia (July 10-12) and Sao Paulo (transit),Brazil, to participate in the Council on Competitivenes [...]	2007-07-06 15:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1285	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE LUTTRELL [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Ellen Luttrell, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Consultant- Communications Advisor, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, to Brasilia (July 10-12) and Rio de Janeiro (July 12-15) and Sao Paulo (transit: Jul 10 and 15),Brazil, to participa [...]	2007-07-09 13:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1287	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE SATTELBERG [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Alfred P. Sattelberg, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Contract, Argone National Laboratory, Associate Lab Director for Physical Sciences, to Brasilia (July 9-13),Brazil, to participate in the Council on Competitiveness and its Brazilian coun [...]	2007-07-09 13:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1289	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE ARVISU [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dan E. Arvizu, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Director, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, to Brasilia (July 10-12) and Rio de Janeiro (July 12-15) and Sao Paulo (transit: Jul 10 and 13),Brazil, to participate in the Council on Compet [...]	2007-07-09 13:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1308	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIAL LUDWIG [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Ms. Victoria Ludwig, Program Manager, Landfill Methane Outreach Program, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),to Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Goiania, Cuiaba, Porto Alegre and Florianopolis, Brazil, July 15-29, 2007, [...]	2007-07-10 18:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA132	RUSSIA DOWNPLAYS MILITARY SALES IN BRAZIL BUT [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with his Russian counterpart, Ambassador Vladimir L. Tyurdenev, on January 12, 2007 at the Russian Embassy. Tyurdenev spoke candidly about bilateral relations, trade, Russian hopes to furnish equipment and exprtise to the potential regional gas pipeline proect, [...]	2007-01-25 13:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG BR RU
07BRASILIA1331	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR HHS OFFICIALS TO TRAVEL TO [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. William R. Steiger, Special Advisor to Secretary Leavitt for International Affairs, HHS, and Dr. Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, Director Office for the Americas, Office of Global Health Affairs (OGHA),OS, HHS to travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, [...]	2007-07-13 12:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1333	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL LINK AND [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Michael Link, Health Scientist; William Garvin, Computer Specialist, COCHP/NCCDPHP, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, August 11, and Brasilia, Brazil, from August 11-18, 2007: -- Brasilia: travelers will par [...]	2007-07-13 16:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1335	BRAZIL: U.S. Treasury Secretary Paulson Meeting with [...] (SBU) In a July 11 meeting with Planning Minister Paulo Bernardo, U .S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson outlined the focus of his visit to Brazil: (1) increasing private sector infrastructure finance; (2) facilitating the development of small and medium-sized enterprise development through inc [...]	2007-07-16 14:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV BR
07BRASILIA1336	BRAZIL: July 11, 2007, meeting between U.S. Treasury [...] (SBU) Summary: In their July 11 Brasilia meeting, Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles told Secretary Paulson that Brazil appears to have overcome the extreme economic and financial volatility it experienced in the past, and that Brazil's medium-term growth and inflation outlook is positi [...]	2007-07-16 14:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV BR
07BRASILIA1351	UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY 'S VISIT TO BRAZIL SPARKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary Dobriansky's visit to Brazil May 16-17, 2007, not only fulfilled the request by President Bush and Brazilian President Lula to elevate the Common Agenda for the Environment (CAE) dialogue, but helped the U.S. Mission in Brazil move forward on a number of key issu [...]	2007-07-18 09:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY ENRG SENV EAGR ETRD KSCA US BR
07BRASILIA1412	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL MOKDAD [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Ali Mokdad, Epidemiologist, COCHP/NCCDPHP, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, August 12, and to Brasilia, Brazil, August 12-18, 2007, as follow: -- to Brasilia: to participate in a meeting and workshop to discus [...]	2007-07-25 15:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1413	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL HICKS [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Marie Hicks, Public Health Advisor, NCIRD, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, August 15, and to Brasilia, Brazil, August 15-18, 2007, as follow: -- to Brasilia: to support the bilateral cooperation agreement wit [...]	2007-07-25 15:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1414	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL BLANDFORD [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for John Blandford, Economist, NCHSTP, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, August 5, and to Brasilia, Brazil, from August 5-16, 2007, as follow: -- to Brasilia: to lead a data analysis workshop as part of a year lon [...]	2007-07-25 15:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1456	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL JOHNSON [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Denise Johnson, Associate Director for Extramural Program, NCIRD, HHS/CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Rio de Janeiro, August 7-14 and Brasilia, Brazil, from August 14-16, 2007, as follows: -- Rio de Janeiro: to provide [...]	2007-07-31 19:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1457	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL FLANNERY [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Brendan Flannery, CCID/NCIRD/HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Sao Paulo on or about (o/a) August 9; to Rio de Janeiro, o/a August 9-10 and to Brasilia, Brazil, o/a August 10-17, 2007, as follows: -- Rio de Janeiro: to partic [...]	2007-07-31 19:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1458	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL MOEN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Ann Moen, Associate Director for Extramural Program, NCIRD, HHS/CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from August 15-18, 2007, to provide an opportunity to meet with project staff to review progress and plan [...]	2007-07-31 19:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA149	BRAZIL: LULA'S SECOND TERM ECONOMIC GROWTH PACKAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoB announced on January 22 a series of measures, the Program to Accelerate Growth (PAC),meant to enliven Brazil's current lackadaisical economic growth rates. The measures, a combination of targeted tax breaks and new public spending, along with the recycling of a few exist [...]	2007-01-26 18:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD PREL EINV BR
07BRASILIA1507	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL PRATT [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Michael Pratt, Senior Medical Officer, NCCDPHP/HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Brasilia, Brazil, August 22-26, 2007, provide technical assistance/consultation to the Brazilian Ministry of Health on developing national chronic [...]	2007-08-07 19:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1536	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NASA OFFICIALS MR AND MRS [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Jeffrey Williams (Astronaut) and Anna Marie Williams (spouse),National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) official, to Sao Paulo (SP),Campos dos Goitacases (RJ),Brasilia (DF) and Rio de Janeiro (RJ) [...]	2007-08-10 12:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1540	DEPT OF ENERGY'S BRADLEY BARTON AND DAN ARVIZU BRING A [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Department of Energy's Bradley Barton, Director of the Office of Commercialization and Deployment, and Dan Arvizu, Director of DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL),led panels on [...]	2007-08-10 17:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY ENRG EAGR ETTC EPET PREL BR
07BRASILIA1620	BRAZIL: OCR DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (SBU) On August 23, EmbOffs delivered the demarche points in reftel to Otavio Brandelli, Director of the Division of Intellectual Property Rights at the Ministry of External Relations and Ana Soares, Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Anti-Piracy Council, Ministry of Justice. The meet [...]	2007-08-24 14:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON ADCO BR
07BRASILIA1651	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL IMAI [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Kumiko Imai, Service Fellow, NCCDPHP/HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Brasilia, Brazil, from September 2 to September 6, 2007, to attend the Secretariat of Health Surveillance Meeting and Workshop, and present "Methodology Cos [...]	2007-08-29 19:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1653	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL FLANNERY [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Brendan Flannery, Epidemiologist, NCIRD/HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Brasilia, Brazil, from September 10 to September 21, 2007, to work with current HHS/CDC secondee for immunizations and the Pan American Health Organizati [...]	2007-08-30 12:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1654	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL PATEL [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Manish Patel, Medical Epidemiologist, NCIRD/HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 17; to Brasilia, Brazil, from September 17 to September 20; and, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 20, 2007, as [...]	2007-08-30 13:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1686	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA CAREY BYLIN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for EPA Official Carey Bylin, to Brasilia, Brazil, from September 16 to September 18; to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 18 to September 23, 2007, as follows: In Brasilia: Meetings at Ministry of Mines and Energy. In Rio de Janeiro: Meetings at P [...]	2007-09-05 13:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1743	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NSF OFFICIAL NOTMAN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Evan Notman, Assistant Program Officer in the Division of International Science Engineer (OISE),to Sao Paulo(SP),Manaus (AM),and Brasilia(DF),Brazil, from September 17 to September 26, 2007, to participate in the discussion of cooperative pr [...]	2007-09-13 16:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TPHY NSF OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1779	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL JACOBS [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Krista Jacobs, Economist, CCID/NCCPSTP, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/HHS, to Rio de Janeiro, October 16 and Brasilia, Brazil, from October 16-20, 2007, as follows: In Brasilia: to assist in teaching a course in economic evaluatio [...]	2007-09-19 14:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1813	BRAZIL: UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY'S MEETINGS WITH GoB [...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery and delegation met with Acting Minister of Mines and Energy, Nelson Hubner; Vice President Jose Alencar; and senior Ministry of Finance officials during his August 20 visit to Brasilia. Hubner said he saw an immediate need to showcase a biofuels p [...]	2007-09-24 13:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENGR ETRD ECIN EAIR ECPS TSPA SENV BR
07BRASILIA1819	BRAZIL: UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY LEADS ECONOMIC DISCUSSION [...] (U) Summary: Following up on a March conversation between the Secretary and Foreign Minister Amorim, Under Secretary Jeffery, SIPDIS along with Ambassador Sobel and State Department officers, in an August 20 discussed with Brazilian Ministry of External Affairs (MRE) Under Secretary Roberto [...]	2007-09-24 15:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ECIN EAIR ECPS TSPA BR
07BRASILIA1837	LULA'S TRIP TO EUROPE: CAN ITAMARATY FOLLOW [...] (C) Summary. Brazilian President Luis Inacio "Lula" da Silva,s mid-September tour of four Scandinavian countries and Spain to promote foreign investment, expand the use of biofuels in Europe, and press for the expansion of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),represents a continuation o [...]	2007-09-26 10:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG BR
07BRASILIA1873	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL BLANDFORD [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for John Blandford, Economist, GAP, NCHHSTP/CCID/HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from October-16-2007 to October-16-2007; Brasilia, Brazil from October-16-2007 to October-20-2007; Sao Paulo, Brazil from Oct [...]	2007-10-02 14:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA188	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL KSIAZEK [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Thomas Ksiazek, Research Scientist, COCH, OD, HHS/ Centers for Disease Control (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from February 5-7, 2007, to assist in the developing stages of a Bio Safety Level 4 Laboratory (BSL4) facility. 2. Visitors are re [...]	2007-02-01 11:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1918	BRAZIL AND THE FOREST 11 STATEMENT: PRIMARILY A POLITICAL [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 24, 2007 leaders from eleven Tropical Rainforest Countries (the Forest 11) issued a joint statement calling for, inter alia, cooperation to slow, stop and reverse deforestation [...]	2007-10-09 11:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG TNGD TRGY KSCA BR
07BRASILIA1952	MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING ON CLIMATE CHANGE: BRAZILIANS [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Brazilian delegation has expressed both public and private disappointment with the September 27-28 meeting in Washington of representatives of major economies to discuss energy security [...]	2007-10-11 13:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG KSCA BR
07BRASILIA1976	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA LOREN HABEGGER [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for EPA Official Loren J. Habegger, to Itaituba, Brazil, from October 27 to November 5 and to Creporizao from November 5 and November 8, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to further test the performance of the technology installed in the two places [...]	2007-10-15 17:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA2021	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE RODMAN LINN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for DOE Official Rodman Linn, to Brasilia, Brazil, from November 3 to November 10, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to attend and do a presentation at the 19th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering. 2. Visitors are reminded that all [...]	2007-10-22 17:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA2047	BRAZIL PLANS TO RENEW NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH INDIA [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. At a meeting with EmbOffs on October 19, the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Director of the Division of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies, Minister Santiago Mourao, said the USG [...]	2007-10-29 09:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA IN BR
07BRASILIA2065	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV/MULLER [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Richard P. Muller and Ann E. Mattsson, from Sandia National Laboratories (SNL),National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA),Office of Defense Programs, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),to Belem (Para),Brazil, November 3 to November 10, [...]	2007-10-30 19:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ENRG TRGY OTRA KSCS BR
07BRASILIA2067	BRAZIL: NEC Hubbard and DOC Gutierrez with Casa Civil [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The meeting between Casa Civil Dilma Rousseff, MDIC Secretary Jorge, Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez, NEC Director Hubbard, DPA/DNSA Price and Ambassador Sobel focused primarily on Doha. Both sides agreed we must seize the moment to come to closure on a Doha agreement. The del [...]	2007-10-30 19:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD BR
07BRASILIA2068	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 101 [...] The following is the one-hundred-first in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views e [...]	2007-10-30 19:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA2069	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 101 [...] The following is the one-hundred-first in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views e [...]	2007-10-31 09:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA2079	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV MILLS [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for John M. Wills, Los Alamos National Laboratory, from Sandia National Laboratories (SNL),National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA),Office of Defense Programs, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) to attend the International Workshop on Full [...]	2007-11-01 13:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ENRG TRGY OTRA KSCS BR
07BRASILIA2082	USG-GOB COMMERCIAL DIALOGUE: CONTINUING A STRONG FORWARD [...] Summary: The reporting session of the third meeting of the U.S.-Brazil Commercial Dialogue, an hour-long event held October 10, 2007 in Brasilia, Brazil, was a positive and productive example of current USG-GOB bilateral cooperation. Visiting U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Carlos Gutierrez and [...]	2007-11-01 19:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EIND EINV ENRG TSPL TBIO TPHY TRGY TNGD PGOV BR
07BRASILIA2084	BRAZIL: TRAINING BY USG EXPERTS BRINGS TO LIFE PROMISE OF [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Seminars put on in mid-October by U.S. water resource management experts have served to implement recommendations developed by the bilateral water technical working group created under the C [...]	2007-11-01 19:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA BR
07BRASILIA2087	BRAZIL: CEO Forum recommendations report to USG and [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Brazilian and American CEOs participating in the CEO Forum reported their recommendations to President Lula's Chief of Staff Dilma Rousseff, Minister of Development, Industry and Trade (MDIC) Miguel Jorge, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and National Economic Council Direc [...]	2007-11-05 17:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD BR
07BRASILIA2091	DRAFT 2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Following is a draft of Part I of the Brazil chapter of the 2007 INCSR. As requested in reftel B, the money laundering portion of the INCSR will be submitted separately. BRAZIL ---------- I. SUMMARY ---------- 2. Brazil is a major transit country for illicit drugs shipped to Euro [...]	2007-11-06 09:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAID KCRM PREL BR
07BRASILIA2124	BRAZIL CIVAIR: ANAC PRESIDENT RESIGNS; THREE DIRECTORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil's civil aviation agency (ANAC)'s Director-President Milton Sergio Silveira Zuanazzi formally submitted his resignation to President Lula the afternoon of October 31. The same day, the "Diario Oficial da Uniao," the GOB's Federal Register equivalent, announced the confi [...]	2007-11-09 14:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON MARR EIND PGOV PREL EINV BEXP BR
07BRASILIA2140	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR SOBEL DISCUSSES UPCOMING ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Sobel and Brazilian Ministry of External Affairs (MRE) Under Secretary Roberto Azevedo met on November 9 at the MRE to discuss the upcoming State-MRE Economic Dialogue scheduled for December. During the meeting, Azevedo said the only deliverable he expected from the [...]	2007-11-14 15:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ECIN EAIR ECPS TSPA BR
07BRASILIA2147	KEY SENATOR SAYS CLIMATE IS RIGHT FOR BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Aloizio Mercadante, chairman of the Senate Economic Affairs Committee, told Ambassador Sobel on October 18 that the bilateral relationship is at a very favorable point and the bilateral agenda must be resumed without delay so as to expand economic relations. He predicted the [...]	2007-11-16 12:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON PREL BR
07BRASILIA2151	FORMER PRESIDENT URGES USG TO COUNTER CHAVEZ [...] (C) Summary. Former President and sitting senator Jose Sarney (PMDB, Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, governing coalition; of Amapa) urges the USG to do more to counter Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's increasingly destabilizing actions in the region. Sarney said Chavez threatens to c [...]	2007-11-19 15:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS MASS MCAP BR GY VE IR RS
07BRASILIA2160	SCENESETTER FOR THE NOVEMBER 27-28 VISIT OF CODEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's democratic institutions are generally strong and stable, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remains popular because of his orthodox economic policies and expanded social programs. Export-led economic growth has been the norm in the recent past, while Brazil has [...]	2007-11-21 18:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL ECON BR
07BRASILIA2161	SCENESETTER FOR THE NOVEMBER 26-30 1 VISIT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's democratic institutions are generally strong and stable, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remains popular because of his orthodox economic policies and expanded social programs. Export-led economic growth has been the norm in the recent past, while Brazil has [...]	2007-11-21 18:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL ECON BR
07BRASILIA2162	SCENESETTER FOR THE NOVEMBER 25-DECEMBER 1 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's democratic institutions are generally strong and stable, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remains popular because of his orthodox economic policies and expanded social programs. Export-led economic growth has been the norm in the recent past, while Brazil has [...]	2007-11-21 18:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL ECON BR
07BRASILIA2185	BRAZIL READY TO CONSTRUCTIVELY DISCUSS SUPPLY ASSURANCES [...] (SBU) On November 7, 2007, per REFTEL ESTHOff met with the Deputy Head of the Ministry of External Relations' Department of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies (DDS),Luis Galvao, to discuss Brazilian views on supply assurances leading up to the visit to Brazil by IAEA Director General, ElBa [...]	2007-11-27 11:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY BR
07BRASILIA2217	BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES GLOBAL, [...] (C) In a November 30 meeting in Sao Paulo, Ambassador Sobel and Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim discussed a range of global, regional and bilateral issues. On the region's most pressing issues - such as political developments in Venezuela and Bolivia, and Colombia-Venezuela bilateral [...]	2007-12-03 21:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD KPAL OVIP EFIN AMGT VE BL AR
07BRASILIA2227	Brazil Views National Intelligence Report as Positive and [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 4, 2007, per REFTEL POLCouns and ESTHOff met with the Head of the Ministry of External Relations' Department of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies, Minister Santiago Mourao, to discuss the recent release of the USG National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) regarding Ir [...]	2007-12-05 09:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG IAEA KNNP NPT TREL BR
07BRASILIA2243	BRAZIL: INTEGRATION A/S CARDOSO ON MERCOSUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MRE A/S for Integration Afonso Cardoso stressed the political importance of Mercosul for Brazil as a unifying force for economic development in a recent meeting with EconCouns. Cardoso underlined his views on Mercosul's strengths, highlighted recent integration decisions he felt [...]	2007-12-07 21:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
07BRASILIA2309	BRAZIL CIVAIR: POSSIBLE INCREASED FREQUENCIES, ROUTES FOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador Sobel spoke again on December 19 with recently confirmed new National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) Director-President Solange Vieira, who will now be responsible for air services negotiations with the United States. The Ambassador also met separately on the same day with Mini [...]	2007-12-20 09:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EIND PGOV PREL EINV BEXP BR
07BRASILIA2321	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 104 [...] The following is the one-hundred-fourth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views [...]	2007-12-26 14:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA277	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 30 DINNER WITH [...] (S) Summary. Ambassador hosted a dinner for Brazilian Minister for Institutional Security, General Armando Felix on January 30. Felix was accompanied by his newly appointed deputy, Major General Ruben Peixoto Alexandre. Political Counselor and Regional Affairs Officer were in attendance. The [...]	2007-02-15 16:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	PREL BR
07BRASILIA290	AMBASSADOR LOBBIES MINISTER OF TOURISM AND CIVAIR [...] (SBU) Summary: On Feburary 13, Ambassador Sobel, EconCouns and Civair Officer met with Minister of Tourism Walfrido dos Mares Guia Neto, and National Civil Aviation Agency Director-President, Milton Sergio Silveira Zuanazzi, to discuss flight frequency issues and tourism development in Brazil [...]	2007-02-16 18:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ECON BR
07BRASILIA297	AMBASSADOR LOBBIES MINISTER OF TOURISM AND CIVAIR [...] (SBU) Summary: On Feburary 13, Ambassador Sobel, EconCouns and Civair Officer met with Minister of Tourism Walfrido dos Mares Guia Neto, and National Civil Aviation Agency Director-President, Milton Sergio Silveira Zuanazzi, to discuss flight frequency issues and tourism development in Brazil [...]	2007-02-18 18:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ECON BR
07BRASILIA298	Brazil: US Mission's 4th Quarter 2006 Corporate Social [...] Summary. (U) Since October 2006, when Ambassador launched the US Embassy's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Initiative, USAID, FCS, Embassy and Consulate Sao Paulo have worked exhaustively with our 31 corporate partners (firms such as Microsoft, GE, IBM, and GM) to follow-up on this issue [...]	2007-02-18 18:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON SENV BR
07BRASILIA32	BRAZIL'S NEW SMALL BUSINESS LAW [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Lula signed legislation on December 14, 2006 that expanded the scope and coverage of previous efforts to simplify the taxation system as applied to small and medium enterprises (SME) in Brazil. When it comes into full effect in July 2007, the new law, known as "Supersim [...]	2007-01-08 14:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN SOCI BR
07BRASILIA362	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S MEETING WITH BRAZILIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: U/S Nicholas Burns met in Brasilia with six state governors, representing some of the largest and most significant states by population and GDP, on February 8 to discuss areas of potential cooperation. The governors described specific areas where they would welcome technical [...]	2007-03-01 14:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BTIO ENRG PREL BR
07BRASILIA367	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL WEATHERS [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Andrew Weathers, Program Analyst, COCH, OD, HHS/Centers for Disease Control (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from March 18-23, 2007, to work with the Field Epidemiology Training Program staff to identity administrative and logistical priorities i [...]	2007-03-01 19:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA368	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR USGS OFFICIAL TIESZEN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Larry Tieszen, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),Physical Scientist to travel to Brasilia (DF),Brazil (03/18-03/25/2007). PURPOSE OF TRAVEL: To participate in a meeting for South American mapping agencies organized by the Andean Development Corpo [...]	2007-03-01 19:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA TBIO OTRA BR
07BRASILIA370	BRAZIL: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns, WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, P Special Assistant Heide Bronke, Ambassador Sobel and PolCouns Dennis Hearne met on 7 February with Foreign Minister Celso Amorim for a broad discussion of bilateral and regional iss [...]	2007-03-01 19:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
07BRASILIA371	BRAZIL: U/S BURNS MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF [...] (C) Summary. U/S Burns met on 7 February with Dilma Rousseff, President Lula's Chief of Staff for Policy and, effectively, his senior cabinet official. The discussion focused on rapidly moving progress in the development of U.S.-Brazil cooperation in biofuels, and established the political c [...]	2007-03-01 19:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
07BRASILIA373	US-BRAZIL S&T MINISTERIAL COMMISSION JOINT STATEMENT [...] On February 27, 2007, U.S. Ambassador Clifford Sobel and Brazil's Deputy Science and Technology Minister, Luis Fernandes, signed the joint statement resulting from the July 21, 2006, U.S.-Brazil Joint Commission Meeting on S&T Cooperation. The ceremony, held in Brazil's Foreign Ministry, was w [...]	2007-03-02 16:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA SENV TBIO TPHY EAGR ECON TRGY TSPL BR
07BRASILIA394	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS OFFICIAL CROWLEY FROM APRIL 19 [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. James Crowley, U.S. Geological Survey Research Geologist to travel to Sao Paulo (SP) April 19-28, 2007 and Maraba (PA),Brazil, April 28 to May 4, 2007 (in transit at Brasilia and Sao Paulo airports). Purpose of travel: Dr. Crowley and scien [...]	2007-03-06 18:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA TBIO OTRA BR
07BRASILIA430	BRAZIL: U/S BURNS MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. U/S Burns and WHA A/S Shannon, in Brasilia for strategic dialogue talks with the Brazilian Foreign Ministry (MRE),joined with Ambassador, PolCounselor and S/P officer William McIlhenny to meet on February 7 with Marco Aurelio Garcia, President Lula da Silva's international affai [...]	2007-03-13 11:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
07BRASILIA431	BRAZIL: U/S BURNS MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. U/S Burns and WHA A/S Shannon, in Brasilia for strategic dialogue talks with the Brazilian Foreign Ministry (MRE),joined with Ambassador, PolCounselor and S/P officer William McIlhenny to meet on February 7 with Marco Aurelio Garcia, President Lula da Silva's international affai [...]	2007-03-13 12:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
07BRASILIA452	BRAZIL: LULA'S MEETING WITH GOVERNORS PRODUCES LITTLE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: President Lula held a meeting with the governors of Brazil's 26 states and the federal district on March 6, in part to lay the foundation for cooperation with the governors on some of the sensitive fiscal federalism issues that, in an ideal world, Lula would address over the cou [...]	2007-03-16 13:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR
07BRASILIA482	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIALS ZEPP AND [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for EPA Officials Richard Zepp, Senior Research Scientist and Marirosa Molina, Research Scientist, Office of Research and Development, to Brasilia (DF) April 13-20, and Florianopolis (SC),Brazil, April 20-23, 2007, to attend the Large-Scale Biosphe [...]	2007-03-21 18:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA498	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR ROBERT MIRANDA AND ALAN [...] Country clearance is granted for ROBERT MIRANDA and ALAN HAMPTON to visit Brasilia from 03/25-27/2007 for investigative purposes. All work will be coordinated through LEGAT Brassanini. 2. Visitors are reminded that all US citizens traveling to Brazil for any purpose require visas, which must [...]	2007-03-23 19:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT
07BRASILIA499	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR ROBERT MIRANDA AND ALAN [...] Country clearance is granted for ROBERT MIRANDA and ALAN HAMPTON to visit Brasilia from 03/25-27/2007 for investigative purposes. All work will be coordinated through LEGAT Brassanini. 2. Visitors are reminded that all US citizens traveling to Brazil for any purpose require visas, which must [...]	2007-03-23 19:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT
07BRASILIA524	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIAL YEOW [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Aaron Yeow, Environmental Health Scientist, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, and Executive Secretary and OSRTI Liaison for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Technical Review Workgroup (TRW) for Metal and Asbes [...]	2007-03-27 18:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA545	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL SIMOES [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Eduardo Simoes, Director, Prevention Research Centers, NCCDPHP, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from April 9-19, 2007, to provide technical assistance to develop a long-term plan for training, scien [...]	2007-03-28 11:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA554	BRAZIL: MFA DISCUSSES UPCOMING LULA CAMP DAVID VISIT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)'s Under Secretary General for Political Affairs, Everton Vieira Vargas, met with the Ambassador of the Dominican Republic, and the Charge d'Affaires of Haiti on March 29. DCM and EconOff were also invited to attend. Per reftel, the [...]	2007-03-29 20:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENIV ENRG DR ES HA SC
07BRASILIA559	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS OFFICIAL NICHOLS PLUS 2 [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. James Nichols, Senior Scientist, Byron Williams, Senior Science Advisor, and James Hines, Computer Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey Research Geologist to travel to Cuiaba (Mato Grosso),Brazil, April 28 to May 12, 2007. Purpose of travel: [...]	2007-03-30 16:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA TBIO OTRA BR

07BRASILIA580	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 92 [...] The following is the ninety-second in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]	2007-04-03 15:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA592	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICER CHILLER [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Tom Chiller, Medical Officer, COGH/NCZVED, OD, CDC, HHS, Brasilia, Brazil, from April 23-27, 2007, and to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from April 22-23, 2007 to meet with collaborators to work on the final analysis of the Candidemia surveillance stud [...]	2007-04-04 19:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA60	BRAZIL: FISCAL PACKAGE CLAIMS FIRST BUREAUCRATIC VICTIM [...] (SBU) Summary: The fiscal battle over President Lula's planned package of economic measures -- which the GoB is now referring to prosaically as a "package to accelerate growth" (PTAG) -- has claimed its first bureaucratic victim. Finance Ministry Treasury Secretary Carlos Kawall (under-secreta [...]	2007-01-11 14:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV BR
07BRASILIA607	BILATERAL ENGAGEMENT RESULTS IN IMPROVED PUBLIC REACTION TO [...] (U) Summary. A number of high level visits by USG officials to Brazil, culminating in two Presidential visits have given us an unprecedented opportunity to get our views into the media. As a result, a more positive tone has started to emerge in the media and public opinion, with residual ske [...]	2007-04-05 19:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BR
07BRASILIA617	FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Internationally, in recent years there has been an emphasis on directing foreign assistance to lower-income developing countries where the levels of poverty are generally more acute. However, this approach may result in insufficient support to the development and poverty eradic [...]	2007-04-09 21:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL BR
07BRASILIA671	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NASA OFFICIAL BRIDGES [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Nathan Bridges, National and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) official, to Carajas (PA),Brazil, to conduct fieldwork at the Carajas mine in support of the remote spectral characterization of terrestrial life formi [...]	2007-04-16 13:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA694	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE A/S KARSNER DELEGATION [...] Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary Alexander "Andy" Karsner, and his delegation, to Sao Paulo and Brasilia, Brazil, April 22-25, 2007. Members of the Assistant Secretary's delegation include Courtney Gillespie, Michael Mills [...]	2007-04-19 12:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA697	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL FLANERY [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Brendan Flannery, Epidemiologist, COCH/NCIRD/OD/HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from April 23-30, 2007, to meet with current CDC secondee to PAHO in Brasilia for measles and immunizations activities [...]	2007-04-19 18:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA698	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL CHILLER [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Tom Chiller, Medical Officer, COGH/NCZVED/OD/HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Rio de Janeiro (RJ),Brazil, from April 22-23, 2007, and Brasilia (DF) April 23-27, 2007 to meet with collaborators to work on the final an [...]	2007-04-19 18:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA71	BRAZIL HOSTS THE I SOUTH AMERICAN FISHERS FORUM ON SOLVING [...] On December 12-14, an OES-sponsored workshop with the slogan "Catch Fish Not Birds" brought together 50 experts from across the world to take a look at the potential to reduce seabird bycatch throughout the South American long-line fishery via the adoption of mitigation measures in South Americ [...]	2007-01-12 18:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA745	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL NESLUND [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Ms.. Verla Neslund, Special Project Advisor, OD/HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from May 1-5, 2007, to participate in WHO meeting as CDC foundation representative to ensure greater understanding of the [...]	2007-04-26 19:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA755	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS DELEGATION VISITS [...] (SBU) Summary: From April 11-13, FIESP (the Sao Paulo State Industrial Federation) hosted visits to Sao Paulo and Brasilia by a National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) delegation led by Governor John Engler, the organization's president. The meetings, which came on the heels of USTR Susan [...]	2007-04-27 20:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTO BR
07BRASILIA759	BRAZIL: MANAUS MEETINGS, MEANDERINGS AND MUSINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: As Virtual Presence Post Officer, Econoff visited Manaus, State of Amazonas from April 16-19 for public outreach and economic-related meetings. While there, she visited the U.S. Consular Agent in Manaus, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce-Amazonas, and the bi-national center, Institu [...]	2007-04-30 15:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG KPAO OIIP CVIS PGOV SENV BR
07BRASILIA762	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL SAMIRA ASMA [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Samira Asma, Associate Director, Global Tobacco Control Program, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo(transit),May 1; Brasilia, May 1-3; Rio de J [...]	2007-04-30 19:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA790	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIALS GREGG, IMAI, [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Edward Gregg, Epidemiologist; Kumiko Imai Senior Service; and Yiling Cheng, Scientist, NCCDPHP/HHSCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, May 6-12, 2007, to participate in a meeting and workshop to discuss the [...]	2007-05-04 14:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA792	EARTH DAY PHOTO CONTEST ATTRACTS OVER 1,500 PICS FROM ALL [...] SUMMARY: The US Embassy in Brasilia, through its Regional Environmental HUB Office and with indispensable support from the Public Affairs section, celebrated Earth Day 2007 through a countrywide photography contest entitled 'A Snapshot of Brazilian Nature.' With over 1,500 entries from throu [...]	2007-05-04 14:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KPAO OIIP BR
07BRASILIA839	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL FLANNERY [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Brendan Flannery, Epidemiologist, NCIRD, HHS/CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, May 27 to June 10, 2007, to work with current CDC secondee for immunization to Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) o [...]	2007-05-10 17:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA840	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL WELLINGTON SUN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Wellington Sun, Dengue Branch, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, May 23-25, 2007, to attend as a Temporary Advisor at the Regulatory Forum on Clinical Evaluation of Dengue Vaccines, as part of the Sixth [...]	2007-05-10 17:18:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA841	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL PARASHAR [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Umesh Parashar, Medical Epidemiologist, CCID, NCIRD, HHS/CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, May 22-23, 2007, to participate and present at a WHO Meeting on Developing Countries Vaccine Regulators Netw [...]	2007-05-10 17:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA854	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VISIT OF U/S DOBRIANSKY [...] The U.S. Mission in Brazil welcomes the May 16-17, 2007, visit of Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky and delegation for the Common Agenda for The Environment and other meetings, and grants country clearance to the travelers. During your stay in Brasilia (DF),Bra [...]	2007-05-14 14:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA OVIP PGOV BR
07BRASILIA855	U.S. COMPANIES PRESS TRADE MINISTER ON COMPULSORY [...] (SBU) Summary. In a May 9 meeting with newly-appointed Minister of Trade Miguel Jorge, representatives from the Brazil-U.S. Business Council outlined their thoughts regarding the direction of bilateral trade trends. Chief on their mind was the damage to Brazil's investment climate done by t [...]	2007-05-14 15:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EIND BR
07BRASILIA858	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL PRATT [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Michael Pratt, Lead, Senior Medical Officer, NCCDPHP, HHS/CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, May 15; to Brasilia, Brazil, May 15-18; to Curitiba, May 18-20; to Brasilia May 20-23; and, to Sao Paulo, Brazil, [...]	2007-05-14 17:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA874	BRAZIL'S ENVIRONMENT MINISTER SILVA DISCUSSES MINISTRY [...] SUMMARY. During a wide-ranging conversation with Ambassador Sobel and other Embassy staff on May 11, 2007, Brazil's Minister for the Environment, Marina Silva, discussed bilateral and multilateral cooperation. Topics included Brazil's proposal regarding compensated deforestation, Ministry prio [...]	2007-05-16 19:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TRGY BR
07BRASILIA888	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIALS SCHMID AND [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Thomas Schmid, Senior Evaluation Specialist and Eduardo Simoes, Chief, PRC, NCCDPHP, CDC, HHS, to travel to Sao Paulo, Brazil on May 20, 2007 and to Brasilia, Brazil, from May 20-24, 2007, and Sao Paulo on May 24, 2007. The purpose of the trip [...]	2007-05-18 15:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA890	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR HHS/FDA OFFICIALS TIERNAN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Rose Tiernan, Medical Officer and Robin Levis, Regulatory Coordinator, Office of Vaccines Research and Review, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, HHS to travel to Brasilia, Brazil, from May 22-27, 2007. The purpose of the trip [...]	2007-05-18 17:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA905	DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S A/S KARSNER VISITS BRAZIL TO JUMP [...] (SBU) Summary: During Assistant Secretary Karsner's April 23-25, 2007, visit, he was able to meet with a broad spectrum of policymakers representing state and federal government plus those from the private sector who make up Brazil's biofuel power elite. Beginning with meetings in Sao Paulo w [...]	2007-05-21 19:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY ENRG SENV EAGR ETRD KSCA US BR
07BRASILIA919	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE CONTRACTOR NOZIK [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. Arthur J. Nozik, Sr Research Fellow, National Renewable Energy Laboratory to Manaus, Brazil from August 19-25, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to present a speech on recent published results from NREL's research on multiple exciton generat [...]	2007-05-23 13:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG OTRA BR
07BRASILIA920	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH DR. KAMHAWI [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Shaden Kamhawi, Staff Scientist, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to Manaus, Brazil, June 3-9, 2007, to meet with Brazilian collaborator to continue Sand Fly Leishmania Program research related to malaria studies. [...]	2007-05-23 13:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA BR
07BRASILIA934	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH/FIC DR. COSTERO-SAINT [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Adriana Costero-Saint Denis, Program Officer, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),NIH, to Manaus, Brazil, June 3-15, 2007, to attend a two-week course, Biology of Disease Vector, at Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. 2. V [...]	2007-05-24 16:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA BR
07BRASILIA984	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH OFFICIAL HANDLEY [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Frank Gray Handley, Associate Director for International Research Affairs, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH),to Brasilia, Brazil, from June 10-14, 2007, to participate in the first me [...]	2007-05-31 17:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA985	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/FE OFFICIAL MCKEE TO [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Barbara McKee, Director, Office of Clean Energy Collaboration, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),to Brasilia, Brazil, June 26-30, 2007, to chair the International Energy Working Party on Fossil Fuels Executive Committee Meeting and speak a [...]	2007-05-31 17:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRATISLAVA133	FICO: I WILL NOT ALLOW MY GOVERNMENT TO BE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Fico told the Ambassador that he will not allow his government to be isolated in Europe on the issue of Kosovo, which is what he believes to be the aim of opposition leader Mikulas Dzurinda. Fico expressed firm support for FM Kubis, who in turn gave public remarks [...]	2007-03-02 15:30:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KOC YI LO
07BRATISLAVA138	SLOVAKIA ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Embassy TIP Point of Contact: Name: Tanya Spencer Position: Political Officer Phone: 421 2 5922 3277 Fax: 421 2 5922 3109 E-mail: spencertk@state.gov Total time to complete TIP report: FSNs: 33 hours FS03: 40 hours FS02: 2 hours FS01: 1 hour --------------------------------- [...]	2007-03-06 19:59:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC
07BRATISLAVA144	SLOVAKIA'S 2006 GDP GROWTH AT 8.3 PERCENT SECOND HIGHEST IN [...] SUMMARY: Slovakia's economy continues full steam ahead, posting 9.6 percent growth in the fourth quarter of 2006, and a year-ending GDP growth of 8.3 percent in real prices for 2006. GDP growth was driven mainly by net exports, including roll-out production of automotive companies, machinery a [...]	2007-03-12 16:11:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD LO
07BRATISLAVA146	UPDATE ON SLOVAKIA'S KOSOVO DEBATE [...] (C) Summary and action recommendation: In separate conversations, President Gasparovic, the International Secretary of PM Fico's Smer party, and a Christian Democrat SIPDIS MP told us that Slovakia will not be outside the European mainstream on Kosovo. Nonetheless, in a March 12 press appe [...]	2007-03-12 17:28:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI KO LO
07BRATISLAVA16	SLOVAK MFA SUPPORTS EU POSITION ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary. In advance of the January 12 NATO Political Directors meeting and the January 26 NATO Ministerial discussions on Kosovo, Ambassador discussed Slovakia's position with MFA PolDir Miro Lajcak on January 10. Lajcak told us that the MFA completed a Kosovo strategy paper to present to [...]	2007-01-10 15:30:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR LO
07BRATISLAVA169	DZURINDA HAS BOXED HIMSELF IN ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: Former PM Dzurinda's advisor told the Ambassador that Dzurinda would not change his mind on Kosovo. However, the advisor also assured the Ambassador that any resolution SDKU proposed would not be binding and would not comment on how Slovakia should vote in the security council. En [...]	2007-03-20 16:51:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI KOC LO
07BRATISLAVA176	NO RESOLUTION ON KOSOVO GETS THROUGH COMMITTEE [...] (U) The parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee March 22 failed to pass any resolution on Kosovo. In a surprise move, Slovak National Party (SNS) MP Jozef Rydlo pulled out a "unified" draft text at the last minute that replaced the previously separate drafts submitted by SNS and former PM Muk [...]	2007-03-22 16:01:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV YI KO LO
07BRATISLAVA21	ARCHBISHOP PRAISES FASCIST WHILE NATIONAL MEMORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Slovak Prime Minister and President publicly refuted the statements (although not the person) of Slovak Archbishop Jan Sokol in praise of a WWII era fascist leader which had outraged local minority groups and received international media attention. Despite the PM's repudia [...]	2007-01-11 17:34:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF LO
07BRATISLAVA227	SECURING SLOVAK SUPPORT FOR UNSCR ON KOSOVO [...] (C) In response to ref A, we believe that there is no need for additional phone calls or messages to Slovak officials regarding Kosovo. Per ref B, the Slovak MFA is eager to see an early draft of the UNSCR and give input that will help sell the final resolution to Slovakia's domestic audience. [...]	2007-04-17 16:02:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL YI RS UNMIK LO
07BRATISLAVA23	IRAQ: ECHOING PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE IN SLOVAK MEDIA [...] On Thursday January 11, Ambassador Vallee strongly echoed the themes, presented in President Bush's new Iraq Strategy, to a broad Slovak audience: Much is at stake in Iraq; it can not become a base for global terrorism; the Iraqis will take the lead in this new strategy; protection of the popul [...]	2007-01-12 14:41:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS MARR MOPS PGOV PREL KPAO LO
07BRATISLAVA241	TIP GRANT PROPOSALS FROM SLOVAKIA [...] (SBU) First recommendation: Name of organization: Kulturne Zdruzenie Romov Slovenska (KZRS),(Cultural Association of Roma of Slovakia, an NGO) Name of primary contact: Andrea Buckova Requested funding amount from USG: USD 49,940 Total cost of project: USD 80,274 Project title: Prevention of [...]	2007-04-23 06:20:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM SMIG PHUM PGOV LO
07BRATISLAVA256	SLOVAKIA RELIGIOUS ROUND UP APRIL 27, 2007 [...] (U) On April 19, the Ministry of Culture registered the Bahai Community as the 18th recognized religion in Slovakia. The Bahais are the last faith to receive recognition under the existing law, which requires a petition of 20,000 signatures of resident supporters (though not necessarily member [...]	2007-04-27 15:41:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PGOV PHUM LO
07BRATISLAVA263	PM FICO DISCUSSES SUDAN, KOSOVO, ENERGY AND MD [...] (C) Summary. During a May 3 breakfast, PM Robert Fico assured Slovakia will vote with the EU on Kosovo in the UNSC; reiterated his personal opposition to U.S. Missile Defense plans and advocated more dialogue with Russia and within the EU; reacted favorably to the possibility of sending militar [...]	2007-05-03 14:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR SU RU LO
07BRATISLAVA38	SLOVAK TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN, PM FICO,S OVERSEAS [...] (C) PM Fico,s Chief of Protocol Marek Estok (please protect) told DCM January 19 that Fico has made his decision about whether to move Slovak engineering troops from Kabul to Kandahar, although Estok demurred from saying what that decision is. Fico travels to Kandahar January 25, but it is no [...]	2007-01-19 15:15:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF LO
07BRATISLAVA382	OPPOSITION PARTIES COOPERATING IN A BID TO [...] (C) Slovak opposition parties -- the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union-Democratic Party (SDKU),Hungarian Coalition Party (SMK) and the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) -- are gradually improving their intra-party cooperation and appear united in their shared goal of maintaining the eco [...]	2007-06-27 10:57:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR LO
07BRATISLAVA385	SLOVAK ECONOMY CONTINUES TO GROW RAPIDLY, BUT SLOWER THAN [...] Summary: The Slovak economy continues to grow at a fast rate, reaching 8.9 percent real GDP growth in the first quarter of 2007, but did not attain the double-digit heights predicted by many economic analysts. Real wage growth increased 4.5 percent, which is higher than in the first quarter of [...]	2007-06-27 15:00:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD LO
07BRATISLAVA417	PM FICO AND PRESIDENT GASPAROVIC ON AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C)Summary. Paragraphs 4-12 contain notes from the Ambassador,s July 19 Meeting with PM Robert Fico. Paragraphs 13-19 contain notes from the Ambassador's July 18 meeting with President Gasparovic. SUMMARY OF THE MEETING WITH PM FICO ----------------------------------- 2. (C) The Ambassador [...]	2007-07-20 15:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS YI KO RU UNSC PHUM LO
07BRATISLAVA425	FM KUBIS ON KOSOVO, CFE, AFGHANISTAN, UNGA [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Vallee met with Foreign Minister Jan Kubis on July 25 to discuss a wide range of topics. Highlights include the following: - FM Kubis believes that, given the failure to pass a UNSC resolution on Kosovo, the EU can develop a common position on Kosovo within the 120-d [...]	2007-07-25 15:11:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MOPS RU KO LO
07BRATISLAVA472	EXAMINATION OF POLITICAL PRESSURE IN SLOVAK MEDIA [...] SUMMARY: Since its inception the governing coalition led by Prime Minister Robert Fico, has brawled with the press. This "open war," as the spokesman for the Ministry of Culture has termed it, is exacerbated by statements from the Prime Minister's office insisting on more coverage by public med [...]	2007-08-24 06:14:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS MARR MOPS PGOV PREL KPAO LO
07BRATISLAVA503	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH NEW SLOVAK POLITICAL DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary. In a cordial luncheon on September 5, DCM and new Slovak Political Director Roman Buzek exchanged views on Kosovo, the Middle East, CFE, and Slovakia's candidacy for the Human Rights Council. Buzek repeated well-known Slovak red lines on Kosovo, but confirmed that Slovakia would [...]	2007-09-10 06:11:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCFE LO MEPP
07BRATISLAVA524	BILATERAL CONSULAR WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES VISA [...] SUMMARY: On September 11, Ambassador, DHS DAS for Policy Development Nathan Sales, Director for the Visa Waiver Program Office Daniel Sullivan, and Embassy officers met with representatives of the GOS to discuss the visa waiver program in light of the recent 9/11 legislation. Discussions includ [...]	2007-09-18 15:36:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT CASC PREL LO
07BRATISLAVA542	PROSPECTS FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY IN SLOVAKIA IMPROVING [...] Summary. On September 14, the Embassy funded and co-hosted the conference "Biotechnology and its Prospects for Biofuels," in cooperation with Slovakia's leading farm association. The conference, held in the spa town of Piestany, was attended by approximately 160 participants, predominantly f [...]	2007-10-01 08:55:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR ETRD TBIO LO
07BRATISLAVA58	PM SIGNALS SLOVAK TROOP MOVE TO KANDAHAR - BUT [...] (C) PM Robert Fico has signalled his agreement to move Slovak military engineers from Kabul to Kandahar, but with the caveat that they conduct work only at Kandahar Air Base. Fico told a Bratislava press conference upon return from his January 26 visit to Kandahar that the GOS should make a fo [...]	2007-01-26 17:31:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS NATO KPAO AF LO
07BRATISLAVA601	SLOVAKS COMMITTED TO EURO ADOPTION IF EU WILL HAVE [...] (U) Summary - With the steadfast backing of Prime Minister Fico, Slovakia is now meeting the Maastricht economic criteria with the goal of adopting the Euro in January 2009. The concern now turns to the sustainability of the criteria, both in advance of the EU decision and after 2009. The str [...]	2007-11-06 11:15:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN LO
07BRATISLAVA61	PM FICO'S JANUARY 29 LUNCH WITH THE AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. PM Robert Fico hosted the Ambassador for a two-hour lunch in his office on January 29. Fico denied that he is moving Slovakia's foreign policy further from the U.S. and agreed to consider or pass along many of the Ambassador's suggestions on energy security and other domestic issue [...]	2007-01-31 15:49:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF SR LY VE LO
07BRATISLAVA616	SLOVAKIA: DEFENSE MINISTER KASICKY -- OUT OF STEP [...] (U) This is an Action Cable. See para 7. 2. (C) Summary. During a breakfast meeting with the Ambassador on November 9, Minister of Defense Frantisek Kasicky reviewed the state-of-play on preparations for new Slovak contributions to ISAF and elaborated the Slovak position on Missile Defense [...]	2007-11-16 08:43:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PARM LO RU
07BRATISLAVA62	INFLUENTIAL SLOVAK WOMEN [...] Five outstanding and influential women in Slovakia are: Iveta Radicova, PhD sphere: politics Member of Parliament Vice Chair of SDKU (Slovak Democratic and Christian Union) political party Former Minister of Labor, Social Affairs, and Family bio: www.sdkuonline.sk/volby2006/003 radicova.sh [...]	2007-01-31 16:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL LO
07BRATISLAVA631	TRANSPETROL NEGOTIATIONS OFF TO SLOW START [...] (C) Summary - As a result of the October 31 Dutch Court decision that returned control of Yukos Finance (YF) to the Khodorkovsky-appointed directors Dave Godfrey and Bruce Misamore, YF and Slovak government officials have restarted negotiations that were halted in 2006. The court decision will [...]	2007-11-30 07:56:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL LO RS
07BRATISLAVA648	UPDATE ON NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT AT PRIBENIK, SLOVAKIA REF: A. 06 STATE 163201 B. BRATISLAVA 00630 Classified By: Lawrence R. Silverman, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1 .4(b) and (d) [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-06 14:29:00	Embassy Bratislava	SECRET	ASEC PARM PREL PTER MNUC KCRM KNNP HU UP LOG
07BRATISLAVA662	SLOVAKIA: EUR DAS DICARLO'S NOVEMBER 29 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo met separately on November 29 with Slovak Foreign Minister Jan Kubis, MFA Political Director Roman Buzek, Head of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Boris Zala, and former Slovak Foreign Minister Eduard Kukan to discuss next steps on Kosovo, Bo [...]	2007-12-13 16:03:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	BH EU KVIR LO PREL
07BRATISLAVA668	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH PRIME MINISTER FICO [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Obsitnik had a cordial, almost hour-long introductory meeting with Prime Minister Fico on December 17. The Prime Minister expressed his desire to maintain open and constructive relations with the U.S. Embassy and noted how pleased he was to have the opportunity to meet [...]	2007-12-17 16:02:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO KVIR EU
07BRATISLAVA76	AHTISAARI PLAN SPARKS DEBATE IN SLOVAKIA [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari's plan on Kosovo final status has sparked heated debate in Slovakia. While the MFA forges ahead of the rest of the government and the general population toward "inevitable independence" for Kosovo, politicians and individual citizens continue to h [...]	2007-02-07 18:04:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YI LO
07BRATISLAVA83	MFA MOVES CLOSER TO U.S. ON KOSOVO; POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The Slovaks have come around within EU circles to acceptance of "welcoming the Ahtisaari proposal" and are working toward consensus on GAERC conclusions on Kosovo and Serbia, according to PolDir Miroslav Lajcak. On the other hand, Slovak political leaders are digging in their hee [...]	2007-02-08 16:41:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI LO
07BRATISLAVA84	FY-07 NATO TOUR NOMINEES FOLLOW-ON [...] (SBU) Per reftels, Embassy Bratislava nominates the following Members of Parliament for the FY-2007 single-country, policy-maker tour, which is already scheduled for March 8-9, 2007: -- Rudolf Pucik is a first-time MP representing the governing Slovak National Party (SNS). He is Chairperson o [...]	2007-02-09 13:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO AMGT NATO LO
07BRAZZAVILLE429	U.S. NAVY MAKES A BIG SPLASH IN CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE [...] (U) Summary. The U.S. Navy has been active in Congo-Brazzaville, and the small country is still feeling the benefits of its community outreach programs. A detachment of Seabees renovated two schools in the Brazzaville area, and on the heels of their departure, the USS FORREST SHERMAN made a po [...]	2007-10-26 16:31:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SCUL MARR KDEM PINR CF
07BRAZZAVILLE431	CORRECTED (ADDED TAGS AND INFO ADDRESSES) U.S. NAVY MAKES A [...] (U) Summary. The U.S. Navy has been active in Congo-Brazzaville, and the small country is still feeling the benefits of its community outreach programs. A detachment of Seabees renovated two schools in the Brazzaville area, and on the heels of their departure, the USS FORREST SHERMAN made a po [...]	2007-10-26 16:32:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SCUL MARR KDEM PINR CF
07BRAZZAVILLE439	BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF, 2 NOVEMBER 2007 [...] (U) The Renaissance Man: President Denis Sassou-Nguesso proclaimed in his state of the nation address that the Republic of Congo (RoC) is now in a full renaissance mode. Addressing Parliament on October 27, the President stated "The renaissance of the Congo is a visible, concrete and tangible a [...]	2007-11-02 15:19:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR PGOV EAID PINR PHUM SCUL MARR ECON CF
07BRAZZAVILLE449	BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - NOVEMBER 16, 2007 [...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified Post. 2. Representatives of the London Club (LC) announced on November 15 that an agreement has been signed between the Republic of Congo (RoC) and the LC to forgive 77 percent of the US$643.6 million debt owed to LC creditors. Government bonds will be [...]	2007-11-16 11:39:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ELTN EAID PHUM ENRG CF
07BRAZZAVILLE455	BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - NOVEMBER 23, 2007 [...] EmbBrazzaville is an unclassified Post. 2. President Denis Sassou-Nguesso attended the official launch of the multi-national military maneuvers called Barh El Gazel being conducted as part of the peacekeeping operations under the auspices Economic Community of States Central Africa (ECCAS). [...]	2007-11-23 13:45:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EAID ENRG CF
07BRIDGETOWN1098	AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S VISIT TO ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (SBU) Ambassador Ourisman traveled to Antigua and Barbuda August 15-16, 2007, with Embassy Bridgetown USAID Director for the Eastern Caribbean and the Regional Security Officer. The Ambassador met privately with Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer, as well as Minister of Health, John Maginley. The [...]	2007-08-29 17:46:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CVIS PGOV PREL XL
07BRIDGETOWN1195	ON BOARD, ALMOST: BIOFUELS INITIATIVE IN ST. KITTS [...] (SBU) A successful biofuels conference hosted in St. Kitts on August 28 encouraged the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis (GOSKN) to move forward on a biofuels development plan. However, with tourism development competing for scarce land and resource dollars on the island, continued USG engageme [...]	2007-09-13 15:27:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAGR EINV KPAO EAID EPET SENV
07BRIDGETOWN1440	AMBASSADOR OURISMAN TO ST. LUCIA: ARTICLE 98, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's October 17-19 trip to St. Lucia was highlighted by a positive meeting with PM King that helped move our Article 98 agenda forward. In addition, the Ambassador's presentation of USD 2 million to the OECS for a biodiversity grant and USD 39,000 worth of DSATA bomb [...]	2007-11-20 15:11:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID EINV EIND ASEC CASC KTIA ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN1483	BARBADOS NATIONAL DAY: AN ELECTION PULPIT [...] (U) Barbados celebrated its 41st year of independence from Great Britain on November 30. Both the current ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP) and the opposition Democratic Labour Party (DLP) took advantage of the occasion to posture themselves favorably for the upcoming national election, pred [...]	2007-12-04 20:48:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN189	AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH PM [...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 introductory meeting with Ambassador Mary Ourisman, Barbados' Prime Minister Owen Arthur assured the United States of his commitment to continue building a strong and warm bilateral relationship. PM Arthur and Ambassador Ourisman discussed trade, disaster risk man [...]	2007-02-12 19:48:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ASEC SNAR ECON ETRD BB JM XL
07BRIDGETOWN196	AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ourisman presented her credentials to the President of Dominica and called on both the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister on January 24. In her courtesy calls, the Ambassador and her interlocutors discussed both current and possible future USAID projects, the Adva [...]	2007-02-13 16:36:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID ENRG EINV MASS KCRM KPAO
07BRIDGETOWN284	THIRD CWC 2007 ISAG MEETING: CWC TO WALK BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Support and Advisory Group (ISAG) for Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 held its third plenary session February 23 in Bridgetown, Barbados. The objective of the meeting was to bring together the group of hosting and playing nations and the international community fo [...]	2007-03-05 21:39:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PTER CASC PINR KCIP KTIA XL
07BRIDGETOWN286	AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO ST. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ourisman presented her credentials to the government of St. Lucia on February 20. In meetings with the Governor General, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and leader of the opposition, the Ambassador discussed crime in St. Lucia, Article 98, Petrocaribe, the Advance Pa [...]	2007-03-05 23:11:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KCRM CASC ENRG EPET EFIN ASEC
07BRIDGETOWN312	RSS C-26 AIRCRAFT AND COLOMBIA [...] (C) Per ref A, Ambassador Ourisman informed Barbados' Prime Minister Owen Arthur that INL's proposal to repair the two C-26 aircraft of the Regional Security System (RSS) airwing was no longer offered. 2. (C) In response, PM Arthur and other officials noted that, in principle, Barbados w [...]	2007-03-13 20:02:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR BB CO XL
07BRIDGETOWN470	BARBADOS CENTRAL BANK: OPPORTUNITIES AND [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank of Barbados (CBB) Senior Director for Research, Dr. Daniel Boamah, is projecting solid growth for Barbados' economy in 2007 and no serious impact from the disappointing Cricket World Cup. The CBB plans to announce that it has revised its economic growth projections [...]	2007-04-20 20:21:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN581	PRIME MINISTER MITCHELL RESHUFFLES GRENADA CABINET [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a May 6 New National Party (NNP) rally, Prime Minister Keith Mitchell announced a change in several cabinet portfolios, including the creation of a new ministry, effective May 15. He did not call parliamentary elections, as had been widely expected. His decision caught the [...]	2007-05-11 18:11:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB GJ PGOV PREL
07BRIDGETOWN86	SAINT LUCIA FM SENDS CONDOLENCES FOR PRESIDENT [...] The following message was received 24 January 2007. Begin Text: NOTE NO.PE-046/2007 The Ministry of External Affairs, International Trade and Civil Aviation of Saint Lucia presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America in Bridgetown, and has the honour to transm [...]	2007-01-25 18:05:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL ST
07BRIDGETOWN907	CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING: HALTING [...] (C) Summary: The 28th CARICOM Heads of Government Conference took place in Barbados on July 1-4, 2007. Unsurprisingly, the Caribbean leaders agreed on a number of measures that should ensure some forward momentum in the region's integration efforts in the economic, security, and social develo [...]	2007-07-16 19:46:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BB EAID EAIR ETRD PGOV PINR PREL XL
07BRUSSELS1099	FRIENDS OF BELARUS OFFER MIXED VIEWS ON ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) On March 21, DAS David Kramer and U.S. Ambassador to Belarus Karen Stewart participated in a Friends of Belarus meeting convened at the Lithuanian Permanent Mission to the EU, in Brussels. The meeting was held on the margin of EU capital-based COEST experts meeting and US-EU COEST Troika [...]	2007-03-30 15:21:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN BO
07BRUSSELS1119	EU TROIKA DISCOURAGED ABOUT SOMALI RECONCILIATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 15:36:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SO BE
07BRUSSELS1130	U.S.- EU WESTERN BALKANS TROIKA CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) EU Council, Commission, and member state officials told EUR/SCE Director Chris Hoh March 19-21 in Brussels that the EU is working hard to maintain member state unity in support of Ahtisaari's package and that an unambiguous UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) was vital to ensure the EU' [...]	2007-04-03 13:17:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN ZL UN ICTY
07BRUSSELS1175	MID-TERM CHANGES IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-05 13:25:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR EUN
07BRUSSELS1208	EU AND US DISCUSS TURKEY, CROATIA AT COELA TROIKA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. EUR/SE Director Douglas Silliman and EUR/SCE Director Christopher Hoh met with counterparts in the European Council, Commission, and current and incoming presidencies to discuss EU candidate countries Turkey and Croatia at a regularly scheduled COELA troika March 21. EU interl [...]	2007-04-11 09:17:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	BE CR CY EUN PREL TK TU
07BRUSSELS1209	EU AND US DISCUSS TURKEY, CROATIA AT COELA TROIKA [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-11 09:17:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	BE CR CY EUN PREL TK TU
07BRUSSELS1238	Environmental Problems and Progress May Color [...] (U) Summary. A recent study found that Belgium's ecological footprint is among Europe's worst, as it consumes far more resources than it produces. Nonetheless, progress has been made in cleaning up Belgium's environment in the past ten years, according to a new OECD assessment, with air and [...]	2007-04-12 15:34:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EINV BE
07BRUSSELS1253	SERBIAN GOVERNMENT PULLS CANDIDATE FOR SECRETARY GENERAL OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The transition of the Stability Pact (SP) regional cooperation agenda to regional ownership (refs) hit a bump with the April 11 Serbian withdrawal of the nomination of Goran Svilanovic, former Serbia-Montenegro Foreign Minister and Stability Pact Working Table I (Democracy) chai [...]	2007-04-13 16:21:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EAID SR HR EUN MI RO BU GR BK MW YI TU
07BRUSSELS1327	EUROPEAN COMMISSION PREPARED TO INCREASE [...] (C) EAP PDAS Stephens discussed DPRK with European Commission (EC) Director for Korea/Japan Alan Seatter April 17, outlining developments since the February 13 agreement. Seatter noted that the EU will increase its assistance, particularly regarding food security, if the DPRK implements its in [...]	2007-04-20 06:55:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KNNP EUN JA KN KS
07BRUSSELS1380	SCENE-SETTER FOR U.S.-EU SUMMIT [...] (C/NF) Summary: The April 30th U.S.-EU Summit should ratify an important economic package with positive messages for our improved economic and political relationship. This is Chancellor Merkel's Summit, and EU officials coming to Washington will be conscious that they are playing more of a s [...]	2007-04-24 14:21:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON ENRG EU PGOV
07BRUSSELS1401	BELGIUM'S SUPPORT CONTINUED PRESSURE ON CUBA, [...] (C) On April 23, polcouns and poloff discussed reftel with Ambassador VanDessel, Director for Latin America and the Caribbean in the Belgian MFA. Jean-Luc Bodson, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Foreign Minister, was present also. Ambassador VanDessel noted he was looking forward to his planned [...]	2007-04-26 13:11:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL CU BE
07BRUSSELS1421	TREASURY DISCUSSIONS WITH EU ON SWIFT NARROW KEY [...] 1. (C/NF) Summary and comment. On April 25, FinCEN Director James Freis, Director General for Justice, Freedom and Security at the European Commission, Jonathan Faull, and Berthold Leber, Deputy Director General at the German Ministry of Finance, continued discussions to resolve EU concern [...]	2007-04-27 10:16:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN KTFN PTER EUN
07BRUSSELS1459	SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE JOHN LANGE AND EU OFFICIALS [...] (U) Summary. In his first official visit to Brussels since taking on his position in 2006, Ambassador John Lange, Special Representative on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, met with the European Commission on April 26th as part of the run-up to the next meeting of the International Partnership [...]	2007-05-02 11:09:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID TBIO SOCI
07BRUSSELS1460	SCENE-SETTER FOR G8 LABOR MINISTERIAL: THE [...] This message is intended to provide information and background on the EU employment strategy and the personality and the views of EU Employment and Social Affairs Commissioner Vladimir Spidla in preparation for the G-8 Labor Ministerial to take place in Dresden on May 6-8. MORE AND BETTER [...]	2007-05-02 11:27:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB SOCI PGOV EUN
07BRUSSELS1462	A/S BOUCHER DISCUSSES SOUTH ASIA WITH THE EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 17, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher led the U.S. South Asia delegation to the COASI (the EU's Asia-Oceania Working Party) Troika on South Asia, discussing Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, U.S.-EU-India relations, and the situati [...]	2007-05-02 12:49:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN AF PK IN CE NP BG
07BRUSSELS1548	BOUCHER DISCUSSES CENTRAL ASIA WITH EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 16, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher led the U.S. delegation to the COEST (the EU's Eastern Europe and Central Asia Working Party) troika on Central Asia. Throughout the German EU presidency, the EU has expressed a growing interes [...]	2007-05-10 05:17:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZK
07BRUSSELS1596	BOUCHER DISCUSSES CENTRAL ASIA WITH EU (CORRECTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 16, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher led the U.S. delegation to the COEST (the EU's Eastern Europe and Central Asia Working Party) troika on Central Asia. Throughout the German EU presidency, the EU has expressed a growing interes [...]	2007-05-11 15:21:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZK

07BRUSSELS1664	NEGROPONTE DISCUSSES SUDAN SANCTIONS, SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: In a May 17 meeting, Deputy Secretary John D. Negroponte heard from two EU's senior experts on Africa policy that discussions of imposing European sanctions on Sudan are stalled. The EU is looking to the UN to take the lead on multilateral sanctions, but says the UN Security Coun [...]	2007-05-21 05:00:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EUN AF
07BRUSSELS1787	NATO, AFGHANISTAN, AND BELGIUM: JUNE 10 ELECTIONS [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Belgian FM De Gucht told DCM on May 30 that the June 10 federal polls limit Belgium's ability to be responsive to NATO's request. De Gucht said that while his party (the party of the Foreign and Prime Ministers) was sympathetic to the request from NATO, the [...]	2007-06-01 10:51:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR BE AF
07BRUSSELS1843	BELGIAN STEWPOT: June 5, 2007 [...] (U) On May 22, Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt detailed his strategy to improve Belgium's investment climate over the past eight years, and his plans for the coming years in a talk to AmCham members. In addition to prudent macroeconomic fiscal management (balanced budgets, paying down the fed [...]	2007-06-05 15:20:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINT EINV SENV BE
07BRUSSELS1892	Belgian Regions and Federal Taxes - Paying [...] (SBU) Summary. The "good news" story of Belgian federal fiscal management is less lustrous than it appears. Ongoing devolution of responsibilities from the federal to the regional level since 1993 has created growing pressure by the regions for more revenue to perform their tasks, but taxing [...]	2007-06-08 13:31:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV BE
07BRUSSELS1948	EU RECOGNIZES RESPONSIBILITY TO SAVE [...] EU Interior Ministers in the June 12 JHA Council meeting in Luxembourg recognized their shared "responsibility" to save the lives of illegal migrants from Africa involved in tragic events in the Mediterranean. Ministers nevertheless offered little concrete help to frontline state Malta to h [...]	2007-06-14 07:28:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM SW EUN
07BRUSSELS2052	EU FOREIGN POLICY UNDER THE PORTUGUESE PRESIDENCY: [...] (C) Big changes in style and management of the policy process are expected when Germany hands off the six-month rotating EU Presidency to Portugal on July 1. In the realm of the EU,s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP),Council decision by consensus remains the rule and the EU Presiden [...]	2007-06-22 11:42:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EUN MARR MOPS PO XG
07BRUSSELS2056	EU FOREIGN POLICY UNDER THE PORTUGUESE PRESIDENCY: [...] (C) Big changes in style and management of the policy process are expected when Germany hands off the six-month rotating EU Presidency to Portugal on July 1. In the realm of the EU,s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP),Council decision by consensus remains the rule and the EU Presiden [...]	2007-06-22 13:00:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EUN MARR MOPS PO XG
07BRUSSELS215	BELGIUM: DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS TIMELINE [...] (C) Ambassador Korologos spoke with Belgian Foreign Minister DeGucht January 19 to urge support for UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari's plans and timeline for concluding the Kosovo future status process (reftel). DeGucht was receptive to our arguments and expressed support for Ahtisaari. [...]	2007-01-22 16:35:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU OPDC BE
07BRUSSELS2170	U.S. AND EU-27 HOLD THIRD DIALOGUE ON VERIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary (A/S) of the Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (VCI) Paula DeSutter met with EU members of the Conference on Disarmament/UN and Non Proliferation Working Groups (CODUN and CONOP) June 4, 2007. This third meeting followed a successful U. [...]	2007-07-03 14:35:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EUN IR KN KNNP
07BRUSSELS2218	BELGIANS EXPRESS INCREASED CONCERNS ABOUT DRC [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting on June 26, 2007 with A/S Frazer, Belgian MFA Permanent Secretary Grauls expressed great concern about the Kabila regime's alarming loss of popularity, continuing instability in Eastern Congo, and the looming threat of another Rwandan incursion. The Belgian side [...]	2007-07-09 12:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINS PREL BE CG SU SF
07BRUSSELS2288	FURTHER PROGRESS IN DISCUSSIONS WITH EU ON LEGAL [...] (C) Summary. State Department Legal Adviser John Bellinger and Ashley Deeks, Attorney-Advisor, met June 5 with their counterparts from the 27 EU member states and representatives from the Council and Commission Secretariat. The majority of the four hour meeting was devoted to a further discus [...]	2007-07-13 11:29:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EUN
07BRUSSELS2324	A/S FRAZER AND EU CONFER ON RANGE OF AFRICAN ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. and EU were in general agreement about a broad range of African issues, with the important exceptions of Eritrea and Zimbabwe, when they met June 24 for four hours of troika consultations on African affairs. On Eritrea, the EU favored continued engagement of President Is [...]	2007-07-18 14:40:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID EUN XA
07BRUSSELS2402	AMBASSADOR FINLEY DISCUSSES OSCE AND COE WITH EU [...] On June 27, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Julie Finley led the U.S. delegation to the COSCE (the EU's OSCE working party) troika. During the four hour consultations, the EU declared its hope for reforms in Kazakhstan in light of its CiO bid and agr [...]	2007-07-30 08:27:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MARR PARM OSCE EUN XH
07BRUSSELS242	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 26, 2007 [...] (C) Summary: We expect Belgian FM De Gucht to have three major subjects on his mind when he meets the Secretary in Brussels on January 26 -- Kosovo, Iran, and Russia. You will have worked over Kosovo at the lunch, but you can usefully reinforce next steps with the Belgians during your discus [...]	2007-01-24 18:11:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL BE
07BRUSSELS243	DEPSEC KIMMITT VISIT: MEETING WITH FERRERO-WALDNER [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-25 08:32:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID EFIN EUN ETRD PARM IR IZ
07BRUSSELS2473	EU REFORM TREATY: MAKING THE SAUSAGE [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 23, EU Foreign Ministers opened an Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) to draw up the EU's "Reform Treaty." The Portuguese Presidency wants to draft the treaty quickly on the basis of the mandate adopted by the leaders at the June 21-23 European Council. In fact, the Pr [...]	2007-08-02 14:56:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EUN PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL
07BRUSSELS2475	EU CONTACTS DISCUSS THE MIDDLE EAST [...] SUMMARY. (C) Contacts in Brussels confirmed that while many member states question the practicality of isolating Hamas, the EU is firmly committed to the Quartet principles and will not waver in its support for them. Despite a recent flurry of press articles and think tank analyses calling for [...]	2007-08-02 16:07:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL XF LE SY EUN EAID
07BRUSSELS253	EUROPEAN COMMISSION OUTLINES PNR-STYLE APPROACH TO [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment. Treasury Deputy Assistant General Counsel, James Freis, and Michael Jacobson, from Treasury,s Terrorism Finance Office, met with the European Commission, the Council Secretariat and key member states in Brussels to discuss how to resolve the SWIFT issue January 16 [...]	2007-01-25 14:07:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PETR KJUST EFIN KTFN PGOV EUN BE
07BRUSSELS2609	IO DAS SINGH AND AMB REES EU CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) During a two day visit to Brussels, Deputy Assistant Secretary Manisha Singh and Amb. Grover Joseph Rees met with SIPDIS officials from the European Commission, the Council Secretariat, the Presidency, the European Parliament and SIPDIS international NGO's to discuss human rights iss [...]	2007-08-16 12:04:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EUN
07BRUSSELS2687	PORTUGUESE PRESIDENCY: GIVE US TIME ON KOSOVO, [...] (C) Portuguese Political and Security (PSC) Ambassador Pais told Charge August 23 that the EU will only address recognition and next steps on Kosovo as the December 10 report deadline moves closer. Pais floated a "hot house" Dayton-like conference as a possible way to pressure the Kosovars a [...]	2007-08-24 12:13:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO EUN KV RU TU
07BRUSSELS2765	SOLANA TO PRESS EU FMS ON NEED FOR REALISTIC [...] (C) An EU official told us September 4 that High Rep Javier Solana will press EU foreign ministers, at their informal "Gymnich" meeting September 7-8, on the need for realistic planning on scenarios for Kosovo even as the Contact Group troika talks proceed. The Portuguese Mission told us sep [...]	2007-09-04 16:51:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN KV
07BRUSSELS2892	BELGIANS URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION ON IRAN TRADE; [...] (C) Summary: Belgian FM De Gucht plans to visit Iran on September 15, 2007, according to MFA Secretary General Grauls, who told the Ambassador that the Minister wanted to escort home the Belgian citizen just released by Iranian criminals after being kidnapped one month ago. The Ambassador to [...]	2007-09-14 16:57:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ETTC IR BE
07BRUSSELS2950	EU COUNCIL EXPECTS FULL VISA RECIPROCITY BETWEEN U.S. AND [...] EU ministers in the September 18 Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council heard a presentation of the Commission's third report on the visa reciprocity mechanism, including the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) with the U.S. Commission Vice-President Frattini and Portuguese Interior Minister/Council ch [...]	2007-09-20 09:03:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM SW EUN
07BRUSSELS3020	DAS KRAMER, AMB STEWART AND THE EU DISCUSSES NEXT [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 13:32:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON ENRG OSCE EUN BO XH
07BRUSSELS3026	Embassy Brussels ftaar Evening: A Multicultural Success [...] Ambassador and Mrs. Sam Fox osted fifty persons at an Iftaar on September 25, 2007. The focus this year was on younger guests and sharing experiences as members of diverse societies. Members of Belgium's Moroccan and Turkish communities present included young politicians, journalists, studen [...]	2007-09-28 15:17:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI KISL PHUM BE
07BRUSSELS3039	CORRECTED COPY: DAS KRAMER, AMB STEWART AND THE EU [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-01 15:20:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON ENRG OSCE EUN BO XH
07BRUSSELS3052	EU RESPONSE TO KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE BURMESE [...] (C) Summary: EU Council and Commission contacts expressed their agreement with reftel points and explained that intense EU discussions are continuing on internal and external measures designed to keep pressure on the Burmese regime in response to the recent violent crackdown on protesters. Mem [...]	2007-10-02 14:21:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM EUN
07BRUSSELS3093	EU CONTACTS DISCUSS MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS [...] (C/NF) EU Council Middle East Unit Chief Christian Jouret characterized the Quartet and other meetings in New York as good, but expressed his personal concern from side meetings with Arab officials that "the Arabs" are not privately as optimistic or constructive as they appeared to be. Jouret [...]	2007-10-05 14:47:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IS SY LE XF EUN
07BRUSSELS3114	EU WELCOMES AGREEMENT ON DPRK SECOND PHASE ACTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-10 10:06:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KN KNNP EUN
07BRUSSELS3128	DEA ADMINISTRATOR DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN DRUG [...] (C) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Karen Tandy discussed the drug situation in Afghanistan with Commission, Council Secretariat, and Political and Security Committee (PSC) Ambassadors during her September 30 to October 2 visit to Brussels. She emphasized close links betwe [...]	2007-10-12 12:33:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EU
07BRUSSELS3194	EUROPEAN COMMISSION DISCUSSES SOUTHEAST ASIA ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to our contacts in the European Commission (EC),the EC's top priorities on Burma are to keep attention and pressure focused on the regime and to continue to press ASEAN for meaningful engagement. In the Philippines, the EU is considering options for providing technical [...]	2007-10-19 15:07:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN XB
07BRUSSELS3195	THE EU AND CENTRAL ASIA: PREPARING FOR THE COEST [...] (C) Summary: Since the EU formally adopted a new strategy for Central Asia in June, it has been working to increase Member State focus on the region and generate interest in the implementation of the strategy. EU priorities in Central Asia include energy, demarcation and respect for borders, a [...]	2007-10-19 15:10:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EU PGOV PREL UZ XG ZK
07BRUSSELS3241	FTC CHAIRMAN MAJORAS REVIEWS MICROSOFT CASE IMPACTS WITH [...] SUMMARY. FTC Chairman Majoras and Ambassador Gray reviewed U.S. and EU competition developments with nine prominent Brussels attorneys on Oct. 19. The group focused on the EU victory in its antitrust case against Microsoft, but also covered pending EU cases against other tech firms. Majoras [...]	2007-10-26 09:52:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN KIPR ECPS EINT ETRD EINV ECON EUN
07BRUSSELS3248	U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON W.BALKANS: CONCERN OVER [...] (C) EU and member state officials told EUR/SCE Director Chris Hoh, during the Oct. 24 U.S.-EU consultations on the W. Balkans (COWEB) and in separate meetings in Brussels, that they are reviewing the possible launch of an ESDP mission in Kosovo before a UDI and that a "critical mass" of member [...]	2007-10-26 14:56:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ZL EUN
07BRUSSELS3251	EU CONSIDERS NEXT MOVES ON IRAN-- OURS AND THEIRS [...] (C) On October 26, Council Secretariat Director General Robert Cooper briefed the 27 EU PSC Ambassadors on the Solana-Larijani meeting in Rome on October 23. According to a Council Secretariat desk officer (protect) who was present at the PSC briefing, Cooper reported on the talks in general [...]	2007-10-26 17:07:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN EUN
07BRUSSELS3258	INVITATION TO CHAD ESDP FORCE GENERATION [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: The EU has invited the U.S. to take part in informal force generation consultations with the operation commander of the ESDP mission to Chad. This follows oral and written invitations in September to [...]	2007-10-29 15:32:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS EUN CD PREF
07BRUSSELS3351	BELGIAN GOVERNMENT FORMATION - ADRIFT, BUT STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: Yves Leterme's attempt to form a new Belgian government is still alive, but there seems little chance that it will succeed anytime soon. A recent series of inter-communal flaps, all centered around the bilingual communes surrounding Brussels, have brought a pause to Leterme's [...]	2007-11-16 15:58:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BE
07BRUSSELS3390	USG DELEGATION APPROACHES BELGIUM ON TERRORISM [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: An inter-agency USG team, led by S/CT Counterterrorism Coordinator Dell Dailey, met with representatives of Belgium's counterterrorism, law enforcement, and intelligence communities, as well as parliamentarians, to discuss Al Qaida's increasing threat to Europe and the West, a [...]	2007-11-27 09:08:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER TU BE
07BRUSSELS3391	EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROPOSES SWEEPING TELECOM REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. The European Commission adopted proposals on November 13, 2007 for a major reform, the so-called E-Communications Framework Review, of the EU's telecommunications regulatory framework. The Commission's goals with the package include promoting competition within [...]	2007-11-27 09:29:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECIN EINV EINT ETRD ECON EUN
07BRUSSELS3417	WIREC 2008: EUROPEAN COMMISSION HAS QUESTIONS, [...] (U) Summary: On November 20, 2007 ESToffs met with DG Environment to discuss preparations for the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC),March 4-6, 2008 in Washington. DG Environment is interested in participating in the EU delegation and queried about the possibility [...]	2007-11-29 15:23:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ENRG EPET SENV EU
07BRUSSELS3421	FRANCE ANTICIPATES USING GALILEO FOR MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: French officials in Brussels disclosed that the French military will look to use Galileo in the future. Using their interpretation of the existing European Space Policy, they explained that the legal framework is permissive of certain military uses of space assets, and t [...]	2007-11-29 16:15:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ESA TSPA TSPL
07BRUSSELS3423	IRAN DESIGNATIONS: EU NEEDS GREATER SENSE OF URGENCY REF: A. SECSTATE 160808 B. BRUSSELS 3137 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-29 20:25:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MUCN PARM PREL IR EU EFIN EUN
07BRUSSELS3430	EU: EXPECT POSITIVE STATEMENT ON KOSOVO AT [...] (C/NF) Several missions have told us that the Political and Security Committee's (PSC) November 29 review of Kosovo was more detailed than previous discussions. While the meeting took no decisions, PSC ambassadors likely will recommend that the December 10 GAERC note that the Troika process [...]	2007-11-30 15:41:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID ZL EUN
07BRUSSELS3438	Expanded Role for Caretaker Prime Minister the [...] The King has resumed his consultations following the collapse of Flemish Christian Democrat Yves Leterme's six- month government formation attempt. He was closeted with Leterme at midday on December 3, having started his session almost two hours earlier. Caretaker Prime Minister Guy Verhofst [...]	2007-12-03 12:42:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR BE
07BRUSSELS3453	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S DECEMBER 6 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: For the foreseeable future, the continuing Belgian government formation crisis gives us no alternative to working closely with the current caretaker government in which Karel De Gucht serves as Foreign Minister. Generally speaking, this is good news since the current government [...]	2007-12-04 16:54:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV BE US
07BRUSSELS3470	EU EXPECTATIONS FOR EU-AFRICA SUMMIT [...] (C) The EU will consider that fact that the EU-Africa Summit takes place in Lisbon Dec. 8-9 a success in and of itself, particularly if President Mugabe does not succeed in running away with every headline from the summit. Officials in Brussels do not expect breakthroughs or even much substa [...]	2007-12-07 10:59:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF EU EUN
07BRUSSELS3500	RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE URGING THE EC TO SEND [...] (C) USEU delivered points (reftel) on December 11 to Helen Campbell, Head of Unit for South Asia in the European Commission DG for External Relations (RELEX),and, separately, to Stefano Gatto, elections desk officer in the RELEX Office for Human Rights and Democratization. We were not able t [...]	2007-12-13 16:53:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07BRUSSELS3509	U.S.-EU INFORMATION SOCIETY DIALOGUE REINFORCES ICT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U.S. and EU public and private officials held warm talks December 3-4 on information and communication technology developments and policy cooperation. At this year's Information Society Dialogue on December 4, the U.S. and EU discussed broadband growth, political debates over t [...]	2007-12-14 14:07:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECIN EINV EINT ETRD ECON EUN
07BRUSSELS3513	EU SUMMIT AUTHORIZES ESDP MISSION FOR KOSOVO [...] (C) The European Council (summit) in Brussels December 14 endorsed an ESDP Mission for Kosovo, overcoming Dutch and Cypriot reservations. The summit mandated Solana to prepare the mission "in discussion with the responsible authorities in Kosovo and the United Nations." Some contacts see th [...]	2007-12-17 12:22:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN ESDP KV
07BRUSSELS3519	EU TROIKA VISIT TO DPRK [...] (C) Summary: European Commission and Council officials emphasized that EU engagement with DPRK would proceed on a cautions track governed by North Korea's progress in meeting its six-party commitments. During a EU troika delegation trip to Pyongyang to encourage progress on denuclearization, DP [...]	2007-12-19 08:55:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PHUM EAID EU EUN KN
07BRUSSELS3524	SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING ON AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: As you meet with EU officials for the biannual Africa troika Dec. 20, you will find the EU feeling very positive about its relations with Africa in the wake of its recent EU-Africa Summit in Lisbon. A shadow, however, is cast by the troubled EUFOR Mission to Chad/CAR, whose dep [...]	2007-12-19 15:04:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AF EU EUN
07BRUSSELS3530	U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING GENERATES WIDE-RANGING [...] (SBU) Officials from the United States and the European Union (EU) engaged in a wide-ranging discussion of drug issues at a US-EU Troika Meeting in Brussels on November 14. The U.S. Delegation, led by Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Christy McCampbell of the International Narcotics and Law En [...]	2007-12-21 10:22:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EU
07BRUSSELS3544	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: EU ON PAKISTAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-31 09:54:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER PHUM KDEM PK EUN
07BRUSSELS392	Ambassador's Comments on Belgium and [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador has used a series of end-of-tour interviews with Belgium's print and electronic media to highlight the need for Belgium to make a greater contribution to the NATO effort in Afghanistan. His pointed comments have gained prominent attention, both as one of the lea [...]	2007-02-05 16:15:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL BE AF
07BRUSSELS493	EU FOCUSES ON PAKISTAN, WARY ON AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with senior officials from the European Commission and Council and with Representatives of the European Council Political and Security Committee January 25-26 to discuss Afghanistan, Pakistan [...]	2007-02-13 15:45:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EUN AF PK
07BRUSSELS51	BELGIAN STEWPOT: JANUARY 8, 2007 [...] (U) Both foreign and domestic investment in Belgium rose strongly in 2006. Preliminary data show that domestic investment in fixed capital in Belgium rose 3.2 percent in 2006, after declining marginally in each of the past five years. Surveyed industrial firms expected final 2006 data would [...]	2007-01-09 17:33:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EIND SOCI BE
07BRUSSELS531	Belgian Study Faults Country for [...] (SBU) Summary. A government-commissioned study faults Belgian government and society for collaborating with the Nazi Holocaust and the deportation of Belgian Jews. The study analyzes the reasons for Belgian passivity and cooperation before and during the occupation. Public and private respo [...]	2007-02-16 10:28:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	KNAR SOCI PHUM BE
07BRUSSELS598	Investment Climate Improving, Still Work To Do [...] Summary. At a working breakfast on the eve of his departure from Belgium, Ambassador Korologos reviewed progress and priorities on Belgium's investment climate with representatives from the Belgian Employers Federation (FEB/VBO),American Chamber of Commerce, and U.S. companies from the sect [...]	2007-02-23 11:36:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ENRG BE
07BRUSSELS809	EUROPEAN COUNCIL ADOPTS BINDING TARGETS FOR CO2 REDUCTION [...] SUMMARY. On March 9, the European Council endorsed an integrated climate and energy policy in an effort to limit global warming to 2 degrees C above pre-industrial levels. It called for targets to limit CO2 emissions by 20% by 2020 and to adopt an overall binding goal of 20% of renewable ene [...]	2007-03-09 16:20:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETRD SENV EUN GM
07BRUSSELS826	EU MINISTERS KEEN TO RAISE THE VISIBILITY [...] SUMMARY. EU ministers for Labor and Social Affairs in their February 22 Council meeting agreed on "key messages" for the March 8-9 European Council review of the "Lisbon Strategy" for Growth and Jobs. Though the dual approach of partnership and policy reform underpinning "Lisbon" was showi [...]	2007-03-13 09:27:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV ESOC EUN
07BRUSSELS895	EU LEADERS STRUGGLE ON DECLARATION FOR 50TH [...] EU leaders on March 8 debated the contents of the "Berlin Declaration" to be issued at their March 24-25 celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. The Declaration, which will be jointly issued by the leaders, the Commission and the European Parliament (EP),will highlight t [...]	2007-03-16 17:20:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN
07BUCHAREST1096	ROMANIA: POLITICAL PLAYERS READY TO THROW THE DICE [...] (C) Summary. As Bucharest summer has given way to fall, so too has the political lethargy of July and August been replaced in recent weeks by sharpened conflict and stormy negotiations among the leading players. The main opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD),the largest in parliament, finally a [...]	2007-09-21 16:14:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
07BUCHAREST1209	ROMANIA ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Romania is on board with most of the U.S. agenda for the Third Committee, but cautions that there are some developing EU positions on some of the thematic resolutions which may require greater USG flexibility, including on the resolutions on Religious Tolerance/Defamation of Re [...]	2007-10-24 11:48:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KTIA UN RO
07BUCHAREST1229	USAREUR MEETING WITH ROMANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) USAREUR Commanding General McKiernan accompanied by Ambassador met October 31 with Romanian Defense Minister Teodor Melescanu. Melescanu prefaced the meeting by expressing his appreciation for the excellent bilateral ties between the two nations, boasting that the partnership between Rom [...]	2007-10-31 15:54:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RO
07BUCHAREST1244	ROMANIA: RESPONSE TO IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) Summary: For Romania, the more specific the international mandate for Iraq, the better the outcome in terms of continued engagement in Iraq. President Basescu is committed to maintaining Romania's military commitments overseas, but the imprecisions within Romania's overlapping constitutio [...]	2007-11-02 13:52:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ RO
07BUCHAREST1286	POTENTIAL IMPACT IN ROMANIA OF TEO PETER â€œFINAL [...] (C) Summary: The impending "final offer" by the U.S. Army Foreign Claims Service, Europe to the family of the late Romanian rock star Teofil Peter, who was killed in a 2004 car accident involving Embassy Bucharest's former Marine detcommander, seems certain to have a significant, negative effect on [...]	2007-11-16 15:46:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KLIG MARR RO
07BUCHAREST1296	NOVEMBER 25 EUROELECTIONS: HIGH APATHY, LOW TURNOUT, BIG STAKES [...] (SBU) Summary: Romanians go to the polls Sunday to vote for representatives to the European Parliament and to decide a referendum on electoral system reforms proposed by President Basescu. Most observers anticipate low voter turnout, despite initial hopes in the President's camp that the injection [...]	2007-11-21 16:08:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RO
07BUCHAREST1298	ROMANIA: AMBASSADOR'S SPEECH, BRITISH CRITICISM OF [...] (C) Summary: Although President Basescu announced on November 20 that he is returning a package of controversial amendments to the Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code to Parliament, only a simple majority of parliamentarians is needed to enact the amendments into law over his veto, notwi [...]	2007-11-23 21:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL RO
07BUCHAREST1314	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW ROMANIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCH DANIEL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 16:04:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI SCUL RO
07BUCHAREST1319	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SENIOR PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR ON TEO PETER CASE IMPLICATIONS [...] (C) Ambassador was called to the Presidential Palace 11/29 for an "urgent" meeting with Senior Foreign Policy Advisor Anca Ilinoiu; no further information about the topic was provided in advance. After pleasantries, Ilinoiu cut straight to the chase: the President's office was aware that a "final U [...]	2007-11-29 16:14:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV RO
07BUCHAREST1334	UPDATE ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN ROMANIA [...] (SBU) Summary: While Romania remains both a country of origin and transit point for trafficking in persons (TIP),its growing prosperity has increased the risk of a concomitant growth in internal trafficking. Interior Ministry statistics also suggest that trafficking for labor exploitation is [...]	2007-12-05 15:45:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM RO
07BUCHAREST144	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER TARICEANU [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador accompanied by DCM and Acting Polchief met with Prime Minister Tariceanu on February 8, to get his views on the current domestic political turmoil and to remind the PM of continuing US priorities on Iraq, Afghanistan and NATO. While Tariceanu was at times cagey in respon [...]	2007-02-09 18:55:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
07BUCHAREST158	"THE GENIE IS OUT OF THE BOTTLE" - PSD DELIVERS CHARGES AGAINST BASESCU TO PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Social Democratic Party (PSD) delivered to Parliament on February 12 its case for the suspension of President Basescu. In a subsequent briefing for NATO and EU envoys, PSD head Geoana said the suspension motion would first be debated in a joint session of Parliament. Following Base [...]	2007-02-13 17:47:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV RO
07BUCHAREST168	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ORTIZ VISIT TO ROMANIA [...] (SBU) Embassy Bucharest warmly welcomes you to Romania, and is eager for you to tour what will soon be the US-Romanian forward operating facilities in Constanta. President Traian Basescu has championed a strong strategic partnership with the United States, committing Romania to a trans-Atlan [...]	2007-02-15 05:36:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL RO
07BUCHAREST169	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ORTIZ VISIT TO ROMANIA [...] (SBU) Embassy Bucharest warmly welcomes you to Romania, and is eager for you to tour what will soon be the US-Romanian forward operating facilities in Constanta. President Traian Basescu has championed a strong strategic partnership with the United States, committing Romania to a trans-Atlan [...]	2007-02-15 05:37:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL RO
07BUCHAREST180	BEFORE A HALF-EMPTY PARLIAMENT, BASESCU PROPOSES [...] (SBU) In a February 14 address before Parliament, President Traian Basescu announced his intention to organize a national referendum to change the electoral process in favor of uninominal voting and away from the current party list system. Basescu focused his address on what he labeled a cent [...]	2007-02-16 10:55:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV RO
07BUCHAREST192	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LANTOS VISIT TO ROMANIA, [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-16 18:14:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV RO
07BUCHAREST212	AMBASSADORâ€™S MEETING WITH TRANSPORTATION MINISTER REGARDING BECHTEL HIGHWAY CONTRACT: SAME OPERA, DIFFERENT SINGERS [...] (C) Summary: Bechtel's efforts to build a highway in Romania are still plagued by Romanian government obstructionism and inability (or unwillingness) to understand the basics of the contract. The Ambassador's most recent meeting with the Minister of Transportation revealed that some of the Romanian [...]	2007-02-26 13:24:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENIV PREL RO
07BUCHAREST216	ROMANIA: INDOOR AIR POLLUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy contacted GOR officials in the Ministries of Environment and Health as well as representatives of NGOs, and found them somewhat unprepared to discuss the questions of Romanian indoor air pollution (IAP). The issue is just beginning to appear on Romania's agenda due in l [...]	2007-02-27 08:56:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID OECD RO
07BUCHAREST237	ROMANIA,S SEVENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) OVERVIEW: ------------------- A. Romania is a country of origin and transit for trafficking in persons (TIP). While the majority of TIP cases pertain to international trafficking between Romania and Western Europe, there are cases of domestic trafficking as well. Victims - primar [...]	2007-03-01 15:36:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF SMIG ELAB EAID KCRM KWMN
07BUCHAREST314	COMPARING NOTES ON MOLDOVA: AMB. KIRBY VISITS [...] (C) Summary: Romanian frustrations in dealing with Moldova were a leitmotif during Ambassador Kirby,s visit to Bucharest March 7-8, which included calls on senior Basescu advisors, the PM's Chief of Staff, the MFA State Secretary, and exchanges with MFA Moldova experts and representatives of l [...]	2007-03-16 16:43:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS RO MD
07BUCHAREST385	SENIOR PSD OFFICIAL ON NEW CABINET, IRAQ, BASESCU [...] (C) Summary: PSD Vice President Diaconescu predicted easy parliamentary approval of the new Cabinet line-up proposed by Prime Minister Tariceanu. He also predicted that the Constitutional Court would rule against President Basescu, adding further substance to efforts to remove him. Diaconesc [...]	2007-04-04 14:37:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL RO
07BUCHAREST388	ROMANIAâ€™S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) Deputy Polcons delivered per instructions reftel demarches (B-D) on April 4, to MFA Director for OSCE, Council of Europe and Human Rights Brandusa Predescu. In response to Predescu's inquiry, Deputy Polcons confirmed that this demarche was separate from earlier ones (ref a). Predescu said she u [...]	2007-04-05 12:05:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KAWC PHUM RO
07BUCHAREST405	ROMANIA SUBSCRIBES TO STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-10 13:47:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL RO
07BUCHAREST412	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH NEW FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a get-acquainted meeting with the Ambassador, new Foreign Minister Adrian Cioroianu stressed that continuity of policy and close ties with the United States would be the hallmark of his tenure. He assured the Ambassador that Romania was "not in a hurry" to withdraw all forces [...]	2007-04-11 14:55:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
07BUCHAREST452	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW INTERIOR MINISTER CRISTIAN DAVID [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with new Interior Minister Cristian David to review and maintain major areas of cooperation. David assured the Ambassador of the government's continued commitment to anti-corruption reforms in Justice and Home Affairs. He also requested additional U.S. assistance o [...]	2007-04-19 15:04:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL PINR PTER RO
07BUCHAREST457	PSD HEAD MIRCEA GEOANA ON THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Ambassador accompanied by Polcouns met with PSD head Mircea Geoana April 20. The meeting was at Geoana's request. Geoana began by stating that he had tried his utmost to find an amicable solution short of suspending President Basescu. He had met with Basescu twice, and had undertaken the [...]	2007-04-20 12:21:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
07BUCHAREST512	WHAT'S AT STAKE: SCENE-SETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO [...] (C) When you arrive next week, Romania will be in the middle of an unprecedented 30-day suspension period for President Basescu. Barring further surprises in this soap opera, a May 19 national referendum will decide his fate; odds are he will be returned to office, perhaps by a wide margin. [...]	2007-05-04 16:15:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
07BUCHAREST554	ASSESSMENT OF ROMANIA ON UNHRC ELECTION [...] (C) In my estimation, Romania will not support Belarus's bid for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council. That said, Romania will not/not take an overtly visible role to block Belarus unless it can do so as a footnote in support of U.S. or preferably an agreed European Union position. While R [...]	2007-05-15 12:51:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC RO
07BUCHAREST65	PYRRHIC VICTORY AT THE LIBERAL CONFERENCE: PM [...] (C) Summary: The National Liberal Party (PNL) reelected Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu as party president at the extraordinary party convention held on January 12-13. Some leading Liberals, including several Tariceanu allies, were defeated in their leadership bids by more populist and [...]	2007-01-22 14:44:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PROP RO
07BUCHAREST655	ROMANIA'S DRAFT ENERGY STRATEGY - A MIXED BAG [...] (C) The Ministry of Economy and Finance released a draft of the national energy strategy for public comment on May 18. The draft strategy outlines the GOR's priorities in developing its energy profile (e.g. nuclear, thermal, hydro, renewable),privatizing remaining state-owned energy assets, [...]	2007-06-04 15:24:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EINV RO
07BUCHAREST778	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HRC 5TH SESSION [...] (C) D/Pol chief delivered ref a demarche on July 3 to MFA Director for OSCE and Human Rights Affairs Brandusa Predescu. Predescu noted that the EU members were working from a common position to obtain the compromises necessary to keep the HRC process moving forward. She hoped the U.S. would [...]	2007-07-05 15:19:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EUN UNHRC RO
07BUCHAREST784	PARTING SHOT: FORMER JUSTICE MINISTER CRITICIZES [...] (C) Summary: Former Justice Minister Macovei provided a downbeat assessment of recent GOR efforts on the anticorruption front, alleging attempts to weaken the National Anticorruption Directorate; to direct state funds toward private interests; and to use anticorruption funding from the EU and [...]	2007-07-06 14:28:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS KCOR MA RO
07BUCHAREST789	RESTITUTION AND THE PROPERTY FUND: ENVOY CHRISTIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Christian Kennedy discussed Holocaust education and property restitution with Romanian officials on June 6-8. The minority Liberal government on June 28 forced through an emergency ordinance that should enable the Property Fund to start the p [...]	2007-07-09 09:27:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR PREL EINV ECON RO
07BUCHAREST856	ROMANIA: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS IN [...] (C) Deputy Polcouns delivered on 23 July reftel demarche to MFA Director for East Europe and Central Asia Ambassador Gheorghe Magheru. Magheru was in agreement with the U.S. points and expressed special interest in the strategic context for the U.S. demarche (i.e., the importance of making s [...]	2007-07-24 15:11:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL EUN AJ RO
07BUCHAREST897	MONEY AND POLITICS: WHO REALLY OWNS ROMANIA? [...] (C) Summary. Romania's transition from communism and the ensuing privatization of state enterprises hugely benefited a small group of individuals with connections to the immediate post-Communist regime and/or the ubiquitous Securitate. Some of these individuals leveraged information and relati [...]	2007-08-03 14:45:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON RO SOCI
07BUCHAREST911	LASZLO TOKES CHALLENGES UDMR LEADERSHIP AND [...] (C) Summary: Romania's ethnic Hungarian party (UDMR),the Liberals' coalition partner government, risks failing to meet the five percent electoral threshold in upcoming elections, starting with this fall's European Parliamentary race. The candidacy of controversial Bishop Laszlo Tokes could di [...]	2007-08-10 14:45:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL RO
07BUDAPEST1043	HUNGARY AT THE ALL-STAR BREAK [...] (C) Our contacts across the political spectrum are looking forward to a long summer break following the conclusion of Parliament's spring session on June 25. 2007 has brought few breakthroughs thus far, and many foresee a "hot fall" after the slow summer "cucumber season." 2. (C) The gov [...]	2007-06-27 09:50:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HU
07BUDAPEST1051	THE SIDE OF THE ANGELS: ORBAN ON ENERGY SECURITY, [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10 for action request. 2. (C) An energetic and upbeat Viktor Orban met with Ambassador Foley June 27 to discuss energy security, the transatlantic relationship, and Cuba (domestic political issues septel). ENERGY SECURITY: SUPPORTING THE [...]	2007-06-27 14:06:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PGOV HU
07BUDAPEST1096	SCENE-SETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S VISIT [...] (U) Embassy Budapest warmly welcomes the visit of A/S Fried to Hungary. SUMMER OF NO LOVE LOST 2. (SBU) Your trip comes at the beginning of the summer "cucumber season," and an exhausted Gyurcsany government is taking a much-needed (if not particularly well-deserved) break after a year [...]	2007-07-06 11:18:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM HU

07BUDAPEST1097	NEVER A BOAST OR A BRAG: WHAT WE (OVER)HEARD AT [...] (SBU) Post's commitment to active but non-partisan outreach was rewarded with a stellar turn-out by contacts across the political spectrum at the Fourth of July reception. 2. (SBU) Prime Minister Gyurcsany attended his first July 4th reception as PM, the latest signal of his desire to aff [...]	2007-07-06 11:29:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ENRG HU
07BUDAPEST1150	CONFIDENT VERES AGAINST OMV-MOL MERGER; BULLISH ON [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See paragraph 4. 2.(C) Summary: In a relaxed lunch meeting with Ambassador Foley, Finance Minister Janos Veres and State Secretary Almos Kovacs frankly discussed their desire to sidetrack the OMV/MOL merger and their interest in developing a sy [...]	2007-07-16 12:10:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ENRG HU
07BUDAPEST1164	A/S FRIED'S DISCUSSIONS ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with MFA State Secretaries Laszlo Varkonyi and Ivan Udvardi, Assistant SIPDIS Secretary Fried commended GoH activism on Cuba and called for SIPDIS similar leadership on issues including Russia and energy security. Varkonyi formally requested a meeting f [...]	2007-07-18 09:38:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM HU
07BUDAPEST1179	HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON UPCOMING GAERC [...] (C) Hungarian preparations for the upcoming GAERC finds significant harmony with US positions on key issues. Kosovo remains in the Hungarian spotlight with concerns over possible impact on ethnic Hungarians in the Vojvodina with the inevitability of Kosovo's independence. Encouraging the EU to [...]	2007-07-20 14:36:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PGOV PREL SOCI HU
07BUDAPEST1190	"AND PUTIN SMILED": HUNGARIAN READ-OUT ON THE [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Gyurcsany's Foreign and Security Policy Advisor, Karoly Banai, briefed Ambassador Foley on the July 19 Finno-Ugric Summit in Saransk, Russia, privately acknowledging the negative optics of the event but making every effort to downplay the discussion of political is [...]	2007-07-24 08:23:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	PREL ENRG KDEM PHUM RU HU
07BUDAPEST1214	WITH ALL DELIBERATE SPEED: CABINET MINISTER KISS [...] (C) Summary: Cabinet Minister Kiss met with Ambassador Foley and DCM July 25 to review the state of playing on the government's reform agenda. Kiss embraced the challenge of improving dialogue on the issues, professing confidence in the recent coalition agreement and downplaying friction both [...]	2007-07-27 09:49:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON HU
07BUDAPEST1341	FROM SIMONYI TO SOMOGYI: CHANGES AT THE HUNGARIAN [...] (U) In a brief meeting with Ambassador Foley August 15, Hungarian Ambassador-designate Ferenc Somogyi outlined his priorities for his upcoming tour. Visa Waiver: A Milestone ) Not a Finish Line 2. (C) Welcoming recent progress on the Visa Waiver front, Somogyi accentuated the positive w [...]	2007-08-16 09:55:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ENRG ECON
07BUDAPEST1474	"A STUPID ANSWER" ... AND A SMART STATEMENT: [...] (SBU) Addressing the diplomatic corps on September 6, FIDESZ leaders including party president Orban affirmed their commitment to "democratic and non-violent" opposition, specifically denouncing the Magyar Garda as "a stupid answer" and the radical right as a "danger to society." He declared [...]	2007-09-10 12:21:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM HU
07BUDAPEST1579	THE RESIDUE OF DESIGN: FOREIGN VISITS, MUTED [...] (C) Confronting a week fraught with political risks during the anniversary of last year's demonstrations, the Gyurcsany government has rebounded strongly. 2. (C) This week's demonstrations have been non-violent, with attendance dwindling with each passing day. Demonstrators themselves hav [...]	2007-09-24 14:35:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM HU
07BUDAPEST1699	HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. POSITION ON PROPOSED [...] (C) Discussing the reftel draft resolution, the MFA Security and Non-Proliferation Deputy Department Head, Gabor Horvath, stated the GOH will review any proposed EU position before establishing an official position. Horvath said that if a consensus EU position is put forward, Hungary would f [...]	2007-10-11 13:08:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC UNGA HU
07BUDAPEST1722	DASD CAGAN'S TALKS WITH THE HUNGARIANS [...] (C) Summary. DASD Cagan discussed the upcoming Iraqi Coalition Conference and the potential Hungarian Operational, Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) contribution to the Dutch PRT in meetings with senior Hungarian MOD, MFA and Parliamentary Defense Committee representatives. Stressing the imp [...]	2007-10-15 10:50:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PREL NATO NL HU
07BUDAPEST1784	2 GUYS NAMED KAROLY: NEW FACES WIELD NEW INFLUENCE [...] (C) Both the government and the opposition are paying unaccustomed attention to the substance and the stylistics of foreign policy. This has been particularly evident in their realignment of personnel, with the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and FIDESZ turning to two ironically similar staffer [...]	2007-10-30 15:14:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR HU
07BUDAPEST1850	MR. KOSTUNICA GOES TO BUDAPEST [...] (C) Summary: In a visit described as "neither as bad as we feared or as positive as we hoped," Serbian Prime Minister Kostunica met with Hungarian officials in Budapest November 13. Prime Minister Gyurcsany encouraged Kostunica to engage fully in finding a diplomatic solution to the question [...]	2007-11-16 13:11:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HU SR KO
07BUDAPEST1871	HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN [...] (C) MFA Latin-America desk officer, Szilard Teleki, discussed reftel demarche with PolOff on 16 November. Teleki stated that the MFA has no official position on the current political situation in Venezuela. Teleki recognized the concerns raised in the demarche, but commented that Chavez is [...]	2007-11-21 13:28:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HU
07BUDAPEST1950	PAINTING HUNGARY BY NUMBERS: THE REALITY AND THE [...] (C) Summary: Center-left think-tank DEMOS, &Hungary,s Strategic Audit 20078 casts light on the dark picture of Hungary,s broad social and political trends. In compiling data from a broad range of sources, DEMOS has confirmed that there is more than just a grain of truth to the stereotype of [...]	2007-12-13 12:55:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON HU
07BUDAPEST282	CANDID IN CAMERA: FIDESZ FACTION LEADER NAVRACSICS [...] (C) Summary: FIDESZ Parliamentary Faction Leader Tibor Navracsics outlined his ongoing efforts to shift the party's focus from politics to policies in a meeting with Ambassador Foley February 23. Navracsics downplayed the prospects for "fireworks" initiated by FIDESZ on March 15, detailed the [...]	2007-02-27 10:21:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HU
07BUDAPEST415	SCENESETTER FOR DAS PEKALA'S VISIT TO BUDAPEST [...] (C) Domestic politics continue to dominate Hungary's public discourse. Parliament is back in session, and the parties are evaluating the impact of the March 15 demonstrations on what all regard as a critical year. Recently elected as President of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP),Prime Mi [...]	2007-03-21 06:30:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM HU
07BUDAPEST417	THIS OLD HOUSE: NEW CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SIMOR ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Newly-appointed Governor Andras Simor met with Ambassador Foley March 19 to discuss his priorities for the Central Bank (MNB). He believes the economy is stable and the Bank sound, noting his intention to focus primarily on improving communication with the government, the oppo [...]	2007-03-21 08:48:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN HU
07BUDAPEST509	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY'S VISIT TO BUDAPEST [...] (U) Embassy Budapest looks forward to your visit and provides the following information in preparation for your arrival. 2. (C) Domestic politics continue to dominate Hungary's public discourse. Parliament is back in session to open what all regard as a critical year, and the parties are [...]	2007-04-03 08:03:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM HU
07BUDAPEST532	BETTER THAN (CONSERVATIVELY) EXPECTED: FINANCE [...] (C) A relaxed and upbeat Finance Minister Veres told Ambassador Foley April 4 that deficit reduction efforts are exceeding the GoH's conservative projections, with the GoH lowering the 2006 budget deficit to 9.2% of GDP rather than the anticipated 10.1%. He noted that the GoH was cautiously [...]	2007-04-10 09:28:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN HU
07BUDAPEST570	FROM VICTIMHOOD TO VULNERABILITY: GYURCSANY'S [...] (C) Prime Minister Gyurcsany met with Ambassador Foley for a one-on-one discussion April 16 to follow up on their recent exchange re energy security. 2. (S) Gyurcsany noted that he had been personally upset by the previous discussion and by the continuing focus on energy security in the p [...]	2007-04-17 07:57:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	PREL ECON ENRG HU
07BUDAPEST788	KOKA IN COMMAND: ECONOMY MINISTER OUTLINES REFORM [...] (C) A confident and conversant Economy Minister and SZDSZ party president Janos Koka outlined his views on the GoH's reform agenda and reviewed the SZDSZ party's prospects in a meeting with Ambassador Foley May 15. Koka cast his efforts to "rebuild the SZDSZ nation-wide" as a means to "comple [...]	2007-05-16 14:09:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG
07BUENOSAIRES1004	ARGENTINA IN PLAY: RE-ENGAGING ON ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) We need to re-engage with Argentina on broad economic policy and debt management issues. This re-engagement should be both with GoA officials and with this nation's vibrant and diverse civil society and media. In the big picture, Argentina is in play. We should not abandon the field to th [...]	2007-05-22 18:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EINV AR
07BUENOSAIRES1008	FED GOVERNOR KROSZNER DISCUSSES GOA ECONOMIC [...] (C) During a March 16 meeting with Federal Reserve Governor Kroszner and Ambassador Wayne, GoA Economy Minister Miceli outlined the GoA's incipient effort to implement medium/long term economic planning, now that the financial crisis and default are five years in the past. She described the G [...]	2007-05-23 13:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV AR
07BUENOSAIRES1025	MEETING WITH ARGENTINE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER: [...] (C) Summary: Argentine Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan invited Ambassador to coffee May 22. He wanted to verify that the incident between security details during the Washington visit of Argentine First Lady Cristina Kirchner was behind us and would have not negative aftereffe [...]	2007-05-23 19:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AR IR VE
07BUENOSAIRES1030	ARGENTINE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE SUPPORTS TIP AND [...] (C) On May 22, Ambassador Wayne met with Argentine Speaker of the House Alberto Balestrini and Vice President of the House Patricia Vaca Narvaja. They underscored the importance of the bilateral relationship and continued cooperation in providing security to Argentines and Americans alike i [...]	2007-05-24 13:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PRGOV ECON ELAB KCRM PHUM SMIG KWMN ASEC
07BUENOSAIRES1043	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, MAY 14 - [...] Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period May 14 - 18, 2007. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and SIPDIS charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to b [...]	2007-05-24 19:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD AR
07BUENOSAIRES106	MEDIA REACTION KIRCHNER-LULA'S ROLE IN MODERATING CHAVEZ; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories include Argentine President Kirchner and Brazilian President Lula da Silva's role in moderating Chavez in favor of Mercosur's interests; fears of China re-launching its space arms race; the two highest-ranking Democratic leaders of Congress criticizing the W [...]	2007-01-22 19:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES1080	FED GOVERNOR KROSZNER IN ARGENTINA; HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) Fed Governor Kroszner highlighted globalization's impact on international capital flows and yield curves in speeches and roundtable meetings with central bank, government, and private sector representatives during his May 15-16 visit to Buenos Aires. Issues raised during roundtables inclu [...]	2007-06-01 20:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV AR
07BUENOSAIRES1120	MEDIA REACTION; BRAZILIAN FOREIGN POLICY; RUSSIA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international opinion pieces discuss Brazil's "realistic" foreign policy; Russia's authoritarian style of government; and prospects for the US-Argentine bilateral relationship. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Venezuela is involved in Brazil's strategic game" [...]	2007-06-07 15:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES1125	ARGENTINE SENATE PASSES COUNTER-TERRORISM FINANCE [...] (C) The Argentine Senate passed the draft anti-terror and counter terrorism finance (CTF) bill on June 6. There are positive indications that the lower house -- Chamber of Deputies -- will consider the law soon, but it is unclear whether it will be able to pass the bill prior to the Financial [...]	2007-06-07 18:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PTER SNAR ETTC PREL AR
07BUENOSAIRES1127	Managed Mercosur Auto Trade [...] (U) Argentina's auto sector is roaring ahead, and 2007 is well on track to be the best in its history. The auto industry is a crucial pillar of the Argentine economy, bringing good jobs, technology transfer and innovation. Given the auto industry's importance and political sensitivity, the GO [...]	2007-06-07 20:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD AR BR VE
07BUENOSAIRES117	MEDIA REACTION LULA'S GROWTH ACCELERATION PROGRAM; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers report on Brazilian President Lula da Silva's "Growth Acceleration Program," which will reportedly have a positive impact on Argentina and Mercosur; Argentina's draft bill against terrorist financing; and Bolivian President Evo Morales' plans to nationalize the [...]	2007-01-24 13:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES1192	MEDIA REACTION; THE GAZA STRIP; USG ASKING THE ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international opinion pieces and editorials cover the state of affairs in the Gaza Strip as well as the next steps to be taken by the Bush and Olmert administrations; the USG praises the Argentine Government for its approval of an anti-terrorist draft bill and reque [...]	2007-06-19 17:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES1208	INTERIOR MINISTER MAKING PUSH ON COUNTERNARCOTICS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Minister of Interior Anibal Fernandez is making a public push to enhance counternarcotics cooperation and effectiveness in Argentina, initiating such ideas as a sole national registry for collecting CN information and analyzing trends, creating a scientific advisory [...]	2007-06-21 17:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM AR
07BUENOSAIRES122	AMBASSADOR WAYNE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS [...] (SBU) On Friday, January 19, Ambassador presented his credentials to Argentine Vice President Scioli in the Casa Rosada. A twenty minute discussion with the Vice President was focused on trade and investment, exchanges, and the shifting political landscape in Latin America. Highlights of the [...]	2007-01-24 20:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OFPD PGOV PREL AR
07BUENOSAIRES1239	MEDIA REACTION; US EXPECTATIONS OVER ARGENTINE PRESIDENTIAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international opinion stories include the analysis by US commentators of Mauricio Macri's victory in the Buenos Aires mayoral race; the outcome of the Paris Conference on Darfur; and the confirmation of Robert Zoellick as head of the World Bank. 2. OPINION PI [...]	2007-06-26 14:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1244	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR WAYNE'S JUNE 25 MEETING WITH FORMER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 25, Ambassador Wayne called on former President Raul Alfonsin to discuss Alfonsin's views on the current political panorama in Argentina. Alfonsin frankly shared his view that current economic policies are not sustainable and that Argentina is likely to see economic [...]	2007-06-26 20:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AR ECON
07BUENOSAIRES125	MEDIA REACTION STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; A/S SHANNON'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include US President George W. Bush's State of the Union Address; US Assistant Secretary for Western Hemispheric Affairs Thomas Shannon's statements about ties between the US and Latin America, and particularly Venezuela; upcoming World Econo [...]	2007-01-25 11:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES1297	ARGENTINA REVIEWING CONTRIBUTION TO UN/AU HYBRID [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-05 20:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU AR
07BUENOSAIRES1298	ARGENTINA REVIEWING CONTRIBUTION TO UN/AU HYBRID [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-05 20:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU AR
07BUENOSAIRES1302	AMBASSADOR'S JULY 3 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met July 3 with Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana before the signing of the CivAir Agreement (septel) to discuss a range of issues. Taiana noted that the GoA has focused its foreign policy primarily on regional issues and South American integration - a difficult task. He [...]	2007-07-06 09:56:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PARM ETRD PTER KCRM
07BUENOSAIRES1315	U.S., Argentina Sign Milestone Aviation Accord [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 3, in a public and widely-publicized ceremony, the Ambassador and Argentine Foreign Minister Taiana signed an aviation accord that significantly expands air service between our two countries, and contains an important and modernized security chapter. The accord was hailed [...]	2007-07-06 20:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR EINV ETRD AR
07BUENOSAIRES1319	MEDIA REACTION; RICE-BUSH ON U.S.-LATAM RELATIONS; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key stories carry Secretary Rice's declarations on U.S. relations with the hemisphere, in the framework of the White House Conference of the Americas, in which she highlights the ties with Brazil and Chile as 'extraordinarily good' while those with Argentina are 'different [...]	2007-07-10 16:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1352	(C) GOA FOILS ETON PARK INVESTMENT BID: CORRUPTION [...] (C) Major U.S. investment fund Eton Park's two year effort to buy a minority stake in Argentina's regulated electricity transmission grid from Brazil's Petrobras offers a snapshot of GoA machinations to favor local -- and presumably more easily controlled -- capital investment in strategic [...]	2007-07-15 22:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG BEXP VZ AR
07BUENOSAIRES1364	SUPPORT FOR ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING OTA TECHNICAL [...] (SBU) I am writing in support of a Treasury Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) initiative to offer direct technical assistance (TA) and training to the Government of Argentina (GoA) in the areas of anti-money laundering (AML) and counter terrorism finance (CTF). 2. (SBU) I understand that [...]	2007-07-17 13:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN PREL AR
07BUENOSAIRES1414	ARGENTINA: FIRST LADY LAUNCHES CANDIDACY FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: First Lady and Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner officially launched her candidacy for president of Argentina at a ceremony in her home town on July 19. Fernandez's speech outlined three "pillars" that have served as the foundations of her husband President Nestor Kirc [...]	2007-07-20 20:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR ECON
07BUENOSAIRES1416	PUT THEM ON TRIAL: SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS PARDONS [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On July 13, the Argentine Supreme Court overturned a 1989 presidential pardon granted by then President Carlos Menem to General Santiago Omar Riveros, former military official who is accused of crimes against humanity for heading up clandestine detention centers dur [...]	2007-07-20 22:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS MARR AR
07BUENOSAIRES1417	SUPPORT FOR ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING OTA TECHNICAL [...] (SBU) I am writing in support of a Treasury Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) initiative to offer direct technical assistance (TA) and training to the Government of Argentina (GoA) in the areas of anti-money laundering (AML) and counter terrorism finance (CTF). 2. (SBU) I understand that [...]	2007-07-23 11:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN PREL AR
07BUENOSAIRES1436	MEXICAN AMBASSADOR ON RELATIONS WITH ARGENTINA AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting July 13 with Ambassador, Mexican Ambassador to Argentina de la Garza Sandoval discussed President Kirchner's visit at the end of July to Mexico to sign an "Agreement of Strategic Association," which will group together under one instrument a number of existing bilat [...]	2007-07-24 19:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MX AR
07BUENOSAIRES1438	MEDIA REACTION; IRAQ; TURKEY; UPCOMING ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories include a US military report advising troop withdrawal from Iraq begin in the summer of 2009; implications of Turkish parliamentary elections; and speculation about the outcome of upcoming Argentine presidential elections. 2. OPINION PIECES AND [...]	2007-07-25 15:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1449	MEDIA REACTION; MIDDLE EAST; CRISTINA FERNANDEZ DE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the "historic" summit between Israeli PM Ehud Olmert and Egyptian and Jordan Foreign Ministers; and implications of Argentine First Lady Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner's trip to Spain. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Hist [...]	2007-07-26 19:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1456	PLANNING MINISTER DE VIDO ON ENERGY CRISIS AND [...] (SBU) Argentina will successfully weather current and future energy shortages, according to Planning Minister De Vido, via a combination of short term fixes (including imports of Brazilian electricity and GoA subsidies for the import of diesel fuel for generators),plans for a post-election nat [...]	2007-07-27 19:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET EAIR BEXP AR
07BUENOSAIRES1459	US FIRMS AND LABOR MINISTER TOMADA DISCUSS CSR AND [...] (C) Summary. On July 24, Ambassador Wayne hosted a roundtable meeting with Labor Minister Carlos Tomada and representatives from U.S. companies to discuss the Labor Ministry's initiative to promote formal employment and decent jobs as well as U.S. companies' corporate social responsibility [...]	2007-07-27 19:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB AR
07BUENOSAIRES1468	Judicial Branch feels pressure, appreciates U.S. program [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 18, Ambassador lunched with key members of Argentina's judicial branch. They expressed deep appreciation for exchanges, speakers, and seminars which the Embassy has sponsored for the last six years. They described the stark need of the judicial branch in Argentina to [...]	2007-07-30 18:04:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS PGOV AR
07BUENOSAIRES148	AMBASSADOR WAYNE'S JANUARY 25 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 25, Ambassador Wayne called on Secretary General of the Presidency (President Nestor SIPDIS Kirchner's chief of staff) Oscar Parrilli. Parrilli said that the GOA is committed to serving as a positive example of democracy in the region and tries to demonstrate democr [...]	2007-01-26 20:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON AR
07BUENOSAIRES1519	KIRCHNERS: PRESENT AND FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: In recent group and individual discussions with G-8 and Spanish Ambassadors, all agreed that Cristina Kirchner is trying to convey more interest in international affairs and to show that she is listening to concerns expressed by others. But her proposals for how she will govern [...]	2007-08-03 20:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ETRD AR SP GM MX
07BUENOSAIRES1535	MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINE-VENEZUELAN RELATIONSHIP; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories are related to the bilateral relationship between Argentina and Venezuela; and Brazilian President Lula reinforcing an alliance between Mexico and Brazil. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Two presidents, among jokes and praising spe [...]	2007-08-08 13:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1536	MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE CRISTINA [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the implications of Argentine Presidential Candidate Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner's address to the Council of the Americas; and the impact of current Argentine-Venezuelan ties on Argentina's foreign policy. 2. OPINION PIECES A [...]	2007-08-08 13:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1544	ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER TRIES TO DOWNPLAY CHAVEZ VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Argentine President Nestor Kirchner received Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on August 6 to finalize Venezuela's purchase of US$500 million in Argentine bonds and to sign a number of energy accords, including the joint construction of a $400 million LNG receiving terminal in [...]	2007-08-08 20:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR VZ
07BUENOSAIRES1629	FAA'S FILIPPATOS DISCUSSSES ARGENTINA AVIATION TRANSITION, [...] (SBU) The August 13 visit to Argentina of FAA Assistant Administrator for International Aviation James Filippatos and Acting Western Hemisphere Director Cecilia Capestany reinforced close ties with senior-level GOA aviation officials. FAA officials also met with U.S. carriers operating here. [...]	2007-08-21 12:03:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON KTIA EINV ETRD AR
07BUENOSAIRES1673	AMBASSADOR WAYNE MEETS CRISTINA'S RUNNING MATE, WITNESSES THE BOOM IN MENDOZA, ARGENTINA [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-24 18:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	AR ECON PGOV PREL SOCI
07BUENOSAIRES1685	NEXT STEPS ON THREE PLUS ONE MECHANISM AND TBA [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) In Ref B, Embassies Buenos Aires, Asuncion and Brasilia recommended expanding the Three Plus One mechanism (3 1) to encompass other illicit activities and sources of illicit financial flows, while continuing to give preeminence t [...]	2007-08-27 12:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN PREL PGOV SNAR KTFN PA BR AR
07BUENOSAIRES1707	ARGENTINA-URUGUAY PULP MILL DISPUTE: NO END IN SIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Relations between Argentina and Uruguay have deteriorated since early 2006 over the construction of the $1.2 billion Finnish-built "Botnia" pulp mill, now nearing completion on the Uruguayan side of the Uruguay River. Some Argentine residents across the river from the pulp mill [...]	2007-08-29 19:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON EINV PREL SOCI UY AR
07BUENOSAIRES1709	ARGENTINE MINISTER OPEN TO BROADER 3 + 1 DIALOGUE [...] (C) Ambassador asked Argentine Minister of the Interior (MOI) Anibal Fernandez August 27 about his views on dealing with terrorist threats and other serious problems in the Tri-border area (TBA). He asked the Ministe his views on the potential benefits of addressing a broader scope of issue [...]	2007-08-29 20:17:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KTFN AR BR PA
07BUENOSAIRES171	ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS [...] (C) Summary: Embassy in Buenos Aires and I warmly welcome you and your delegation to Argentina February 8-9. While not always seeing eye to eye with the USG, the Kirchner administration continues to be an important partner on a wide range of security issues, from non-proliferation and militar [...]	2007-01-30 21:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER AR
07BUENOSAIRES1727	MEDIA REACTION; CHILEAN PRESIDENT MICHELLE BACHELET; US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the implications of the protests staged over the Chilean Government's economic and social policies; and comments from US Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns on Argentina and Brazil. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Figu [...]	2007-08-30 18:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES173	DUSTR VERONEAU VISITS ARGENTINA - ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT [...] (SBU) Deputy USTR Ambassador John Veroneau, accompanied by AUSTR Everett Eissenstat and Senior Director for the Southern Cone Susan Cronin, met with the Ministers of Economy and Foreign Affairs and with U.S. investors in a visit to Argentina that focused on developments in the Doha Round World [...]	2007-01-31 12:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD
07BUENOSAIRES1745	NEW ECONOMY MINISTER ON PARIS CLUB, DOHA TALKS, [...] (C) New Economy Minister Miguel Peirano emphasized to the Ambassador his interest in resolving the Paris Club impasse, supported Canada's IMF reform proposals, agreed to deal with disputes involving U.S. interests, and affirmed Argentina's commitment to broad trade liberalization in an August 2 [...]	2007-08-31 20:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV AR
07BUENOSAIRES1751	MEDIA REACTION; PRESIDENT CHAVEZ AND COLOMBIA; PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include implications of Venezuelan President Hugo Chvez' attempts to mediate between FARC and the Colombian Government; and the possible reasons for US President Bush's visit to Iraq. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Chvez to the rescu [...]	2007-09-04 19:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1760	AMBASSADOR AND SECRETARY OF TOURISM REVIEW [...] (U) Ambassador Wayne met with Secretary of Tourism Enrique Meyer to discuss ways to encourage and support the growing tourism between the U.S. and Argentina. He also advocated on behalf of Sheraton Hotels/Starwood, which was caught up in a dispute between two factions of the taxi drivers union [...]	2007-09-06 13:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR BEXP AR
07BUENOSAIRES1769	ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER PRESIDES OVER SIGNING OF CSR [...] On September 4, Ambassador Wayne attended the signing ceremony of the "Formal Employment and Corporate Social Responsibility Commitment Agreement" between the Ministry of Labor and approximately 100 leading firms in Argentina. The ceremony took place at the Casa Rosada and featured President [...]	2007-09-06 15:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ELAB AR
07BUENOSAIRES1777	ARGENTINA'S PRESUMPTIVE NEXT PRESIDENT: OPEN TO A [...] (C) Cristina Kirchner appears headed to be Argentina,s next President. While she will not likely break significantly from the policies of her husband, it looks like she will be much more interested in international affairs and more attentive to relations with other countries, including the Un [...]	2007-09-06 19:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AR
07BUENOSAIRES1785	ARGENTINE ECONOMY MINISTRY OFFICIALS AGREE TO [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on supporting plans to clear Liberia's IMF arrears to new Economy Ministry Chief of Advisors Javier Alvaredo and new Undersecretary of Finance Juan Carlos Barboza on September 5. Econoff also outlined issue in general terms over the telephone to Secretary [...]	2007-09-07 15:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV AR
07BUENOSAIRES1809	IMF CANDIDATE STRAUSS-KAHN LOBBIES FOR ARGENTINE [...] (C) Dominique Strauss-Kahn, France's candidate for Managing Director of the IMF, capped a four-country tour through Latin America with two days of meetings in Buenos Aires. French Embassy officials called the meetings with GoA officials "surprisingly cordial," particularly with President Kirc [...]	2007-09-11 17:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV AR
07BUENOSAIRES182	CLASH AT INTERPOL LEADS TO HEIGHTENED TENSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. On January 22, an Argentine delegation, led by MFA Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez and including AMIA special prosecutors, met at Interpol headquarters in Lyon with Secretary General Noble and other Interpol officials to argue their case for issuing Red Notices for the [...]	2007-01-31 17:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI
07BUENOSAIRES184	ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Embassy Buenos Aires warmly welcomes you and your delegation to Argentina February 6-7. While the Kirchner administration does not always see eye to eye with the USG, it continues to be an important partner in fighting transnational crime, drug and human trafficki [...]	2007-01-31 20:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR KJUS PHUM AR
07BUENOSAIRES186	GOA URGES GREATER SENIOR-LEVEL ENGAGEMENT ON HAITI [...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) Argentine Vice Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan called for increased senior-level dialogue on Haiti during a January 30 meeting with Ambassador. He extended a dinner invitation to Under Secretary for Political Affairs Burns with Arge [...]	2007-01-31 22:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL EAID PGOV EFIN UNAUS HA EUN
07BUENOSAIRES1868	MEDIA REACTION; NORTHERN ROCK CASE; STRUGGLE AGAINST DRUGS; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the political and economic implications of the Northern Rock case; a USG report on drug trafficking; and the threat posed by corruption to democracy and capitalism. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Signs of a gloomy futur [...]	2007-09-18 17:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES187	GOA URGES GREATER SENIOR-LEVEL ENGAGEMENT ON HAITI [...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) Argentine Vice Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan called for increased senior-level dialogue on Haiti during a January 30 meeting with Ambassador. He extended a dinner invitation to Under Secretary for Political Affairs Burns with Arge [...]	2007-01-31 22:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL EAID PGOV EFIN UNAUS HA EUN
07BUENOSAIRES1875	MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINA IN HAITI; IRAQ; US INTEREST RATE; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include Argentina's participation in the international peace keeping mission in Haiti; the US policy on Iran; and the US Federal Reserve's decision to lower US interest rates. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Why should we stay in Ha [...]	2007-09-20 12:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1877	ARGENTINE AMCHAM'S ANNUAL IPR CONFERENCE MAKES A SPLASH [...] (SBU) The American Chamber of Commerce in Argentina hosted a successful intellectual property rights conference on September 11, with international participation and significant press coverage. Government officials from Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and the U.S. spoke about their national programs [...]	2007-09-20 12:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON AR
07BUENOSAIRES1884	ARGENTINA REQUESTS ADVANCE NOTICE OF FUTURE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 7. 2. (C) Summary. On September 18, CDA was called in by the MFA's Under Secretary for Bilateral Relations Vicente Espeche Gil to discuss the Department's 2007 International Religious Freedom Report. Espeche Gil reiterated GOA concerns that it [...]	2007-09-20 20:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV OPRC KIRF KPAO CASC AR
07BUENOSAIRES1888	CRISTINA IN HER WORDS: WILL ARGENTINA'S [...] (C) Summary. A well-briefed, confident Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) described her policy priorities to the Ambassador on September 20, a few days before she departs for a five-day program in New York. Although she defended GOA positions on controversial economic issues, CFK expressed a stro [...]	2007-09-21 14:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OVIP EFIN EINV EAIR AR
07BUENOSAIRES1902	MEDIA REACTION; IRAN; THE KIRCHNERS TO THE US; FUJIMORI [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international major stories include expectations regarding Argentine President Nstor Kirchner's address to the United Nations General Assembly and how he will discuss the issue of Iran's cooperation on the AMIA case; as well as the growing chances of war against Ira [...]	2007-09-24 16:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1931	ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENT CALLS ON IRAN TO COOPERATE [...] (C) Summary: Media pundits, Jewish groups, and Argentine government officials uniformly praised President Kirchner's strong call during his September 25 address to the UN General Assembly for the Government of Iran to cooperate fully with Argentina's justice system in the investigation of the [...]	2007-09-26 20:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV AR
07BUENOSAIRES1949	MEDIA REACTION; US-ARGENTINE TIES; BOLIVIA-IRAN; 09/28/07 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the current status of the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; and the risks and contradictions involved by hard positions, which are held by both Bolivian President Evo Morales and his opponents. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS [...]	2007-09-28 19:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1952	ARGENTINA: ELECTIONS 2007 WEEKLY ROUNDUP: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senator and Victory Front (FPV) presidential candidate Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner continued her foreign-policy based campaign with a trip to New York City, where she pitched Argentina to Wall Street investors. Back home, she launched an interactive website aimed at attra [...]	2007-09-28 19:16:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR ECON
07BUENOSAIRES1955	MEDIA REACTION ARGENTINE DEBT TO PARIS CLUB; IRANIAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the USG asking Argentina to resume talks with the IMF in order to settle its Paris Club debt; implications of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Latin America; and the outcome of Ecuadorian elections. 2. OPINION PIECES [...]	2007-10-01 15:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1962	MEDIA REACTION; US SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE RULING ABOUT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the US Supreme Court of Justice's ruling against two vulture funds that had requested an embargo of Argentine Central Bank reserves; IMF skepticism about Argentina's chances of reaching a fast deal with the Paris Club; and expectati [...]	2007-10-02 13:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1990	ARGENTINE PREPARATIONS FOR NOV. 5-8 INTERPOL [...] (S) Summary: DCM and EmbOffs met October 4 with the Foreign Ministry's Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez to discuss the GOA's preparations for the November 5-8 Interpol General Assembly meeting in Marrakech, Morocco. Gonzalez explained that on October 3 the MFA sent an ALDAC to its diplomatic mi [...]	2007-10-04 20:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	SECRET	PTER PREL IR AR
07BUENOSAIRES1991	ARGENTINE PREPARATIONS FOR NOV. 5-8 INTERPOL [...] PLEASE DISREGARD BUENOS AIRES 1990 WITH THE SAME SUBJECT LINE, SENT BY ERROR. POST WILL RECALL OOB OCTOBER 5. 2. (S) Summary: DCM and EmbOffs met October 4 with the Foreign Ministry's Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez to discuss the GOA's preparations for the November 5-8 Interpol General Ass [...]	2007-10-04 21:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	SECRET	PTER PREL IR AR
07BUENOSAIRES2014	ARGENTINE EMBASSY SUPPORT FOR "JUDGES GO TO SCHOOL" PROGRAM [...] AMBASSADOR WAYNE ON OCTOBER 3 GAVE REMARKS AT THE ARGENTINE SUPREME COURT DURING THE INAUGURAL CEREMONY OF A MOCK TRIAL ORGANIZED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF JUDGES AND JUDICIAL OFFICIALS OF THE NATIONAL JUDICIARY AND THE NGO ASOCIACION CONCIENCIA AS PART OF THEIR "JUDGES GO TO SCHOOL" PROGRAM. FOUND [...]	2007-10-10 12:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KSUM PGOV AR
07BUENOSAIRES2016	MEDIA REACTION; IRAQ; ARGENTINE-IMF TIES; ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include UK Gordon Brown's decision to reduce UK troops deployed in Iraq; ties between the IMF and Argentina; and the risks to be met by Argentine Presidential Candidate Cristina Kirchner if she wins the presidency. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDIT [...]	2007-10-10 15:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES2017	MEDIA REACTION; IRAN; FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS; THE TWO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international stories today include implications of French FM Kouchner's remarks on the Iranian threat; US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice supporting free trade deals; and the "historic" reconciliation between the two Koreas. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS [...]	2007-10-10 15:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES205	AMIA UPDATE: ARGENTINA LIKELY TO REQUEST QUIET USG [...] (C) SUMMARY. DCM met February 1 with MFA Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez (who has the lead on the AMIA case) to discuss GOA strategy to prepare for the March Interpol Executive Committee meeting that will likely decide whether Red Notices will be issued for the arrest of the nine suspects in t [...]	2007-02-02 20:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI
07BUENOSAIRES2056	MEDIA REACTION; THE US PENTAGON'S VIEW OF IRAN AND CHAVEZ; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the US Pentagon's view of Iran and Chvez as threats to the region; Argentina's alleged 'pro-West' foreign policy; and Argentine Paris Club debt negotiations. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "According to the US Pentagon, Ir [...]	2007-10-17 13:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES2060	AMIA: ARGENTINA'S REQUESTS FOR HELP AT INTERPOL [...] (C/NF) Summary: DCM and EmbOffs met October 16 with the Argentine government's point man on AMIA issues, Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez, recently returned from meetings in Lyon with Interpol's secretariat. Gonzalez formally requested USG assistance in lobbying Interpol member governments in p [...]	2007-10-17 21:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL IR AR
07BUENOSAIRES2062	MEDIA REACTION; IRAN; CHINA; ARGENTINE PARIS CLUB DEBT; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include President Bush's warning that if Iran obtained nuclear weapons it could lead to "World War III;" the outcome of the 17th Communist Party Congress; and Argentina's ongoing negotiations to repay its Paris Club debt. 2. OPINION [...]	2007-10-18 15:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES2070	MEDIA REACTION; THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE; IMF-ARGENTINA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international opinion pieces are related to the Armenian genocide; the status of IMF-Argentine ties; and doubts about governance in a future government of Argentine First Lady/Senator and Presidential Candidate Cristina Kirchner. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITO [...]	2007-10-19 18:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL

07BUENOSAIRES2079	POLICE REFORM AND CORRUPTION IN ARGENTINA'S BUENOS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Federal Prosecutor Dr. Carlos Stornelli, who will likely be the next Minister of Security for the Province of Buenos Aires following October 28 elections. His first priority and greatest challenge will be the institutional and cultural reform of the notor [...]	2007-10-22 18:04:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM ASEC PREL PGOV SNAR AR

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