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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
07RABAT1335	STAFFDEL CAMMACK:THE MOROCCAN ELECTORAL ORCHESTRA [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-23 14:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MO OREP OVIP

07RABAT1392	MOROCCO ELECTIONS - FEELING ABANDONED BY RABAT, [...] (C) During an Embassy visit to Khenifra and Mrirt in Morocco's Middle Atlas region we found a mix of apathy and anger among interlocutors. According to one candidate, and many residents, vote buying by parties is the norm in rural areas and slums. Most welcomed the idea of observers, but s [...]	2007-09-04 16:06:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT1393	MOROCCO ELECTIONS - FEELING ABANDONED BY RABAT, [...] (C) During an Embassy visit to Khenifra and Mrirt in Morocco's Middle Atlas region we found a mix of apathy and anger among interlocutors. According to one candidate, and many residents, vote buying by parties is the norm in rural areas and slums. Most welcomed the idea of observers, but s [...]	2007-09-04 16:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT1394	MOROCCO ELECTIONS - FEELING ABANDONED BY RABAT, [...] (C) During an Embassy visit to Khenifra and Mrirt in Morocco's Middle Atlas region we found a mix of apathy and anger among interlocutors. According to one candidate, and many residents, vote buying by parties is the norm in rural areas and slums. Most welcomed the idea of observers, but s [...]	2007-09-04 16:28:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT141	COURT RULING SETS BACK KING'S EFFORT TO [...] (C) Summary: In a decision that could lead to enhanced separation of powers in Morocco, the Constitutional Court has struck down a provision of the bill revising the electoral code that would have required small parties to either merge with larger parties or sit out the 2007 parliamentary ele [...]	2007-01-26 13:09:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KWMN MO
07RABAT1466	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FELICE GAER'S CANDIDACY FOR [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed the points conveyed reftels during a September 13 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Humanitarian and Social Affairs Abdelmounaim El Farouk, urging the Government of Morocco (GOM) to support Felice Gaer's candidacy to the Committee Against Torture (CAT [...]	2007-09-14 09:36:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC MO
07RABAT1522	ISLAMIST DISSIDENT: LOW TURNOUT PROVES [...] (C) A leader of the dissident Islamist Justice and Charity Organization (JCO) told us that the low turnout in Morocco's September 7 elections were a failed referendum on the regime. He believed that the turnout was actually below the reported 37 percent. He stressed that the JCO had not activ [...]	2007-09-25 09:33:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV MO
07RABAT1599	MOROCCAN PUBLIC AND PALACE IRE PROMPTS REPORTED [...] (C) Summary: Propelled by mounting palace and public ire over shameless wrangling for ministerial portfolios, leaders of Morocco's returning coalition parties appear to have reached at least informal agreement on a new government, just in time for the October 12 Parliament opening. In the mor [...]	2007-10-12 07:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MO
07RABAT164	SEEKING AFRICA GROUP CANDIDATES FOR THE UN HUMAN [...] (C) Poloff met with Nasser Bourita, Director of United Nations and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on January 30 to discuss reftel. Bourita expressed pleasure that Morocco's human rights record is recognized positively and that the USG considers it impor [...]	2007-01-30 16:14:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL UNHRC
07RABAT1647	NEW PARLIAMENT: MINORITY GOVERNMENT WITH SPOTLIGHT [...] (C) Summary: Morocco's parliament has begun its new session with a minority government composed of 146 members of the 325 seat Chamber of Representatives. The failure of PM Abbas El-Fassi's coalition negotiations led to direct intervention by the Palace. The King reportedly gave a cabinet li [...]	2007-10-25 16:37:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MO
07RABAT1676	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST [...] (S) Poloff and A/LEGAT met on October 29 with Argentine Embassy Minister-Counselor Pablo Pineiro Aramburu at the Argentine Embassy to convey reftel points concerning the Government of Argentina,s (GOA) request for assistance in lobbying the GOM to support the INTERPOL Executive Committee deci [...]	2007-10-31 13:07:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT1690	VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FORMALLY INVESTS A SHAKY [...] (C) Summary: An October 31 parliamentary vote of confidence formally invested Prime Minister El-Fassi's cabinet with full constitutional authority to govern. Due to the absence of almost one quarter of the members, the government was confirmed with less than a majority of the 325 seats in the [...]	2007-11-02 13:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MO
07RABAT1706	MOROCCO: MONARCH CRITICIZES BUT EXTENDS HAND TO [...] (C) On November 6 Morocco's King Mohammed VI criticized Spain over the visit of King Juan Carlos to the disputed enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, but called for "honest and forward-looking dialogue", sending a clear message that the relationship will be preserved. Moroccans across the political spect [...]	2007-11-07 15:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO SP
07RABAT1707	MOROCCO: MONARCH CRITICIZES BUT EXTENDS HAND TO [...] (C) On November 6 Morocco's King Mohammed VI criticized Spain over the visit of King Juan Carlos to the disputed enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, but called for "honest and forward-looking dialogue", sending a clear message that the relationship will be preserved. Moroccans across the political [...]	2007-11-07 15:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO SP
07RABAT1730	NATO/MOROCCO: ICP PROSPECTS DIMMED BY GOM CONCERNS [...] (C) Turkish polcouns Turker Ari on November 8 told us during a meeting concerning the possibility of Morocco entering into a NATO Individual Cooperation Program (ICP) that MFA Director General Youssef Amrani expressed support for the idea of increased alliance cooperation, but made clear his [...]	2007-11-09 18:35:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MARR MO NATO PGOV
07RABAT1754	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 15, [...] (C) On November 16, Charge delivered reftel demarche to GOM MFA Secretary General Omar Hilale, along with a copy of the U.S. press release. Charge, accompanied by Polcouns and Poloff, added that Iran's cooperation with the IAEA had been selective, incomplete, and reactive. He noted that Iran [...]	2007-11-19 15:23:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PP MNUC IAEA AORC IR MO
07RABAT1771	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUS NO ACTION MOTION [...] (C) On November 21, poloff urged Moroccan support on the UNGA Third Committee Resolution on the Human Rights situation in Belarus, which faced a "no-action" vote in New York on the morning of the same day. 2. (C) Farhane stated that the GOM would either vote against the no-action motion o [...]	2007-11-21 13:31:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1772	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ELECTION TO THE ELIMINATION OF [...] (C) On November 21, poloff discussed the re-election of Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper to the UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (reftel) with MFA UN Affairs Director Azzedine Farhane. 2. (C) Farhane responded that he could not provide an immediate answer but the [...]	2007-11-21 13:31:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1773	CORRECTED COPY: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUS NO [...] (C) On November 21, in a meeting with MFA UN Affairs Director Azzedine Farhane, poloff urged Moroccan support on the UNGA Third Committee Resolution on the Human Rights situation in Belarus, which faced a "no-action" vote in New York on the morning of the same day. 2. (C) Farhane stated t [...]	2007-11-21 13:50:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1774	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 18:01:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PTER EAIR ETRD EWWT PREL PINR PINS KNNP
07RABAT1814	WESTERN SAHARA: TOUGH APPROACH TO NEXT ROUND, [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan MFA Chief of Staff Bourita projected that the impending third round of negotiations for the Western Sahara with the POLISARIO would be a real challenge. The GOM believes it should focus on substance, but not at all on independence. While appreciating USG support, he ho [...]	2007-12-05 18:07:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PBTS MO WI
07RABAT1818	IRAN SCORES POINTS IN DEBATE: "NUCLEAR IRAN: WAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Some Iranian arguments resonated with students at a debate, "Nuclear Iran: War and Peace," held on November 23 at a graduate school in Rabat. Iran,s Ambassador argued for Iran,s right to nuclear technologies, including uranium enrichment, citing sovereign right, peaceful inten [...]	2007-12-06 17:49:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PP MNUC IAEA AORC IR MO
07RABAT1826	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON [...] (C) On December 10, poloff discussed the UNGA Plenary Votes on Country-Specific Resolutions (reftels) with MFA Humanitarian Affairs Director Abdelmounaim El Farouq. 2. (C) El Farouq responded that he did not expect the GOM to change its position on any of the resolutions it had voted for [...]	2007-12-10 13:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UNGA
07RABAT1857	MOROCCO BERBERS: A PLEA FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Berber (Amazight) activists want greater recognition and clout, a majority of Morocco's population Berbers are among its poorest citizens although there has been an expansion of Berber cultural rights, including in schools and media. Growing frustration among Berber youth may lead to viol [...]	2007-12-18 15:13:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MO PREL
07RABAT1863	ISLAMISTS SETBACK IN "GAY WEDDING" CULTURE SKIRMISH [...] (C) The case of an alleged gay wedding in a rural town led to a national debate over morality and forced government leaders to publicly call for tolerance. Convictions against six defendants implicated in the case were overturned on appeal despite strong pressure from Islamic newspapers, Imam [...]	2007-12-19 13:23:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KISL SCUL MO
07RABAT225	MOROCCO: ISLAMIST PJD GEARING UP FOR PRIME TIME [...] (C) Summary: The Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) may emerge from elections later this year as Morocco's single largest party in the directly-elected lower house of parliament. In recent conversations, key party leaders indicated confidence that the PJD could double (or more than [...]	2007-02-06 18:43:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PREL MO
07RABAT256	HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH GOM LAUNCHED [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) hastily convened in early February a series of meetings with Embassy officers to convey concerns about the U.S. Human Rights Report. The GOM used the sessions with senior officials from the Foreign Affairs, Interior and Justice ministries to: pr [...]	2007-02-08 15:53:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PBTS PGOV MO
07RABAT275	IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Jettou told the Ambassador on February 7 the February 5-6 visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki was long on protocol but short on substance. Jettou said he pressed Iran to resolve its differences with the International Community. MFA DG Azeroual ela [...]	2007-02-09 17:16:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KNNP MO IR
07RABAT277	MOROCCO ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, Poloff on February 9 informed Azzedine Farhane, Chief of the United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of the U.S.-Russia joint outreach plan for seven prospective partner n [...]	2007-02-09 18:03:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP PREL KGIC MO
07RABAT292	MOROCCO: HAMAS-FATAH AGREEMENT ON NATIONAL UNITY [...] POLOFF RELAYED REFTEL POINTS TO MFA ARAB AFFAIRS DIRECTOR HASSAN HAMI FRIDAY FEBRUARY 9, MR. HAMI RESPONDED THAT THE GOM FULLY SUPPORTS KING ABDULLAH'S RECONCILIATION EFFORTS AND NOTED THAT THE GOM HAD CALLED FOR PALESTINIAN UNITY. ANY FURTHER SUBSTANTIVE GOM RESPONSE WILL BE SENT SEPTEL. *** [...]	2007-02-13 13:09:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MO
07RABAT295	MOROCCO: HAMAS-FATAH AGREEMENT ON NATIONAL UNITY [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-13 14:45:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MO
07RABAT335	MOROCCO AND THE PALESTINIAN UNITY GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Drawing on points conveyed reftel, Poloff met with Hassan Hami, Office Director of Arab Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 15, to urge that Morocco avoid premature statements of support or engagement with the new Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) before its new [...]	2007-02-20 18:59:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO
07RABAT337	AMBASSADOR REACHES OUT TO REMOTE CORNERS OF MOROCCO [...] Summary: The Ambassador conducted a series of outreach visits across Morocco January 31 - February 7. Taking advantage of the one-week availability of a USG C-12 aircraft, the Ambassador travelled "off the beaten path" to Errachidia, Figuig, and Oujda in the east, Al-Hoceima in the north, and [...]	2007-02-21 09:00:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID KPAO MO
07RABAT362	AMU INCREASING CT FOCUS, ADVANCING TRADE DIALOGUE, [...] (C) Foreign Ministers from Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, Tunisia, and Libya gathered in Rabat February 10-11 for the 26th Ministerial Council meeting of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU). A senior AMU contact told us discussions among the Ministers reflected increased focus in AMU fora on stemming [...]	2007-02-26 09:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL ETRD MO LY AG TS XA XF
07RABAT377	MOROCCAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMENTS ON [...] (S) Summary: Embassy delivered Reftel demarche to MFA on February 21 PolCouns urged Abdellatif Bendahane, MFA Director of African Affairs to take advantage of any possible GOM influence to resolve the situation. 2. (C) On February 26 PolCouns and Poloff followed up with Bendahane, who clai [...]	2007-02-27 12:16:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	MO PGOV PREL
07RABAT395	A "CULTURE OF HUMAN RIGHTS" IN MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) wants to become known for its observance of human rights and has mounted what appears to be little more than a public relations campaign. On February 26, Prime Minister Jettou and Driss Benzekri, the president of the Consultative Council on Huma [...]	2007-03-01 10:30:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV MO
07RABAT396	MOROCCO: LEADER OF ISLAMIST JCO DECRIES [...] (C) Summary: A senior leader of Morocco's Islamist Justice and Charity Organization (JCO) denounced the Moroccan state as a corrupt and despotic regime and claimed government "persecution" of the group and its members was much worse today than in the era of Hassan II, in our first conversation [...]	2007-03-01 10:50:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PHUM MO
07RABAT406	MOROCCO ON IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On February 28, poloff met with Azzedine Farhane, UN Division Chief at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss Iran's failure to comply with its international obligations as required under UNSCR 1737 ( [...]	2007-03-02 12:58:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP UNSC MO IR
07RABAT417	MOROCCO ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with Hassan Hami, MFA Director for Arab Multilateral Affairs, on the morning of March 2 to convey U.S. positions on the Arab League's Ministerial agenda (reftel). Hami confirmed that Foreign Minister Benaissa would lead the Moroccan delegation to the March 3-4 Cairo ta [...]	2007-03-02 18:26:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL XF
07RABAT458	MOROCCO ON INTERPOL'S AMIA PROPOSAL FOR EXECUTIVE [...] (C) On March 7, poloff met with Karim Halim, Bilateral Affairs and Counterterrorism Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the Interpol Secretariat's recommendation to issue six Red Notices related to the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (reftel). Reca [...]	2007-03-12 10:21:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL IR MO AR
07RABAT527	ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL AND SUMMIT IN RIYADH [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-23 17:52:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MO XF
07RABAT549	MOROCCO: (ISLAMIST) PJD LEADER DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Abdallah Baha, Deputy Secretary-General of Morocco's (Islamist) Party of Justice and Development (PJD),complained to poloff during a mid-March meeting that the party believed the electoral system was unfairly tilted against them. He said the party nonetheless expects to do well [...]	2007-03-27 10:59:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL MO
07RABAT613	MOROCCAN AMBASSADOR DOES NOT ATTEND NATANZ CEREMONY [...] (C) On April 9, poloff conveyed reftel demarche, which was received only shortly before the event, to Azzedine Farhane, Chief of the MFA's United Nations Division. Poloff urged Morocco not to participate in the ceremony inaugurating the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant scheduled for later in the d [...]	2007-04-09 18:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC IR MO
07RABAT638	A MODERATE ISLAMIST MAYOR - THE PJD IN MEKNES [...] (C) Summary: Abu Bakr Belkora, the moderate Islamist mayor of Meknes, told poloff he was wrestling with poverty and governance issues during an April 10 visit to the city. Meknes is Morocco's sixth largest city and the largest local government controlled by the (moderate Islamist) Party of Jus [...]	2007-04-12 15:55:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV MO
07RABAT701	MOROCCO TERRORISM: STATE OF "HIGH ALERT," [...] (C) Summary: Morocco is on a "state of high alert" in the wake of recent terror attacks in Casablanca, said GOM spokesman and Communications Minister Nabil Benabdellah in a press conference on April 18. Responding to recent NGO criticism, the Minister asserted that the GOM would take human ri [...]	2007-04-20 18:54:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PHUM MO
07RABAT744	WESTERN SAHARA: CONTINUING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco's (GOM) efforts to sell its autonomy plan within the Sahara may be complicated by continuing repression and reported violations of human rights, although some recent improvement may help their case. Local human rights observers continue to report GOM [...]	2007-04-26 12:47:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PBTS MO
07RABAT751	MOROCCO TERRORISM: MINISTER BRIEFS ON CT STEPS, [...] (C) In remarks before parliament on April 25, Minister of Interior Benmoussa warned that the threat from terrorism is real and always present. He detailed efforts to upgrade security across the country and said there have been 59 terror-related arrests since March 11. A parliamentary contact [...]	2007-04-26 17:50:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL PGOV MO
07RABAT858	SAHRAWI AND BERBER (AMAZIGH) STUDENTS [...] (C) Summary: Sahrawi students have been demonstrating at several Moroccan universities, beginning May 3, calling for independence for the Western Sahara. Multiple sources confirm that the demonstrations, inspired by the UNSCR call for negotiations on Sahara, led to violent clashes with Mor [...]	2007-05-14 17:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PBTS MO
07RABAT864	MOROCCO ON BELARUS UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) In a May 14 meeting with Abdelmounaim El Farouq, Chief of the Social and Humanitarian Issues Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, poloff urged Morocco to use its vote at the upcoming elections for the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to elect countries with strong human rights record [...]	2007-05-15 17:03:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MO
07RABAT880	BERBER (AMAZIGH) POLITICAL ACTIVISTS SPEAK OUT [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Berber (Amazigh) activists are increasingly outspoken about their desire for political and constitutional change (reftels A and B). Eight Amazigh political activists gathered on May 11 to discuss their disagreement with the present political situation. Drawing on ear [...]	2007-05-17 11:25:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PBTS MO
07RABAT933	HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH GOM CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials and the Embassy reached agreement on a new formula for regular human rights consultations that will include a mechanism for raising specific cases with the Government of Morocco (GOM). In a wide-ranging discussion, the MFA comp [...]	2007-05-30 12:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PBTS PGOV MO
07RABAT935	MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT CONFRONTS EXTREMIST THEOLOGY [...] (C) Summary: In late May, Morocco's Ministry of Islamic Affairs convened more than 1200 Moroccan religious scholars and prayer leaders to rebut and condemn the use of religious pretexts for acts of terrorism. The event, which received high profile coverage in Moroccan media, came in the wake [...]	2007-05-30 17:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL MO
07RABAT942	MOROCCO SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] This is an action message. Please see para 4. 2. (C) During a May 31 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Division Chief for United Nations Affairs Azzedine Farhane told poloff that Morocco is interested in potential USG assistance for Morocco,s planned Global Initiative to Combat [...]	2007-06-01 13:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PTER PREL KGIT MO
07RANGOON1009	BURMA: ACTIVISTS BEGIN TO TENTATIVELY REGROUP [...] (C) Summary. A veteran political activist told Poloff that a handful of pro-democracy activists have tried to reorganize in Burma since the crackdown but are still unwilling to stage protests or other public demonstrations due to fear of immediate regime reprisals. GOB raids against monaste [...]	2007-10-10 10:07:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1043	BURMA: CRITICISM OF "ROADMAP" [...] (C) Summary. A etnic Karen former National Convention delegate told us the September crackdown makes it highly unlikely the public will ever support the results of the regime's so-called "roadmap to democracy." He said several of his fellow delegates have privately voiced concern over the re [...]	2007-10-23 07:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1052	MANDALAY CRACKDOWN MILDER THAN RANGOON [...] (C) Summary. Poloff visited Mandalay to observe any changes in the city since the September uprising and to try to obtain details of the demonstrations and subsequent military crackdown there. According to contacts we met in Mandalay, the demonstrations here were not as political as they wer [...]	2007-10-24 08:03:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1056	FEMINIST WRITERS' GROUP EXPRESSES OPTIMISM FOR [...] (C) Summary. Writers for a local feminist magazine expressed optimism for the future of democracy in Burma. They noted that the demonstrations in September differed from the 1988 demonstrations because this time the international community was watching. They also felt that a new generation ha [...]	2007-10-24 10:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1057	MEMBER LACKS CONFIDENCE IN CONSTITUTION COMMISSION [...] (C) Summary. Tun Aung Chain, a member of the Commission for Drafting the State Constitution, told us he harbors little hope that the process will lead to meaningful democracy in Burma. He explained that while the commission consists of 54 members representing various ethnic groups and profes [...]	2007-10-25 05:09:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1060	AUNG SAN SUU KYI MEETS WITH REGIME LIAISON [...] (C) Summary: Aung San Suu Kyi met with newly appointed liaison Aung Kyi at the Government Guest House the afternoon of October 25. Burmese State Television announced Acting PM Thein Sein would be appointed Prime Minister and that Quarter Master General LT GEN Tin Aung Myint Oo would replace T [...]	2007-10-25 10:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1070	BURMA: REPORTS OF RENEWED FIGHTING IN KAREN STATE [...] (C) Summary. A politically-active ethnic Karen relayed reports of renewed fighting in Karen State between KNU forces and the Burma Army-backed DKBA. The fighting reportedly began on October 28 when KNU forces attacked a Burma Army outpost in Kawkareik in southern Karen State. Our contact ci [...]	2007-10-30 10:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1084	BURMA: REGIME TO PNG UN COUNTRY CHIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: On the eve of Gambari's visit to Burma, the GOB announced that UN Resident Coordinator Charles Petrie was no longer welcome. Despite the UN's desire to maintain control of Gambari's schedule, Petrie was informed today the regime had its own schedule for Gambari and he should r [...]	2007-11-02 11:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1099	TALES FROM INSEIN PRISON [...] (C) Summary. NLD Spokesman U Myint Thein, recently released from Insein prison, detailed for us his experiences during his 34-day detention. While he did not experience physical torture, he said that others did. The police often awoke him in the middle of the night to subject him to three-h [...]	2007-11-09 10:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1103	BURMA: THE KNU,S RELUCTANT FIST [...] (S) Summary. KNU leaders said they believe tripartite dialogue offers the only path to real change, but they still have no faith in the regime to engage in genuine discussions. The KNU chairman said he would continue to work with other ethnic groups to apply political pressure on the governm [...]	2007-11-13 07:56:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1105	BURMESE REGIME DESTROYS EDUCATION TO KEEP CONTROL [...] (C) Summary. Myat Ko Ko, a member of the Embassy-funded Cosmopolitan Library Club, explained how the regime consolidates its power by destroying Burma's education system. While the children of the generals can afford to attend foreign universities, over 300,000 university students in Burma m [...]	2007-11-14 11:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1112	TORTURED DETAINEE SURVIVES BURMESE PRISON [...] (C) Summary. The chairman of an NLD township branch discussed the torture he underwent at interrogation centers and at Insein prison. USDA thugs arrested him on September 26 and sent him to interrogation centers for several days of torture and questioning, before transferring him to Insein Pr [...]	2007-11-16 02:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1119	BURMA: FOUR STEPS BACKWARD, TWO STEPS FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: In his first public address since the September protests and regime crackdown, Senior General Than Shwe asserted the government would move forward with its "roadmap to democracy," and gave no indication he would alter the process to make it more inclusive. Than Shwe has sent hi [...]	2007-11-19 10:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1140	BURMESE GENERALS PRIZE ORDER OVER LAW [...] (C) Summary. Kyaw Zaw Naing, head of the Global Green Group, which received a small grant in 2007 from Embassy Rangoon, described his efforts to promote legal knowledge with free law clinics throughout the country. Basic legal knowledge, he explained, will empower citizens to protect themsel [...]	2007-11-26 07:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1143	BURMA: UNICEF AND ILO ON CHILD SOLDIERS [...] (C) Summary. UNICEF and ILO representatives in Burma told Poloff they believed the use of child soldiers to be an ongoing problem, but had no way to accurately measure its scope. Current estimates were based almost entirely on anecdotal evidence, so could be misleading, they said. UNICEF de [...]	2007-11-26 10:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1164	BURMA: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO THAN SHWE [...] (SBU) Summary. At a December 3 news conference for the diplomatic corps and members of the press, Minister of Information Brig Gen Kyaw Hsan, Director General of Police Khin Yi, and Minister of Labor (and Aung San Suu Kyi liaison) Aung Kyi showcased the inaugural session of the constitutiona [...]	2007-12-06 02:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1168	BURMA: INCREASED ACTIVITY IN KAREN STATE [...] (C) Summary. Karen National Union contacts told us the Burma Army has been increasing its presence and activities in Karen State. A recent announcement that the KNU will close a portion of a major road between Karen and Mon States was not approved by KNU headquarters and likely came from loc [...]	2007-12-07 09:17:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1175	BURMA: ACTIVISTS DOWN BUT NOT OUT [...] (C) Summary. Contrary to warnings by the authorities, human rights activist Myint Aye and his supporters held a ceremony commemorating the 59th anniversary of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Rangoon on December 10. Poloffs observed a heavy plain-clothes police presence ou [...]	2007-12-10 10:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1181	BURMESE REGIME NOT TALKING [...] (C) Summary. Aung San Suu Kyi's personal physician, Dr. Tin Myo Win (Douglas),said that no meetings between Aung San Suu Kyi and Minister of Relations Aung Kyi have taken place since November 19. Rather than create a real dialogue, the government has preoccupied itself with the visa ban and [...]	2007-12-17 09:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1185	JUSTICE WAITS ANOTHER DAY IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary. Pro-democracy activist Htin Kyaw's trial was postponed until December 26 and will now be held in Insein Prison rather than a courthouse in Rangoon. His health continued to decline due to his hunger strike and family and supporters were worried for his well being. Labor activis [...]	2007-12-18 09:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1191	BURMA: HELPING PHYU PHYU THIN [...] (C) Summary: HIV/AIDS activist and NLD youth member Phyu Phyu Thin does not want to come out of hiding, contrary to Ref A. She believes she would be quickly arrested and unable to assist her patients. Phyu Phyu Thin's patients are in desperate need of quick funding in order to continue their [...]	2007-12-19 10:09:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM KHIV EAID SOCI
07RANGOON1200	BURMA: THAI MFA DIRECTOR ON THE DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Thai MFA Director Kallayana described the behind-the-scenes maneuvering at the November ASEAN Summit that led to the cancellation of Gambari's briefing at the event. At the Summit, Thai PM Surayud had urged Burmese PM Thein Sein to upgrade the dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi by s [...]	2007-12-21 11:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON122	BURMA: MORE INSURGENT GROUPS EMERGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post recently received information about two small insurgent groups, each with about 200 armed soldiers, that continue to resist the SPDC. The Hanthawady Restoration Army in Mon State engages in armed conflict against the Burmese Army, while the Chin ethnic Zomi Revolutionary Army [...]	2007-02-05 08:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL BM
07RANGOON136	BURMA SAYS, "NO MORE CHILD SOLDIERS...TRUST US" [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Burmese regime brought out its big guns on February 6 to persuade Rangoon-based diplomats that Burmese armed forces no longer recruit child soldiers. SPDC Secretary-1 Lt. Gen. Thein Sein and Foreign Minister Nyan Win SIPDIS both told diplomats that the regime has taken all [...]	2007-02-08 11:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KOCI BM
07RANGOON156	BURMA'S ETHNIC MON STRADDLE THE FENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A New Mon State Party (NMSP) leader recently told us relations with the regime are not good, but the NMSP prefers to play along than to break its 20-year cease-fire and return to fighting. The NMSP recently traveled to three Mon districts to explain to the public why it downgrade [...]	2007-02-15 03:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SNAR BM
07RANGOON198	LIFE IN SHAN STATE'S FORMER PRINCIPALITY OF HSIPAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent visit to Hsipaw revealed that recent Chinese migrants have changed the demographics and the economy of this former Shan principality. Family members of two Hsipaw political prisoners described their sentences and prison life. The regime maintains a watchful eye on pote [...]	2007-02-26 10:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON199	BURMA: PRECARIOUS PEACE IN KAREN STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Confusion continues to surround the reported cease-fire agreement between the SPDC and a breakaway faction of the KNU. Unlike earlier cease-fire agreements between the regime and other armed ethnic groups, the latest deal does not require the Karen faction to surrender their arms [...]	2007-02-26 11:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREF PREL BM
07RANGOON248	BURMA REGIME DETAINS MORE DEMONSTRATORS [...] (C) On the evening of March 6, Burmese authorities detained another seven participants in the February 22 protest in downtown Rangoon (ref B). Special Branch police picked up the seven from their homes around 22:00 and indicated that they would release them after further questioning. 2. ( [...]	2007-03-07 12:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON283	BIOGRAPHY: SHWE MANN, BURMA'S DICTATOR-IN-WAITING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Most observers view General "Thura" Shwe Mann, the Burmese regime's number three, as Senior General Than Shwe's preferred successor. Infrequently seen in public, Shwe Mann quietly runs the Ministry of Defense and appears to have the respect of officers of all ranks. More than a [...]	2007-03-16 07:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BM
07RANGOON305	BURMESE REGIME CONTINUES TO HARASS ACTIVISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The regime continues to detain and harass pro-democracy activists. Authorities arrested activist Htin Kyaw for the fourth time in four weeks. They unsuccessfully tried to prevent Min Ko Naing from visiting the family of a political prisoner. They detained two activists in Bago [...]	2007-03-23 04:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON335	BURMA LABOR ADVOCATE FORMS HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: A renowned Burmese labor lawyer and former political prisoner recently established a human rights monitoring group, Leading Stars, to help human rights victims file legal charges against their oppressors. Leading Stars plans to help defend political prisoners and promote politica [...]	2007-04-04 09:03:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB BM
07RANGOON387	BURMA: EIGHT MORE DEMONSTRATORS ARRESTED IN RANGOON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eight persons staged a short demonstration on April 22 to protest continued electricity blackouts, unemployment, inflation, and high taxes. Burmese media coverage claimed that ordinary Burmese citizens, tired of demonstrations, seized eight demonstrators and handed them over to t [...]	2007-04-25 00:54:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON407	BURMA: WHO WOULD BE PRIME MINISTER? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Soe Win's extended stay in Singapore for medical treatment fueled many rumors about his successor. While several names have been suggested for the largely ceremonial post, it is not clear that anybody really wants the job. With several key regime leaders reportedly [...]	2007-05-02 09:07:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON447	BURMA: KARENNI PEACE TALKS GOING NOWHERE FAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The regime has quietly engaged leaders of the insurgent Karenni National People's Party in peace discussions in recent months. The key sticking point remains the status of Burmese Army bases in Kayah State. The Karenni may eventually cede this point, but appear to be in no hurry [...]	2007-05-11 16:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREF BM
07RANGOON478	BURMA: DEMOCRACY ADVOCATES GEAR UP TO RALLY PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 88 Generation Students and other democracy activists continue their campaigns to mobilize the public, with the goal of preparing an effective public response when the regime unveils its dictated constitution. Meanwhile, the regime is using its proxy mass-member organizations i [...]	2007-05-21 11:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON60	BURMA'S LEADER KEEPING UP APPEARANCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior General Than Shwe returned to Burma on January 12 from his hospital stay in Singapore. He appeared briefly in the Burmese media on January 15 and 16, chairing the quarterly SPDC meeting in Nay Pyi Taw and welcoming PM Soe Win back from the ASEAN Summit in Cebu. Although ru [...]	2007-01-17 09:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON61	BURMA UNSCR: REGIME GLOATS, OPPOSITION REGROUPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reaction in Burma to China and Russia's veto of the UN Security Council Burma resolution has split as expected. The regime gloated and claimed the result demonstrated international repudiation of U.S. and British meddling in Burma's internal affairs. Pro-democracy groups in Burm [...]	2007-01-18 05:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON72	ICRC CUTS STAFF BUT STANDS FIRM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Burma has steadily reduced its staff in the wake of regime requirements that forced ICRC to curtail most of its activities. However, ICRC's prosthetics program continues to operate at full strength. ICRC is committed to maint [...]	2007-01-19 08:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
07RANGOON8	THAIS PRESSURE KARENS TO TALK TO THE BURMESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Karen National Liberation Army sources claim the Thai military is pressuring it to engage in cease-fire talks with the Burmese regime. The Karen say they will insist that the Burmese army pull back from areas where they have driven out Karen villagers and stop its human rights v [...]	2007-01-03 09:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS BM
07RANGOON81	BURMA REGIME TRIES TO STOP TUESDAY WORSHIPPERS [...] (C) Summary: On January 16, GOB backed thugs in civilian clothes verbally and physically attacked pro-democracy activist Naw Ohn Hla and her group who go to Shwe Dagon Pagoda every Tuesday to pray for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all of Burma's political prisoners. When she tried to fi [...]	2007-01-23 10:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON89	REGIME STRONGARMS BURMESE SUGARCANE FARMERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Authorities from Aunglan Township, Magway Division, ordered local sugarcane farmers to sell their crops to government sugar mills at less than one-third the market price. When farmers opted to sell their cane to local cottage industries that produce brown sugar using traditional [...]	2007-01-24 10:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON910	BURMA: PROTESTS GATHER MOMENTUM [...] (C) Summary. On September 24, Embassy officers observed several demonstrations in Rangoon, the largest of which numbered well into the thousands and consisted of both monks and civilians. In a significant change, the demonstrations have taken on an overt political tone in the past few days w [...]	2007-09-25 10:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON911	BURMA: PROTESTS GROW INCREASINGLY POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 25, several thousand monks and civilians again marched unimpeded through Rangoon for over four hours. Embassy observers reported these protests have now taken on a clearly political tone. Several other smaller protests reportedly occurred in other parts of the co [...]	2007-09-25 11:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON913	REGIME CRACKS DOWN BUT PROTESTS CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary. On September 26, the regime began to crack down on protestors in Rangoon. The government announced a dusk to dawn curfew would begin at 1745 tonight. At least 500 monks and 2,000 civilians defiantly continued their demonstrations on September 26, despite a significant and visi [...]	2007-09-27 01:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON914	EMBASSY CONVENES EAC AND TOWN HALL MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Embassy on September 25 held an EAC meeting to discuss security given the current political situation. The EAC agreed that the Embassy's security posture was sufficient given the current political situation. The EAC recommended town hall meetings to discuss recent devel [...]	2007-09-27 01:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC AMGT PREL AEMR BM
07RANGOON926	CRACKDOWN RESULTS IN CASUALTIES [...] (C) Summary. The regime resorted to violence against peaceful protests for a second day of the regime's crackdown. Embassy officers observed security forces shooting into crowds, using tear gas to disperse crowds, and beating defiant protesters. We have received reports of numerous injuries [...]	2007-09-27 11:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM

07RANGOON941	BURMA PROTESTS SUBSIDE BUT BECOME MORE VIOLENT [...] (C) Summary. Clashes between security forces and small groups of demonstrators continued in downtown Rangoon on September 28. Today's demonstrations were significantly smaller and less organized than in the past. For the first time since August 17, we did not observe any monks participatin [...]	2007-09-28 11:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON954	GAMBARI DEPARTS BURMA, ACTIVIST SEEKS ASYLUM [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Gambari reportedly met with Senior General Than Shwe and Aung San Suu Kyi before departing Burma today on a Silk Air flight. He provided no outbriefing to the diplomatic corps. A prominent pro-democracy activist and key organizer of last week's demonstrations [...]	2007-10-02 10:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON977	RAIDS AND ARRESTS CONTINUE IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The Charge d'Affaires has been summoned to Nay Pyi Taw to meet with the Deputy Foreign Minister for a one-on-one meeting about the situation; we learned that the Chinese and Russian Ambassadors had been invited for similar meetings today. Nightly arrests and raids on monasteries [...]	2007-10-04 11:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07REYKJAVIK117	ICELAND'S REFUGEE POLICY UNDER SCRUTINY, GOVT MAKES NEW [...] (U) Summary: A series of newspaper articles about Iraqi refugees, written by a well-known Icelandic journalist, in Iceland's newspaper-of-record, has seized public attention and ignited new discussion on Iceland's conservative refugee admissions policy. Iceland has not admitted any Iraqi refug [...]	2007-04-18 17:15:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL UNHCR IZ IC
07REYKJAVIK142	ICELAND ELECTIONS: GOVERNMENT CLINGS TO MAJORITY, BUT [...] (U) Summary: Iceland's governing coalition hung on to a one-seat parliamentary majority in national elections on May 12. However, the junior partner in the coalition is sufficiently weakened -- with its chairman and another sitting minister failing to get elected -- that the coalition's survi [...]	2007-05-14 14:25:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IC
07REYKJAVIK151	ICELAND: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM POST [...] (U) On May 18 Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Ambassador for Arms Control Issues Petur Thorsteinsson informed PolOff that the Icelandic Embassies in Washington and Moscow would soon be delivering diplomatic notes reporting Iceland's desire to join the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear [...]	2007-05-21 15:58:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KGIT PARM PREL IC
07REYKJAVIK152	ICELAND: MFA REPORTS HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT "NIL FORM" [...] (U) PolOff presented reftel points on May 18 to Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Ambassador for Arms Control Issues Petur Thorsteinsson. Thorsteinsson reported that Iceland had just submitted its "nil form" Annual Declaration for the Hague Code of Conduct on Ballistic Missile Proliferat [...]	2007-05-21 17:28:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC KSCA ETTC CWC IC
07REYKJAVIK154	ICELAND NOT IN FAVOR OF CLUSTER MUNITIONS BAN, BUT IS [...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland has not taken a final position on the cluster munitions issue, but is unwilling to support a complete ban on their use. However, due to regional solidarity and a desire to make disarmament a key issue in Iceland's campaign for a UN Security Council seat, the GOI is inc [...]	2007-05-22 07:49:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS NATO PARM PREL IC
07REYKJAVIK203	Icelandic MFA announces inquiry into alleged [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs announced on June 27 that her ministry will conduct an inquiry into allegations of CIA detainee flights transiting Iceland. The announcement comes in response to the June 27 Council of Europe discussion of Special Rapporteur Dick Marty's la [...]	2007-07-13 16:44:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PHUM NATO KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK49	SEVENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Brad Evans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail EvansBR@state.gov. From February 20 until April 1, point of contact is Economic Officer Fiona Evans, tel. +354-562- 9100x22 [...]	2007-03-01 17:59:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC
07REYKJAVIK90	UPDATED SEVENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Updated report reflects changes in the prostitution law, and two possible trafficking cases in the last month (ref C). Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Brad Evans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail Evans [...]	2007-03-30 13:51:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC
07REYKJAVIK92	ICELAND UNABLE TO TAKE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 10:03:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC IC
07REYKJAVIK93	ICELAND STRONGLY SUPPORTS AHTISAARI'S PROPOSAL ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 10:05:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI IC
07RIGA107	SWINGING FOR THE FENCES: LATVIA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: At its annual briefing to the Riga diplomatic corps, Latvia's anti-corruption bureau (KNAB) highlighted 2006 as a year where it made great strides in tacking corruption. Overall, the KNAB's successful completion of the cases for formal prosecution has dramatically increased fro [...]	2007-02-13 15:01:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID KCRM LG PGOV
07RIGA140	LATVIA RESPONDS TO ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel talking points to Rudolfs Bremanis, Latvian Foreign Ministry US Desk Officer, and Agnese Vilde of the International Operations and Crisis Management Division Security Policy Department. Vilde said that there should be no problem with Latvia freezing any and all a [...]	2007-02-23 15:49:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP KN PARM LG
07RIGA200	SHOW ME THE MONEY - LATVIA TACKLES CASH COURIERS [...] (U) Summary: Per reftel, PolOff delivered background notes on Cash Couriers to Viesturs Burkans, head of Latvia's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and Agnese Vilde of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legal Department. In response, Vilde and Burkans outlined the key provision of Latvia's new [...]	2007-03-15 15:17:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM SNAR LG
07RIGA266	LATVIA'S RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-11 15:00:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	IR KN KNNP PARM PREL LG
07RIGA275	LEMBERGS AND THE SECURITY AMENDMENTS LINKED [...] (C) Summary: Regional Legal Attach and PolOff met with the Latvian Prosecutor General Maizetis (PG) to discuss upcoming USG sponsored training events which will involve Maizetis' office. During the course of the meeting, the PG discussed the events surrounding the introduction, and eventual wi [...]	2007-04-13 15:04:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KCRM KJUS ECON PREL PINR ASEC NATO LG
07RIGA422	LATVIA'S FIU REPORTS HISTORIC SUCCESS FOR 2006 [...] (U) Summary: Over the past nine years, the Latvian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has grown both in size and experience and is considered on of the most sophisticated in the region. The number of suspicious activity reports turned over to the FIU from looking forward has nearly doubled [...]	2007-06-01 13:10:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR EFIN PGOV PTER KCRM LG
07RIGA476	President promulgates controversial amendments to Conflict [...] Summary: On June 18, outgoing President Vaira Vike-Freiberga (whose term in office expires July 7) announced that she will promulgate controversial amendments to the "Law on Preventing Conflict of Interests among Public Officials," which were adopted by the Parliament on June 7. The amendments [...]	2007-06-22 14:52:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV LG
07RIGA519	LATVIAN PROSECUTORS RECEIVE TRAINING FROM USG [...] (U)Summary: In conjunction with the Department of Justice's Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Assistance Training Division (OPDAT),US Embassy Riga conducted a three-day training program with Latvian Prosecutors and police. The training primarily focused on public corruption, financial c [...]	2007-07-12 16:14:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM EAID CJAN ECON LG
07RIGA823	LATVIAN RESPONSE: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Judite Dobele, the GOL MFA Head of the Middle Eastern Division. Dobele stated that the GOL has taken concrete steps to assure that there is no participation in terrorism financing. One indication of this is Latvian commercial banks' mandate to investigate cas [...]	2007-11-02 14:20:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KNNP PREL PARM LG
07RIGA828	LATVIAN RESPONSE: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Judite Dobele, the GOL MFA's Head of Middle East and Africa Division, Viesturs Burkans, the GOL Prosecutor General's office Head of the Financial Investigation Unit, and Janis Brazovskis, the GOL Head of Financial Integrity Division in the Financial and [...]	2007-11-06 07:05:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC ECON LG
07RIYADH1018	NO DECISION YET: HRC ELECTIONS REFTEL DEMARCHES [...] (C) Reftel demarches were delivered by Ambassador Fraker to Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal on May 12 and on the working level by PolOff to First Secretary Abdulrahman al-Rassi on May 13. Additionally, a non-paper was delivered via dip note on May 7. Prince Saud told the Ambassador th [...]	2007-05-15 14:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UNHRC SA
07RIYADH1036	POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER SUPPORTS IRAQI EFFORTS BUT [...] (C) Polish Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga met with the Saud Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Nizar Madani, Shoura Council Chairman Dr. Saleh bin Humaid, Deputy Minister of Oil Prince Abdul Aziz bin Salman, and Deputy Minister of Commerce Abdullah al Hammoudi during her May 9 visit to R [...]	2007-05-19 04:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ETRD SA
07RIYADH1074	EDUCATION REFORM: WILL KING ABDULLAH'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah announced on February 13 a six-year, SR 9 billion (USD 2.4 billion) project for the Development of Public Education, followed by an April 17 announcement of a general infrastructure project that allocates a total of SR 21.9 billion (USD 5.84 billion) for general and [...]	2007-05-21 15:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
07RIYADH1438	NEW SUMMER CAMP REGS-- NO NEW PROTECTIONS AGAINST [...] (U) The Ministry of Education (MOE) announced new regulations for youth summer camps in late February and, on June 26, the creation of an oversight committee composed of 45 members from the MOE to monitor these new regulations. The new regulations state that the Ministry must approve all requ [...]	2007-07-08 08:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KISL SCUL KOCI SA
07RIYADH1481	NO LASHES FOR QATEEF RAPE VICTIM; CASE DROPPED [...] (S) Post reported in reftel the case of Qateef resident Aqilah bint Eisa al-Dhamin, who, along with her ex-boyfriend, was raped by seven men in January 2006. Following the investigation and trial, the perpetrators were sentenced to between eight months and five years in prison and between 80- [...]	2007-07-11 15:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PHUM PGOV KWMN SOCI KIRF SA
07RIYADH1641	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SAUDI MFA: U.S. CANDIDATE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Saudi MFA on August 5. Mr. Abdulrahman Al-Rassi, First Secretary in the International Organizations Department, SIPDIS noted Ms. Gaer's impressive qualifications and said he would submit the talking points and Ms. Gaer's curriculum [...]	2007-08-06 12:16:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN PHUM SA
07RIYADH1649	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SAUDI MFA: U.S. CANDIDATE [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Saudi MFA on August 5. Mr. Abdulrahman Al-Rassi, First Secretary in the International Organizations Department, SIPDIS noted Ms. Gaer's impressive qualifications and said he would submit the talking points and Ms. Gaer's curriculum vita [...]	2007-08-07 10:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN PHUM SA
07RIYADH1691	SAUDI PRINCE BANDAR TRAVELS TO MOSCOW TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Saudi National Security Advisor Prince Bandar bin Sultan traveled to Moscow on July 31-- the same day that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense SIPDIS Robert Gates were in Jeddah meeting with top SAG officials. According to Saudi and international press repo [...]	2007-08-12 11:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RS SA
07RIYADH1699	SAUDI MISSION TO OPEN EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD, NOT JUST [...] (C) Following Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal's August 7 announcement regarding the SAG's intention to send a delegation to Baghdad this week to look into reopening its Embassy in the Iraqi capital, Norwegian Charge d'Affaires Paal Bjornestad told Poloff that the Saudi Head of th [...]	2007-08-13 08:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IZ SA
07RIYADH1743	SAG SUPPORT TO SOMALI NATIONAL RECONCILIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal reportedly pledged approximately USD 30 million towards the Somali National Reconciliation Conference and offered to host a final peace agreement signing ceremony in the Kingdom during his July meeting with Somali Transitional Federal Governm [...]	2007-08-19 14:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI SO SA
07RIYADH1776	AT LAST -- EGYPTIAN COPTIC CHRISTIAN DEPARTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: After repeated attempts to leave Saudi Arabia, Egyptian Coptic Christian Dr. Mamdouh Full Fahmy flew home to Cairo on August 15. Fahmy claims that Egyptian Muslim co-workers harassed him from 2004-2006 and tried unsuccessfully to convert him to Islam. After his co-workers accused [...]	2007-08-25 14:40:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PHUM KIRF EG SA
07RIYADH1886	SAUDI OFFICIALS DID NOT WANT NAWAZ SHARIF TO [...] (U) The Saudi press has run several front page news items in the past week clarifying its position regarding the return of exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to Pakistan -- which took place on September 10, 2007. (NOTE: Developing news reports indicate that Sharif was arrested shortly [...]	2007-09-10 13:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PK SA
07RIYADH1889	GCC "100 PERCENT" BEHIND PROPOSED MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY. Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) foreign ministers met on September 1, 2007, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for their 104th session, which was led by Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Nizar Madani. The resulting communiqu renounced terrorism, reiterated the GCC's position t [...]	2007-09-10 14:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECIN PTER IZ IS SA
07RIYADH1906	SAG SUPPORT FOR MINNAWI APPEARS LIMITED TO [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Saudi Arabian Government has increased its African peace-making profile by calling for a peaceful resolution to the conflicts in western Sudan; however, SAG officials, some foreign diplomats in Riyadh, and members of the Kingdom,s Sudanese diaspora express considerable doubt a [...]	2007-09-15 05:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL SU SA
07RIYADH2034	ANOTHER "HOLY" PEACE AGREEMENT IGNORED: SOMALIS [...] (U) In one of dozens of attempts to end the sixteen-year civil war, Somali leaders signed a peace agreement on September 16 in the presence of King Abdullah and Crown Prince Sultan during the final session of the Somali reconciliation conference in Jeddah. The reconciliation conference was i [...]	2007-10-02 09:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO XW SO SA
07RIYADH2096	FUROR OVER THE CASE OF SAUDI NATIONAL HOMAIDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Al-Arabiya aired a two-part investigative program in early September regarding Saudi national Homaidan al-Turki, who was sentenced by a Colorado court in August 2006 to 28 years to life for sexually assaulting his Indonesian maid (ref A). The program featured interviews with offi [...]	2007-10-12 14:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PINR SA
07RIYADH2131	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SAUDI MFA REGARDING LEBANON [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Saudi MFA on October 22. Ambassador Saleh al-Kuhaimi, head of the Arab States Department, said he would follow up with his MFA colleagues to determine SAG support for PM Siniora's initiative. FRAKER [...]	2007-10-23 13:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV LE PREL SA
07RIYADH2243	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SAUDI MFA: UN GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-12 14:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN PHUM SA
07RIYADH2304	DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 12:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN PHUM SA
07RIYADH2404	SAG MFA ANNAPOLIS OBSERVER REPORTS CONFERENCE A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Western Department Director Dr. Riyadh Krimley, who attended the November Annapolis conference with Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, told PolOffs during a December 1 meeting that the conference was a success in working towards peace on several i [...]	2007-12-05 09:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SA
07RIYADH2407	PAKSITAN OFFICIALS QUESTION SAG NUCLEAR INTENTIONS [...] (S//NF) Pakistan Embassy political officers told PolOff in a December 2 meeting that they recently read a "report" about SAG development of nuclear weapons systems in conjunction with Pakistan. They asked PolOff if the USG knew anything about SAG weapons development or the SAG's intention to [...]	2007-12-05 14:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR SA
07RIYADH2428	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SAG: PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Arab Department Ambassador Dr. Saleh al-Koheimi on December 8. Al-Koheimi did not have any direct comment, but he appeared pleased with the demarche and stated how important this conference will be for this issue. [...]	2007-12-09 08:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG KPAL AMGT PREL PGOV SA
07RIYADH2429	SAG ALSO ENCOURAGING RAPID LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Arab Department Ambassador Dr. Saleh al-Koheimi on December 8. Al-Koheimi stated that the SAG also supports the encouragement of immediate Lebanese presidential elections without condition, and he asserted that the Saudi [...]	2007-12-09 08:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV LE SA
07RIYADH2447	DEMARCHE DELIVERED UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 10:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN PHUM SA
07RIYADH2501	SAUDI GRAND MUFTI CALLS FOR TERRORISTS TO BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi Interior Ministry announced on November 28 the arrest of 208 suspected terrorists. The Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Al-Alsheikh declared two days later during his Friday November 30 sermon (translated text attached) that deviant groups are corrupting [...]	2007-12-15 14:39:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER CVIS KISL SA
07RIYADH2505	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Saudi MFA, November 18. Post received the following response from the MFA on December 16. Begin Translated Text: With reference to the Embassy's note number 07-1648 dated November 18, 2007 regarding the request of the United States [...]	2007-12-16 11:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN PHUM SA
07RIYADH2531	ISMAILI SHI'A ACTIVISTS THREATEN TO "UNLEASH HELL" [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with five Ismaili Shi'a activists recently to discuss the latest efforts to free Hadi al-Mutif, an Ismaili Shi'a who has been in prison for the past 15 years for uttering a profanity against the Prophet. (reftel A) Shi'a and human rights activists maintain that al-Mutif' [...]	2007-12-20 12:39:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM SA
07RIYADH36	RUMORED SAG CABINET CHANGES [...] (S) Abdul Wahab Al-Faiz, Editor-in-Chief of several Saudi newspapers and magazines, told PolOff on January 6 that within the next month or two (approximately before the end of March),the King will announce major changes in the SAG Cabinet. He said these changes will be in accordance with t [...]	2007-01-09 13:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM SA
07RIYADH368	FEMALE LAWYERS MAY SOON HAVE RIGHT TO PRACTICE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Justice Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammad bin Al-Sheikh announced at the inauguration of the third Annual Meeting of Arbitrators on January 30 that a new consultancy law allowing female lawyers to open their own legal consulting firms is under consideration. As proposed, the [...]	2007-02-24 12:40:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL KWMN SA
07RIYADH460	POTENTIAL ABUSE IN PROPOSED ORGAN DONATION LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following imminent approvals from the Saudi Organs Transplant Center (SOTC),the Prince Salman Charitable Center for Kidney Diseases, and the Medical Services Council (MSC),the SAG will implement a new organ donation regulation allowing for live donors to donate their organs to u [...]	2007-03-06 09:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KHUM TBIO
07RIYADH495	KING ABDULLAH LAUNCHES ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Council of Ministers approved the National Strategy to Protect Honesty and Combat Corruption during its weekly meeting on February 19. The strategy includes procedures for investigating officials suspected of corruption at most levels of the government and establishes the Na [...]	2007-03-11 15:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR SA
07RIYADH497	ARREST OF SAUDI "REFORMERS" [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: On February 2-3, the SAG internal security service (Mabahith) arrested ten men in Jeddah on the suspicion that they were collecting donations illegally and distributing them to unspecified "suspicious" persons (reftel). The Mabahith initially charged these individuals with [...]	2007-03-12 07:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KTFN KDEM PHUM SA
07RIYADH499	MINIMAL CONTROVERSY REIGNS AT RIYADH BOOK FAIR [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Culture and Information held its third annual book fair in Riyadh March 2 to March 9. Over 400 vendors had their publications available for sale, and topics included children's literature, history, fiction, and religion. The book fair had family hours each morning, aba [...]	2007-03-12 09:27:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL SA
07RIYADH507	SAUDI MFA INFORMATION DIRECTOR ON ARABSAT [...] (C) Saudi MFA Director of Information Osama Ahmed Nugly told PolOff on March 10 that while the Saudis are concerned about the possible transmission via Arabsat of Al-Zawraa television, the SAG cannot unilaterally take steps to block the transmission of any licensed provider's broadcasts. Nugly [...]	2007-03-13 16:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO PTER ETTC ASEC IZ SA
07RIYADH550	FROM QASSIM - ONE VIEW ON EDUCATIONAL REFORM AND [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Governor of Qassim Province Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and his advisor, Dr. Yousef Al Romaih, a professor at the University of Qassim, told Ambassador during their March 6 meeting that the merger of Imam College and Qassim University was a positive step that [...]	2007-03-19 15:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PINR PREL PHUM
07RIYADH551	SAUDI MFA OFFICIAL ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, IRAQ [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director for Arab Affairs Talal Al Maliki told PolOff on March 13 that he is not convinced that the recent public statements of the Israelis that they are ready to "treat seriously" the 2002 Saudi proposed Arab Peace Initiative carry any weight. He claimed that the Israelis typ [...]	2007-03-19 15:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM IZ SA
07RIYADH556	VIGNETTES FROM AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO CONSERVATIVE [...] (SBU) Ambassador traveled to Qassim Province, often referred to as the heart of conservatism in Saudi Arabia, on March 6 and 7. In addition to his meeting with the Governor of Qassim Province Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz (septel),Ambassador attended a dinner meeting with the Qassim [...]	2007-03-20 09:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PTER SA
07RIYADH558	DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM: INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF [...] (U) On March 19, PolOff delivered a copy of a March 18 diplomatic note with reftel non-paper to Talal Berri in the MFA International Organizations Department. Berri said he had not yet received the official diplomatic note with the non-paper. PolOff urged Berri to forward the non-paper to [...]	2007-03-20 11:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER PREL UNGA SA
07RIYADH562	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HRC [...] (U) On March 19, PolOff delivered reftel non-paper to Talal Berri in the MFA International Organizations Department. (NOTE: On March 7, the reftel non-paper was originally sent to the MFA by diplomatic note. MFA had not responded to the original diplomatic note. END NOTE). Berri stated [...]	2007-03-20 15:09:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNHRC SA
07RIYADH580	FORCED DIVORCE: A NEW PHENOMENON IN SAUDI ARABIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi press reported on March 11 that the Ministry of Justice has formed a committee to investigate the growing number of "forced" divorces in the Kingdom. Saudi poet and activist Nimah Nawwab is one of several women who have raised the visibility of this issue in the press t [...]	2007-03-24 10:19:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL KWMN KPAO SA
07RIYADH631	KING ABDULLAH ANNOUNCES NO CABINET CHANGES- DOES [...] (U) King Abdullah issued a decree on March 22 extending the term of the entire Council of Ministers for four years and preserving their current portfolios. Media reported positively on this announcement generally commenting that it supports political stability in the Kingdom. The media also [...]	2007-03-28 12:37:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR SA
07RIYADH636	19TH ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: OPENING SESSION [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah used his speech to the opening session of the Arab League Summit in Riyadh on March 28 to criticize publicly U.S. policy in Iraq by referring to the "illegal foreign occupation" of that country, albeit without naming the U.S. or the Coalition Forces. The King issu [...]	2007-03-29 10:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KISL KWMN SA
07RIYADH931	WOMEN VOTE: STUDENT COUNCIL ELECTIONS A SUCCESS IN [...] (U) Prince Sultan University College for Women (PSU) held its first student council elections on April 25. This private university is the first in Riyadh to establish student councils and hold elections. Following a campus-wide awareness training on the purpose of student councils, the impo [...]	2007-05-05 04:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL KWMN SA
07RIYADH965	JAPANESE PM SEEKS TO ENHANCE POLITICAL AND [...] (C) Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Shinzo Abe traveled to Riyadh on April 28 to discuss with the SAG economic and political cooperation, the Middle East Peace Initiative, and Japan's permanent membership on the United Nations Security Council. According to a contact at the Japanese Embassy, the [...]	2007-05-08 15:02:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BTIO ECON KNNP UNSC SA
07RIYADH966	GCC ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL FOR POLITICAL [...] (S) SUMMARY. GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC) ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS DR. ABDULKARIM HAMADI SIPDIS TOLD POLOFF ON APRIL 24 THAT HE FEARS A NUCLEAR ARMS RACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND IS CONFIDENT THAT IRAN WILL PROCEED WITH A NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM. HE SAID INTERNATIO [...]	2007-05-08 15:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KISL KNNP SA
07ROME1014	KOSOVO UPDATE: D'ALEMA REITERATES SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary. Italy is becoming more vocal about its support for the Ahtisaari plan. This week, in an interview in the Italian weekly L'Espresso, FM D'Alema stated that Italy was for supervised independence and noted that Kosovo cannot go back to Belgrade rule. PM Prodi, who asserts he is per [...]	2007-05-14 12:40:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO UNSC YI SR IT
07ROME1015	LEBANON: ITALY CAUTIOUS ON HARIRI SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Poloffs delivered Ref A demarche May 10 separately to MFA Near East Deputy Office Director Danielle Bosio, UN Office Director Leonardo Bencini, and the Prime Minister's Middle East Advisor Marco Carnelos, encouraging GOI support for a UNSCR to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Bo [...]	2007-05-14 14:30:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER UNSC LE IT
07ROME1017	ITALIAN CANDIDATE FOR OSCE HIGH COMMISSIONER ON [...] Guido Lenzi, diplomatic advisor to the Minister of Interior, met with poloff on May 10 to seek support for his candidacy as the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. Lenzi, a member of the Italian diplomatic service since 1964, has significant multilateral experience with NATO, UN, E [...]	2007-05-15 10:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PGOV PREL IT
07ROME1030	ITALIANS SUPPORT RAPID MOVEMENT ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-16 10:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AG MO WI IT
07ROME1105	ITALIANS OPPOSE RUSSIAN DRAFT OF OSCE CHARTER [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 14:40:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV IT
07ROME1106	OIE CHINA/TAIWAN: ITALY SUPPORTS EU POSITION TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Office Director for East Asia Giuseppe Mistretta May 21, emphasizing the need to work for consensus and delay a vote on the PRC resolution in the absence of consensus. May 22, Mistretta responded that Italy fully supported the EU position: --The World [...]	2007-05-23 14:40:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAGR AORG TW CH IT
07ROME1110	ITALIANS OPPOSED TO OSCE BELARUS TRIP, WILL NOT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 07:06:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE BO IT
07ROME1112	ITALY MONITORING IRAN-VENEZUELA RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Poloffs conveyed Ref A points to MFA Gulf Countries Acting Office Director Lorenzo Klutzer May 10 and MFA South Africa Acting Office Director Paolo Campanini May 23, emphasizing U.S. concerns about implications of the growing Iran-Venezuela alliance for terrorism and proliferation activiti [...]	2007-05-24 10:51:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER KNNP PARM VE
07ROME116	ITALY IN AGREEMENT ON SOMALIA OBJECTIVES [...] (C) Summary. Italy generally agreed with the talking points on Somalia policy in Ref A, according to MFA Somalia Coordinator Giancarlo Izzo. In a January 16 meeting with poloff, Izzo noted the importance of finding consensus among the international community, and listed involving civil socie [...]	2007-01-18 12:12:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SO IT
07ROME1187	KOSOVO: TADIC CLAIMS RUSSIANS HAVE PROMISED TO [...] (C) Serbian President Boris Tadic and Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic told PM Prodi and FM D'Alema on May 29 that Russia had promised Serbia a veto of any UNSC resolution that would separate Kosovo from Serbia, according to MFA Balkans Office Director Raimondo De Cardona. Tadic told Prodi and D'A [...]	2007-05-31 14:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC YI SR IT
07ROME1233	ITALIANS HESITANT ON TOUGHER SUDAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) Poloff met June 1 with Fabrizio Pignatelli, MFA Horn of Africa Office Director, to discuss ref A points and press the GOI to support, within the UNSC, a strong sanctions resolution against Sudan. (Note: Ref A points were also delivered to MFA UN Office Director Leonardo Bencini, who of [...]	2007-06-05 16:53:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC UN SU EU IT
07ROME129	FM D'ALEMA LOOKING FOR SOMETHING NEW TO BRING TO [...] (C) Italian MFA Lebanon Desk Officer De Parolis confirmed to Poloff on January 18 that FM Massimo D'Alema would lead Italy's delegation to the January 25 Paris III Donor Conference on Lebanon. He will be accompanied by MFA DG for Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Affairs Cesare Ragaglini; the [...]	2007-01-22 10:58:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	XF LE IT
07ROME1312	ITALY WELCOMES INITIATIVE ON ETHIOPIA-ERITREA, [...] (C) Poloffs met with Horn of Africa Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli June 13 to discuss the Ethiopia-Eritrea boundary impasse and next steps forward, per reftel. Poloffs emphasized the need for practical steps and sought Italian views on the current situation and a late June meeting of int [...]	2007-06-14 13:58:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ER ET IT
07ROME1315	BOSNIA: NEW HIGH REPRESENTATIVE LAJCAK TELLS [...] (C) Miroslav Lajcak, the next High Representative for Bosnia, visited Rome on May 28 to meet with the PM's senior diplomatic advisor Stefano Sannino, MFA Director General for Political Affairs Giulio Terzi, MFA DG for European Affairs Laura Mirachian and MFA Balkans Office Director Raimondo De [...]	2007-06-14 15:05:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BK IT
07ROME1324	THE PRODI GOVERNMENT:LIMPING FROM SCANDAL TO [...] (C/NF) PM Prodi has stumbled through a series of tight votes since his government nearly collapsed in February. Scandals, poor results in local elections and political stalemate have demoralized much of his coalition as both his left and centrist flanks talk of hardening their stance on issues [...]	2007-06-15 12:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV IT
07ROME1325	NO ITALIAN BILATERAL SUPPORT AVAILABLE FOR UNRWA [...] (SBU) Econoff discussed reftel points with several contacts at the MFA's Office of Development Cooperation (ODC) June 11 and 14. Contacts stated that there were no MFA bilateral assistance funds available to assist Lebanon; rather, ODC and the Italian Embassy in Beirut would work with the U [...]	2007-06-15 13:36:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL KWBG EU LE IT
07ROME1327	ITALY SUPPORTS ARMS TRADE TREATY, LOBBYING [...] (U) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to MFA UN Office Director Leonardo Bencini and Chemical Weapons Coordinator Giulio Picheca June 12, noting U.S. concerns that the proposed Arms Trade Treaty will provide governments a fig leaf for arms exports, and urging that countries implement strict do [...]	2007-06-15 14:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM ETTC KOMC UNDC
07ROME1332	ITALIANS SUPPORTIVE OF KEEPING COUNTRY SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-16 11:54:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC PREL IT
07ROME1333	KOSOVO: ITALIANS NOT READY TO DISCUSS INDEPENDENCE [...] (C/NF) FM D'Alema is convinced of the need to exhaust every means possible to reach consensus on a resolution even if it meant a 120-180 day delay. The Italian MFA, therefore, will not engage at this point on discussions related to a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo absent a [...]	2007-06-18 12:11:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UNSC SR YI IT
07ROME1369	CENTER-LEFT ELEMENTS SOFT-PEDALING ON DRUGS [...] (C) Summary: During last year's electoral campaign, the center-left coalition consistently made clear that a top priority would be to abolish a relatively tough anti-drug law passed by the previous Berlusconi government. However, it is not clear that coalition members who advocate overhauling [...]	2007-06-21 15:01:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR UNCDN EU AF IT
07ROME1472	ITALY HAS MIXED VIEWS ON HRC SESSION [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Office Director for Human Rights Laura Carpini July 5. Carpini said Italy was "not overwhelmingly happy" with the results of the Council's fifth session, but suggested that the compromise was necessary to move the Council forward. Considering the [...]	2007-07-06 10:01:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EUN UNHRC IT
07ROME1489	ITALY MULLING ASSISTANCE FOR LAF [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director for Levant, Danielle Bosio and MOD Office of the Diplomatic Advisor Antonella Remia July 5. ODC also delivered the points to the Italian Defense General Staff. MOD Diplomatic Advisor Achille Amerio told poloff July 6 that senior Leb [...]	2007-07-06 16:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL LE IT
07ROME1493	CUBA AND INTERNET FREEDOM [...] (C) Poloff raised reftel points with MFA Caribbean and Central America Office Director Michele Pala on July 9. He also provided detailed background information and urged that the GOI look for opportunities to help expand internet access for Cuban civil society. 2. (C) Pala said that Ital [...]	2007-07-09 11:51:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ECON EINT PREL TINT XG XL IT
07ROME1494	VELTRONI: LIFELINE FOR LEFT, BUT MIGHT SINK PRODI [...] (C/NF) Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni's candidacy and near coronation as leader of the soon-to-be Democratic Party (PD) establishes him as an alternative pole of leadership to PM Prodi within the center left. Veltroni, who successfully presents himself as a political outsider despite a lifetime a [...]	2007-07-09 11:51:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV IT
07ROME152	ITALY'S TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH CUBA [...] (U) Italy is Cuba's eighth-largest trading partner and consistently runs a large trade surplus with Cuba. Italian exports to Cuba increased in 2006 after several years of decline, while imports remain limited. Foreign direct investment, focused on the tourism and telecom sectors, has declin [...]	2007-01-24 10:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV CU IT
07ROME1542	ITALY CONFIRMS IT HAS ITS OWN IOM DG CANDIDATE [...] (C) Poloff met July 17, 2007 with MFA Office Director for Migration and Asylum Marco Matacotta Cordella and urged Italy to support the candidacy of Ambassador William Lacy Swing for Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Matacotta Cordella said he appreciated [...]	2007-07-17 15:56:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG IT
07ROME1559	ITALY WILL MAINTAIN CONSENSUS FOR COMMUNITY OF [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points with MFA Office Director for OSCE Brunella Borzi Cornacchia July 20 and urged Italy to help maintain the consensus achieved in the June Community of Democracies Convening Group meeting. He also raised the possibility of extending an invitation to Taiwan to [...]	2007-07-20 16:57:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA IT
07ROME1584	ITALY WILL CONSIDER UNESCO HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-25 16:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO IT
07ROME1589	ITALY CONCURS ON ATTENDANCE FOR GEORGIA/UNOMIG [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-26 11:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC GG RS IT
07ROME1598	ITALY SHARES CONCERN ABOUT MEDIA FREEDOM IN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Office Director for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Europe Marco Clemente July 25 and discussed recent troubling developments in regard to media freedom, freedom of assembly and due process in Azerbaijan. Poloff urged Italy to maintain its [...]	2007-07-26 14:57:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE KDEM EUN AJ IT
07ROME1629	ITALY SUPPORTS AMIS-UNAMID TRANSITION LANGUAGE IF [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Office Director for East Africa Fabrizio Pignatelli July 30 and pressed him to instruct the Italian mission in New York to support draft language on transition timing from AMIS to UNAMID. 2. (C) Pignatelli said Italy understands the need to move [...]	2007-07-30 16:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO SU IT
07ROME1645	MRS. PRODI'S TRAVEL TO NEW YORK UNCONFIRMED [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 11:51:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA IT

07ROME1657	MODIFYING THE ARMS EMBARGO UNDER UNSC DR CONGO [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-02 16:01:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL
07ROME1703	ITALY RECEPTIVE TO GAER REELECTION TO COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-08 10:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA IT
07ROME1710	ITALY AWAITS DETAILS ON BURUNDIAN NEEDS FOR AMISOM [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-08 15:51:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO IT
07ROME1722	RED CROSS: ITALY NONCOMMITTAL ON STANDING [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-09 14:35:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IT
07ROME1730	ITALY: NO TO UNIFIL MANDATE CHANGE; SEEKS EARLY [...] (C) Summary. MFA Near East Office Director Luciano Pezzotti said August 7 that Italy did not want changes to the UNIFIL mandate. He asked for early inclusion in UNSC talks on mandate renewal. PM diplomatic adviser Marco Carnelos echoed this. Both GOI officials stressed to poloff the GOI's [...]	2007-08-10 12:21:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN XF LE IT
07ROME1784	ITALY CONSIDERING IGAD PARTNERS' FORUM MEETING IN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Office Director for East Africa Domenico Polloni August 21. Polloni said Italy agreed with the U.S. on the importance of full implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan, and said the question of an IGAD Partners' Forum (IPF) [...]	2007-08-21 11:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SU IT
07ROME1787	ITALY ACCEPTS 46 AFRICAN MIGRANTS RESCUED AT SEA [...] (SBU) On August 20 Embassy Rome made an urgent request per Secstate 116313 for assistance with the 46 African migrants, rescued at sea by the U.S. Navy August 19 in international waters 60 nautical miles off the coast of Libya. The GOI decided late August 20 to take custody of the migrants, [...]	2007-08-21 16:26:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MOPS PHSA PHUM PREF SMIG LY TS IS MT
07ROME1841	ICG ON SOMALIA: ITALY AGREES ON INVITATIONS TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Acting East Africa Office Director Domenico Polloni August 10, requesting Italian support for permanent observer status for Canada and Yemen in the International Contact Group on Somalia in anticipation of the upcoming ICG meeting in Rome September 10. [...]	2007-08-29 14:23:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SO IT
07ROME1844	SYRIA: ITALY SUPPORTS EU ACTION ON SEIF; WILL [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A points to the Prime Minister's Diplomatic Advisor on the Middle East, Marco Carnelos, and to the MFA's Acting Office Director for Near East Affairs, Michele Tommasi August 29. Tommasi said the GOI was well aware of the Seif case and supported the EU's plan to appr [...]	2007-08-30 08:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EUN SY IT
07ROME1906	UNGA: ITALY ON HUMAN RIGHTS THEMATIC RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Office Director for Human Rights Laura Carpini August 31. Poloff pressed for Italian support for transmission of the Human Rights Council report to the UN General Assembly Plenary via the Third Committee and communicated USG concerns about the EU-s [...]	2007-09-07 16:55:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL UNGA IT
07ROME1919	ITALY: IAEA/IRAN PLAN OF ACTION NO SUBSTITUTE FOR [...] (C) On September 6 the Ambassador spoke with FM D'Alema to convey reftel points highlighting continued USG concerns over the Iranian nuclear program. D'Alema, who was on his way to the Gymnich ministerial requested an immediate copy of the points to review on his way to Portugal, which we prov [...]	2007-09-10 14:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC IAEA IR IT KNNP MNUC
07ROME1930	ITALY SUPPORTS LAJCAK'S USE OF BONN POWERS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Raimondo De Cardona, Head of the MFA Balkans Office, on September 10. De Cardona agreed with the USG assessment that the international community needed to reassert its authority in Bosnia in order to maintain stability and move forward on Dayton implement [...]	2007-09-11 10:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK EU IT
07ROME194	ITALY TO PUSH FOR CCW AGREEMENT ON CLUSTER [...] (C) Summary: The GOI generally supports finding ways to limit the use of cluster munitions but does not believe the Oslo Conference is the appropriate venue for the discussion. Italy's center-left coalition government is sympathetic to multilateral efforts that appear to defend humanitarian p [...]	2007-01-29 15:38:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO IT
07ROME1946	ITALY ON UNSC BURMA MEETING [...] (C) Poloff met September 12 with MFA Office Director for Southeast Asia Alberto Vecchi to deliver reftel demarche seeking support for travel by UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari to Burma followed by a formal Security Council meeting on Burma. 2. (C) Vecchi agreed that the situation in Burm [...]	2007-09-12 13:05:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNSC BU IT
07ROME1947	ITALY ON UNSC BURMA MEETING [...] (C) Poloff met September 12 with MFA Office Director for Southeast Asia Alberto Vecchi to deliver reftel demarche seeking support for travel by UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari to Burma followed by a formal Security Council meeting on Burma. 2. (C) Vecchi agreed that the situation in Burm [...]	2007-09-12 13:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BU IT
07ROME1960	ITALY SUPPORTS SPANISH ESDP MISSION FOR LEBANON; [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A points on U.S. support for an ESDP Lebanon border assistance mission to MFA Lebanon/Syria desk officer Michelle Tomassi September 13. Poloff stressed that any EU work to help secure the Lebanon-Syria border be Lebanon oriented and include as little engagement with S [...]	2007-09-13 16:30:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL XF LE IT
07ROME1984	IRAN: FOLLOW-UP ON SEPTEMBER IAEA BOG MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-17 13:35:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IR IAEA MNUC PARM EUN IT
07ROME1993	ITALIAN CONFERENCE ON CENTRAL ASIA FOCUSES ON [...] (SBU) On September 10 the Italian MFA hosted an international conference on Central Asia in Rome. The conference included the participation of the FMs from Italy and Uzbekistan, DFMs from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Representatives of Italy, the US (SCA/CEN Spratlen) [...]	2007-09-18 10:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IT KZ KG TX TI UZ
07ROME1994	LEBANON: ITALIAN CONTRIBUTION TO SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to MFA UN Desk Officer Gabriella Biondi and Lebanon Desk Officer Michele Tommasi September 17 and urged Italy to contribute to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Poloffs emphasized that given Italy's significant presence on the ground in UNIFIL, Italy had [...]	2007-09-18 10:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC LE PTER IT
07ROME2088	ITALY PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN UPCOMING [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Marco Midolo, the MFA Middle-East Directorate's Deputy Chief of Staff, who confirmed that Italy plans to participate in the October 22-23 G8-BMENA Forum for the Future Subministerial. He said the GOI would send Sergio Scarantino, PDAS-equivalent in the Italian MFA's Midd [...]	2007-09-28 10:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMPI KDEM GM EUN IT
07ROME2093	ITALY: DOMESTIC STALEMATE KEEPS PRODI IN THE GAME, [...] (C/NF) A political stalemate keeps the fragile Prodi government afloat and could do so for a prolonged period, even as it prevents PM Prodi from tackling Italy's much needed institutional/economic reforms. The tense domestic politics and PM Prodi and FM D'Alema's different tactics on some item [...]	2007-09-28 15:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IT
07ROME2095	ITALIAN OFFICIALS AGREE TO MONITOR NEW IRANIAN [...] (S) Summary: A senior Italian Ministry of Finance official agreed to carry out increased vigilance over new Iranian Central Bank (Bank Markazi) accounts in Italy (Ref A). The official told us that he has not met with the Iranian Embassy in Washington to discuss possible Financial Action Task Fo [...]	2007-09-28 16:10:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL EFIN ECON UNSC KNNP PTER IR IT
07ROME2115	ITALY AWAITING COMMON EU POSITION ON RAPE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-03 11:08:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC UNAUS PHUM KWMN SOCI IT
07ROME2116	ITALY: RESPONSE ON COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-03 11:11:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA IT
07ROME2130	BURMA: ITALY CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR FORMAL UNSC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche October 4 to MFA Office Director for Southeast Asia Alberto Vecchi and Office Director for UN Affairs Leonardo Bencini. Poloff requested Italian support for a formal UN Security Council meeting on Burma with Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari and for a Presiden [...]	2007-10-04 15:27:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM IT
07ROME2148	ITALY UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT NEW ZEALAND DRAFT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Emanuele Farruggia, Italian MFA Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Nonproliferation on October 5. Farruggia said that the GOI had not yet had an opportunity to study New Zealand's draft resolution but that the EU as a whole was unlikely to suppo [...]	2007-10-10 09:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC UNGA IT
07ROME2167	A/S DESUTTER'S MEETINGS WITH ITALIAN POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Paula A. DeSutter (in Rome for meetings from September 10-12 with Russian MFA Director Antonov on a post-START arrangement, see Ref A) met September 12-15 with Italian officials including MFA Political Director [...]	2007-10-11 16:40:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL START MNUC MCAP MARR US RS IT NATO
07ROME2169	ITALY: IRAN GAERC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA DG FOR [...] (C/NF) On October 11 Charge' spoke with Cesare Ragaglini, the MFA Director General for Mediterranean and Middle East Affairs, about the importance we attach to EU Foreign Ministers taking action on Iran at the upcoming GAERC, per reftel. Ragaglini said he knew the Secretary had talked about [...]	2007-10-12 13:52:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR XF EUN IT
07ROME2204	ITALY: ASSISTANCE TO BURMA FOCUSED ON HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-18 11:04:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM BM IT
07ROME2207	RESOLUTION ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEALERTING: ITALY [...] (C) Emanuele Farruggia, Italian MFA Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Nonproliferation contacted Poloff to follow up on our October 5 demarche opposing the New Zealand Draft Resolution on the De-Alerting of Nuclear Forces (Ref B). He said that he had been informed by the Italian Miss [...]	2007-10-18 14:54:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC UNGA IT
07ROME2218	EU FMS TRIP: ITALY PROMOTING "CONSENSUS" [...] (C/NF) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Levant Office Director Danielle Bosio October 18. Bosio said Italy agreed with reftel points on non-interference in Lebanese politics with one exception. Bosio agreed on the need for the three FMs to remain impartial, but explained that I [...]	2007-10-19 16:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IR IT KDEM LE PGOV PREL SP SY
07ROME2228	D'ALEMA WILL PRESS BELGRADE NOT TO BLOCK SERB [...] (C) On October 22, Poloff spoke with Raimondo De Cardona, Director of the MFA Balkans Office, to deliver reftel points. De Cardona noted that FM D'Alema would travel to Belgrade on October 23 to press Serbian leaders to use the period before December 10 constructively to either find a mutually [...]	2007-10-23 11:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR YI KO IT
07ROME2236	ITALY: NO DECISION YET ON UN IAAC ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 09:38:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC UN UNGA IT
07ROME2241	UN THIRD COMMITTEE: ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF USG [...] (C) Poloff met October 22 with MFA Office Director for Human Rights Laura Carpini to discuss USG priorities in the UN Third Committee as outlined reftel. 2. (C) Carpini said the EU position on "no-action" motions remained unchanged, and Italy supported open debate in the UN as a matter of p [...]	2007-10-24 17:18:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA UN KTIA IT
07ROME2243	D'ALEMA TELLS KOSTUNICA INDEPENDENCE FOR KOSOVO [...] (C) According to Raimondo De Cardona, Head of the MFA Balkans Office, FM D'Alema told Serbian PM Kostunica October 23 that Serbia should use the period before December 10 to narrow differences with Pristina over Kosovo's final status. De Cardona told Poloff October 24 that D'Alema had stated t [...]	2007-10-25 11:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROG SR YI KO IT
07ROME2246	BOLIVIA: ITALY WILL CONSIDER DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Office Director for South America Michele Giacomelli October 23 to discuss reftel points and request that Italy demarche the Government of Bolivia on its unhelpful support of Iran's nuclear program. Poloff explained USG concerns over inaccurate and troubling statements [...]	2007-10-25 16:49:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	BO IR KNNP PGOV PREL IAEA USUN IT
07ROME2247	ITALY: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS IRAN DESIGNATIONS [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with FM Massimo D'Alema October 25 to inform him of the designations of Iranian entities and individuals under U.S. Executive Orders (reftel). He told the FM that the U.S. expected Italy to take these actions seriously and do all Italy could to make their impact felt, an [...]	2007-10-26 06:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN
07ROME2249	CUBA: ITALY SUPPORTS EMBARGO RESOLUTION, [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A and B demarches to MFA Office Director for Central America and the Caribbean Michele Pala and Office Director for Human Rights Laura Carpini on October 26. Poloff urged Italy to vote against, or at least abstain on, the UNGA Cuba embargo resolution, and sought agree [...]	2007-10-26 13:17:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU IT
07ROME2250	BURMA: ITALY AGREES EU-ASEAN SUMMIT IS AN [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A and B demarches to MFA Coordinator for Multilateral Affairs in Southeast Asia Anacleto Felicani October 26. Poloff shared information on U.S. sanctions against Burma and urged Italy to use the November 22 EU-ASEAN Summit to continue to put pressure on Burma, and to [...]	2007-10-26 15:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CVIS ETRD BM IT
07ROME2258	ITALY: LOOKING BEYOND PRODI WHILE ENGAGING HIM [...] (C/NF) After the center right defeated Prodi's governing majority October 25 on seven fiscal bill amendments in the Senate, Prodi scraped together enough votes to pass the main piece of legislation at 1:04 a.m. With additional coalition allies threatening to drop Prodi daily, the political deb [...]	2007-10-29 11:04:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IT
07ROME2261	AFTER JALILI/LARIJANI VISIT, ITALIANS SEE NO [...] (C//NF) Summary: The GOI sees no softening of the Iranian position on nuclear enrichment after the October 23 visit of the Iranian nuclear negotiating team. Nevertheless, Italy sees Iran's agreement to ontinue talks with Solana as a sign of progress. The Ambassador told PM Prodi's Diplomatic [...]	2007-10-29 16:27:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KNNP IR AF YI IAEA MNUC PARM
07ROME2279	AMIA CASE: ARGENTINA REQUESTS NO ASSISTANCE IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 16:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR AR AL MT SM IT
07ROME2282	ITALY TO VOTE FOR SPANISH CANDIDATE IN IAAC [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 16:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC UN UNGA IT
07ROME2285	CPA IMPLEMENTATION: ITALY PREFERS LATER, [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA East Africa Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli October 31 to encourage Italy to host a working-level meeting next week in preparation for a high-level meeting on CPA implementation. Pignatelli said Italy believes that pushing for the high-level meet [...]	2007-10-31 17:35:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IGAD SU UK NT NW CA IT
07ROME2293	LEBANON: ITALIAN RESPONSE TO USG POSITION ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 11:20:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IT LE SY
07ROME2299	IRAN: POINTS DELIVERED ON U.S. EXPECTATIONS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 17:54:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA AORC IR IT
07ROME2302	ITALY PREPARING FOR COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 17:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA IT
07ROME2321	ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF RESOLUTION AGAINST [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-14 15:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KWMN SOCI UNGA PHUM IT
07ROME2332	ITALY: TOO SOON TO EXPAND EU SANCTIONS ON BURMA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Southeast Asia Office Director Alberto Vecchi November 14 and urged Italy to press for expanded EU sanctions against Burma. Poloff discussed USG efforts to promote dialogue between the regime and democratic and ethnic minority groups, stressed that t [...]	2007-11-15 13:54:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN BM IT
07ROME2337	ITALY ON IRAN IAEA REPORT: NO ABSOLUTION FOR [...] (C) Poloff delivered Iran IAEA points (State 157039) to MFA Non-Proliferation Office Director Emanuele Farruggia and Iran Desk Officer Lorenzo Kluzer. Farruggia said the preliminary Italian reactions to El Baradei,s report are that &much remains to be clarified,8 and that the IAEA,s inabilit [...]	2007-11-16 16:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC IAEA IR PARM AORC IT
07ROME2339	EEBC: ITALY IN AGREEMENT WITH U.S. ON APPROACH [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA East Africa Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli November 15. Poloff sought Italian agreement on a unified approach to avoid pressure on Ethiopia and Eritrea to implement the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) "virtual demarcation" of the bo [...]	2007-11-16 17:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL ET ER IT
07ROME2343	ITALY ON VENEZUELAN CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA South America Office Director Michele Giacomelli November 16. Poloff shared USG concerns about democracy in Venezuela posed by President Chavez's proposed constitutional reforms, and requested that Italy speak out on behalf of democratic rights in V [...]	2007-11-19 12:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM WHA EU VE IT
07ROME238	ITALY'S FAR LEFT, MICE THAT ROAR [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: PM Prodi's decision not to oppose the U.S. Army's Dal Molin expansion project has sparked an unusually strong negative reaction, unifying pacifists, communists and no-globalists with a smattering of "not-in-my-backyard" citizens of Vincenza. The government centrists and reform [...]	2007-02-06 08:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL AF IT
07ROME2384	ITALY TO ABSTAIN ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA UN Affairs Deputy Director Leonardo Bencini November 26, and urged Italy to change its abstentions on anti-Israel UNGA resolutions to "no" votes, especially in this season of renewed peace efforts. Bencini said Italy sought to maintain an even-handed [...]	2007-11-27 14:21:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS IT
07ROME2397	ITALY: NO DECISION YET ON PROSPER CANDIDACY FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-30 09:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA IT
07ROME2409	IRAN NIE: ITALIAN FM D'ALEMA BRIEFED BY DNI AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-04 01:58:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP MNUC IR PARM IT
07ROME2445	ITALY SUPPORTS RAPID LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 17:21:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY IT
07ROME2451	ITALY CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR COUNTRY-SPECIFIC UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 16:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV UNGA IT
07ROME2467	ITALY TO ANNOUNCE 60 MILLION EURO DONATION AT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-13 08:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL AMGT PREL PGOV
07ROME2487	ITALIAN EMBASSY IN TEHRAN TO INQUIRE ABOUT MISSING [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-18 17:49:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AS CA CASC CH EU EZ PHUM PREL IR IT
07ROME2494	ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE NUCLEAR [...] (U) Poloff followed up on Reftel Non-Paper and invitation with the Italian MFA Special Adviser on Nonproliferation Finance and Acting Coordinator for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, Gianluca Alberini, on December 18. (Note: Alberini is slated to replace outgoing GI Coordinato [...]	2007-12-19 17:04:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PTER EAIR ETRD EWWT PREL PINR PINS KNNP
07ROME2498	UN FIFTH COMMITTEE: ITALY DOES NOT SUPPORT U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-20 17:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC UNGA XA XD IT
07ROME2513	PKK TERRORISM: ITALIAN RESPONSE TO UPDATED [...] (S) Poloff followed up on Ref A and B demarches with Italian MFA Counterterrorism Officer Stefania Fancello on December 21, stressing that U.S. concern over PKK activities in Europe has grown since our first demarche on the Riza Altun case (Ref C) given increased tensionspQsdoD5EL5Q( Europe tha [...]	2007-12-27 17:21:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN IT
07ROME256	IRAN: REPORTS OF LEGAL ACTION AGAINST ITALY [...] (C) Iran Daily reported online (in English) January 30 and 31 that the Government of Iran will "take legal action against Italy,s decision to suspend its banking cooperation with Iran." Government of Italy contacts believe the proposed legal action by Iran is not linked to UNSCR 1737 or rec [...]	2007-02-08 09:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON EFIN IR IT
07ROME259	ITALY SHARES USG VENEZUELA CONCERNS, EU WORKING ON [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche February 6 to MFA South America Office Director Francesco Talo and Desk Officer Paolo Campanini, urging Italy to raise the issue of Radio Caracas Television (RCTV) privately and publicly with the Venezuelan government. Talo said Italy shared our concerns t [...]	2007-02-08 12:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PGOV EU VE IT
07ROME261	ITALY: ONLY MULTILATERAL DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE [...] (C) MFA Office Director for Persian Gulf, Bruno Campria, told poloff Italy no longer has a bilateral program for promoting democracy, human rights or civil society in Iran. He said Iran froze all dialogue with Italy on human rights issues after Italy co-sponsored a Canadian UN Resolution in 2 [...]	2007-02-08 13:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IT
07ROME275	INTERIOR OFFICIAL ON ANTI-AMERICAN VIOLENCE AND [...] (S/NF) Vice Minister of Interior Marco Minnitti says that anti-Dal Molin demonstrations scheduled for February 17 could be a decisive moment for anti-American activities, either leading to a calming-down or possibly fueling more activity. He told Pol M/C February 7 that both sides should work t [...]	2007-02-09 16:22:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL IT
07ROME296	ITALY: PRODI FACES COALITION TEST [...] (C/NF) PM Prodi has used recent controversies related to a U.S. military base expansion and Italy's Afghan mission to rally the leaders of his diverse nine-party coalition. But with some dissidents in the Senate potentially beyond the control of even radical party leaders, the real test for P [...]	2007-02-12 16:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IT
07ROME318	ITALY: ETHIOPIA-ERITREA AT AN IMPASSE, REGIONAL [...] (C) Poloff met with Horn of Africa Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli and Ethiopia-Eritrea Desk Officer Alberto La Bella February 9 to discuss the role the GOI intends to play in the Ethiopia-Eritrea boundary dispute, as per Ref A. Pignatelli and La Bella reported that Italy sees the situatio [...]	2007-02-15 10:19:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ER ET AF AL AU BE CH EU JA NO
07ROME331	ITALIANS AGREED TO SUPPORT MARCH IGAD SUMMIT [...] Poloff spoke with Fabrizio Pignatelli of the Italian MFA Africa Office on February 15 to encourage support for the postponement of the IGAD summit. Pignatelli agreed that a February 20 conference would not provide sufficient time for preparation and adequate participation. He also agreed that [...]	2007-02-16 14:20:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SU IT
07ROME388	ITALY DRIVING EU SOMALIA ENGAGEMENT, WILL HELP [...] (C) Summary. DCM delivered Ref A demarche to Italian MFA Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa Armando Sanguini February 22, urging immediate GOI support for deployment of an African Union stabilization force for Somalia (AMISOM). Sanguini noted Italy had already made a contribution through [...]	2007-02-27 07:57:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM KPKO MOPS EUN SO IT
07ROME42	ITALY SUPPORTS BURMA UNSC RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-08 16:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM UNSC BM IT
07ROME428	ITALY HAS NO POSITION YET ON BOSNIA UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 09:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC IT
07ROME478	ITALY SYMPATHETIC TO ARGENTINA'S INTERPOL PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-11 15:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PREL FBI PTER KJUS ASEC PRT KFTFN
07ROME522	ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF EFFORTS ON BURMA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A and B demarches to Cesare Bieller, MFA Office Director for Southeast Asia, on March 12 and March 2, respectively, urging Italy to support ASEAN and U.S. initiatives focusing on reconciliation and respect for human rights in Burma. March 14, Bieller responded that It [...]	2007-03-15 15:37:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM UNSC BM EUN IT
07ROME534	ITALY: GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF IRAN UNSCR; BUT [...] (C) DCM raised points on UNSCR on Iran (ref A) March 16 with FM D'Alema's Chief of Staff, Ambassador Nelli Feroci, who said he thought Italy would support the resolution as a balanced document. However, he said he would have to check with FM D'Alema personally on how strongly he felt about l [...]	2007-03-16 17:05:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IR IT
07ROME535	PRODI/PUTIN - ITALIANS CLAIM "FULL HARMONY" WITH [...] (C) Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Italy on March 13 and 14 for his fourth bilateral with PM Prodi in ten months. Putin and Prodi met for three-hours over dinner March 13, and traveled to the Adriatic port city of Bari along with several ministers for a largely economic summit March [...]	2007-03-16 17:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO EUN UNSC RU IT
07ROME551	ITALY LIKELY TO SUPPORT DRC SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 14:06:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC ZF CG IT
07ROME552	ITALY WILL CONSIDER UN INTERNAL JUSTICE REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 14:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA ACABQ AORC APER IT
07ROME564	ITALY WILL WORK WITHIN EU ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel A and B demarches to Laura Carpini, MFA Human Rights Office Director, March 19, and to Umberto Malnati, MFA Southern Africa Office Director, March 20, emphasizing U.S. concern for the grave situation in Zimbabwe and requesting Italy's support in speaking out against [...]	2007-03-21 17:08:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL UNHRC ZI EUN IT
07ROME566	ITALIAN MFA INSISTS NO CHANGE IN KOSOVO POLICY [...] (C/NF) On March 21 poloff contacted Raimondo De Cardona, Director of the Balkans Office of the Italian MFA, to raise concerns that Italian comments in the wake of the March 14 Putin visit to Italy were creating confusion among Contact Group nations and UNSC members. Specifically, poloff raised [...]	2007-03-22 15:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UNSC YI SR IT
07ROME571	ITALY IN FAVOR OF LEBANON CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Near East Office Director Luciano Pezzotti March 22. Pezzotti appreciated the follow-up to NEA DAS Danin's February 23 visit and his suggestion to increase intelligence sharing through diplomatic channels and agreed that evidence of continued weapons [...]	2007-03-22 15:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER UNSC LBAR IR IT
07ROME572	ITALY FAVORS USING EU TO PRESSURE SYRIA ON HUMAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Near East office director, Luciano Pezzotti March 22. Pezzotti said Italy shared our concern over the human rights situation in Syria; however, Italy was not planning on issuing any statements concerning the election. He said Italy would support a [...]	2007-03-22 15:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PHUM SY IT
07ROME601	ITALY STUDYING DEMARCHE ON UNHRC OCCUPIED [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-23 15:54:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNHRC IT
07ROME627	ITALY: SUDAN SANCTIONS COULD HARDEN KHARTOUM, NEED [...] (C) Summary. While Italy considered Sudanese President Bashir's March 6 letter to SYG Ban unsatisfactory, the GOI thought it was too early to call it a rejection of the agreement on the Darfur UN Heavy Support Package (HSP). Italy did not believe that sanctions were the best solution as they [...]	2007-03-27 15:53:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL CD CT UNSC KPKO IT
07ROME634	ITALY AND GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: AMBASSADOR WILL [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 12:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG IT
07ROME663	ITALY: PRODI GOVERNMENT STANDS ON BERLUSCONI'S [...] (C/NF) PM Prodi remains weak despite his legislative success in the March 27 Senate vote to extend funding by one year for Italy's military missions abroad. His center-left coalition failed to pass the decree independent of the votes of Italy's Senators for Life. The Union of Christian Democ [...]	2007-04-02 09:49:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IT
07ROME68	ITALY STILL SUPPORTS BURMA UNSCR, WORKING FOR TEXT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-11 16:54:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
07ROME705	IRAQ: DE MARTINO PREVIEWS LESSONS LEARNED [...] Summary. Amb. Gianludovico De Martino, Italian MFA Iraq Task Force Director, told poloff that the Italian proposal for a lessons learned conference would focus on three topics: successful transition of security responsibility to Iraqi authorities, increased focus on PRTs as a tool in distribu [...]	2007-04-06 09:49:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PGOV IZ IT
07ROME711	ITALIANS SEE SIGNS OF PROGRESS IN IRAQ [...] (C) DFM Ugo Intini and MFA Iraq Task Force Director Amb. Gianludovico Martino traveled to Baghdad, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh April 2-3 to discuss political developments in Iraq. In Baghdad, the Italians noted that the majority of Iraqi interlocutors, while concerned about the continuing violence, b [...]	2007-04-06 10:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS IZ IT
07ROME779	KOSOVO: ITALIAN FM SUPPORTS AHTISAARI'S CORE [...] (C/NF) I discussed the Ahtisaari plan for Kosovo with FM D'Alema in an April 5 meeting (ref B.) He assured me of Italy's firm support for the plan's core status provisions. However, he made it clear Italy felt work needed to be done to strengthen the non-status aspects of the plan such as the [...]	2007-04-17 07:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UNSC YI SR IT
07ROME817	KOSOVO: UN SECRETARY GENERAL GIVES ITALY RIGHT [...] (C/NF) Leonardo Bencini of the UN office of the Italian MFA told poloff that during an April 18 visit to Rome, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon told Italian FM D'Alema that he SIPDIS fully supported the recommendations by UNOSEK Ahtisaari and asked Italy to work in conjunction with other EU [...]	2007-04-19 15:38:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UNSC YI SR IT
07ROME885	ITALY: MINURSO TEXT BALANCED, BUT CONCERNED IT MAY [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-27 16:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UNSC MO WI IT
07ROME903	DARFUR: ITALY AGREES PRESSURE NEEDED, BUT WANTS [...] (C) Summary. Italy would ultimately support a UNSC sanctions resolution against Sudan, but publicly would like to maintain a neutral position as chair of the UN Sanctions Committee. Given UN Secretary General Ban's heavy involvement in Darfur, which he underlined in a visit to Rome April 18, [...]	2007-04-30 16:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPKO UNSC SU IT
07ROME912	LEBANON: ITALY OPEN-MINDED ON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) A/S Welch urged his GOI interlocutors to support establishment of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon under UNSC chapter VII authority, asked for Italian engagement in pushing Maronite Leader Sfeir (who was scheduled to visit Rome at end of April) to unite Christians in Lebanon, and stressed [...]	2007-05-02 14:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV XF LE IT
07ROME918	ITALY: NO TO ZIMBABWE CSD CHAIR, EU PRESSING FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-03 12:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV UNCSD AORC ZI IT
07ROME937	ITALY AGREES ERITREA A CONCERN, ISAIAS TO VISIT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Horn of Africa Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli May 3. May 4, Pignatelli responded that while Italy is concerned about recent actions taken by Eritrea, like the decision to suspend membership in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, Eritr [...]	2007-05-07 05:37:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ER IT
07ROME987	ITALY PREOCCUPIED WITH OWN UN HRC CANDIDACY, HOPES [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A points to UN Office Director Leonardo Bencini May 9, urging Italy not to support Belarus' candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council, but rather to support Slovenia and a third candidate. Bencini responded May 10 that Italy was absorbed in its own candidacy for the [...]	2007-05-10 13:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL UNHRC BO IT
07SANAA1022	SAADA: CALLS FOR DIALOGUE ABOUND, BUT FIGHTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh used his May 22 Unity Day speech to announce a unilateral ceasefire for the day and once again call upon rebels in Saada to lay down their weapons in exchange for a dialogue. Meanwhile, Saleh dispatched the Minister of Religious Affairs and other clerics to Saad [...]	2007-05-29 14:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PINR PINS PHUM YM
07SANAA1133	SAADA: WAR IS OVER, BUT CAN ROYG NOW WIN THE PEACE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post contacts have confirmed media reporting of a peace deal brokered by the Government of Qatar to bring an end to almost five months of intensive fighting in the northern governorate of Saada. The deal reportedly provides safe haven for the al-Houthi rebel leadership in Doha [...]	2007-06-18 13:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR QA YM

07SANAA1145	TRANSFER OF GTMO DETAINEES TO YEMEN, JUNE 2007 [...] (S/NF) Post confirms that on 19 June at between 1900 and 2100 local (1600 - 1800Z) Pol/Econ Officer Jed T. Dornburg signed change of custody paperwork for the four GTMO detainees listed below who were then transferred to the control of the Yemeni Government through MFA official Hadi HAIDRA. [...]	2007-06-20 14:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER KAWC YM
07SANAA1186	BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE PLANNING MEETING, [...] (C) Summary. At the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Forum for the Future planning meeting on June 3 in Sanaa, participants tentatively agreed on December 4 or 5 as the date of the Forum, pending confirmation of Foreign Ministers, schedules. U.S. delegation leader, NEA DAS Scott [...]	2007-06-28 13:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM YM
07SANAA1360	HUMANE TREATMENT OF GTMO RETURNEES VERIFIED BY [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-18 14:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	KAWC PHUM PREL PTER YM
07SANAA1549	HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER SUPPORTS FORUM FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-07 13:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER YM
07SANAA1693	DETAINED PROTEST LEADER TRANSFERRED TO SANAA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Unconfirmed media reports claim that retired Brigadier General Nasir al-Nawba has been transferred from Aden to Sanaa for prosecution by the ROYG on charges of high treason. Al-Nawba, head of the United Retired Military Officers Coordination Council, lead the 1 September Southern [...]	2007-09-10 12:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER PGOV PINS PNAT YM
07SANAA1839	CONTROVERSIAL UNITY LAW LIKELY TO BE WITHDRAWN [...] (C) At an informal iftar (breaking of the fast during Ramadan) at PolOff's residence on 23 September and during a telephone conversation with Poloff on 25 September, Deputy Finance Minister Jalal Yacoub said that the controversial draft National Unity Law, which produced a public outcry when [...]	2007-09-29 12:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	YM PHUM PGOV
07SANAA1954	ROYG INNER CIRCLE CONSIDERING STRAWMAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-28 13:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PTER YM
07SANAA2126	REPORTS OF SALEH MEETING WITH EXILED OPPOSITION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 11:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM YM
07SANAA2169	DETERIORATING STANDARDS 40 YEARS AFTER SOUTH YEMEN [...] (C) Summary: Yemen will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Britain's departure from South Arabia on November 30, before a backdrop of increasing protests and violence in the South over perceived injustices and unequal distribution of wealth. This cable presents a comparison of educational opp [...]	2007-11-29 15:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV YM
07SANAA2179	A CHANGE OF GOVERNOR IN ADEN UNLIKELY [...] (C) Responding to rumors that the Governor of Aden is in danger of being replaced, Assistant Deputy Foreign Minister Khalid al-Akwa told poloff on November 26 that rumors about leadership are rare in Yemen and a leak of this kind would usually quickly be followed by a decision. As no decision h [...]	2007-12-02 08:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR YM
07SANAA2180	DEMONSTRATIONS IN SOUTHERN YEMEN: BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] (C) Tough ROYG measures appear to have been broadly successful at containing rallies in Yemen's south marking the 40th anniversary of Southern Yemen's independence from British rule. Although demonstrations/celebrations took place in Aden, Makulla and other areas, the only incident of note o [...]	2007-12-02 11:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM
07SANAA2193	NO RELIEF IN SIGHT FOR PRICE INFLATION IN YEMEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: High price inflation and increasing poverty sparked numerous demonstrations throughout Yemen between August-November 2007. The ROYG has taken only small steps to curb inflation, many of which treat symptoms rather than causes. The only long-term solutions may be greater compet [...]	2007-12-03 11:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD YM
07SANAA2196	WHO HAS THE EAR OF THE PRESIDENT? PART 1: [...] (C) Summary: President Ali Abdullah Saleh holds all decision-making authority within his country. Nonetheless, he relies on an established network of advisors drawn from his family, his tribe, and others, who have one way or another obtained the President's trust and respect. While his fa [...]	2007-12-03 14:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR YM
07SANAA223	ROYG CLARIFIES REFUGEE POLICY: UNHCR WILL NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with visiting Refcoord, Poloff, and Conoff, Deputy Foreign Minister Mohy al-Din Al-Thibbi confirmed a de facto change in the Republic of Yemen Government's (ROYG) refugee policy concerning non-Somalis: UNHCR would no longer be granted access to newly arriving non-So [...]	2007-02-06 13:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM YM
07SANAA2258	WOMEN DIVIDED ON TYPE OF PARLIAMENTARY QUOTA SYSTEM [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 10:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KWMN PHUM YM
07SANAA2299	DFM COMMITS TO WORK FOR BADAWI MONITORING AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 14:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YM
07SANAA2335	PARLIAMENT INACTIVE BUT UPCOMING SPECIAL SESSION [...] (U) The current session of Parliament accomplished almost nothing before its holiday recess. The most exciting moment was when opposition members walked out in protest of draft amendments to the country's electoral law. An expected joint session in January to discuss the President's reform [...]	2007-12-18 14:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
07SANAA2364	YEMENIS CONTINUE TO HOPE FOR THE RETURN OF SHEIKH [...] (C) Sheikh al-Moayed recently sent a letter to President Saleh asking him to sign an "extradition treaty" with the United States. A ROYG source clarified that, if al-Moayed understood the meaning of extradition and its illegality under the Yemeni constitution, he would not have requested it. [...]	2007-12-31 10:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER YM
07SANAA2365	DEATH OF SHEIKH AL-AHMAR PACKS AN EMOTIONAL PUNCH [...] (C) Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar, the Speaker of Yemen's Parliament and its most powerful tribal figure, died in Saudi Arabia on the morning of December 29 and was buried on December 31. His various titles and roles will likely be distributed among the men who performed those functions during his [...]	2007-12-31 10:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PREL YM
07SANAA341	SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: YEMEN [...] This message is post's response to ref A. 2. Note: Post requests that no/no name or entity cited in this report be publicly mentioned or quoted for any/any reason without prior clearance with post. Post relies heavily on these sources and has invested much time gaining their confidence. E [...]	2007-03-05 13:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
07SANAA395	SAADA JEWS SAFE IN SANAA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Poloffs met on March 13 in Sanaa with Jewish families displaced by fighting that erupted in Saada in late January (reftels). Poloffs met, under the auspices of the MFA and Interior Ministry, with approximately 30 people from two major families. All members of the Jewish communit [...]	2007-03-14 13:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PHUM PINR PREL YM
07SANAA770	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-23 12:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PARM PREL YM
07SANAA852	JEWISH COMMUNITY'S SECURITY PERCEPTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 30 - May 1 Damon Stevens, from the Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, conducted separate meetings with members of the Jewish communities from Saada and Reyda, who expressed serious concern about the deteriorating security situation in norther [...]	2007-05-08 09:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF IS YM
07SANAA905	MINISTER PREACHES RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE, SHEIKH [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On May 1, the CDA, accompanied by poloff and Damon Stevens from the Office to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, met with Minister of Religious Affairs Judge Hamoud al-Hitar to discuss tolerance and dialogue between faith [...]	2007-05-16 14:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER YM
07SANJOSE1049	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747 [...] On May 18, PolOff conveyed reftel information and request to Carlos Cordero Madrigal, head of the Disarmament, Terrorism, and Organized Crime section within the Foreign Policy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. On May 25, PolOff followed up with a phone call to Corde [...]	2007-06-01 21:57:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	CS ETTC IR PARM PREL
07SANJOSE1053	COSTA RICA: DEMARCHE ON IRAN-VENEZUELA RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) On May 31st, PolCoun and PolOff met with Alejandro Solano, sub-director of the Foreign Policy Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss the growing Iranian-Venezuelan relationship (Ref a). Solano was receptive and expressed concerns, particularly in the area of the loose [...]	2007-06-04 16:08:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MASS MARR PTER IR ECON VE CS
07SANJOSE1106	COSTA RICA RECOGNIZES CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 6, Costa Rica announced normalized relations with China, ending ties with Taiwan dating back to 1944. President Arias said the decision was based on "fundamental realism," and he expressed hope that informal relations could be retained with Taipei. The announcement ca [...]	2007-06-08 22:38:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW XK CS
07SANJOSE1134	COSTA RICA - RESPONSE TO ARMS TREATY DEMARCHE [...] (U) On May 31, Pol/C and Poloff discussed USG position (Reftel) on the proposed UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) with MFA Deputy Director for Exterior Policy Alejandro Solis. We left a non-paper; noted that the USG was presenting a demarche on the issue to a number of host governments, including AT [...]	2007-06-14 14:31:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ETTC KOMS UNDC CS
07SANJOSE1173	COSTA RICA: NORMALIZED RELATIONS WITH CHINA BRING [...] SUMMARY (U) Costa Rica's June 1 recognition of the PRC and consequent break in diplomatic relations with Taiwan (Ref A) have brought worries about the financing of ongoing assistance projects (previously funded by Taiwan) as well as immigration concerns at a time when illegal Chinese traffic i [...]	2007-06-18 22:39:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SNAR CVIS XK CS
07SANJOSE1349	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNCAC CHECKLIST AND APPLICATION [...] On July 13, PolOff conveyed reftel information and request to Carlos Cordero Madrigal, head of the Disarmament, Terrorism, and Organized Crime Section within the Foreign Policy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FMA). 2. Cordero advised that his office had already prepared the res [...]	2007-07-16 22:54:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	CS KCRM KJUS PG PTER SNAR
07SANJOSE1350	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AMBASSADOR WILLIAM SWING'S [...] On July 13, PolOff conveyed reftel information and request to Montserrat Vargas Solorzano, Director of the United Nations Organizations desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FMA) and to Gisella Sanchez Castillo, Human Rights Director at the Multilateral Policy Section of the FMA. 2. Biog [...]	2007-07-16 23:03:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC CS EUN PREF PREL SMIG
07SANJOSE1399	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE [...] On July 25, PolOff conveyed reftel information and request to Montserrat Vargas Solorzano, Director of the United Nations Organizations desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and to Gisella Sanchez Castillo, Human Rights Director at the Multilateral Policy Section of the MFA. 2. They [...]	2007-07-25 21:30:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	CS PREL UNESCO
07SANJOSE1490	COSTA RICA WILL SUPPORT GAER CANDIDACY (CONVENTION [...] On August 8, PolOff conveyed reftel information via diplomatic note to Christian Guillermet Fernandez, Director General of the Foreign Policy Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Rita Hernandez Bolanos, Director of Protocol of the MFA. 2. MFA officials indicate that they will [...]	2007-08-10 15:32:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	CS PREL UNGA PHUM
07SANJOSE1497	COSTA RICA TO SUPPORT CARR MEMBERSHIP IN ICRC [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-13 14:53:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM ICRC CS
07SANJOSE1498	NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION: COSTA RICA PLANS TO [...] On August 8, PolOff conveyed reftel request and information to Randolph Coto, Assistant Director of the Disarmament and Terrorist Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Guisella Sanchez Castillo, Human Rights Director at the Multilateral Policy Section of the MFA. 2. They advi [...]	2007-08-13 14:53:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CS
07SANJOSE1503	COSTA RICA ENDORSES UNESCO HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-13 21:35:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO CS
07SANJOSE1519	USG CONCERN OVER ILLICIT CASH COURIERS [...] On August 9, PolOff conveyed reftel information and concerns to Randolph Coto, Assistant Director of the Disarmament and Terrorism Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. Mr. Coto advised the GOCR is aware of these concerns which are troubling to Costa Rica as well. He indicat [...]	2007-08-15 20:28:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER CS
07SANJOSE1596	U.S. CANDIDACY FOR ICAO COUNCIL [...] On August 21, PolOff met with Montserrat Vargas Solorzano, Candidacies Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and delivered reftel talking points. 2. Ms Vargas stated she would deliver the information to their Civil Aviation Authority and added that the GOCR would endorse the can [...]	2007-08-28 15:05:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAIR AORC ICAO CS
07SANJOSE1786	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] On September 25, PolOff met with Carlos Cordero Madrigal, head of the Disarmament and Terrorism Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Viviana Tinoco, Chief of the Human Rights Section of the MFA and delivered the reftel talking points. 2. Both Officers assured PolOff that the [...]	2007-09-28 14:05:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC LE PTER CS
07SANJOSE1787	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: [...] On September 25 PolOff met with Montserrat Vargas Solorzano, Director of Candidacies and the United Nations Specialized Agencies, and acting Director of Foreign Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to deliver the USG priority issues for the UNGA General Debate. 2. Ms. Vargas adv [...]	2007-09-28 14:09:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA CS
07SANJOSE1788	U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON "CONDEMNING THE USE OF [...] On September 26, PolOff met with Viviana Tinoco, Director of the Human Rights and Multilateral Policies Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to deliver a copy of the draft resolution and verbally convey reftel talking points. 2. Ms Tinoco affirmed GOCR's support and said she woul [...]	2007-09-28 14:13:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UNAUS PHUM KWMN SOCI CS
07SANJOSE1791	U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] On September 26, PolOff met with Montserrat Vargas Solorzano, Chief of the United Nations Specialized Agencies Section and Candidacies Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and delivered reftel information. 2. Ms. Vargas indicated that Foreign Minister Bruno Stagno, already in [...]	2007-09-28 15:59:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV
07SANJOSE1829	RELEASE OF 2007 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] PolOff hand delivered a copy of the 2007 Costa Rica Report on International Religious Freedom (IRF) to Alejandro Solano Ortiz, Deputy Director of Foreign Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and to Viviana Tinoco, Human Rights Director of the Multilateral Policy Section of the MFA, [...]	2007-10-10 22:11:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	CS KDEM KIRF KPAO OPRC PGOV PHUM SOCI
07SANJOSE1830	COSTA RICA MINISTERIAL DELEGATION TO WASHINGTON [...] Per reftel, PolOff met on October 5 with Alejandro Solano Ortiz, Deputy Director of Foreign Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Julio Matamoros, Vice Minister of Energy (MINAE) and secured a tentative list of attendees to the March 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy [...]	2007-10-10 22:30:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	CS EAID ENRG KPAO KSCA SENV SOCI TRGY
07SANJOSE1905	ALDIP ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) On October 24, PolOff discussed reftel third committee issues with Montserrat Vargas Solorzano, Director of the Candidacies and United Nations Specialized Organizations Section of the MFA; Deyanira Ramirez Salas, Director of the International Organizations Section; and Viviana Tinoco, Dire [...]	2007-10-25 16:00:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KTIA UN CS
07SANJOSE1906	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR [...] On October 24, PolOff met with Montserrat Vargas Solorzano, Director of the Candidacies and United Nations Specialized Organizations Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to request GOCR support of Mr. Walker's candidacy and to deliver his biographical data. 2. Vargas indicated [...]	2007-10-25 16:01:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UN UNGA CS
07SANJOSE1928	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OAS INDIGENOUS RIGHTS [...] On Oct. 26 PolOff met with Viviana Tinoco, Director of the Human Rights Section of the Multilateral Policy Department of the MFA to deliver reftel demarche. Tinoco told us the MFA was closely tracking the lengthy negotiations on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People and indicated [...]	2007-10-31 14:35:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CS
07SANJOSE202	COSTA RICA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SEAT [...] (U) Per reftel, on January 30, Poloff discussed the May UN Human Rights Council (HRC) election with Tatiana Vargas, head of the international candidacies division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Poloff noted the USG's concerns about the performance of the HRC to date and encouraged Co [...]	2007-02-02 16:58:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNHRC CS
07SANJOSE254	COSTA RICA WILL NOT PURSUE UNHRC SEAT [...] (U) Further to Reftel, we have continued to follow up with MFA contacts re GOCR interest in a seat on the UN Human Rights Council. While Deputy Director for Foreign Policy Alejandro Solano earlier had shared our concerns about the negative impact of Venezuela taking a seat on the UNHRC, he wa [...]	2007-02-09 17:44:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC CS
07SANJOSE361	COSTA RICA: NEXT ANTI-CAFTA PROTEST ON 26 FEB [...] (C) 1. (C) The next anti-CAFTA protest is scheduled for Monday, February 26, with the locus of action likely to be San Jose. Organizers promise a larger event than last October's protest, but predicting turnout is impossible in advance. The GOCR has vowed to prevent disruption of essential [...]	2007-02-23 19:28:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ASEC PINR CS
07SANJOSE524	COSTA RICA?S 7TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) The following is Embassy San Jose?s submission for the 2006-2007 annual trafficking in persons (TIP) report. Responses are keyed to checklist questions outlined in reftel beginning at paragraph 27. Post?s POC for the report is Political Officer Robert E. Copley. Telephone number: (506) [...]	2007-03-16 22:32:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CS
07SANJOSE553	COSTA RICA: UN DEMOCRACY FUND PROJECT [...] On March 12, Poloff, Cultural Affairs Officer, and foreign service national met with Maria Eugenia Bujanda of the Omar Dengo Foundation (FOD),the Costa Rican UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) grantee. FOD is a non-profit organization dedicated to national development through improvements and innovat [...]	2007-03-20 22:44:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL CS
07SANJOSE572	COSTA RICA: ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On March 19, Poloff sent information detailing the U.S. government's concerns about the recent events in Zimbabwe as well as Secretary Rice's statement calling for the immediate release of the imprisoned Zimbabwean opposition leaders to Alejandro Solano Ortiz, deputy foreign policy director at [...]	2007-03-23 15:53:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CS
07SANJOSE657	COSTA RICA: DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-04 21:29:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KNNP PARM KN IR CS
07SANJOSE69	THE COLOMBIAN CONNECTION: FORMER GUERRILLAS TURNED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Costa Rican authorities are increasingly worried about the criminal activities of former Colombian guerrillas operating in Costa Rica and, as a result, have stepped up efforts to extradite/deport them. On December 21, FARC member Hector Orlando Martinez Quinto was delivered to [...]	2007-01-12 22:43:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR PREF PHUM SNAR CS XK
07SANJOSE790	COSTA RICA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPCOM [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-26 16:09:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT CS
07SANJOSE868	MORE CHINESE MIGRANTS RESCUED IN COSTA RICAN WATERS [...] (SBU) On April 21, the Costa Rica Coast Guard (SNGC) again rescued a large number of Chinese migrants adrift in Costa Rican territorial waters. Three Ecuadorians and two Peruvians were also apprehended, and charged with human trafficking under Costa Rica,s new immigration law. The governmen [...]	2007-05-09 16:59:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KCRM CO CH CS
07SANJOSE958	COSTA RICA: RESPONSE TO HCOC INREACH [...] On May 14, PolOff conveyed reftel request to Carlos Cordero Madrigal, head of the Disarmament, Terrorism, and Organized Crime section within the Foreign Policy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and forwarded the Annual Declaration nil form. 2. On May 15, PolOff followed up [...]	2007-05-22 19:59:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA MTCRE CS
07SANSALVADOR1071	EL SALVADOR ON VENEZUELA/IRAN RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) On May 31, poloff raised reftel C points with MFA Multilateral Affairs Chief Mario Rivera. (Note: The GOES has repeatedly raised with Post their misgivings about the growing Iran-Venezuela relationship, as well as potential Iran-Nicaragua ties; see reftels A and B. End note.) Rivera s [...]	2007-05-31 20:48:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR ES
07SANSALVADOR1072	EL SALVADOR: ANNUAL DECLARATION FOR HCOC [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-31 20:48:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA ES
07SANSALVADOR1073	EL SALVADOR ON PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-31 20:49:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP XM ES
07SANSALVADOR1074	EL SALVADOR ON UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-31 20:49:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY PREL PARM
07SANSALVADOR1248	EL SALVADOR: SALGADO'S EXPULSION FROM THE PCN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following his expulsion from the National Conciliation Party (PCN),populist San Miguel Mayor Will Salgado is considering whether he will seek to rejoin the Christian Democratic Party (PDC) under whose banner he first sought office, or instead move to the relatively new splinter [...]	2007-06-29 17:21:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL
07SANSALVADOR1452	EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON COMMUNITY OF [...] (U) Poloffs met with Mario Rivera, Director of Multilateral Affairs for the Salvadoran Ministry of foreign Affairs (MFA) to raise reftel points. Rivera responded that El Salvador is fully supportive of the US position on the participation in the Community of Democracies. 2. (U) Rivera agr [...]	2007-07-30 16:29:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA ES TW
07SANSALVADOR1459	VEHICLES FOR REVISITING EXTRADITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy has been advised that there are currently two potential cases to test the Salvadoran judiciary's willingness to extradite Salvadoran nationals to the US. The simplest of these concerns a dual national convicted of child sexual assault who fled the US prior to sentencing. [...]	2007-07-31 16:03:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS KHLS KCRM ES
07SANSALVADOR1485	FALLOUT FROM SUCHITOTO ARRESTS CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: GOES handling of the arrest and prosecution of fourteen individuals who participated in violent demonstrations in Suchitoto on July 2 continues to reverberate throughout the Salvadoran political landscape and to attract attention from U.S.-based NGO's. The GOES decision to prosec [...]	2007-08-01 23:44:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ES
07SANSALVADOR1526	EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON ADOPTION OF NUCLEAR [...] (U) Poloffs raised reftel A points during a July 23 meeting with Mario Rivera, Director of Multilateral Affairs for the Salvadoran Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Felix Ulloa, MFA advisor. Rivera pointed out that El Salvador was a signatory to twelve of the thirteen counter-terrorism co [...]	2007-08-08 23:09:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL ES
07SANSALVADOR1533	EL SALVADOR WILL SUPPORT UNESCO HOLOCAUST [...] (SBU) On August 9, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Mario Rivera, MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs. Rivera noted that it had co-sponsored UN Resolution 61/255 and strongly condemned all forms of Holocaust denial. 2. (SBU) Rivera said that El Salvador would support the reftel UNESCO [...]	2007-08-09 23:01:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO ES
07SANSALVADOR1534	DEMARCHE ON ELECTION FOR UN COMMITTEE AGAINST [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-09 23:02:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA ES
07SANSALVADOR1542	EL SALVADOR: POSITION ON UNSC IRAN RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) Poloff held follow-up discussions on August 9 with Mario Rivera, Director of Multilateral Affairs for the Salvadoran Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) regarding reftel demarche. Rivera's response was unchanged from initial meeting on the topic held July 23 with Rivera and Felix Ulloa, MFA [...]	2007-08-10 17:00:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM IR ES
07SANSALVADOR1548	DEMARCHE ON ICRC STANDING COMMISSION CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-10 20:15:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM ICRC
07SANSALVADOR1549	INITIAL SALVADORAN RESPONSE TO U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (U) Poloff raised reftel points and discussed Ambassador Swing's background and candidacy during an August 9 meeting with Mauricio Ruiz, the MFA official in charge of candidacies. Poloff reiterated points raised during a July 23 meeting with Mario Rivera, Director of Multilateral Affairs for [...]	2007-08-10 20:16:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG ES
07SANSALVADOR1652	EL SALVADOR PREPARES FOR THE CONFERENCE OF FIRST [...] (SBU) El Salvador will host the 14th Conference of the First Ladies, Spouses and Representatives of Heads of State and Government of the Americas in San Salvador November 19-21, 2007. The Conference theme is "Building a Society for All Ages," and the proceedings will focus on aging and the pa [...]	2007-08-23 13:41:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ES KWMN PREL KHIV SOCI
07SANSALVADOR1928	EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-25 22:38:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV ES
07SANSALVADOR1999	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DRAFT RESOLUTION "CONDEMNING [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 22:41:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI ES
07SANSALVADOR2000	MINISTER OF PUBLIC SECURITY BECOMES THIRD DECLARED [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 22:47:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
07SANSALVADOR2149	EL SALVADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE TO CANDIDACY OF [...] (U) On October 22, PolOff delivered reftel demarche and provided David Walker's biographic information to Gustavo Argueta, MFA Specialist in Charge of the United Nations. Argueta said that El Salvador recognized the need for effective oversight at the UN and said the MFA would review the info [...]	2007-10-24 22:51:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UNGA UN ES
07SANSALVADOR2150	EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON UNGA THIRD [...] (U) Summary: On October 22, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to solicit support for U.S. priority resolutions in the UN General Assembly,s Third Committee to Gustavo Argueta, MFA Specialist in Charge of the United Nations. Argueta said El Salvador will review the country specific resolutions [...]	2007-10-24 22:51:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KTIA UN
07SANSALVADOR2157	EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE RESPONSE TO NEXT STEPS ON [...] (U) On October 22, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Gustavo Argueta, MFA Specialist in Charge of the United Nations. Argueta was supportive of the proposal for the "Year of Action" and requested the text of the proposal be forwarded to the MFA as soon as possible for review. He was open [...]	2007-10-25 19:39:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ES
07SANSALVADOR2174	EL SALVADOR: CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 18:21:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU ES
07SANSALVADOR2206	POPULIST SAN MIGUEL MAYOR LOOKS TO LARGER [...] (U) Summary: Will Salgado, the populist mayor of the city of San Miguel, plays a dominant role in the regional politics of eastern El Salvador. A political maverick known for his brash public persona, frequent party changes, and allegations of involvement in extrajudicial vigilante groups, [...]	2007-11-01 16:44:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL
07SANSALVADOR2248	EL SALVADOR SUPPORTS U.S. AGENDA AT COMMUNITY OF [...] (U) On November 5 Poloff delivered demarche requested reftel to Ambassador Guillermo Melendez, El Salvador's Director General of Foreign Policy. Ambassador Melendez informed poloff that unforeseen staffing shortages preclude Salvadoran representation at the November 14-17 Bamako conference. [...]	2007-11-07 16:01:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA
07SANSALVADOR2347	EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) On November 30, Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Gustavo Argueta, MFA Official in Charge of UN and Multilateral Fora. Argueta acknowledged the US position on such resolutions and added that El Salvador strongly supports the Middle East peace process. He also said th [...]	2007-12-04 21:15:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS ES
07SANSALVADOR2363	EL SALVADOR: US-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 15:51:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ES IZ MARR MOPS
07SANSALVADOR2378	COUNT ON EL SALVADOR TO ATTEND THE UNGA PLENARY [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 19:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV UNGA ES
07SANSALVADOR2435	EL SALVADOR: SECOND DEMARCHE ON PROSPER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-21 21:36:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ES PHUM UNGA
07SANSALVADOR276	EL SALVADOR ON PALESTINIAN NATIONAL UNITY [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-16 19:04:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAL KWBG PREL IS XX ES
07SANSALVADOR360	EL SALVADOR: LEADERS FOR CHANGE, THIRD-PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Populist San Miguel Mayor Wil Salgado (reftel),worried that his National Conciliation Party (PCN) will cut a deal with the ruling ARENA party not to run a presidential candidate in 2009, is exploring other options, including an alliance with moderate FMLN and former FMLN mayor [...]	2007-02-27 22:40:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ES KCOR PHUM PINR
07SANSALVADOR41	THE CENTRAL AMERICAN INTEGRATION SYSTEM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Although established in 1992, the Central American Integration System (SICA) remains an incipient attempt by the countries of Central America to achieve regional integration and cooperation. The organization includes the member nations of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guate [...]	2007-01-10 19:07:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM XK ES ETRD EU
07SANSALVADOR46	EL SALVADOR: POSITION ON UNSCR 1737 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-11 20:09:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC KNNP ES
07SANSALVADOR588	INTERVIEW WITH IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO AND [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On March 11, leading El Salvador daily La Prensa Grafica published an interview in its Sunday magazine with Mohammed Roohi Sefat, Iranian Ambassador to Mexico (also accredited to Nicaragua),about his opinions of the Salvadoran Armed Forces presence in Iraq. The int [...]	2007-03-29 21:26:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ES IZ MX NU VE IR KNNP
07SANSALVADOR713	EL SALVADOR POSITION ON UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-17 20:59:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC ES
07SANSALVADOR714	EL SALVADOR ON IRAN'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-17 21:00:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP PARM KNAR IR ES
07SANSALVADOR765	EARLY SPECULATION OVER 2009 FMLN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY and Comment: Notwithstanding ongoing media speculation regarding possible FMLN presidential candidates for the 2009 elections, moderate FMLN Legislative Assembly Deputy Hugo Martinez recently outlined to poloff that his party has settled on television commentator Mauricio Funes as [...]	2007-04-23 17:13:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL
07SANTIAGO169	SOUNDING CHILE ON 2007 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) The GOC plans to run a candidate for the Human Rights Council in 2008, but may be open to running in 2007. Per Reftel A, EPOL Counselor met with Acting Director for Multilateral Affairs Patricio Acuna January 31. United Nations Affairs Section Chief Patricio Utreras and Poloff also atte [...]	2007-01-31 20:25:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL UNHRC CI
07SANTIAGO1802	CHILE: FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] E/POLoff delivered reftel demarche to Mauricio Fernandez, Chief of Money Laundering at the Public Ministry; Victor Ossa, Director of Chile's Financial Intelligence Unit (the UAF); Gustavo Arriagada, Superintendent of the Superintendency of Banks; Cristina Farah of the Bank Association; and Ju [...]	2007-11-07 19:18:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC ECON IR CI
07SANTIAGO292	CHILEAN MFA EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT FALCON-CONDOR [...] Summary: (C) Working level Foreign Ministry officials expressed concern February 14 that participation of U.S. F-16s in bilateral military exercises in Peru would allow "Peru to game a potential conflict with Chile." The seeds for this concern were apparently planted by the Russian military [...]	2007-02-20 10:53:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PREL CI
07SANTIAGO425	GOC'S AMBASSADOR TO VENEZUELA OPENS MOUTH, INSERTS FOOT PRESIDENT BACHELET UNHAPPY HE REVEALS SHE FAVORED CARACAS IN UNSC VOTE [...] (C) Chile's Ambassador to Venezuela, Claudio Huepe, in a March 12 Caracas television interview, said President Bachelet had privately told him she had favored voting for Venezuela in last year's UNSC vote. But a ""confluence of circumstances"" barred such a vote, leading her to abstain. Huepe cla [...]	2007-03-14 19:25:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO581	CHILE UNLIKELY PARTICIPANT IN NATANZ FUEL [...] (SBU) Poloff contacted Chilean MFA Deputy Director for International Security and Non-Proliferation Hernan Mena April 9 to discuss the Natanz facility opening. Mena said that he had not seen any reporting in MFA channels on the Natanz opening, but would contact the Chilean representative to [...]	2007-04-09 21:28:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC IR CI
07SANTIAGO687	ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON MEETS WITH CHILEAN [...] (C) Summary: WHA Assistant Secretary Shannon and Chilean Minister of Defense Jose Goni exchanged views on regional issues and the U.S.-Chile bilateral military relationship during their April 24 meeting. Goni told A/S Shannon he valued the close relationship between the U.S. and Chilean mili [...]	2007-04-27 17:20:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR OTRA CL

07SANTIAGO697	CHILE'S VIEWS FOR NPT PREPCOM STILL BEING DEFINED [...] Poloff delivered reftel A talking points as a non-paper to Hernan Mena, Sub Director for Disarmament and International Security of Chile's Foreign Ministry, on April 25. Mena said Chile's Ambassador to Vienna and to the UN Mission in Vienna would head Chile's delegation to the Nuclear Non-p [...]	2007-04-27 21:30:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT CI
07SANTIAGO75	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HAITI, SOFA, THE ICC AND [...] Summary: (C) Minister of Defense Vivianne Blanlot told the Ambassador January 10 that Chile wanted to see Haiti progress to a point where MINUSTAH'S withdrawal would not initiate a "backslide to ground zero." Chile, along with Argentina and Brazil, were looking for an international commitmen [...]	2007-01-12 21:30:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV MOPS ETRD CI
07SANTIAGO768	CHILE LIKELY TO SUPPORT BOSNIA (IF IT RUNS) AND [...] (C) It is highly likely that Chile would support Slovenia and Bosnia for the United Nations Human Right Council (UNHRC),if Bosnia runs. Foreign Ministry Deputy Director for Human Rights Jorge Tagle told Poloff May 10 that Chile currently plans to support the two declared candidates, Solvenia [...]	2007-05-10 21:14:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC CI
07SANTODOMINGO1017	DOMINICAN POLITICS III #24: PRD CANDIDATE VARGAS [...] (U) This is the 24th cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. PRD CANDIDATE VARGAS MALDONADO PREVIEWS CAMPAIGN THEMES (U) On April 25, the Santo Domingo Diplomatic Corps hosted a breakfast meeting for Miguel Vargas Mal [...]	2007-04-27 19:20:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON DR
07SANTODOMINGO1026	NPT PREPCOM: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DOMINICAN [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on NPT Prepcom to the Ministry of Foreign Relations. Counselor Julissa Contin of the Office of U.S. Affairs took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. 2. This report and extensive other mater [...]	2007-04-27 20:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM NPT DR
07SANTODOMINGO1119	EVALUATING THE ENFORCEMENT OF DOMINICAN LABOR LAW [...] (U) SUMMARY: Many employers in the Dominican agricultural sector regularly violate the Dominican labor code, according to several Dominican non-governmental organizations and other entities. Many of the workers in this sector are involved in the production of commodities that are exported to th [...]	2007-05-10 21:14:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ELAB ETRD PHUM SMIG KWMN DR HA
07SANTODOMINGO1207	IRAN-VENEZUELA TIES: MEASURED DOMINICAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Dominican Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alejandra Liriano, emphasizing the talking points on nuclear ties, weapons technology cooperation, and terrorism concerns. 2. (C) In her reply, Liriano commented that Venezuela has close bilateral relatio [...]	2007-05-22 19:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR VE IR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1218	DEMARCHES ON UNSC RESOLUTIONS 1267 AND 1747: [...] POLOFF delivered ref A talking points on "the importance of international support for counter-terrorism objectives" and ref B points on "implementing UNSCR 1747 (Iran nuclear program)" to the Ministry of Foreign Relations. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but [...]	2007-05-23 16:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EFIN PTER IR DR
07SANTODOMINGO130	DOMINICAN TRANSPORTATION SECTOR THREATENS STRIKE [...] SUMMARY: There are signs that in the face of threatened transportation strikes the Fernandez administration may back down from the commitment to the IMF to limit access to subsidized propane gas (LPG). The largest associations of private passenger transporters had announced plans to strike [...]	2007-01-22 10:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV ENRG EFIN ASEC DR
07SANTODOMINGO1354	DEMARCHE ON U.S. REPORT ON UNSCR 1747 DELIVERED TO [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on "U.S. 60-Day Report to UN Security Council on UNSCR 1747" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. 2. This re [...]	2007-06-06 20:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1396	THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: ON THE VERGE OF SOCIALIZED [...] SUMMARY: The Dominican Republic is on the verge of implementing a groundbreaking, tightly regulated new health insurance system that could conceivably be called socialized medicine. Under this system, known as the "Family Health Plan" (SFS),all employees will be enrolled in the same minimal h [...]	2007-06-11 20:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFSN AMGT ELAB DR SOCI PGOV
07SANTODOMINGO1426	DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT REACTS DEFENSIVELY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge informed Dominican Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Jose Manuel Trullols and Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Rosario Graciano on June 11 of SIPDIS the decision to place the Dominican government on the Tier 2 Watch List in the Department's Trafficking Report [...]	2007-06-15 14:51:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	SECRET	ELAB MASS PGOV PHUM PINR PREF SMIG KCRM DR HA
07SANTODOMINGO1691	DOMINICAN POLITICS III #30: PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN [...] (U) This is the 30th cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. (SBU) The presidential campaigns of incumbent Leonel Fernandez, of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD),and Miguel Vargas Maldonado, of the Dominican Revolut [...]	2007-07-12 20:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON DR
07SANTODOMINGO1710	DOMINICAN POLITICS III #31: ESTRELLA LEAVES PRSC, [...] (U) This is the 31st cable in our series on Dominican politics in the 3rd year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. ESTRELLA LEAVES PRSC, PARTY DOESN'T CARE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (SBU) Eduardo Estrella, 2004 presidential candidate for the third-ranked [...]	2007-07-17 17:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KCOR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1712	DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IOM DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on Ambassador Swing's nomination to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Pedro Blandino, the assistant secretary-equivalent for international organizations affairs, took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican [...]	2007-07-17 19:20:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA AORC EUN PREF SMIG DR
07SANTODOMINGO1748	ENERGY SECTOR POWER PLAY THREATENS INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Dominican corporation of state electricity enterprises (CDEEE) is currently engaged in a political power play to recapture greater control of the electricity sector. CDEEE, which is the most powerful player in a fractured energy bureaucracy, has focused on both increasing the [...]	2007-07-20 13:28:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENIV ENRG DR
07SANTODOMINGO1808	DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF IRAN SANCTIONS [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on "Ensuring Robust Implementation of UNSC-Imposed Sanctions on Iran" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. [...]	2007-07-31 18:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP PARM IR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1899	DEMARCHE ON PROMOTION OF ICRC STANDING COMMITTEE [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel demarche on the candidacy of Steve Carr for election to the Standing Commission of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Pedro Blandino, the Assistant Secretary for international organizations, took our vie [...]	2007-08-14 21:50:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA DR
07SANTODOMINGO1907	SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, AUGUST [...] PRD Alleges Corruption in Power Plant Contract 2. Refinery Sale Complications 3. New Focus in Tourism Development Announced 4. Chambers of Commerce on DR-CAFTA 5. PLD Strives for Unity as Presidential Campaign Approaches Â [...]	2007-08-15 18:25:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ENRG DR
07SANTODOMINGO1908	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC JOINS HCOC AGAINST BALLISTIC [...] (U) The Dominican Republic has subscribed to the Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC) against ballistic missile proliferation. 2. (SBU) On August 13, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Carmen Contreras, Director of the Office of Judicial Affairs, provided POLOFF a photocopy of the relevant diplomatic [...]	2007-08-15 18:25:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ETTC MTCRE KSCA DR
07SANTODOMINGO2046	FERNANDEZ SHUFFLES CABINET: ALL ARE WELCOME UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of decrees issued August 17-20, President Fernandez shuffled his cabinet and other key government positions. New Ministers were named for Industry and Commerce, Environment, and Public Works and Communications, as well as new heads of the National Police and Navy. Th [...]	2007-08-30 13:28:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SENV MARR KCRM ETRD DR
07SANTODOMINGO2131	UPDATE ON LABOR DISPUTE AT HANESBRANDS PLANT IN [...] (U) On September 10, POLOFF called on Washington Gonzalez, the Ministry of Labor's Director General of Labor, to discuss the labor dispute at the TOS Dominicana textile plant in Bonao (owned by the U.S. firm Hanesbrands, Inc.) (Reftel). The Ministry of Labor (SET) is carrying out a verification [...]	2007-09-12 16:36:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV DR
07SANTODOMINGO2132	DOMINICAN TIP ACTION PLAN DELIVERED, PROGRESS A [...] On August 30, poloff and human rights officer delivered reftel points and non-paper to Frank Soto, Assistant Attorney General for Smuggling and Trafficking of Persons. One week later, on September 6, WHA/CAR Director Velia de Pirro raised reftel points related to the need for increased victim [...]	2007-09-12 16:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SMIG PHUM KCRM KWMN HA DR
07SANTODOMINGO2174	ENCOURAGING CONTRIBUTIONS TO SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on "encouraging financial contribution to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Pedro Blandino, the Assistant Secretary for international organizations affairs, took our views on board but had no immediate reply [...]	2007-09-19 17:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA LE DR
07SANTODOMINGO2215	DEMARCHE ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR COMMUNITY OF [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on "U.S. priorities for the Community of Democracies" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. 2. This report a [...]	2007-09-27 17:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA KDEM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2227	DEMARCHE ON RESOLUTION ON CONDEMNING THE USE OF [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on "Condemning the Use of Rape as an Instrument of State Policy" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Pedro Blandino, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Affairs, took our SIPDIS views on board but had no immediate reply. We [...]	2007-10-01 18:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI DR
07SANTODOMINGO2245	DOMINICAN ORIENTATION VISIT OF WHA/CAR DIRECTOR DE [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 6 and 7, WHA/CAR Office Director Velia De Pirro traveled to the Dominican Republic for a series of orientation meetings with both Embassy staff and leading Dominican figures, including the Chief of the National Police, the President of the DEA-equivalent National D [...]	2007-10-03 18:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SMIG PHUM PINR KCRM SNAR HA VE DR
07SANTODOMINGO2365	SANTO DOMINGO POLITICAL ROUNDUP, OCTOBER 19, 2007 [...] (SBU) During the October 15-16 visit of Country Officer Christopher Ward, WHA/CAR and Post engaged Dominican contacts on Haiti, election rules, human rights, Venezuela, and other issues. Alejandra Liriano, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that the bilateral relationship had been st [...]	2007-10-19 13:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID VE HA DR
07SANTODOMINGO2366	PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: CANDIDATES WARM UP FOR THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the presidential election only seven months away, candidates Leonel Fernandez and Miguel Vargas Maldonado are tapping into the Dominican passion for baseball. Both recently threw out ceremonial first pitches at Major League Baseball games in the United States, during trips [...]	2007-10-19 17:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON DR
07SANTODOMINGO2424	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS: DEMARCHE [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points, which solicit support for U.S. priority resolutions in the UN General Assembly's Third Committee, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subse [...]	2007-10-26 15:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KTIA UN DR
07SANTODOMINGO2428	OAS INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DECLARATION: DEMARCHE [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on the "OAS Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Pedro Blandino, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Affairs, took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report a [...]	2007-10-26 19:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2432	SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL RED [...] (SBU) Per Reftel instructions, POLOFF contacted the Embassy of Argentina in Santo Domingo to offer United States support for Argentina's request for the issuance of INTERPOL Red Notices for the Iranian officials charged in the 1994 AMIA bombing. Counselor Fernando Ricci replied that his Embas [...]	2007-10-29 13:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC KJUS PREL IR DR
07SANTODOMINGO2453	DEMARCHE ON CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION DELIVERED [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on the annual UN General Assembly resolution introduced by Cuba condemning the U.S. economic embargo to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano made no substantive response, but rather pledged to immediately inform Foreig [...]	2007-10-30 17:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA UN CU DR
07SANTODOMINGO2494	CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR UN IAAC: DEMARCHE [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on the nomination of Mr. David Walker for election to the UN Independent Audit Advisory Committee to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Pedro Blandino, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations, took our views on board but had no immedi [...]	2007-11-02 17:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UN UNGA DR
07SANTODOMINGO2544	DEMARCHE ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on "Advancing the Democracy Agenda at the 4th Community of Democracies Ministerial in Bamako, Mali" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Trullols took our views on board but had no immediate reply. Note: Trullols [...]	2007-11-09 13:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2547	DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO DELIVERED [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on the U.S. candidacy for the International Maritime Organization to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Pedro Blandino, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations, took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any [...]	2007-11-09 19:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK DR
07SANTODOMINGO2563	DEMARCHE ON FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on the "FATF Statement and Guidance on Iran" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Juan Guliani Cury). ECONOFF also delivered the demarche to the Superintendency of Banks (Superintendent of Banks Rafael Camilo). Both G [...]	2007-11-14 20:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC ECON DR
07SANTODOMINGO2568	BREAKFAST WITH VARGAS MALDONADO [...] (U) On November 6, Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) presidential candidate Miguel Vargas Maldonado hosted ECOPOLCOUNS and POLOFF for breakfast. Vargas was accompanied by PRD Secretary-General Orlando Jorge Mera, International Affairs Vice President Peggy Cabral de Pena, and International A [...]	2007-11-16 14:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON DR
07SANTODOMINGO2570	SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, NOVEMBER [...] Leftist Summit Postponed; Chavez May Still Visit 2. New Poll Gives Fernandez 12-Point Lead in Presidential Race 3. JCE on Haitian Community's Allegations Regarding Identity Documents 4. Electricity Sector Reorganization: Administrative or Substantive Change? 5. Government Debts to Power G [...]	2007-11-16 20:20:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON VE DR
07SANTODOMINGO2604	IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT ON IRAN: DOMINICAN [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on the "IAEA Director General's report on implementation of safeguards in Iran" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Pedro Blandino, Assistant Secretary of International Organizations Affairs, took our views on board but had no immediate reply. [...]	2007-11-23 15:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP MNUC IAEA PARM AORC IR DR
07SANTODOMINGO2624	OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON ISRAEL: DOMINICAN [...] (U) POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on "Opposing UNGA Resolutions with Anti-Israel Bias" to Ambassador Pedro Blandino, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In his reply, Blandino did not directly address how the Dominican Republic would [...]	2007-11-26 17:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS DR
07SANTODOMINGO2686	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF AMB [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on December 5 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. 2. This report and additional information can be found o [...]	2007-12-05 19:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA DR
07SANTODOMINGO2703	OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS: [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on "Opposing UNGA Resolutions with Anti-Israeli Bias" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Ciro Amaury Dargam, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations, took our views on SIPDIS board but had no immediate reply. We will report any [...]	2007-12-10 20:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS DR
07SANTODOMINGO2719	UNGA COUNTRY-SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS: DOMINICAN [...] (U) On December 11, ECOPOLCOUNS and POLOFF delivered Ref A demarche on the "UNGA Plenary Votes on Country-Specific Resolutions" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Ciro Amaury Dargam, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations, replied that it was "nearly certain" that the [...]	2007-12-11 19:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UNGA DR
07SANTODOMINGO2722	CESFRONT - TOWARDS MORE EFFECTIVE CONTROL OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy MilOff and PolOff visited the border towns of Dajabon and Comendador to investigate the recent deployment of the special unit for border control - (Cuerpo Especializado Fronterizo or CESFRONT). CESFRONT was deployed at the end of September to the four official border cro [...]	2007-12-11 20:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG MCAP HA DR
07SANTODOMINGO2746	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE ON CASH COURIER [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points to the Director of the Superintendent of Banks' Financial Investigation Unit, Heiromy Castro, as well as to the Director of the country's Financial Analysis Unit (located within the National Counsel on Drugs),Maximo Gorqui Melo, both of whom took our view [...]	2007-12-14 16:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV PTER ASEC KTFIN DR
07SANTODOMINGO2748	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER: CAFTA, [...] (U) On December 13, the Ambassador paid his introductory call on Foreign Minister Morales Troncoso. The Ambassador was joined by the DCM and POLOFF. CAFTA ----- 2. (SBU) After an exchange of personal greetings, Morales spoke about the negotiations for the Dominican Republic's Economic [...]	2007-12-14 19:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD SNAR HA DR
07SANTODOMINGO329	DOMINICAN POLITICS III #16: VARGAS MALDONADO [...] (U) This is the 16th cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. VARGAS MALDONADO CAMPAIGN - POLITICAL DIRECTOR DISCUSSES PRIMARY AND UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (SBU) Alfredo Pacheco, the Political Director for Domini [...]	2007-02-14 14:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR
07SANTODOMINGO348	DOMINICAN POLITICS III #18: VARGAS MALDONADO [...] (U) This is the 18th cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. (U) Summary: In a speech to the diplomatic corps, presidential candidate Miguel Vargas Maldonado said that the foreign policy of a Dominican government led b [...]	2007-02-16 13:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR PGOV PREL
07SANTODOMINGO505	DOMINICAN PROVINCE OF SAMANA PREPARES FOR TOURIST [...] (U) This cable is part of a series of reports on economic and political issues at the provincial level in the Dominican Republic. SAMANA PREPARES FOR TOURIST BOOM - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (U) Tourism is on the rise throughout the Dominican Republic, and the northeastern province [...]	2007-03-08 16:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV PREL
07SANTODOMINGO636	DOMINICAN REPLY ON HCOC AGAINST BALLISTIC MISSILE [...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered a diplomatic note containing Reftel talking points encouraging the Dominican Republic to subscribe to the Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC). POLOFF emphasized the long period of time in which we have been discussing this issue with the Dominicans (more than four years),unde [...]	2007-03-21 20:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ETTC MTCRE KSCA DR
07SANTODOMINGO637	DOMINICAN REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM - [...] On March 19, POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on UN internal administration of justice to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Michelle Cohen, Dominican Chief of United Nations and Organization of American States Affairs (Assistant Secretary-equivalent),had no immediate reply but [...]	2007-03-21 20:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC APER UNGA DR
07SANTODOMINGO732	OPPONENTS MANEUVER TO STRIP DOMINICAN-HAITIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An investigation by staff at the Junta Central Electoral (JCE),or Central Elections Board, has recommended that the authorities strip the citizenship of Sonia Pierre, a prominent advocate for the rights of persons of Haitian descent. In quick reply, on March 30 JCE President C [...]	2007-03-30 22:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KWMN DR HA
07SANTODOMINGO808	DEMARCHES ON UNSCR 1747 AND DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S [...] POLOFF delivered Reftels' talking points to the Ministry of Foreign Relations. Ambassador Rhadys Abreu, Acting Dominican Chief of United Nations and Organization of American States Affairs (Assistant Secretary-equivalent),took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report an [...]	2007-04-10 16:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IAEA IR DR
07SANTODOMINGO846	DOMINICAN POLITICS III #23: PARTY UNITY UNDER [...] (U) This is the 23rd cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. PARTY UNITY UNDER STRESS AS PLD PREPARES FOR PRIMARY VOTE (SBU) On April 11 POLOFF met with Danilo Diaz of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD). As [...]	2007-04-13 20:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL DR
07SAOPAULO36	AMBASSADOR AND SAO PAULO GOVERNOR DISCUSS CRIME, PUBLIC [...] (SBU) During an hour-long meeting with the Ambassador, Jose Serra, Governor of Sao Paulo state, said that his most immediate priority upon taking office was public security, especially in the metropolitan public transportation system, which is the state government's responsibility. Though sta [...]	2007-01-17 10:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR EINV ASEC PREL BR
07SAOPAULO367	MST'S "RED APRIL" OFFERS LOTS OF THEATER BUT NOT MUCH [...] Summary: (SBU) Actions by the Rural Landless Workers' Movement (MST) this year in observance of "Red April" have been characterized by strident rhetoric but less property destruction than last year. While they have generated some attention, the land invasions and occupations do not appear to h [...]	2007-05-02 17:05:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ELAB PGOV PINS PINR BR
07SAOPAULO48	CONVERSATION WITH OPPOSITION FEDERAL DEPUTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition Federal Deputy Arnaldo Madeira outlined what he considers Brazil's four major problems, which have the cumulative effect of impeding the country's economic growth. He also decried the immaturity of Brazil's political class, one symptom of which is the perennial weakn [...]	2007-01-19 18:29:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BR
07SAOPAULO485	WHITHER THE LULA ADMINISTRATION - A PT EX-DEPUTY'S [...] (SBU) Workers Party (PT) stalwart and former Federal Deputy Luiz Eduardo Greenhalgh sees President Lula as working for the first time in his career without a real power behind the throne, either in the government or in his party. This situation has turned Lula into a political operator who ma [...]	2007-06-05 12:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM ELAB ECON BR
07SAOPAULO560	A PSDB INSIDER'S EARLY LOOK AT THE 2008 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) In a recent conversation with Poloff, Walter Feldman, a leader of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) currently serving as Sao Paulo Municipal Secretary of Sports, Leisure, and Recreation, shared his views on local government, next year's municipal elections, and the broader Braz [...]	2007-06-25 16:49:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON BR
07SAOPAULO58	HELPING SAO PAULO AUTHORITIES RESPOND TO SECURITY THREATS [...] (SBU) Consul General met January 17 with Sao Paulo State Secretary of Metropolitan Transportation Jose Luiz Portella and his SIPDIS team to follow up on Governor Serra's request (ref A) for security assistance in the subway and train systems. Portella described the challenges these systems [...]	2007-01-24 09:32:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR ASEC PREL BR
07SAOPAULO601	CONVERSATION WITH AN OLD FRIEND OF LULA [...] (C) At a June 26 lunch with poloff and econoff, businessman and lobbyist Mohamad Ali Laila (protect) shared his views on President Lula, the PT, Brazil,s relations with Venezuela, and the Lebanese and Muslim communities in Sao Paulo. Laila, who is President Lula,s neighbor in Sao Bernardo [...]	2007-07-12 14:12:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SCUL BR LE
07SAOPAULO734	PT PREPARES FOR NATIONAL CONGRESS [...] (SBU) In recent meetings with Poloff, leaders within the Workers Party (PT) outlined the focus of the upcoming PT National Congress. According to Renato Simoes and others, the Third National Congress of the Workers' Party (PT) will not be a forum for great ideological debates, but rather an op [...]	2007-08-29 19:02:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM ELAB ECON BR
07SAOPAULO742	PT FACTIONS AND TENDENCIES - A PRIMER [...] (U) President Lula's Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT),faces a number of challenges as it looks towards a post-Lula future. The centrist, pragmatic "Majority Camp" currently occupies the strongest position in the party, but does not dominate. The CM is increasingly challenged [...]	2007-09-04 19:09:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ELAB ECON BR
07SAOPAULO754	BRAZIL'S RIBEIRAO PRETO: SUGAR AND ETHANOL BRING PROSPERITY [...] (U) During an official visit to Ribeirao Preto, an agri-business center in northeastern Sao Paulo state, the Consul General visited a sugar mill and met with the Mayor and the President of the City Council. Once part of the state's coffee belt, the Ribeirao Preto area is now best known for it [...]	2007-09-11 19:04:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV ENRG ELTN BR
07SAOPAULO777	CIVIC MOVEMENT "CANSEI" GENERATES BACKLASH [...] (U) In an attempt to tap into popular discontent with the Lula government, a group of Sao Paulo-based professional and business organizations recently launched the Civic Movement for the Right of Brazilians, known informally as "Cansei" (I'm tired). Though leaders insist that the movement is [...]	2007-09-18 14:12:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PINR PGOV ELAB EAIR BR
07SAOPAULO780	DELFIM NETTO: NOT BULLISH ON BRAZIL"S ECONOMY OR [...] (C) Former Finance Minister Antonio Delfim Netto told CG September 17 that the Brazilian economy is all right for now despite recent market turbulence, but he has "serious doubts" about the next 5-10 years, especially if the global economy enters a down cycle. He characterized Brazil's focus [...]	2007-09-20 17:34:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR ELAB EAGR BR
07SAOPAULO873	PUBLIC SECURITY IN SAO PAULO: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS [...] (SBU) Although public security remains one of the most serious policy challenges in Brazil, civil society researchers and law enforcement analysts in Sao Paulo believe that the federal and state governments are taking inadequate action to tackle the issue or to coordinate with each other in fi [...]	2007-10-29 16:50:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM PGOV ASEC BR
07SAOPAULO882	BRAZIL'S OPPOSITION PSDB POSITIONING FOR 2008 AND 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: It is not true, according to Sao Paulo city official Andrea Matarazzo, that the Sao Paulo State Social Democracy Party of Brazil(PSDB) is divided between allies of Governor Jose Serra and supporters of former Governor (and 2006 presidential candidate) Geraldo Alckmin. Matarazzo [...]	2007-11-01 11:49:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN BR
07SAOPAULO943	SAO PAULO PSDB LEADERS SEEK MORE NATIONAL INFLUENCE [...] (SBU) The new Sao Paulo state directorate of the Social Democracy Party of Brazil (PSDB) is developing a strategy to increase its influence at the national level and to impose party discipline on candidates for elective office. As part of this strategy, the PSDB is focusing on municipal elect [...]	2007-11-27 17:46:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BR
07SAOPAULO949	LULA ASSOCIATE CALLS THIRD TERM TALK A MEDIA INVENTION [...] (SBU) Devanir Ribeiro, a federal deputy who is a long-time personal friend and political associate of President Lula, dismissed as an invention of the media rampant speculation that Lula may seek to amend the Constitution to allow him to run for a third term in 2010. Ribeiro denied reports t [...]	2007-11-30 15:56:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV KDEM ELAB BR
07SAOPAULO958	FORCED LABOR IN BRAZIL: URBAN MYTH OR RURAL REALITY? [...] (SBU) Recent reports in the Brazilian media have focused on the question of forced labor in Brazil and whether or not the GOB is doing enough to combat poor labor conditions in the country. Some observers question whether forced labor exists in Brazil at all but harsh working conditions are c [...]	2007-12-04 17:24:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAGR EIND PHUM SOCI KTIP BR
07SAOPAULO992	OVERWORKED SAO PAULO JUDGES WANT GREATER LAW [...] (SBU) Sao Paulo judges tell us that they are overworked and overburdened and that the growth in the drug trade and lack of prison space make their already difficult work even more challenging. Greg West, Assistant United States Attorney and Organized Crime and Terrorism Section Chief for the [...]	2007-12-19 18:09:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BR PGOV PHUM OEXC OIIP KCRM SNAR
07SARAJEVO210	BOSNIA CONSIDERS UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] (SBU) On January 29, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Anton Rill, Deputy Foreign Minister, inquiring whether Bosnia would consider running for an Eastern Europe Group seat in the UN Human Rights Commission. Deputy Minister Rill replied that a Bosnian UNHRC candidacy would be an "excellent i [...]	2007-01-29 17:34:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNHRC BK
07SARAJEVO487	BOSNIA: SUBMISSION FOR 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Summary: This cable constitutes Post's submission for the 2007 TIP report for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Post's point of contact for trafficking issues is Poloff Danielle Harms, phone 387-33-445-700 x2312, fax 387-33-659-722, e-mail HarmsDA@state.gov. Time spent in preparing report: CDA [...]	2007-03-02 06:36:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
07SEOUL1011	KORUS FTA IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY - RATIFICATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The KORUS FTA, after the signing, will be sent to the National Assembly for ratification. Pundits consider this most likely in September. The ratification process could be intense, involving protests and blockages. Still, according to Assembly contacts, the KORUS FTA will pass, [...]	2007-04-06 08:34:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KS PGOV PINR PREL
07SEOUL1051	SHIELD S08D-05: ROK FIRM BIOTRON TERMINATED [...] (S) On April 6, Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) told poloff that the ROK firm Biotron did not/not fulfill an order of two large fermenters by the Iranian firm Samamicro. In fact, Biotron terminated all n [...]	2007-04-10 09:16:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PARM PREL CBW ETTC KS IR
07SEOUL1088	GWANGJU: BIRTHPLACE OF ROK DEMOCRACY GEARS UP FOR [...] (SBU) Gwangju's votes were pivotal in electing Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun in 1997 and 2002. Also, the May 18, 1980 student uprising and massacre in Gwangju was a defining moment in Korea's modern history and, due to misinformation that tied the U.S. to the event, a source of anti-American [...]	2007-04-16 04:17:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KS PGOV PREL
07SEOUL112	2007 ROK PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: If the vote for president of South Korea were today, Grand National Party (GNP) candidate Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak, with between 40 and 50 percent support in all leading polls, would be the runaway winner with second place going to GNP's Park Geun-hye. The bronze medal would go [...]	2007-01-12 08:01:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PIRN KS
07SEOUL1151	ROH CONFIDANTE AHN HEE-JONG MEETS NORTH KOREANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Roh Moo-hyun longtime confidante Ahn Hee-jung contacted North Korean officials in Beijing on October, 20 2006 in an unofficial attempt to start a communication channel with the North. Ahn's contact was a violation of the Inter-Korean cooperation and exchange law, but Roh has pub [...]	2007-04-20 05:21:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KS
07SEOUL1203	HOW PRESIDENTIAL CAMPS ARE APPEALING TO KOREAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: South Korean youth today are generally less interested in politics, do not have a particular attachment to a candidate or political party, and are most concerned with the economy and finding a job. Unlike in the past, where the majority of the youth held progressive views on pol [...]	2007-04-25 08:48:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KS
07SEOUL1213	ROK BY-ELECTIONS: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING? [...] (SBU) In by-elections held on Wednesday April 25, Korean voters elected three National Assembly members, one from the main opposition Grand National Party (GNP) and none from the ruling Uri Party. Still, as this election ended GNP's streak of dominating by-elections that started in summer 200 [...]	2007-04-26 07:46:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS
07SEOUL122	ROKG HAS TENTATIVE PLANS FOR ARF WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-16 06:44:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AORC ARF KS
07SEOUL1286	ROK OPPOSES BELARUS, SUPPORTS SLOVENIA FOR UNHRC [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 08:05:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC KS
07SEOUL1313	ROK BACKS IRAQ PARTICIPANT STATUS FOR CD [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-04 05:58:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UNGA KS
07SEOUL1384	LEE AND PARK SHOWDOWN HEATS UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The two leading candidates for president face a decision point: whether to remain within the Grand National Party (GNP),agreeing to abide by the results of the party's August primary, or whether to leave the party and pursue the presidency independently. The two leading candida [...]	2007-05-09 08:00:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS
07SEOUL1385	ROKG "VERY SATISFIED" WITH INTERNATIONAL COMPACT [...] (C) On May 9, Do Bong-kae, Deputy Director of Development Cooperation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) told poloff that ROK Foreign Minister Song Min-soon was "very satisfied" with the results of the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) conference in Egypt. Do said tha [...]	2007-05-09 08:40:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN KS IZ
07SEOUL1386	ROKG HOLDS LINE ON UN COUNTRY-SPECIFIC SPECIAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-09 09:03:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL EUN KS
07SEOUL1387	MEDIA REPORTS NORTH SOUGHT TALKS WITH SOUTH BEFORE [...] (C) Secret contacts between Seoul and Pyongyang are nothing new. Many previous ROK presidents, including Kim Dae-jung, Roh Tae-woo and Park Chung-hee, relied on their secret negotiations to harvest significant results. A flurry SIPDIS of press revelations indicate that President Roh Moo-h [...]	2007-05-09 22:34:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV KS KN
07SEOUL1398	MARRIAGE BROKERS OUT IN FRONT OF KOREAN LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) The trend for international marriages continues to rapidly increase in Korea as in other countries in the region. Marriage brokers have quickly adapted to the increased demand and have found ways to cash in on the lucrative business. Despite the plethora of legitimate broker companies [...]	2007-05-10 05:32:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KS KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG
07SEOUL1413	ROKG COMMENTS ON REVISED U.S. ARF PROPOSALS [...] (C) On May 11, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Kim Jong-min of the Security Policy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Kim said the revised U.S. proposals were appreciated, but noted that ROKG comments on previous drafts had just been sent to the ROK representati [...]	2007-05-11 06:41:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ARF KNNP PTER KS
07SEOUL1418	LEE MYUNG-BAK ADVISOR ON ECONOMIC ISSUES AND DPRK [...] (C) Nam Sung-wook, Korea University economics professor and top North Korea policy advisor to leading presidential contender Lee Myung-bak, told Poloffs during a May 9 meeting that the 2007 presidential election was essentially about the economy, with North Korea a secondary issue. He said fo [...]	2007-05-11 08:02:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS PINR
07SEOUL1479	PROGRESSIVES STILL FAR FROM UNITED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GNP candidates have, for now, patched up their differences and are headed toward an August primary showdown. (See Reftel) However, on the progressive side of the political spectrum, the disparate groups and their leaders are far from united. Pro-Roh politicians as well as Pr [...]	2007-05-16 08:29:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS
07SEOUL1533	(S) ROK RESPONSE: EFFORTS BY IRAN'S MISSILE [...] This is an action request. Post requests that Department provide information requested by the ROKG in para 3. 2. (S) Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),told poloff that Insung International Co [...]	2007-05-18 07:11:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KS IR
07SEOUL1546	ROK HOPES FOR CHINA-TAWAIN CONSENSUS AT OIE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-21 05:22:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAGR AORG KS CH TW
07SEOUL1551	ROKG WILL NOT ATTEND LIMA MEETING ON CLUSTER [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel A demarche to Kim Hye-jin of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Kim said that the ROKG position on cluster munitions (CM) had not changed since the April 24 bilateral discussions with Acting DAS Frank Ruggier [...]	2007-05-21 06:54:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL MOPS KS
07SEOUL1585	ROKG RECONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Officials of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) provided Poloff with an overview of the Republic of Korea (ROK)'s official assistance to Afghanistan since 2002. KOICA provided USD 45 million of assistance from 2002-2004 and has pledged an additional USD 10 milli [...]	2007-05-23 07:03:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID MARR PREL KS AF
07SEOUL160	CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION TAKES SPOTLIGHT [...] (C) Summary: In a surprise statement last week President Roh proposed a constitutional revision to change the current single five-year presidential term to a renewable four-year term to synchronize the presidential and general elections. Roh said he would soon initiate a bill to revise the con [...]	2007-01-19 02:25:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PIRN KS
07SEOUL1608	ACCOUNTS OF THE INTER-KOREAN RAILWAYS TRAIL RUNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With much fanfare on May 17, South and North Korea conducted test runs of two cross-border railways. Before the trains departed in the morning, ROK Unification Minister Lee Jae-joung said that the test runs indicated that "the heart of the Korean Peninsula is beating again." M [...]	2007-05-25 08:42:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KS KN
07SEOUL1655	RESPONSE RECEIVED: FOLLOWING UP ON U.S. PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) On May 22, poloff delivered reftel points, including the non-paper, to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Disarmament and Non-Proliferation officer Youn Jong Kwon. A response was provided by Kwon on May 30 addressing the U.S. proposal "that Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Part [...]	2007-06-01 00:37:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC IR KS PARM PREL

07SEOUL1656	RESPONSE RECEIVED: FOLLOWING UP ON THE U.S. [...] (SBU) On May 22, poloff delivered reftel points, including the non-paper, to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Disarmament and Non-Proliferation officer Youn Jong Kwon. A response was provided by Kwon on May 30. Kwon stated that the ROKG is content with the current agenda, as pro [...]	2007-06-01 00:37:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC KS IR
07SEOUL167	WHITHER URI PARTY? [...] (C) Summary: The progressive Uri Party, facing rock bottom popularity with only single-digit support, suffered another major setback with the departure of Goh Kun from the presidential race on January 16. First and foremost challenge for Uri leaders is to decide what form the party should ta [...]	2007-01-19 07:16:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS
07SEOUL1670	LEE MYUNG-BAK FOREIGN POLICY ADVISORS ON U.S.-ROK [...] (C) Members of presidential contender Lee Myung-bak's foreign policy team told poloffs on May 30 that Lee would likely advocate a "pragmatic" approach to the U.S.-ROK alliance, aimed principally to preserve room to strengthen the relationship after the election without alienating progressives [...]	2007-06-01 08:08:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS KN
07SEOUL1687	NORTH-SOUTH MINISTERIAL HITS RICE HEADWIND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 4 briefing for the diplomatic community, Um Jong-sik, Director-General for Unification Policy Planning at the Ministry of Unification (MOU),described the May 29 - June 1 inter-Korean ministerial talks as helpful in that the North Koreans showed up and did not walk out [...]	2007-06-04 09:12:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC EAID KS KN
07SEOUL1689	THE PAST AND FUTURE OF LABOR STRUGGLES IN KOREA [...] (SBU) In a meeting with poloff on May 23, Korea Labor & Society Institute Chairman Lee Won-bo said that labor union leaders in Korea continue to be arrested, but reluctantly conceded that police had legitimate reasons for doing so. Although Korea's labor laws have undergone some serious refor [...]	2007-06-05 00:10:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PREL KS
07SEOUL169	ROKG DEMARCHES CHINESE EMBASSY ON ASAT TEST [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) On January 19, Park Chul-min, Director of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) provided poloff with the ROKG response to the Ambassador's January 14 demarche regarding China's anti-satelli [...]	2007-01-19 08:17:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS MARR MNUC PARM PREL CH
07SEOUL170	ROKG STILL PLANS TO ALLOW MACHINE TOOL EXPORT TO [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) On January 19, poloff delivered reftel A points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Deputy Kim Jae-woo. Kim informed poloff that the primary factor in the ROKG decision was the lack of [...]	2007-01-19 08:17:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MTCR PREL ETTC KS PK
07SEOUL1738	ROKG TO ATTEND GLOBAL INITIATIVE CONFERENCE IN [...] (SBU) On June 1 poloff met with Park Chul-min, MOFAT's Disarmament and Nonproliferation Director, to formally welcome the ROKG into the Global Initiative (GI) as a new partner nation; deliver ref a points including a request for a government-wide GI point-of-contact (POC); and encouraging act [...]	2007-06-07 08:32:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PTER KGIC KS
07SEOUL1739	ROKG SHARES CONCERNS ON RUSSIA-BURMA NUCLEAR DEAL [...] (S) On June 1, poloff discussed USG views on the inadvisability of Russian-Burmese nuclear cooperation to MOFAT's Disarmament and Nonproliferation Director Park Chul-min. Park responded that Seoul shared USG concerns about potential nuclear proliferation consequences. However, the ROKG woul [...]	2007-06-07 08:33:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PREL KNNP KGIC RS BM
07SEOUL1740	ROK-JAPAN-PRC TRILATERAL BARELY MENTIONS DPRK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The June 3 trilateral foreign ministers' meeting focused on efforts to increase trilateral economic and civic cooperation, but glossed over security issues in Northeast Asia (including North Korea) and other regions, MOFAT contacts told poloffs on June 5. The host-ROK agenda had [...]	2007-06-07 08:54:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG KS JA CH
07SEOUL175	NEXT STEPS ON NORTH KOREANS IN PHNOM PENH [...] (C) On January 19, poloff delivered ref a points, on the four North Korean asylum seekers in Cambodia, to Yu Joon-ha, Director of MOFAT's Inter-Korean Policy Division. Yu said that the ROKG's position remained the same since it was asked in October 2006 (ref b),which was that Seoul had no o [...]	2007-01-19 09:03:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KS CB
07SEOUL1755	ROKG RELUCTANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO WFP PROGRAM IN DPRK [...] (U) Action Request: See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On June 8, A/POL delivered ref A points recommending that the ROKG contribute to the WFP's DPRK program as soon as possible despite the lack of DPRK enthusiasm for the idea, to Cho Byung-jae, Director-General for North American Affairs at the Mi [...]	2007-06-08 08:02:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EAGR WFP KS KN
07SEOUL1756	PROGRESSIVE KINGMAKERS: STILL UNDECIDED ON 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Roh Moo-hyun and former President Kim Dae-jung are the kingmakers on the progressive side of Korean politics, but with fewer than 200 days to go until the December 19 election, neither has made clear whom he supports for president. Meanwhile, on the conservative side [...]	2007-06-08 09:10:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KS
07SEOUL1774	ROKG SUPPORTS HRC COUNTRY-SPECIFIC MANDATES, [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-11 07:47:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KS
07SEOUL1852	SPI 13: U.S.-ROK SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE TALKS [...] (C) Summary. The thirteenth U.S.-ROK Security Policy Initiative talks (SPI 13) took place June 8, 2007 in Seoul. Topics addressed included the transition of wartime operational command (OPCON),UNC Armistice maintenance responsibilities, airspace management, security cooperation in Afghanista [...]	2007-06-19 08:22:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS MARR MNUC PARM PREL KN
07SEOUL1882	ROKG INFORMED OF DENIED NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-21 07:48:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PREF PREL PINR KTIP KS KN MG
07SEOUL1894	(S) ROKG DENIES PENDING LICENSE FOR EXPORT OF [...] (S) On June 22, Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) informed poloff that the ROK Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Energy (MOCIE) had completed its investigation of Insung International Corporation [...]	2007-06-22 04:49:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KS IR
07SEOUL1934	NGOS KEEP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ON THEIR TOES [...] (U) SUMMARY: South Korean NGOs' influence on politics has grown, but so has criticism of NGOs. Currently, NGOs are diversifying their ideology and evolving in their political roles. Left-wing NGOs tend to move toward active participation in institutionalized politics, even forming political [...]	2007-06-27 05:00:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KS
07SEOUL194	DEFECTORS SEEK NK REGIME CHANGE THROUGH CIVIL [...] (C) People for Successful Corean Reunification (PSCORE) is an organization newly founded by resettled North Koreans. While its short-term goal is to increase awareness of North Korea's human rights issues, the organization hopes ultimately to establish a network in the ROK, China and North Ko [...]	2007-01-22 08:33:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV PINR KS KN
07SEOUL1975	ROKG INFORMED OF WEB-BASED INFORMATION PORTAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-02 06:43:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KGIC KS GM
07SEOUL2014	FOREIGN POLICY OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH KOREAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Korea's presidential candidates have focused much of their campaign efforts on domestic and economic issues. On foreign policy, from what we can glean from public statements, debates, and meetings with foreign policy advisors, one thing is certain: all of the candidates, [...]	2007-07-05 08:10:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KN KS PGOV PREL
07SEOUL2042	ROKG FAVORABLE TO USG CANDIDATE FOR IOM [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 07:16:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL AORC EUN SMIG KS
07SEOUL2068	ROKG CONTACTED ABOUT ENTITIES LISTED IN UNSCR 1737 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-11 04:42:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PARM EFIN KNNP IR KS
07SEOUL2109	RARE ACCOUNT OF DPRK "TOTALLY CONTROLLED" PRISON [...] (SBU) A North Korean defector recounted his experience as a second-generation prisoner in a DPRK political prison camp. He described the public execution of his mother and brother; starvation; torture with hot coals; and an education system bereft of politics, history, or any reality outside [...]	2007-07-13 07:11:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL KS KN
07SEOUL2158	ROKG EMBASSY TO STAFF MEETING ON DPRK FOOD NEEDS [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-18 08:21:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID AORC WFP KS KN
07SEOUL2179	ROKG TO INVESTIGATE SOUTH KOREAN TRADING COMPANIES [...] (S) On July 20, poloff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper to Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Kim agreed that, if verified, the case would represent a serious matter of proliferation concern. Ki [...]	2007-07-20 07:06:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC KS KN TW
07SEOUL219	ROKG SUPPORTIVE OF US POSITION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) On January 23, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Kim Hye-jin of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Kim said that the Republic of Korea (ROK) agreed that any discus [...]	2007-01-23 08:28:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL KS
07SEOUL2241	ROK LEANING TOWARD INCLUDING RUSSIA, NIGERIA, [...] (SBU) On July 18, poloff delivered reftel points to Jang Hyun-cheol, Deputy Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division. On July 23, Jang replied that, while the ROK agrees with the USG's views concerning the state of democracy in Russia, Venezuela, and Nigeria, the ROK belie [...]	2007-07-25 08:19:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM UNGA
07SEOUL2253	TIMING OF ROKG DELEGATION TO UNGA UNDETERMINED [...] (C) On July 25, Lee Kyung-chul, Deputy Director of the UN Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade told poloff that President Roh Moo-hyun intended to participate in the UNGA General Debate, with an address tentatively set for September 25. However, the timing of his trip was expe [...]	2007-07-26 22:51:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP ITRA KSEP UNGA KS
07SEOUL2270	ROKG PARTICIPANTS FOR SECOND NPT PREPCOM UNDECIDED [...] (SBU) On July 26, Ham, Sang-wook, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, told poloff that the ROKG has not yet determined who would represent the ROKG at the second Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) in April-May 2008. Ham s [...]	2007-07-27 08:27:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT KS
07SEOUL2271	(S) ROKG NEXT STEPS ON SEIZED SYRIA-BOUND STEEL [...] (S) On July 27, poloff delivered reftel A demarche to Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Kim said that the ROKG, through the ROK Embassy in Beijing, had requested that the Chinese government investigate t [...]	2007-07-27 08:30:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC KS SY CH
07SEOUL2283	ROKG INFORMED ABOUT UNGA EVENT ON LITERACY AND [...] (C) On July 30, poloff conveyed ref A information, regarding the September 24 heads of state spouse event on literacy and health that will be hosted by Mrs. Bush, to Lee Kyung-chul, Deputy Director of the UN Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Lee expressed appreciation for [...]	2007-07-30 08:12:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA OVIP KS
07SEOUL2297	MOFAT WILL RELAY AZERBAIJAN HR CONCERNS [...] (SBU) On July 31, poloff delivered reftel points about recent human rights issues in Azerbaijan to Kim Pil-woo, First Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Human Rights and Social Affairs Division. Poloff requested that MOFAT encourage its mission in Baku to actively coordina [...]	2007-07-31 08:00:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AJ EUN KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL KS
07SEOUL23	ROK DEFENSE REFORM AND THE 2007 NATIONAL DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. The ROK National Assembly (NA) has approved the Bill on Defense Reform designed to modernize the ROK military by the year 2020 at the cost of Won 621 trillion (USD 667.7 billion). Motivating factors behind the military modernization plan include deterring the North Korean threat, [...]	2007-01-04 04:22:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KS KN
07SEOUL2336	AFGHAN HOSTAGE SITUATION: MISSION'S ASSESSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fifteen days after 23 Korean hostages were kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan, emotions are running high in Korea. Especially after two hostages were killed, pressure is mounting on the ROKG to ensure the remaining hostages are saved. Some politicians and leftist groups are [...]	2007-08-03 08:43:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PGOV PREL PTER AF KN KS
07SEOUL2409	REQUEST TO EXAMINE BANK MELLAT TRANSACTIONS IN [...] (S) On August 6, poloff delivered reftel non-paper and talking points to Ham, Sang-wook, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division. Ham undertook to share the non-paper and request for investigation with the ROK Ministry of [...]	2007-08-10 07:49:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL KS IR
07SEOUL2422	ROKG PARTICIPATION FOR OCTOBER SPIEZ [...] (SBU) On August 6, poloff delivered reftel demarche and letter of invitation to Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Kim said that due to other more pressing matters, the ROKG had not yet decided w [...]	2007-08-13 04:51:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP ENRG PREL KS
07SEOUL2457	ROK-DPRK SUMMIT: PROGRESSIVE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Progressive National Assembly members Lee Hwa-young and Kim Chong-ryul told poloffs on August 16 that President Roh Moo-hyun will emphasize strengthening economic ties during the August 28-30 summit with Kim Jong-il because he sees denuclearization as best handled through the Six-Party Ta [...]	2007-08-16 08:33:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL ECON EINV
07SEOUL2471	GNP DECISION TIME APPROACHES: LEE MYUNG-BAK IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 19, the opposition Grand National Party (GNP) will hold its primary in polling booths throughout the country. Polls show a significant lead for front-runner Lee Myung-bak -- anywhere from 5 to 12 percent -- and while the number of undecided voters is still high and the [...]	2007-08-17 06:13:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL
07SEOUL2534	ROKG INVESTIGATION FINDS ROK COMPANIES DID NOT [...] (S) On August 21, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Kim Jae-woo told poloff that the ROKG had completed its investigation of the six ROK trading companies listed in reftel A nonpaper that allegedly facilitated sales [...]	2007-08-22 01:46:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC KS KN TW
07SEOUL2539	GNP CANDIDATE LEE MYUNG-BAK TAKES AIM TOWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak won a narrow victory in the Grand National Party (GNP) primary and is well positioned to become the next ROK President. Based on his public statements and on conversations with his key advisors, important elements of Lee's campaign for the Dece [...]	2007-08-22 08:11:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL2573	LEE MYUNG-BAK COMES OUT AGAINST OCTOBER SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: GNP Presidential Candidate Lee Myung-bak advisor Nam Sung-wook told poloffs on August 23 that newly-crowned GNP candidate Lee was opposed to the proposed October 2-4 North-South Summit because of the effect it could have on the December elections, and because the summit aftermat [...]	2007-08-27 08:33:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL2651	ROK TO CONDUCT UAV HAESEONG-II FLIGHT TEST (S) [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-31 07:46:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	KS MARR PARM PREL
07SEOUL2675	(S) ROKG PLANS TO ALLOW SYRIA-BOUND STEEL [...] (S) On August 31, Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, informed poloff that the ROKG had decided to allow the transshipment of Syria-bound steel that had been seized by ROK authorities in June. Kim said that the [...]	2007-09-04 08:09:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC KS SY CH
07SEOUL270	WILL THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS ELECT THE NEXT KOREAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Historically, regionalism has played an important role in Korean presidential elections. But in 2002, young voters successfully mobilized and helped Roh Moo-hyun edge out Lee Hoi-chang by a 2.2 percent margin. The media had a frenzy touting the "youth revolution," and the da [...]	2007-01-29 05:22:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KS
07SEOUL2713	UNDP PRE-PRIMARY: WORKING FROM NINE TO FIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an attempt to generate interest in the fledgling liberal United New Democratic Party (UNDP) and to reduce the number of candidates, the successor to the Uri Party conducted a pre-primary to pare down the number of candidates from nine to five over September 3-5. The five winne [...]	2007-09-06 08:28:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL2800	TOP POLITICAL ANALYST SAYS "LUCKY LEE" WILL WIN IN [...] (C) Summary: With just over three months until the presidential election, GNP candidate Lee Myung-bak leads all polls and most political observers predict he will celebrate his birthday, December 19, with a victory. Park Song-min, head of MIN political consultants, a leading political analyst [...]	2007-09-14 02:06:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL2845	THREE-MAN RACE EMERGES AFTER FIRST ROUND IN UNDP [...] (C) Summary: Former Unification Minister Chung Dong-young was the big winner in the United New Democratic Party's four primary elections held over the weekend, placing first in three out of the four races. Former Gyeonggi Province Governor Sohn Hak-kyu came in second, despite his higher poll [...]	2007-09-17 09:11:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL2861	LEE WINS PRIMARY, WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) Summary: Conservative Grand National Party (GNP) presidential candidate Lee Myung-bak has started to revamp the party just three months ahead of the presidential election. After emerging as the GNP candidate on August 20, Lee stated that he would embrace Park Geun-hye's supporters. Howeve [...]	2007-09-18 06:43:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL287	URI PARTY: RATS JUMP SHIP; CAN THEY SWIM? [...] (C) Summary: Between January 23 and 28, four members of the Uri Party withdrew from the ruling Uri Party. Before the February 14 party convention, many others are expected to follow suit and abandon President Roh's party. With the withdrawal of National Assemblyman Im Jong-in on January 23, [...]	2007-01-30 07:50:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS
07SEOUL2876	SENIOR KBS CORRESPONDENTS SEE GNP'S VICTORY [...] (C) Summary: According to two senior Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) correspondents, Lee Myung-bak would be victorious in December, not because of Lee's qualities or performance, but because of three big macro trends in Korean society: less nationalism, more suspicion of North Korea, and m [...]	2007-09-19 05:14:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL2885	IAEA BOG FOLLOWUP: ROKG SUPPORTS CONTINUED PRESSURE ON IRAN TO COOPERATE WITH IAEA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Park Chul-min, Director, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Park, who had attended the September 10-14 IAEA Board of Governors' (BOG) meetings in Vienna, said the ROKG continued to share USG concerns about [...]	2007-09-19 08:15:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IAEA MNUC PARM EUN KS KNNP
07SEOUL2886	CHUNG OVERTAKES SOHN IN POLLS [...] (C) Summary: Chung Dong-young's early victories in the first rounds of the liberal United New Democratic Party's (UNDP) primaries (See reftel) boosted his poll ratings into the double digits for the first time. A September 18 Donga Ilbo newspaper poll also showed a six percent drop for conser [...]	2007-09-19 08:17:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL2940	FORMER UNIFICATION MINISTER JUNG SE-HYUN ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 14 meeting with poloff, former Unification Minister (Jan. 2002-Jun. 2004) Jung Se-hyun said that the upcoming October 2-4 North-South summit would focus on the economy. Jung said that a commitment by one of the major ROK chaebols (Samsung, LG, Hyundai, etc.) to in [...]	2007-09-27 06:20:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL2960	ADVISOR SAYS GNP CANDIDATE LEE LACKS CLEAR FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Former Foreign Minister Yoo Chong-ha, a senior advisor to Lee Myung-bak, told poloffs on September 26 that Lee's lack of overall foreign policy vision worried him. Since Lee did not have a fixed idea about how Korea should relate to its neighbors, Lee was flexible and open to ide [...]	2007-09-28 08:04:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL3017	CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE MAKES ONLINE GAINS [...] (C) Summary. In the 2002 presidential election the conservative Grand National Party (GNP) lost the battle for internet supremacy. In an effort to right that wrong, GNP candidate Lee Myung-bak is using the internet to boost visibility among young voters, already a bastion of his political s [...]	2007-10-05 05:36:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL3018	UNDP CHANGES PRIMARY RULES AMID FRAUD ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The United New Democratic Party (UNDP) announced October 3 it would combine the remaining eight primary races into a "one-shot" one-day primary event on October 14. The party hopes to address allegations of voter fraud and generate more voter interest with the change. The singl [...]	2007-10-05 05:52:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL3080	UNDP PRIMARY PREVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Though the race for the United New Democratic Party (UNDP) candidacy is tightening and allegations of voter fraud persist, former Unification Minister Chung Dong-young is in the lead and could be the UNDP candidate if his strong national organization can get out the vote and hold [...]	2007-10-12 05:38:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL3117	MT. KUMGANG SHOWS GROWING ROK FOOTPRINT IN DPRK [...] (C) Summary. Mount Kumgang is sometimes regarded as a one-sided transfer of ROK tourist funds to DPRK coffers without much prospect of influencing the DPRK. The Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC),in contrast, is seen as more beneficial because 16,000 North Korean workers are exposed to South [...]	2007-10-17 06:17:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS KN ECON PREL
07SEOUL3122	NEW UNDP CANDIDATE CHUNG BANKS ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: On October 15, the progressive United New Democratic Party (UNDP) announced that former Unification Minister Chung Dong-young is the party's candidate for the December 19 presidential election. Chung won with a comfortable 43.8 percent of all physical, mobile phone, and opinion [...]	2007-10-17 07:33:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL3137	LEE UNVEILS OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP TEAM [...] (SBU) Summary: In forming his campaign leadership team, Grand National Party (GNP) presidential candidate Lee Myung-bak tried to combine both party members and outside figures in what he termed a "2 6" leadership formula - two campaign chairmen from within the party plus six co-chairs from ou [...]	2007-10-19 07:04:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL3159	ROK TROOPS IN IRAQ: UNDP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary: On the same day President Roh formally proposed to extend the stay of the Zaytun unit in Iraq for one more year (see septel),United New Democratic Party (UNDP) Candidate Chung Dong-young formally announced that he would oppose the proposal. Chung and the leaders of the UNDP cit [...]	2007-10-23 07:50:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS PINR
07SEOUL3178	CHUNG DONG-YOUNG ADVISORS: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent meeting with Emboffs, members of United New Democratic Party (UNDP) candidate Chung Dong-young's policy advisory team discussed Chung's economic policy, his views on the U.S. and his strategy for overcoming Lee Myung-bak's sizable lead in the final 60 days of the ca [...]	2007-10-25 07:55:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL KN KS
07SEOUL3224	BLUE HOUSE ADVISORS: WE WILL LOSE IN DECEMBER BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 30, Poloffs met with two working-level Blue House policy advisers. The two, both typical "Roh-sa-mo" supporters who owe their Blue House jobs to their work on the Roh campaign in 2002, were pessimistic about United New Democratic Party (UNDP) Candidate Chung Dong-you [...]	2007-10-31 07:26:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KN KS
07SEOUL3279	ROK: NHK-II PIP MISSILE TEST FLIGHT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-07 06:33:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PARM PREL MARR KS
07SEOUL3285	THE LEE HOI-CHANG EFFECT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conservative Lee Hoi-chang's November 7 entry into the 2007 presidential race changes the election dynamics. What many clearly saw as the inevitable landslide win of Grand National Party (GNP) candidate Lee Myung-bak has been cast into doubt. Simply put, the majority of votes for [...]	2007-11-08 06:29:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL RS CH KN KS
07SEOUL3287	ROH MOO-HYUN: NOT SO LAME DUCK? [...] (C) Summary: President Roh is entering the last 100 days of his presidency determined to avoid the lame duck fate of his predecessors; so far, he has done a credible job. Former Presidents Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung limped through the last months of their presidencies with single-digit a [...]	2007-11-08 06:55:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL3297	ROH PUSHING NORTH KOREAN AGENDA TO BITTER END [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 8, poloffs met with Professor Kim Keun-sik, professor of North Korea studies at Kyungnam University and Blue House advisor on North Korean policy. Kim accompanied Roh to Pyongyang for the October 2-4 summit and is a reliable source on Roh's DPRK policy. While acknow [...]	2007-11-09 07:43:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL331	ROK PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LEE MYUNG-BAK: [...] (SBU) Summary: Former Seoul Mayor and opposition Grand National Party (GNP) Presidential Candidate Lee Myung-bak is topping the charts with 44.6 percent approval ratings, according to a January 30 Donga Ilbo Newspaper poll. Promising affordable homes for newly married couples, jobs for all a [...]	2007-02-02 08:31:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KS PGOV PINR PREL
07SEOUL3312	UNDP-DP MERGER: DOES 13 PLUS 1.2 EQUAL VICTORY? [...] (C) Summary: On November 12, United New Democratic Party (UNDP) candidate Chung Dong-young and Democratic Party (DP) candidate Rhee In-je announced they would merge their two parties and that a unified presidential candidate would be chosen based on two debates and the results of two rounds of [...]	2007-11-14 07:12:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL3318	FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR MANDATORY [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to questions posed in ref A. Nature and Incidence 2. (U) Question: Does forced labor exist in the country? Are men, women or children exploited through forced labor? Please indicate the sectors and locations in which persons are engaged in force [...]	2007-05-22 08:39:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KS ECIN ECON ELAB ETRD EAID
07SEOUL3319	ROKG ENDORSES GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) The ROKG endorses the principles of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and plans to participate in the June 11-12 meeting in Kazakhstan, MOFAT Director for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Park Chul-min told Poloffs from the U.S. and Russian Embassies at a May 22 meeting. [...]	2007-05-22 08:40:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PARM PINR PINS KNNP MCAP KS
07SEOUL332	CWC: ROK SUPPORT REQUESTED TO BLOCK IRAN BECOMING [...] (SBU) On January 31, Poloff delivered reftel instructions to Kim Jae-woo, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Kim stated that the ROK Ambassador at the Hague did not discuss the possibility of South Korea running for the Executive C [...]	2007-02-02 08:44:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBW IR KS
07SEOUL3320	ROKG SHARES BROAD INTERPRETATION OF UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 08:40:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ETTC UNSC KS IR
07SEOUL333	PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL CHUNG DONG-YOUNG: CONTENDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the American model of celebrity turned politician, former news anchor Chung Dong-young enjoyed rising star status as one of the founders of the Uri Party, a close ally of Roh Moo-hyun, and a Minister of Unification who met with Kim Jong-il. Soon after Chung's histori [...]	2007-02-02 09:09:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KS PGOV PINR PREL
07SEOUL3331	CANDIDATES OFFER NO GOOD SOLUTION TO EDUCATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Education, more specifically the need to get one's child into college, is of great concern to South Korean parents, who spend more than four times the OECD average on education, most of which goes toward private tutoring. The cost and stress of this system make educational reform [...]	2007-11-16 06:46:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CH KN KS RS
07SEOUL3361	WEEK OF DESTINY: ONE MONTH TILL PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: In the next ten days the outcome of the December 19 election will become clearer since after the official candidate registration period November 25-6 the candidates will be confirmed. Grand National Party (GNP) candidate Lee Myung-bak still holds some hope that former GNP Chairm [...]	2007-11-21 04:33:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL3366	UNDP CANDIDATE CHUNG TO JEOLLA: WHERE'S THE LOVE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Jeolla region has historically supported liberal politics and progressive candidates. Overwhelming (over 90 percent) support in the Jeolla provinces helped Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun gain office in otherwise closely contested elections in 1997 and 2002, respectively. Des [...]	2007-11-23 04:58:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KN KS
07SEOUL3424	THE HEAT IS ON: OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: The 23-day official presidential campaign period kicked off November 27 with large rallies consisting mostly of yelling, dancing and hugging of voters. Despite the compact campaign period, bubbling scandals, late entries of candidates and intrigue surrounding North Korea, Park Ge [...]	2007-11-30 06:00:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL3426	UNCOVERING THE DJ KIDNAPPING: CLOSING THE DOOR ON [...] (C) Summary: The life of former President Kim Dae-jung, often referred to as Asia's Nelson Mandela, is a microcosm of the turbulent course of post-war Korean politics. Beginning in the 1960s, Kim, a native of the historically repressed Jeolla region, became a vocal pro-democracy activist and [...]	2007-11-30 07:24:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL3461	ROKG REPORTS PROGRESS ON CAMP ZAYTUN MOU IN ERBIL [...] (SBU) On December 3, Poloff delivered reftel points to Kang Young-shin, Deputy Director, Development Cooperation Division, and Kang Myung-il, Deputy Director, ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division of the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). In a follow-up meeting on December 4, [...]	2007-12-05 06:44:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KS MARR PARM PREL
07SEOUL3463	UNGA FOLLOW UP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on December 4 to MOFAT's Deputy Director of Human Rights and Social Affairs, Jang Hyun-cheol and First Secretary Kim Pil-woo. Jang said that the ROK decision to abstain on the North Korea Human Rights Resolution came only after "painful discussions" withi [...]	2007-12-05 07:26:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KS KN
07SEOUL3464	LEE MYUNG-BAK CLEARED IN BBK SCANDAL [...] (C) Summary: On December 5, the Prosecutor's Office announced that Lee Myung-bak was clear of suspicion in the BBK stock manipulation scandal. While the United New Democratic Party (UNDP) and others have vowed to continue to fight to unearth Lee Myung-bak's connection to the scandal, the off [...]	2007-12-05 07:27:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL3465	REGIONALISM ALIVE AND KICKING IN SWING PROVINCE OF [...] (C) Summary: Insistence among pundits in Seoul that regionalism is declining falls on deaf ears in the swing provinces of the Chungcheong region. The region is divided into two provinces, North and South Chungcheong, in which Daejeon, with its population of about 1.5 million people, is the l [...]	2007-12-05 07:28:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL RS CH KN KS
07SEOUL3484	GYEONGSANG: ANTICIPATING THE CONSERVATIVE REVIVAL [...] (C) Summary: The Gyeongsang province has long been associated with strong ties to political conservatism. The area's largest city, Busan, is a shipping hub and its economy is dependent upon industrial and trade-related activities centered around its marine ports. Its profile continues to [...]	2007-12-09 22:33:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL3485	LEE MYUNG-BAK STRETCHES HIS LEAD: KEY CONTACTS SAY [...] (C) Summary: On December 7 poloffs met with several key Assembly contacts to gauge the mood in the National Assembly one day after the first televised presidential debate. All interlocutors from both the GNP and UNDP agreed that the "game was over" and Grand National Party (GNP) candidate Lee [...]	2007-12-09 22:34:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL3510	LEE MYUNG-BAK AND MONK MYOCHUNG: TWO PEAS FROM A [...] (C) Grand National Party (GNP) candidate Lee Myung-bak is virtually assured of a victory December 19, but according to a contact who has been covering the Lee camp since summer 2006, a victory December 19 is just the first in a series of goals Lee and his top advisors have laid out. In the Ap [...]	2007-12-11 07:29:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL3525	BLUE HOUSE AIDES SOMBER, READY FOR THE WORST [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs recently met with working level Blue House policy advisors Jo Su-jeong and Kim Tae-hwan who said that morale in the Blue House was low since the Prosecutor's Office cleared Lee Myung-bak of all charges related to the BBK stock-manipulation scandal December 5, but that ther [...]	2007-12-13 05:06:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL3527	LOOKING IN THE CRYSTAL BALL: LEE MYUNG-BAK'S [...] (C) Summary: Past presidents have traditionally started their tenure by choosing academics or National Assembly members as their first foreign ministers, later replaced by career diplomats. The current bet among our MOFAT and campaign contacts is that Lee Myung-bak might decide to stick wit [...]	2007-12-13 21:31:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL353	DM PARK IN-KOOK ON CONCERNS ABOUT NORTH KOREA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 5 lunch hosted by Park In-kook, MOFAT Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations, Park updated the DCM on recent actions the ROK had taken to implement UNSCR 1718 and tighten inspections at the Western Transportation Corridor (TC West) t [...]	2007-02-06 05:12:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD MNUC PARM PREL KN KS
07SEOUL3531	NORTH KOREA REFUGEES FACE PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA [...] (SBU) This cable is the first in a two-part series about psychological issues facing North Korean refugees. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As the number of North Korean refugees arriving in the South continues to rise, so too do the accounts of harsh living conditions that North Koreans faced on a day t [...]	2007-12-14 03:34:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PREL KS KN
07SEOUL3538	NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES: DEALING WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL [...] (SBU) This cable is the second in a two-part series about psychological issues that North Korean defectors are facing. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A small group of doctors, politicians and academics in South Korea are working to bring North Korean defector's psychological challenges, including Post-Tr [...]	2007-12-14 06:34:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PREL KS KN
07SEOUL3540	GNP LAWMAKER PARK JIN ON LEE MYUNG-BAK FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a December 14 meeting with POL M/C and POL Internal Chief, Grand National Party (GNP) lawmaker Park Jin explained that no one in the Lee Myung-bak campaign team was publicly planning for the transition despite the GNP candidate's commanding lead in all polls. However, he allo [...]	2007-12-14 07:25:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL3550	KBS REPORTER: LEE MYUNG-BAK PRAGMATIC, SHY [...] (C) Summary: KBS reporter Min Kyung-wook, Washington correspondent until June 2007, is currently producing a 30-minute documentary on Lee Myung-bak to air December 20 on the national TV station. Recently, Min shared his impressions after a full month researching Lee's life, meeting his old a [...]	2007-12-17 05:56:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL3551	SOUTH KOREA TO VOTE AGAINST DURBAN REVIEW IN UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-17 06:55:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KS KN
07SEOUL3573	ROKG REMAINS SUPPORTIVE OF USG POLICY ON CLUSTER [...] (C) On December 17, poloff delivered reftel A demarche to Park Jee-won of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Park confirmed that the ROKG considers cluster munitions to be of significant continued military utility and is conce [...]	2007-12-19 06:37:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL MARR KS
07SEOUL3575	WHO IS PRESIDENT-ELECT LEE MYUNG-BAK? [...] (C) SUMMARY: President-elect Lee Myung-bak is a self-made businessman and politician and his successful experience as CEO of Hyundai Construction and Seoul Mayor lead many to believe he will accomplish great things as the seventh President of Korea. The most thoroughly investigated president [...]	2007-12-19 09:21:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL3579	"ANYTHING BUT ROH" CARRIES THE DAY FOR [...] (C) Summary: GNP candidate Lee Myung-bak won a landslide victory in the December 19 presidential election, winning 49 percent of the votes in a field of ten candiates and carrying all regions except Jeolla Provinces. Among pundits a strong consensus is emerging that Lee's was able to sweep to [...]	2007-12-20 07:01:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL3596	PARTISAN DIVIDE PRESENTS PROBLEMS FOR KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Assembly (NA) on December 10 convened an extraordinary session to deal with outstanding legislation for 2007. Among issues likely to be discussed before the end of the year are legislation extending the deployment of troops to Iraq as well as the 2008 budget. Altho [...]	2007-12-26 06:40:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL374	ROKG WILL NOT ATTEND OSLO CM CONFERENCE [...] (C) In a follow-up conversation regarding reftel demarche, Kim Hye-jin of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade told poloff that the ROKG had decided against attending the Norwegian-sponsored Oslo Conference on Cluster Munitions February 22-23. [...]	2007-02-07 08:13:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS PARM PREL

07SEOUL401	DEFECTOR RECOUNTS DPRK TORTURE AND "REEDUCATION" [...] (C) North Korean defector Lee Myeong-bok escaped from the DPRK in 1998 was repatriated from China in 2002. He escaped again in 2004 to come to the ROK via Mongolia. In persuading DPRK interrogators that he had contact with neither South Koreans nor missionaries in China -- although he was cl [...]	2007-02-09 07:01:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV PINR KS KN
07SEOUL421	ROKG WELCOMES HAMAS AND FATAH AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-12 07:13:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAL KWBG KS IS
07SEOUL456	ROK-JAPAN TIES STUCK BETWEEN STAGNATION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 9 luncheon with poloffs, Japanese Embassy Political Counselor Yamamoto Yasushi characterized ROK-Japanese relations as stagnant and opined that significant improvement in bilateral relations was unlikely until after the Roh Moo-hyun administration left office be [...]	2007-02-14 09:11:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KS JA
07SEOUL487	SOUTH KOREA GRADUALLY EXPANDING RELATIONS WITH NATO [...] (C) In a February 9 meeting with visiting EAP/K Andrew Hyde, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade,s (MOFAT) Director of the Security Policy Division, Kim Chang-sik, emphasized that the ROKG sought increased cooperation with NATO but that it would take time to establish the proper internal pr [...]	2007-02-16 08:22:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR AORC NATO KS
07SEOUL604	USER CREATED CONTENT (UCC) - THE NEXT BIG [...] Summary. User-created content (UCC),digital information produced and posted by Internet users, is poised to play a major role in Korea's upcoming presidential election. Candidates are jockeying for prime Internet channels from which to project carefully crafted images to mass audiences, and [...]	2007-03-02 08:33:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KS
07SEOUL617	ROKG INFORMED OF FBI-HOSTED GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 05:28:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PARM PINR PINS KNNP MCAP KS
07SEOUL656	RELIABLE REPLACEMENT WARHEAD (RRW): INITIAL ROK [...] (U) On March 2, Poloff delivered reftel points on the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) issue to Hahm Seong-wook, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Hahm stated that he appreciated the information shared and noted t [...]	2007-03-06 07:38:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL KS
07SEOUL657	MTCR: ROK SUPPORT FOR THE U.S. UAV/CRUISE MISSILE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-06 07:39:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA KS
07SEOUL673	ROKG COMMENTS ON U.S. GOALS FOR FOURTH HRC SESSION [...] (C) On March 5, poloff delivered reftel points on U.S. priorities at the Human Right Council fourth session to Kim Pil-woo, Deputy Director of MOFAT Human Rights and Social Affairs Division and requested ROKG views. On March 7, Kim responded with an initial assessment, adding that MOFAT was [...]	2007-03-07 07:51:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC KS
07SEOUL734	ROK PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: WHO IS SEEING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Korean voters are adamant that economic growth should be the top priority for the next ROK president. In response to this clear mandate from the people, top presidential contenders are offering some unique proposals aimed at stimulating the economy and spurring job creation. [...]	2007-03-12 08:40:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KS
07SEOUL746	DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM DELIVERED: INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-14 04:43:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC APER UNGA
07SEOUL807	ROK COMPANY NOT SELLING MOBILE PHONE JAMMERS TO [...] (S) On March 20, MOFAT's Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Division Deputy Director, Lee Kyu-ho, told poloff that the ROKG had completed its investigation into concerns that Iran was seeking to acquire mobile phone jammers from a South Korean company (reftels) and had determined that the sale [...]	2007-03-20 07:51:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC KS IR
07SEOUL808	ROKG MULLING EVENTS IN ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 07:52:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHCR KS ZI
07SEOUL809	ROKG SUPPORTS GLOBAL FORUM [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 07:53:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP OTRA AORC ECON KCOR KCRM KJUS KS
07SEOUL810	FOREIGN BRIDES FLOCK TO SOUTH KOREA [...] (SBU) International marriages between Korean citizens and foreign spouses are occurring at a dramatic rate. In 2005, international marriages numbered 43,121 or 13.6 percent of all marriages in Korea, up from 12,319 marriages in 2000. More than 70 percent of these marriages (31,180 in total) a [...]	2007-03-20 07:55:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG KWMN KS
07SEOUL811	SOHN HAK-KYU LEAVES THE GNP: POLITICAL FUTURE OVER? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sohn Hak-kyu announced March 19 that he was leaving the GNP to create a "new political order." While at it, he took a swipe at the GNP, calling the opposition party full of "obsolete conservatives" with "incapable warriors from the Cold War." The announcement came after several [...]	2007-03-20 07:57:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS PGOV PINR PREL
07SEOUL83	POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ROK'S 2007 BUDGET [...] (SBU) In a marathon session that lasted through the night and concluded at 5 a.m. on 27 December, the National Assembly came to an agreement on the 2007 budget. The approved budget will allow local governments to spend more on infrastructure projects and social welfare while some funding fo [...]	2007-01-11 00:33:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KS
07SEOUL849	ROKG TO RESUME SUSPENDED FLOOD AID [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 22, ROK Vice Unification Minister Shin Eon-sang announced that the ROKG on March 28 would resume shipments of "emergency" aid to North Korea that was pledged following mid-July 2006 floods, but halted after the DPRK's nuclear test in October 2006. The remaining flood re [...]	2007-03-22 08:40:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KS KN
07SEOUL860	ROK LIKELY TO OPPOSE OIC RESOLUTION AT HRC [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-23 05:17:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNHRC KS
07SEOUL870	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UPCOMING U.S. INITIATIVES IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-23 07:40:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM EAID MARR ARF KS XB
07SEOUL914	POLITICIANS GO HUNGRY TO OPPOSE FTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two progressive presidential contenders started a hunger strike this week demanding the KORUS FTA talks be halted. Coupled with recent controversial statements out of the Blue House - Roh said he was, "the one to make the final decision on the FTA" - political debate about the F [...]	2007-03-29 09:05:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KS PGOV PREL
07SEOUL958	INITIAL ROK RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR NSG COUNTRIES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) On March 30, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Youn Jong-kwon, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). In a follow-up conversation, Youn said that th [...]	2007-04-02 08:01:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC KNNP IAEA IR KS
07SEOUL959	ROK RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE [...] On April 2, Poloff delivered reftel non-paper to Hahm Seong-wook, Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Hahm noted that discussions among the relevant ROKG agencies about how UNSCR 1737 measures would be implemented [...]	2007-04-02 08:02:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP PARM KN IR KS
07SEOUL971	ROK-JAPAN MINISTERIAL TALKS DOGGED BY HISTORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 2, MOFAT Northeast Asia Division I Director Lee Hee-sup told poloff that the March 31 - April 1 talks between ROK Foreign Minister Song Min-soon and visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso focused on history issues (comfort women, textbooks, Yasukuni) and included dis [...]	2007-04-03 06:33:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KS JA
07SEOUL975	GNP PRIMARY SCHEDULE - WORKING OUT THE DETAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 19, the opposition Grand National Party (GNP) agreed to hold its presidential primary before August 21 (most likely August 19) and the number of eligible participants will be 200,000 split between senior GNP members (40,000),party members (60,000),public voters (60,000) [...]	2007-04-03 09:18:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KS
07SEOUL983	KOREA BEGINS TO SEE THE LIGHT ON UNDERGROUND [...] (U) Representative Cho Bae sook, Chairperson of the Culture and Tourism Committee, co-hosted a seminar at the National Assembly on March 20 to discuss the evolution of the prostitution industry in Korea. The other host of the event was the Dasi-Hamkke Center (Together Again Center),a large [...]	2007-04-04 02:53:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN SMIG KS
07SHANGHAI101	PRE-PARTY CONGRESS INFIGHTING OVER PERSONNEL INTENSIFIES [...] (S) Summary. According to multiple East China contacts, the central party leadership was increasingly split over personnel issues and would only become more fractured with the approach of the 2007 Party Congress. Vice President Zeng Qinghong was trying to work out a compromise that would all [...]	2007-02-14 07:22:00	Consulate Shanghai	SECRET	PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH
07SHANGHAI105	CAN 300 MILLION CHINESE BELIEVERS BE WRONG? [...] (C) Summary: One of the authors of a new government-sponsored survey on spirituality in China downplayed the reported findings that the number of religious believers in China could be as high as 300 million. Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) Vice President Tong Shijun told Poloff in [...]	2007-02-15 04:13:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF CH
07SHANGHAI158	SHANGHAI THINK TANK ON CROSS-STRAITS RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. During a March 21 lunch with DPO, Pol/Econ Chief and Poloff, Shanghai Institute for East Asian Studies (SIEAS) Director Zhang Nianchi said Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian now frequently crossed the Mainland's "red lines" without penalty, making cross-strait relations more dangerou [...]	2007-03-22 09:00:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH TW
07SHANGHAI163	XI JINPING TAKES THE REINS IN SHANGHAI [...] (C) Summary. After months of speculation and waiting, Xi Jinping was named the new Shanghai Party Secretary on March 24. One contact assessed that Xi's transfer would also likely entail a position on the Politburo at the upcoming 17th Party Congress. Xi, a princeling with broad connections, [...]	2007-03-25 09:44:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON EINV CH
07SHANGHAI177	LOCAL REACTIONS TO XI JINPING'S APPOINTMENT AS SHANGHAI [...] (C) Summary. The appointment of Xi Jingping as Party Secretary has been heralded in the Shanghai official media, but SIPDIS business and academic contacts are taking a "wait and see" attitude. Official newspapers and internet postings have emphasized Xi's coastal experience and "rich socia [...]	2007-03-29 02:58:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH
07SHANGHAI213	EAST CHINA CONTACTS ON LEADERSHIP GOSSIP [...] (C) Summary. Shanghai Party Secretary Xi Jinping, Jiangsu Party Secretary Li Yuanchao, Liaoning Party Secretary Li Keiqang, and Trade Minister Bo Xilai are emerging as the public face of the Fifth Generation of the Chinese leadership. Two East China contacts believed that of the four, Li Yua [...]	2007-04-16 07:45:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH
07SHANGHAI214	SHANGHAI BISHOP JIN ON CHINA-VATICAN TIES [...] (C) Summary: During a Consul General hosted lunch on April 13, Shanghai Bishop Jin said that Catholics in China were anxiously awaiting the Pope's letter (ref A). He hoped that the letter would not be too strident as this would lead to a strong reaction from Beijing and push the Vatican-China [...]	2007-04-16 07:48:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KIRF CH VT
07SHANGHAI22	HANGZHOU HOUSE CHURCH CHRISTIANS [...] (C) Poloff met with Hangzhou-based human rights activist Zan Aizong and house church member Lin Tongqiang on January 8 to discuss the situation of house churches in Hangzhou. Zan confirmed reports that eight house church Christians were convicted for inciting protests against the government o [...]	2007-01-10 08:29:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV CH
07SHANGHAI229	CHINA CHRISTIAN COUNCIL PRESIDENT CAO MEETING [...] (C) Summary: In an April 18 luncheon hosted by the Consul General, China Christian Council (CCC) President Cao Shengjie confirmed that all Protestant churches must go through the China Christian Council/Three-Self Patriotic Movement (CCC/TSPM) in order to register, although these churches did n [...]	2007-04-19 08:16:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF PINR CH
07SHANGHAI24	HANGZHOU HOUSE CHURCH CHRISTIANS [...] (C) Poloff met with Hangzhou-based human rights activist Zan Aizong and house church member Lin Tongqiang on January 8 to discuss the situation of house churches in Hangzhou. Zan confirmed reports that eight house church Christians were convicted for inciting protests against the government o [...]	2007-01-11 03:37:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV CH
07SHANGHAI260	WITH "SURVEY OF CHINESE PEASANTS" AUTHORS [...] (C) Summary. In a conversation with Poloff on April 20, "Survey of Chinese Peasants" (Zhongguo Nongmin Diaocha) authors said conditions in the countryside had improved in recent years as a result of increased central government attention. However, conditions for peasants were still difficult [...]	2007-04-30 08:54:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EINV ECON CH
07SHANGHAI268	WORLD'S TALLEST PAGODA IN CHANGZHOU [...] (U) With great pageantry, Tianning Temple opened its newly refurbished pagoda in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, at the auspicious time of 9:08 AM on April 30. The pagoda is reported to be the tallest pagoda in the world and stands at 153.79 meters (505 feet). According to press reports, the te [...]	2007-05-07 03:18:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV CH
07SHANGHAI277	SHANGHAI PEACE MUSEUM [...] (C) Summary. During an April 24 visit to the Shanghai Peace Museum, Poloff received a glimpse of some of the limitations faced by private citizens interested in politics. The museum houses a collection of letters and autographs from world leaders supporting peace and has been treated with sus [...]	2007-05-10 02:46:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH
07SHANGHAI280	EAST CHINA CONTACTS ON RECENT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Several East China contacts commented on recent leadership developments at both the national and local level. Despite media rumors that Executive Vice Premier Huang Ju had died, one well-connected contact assured us that Huang was still alive although his health was failing. Lo [...]	2007-05-11 04:00:00	Consulate Shanghai	SECRET	PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH
07SHANGHAI288	SHANGHAI ACADEMIC ON BEIJING'S TAIWAN POLICY [...] (C) During a discussion with Deputy Principal Officer (DPO) and Poloff on May 15, Shanghai Center for RimPac Strategic and International Studies Vice Director Zhuang Jianzhong said that there had been a slight shift in Beijing's policy towards Taiwan that supported opening unofficial channels o [...]	2007-05-15 08:57:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH TW
07SHANGHAI291	CHINA HOSTS AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao opened the African Development Bank (AFDB) 2007 Annual Meetings in Shanghai on May 16 with a speech that stressed China's sincere commitment to helping Africa develop and acknowledged that China needed to further implement its own financial sector reforms [...]	2007-05-16 09:14:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON CH XA
07SHANGHAI316	EAST CHINA CONTACTS ON EAST CHINA LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. During a series of recent meetings, East China contacts commented on top leaders in Shanghai and Jiangsu. With his recent appointment as Shanghai Party Secretary, Xi Jinping was likely out of the running for a top-level job for the next 5-10 years. Meanwhile, Shanghai Mayor Han [...]	2007-05-25 10:03:00	Consulate Shanghai	SECRET	PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH
07SHANGHAI318	SHANGHAI'S GAY COMMUNITY [...] (U) Summary: In a series of meetings with Poloff in April 2007, gay individuals in Shanghai said their identity and lifestyle continued to be shaped by family and social pressures to conform, which had different impacts on male and female homosexuals. Maintaining a gay identity tended to be l [...]	2007-05-29 06:21:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI TBIO CH
07SHANGHAI319	INFIGHTING AT FUDAN UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AMERICAN STUDIES [...] (C) Summary. During a May 21 discussion with Consul General, Fudan Center for American Studies (CAS) Director Shen Dingli in addition to sharing his views on Chinese leadership issues (reftels),spent a great deal of time discussing infighting at the Center. We share a summary of Shen's lam [...]	2007-05-29 07:52:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CH
07SHANGHAI324	HIV/AIDS IN SHANGHAI'S GAY COMMUNITY [...] (U) Summary: While most members of the Shanghai gay community believed that they were not at great risk for becoming infected with HIV/AIDS, researchers and health specialists said HIV/AIDS was spreading faster in Eastern cities such as Shanghai than through drug usage. According to health wo [...]	2007-05-30 09:48:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KHIV SOCI TBIO CH
07SHANGHAI326	GAY SHANGHAI: AMBIGUOUS STATUS CREATES VULNERABILITY [...] (C) Summary: According to contacts in Shanghai's gay community, sexual discrimination in Shanghai was rife, but because few Shanghainese were openly gay and lesbian in a way that countered social expectations to fulfill family duties, such as to marry and reproduce, discrimination was less di [...]	2007-05-31 01:29:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TBIO KCRM CH
07SHANGHAI331	SUPER GIRL MAKES SHANGHAI LOOK TWICE [...] (U) Summary: According to contacts in Shanghai's gay community, the Internet had provided this once isolated community with a private and safe space to organize and communicate among themselves. In addition, the Super Girl and Good Man TV shows, singing talent competitions similar to America [...]	2007-06-01 02:22:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI TBIO CH
07SHANGHAI335	SHANGHAI INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary. During a May 29 luncheon with the Consul General, Shanghai Institute For International Studies (SIIS) Vice President Yang Jiemian said China would be responsive to U.S. requests conveyed via the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) process. He predicted that China would gradually ta [...]	2007-06-01 03:09:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON CH TW XA XK XR XD
07SHANGHAI35	SHANGHAI STRIVING FOR TRANSPARENCY THROUGH OPENING [...] (SBU) Summary: Two years into the implementation of Shanghai's Open Government Information Act (OGIA)--one of the few in China--local officials claimed that the act had had broadened residents' access to government information and improved overall government transparency. They said that a fo [...]	2007-01-17 08:31:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS CH
07SHANGHAI357	DRL OFFICER CHANG EAST CHINA VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. During his May 21-24 visit to Shanghai and Hefei, Anhui Province, DRL Program Officer met with DRL grantee organizations International Bridges for Justice (IBJ) and SE Consortium for International Development/Global Suppliers Institute (SECID/GSI),as well as academics and stud [...]	2007-06-08 07:17:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KJUS CH
07SHANGHAI36	TOP SHANGHAI JOB UP IN THE AIR, PROBABLY NOT LIU YANDONG [...] (C) Summary: The husband of United Front Work Department head and Hu Jintao protigi Liu Yandong said that Liu was not under consideration for the job of Shanghai Party Secretary. He said that people currently rumored to be under consideration for the position included the current Shanghai May [...]	2007-01-17 08:48:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH
07SHANGHAI374	THE SCIENCE OF HARMONY--VIEWS FROM EAST CHINA [...] (C) Summary. According to several East China contacts, the "Scientific Development Concept" [kexue fazhan guan] (SDC) now is the core guiding ideology for the Communist Party, building on and supplanting the "Three Represents." The SDC takes as its goal the building of a Harmonious Society w [...]	2007-06-19 09:30:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH
07SHANGHAI379	EAST CHINA--ZENG QINGHONG STEPPING DOWN, WU YI RISING? [...] (C) Summary. One of our better-connected political contacts said that the current word among Beijing princelings was that all but the top three members of the Politburo Standing Committee would retire at the upcoming Party Congress as President Hu Jintao tried to consolidate his power and pur [...]	2007-06-21 10:06:00	Consulate Shanghai	SECRET	PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH
07SHANGHAI380	CARLYLE, XUGONG, AND BUREAUCRATIC POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: Central government officials promised a resolution to Carlyle Group's effort to purchase a 45 percent stake--down from its initial 85 percent bid--in Xugong Machine Group by the end of July. The current hang-up was the result of bureaucratic infighting between the Ministry of Com [...]	2007-06-21 10:12:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH
07SHANGHAI400	DEMOCRACY FROM HARMONIOUS SCIENCE--VIEWS FROM EAST CHINA [...] (C) Summary: A number of East China contacts associate the current Scientific Development Concept and Harmonious Society ideological formulations with democratization, political reform and civil society. Some believe that President Hu Jintao is feeling the pressure of his second term and is c [...]	2007-06-27 09:46:00	Consulate Shanghai	SECRET	PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH
07SHANGHAI412	SHANGHAI BISHOP JIN ON PAPAL LETTER [...] (C) During a conversation with Poloff during Consulate's Independence Day reception on July 3, Shanghai Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian said he was pleased by Pope Benedict XVI's June 30 letter to Chinese Catholics, which he said was the Pope's way of "extending his hand" to the Chinese government. [...]	2007-07-05 04:47:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV CH VT
07SHANGHAI414	ZHENG ENCHONG UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. During a conversation with Poloff on June 10, Shanghai Lawyer Zheng Enchong, who was jailed for three years after he advised more than 500 families involved in housing disputes, said that police continued to closely monitor his movements and had made it impossible for him to find [...]	2007-07-05 07:49:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07SHANGHAI416	SHANGHAI ACADEMIC VIEWS ON NORTH KOREA, SOUTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with Poloffs in mid-June and early July, four Shanghai academics specializing in Korea studies predicted that there would be a long and difficult path of negotiations ahead for the Six-Party talks. Two other academics said, however, that North Korea would react positi [...]	2007-07-05 08:39:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KS KN CH
07SHANGHAI444	TREASURY'S DAN WRIGHT VISITS NANJING, DISCUSSES ECONOMY, [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with Treasury's Managing Director for China and the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) Dan Wright on June 25, Jiangsu academics and officials said the province had adopted a "One Two Three Four Five" development framework that relied on the Scientific Development Co [...]	2007-07-18 00:14:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ETRD CH
07SHANGHAI450	VANUATU OPENS A CONSULATE IN SHANGHAI [...] (C) Summary: During the opening of the Vanuatu Consulate in Shanghai on July 17, Vanuatu officials emphasized their strong commitment to the One China Policy and encouraged more Chinese investment, trade and tourism to the pacific island country. The opening of the consulate comes on the heels [...]	2007-07-18 05:00:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH XV
07SHANGHAI457	BIOGRAPHICAL OBSERVATIONS ON ZHAO HONGZHU [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's July 9 call on newly-appointed Zhejiang Party Secretary Zhao Hongzhu and a subsequent July 13 dinner hosted by Zhao (see Septel) provided post with an opportunity to collect biographical information on Zhao. Zhao came across as friendly and was described by subor [...]	2007-07-20 08:15:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CH
07SHANGHAI464	SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL TRADE UNION COUNCIL: PROTECTING ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. In a July 16 meeting, Shanghai Municipal Trade Union Council (SMTUC) Deputy Director Huang Qi called the new Labor Contract Law (LCL) a positive development because of its emphasis on the role of the trade union in labor contracts. Although SMTUC's primary responsibility was to [...]	2007-07-24 03:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM CH
07SHANGHAI47	WENZHOU: CHINA'S "JERUSALEUM" [...] (C) Summary: During a December 14-15 visit to the coastal city of Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province, Congenoffs visited three official churches in the city and discussed religious issues with a few local citizens. Congenoff also discussed Wenzhou's religious situation with a researcher in Shanghai [...]	2007-01-23 08:57:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF CH
07SHANGHAI474	EAST CHINA'S SOUTH KOREAN COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the establishment of diplomatic relations in August 1992, South Koreans have flocked to Shanghai in search of economic and educational opportunities. More than 110,000 South Koreans live in east China (Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces and Shanghai),with some 70,000 [...]	2007-07-30 06:46:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD EINV KIRF CH KS KN
07SHANGHAI482	ANHUI CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU DISCUSSES JULY FLOODS [...] (SBU) Summary: Anhui Civil Affairs officials in a meeting with Poloff on July 26 described the current flooding as the most severe in 50 years. While the worst was likely over, the disaster had impacted 16 million people, displaced over half a million, destroyed 90,000 homes, and caused almo [...]	2007-08-01 10:25:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL PHUM ECON CH
07SHANGHAI484	SHANGHAI NGO ENVIRONMENT WORSENING [...] (S) Summary: Roots and Shoots General Manager Zhong Zhenxi provided a unique glimpse into NGO-Government relations, reporting that the operating environment for NGOs in Shanghai had gone from bad to worse. On a regular basis, local NGOs were forced to report their contacts, especially with f [...]	2007-08-02 08:08:00	Consulate Shanghai	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR EINV ECON CH
07SHANGHAI508	BEIDAIHE ENDS WITHOUT RESOLUTION [...] (S) Summary: According to a well-connected contact who just returned from Beidaihe, the Work Conference that had been convened to sort out the Politburo name list for the 17th Party Congress has ended without resolution as different factions found it difficult to compromise on candidates. Unw [...]	2007-08-10 13:08:00	Consulate Shanghai	SECRET	PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH
07SHANGHAI529	SHANGHAI ACADEMIC ON SCO, RUSSIA, IRAN AND NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: In a lunch discussion with DPO on August 20, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) Academic Pan Guang noted Russia's increased interest in energy coordination at the recent SCO Summit in Bishkek and asserted that this represented a slight shift in Russian policy towards the SC [...]	2007-08-22 07:13:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG CH RS TI TX UZ KZ IR KN
07SHANGHAI530	DINNER WITH JIANGSU PARTY SECRETARY LI YUANCHAO [...] (C) Summary: During an August 9 dinner, Jiangsu Party Secretary Li Yuanchao said that he had been ordered by Vice SIPDIS Premier Wu Yi to increase his province's imports. He also discussed his views on democracy, noting significant pressure on the party from the people to move forward with [...]	2007-08-23 08:43:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EINV ETRD ECON CH
07SHANGHAI531	DPO CALLS ON SHANGHAI AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 8, DPO and Poloff met with Shanghai Agricultural Commission Chairman Xu Lin. According to Xu, although agriculture only occupied a small percentage of Shanghai's overall GDP, it remained a critical segment. Local residents were especially concerned about this segment [...]	2007-08-23 08:48:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EAGR ECON CH
07SHANGHAI55	SHANGHAI ACTIVIST MAO HENGFENG SENTENCED [...] (C) In a meeting with Poloff on January 25, Shanghai civil activist Wu Xuewei confirmed that his wife and civil activist, Mao Hengfeng, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison on charges of destroying property. The Yangpu People's court convicted Mao of damaging two lamps valued at 6, [...]	2007-01-25 07:32:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07SHANGHAI570	FUDAN UNIVERSITY ACADEMICS ON TAIWAN AND NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: During an August 30 lunch discussion with Fudan Center for American Studies Director Shen Dingli and Deputy Director Xin Qiang, the academics predicted that Beijing would not take any military measures in reaction to the referendum on UN membership in Taiwan. However, anger was bu [...]	2007-09-05 09:19:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CH TW KN
07SHANGHAI573	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS WITH SHANGHAI [...] (C) Summary: During a September 3 breakfast hosted by the Ambassador, five leading Shanghai academics spoke positively about U.S.-China relations, which one described as stable and predictable. Shanghai Institute for International Studies Vice President Yang Jiemian expressed concern, however, [...]	2007-09-06 06:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD CH TW KN
07SHANGHAI586	BUILDING VALUES IN BACKWATER SCHOOLS--ONE NGO'S APPROACH [...] (C) Summary: The Changjiang Civilian Education Foundation (CCEF) is a homegrown NGO that is trying to build values and teach self-sufficiency to poor students in backwater towns in Anhui Province. CCEF runs two schools aimed at poor deserving students. The first is an elementary school and th [...]	2007-09-10 03:28:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KIRF CH
07SHANGHAI601	SHANGHAI ACADEMICS ON TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings in late August, Shanghai cross-Strait experts expressed concerns about Taiwan's referendum on UN membership, which they believed touched on the redline of the Anti-Secession Law and created a basis for Taiwan independence. While there were many voices in Ch [...]	2007-09-11 03:25:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
07SHANGHAI636	UPDATE ON ZHEJIANG DISSIDENT LU GENGSONG [...] (C) On September 26, Poloff received an update on detained Zhejiang dissident Lu Gengsong's case from Lu's wife, Wang Xue'e, and Hangzhou activist and freelance journalist Wink Ho. Ho is one of the organizers of a letter signed by more than 1,000 Chinese intellectuals and activists calling for [...]	2007-09-27 10:26:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07SHANGHAI637	SHANGHAI GOVERNMENT PROMISES TO PUBLISH ALL DRAFT LAWS FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a September 19 lunch discussion, Shanghai Municipal People's Congress officials confirmed news reports that the Shanghai Government will publish all of its draft laws on the Internet for public comment and hold public hearings on drafts that it considered affected people's dail [...]	2007-09-27 10:38:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHSA PHUM KJUS SOCI ETRD CH
07SHANGHAI642	POLITBURO MEETS, PERSONNEL WRANGLING CONTINUES [...] (S) Readouts from a recent Politburo meeting during the week of September 16 initially suggested that President Hu Jintao had sustained serious political losses in personnel maneuvering. However, more recent information suggests that Hu has since recovered at least some ground, although he may [...]	2007-09-30 03:33:00	Consulate Shanghai	SECRET	PGOV PINR ECON SOCI CH
07SHANGHAI643	SUZHOU LABOR EXPERT VIEWS ON LABOR CONTRACT LAW, ACFTU, AND [...] (SBU) Summary. In a September 20 meeting, Suzhou University Law School Professor and labor expert Shen Tongxian downplayed the importance of the new Labor Contract Law (LCL) and said that the law could actually have an adverse affect on workers as companies find ways to circumvent it. Shen a [...]	2007-10-04 00:36:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM CH
07SHANGHAI644	ZHEJIANG DISSIDENT LU GENGSONG OFFICIALLY ARRESTED [...] (C) On September 30, Poloff received a phonecall from a woman claiming to be a relative of Lu Gengsong. She reported that local authorities had notified the family that day that Lu was officially charged with "inciting subversion." The charge of "illegally obtaining state secrets" was droppe [...]	2007-10-04 01:14:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07SHANGHAI653	(C) EVOLUTION OR REVOLUTION? ACADEMICS ON CHANGING CHINA'S [...] (C) Summary: We offer the views of several local experts on China's political development. While the consensus view is that the Central Government has a firm hold on power, and that economic growth dulls popular demand for political change, there is also a strong undercurrent that unrest at [...]	2007-10-05 09:20:00	Consulate Shanghai	SECRET	PGOV PINR SOCI ECON CH
07SHANGHAI71	SHANGHAI POPULATION TRENDS: RETIREE NEEDS CONTINUE TO BURDEN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a series of meetings with Congenoffs over the last three months, Shanghai population experts agreed that Shanghai continued to be a rapidly-aging city that faced problems of pension obligations and services to the elderly. They also noted that Shanghai had reversed its de [...]	2007-01-31 11:38:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV SOCI CH
07SHANGHAI77	CG VISITS YANGZHOU; DISCUSSES NEW SOCIALIST COUNTRYSIDE AND [...] (C) Summary. The Consul General visited Yangzhou City in the northern section of Jiangsu Province from January 29-30. During a visit to a model "new socialist countryside" village, local officials showcased the progress being made in the municipality's rural areas and successes in moving labo [...]	2007-02-05 09:46:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS CH
07SHANGHAI773	SHANGHAI PETITIONERS UPDATE [...] (C) Shanghai petitioner leaders Chen Enquan, Fu Yuxia, and Wu Xuewei provided Poloff with an update on the political atmosphere for petitioners in Shanghai during a meeting on December 4. According to Chen, Fu, and Wu, local authorities continue to harass and closely monitor petitioners in Sh [...]	2007-12-05 03:33:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07SHANGHAI785	LEADING INDIAN IT COMPANIES BULLISH ON CHINA MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with high level managers of three Indian information technology (IT) companies operating in Shanghai -- Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys Technologies, Satyam Computer Services -- to discuss their current operations and future outlook for the China market. They expla [...]	2007-12-11 09:05:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV PREL CH IN
07SHANGHAI789	SHANGHAI ACADEMICS ON CHINA-INDIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings in mid-November to discuss China-India relations, Shanghai's leading South Asia academic experts provided differing views on a variety of issues including border disputes, United Nations Security Council reform, energy competition, and regional dynamics. T [...]	2007-12-13 01:06:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG PARM CH IN RS
07SHANGHAI790	CHINA-RUSSIA RELATIONS: VIEWS FROM SHANGHAI ACADEMICS [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings in early December on China-Russia relations, Shanghai's leading academic experts on Russia characterized the bilateral relationship as "very good." They noted the excellent personal relationship between the two countries' leaders, which, they claim, ensures [...]	2007-12-13 08:44:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG PARM MCAP CH RS
07SHANGHAI791	SHANGHAI ACADEMIC ZHANG NIANCHI ON TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary. During a December 11 lunch, Shanghai Institute for East Asian Studies (SIEAS) President Zhang Nianchi warned that the 2008 referendum on Taiwan's UN membership would have serious consequences for cross-Straits relations. The referendum has a good chance of passing, especially if [...]	2007-12-13 09:00:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
07SHANGHAI801	SHANGHAI LEADERSHIP AND BIOGRAPHICAL POTPOURRI [...] (S) Summary: Yang Yuanxing, husband of a new Politburo member, describes Shanghai Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng as a capable and clean leader whose style of seeking out problems rather than latest accomplishments in discussions with subordinates often discomfits those officials. Yu is dismiss [...]	2007-12-20 06:41:00	Consulate Shanghai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL ECON CH
07SHANGHAI804	NANJING: 70 YEARS AFTER THE MASSACRE [...] (C) Summary: A day after Nanjing commemorated the 70th Anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre, Poloff met with students, an academic, an official from the local Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) and visited the Nanjing Massacre Museum to discuss Japan and Sino-Japanese relations. Although the FAO off [...]	2007-12-21 07:29:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI CH JA
07SHENYANG101	PRC/DPRK: BORDER TRADE AND SOME NEW FRICTIONS (MAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: There continue to be differences between Jilin and Liaoning Provinces in the volume and scrutiny of their trade with North Korea. PRC-DPRK frictions have recently emerged in Ji'an, where Chinese officials have taken the unusual step of publicly criticizing neighboring North Korea [...]	2007-05-31 02:33:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON KN KS CH
07SHENYANG102	PRC/DPRK: SCARLET FEVER, SMUGGLING, BORDER- [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC authorities in Jilin recently claimed they have taken measures to prevent a scarlet fever outbreak in the DPRK from making its way into China. Though officials would not confirm the outbreak, they privately stressed that they are prepared. South Koreans appear to be playing b [...]	2007-05-31 02:34:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PINR KN KS CH
07SHENYANG108	DPRK NUKE AFTERMATH, UNSCR 1718 ENFORCEMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hours after Pyongyang's October 9, 2006 nuclear test, the PLA dispatched a team to Changbai--the PRC border locality closest to the site of the explosion-- to test for contamination, according to Changbai County Communist Party Secretary Miao Chunxiu. Miao said he learned about [...]	2007-06-05 04:31:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON KN KS CH
07SHENYANG115	DPRK-INTERNAL: RASON TURBINES, MORE PUST DELAYS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: DPRK and ROK officials are expected to meet soon in Shenyang to discuss a humanitarian group's proposal to privately finance and install a 750 KW wind turbine in Rason. The opening of Pyongyang's first private university has been pushed back until 2008 as a result of export licen [...]	2007-06-25 08:32:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV KN KS CH
07SHENYANG126	PRC-DPRK: BORDER INSPECTIONS AND TRADE ISSUES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Official Chinese scrutiny of land-based PRC-DPRK cargo/passenger traffic continues to range along the border into mid-2007. Land ports in Nanping (conduit for the many tons of iron ore extracted from North Korea's Musan mine) and Dandong are sites of significant levels of activit [...]	2007-07-09 02:21:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV ECON KN KS CH
07SHENYANG127	PRC-ROK KOGURYO SPARRING CONTINUES, QUIETLY, IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nearly two years after an August 2005 agreement aimed at shelving their neuralgic political dispute over Koguryo--the kingdom that at various points between 37 BC and 668 AD subsumed parts of modern-day northeast China, North Korea and South Korea--PRC-ROK dueling over ancient hi [...]	2007-07-09 03:24:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH KN KS
07SHENYANG128	PRC-DPRK: NORTH KOREAN BORDER-CROSSERS; DRUGS; NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post contacts report that, at least anecdotally, the numbers of North Korean border-crossers encountered this year are fewer than last, though the overall numbers and reasons for the decline are unclear. Jilin Province's ongoing anti-drug campaign is netting more seizures of illeg [...]	2007-07-09 03:25:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PINR PGOV KWMN KN KS CH
07SHENYANG133	NORTH KOREAN "NEOVIAGRA," MINERALS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: A visit to Dandong's second DPRK Import- Export Commodity Fair in late June highlighted China's interest in North Korean natural resources and the comparatively low wage rates on the North Korean side of the border. But contacts point out that further down the proverbial line, th [...]	2007-07-13 03:24:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV ECON KN KS CH
07SHENYANG145	PRC-DPRK: BORDER OFFICIALS ON MUSAN MINE, RAJIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC imports of North Korean iron ore from Musan are fueling a surge in activity at China's Nanping Land Port; Chinese truckers collecting the ore comprised over ninety percent of the 50,000 passengers that transited the port last year, local Chinese officials say. Plans to link n [...]	2007-07-27 07:26:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV ECON PREL KN KS CH

07SHENYANG147	HIV/AIDS AND AVIAN FLU IN NORTHEAST CHINA: STATUS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Health officials in Liaoning Province claim remarkably few official HIV/AIDS cases, though they acknowledge a nexus between the virus, the province's growing drug problem and its seedy sex industry. Liaoning's Center for Disease Control (CDC) is "not worried" about an imminent avi [...]	2007-08-01 06:04:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU KHIV TBIO PGOV SOCI EAGR CH
07SHENYANG178	PRC/DPRK: NEW NK BORDER FENCING; INSPECTIONS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent PRC inspections of cross-border PRC- DPRK traffic through Dandong show no change. One Western NGO recently shipping flood-related medical aid to North Korea encountered rather "strict" PRC customs requirements that slowed the shipment by several days. North Korea has star [...]	2007-09-14 11:06:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ECON PREF KN KS CH
07SHENYANG184	AIDING NORTH KOREAN PATIENTS (AND BORDER- [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Dandong-based, Korean-American NGO focused on North Korea continues to ship medical aid into the DPRK, but headaches abound as the group seeks to refine its aid strategy. In a modest hospital near the PRC-DPRK border, the group also discreetly tends to North Korean border-cross [...]	2007-09-28 08:35:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PINR KWMN KN KS CH
07SHENYANG205	PRC-DPRK: NK BORDER-CROSSERS, HUMAN SMUGGLING, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The number of North Korean border-crossers entering China in 2007 thus far looks to be roughly on par with 2005/2006 levels despite the DPRK's agricultural difficulties and natural disasters earlier this year, according to a Liaoning scholar engaged in internal, state- sponsored r [...]	2007-10-29 05:46:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PINR KWMN KN KS CH
07SHENYANG220	INVESTOR PROTESTS ROCK SHENYANG [...] (C) SUMMARY: A relatively small group of protestors assembled outside Consulate General Shenyang early in the afternoon of 21 November to protest the failure of ant-farming health-product company Yilishen to pay dividends. The protests were not directed at the United States, but rather at the [...]	2007-11-21 10:05:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PINS SOCI CH
07SHENYANG229	(S) NORTH KOREAN BORDER-CROSSERS: PRC THINKING ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: One of China's leading state-sponsored specialists on North Korean border-crossers foresees no near-term evolution in PRC thinking on the UNHCR and its possible role in northeast China. On a separate issue, the specialist also claimed that foreign activists publicizing their effo [...]	2007-11-28 04:19:00	Consulate Shenyang	SECRET	PREF KWMN PINR KN KS CH
07SHENYANG244	PRC-DPRK: UPDATE ON NK REPATRIATIONS/ASYLUM- [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC border officials in Baishan tell us that they continue to apprehend and repatriate North Korean border-crossers in their jurisdiction. Japan's Shenyang Consulate is now home to seven North Korean asylum-seekers, including two young children. North Korean authorities near Si [...]	2007-12-13 03:56:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PINR KN KS CH
07SHENYANG78	NORTH KOREA/CHINA: SMALLER-SCALE SMUGGLING ACROSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a recent crackdown by PRC and DPRK authorities, Chinese smugglers--often partnering with local North Korean military contacts--reportedly continue to operate near Dandong. A fair amount of smuggling in the area appears to be smaller-scale in nature, though profits can nev [...]	2007-04-30 10:27:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KN KS CH
07SHENYANG79	NORTH KOREA ROUNDUP: PROPAGANDA, REMITTANCES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is a roundup of North Korea-related information collected by Post in recent weeks. Contacts report that nuclear propaganda has recently started disappearing in North Korea's major cities, including Pyongyang. Pyongyang's private university, PUST, appears to be back on track [...]	2007-04-30 10:29:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PINR PGOV KN KS CH
07SHENYANG95	PRC HUMAN RIGHTS--YAO FUXIN UPDATE: HEALTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The health of Yao Fuxin, the imprisoned Liaoning labor leader whose case gained international and high-level USG attention in 2003, has declined considerably since 2005, according to his family. Yao's daughter is surveilled by PRC security services, some authorities refuse to acc [...]	2007-05-22 09:37:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PINS SOCI CH
07SINGAPORE1822	BURMA: SINGAPORE TOLERATES AN "ILLEGAL" [...] (C) Summary: A crowd of 150 Burmese nationals gathered outside the Embassy of Burma on September 30 to protest the regime's crackdown in Rangoon, according to local press reports. The Singapore police advised the protesters that it was an illegal public assembly and told them to disperse, but [...]	2007-10-01 09:45:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV BM SN
07SINGAPORE2161	SINGAPORE PREMIERE OF TRAFFIC: AN MTV EXIT SPECIAL [...] (U) MTV-Asia hosted the Singapore premiere of "Traffic: An MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) Special," a joint project of the U.S. Agency for International Development, MTV Networks and the MTV Europe Foundation. "Traffic" is a documentary about human trafficking, hosted by UNICEF G [...]	2007-12-06 08:33:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM SOCI ELAB SN
07SKOPJE129	MACEDONIA ON HAMAS AND FATAH AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-13 13:32:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL KPAL KWBG PREL MK
07SKOPJE137	MACEDONIA: NEW PUBLIC PROSECUTOR FOCUSED ON [...] (SBU) During a February 9 courtesy call with the Ambassador, newly appointed Chief Public Prosecutor Shvrgovski said his number one priority is combating organized crime in Macedonia. Shvrgovski, a former Deputy Public Prosecutor, was appointed by the Macedonian parliament on January 24. He [...]	2007-02-16 12:30:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MK
07SKOPJE16	MACEDONIA: FIVE INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] This is Embassy Skopje's response to reftel regarding the five most influential women in Macedonia. PolOff Mariana Neisuler is Post's officer responsible for tracking women's issues. Tel: 389 2 3116 180 ext. 2111 Fax: 389 2 3133 601 Mobile: 389 70 306 024 Email: NeisulerML@state.gov [...]	2007-01-10 13:33:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL MK
07SKOPJE162	MACEDONIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE PRIME [...] (C) During a meeting with Prime Minister Gruevski on February 21, the Ambassador raised U.S. concerns regarding political dialogue, education issues, and the rule of law in Macedonia (reftels). Pledging U.S. support for Macedonia's NATO membership aspirations, the Ambassador stressed that ther [...]	2007-02-23 15:08:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MK
07SKOPJE195	MACEDONIA SUPPORTS U.S. EFFORTS TO ENSURE IRAN'S [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-06 15:38:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP IR MK
07SKOPJE235	MACEDONIA TO FOLLOW EU POSITION ON UN REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-22 09:50:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA MK
07SKOPJE250	MACEDONIA TO SUPPORT GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 16:03:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL MK
07SKOPJE336	MACEDONIA: DAS DICARLO MEETINGS WITH GOM AND [...] (C) During April 23 meetings with GOM and opposition leaders in Skopje, DAS DiCarlo emphasized the need for the GOM to move forward on NATO-related reforms as time is running out for Macedonia to make its case for NATO membership in 2008. Of utmost importance is resolving the ongoing politica [...]	2007-04-27 14:42:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO MK
07SKOPJE350	MACEDONIA: TO ATTEND CONFERENCE ON THE GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-09 13:45:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL MK
07SKOPJE351	MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 11:04:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC MK
07SKOPJE391	MACEDONIA WILL SUBMIT 'NIL FORM' FOR HCOC ANNUAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 13:45:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA MTCRE MK
07SKOPJE392	MACEDONIA SUPPORTS UNSCR 1267 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 13:45:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC MK
07SKOPJE411	MACEDONIA LIKELY TO OPPOSE DRAFT OSCE "CHARTER" [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 17:03:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV MK
07SKOPJE412	MACEDONIAN ISLAMIC LEADERS ON WAHHABISM, [...] (SBU) Key Islamic leaders in Macedonia report a slight decline in the influence of Wahhabists in their muftiates. The leaders are focused on denationalization of land that formerly belonged to them, and blame their current financial challenges on the slow pace of denationalization. Sustained [...]	2007-05-23 17:08:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF MK
07SKOPJE415	MACEDONIA: POLICE RAID IN TANUSEVCI -- NO REPEAT [...] (SBU) Early in the morning of May 23, Macedonian police raided several houses in the rural village of Tanusevci, north of Skopje on the Kosovo-Macedonia border, in an operation aimed at uncovering an illegal arms cache. The raid netted only a few rifles but briefly revived ghosts from Macedo [...]	2007-05-25 13:53:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MK
07SKOPJE434	MACEDONIA: REGIONAL OPERATION DISRUPTS ELABORATE [...] (SBU) The conclusion of the regional anti-trafficking "Operation Danube" led to the arrest of 19 Macedonian citizens on TIP-related charges on May 29. Ministry of Interior (MOI) officials credit good regional cooperation and the use of special investigative measures for the success of the ope [...]	2007-06-04 09:37:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MK
07SKOPJE508	MACEDONIA: EASTERN BORDER REGION'S ECONOMIC WOES [...] (SBU) In the last several years, economically depressed rural eastern Macedonia has become Macedonia's main source of internal victims of trafficking-in-persons (TIP),a trend that is driven largely by the dire economic circumstances there. The January 2007 introduction of a visa requirement [...]	2007-06-26 13:50:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MK
07SKOPJE601	MACEDONIA COMMITTED TO STAYING THE COURSE IN IRAQ [...] (U) NEA DAS Butler, together with OSD and JCS representatives, was in Skopje July 15-16 to thank the GOM for its troop contributions to missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. DATT and POLOFF (notetaker) accompanied the delegation. DAS Butler thanked GOM officials for their strong support for coal [...]	2007-07-23 13:51:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL MK
07SKOPJE612	MACEDONIA SUPPORTS UNESCO HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-25 17:05:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNESCO MK
07SKOPJE682	MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT US CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel diplomatic note and CV for Ms. Felice Gaer to MFA Head of Sector Multilateral Relations Goran Stevcevski on August 10. Stevcevski said the GOM will support the re-election of Ms. Gaer to the UN Committee Against Torture. MILOVANOVIC [...]	2007-08-16 12:11:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MK
07SKOPJE72	MACEDONIA: SUMMARY OF DECEMBER PSI OEG MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 12:44:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL MK
07SKOPJE730	MACEDONIAN: ELECTORAL CODE CHANGES WOULD ALLOW [...] (SBU) Following more than six months of talks between Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and a group of MPs from the smaller ethnic minority communities (Turks, Serbs, Bosniacs, Roma, Vlachs),the government announced on August 27 that it would seek to amend the electoral code to guarantee ten new [...]	2007-09-07 12:34:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MK
07SKOPJE737	MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR STANDING [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-11 08:35:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM ICRC MK
07SKOPJE738	MACEDONIAN FIRST LADY WILL NOT ATTEND LUNCHEON ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-11 11:22:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA MK
07SKOPJE739	MACEDONIA: IDENTIFYING "CREDIBLE VOICES" IN MUSLIM [...] (SBU) CONTEXT: In Macedonia, there is a rough correlation between religion and ethnicity; most ethnic Albanians, who comprise 25 percent of the total population, are Muslim, as are most Roma and ethnic Turks. There are also smaller populations of ethnic Macedonian Muslims. Macedonia's Muslim [...]	2007-09-11 13:45:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MK
07SKOPJE75	MACEDONIA SUPPORTS FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-27 02:45:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC KNNP MK
07SKOPJE753	MACEDONIA: NEW DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, [...] (SBU) On September 11, President Crvenkovski appointed Viktor Dimovski, who had been serving until then as Macedonia's Ambassador in Belgrade, to be the director of the Macedonian Intelligence Agency (MIA). Dimovski replaced Kire Naumov, who resigned, "due to personal reasons," at the end o [...]	2007-09-14 12:07:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MK
07SKOPJE786	MACEDONIA: DEADLOCK ON STATE JUDICIAL COUNCIL [...] (C) On September 20, PM Gruevski and President Crvenkovski met to follow up on the President's initiative to improve cohabitation and break the deadlock on the State Judicial Council (SJC) and the appointment of Macedonian ambassadors. Later that day, the President, with the Prime Minister's [...]	2007-09-24 16:50:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MK
07SKOPJE805	MACEDONIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-02 14:02:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC UNAUS PHUM KWMN SOCI MK
07SKOPJE815	MACEDONIA: TENSIONS EBB AFTER PARLIAMENTARY BRAWL, [...] (SBU) A week after the September 25 brawl in Parliament between ethnic Albanian MPs (ref A),tensions have ebbed and the government on October 4 succeeded in corralling the votes of the smaller ethnic minority parties to elect four of the remaining five members of the 15-member State Judicial [...]	2007-10-10 09:52:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MK
07SKOPJE866	MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 14:57:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UN UNGA MK
07SKOPJE867	MACEDONIA AIMS TO BE CONSTRUCTIVE IN NAME TALKS AT [...] (C) The GOM will propose, at the November 1 meeting in New York to discuss the name issue with Greek counterparts and with UN Special Envoy Nimetz, four steps that it believes would help reduce bilateral tensions and help prepare the ground for more fruitful efforts to resolve the name dispute. [...]	2007-10-30 16:08:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MK
07SKOPJE899	MACEDONIA: POLICE ACADEMY DIRECTOR RESIGNS - [...] (C) Macedonian Police Academy Director Slagana Taseva resigned from her position on November 2, citing a disagreement with the government over its recent move to bring the academy under the oversight of the Ministry of Interior (a government move the international community unanimously support [...]	2007-11-15 16:04:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC MK
07SKOPJE913	MACEDONIA SUPPORTS UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 14:55:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	KITA PHUM PREL UN MK
07SKOPJE957	MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 16:34:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV UNGA MK
07SKOPJE970	MACEDONIA: RELIGION LAW MEETS INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) The Macedonian parliament adopted a new Law on Religious Communities and Groups in September that significantly strengthens religious freedom provisions, generally meets OSCE/ODIHR and Venice Commission standards, and supports Macedonia's NATO membership bid. Due to take effect in May 2 [...]	2007-12-13 16:01:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF MK
07SKOPJE985	MACEDONIA: PLANNING FOR KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) Macedonian government officials, party representatives, and think-tankers believe independence within the Ahtisaari framework is the only option for Kosovo status. They believe recognition of an independent Kosovo should also lead to the technical demarcation of the Kosovo-Macedonia borde [...]	2007-12-19 13:51:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KV MK
07SOFIA1068	DEMARCHING EU ON HUMAN RIGHTS THEMATIC RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) PolOffs presented reftel demarche to the Director of the United Nations and Global Issues Directorate, Emil Savov Yalnazov. The Director of the Directorate for Human Rights, Andrei Tehov, who is tasked to lead this issue, was traveling. Poloff provided non-paper to his staff member, [...]	2007-09-05 13:12:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EU PGOV PREL
07SOFIA1076	GYMNICH DEMARCHE: BULGARIANS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Poloffs presented reftel demarche and non paper to Head of MFA office for EU affairs Sergey Tassev on September 4. Tassev said that Minister for European Affairs Grancharova would lead the Bulgarian delegation, as FM Kalfin would be in Central Asia at the time of the meeting. 2. (SB [...]	2007-09-05 16:39:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PGOV PREL
07SOFIA1136	ICAO ASSEMBLY: SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-19 15:51:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR IACO PGOV PREL
07SOFIA1149	BULGARIA TO CONSIDER US CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-24 05:01:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC LE PTER AU
07SOFIA1152	BULGARIA SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-24 10:55:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV
07SOFIA1180	BULGARIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-02 11:45:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC UN PHUM KWUN SOCI EU BG
07SOFIA1233	BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. CONCERNS ON SOFTENING EU [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-15 14:50:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PREL UZ XG ZK
07SOFIA1242	BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. POSITION ON PRESSURING [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-17 13:37:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BM
07SOFIA1257	BULGARIA TO CONSIDER CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 11:05:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC UN UNGA
07SOFIA1258	UN THIRD COMMITTEE: BULGARIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of the Department for UN and Global Issues, Kamen Velichkov on October 22. He said he could not confirm final positions, but anticipated that the GOB would support the Belarus resolution, the elections resolution, [...]	2007-10-24 11:05:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KTIA UN
07SOFIA1264	BULGARIA TO CONSIDER DEMARCHE ON BURMESE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-26 14:10:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL MASS PM EU BU
07SOFIA1265	BULGARIA STRONGLY SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL ACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-26 14:11:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL MASS PM EU BU
07SOFIA1266	BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. POSITION ON CUBA EMBARGO [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-26 14:12:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL MASS PM EU BU
07SOFIA1267	BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-26 14:13:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL MASS PM EU BU
07SOFIA1275	BULGARIA TO SUPPORT WALKER CANDIDACY, IF US SUPPORTS BULGARIAN CANDIDACY FOR INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 15:54:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UN UNGA
07SOFIA1292	BULGARIA PREPARING PRIORITIES FOR COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 15:53:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA
07SOFIA1322	BULGARIA TO FOLLOW EU COMMON DECISION ON BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 13:25:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ERTD EFIN BM
07SOFIA1323	BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 13:25:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE PHUM WHA EU
07SOFIA1324	BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 14:30:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA
07SOFIA1333	BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. VIEWS ON UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 12:03:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS
07SOFIA1348	BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. VIEWS ON UNCITRAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 15:00:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UNCITRAL UN
07SOFIA1356	BULGARIA TO ATTEND UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 13:46:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07SOFIA1357	BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. VIEWS ON THE PARIS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 15:18:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07SOFIA1358	BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. VIEWS ON LEBANESE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 15:18:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07SOFIA1359	BULGARIA WILL TRY TO ALIGN ITSELF WITH EU VIEWS AT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 15:18:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07SOFIA1391	BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. OPTIONS FOR UN BUDGET [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-20 13:39:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UNGA XA XD
07SOFIA224	BULGARIA: MFA TAKES HARD LINE ON BLACK SEA HARMONY [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a February 14 meeting, MFA Regional Security chief (and resident Black Sea expert) Dimitar Dimitrov briefed us on the GoB's emerging Black Sea strategy. He expressed hardening resistance to Bulgarian membership in Operation Black Sea Harmony (OBSH),and allowed poloff to revie [...]	2007-02-20 10:39:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS TU BU
07STATE112255	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACOTA TRAINING [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of August 1, 2007 a Colonel Ngoga was mentioned in a cable identified as 99060031454INS7454col; Origine ATS-INA; 06/03/1999. The cable reported a copy of an e-mail sent to a selected in-government group from a disgruntled journ [...]	2007-08-10 15:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM PREL RW MASS
07STATE118576	US-AZERBAIJAN DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) As part of the high-level democracy dialogue between the USG and the GOAJ, in an August 3 DVC, DRL Assistant Secretary Lowenkron, EUR Assistant Secretary Fried, and SIPDIS Foreign Minister Mammadyarov discussed media freedom, human rights, civil society, democratic elections, and rule of [...]	2007-08-23 17:11:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
07STATE39293	POSSIBLE CROATIAN SALE OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5, which responds to reftel's request for guidance in responding to the Croatian government's informal inquiry about military exports to Libya. In keeping with the USG's relaxation of its long-standing opposition to the transfer of military [...]	2007-03-27 20:59:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC MARR LY HR
07STATE54784	P-1 REFERRAL OF DHIA NOOR MOWAFAK [...] (SBU) PRM concurs with Post's Priority 1 referral of the following individuals for processing in the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP): NAME: Dhia Noor Mowafak (principal applicant) DOB: 2 December 1964 POB: Baghdad GENDER: Male MARITAL STATUS: Married NAME: Tahrir Magada Maro [...]	2007-04-24 20:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF IN IZ
07STOCKHOLM1209	AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 19 MEETING WITH JUSTICE [...] (C) The Ambassador, accompanied by RSO and Poloff, met September 19 with Minister of Justice Beatrice Ask. Ask said Sweden has increased its budget for counterterrorism activities, noted there are good prospects for passing pending legislation on wiretapping and bugging, underscored Sweden's l [...]	2007-09-26 15:20:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PREL ASEC SW
07STOCKHOLM1311	SWEDEN: SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-26 09:04:00	Embassy Stockholm	SECRET	KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR SW
07STOCKHOLM1388	SWEDEN ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 16:40:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SW VE WHA EU
07STOCKHOLM1389	SWEDEN ON NOVEMBER 19-20 FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 17:09:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN PK SW CH BM IS LE KV SY ZI
07STOCKHOLM1439	SWEDEN ON DECEMBER 10-11 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) On December 7, Poloff met with MFA Deputy European Corespondent Niclas Kvarnstrom regarding December 10 EU Foreign Ministers GAERC meeting (reftel A). Kvarnstrom noted the following: --EU Enlargement and the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP). Sweden is one of the greatest supporters of [...]	2007-12-07 16:57:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SW EU
07STOCKHOLM183	SWEDEN - INFO ON IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY [...] (C) On February 15, Poloffs met with Dag Juhlin-Dannfelt, Deputy Director at the MFA Middle East and North Africa Department, to discuss Sweden's efforts to promote civil society and democracy in Iran. Per reftel, Poloffs shared information on U.S. democratization efforts in Iran. Ulf Lind [...]	2007-02-20 10:01:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN KPAO KDEM IR SW
07STOCKHOLM736	SWEDEN: DEMARCHE FOR JUNE 18-19 GAERC [...] (C) On June 13 Poloff met with Niclas Kvarnstrom, MFA Deputy European Correspondent, and conveyed USG positions on select topics in advance of the June 18-19 GAERC. Kvarnstrom's substantive responses follow. 2. (C) Cuba. Sweden opposes Spain's initiative to eliminate the EU's restrictive [...]	2007-06-13 15:34:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN KPAL ETRD SW
07STOCKHOLM8	ANTI-IMMIGRATION SWEDEN DEMOCRATS ON THE RISE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The nationalistic Sweden Democrats gained 2.9% of the national vote in September, capitalizing on anti-immigration sentiment. The party and its views on restricting immigration are treated with suspicion by the mainstream parties and media. The Sweden Democrats claim that they [...]	2007-01-04 08:40:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM SW
07SUVA169	KIRIBATI NEW FLAG OF CONVENIENCE SHIP REGISTRY; [...] (C) Ship owners looking for a flag of convenience can now hoist the colors of the tiny Pacific island nation of Kiribati, which amended its maritime shipping act in June 2006 to allow creation of a foreign ship registry. Singapore-based Sovereign Ventures Limited is the agent, as it is for Tuv [...]	2007-03-18 21:30:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT PHSA KR SN
07SUVA290	ASSESSMENT TEAM OPTIMISTIC ON EARLY FIJI ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: An independent assessment team commissioned to consider how soon post-coup Fiji could hold elections will issue its report to the Pacific Islands Forum-Fiji interim government joint working group June 7. The team is optimistic that three of the crucial steps necessary for new ele [...]	2007-05-24 21:57:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI FJ
07SUVA291	ASSESSMENT TEAM OPTIMISTIC ON EARLY FIJI ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: An independent assessment team commissioned to consider how soon post-coup Fiji could hold elections will issue its report to the Pacific Islands Forum-Fiji interim government joint working group June 7. The team is optimistic that three of the crucial steps necessary for new ele [...]	2007-05-28 10:53:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI MARR FJ
07SUVA292	ASSESSMENT TEAM OPTIMISTIC ON EARLY FIJI ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: An independent assessment team commissioned to consider how soon post-coup Fiji could hold elections will issue its report to the Pacific Islands Forum-Fiji interim government joint working group June 7. The team is optimistic that three of the crucial steps necessary for new ele [...]	2007-05-28 10:53:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI MARR FJ
07SUVA293	ASSESSMENT TEAM OPTIMISTIC ON EARLY FIJI ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: An independent assessment team commissioned to consider how soon post-coup Fiji could hold elections will issue its report to the Pacific Islands Forum-Fiji interim government joint working group June 7. The team is optimistic that three of the crucial steps necessary for new ele [...]	2007-05-28 10:53:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI MARR FJ
07SUVA294	ASSESSMENT TEAM OPTIMISTIC ON EARLY FIJI ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: An independent assessment team commissioned to consider how soon post-coup Fiji could hold elections will issue its report to the Pacific Islands Forum-Fiji interim government joint working group June 7. The team is optimistic that three of the crucial steps necessary for new ele [...]	2007-05-28 10:53:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI MARR FJ
07SYDNEY465	HOWARD,S COALITION BARELY HANGING ON IN CENTRAL [...] (C/NF) The National Party and Labor Party are engaged in a knife's-edge contest in the central Queensland seat of Flynn, where a heavily-funded campaign by the unions and repeat visits by opposition leader Kevin Rudd have chipped away at the National Party's lead. A newly created parliamentary [...]	2007-10-26 02:19:00	Consulate Sydney	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR AS
07TALLINN173	ESTONIA AGREES WITH U.S. ON BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-15 12:02:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EUN BM EN
07TALLINN297	UPDATE ON BRONZE SOLDIER AND ESTONIAN-RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary. Following days of demonstrations outside the Estonian Embassy in Moscow and an attack on their Ambassador, the GOE pushed hard for EU engagement with Moscow. The resulting Troika demarche in Moscow and statement by the Presidency was well-received by the GOE. A Russian State Ra [...]	2007-05-03 16:09:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS EN
07TALLINN309	REPORTS OF POLICE ABUSE UNFOUNDED [...] (SBU) Summary. Post has uncovered no concrete evidence of police abuses during the Bronze Soldier riots April 26-27. Investigations of a small number of complaints are on-going. Of the 1,300 individuals taken into custody during and after the riots, about 300 are facing riot-related charges a [...]	2007-05-10 14:44:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL RS EN
07TALLINN31	ESTONIA GRATEFUL FOR U.S. INFO ABOUT IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-16 12:01:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC KNNP ISN IO NEA EN
07TALLINN321	KOSOVO: ESTONIA SUPPORTS DRAFT UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) On May 16, Poloff delivered reftel (Ref A) points to Raul Toomas, MFA Kosovo Desk Officer, and confirmed the Government of Estonia's (GOE) support for the Ahtisaari Plan for Kosovo. Estonia's Mission to the UN in New York had already sent the MFA a summary of the draft UN Security Council [...]	2007-05-17 13:31:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YI UN EN

07TALLINN322	AUSTRALIA GROUP: ESTONIA SUPPORTS INFO EXCHANGE [...] (C) On May 15, Poloff delivered reftel points to Riho Kruuv, MFA Director for Strategic Goods Control Division, and Tuuli Parnsalu, 3rd Secretary, and discussed at length the upcoming Australia Group (AG) Plenary meeting, June 4- 7, and the need to share information on Russia's chemical and bi [...]	2007-05-17 14:33:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CBW EN
07TALLINN326	ESTONIA: CUBA TITLE III INFORMATION [...] (C) On May 17, Poloff met with Urmas Eigla, MFA Cuba Desk Officer, to discuss Estonia's ties with Cuba. The information provided is numbered in response to the reftel request. - 1. Neither Estonia nor Cuba has any foreign direct investments in each other's country. - 2. In 2006, Eigla re [...]	2007-05-21 06:09:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL EN
07TALLINN329	ESTONIA AGREES WITH U.S. ON OIE PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-21 09:41:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAGR AORG TW CH EN
07TALLINN332	ESTONIA TO PARTICIPATE IN OSCE MAY 31-JUNE 1 [...] (SBU) On May 18, Poloff and Russian Embassy First Secretary Vadim Vasiliev, jointly delivered reftel SIPDIS points to Arti Hilpus, MFA Security and Arms Control Director, and Kristjan Prikk, Acting Counter Terrorism Desk Officer, on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (O [...]	2007-05-21 11:46:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN RS EN
07TALLINN395	ESTONIAN REACTION TO 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (U) On June 13, we delivered reftel points informing the GOE of the release of the 2006 TIP (trafficking in persons) Report and Estonia's Tier 2 status to Mai Hion, MFA Director for Human Rights. Hion was pleased that the Report acknowledged the progress the GOE has made in combating TIP - pr [...]	2007-06-14 08:04:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO EN
07TALLINN594	ESTONIAN RABBI DOWNPLAYS REPORTS OF ANTI- [...] (SBU) Summary. During a recent meeting with Poloffs, Rabbi E. Shmuel Kot said anti-Semitism is not a serious concern for Estonia's small Jewish Community. Kot also emphasized his efforts to remain outside of local politics and outlined the religious, social and educational opportunities offe [...]	2007-09-10 14:15:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV RU EN
07TALLINN604	ESTONIA ON ALLIANCE ATTITUDES TOWARD NAC VISIT TO [...] (C) On September 11, poloffs delivered reftel points to Arti Hilpus, MFA Director for Security Policy, and Toomas Lukk, MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Hilpus and Lukk emphasized strong Government of Estonia (GOE) support for the proposed North Atlantic Council (NAC) visit to [...]	2007-09-14 06:43:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO GG RS EN
07TALLINN620	ESTONIA SUPPORTS EU BORDER MISSION FOR LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-19 12:38:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN SY IS LE EN
07TALLINN628	ESTONIA: COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-25 14:01:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL PGOV UNGA EN
07TALLINN642	ESTONIA UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO UN LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-03 10:47:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC LE PTER EN
07TALLINN685	AMBASSADOR BRIEFS ESTONIAN MPS ON U.S. FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Ambassador briefed Estonian Parliamentarians October 16 on the U.S.-Estonia relationship. His presentation, at the invitation of Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Sven Mikser (Defense Minister from 2002- 2003),informed key members of parliament ahead of Estonia's decision on whether to e [...]	2007-10-19 14:02:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF IZ EN
07TALLINN695	ESTONIA TO SUPPORT COMMON EU POSITION ON SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (U) On October 24, 2007, poloff met with Thea Karin, Burma Desk officer at the MFA. Karin acknowledged the demarche points and indicated that the EU will be meeting in Brussels next Thursday (November 1) to continue a discussion on possible sanctions. Karin pointed out that as the EU will a [...]	2007-10-26 11:18:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BM EN
07TALLINN789	ESTONIA: NIE REPORT WILL NOT WEAKEN DUAL-USE [...] (SBU) On December 11, Poloff shared reftel points with Riho Kruuv, Bureau Director for Armament and Strategic Goods Control at the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kruuv gave assurances that the Government of Estonia (GOE) has in no way weakened their controls on export licenses to Iran i [...]	2007-12-14 14:57:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP MNUR IR EN
07TASHKENT1010	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST TURAYEVA'S APPEAL DELAYED [...] (C) Summary: Andijon-based human rights activist Gulbahor Turayeva, who was convicted and sentenced to six years' imprisonment on April 24, was scheduled for an appeal hearing on May 22. However, the court delayed the hearing by at least a week. Earlier news reports had claimed that Turayeva [...]	2007-05-24 11:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1016	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. OBJECTIVES AT WORLD HEALTH [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A information to Ministry of Health Department of Sanitary Epidemiology Director Saidmurad Saidaliyev and Deputy Director Botkijon Matkarimov on May 22. Saidaliyev and Matkarimov agreed that all nations have a responsibility to share live virus samples immediately an [...]	2007-05-25 12:01:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AORC PREL KFLU WHO UZ
07TASHKENT1029	UZBEKISTAN REACTS TO EU SANCTIONS DECISION [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uzbekistan reacted on several fronts to the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) decision on May 14 to prolong sanctions against Uzbekistan. The Foreign Ministry issued a critical statement; state-controlled media published negative stories; [...]	2007-05-29 11:49:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EUN UZ
07TASHKENT1095	CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST THREE DEUTSCHE WELLE [...] (C) Summary: German Poloff Uwe Berndt confirmed a June 5 Ferghana.ru report that the Tashkent City General Prosecutor's Office dropped charges against three Deutsche Welle correspondents: Yuri Chernogayev, Sayyora Rozikulova and Obid Shabanov. The three were charged with working without a lic [...]	2007-06-08 07:15:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV GM UZ
07TASHKENT1146	UZBEKISTAN DENIES ACCREDITATION TO HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para. 6. 2. (C) Summary: On June 14, the Ministry of Justice denied accreditation to Human Rights Watch's (HRW) newly arrived junior expatriate staff member. Unless the Government reverses its decision, HRW will be left without any accredited [...]	2007-06-18 12:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
07TASHKENT1151	UZBEKS APPARENTLY WILLING TO "FORGIVE" NGO TAX [...] (C) Summary: A U.S.-Uzbekistan working group met June 19 to discuss the process whereby U.S. assistance funds frozen or seized by the Government of Uzbekistan could be returned to the USG for reprogramming in the health sector. The U.S. side said that the most pressing issue was to halt liqui [...]	2007-06-19 11:19:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID UZ
07TASHKENT1152	CHARGE ASKS GOU TO REVERSE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH [...] (C) Summary: Charge urged Deputy Foreign Minister Anvar Salikhbaev on June 19 to reconsider the GOU's accreditation denial to Human Rights Watch's (HRW) amcit staff member (reftel). Salikhbaev said he would take the message directly to the Foreign Minister, and did. End summary. 2. (C) Ch [...]	2007-06-19 12:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
07TASHKENT1167	DEUTSHCE WELLE REPORTERS AMNESTIED? [...] (C) Summary: Post reported on June 8 that the Tashkent General Prosecutor's Office dropped charges of working without a license against three Deutsche Welle correspondents. However, other sources announced that the three journalists were amnestied. A German Embassy representative insisted th [...]	2007-06-21 12:00:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV GM UZ
07TASHKENT1187	GOU PAYS OFF NEWMONT LOAN TO EBRD [...] (C) Summary: The Head of the Representative Office of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD),Fernand Pillonel, said the remainder of its loan to the Zarafshan-Newmont Joint Venture will be paid in full by the GOU by the end of June. As EBRD is a third tier creditor, this [...]	2007-06-25 03:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EBRD PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1196	GOU SUSPENDS PORTIONS OF MONEY [...] (SBU) In late spring, President Karimov signed legislation suspending aspects of Uzbekistan's 2004 law on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing until 2013. The new legislation suspends the authority of the Department on Combating Tax, Currency Crimes, and Legalization of Criminal [...]	2007-06-25 10:54:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN PTER KTFN UZ
07TASHKENT1197	JEHOVAH'S WITNESS SAMARKAND CONVICTION UPHELD ON [...] (C) Summary: A Jehovah's Witness in Samarkand was convicted on May 14 of illegally teaching religion and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. His associates claimed he had never committed the act of which he was accused, and that testimony favorable to his case had been erased from trial rec [...]	2007-06-25 11:19:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF UZ
07TASHKENT1257	GOU SIGNS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON POLICE [...] (C) Senior Police Advisor to the OSCE Secretary General Kevin Carty told Poloff that the OSCE and Government of Uzbekistan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on police training. The MOU was signed during Carty's July 4 meeting with First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs (MVD) Kadiro [...]	2007-07-09 09:09:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE UZ
07TASHKENT1258	ICRC RESTARTS, IMMEDIATELY SUSPENDS PRISON [...] (C) Summary: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Deputy Director told Charge d'Affaires on July 2 that the ICRC suspended its prison monitoring program again after a three hour visit to one of Tashkent's principal detention facilities on May 21. ICRC's prison monitoring program in [...]	2007-07-09 12:08:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ICRC UZ
07TASHKENT1265	UZBEKS AND AFGHANS SIGN FOLLOW ON ELECTRICTY DEAL; [...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan reportedly has agreed to supply 150 megawatts of electricity a year to Afghanistan starting in 2008 and 300 megawatts a year by the end of 2009. Uzbekistan declined a $25 million loan to help finance the upgrade of power lines between the Talimarjan Power Plant and the [...]	2007-07-10 11:38:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL AF UZ
07TASHKENT1308	MFA RESPONDS TO HANFORD'S OFFER [...] (C) On July 12, MFA U.S. Division Chief Ismat Fayzullaev informed Poloff that the Government had accepted Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford's offer to exchange a series of confidential letters on improving religious freedom in Uzbekistan. Hanford had suggest [...]	2007-07-17 01:49:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL UZ
07TASHKENT1323	SECOND DEMARCHE ON ICAO ASSEMBLY DELIVERED TO MFA [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-18 10:36:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD UZ
07TASHKENT1354	EIGHT WOMEN SENTENCED FOR EXTREMISM; ANDIJON [...] (C) Summary: On July 9, the Tashkent City Court convicted eight women of membership in the banned religious extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT). Seven of the women received three-year suspended sentences, while an eighth was sentenced to three years in prison. Human Rights Watch, which monito [...]	2007-07-24 01:18:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF UZ
07TASHKENT1356	HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER DIES AFTER APPARENT POISONING [...] (C) Summary: The Swiss Ambassador told Charge d'Affaires on July 5 that a local lawyer, who was one of the Swiss Embassy's main human rights contacts, was poisoned near the Chorsu bazaar after an unknown assailant stabbed him with a syringe. The lawyer died after spending several days at home [...]	2007-07-24 03:31:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR UZ
07TASHKENT1369	CZECHS EXPECT "PRAGMATIC" SIX MONTHS AS LOCAL EU [...] (C) Czech Political Officer Dagmar Novohradska told Poloff that the Czech Embassy will be pragmatic during its six months as the local representative of the European Union (EU). She said that the Czechs understand their role is to represent the EU as a whole, and may need to temper some of it [...]	2007-07-25 10:33:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EU EZ UZ
07TASHKENT1373	ELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT REPORTEDLY PLANNED FOR [...] (C) Two human rights contacts recently provided Post with information about the scheduling of the upcoming Uzbek presidential election. The Chairman of the Uzbek Human Rights Society "Ezgulik" provided Poloff with a copy of a Constitutional Court letter stating that election day will be the " [...]	2007-07-26 10:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT1414	NO BIBLES IN TASHKENT BOOKSTORES [...] (C) Summary: On July 20, Poloff met with the Executive Director of the Uzbekistan Bible Society, who explained that his organization currently faces its most difficult environment since opening in 1993. Since July 2006, the Bible Society has only been able to officially import 500 books in [...]	2007-08-02 11:22:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF UZ TX
07TASHKENT1420	OTAKHONOV OUT, RUSTAMBAEV REPORTEDLY IN AS [...] (C) Embassy contacts have confirmed internet press reports that Minister of Justice Foziljon Otakhonov has been transferred to a position within the Presidential Apparat where he possibly will be in charge of preparations for the upcoming Presidential election. Our contacts suggest that Otakh [...]	2007-08-03 10:31:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR UZ
07TASHKENT1427	NEW SHAKEUP IN SENIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ADVISORS [...] (C) President Karimov has released his State Advisor for Law Enforcement, Anvar Nabiev, from his duties and appointed him instead as a Deputy General Prosecutor. This appears to be a clear demotion for Nabiev, who gained prominence as the lead prosecutor in the 2005 Andijon show trial. A par [...]	2007-08-06 11:32:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR UZ
07TASHKENT1433	UZBEKS ADOPT JUDICIAL REFORMS, BUT THE JURY'S [...] (U) The Government of Uzbekistan has adopted long-planned legislation abolishing the death penalty and transferring the power to issue detention warrants from the Prosecutor's Office to the judiciary. The new laws, adopted by both chambers of the Oliy Majlis in June, are generally the same as [...]	2007-08-07 09:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT1448	ICRC PLANS TO DEMARCHE KARIMOV [...] (C) Summary: On August 8, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation for Central Asia Head told poloff that ICRC has received no response from the Government on restarting its prison monitoring program since their last abortive attempt in May and is now considering del [...]	2007-08-09 12:37:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ICRC UZ TI
07TASHKENT1481	PASSING THE BUCK ON MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) Government of Uzbekistan officials provided little information on anti-money laundering efforts during a roundtable with international donors on August 7. Donors expressed concern at the suspension of Uzbekistan's money laundering law, warning that the decision makes Uzbekistan's particip [...]	2007-08-14 08:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN PTER KTFN UZ
07TASHKENT1489	UZBEKS PROPOSE JOINT HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE [...] (U) This message contains a guidance request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Uzbekistan's Regional Policy Foundation has proposed a human rights conference to Post as the means to nudge the bilateral relationship back on track. The Foundation's director said the conference had been vetted and [...]	2007-08-15 08:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PINR UZ
07TASHKENT1519	UZBEKISTAN: NO RESPONSE TO COMMITTEE AGAINST [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-21 05:40:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA UZ
07TASHKENT1546	LAST REGISTERED JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES CONGREGATION [...] (C) Summary: The Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) AmCit General Counsel told poloff on August 17 that authorities may be planning to deregister the congregation in Chirchik, the last remaining legal JW congregation in Uzbekistan. The Chirchik congregation recently received a second warning letter fro [...]	2007-08-28 10:54:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF UZ
07TASHKENT1561	TORTURED OVER A SHEEP [...] (C) Summary: On August 14, Mashrab Jumaev, the son of dissident poet Yusup Jumaev, was fined 62,000 soum (50 dollars) by the Karakol District Criminal Court (Bukhara province) for stealing a neighbor's sheep. Jumaev was then released from pre-trial detention, where he was allegedly tortured [...]	2007-08-30 10:45:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF UZ
07TASHKENT1576	PULATOV FOR PRESIDENT? [...] (C) Summary: A Birlik party member told poloff on August 17 that an initiative group would be formed in September to announce the candidacy of Birlik Chairman Abdurakhmon Pulatov for the expected presidential elections in December. The Birlik party member, who is also head of the Ezgulik huma [...]	2007-09-04 10:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT1596	PROTESTS REPORTED IN FERGHANA VALLEY AND TASHKENT [...] (C) Summary: Independent websites and Embassy contacts have reported scattered demonstrations in the Ferghana Valley and in Tashkent this past week. The demonstrations reportedly have been caused by rising food prices and scarcities. Officials in the city of Margilan also reportedly have pa [...]	2007-09-07 09:45:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT1605	PENTECOSTAL PASTOR FLEES TO KIEV; SEEKS ASYLUM [...] (C) On September 7, poloff received an email from Pentecostal Pastor Bakhtiyor Tuychiev, an Embassy contact from Andijon, explaining that he had left Uzbekistan and is currently seeking political refugee status from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Kiev, Ukra [...]	2007-09-12 10:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1606	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FACE OBSTACLES AND [...] (C) Summary: While President Karimov has not yet made any official announcement on elections, which are widely expected to be planned for December 23, several human rights activists already have announced their candidacies. These self-declared candidates have little chance of being registered [...]	2007-09-12 11:12:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1652	NETWORKING HELPS SHELTER ASSIST TIP VICTIMS [...] (U) Summary: On September 10, Poloff visited the only shelter in Tashkent for victims of human trafficking. The "Reintegration Center" is funded by the International Organization for Migration (IOM),which operates in Uzbekistan through the organization "Istiqbolli Avlod" due to registration [...]	2007-09-18 06:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID PGOV PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT1659	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] (SBU) On September 17, 2007 poloff delivered demarche to the Division Chief of the Uzbekistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk, Ismat Fayzullaev. Mr. Fayzullaev responded that Uzbekistan is a small country and is not generally involved in affairs of the Middle East. He added that Uz [...]	2007-09-19 04:32:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC LE PTER
07TASHKENT1661	HIGH PRICES, RATIONING OF STAPLES IN THE FERGHANA [...] (C) Summary: On September 12-13, poloffs visited the Ferghana Valley provinces of Namangan and Ferghana. Whether meeting with human rights contacts or sellers at the bazaar, the main topic of conversation was invariably peoples' frustration at price hikes for basic staples, especially for fl [...]	2007-09-19 10:16:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT1663	BUSINESS ENTERPRISES IN THE FERGHANA VALLEY [...] (C) Summary: During a visit to the Ferghana Valley on September 12-13, poloffs met with two former recipients of USAID grants, the Namangan Credit Union and the Ferghana-based Unicons consulting firm. These enterprises show that some of the Uzbek people's traditional entrepreneurial spirit p [...]	2007-09-19 10:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT1664	UNHCR TO REASSESS REFUGEES AS PRESSURE MOUNTS [...] (C) Summary: DCM met with United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative Fikret Akcura on September 17 to discuss the status of Afghan refugees. DCM conveyed that all DHS interviews have been completed but any new candidates put forth by UNHCR and any successful appeals wi [...]	2007-09-19 10:22:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL AF TI UZ
07TASHKENT1665	GOU SETS ELECTION, CAMPAIGN DATES [...] (C) Summary: The Central Election Commission (CEC) announced on September 18 that Uzbekistan will hold a presidential election on December 23 and the campaigning will begin on September 21. The GOU intends to invite observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Mos [...]	2007-09-19 11:09:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1667	KAZAKH AMBASSADOR TO HEAD NEW KAZAKHSTAN STATE [...] (C) Summary. Kazakh Ambassador to Uzbekistan Askar Myrzakhmetov is departing post on September 20 to head the new state-owned company Ontustik, which will be headquartered in Shimkent. Ontustik will focus on economic development projects in the the provinces of South Kazakhstan, Jambul, and [...]	2007-09-20 05:51:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR EMIN PREL KZ UZ
07TASHKENT1679	FERGHANA VALLEY COTTON HARVEST IN FULL SWING [...] (C) Summary: The cotton harvest is in full swing in the Ferghana Valley. A deputy hokim (mayor) in the Ferghana town of Oltiaryq told poloffs on September 12 that he expected the cotton harvest in his region to exceed the previous two years. However, despite the deputy hokim's rosy outlook, [...]	2007-09-24 09:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB EAGR SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT1680	YOUTH REPORTEDLY DISCOURAGED FROM MOSQUE ATTENDANCE [...] (C) Summary: During a September 5 meeting at Namangan's Mahdum Ishon Mosque, Namangan province Head Imam Tursunov allegedly ordered imams to bar schoolchildren from attending nightly readings of the Qur'an during Ramadan. Word of the reported incident has spread in the community, causing res [...]	2007-09-24 09:29:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL UZ
07TASHKENT1681	SECURITY SERVICE DISRUPTS POLOFF BUKHARA VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Poloff visited Bukhara from September 20 - 23, where he previously served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in a high school. Local English teachers informed poloff that an NSS (National Security Service) agent was monitoring the hotel and questioned them about their association with an [...]	2007-09-24 10:09:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROP PINS PHUM OEXC UZ
07TASHKENT1705	UNODC HOSTS MEETING ON COUNTERNARCOTICS [...] (U) On September 25 in Tashkent, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office for Central Asia hosted a meeting for Drug Liaison Officers and Embassy staff with a counternarcotics role. The meeting addressed recent drug production and trafficking trends in Central Asia, [...]	2007-09-28 07:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PREL AF UZ
07TASHKENT1710	BUKHARA TIP SHELTER MAKES INROADS [...] (C) Summary. Poloff visited a shelter in Bukhara that has assisted 45 female TIP victims since its opening in 2006. Funding from International Organization for Migration (IOM) has supported the shelter's operation as well as enabled the Istiqbolli Avlod NGO to conduct awareness training among [...]	2007-09-28 11:02:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID PGOV PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT1729	UZBEKISTAN: U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON "CONDEMNING [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel information to MFA U.S. Affairs Chief Ismat Fayzullaev on October 4. Fayzullaev agreed that the draft resolution dealt with a serious issue and that he would refer the information to their appropriate officials at the MFA and the UN. He promised to inform post i [...]	2007-10-04 09:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT1732	REGISTERED PARTIES NOMINATING PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: The Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan nominated President Karimov as its candidate for the December presidential election at an October 4 plenary session. The four other political parties represented in parliament, all compliant and largely pro-government, have also begun no [...]	2007-10-04 11:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM RS UZ
07TASHKENT1739	MFA ON CANCELLED DRL/IRF VISIT [...] (C) Summary: MFA U.S. Affairs Section Chief Ismat Faizullaev met October 4 with poloff to cover several matters. On religious freedom, Faizullaev explained that the decision to cancel the trip next week of DRL/IRF's Barbara Cates was influenced in part by the GOU's frustration with not having [...]	2007-10-05 10:14:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF UZ
07TASHKENT1740	UZBEKS THREATEN TO DEPORT AFGHAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary. United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative in Uzbekistan Fikret Akcura informed DCM on the evening of October 4 that the Uzbek mission in Geneva may make a public statement October 5 at the UNHCR Executive Committee meeting that it no longer recognizes UNDP [...]	2007-10-05 10:49:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL AF TI UZ
07TASHKENT1744	CONTINUED GOU INTERFERENCE AND HARASSMENT WITH [...] (C/NF) During the last two weeks of September, travel and contact work by U.S. officials has been hindered or disrupted by the GOU on multiple occasions. On September 21 (ref B),poloff,s visit to a Bukhara school was interrupted by a National Security Service officer and the director of the [...]	2007-10-08 01:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL EAID KPAO PGOV PHUM PINR UZ
07TASHKENT1751	SELF-DECLARED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES HOLD PRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: While the five officially registered political parties nominated candidates, including President Karimov, last week for the presidential election in December (ref A),four human rights activists and self-declared presidential candidates held their own press conference in Tashke [...]	2007-10-10 12:03:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM UZ
07TASHKENT1752	CONTACT REPORTEDLY FIRED AFTER MEETING POLOFF [...] (C) During an Embassy event on October 9, journalist and human rights contact Bakhodir Elibaev (strictly protect) told poloff that he was fired from his job as a translator at a Turkish firm shortly after meeting with poloff on September 13. Elibaev continues to work informally as a stringer [...]	2007-10-10 12:11:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1761	ESTABLISHED CONTACT TO SEEK ASYLUM IN BISHKEK [...] (C) At an Embassy event on October 9, dissident academic and human rights contact Tashpulat Yuldashev told poloff that he planned to flee Uzbekistan in the next few days and seek political asylum with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Bishkek. He requested that polo [...]	2007-10-12 00:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PGOV UZ KG
07TASHKENT1764	JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES REPORT POSITIVE MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a conversation with the Ambassador on September 28, Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) AmCit General Counsel noted having a "constructive" meeting that week with Acting Religious Affairs Committee Chairman Ortiq Yusupov, who reportedly assured him that deregistration for the last re [...]	2007-10-12 08:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF UZ TI
07TASHKENT1765	KOKAND TV STATION CAREFULLY MAKES PROFIT [...] (C) Summary. On October 3 poloff and visiting SCA/CEN desk officer visited the headquarters of Kokand TV, an independent television station that reaches an audience of one million in the densely populated Ferghana Valley. The owner noted that the station must compete with subsidized state ch [...]	2007-10-12 10:18:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL EAID ECON OEXC CH UZ
07TASHKENT1768	EU-UNDP HOSTS CONFERENCE ON CENTRAL ASIAN BORDER [...] (C) Summary: The Border Management in Central Asia and Central Asia Drug Action programs (BOMCA/CADAP) hosted a donors conference in Tashkent on October 5 to coordinate national and organizational projects related to border security and trade facilitation in Central Asia. BOMCA/CADAP is an EU [...]	2007-10-16 04:35:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL AF UZ KG
07TASHKENT1796	JOURNALIST REPORTEDLY ATTACKED IN TASHKENT [...] (U) The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the independent Uznews.net website both reported on October 12 that Sid Yanyshev, a Tashkent-based correspondent for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) and the independent Ferghana.ru website, was attacked in Tashkent on October [...]	2007-10-18 04:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1806	UZBEKS PROMISE POST-ELECTION PROGRESS ON TIP ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. On October 17 poloffs and visiting G/TIP officer met with GOU officials from MFA, Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD),and the Office of the State Prosecutor to discuss TIP issues. MFA said the GOU was surprised and upset by the recent Tier 3 rating, which it considered "political [...]	2007-10-19 06:27:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN EAID GG KG UZ
07TASHKENT1807	FORENSIC LABORATORY WANTS USG TRAINING [...] (C) On October 11 poloff and INL LES visited the Main Forensic Laboratory of the Ministry of Health to formally deliver INL-funded equipment as part of an ICITAP-administered project to upgrade the forensic laboratory. Laboratory Chief Dr. Zaynutdin Giyasov expressed his gratitude for the ass [...]	2007-10-19 06:29:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT1810	UZBEKISTAN-CONTROLLED MEDIA ELECTION COVERAGE [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks, Uzbek media coverage and official statements have extolled democratic principles while the election field has grown to an unprecedented six candidates that include Uzbekistan's first female and "independent" presidential candidates, though we doubt that President [...]	2007-10-19 10:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL UZ
07TASHKENT1811	UMIDA NIYAZOVA OFFERED HRW JOB IN BISHKEK [...] (C) During an Embassy function on October 18, former Human Rights Watch (HRW) local staffer and journalist Umida Niyazova told poloff that she supported post's nomination of her for the Secretary of State's 2008 Award for International Women of Courage (septel). Niyazova, who was sentenced to [...]	2007-10-19 11:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1817	GOU PROVIDES WRITTEN REBUTTAL TO EU ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: During an Embassy event on October 9, MFA U.S. Affairs Chief Ismat Fayzullaev provided, at Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov's request, the Ambassador with a written GOU rebuttal to recent public statements made by EU officials criticizing human rights abuses in Uzbekistan. The re [...]	2007-10-22 08:22:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EUN KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT1822	MUTABAR TOJIBOYEVA'S HEALTH WORSENS IN PRISON [...] (C) On October 18, poloff met with the brother and lawyer of imprisoned human rights activist Mutabar Tojiboyeva. The brother reported visiting his sister in prison on October 3 and confirmed a recent report on an independent website that her health has been deteriorating and prison officials [...]	2007-10-22 09:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ICRC PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1823	OSCE FORMALLY INVITED TO OBSERVE UZBEK [...] (C) On October 22 OSCE Charge d'Affaires Bernard Rouault paid a courtesy call on Ambassador to introduce himself and elicit advice on OSCE activities during this "delicate" pre-election phase. Rouault noted that OSCE expects a renewed mandate from the GOU by December 20, and at a meeting last [...]	2007-10-22 10:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE UZ
07TASHKENT1827	TASHKENT "KREMLINOLOGY": UZBEK OFFICIAL MEDIA SHOW [...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan's official media has shown a very troubled, aged President Karimov at the October summits of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO),CIS, and EURASEC in Dushanbe. This differs dramatically from previous coverage, which has generally shown an upbeat, more you [...]	2007-10-23 10:50:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS UZ
07TASHKENT1828	POLOFF RECEIVES ACCREDITATION AND WARNING [...] (C) On October 23 poloff was summoned to MFA for a rare personal appearance regarding his accreditation. MFA Protocol Head of Accreditations, Mr. Akhmedov, said the Ministry typically deals directly with LES on these issues "but, on occasion, it is necessary to personally explain the obligati [...]	2007-10-23 10:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AMGT ODIP UZ
07TASHKENT1829	NEW HUMAN TRAFFICKING OBSERVATIONS FROM KEY NGO [...] (C) Summary. On October 16, DCM, poloff, and visiting G/TIP officer met with anti-TIP NGO Istiqbolli Avlod to discuss new trends. New data on assistance from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to Uzbek victims through the NGO indicates that the UAE is still the largest destin [...]	2007-10-23 11:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN AE RS KZ GG IS TH
07TASHKENT1843	NUMBER OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES GROWS...BUT IS [...] (C) Summary: The field of presidential candidates for the December election continues to widen with reports that an independent initiative group has nominated National Human Rights Center Director Akmal Saidov. According to its leaders, the Birlik opposition party may also still nominate its [...]	2007-10-24 10:51:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM UZ
07TASHKENT1866	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ARRESTED DAY AFTER PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: On October 23, the Deputy Chairman of the Syrdarya province branch of the Ezgulik human rights group was arrested by police and charged with several violations of the criminal code, including fraud. His arrest occurred one day after a public protest in the provincial capital of [...]	2007-10-26 11:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1888	ERK PARTY TALKS WITH HIZB UT-TAHRIR LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: On October 26, poloff met with Erk political opposition party leader Atanazar Arif, who claimed that Erk was to hold a meeting in Istanbul on October 27 with leaders of Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) and other religious extremist factions on coordinating their opposition to President Karimov [...]	2007-10-30 14:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR RS TU UZ
07TASHKENT1889	ERK LEADER DESCRIBES RELATIONSHIP WITH SLAIN [...] (C) Summary: On October 26, Erk political opposition party leader Atanazar Arif described to poloff Erk's relationship with journalist Alisher Saipov, who was murdered on October 24 in Osh, Kyrgyzstan (ref C). According to Arif, Saipov was not an official member of Erk, but had long standing [...]	2007-10-30 14:51:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KG UZ
07TASHKENT1894	CROSSING THE UZBEKISTAN-KAZAKHSTAN BORDER A SLOW [...] (C) Summary: During a recent unofficial trip from Uzbekistan to southern Kazakhstan, poloffs observed a relatively inefficient, poorly equipped Uzbek border crossing port. Poloffs also observed a much greater flow of people from Uzbekistan into Kazakhstan, perhaps reflecting the continuing re [...]	2007-10-31 11:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KZ UZ
07TASHKENT1900	GOU WANTS TO REVIVE SENSITIVE INVESTIGATIVE UNIT [...] (C) Summary. Poloff met with Kamol Dusmetov, Director of the National Center of Drug Control and the Deputy Chairman of the State Commission of Drug Control (which is part of the Cabinet of Ministers). Dusmetov told poloff that the GOU would welcome the revival of collaborative efforts on the [...]	2007-11-02 04:53:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT1908	GOU EXPRESSES INTEREST IN FURTHER BORDER SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The first bilateral border security assistance working groups met November 1. The GOU's delegation repeatedly expressed its desire for improved border security cooperation with the United States. GOU representatives from the MFA, Border Guards of the National Security Service [...]	2007-11-02 13:28:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PBTS PREL UZ
07TASHKENT1910	UZBEKS STALL ODIHR ELECTION ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT [...] (C) Summary. An OSCE staffmember told poloff on November 3 that the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) election assessment team, which was expected by November 1, had not arrived in Tashkent and the status of the visit was uncertain. Poloff spoke with OSCE Senior Pro [...]	2007-11-05 05:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE UZ
07TASHKENT1922	UZBEKS TAKE TEETH OUT OF MONEY LAUNDERING LAW [...] (C) Summary. A Department of Treasury official was part of a Eurasia Group delegation which met in Tashkent with Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) counterparts from the Office of the State Prosecutor (Procuracy) to discuss anti-money laundering efforts. The official purpose of the event was to [...]	2007-11-05 10:46:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM ECON UZ
07TASHKENT1927	UZBEK OFFICIAL CALLS THE ELECTION, HOPES FOR [...] (C) Summary. On November 2, poloff spoke at length with Furqat Sidikov, an Uzbek Diplomat who recently completed a five-year tour as Press Attache at the Uzbek Embassy in Washington, DC, and now works at the state-run International Center for Strategic Studies and Inter-regional Cooperation i [...]	2007-11-06 09:00:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PTER EAID UZ
07TASHKENT1928	DEMARCHE DELIVERED--FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 09:11:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC ECON UZ
07TASHKENT1929	DEMARCHE DELIVERED--DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 09:11:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN UZ
07TASHKENT1931	JIZZAKH AND SYRDARYA EXCHANGE PROGRAM ALUMNI FULL [...] (C) Summary: During a two-day tour of Jizzakh and Syrdarya provinces on October 31 and November 1, poloff met with several USG international exchange program alumni who described what they learned in the United States and how they have transferred that knowledge to their home communities. The [...]	2007-11-06 10:49:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON KPAO PGOV SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT1933	COTTON HARVEST IN JIZZAKH AND SYRDARYA PROVINCES [...] (C) Summary: During a two-day tour of Jizzakh and Syrdarya provinces on October 31 and November 1, poloff met with local officials and several USG international exchange program alumni (septel),who described the recent cotton harvest in the two provinces, with local officials being more upbe [...]	2007-11-07 03:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT1935	KARIMOV GIVES SPEECH TO LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY [...] (C) Summary. There were several press reports on November 7 confirming that the Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (LDPU) formally nominated President Karimov as its candidate for President, however there is still no formal indication that he accepted the nomination. Karimov did personall [...]	2007-11-07 10:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT1937	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: On November 5, Forum 18 News Service reported that Uzbekistan's Religion Law is currently being discussed in the Religious Affairs Committee (RAC) and speculated that restrictions on religious organizations could be made harsher. During an introductory courtesy call by the Ambas [...]	2007-11-07 10:37:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1938	JIZZAKH ANTI-TRAFFICKING NGO DESCRIBES COMPLICATED [...] (C) Summary: During a trip to Jizzakh province on October 31, poloff met with local officials and a local NGO to discuss trafficking-in-persons (TIP). Local NGO leader Nazifa Kamilova, whose organization has received some government assistance, complained that more needed to be done to stren [...]	2007-11-07 10:49:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CVIS ECON KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT1950	KYRGYZ AND PAKISTANI AMBASSADORS ON RECENT SCO [...] (C) Summary. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) conducted its sixth annual meeting of Prime Ministers in Tashkent on November 2. The Ambassador visited his Pakistani and Kyrgyz counterparts this week to get a readout of the proceedings. Pakistan, which has observer status, is an as [...]	2007-11-08 10:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC PGOV PK KG UZ
07TASHKENT1952	GERMAN LEGAL EXPERT OFFERS JUDICIAL REFORM PROJECT [...] (C) Summary. Poloff met on November 7 with Klaus Schmitz, outgoing legal expert from the German Association for Technical Cooperation (GTZ),which is completing a two year EU-funded rule of law project in Uzbekistan. The project achieved some positive results, especially in providing busines [...]	2007-11-09 07:34:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID UZ

07TASHKENT1975	LARGE-SCALE DEPORTATION OF AFGHAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary. On November 13 poloff met with UNDP Deputy Resident Representative Kyoko Postill to discuss the situation of Afghan refguees remaining in Uzbekistan. Postill said there has been no international uproar over the GOU's October 4 statement at the UNHCR Executive Committee announcing [...]	2007-11-15 01:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV UNDP UNHCR AF UZ
07TASHKENT1988	MINI-DUBLIN GROUP ALARMED BY AFGHAN DRUG PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador and poloff attended a meeting of the Central Asian Mini-Dublin Group on November 13 to discuss regional narcotics trends and donor country projects. UNODC presented "an increasingly alarming trend" in Afghanistan drug production and described "a record harvest" [...]	2007-11-16 10:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM EAID AF UZ
07TASHKENT1989	NATO PURSUING LIMITED REENGAGEMENT WITH UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: NATO Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons reported that his meetings with Foreign Minister Norov and Defense Minister Mirzayev on November 12 were substantive and he had been well-received. Uzbekistan has resumed participation in Euro-Atlantic Pa [...]	2007-11-16 10:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL NATO UZ AF
07TASHKENT199	WARNING - DO NOT RUN FOR PRESIDENT! [...] (C) Summary: Self-declared presidential candidate Jahongir Shosalimov sued in Uzbekistan's Supreme Court alleging that President Karimov is violating the constitution by staying in office beyond his mandated term. The Tashkent police responded by detaining his wife for a seven-hour "discussion [...]	2007-02-05 12:14:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1997	WORLD BANK OFFICIAL ON UZBEKISTAN'S ECONOMIC BOOM, [...] (U) Summary: During Ambassador's meeting with World Bank Regional Director Loup Brefort on November 14, Brefort said Uzbekistan's economic growth stems mainly from rising prices of raw materials, exports of capital goods, and remittances from abroad. This has done little to reduce the 26 perce [...]	2007-11-19 11:01:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SOCI EMIN EPET UZ
07TASHKENT1998	DEPUTY HOKIM OF UZBEKISTAN'S KHOREZM PROVINCE: [...] (U) Summary: On November 5, Poloff met with Usmonboy Jumagaldiyev, the Deputy Hokim (Deputy Governor) for Economic and Public Development Issues in Uzbekistan's Khorezm province. He painted a very rosy picture of economic development and political stability in Khorezm. While some of his clai [...]	2007-11-20 07:53:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV ECON ECIN EAGR PTER SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT2000	PRESIDENTIAL APPARAT WAITING FOR U.S. RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Summary. Visiting AmCit National Democratic Institute (NDI) Senior Program Director for Eurasia was approached on the margins of a civil society conference on November 15 by a member of the GOU Presidential Apparat. The woman asked why the USG has not responded to the recent "signals" put [...]	2007-11-20 10:53:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UZ
07TASHKENT2006	HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH UZBEKISTAN INTENSIFYING [...] (C) Summary. In response to the Ambassador's request for a meeting with President Karimov, First Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov summoned the Ambassador on November 20 to discuss the reasons for such a high-level meeting. The Ambassador emphasized the prospect of an upcoming sanctions vote i [...]	2007-11-21 10:38:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PINS EAID UZ
07TASHKENT2012	NDI SEES POTENTIAL IN TWO PARTIES, BUT NOT BIRLIK [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with the National Democracy Institute (NDI) Senior Program Director for Eurasia and Country Director on November 13. The Country Director is quietly consulting with four opposition parties, two of which have potential for developing into proper political partie [...]	2007-11-23 08:49:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAD UZ
07TASHKENT2023	GOU CONTINUES TO EXPAND CONTROLLED ACCESS TO U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Embassy personnel, and in particular Ambassador Norland, have been afforded expanded, though carefully controlled, access to GOU officials. Over the past several weeks, Ambassador Norland has met twice with President Karimov, and once each with National Security Service Chairman [...]	2007-11-23 13:50:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ECON ECIN EAGR KPAO OEXC PGOV PTER SCUL
07TASHKENT2024	MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS DISCUSSES PRIORITIES, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Internal Affairs Bakhodir Matlyubov on November 22. Matlyubov cited counterterrorism and counternarcotics as key priorities, and repeatedly noted Uzbekistan's cooperation with a variety of other countries on these issues. He was also [...]	2007-11-23 14:12:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PBTS PREL SNAR SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT2060	ODIHR TEAM COMPLETES RUSHED NEEDS ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary: Two officials from OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) conducted a hastily organized needs assessment mission from November 28 - 30 in Uzbekistan, immediately after MFA stopped dragging its feet on issuing visas. The ODIHR team met with each of the [...]	2007-12-03 08:50:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE UZ
07TASHKENT2063	WMD PORTAL DETECTION IN UZBEKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-03 11:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET//NOFORN	MNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ
07TASHKENT2064	GOU INTERNAL SECURITY CAPABILITIES AND PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan's vast internal security apparatus would play a critical role in any GOU efforts to deter or respond to civil disturbances. Security forces have trained to improve interoperability and to overcome potential breakdowns in command and control since 2005. We are not awar [...]	2007-12-03 11:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PBTS MCAP SOCI PHUM ECON UZ
07TASHKENT2066	ICRC CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON RESUMING PRISON [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires met with ICRC Country Director Raffaello Muller and Head of the Regional Delegation in Central Asia Yves Giovannoni on December 3 to inquire about the status of negotiations with the GOU on resuming prison visits. ICRC remains "cautious" but noted that contact [...]	2007-12-03 13:09:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT2072	TERRORISM FINANCE: SYRIA/LEBANON DESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-04 11:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KTFN EFIN PREL PTER UZ
07TASHKENT2081	UPDATE ON WMD PORTAL DETECTION IN UZBEKISTAN REF: A. STATE 163194 B. TASHKENT 2063 Classified By: DTRA Fred Carter and Poloff Steven Prohaska for reasons 1.4 (b, d). [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 11:17:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET//NOFORN	MNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ
07TASHKENT2083	THIRD INMATE DIES IN ANDIJON PRISON [...] (C) Summary: On December 3, BBC News reported that a third inmate at a prison in Andijon had died, which follows reports that two other inmates had died at the same prison earlier in November (reftel). Surat Ikramov, the source of the BBC report, told poloff that the third inmate's family wa [...]	2007-12-05 13:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
07TASHKENT2084	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS [...] (C) Summary: On December 3, the Associated Press reported that Ezgulik human rights activist Karim Bozorboev was sentenced on November 30 for fraud, though it incorrectly reported that he was sentenced to six years imprisonment instead of three. Ezgulik Leader Vasila Inoyatova, the source of [...]	2007-12-05 13:18:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
07TASHKENT2089	GOU'S ELECTION SURVEY SHOWS HUGE KARIMOV LEAD [...] (C) Summary: A document outlining the results of an October 22-27, 2007 public poll--sponsored by Uzbekistan's Center for the Study of Public Opinion--found that 92.7 percent of those planning to vote will vote for President Karimov this December. None of his unwilling opponents received more [...]	2007-12-06 12:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT2090	MFA PLEDGES TO FOLLOW UP ON WMD PORTAL DETECTION [...] (S/NF) Charge met with First Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov on December 6 to discuss the WMD portal detection incident of November 30 in Uzbekistan (reftels B and C). He delivered a diplomatic note and questionnaire requesting additional information about the detection. Nematov explained th [...]	2007-12-06 13:03:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET//NOFORN	MNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ
07TASHKENT2091	NIE ON IRAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Charge December 6 delivered reftel demarche to First Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov, leaving the two non-papers with Embassy's informal Russian translations. Nematov sighed loudly upon hearing that Iran probably would be capable of producing enough HEU for a weapon sometime during the 20 [...]	2007-12-06 13:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP PARM IR UZ
07TASHKENT2101	UZBEKISTAN: DEMARCHE ON ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 13:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA UZ
07TASHKENT2108	KARIMOV CALLS FOR COOPERATION WITH WEST IN [...] (C) Summary: President Karimov's Constitution Day speech, in which he calls for stronger ties with the United States and Europe, may reflect a desire to receive positive election coverage or diversify his foreign policy or both. He appears to have cited Russia--without explicitly naming it--as [...]	2007-12-11 13:11:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UZ US RS
07TASHKENT2109	DISSIDENT'S SON ARRESTED AGAIN IN BUKHARA; [...] (C) On December 4, police in the Karakul district of Bukhara province reportedly arrested Mashrab Jumaev, son of dissident poet and Birlik opposition party member Yusup Jumaev, and charged him with stabbing an individual. Mashrab's brother, Alisher, told poloff on December 10 that the charges [...]	2007-12-11 14:02:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT2112	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) Summary: On December 12, poloff attended a press conference on the election organized by the Human Rights Alliance. Unlike the Alliance's last press conference on the election in October (reftel),the event was only briefly interrupted by a single provocateur. The lack of a serious dist [...]	2007-12-12 13:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT2113	INCONSISTENCIES APPEAR IN ALISHER JUMAEV'S STORY [...] (C) Summary: Upon the conclusion of a press conference on the election (septel),Alisher Jumaev, who recently alleged that a large number of law enforcement officials had raided his family's home in the Karakul district of Bukhara province (reftel),appeared at the Human Rights Alliance and sp [...]	2007-12-12 13:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT2115	OSCE/ODIHR OFFICIAL DISCUSSES PLANS FOR UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Walter Siegl, Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Limited Election Observation Mission, met with foreign diplomats on December 12 to discuss Uzbekistan's upcoming Presidential Elections. The mission is here to evaluate how the elections are conducted and will make recommendations i [...]	2007-12-13 13:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UZ US
07TASHKENT2116	DEMARCHE ON PSI DELIVERED TO UZBEKISTAN [...] On December 10, Poloff delivered reftel non-paper to Ismat Faizullayev, MFA's Chief of Section for U.S. Affairs. Faizullayev indicated on December 13 that he and other GOU officials would study the document. NORLAND [...]	2007-12-13 13:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP KSTC PREL XX UZ
07TASHKENT2121	AUSTRALIAN BUSINESSMAN PRESENTS DUBIOUS IL-76 [...] (C) Summary: An Australian named Frederick Darby in November approached Post with a plan to provide the Australian military with leased IL-76 cargo aircraft assembled in Tashkent. Darby claimed the deal could help sink Russia's plans to bring Tashkent's Chkalov Aircraft Factory (a.k.a TAPOiCh [...]	2007-12-14 13:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PGOV PREL EAIR EIND MCAP NATO EUN
07TASHKENT2122	RUSSIA MAY NOT HELP UZBEKS ON MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) Summary: The World Bank and UNODC, with INL funding support, co-sponsored an anti-money laundering (AML) training session in Tashkent on November 29. A USG official from the Department of Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen) was the main presenter to an engaged audience [...]	2007-12-14 13:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM ECON UZ
07TASHKENT2131	ACTIVISTS ATTEND HUMAN RIGHTS DAY ROUNDTABLE; DO [...] (C) Summary: In commemoration of Human Rights Day on December 10, the Embassy held a roundtable for prominent Uzbek human rights activists at the Embassy and an evening reception with diplomatic, government, and human rights contacts at the Ambassador's residence (septel). Issues discussed a [...]	2007-12-17 11:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT2132	GOU OFFICIALS MINGLE WITH ACTIVISTS AT HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: In commemoration of Human Rights Day on December 10, the Ambassador hosted an evening reception with diplomatic, government, and human rights contacts. The event followed an afternoon roundtable with several prominent Uzbek human rights activists at the Embassy (septel). There w [...]	2007-12-17 12:16:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ KG
07TASHKENT2153	HUMAN RIGHTS PROTEST CONTINUES UNIMPEDED FOR [...] (C) Summary: On December 20 and 21, the Human Rights Alliance held a small public protest in Tashkent without incident, in marked contrast to previous failed attempts this year to hold similar events. Eight activists participated, holding posters calling for the release of political prisoner [...]	2007-12-21 13:36:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT2162	HIGH-LEVEL GOU ATTENDANCE AT BORDER SECURITY [...] (U) Summary: On December 18, representatives of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC),Government of Uzbekistan (GOU),American and British Embassies, and the Asian Development Bank took part in a border project dedication ceremony at Hayraton checkpoint on the Uzbekistan-Afghan [...]	2007-12-26 12:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREL SNAR PTER AF UZ
07TASHKENT2163	UZBEKS AIM TO DEMONSTRATE TANGIBLE PROGRESS ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov on December 21 to review the status of foreign operations legislation in Congress that includes language on Uzbekistan. Nematov appreciated the update and noted that Uzbek Ambassador Kamilov has kept MFA well-informed about pol [...]	2007-12-26 12:58:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
07TASHKENT2171	WMD PORTAL DETECTION UPDATE: LEGAL RESTRICTIONS ON OPENING THE RAIL CAR REF: A. STATE 163194 B. TASHKENT 2063 C. TASHKENT 2081 D. TASHKENT 2090 Classified By: DTRO Chief Fred Carter and Poloff Steven Prohaska for re asons 1.4 (b, d). [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-27 11:42:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET//NOFORN	MNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ
07TASHKENT2176	PROSECUTOR DEMANDED PAYMENT FROM DEPUTY HOKIM, [...] (C) Summary: On December 21, poloff met with Gulnora Muradova, the wife of fugitive journalist Shukhrat Muradov and acting Deputy Hokim of Tashkent's Sergeli district. Muradova admitted that her husband was involved in a kickback scheme at the "Na Postu" newspaper, but argued that he was less [...]	2007-12-27 12:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM PGOV PINR PREF SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT2177	INL EQUIPMENT BOLSTERS CUSTOMS OFFICERS IN BORDER [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs traveled to Termez, a strategic city on the Uzbek-Afghan border, from December 17-19 and presented INL-funded equipment to the Surkhandaryo Province's Customs Chief Shavkat Mukhamadeev. He was grateful for the USG assistance, which was based on a needs assessment visit by [...]	2007-12-27 13:19:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM EAID SNAR AF UZ
07TASHKENT2178	INL EQUIPMENT BOLSTERS CUSTOMS OFFICERS IN BORDER [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs traveled to Termez, a strategic city on the Uzbek-Afghan border, from December 17-19 and presented INL-funded equipment to the Surkhandaryo Province's Customs Chief Shavkat Mukhamadeev. He was grateful for the USG assistance, which was based on a needs assessment visit by [...]	2007-12-27 13:30:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM EAID SNAR AF UZ
07TASHKENT2181	PRISON OFFICIAL DENIES ABUSE OCCURS IN UZBEK [...] (C) Summary: On December 27, poloff met with Norbobo Rakhimov, the Deputy Director of the MVD's Directorate of Prisons (GUIN),who provided poloff with useful information, including the current number of prisons and prisoners in Uzbekistan. Rakhimov reported that the Government has not carri [...]	2007-12-29 06:18:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT2182	ODIHR LIMITED OBSERVER MISSION TO UZBEKISTAN WAS [...] (C) Summary: On December 26 Ambassador and DCM had an outbrief with Ambassador Walter Siegl, who headed the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) limited election observer mission for the Presidential elections in Uzbekistan. Siegl reported that, although the com [...]	2007-12-29 06:19:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE UZ
07TASHKENT2183	GOVERNMENT RELEASES 2007 AND 2006 AMNESTY DETAILS [...] (C) Summary: Independent and state-controlled media reported that President Karimov has approved plans for the implementation of the December 2007 amnesty, according to which approximately 3,500 prisoners who fall within specific categories will be released. On December 27, poloff met with N [...]	2007-12-29 06:19:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT235	RED CROSS STILL WAITING FOR PRISON ACCESS [...] (C) Summary: After over two years of negotiation, the Government of Uzbekistan has still not reached agreement with the International Committee of the Red Cross to resume monitoring of prisons and other detention facilities. Red Cross officials state that while some elements of the government [...]	2007-02-12 12:09:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ICRC UZ
07TASHKENT237	SHINY RED GAS STATIONS -- ZEROMAX MAXES OUT THE \ [...] (C) Summary: Zeromax, a Swiss-registered company linked \ to President Karimov's daughter, Gulnora Karimova, has made a \ strong mark in the gasoline service sector through its \ opening of over ten modern, full-service stations under the \ name UzGazOil. UzGazOil appears to have a monopoly on \ [...]	2007-02-13 06:01:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT265	COSCOM SUSPENSION ENDS, BUT PROBLEMS REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: Majority U.S.-owned cellular provider COSCOM returned to service at the end of a 10-day suspension. However, the company has only limited service, as crucial connections to the national cellular network remain severed. Important disputes with the state telecom agency remain unreso [...]	2007-02-16 06:31:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECPS RU UZ
07TASHKENT276	DOWN AND OUT IN THE FERGHANA VALLEY [...] (C) Summary: On a recent visit to all three Uzbek provinces of the Ferghana Valley, Poloff visited bazaars, schools, and hospitals, meeting a wide range of market traders and local government officials. Men were conspicuously absent from the bazaars, with most working abroad or fearing arres [...]	2007-02-16 12:28:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI ECON ELAB KCOR KCRM PGOV PHUM EAID UZ
07TASHKENT277	DOWN AND OUT IN THE FERGHANA VALLEY [...] (C) Summary: On a recent visit to all three Uzbek provinces of the Ferghana Valley, Poloff visited bazaars, schools, and hospitals, meeting a wide range of market traders and local government officials. Men were conspicuously absent from the bazaars, with most working abroad or fearing arres [...]	2007-02-17 03:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI ECON ELAB KCOR KCRM PGOV PHUM EAID UZ
07TASHKENT278	COSCOM SUSPENSION ENDS, BUT PROBLEMS REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: Majority U.S.-owned cellular provider COSCOM returned to service at the end of a 10-day suspension. However, the company has only limited service, as crucial connections to the national cellular network remain severed. Important disputes with the state telecom agency remain unreso [...]	2007-02-17 03:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECPS RU UZ
07TASHKENT296	UMIDA NIYAZOVA AND UZBEKISTAN'S WAR ON HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: The Uzbek government's noose is slowly tightening around Human Rights Watch. Authorities arrested the organization's local translator, Umida Niyazova, on charges of illegal border crossing and smuggling, and have reportedly questioned her about the human rights activities of the [...]	2007-02-21 12:02:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT328	SURVIVING AGAINST ALL ODDS [...] (C) Summary. Despite the GOU's closure of the U.S. NGO Counterpart International in June 2006, the organization's Community and Humanitarian Assistance Program (CHAP) has been able to continue operations, thanks in large part to its local representative's re-registering as a private entreprene [...]	2007-02-27 10:36:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM SOCI UZ USAID
07TASHKENT329	UZBEKISTAN AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. efforts are playing an important role in raising the profile of Avian Influenza (AI) in Uzbekistan, and improving the government's capabilities to detect and react to a possible AI outbreak. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is conducting numerous programs that ha [...]	2007-02-28 02:53:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD EAGR EAID TBIO UZ
07TASHKENT330	UZBEKISTAN AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. efforts are playing an important role in raising the profile of Avian Influenza (AI) in Uzbekistan, and improving the government's capabilities to detect and react to a possible AI outbreak. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is conducting numerous programs that ha [...]	2007-02-28 02:54:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD EAGR EAID TBIO UZ
07TASHKENT394	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: NO [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-12 09:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL UZ
07TASHKENT395	NO GOU REACTION TO DEMARCHES ON UNSCR 1737 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-12 09:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP AORC ETRD TRGY IR UZ
07TASHKENT428	COUNTING PENCILS AT TASHKENT'S INTERCONTINENTAL [...] (C) Tashkent's Intercontinental Hotel is experiencing very low occupancy rates as the result of fewer foreign visitors, a situation that has caused cash flow and other problems for the hotel. The hotel is restructuring its rates to attract additional business travelers and mid-level government [...]	2007-03-15 10:49:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON UZ
07TASHKENT439	MERCY CORPS TO CLOSE IN UZBEKISTAN; JDA LOSES TAX [...] (SBU) On March 3, Mercy Corps International informed USAID that it intended to close down its operations in Uzbekistan. Mercy Corps made the decision in light of the government's ongoing tax case against the organization (reftels). The tax case, combined with the government's failure to adopt [...]	2007-03-16 11:28:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID UZ
07TASHKENT442	KAFKAESQUE CHALLENGE TO LEGALLY WORKING ABROAD [...] (C) Summary: The Head of the Ministry of Labor's Agency for Foreign Labor Migration Affairs, Gafurjon Usmanov, told Poloff he would like to establish guest worker contracts for Uzbeks in the United States. In order to work legally abroad, all Uzbeks must obtain prior Agency authorization thro [...]	2007-03-19 04:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV SMIG SOCI ECON CVIS UZ
07TASHKENT482	UZBEKISTAN'S CAUTIOUS RESPONSE TO ZIMBABWE EVENTS [...] (C) On March 26, Poloff delivered ref A demarche to Ismat Fayzullayev, Director for U.S. Affairs at the Foreign Ministry's Americas Department. Fayzullayev assured Poloff that he would relay the information to the appropriate officials. He stated that Uzbekistan is a "small country" with few [...]	2007-03-26 12:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ZI UZ
07TASHKENT496	DEUTSCHE WELLE STRINGER BUSHUYEVA UNDER CRIMINAL [...] (C) Summary: Prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation against Deutsche Welle stringer Natalya Bushuyeva for alleged tax evasion and working without a license. She has been subject to harassment since 2005 for her reporting on human rights issues. The criminal investigation against Bu [...]	2007-03-28 09:34:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
07TASHKENT500	EGYPTIAN EXPORTERS PUSH UZBEKS; KARIMOV TO CAIRO [...] (C) Summary: To keep up with the Central Asian Jones', President Karimov is scheduled to visit Cairo in April. On February 19, an Egyptian trade delegation held its annual meeting with Uzbek counterparts. To the Egyptians' disappointment, the Uzbeks have yet to reduce import barriers for Egy [...]	2007-03-28 09:54:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL GPGOV EG UZ
07TASHKENT502	UZBEKISTAN SAYS IT WILL FULLY IMPLEMENT UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 10:42:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM EFIN MNUC AORC TRGY KNNP IAEA UNSC IR UZ
07TASHKENT503	TERRORIST FINANCE: INITIAL GOU RESPONSE TO USG [...] (C) Poloff conveyed reftel information on USG concern over the increasing use of cash couriers to finance criminal organizations and terrorist groups to MFA U.S. Division Chief Ismat Fayzullaev on March 28. Fayzullaev said that the Government of Uzbekistan was concerned about the movement of [...]	2007-03-28 10:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER UZ
07TASHKENT514	UZBEKS REPORTEDLY ORDERS STCU PROJECTS COMPLETED [...] (C) Summary and comment: The government is preventing new Science and Technology Center of Ukraine (STCU) projects by refusing to provide host government concurrence to new proposals and denying registration to projects previously approved by the Center's Governing Board. The Academy of Scien [...]	2007-03-30 08:40:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP UZ
07TASHKENT532	GOU SAYS IRANIAN DIO UNLIKELY DOING BUSINESS IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-03 10:46:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KNNP IR UZ
07TASHKENT544	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT545	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT546	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT547	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT548	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT549	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT550	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT551	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT552	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT553	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT554	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT555	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT556	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT557	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT558	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT559	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT560	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT561	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT562	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT563	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT564	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT565	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT566	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT567	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT568	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT569	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT570	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:08:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT571	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:08:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT572	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:08:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT573	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:08:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT574	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:08:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT575	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:08:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT576	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:08:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT577	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:08:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT578	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:08:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ

07TASHKENT579	ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]	2007-04-04 11:08:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM UZ

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