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06BAMAKO401	LEGISLATIVE BY-ELECTIONS LEAVE OPPOSITION PARTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday, March 26, Mali celebrated a "Day of Democracy" to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 1991 uprising that overthrew former dictator Moussa Traore. In Mopti and Bamako's fifth district, Democracy Day coincided with legislative by-elections to fill two vacat Nation [...]	2006-04-04 19:25:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ECON ML

06BANGKOK1119	THAILAND'S FORWARD ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The fiftieth anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Thailand and Iran in 2005 showcased a growing mutual engagement between the countries. The previous year saw several high-level exchanges, particularly visits to Iran by Thailand,s Energy Minister, Foreig [...]	2006-02-24 08:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EINV ETRD TH IR
06BANGKOK2617	THAILAND: NEW PRICING POLICY REINTRODUCES DIESEL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 26, after weeks of popular outcry over high fuel prices, Thailand's Ministry of Energy announced several fuel pricing measures that had the effect of reducing the pump price of diesel. Rather than introducing a direct subsidy, the government reduced contributions from [...]	2006-05-04 04:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELTN EPET TH
06BANGKOK3743	THAI-TAIWANESE ON CHINA AND CHINA'S NEW PARADIGM [...] (C) Summary. Thai-Taiwanese business representatives in Bangkok are very cognizant of the growing PRC presence in Thailand yet do not believe their business interests are threatened in the foreseeable term. Taiwan remains the third largest source of Foreign Direct Investment in Thailand, af [...]	2006-06-23 08:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ASEAN TH XE
06BANGKOK4343	PRICE CONTROLS IN THAILAND [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-20 03:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV TH
06BANGKOK6363	THAILAND PURSUES CASE AGAINST SINGAPORE INVESTOR [...] (C) Summary. The RTG is expected to announce soon a reinterpretation of the rules governing the Foreign Business Act cap on foreign shareholding in Thai service sector companies and what it will do about Temasek's USD $1.9 billion purchase of Shin Corp in particular. Its decision will have a [...]	2006-10-18 08:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL TH
06BANGKOK7501	THE NEW PUSH FOR THAI POLICE REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Plans to reform Thailand's notoriously venal and abusive police may be gaining steam, in part due to strong interest from the Prime Minister's office. While many people agree on the need for change--and the legislature is already drawing up plans--the exact prescription for refor [...]	2006-12-20 08:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR KHUM KDEM ASEC TH
06BANJUL744	THE GAMBIA: CEMENTING TIES WITH IRAN [...] (C) On December 5, President Yahya Jammeh returned from a brief official visit to Tehran, where he had meetings with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other high-level members of the GOI as well as with religious leaders. The visit, Jammeh's first trip since the March 21 aborted coup attempt [...]	2006-12-11 12:05:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IR GA
06BASRAH34	SNAPSHOT OF MUTHANNA: POOR, PEACEFUL, AND TRADITIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Located in the far southeast of Iraq, the province of Muthanna is the second largest in Iraq in terms of size, but the poorest and least populated of all of Iraq's provinces. A fairly quiet region with few security concerns, Muthanna's residents call it the "peaceful province." [...]	2006-03-14 14:11:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ECON EAID ELAB KDEM KISL
06BASRAH5	THE CHRISTIANS IN BASRAH - SHOULD WE STAY OR SHOULD WE GO? [...] (C) Summary: Christians are a small minority in Iraq, about 2 percent of Iraq's 26 million, and are sometimes lost in the larger Iraqi sectarian schisms. Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) met separately with the leaders and members of the three largest Christian groups in Basrah; the Chaldean C [...]	2006-01-22 08:21:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM IZ
06BASRAH55	MILITIAS IN BASRAH -- DIRTY POLITICS PERSONIFIED [...] (C) Summary: Most of the militias in Basrah are controlled by political parties or, in some instances, are now political parties in their own right. The insidious nature of militias acting as political parties - or vice versa - makes politics in Basrah particularly perverse. The Fadillah pa [...]	2006-04-15 06:17:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM IZ
06BEIJING11755	PRC PREMIER TO VISIT 7 AFRICAN NATIONS [...] MFA Assistant Minister He Yafei previewed Premier Wen Jiabao's June 17-24 tour of Egypt, Ghana, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda to reporters. Besides meeting the leaders of each nation, Premier Wen will meet Chinese medical workers, tour an HIV/AIDS preve [...]	2006-06-09 12:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING12549	CHINA: IS INDUSTRIAL OVERCAPACITY OVERWHELMING, OR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS IDENTIFIED SEVERAL INDUSTRIAL SECTORS AS SUFFERING FROM OVERCAPACITY. THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT RECENTLY ISSUED REGULATIONS INTENDED TO ADDRESS THIS SITUATION OUT OF FEAR THAT THE OVERCAPACITY PROBLEM COULD IMPACT MACROECONOMIC STABILITY. THE REGULATIONS [...]	2006-06-16 05:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ENRG ELAB SENV WTRO CH
06BEIJING17937	CENTRAL-PROVINCIAL FRICTION OVER EFFORTS TO CURB [...] (C) Beijing has recently become more forceful in its efforts to control investment at the provincial level and went so far as to publicly reprimand officials in Inner Mongolia for pursuing unauthorized power projects. The Central Government separately announced in early August that it would d [...]	2006-08-25 08:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ENRG ELAB EINV PGOV CH
06BEIJING18534	CHINA LABOR ISSUES OVERVIEW [...] (U) This message provides background to assist with the planning of Labor Secretary Chao's September 13 meetings with Chinese Minister of Labor and Social Security Tian Chengping. The cable includes a section on current political and economic context (paras 4- 19),a review of developments [...]	2006-09-01 08:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PREL CH
06BEIJING18541	GOVERNANCE ISSUES MEET FEVERISH INVESTMENT [...] (C) THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS WELL AWARE THAT EXCESSIVE INVESTMENT AND CREDIT GROWTH POSE A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO THE ECONOMY, BUT OUR CONTACTS SUGGEST THAT FOUR GOVERNANCE ISSUES STAND IN THE WAY OF A BOLD RESPONSE. FIRST, PREMIER WEN JIABAO'S EMPHASIS ON FORGING INTERNAL CONSENSUS, EVEN AMONG [...]	2006-09-01 10:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV CH
06BEIJING20796	REASONS BEHIND THE LIMITED RESPONSE TO FEVERISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several contacts have pointed out reasons they believe that China will not or should not pursue bold action in the near term to deal with high rates of investment and credit growth. A private sector economist emphasized Premier Wen Jiabao's desire for officials -- including regul [...]	2006-09-28 02:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV CH
06BEIJING22239	LOWER THIRD QUARTER GROWTH BUT MORE TIGHTENING [...] (SBU) China's year-on-year GDP growth rate, as measured on a quarterly basis, fell from 11.3 percent in the second quarter to 10.4 percent in the third quarter, a result in line with numerous private sector forecasts. The decline comes in the wake of numerous cooling measures undertaken by th [...]	2006-10-19 10:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CH
06BEIJING22370	PRC/AFRICA: AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE HEADING TO [...] (C) More than forty African Heads of State or Government are expected to travel to China for the Beijing Summit of the triennial Forum for China-Africa Cooperation ("The Beijing Summit")(Reftels A and B),November 3-5. Egypt President Mubarak, Nigerian President Obasanjo, South African Preside [...]	2006-10-23 10:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING24348	(C) PRC/AFRICA: ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA AT THE [...] (C) President Hu Jintao met with both Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki during the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A),according to MFA contacts, who added that the two African leaders did not meet each other while [...]	2006-12-06 10:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING8109	China Raises Interest Rates to Rein in Overheated [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) announced an increase in loan interest rates, with rates on the benchmark one-year lending rate rising by 27 basis points to 5.85 percent. Local observers interpret this move as a response to fears that the economy is overheating [...]	2006-04-28 09:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV CH
06BEIRUT2072	MGLE01: SOME SHIA LOOK FOR A WAY TO ESCAPE CLIENT [...] (C/NF) In a June 21 meeting with econoff and FSN political specialist, independent Shia intellectual Mohammad Obeid said he is trying to reform Nabih Berri's Amal movement from the inside. He wants to take advantage of growing discontent over Speaker Berri's perceived sell-out of the moveme [...]	2006-06-21 15:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN IR KISL LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT3177	LEBANON: DRUZE ELECTION STRENGTHENS JUMBLATT BUT [...] (SBU/NF) The first-ever election for the Druze Doctrinal Council was conducted on September 24. The election produced an important victory for Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, both in cementing his control over the Council and in putting his followers in charge of the $800 million Druze Endowme [...]	2006-10-02 15:50:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM LE PGOV PREL
06BEIRUT953	MGLE01: IFES DELEGATION ON LEBANON'S ELECTORAL LAW [...] (C) A team of IFES experts visiting Beirut told us that the national commission charged with reforming the electoral law appears to have come up with a progressive, reform-oriented draft. They said that the recent impasse over districting should not distract Lebanese from the fact that "80 p [...]	2006-03-24 16:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI SOCI LE
06BELGRADE395	REACTIONS, PLANS AFTER MILOSEVIC'S DEATH [...] (c) The Belgrade body politic is just in the initial throes of reacting to Milosevic,s death. Current debate swirls around his funeral arrangements and increasing speculation that the former dictator was at best medically neglected, at worst actively poisoned during his incarceration in The [...]	2006-03-13 12:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR ICTY
06BELGRADE632	TOUGH MESSAGE ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE AND BELGRADE [...] (c) Summary: In meetings with U.S. Special Envoy Frank Wisner in Belgrade on April 17, PM Kostunica, President Tadic, and FM Draskovic reiterated strong GoS opposition to an independence outcome in Kosovo status talks, but sought to reassure that Belgrade was not seeking a "permanent carve-o [...]	2006-04-25 15:46:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SR
06BELGRADE825	MONTENEGRIN REFERENDUM: INDEPENDENCE, ACCORDING TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Republic Referendum Commission announced at 8:30 a.m. Monday May 23, the official preliminary results in the May 21 independence referendum: 55.5 percent for independence. While official, these results are "preliminary," pending possible complaints that could be lodged by t [...]	2006-05-23 15:13:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MW SR
06BERLIN2766	GERMAN MUSLIMS RESPOND CALMLY TO POPE'S REMARKS [...] (U) Summary and Comment. Muslim organizations in Germany reacted calmly, but critically, to the Pope's September 12 remarks in Regensburg. There have been no demonstrations to our knowledge and no violent incidents. Muslim organizations have also accepted the Pope's subsequent apology and ou [...]	2006-09-19 14:11:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI KISL GM
06BERLIN3529	ENGAGING MUSLIMS IN GERMANY ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY [...] Summary. Mission Germany has expanded its Muslim engagement efforts to include a series of roundtable discussions on U.S. foreign policy with prominent members of Germany's Muslim communities. Despite skepticism and suspicion from some interlocutors, most are keen to express their political [...]	2006-12-18 16:40:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	GM KISL PTER
06BOGOTA10235	BIOFUELS IN COLOMBIA [...] Summary: To conserve domestic petroleum resources and provide a boost to Colombia's sugar sector, Colombian law mandates that 10/90 ethanol be made available for purchase in Colombia's five largest cities by the end of 2006, and throughout the country by 2012. Colombia's sugar industry produc [...]	2006-11-02 22:28:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PREL ECON PGOV CO
06BOGOTA11321	SAN JOSE DE APARTADO RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO RETURN [...] GOC officials representing social development (Accion Social) and human rights (Human Rights Ombudsman) accompanied Armed Forces Commander General Freddy Padilla de Leon to San Jose de Apartado (SJA) on December 16 to hold a community festival aimed at cementing improved GOC relations with loca [...]	2006-12-19 16:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
06BOGOTA2554	FARC DEMOBILIZATION OF 70: LANDMARK EVENT OR [...] On March 7 the GOC announced the demobilization of 70 FARC guerillas and an airplane. As the largest FARC defection in Colombia,s 40-year conflict, symbolically occurring in the insurgency's birthplace, the event was initially hailed as historic. However, within days questions emerged which rem [...]	2006-03-22 19:48:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV MOPS MARR CO
06BOGOTA3049	DRUMMOND HAS MAJORITY STAKE IN NEW RAIL CONCESSION [...] (U) Summary. The U.S. based Drummond Co. recently purchased a controlling share of a new rail concession linking Colombia's coal belt in Cesar with the northern coast ports of Cienaga and Santa Marta, resolving one of Colombia's most serious trade irritants. Drummond and other coal companie [...]	2006-04-06 13:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EMIN CO
06BOGOTA7616	NEW COLMIL COMMANDER MAKES RIGHT SOUNDS IN CHANGE [...] (U) On August 16, in front of the President, the Minister of Defense, and the military high command, General Freddy Padilla's speech on taking command as CHOD of the Armed Forces General started his tenure off right. He stressed the importance of respecting human rights and in achieving a "cl [...]	2006-08-22 14:08:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV CO
06BRASILIA1119	UPDATE ON GPS IN BRAZIL [...] Summary: Mission Brazil is facilitating the participation of NOAA's Jason Kim, Senior Policy Analyst in NOAA's Office of Space Commercialization, as a speaker in the GEOBrasil Summit scheduled for July 18-20 in Sao Paulo, and is supporting the GIWG (GPS International Working Group) in gathering [...]	2006-06-06 18:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA TSPL ECPS KSCA BR
06BRASILIA1366	BRAZIL: SUBMISSION FOR INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Per instructions in reftel, US Embassy Brasilia is aware of two (2) claims of US persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Brazil (GOB). Claim 1 ------- a. Claimants A and B b. 1999 c. Claimants A and B, along with a Brazilian partner, through a joint [...]	2006-07-06 18:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE ENRG CASC ECON OPIC PGOV BR
06BRASILIA1618	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 79 [...] The following is the seventy-ninth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]	2006-08-09 17:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA478	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL GRASSLEY [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned March 19-26 visit to Manaus, Santarem, Brasilia, Maringa, and Sao Paulo. I will, unfortunately, be out of the country at that time, but the Acting Deputy Chief of Mission will greet you in Manaus on Sunday evening, March 19 [...]	2006-03-10 20:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV ECON BR
06BRASILIA661	MERCOSUR TURNS 15 - A SOMBER QUINCEANERA [...] (SBU) Summary. The fifteenth anniversary of the Treaty of Asuncion, which created Mercosul, took place on March 26, but was barely noticed in Brazil. Instead of an elaborate birthday celebration, the only events marking the date here were scattered ) and poorly publicized ) retrospective sem [...]	2006-04-05 13:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECIN PGOV PREL BR
06BRASILIA678	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL SPECTER [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your April 12-15, 2006 visit to Brasilia (DF) and Manaus (AM),Brazil. We look forward to your trip and are arranging meetings and events for you in Brasilia and Manaus. As the Charge d'Affaires, I will meet your party upon arrival and [...]	2006-04-07 18:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AFIN AMGT ASEC PGOV ECON KSCA SENV OTRA DR CO
06BRASILIA875	BRAZIL - SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) Brazil has a close relationship with Cuba and the GoB does not publicly criticize the Castro regime's human rights policies. President Lula implied criticism of the state of democracy in Cuba during an April 2005 interview in which he told the press that "Brazil can help build a democratic [...]	2006-05-05 13:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ECON ETRD BR CU
06BRATISLAVA140	SCENESETTER FOR IO A/S SILVERBERG VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Welcome to Slovakia. The Embassy -- and moreover, the Slovaks -- are pleased to welcome you and IO/UNP DepDir Ed Brown to Bratislava March 3-7. Your visit will help us institutionalize the already strong cooperation we enjoy with Slovakia within the UN Security Council (UNSC),as well [...]	2006-02-21 16:24:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UN UNSC LO
06BRATISLAVA166	THEMES FOR SLOVAK PM MIKULAS DZURINDA'S MARCH 13 [...] (C) Madame Secretary, when the President welcomes Slovak Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda to the White House on March 13, he will be welcoming a true friend of the United States. Dzurinda has intentionally and very vocally worked to advance U.S. interests in Central and Eastern Europe and beyo [...]	2006-03-02 17:53:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR SOCI LO
06BRATISLAVA486	FREE FORUM: HERE TODAY, BUT WHAT ABOUT TOMORROW? [...] (C) Summary: One key unknown of the June 17 elections is whether Zuzana Martinakova's Free Forum (SF) will obtain the necessary five percent of votes to enter parliament. The "one-woman party" has attracted socially liberal voters looking to fill the void left by ANO. Martinakova's message o [...]	2006-06-16 09:08:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON LO
06BRATISLAVA494	SMER AND SDKU COMPETE TO FORM NEW RULING COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the June 17 elections (reftel),Smer chairman Robert Fico was emboldened to begin thinking strategically about the government he would form with the political capital his party earned at the polls. However, Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda -- himself encouraged by [...]	2006-06-19 16:31:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI LO
06BRATISLAVA532	SMER-SNS-HZDS: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? [...] (C) Summary: The "worst case scenario" government of Smer-SNS-HZDS is now a certainty. We can expect many more challenges in advocating U.S. policy goals under a Fico-led government than during Mikulas Dzurinda's tenure, particularly on controversial issues such as the war in Iraq or support [...]	2006-06-29 18:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KPAO EAID LO
06BRATISLAVA952	SLOVAK LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS: LOCAL POLITICS ARE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Slovakia's nationwide December 2 municipal elections demonstrated that Slovaks care about local politics and that the national-level political scene does not strongly influence the selection of local leaders. Most - but not all - major political parties were satisfied with the [...]	2006-12-08 15:43:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI LO
06BRIDGETOWN1095	PETROCARIBE UPDATE #22 - VENEZUELA HALTS FUEL [...] (C) Summary: In early June, Venezuela abruptly cut off the supply of Orimulsion fuel oil to the Arawak Cement Plant in Barbados with a year left in the contract, rerouting future shipments to China. According to an Arawak executive, Venezuela is the only supplier of Orimulsion, and the plant [...]	2006-06-23 21:16:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EIND PREL ETRD BB XL VE CH
06BRIDGETOWN1139	CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO BARBADOS WELCOMES U.S.-PRC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two separate conversations with Ambassador and DCM, Chinese Ambassador to Barbados Liu Huanxing discussed WHA A/S Shannon,s trip to Beijing, possible U.S.-PRC consultations on hemispheric cooperation, the recent visit of Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi to the Easter [...]	2006-07-05 14:06:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR EAID EINV ETRD BB CH XL
06BRIDGETOWN1941	PETROCARIBE 28: SANTA IS FROM CARACAS [...] (C) Christmas came early for Barbados this year. From October 23-27, a high-level Venezuelan delegation dashed into Bridgetown to publicly rejuvenate Venezuela's relationship with Barbados, bearing gifts and agreements on tourism, satellites and cement, among others. The timing of this frien [...]	2006-11-03 13:46:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV PREL PGOV XL VE
06BRIDGETOWN304	2005 OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT (OCSR) FOR [...] CHIEF OF MISSION (COM) responsibility extends to seven (7) independent nations of the Eastern Caribbean including: -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Barbados -- Dominica -- Grenada -- St. Kitts and Nevis -- St. Lucia -- St. Vincent and the Grenadines CONSUL GENERAL (CG),Bridgetown provides c [...]	2006-02-17 12:52:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC KCRM KSAC BB GJ XL
06BRIDGETOWN76	THE WINDIES - SPOT REPORTS FROM THE EASTERN [...] (U) During a recent visit to the region, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Managing Director Agustin Carstens expressed concern that Caribbean nations would take on more debt through the concessionary financing scheme offered by Venezuela's PetroCaribe oil initiative. Carstens spoke hi [...]	2006-01-12 13:54:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CPAS EAID EFIN TW XL
06BUCHAREST1235	ROMANIA'S ROMA AT EUROPE'S DOOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Persistent poverty among Romania's ethnic Roma population, numbering at roughly two million by some estimates, remains one of Romania's most prominent social problems, which will impact other parts of Europe more directly after Romania enters the EU in 2007. Highly transient, g [...]	2006-08-04 14:18:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI RO
06BUCHAREST1274	PRESIDENT BASESCU,S TRAVEL TO BAGHDAD AND KABUL: [...] (C) Summary. President Traian Basescu,s August 9-10 trip to Baghdad and Kabul reaffirmed Romania,s strong military commitment and potential economic links with both countries. In Iraq, Basescu,s meetings with the President, PM, and cabinet members aimed to reestablish historic economic ties b [...]	2006-08-15 11:56:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV AF RO
06BUDAPEST2161	LOST IN TRANSLATION: PM GYURCSANY'S MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Gyurcsany met with the members of the U.S. delegation to the 50th anniversary commemorative events October 22. The delegation and Ambassador Foley underscored the USG's support for democratic reform and our confidence in Hungary's future per the Secretary's recent conver [...]	2006-10-25 14:58:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HU
06BUDAPEST629	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: SNAPSHOTS FROM WESTERN [...] (SBU) Contacts in Gyor, Sopron, Szombathely, Csorna, and Kormend predicted to Embassy representatives in March 21-24 meetings that opposition party FIDESZ would continue to dominate western Hungary in the April general elections. A majority of interlocutors believed that FIDESZ would again w [...]	2006-03-28 16:47:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI HU
06BUDAPEST825	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: ROUND TWO SCENESETTER [...] (U) On Sunday, April 23, Hungary will conduct round two of its 2006 national elections. This cable reviews the electoral math and the U.S. interests involved. Following a strong performance in round one, the governing coalition parties MSZP and SZDSZ appear poised to carry the day, although [...]	2006-04-21 12:44:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV HU
06BUENOSAIRES1038	MEDIA REACTION US-URUGUAYAN FTA THE PRE- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers lead with the meeting held between US President George W. Bush and Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez; Argentine and Brazilian presidents' promise to respect "potentially explosive" Bolivia's nationalization of its natural gas sector; the Argentine ann [...]	2006-05-08 19:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1516	INTERVIEW WITH US AMBASSADOR LINO GUTIERREZ; VENEZUELA'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major papers cover extensively the Fourth of July reception held in the Ambassador's residence in Buenos Aires. Liberal, English-language "Buenos Aires Herald" carries an interview with US Ambassador Lino Gutierrez who underscores that "US-Argentina ties are stronger regard [...]	2006-07-07 12:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES164	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso appreciated 0.3 percent versus the USD during the week to close at 3.05 ARP/USD, one cent below last Friday's close. This week's appreciation is mainly attributed to higher dollar sales by exporters, accompanied by the Central Bank's constant intervention in the FX market to prevent [...]	2006-01-20 22:03:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES2842	SADDAM HUSSEIN; CUBA AND CHINA; ISRAEL; MERKEL; CRIMES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the upcoming execution of Saddam Hussein; Cuba looking to the 'Chinese model;' the US Department of State criticizing Israel's plans to establish a new settlement in the West Bank; a new declassification of USG documents; Angela Merke [...]	2006-12-29 16:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES902	ARGENTINA: LEADING KIRCHNER STRATEGIST ON POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM and POLOFF (notetaker) met April 18 with Juan Carlos Mazzon, President Nestor Kirchner's primary political campaign strategist. The DCM noted the overall positive nature of the bilateral relationship and took the opportunity to highlight our concerns on Venezuela. Mazzon s [...]	2006-04-21 18:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06CAIRO35	THE EGYPTIAN ECONOMY IN 2006 - CAN EGYPT SUSTAIN [...] (C) As noted in reftel, the Mubarak regime has clearly recognized the need for wholesale economic reform to avert a serious deterioration in employment prospects and living standards for Egypt's burgeoning population and to keep Egypt afloat in the global economy. Gamal Mubarak's Policy Secr [...]	2006-01-03 09:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PREL EG
06CAIRO5779	EGYPT: QUARTERLY ECONOMIC REPORT [...] In this edition: The Central Bank intervenes to raise interest rates, parliament decreases stamp taxes and considers a single Treasury account, while the GOE increases cooperation with China. Industry organizations sign a cooperative agreement with major banks to finance new factories. Egypt [...]	2006-09-14 10:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
06CAIRO6016	NO SURPRISES AT NDP PARTY CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling National Democratic Party's annual party conference, convened under the banner "New Thinking ... and the Second Leap Towards the Future," closed on September 21, following three days of animated speeches, discussion panels, plenary sessions, and discourse on policy paper [...]	2006-09-25 12:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
06CAIRO6636	EGYPT: INFLATION ON THE RISE [...] (U) Inflation began creeping back into Egypt's economy in late spring, as food prices rose in response to an outbreak of bird flu. Prices rose further in late July, when the GOE reduced its massive energy subsidy. Higher fuel costs affected prices across the board, leading the GOE to intervene [...]	2006-11-01 14:17:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EG
06CAIRO7071	MILITARY LIAISON DISCUSSES WEAKNESSES IN EGYPTIAN [...] (C) Summary: Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) Liaison Chief MG Nagy (protect) gave poloff an uncharacteristically candid assessment of the shortcomings in Egypt's counter-smuggling efforts in the Sinai during a December 4 meeting. Suggesting that the GOE could do more to combat s [...]	2006-12-06 12:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO7133	OCTOBER - NOVEMBER ECONOMIC REPORT [...] IN THIS EDITION: MACROECONOMIC: 2. INFLATION: Highest rate in two years 3. MONETARY POLICY: Interest rate increase 4. FDI: $7.5-8b by year-end? 5. FDI: One-stop Shops 6. CAPITAL MARKETS: Enhanced regulatory regime 7. UNEMPLOYMENT: Survey shows unemployment down 8. MO [...]	2006-12-13 14:39:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
06CAIRO7256	EGYPT LABOR STRIKES FORCE GOE CONCESSIONS [...] (SBU) Seeming to catch the GOE off-guard, a major strike crippled one of Egypt's largest textile companies this month, successfully extracted financial concessions from the company and GOE, and encouraged spillover strikes. While the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) was happy to jump on the workers' b [...]	2006-12-28 13:40:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV EG
06CAIRO83	PALESTINIANS BREAK THROUGH BORDER WITH EGYPT: TWO [...] (C) Summary: GOE contacts from the Foreign Ministry and Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) confirmed that on the evening of January 4, a group of Palestinians allegedly from the Al Aksa Martyrs Brigade broke through the security wall between Egypt and Gaza allowing nearly 1,000 Pales [...]	2006-01-05 12:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PTER EG
06CALCUTTA306	NORTHEAST INDIAN STATE MEGHALAYA STRUGGLES WITH SOCIAL AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: July 7-8, 2006 ConGen visited the Northeast state of Meghalaya to meet senior government officials and to attend a regional conference on trafficking in persons in the capital, Shillong. Meghalaya's persistent insurgency problem appears to have moderated, with the two dominant [...]	2006-07-18 09:28:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON KWMN EMIN ASEC IN BG
06CALCUTTA495	INDIA'S COMMUNISTS LOBBY FOR CHINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In anticipation of Chinese President Hu Jintao's November 20-24 visit to India, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) has been pressuring the GOI to conduct a more conciliatory foreign policy towards China. In its September Central Committee meeting, the CPM criticized the r [...]	2006-11-01 12:35:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON CH ETRD ENRG PBTS IN PGOV PREL
06CARACAS1209	CHAVEZ' "BOLIVARIAN" BUSINESS MODELS: THE TRIUMPH [...] (SBU) As part of his "XXI-Century Socialism" project, President Chavez has chosen to reward business models that conform to his political vision via financial incentives and preferential treatment. The BRV has supported the creation of thousands of cooperatives, which have largely failed to [...]	2006-05-05 19:38:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON VE
06CARACAS1469	HOW CHAVEZ MANAGES PROBLEMS [...] (C) SEPTEL addresses the divisions within President Hugo Chavez' administration and the dissent among his support base. This cable shows that Chavez has sought with some success to deflect his administration's failures by blaming the USG, chastising his own subordinates, and holding rallies [...]	2006-05-22 20:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS1709	UPDATE ON PETROAMERICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Petroamerica, the Chavez administration's initiative for Latin American and Caribbean energy integration, is composed of three parts: Petrocaribe (Caribbean),Petroandina (Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru),and Petrosur (Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay). In addition, the BRV h [...]	2006-06-12 15:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV VE
06CARACAS1789	CHAVEZ AND THE RHETORIC OF HATE [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez has successfully filled the Venezuelan political lexicon with hate-inspiring concepts to create and enlarge fissures within Venezuelan society and cement his domestic support. Unfortunately, it is already changing the way average Venezuelans think and act. Since tak [...]	2006-06-19 17:24:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL VE
06CARACAS2406	CHAVEZ ROMANCES THE CARIBBEAN TO GAIN UNSC VOTE [...] (C) Summary. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,s (BRV) bid for a seat on the UN Security Council will depend partially on the support of the fifteen CARICOM countries (almost half of the 33 Latin American votes). A CARICOM consensus in favor of support for Venezuela, while assumed by Pres [...]	2006-08-14 21:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS2535	THE FENCE CONTINUES TIGHTENING AROUND THE PRIVATE [...] (SBU) Two pieces of draconian draft legislation currently in the National Assembly - the Anti-Monopoly and Public Services Draft Laws - manifest the BRV's intention to further restrict and control the private sector. The draft Anti-Monopoly Law proposes replacing the existing anti-trust regu [...]	2006-08-24 21:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV VE
06CARACAS2900	CHAVEZ HOSTSAHMADINEJAD: BRV FORGING EVER CLOSER [...] (C Summary. President Chavez hosted Iranian Presidet Ahmadinejad for a September 17-18 red carpet vsit to Venezuela, a follow-on to Chavez' July 29August 1 state visit to Iran. The two leaders reortedly signed 34, mostly commercial, accords aspart of a "strategic alliance" against American m [...]	2006-09-21 17:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON VE IR
06CARACAS2998	MONAGAS STATE: THE CHAVEZ MACHINE VS. STRUGGLING [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez dominates the political landscape of the eastern plains state of Monagas and at this stage appears likely to carry the state of over 480,000 registered voters by a wide majority. Chavez' pet infrastructure projects and social programs in the state are having onl [...]	2006-10-02 17:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS3257	CHAVEZ' DOLLAR DIPLOMACY: SPREADING WEALTH AND [...] (C) Since 2005, President Chavez has verbally pledged over USD 90 billion for bilateral agreements, regional initiatives, government contracts, binational funds, donations, investments and joint ventures involving foreign countries. The total figure is approximately one third of combined GDP [...]	2006-10-31 18:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EAID PREL VE IR
06CARACAS3284	CHAVEZ DEMANDS MILITARY LOYALTY -- AND WARNS [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez' televised October 31 speech to a large group of senior military officials appeared to be a very public effort to cement the military's loyalty prior to the December 3 presidential election. Chavez accused the opposition of trying to conspire with unidentified m [...]	2006-11-01 21:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS3345	THE VENEZUELA-IRAN ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) In the last two years, Venezuela and Iran have signed at least 61 agreements, respective presidents have visited each other at least four times, and trade between both countries has increased exponentially in percentage terms. However, the number of joint ventures in operation on the g [...]	2006-11-08 12:59:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EFIN VE IR
06CARACAS445	PROJECT PROPOSALS: NGOS TAKE ON TIPS [...] (U) Per reftel instructions, Embassy is submitting a proposal by the NGO Association for the Well-being and Reciprocal Assistance for Women (AMBAR) for funding consideration. A description of a backup proposal submitted by UNICEF is included in paragraph 5 should Washington decide not to fun [...]	2006-02-16 20:59:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN ELAB EAID VE
06CARACAS661	TAMPING DOWN IRANIAN URANIUM RUMORS IN VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-13 11:04:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MASS PARM VE IR
06CARACAS666	CHAVEZ VS. BUSH 2006 [...] (C) An apparently authentic 2006 campaign plan for President Chavez's political party, the Movimiento Quinta Republica (MVR),has been circulating on the internet and reported on by the press. The plan includes campaign themes and objectives as well as strategies for communication and party [...]	2006-03-13 20:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS808	VENEZUELAN URBAN AND RURAL EXPROPRIATIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) On March 6, President Chavez signed a Presidential Decree declaring a "housing emergency." The decree makes it easier to import construction materials and allows for further expropriations, stating only that they will occur "without violation of the law." The BRV has fallen short of pro [...]	2006-03-27 15:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV VE
06CARACAS903	TO BE OR NOT TO BE: INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS IN [...] (C) We have carefully considered whether or not it makes sense for the USG to advocate (and possibly substantially fund) an international election observation mission (EOM) for the December presidential elections. While an EOM would likely act as a brake on Bolivarian electoral excesses, we [...]	2006-04-03 16:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL VE
06CARACAS905	VENEZUELAN OIL PRODUCTION AND OUTLOOK [...] (C) SUMMARY: A number of private sector contacts believe that Venezuelan crude production has dropped to 2.3 million barrels per day. Conventional wisdom had placed production at 2.4 to 2.6 million barrels per day. PVDVSA has substantially increased its number of rigs but it does not appea [...]	2006-04-03 18:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV VE
06CARACAS911	CHAVEZ'S MEDIA WAR WAGES ON [...] (C) The first quarter of this year saw another BRV offensive against the media -- one of the few remaining independent democratic institutions in Venezuela. The BRV launched a new series of high profile legal attacks targeting members of the opposition press, a Caracas court ruled in favor of [...]	2006-04-03 23:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO VE
06CARACAS958	EXPLAINING VENEZUELA'S COZINESS WITH IRAN, [...] (S//NF) Manifest in the public rhetoric of both countries, a shared hatred for the USG is the driving factor in the budding relationship between Iran and Venezuela. The BRV is favoring Iran with petroleum deals and other contracts that appear to make little commercial sense. Although rumors of [...]	2006-04-07 20:19:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV MASS PARM VE
06COLOMBO1531	SRI LANKA: NAVY AND AIR FORCE SINK LTTE WEAPONS [...] (C) The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) with the assistance of Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) kfir jets sunk an alleged LTTE weapons supply ship approximately 120 nautical miles off the eastern coast of Kalmunai, south of Batticaloa, on the afternoon of September 17. That morning, the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) sh [...]	2006-09-18 11:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1816	MALDIVIAN PRESIDENT GAYOOM PLEDGES TO SUSTAIN [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial 20-minute meeting with President Gayoom following the presentation of his credentials on October 30, Ambassador Blake pledged to work to strengthen US-Maldivian relations and urged the President to sustain Maldives' progress in its political Reform Roadmap. Gayoom [...]	2006-11-02 09:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL MV
06COLOMBO2086	SRI LANKA: HUGE PUSH TO DEVELOP THE PRESIDENT'S HOME [...] Summary. Since President Rajapaksa's election, there has been renewed interest in pursuing several infrastructure projects in Hambantota District, his home district and one of the poorest and least developed areas in Sri Lanka. Proposed projects include an international airport, an industria [...]	2006-12-18 03:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EIND ETRD EAID CE
06COLOMBO271	SRI LANKA: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON INVESTMENT [...] (C) Rohitha Bogollagama, Sri Lankan Minister for Investment Promotion and Industries, is a colorful, aisle-crossing politician and lawyer whose bipartisan experience--as well as his involvement in a few sensational local scandals--may make him uniquely qualified for the delicate job of pres [...]	2006-02-21 11:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV EINV CE
06COLOMBO321	IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2006 ? SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV
06COLOMBO57	REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CULTURAL AND SPORTS [...] (U) Post welcomes renewed attention by ECA to cultural and sports diplomacy as important tools to support mission objectives(reftel). Following responses are keyed to reftel paragraph four. --------------------------------------------- -------------- A: Which of your mission objectives bene [...]	2006-01-09 12:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP OEXC OPRC PREL SCUL CE
06DAKAR2030	DIAS FATHER AND SON ARRESTED, QUESTIONED ABOUT [...] (U) Jean-Paul Dias, head of the center right party BCG, and his son, Barthelemy, leader of the "Socialist Vision" movement within the Socialist Party (PS),were both arrested last week in an unusual display of force. Jean-Paul Dias was detained in Rebeuss Prison until his health failed, at wh [...]	2006-08-22 18:22:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CASC PINS KJUS SG
06DAKAR2431	GUINEA-BISSAU: ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL TOUR D'HORIZON ON [...] (SBU) Guinea-Bissau ranked 172 out of 177 countries on the UNDP's 2005 Human Development Index. This is a critical moment for Guinea-Bissau, which has only recently emerged from years of armed conflict and missed economic opportunities. With a government struggling to provide basic services [...]	2006-10-10 09:45:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR EINV EPET EFIN SOCI PU

06DAMASCUS1014	IN THE FACE OF SECTION 311 SANCTIONS, SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: As we move to impose sanctions against the Commercial Bank of Syria (CBS) under USAPATRIOT Act Section 311, it has become increasingly clear that the threat of sanctions succeeded in making it difficult for Syrian public financial institutions to conduct business with foreign bank [...]	2006-03-08 11:19:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PTER SANC SY
06DAMASCUS1158	SARG REPORTEDLY SETS OUT THREE NEW RED LINES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent newspaper article in the influential regional Arab daily al-Hayat reported what is described as the SARG's demarcation of three "new" red lines for civil society activists, reflecting the regime's reaction to events of the last week. The three lines include: a ban on c [...]	2006-03-16 14:35:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS1219	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP: 2004 QAMISHLI RIOTS [...] (C) 2004 QAMISHLI RIOTS COMMEMORATED THROUGHOUT SYRIA: On March 12, Kurds throughout Syria observed the second anniversary of the 2004 Qamishli riots. Luqman Ois, an Azadi Party activist and member of the Kurdish Committee for Human Rights, told Poloff that a number of activities took place: [...]	2006-03-21 08:36:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS1273	FACING DOUBLE-DIGIT INFLATION, SYRIANS NERVOUSLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Local media is giving increasing coverage to the issue of inflation, with contacts estimating that the prices of basic commodities are rising much faster than the officially reported rate of 6%. Prices have refused to come down after a series of shocks in 2005, indicating a gen [...]	2006-03-22 14:03:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN SY
06DAMASCUS1696	SUBSIDIES CREATING HEAVY FISCAL BURDEN [...] (C) Summary: The SARG spends billions of dollars on subsidies and support for inefficient State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) that are consuming a growing portion of state revenue. The subsidies are the largest fiscal pressure on the SARG budget with oil revenues declining, and their removal repre [...]	2006-04-13 13:58:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV SY
06DAMASCUS1782	LIMITED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OBSERVED IN SYRIA'S [...] (C) Summary: In conjunction with export license checks, econoffs visited Dayr ez Zawr (Dayr) and Qamishli, key cities close to Syria's border with Iraq. Residents in these two areas have historically maintained stronger cultural, ethnic, familial, and economic ties to Iraq than to Syria's cap [...]	2006-04-19 14:00:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ETTC SY
06DAMASCUS214	AHMADINAJAD'S PHOTO OP VISIT TO DAMASCUS [...] (SBU) Syrian President Bashar al-Asad and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinajad met for three hours the afternoon of January 19, shortly after the latter's arrival in Damascus. The talks were attended by PM Naji al-Otri, FM Shara'a, Iranian FM Manouchehr Mottaki, and several other ministers [...]	2006-01-20 12:37:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SY IR
06DAMASCUS2211	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinians, [...] Summary: Papers reported that the Palestinian government thanked President Asad for the Syrian fund-raising campaign for the Palestinian people and for receiving 244 Palestinian refugees coming from Iraq. That came in a phone call President Asad received from Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail H [...]	2006-05-11 13:14:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2297	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iraq, EURO-MED, Boycott [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported President Asad's meeting with Subhi Abdul Hamid, Secretary General of Iraq's Arab Nationalist Movement, which tackled the situation in Iraq and bilateral relations. President Asad confirmed Syria's support for efforts to restore Iraq's stability and security tha [...]	2006-05-17 06:30:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2439	SYRIA'S RED HOT REAL ESTATE MARKET- A POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Contacts suggest that Syria may be experiencing a real estate bubble, with property prices rising rapidly throughout the country, but especially in Damascus and the surrounding area. Speculators increasingly are active in the market, with some Syrians trying to take advantage of [...]	2006-05-29 13:58:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN SY
06DAMASCUS2504	CENTRAL BANK, COMMERCIAL BANK OF SYRIA AND FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: Contacts report a conflict for authority over the banking sector among the leaders of the Central Bank, Commercial Bank of Syria and the Ministry of Finance. The Central Bank is seeking to claim control of the banking sector and at the same time establish its own tools of monetar [...]	2006-06-01 08:04:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV SY
06DAMASCUS2511	SYRIA'S RED HOT REAL ESTATE MARKET- A POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Contacts suggest that Syria may be experiencing a real estate bubble, with property prices rising rapidly throughout the country, but especially in Damascus and the surrounding area. Speculators increasingly are active in the market, with some Syrians trying to take advantage of [...]	2006-06-01 08:13:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ABLD AMGT
06DAMASCUS290	SARG ABRUPTLY RAISES PRICE OF GASOLINE, CEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Without prior warning, the SARG increased prices for gasoline and cement on January 25, claiming in state-owned dailies that it was a necessary step to stop smuggling and black market trading in both commodities. The price hikes, which were not accompanied by a concommitant incre [...]	2006-01-26 15:16:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN SY LE
06DAMASCUS2975	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinians, OIC [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Vice President Farouk al-Shara discussed the latest developments in the occupied Palestinian territories and the ongoing national dialogue between Palestine factions with a Palestinian delegation headed by Khaled Meshal, Head of the Hamas Politburo. Mr. Sha [...]	2006-06-20 13:11:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3678	Damascus Media Reaction: Israeli Operation in Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported a statement by the press office of the Syrian Ministry of Communication and Technology denying reports circulated by electronic websites to the effect that Syria possesses information about al-Qaeda and that Syria is ready to offer it to the US. The statement de [...]	2006-07-26 13:48:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3928	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Sudan, Syria/France, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported President Asad's meeting with Mostafa Othamn Ismael, Advisor to the Sudanese President, who reiterated the importance of working to stop Israel's aggression against Lebanon, and called for withdrawal of occupation forces from South Lebanon. Ismael expressed [...]	2006-08-11 09:16:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS394	RIAD SEIF COMMENTS ON PRESS CONFERENCE, DISCUSSES PLANS FOR ANTI-CORRUPTION INSTITUTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 1 conversation with PolOff, prominent opposition figure Riad Seif discussed the SARG's prevention of the released Damascus Spring detainees' January 31 press conference and explained some of his requests for U.S. support in greater depth. In a later meeting, he d [...]	2006-02-02 15:47:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS4271	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Venezuela, Syria/Italy, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today led with the visit to Syria by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Banner headlines reported the warm welcome prepared for President Chavez and featured the press statements made by President Asad and President Chavez at Damascus airport during which Chavez noted t [...]	2006-08-30 11:40:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS473	Damascus Media Reaction: Prophet Muhammad Cartoons, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad received Al-Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of Al-Sadr Current in Iraq. Talks focused on the situation in Iraq, the results of the recent election, and the ongoing consultations to form an Iraqi government. The president called for unifying I [...]	2006-02-07 13:57:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS512	Damascus Media Reaction: Beirut Riots/Accusations [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Muqtada al-Sadr, Leader of the al-Sadr Movement in Iraq, has rejected accusations that infiltrators enter Iraq through Syria, stressing that there is not any evidence of this. Al-Sadr, during a visit to the Syrian northeastern city of Raqqa described Syr [...]	2006-02-08 14:15:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5346	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Canada, Syria/Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on November 29 reported that the Foreign Ministry summoned the Canadian ambassador to Damascus, Mark Belli, to protest Canada's vote against the two resolutions adopted by the UN Human Rights Council regarding Israeli violations in the occupied Syrian Golan and the Pale [...]	2006-11-29 15:02:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5358	Damascus Media Reaction: Peace Process, Lebanon, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on Dec. 3 featured a Dec. 2 press statement by Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi in Rome stressing the importance of dialogue and cooperation with Syria to solve the region's issues and establish stability. Mr. Prodi warned against the partitioning of Iraq, saying th [...]	2006-12-04 10:04:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5424	Syria/UAE, Syria/Russia, Syria/Iraq, Lebanon (12/19) [...] Summary: Syrian papers on Dec. 19 reported President Asad's arrival in Moscow starting a two-day working visit to the Russian Federation during which he will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the situation in the Middle East and ways to strengthen bilateral relations. Paper [...]	2006-12-21 07:43:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5452	Syria/US, Syria/Russia, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the Dec. 19-20 visit to Damascus by US Senators Christopher Dodd and John Kerry and their meetings with President Asad and FM Mouallem. Talks focused on the level of relations between Syria and the United States and ways to activate the comprehensive peace pro [...]	2006-12-28 17:08:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS641	SARG PROCLAIMS 2005 TO BE YEAR OF INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary: Though Syrian officials and the government-controlled press have dubbed 2005 the &year of investment in Syria,8 SARG investment figures are generally highly exaggerated and the profit-making potential of approved projects remain largely unrealized. Recent investment in Syria fa [...]	2006-02-15 12:08:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD SY
06DAMASCUS710	IRAN-SYRIA ECONOMIC COMMISSION MEETS TODAY AMID [...] (SBU) Summary: The Syrian-Iranian Higher Economic Commission meets today in Damascus, but few contacts believe the meeting will produce any immediate results in improving the investment climate or increasing the two countries' anemic trade volume. Although the Commission is expected to addres [...]	2006-02-22 14:01:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV ETRD IR SY
06DARESSALAAM1065	CHINESE PREMIER JIABAO VISIT FOCUSED ON TRADE AND [...] (SBU) The Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's overnight visit, June 22 to 23, in Tanzania centered on improving trade and revitalizing construction projects between the two countries rather than military or strategic issues. While President Jakaya Kikwete hurried back from the legislative capital of [...]	2006-06-28 19:33:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ETRD ECON CH TZ
06DARESSALAAM18	TANZANIA: PRESIDENT KIKWETE PUTS NATIONAL UNITY, [...] Promising an administration with "New zeal, new vigor and new speed," President Jakaya Kikwete delivered his first major policy address to the newly sworn-in Tanzanian parliament on December 30. Speaking frankly about the challenges he faces, he made poverty alleviation and economic growth hi [...]	2006-01-04 16:55:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EFIN PHUM TZ
06DARESSALAAM412	TANZANIAN ENERGY MINISTER BRIEFS INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) On February 28, Ambassador Retzer attended a meeting called by the Ministry of Energy and Minerals to provide an official briefing of Tanzania's power crisis to all Heads of Mission and donor agencies. Minister of Energy, Ibrahim Msabaha, provided an overview of the power crisis. In Dar e [...]	2006-03-02 11:20:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ENRG EPET TZ
06DOHA104	ENTERING ITS TENTH YEAR, AL JAZEERA COVETS GLOBAL [...] (C) Summary: PAO met 1/18 with Wadah Khanfar, Al Jazeera Managing Director, to discuss Ref A demarche and continuing USG concerns with Al Jazeera programming. Khanfar described a series of initiatives planned by Al Jazeera to mark its tenth anniversary year with a view to positioning itself on [...]	2006-01-23 08:24:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA
06DOHA5	SCENESETTER - VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY ANTHONY [...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you back to Doha. We expect that you will find the Qatari leadership open and responsive to the proposed Strategic Investment Initiative (SII) for several reasons. Our goals for regional democratic reform largely coincide with those of Qatar. Also, the Qat [...]	2006-01-02 09:30:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EFIN KTFN QA
06DOHA51	2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: QATAR [...] This report serves as the 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Qatar. It will be provided to assist U.S. investors wishing to do business in Qatar. 2. Begin text of Investment Climate Statement. A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment: The government of Qatar, under the leadership of the [...]	2006-01-10 15:11:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET QA KTBD OPIC USTR ECON
06DUBAI5512	IRPO: IRAN'S MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE DISASTROUS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-30 13:11:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR ECON EFIN ELAB
06DUBAI695	IRAN'S REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES: HIGH PRICES [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-13 14:16:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR ECON PINR PGOV
06DUSHANBE1512	BUILD MORE BRIDGES! AFGHAN BUSINESSMEN VISIT DUSHANBE [...] "You can select your friends, but not your neighbors," said Sharif Saidov, Tajikistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman (TCCI). "If your neighbor is calm, then you are calmer." The August 3 visit of Afghan businessmen to Dushanbe underscored the calm on both sides of the border and t [...]	2006-08-08 09:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD BEXP AF TJ
06DUSHANBE1523	TAJIKISTAN'S EARTHQUAKE RELIEF STATUS REPORT [...] More than a week after two earthquakes shook Tajikistan's Qumsangir District in Khatlon province on the southern border with Afghanistan July 29 (reftel),the Tajik government and donors continue to help displaced residents. Under the leadership of Deputy Prime Minister Ghulomov, the Tajik g [...]	2006-08-09 13:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID TI
06DUSHANBE1545	WIIL ROGUN EVER GET BUILT? TAJIKISTAN AND RUSAL ENGAGE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Is RusAl on the verge of abandoning Rogun, or merely posturing to hasten its acquisition of Tajik state-owned aluminum smelter TadAZ? In the past week, Tajik and regional news agencies have published several articles on Rogun and other Russian-Tajik investments, questioning the [...]	2006-08-11 06:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN TI AF IR
06DUSHANBE1549	THE END OF AN ERA FOR TAJIKISTAN'S ISLAMIC PARTY [...] SUMMARY: Chargi d'Affaires attended Said Abdullo Nuri's funeral held in Dushanbe August 10. Nuri, the Chairman of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) passed away August 9 (reftel) after a long battle with cancer. The funeral was well-attended by prominent officials and leader [...]	2006-08-11 10:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL TI
06DUSHANBE1587	TAJIKISTAN: KABIRI LEADS ISLAMIC PARTY AFTER NURI'S DEATH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan elected Muhiddin Kabiri as its acting-chairman after Nuri's death. The press and some political analysts speculate the party will split without Nuri's leadership and it will not elect Kabiri as the chairman because, as a moderate, he is [...]	2006-08-18 11:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1840	FOREIGN MINISTER LOOKS SOUTH FOR OPPORTUNITY AND NERVOUSLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a 45-minute meeting with Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher October 6, Foreign Minister Talbak SIPDIS Nazarov remarked that the United States and Tajikistan have a positive bilateral relationship because they have built an atmosphere of trust. He thanked Boucher for [...]	2006-10-07 08:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID EINV ENRG TI
06DUSHANBE1931	DESPITE THE CHAMPAGNE, NOT MUCH TO CELEBRATE IN TAJIKISTAN'S [...] (U) INTRODUCTION: During an October 17 visit to Shahrinau -- Persian for "New City" -- PolOffs found nothing new in tours of a wineless winery, a school with no electricity and talks with local government officials. The district, located 25 kilometers east of Dushanbe and 25 km west of the Uz [...]	2006-10-20 05:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EAID ENGR ETRD TI
06DUSHANBE2225	ANOTHER DAM CABLE FROM TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Boom!! After four hours of waiting for Tajik President Rahmonov and Russian energy utility RAO UES head Anatoli Chubais to arrive by car, when thick fog prevented helicopter travel, observers witnessed a single explosion block the mighty Vaksh River at Sangtuda. The river was diverted th [...]	2006-12-19 11:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN TI
06DUSHANBE302	TAJIK TRANSPORT MINISTER PLEASED WITH BRIDGE [...] On his first visit to the U.S.-funded bridge construction site at Nizhniy Pyanzh, Transportation Minister Ashurov expressed great satisfaction and offered to get involved personally if problems arise regarding the cement supply or customs. During the February 13 visit with PolOff and a visit [...]	2006-02-14 12:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ELTN ECON TI AF
06DUSHANBE321	NEW ECONOMIC ADVISER INTENDS TO ACCELERATE REFORM [...] (C) Newly appointed Presidential Adviser on Economic Affairs Matlubhon Davlatov characterized his appointment not as a change in President Rahmonov's economic reform agenda but as a means to accelerate it. "I'm not new to this team," he told the Ambassador during a February 17 initial meeting [...]	2006-02-21 05:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID TI
06DUSHANBE566	TAJIKISTAN'S FARKHAR DISTRICT STRUGGLES [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-29 07:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAGR SOCI TI
06DUSHANBE582	GAZPROM SLOWLY STEPS INTO TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) After three years, and three days of intensive meetings, Gazprom signed an agreement March 28 with the Government of Tajikistan to create a joint venture to explore Tajikistan's southern gas and oil reserves. Deputy Minister of Energy Aslov told PolOffs the Memorandum of Understanding est [...]	2006-03-31 13:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG TI
06DUSHANBE620	TAJIKISTAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Dear Assistant Secretary Lowenkron: I would like to solicit your help in advancing democracy in Tajikistan. See request in para eight. 3. (U) Tajikistan's next presidential election will be i [...]	2006-04-07 10:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE669	TAJIKISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES TO TRY TO HELP RESOLVE [...] (S) Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov agreed to designate a government point of contact to help resolve the issue of transferring Tajik citizens from Guantanamo to Tajikistan (reftel). In a 40-minute meeting April 6, Nazarov listened carefully as the Ambassador explained the assurances necessar [...]	2006-04-12 09:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM PROP PTER ECON KAWC RS TI
06GABORONE865	BOTSWANA YOUTH STRUGGLE WITH UNEMPLOYMENT [...] SUMMARY: Botswana's youth face a lack of both training and job opportunities, creating situations of poverty that can lead to commercial sex work, HIV/AIDS, and anti-social behavior. Despite a significant problem of commercial sex work, none of our contacts have heard of scenarios in which [...]	2006-06-29 09:45:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PHUM SOCI BC
06GENEVA2251	PAKISTANI PERMREP ON OIC TACTICS FOR HRC -- TIT [...] (C) In a meeting, at our request, Ambassador Tichenor delineated U.S. concerns regarding the Human Rights Council and urged Pakistani PermRep Masood Khan to take a more constructive approach to safeguard the Council's credibility. Khan, while appearing calm and reasonable, laid out an OIC s [...]	2006-09-14 15:13:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC PK
06GEORGETOWN1058	GUYANA ECONOMIC & COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP [...] Jagdeo Pursues Debt Relief, Treasury Ties in Singapore 2. Guyana-Suriname Maritime Boundary Dispute: Legal Teams to begin Oral Arguments on December 7 3. Russian Firm Interested in Linden Bauxite Operations 4. Cambior/IAMGOLD Merger Could Affect Guyanese Mining Operation 5. Stone Supply Sh [...]	2006-10-10 20:50:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PBTS EMIN ETRD EFIN EINV ENRG GY
06GEORGETOWN196	GUYANA ECONOMIC ROUND-UP--FEBRUARY 2006 [...] Domestic Economy: Cement Shortage Hampers Construction Industry 2. Inflation Watch: Upward movement in January CPI, domestic sugar prices rise 3. Trade: Rice producers hopeful as international prices rise 4. Investment: GO-INVEST reports heavy FDI in mining, forestry sectors 5. Bilatera [...]	2006-03-01 15:26:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR EFIN EINV SENV GY
06GEORGETOWN405	GUYANA ECONOMIC & COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP APRIL 2006 [...] Mining: Diamond, Bauxite Production Increase 2. Trade: Guyanese Companies to Participate in Orlando Trade Fair 3. Agriculture: Exports of Non-Traditional Crops High Despite 2006 Flood 4. Financial system: Excess Liquidity, Declining Interest Rates 5. Investment: Financing Deal for Teperu [...]	2006-05-04 14:51:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EMIN ELAB EFIN EAID BBSR BEXP GY
06GEORGETOWN577	VENEZUELA-GUYANA BORDER DISPUTE OVERSHADOWS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-16 16:31:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS ECON EPET PREL GY
06GEORGETOWN815	(U) GUYANA ELECTION PREPARATIONS (C-AL6-01121) [...] (U) Post presents response to ref A. 2. (C) WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS WITHIN THE GUYANA ELECTIONS COMMISSION (GECOM)? HOW IS CHAIRMAN STEVE SURUJBALLY VIEWED WITHIN GECOM? (C) The much-maligned GECOM has withstood constant criticism and is on track to deliver free and fair el [...]	2006-08-14 17:42:00	Embassy Georgetown	SECRET	PINR PGOV SNAR GY
06GUANGZHOU13385	The Long March: From Fossils to Feathers: Heyuan's [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the Long March, a series of road journeys through the Guangzhou consular district (septel),we traveled to Heyuan, an impoverished prefecture largely untouched by the recent rapid development in South China. Heyuan is bidding to draw further investment away from more [...]	2006-04-27 09:45:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV CH
06GUANGZHOU14818	Long March: Restoring Streets, Harbor, and Pride in [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Zhangzhou Prefecture, in southwest Fujian, was once a major Chinese port. Today leaders are trying to restore the area to its golden era by developing the Zhangzhou harbor, attracting business, strengthening ties with Taiwan, and renovating cultural and historical sites. Leade [...]	2006-05-17 09:17:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ETRD ELAB CH
06GUANGZHOU14936	LONG MARCH: QUANZHOU - IT'S HARD TO BEAT XIAMEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Quanzhou, the wealthiest city in Fujian and itself a coastal city in the southern part of the province, strikes a contrast to Xiamen as the city neglects its vast potential as a tourist and economic hub through poor intellectual property rights protection and conservative plann [...]	2006-05-21 23:47:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ETRD EINV CH
06GUANGZHOU28035	A/S MCMURRAY DISCUSSES WILDLIFE PROTECTION EFFORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE A/S MCMURRAY DELEGATION MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GUANGDONG WILDLIFE PROTECTION ADMINISTRATION (WPA) ON AUGUST 4 TO DISCUSS PROVINCIAL-LEVEL EFFORTS AND CHALLENGES. THE WPA OFFICIALS ASSURED A/S MCMURRAY THAT THEY WERE SERIOUS ABOUT WILDLIFE PROTECTION, BUT RECOGNIZE [...]	2006-08-18 04:50:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU30122	ASIA PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP ON CLEAN DEVELOPMENT AND [...] (U) Summary: In a September 1 meeting with Guangdong Province Development and Reform Commission (DRC) Deputy Director Li Miaojuan, White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chairman James Connaughton called for eliminating tariffs on environmental technology products; he told Li that [...]	2006-09-15 09:56:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG TSPL BEXP CH
06GUANGZHOU32394	Guangdong Province Q3 Economic Report [...] (U) SUMMARY: Guangdong Province registered double-digit gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the third quarter (Q3) of 2006 despite government control measures and an emphasis on increasing domestic consumption. Fixed asset investment did not grow as rapidly compared to the same period in 2 [...]	2006-12-13 05:20:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB CH
06GUANGZHOU32459	How Will China Achieve Its Energy Efficiency [...] (SBU) China must use energy efficient products and technologies, implement structural changes in its high energy-consuming industries, and improve its management of energy conservation efforts, according to government officials and experts who gathered in Hainan Province in November 2006 for t [...]	2006-12-28 03:58:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON SENV CH
06GUANGZHOU5696	Andale, Pues: Mexico Establishes Consulate in [...] (SBU) Summary: Mexico has opened a Consulate in Guangzhou. In the celebratory event, Mexican Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Lourdes Aranda cited the heavy weight economic power of Guangdong Province not to mention the fact that most Chinese-Mexicans trace their roots to south China as th [...]	2006-03-01 02:15:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EINV CONS PINR CH
06GUATEMALA99	VENEZUELAN INTRIGUE IN THE GUATEMALAN OIL MARKET? [...] (C) Summary: The Franco-US oil company KLP Industries has contacted the Embassy repeatedly alleging that it is the victim of a plot to revoke an exploration contract it won from the Government of Guatemala (GOG). The contract has, in fact, been revoked by the GOG. KLP believes that it has be [...]	2006-01-19 19:55:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD EINV ECON PGOV PINR GT VE
06HANOI2360	AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS WITH MFA VICE MINISTER BANG: [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 18 meeting with IRF Ambassador John Hanford, Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang acknowledged that implementation of the GVN's framework on religion has been slow in the north because of local officials' concerns about preserving their power. However, the USG shou [...]	2006-09-15 10:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV CASC VM
06HANOI767	LEADERSHIP RUMORS ABOUND FOLLOWING THE 14TH [...] (SBU) Summary: Rumors continue to swirl about the likely changes in Vietnam's leadership following the 10th Party Congress in April. They have grown especially intense since last week's close of the 14th Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (CPV),which announced that it had [...]	2006-04-04 02:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF VM
06HARARE1493	CONFERENCE PAVES WAY FOR EXTENDING MUGABE'S TERM, [...] (C) In a well-scripted development, the December 14-17 ZANU-PF conference adopted a resolution recommending that the ruling party unify the presidential and parliamentary elections in 2010. The recommendation, which will require amending the constitution in Parliament, must first be approved [...]	2006-12-21 07:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE964	GOZ HYPING CHINA'S ROLE IN ZIMBABWE,S ECONOMY [...] (C) Despite GOZ attempts to hype supposed dividends from its relationship with China including the June visit of Vice President Joyce Mujuru to Beijing, business sector contacts tell us that promised Chinese investments have largely failed to materialize. The only major industry in which Chin [...]	2006-08-01 07:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ZI CH
06HAVANA8986	(CUBA IS) A STATE ON THE TAKE [...] (C) Summary: Castro has spent the past five months battling corruption in a country where trickery has become a way of life. Because most Cubans work for the state, the entire system - from petty officials to Castro's closest advisors - is rife with corrupt practices. Given state control over all [...]	2006-04-26 18:34:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON CU
06HILLAH55	TEMPERS FLARE IN WAKE OF NAJAF VBIED ATTACK [...] This is a SET NAJAF cable. 2.(U) SUMMARY. On April 6, a Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) detonated 300 meters from the Holy Shrine of the Imam Ali in Najaf. The vehicle was a Sports Utility Vehicle. At 1900 local time, casualty figures had reached 20 confirmed dead and ove [...]	2006-04-06 17:14:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KISL IZ
06HILLAH58	NAJAF QUIET, BUT ANTI-CF RUMORS FLY; BABIL QUIET DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: REO Al-Hillah media contacts reported that while Najaf city was calm and under tight police and army control, Mahdi Army members were seen massing in the cemetery area. The city is abuzz with rumors, and several contacts reported that much of the chatter blames the attacks on th [...]	2006-04-07 18:07:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIBL IZ
06HOCHIMINHCITY1050	ETHNIC MINORITY NATIONALISM, RELIGION AND MIGRATION: [...] (SBU) Ref A reported allegations about conditions in the Central Highlands made by ethnic minority advocacy groups to Department officials on September 11. The advocates asserted that ethnic minority individuals are not fleeing for economic reasons, but because of severe human rights and relig [...]	2006-09-14 09:20:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1222	PHU YEN PROVINCE: PROMISING OR PROBLEMATIC? [...] (SBU) Summary: Phu Yen province in Central Coastal Vietnam has promise -- especially in aquaculture, light industry and tourism -- but is being held back by a rigid and insular government. Despite the relatively orthodox approach to economic development, the province appears to be implementing [...]	2006-10-25 09:37:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINR SOCI PREL KIRF PGOV VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1257	HCMC BUSINESSMAN PREVIEWS PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT [...] (C) A prominent Ho Chi Minh City businessman who accompanied Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on his recent trip to Japan told EconOff that President Nguyen Minh Triet is keen to receive an invitation to visit the United States from President Bush when the two meet in Hanoi this month. According [...]	2006-11-03 05:26:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1276	DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL VIETNAM: A VISIT TO QUANG NAM, DANANG [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent visit to the coastal provinces of Central Vietnam, Econoff discussed with area contacts the region's economic development, particularly infrastructure upgrades and its impact on attracting investment. The region has yet to see a significant influx of foreign investme [...]	2006-11-07 11:55:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EWWT PGOV VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1492	ALL HIS (PRIME MINISTER DZUNG'S) CHILDREN [...] (S/NF) Summary and Introduction: ConGen has been seeking additional information on the biographies of the three children of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung. We understand that Dzung, in his meeting with the President during the APEC Leaders' Summit, sought to deflect or downplay the ties of h [...]	2006-12-26 09:36:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR ECON EFIN PGOV PREL VM
06HONGKONG1687	PRC PLANS FOR INDIVIDUAL INVESTMENT ABROAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's recent announcement of steps to allow expanded individual access to foreign exchange as well as the creation of new channels for investment abroad has driven up Hong Kong's stock market, drawn out enthusiastic prognostications from media, and even impressed our financial [...]	2006-04-24 03:22:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV HK CH
06HONGKONG1921	CHINA'S ECONOMIC POLICIES THE FOCUS OF FINANCIAL [...] (C) Hong Kong-based investment bank analysts and economists generally welcome China's recent economic tightening measures, and some believe that recent and significant appreciation of Asian currencies may lead to quicker upward movements in the value of the renminbi (RMB). They used the occasi [...]	2006-05-10 00:20:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL CH HK
06HONGKONG2119	CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM HALF A YEAR LATER: WHAT [...] (C) Summary. The dust has settled since the defeat by Hong Kong democrats of Donald Tsang's Constitutional Reform package in December. Tsang's strategy failed because he didn't anticipate the ability of the pan-democrats to remain united on the call for a timetable for democracy. He believ [...]	2006-05-23 06:57:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINR HK CH
06HONGKONG2166	ECONOMIC COOLING SEEN AS CHINA TIGHTENS, CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Hong Kong's 8.2 percent first quarter GDP growth caps off two years of impressive and above-trend economic performance, but this is likely to change quickly. The boost to Hong Kong's economy from China's growth appears set to wane amid determined moves in the mainland to slow loan growt [...]	2006-05-24 10:27:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV HK CH
06HONGKONG219	CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM HALF A YEAR LATER: WHAT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 06:57:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINR HK CH
06ISLAMABAD12265	CONSENSUS ON ELECTION AND RECONCILIATION BEGINS [...] (C) Summary. The visit of elections expert Andrew Raucci provided a rare opportunity for a frank dinner discussion between senior representatives from most of Pakistan's key political parties: PML, PPP, PML-N/ARD, MQM and ANP. Raucci's comment about the critical need for credibility in the el [...]	2006-06-27 11:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD14349	A PRIMER ON BALOCHISTAN [...] (C) Summary: This cable--the first in a series of cables on the province--is intended to serve as a primer on Balochistan, Pakistan's largest, least developed, and most sparsely populated province. Other cables in this series will cover the tribal and ethnic political dynamics of the province, [...]	2006-07-27 13:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV KTER
06ISTANBUL1048	TURKEY'S HOLDINGS BRACE FOR A BRAVE NEW WORLD [...] (SBU) Summary: The positive evolution of Turkey's macroeconomic environment over the past four years, together with the prospect of EU accession, has prompted Turkish companies at all levels to redefine their corporate strategies. Whereas previously it was rare for a CEO to look out beyond a o [...]	2006-06-13 09:42:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN TU
06ISTANBUL1049	TURKEY'S HOLDINGS BRACE FOR A BRAVE NEW WORLD [...] (SBU) Summary: The positive evolution of Turkey's macroeconomic environment over the past four years, together with the prospect of EU accession, has prompted Turkish companies at all levels to redefine their corporate strategies. Whereas previously it was rare for a CEO to look out beyond a o [...]	2006-06-13 09:43:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN TU
06ISTANBUL1575	FORMULA ONE: CYPRUS INGREDIENT INVITES CONTROVERSY [...] (U) Summary: For the second year in a row, Istanbul played host to Formula One Grand Prix, the world's biggest motorsports organization with a reported fan base of approximately two billion people. Brazil's Felipe Massa edged out Spain's Fernando Alonso and race favorite Michael Schumacher t [...]	2006-08-31 14:54:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TU
06ISTANBUL1669	TURKISH IMAM MURDERED; COMMUNITY ADMINISTERS [...] (U) Summary. An Imam reportedly in line to succeed the current head of the Nakshibendi tarikat (mystical Sufi organization) in Turkey was stabbed to death in his mosque following morning prayers. His attacker was immediately killed by the Imam's fellow worshippers. The incident continues t [...]	2006-09-14 10:07:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM TU
06ISTANBUL1717	ELIF SAFAK ACQUITTED WHILE ARTICLE 301 REMAINS ON [...] (C) Summary: The long anticipated trial of Elif Safak began and ended today with a prosecutor reluctantly recommending and a judge agreeing to acquit the renowned author of charges stemming from Turkey's controversial Article 301. Protesters remained out of view with extreme security measure [...]	2006-09-21 16:23:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
06ISTANBUL2015	ISTANBUL'S ECUMENICAL RAMAZAN: BOREK, BARDAKOGLU [...] (U) Summary: Turkey's lively diversity and internal contradictions are no more apparent than in Istanbul during the month of Ramazan. While nearly 70% of Turks as a whole are reported to fast during this period, the evenings' numerous iftars are often more social and political than they are s [...]	2006-11-02 14:05:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TU
06ISTANBUL2145	POLICE RAID LEFTISTS IN TEN ISTANBUL NEIGHBORHOODS [...] (SBU) On the afternoon and evening of December 7, Turkish National Police (TNP) counter-terrorism (CT) units raided 10 addresses in Istanbul's Gazi, Kucukcekmece, Gultepe, Okmeydani, Umraniye, Kartal, Sultanbeyli and Kucuk Armutlu neighborhoods, arresting 20 suspects following a six month in [...]	2006-12-08 16:07:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV TU
06ISTANBUL2150	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE ON THE POPE'S VISIT AND [...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarchate senior advisor Metropolitan Meliton shared with us his deep satisfaction over the success of Pope Benedict XVI's recent visit to Turkey but predicted improved Muslim-Christian relations would not influence the Government of Turkey (GOT) to resolve issues [...]	2006-12-11 12:49:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TU
06ISTANBUL392	NEW TURKISH WITHHOLDING TAX ROILS BROKERS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's new 15 percent withholding tax on capital gains and interest from government securities has had little of the market impact that market players predicted last year. A number of analysts profess surprise at how limited the impact has been, with some noting that the Trea [...]	2006-03-16 12:54:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
06ISTANBUL393	TUZMEN OUTLINES GOT'S STRATEGY TO BOOST BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Trade Minister Kursad Tuzmen outlined the GOT's strategy to increase bilateral trade with the United States in a luncheon address to the Turkish-American Business Council (TAIK) on March 10. Coopting the Foreign Ministry's "Year of the Americas"-- which some TAIK contact [...]	2006-03-16 13:12:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD TU
06ISTANBUL9	ISTANBUL'S AK PARTY CHAIRMAN GETS PERSONAL AT [...] (U) Summary: A December International Migration Symposium in Istanbul provided useful insight into Turkish perspectives on the social justice and security implications of migration, with many Turkish concerns mirroring those in the U.S. An unexpected note was Istanbul AK Party Chairman Mehm [...]	2006-01-04 13:09:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
06JAKARTA11799	Central Sulawesi: "Poso 3" Executed - Violence [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus Da Silva, and Marinus Riwu were executed September 22. Security situations in Palu, Poso and Tentena remained calm, inspired by a highly visible police and military presence patrolling the streets. Violence erupted in areas of West Timor, Nusa Tenggara [...]	2006-09-22 10:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS PGOV PNAT KJUS CASC ID
06JAKARTA12100	Eastern Indonesia: Violence Increases After [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The execution of the "Poso 3" on September 22 was immediately followed by an outbreak of violence in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) (Flores and West Timor) and later in Central Sulawesi, where the executions occurred. The reaction was not unexpected by local officials; police in NTT [...]	2006-10-02 11:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM ID
06JAKARTA12543	INDONESIA'S ECONOMY ONE YEAR AFTER THE FUEL PRICE [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia successfully restored macroeconomic stability in the first half of 2006 after the August 2005 rupiah "mini-crisis" and the fuel price hikes and interest rate increases that followed. After the Government of Indonesia (GOI) hiked fuel prices by an average of 126% in O [...]	2006-10-13 10:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA13304	East Java: NU Political Clout Diminished As [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the final battle for control of the National Awakening Party (PKB),Nahdatul Ulama's (NU) political wing and Indonesia's 4th largest political party, the Indonesian Supreme Court ruled on October 12 against East Java PKB Chairman Choiral Anam's attempt to overthrow former Indo [...]	2006-11-27 10:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL ID
06JAKARTA1819	INDONESIA-U.S. POLITICA-MILITARY TALKS [...] (C) Summary: U.S. and Indonesian delegations held a day of political-military talks February 1 to explore expanded bilateral cooperation following the U.S. decision in November to end restrictions on military-to-military relations. The U.S. delegation, led by Dr. John Hillen, Assistant Secre [...]	2006-02-10 12:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA7014	COORDINATING MINISTER BOEDIONO ON THE INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Boediono told the Ambassador May 24 that the Government of Indonesia (GOI) would "step back" from the labor reform process to give unions and employers time to work out a compromise on severance pay and other issues. He provided detail [...]	2006-06-02 10:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PREL KFLU ID

06JEDDAH384	TABUK SAUDI ARABIA: NORTHERN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE [...] SUMMARY: On May 16, the CG and Pol/Econ Chief met with the Board of Directors of the Tabuk Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Manager of the Supreme Commission for Tourism (SCT). The Board enthusiastically promoted the agricultural and industrial developments in the region and express [...]	2006-05-23 12:55:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO EAGR ECON EIND KISL PREL SA SCUL SENV
06JEDDAH385	OBSERVATIONS ON THE NORTHERN ARABIAN CITY OF TABUK [...] SUMMARY: During a visit to Tabuk on May 16, the CG and Pol/Econ Chief were able to meet with the Governor and leading members of the Tabuk Chamber of Commerce and Industry (reftels). The trip included a tour of the city of Tabuk which provided a chance to form some general impressions. Tabu [...]	2006-05-23 14:43:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH645	LETTER FROM OIC SECGEN REGARDING "DESECRATION OF [...] (U) The following letter, dated October 5, 2006, was delivered to AMCON Jeddah. It is from the Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to the Secretary of State, and condemns the alleged destruction of SIPDIS the cemetery of Mamella, an ancient Muslim cemetery, [...]	2006-10-10 12:12:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL OPDC PREL SA
06JEDDAH700	TALES OF A PRINCE: CG MEETS WITH GOVERNOR OF [...] (S) On November 7 the CG met with a prominent Western businessman who is close to the Governor of Asir, Prince Khalid bin Faisal. The businessman is known as a "fixer" for Prince Khalid. During their conversation, he recounted to the CG a number of his interactions with the Prince. 2. (S) Their f [...]	2006-11-08 14:37:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PGOV PINR SCUL
06JERUSALEM2825	MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 6 [...] (C) IDF forces on July 6 expanded their incursion in the northern Gaza to the three dismantled settlements that had been the site of previous Qassam rocket launches. The Israeli move follows the launching of two additional Qassam rockets, one of which came near the southern city of Ashkelon. [...]	2006-07-06 12:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM
06JERUSALEM3439	LIVING CONDITIONS IN GAZA CONTINUE TO DECLINE [...] (SBU) Summary: Anecdotal reports collected by ConGen FSN and USAID staff resident in Gaza indicate that living conditions in Gaza continue to decline. Electricity and water are in short supply, in addition to food, fuel, credit and overall economic opportunity. Electricity imports from Isr [...]	2006-08-07 13:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON EAID PREL KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM3679	PALESTINIAN STOCK MARKET ENDS FREEFALL; REGULATORS [...] (SBU) Summary. After plummeting for months, Palestinian stocks have gained 20 percent since mid-July 2006. The Palestinian Securities Exchange (PSE) August 13 reinstated a wider daily price trading range of five percent, thereby suggesting that concerns over market volatility have eased. PS [...]	2006-08-18 14:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM5065	MASKIYYOT: NEW SETTLEMENT DEVELOPMENT OPPOSITE [...] (C) Summary. During a visit to the Maskiyyot pre-army school on December 29, students told Poloff that houses for 30 families evacuated from Gush Katif would be constructed in a separate, uncleared area, opposite the highway from the school. Peace Now's chief settlement watcher told Poloff [...]	2006-12-29 14:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM936	PLANNED MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE STIRS CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) Summary. The Israeli Supreme Court issued an injunction February 22 halting construction of the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem, funded by the U.S.-based Simon Wiesenthal Center, and appointed former Chief Justice Meir Shamgar to lead a 30-day mediation period. The first arbitratio [...]	2006-03-06 15:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KPAO IS
06JOHANNESBURG337	THE SOUTH AFRICAN COAL INDUSTRY: PART II -- COAL IN SOUTH [...] (U) Introduction: This is the second of a four-part cable dealing with coal and the important role coal plays in the South African economy. Part 2 provides an in-depth look at the South African coal industry, from coalfields to production, uses and exports. It also looks at the infrastructur [...]	2006-09-08 15:44:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ENRG ECON SF
06JOHANNESBURG339	THE SOUTH AFRICAN COAL INDUSTRY: PART IV -- AFRICAN COAL [...] (U) Introduction: This is the fourth and last of a four-part cable dealing with coal and the important role it plays in the South African economy. Part 4 provides information on some of the coal-related developments in other African countries. Reftel A provides a summary for all four sections [...]	2006-09-08 16:54:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ENRG ECON SF
06KABUL3943	PRT KHOST:KUCHI AGREEMENT STOPS VIOLENCE, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Provincial leaders are pleased with a July 31 agreement ending a violent land dispute between the Kuchi and Baker Khel tribes in Khost's Bak District. Although they have reason to celebrate the cooperation among traditional, provincial, and GOA leaders to broker the agreement, it [...]	2006-09-04 10:04:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF AF
06KABUL5235	PRT Farah: Iranian Assistance Plans for Farah Province [...] (SBU) Iran has traditionally taken an interest in western Afghanistan as an important sphere of influence and, historically, Iranians have regarded part of western Afghanistan as an extension of Iranian territory. Recent Iranian negotiations with Farah provincial government officials show the [...]	2006-10-29 03:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID ASEC PREL AF IR
06KABUL5666	PRT/QAL-E NOW: REBUILT AIRSTRIP IMPROVES LIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Spanish PRT recently upgraded the Qal-e Now airstrip to increase the Spanish Military's ability to support and supply the PRT during the upcoming winter months. The project was conducted by the Spanish Agency for International Development (AECI),which trained local staff [...]	2006-12-04 07:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AF
06KABUL5778	PRT/QAL-E NOW: SPANISH ROAD CONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI) is working on a road between the provincial capital, Qal-e Now, and the Sabsak Pass, on the border between Herat and Badghis Provinces. The Spaniards plan to complete work on the first 30 kilometers by the end of the year a [...]	2006-12-11 07:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON ELTN EAID AF
06KABUL745	AFGHANISTAN INVESTMENT COMPANY CLOSING IN ON FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary: The Afghanistan Investment Company (AIC,) founded in October 2005 by 50 of Afghanistans and the Afghan Diasporas wealthiest businessmen, is closing in on its first venture: a Greenfield cement plant in Puli i Khumri, Baghlan province. According to Mahmood Karzai, the GOA Presi [...]	2006-02-20 12:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL OPIC EAID PGOV AF
06KABUL839	PRT FARAH - GOVERNOR WASIFI SINGS ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. Farah Province,s Governor Isatollah Wasifi met with officials of Bejend and Meshand in the city of Bejend in the province of South Khorasan in northern Iran December 20-27. They discussed joint border control, economic expansion and construction, cultural, and education project [...]	2006-02-27 06:30:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL851	PRT FARAH - GOVERNOR WASIFI SINGS ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. Farah Province,s Governor Isatollah Wasifi met with officials of Bejend and Meshand in the city of Bejend in the province of South Khorasan in northern Iran December 20-27. They discussed joint border control, economic expansion and construction, cultural, and education project [...]	2006-02-27 09:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KHARTOUM1123	Sudan and Its Nine Neighbors: Part 2 of 4; The [...] (SBU) Introduction: Sudan, the largest and arguably the most complex country ethnically in Africa, has nine neighbors. This cable, the second of a series of four, seeks to depict the bilateral relationship between Sudan and each of its adjacent states in terms of history, social and cultural [...]	2006-05-14 03:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI SCUL ECON ETRD ER ET SU
06KHARTOUM2192	TRUCKING COMPANIES STOP SERVICE TO KHARTOUM [...] (C) Summary: Trucking between Port Sudan and Khartoum has been halted by a strike by trucking companies, purportedly because of a dispute over a new tax imposed by Red Sea State. The dispute has the potential to disrupt nearly all shipments, including food and humanitarian supplies. Truckers [...]	2006-09-12 12:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ELTN PGOV PHUM PREL SU
06KHARTOUM2376	DARFURQA DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENT FOR FOOD AID [...] From August 29 - 31, USAID staff members visited El Fasher, North Darfur, to follow up on reports that food aid commodities were for sale in El Fasher markets and to discuss the food aid program with the UN World Food Program (WFP). WFP indicated that problems with ration sales, concern for [...]	2006-09-27 10:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
06KHARTOUM2467	PAULINO MATIP SUPPORTS UN DEPLOYMENT AND U.S. SPLA [...] (C) Summary: Lt. Gen. Paulino Matip urged continued U.S. engagement in Darfur and joint action by the international community and SPLA to address the area's urgent crisis. He notes a growing African-Arab gap in Sudan and believes the North is rearming militias in the South. Matip sees Pres [...]	2006-10-09 14:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EAID MCAP MOPS SU
06KHARTOUM2631	MINAWI ON THE EVE OF HIS DARFUR TRIP [...] (S) Summary: In a November 5 meeting with Sr. Security Advisor, SLM leader Minni Minawi approached his upcoming trip to Darfur practically, intent on taking his message directly to the people, but understanding he had little to offer at this stage. He expects the Government to throw some obs [...]	2006-11-07 10:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PGOV PREL SU UN CD ER
06KHARTOUM274	SOUTH SUDAN: MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: CG Juba met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Minister of Regional Affairs Nhial Deng Nhial shortly before Nhial departed for Khartoum en route to Cairo as head of a GoSS delegation that includes the Ministers of Justice and Public Service, sent to investigate the killing [...]	2006-02-06 12:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EPET PINR SU
06KHARTOUM2794	KHARTOUM NEC - STATUS OF CONTAINERS [...] (SBU) On December 4, CDA Hume met with the Deputy Director for the Americas at the MFA to raise the need for action by the Sudanese government to release construction materials for the New Embassy Compound (NEC) from customs at Port Sudan. OBO Project Executive Albertson and Management Counsel [...]	2006-12-05 08:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABLD AMGT ASEC PREL US SU
06KHARTOUM546	JUBA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS RIOT IN KHARTOUM [...] SUMMARY. On Feb 11, a serious student riot occurred at the University of Juba's Kadoro Campus in Khartoum following the refusal of university officials to establish as student union. Many observers, however, believe that the true purpose of the riot was to force the University to return to [...]	2006-03-02 13:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP PREL SCUL PINR PHUM SU
06KHARTOUM547	JUBA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS RIOT IN KHARTOUM [...] SUMMARY. On Feb 11, a serious student riot occurred at the University of Juba's Kadoro Campus in Khartoum following the refusal of university officials to establish as student union. Many observers, however, believe that the true purpose of the riot was to force the University to return to [...]	2006-03-02 13:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP PREL SCUL PINR PHUM SU
06KHARTOUM588	CG Juba Roundup - March 6 [...] (U) Disease Spreads: While the cholera epidemic seems to have peaked in Juba on February 19th, and run its course in Yei, it continues to spread to other parts of the south up the Nile river. Cases have been reported in Pibor, Bor, Torit, Numile, Terekeka, and Lafon. The Government of South [...]	2006-03-07 10:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR MOPS SOCI SU
06KHARTOUM973	Written Statement of FM Lam Akol on Chad-Sudan [...] Summary: On April 23, Foreign Minister Lam Akol briefed the diplomatic corps on the state of Chad-Sudan bilateral relations. The statement cites Chad as the source of tension in the relationship, and maintained that Sudan did not support rebel groups against it. It further describes the hi [...]	2006-04-24 11:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CD SU
06KIEV1021	UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: EUR DAS KRAMER [...] (C) Summary: During March 13 meetings in Kiev, EUR DAS David Kramer praised the Ukrainian government's decision to implement a customs protocol to control the flow of goods across its border with Moldova/Transnistria. Drawing on reftel, Kramer told PM Yuri Yekhanurov, Deputy Minister of Defe [...]	2006-03-15 15:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MD UP OSCE
06KIEV1036	UKRAINE: EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION BEFORE AND [...] (C) Summary: Various interlocutors assessed the prospects for Ukraine's drive toward NATO membership after the March 26 parliamentary elections during visits to Kiev by EUR DAS David Kramer's March 13 and by Project for Transitional Democracies head Bruce Jackson March 4-8. Deputy Foreign Mi [...]	2006-03-16 15:51:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO UP
06KIEV3755	UKRAINE: ENGAGING THE NEW UKRAINIAN REALITY AFTER [...] (SBU) Note: In preparation for senior-level consideration of our Ukraine policy, this cable assesses the political and economic developments under the new government. 2. (C) Summary. 50 days after Viktor Yanukovych returned to the premiership he vacated in December 2004 in the wake of the [...]	2006-09-28 14:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ETRD KDEM UP
06KIEV3906	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH ECONOMIC POLICY RECORD MIXED [...] (C) Summary: After eight weeks in power, the Yanukovych government's record on economic policy in a number of areas has not been as bad as some expected, nor as good as others hoped. The conventional wisdom among the foreign business community has swung from "let's give them a chance" to "dej [...]	2006-10-10 16:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV POL PREL UP
06KIEV936	UKRAINE: REGIONS' CONSULTANTS WARN DEFICIENCIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Party of Regions' U.S. campaign consultants Paul Manafort, Phil Griffin, and Catherine Barnes called on DCM and poloff March 10 to share Regions' concerns about election organizational problems that they feared could call the legitimacy of the March 26 election into question. M [...]	2006-03-10 17:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM
06KINGSTON1051	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: May 13 - May 30, 2006 [...] This week's topics: -- BOJ Reduces Interest Rates -- Prime Minister of Malaysia Visits -- Jamaican Company to Expand to the Caribbean -- Major Investment Project on the Horizon -- Cement Troubles Continue -- Public Sector Memorandum of Understanding (Finally) -------------- [...]	2006-05-30 14:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON1122	JAMAICAN ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN 2005: A YEAR OF [...] Data published by the Planning Institute of Jamaica at the end of April shows that the country missed its main economic targets during 2005. Real GDP growth of 1.4 percent was below the original target of 3.6 percent, due to weather-related and oil price shocks. These contributed to rising p [...]	2006-06-07 20:40:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON1286	CEMENT CRISIS TRIGGERS SHOCKWAVES IN JAMAICA [...] Summary: An ongoing cement shortage has caused immense social and economic fallout, with potential negative implications for Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller's fledgling administration. In 2004, despite strong opposition from interest groups, the GOJ yielded to pressure from the Caribbean [...]	2006-06-29 13:03:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND JM
06KINGSTON1342	JAMAICAN ELECTIONS: OPPOSITION CONFIDENT BUT ALSO [...] (C) Summary: In a July 3 meeting with Audley Shaw, opposition Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) Spokesman for Finance and Public Service, Shaw predicted that national elections would be called for late August or early September. He said that a series of scandals could open the door for the first JLP [...]	2006-07-07 20:23:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EPET KCOR JM
06KINGSTON1441	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: June 24 - July 24, 2006 [...] This month's topics: -- Chavez Visit Postponed -- West Indies Alumina Company Cutting Jobs -- More Competition in Mobile Market -- Finance Minister Heads Team to the UK -- Cement Imports Increase -- Airline Starts Service to Jamaica -- Prices Jump in June -- Opposition Spokesman Predicts [...]	2006-07-25 11:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON1579	LIKELY ISSUES IF ELECTIONS CALLED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller (PSM),leader of the Peoples National Party (PNP),remains silent on the timing of the next general election. If elections are not called soon, PSM will have to wait until after Cricket World Cup (CWC) (scheduled to begin in March 2007),du [...]	2006-08-14 11:34:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON JM
06KINGSTON1592	VENEZUELA/JAMAICA: USD 563 MILLION ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) On August 14, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, accompanied by Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro and Energy and Petroleum Minister Raphael Ramirez, made a one-day stop in Jamaica during which he signed agreements with the GOJ totaling USD 563.3 million. Of that figure, USD 290 million pur [...]	2006-08-15 19:47:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EPET PGOV PREL JM VE
06KINGSTON1662	JAMAICA: WINDOW TO CALL ELECTIONS CLOSING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller's (PSM) window to call general elections is quickly closing. Under an informal agreement with CARICOM countries not to hold elections within six months of Cricket World Cup (CWC),PSM must hold elections before October 11 or wait until after [...]	2006-08-23 19:16:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JM
06KINGSTON1798	JAMAICA: ECONOMIC GROWTH EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS, [...] Jamaica's economy is estimated to have grown by 2.8 percent between April and June 2006 -- twice the rate projected by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ),and this despite a shock to the construction sector from a recent cement crisis (ref. A). Growth has been largely the result of touris [...]	2006-09-12 19:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND PREL SOCI JM
06KINGSTON2189	JAMAICA: NEW POLL SHOWS RULING PNP AND OPPOSITION [...] (U) The ruling People's National Party (PNP) and opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) are tied for public support at 32 percent each, according to the latest Bill Johnson poll commissioned by the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper. Since Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) became head of the PNP and Prime Min [...]	2006-11-07 19:04:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL XK
06KINGSTON336	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: FEBRUARY 4, 2006 - [...] This week's topics: -- New Governor General -- Economic Prospects Favorable -- First Supplementary Estimates to Be Tabled -- Tourism Back In Earnest -- Jamaica's Hunt for Oil -- Sugar Industry Developments -- Jamaica-Cuba: Light Bulbs and Cement -- International Arrest [...]	2006-02-17 15:17:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON420	JAMAICA RECORDS STRONG GROWTH DURING OCTOBER TO [...] (U) Summary: The Jamaican economy weathered the storms of 2005 to record growth of 1.8 percent during the year. The expansion in output was largely due to robust growth of 4.1 percent during the final quarter, reflecting a recovery in agriculture and tourism. Declining oil and food prices al [...]	2006-02-28 20:54:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON553	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MARCH 7 - MARCH 17, 2006 [...] This week's topics: -- New Prime Minister on March 30 -- Delta Call Center Contract -- Tax Debate Heats Up -- New Player in Telecom Industry -- Tough Cement Problem -- Crime Rates Down ------------------------------ New Prime Minister on March 30 --------------- [...]	2006-03-20 18:26:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON647	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MARCH 18 - MARCH 31, [...] This week's topics: -- New Prime Minister Sworn In -- Economic Policy Stability -- Cement Industry Developments -- Labor Relations -- Revised Sugar Production Target for `05/`06 ------------------------------ New Prime Minister Sworn In ------------------------------ 2. [...]	2006-04-03 18:03:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON745	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: April 1 - April 18, 2006 [...] This week's topics: -- "Zeeks" Found Guilty of Murder -- Buoyant Tourism Season -- Sluggish Economic Growth in 2005 -- Inflation Slows During First Quarter -- Estimates of Expenditure Tabled ---------------------------- "Zeeks" Found Guilty of Murder ---------------------- [...]	2006-04-18 18:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON770	JAMAICA'S CURRENT ACCOUNT WORSENS [...] Summary: Influenced by the surge in the prices of oil and food imports, Jamaica's current account deficit almost doubled during 2005. The current account deficit increased by USD 465.1 million to USD 974.5 million, just under ten percent of the country's GDP. The 20 percent jump in imports [...]	2006-04-20 18:36:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON939	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: May 3 - May 12, 2006 [...] This week's topics: -- Venezuelan Navy Ship Visits Kingston -- Prime Minister of Malaysia Visits -- Budget Debate Closes -- Motorola Deal Moving Forward -- Delta to Offer Atlanta-Kingston Route -- Cement Investigation Extended -- Bananas and Sugar: Help on the Way? -- Se [...]	2006-05-15 11:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINSHASA1179	PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL NYAMWISI THROWS VOTES TO [...] (SBU) Presidential candidate Mbusa Nyamwisi confirmed in an interview July 23 with Radio France Internationale (RFI) that he was urging his supporters to vote for incumbent President Joseph Kabila. The interview confirmed growing speculation that the one-time RCD-K/ML rebel leader's lacklus [...]	2006-07-25 12:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1373	INCREASING ECONOMIC PROBLEMS IN THE KASAIS [...] (U) Summary. Eastern and Western Kasai have been experiencing increasing economic difficulties, seemingly due primarily to labor strife, the diamond parastatal's ongoing problems, and seasonal effects. Both Kasais have experienced shortages of produce, goods and petroleum products, with conseq [...]	2006-08-30 14:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EMIN ELTN PGOV ELAB CG
06KINSHASA1410	SECURITY AT THE DRCâ€™S NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER [...] (C) Summary. Four EmbOffs and an Econ LES toured the Kinshasa Nuclear Research Center (CREN-K) July 27 to assess security and determine its needs. CREN-K houses the DRC's two nuclear reactors, neither of which functions, although staff continue to conduct nuclear-related research and teaching at th [...]	2006-09-08 11:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EMIN ETRD KGIT PREL PGOV IAEA CG
06KINSHASA154	FY06 SPECIAL SELF-HELP FUND ALLCATION REQUEST [...] (U) Embssy Kinshasa requests $82,500 in FY06 Special Self-Help Funds (SSHF) (reftel a). JUSTIFICATION ------------ Embassy Kinshasa's seletion committe has chosen nine projects for FY06 SSHF, each o which will be directly overseen by a mission oficer and the SSHF funding coordinator. Post [...]	2006-01-30 13:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID CG DEM
06KINSHASA1731	LOANS TO DRC FROM CHINA, INDIA, KUWAIT [...] (SBU) Post submits the following in response to reftel A's request for information on new lending from emerging bilateral creditors. The GDRC's bilateral lending agreements include China, India and Kuwait, although detailed information about the loans is difficult to obtain. (Note: Even the IM [...]	2006-11-10 08:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ETRD EMIN PGOV CG CH IN KU
06KINSHASA1743	BEMBA FOCUSING ON POLITICAL FUTURE IN OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary. Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba has effectively recognized he has lost the October 29 DRC elections, but is laying the groundwork for claiming electoral fraud. Nonetheless, he increasingly is focusing on his political future. He told the Ambassador he and his troops plan to m [...]	2006-11-14 13:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO AADP CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA230	WILL THE DRC BUY WHAT COMESA IS SELLING? [...] (U) Summary. COMESA, the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa, continues its attempts to engage the DRC. COMESA's Deputy Secretary-General led a delegation to the DRC the week of January 23, with the primary purpose of appealing to GDRC officials to pay membership dues and join the cus [...]	2006-02-13 09:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAID EMIN PGOV CG
06KINSHASA932	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: JUNE EDITION, [...] (U) SUMMARY: ROC President Denis Sassou-Nguesso is expected to return to Brazzaville on June 13 following widely-publicized visits to New York for his June 2 address to the United Nations on HIV/AIDs, June 5 meeting in Washington with President Bush and Secretary Rice, and a brief visit with [...]	2006-06-13 14:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU PINR UNSC ASEC CF
06KUALALUMPUR1936	GOVERNMENT-LINKED COMPANIES: UNRAVELING THE TANGLED WEB [...] (SBU) Summary: The Malaysian government,s ability to control market access through its holdings in government linked companies (GLCs) is an important consideration in our ongoing FTA negotiations. Unraveling the tangled web of government holdings is difficult. Much information is publicly available [...]	2006-10-13 09:43:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD MY
06KUWAIT3640	TRIPARTITE COMMISSION TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE 51ST [...] Summary: Kuwait hosted the 51st session of the Tripartitite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) on September 5, 2006 with representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, France, Britain, the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC),and Embassy Kuwait in attendance. The session [...]	2006-09-10 14:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MARR IZ SA KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4173	KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER VISIT: OCTOBER 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 15, Econoffs and DHS officer visited Abdaly Border Crossing, Coalition Crossing, and Navistar on the Kuwait-Iraq border. Despite a number of cross-border incidents in August and September 2006 (reftel),activity at the border appeared calm due in part to the decrea [...]	2006-10-18 10:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS KTFN PTER
06KUWAIT4638	EVOLVING IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER CROSSING PROCEDURES [...] (C/NF) Summary. On December 5, Kuwait Ministry of Interior (MOI) and United States Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC) officials accompanied by Emboff met and discussed Kuwait-Iraq border crossing issues arising from recently altered MOI procedures. The MOI began using new procedu [...]	2006-12-12 14:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PBTS KU IZ
06KUWAIT881	TRIPARTITE COMMISSION'S TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE'S [...] Summary: Kuwait hosted the 50th session of the Tripartitite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) on March 14, 2006 with representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, France, Britain, the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC),and Embassies Kuwait and Baghdad in attendance. [...]	2006-03-15 10:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MARR IZ SA KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT98	REGIONAL LEADERS AND THRONGS OF KUWAITI CITIZENS [...] Tens of thousands of Kuwaiti men and women, including Cabinet ministers and Members of Parliament, attended the 3:30 PM (local) funeral of Amir Shaykh Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who was buried at Kuwait's main cemetery in Sulaibikhat, approximately 25 miles west of Kuwait City. The fun [...]	2006-01-15 14:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KU
06KYIV4062	UKRAINE: GUAM STATEMENT CRITICIZES RUSSIAN ACTIONS [...] (U) The Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM issued a statement dated October 16 on Russia-Georgia tension on the margins of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Foreign Ministers in Minsk. The press reported that Ukrainian delegation head First Deputy [...]	2006-10-20 16:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PREL KDEM YI RS AZ GG MD UP
06KYIV4489	UKRAINE: THE RUSSIA FACTOR IN CRIMEA - UKRAINE'S [...] (C) Summary. Discussions with a wide range of contacts in Crimea November 20-22 and officials in Kyiv discounted recent speculation that a return of pro-Russian separatism in Crimea, which posed a real threat to Ukrainian territorial integrity in 1994-95, could be in the cards. However, nearl [...]	2006-12-07 15:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RU UP
06KYIV4558	UKRAINE: LAND, POWER, AND CRIMINALITY IN CRIMEA [...] (C) Summary. Land issues dominate the Autonomous Republic of Crimea's local agenda, according to a wide range of Crimean officials, journalists, and community leaders we talked to November 20-22 in the Crimean capitol of Simferopol, the separately administered city of Sevastopol, and Bakhchis [...]	2006-12-14 09:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM UP
06LAGOS1024	NIGERIA SSH OBLIGATION STATUS [...] The SSH committee has identified eleven special self-help projects to fund for FY 2006. The signing of the project, with activity agreements signings pending will take place after final site visits. Mission has implemented shifted Ambassador Campbell''s decision to transferthe focus of the SS [...]	2006-07-24 16:06:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID SOCI AFIN AMGT NI
06LAGOS1373	GOVERNOR ODILI ANNOUNCES PRESIDENTIAL BID [...] (C) Summary. Due to his purported friendship with President Obasanjo and the money at his disposal, Rivers State Governor Peter Odili is currently the south's most formidable candidate for the 2007 PDP presidential nomination. His Igbo heritage and south-south background serve to make him an [...]	2006-11-22 12:29:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS605	A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A NIGER DELTA MILITANT [...] (S/NF) On the morning of 11 April 2006, Lagos Acting Consul Howe, Lagos Econoff Marcinek, and Abuja Poloff Judah embarked on tour of the creeks around Warri Southwest Delta State. The tour was guided by the Federated Niger Delta Ijaw Communities (FNDIC),members who have a close and overlapp [...]	2006-05-05 12:31:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV EPAT PREL PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS9	LAND TENURE REFORM NEEDED FOR REAL ESTATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Nigerian housing/real estate sector is cumbersome, costly, and has not been the catalyst for growth and private sector activity that it should be. Primary reasons for the inefficiency of this sector are that the laws and regulations governing conveyance and registration of [...]	2006-01-04 15:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EIND KCOR EAID PGOV NI
06LAPAZ1859	SANTA CRUZ LABOR DISPUTE PROMPTS GOB INTERVENTION [...] (SBU) Summary: July 3 clashes between feuding branches of Santa Cruz' Departmental Labor Confederation prompted the GOB to dismiss the department's police chief and install military guards at key administrative buildings. Minister of Government Alicia Munoz accused the police chief of neglige [...]	2006-07-07 20:09:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PGOV SOCI BL
06LAPAZ2638	BOLIVIAN ECONOMY HUMS ALONG DESPITE UNCERTAINTY [...] Summary: Bolivia's GDP grew by 4.5 percent during the first semester of 2006 due to high international prices for the country's main exports: hydrocarbons and minerals. Exports grew by 52 percent in the first six months compared with the same period in 2005, contributing to an increase in int [...]	2006-09-29 18:57:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BL
06LIBREVILLE624	MOBIL PULLING OUT OF GABON [...] (SBU) As part of a larger divestiture from its marketing operations in sub-Saharan Africa, ExxonMobil has sold its shares in Mobil Oil Gabon to the Libyan oil company, Tamoil. ExxonMobil held 90% of Mobil Oil Gabon, with the GoG holding the remaining 10%. Earlier in the year ExxonMobil sold it [...]	2006-10-12 08:45:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON GB
06LIMA1229	LIMA MAYOR CASTENEDA,S UNUSUAL AND SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lima Mayor Luis Casteneda has a unique political style that has built him political support among the lower middle class and poor. He eschews vocal populism, letting his deeds speak for him, and approaches municipal governance in a manner more common to business than the public [...]	2006-03-29 19:41:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1452	APRA CONFIDENT OF MAKING SECOND-ROUND RUN-OFF, SEEKS EMBASSY'S ASSISTANCE IN CEMENTING DEMOCRATIC COALITION AGAINST HUMALA [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 22:48:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1995	PERU'S FIRST QUARTER ECONOMIC SURPRISE [...] (U) Summary: Just-released Q106 economic results indicate that Peru's economy grew 6.85 percent for the quarter, surprising the GOP and analysts alike. Given January's and February's relatively moderate growth rates of 4.4 percent and 4.9 percent, March's 10.7 percent growth not only exceede [...]	2006-05-22 19:48:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SOCI PGOV PE
06LIMA2445	LULA-GARCIA MEETING A "LOVE-FEST" ACCORDING TO TOP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Peruvian Foreign Ministry's Undersecretary for Political Affairs, Pablo Portugal, described the 6/13 meeting in Brasilia between President-elect Alan Garcia and Brazilian President Lula da Silva as a "love-fest," during a 6/14 coffee with the Ambassador. According to Portu [...]	2006-06-19 19:30:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD EINV PE BR
06LIMA3686	CAMISEA SCORECARD: TOLEDO'S GREAT LEGACY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Camisea natural gas project has been a qualified success. Peru is increasingly using Camisea gas (cleaner, cheaper than diesel) in power generation, industry, homes and vehicles, with Peruvians benefiting from lower electricity rates -- even before construction of the project [...]	2006-09-15 19:29:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE
06LJUBLJANA14	SLOVENIA: POL-MIL OUTLOOK FOR 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY. In 2006, a new leadership team will consolidate its power within the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) will continue the process of transformation to meet NATO's standards and prepare for the challenges of the future. Slovenia's defense and security [...]	2006-01-06 07:51:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PINR SI NATO
06LUANDA1257	ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATES INCREASED WILLINGNESS TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary. The GRA has indicated to the IMF more interest about entering into a Standby Agreement (SBA) than at any other time in the recent past. IMF reps described meetings with high level government and party officials were very [...]	2006-12-08 11:56:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID AO
06LUANDA1261	ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATES INCREASED WILLINGNESS TO [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary. The GRA has indicated to the IMF more interest about entering into a Standby Agreement (SBA) than at any other time in the recent past. IMF reps described meetings with high level government and party officials were very posi [...]	2006-12-11 11:16:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID AO
06LUSAKA1523	IMF LAUDS ZAMBIA'S ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT, BUT NOTES [...] (SBU) Summary: Zambia's macroeconomic stability is impressive, but the country's environment for private sector development "needs improvement," an International Monetary Fund team told donor representatives on November 1. IMF officials noted that fiscal management was generally good, the kwac [...]	2006-11-03 10:03:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EAID ZA
06LUSAKA1627	ZAMBIA NOVEMBER ECONOMIC NEWS ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY OF TOPICS -- China forgives Zambian debt, signs smelter deal -- Konkola Copper Mine spill pollutes Kafue River -- Two-thirds of Zambians lack access to financial services -- Time to register a company with PACRO down to one day -- Chilanga Cement launches construction of new plant [...]	2006-11-29 14:35:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EAIR PGOV ZA
06MADRID2525	SPAIN: GALICIA'S ECONOMY TRANSFORMED BY 20 YEARS [...] Spain's 1986 entry into the European Union turned on a tap of EU funding which has helped transform the face of modern Spain. To gain a better understanding of the impact of European funding on Spain's 16 regions, Embassy Madrid's Economic section plans to visit many of these regions over th [...]	2006-10-06 07:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SP
06MADRID2771	SPAIN: VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES [...] (SBU) Summary. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales visited Madrid on October 23-24 to meet with the Spanish Minister of Justice, the Minister of Interior, and the Spanish Prosecutor General. AG Gonzales also participated in the fourth meeting of the U.S.-Spain Bilateral Counter Terrorism Expert [...]	2006-10-30 15:26:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SP
06MADRID41	Investment Climate Statement, Spain [...] Openness to Foreign Investment A. The socialist (PSOE) government of Spain that assumed office in March 2004 is interested in attracting foreign investment. There have been no significant changes in Spain's regulations for investment and foreign exchange under the new government. Spanish [...]	2006-01-10 16:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN KTDB SP USTR OPIC
06MANAGUA1192	CREATIVE PROPERTY FRAUD IN NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: Nicaragua's long history of uncertain land tenure and a corrupt judicial system continues to undermine real property rights and perpetuate the instability of land tenure. Recent cases (amounting to extremely creative fraud) demonstrate how deceptive real estate manipulation p [...]	2006-06-05 15:47:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE ECON CVIS NU
06MANAGUA1193	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: LIBERAL CHONTALENOS FEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the May 31 deadline to register party candidates for the November national elections and the fact that both major Liberal groups determined to run separately, we found most Liberals in Chontales still hoping for a united front to challenge the FSLN in November. Supporter [...]	2006-06-05 16:35:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1400	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: RIO SAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Nicaraguan department of Rio San Juan is largely rural and a majority of the population has voted Liberal in every election since 1990. The FSLN has, however, captured a consistently large minority of the vote. Local political, religious, and community leaders disagree on [...]	2006-06-27 16:35:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA212	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: RAAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs visited the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) on January 19 to discuss the upcoming March 5 regional elections with political, religious, and NGO officials. Both partisan and independent authorities reported that Eduardo Montealegre is gaining strength in the regi [...]	2006-01-27 23:30:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2286	OAS EOM POSITIVE ON NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The technical team leading the OAS' electoral observation mission (EOM) in Nicaragua appeared generally positive during a recent briefing regarding preparations for the November 5 national elections, although they noted some areas of concern. Technical mission chief Patricio Ga [...]	2006-10-17 16:33:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EAID OAS NU
06MANAGUA2343	CSE PRESIDENT CLAIMS ELECTIONS WILL BE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and the magistrates of Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) exchanged concerns regarding the November 5 national elections during a recent meeting at CSE headquarters. Ambassador urged the magistrates to assure that eligible voters can obtain the necessary voting [...]	2006-10-23 18:57:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2377	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: THE SCENE ON THE GROUND TEN [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: With ten days remaining before Nicaragua's November 5 elections, three presidential candidates are scrambling to convince voters that they are best suited to beat Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega. Ortega remains the frontrunner in [...]	2006-10-25 22:46:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2484	IRREGULARITIES MAY INFLUENCE DISTRIBUTION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the November 5 national elections occurred without significant outbreaks of violence or major systemic irregularities, mission observers nevertheless noted anomalies that may have been of a magnitude sufficient to affect the outcome of the distribution of deputy position [...]	2006-11-09 19:38:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2492	ONCE UPON A NICARAGUAN ELECTION: TALES OF A U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY: The U.S. Embassy community contributed 46 observers to the international force on November 5th. Traveling to each of Nicaragua's 17 departments, observer teams left by plane and automobile early on Saturday the 4th. Their collective experiences paint a colorful picture of Nicarag [...]	2006-11-09 22:50:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2518	THE TORTOISE AND THE HARES -- WHY ORTEGA WON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega won Nicaragua's presidential election after surpassing the low 35% threshold required to win on the first round and with 4 percentage points below what he received in the 2001 race. While the lion's share of the [...]	2006-11-14 23:02:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2625	ALN EMERGES AS DEMOCRATIC ALTERNATIVE [...] (C) Summary: The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance's (ALN) second place finish to the FSLN in the November 5 presidential elections broke a 16-year political party duopoly in Nicaragua and thrust to the forefront an organization committed to democratic change. The election results and recognition b [...]	2006-12-04 14:53:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2665	CSE OFFICIAL CLAIMS COUNCIL IS OPEN TO ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: During a December 5 lunch with poloff, Nicaraguan Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) Chief of Staff Rodrigo Barreto commented that the CSE magistrates are open to suggestions to reform the electoral laws and regulations -- although not from certain prominent domestic NGOs with whom t [...]	2006-12-07 20:17:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NU

06MANAGUA633	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: MASAYA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Meetings with political and business leaders in the department of Masaya suggest that the presidential race remains wide open. While most Liberals leader agree that Eduardo Montealegre is the likely Liberal candidate, support for him among the small business owners, who form t [...]	2006-03-21 21:33:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV SOCI
06MANAMA2068	DEATH OF SENIOR CLERIC BRINGS SHIA OUT INTO THE [...] (SBU) Shaikh Abdul Amir Al Jamri, one of Bahrain's most prominent Shia clerics, died after a long illness December 18, bringing thousands of Bahraini Shia into the streets that same evening and again on December 22 for a funeral procession and graveside ceremony. Al Jamri, whose sons Mansour [...]	2006-12-26 07:40:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL BA POL
06MANILA1	MOVING FORWARD ON USG PRIORITIES IN THE [...] (C) Summary: While still facing serious political obstacles, President Arroyo has recovered some of her equilibrium after surviving impeachment charges and severe domestic turbulence in 2005. The relative pause in the political wars provides an opening for the USG to move forward with key b [...]	2006-01-03 01:55:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID MARR MOPS PHUM RP
06MANILA2637	AMBASSADOR VISITS CLARK AND SUBIC ECONOMIC ZONES [...] SUMMARY: During June 15-16 visits to two former U.S. military bases, the Subic and Clark special economic zones, Ambassador Kenney highlighted continuing U.S. involvement in both regions. Managers of these economic zones briefed the Ambassador on recent infrastructure projects and investment [...]	2006-06-24 04:33:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EAID RP
06MANILA3068	PHILIPPINE DEFENSE REFORM HELPING TO COUNTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) has produced concrete results and is becoming institutionalized within the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). PDR is also helping counteract restiveness among some mid- and junior officers, which contributed to the coup attempt of February 24 [...]	2006-07-24 00:32:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MOPS PREL PINS RP
06MANILA3414	CHARGE' AND PRESIDENT ARROYO INAUGURATE U.S. CALL CENTER; [...] Charge' d'Affaires Paul W. Jones traveled to Pampanga in Central Luzon to join President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in cutting the ribbon for a new U.S. call center in the Clark Special Economic Zone. While in the area, Charge' also visited the Clark Air Base Cemetery and Asian Aerospace Corpora [...]	2006-08-15 08:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EAID EAIR SOCI RP
06MANILA3453	CODEL HYDE: OVERVIEW [...] Summary. Chairman Hyde, Congressmen Rohrabacher, Faleomavaega, Watt (and Mrs. Watt) , and Flake (and Mrs. Flake),and their accompanying staff had a packed, productive August 11-13 trip to the Philippines. Highlights were a well-publicized wreath-laying ceremony at the Manila American Cemet [...]	2006-08-17 09:37:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OREP HYDE ECON RP
06MANILA3561	LIFTING ENGLISH PROFICIENCY TO RAISE ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] English language proficiency has steadily declined in the Philippines over Qe past 30 years, mostly due to decreased use of English by teachers, the exodus of qualified English teachers to overseas jobs, and the lack of education infrastructure, including classrooms and supplies. The GRP reco [...]	2006-08-25 08:04:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD PREL SCUL KPAO RP
06MANILA4182	AMBASSADOR HOSTS IFTAR DINNER [...] Summary. Over 100 Muslim youth, religious leaders, and high ranking government officials attended the Ambassador's Iftar dinner on September 27. A poster display of USG projects in Mindanao and festive fabric loaned by a Muslim attendee were well received. Many guests traveled from Mindanao [...]	2006-10-03 04:58:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV EAID RP
06MANILA4203	AMBASSADOR VISITS MEDCAP/GETS FIRST-HAND LOOK AT [...] (C/REL AUS) Summary. Ambassador had a first-hand update from ground force commanders on the Armed Forces of the Philippines' on-going effort to capture or kill Abu Sayyaf Group and Jemaah Islamiyah leaders during her September 25 day-long visit to Jolo Island. The Armed Forces of the Philip [...]	2006-10-03 08:52:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MARR MOPS EAID RP
06MANILA4689	AMBASSADOR HOSTS VETERANS DAY COMMEMORATION AT MANILA [...] (U) Summary: On November 11, 2006, the Ambassador hosted the Mission's Veteran's Day Commemoration at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial. Secretary of Foreign Affairs Romulo represented the Government of the Philippines as representatives of nine allied missions, two veterans' organiz [...]	2006-11-14 08:16:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV RP
06MANILA4941	FOLLOWING UP ON THE SOLAR I OIL SPILL [...] (U) Although long-term damage to ecosystems from the Guimaras oil spill appears limited, there has been a substantial impact on the already tenuous livelihoods of fishermen who worked the contaminated areas. Some international assistance has been lined up to help develop alternative livelihoo [...]	2006-12-11 03:26:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EWWT TPHY EAID SOCI RP
06MANILA5108	SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] A warm welcome to the Philippines! We are developing a dynamic program for your January 23-25 visit, to include a tour of the Regional Printing Center and Regional Training Center on the Mission's Seafront Compound, an ICASS Council Meeting and events with Mission personnel at the Chancery, [...]	2006-12-29 08:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA PREL ECON RP
06MANILA755	FUNERALS FOR FIL-AM SOLDIERS UNDERSCORE CLOSE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Military funerals for two Filipino-American soldiers killed in Iraq were recently held in the Philippines. The funerals drew large crowds and generated highly positive local press play. In sp [...]	2006-02-22 03:38:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI MOPS KPAO RP IZ
06MASERU319	CALL FOR SELF-HELP INTERIM OBLIGATION REPORTS [...] Project Name: Ts'oaranang ka Matsoho Bacha - Roma: A youth group in Roma that was to start a poultry and egg project to supply local businesses, hospitals, schools, churches and the community at large with poultry and eggs. This would have been the first and only local owned and operated eg [...]	2006-07-07 11:18:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON AFIN LT
06MEXICO1456	THE FOX ADMINISTRATION'S FINAL BI-NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Fox Administration officials see this fifth and final BNC of their term as a chance to highlight bilateral achievements, institutionalize successful mechanisms, and prepare for the heads of state meeting in Cancun. President Fox, who recently announced imminent extraditions o [...]	2006-03-17 18:44:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ELAB CVIS EAID MX
06MEXICO1536	EFFECT OF VIOLENCE ON MEXICAN INVESTMENT [...] SUMMARY. Following the Mexican Competitiveness Institute's (IMCO) announcement that Mexico loses 15 percent of GDP, or USD 1.8 billion due to crime, business leaders including the presidents of CCE (Business Coordination Council, an umbrella group of trade associations); Coparmex (the Nationa [...]	2006-03-22 20:30:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KTDB PGOV MX
06MEXICO2154	MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES PART IV: CROSS BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Mexican authorities, the number of people immigrating illegally to the U.S. in the first three months of 2006 grew to 275,792, an increase of 20 percent compared to the same time period in 2005. Many of these migrants have traditionally lacked financial and invest [...]	2006-04-25 11:12:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON EFIN MX SMIG
06MEXICO2220	TEN ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACING MEXICO'S NEXT PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Whoever wins Mexico's presidential election on July 2 will inherit both the economic strengths built and bolstered during the Fox Administration and the daunting challenges that Fox leaves unfulfilled or simply unaddressed. Fox's major economic legacy will be the macroeconomic stability [...]	2006-04-26 19:46:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO2240	CALDERON SCORES BIG IN FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE [...] (SBU) Summary: As measured both by the polls and the pundits, National Action Party (PAN) presidential candidate Felipe Calderon emerged the big winner in yesterday's presidential debate, offering a national audience a polished, well-organized and engaging summary of his platform. His princ [...]	2006-04-27 13:20:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO2708	NEW COMPETITION LAW BRINGS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Despite significant opposition to proposed changes to Mexico's competition law, the Federal Competition Commission (CFC) negotiated an agreement with the business community led by the Mexican Business Coordination Council (CCE),an umbrella group of trade associations. This [...]	2006-05-19 23:07:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG ETRD MX
06MEXICO3297	ENGAGING THE NEW MEXICAN ADMINISTRATION ON LAW [...] (C) Summary: This is the second in a series of six cables on transition issues in Mexico. We suggest three overarching messages on law enforcement for the new administration. First, the steadily improving cooperation over the last six years represents a baseline, not an aberration. Second, w [...]	2006-06-15 00:50:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM SNAR MX
06MEXICO4144	BANK OF MEXICO CONFERENCE ON POVERTY CHALLENGES, [...] (SBU) Mexican economic leaders and World Bank economists discussed the causes and potential solutions for the country,s persistent poverty at a July 19 Mexico City conference &Growth and Reduction of Poverty in Latin America: Virtuous Cycles and Vicious Cycles.8 At the conference, Central Ban [...]	2006-07-26 17:54:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL
06MEXICO6413	WHO ARE MEXICO'S MONOPOLISTS? [...] (SBU) Bank of Mexico and likely incoming Mexican government officials in recent weeks have stressed the importance of opening key sectors of the economy to more competition, but have been hesitant to publicly name the "offending" companies. This telegram spells out which sectors are dominated [...]	2006-11-09 16:22:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO6810	MEXICO Economic Notes, November 30-December 6, [...] (U) President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa followed his short, but successful inauguration with a speech at the National Auditorium detailing key goals of his administration. CalderonQs Secretaries of Finance, Economics and Labor have named their respective undersecretaries. The new Director Gen [...]	2006-12-07 17:33:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO764	MEXICAN TRADE NEGOTIATOR ON NAFTA MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Mexican trade negotiator Ken Smith Ramos told us February 2 that Mexico expected the upcoming proposed March NAFTA Ministerial would cover the relationship between NAFTA and the SPP, regulatory cooperation, development of a list of panelists as set out in NAFTA Chapter 20, increased fle [...]	2006-02-10 21:59:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD MX
06MINSK288	Milinkevich Strong in Grodno [...] (C) Summary: Poloff recently visited the western city of Grodno, hometown of opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich. Despite increasing harassment and pressure from authorities, Milinkevich's regional campaign leaders believe that Milinkevich would readily win an honest elec [...]	2006-03-17 11:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK306	SOME DIGGING STILL AT GRODNO CEMETERY [...] (C) Summary: On March 13, Poloff visited the site of the controversial Grodno stadium, built on top of a Jewish cemetery. Poloff confirmed that digging continues at the site, but that it is to finish off the expansion of the stadium, rather than as part of any new project. Poloff did not see [...]	2006-03-21 15:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF BO
06MINSK370	EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - March 31, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------- Post Elections ------------- 2. Milinkevich Tells All in Poland During his March 29 trip to Poland, former opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich opined that the democratic movement in Belarus wi [...]	2006-04-03 09:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK514	LUKASHENKO'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Aleksandr Lukashenko has formed a new government with a more streamlined organization and new directives relating to information media, energy, housing, construction, and trade. New cabinet appointments included a new deputy prime minister and five new ministers: energy [...]	2006-05-16 06:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK555	GRODNO/VOLKOVISK TRIP HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 16-17, Ambassador toured the Grodno oblast in the western part of Belarus, stopping first in Grodno and then in Volkovisk. Recently released political prisoner Levonevskiy described his deplorable prison conditions. Free trade unionists noted increasing GOB pressure on [...]	2006-05-26 08:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EINV BO
06MINSK556	GRODNO/VOLKOVISK TRIP HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 16-17, Ambassador toured the Grodno oblast in the western part of Belarus, stopping first in Grodno and then in Volkovisk. Recently released political prisoner Levonevskiy described his deplorable prison conditions. Free trade unionists noted increasing GOB pressure on [...]	2006-05-26 08:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EINV BO
06MINSK557	GRODNO/VOLKOVISK TRIP HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 16-17, Ambassador toured the Grodno oblast in the western part of Belarus, stopping first in Grodno and then in Volkovisk. Recently released political prisoner Levonevskiy described his deplorable prison conditions. Free trade unionists noted increasing GOB pressure on [...]	2006-05-26 08:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EINV BO
06MONTEVIDEO616	URUGUAY'S FTA AT CROSSROADS WHILE VENEZUELA JOINS [...] (C) Summary: President Vazquez is caught between wanting a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with us and Brazil's open opposition to it. On June 23, Brazil's visiting Foreign Minister explicitly warned the Uruguayans that an FTA with us would be damaging to Mercosur and Uruguay. On June 26, GOU and [...]	2006-07-05 18:03:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON PGOV AORC UY
06MONTREAL826	QUEBEC GOVERNMENT STRATEGY PURSUES KYOTO TARGETS, [...] (C/NF) Summary. On June 15th, the Quebec Government released its Climate Change Strategy, including plans to improve public transportation systems, adopt California,s fuel-efficiency standards for vehicles and impose a carbon tax. This announcement follows some five months after Montreal h [...]	2006-07-28 19:28:00	Consulate Montreal	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ECON ENRG CA
06MOSCOW12702	RUSSIA: CEMENTING OUR ECONOMIC RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: After thirteen years of tough negotiations, we finally have in hand a bilateral agreement on Russia's accession to the WTO. Understanding that we are not yet out of the woods, with hard work ahead in the multilateral forum, we should take full advantage of the improved atmosphere [...]	2006-11-30 03:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR ENRG ETRD PREL RS EINV
06MOSCOW12819	KOSOVO: RUSSIAN POSITION ON UNSC VETO HARDENING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In late-November meetings in Moscow, Kosovo Prime Minister Ceku failed to get assurances that Russia would not use its veto when the Security Council takes up the status issue early next year. Russian officials have signaled that they might ultimately deploy a veto to block a UN [...]	2006-12-07 07:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEV UNMIK SR YI RS
06MOSCOW12897	AMBASSADOR VISITS NORTH CAUCASUS, DECEMBER 4-5 [...] (C) Ambassador Burns traveled to the North Caucasus December 4-5 -- the first American Ambassador to visit the region in fifteen years. In Kabardino-Balkaria he discussed with President Kanokov prospects for economic development and political reform. Kanokov provided regional views on frozen [...]	2006-12-12 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETRD PINR GG RS
06MUMBAI1755	(C) LOCAL MUSLIMS AND PAKISTAN NATIONALS PLANTED BOMBS ON [...] (C) Three local Muslims and four Pakistanis planted the bombs that killed 187 persons on seven Mumbai commuter trains in July, the Mumbai police chief told the Consul General on September 26. A.N. Roy said the police had detained two of the local men who had planted bombs. One of the two men [...]	2006-09-27 12:09:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KISL CASC ASEC PK IN
06MUMBAI1996	POLICE BELIEVE MUSLIMS TARGETED MUSLIMS IN MALEGAON [...] (C) Maharashtra police are now convinced that Muslim extremists purposefully targeted other Muslims in the September 8 bombings in Malegaon that killed 31 persons and injured over 200. The police have told us that Muslim extremists hoped to inflame communal passions in a city with a history [...]	2006-11-09 03:03:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KISL ASEC CASC IN
06MUSCAT1510	SALALAH PINS ECONOMIC HOPES ON PORT, FREE ZONE, [...] (U) The city of Salalah is banking on the growth of its port, free zone, and tourism industries in ongoing efforts to develop its economy. Government and private sector officials express confidence that proposed investments in these sectors will reshape Salalah by 2010 and position the region [...]	2006-10-22 10:53:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND EWWT PREL MU
06MUSCAT1635	LABOR CAMPS FOR OMAN'S MIGRANT WORKERS [...] (C) Summary: Poleoff visited two privately-operated labor camps for migrant workers in the Muscat area. Workers he met live in crowded rooms with poor sanitation, and reported that they work long hours for low monthly wages. Many are paying off debts to recruiting agencies in their home count [...]	2006-11-27 12:39:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG MU
06MUSCAT503	SCENESETTER FOR U/S ROBERT JOSEPHÂ¥S VISIT TO MUSCAT [...] (C) Embassy Muscat warmly welcomes you to Oman. We are seeking high-level meetings with senior Omani foreign policy and security personnel with key roles on Iran policy, the Proliferation Security Initiative, and nonproliferation concerns. Your visit comes at a key moment in Oman's efforts to win C [...]	2006-04-02 09:39:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL MARR KNNP OTRA IR MU
06NAIROBI3876	ETHNIC SOMALIS DISCUSS ETHIOPIA, THE ISLAMIC [...] (U) This message is part of a series following an early August USAID-sponsored conflict mitigation workshop in Mandera, Northeastern Province, Kenya. This message was cleared with the USAID participant in the discussions. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Cross-border conflict mitigation [...]	2006-09-06 14:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KE ET SO
06NAIROBI4726	NO PLANK TO WALK BUT TEN GUILTY PIRATES GET SEVEN [...] (SBU) Summary: A Mombasa court found all ten of the Somali nationals captured by the U.S. Navy off the coast of Somalia in January guilty of piracy on the high seas and sentenced each to seven years imprisonment on November 1. The defense's planned appeal of the verdict on jurisdictional gr [...]	2006-11-03 07:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE
06NDJAMENA1434	CHAD: GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR - GLOBAL PURSUIT OF [...] (C) Per reftel, below are responses to questions on host country's terrorist information exchange programs: A. Immigration Databases: Chad does not have computerized immigration databases. B. Watchlist and Information Sharing: There is a name-based watchlist used to screen travelers [...]	2006-12-19 10:10:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS
06NDJAMENA431	CHAD: FRENCH VERSION OF COUP ATTEMPT, DEBY'S [...] (C) Summary: According to the French Ambassador, the March 14 coup activity involved another member of Deby's extended clan and has made him more paranoid and less amenable to reason. The supposed coup leader, commander of an armored squadron in the presidential protective reserve force, i [...]	2006-03-20 11:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA57	PROMOTING A PEACEFUL TRANSITION IN CHAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: As we define a strategy for advancing our growing interests in Chad, it is important that we work to convince President Deby to arrange for a peaceful handover of power. Our interests would be damaged by the spread of violent civil unrest, a prospect that is becoming dangerousl [...]	2006-01-18 07:09:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
06NEWDELHI1174	PRESIDENT KALAM LOOKS FARTHER EAST FOR NEW [...] (C) Summary: Giving new reach to India's "Look East" policy, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's January 31 to February 9 visit to Singapore, the Philippines and South Korea produced new education, defense and economic initiatives in a region whose importance to the GOI is growing steadily. Durin [...]	2006-02-15 14:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEAN ENRG KNNP ETRD ECON SOCI SCUL MASS
06NEWDELHI1318	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR PROPOSED DELIVERABLE ON [...] (U) This is an Action Request for PM -- see Para 5. 2. (SBU) National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) Joint Secretary Arvind Gupta and NSCS Deputy Director Cdr. Mukesh SIPDIS Saini on February 21 discussed with Poloff Reftel questions relating to Articles 1.2 (the joint Cybersecurit [...]	2006-02-22 12:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KCIP KCRM ECPS EFIN TINT IN
06NEWDELHI180	THE BROKEN BJP EMBRACES VOTE-LOSING HINDUTVA [...] (C) Summary: At its recently concluded "silver jubilee celebration" in Mumbai (septel) the BJP failed to overcome its deep divisions, failed to name a new President capable of uniting the party, failed to adopt a voter-friendly platform, and unenthusiastically embraced Hindutva and continued [...]	2006-01-10 05:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI3334	MEA POSITIVE ON PAK, AFGHANISTAN, TURKMENISTAN, [...] (C) Summary: A senior MEA official told us Indo-Pak people-to-people links continue to proliferate, with a recent Pakistan Peoples' Party delegation visiting India and the prospect of a PM Singh visit to Pakistan this summer. The Composite Dialogue continues, with some hope for a tangible d [...]	2006-05-15 09:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MOPS EPET EAID PBTS PINR ENRG EWWT
06NEWDELHI4202	RUMORS OF A THIRD FRONT YET AGAIN MAKE THE ROUNDS [...] Summary: Congress MP and insider Rashid Alvi told us on June 12 that the party inner circle is concerned that untrustworthy regional allies could defect to the NDA and perhaps make a move to unseat the UPA before the next session of Parliament (currently scheduled for the third week in July). [...]	2006-06-15 12:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KISL ECON EINV SCUL PREL IN
06NEWDELHI553	IRAN EAGER FOR INDIAN TIES, DELHI WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told PolCouns and Poloffs on January 25 that India is worried about losing overland access to Afghanistan via Iran if its relations with Tehran sour further, but did not appear worried about the energy security impact of t [...]	2006-01-25 13:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP EPET ELTN IR IN AF
06NEWDELHI657	UPA CABINET SHUFFLE GOOD FOR AMERICA [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-30 13:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON ENRG EPET EMIN EAID MASS
06NEWDELHI7358	A.K. ANTONY NAMED MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (U) In an October 23 cabinet reshuffle, President of India A.P.J. Abdul Kalam named Former Chief Minister of Kerala A.K. Antony Minister of Defense. See paragraphs 3-7 for biographical information on Antony. 2. (C) Our sources tell us that Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi and PM Singh [...]	2006-10-26 13:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IN
06NEWDELHI8463	CRUCIAL MUSLIM CONSTITUENCY SPLIT BEFORE IMPENDING [...] (C) Summary: The crucial state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) is facing an election in early 2007 that could displace the current Samajwadi Party (SP) government. Muslims have long been considered a crucial SP "vote bank." A December 11-13 trip to the Muslim dominated areas of Rampur, Moradabad and [...]	2006-12-21 11:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SCUL KDEM KISL IN
06NIAMEY1088	JAILED JOURNALISTS FAIL ON APPEAL: 18 MONTHS [...] Mamane Abou and Oumarou Keita, jailed publisher and editor-in-chief of Niger's leading opposition weekly, "Le Republican," had appealed their September 1 convictions and eighteen month prison sentences to the Niamey Court of Appeals (reftel A). On September 25, that court ruled against them - [...]	2006-09-27 16:11:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
06NIAMEY515	NIGER: THE LATEST ON PRIVATIZATION [...] BEGIN SUMMARY. Econoff Gage met with representatives of the Government of Niger (GON),companies and the World Bank (IBRD) to produce the following status report on privatization in Niger. GON privatization efforts have advanced since 1996, when Niger codified in law the desire to pri [...]	2006-05-23 15:05:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV PGOV KPRV XA NG
06NICOSIA1883	JOURNALISTIC LICENSE, POLITICAL AMBITIONS BEHIND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nicosia awoke October 22 to "news" the Turkish Army twenty years ago employed Greek Cypriot (G/C) and Greek detainees as "guinea pigs" at weapons production facilities outside Ankara. According to preliminary accounts in leading daily "Philelefteros," the alleged victims, priso [...]	2006-11-03 14:34:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CY GR TU
06NICOSIA203	TURKISH CYPRIOT OPPOSITION ELECTS NEW LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY. The National Unity Party (UBP) has elected Nicosia "MP" Huseyin Ozgurgun (see bio below) to lead the party, which is the second largest Turkish Cypriot political party and the north's main opposition formation. Ozgurgun represents a new, young face for his party -- which was thr [...]	2006-02-13 15:32:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY
06NICOSIA2049	GREEK CYPRIOT ENCLAVES IN THE NORTH: HANGING BY A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 14, political section staff joined United Nations civil affairs personnel on one of their weekly monitoring visits to the enclaved Greek Cypriot community on the Turkish Cypriot-administered Karpass peninsula. Embassy officers accompanied UNFICYP personnel on two h [...]	2006-12-20 15:44:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNFICYP PHUM PREF TU CY
06NICOSIA2051	GREEK CYPRIOT ENCLAVES IN THE NORTH: HANGING BY A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 14, political section staff joined United Nations civil affairs personnel on one of their weekly monitoring visits to the enclaved Greek Cypriot community on the Turkish Cypriot-administered Karpass peninsula. Embassy officers accompanied UNFICYP personnel on two h [...]	2006-12-20 15:49:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNFICYP PHUM PREF TU CY
06NICOSIA726	TURKISH "AMBASSADOR" HOLDS A HARD LINE ON THE [...] (C) Summary: In a May 16 conversation with Ambassador Schlicher, Aydan Karahan, the Turkish "Ambassador" to the "TRNC," stressed that Ankara was still waiting for a reply to both the Gul proposal from January on the mutual easing of restrictions and the April 4 letter from Turkish Cypriot le [...]	2006-05-18 13:13:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY
06NICOSIA935	TURKISH CYPRIOTS SCHLEP TOWARD JUNE 25 ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Turkish Cypriots go to the polls on June 25 to elect "mayors" and councils in all 26 of the north's municipalities -- and to fill two empty seats in the "TRNC Parliament." Having been to the polls four times since 2003, however, most voters are unenthusiastic about these electio [...]	2006-06-20 14:53:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN UN TU CY
06NICOSIA975	"TRNC" LOCAL ELECTIONS: SERDAR DENKTASH BIGGEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish Cypriots voted on June 25 for two empty seats in the "parliament," as well as for mayors and local officials in the north's 28 municipalities (ref a). While the ruling CTP of "President" Talat won both empty seats, they suffered serious setbacks at the municipal level, lo [...]	2006-06-26 13:48:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN EU TU CY
06NICOSIA979	FM LILLIKAS: CYPRUS "NOT BLUFFING" ON TURKEY-EU [...] (C) SUMMARY. In their first meeting since the June 8 Cyprus government reshuffle, Ambassador Schlicher and newly-appointed FM Lillikas stressed the importance of continued U.S.-Cyprus cooperation on counterterrorism and other important issues on the Transatlantic Agenda. Lillikas warned that [...]	2006-06-27 12:37:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN UN TU CY
06OSAKAKOBE607	TESTING ABE: LOOKING LIKE LDP WIN IN OSAKA 9TH [...] (SBU) The LDP/Komeito coalition candidate, Kenji Harada, has surged ahead of his DPJ opponent Nobumori Otani and will likely win the Osaka 9th District Lower House by-election on October 22 (see reftel for why this election matters),based on discussions with politicians and political parties [...]	2006-10-20 09:32:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV JA
06OTTAWA3639	CANADA ANNOUNCES PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE PRODUCTION, [...] Environment Minister Rona Ambrose and Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl announced in Saskatoon on December 20 a C$345 million program to promote the use of renewable fuels in Canada. They billed the program as the next element of the Conservative government's environmental agenda, but this t [...]	2006-12-22 16:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAGR SENV CA
06OTTAWA902	SOFTWOOD LUMBER: COMPANIES URGE RETURN TO TABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Major Canadian softwood industry officials tell the Embassy that they are pushing the Harper government for a quick restart of lumber negotiations, and advising Canadian officials not to waste time trying to reach full consensus in the industry. The officials understand that [...]	2006-03-29 13:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD CA
06PANAMA1029	PRD FORCES TORRIJOS TO GIVE GROUND [...] (C) President Torrijos's attention -- to the exclusion of virtually all else -- is consumed by political maneuvering within his party, the PRD, and the approaching must-win Canal expansion referendum (probably in October 2006). Torrijos has tried to sell Canal expansion as a non-political "mat [...]	2006-05-31 22:45:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ETRD KPAO PM VE CU
06PANAMA1044	PANAMA CABINET RESHUFFLE LEAVES TORRIJOS WEAKER [...] (C) The April 28 cabinet changes (Reftel A) exposed and intensified a rift dividing President Torrijos's inner circle from the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) rank and file. Although Torrijos and Consejo (Intelligence Chief) Leonel Solis succeeded in removing Minister of Government and J [...]	2006-06-02 18:26:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
06PANAMA1580	GOP PITCHES REGIONAL HEALTH SCHOOL AS WAY TO BOOST [...] (C) The GOP hopes for strong U.S. support to establish a "School of Health for the Americas" in Panama. With students and faculty drawn from throughout the hemisphere, the school is aimed at improving healthcare delivery, particularly to poor communities. In so doing, the GOP believes it could a [...]	2006-08-11 22:23:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO EAID PGOV PM
06PANAMA1652	THE RULING PRD: THE CANAL REFERENDUM AND BEYOND [...] (C) The Panama Canal expansion referendum will have political implications for the Torrijos administration far beyond the tangible impact of the project itself. President Torrijos confronts the referendum from an uncertain position in his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) and with vocal opposi [...]	2006-08-24 23:18:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL
06PANAMA2357	PANAMA/CUBA RELATIONSHIP: TITLE III LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) Post answers to reftel questions are based on information obtained by the GoP's Comptroller General's offices, the GoP Ministry of Foreign Relations, the administrative offices of the Colon Free Zone, various industry and third country publications and conversations with various Panamanian [...]	2006-12-07 21:44:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL PM CU
06PARAMARIBO442	SURINAME FOREIGN MINISTER EXPLAINS CARICOM'S BACKING OF [...] (U) Suriname's Minister of Foreign Affairs Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk said in a radio interview aired July 14 that CARICOM had chosen to back Venezuela in its bid for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. Kraag-Keteldijk said CARICOM members carefully considered the pros and [...]	2006-07-14 19:00:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC NS
06PARIS1011	FRANCE/C.A.R.: MFA ENCOURAGED BUT CONCERNS REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials on February 15 stressed continuing GOF interest in the Central African Republic (C.A.R.),based on its strategic location, role in regional crises, and precarious status as an impoverished state that could become a failed state. The MFA officials claimed P [...]	2006-02-16 18:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CT FR
06PARIS3876	PRO-SEPARATIST CORSICAN LAWYER SAYS MOVEMENT IS [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Corsican lawyer Pascal Garbarini, who represents the majority of Corsicans imprisoned on terrorism-related charges, told poloff that the long-running separatist movement is ideologically impoverished, splintered into competing factions, evolving towards common criminality [...]	2006-06-08 13:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR PTER
06PARIS6041	TWO PKK MEMBERS INDICTED IN FRANCE [...] (S/NF) According to French Ministry of Interior officials, police arrested two men on July 24, 2006 with connections to the Kongra-Gel: Esref Yolcu (born May 1, 1971 in Varto) and Cemal Aslan (born January 2, 1965 in Varto). The two men were detained and questioned as they were attempting to [...]	2006-09-08 15:15:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN FR
06PARIS6172	FRENCH COMMEMORATIONS OF 9/11 5TH ANNIVERSARY [...] On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of September 11th, Post engaged a number of French institutions and government representatives to help commemorate this significant date. Below is a listing of the events in Paris and the provinces. Ceremonies included: a religious service at the Ameri [...]	2006-09-14 11:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS706	SCENESETTER FOR PARIS VISIT HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) I warmly welcome you to Paris to meet with Health Minister Bertrand and sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the President of Institut Pasteur, Professor Alice Dautry. The Embassy works closely with the Ministry of Health on a range of matters, including avian flu, AIDS and the Global [...]	2006-02-02 14:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL ECON SOCI FR
06PARIS7523	ASMARA FACILITATION IS A NON-STARTER, SLM LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy Andrew Natsios met SLM Abdulwahid El-Nur on October 18. Nur said he and the SLM felt shunted aside by the U.S. and appealed for a strategic alliance to end the genocide in Darfur. SE Natsios emphasized the need to unify Darfur rebel factions and bring DPA non-sig [...]	2006-11-24 11:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR ER SU FR
06PARIS7551	HEAD OF AFGHAN SENATE CONDEMNS PAKISTAN DURING [...] (C) Summary: In private meetings at the French Senate and MFA November 14-16, head of the Afghan Senate Sibghatullah Mujaddedi had only one aim: forcefully and obsessively to denounce alleged Pakistani support of Taliban insurgents and to call for international condemnation of Pakistan. The [...]	2006-11-27 16:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR AF PK
06PARIS7584	FRENCH SERIOUS ABOUT CARBON TAX PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 15:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EIND SENV PGOV WTRO FR
06PARIS7861	FLURRY OF FRENCH CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVES [...] Summary: To reach Kyoto Protocol commitments, the government of France recently announced: -- Its updated 'National Plan' to fight climate change (PNLCC) aimed at saving an extra 6 to 8 million tons equivalent CO2 per year (MtCO2) for the period 2008-2010. -- In the context of the EU Emis [...]	2006-12-20 13:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG FR
06PHNOMPENH348	CAMBODIAN LAND DISPUTES MORE FREQUENT, MORE VIOLENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Land disputes--which often pit poor villagers against the powerful and wealthy--have affected 12% of Cambodians and are on the rise. The disputes take many shapes, including large economic land concessions on land claimed by indigenous groups in the northeast and a plethora of [...]	2006-02-22 11:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SENV ECON CB
06PORTAUPRINCE1786	VETTING REQUEST: CIMO UNIT - HAITIAN NATIONAL [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individua [...]	2006-09-21 12:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2104	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF INL A/S ANNE W. [...] (C) With your visit approaching, Haiti remains in a kind of suspended animation as its population awaits to see what lasting results are produced by President Preval's initiative to control criminality emanating from the slum area of Cite Soleil and break the power of the Cite Soleil gangs. P [...]	2006-11-03 14:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE366	FINAL RESULTS IN HAITI SENATE RACES [...] (SBU) MINUSTAH elections chief Gerardo Lechevallier provided polcouns a copy of the final vote tally for the senate and deputy races on the evening of February 23. Lechevallier reported that the CEP had completed the tabulation on February 20, but had ordered the results embargoed, at least [...]	2006-02-24 19:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE828	LEGISLATIVE ELECTION RESULTS FINALIZED [...] (U) The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) certified the results of the April 21 Parliamentary elections on May 6. The results are official with their May 8 publication in the official government gazette, Le Moniteur. As finalized, the results include 27 Senators and 86 Deputies and differ l [...]	2006-05-11 11:31:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL HA
06PORTOFSPAIN1214	OPPOSITION LEADER: PM HAS TERRORIST LINKS, IS [...] (C) On October 3, the Ambassador met with Opposition United National Congress (UNC) Deputy Political Leader Senator Wade Mark, at Mark,s request. Mark said his purpose was to express to the Ambassador the UNC,s shock at the &sudden assault8 on the United States unleashed by Prime Minister Pat [...]	2006-10-20 14:11:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL PTER SNAR VZ TD
06PORTOFSPAIN137	T&T PM MANNING SUPPORTIVE OF HAITI IN CARICOM; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Austin met Interim Haitian Prime Minister Latortue and informed him of the desirability of immediately releasing Father Jean-Juste from prison. Ambassador also asked about the outcome of Latortue's meeting with Prime Minister Manning. Latortue stated that he would ca [...]	2006-01-27 15:53:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM HA TD
06PRAGUE505	SCENESETTER FOR CZECH FM SVOBODA'S MAY 16 MEETING [...] (SBU) Madame Secretary, This is your first bilateral meeting with Czech Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda. I have found him to be a strong and committed supporter of transatlantic relations. Under Svoboda's leadership, the Czechs have become trailblazers in supporting democracy and promoting hu [...]	2006-05-11 14:52:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EZ OVIP PGOV PREL
06PRETORIA5114	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 22, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 6, issue 28 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - AMCHAM study on impact of U.S companies; - Eskom warns about rising capital costs; - Net foreign exchange reserves increase to $22.17 b [...]	2006-12-22 11:09:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET BEXP KTDB SENV PGOV
06PRETORIA5155	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 29, [...] 1. (U) Summary. This is Volume 6, issue 29 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Economic Indicators Positive for Year-End - Consumer Price Index (CPIX) up 5 Percent - Johannesburg Stock Exchange Hits Record High [...]	2006-12-29 13:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
06PRETORIA618	SOUTH AFRICA: KOEBERG POWER PLANT EXPERIENCING [...] (U) Summary. Eskom is racing against the clock to repair the generator connected to one of two nuclear reactors at its Koeberg power plant located north of Cape Town. Eskom shut down the Koeberg 1 reactor following damage to its dedicated generator reportedly caused when a maintenance team i [...]	2006-02-13 13:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY SF
06PRETORIA816	ANC CONFIDENT OF CONTINUED STRENGTH IN NORTHERN [...] (SBU) Summary: The ANC heads into local elections in the Northern Cape?s main urban area confident of another overwhelming showing. Some progress in expanding service delivery and a weak and fractured opposition are the basis for that optimism. Nonetheless, persistent unhappiness over service [...]	2006-02-27 12:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV EAID SF KDEM
06PRISTINA1072	KOSOVO: GORANI EDUCATION DISAGREEMENT ILLUSTRATES [...] (SBU) A long-simmering disagreement between Gorani leaders, Kosovar education officials, and Belgrade's Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohija (CCK) highlights the complex situation of the Gorani, a Muslim minority who live in the southern part of Dragas municipality and speak a dialect o [...]	2006-12-15 10:43:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI YI UNMIK
06PRISTINA274	KOSOVO: POLICE TRYING TO CURB INTERETHNIC VANDALISM [...] (U) Since March 2004 no ethnic Serbs have returned to live in Zhiti/Zitinje, a village in multi-ethnic Viti/Vitina municipality in southeastern Kosovo. In September 2005 Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Government completed the reconstruction of 33 houses in Zhiti/Zininje, 29 for eth [...]	2006-03-28 15:27:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA336	AMBASSADOR WISNER URGES KOSOVARS TO BEAR DOWN ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an April 14-16 visit to Kosovo, U.S. Special Representative Frank Wisner congratulated the revamped Kosovo Albanian leadership team for its serious engagement in the Vienna final status process and for its outreach to the Kosovo Serb community. He urged the team to build [...]	2006-04-20 14:44:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL UNMIK YI

06PRISTINA427	KOSOVO: NON-SERB MINORITIES AMBIVALENT ABOUT [...] (SBU) Kosovo's non-Serb minority leaders are glad to be involved in the status negotiations in Vienna and generally pleased with the work of the Communities Consultative Council, but are concerned about what they see as Belgrade's efforts to manipulate non-Serb minority issues for its own adv [...]	2006-05-18 15:55:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA448	RELATIONS BETWEEN DECANI MONASTERY AND LOCAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the month since SRSG Jessen-Petersen extended the controversial protection zone around Decani Monastery, relations between the Monastery and the local Kosovo Albanian community have improved. KFOR has removed the fixed checkpoint outside the monastery and replaced it with [...]	2006-05-24 15:10:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA495	RIFT WIDENS BETWEEN HARD-LINE AND MODERATE SERBIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ever since moderate Bishop Teodosije welcomed Kosovo President Sejdiu to Decani Monastery on Orthodox Easter, the rift between Teodosije and hard-line Bishop Artemije has widened. After the visit, Artemije blasted Teodosije in the media, and the hardline Serbian National Coun [...]	2006-06-09 17:07:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR SOCI KIRF KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA534	KOSOVO: VIOLENT DEATH OF ELDERLY SERB RAISES FEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An elderly Kosovo Serb returnee was found dead on June 20 from a gunshot wound to the head in western Kosovo's Klina municipality. Police tell us informally that the path of the bullet (entry through the front of the neck and exit through the top of the head) would ordinarily [...]	2006-06-21 18:37:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PREF PREL PGOV PINR SCUL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA567	KOSOVO: PM CEKU UP-BEAT ON FULFILLMENT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Agim Ceku gave Contact Group representatives a largely positive interim report June 27 on progress on the 13 priorities for standards implementation delivered to Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Governance (PISG) on June 8 (reftel). While the report sho [...]	2006-06-30 17:03:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PREF UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA608	KOSOVO MISSING PERSONS FORENSICS HAMPERED BY LACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNMIK's Office of Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) is faces severe staffing and funding shortages which are hampering its ability to resolve cases of missing persons. Despite fewer leads on potential new grave sites, OMPF is still very busy with a few ongoing exhumations [...]	2006-07-19 18:00:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI KJUS EAID
06QUITO1910	WELCOME BACK, GENERAL CRADDOCK [...] (C) Summary: Please accept my warm welcome on your final visit to Ecuador, General Craddock. It has been a pleasure and privilege for all of us at U.S. Mission Ecuador to work with you to cement and deepen productive U.S.-Ecuador military relations. Your visit comes at a time when U.S.-Ecu [...]	2006-08-02 23:15:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC
06QUITO2082	NEW COLOMBIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS ECUADOR [...] (U) Summary: Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Araujo made her first official visit to Ecuador on August 16. In meetings with Foreign Minister Francisco Carrion and Vice President Alejandro Serrano she discussed the need for safeguarding bilateral relations in the face of problems along the c [...]	2006-08-17 22:49:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
06QUITO598	SCENESETTER FOR FM CARRION VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Francisco Carrion will visit Washington to meet with Secretary Rice on March 23. The friendly but nationalist Carrion comes to Washington prepared to make a case for Ecuador. Carrion is concerned about current cuts in USG aid levels and will likely [...]	2006-03-10 21:40:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EC
06RABAT222	WESTERN SAHARA: GOM DEVELOPMENT PLANS ON TRACK [...] (C) Over dinner February 8, Ahmed Hajji, Director of the Agency for the Development of the Southern Provinces, told Polcouns that he was basically satisfied with implementation of the agency's five-year, USD 800 million plan launched in late 2004 to develop "the southern provinces," which incl [...]	2006-02-09 16:25:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MO PBTS PREL
06RABAT561	WESTERN SAHARA: INFORMAL MINURSO VIEWS ON CURRENT [...] (C) MINURSO Political Officer Alexander Sporys (please protect) visited Rabat March 22-24 for consultations with the P-5, Spanish, and South Africans at the request of SRSG Bastagli. Sporys called on Polcouns March 23. SRSG Bastagli is expected in Rabat for follow-on discussions in early Apr [...]	2006-03-29 18:52:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT565	MOROCCO'S POLITICAL PARTIES: LAPDOGS OR DEMOCRATS? [...] (C) Summary: The series of splits, mergers, and coups that have dotted Morocco's already fractured political landscape since November 2005 attest to the fact that posturing for the 2007 parliamentary elections is in full swing. They also speak volumes about the force that King Mohammed VI's [...]	2006-03-30 16:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MO
06RANGOON1704	EYES ON BURMA'S PRIZE: NATURAL GAS [...] (SBU) Summary: New oil and gas discoveries off Burma's northwestern coast have prompted intense international maneuvering as representatives from India, China, Thailand and South Korea vie for investment options, production contracts and purchasing rights to the resources. Although the GOB has [...]	2006-11-17 02:49:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON1818	BURMA PUMPS OIL AND GAS POTENTIAL FOR CASH NOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Development of Burma's oil and gas reserves continues apace, from existing facilities upgrades to new exploration deals. The government needs hard currency and correctly sees the sector as its best source of revenue. End Summary. Upgrades of Existing Facilities ------------ [...]	2006-12-22 06:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENRG BM
06RANGOON406	PYINMANA: THE EMPEROR'S NEW CAPITAL [...] (C) Summary: Months after announcing the sudden relocation of Burma's capital, the military regime continues efforts to build a new city to house thousands of civil servants who have already moved and are attempting to carry out government operations at remote, unserviced locations. There are [...]	2006-03-24 08:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON668	SOCIAL PROJECTS BENEFIT PIPELINE VILLAGES [...] (SBU) Summary: The controversial pipeline running from the Yadana gas field in the Andaman Sea to Thailand is expected to produce over $800 million in revenue this year for its joint venture partners TOTAL, UNOCAL, PTTEP (the Thai government petroleum company),and the Myanmar Oil and Gas Ente [...]	2006-05-19 09:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SOCI PGOV BM
06RANGOON981	BURMESE REGIME REACTS TO POSSIBLE UNSC ACTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The government daily newspaper, the New Light of Myanmar (NLM),has recently intensified the quantity and degree of its rhetoric against its political opposition in an ongoing series of multi-page articles. The articles also attempt to counter charges that Burma represents a th [...]	2006-07-13 07:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RIGA577	NAZERBAYEV'S VISIT TO LATVIA [...] (C) Summary: The visit to Latvia by Kazakh President Nazerbayev was mainly focused on building economic ties between the two countries. The Kazakhs already have a heavy investment in a grain port in Latvia and would like to use the oil terminal at Ventspils to ship their oil. The two countri [...]	2006-07-21 08:44:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ECON OSCE RU KZ LG
06RIYADH3306	HASAWI SHI'A DETAIL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM VIOLATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: In separate conversations with PolOff in Al-Ahsa on April 25, two groups of Shi'a leaders and activists discussed discrimination and restrictions on their religious freedom, as well as steps they had taken to address some of these problems. Abdulaziz Al-Bahrany, the patient and [...]	2006-05-02 13:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF SA
06RIYADH4724	A LOVE FEST: THE "KING OF HEARTS" VISITS THE EP [...] (U) King Abdullah visited the Eastern Province (EP) June 10-12, provoking great public displays of adoration and allegiance and some private questioning about his commitment to reform. The King's agenda included a ceremonial opening of planned industrial city Jubail-II, launching of numerous [...]	2006-06-13 09:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SA
06RIYADH6668	170 SAUDI AND MUSLIM SCHOLARS WORLDWIDE CALL FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: 170 Muslim scholars from more than seventeen countries, including twenty-nine Saudi citizens, issued an open statement on August 4 entitled "Statement and Appeal from Scholars of the Islamic Nation." The statement condemned Israeli "aggression" in Lebanon and Palestine, and crit [...]	2006-08-22 06:58:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA LE
06RIYADH7211	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD - SUCCESSFUL 9/12 MEETING [...] (S/NF) BEGIN SUMMARY. Ambassador Oberwetter and Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad called on the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud on September 12 to seek support on a range of issues relating to Iraq. The King expressed his concern about Iranian influen [...]	2006-09-16 09:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER KISL PINR SA
06ROME1637	IRAQ: ITALIAN LEADERS ASSESSING ITALY'S TROOP [...] (C) Summary. Italian leaders are evaluating Italy's troop presence in Iraq and seeking ways to reconcile the need to maintain a military presence for civilian force protection with the government's commitment to complete troop withdrawal. In separate discussions with Deputy FM Rutelli and De [...]	2006-06-01 14:25:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT
06ROME798	ITALIAN ELECTIONS: THE SOUTHERN BATTLEGROUND [...] (C) Puglia, on Italy's southern heel, is a battleground region in Italy's April 9 elections. Although a traditional stronghold of the Center Right, it is an area where voters have handed Center Left politicians dramatic electoral gains in recent municipal and regional voting. Local pundits [...]	2006-03-14 12:00:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06SANAA583	ADEN JEWISH CEMETERY IN STATE OF DISREPAIR, HELP [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary. In February, post received a letter from a contact stating his concerns over the possible destruction of a Jewish cemetery in Aden. The contact claimed that unknown individuals had destroyed a section of the wall surr [...]	2006-03-07 11:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF YM
06SANJOSE359	COSTA RICANS PATIENTLY AWAIT ELECTION RESULTS, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Although the unofficial preliminary tabulations of election results show Oscar Arias to have won the February 5 election by more than 10,000 votes, the current interim, cumulative total of the official recount (which eleven days after the election has passed the half-way point) n [...]	2006-02-16 18:06:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CS
06SANSALVADOR197	EL SALVADOR: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, following is Embassy San Salvador's 2006 Investment Climate Statement. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ 2. The Government of El Salvador views foreign investment as crucial for economic growth and development and has taken numerous steps in recent [...]	2006-01-25 21:11:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD EFIN KTDB ES OPIC USTR
06SANSALVADOR514	SALVADORAN CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS MUDDLE AHEAD [...] SUMMARY: El Salvador's most prominent civil society organizations grew out of the nation's 12-year armed conflict, but many international donors have switched their focus elsewhere since the 1992 end of hostilities. Most Salvadoran NGOs are struggling to replace lost international support w [...]	2006-03-01 21:45:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KOCI SOCI ES
06SANSALVADOR531	EL SALVADOR 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The following is Post,s submission for the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report. The format tracks paragraphs 21 to 24 in reftel. Post POC is INL Country Director J. Brian Duggan, 011-503-2501-2037. For OMB purposes, Duggan (FS-03) spent 10 hours compiling the following information. Sen [...]	2006-03-03 16:04:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB ES
06SANTIAGO1675	BACHELET'S IDEA OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION: IS IT [...] Summary: Beginning in her campaign last fall, President Michelle Bachelet made clear she would focus on domestic issues and improving Chile's relations within the region. Historical border disputes, the threat of domestic instability in Bolivia and Peru, economic uncertainty in Argentina, and [...]	2006-08-04 20:16:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CI
06SANTIAGO2543	MEDIA REACTION - PASSING OF GENERAL PINOCHET [...] Summary: Major dailies gave extensive coverage to General Pinochet's death, the Bachelet government's statement, and the demonstrations of Pinochet supporters and opponents. Two Concertacion Congressmen expressed surprise at the U.S. statement, noting the absence of a reference to U.S. interv [...]	2006-12-11 19:59:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PHUM CI
06SANTODOMINGO168	HAITIAN MIGRANT DEATHS REVEAL WEAK BORDER CONTROLS [...] (C) Summary. The January 11 death by suffocation of 24 illegal Haitian migrants has triggered a Dominican Government response that includes a formal apology to Haitian authorities, a presidential promise to seek justice with the formation of a "blue-ribbon" investigative committee, and the ne [...]	2006-01-13 23:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR ELTN HA KJUS MARR PREF PREL SOCI
06SANTODOMINGO3031	THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT--YOUNG AND TOOTHLESS [...] Summary. Many believed that President Fernandez would replace the Minister of Environment, Max Puig, at the mid-term point. After many cabinet shifts, however, Fernandez decided to keep Puig, which is a good indicator of where Environment falls on Fernandez's list of priorities....near the [...]	2006-09-22 20:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR EAGR EAID ECON SENV SOCI TBIO
06SANTODOMINGO3139	POTUS SCENESETTER: VISIT OF DOMINICAN PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Embassy Santo Domingo provides following background for the tentatively scheduled October 25 call on the President by President of the Dominican Republic Leonel Fernandez. Background ------------ 2. (SBU) The Dominican Republic has become the most reliable supporter of democracy [...]	2006-10-03 20:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	DR PGOV PREL
06SANTODOMINGO3248	BIOFUELS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (U) Summary. For 2006, the Dominican Republic is expected to spend close to 8 percent of its GDP on petroleum imports, similar to 2005. The government understands the need to diversify its fuel strategy to lower energy costs, especially in the electricity sector. Although a renewable energ [...]	2006-10-13 17:48:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL PGOV ENRG
06SANTODOMINGO3413	DOMINICAN POLITICS III #9: MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO, PRD HEIR APPARENT [...] This is the third cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third years of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. Political Series III #9: Miguel Vargas Maldonado, PRD Heir Apparent (SBU) On October 30 the Ambassador received Miguel Vargas Maldonado, the beefy, self con [...]	2006-11-01 16:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	DR PGOV PREL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO
06SAOPAULO229	HOPES AND FEARS: BUSINESS COMMUNITY VIEWS OF BRAZIL'S [...] Summary: An informal survey of business leaders from Sao Paulo shows support for Finance Minister Antonio Palocci's macroeconomic policies and a general sense of relief that Lula's presidency has not destroyed the economy as originally feared. Although Lula is no longer seen as a threat to th [...]	2006-03-03 12:29:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PINR ETRD BR
06SARAEVO2307	BOSNIA ON ELECTION EVE - EVOLUTION, REVOLUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-29 12:20:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BK
06SARAJEVO1174	BOSNIA: BREAKAWAY CROAT "HDZ 1990" BUILDS ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Breakaway ethnic Croat "HDZ 1990" made a dramatic entry into BiH politics on April 26, when it co-opted enough key parliamentary votes to block constitutional reform. Since then, it has tried to ride on the momentum as it builds local party structures. Lacking def [...]	2006-05-25 13:07:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO1860	BIH POLITICIANS CHOOSE HIGH-ROAD IN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political reaction to the bombing of Former BiH President Alija Izetbegovic's grave, with the exception of one Serb-based party, has been surprisingly measured in this pre-election period. Although the investigation into the attack has yielded few results, some groups, including [...]	2006-08-14 17:24:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BK
06SARAJEVO2307	BOSNIA ON ELECTION EVE - EVOLUTION, REVOLUTION, [...] (U) This is the final in a series of planned pre-election telegrams. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Bosnians go to the polls in two days, October 1, to elect their national and entity governments (Ref E). International observers and Bosnian officials expect an orderly and fair election, though lingering c [...]	2006-09-29 12:20:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BK
06SARAJEVO2329	BOSNIAN NATIONAL ELECTIONS: SILAJDZIC LOOKS TO BE [...] (U) Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina October 1 went to the polls to elect members of the three-member Presidency, and members of State and local legislatures. CEC preliminary tallies at midnight declared Haris Silajdzic (Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (SBiH)) winner of the Bosniak Preside [...]	2006-10-02 10:49:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO3069	STATE COURT UPDATES PART ONE: WAR CRIMES CHAMBER [...] INTRODUCTION: This is the first of two cables summarizing cases currently before the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This cable summarizes war crimes cases. Cases underway in the State Court Special Section for Organized Crime, Financial Crime and Corruption will be discussed septel. [...]	2006-12-04 13:44:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	ICTY KAWC PHUM PINR BK
06SARAJEVO3070	STATE COURT UPDATES PART ONE: WAR CRIMES CHAMBER [...] INTRODUCTION: This is the first of two cables summarizing cases currently bfore the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. his cable summarizes war crimes cases. Cases unerway in the State Court Special Section for Organzed Crime, Financial Crime and Corruption will b discussed septel. The [...]	2006-12-04 13:51:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	ICTY KAWC PHUM PINR BK
06SEOUL1478	USFK COMMANDER'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON PRESIDENT [...] (C) In his May 1 introductory call on President Roh Moo-hyun, USFK Commander Gen. B.B. Bell underscored the U.S. commitment to the bilateral alliance and stressed that, in his capacity as CFC Commander, he served the Presidents of both countries equally. Bell stated that the ROK's desire for [...]	2006-05-03 00:43:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR JA KN KS
06SEOUL2460	UNIFICATION MINISTRY DISCUSSES DPRK RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) Unification Ministry officials on July 21 told the A/DCM that the North seemed to be showing its anger with the ROKG decision to halt food and fertilizer assistance by cutting inter-Korean governmental contact at the Kaesong Industrial Complex and suspending family reunion projects. The R [...]	2006-07-21 10:02:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KS KN
06SEOUL2729	ROKG ANNOUNCES FLOOD ASSISTANCE TO NORTH KOREA [...] (C) On August 11, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade North American Affairs Division I Director Hahn Choong-hee provided the Embassy with the Ministry of Unification (MOU) press release announcing that the ROKG has decided to provide USD 10 million (10 billion SKW) of matching flood relief [...]	2006-08-11 09:29:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KS KN
06SEOUL2855	DPRK TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FLOOD AID [...] In addition to the previously announced 100,000 metric tons of rice in response to extensive flooding in the North (reftel),the South Korean government will also send material for reconstruction and repair. Official estimates of death and damage were also released following discussions betwee [...]	2006-08-22 03:55:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL PINR KS KN
06SEOUL2917	THE "GAMBLING REPUBLIC": CAUGHT IN THE NET OF [...] (SBU) A scandal surrounding a video gambling craze is sweeping the nation and on August 25 has captured the front page of Seoul newspapers for the fifth straight day. The scandal centers on suspicion of bribes and kickbacks related to the approval of a new type of digital slot machine and its [...]	2006-08-25 09:28:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KS
06SEOUL3922	SCENESETTER FOR U.S.- ROK MINISTERIAL AT APEC [...] (C) Madam Secretary: Your November 18 meeting with South Korean National Security Advisor and Foreign Minister-designate Song Min-soon comes as the Republic of Korea (ROK) has entered a period of significant transition. In the foreign policy arena, change began with the October 9 DPRK nuclear [...]	2006-11-14 05:42:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP KN KS
06SEOUL4075	NGO TB PROJECT GAINING DPRK BUY-IN [...] (C) In a November 24 briefing for the Ambassador, Dr. Stephen Linton, Chairman of the EugeneBell Foundation, described a recent two-week mission in the DPRK to oversee EugeneBell medical assistance programs. He reported on improved access to facilities and increased North Korean receptivity [...]	2006-11-28 00:58:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV KS KN
06SEOUL4334	DOE SECRETARY BODMAN REVIEWS ENERGY PARTNERSHIP WITH KOREA [...] Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman visited South Korea December 12-13. In meetings with the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy and the Deputy Prime Minister for Science and Technology, Secretary Bodman reviewed U.S.-Korea collaboration, and sought to SIPDIS advance it in areas such as [...]	2006-12-20 05:42:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG OVIP TRGY KS
06SEOUL507	LABOR SNAPSHOT: THE PLAYERS [...] (SBU) Upcoming U.S.-ROK FTA negotiations will include a close USG look at Korea's labor-management relations, a tumultuous sector charged with decades of conflict. This is the first of three cables that will draw a contemporary portrait of industrial relations in the ROK. This cable describ [...]	2006-02-14 08:29:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD KS PGOV
06SEOUL877	NORTH KOREA: THE MUSICAL [...] (SBU) "Yoduk Story," a musical which premiered in Seoul on March 14, is like "Les Miserables" with all blue notes and a leitmotif of North Korean patriotic anthems. In this production, the beatings, rapes, summary executions, and other crimes that have been reported from one of the DPRK's mo [...]	2006-03-17 09:20:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PGOV KS KN
06SHANGHAI7122	CSIS ROUNDTABLE ON CHINA-AFRICA [...] (C) Summary: During a December 1 discussion between members of the Johns Hopkins Center for Strategic International Studies (CSIS) and Shanghai scholars, and representatives from BHP Billiton and other Shanghai-based economic consulting firms, participants disagreed about the impact of China's [...]	2006-12-13 01:04:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH
06SOFIA1573	CNO VISIT HIGHLIGHTS BULGARIA'S BLACK SEA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 9-10 visit of Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Mike Mullen to Bulgaria shed light on the GOB's evolving Black Sea strategy -- particularly the General Staff's continuing wariness of Turkey's Black Sea Harmony (BSH) proposal. Their reluctance was echoed by MFA NATO an [...]	2006-11-17 14:37:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS BU
06SOFIA848	BULGARIA CAUTIOUS ON BLACK SEA HARMONY [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 14. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The GOB's impression of the June 5 Black Sea Forum in Bucharest was generally positive. While at the forum, the Bulgarian delegation received a draft bilateral agreement from Turkey to join Operation Black Sea Harmony ( [...]	2006-06-16 10:58:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO MARR MOPS RO TU BU
06TAIPEI2172	TAIWAN'S FAIR TRADE COMMISSION TO REVISE FAIR [...] Summary: Representatives from the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission met with Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (TFTC) on the margins of a larger international competition seminar to discuss Taiwan's plans to reform its Fair Trade Law and the benefits of adopting a [...]	2006-06-23 07:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR ETRD TW
06TAIPEI2364	Taipei Economic Brief for June [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in June 2006: --Inflationary pressure building --Cross-Strait integration fuels trade expansion --Taipei AmCham issues white paper --MOEA's white paper response --Cross-Strait agreement on charter flights --Restrictions on fo [...]	2006-07-13 00:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI2467	Vietnam: Taiwan's 2nd Largest Export Base [...] Vietnam has become an important export base for Taiwan companies including a growing number of manufacturers of labor-intensive industries that have relocated from China. Taiwan has become the Vietnam's largest source of foreign direct investment and the largest source of its trade deficit. [...]	2006-07-21 09:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI3878	FOREIGN MINISTER JAMES HUANG ON NICARAGUA AND PRC [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister James Huang told the Director on November 15 that Taiwan is cautiously optimistic of its ability to preserve relations with Nicaragua under the Sandinistas, emphasizing that Taiwan was pleasantly surprised by both the tone and substance of the telephone conversati [...]	2006-11-16 10:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TW NU
06TAIPEI4090	TAIWAN MAYORAL ELECTION SCENESETTER: DPP PULLING [...] (C) Summary: Voters in Taipei and Kaohsiung will elect mayors in Taiwan's two largest cities this Saturday December 9. The KMT is expected to easily retain control of Taipei, where supporters of the KMT substantially outnumber those of the DPP. Under DPP rule for the past eight years, Kaohs [...]	2006-12-10 23:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI4091	TAIWAN MAYORAL ELECTION SCENESETTER: DPP PULLING [...] (C) Summary: Voters in Taipei and Kaohsiung will elect mayors in Taiwan's two largest cities this Saturday December 9. The KMT is expected to easily retain control of Taipei, where supporters of the KMT substantially outnumber those of the DPP. Under DPP rule for the past eight years, Kaohs [...]	2006-12-10 23:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TEGUCIGALPA1393	(C) HONDURAS: RECENT HONDURAS ENERGY DISCUSSIONS [...] (S/NF) The following responds to tasker C-AL6-01066 transmitted ref M. All responses are keyed to questions contained in reftel and repeated below. A. (U) PRESIDENT ZELAYA. 1) (C) WHERE DOES ZELAYA STAND WITH RESPECT TO THE VENEZUELA OIL TALKS? WHAT ARE HIS MOTIVATIONS FOR INVOLVE [...]	2006-08-04 23:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR EPET PGOV HO VE
06TEGUCIGALPA1881	(S) HONDURAS UNDER CAFTA: AFTER SIX MONTHS, [...] (S) Summary: Six months have passed since CAFTA entered into force for Honduras. President Zelaya's support was key to getting Honduras on board, and he continues to profess his support for capitalism and free markets. Yet when faced with making the reforms necessary to let a free market dev [...]	2006-10-04 16:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	ETRD EPET ENRG PGOV VZ HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1950	HONDURAS: LOOSE MONEY: SPURRING GROWTH OR RISKING [...] (C) Summary: In stark contrast to its unhelpful and seemingly improvised trade policies and crumbling fiscal discipline (reftel),the GOH has implemented a more coherent and thus-far successful (if risky) monetary policy. The GOH is pushing down interest rates and pushing up money supply, wi [...]	2006-10-13 21:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2127	HONDURAS: PRICE CONTROLS BECOMING WEAPON OF [...] (C) Summary: Once again, the GOH seeks to impose price controls on the private sector, adding cement to the list of commodities the GOH has capped or attempted to cap in recent months. Also on that list are sugar, palm oil, credit cards, and of course, gasoline and petroleum products. Post [...]	2006-11-09 14:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EIND EINV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2232	HONDURAS: PRICE CONTROLS ON OIL AND CEMENT [...] (SBU) Price controls -- existing or proposed -- continue to be a worrisome topic in Honduras, as recent developments leave both the private sector and the consuming public unsatisfied. In the last few days, talk has centered on challenging a private sector price increase in corn flour, a sta [...]	2006-11-27 22:54:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD ECON EPET PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2347	WHY ENFORCE ANTI-TRUST LAWS WHEN PRICE FIXING IS [...] (U) Summary. Over the past year the Honduran press has reported frequently on increasing prices of basic goods, including corn flour, sugar, rice, meat, eggs, and even cement. Rallied by local leftist political parties and an active press campaign, the Honduran people have clamored for governm [...]	2006-12-20 22:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2373	HONDURAS: IMPORT-LED GROWTH? [...] (C) Summary: The Central Bank of Honduras is predicting economic growth for 2006 of 5.3 to 5.8 percent. Some bankers are now openly talking about a possible resurgence of inflation in 2007, and made their fears plain by under-subscribing a recent GOH bond issuance, complaining that yields o [...]	2006-12-27 22:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA459	HONDURAS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2005/2006 [...] (SBU) The following is the 2005/2006 Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report input for Honduras, responding to questions posed in ref A. Post point of contact is Political Officer Swati M. Patel, phone: (504) 236-9320, ext. 4394, IVG phone: 539-4394, fax: (504) 238-4446, and unclassified and [...]	2006-03-08 23:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KJUS ASEC PREF ELAB HO
06TEGUCIGALPA872	POTUS Meeting June 5 With Honduran President Mel [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One hundred days into his term, President Mel Zelaya remains somewhat of an enigma. On the positive side, he has strongly supported CAFTA; cooperated fully with the DHS/ICE deportation of illegal immigrants (nearly 200 daily); acted - with limited resources - to combat the expl [...]	2006-05-12 12:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV EPET SNAR EAID SENV KJUS HO
06TELAVIV1183	ISRAEL'S ELECTIONS AT THE HOME STRETCH: KADIMA [...] (C) Summary: The March 28 Israeli election will cement the long-predicted victory of the new, centrist Kadima party by a dominant plurality of the votes, with its sparring partners, Labor and Likud, most likely coming in distant second and third places, respectively. Neither Labor nor Likud [...]	2006-03-24 16:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IS PINR GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1754	DAGAN AND CODEL LIEBERMAN DISCUSS HAMAS-LED PA AND [...] (C) Summary: Meir Dagan, director of the Mossad, told Codel Lieberman on April 20 that Hamas won the Palestinian elections because it was more united and organized than Fatah. He said that Palestinians mainly voted for Hamas to protest Fatah corruption, but added that 60 percent "still back [...]	2006-05-05 07:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV2157	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that FM Tzipi Livni and Defense Minister Amir Peretz will meet today with Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David SIPDI [...]	2006-06-06 11:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2346	SHEETRIT OFFERS VIEWS ON REALIGNMENT, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Construction and Housing Meir Sheetrit told the Ambassador on June 14 that the GOI should have started planning Gaza disengagement well in advance to have permanent homes available for the settlers who were evacuated. He said this would have saved the GOI a consider [...]	2006-06-15 18:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV282	NEW FOREIGN MINISTER TZIPI LIVNI [...] Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert named Kadima MK Tzipi Livni, who continues to hold the Justice and Immigration portfolios, to head the Ministry of Foreign Affairs upon the departure of Likud Minister Silvan Shalom. This decision, which the cabinet approved on January 18 (septel [...]	2006-01-20 05:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV4303	THE LIEBERMAN FACTOR IN ISRAEL POLITICS AND U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) party is poised to formally join the governing coalition on October 30, following negotiations with PM Olmert and the grudging acceptance of this deal by Labor Party chairman Amir Peretz. Although several Labor MK's have made their vocife [...]	2006-10-27 16:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KPAL IS US
06TELAVIV558	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israel-India Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Citing recent comments by President Bush and Acting PM Ehud Olmert, Ha'aretz wrote that it has been mutually agreed that the U.S. will provid [...]	2006-02-07 12:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV634	EREZ CLOSES FOLLOWING ARMED ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: Israeli officials closed the Erez crossing for an indefinite period following an assault by armed Palestinian gunmen in the early hours of February 9. Israeli soldiers killed the attackers. There were no Israeli casualties. An MOD official said that, during the period of Karni [...]	2006-02-10 17:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
06TELAVIV785	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Secretary Rice's "Transformational Diplomacy" Plan 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that A/S David Welch will visit Israel during the weekend and meet with Acting PM Ehud Olme [...]	2006-02-24 14:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV894	RELIGIOUS ZIONIST LEADER SPECULATES RIGHT-WING [...] (C) Summary: National Union (NU) leader MK Benny Elon asserted to the Ambassador March 1 that the right-of-center parties will gain enough seats in the March 28 elections that they could (in the unlikely event they were asked to do so) form a government. He called Kadima an artificial politic [...]	2006-03-03 16:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KPAL KWBG EG IS JA GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV903	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The concept of a new disengagement from the West Bank was headlined in the weekend's media. On Sunday, Ha'aretz reported that Acting PM Ehud Olmert is planning to enlist in [...]	2006-03-06 11:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV930	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that five Palestinians -- senior Islamic Jihad commander Munir Abu Sukker and another militant of the group, two children, and another bystander -- were [...]	2006-03-07 10:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TOKYO1039	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-27 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1415	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/17/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-17 00:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1842	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/06/06 [...] The speech lasted for more than an hour, and he devoted a large part of it to economic issues. He noted, "We must create a small but strong government." He thus added his own view to the ongoing argument calling for a small government in order to indicate that he is not a mere successor to t [...]	2006-04-06 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1925	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/06-3 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-10 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2311	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-27 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2715	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/17/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-17 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2768	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-19 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2946	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/30/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 02:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3508	164TH DIET SESSION CONCLUDES WITH MUCH UNDONE [...] (SBU) Summary. The 164th Diet session closed on June 18, leaving many in Tokyo unsatisfied. Scandals, a change in the opposition's Diet management style and a Prime Minister determined to finish the session on time left many high-profile bills related to history and national identity in the [...]	2006-06-23 07:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON MARR JA
06TOKYO3539	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-27 01:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3676	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/03/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-03 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3867	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/11/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-11 22:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4204	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-27 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4217	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/28/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-28 02:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4259	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/31/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-31 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4305	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-01 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

06TOKYO4470	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4477	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4548	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/11/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 08:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4598	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-15 00:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4629	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-15 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4686	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/17/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-17 01:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4998	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-31 23:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5166	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-08 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO560	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-01 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5600	ABE'S CONSERVATIVE CABINET [...] (C) Summary. On September 26 newly elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his Cabinet. In general, he made conservative choices and included many politicians with whom he has close relations as well as those who actively supported his campaign. Despite Abe's claim that he would avoid a [...]	2006-09-27 07:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON JA
06TOKYO5605	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-27 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5884	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/11/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-11 02:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5902	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/11/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-11 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO593	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-02 08:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6222	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/25/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-25 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6358	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6488	The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Civair Talks: Beginnings of a Deal? 4. Canada-Japan FTA Off the Rails 5. MAFF Acknowledges Rough Going On Japan-Australia FTA 6. Treasury DepSec Talks Iraq Compact 7. Allgeier Pushes for Doha Round During DVC with Tokyo 8. MOFA Pushes Ahead With Asia Regio [...]	2006-11-13 05:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6576	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/16/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-16 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO730	DFAA SCANDAL TO SNARE DIET MEMBERS, SAY INSIDERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several Diet Members are implicated and they or their key aides will soon be arrested as part of the ongoing bid-rigging scandal involving Japan's Defense Facilities Administration Agency (DFAA) construction contracts, according to DFAA and Diet insiders. Former Defense Minister [...]	2006-02-09 09:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR JA
06TOKYO925	JAPAN-ROK RELATIONS: STRONG EMOTIONS WON'T SHAKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: While acknowledging bad relations at the top caused in large part by PM Koizumi's controversial visits to the Yasukuni Shrine, political, academic and diplomatic experts on ROK-Japan relations contacted in the run-up to Shimane Prefecture's February 22 "commemoration" of Takeshima [...]	2006-02-22 09:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA KS
06TRIPOLI374	EUCOM J5 MG GRATION BEGINS MIL-MIL DIALOGUE WITH LIBYA [...] (C) EUCOM J-5 MG Scott Gration became the first American general officer to visit Libya in over a quarter of a century during a low key July 8-12 visit. His visit was hosted by MG Ahmed Mahmoud Az-Zway, the nominal head of the Staff College and Bureau of Technical Coordination, and de facto Li [...]	2006-07-30 11:25:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MASS LY
06TRIPOLI378	LIBYA COMMERCIAL NEWS SUMMARY-JUNE/JULY, 2006 [...] (SBU) Repsol said it will increase its production in Libya by 66%, reaching 415,000 barrels per day by 2010. Following the discovery of 21 wells in the last three years, Repsol's reserves in Libya will increase an estimated 10% over the next five years. Repsol, currently the biggest foreign co [...]	2006-07-31 14:16:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON LY PGOV
06TRIPOLI454	SENATOR SPECTER REVIEWS BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP WITH SENIOR [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with senior Libyan officials during his August 21-24 trip to Libya, Senator Arlen Spector, Chairman of the Senate Justice Committee, reviewed the bilateral relationship with senior Libyan officials and inquired about prospects for developing a "Libya model" that co [...]	2006-08-31 15:03:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	OREP PREL PTER PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI539	LIBYA TELLS EXIM - TRUST US, OUR CREDIT'S GOOD [...] (C) EXIM Bank conducted its first visit in over thirty years to Tripoli September 5-9. After an introductory session with Mohamed Siala, Secretary of International Cooperation, the rest of the week was marked by mixed success pursuing additional meetings with key GOL entities. EXIM's Vice P [...]	2006-09-24 14:21:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EFIN ECON ECIN ETRD CMGT LY
06TUNIS1433	OFFICIAL INFORMAL: ABMC NORTH AFRICA [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-13 09:47:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO MARR OEXC TS
06TUNIS344	ENVIRONMENTAL WOES AND SOLUTIONS IN GABES [...] (SBU) Summary: The southern coastal town of Gabes is one of the primary industrial zones in the country. While chemical factories have provided jobs boosting the local and national economy, resulting pollution has severely damaged the local ecosystem and posed health risks to the population, [...]	2006-02-16 08:22:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV TS
06ULAANBAATAR232	State Secrets Law: An Invitation to [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The World Bank, civil society and donors, including the U.S., have long identified the lack of transparency and citizen access to government information as a major invitation to corruption and have encouraged the Government of Mongolia and worked with civil society [...]	2006-03-31 07:39:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ECON MG FR GM
06ULAANBAATAR615	Koizumi's Visit to Mongolia: A Feel Good Experience [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the Japanese DCM (protect),Prime Minister Koizumi's August 10-11 visit to Mongolia was a relaxed visit without much new in substance; rather it was a celebration of a relationship untroubled by the political problems Japan has elsewhere in the region. No new aid [...]	2006-08-14 07:16:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON MG JA KN
06ULAANBAATAR774	High Commodity Prices Create Rosey Optimistic Figures [...] Summary and comment: Mongolian government economic figures confirm that high commodity prices continue to fill government coffers. The budget surplus in the first eight months of 2006 was US $190 million, or 10% of official GDP. Rising commodity prices on the country's principle exports have [...]	2006-10-12 08:44:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PGOV MG
06USUNNEWYORK1407	PACIFIC ISLAND STATES APPEAL FOR COUNTERTERRORISM [...] Summary: The Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and its Executive Directorate (CTED) hosted a meeting on July 21 between representatives of Pacific Island States, potential donor nations, and select international organizations to discuss the Pacific Island States' technical [...]	2006-07-25 20:16:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1898	SYG SELECTION: "COLORED BALLOTS" SECURE BAN AS [...] (C) Summary. Ban Ki-Moon cemented his lead in the fourth Secretary-General straw poll, the first to use differentiated SIPDIS ballots to identify the votes of Permanent Members. FM Ban received fourteen "encouraging" votes, with one elected member of the Council expressing "no opinion". E [...]	2006-10-02 22:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UN
06USUNNEWYORK2196	SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES NEPAL; PROMISES QUICK [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 29, the Security Council discussed during a private meeting the November 22 letter from the Secretary-General proposing UN support for the peace process in Nepal. The SYG,s Personal Representative to the peace process, Ian Martin, briefed and responded to questions [...]	2006-11-30 00:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC NP
06VIENNA2140	Status of Efforts to Support Jewish Cemeteries [...] (U) According to the January 2001 U.S.-Austrian Washington Agreement on Holocaust property, "Austria will provide additional support for the restoration and maintenance of Jewish cemeteries, known or unknown, in Austria." Under these terms, the Federal Government has encouraged states and mu [...]	2006-07-18 12:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
06VIENNA3134	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 23, 2006 [...] Massive criticism of OeVP party boss Wolfgang Schuessel and his leadership style is now heard among top party officials. Franz Fischler, formerly EU Commissioner and OeVP Minister of Agriculture, demanded a total reform of the party and President of the Austrian Economic Chamber Christoph Leitl [...]	2006-10-24 07:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3202	AUSTRIAN ELECTION FOLLOW-UP: NEW PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Austrian parliament met for the first time on October 30. As is traditional, the parliament voted members of the top three parties -- the Social Democratic Party (SPO),the People's Party (OVP) and the Greens -- to the three parliamentary leadership positions. Of cons [...]	2006-10-31 16:41:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR AU
06VILNIUS102	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN [...] (SBU) Senators McCain and Lieberman, a hearty welcome and our sincere thanks to you and your colleagues for traveling to Lithuania! Your visit will provide an opportunity to show gratitude to Lithuania for its staunch and unwavering support in the U.S.-led Global War on Terror and bolster int [...]	2006-02-02 08:22:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OVIP BO LH
06VILNIUS11	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SENSENBRENNER [...] Congressman Sensenbrenner, on behalf of Ambassador Stephen Mull and our colleagues at the U.S. Mission in Vilnius, thank you for traveling to Lithuania. Your visit here will provide an opportunity to show gratitude to Lithuania for its staunch and unwavering support in the U.S.-led Global War [...]	2006-01-06 05:06:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL OVIP PL LH
06VILNIUS442	VILNIUS CDC SUMMIT: DEMOCRACY IS EUROPE'S DESTINY [...] (U) Heads of state from the Baltic, Black Sea and Caucasus regions gathered with EU and U.S. high-level officials May 4 for a regional conference, "Common Vision for a Common Neighborhood," which Lithuania and Poland co-hosted. This second Community of Democratic Choice (CDC) summit enabled f [...]	2006-05-12 12:19:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO LT LG EN PL GG BO AM AJ UP RO
06VILNIUS523	(C) PM BRAZAUSKAS'S PRE-RESIGNATION FAREWELL [...] (C) Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas, during the Ambassador's May 30 farewell call, outlined his five-year plan to increase defense spending and affirmed his commitment to Jewish property restitution. The Ambassador noted the GOL's tremendous contribution to the Global war On Ter [...]	2006-06-06 14:13:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG EINV KNAR LH RS
06VILNIUS570	PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuania's Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Muntianas, during the Ambassador's June 6 farewell call, expressed hope that a government coalition uniting Lithuania's political left and right will soon emerge. He declared his willingness to move Jewish property restitution forward a [...]	2006-06-19 10:58:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG EINV KNAR LH
06VILNIUS584	JEWISH CEMETERY IN VILNIUS - OVERVIEW AND UPDATE [...] (SBU) The newest front in Lithuania's struggle to come to terms with its troubled past is a Jewish cemetery that Russian Czars closed in 1830 and which they and the Soviets largely destroyed. The site, known as the Snipiskes cemetery, has attracted the fervent interest of the Committee for th [...]	2006-06-21 14:14:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KNAR LH
06VILNIUS623	PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER CONDEMN JEWISH CEMETERY VANDALISM [...] (U) Vandals tore down 22 monuments at a Jewish cemetery in Vilnius on June 24. President Valdas Adamkus, acting Prime Minister Zigmantas Balcytis, and Vilnius City mayor Arturas Zuokas publicly condemned the desecration and urged local law enforcement to find and punish the perpetrators. The [...]	2006-07-05 13:08:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNAR PHUM PGOV LH
06VILNIUS698	RUSSIA DENIES VISAS TO LITHUANIAN STUDENTS WISHING TO HONOR [...] (SBU) The Russian Embassy in Vilnius denied visas on July 21 to members of a local youth organization that planned to visit the Siberian graves of Soviet-era Lithuanian deportees. The Council of Lithuanian Youth Organizations (LiJOT) planned the expedition to the Krasnoyarsk region, where Sovi [...]	2006-07-27 11:15:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM LH RU
06VILNIUS789	PM AND FM UNDECIDED ON LEBANON; SEE OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador John A. Cloud for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: PM Kirkilas and FM Vaitiekunas both told the Ambassador in initial courtesy calls that Lithuania's likely contribution to UNIFIL would be small, given its commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq. They said [...]	2006-08-23 12:37:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PHUM ENRG ECON LE LH
06VILNIUS850	EUR DAS PEKALA'S VISIT TO LITHUANIA: ENERGY, [...] (C) Summary. During DAS Mark Pekala's September 8 visit to Vilnius, the foreign policy advisors to the President and Prime Minister, the MFA's State Secretary, the leader of the opposition, and the Vice Minister of Economy outlined Lithuania's main foreign policy concerns. Our interlocutors [...]	2006-09-14 10:48:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG LH BO
06VILNIUS909	UPDATE ON SNIPISKES CEMETERY [...] (C) Post continues to seek a solution to the controversy over possible new development of the old Jewish cemetery site in the Snipiskes area of Vilnius (ref A). In recent months, a new governing coalition and stepped-up efforts by the city's mayor to develop the site have led the Embassy to l [...]	2006-10-04 08:23:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL PREL LH
06VILNIUS945	PLANS FOR SNIPISKES CEMETERY - A CHANCE FOR [...] (C) Summary: The GOL's working group on the Snipiskes cemetery recently finished its work and submitted its conclusions to the Prime Minister. At the group's recommendation, the Prime Minister issued a decree calling for the establishment of a committee of experts to research the boundaries [...]	2006-10-13 13:42:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL PREL LH
06WARSAW1721	WORKING WITH THE KACZYNSKI BROTHERS - GO STRAIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Now that PM Jarek Kaczynski has consolidated power domestically, the Polish government is starting to re-consider its position in the world. Jarek Kaczynski has very little foreign affairs experience, but he has also chosen to take foreign policy decision-making authority on him [...]	2006-08-17 15:36:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR OVIP PL
06WARSAW2286	REVIVAL OF JEWISH LIFE IN POLAND, BUT CHALLENGES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Twentieth century Poland's history of Jewish relations has made many Jews see Poland solely as a Jewish cemetery and hotbed of anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism persists, but is no worse than most European countries, and rejection of anti-Semitism is on the rise, notwithstanding th [...]	2006-10-27 13:21:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	KNAR PGOV PHUM PREL PL
06WARSAW2653	SPOT REPORT: SLUBICE, POLISH BORDER TOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Poloff went to Slubice, which sits on the Polish-German border, to investigate labor disputes and a longstanding issue concerning the town's Jewish cemetery. Despite its location in a special economic zone, unemployment hovers near 30%, higher than the surrounding province. One [...]	2006-12-29 11:56:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ELAB PL
06WARSAW2654	SPOT REPORT: SLUBICE, POLISH BORDER TOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Poloff went to Slubice, which sits on the Polish-German border, to investigate labor disputes and a longstanding issue concerning the town's Jewish cemetery. Despite its location in a special economic zone, unemployment hovers near 30%, higher than the surrounding province. One [...]	2006-12-29 11:56:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ELAB PL
06WARSAW2655	SPOT REPORT: SLUBICE, POLISH BORDER TOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Poloff went to Slubice, which sits on the Polish-German border, to investigate labor disputes and a longstanding issue concerning the town's Jewish cemetery. Despite its location in a special economic zone, unemployment hovers near 30%, higher than the surrounding province. One [...]	2006-12-29 11:56:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ELAB PL
06WELLINGTON322	OUTDATED ATTITUDES FRUSTRATE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY EFFORTS IN [...] New Zealand media reflect the views of the wider New Zealand population when they describe the US reaction to the anti-nuclear legislation as "heavy-handed" and "bullying." New Zealanders feel that the US reaction failed to recognize New Zealand's sovereignty and its right to make its own choi [...]	2006-04-26 23:11:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KIRC OIIP MNUC KPAO KMDR OPRC NZ
06YAOUNDE1566	CAMEROON: EXXON FEARS EMPLOYEE UNREST IN SALE TO [...] (U) Summary. ExxonMobil representatives told Charge October 11 that they feared their 85 employees in Cameroon might take "illegal action," possibly to include violence, to pressure Exxon to make cash concessions to its employees as part of the pending share sale of Exxon's Africa operations [...]	2006-10-12 15:10:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	EINT ENRG ELAB ETRD EPET LY CM
06YEREVAN1264	THE POLITICAL BUZZ: A SNAPSHOT OF LOCAL ANALYST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Garik Tsarukyan's new "Prosperous Armenia" faction is the hottest political topic, with divided views over the extent to which this pro-government faction is independent of the ruling Republican Party. Local analysts are generally pessimistic about chances for fair parliamentar [...]	2006-09-13 06:09:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AM
06YEREVAN1687	ARMENIA'S CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR IF-AND-WHEN RUSSIA [...] (C) As winter approaches and tensions continue between Georgia and Russia, Armenians are increasingly concerned that Russian gas, shipped to Armenia through Georgia, will be cut off as happened in January 2006 (ref A). According to a USAID-funded expert, Armen Arzumanyan, if Russian gas is cut [...]	2006-12-07 10:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL RS GA AJ AM
06YEREVAN230	ARMENIA: UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL [...] (C) The UNESCO convention is not likely to appear on the Armenian Parliament's legislative agenda in 2006. There has been little or no media attention or public debate specifically directed at ratification of the Convention, but perception in Armenia of UNESCO in general is quite negative. P [...]	2006-02-14 13:58:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD SCUL UNESCO AM
06YEREVAN312	ENERGY MINISTER POINTS TO IRAN'S ROLE IN BALANCING [...] (C) During a meeting with the Ambassador on February 28, Minister of Energy Armen Movsisyan discussed Armenia's ongoing disagreement with Russia over anticipated price hikes in gas supplies, the GOAM's ambitions to diversify its sources of energy, Iran's role in the Armenian energy market, and [...]	2006-03-02 11:51:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG PARM PREL IR RS AM
06YEREVAN501	ABANDONED AZERI GRAVEYARD SUFFERS NEGLECT, [...] (SBU) Beyond common neglect, which, for the most part has led to the deterioration of an abandoned Azeri cemetery in Armenia's northern Lori province, we noted during a March 26 visit that vandals had intentionally damaged several of the cemetery's Muslim grave markers. The destruction did not [...]	2006-04-06 12:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETRD UNESCO SCUL AJ AM
06YEREVAN661	"PROSPEROUS ARMENIA" - OLIGARCH'S NEW PARTY [...] (C) The political grouping "Prosperous Armenia" is gathering steam and is expected to be one of the most important factors as the political season heats up. Its leader, the business tycoon Gagik Tsarukyan, has declared that his goal is to support financially a group of professional legislato [...]	2006-05-12 09:19:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AM
06YEREVAN851	N-K DFM BLAMES FIRES ON AZERI TRACER BULLETS AS [...] (SBU) A top "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (NKR) official has refuted Azeri allegations that the Armenian military is starting fires in Azerbaijani settlements bordering N-K. NKR "Deputy Foreign Minister" Masis Mayilian told the press some of the fires were natural occurrences, but that Azeri tra [...]	2006-06-23 12:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AJ AM
06YEREVAN922	OSCE: "NOTHING TO" AZERI CLAIMS OF ARMENIAN ARSON [...] (C) There is "nothing to" the claim that Armenians had set fires to destroy Azeri property in the occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, according to Andrzej Kasprzyk, special representative of the OSCE chairman-in-office (CiO) on the Minsk Conference. The OSCE sent a monitoring gr [...]	2006-07-11 06:14:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ AM
06ZAGREB311	CROATIA DETERMINED TO RESOLVE LINGERING ISSUES [...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA State Secretary Hido Biscevic briefed Ambassador March 1 on PM Sanader,s February 28 meetings in Tirana with Albanian and Macedonian officials, and laid out the GOC,s plans to resolve a number of lingering bilateral issues with Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) and Se [...]	2006-03-08 10:16:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HR
06ZAGREB45	CROATIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] SUMMARY: Only in recent years has Croatia begun to emerge as an attractive destination for investment. Croatia lagged behind many of the other countries of Central and Eastern Europe in attracting foreign investment following the fall of the Berlin Wall, partly as a result of the conflicts [...]	2006-01-13 12:53:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC
06ZAGREB823	CROATIA SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During your July 9-10 stop in Dubrovnik for the conference "Completing Europe's Southern Dimension: The Values that Bind Us," you will witness firsthand the GoC's unshakable enthusiasm for promoting Euro-Atlantic integration. Still paddling on the wave of political op [...]	2006-07-07 11:49:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KAWC SIPDIS HR
07ABIDJAN600	THE ROCKY ROAD TO UNHCR'S JUNE 30 RETURN DEADLINE [...] (U) Summary: The Abijan-based Refugee Coordinator for West Africa (RefCoord),traveled by road from Monrovia to Abidjan from May 1 to May 17. RefCoord passed through Gbarnga, Voinjama, Macenta, Nzerekore, Danane, Duekoue/Guiglo, and Tabou during the trip. RefCoord visited a number of villa [...]	2007-06-07 09:35:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM IV LI GU
07ABUDHABI1595	IRAQ AND IRAN KEY TOPICS IN MBZ MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary: In a lengthy September 17 conversation, Admiral William J. Fallon, USCENTCOM Commander, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces discussed the Iraq security situation and the necessity for Government of Iraq [...]	2007-09-25 05:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ LE AE
07ABUDHABI228	HAMAS AND FATAH AGREE IN PRINCIPLE TO NATIONAL UNITY [...] (C) Ambassador spoke to Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) on February 11 to relay reftel themes on the Hamas-Fatah agreement in principle for a National Unity Govenrment (NUG). The UAEG has issued two press releases regarding the Hamas-Fatah Agreement, and Abu Mazen has spoken t [...]	2007-02-12 12:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAL PREL IS AE
07ABUJA122	NIGERIA: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) The following information is Nigeria's 2007 Investment Climate Statement. Overview -------- With an estimated population of 140 million, Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation. It offers investors a low-cost labor pool, abundant natural resources, and potentially the largest domest [...]	2007-01-19 10:20:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB EINV ETRD EFIN OPIC USTR NI
07ABUJA2232	NIGERIA'S PDP - WHEN IS A PARTY NOT A PARTY? [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ruling Nigerian Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) cannot be viewed as a political party within the common western understanding. Like velveeta cheese, the labeling claims it is a party, but upon further inspection, it lacks key ingredients most political parties share. This i [...]	2007-10-19 16:50:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
07ABUJA2369	NIGERIA 2008 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] The following information is Nigeria's 2008 National Trade Estimate. Trade Summary ------------- 2. The U.S. goods trade deficit with Nigeria was $25.7 billion in 2006, an increase of $3.1 billion from $22.6 billion in 2005. U.S. goods exports in 2006 were $2.2 billion, up 37.6 percent [...]	2007-11-13 12:47:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN NI
07ABUJA887	PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S FORUM ON ECONOMIC STAKEHOLDERS [...] Summary. In April, President Obasanjo hosted a "Presidential Forum with Stakeholders of the Economy". Presentations were made by key ministries and government agencies giving a glowing tribute to Obasanjo's leadership. The general theme was that there had been progress, but many challenges r [...]	2007-05-07 15:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG PINR NI
07ACCRA1012	GHANA'S ENERGY CRISIS II: Mining Industry Coping Better [...] Summary: This is the second in a series of cables on Ghana's energy crisis. It focuses primarily on the impact on the mining sector and the industry's response. The mining sector accounts for 40 percent of Ghana's total foreign exchange earnings and consumes nearly 20 percent of total power [...]	2007-05-08 07:33:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON ETRD GH
07ACCRA2173	OPPOSITION ACTIVIST COMMENTS ON PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] SUMMARY/COMMENT: National Democratic Party (NDC) activist Fiji Kwetey told PolChief during a October 5 meeting that his party would likely select NDC parliamentary foreign affairs spokesman John Mahama as its Vice Presidential candidate. He indicated that NDC insiders view former Trade Ministe [...]	2007-10-12 10:39:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GH
07ADANA102	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 01 -03, 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 01-03, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. GUNDEM: The DTP-supported parliame [...]	2007-08-06 07:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA103	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 04-08 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 04-08, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. HURRIYET: A remote-controlled PKK [...]	2007-08-09 10:51:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA123	TURKEY: ADANA'S STAGNANT ECONOMY STILL AWAITING BTC-FUELED [...] (U) SUMMARY. Adana's business leaders are starting to develop alternatives to the big business-driven model that characterized the city's early growth. While an overvalued lira, financial mismanagement and removal of textile quotas in 2005 have led to closures of several large textile busin [...]	2007-10-31 10:16:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PREL ENRG TU
07ADANA30	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR 6 MARCH, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-07 06:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA38	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 13, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-13 13:51:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA39	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 13, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-14 10:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA50	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 05, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-06 05:29:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA51	TURKEY-IRAQ TRADE SUFFERING FROM INSTABILITY AND A CONGESTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's trade with Iraq has suffered in recent months due to increased instability in Iraq, continuing problems at Habur Gate and inadequate banking services. The situation at Habur dismays many businessmen since, even though the facilities there have been upgraded, it still t [...]	2007-04-06 06:27:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TU
07ADANA52	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 06, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-06 12:18:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA54	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 09, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-11 05:46:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA55	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-18 11:47:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA67	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 07, 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 07, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. GUNDEM: The daily claims that, after AK [...]	2007-05-08 05:40:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA69	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 09, 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 09, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. BOLGE / EKSPRES / SABAH (GUNEY): [...]	2007-05-10 05:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA7	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 1, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-16 06:22:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA75	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 29, 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 29, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. SABAH (GUNEY) / CUMHURIYET: Primary [...]	2007-06-04 10:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADDISABABA1397	SOMALILAND FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS COOPERATION [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. On May 4, Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi M. Duale updated Ambassador and poloff on his recent visit to Europe to promote Somaliland's external relations with potential donors, and ongoing consultations with Ethiopia on cross-border counter-terrorism cooperation. FM Dual [...]	2007-05-08 10:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PBTS PTER EAID KDEM ET SO DJ
07ADDISABABA3036	ETHIOPIA AGOA ELIGIBILITY RECOMMENDATION [...] Country: Ethiopia Current Status: Eligible -------------------------- COUNTRY BACKGROUND SUMMARY -------------------------- 2. After a difficult period of socialist dictatorship and civil war, the government of Ethiopia (GOE) in the early 1990s began a transition towards a more open eco [...]	2007-10-15 08:44:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AGOA ECON ET
07ADDISABABA3068	GOE/PRC: CHINA SIGNALS WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE [...] (C) China is willing to compare notes with the United States on demonstration agricultural projects in Ethiopia, to have its volunteers in Ethiopia participate in events hosted by other third-country volunteer programs, and to consider cooperation between Chinese and American telecommunication [...]	2007-10-17 08:56:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EAID ET
07AITTAIPEI1443	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 23-25 on KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou, who announced Saturday his decision to select former premier Vincent Siew as his running mate in next year's presidential election; on the KMT party congress on Sunday; [...]	2007-06-25 07:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1954	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 25-27 on President Chen Shui-bian's trip to Central America; on the 2008 presidential election; on the investigation into the explosion of a China Airlines passenger jet in Okinawa last Monday; and on the future pros [...]	2007-08-27 10:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07ALGIERS1326	HOPEFUL WESTERN ALGERIA LOOKS TO THE U.S. [...] SUMMARY: The northwestern Algerian town of Sig and the neighboring city of Mascara are well established migrant-sending communities that produce a disproportionately large number of visa applicants. A strong migration relationship with immigrant communities in the U.S., combined with the lac [...]	2007-09-18 06:57:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SOCI KFRD ASEC CVIS AG
07AMMAN2752	Jordan's Electricity Sector Prepares to Meet Increasing [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's national electric utility expects the country's electricity needs to grow by 10 percent annually due to increases in real economic growth and population (especially of Iraqis),and a rising standard of living for some Jordanians. To meet growing demand, electricity tra [...]	2007-06-26 11:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON JO
07AMMAN3817	JORDAN'S STONE AND MARBLE INDUSTRY: BETWEEN A ROCK [...] Summary: Exports to the U.S. from Jordan's stone and marble industry reached $1.3 million in 2006, representing one of the few Jordanian goods besides garments to enter the U.S. market, but still only a small fraction of the $1.4 billion in total Jordanian exports to the U.S. Although the co [...]	2007-09-13 15:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EIND EAID JO
07AMMAN75	ROYAL JORDANIAN SELECTS BOEING 787 DREAMLINER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's national airline Royal Jordanian (RJ) announced it has selected Boeing's 787 Dreamliner to replace its wide-body Airbus A340's. As a first step, RJ will lease four or five of the aircraft starting in 2010. Boeing is optimistic that the leasing arrangements will lead t [...]	2007-01-08 15:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD BEXP JO
07ANKARA1006	TURKEY: TGS STATEMENT SUPPORTS SECULARISTS; GOT [...] (SBU) Summary: At approximately 11:30 pm on April 27, the Turkish General Staff issued a strongly worded statement, warning of the dangers of "fundamentalism", identifying as enemies of the State those who do not ascribe to Ataturk's statement, "How happy is he who can say he is a Turk," and d [...]	2007-04-28 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR ECON TU
07ANKARA1014	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-30 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

07ANKARA1025	TURKEY HEADED TO EARLY GENERAL ELECTIONS [...] (U) Turkey's Constitutional Court announced late Mary 1 that it has accepted the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) petition to annul the first round of presidential voting on the ground that the required quorum was not present. CHP had argued that 367 -- the two-thirds of the members [...]	2007-05-01 16:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TU
07ANKARA1038	TURKEY: OPPOSITION ELBOWING FOR ELECTION PARTNERS [...] (C) With early general elections looming, Turkey,s opposition parties are scrambling to make hay. All manner of electoral alliances are under discussion. On the nominal center-left, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is in a strong position, with others drawn to the flame. Altho [...]	2007-05-03 12:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA1072	TURKISH YOUTH PARTY MANEUVERING FOR MERGER [...] (C) As the constitutional crisis over the presidency begins to wind down and general elections for parliament move into gear, political parties across the partisan spectrum are maneuvering for advantage. The recent decision by the center-right True Path and Motherland parties to unite has bee [...]	2007-05-07 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TU
07ANKARA1091	TURKEY: FM GUL AS THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES MASTER [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-09 11:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TU
07ANKARA1096	TURKISH REACTIONS TO POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. Conversations with two advisors to PM Erdogan, two former leaders on the left, an influential Ankara business figure, and three key journalists portray a range of views regarding Turkey's ongoing political turmoil and where it may lead. -- The ruling Justice and Development Par [...]	2007-05-10 05:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU US
07ANKARA1179	IS THE PKK CEASEFIRE ABOUT TO END? [...] (S/NF) Summary: There is increasing speculation that the PKK's unilateral ceasefire, which it declared in October 2006 and has somewhat observed, may end as soon as May 18. Even after declaring the ceasefire -- on jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan's instructions -- the PKK publicly warned that it [...]	2007-05-16 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA121	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-22 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1219	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, March & April 2007 [...] Chief of the Turkish General Staff (CHOD) General Yasar Buyukanit gave his annual speech to the War College in Istanbul on March 16. In contrast to previous years, the speech was closed to the press, but was subsequently leaked to the media. In the speech, Buyukanit refrained from comment abou [...]	2007-05-21 10:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL FR AJ PK KS MK YI GM BU AL IT SI
07ANKARA124	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-23 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1257	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1381	TURKEY'S CENTER-RIGHT: A HOUSE DIVIDED [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. The eagerly anticipated merger of two center-right parties fizzled out over the weekend of June 2, running aground over mismanagement, mistrust, and massive egos. By bungling the merger, the two parties squandered the advantage they had to offer a viable alternative [...]	2007-06-04 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA1399	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-06 05:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA141	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1416	TURKEY: MURDERS OF CHRISTIANS IN MALATYA: [...] (C) Summary. Malatya residents are still trying to make sense of the brutal April 18 slaying of three Christians by a group of young men. The prosecutor told us he has not yet found any evidence that the killers were acting with outside support or inspiration, though some believe dark forces [...]	2007-06-07 05:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07ANKARA142	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, December 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on December 28. Internal developments affecting Turkey's national security and the PKK terrorist organization topped the agenda. Recent developments in Iraq and the Iraq Study Group's report were discussed and Turkey's relat [...]	2007-01-24 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL AJ KG GR YI TS PK IS TU
07ANKARA1439	TURKEY: ELECTION LISTS GIVE GLIMPSE OF OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The recently published unofficial election lists signal hidden messages and give clues to opposition parties' campaign plans. Nominally center-left opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) oriented itself as a party opposed to threats to the state, with ruling Justice and Devel [...]	2007-06-07 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA144	DINK ASSASSINATION LEADS TO NATIONAL SOUL-SEARCHING [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE AM TU
07ANKARA147	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-25 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1477	TURKEY ELECTION LISTS POSTSCRIPT: CONVICTS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. The Supreme Election Board's (SEB) scrub of proposed candidates for the election has cut out some would-be candidates for parliament and prompted one minor party to withdraw from the election altogether. The SEB's ruling that 131 of parliamentary candidate-applicants f [...]	2007-06-11 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA1569	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-19 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1606	TURKEY: POLLSTERS PREDICT AKP WIN, LONG-TERM [...] (C) SUMMARY. A cross section of leading pollsters from Ankara and Istanbul agreed that public opinion in Turkey shows deep polarization, disaffection and fear about the future. Most significantly, all agree that under today's conditions and barring unforeseen interventions, the ruling Justice [...]	2007-06-22 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA161	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 12:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1705	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-03 12:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1720	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-05 12:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1784	TURKEY: OPPOSITION PARTIES PLAYING TO TEN: MHP, [...] (C) Summary and comment. The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP),Youth Party (GP),and Democrat Party (DP) -- all significantly weaker than the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) -- are scrambling to garner votes in the July 22 general [...]	2007-07-12 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA1792	TURKEY: PRE-ELECTION ENVIRONMENT IS PEACEFUL, [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a political environment lately caught up in existential questions, the normalcy of the current election environment provides a reassuring contrast. Debates are lively but treading familiar paths. While the parties are seized with election fervor, Turkey isn't getting carried [...]	2007-07-13 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA1803	TURKEY ELECTION SCENESETTER AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan's governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) will likely come out on top July 22, winning fewer seats than in 2002, but enough to form a government. At least two other parties will surmount the 10% threshold, and parliament seems likely to be more fractious than it [...]	2007-07-16 12:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON TU
07ANKARA182	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-29 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1820	TURKEY: LONG ODDS IN SUNDAY'S ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Opinion polls appear to have coalesced around the idea that only three parties will enter parliament in the wake of Turkey's July 22 general election. However, given the notorious unreliability of opinion polls here, several long-shot parties taking a "hail Mary" pass could do b [...]	2007-07-18 06:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL TU
07ANKARA1822	TURKEY: ALEVI GROUPS DEEM CHP "LEAST BAD" OPTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-18 08:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA1904	TURKEY: TIMING FOR NEW PARLIAMENT, NEW GOVERNMENT, [...] (C) Summary and comment. Official results of Turkey's July 22 general election are expected July 26, starting the clock for setting up the new parliament, forming a new government and electing the next president. If all goes smoothly -- a big "if" -- parliament could complete the process by [...]	2007-07-26 12:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ANKARA1921	TURKEY: OFFICIALS HOPEFUL NEW GOVERNMENT WILL [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 06:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA1970	TURKEY: NEW AIR FORCE AND NAVY COMMANDERS TO BE [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Military Council (YAS) will meet August 1-4 and is expected to name new Turkish Air Force and Navy commanders. In all, five three-star officers will be promoted to four stars to replace officers retiring this year. Chief of Turkish General Staff (CHOD) GEN Yasar Buyu [...]	2007-08-01 11:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MARR TU
07ANKARA199	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-31 15:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA20	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-05 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2004	TURKEY'S NEW PARLIAMENT CONVENES TO ELECT SPEAKER [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. Turkey's newly elected MPs took their oaths without incident on August 4 and will convene again on August 9 to begin electing a Speaker and forming a government. PM Erdogan is expected to announce h [...]	2007-08-06 10:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TU
07ANKARA2018	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-07 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2019	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-07 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2122	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-16 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2174	TURKEY: ALEVIS CELEBRATE CULTURE, CALL FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-22 08:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA219	GOT REITERATES TO SPECIAL ENVOY RALSTON THE NEED FOR CONCRETE ACTION AGAINST PKK [...] (S) Summary: Turkey is still waiting for concrete action against the PKK, GOT leaders and officials told visiting Special Envoy Ralston Jan. 30-31. Ralston's interlocutors acknowledged progress on the Makhmour refugee camp, but emphasized that they have higher priorities. The GOT agreed to work w [...]	2007-02-01 16:50:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL PREF MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA2207	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2222	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-28 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2235	PRESIDENT GUL APPROVES PM ERDOGAN'S GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Less than 24 hours after Abdullah Gul assumed the office of President, PM Erdogan submitted to Gul his proposed list for Turkey's 60th government. Gul approved the list, which contains 25 names, up from 23 in the previous government. It includes three Deputy Premiers/State Ministers who [...]	2007-08-29 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TU
07ANKARA2246	TURKEY: THUMBNAIL BIOS OF 60TH GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Thumbnail biographical sketches of the 25 ministers who comprise Turkey's 60th Government, as presented August 29, 2007 President Gul are below in para 2. Ministers are already in place and functioning; the government will seek a parliamentary vote of confidence on September 5. 2. (SBU [...]	2007-08-31 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR TU
07ANKARA2292	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-07 12:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2334	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-13 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2348	TURKEY: SYRIAN FM'S VISIT OVERSHADOWED BY AIRSPACE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Israeli jets' September 6 violation of Syrian and Turkish airspace overshadowed Syrian FM Mouallem's previously scheduled visit. Calling on Israel to provide an explanation, FM Babacan simultaneously urged all parties to show restraint for the sake of regional stabil [...]	2007-09-14 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS LE SY TU IQ
07ANKARA2361	TURKEY: MFA ON POTENTIAL LEBANON-SYRIA BORDER [...] (C) We pulsed Turkish MFA Middle East Department desk officer Cem Ulusoy regarding the Spanish proposal on a potential ESDP monitoring mission on the Lebanon-Syria border (ref A). Professing no knowledge of the Spanish proposal, Ulusoy said Turkey shares USG concerns about weapons smuggling f [...]	2007-09-18 10:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PGOV PREL LE TU
07ANKARA2364	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-18 13:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA237	PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]	2007-02-05 10:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA2408	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-26 04:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2412	TURKEY: COUNCIL OF EUROPE INVESTIGATIVE TEAM [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-26 08:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2454	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-03 06:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2468	TURKEY: POLITICAL REFORMS STALLED AS GOT FOCUSES [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA25	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-08 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2500	TURKEY: WEEKEND AMBUSH BRINGS TEMPERATURE TO [...] (C) Summary: A PKK ambush October 7 killed 13 Turkish soldiers in southeastern Sirnak province,the biggest single loss the military has incurred in years and the latest in a string of terrorist incidents. A series of high level meetings, including a PM-President-CHOD meeting, and the counter [...]	2007-10-09 11:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA2501	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-09 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2503	TURKEY'S COUNTER-TERRORISM COUNCIL: FULL ARRAY OF [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's counter-terrorism council met October 10 under the chairmanship of PM Erdogan. It issued a written statement which places all options - economic, political, legal and military - on the table. By taking a broad-reaching approach, the Turks are putting the Iraqis on noti [...]	2007-10-09 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA2516	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-11 09:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2546	TURKS CLEAR THAT PARLIAMENTARY MOTION FOR CROSS [...] (SBU) On October 15, Turkish PM Erdogan's cabinet approved and forwarded to parliament a draft motion to authorize conducting cross border operations (CBO) against PKK terrorists in northern Iraq. Parliament is scheduled to debate and vote on the motion October 17. If, as expected, parliamen [...]	2007-10-16 09:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC TU US AM IZ
07ANKARA2549	TURKISH PARLIAMENT TO CONSIDER MOTION AUTHORIZING [...] (C) Summary. Under intense public pressure following an up-tick in terrorist killings, Turkey's parliament is scheduled to vote October 17 on a GOT proposal to authorize a cross-border operation (CBO) aimed at eliminating terrorist PKK camps in northern Iraq (reftels). The motion, submitted [...]	2007-10-16 11:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA2550	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-16 12:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2566	TURKEY: MFA EXPLAINS PARLIAMENTARY MOTION ON CROSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA convoked representatives of approximately 25 missions October 17 to explain the reasons behind the GOT's parliamentary motion to authorize a cross border operation (CBO) against PKK terrorists in northern Iraq. MFA officials emphasized that passage of the motion by parliament [...]	2007-10-17 10:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ US
07ANKARA2573	TURKEY: PARLIAMENT OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVES MOTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 17, the Turkish parliament, as expected, approved by an overwhelming margin a government-sponsored motion authorizing a cross border operation (CBO) against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists in northern Iraq. It gives the government authority for one year to [...]	2007-10-17 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ US
07ANKARA2582	KRG OFFICIALS IN ANKARA SEEK DIALOGUE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador met October 17 with the Chief of Staff to KRG PM Nechirvan Barzani, Sawraz Hawrami, and advisor Zakaria Hazan to discuss the PKK and Turkey/KRG dialogue. Ambassador told Hawrami that the Turkish government does not want military action against the PKK in northern Iraq [...]	2007-10-18 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA2601	PROVOCATIVE PKK ATTACKS IN SE TURKEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PKK terrorists have carried out attacks on Turkish security and other targets over the last 36 hours, accounting for the deaths of at least 12, and possibly more, security personnel. At least 16 security personnel were injured, along with another 17 civilians in a separate attack [...]	2007-10-22 08:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV TU US IZ
07ANKARA2618	TURKEY: GOVERNMENT TRIES TO QUELL PUBLIC FURY; PKK [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the face of growing public outrage over PKK terrorism, senior government officials have urged the public to remain calm and the media to report responsibly. They also have emphasized that Turkey should not lash out in anger but rather take action that is in the nation's best in [...]	2007-10-23 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ US
07ANKARA2624	TURKEY: GOVERNMENT PURSUES DIPLOMACY; CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: While FM Babacan pursued talks with senior Iraqi leaders in Baghdad October 23, the GOT continued its effort to calm domestic fury in the wake of October 21 terrorist attacks. Government officials implemented a little used law to muzzle radio and television broadcasts related to [...]	2007-10-24 10:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ US
07ANKARA2627	TURKEY: EU HARMONIZATION PROCESS OVERSHADOWED BY [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 10:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2635	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2636	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2643	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 13:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2644	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 13:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2645	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2651	TURKEY NIXES GOI DELEGATION WITH KDP AND KRG [...] (C) Turkey's Iraq Coordinator Celikkol told Ambassador during an October 25 meeting that the GOT will not accept representatives of Iraqi Kurdish political parties nor of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in bilateral security discussions proposed by the GOI. Pointing to the presence of K [...]	2007-10-25 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ US
07ANKARA2657	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-26 11:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2663	TURKS HEAR DIALOGUE, BUT NO ACTION FROM KRG [...] (c) Summary: In follow-up talks here the week of October 21, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials offered to create a propaganda campaign to counter and discredit the PKK pursuant to a written, Turkey-KRG agreement to be signed by PM Erdogan and KRG President Barzani that would effect [...]	2007-10-28 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA2676	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2680	MINISTERS TO DECIDE ON ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Council of Ministers will meet in emergency session on October 31 to consider authorizing economic actions against Northern Iraq. Four potential measures are on the agenda: cutting off of electricity exports, closing road access through Habur Gate, restricting Turkis [...]	2007-10-31 10:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KFPC ECON ETRD ETTC PREL EAIR TU
07ANKARA2684	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 12:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2697	GOT DECIDES ON SANCTIONS, CONVEYS EXPECTATIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary: On October 31, the Council of Ministers agreed upon an as yet undisclosed package of economic sanctions aimed at the PKK and those who help them in Northern Iraq. Civilian flights that use Turkish airspace to travel to and from Erbil appear to have been largely curtailed, though [...]	2007-11-01 12:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ US
07ANKARA2708	TURKEY APPROVES ECONOMIC MEASURES AGAINST NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Council of Ministers approved a set of economic measures directed against the PKK and Northern Iraq on October 31, but did not announce what measures they had approved. The GOT said November 2 that it has not yet implemented any of the approved economic measures. Tu [...]	2007-11-02 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KFPC ECON ETRD ETTC PREL EAIR TU
07ANKARA2717	TURKEY REACTS TO HOSTAGE RELEASE [...] (SBU) All media headlined the November 4 release of the eight Turkish soldiers held hostage since October 21 by the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Before boarding his plane to Washington for his November 5 meeting with President Bush, PM Erdogan thanked the U.S. and Iraqi governme [...]	2007-11-05 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ US
07ANKARA2762	TURKEY: EU PROGRESS REPORT BRINGS NO SURPRISES [...] (C) Summary: The EU's annual progress report on Turkey, released November 6, went largely unnoticed here as the public and media remained focused on the latest PKK terrorist crisis. The GOT was pleased to see a "balanced" report, according to MFA and its EU Secretariat officials. Human righ [...]	2007-11-13 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2765	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-14 11:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2776	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-15 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2805	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 12:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2818	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-23 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2826	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2839	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 06:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2850	TURKEY'S ATTITUDE CHANGE; PRESSURE FOR MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since PM Erdogan's November 5 meeting with President Bush, pressure for immediate Turkish military action against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorist camps has subsided. While both government and military leaders continue to stress Turkish readiness to carry out cross-borde [...]	2007-11-29 07:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ US
07ANKARA2852	U.S. COURT RULING BRINGS HEAVY CASH PENALTY TO UZAN FAMILY [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 21, Motorola won an appeal in a long-standing U.S. fraud case against the Turkish Uzan family, the former owners of the Turkish GSM company Telsim. The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a $1 billion award, which the Uzans had appealed claiming they could not afford to pay [...]	2007-11-29 10:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ECPS EFIN TU
07ANKARA2874	TURKEY: POSITIVE REACTIONS TO DECEMBER 1 [...] (U) Summary: There has been no subsequent military action following artillery strikes against PKK positions in northern Iraq on December 1. However, senior GOT officials have publicly reaffirmed Turkey's readiness to make additional hits on PKK bases across the border and have said it is no [...]	2007-12-03 12:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS MARR IZ TU
07ANKARA2877	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-03 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2891	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-04 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2934	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 12:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2935	TURKEY: GOT FLOATS A TRIAL BALLOON ON GENERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Erdogan sent up a trial balloon December 9 on the possibility of issuing some form of amnesty to PKK members. As the GOT and military continue to work closely with us to implement the November 5 understanding, they want to keep the pressure on both the PKK in northern Iraq and [...]	2007-12-11 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA2940	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2974	TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKEY CONDUCTS AIRSTRIKES AGAINST [...] (C) Turkish warplanes attacked suspected PKK terrorist targets in northern Iraq between 0100 and 0400 hours local time on December 16. Turkish General Staff (TGS) officials provided approximately one hour advance notice to U.S. personnel via the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) in Ankara, [...]	2007-12-16 10:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER IZ TU

07ANKARA2983	TURKEY: REACTION TO MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST PKK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reaction to Turkish military air and artillery strikes (ref A) against PKK targets in northern Iraq early December 16 dominated Turkish media on December 17. President Gul, PM Erdogan, and other government officials praised the Turkish military's ability to carry out night-tim [...]	2007-12-17 12:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA2985	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-17 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2994	TURKEY: RELIGIOUS MINORITIES VOICE OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey's traditional religious minority communities -- Greek Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Jewish Community -- recently have criticized elements of a draft Foundations Law, vetoed in 2006 by then-President Sezer, that Parliament is expected to take up in early 2008 [...]	2007-12-18 09:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2998	TURKEY: RELIGIOUS MINORITIES VOICE OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey's traditional religious minority communities -- Greek Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Jewish Community -- recently have criticized elements of a draft Foundations Law, vetoed in 2006 by then-President Sezer, that Parliament is expected to take up in early 2008 [...]	2007-12-18 10:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA3000	TURKEY: JORDANIAN KING DISCUSSES MEPP, SYRIA WITH [...] (C) Jordanian King Abdullah's discussions with President Gul and PM Erdogan during his December 10 visit focused primarily on regional security issues, according to MFA Levant desk officer Cem Ulusoy. All three leaders expressed support for the latest round of the Middle East peace process ( [...]	2007-12-18 11:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IS JO SY
07ANKARA3016	TURKEY: RULING AKP TACKLES A TABOO -- IMPROVING [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-19 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA3044	TURKEY PREPARING TO REVIVE EU REFORMS IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary and comment: The EU's December 19 decision to open negotiations with Turkey on two new policy chapters appears to have calmed GOT officials infuriated by French President Sarkozy's maneuvering to have the terms "accession" and "membership" removed from the GAERC's December 10 stat [...]	2007-12-28 08:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA307	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-13 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA336	ANKARA DELIGHTED WITH PKK ARRESTS IN FRANCE AND [...] (S) Summary: Turkish MFA Director General for Security Guven stressed the importance of the recent French and Belgian arrests of PKK individuals and looked forward to further cooperation with the French on the case. At the same time, Guven noted French concerns about press reports crediting [...]	2007-02-15 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KTFN PTER EFIN FRU TU BE
07ANKARA339	PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News`ency, and international wilties and are often otherwise unreliable. 2. (U) During the January 16-31, 2007 [...]	2007-02-06 08:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA384	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-22 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA388	TURKEY CONFIRMS OFFER TO COMMAND UNIFIL NAVAL [...] (C) MFA Middle East Department Head Sedat Onal and Turkish Navy Plans and Policy CDM Cem Gurd to take oveQ after Germany. 2. (C) Both officials insist%d that the Turkish offer was made without Cyprus-related caveats. Turkish command of the force would not prejudice the ability of contributi [...]	2007-02-22 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNIFIL CY LE TU
07ANKARA40	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-09 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA432	HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR TURKEY'S NEW MORTAGE LAW [...] (U) Summary. In a social and economic watershed moment for Turkey, officials, real estate developers and finance experts are trumpeting the recent passage of a long-awaited mortgage law as an important step toward transforming Turkey's housing market and blighted urban landscape, a move that c [...]	2007-02-27 12:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV TU
07ANKARA467	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA486	PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]	2007-03-05 07:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA501	EXCITEMENT AND FRUSTRATION IN TURKEY'S TELECOM SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Fresh from participation at the annual 3GSM World Conference in Barcelona, participants at a recent telecom sector conference in Istanbul were agog with new visions, technology, and opportunities. Coming back to earth, there was widespread frustration with recently privatized an [...]	2007-03-06 11:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINT EINV TU
07ANKARA502	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-06 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA529	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-08 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA548	SPECIAL ENVOY FOR COUNTERING THE PKK RALSTON [...] (S/NF) Summary: Turkey will review U.S. suggestions for deliverables on the PKK, GOT Special Envoy Baser told U.S. Special Envoy Ralston March 8. Turkey remains concerned that the PKK maintains a potentially intimidating presence in the Makhmour refugee camp, but will proceed with negotiations [...]	2007-03-12 09:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PREF PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA574	TENSION ESCALATING IN RUN-UP TO NEVRUZ HOLIDAY IN [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary: The judicial offensive against several DTP politicians and growing militant activity by PKK supporters raise the possibility that this year's Nevruz (March 21) holiday could be particularly violent, according to many of our contacts in t [...]	2007-03-13 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA581	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, February 2007 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on February 23. Internal developments affecting Turkey's national security and the PKK terrorist organization topped the agenda. Recent developments in Iraq were discussed and the importance of territorial integrity and poli [...]	2007-03-14 10:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL ET AJ AL JO AF TU
07ANKARA624	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-19 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA636	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA644	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-21 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA680	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-26 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA73	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-16 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA747	TURKEY'S RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS DIRECTORATE'S [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 11:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA750	PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]	2007-04-02 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA76	TURKEY/GREECE: DUST UP OVER IMIA/KARDAK ISLET AND [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish military is downplaying a series of confrontations between Turkish Coast Guard vessels and Greek fishermen near the disputed islet of Imia/Kardak, as well as reports of air intercepts over the Aegean since mid-December. The MFA described the December encounters aroun [...]	2007-01-17 05:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU GR
07ANKARA799	THE POLITICS OF SPRAWL IN ANKARA'S NEIGHBORHOODS [...] (C) Summary. In visits to three of Ankara's poorer neighborhoods, we found officials and residents grappling with rural to urban migration challenges, unemployment and a political system that leaves many feeling unheard. As Turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections approach, politica [...]	2007-04-06 12:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON TU
07ANKARA830	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-10 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA858	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-12 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA933	AFTERMATH: TRIPLE-MURDER OF CHRISTIAN BOOKSTORE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-19 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANTANANARIVO161	TACKLING SEX TOURISM IN NOSY BE, ROUND TWO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy staff traveled to Nosy Be, an island off Madagascar's northwest coast notorious for its growing sex tourism, and Diego Suarez, a nearby port on the mainland, to follow up on Embassy Antananarivo's 2005 report on the nature of sex tourism and trafficking in persons (TIP) al [...]	2007-02-16 10:00:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM SMIG ELAB MA
07ANTANANARIVO262	CYCLONE INDLALA STRIKES MADAGASCAR - FIRST REPORT [...] SUMMARY: Tropical cyclone Indlala struck the east coast of Madagascar early morning on March 15, with the city of Antalaha hardest hit. Due to the ongoing lack of communications, we do not have reliable information about casualties and property damage, but expect it may be considerable. Six [...]	2007-03-15 12:33:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID PREL SOCI CASC MA
07ANTANANARIVO270	CYCLONE INDLALA STRIKES MADAGASCAR - SECOND REPORT [...] SUMMARY: After hitting Antalaha and Maroantsetra hard, tropical cyclone Indlala has gradually dissipated as it moves west/southwest over land. Amidst the ongoing lack of definitive communication, unofficial reports of structural and flooding damage are considerable; contacts cite "thigh-deep" [...]	2007-03-16 11:07:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID PREL SOCI CASC MA
07ANTANANARIVO685	COMOROS STABILITY IMPROVING ON TWO ISLANDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Compared to their predecessors, the newly installed island presidents on both Grande Comore and Moheli appear more conciliatory and more willing to work constructively with the Government of the Union of the Comoros. As such, prospects for greater Union stability - [...]	2007-07-12 13:20:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR ASEC AU CN
07ASHGABAT1053	TURKMENISTAN PRESIDENT PLEASED WITH NEW YORK TRIP; [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Foreign Minister Meredov, President Berdimuhamedov left New York with a strongly positive reaction to his bilateral, business, and UN meetings. Meredov said the president asked him to thank the United States for its high level of professionalism in organization and [...]	2007-10-01 07:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET SCUL KPAO KIRF TX
07ASHGABAT1126	TURKMENISTAN: TURKISH BUSINESS LEADER "STRESSED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Turkish businessman has recounted to us insider accounts of corruption and incompetence in Turkmenistan. We note his lament might be colored by his company's progressive loss of influence and contracts under the new government. His anecdotes suggest President Berdimuhamedov [...]	2007-10-18 08:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV KCOR TU TX
07ASHGABAT1208	TURKMENISTAN: TOO MUCH PRESS ADO ABOUT BILATERAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) "The Times of London" and Dow Jones International News separately ran stories November 6 stating that, during a September 22 visit to Turkmenistan, UK Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks had signed a memorandum of understanding ( [...]	2007-11-07 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EPET UK TX
07ASHGABAT177	PRE-ELECTIONS MEETINGS IN TURKMENABAT: THE SAME, YET [...] (SBU) On January 23, Charge d'Affaires a.i. Jennifer Brush, ConOff, and PolEcon LES visited Turkmenabat, the capital of Lebap Welayat (Province),to observe activity in the lead-up to Turkmenistan's first multi-candidate presidential elections. During her courtesy call with local officials, t [...]	2007-02-09 13:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD TX TNGD KPAO ECON
07ASHGABAT663	EXTREME MAKEOVER IN TURKMENISTAN -- PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) The village of Babarap, located in Ahal Province, has been undergoing a massive transformation since early this year, when native son Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov assumed Turkmenistan's presidency. Streets and sidewalks are being paved; electricity lines strung; and sewer and water systems [...]	2007-07-05 13:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON TX
07ASHGABAT831	TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT CALLS FOR CLARIFICATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 9 Cabinet of Ministers session, a frustrated President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov lashed out against the lack of transparency and clarity in Turkmenistan's system of ministry funds -- the funds (often supplemented by fees, bribes and other sources of income) cont [...]	2007-08-10 13:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN PHUM TX
07ASHGABAT990	TURKMENISTAN: NAZARBAYEV VISIT YIELDS GOODWILL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev and President Berdimuhamedov held expansive meetings on strengthening economic ties between the two countries, focusing extensively on establishing hydrocarbon development joint ventures in the Caspian and improving land transportation networks between the [...]	2007-09-19 10:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET IR TX
07ASMARA300	MORE DETAILS: KIDNAPPED EUROPEANS RELEASE IN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On March 14, British Embassy officials provided additional details about the kidnapping and release of the five Europeans by the Afar Revolutionary Democratic Union Front (ARDUF). The British officials also shared a report issued by the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) [...]	2007-03-15 14:05:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET	PREL PINR PTER ET ER
07ASMARA850	ASMARA ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT: MORE DETAILS EMERGE [...] (S) Summary: As the investigation into the shooting of National Security Agency Deputy Colonel Simon Ghebredenghil continues, an Eritrean businessman believed to be involved in the assassination attempt was shot and killed by Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) officials near the Ethiopian [...]	2007-10-26 09:19:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV ASEC ER
07ASTANA2327	KAZAKHSTAN: NUR OTAN CHOOSES NEW MAZHILIS MEMBERS [...] Summary: On August 24, Nur Otan selected 98 candidates from its party list to fill the Mazhilis seats it won in the August 18 elections. Deputy Prime Minister Aslan Musin and Minister of Labor and Social Protection Gulzhana Karagusova will vacate their posts to become deputies. On August 27, t [...]	2007-08-27 10:01:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OSCE KZ
07ASTANA654	CORRECTED COPY: KAZAKHSTAN: DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO RELIGION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Religious Issues Committee (RIC) of the Ministry of Justice recently acknowledged that it is drafting amendments to "modernize" and "update" Kazakhstan's law on religion. According to a draft of the amendments circulating among the human rights community, the new amendments [...]	2007-03-14 03:38:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KZ
07ASTANA986	KAZAKHSTAN FLOATS IDEA OF CHINA-CASPIAN ENERGY / [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOK is floating the idea of an "energy transportation corridor" running from China to the Caspian through Southern Kazakhstan, which would consolidate oil and gas pipelines, railroad tracks, highways, electricity transmission lines and generating plants, and telecommunicati [...]	2007-04-18 03:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET KZ
07ATHENS1369	U/S BURNS' JUNE 11 MEETING WITH GREEK OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 11 meeting with U/S Burns, opposition PASOK leader (and former Foreign Minister) George Papandreou suggested that Kosovo's transition from supervised to full independence should take effect once it became an EU member. That would cement the EU's commitment to the regi [...]	2007-07-05 14:19:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR
07ATHENS1876	GREEK STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT NATO, WWII [...] From July 1 - 4, 2007, Mission Public Diplomacy staff escorted ten Greek international relations and political science graduate and post-graduate students to Brussels for briefings at NATO Headquarters and a tour of important World War II monuments. The students appreciated the candor of thei [...]	2007-09-18 13:08:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PREL KPAO OEXC OIIP GR
07ATHENS1886	GREEK PM NAMES NEW CABINET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Naming his new cabinet on September 18, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis avoided major changes that would imply a new policy line. His primary aim appeared to be injecting new, younger blood to re-energize the government for his reform program. Most significantly, Karamanlis fol [...]	2007-09-19 12:03:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GR
07ATHENS2106	GREECE RATIFIES NAZI-ERA ARCHIVE RELEASE DURING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the Athens visit of Special Holocaust Envoy Kennedy, the new Greek Parliament in its first official ratification act approved by unanimous consent the amendment to the International Tracing Service (ITS) agreement, capping off the eleven-nation approval process for releas [...]	2007-10-25 07:49:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GR PGOV PREL
07ATHENS2117	MACEDONIA'S AMBASSADOR CONVINCED GREECE WILL VETO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 24 meeting, Macedonia's Ambassador to Greece, Blagoj Handziski, told Charge that he was now convinced Greece would make a name change a precondition for Macedonia's NATO entry. Handziski emphasized that NO Macedonian government could accept that. The only solutio [...]	2007-10-26 07:59:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO GR MK
07ATHENS413	ANTI-TIP IN GREECE: NGO & GOG ASSESSMENT OF [...] (U) In a series of meetings February 9-13 with visiting Cyprus/Greece/Turkey Desk Officer and Embassy PolOff, MFA officials repeatedly underscored their appreciation for U.S. cooperation in the battle against the "deplorable crime" of trafficking in persons (TIP). Officials stressed Greece's [...]	2007-02-26 08:25:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL ELAB GR
07BAGHDAD1070	NINEWA AND THE BRINKLEY GROUP -- FUEL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Deputy U/S of Defense Paul Brinkley visited Mosul 10-11 March 2007 in his capacity as Director of the Task Force to Improve Business and Stability Operations, Iraq. He was briefed by Ninewa PRT Economics Section staff on state- and privately-owned industries in Ninewa suitable for priva [...]	2007-03-27 18:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD1304	PRT KIRKUK: PC BOYCOTT TALKS START, STOP AGAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Negotiations to end the Arab-Turkoman boycott of the Kirkuk Provincial Council began in earnest in February and March, focusing on division of top provincial positions, security and the return . However, talks have stopped as key players travel outside of Iraq, and several fa [...]	2007-04-16 11:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD1739	IRAQ'S CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMITTEE SUBMITS [...] (C) Summary. On May 23 the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) submitted its interim report to the Council of Representatives (CoR). CRC Chair Humam Hammoudi (ISIC),and Deputy Chairs Fouad Ma'sum (PUK) and Ayad Sammarai (IIP) addressed the CoR to explain the progress the CRC has made. They [...]	2007-05-25 11:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON IZ
07BAGHDAD2140	DDR - TIMING IS NOT YET RIPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The political and security environment in Iraq among the contending parties does not make it possible to pursue a doctrinal demobilization, disarmament and reintegration (DDR) program for militia members at this time. A DDR Proof of Principle Reintegration effort can begin with [...]	2007-06-28 14:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PARM PGOV PREL
07BAGHDAD2199	Embedded PRTs: Two Months In [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This report discusses the start-up and activities of the initial 10 ePRTs in Iraq, along with the challenges that they face as small, joint military-civilian operations at the very center of a conflict. On the whole, both the ePRTs and the brigades with which they have been emb [...]	2007-07-03 12:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS AMGT ASEC IZ
07BAGHDAD2433	TUWAITHA YELLOW CAKE AND AMMONIUM NITRATE [...] (C). SUMMARY: Embassy officials recently attended two meetings to discuss issues associated with the Tuwaitha site. The first meeting was held on July 18, with the Minister of Science and Technology and the second meeting was held on July 19, with Amb. Srood R. Najib. Meeting topics includ [...]	2007-07-22 16:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON ENRG IZ PREL
07BAGHDAD2545	IMPLICATIONS OF A SUNNI WALKOUT [...] (C) Summary: The Sunni Tawafuq party announced on July 25 that its six ministers would resign in seven days if their demands were not met (reftel B). The resignation of Vice President Tarik al-Hashimi might soon follow. Although the Sunnis insist they are not abandoning the political process [...]	2007-07-31 17:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ
07BAGHDAD2552	ANBAR FORUM PLANNING MEETING WITH DPM BARHAM SALIH [...] (C) Summary: The Anbar Provincial Council Chair, Anbar Governor, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Barham Salih and Ministry of Finance Director General for Accounts met in Baghdad July 29 with PRT Anbar Team Leader Soriano, Economic Minister Ries, MNF-W Deputy Commanding Brigadier Ge [...]	2007-08-01 07:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD2590	EPRT AL-ASAD: IRAQ'S FAR WEST: AL QA'IM'S SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-05 05:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD2723	NINEWA: BOMBINGS ROCK YEZIDI COMMUNITY; ONLY [...] (C) Summary. According to the best local estimates, four near-simultaneous VBIEDs August 14 killed at least 200, wounded at least 300 and destroyed dozens of structures in the Yezidi villages of Qahtaniya and Al Jazeera in the northern Iraqi province of Ninewa. 4/1 Brigade Combat Team Comman [...]	2007-08-15 16:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINR PTER ASEC PHUM IZ
07BAGHDAD2788	TUWAITHA YELLOW CAKE UPDATE [...] (S). Energy Attache and Econ Officer have had a series of discussions with Ambassador Najib and members of the Prime Minister's TNRC committee on a full range of subjects. Regarding the GoI request letter, Amb. Najib had at first stated that he had spoken with the Prime Minister regarding th [...]	2007-08-20 14:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON ENRG IAEA IZ PREL AORC
07BAGHDAD2828	AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S AUGUST 21 MEETING WITH SHEIKH [...] (C) Summary: In an August 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Sheikh Abdul Sattar, the leading tribal figure in Anbar province, stressed the importance of Anbar tribal leaders in improving security and unifying the local citizens of Anbar. Sattar lauded the separation of politics and religion, spe [...]	2007-08-23 14:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
07BAGHDAD2836	FOURTH US-ISCI ECONOMIC DIALOGUE MEETING: PRT [...] (C) Summary: The US-ISCI economic dialogue meeting on August 15 focused on discussing USG economic initiatives in southern Iraq through Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) and what ISCI believes comprises a free trade zone. ISCI officials highlighted a business and investment conference fo [...]	2007-08-24 12:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD3075	FALLUJAH,S VERSION OF THE ANBAR MODEL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Iraqi Citizens Watch (ICW) and the Provincial Security Forces (PSF) have become the Fallujah area,s most visible sign of tribal buy-in on security matters. Although not originally conceived as a tribal outreach tool, field commanders quickly recognized its potential and cr [...]	2007-09-12 09:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD3215	SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES: EMPLOYEES RESURRECT ANBAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Just outside the Anbar town of Faris, the employees of a state-owned (SOE) steel plant stepped up after the 2003 Gulf War and, completely on their own, kept the shop running. Today, against the odds, they continue to produce an array of high-quality steel products and may so [...]	2007-09-24 18:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PHUM IZ
07BAGHDAD3256	Electricity in Erbil: Operating on Private Generators. [...] (U) The city of Erbil established a system of government-subsidized private generators to provide electricity to meet the region's power shortages after Saddam cut power in 1998. While dangerous, noisy and crudely wired, these generators provide most consumers reliable power for an average of [...]	2007-09-28 13:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV EFIN ECON PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD3310	EPRT AL ASAD - STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES IN WESTERN AL ANBAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) in Western Al Anbar Province are under considerable strain to achieve even modest production goals. The availability of raw materials, fuel, and stable electricity are primary factors in lagging production for products that have a substantial econ [...]	2007-10-05 05:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EMIN IZ
07BAGHDAD3531	BAGHDAD: SURGE IMPROVES SECURITY BUT CITY REMAINS [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT/Embassy POL reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: The focused efforts of the surge Brigades and ePRTs to dampen violence in Baghdad and to build relationships with local leaders have improved the security situation in many Baghdad neighborhoods. Baghdad, however, rema [...]	2007-10-25 03:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ
07BAGHDAD3599	SCENESETTER FOR U/S JEFFERY'S VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (C) Welcome to Iraq. The time is ripe for senior level economic engagement with Iraqis, as security improves in areas like Anbar and Baghdad. It is vital that security gains be cemented in place with jobs and investment. This will only happen if Government of Iraq (GOI) decision makers make the [...]	2007-10-30 07:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PREL PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD361	IRAQI FEMALE POLITICIANS SPEAK ABOUT ANBAR, GOI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two Tawafuq Council of Representatives (CoR) members representing Anbar, Dr. Asma Adnan Muhammad al-Dulaymi and Nadira Ayef Habib al-Ani, told Poloffs on January 31 about their frustrations with Anbar and the GOI. The women expressed concerns about Anbar,s poor economic situation [...]	2007-02-03 13:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD3672	PRT NINEWA: LOCAL BUSINESS SAY WHAT IT WOULD TAKE [...] This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Provincial Reconstruction Team Ninewa (PRT) regularly engages the Iraqi private sector in and around Mosul, a region known for its historically active traders, agricultural processors and constructio [...]	2007-11-06 03:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL EAGR EAID PTER IZ
07BAGHDAD3727	DIYALA PRT: COMPENSATION PAYMENTS-STILL WAITING [...] (U) This is a Diyala PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (U) In August 2007, as operation Arrowhead Ripper came to a close in Diyala, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salah visited the province. After surveying the damage he promised that USD 50 million would be made available to r [...]	2007-11-13 08:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ
07BAGHDAD3859	CODEL MCCAIN STRESSES NEED FOR POLITICAL PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: In a brief meeting with Prime Minister Maliki on Nov. 23, the members of Codel McCain applauded the recent security progress in Iraq but stressed the need for political progress to cement the security gains. In particular, Senator McCain pressed Maliki on the need to make progres [...]	2007-11-27 12:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD4179	IMF UNDERPLAYS IRAQ 2007 ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department, Embassy Amman and Treasury. Please see para 6. 2. (C) On December 19, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) unanimously voted to approve a new Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) for Iraq. In its attendant SBA report, the Fund [...]	2007-12-26 07:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID IZ
07BAGHDAD4200	NINEWA: "HEDBA GATHERING" BLOC OFFERS SUNNI ARABS [...] This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2.. (C/REL AUS, GBR, CAN) Summary: Atheel al Najaifi, a top official in the secular nationalist Ninewa political bloc the Hedba Gathering, detailed the bloc,s strategy and agenda in several conversations with PRT. Al Najaifi, [...]	2007-12-29 16:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREL KDEM PHUM MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD4203	TOPI PROMISES MORE ALBANIAN TROOPS; SURPLUS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 23 meeting, Albanian President Bamir Topi told Ambassador Crocker, MNF-I CG David Petraeus and PolMil Minister Counselor Ambassador Marcie Ries that his country planned to increase the number of its troops in Iraq. Albanian Minister of Defense Fatmir Mediu, who a [...]	2007-12-30 04:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD439	DAILY LIFE IN MUTHANNA PROVINCE: ASSORTED [...] This is a PRT Muthanna cable. ------- Summary ------- 2. In many important ways, daily life in Muthanna Province differs little from that of life in 18th and 19th century Islamic society in Iraq. Religious dominance in daily life, rampant unemployment and persistent security concerns [...]	2007-02-09 08:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SCUL ECON IZ
07BAGHDAD696	BACKGROUND ON CAREER OF TOP BUSINESS LEADER IN [...] (U) As reported in reftel, RRT Off met on February 10 with Faruk Mustafa Rassool, the most prominent businessman in Sulaimaniyah Province. This telegram reports on Rasool,s career background. MODEST BEGINNING THEN EXPANSION AND DIVERSIFICATION 2. (SBU) Faruk Mustafa Rassool began his c [...]	2007-02-25 14:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON IZ
07BAGHDAD8	PRT TIKRIT: GOVERNOR, DEPUTY GOVERNOR MEET WITH VP [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Governor and Deputy Governor of Salah ad Din (SaD) province met with Vice-President Al Hashemi and the Ministers of Oil and the Interior during a trip to Baghdad on December 27-28. As the second in a series of trips (the fi [...]	2007-01-02 13:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV IZ
07BAKU1096	UPDATE ON BUILDING COLLAPSE AND GOVERNMENT RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) confirmed that 13 people have died so far as a result of the August 28 collapse of a building under construction. An unknown number of other individuals may be trapped in the building's basement. The GOAJ opened a criminal case against the con [...]	2007-08-31 12:16:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CASC PREL AJ
07BAKU1412	JEWISH LEADER CONFIRMS CEMETERY DESTRUCTION NOT TARGETED [...] (U) Since August, the Azerbaijani press has carried periodic reports on the Baku municipality's plans to destroy a cemetery in the city's Narimanov district, as part of a new road construction project. The GOAJ is engaged in a massive road and infrastructure construction effort, and has been [...]	2007-11-28 08:27:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF AJ
07BAKU1460	AZERBAIJAN COMMERCIAL UPDATE, NOVEMBER 15 - 30, 2007 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Azerbaijani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. END SUMMARY. - SOUTH-KOREAN ENERGY PROJECT - ADB HIGHWAY PROJECT - TR [...]	2007-12-10 08:53:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ
07BAKU474	AZERBAIJAN INVESTMENT COMPANY STARTS TO PURSUE ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan Investment Company (AIC),established by the Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) in 2006 to promote the development of Azerbaijan's non-oil sectors, is beginning to identify specific multi-million-dollar domestic and regional investment projects. After a slow start, AIC is [...]	2007-04-20 07:32:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAGR EPET KCOR AJ
07BAKU533	AZERBAIJAN'S BOOMING ENERGY SECTOR HIDES DIFFICULT [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan's stunning GDP growth of 34 percent -- fueled largely by the energy sector -- is accompanied by severe corruption and weak rule of law, that since early 2006 appear to be having an increasingly negative impact on firms operating outside the protection of the energy sec [...]	2007-05-02 06:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL KCOR EINV KCRM KJUS AJ
07BAKU657	EEB/CBA SPECIAL REPRESENTIVE MERMOUD DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prior to co-leading the U.S. agricultural delegation to the U.S.-Azerbaijan Agrobusiness Forum, EEB/CBA Special Representative Mermoud met with local business and government officials to discuss the development of non-energy sectors, including agriculture and high-tech. Mermoud v [...]	2007-05-30 08:30:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EAID EAGR AJ
07BAKU766	PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ON THE IRAN-ARMENIA [...] (U) This cable has been cleared by Embassy Yerevan. 2. (C/NF) Summary: According to the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Armenian diaspora community in Iran numbers approximately 300,000 and is centered in and around the cities of Tehran and Esfahan. An officially recognized re [...]	2007-06-20 06:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PINR PREL IR GG AM AJ
07BAMAKO1336	MUSLIM LEADERS CHALLENGE ATT OVER DEATH PENALTY [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 15:42:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL SOCI PHUM KWMN PINR ML
07BAMAKO554	UPDATE ON MAY 11 ATTACK AT TINZAWATENE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 17:06:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ML
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN301	THE SULTAN OF BRUNEI, FORTY YEARS ON [...] (C) Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, the world's third-longest reigning monarch, marks his fortieth anniversary on the throne as the most popular and respected public figure in Brunei. As an absolute monarch, Sultan Hassanal's authority is unquestioned and even minor matters are directed to him [...]	2007-10-09 06:51:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV BX
07BANGKOK1397	RAMKHAMHAENG STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS [...] (SBU) The tens of thousands of students at Bangkok's Ramkhamhaeng University have the potential to be a powerful political force, especially as ongoing constitution drafting shapes Thailand's political system. Student groups have attracted attention recently over concerns that political parti [...]	2007-03-09 01:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SCUL TH
07BANGKOK2916	WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE THAI ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: Thailand's GDP growth rate is decelerating rapidly and RTG officials are concerned about the short-term impact. However, this concern does not extend to changing policies that are having a clear impact on the primary reason for the economy's poor performance-loss of both consumer [...]	2007-05-25 01:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV TH
07BANGKOK354	THAILAND WARILY WATCHES VIETNAM'S ECONOMIC RISE [...] Summary: A long string of bad economic news from Thailand coupled with a seemingly non-stop slew of positive news out of Vietnam has sparked great angst from Thai business and government officials that the country will soon fall behind their rapidly growing neighbor. Thai economic analysts f [...]	2007-01-18 07:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN TH VN
07BANGKOK5568	BURMESE ALLEGE US SUPPORT FOR VIOLENT ATTACKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Burmese MFA strongly criticized the Thai position on Burma, and alleged US support for armed violence against Burma by the Karen National Union. The accusations were made in a recent meeting between the Burmese deputy foreign minister U Maung Myint and the Thai ambassador, a [...]	2007-10-26 11:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TH BM
07BANGKOK6069	MATCHIMA PARTY'S PROSPECTS DIM AS BUMBLING LEADER [...] (C) The Matchima Thippathai Party faces an uphill struggle for relevance after the conviction of Party Leader Prachai Leophairatana for financial improprieties. This conviction marks the most recent of several setbacks for Matchima, a collection of avaricious politicians from the Northeast who [...]	2007-12-07 06:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TH

07BANGKOK6244	NLA PASSES CONTROVERSIAL INTERNAL SECURITY ACT ON [...] (C) Summary. The Thai National Legislative Assembly (NLA) December 21 approved the controversial Internal Security Act (ISA),which cements for the military, via the Internal Security Operations Command, a prominent role in the maintenance of internal security. The law is an improvement over [...]	2007-12-21 11:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6247	NLA PASSES CONTROVERSIAL INTERNAL SECURITY ACT ON [...] (C) Summary. The Thai National Legislative Assembly (NLA) December 21 approved the controversial Internal Security Act (ISA),which cements for the military, via the Internal Security Operations Command, a prominent role in the maintenance of internal security. The law is an improvement over [...]	2007-12-24 09:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC TH
07BANJUL325	THE GAMBIA: CASAMANCE VIOLENCE, SENEGALESE [...] (C) On June 22, the Inspector General of Police (IGP),claimed to RSO that on June 18 a "major battle" had erupted between Senegalese military forces and Casamance rebels near the Gambian border town of Sibanor. He said that the fighting had resulted in "substantial losses" to the Senegalese [...]	2007-06-22 13:39:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PREF SG GA
07BASRAH51	HALLELUIA; MOI SECURITY COMMITTEE UNCOVERS HOW BAD BASRAH [...] (S) Summary. In a two-hour meeting with the Regional Director on June 7, the Interior Ministry committee charged with evaluating Basrah's security situation quickly admitted that they found security in Basrah to be very poor and laid the blame squarely on the chief of Police, Iraqi Police Ser [...]	2007-06-08 12:21:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PTER PGOV PINS PREL MCAP MARR ZP
07BEIJING5326	TAIWAN: CHINESE CONTINUE TO EXPRESS CONCERN OVER [...] (C) Beijing continues to hope that Washington can block Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's plan to hold a referendum on membership in the UN under the name "Taiwan." In an August 7 meeting with a visiting U.S. Congressman, the Chairman f the National People's Congress (NPC) Foreign Affairs Com [...]	2007-08-14 10:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
07BEIJING6857	ECONOMIC POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF THE 17TH PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) The outcomes of the 17th Party Congress indicate agreement among China's top leaders that economic policy should continue to promote rapid growth but at the same time shift the forces behind that growth away from investment and towards domestic consumption. As such, future policies will l [...]	2007-10-26 05:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV PREL CH
07BEIJING7581	SED SESSION V: MERGING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Session V of the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) focused on the environmental protection achievements of both countries and sustainable development recommendations for the future. Several successful collaborative efforts on environmental protection were highlighted [...]	2007-12-21 03:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG ETRD SENV KGHG TBIO CH
07BEIJING83	Xie Zhenhua - sacked former Environment Minister - given [...] (SBU) Xie Zhenhua, the former Minister of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA),who was sacked following the much publicized November 2005 chemical spill into the Songhua River, is about to be appointed as a Vice Chairman to the powerful National Development and Reform Commi [...]	2007-01-04 09:35:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL ENRG KSCA CH
07BEIRUT291	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR WALID JUMBLATT'S [...] (S) In his upcoming visit to Washington, Walid Jumblatt will focus on obtaining USG support for the establishment of the international tribunal and for confronting Syrian and Lebanese opposition pressure on the government. He will be interested in discussing with Washington leaders possible o [...]	2007-02-23 13:38:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BELGRADE1400	SERBIA: ANTI-FASCISTS CLASH WITH NEO-NAZIS [...] (U) An unauthorized neo-Nazi rally on October 7 in Novi Sad, Serbia, ended with police arrests, after fighting broke out with counter-demonstrators. Parliament took up the battle in overheated debate. The rally was relatively well-contained and not likely indicative of rising Serbian extremis [...]	2007-10-12 19:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO SR KV
07BELGRADE1482	SOUTHERN SERBIA: AVOIDING CARGO CULT [...] The United States' objective in Southern Serbia is to integrate the Albanian-majority Presevo Valley with the rest of the country. While the region is currently stable, its relationship with Belgrade is dysfunctional and local Albanian leaders have failed to commit to a future with Serbia. Lo [...]	2007-10-31 17:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW KV
07BELGRADE1504	Serbia: Election Announcement to Follow Troika Report on [...] (SBU) The leaders of Serbia's governing coalition agreed on November 3 to call presidential elections, only after December 10. The timing defers the call for elections until after delivery of the Troika's report to the UNSYG on the conclusion of Kosovo status negotiations and sets the first ro [...]	2007-11-05 19:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE172	DEFMIN PLEDGES WARM MIL/MIL TIES DESPITE POLITICAL [...] (c) In an unexpected tour d'horizon with the Ambassador February 2, DEFMIN Zoran Stankovic pledged that the MoD and the Serbian military would continue to work on broadening and deepening Euro-Atlantic ties despite PM Kostunica's recent harsh political rhetoric (ref a). He said the military [...]	2007-02-05 17:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MASS SR
07BELGRADE332	LDP - PUNCHING ABOVE ITS WEIGHT [...] (SBU) One of the least discussed, but arguably most significant outcomes of Serbia's recent parliamentary elections, is the successful effort of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to gain representation in parliament. The party -- which will almost certainly stake out an opposition role in par [...]	2007-03-12 15:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SR
07BELGRADE651	ENGAGING WITH SERBIA'S "NEW" GOVERNMENT [...] (c) The new government in Serbia does not look appreciably different from the previous one, save Tadic's DS party's participation. Tadic's party now plays a large role and holds competencies in defense and foreign affairs that could have an impact on moving forward the Euro-Atlantic agenda, [...]	2007-05-14 11:48:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS EINV ICTY SR
07BERLIN126	EXTREME RIGHT ACTIVITY SURGES DESPITE GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Germans are growing increasingly concerned about right-extremism. Although fears that neo-Nazis might try to grab media attention during the World Cup last year did not materialize, subsequent electoral gains by the right-extremist National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) in [...]	2007-01-22 15:39:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GM PGOV PHUM SOCI
07BERLIN855	RECENT GERMAN ACTIONS AGAINST THE PKK: RAIDS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the course of the last two months, German authorities have taken a number of actions against the PKK, including arresting two key PKK leaders and conducting raids on the homes and offices of numerous suspected PKK members. The actions again demonstrate German intentions and abi [...]	2007-04-27 09:01:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ETTC PREL KTFN GM TU
07BISHKEK1401	KYRGYZ PRESIDENT OUSTS PM ATAMBAYEV AHEAD OF [...] (C) Summary: On November 28, Kyrgyz President Bakiyev dismissed Acting Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev. The post will likely remain vacant until after the December 16 parliamentary elections. The move came the day after Jalalabad oblast governor Iskender Aidaraliyev's appointment as fir [...]	2007-11-28 11:50:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI KG
07BISHKEK707	BAKIYEV TELLS BOUCHER BASE IS BILATERAL ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: In a June 8 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, President Bakiyev said that U.S.-Kyrgyz cooperation had been "mutually beneficial" on the political, economic, and security fronts, but there were unresolved problems with Manas Air [...]	2007-06-11 11:10:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR EINV KG
07BOGOTA6948	COLOMBIA'S EFFORTS TO ENSURE FAIR ELECTIONS IN [...] During a pre-elections visit to Sucre and Cordoba departments, politicians, local authorities, and victims, groups all told us the safer environment created by the demobilization of paramilitaries resulted in a dramatic increase in the participation of newer political parties. However, some v [...]	2007-09-25 04:33:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA7019	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S SEPTEMBER 24 CALL ON TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism Luis Guillermo Plata on September 24 told the Ambassador that the dramatic turnaround of Colombia remains a process and still requires expanded trade and investment. The Minister applauds USG efforts to expand the bilateral economic rela [...]	2007-09-27 18:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ETRD EINV PGOV CO
07BOGOTA7223	CORDOBA PRE-ELECTIONS REPORT: INCREASED [...] (U) New parties and community groups are taking advantage of the greater political space created by the paramilitary demobilization and jailing of elected officials with paramilitary ties to participate actively in the October local elections in Cordoba. Still, candidates fear new criminal gr [...]	2007-10-05 19:42:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BRASILIA1466	BRAZIL: SUBMISSION FOR INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Per instructions in reftel, US Embassy Brasilia is aware of one (1) claim of US persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Brazil (GOB). Claim 1 ------- a. Claimants A and B b. 1999 c. Claimants A and B, along with a Brazilian partner, through a joint [...]	2007-08-02 11:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE ENRG CASC ECON OPIC PGOV BR
07BRASILIA956	BRAZIL - SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) Brazil has a close relationship with Cuba and the GoB does not publicly criticize the Castro regime's human rights policies. During the last six months, President Lula and Cuban President Fidel Castro have sparred publicly over Brazil's ethanol policy. Castro echoed Venezuelan President C [...]	2007-05-25 19:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ECON ETRD BR CU
07BRASILIA96	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 87 [...] The following is the eighty-seventh in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views ex [...]	2007-01-18 16:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRATISLAVA211	CUBAN DISSIDENTS CONNECT LIVE WITH SLOVAKS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY. Cuban youth dissidents and former Slovak dissidents and student leaders from the 1989 Velvet Revolution connected live via webcast on April 3 to share experiences. On the same day that Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos concluded his visit to Cuba (ref A),Embassy Bratislava hos [...]	2007-04-05 15:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO CU LO
07BRIDGETOWN1387	ST. VINCENT: SPLINTERS OF AN OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: In several meetings with leaders of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) opposition New Democratic Party (NDP),and in consultations with the party's sympathizers as well as Unity Labor Party (ULP) and former-ULP members, Embassy Bridgetown learned of growing discontent with [...]	2007-11-01 21:26:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS EAID ECON EFIN ELAB KCRM PGOV PINR PREL
07BRIDGETOWN737	E. CARIBBEAN AND VENEZUELAN FOREIGN AID: RHETORIC [...] (C) Summary: Five Eastern Caribbean countries have signed Petrocaribe agreements. St. Lucia nullified its agreement with Venezuela under the new Compton administration in 2006. Barbados also turned down the Petrocaribe offer, but it is still a beneficiary of other Venezuelan assistance. Hugo [...]	2007-06-07 19:30:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL PGOV XL
07BRIDGETOWN85	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 [...] Barbados is open for business. The Government of Barbados, through the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation (BIDC),strongly encourages foreign direct investment in Barbados, particularly in industries that create jobs and earn foreign currency. 2. The Government offers special [...]	2007-01-25 15:11:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV KTDB XL
07BRUSSELS1380	SCENE-SETTER FOR U.S.-EU SUMMIT [...] (C/NF) Summary: The April 30th U.S.-EU Summit should ratify an important economic package with positive messages for our improved economic and political relationship. This is Chancellor Merkel's Summit, and EU officials coming to Washington will be conscious that they are playing more of a s [...]	2007-04-24 14:21:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON ENRG EU PGOV
07BUCHAREST1062	ORTHODOX CHURCH ELECTS NEW PATRIARCH [...] (SBU) Summary. Metropolitan Daniel of Moldova and Bukovina was elected Patriarch, succeeding the late Patriarch Teocist after a 40-day mourning period. The new Patriarch reportedly represents a modernizing wing of the Church. His election may offer an opportunity to reopen discussions on a r [...]	2007-09-14 16:10:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV RO
07BUCHAREST1229	USAREUR MEETING WITH ROMANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) USAREUR Commanding General McKiernan accompanied by Ambassador met October 31 with Romanian Defense Minister Teodor Melescanu. Melescanu prefaced the meeting by expressing his appreciation for the excellent bilateral ties between the two nations, boasting that the partnership between Rom [...]	2007-10-31 15:54:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RO
07BUCHAREST1296	NOVEMBER 25 EUROELECTIONS: HIGH APATHY, LOW TURNOUT, BIG STAKES [...] (SBU) Summary: Romanians go to the polls Sunday to vote for representatives to the European Parliament and to decide a referendum on electoral system reforms proposed by President Basescu. Most observers anticipate low voter turnout, despite initial hopes in the President's camp that the injection [...]	2007-11-21 16:08:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RO
07BUCHAREST245	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RELIGION LAW [...] (C) Human Rights Officer delivered reftel demarche 2/15 to MFA Director for OSCE, COE, and Human Rights Issues, Brandusa Predescu. Predescu took the points on board with little comment, evincing the hope that the USG would not tie its reaction to the new religion law to the OSCE and other is [...]	2007-03-02 16:20:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV DRL PREL PHUM RO
07BUCHAREST512	WHAT'S AT STAKE: SCENE-SETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO [...] (C) When you arrive next week, Romania will be in the middle of an unprecedented 30-day suspension period for President Basescu. Barring further surprises in this soap opera, a May 19 national referendum will decide his fate; odds are he will be returned to office, perhaps by a wide margin. [...]	2007-05-04 16:15:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
07BUDAPEST69	COLD COMFORT: POLITICAL DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) The shut-off of the oil pipeline from Russia and renewed sparring between the Gyurcsany government and the opposition have placed Hungary's ambivalent relationship with Moscow at center stage as the government returns from its holiday break. "THE MERRIEST BARRACKS IN GAZPROM" 2. (U [...]	2007-01-17 14:23:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU HU PGOV ECON
07BUENOSAIRES1819	ARGENTINA: PAMPA HOLDINGS BETS ON GOVERNMENT PROMISE TO [...] (SBU) Pampa Holdings, one of Argentina's largest investment funds with a market capitalization of over $760 million, is aggressively expanding its participation in Argentina's electricity generation, transmission, and distribution sectors. Pampa principal Carlos Mindlin described his investme [...]	2007-09-12 16:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ENRG AR
07BUENOSAIRES2056	MEDIA REACTION; THE US PENTAGON'S VIEW OF IRAN AND CHAVEZ; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the US Pentagon's view of Iran and Chvez as threats to the region; Argentina's alleged 'pro-West' foreign policy; and Argentine Paris Club debt negotiations. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "According to the US Pentagon, Ir [...]	2007-10-17 13:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES2244	ARGENTINA: 2007 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Post, through the combined efforts of the political section and ICE office, continues to coordinate with Argentine authorities to develop local capacity to investigate and prosecute trafficking crimes. We also continue to work with Argentine partners in government and civil society to [...]	2007-11-21 08:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV AR
07BUENOSAIRES603	ARGENTINA ENDS FALKLANDS/MALVINAS OIL AND GAS [...] (C) Summary: On March 27, Foreign Minister Taiana announced that the GOA would end a 1995 accord with the UK aimed at encouraging cooperation on oil and gas exploration around the Falklands/Malvinas islands. He maintained, however, that the GOA will continue to abide by the 1989-1990 sovereig [...]	2007-03-29 00:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PMIL KTIA AR UK
07BUENOSAIRES621	ARGENTINA: FOREIGN MINISTER SEES WAY AHEAD ON [...] (C) Summary: "Let's put recent events behind us and move forward on our positive agenda" Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana told Ambassador Wayne March 29, offering no rebuttal to the Ambassador's conveyance of Washington's serious displeasure with the GoA decision to allow Chavez's March 9 anti-US [...]	2007-03-30 20:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM MARR ECON AR
07BUENOSAIRES940	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR WAYNE'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 10, Ambassador Wayne met with Argentine political analysts and pollsters to discuss the current political panorama and outlook for the October presidential elections. While none of the participants admitted to knowing for sure who will be the official candidate, they a [...]	2007-05-14 14:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AR
07BUENOSAIRES979	MEDIA REACTION; NUCLEAR NON PROLIFERATION; AMERICAS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international opinion pieces are related to Argentina's nuclear development and its commitments to the Nuclear Non Proliferation regime; Argentine government officials attending the Americas Competitiveness Forum to be held in Atlanta; and negotiations between [...]	2007-05-18 09:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07CAIRO1417	PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION IN EGYPT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION IS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM OF EGYPTIAN POLITICS. DESPITE INCESSANT WHISPERED DISCUSSIONS, NO ONE IN EGYPT HAS ANY CERTAINTY ABOUT WHO WILL SUCCEED MUBARAK, OR HOW THE SUCCESSION WILL HAPPEN. MUBARAK HIMSELF SEEMS TO BE TRUSTING TO GOD AND [...]	2007-05-14 14:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
07CAIRO1737	EGYPTIANS WELCOME PALESTINIAN TRADE, GAZA EXPORT [...] SUMMARY: (C) EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE-SECTOR CONTACTS SAY THEY WELCOME INCREASED TRADE WITH PALESTINIANS, INCLUDING A TRADE CORRIDOR FOR GAZA EXPORTS THROUGH EGYPT. MERCHANTS IN THE NORTH SINAI CAPITAL OF EL-ARISH ARE ALREADY DOING SMALL-SCALE BUSINESS WITH PALESTINIANS WHO MANAGE TO P [...]	2007-06-07 15:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL KWBG KPAL IS EG
07CAIRO1933	GOE-BEDOUIN TENSION OVER SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Tension between the Bedouin of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and the GOE has remained high since late April when up to 2,000 Bedouin staged a sit-in on Egypt's border with Israel, alleging that GOE security and development policies discriminate against them. Despite several meetings between B [...]	2007-06-25 06:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM EG
07CAIRO1988	EGYPT: MORE CORRUPTION CHARGES, AD HOC RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: A recent report of a Shura Council member arrested for smuggling, corruption accusations in the People's Assembly by a Muslim Brotherhood (MB) legislator against businessmen affiliated with the National Democratic Party (NDP),and suspicions about the bidding process for a govern [...]	2007-07-01 11:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR PINR EG
07CAIRO2148	MB PLATFORM CALLS FOR "MIXED" PUBLIC-PRIVATE ECONOMY [...] (SBU) In preparation for the Shura Council elections, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) issued a platform that included an extensive economic component. The document, our first in-depth look at the MB's economic views, criticizes capitalism and free markets in general, particularly the GOE's econom [...]	2007-07-11 10:11:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV EAID ETRD EG
07CAIRO2726	ECONOMIC REFORMS SHOWING RESULTS, BUT SLOWING [...] (U) Summary and introduction: Since 2004, the Nazif government has cut tariffs and tax rates, fixed the current exchange system and eliminated the black market, rationalized fiscal cash managements with its Single Treasury Account, partially privatized and recapitalized the banking sector, [...]	2007-09-06 14:06:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PGOV EG
07CAIRO2836	SINAI: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Emboffs visited El Arish, capital of North Sinai governorate, September 12, to discuss economic development with local business leaders. Members of the North Sinai Businessmen's Association (NSBA) and the Al-Fawakhreya Association for Economic Development told Emboffs that the local eco [...]	2007-09-19 14:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ETRD EG
07CAIRO2889	TRADE MINISTER'S POLITICAL AMBITIONS INFLUENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Rachid, a leader of the cabinet's economic reformers, has been hesitant this year to confront bureaucratic opposition to key reform priorities. At the same time, he has laid out a bold public vision for the future of economic reform in Egypt [...]	2007-09-25 09:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID ETRD EAGR PINR PREL IS EG
07CAIRO3097	ANTI-COMPETITIVE FINDING TESTS EGYPT'S REGULATORY REGIME [...] (U) Summary: The Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) recently released a report alleging anti-competitive collusion among 12 Egyptian cement producers. The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI) referred the companies to the Public Prosecutor for prosecution under Egypt's competition law. I [...]	2007-10-22 07:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EG
07CAIRO3257	Egypt: Inflation Update [...] (U) Inflation dropped to 7.5% year-on-year (y/y) in October, down from 9.3% y/y in September. The CBE maintained interest rates unchanged at a November 1 meeting, but indicated that inflation could reach the upper limit of CBE's "comfort zone." This is the first public sign of a move toward [...]	2007-11-14 15:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EG
07CAIRO3470	Lafarge takes a chunk of Egyptian cement [...] (U) Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) signed an agreement December 10 to sell its Cement Group to France's Lafarge for 8.8 billion ($12.9 billion). Lafarge will also assume $2 billion of OCI's debt, bringing the total value of the agreement to $14.9 billion. Orascom Cement, with 10 plant [...]	2007-12-12 16:44:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EG
07CAIRO3500	CONSUMER PROTECTION IN EGYPT [...] (SBU) Egypt's Consumer Protection Law came into effect in November 2006, providing consumers with new legal protections and businesses with new obligations. The law also created a Consumer Protection Agency (CPA) authorized to investigate complaints and mediate between consumers and businesse [...]	2007-12-17 09:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EG
07CAIRO673	GOE IMPOSES EXPORT FEES ON STEEL AND CEMENT [...] (SBU) Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid recently imposed export fees on cement and steel, carrying out earlier threats of harsh measures if industry did not observe voluntary domestic price caps. Rachid also told the press that the GOE will eliminate energy subsidies for industry within fi [...]	2007-03-12 13:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EG
07CAIRO721	LABOR ANXIETY MAY OPEN DOOR TO UNION [...] (C) The anxious state of organized labor in Egypt over privatization, economic reform, and global trends may present opportunities for engaging the GOE on democratization and worker rights. Sensing this, the International Labor Organization (ILO) is advancing a proposal to promote democratiza [...]	2007-03-14 13:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM EAID ETRD EG
07CANBERRA1662	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN [...] (SBU) We presented reftel demarche points to John Owens, Assistant Secretary for Canada and Latin America, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on November 20. Owens was joined by John M.L.Woods, Director for the Canada and Latin America Section, and Philip C.W.Lowday, Executive Officer. [...]	2007-11-20 07:11:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM AS VE
07CARACAS1318	BUY HIGH AND SELL HIGHER: REAL ESTATE IN THE [...] (SBU) Real estate prices are skyrocketing in Venezuela as the oil boom fuels an ever-increasing number of people chasing an increasingly limited supply of properties. Sales are up 30 percent so far in 2007, after growing 80 percent in 2006 and 60 percent in 2005. Venezuela continues to suffer [...]	2007-07-02 15:55:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
07CARACAS173	VENEZUELA -- INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 12:12:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN KTDB STR OPIC VE
07CARACAS988	VENEZUELAN PRODUCTION AND OPERATING TRENDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Private sector contacts place overall Venezuelan production at 2.1 to 2.3 million barrels a day, down from previous estimates of 2.4 to 2.6. The BRV has lifted OPEC production cuts on the four Faja strategic associations. PDVSA has been unable to find additional drilling rigs d [...]	2007-05-18 20:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
07CASABLANCA169	FTA BENEFITS A MIRAGE SAYS MOROCCAN CEO [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Saad Bendidi, Chairman and CEO of palace-controlled conglomerate ONA, the Morocco-U.S. FTA is not significant. This is in part because Morocco produces little to allow it to take advantage of such bilateral agreements. In addition, the U.S. market's complexity make [...]	2007-08-15 09:49:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFTA EFIN ETRD ECIN BEXP MO
07CHENGDU140	NOMADIC RESETTLEMENT AND THE NEW SOCIALIST COUNTRYSIDE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: According to local Animal Husbandry Bureau officials in Hongyuan County of western Sichuan Province's Aba (Tibetan: Ngaba) Prefecture, the central government has invested 30 million RMB (USD 3.9 million) to implement the "New Socialist Countryside" and facilitate the transitio [...]	2007-06-04 08:48:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SOCI CH
07CHENGDU239	PORTRAIT OF A "HELP TIBET CADRE" [...] (C) Summary: A two-week road trip in remote western areas of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR),throughout which we were closely accompanied by both Tibetan and Han Chinese officials, gave the Consulate a rather unique opportunity to experience firsthand the sometimes tense working dynamic at [...]	2007-09-27 03:13:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CH
07CHENGDU290	ALONG THE CHINA-BURMA BORDER: WWII, DRUGS, HIV, AND JADE [...] (C) Summary: Common ethnic linkages, villages that hug or even straddle the border, a visa-free regime for local residents, spotty security controls, and corruption appear to facilitate a wide-open atmosphere in areas along China's border with Burma. One stretch of road outside the Chinese po [...]	2007-12-12 09:08:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV SOCI SNAR CH
07CHISINAU1435	TRANSNISTRIAN CEMETERY HONORS ROMANIAN WAR DEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: After earlier refusals, Transnistrian (TN) authorities allowed an Embassy officer to cross into TN-controlled territory to check conflicting claims about the graves of Romanian World War II dead in Bender. A visit to the Dragalina Cemetery revealed careful and sensitive restora [...]	2007-12-10 09:40:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL MD
07COLOMBO1093	SRI LANKA: EAST DEVELOPMENT -- TRINCOMALEE NOT READY TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Trincomalee, the eastern seaboard town boasting one of Asia's finest natural harbors, is underdeveloped and depressed as a result of over two decades of civil war in Sri Lanka. The government wants to translate its recent reassertion of control over the east into development, mu [...]	2007-08-08 11:44:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV PTER CE
07COLOMBO124	MALDIVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES TO QUIET [...] (C) During a January 16 trip to Male', Ambassador encouraged Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed to consider establishing LOW-KEY diplomatic contacts with Israeli officials with a view to establishing full diplomatic relations at a future date. (Note: The Ambassador had earlier discussed this [...]	2007-01-22 09:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MV
07COLOMBO1601	LTTE CHIEF SAYS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his annual "Heroes' Day" speech, LTTE supremo Prabhakaran reiterated his litany of charges against the majority Sinhalese community in Sri Lanka. However, Prabhakaran went further than he has before in condemning what he sees as the international community's passivity in the [...]	2007-11-28 13:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS PGOV PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1604	SRI LANKA: TIGERS RESUME ATTACKS IN COLOMBO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A bomb exploded near a clothing store in a crowded shopping mall in Nugegoda, a southern suburb of Colombo, at 5:55 p.m. on November 28. The attack may have been a reprisal for an alleged attack on a bus transporting schoolchildren near the Tamil Tiger de facto capital of Kil [...]	2007-11-29 12:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO229	SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION LEADER SAYS PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Ranil Wickremesinghe, leader of the major opposition United National Party (UNP),on February 5, soon after 18 UNP parliamentarians joined the government to accept ministerial posts (ref). Wickremesinghe said he would not attempt to expel the "crossovers" f [...]	2007-02-06 11:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CE
07COLOMBO294	SRI LANKA: GERMAN EMBASSY PROTESTS HARASSMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German Ambassador has lodged a protest with Foreign Minister Bogollagama regarding separate recent incidents in Trincomalee and Batticaloa involving their aid agency and, apparently, members of the LTTE splitoff "Karuna group." German Technical Cooperation (GTZ),the German [...]	2007-02-16 08:58:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS EAID CE
07COLOMBO483	SRI LANKA: MANNAR COULD FACE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with military personnel and civil society members in Mannar on March 21, 2007, to discuss the humanitarian and security situation in the area. Over 8,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) are living on Madhu Church grounds in Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTT [...]	2007-03-23 09:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MOPS PTER PREL EAID CE
07COLOMBO59	KARUNA GROUP AGGRAVATING TAMIL-MUSLIM TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary. A land dispute near Batticaloa led to violence between the Tamil and Muslim communities on January 8 and 9. At a meeting on January 10, political party, community, and government representatives agreed to allow the Batticaloa Government Agent to take control of the disputed lan [...]	2007-01-12 02:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO629	MALDIVES: SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Maldives comes as this moderate Islamic nation is experiencing the political strains of an indigenous push toward democracy that began in 2004. Tensions between the government and opposition have slowed the pace of constitutional reform, frustrating many. There is [...]	2007-04-27 10:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER EINV MV
07COLOMBO635	MALDIVES: POLITICAL TURMOIL FOLLOWS PUBLIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The discovery of a dead body floating in a lagoon near Male' on April 15 led to political controversy, as the deceased's family and opposition charged the victim was killed in custody -- and government authorities denied it. A demonstration erupted outside the cemetery. Police [...]	2007-04-30 10:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM MV
07COLOMBO769	SRI LANKA: EU HUMANITARIAN AID REPORT ON [...] (C) Summary: The EU Delegation to Sri Lanka, passed to us on May 28 a confidential report describing a recent European Commission Humanitarian Assistance (ECHO) visit to Sri Lanka's Vanni region, the heart of the northern area controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The repo [...]	2007-05-29 13:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON MOPS PHUM PTER CE
07COLOMBO948	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY AGREES TO APPOINT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, Swiss Ambassador Flint and the Head of the European Commission Humanitarian Office Verboom presented Defense Secretary Rajapakse on June 29 the findings and recommendations of the Bilateral Donor Group (BDG) visit in May to the Vanni (the LTTE-controlled area of north [...]	2007-07-03 13:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EAID CE
07COTONOU136	BENIN: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, below is the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Benin. 2. Investment Climate Statement A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment Beninese law guarantees the right to own and transfer private property. The government of Benin officially favors and encourages foreign investment. [...]	2007-02-20 12:59:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD EFIN ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR PGOV BN
07DAKAR1693	SENEGAL: INDIAN IFFCO TO CONTROL ICS [...] Summary: On July 16 the Government of Senegal and the Indian Farmer Fertilizer Cooperative Limited Group (IFFCO) signed a new agreement to rescue Senegal's major phosphate producer, ICS. The goal of the negotiations was to recapitalize ICS, gain creditors' confidence, attract new shareholder [...]	2007-08-14 15:49:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ETRD IN SG
07DAKAR833	WADE RE-INAUGURATED: IMAGINING SOLUTIONS TO [...] (C) The odd thing about President Wade's re-election is that few Senegalese are asking about his second-term plans: what they really want to know is whom he will anoint to succeed him. Meanwhile, with various opposition parties boycotting upcoming parliamentary elections, doubts about the fa [...]	2007-04-16 18:33:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON PINS PINR KDEM KISL SG
07DAMASCUS304	Syria/UK, Arab Summit, Rice/Ki-Moon, Iraq (3/27) [...] Summary: Syrian papers on Mar. 27 reported President Asad's meeting on Mar. 26 with a delegation representing the British House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee headed by Deputy Chairman of the committee, John Stanley. Talks focused on regional and international developments and the poli [...]	2007-03-27 13:46:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS384	Syria/Russia, Syria/Qatar, Syria/Indonesia, Iraq, Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on Apr. 20 reported President Asad's meeting on Apr. 19 with the Russian President Putin's Special Envoy, Alexander Sultanov, who conveyed a message from Putin about bilateral relations and the situation in the region. Talks focused on the situation in Iraq, and on the [...]	2007-04-23 12:55:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS501	SUBSIDIES: A GROWING RISK FACTOR FOR THE SYRIAN [...] (C) Summary: In spite of a modestly strengthening economy, the SARG faces increasing fiscal pressure to reduce the billions of dollars it currently expends on subsidies. The SARG's budget deficit is increasing dramatically because of the dual challenge of declining oil revenues and growing pu [...]	2007-05-24 14:05:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SY
07DAMASCUS532	Syria/Iran, Syria/Brazil, Mashaal, Nahr al-Bared, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on June 1 focused on the visit to Syria by Iranian FM Manuchehr Mottaki and his meeting with President Asad on May 31, which focused on bilateral relations and the latest developments in the region, particularly in Iraq, Palestine and Lebanon. Mottaki also met separate [...]	2007-06-03 12:03:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS598	Syria/Greece, Syria/Italy, Syria/Netherlands, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on June 13 reported the visit to Damascus by Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Dora Bakoyannis and her meeting with President Asad on June 12 about bilateral relations and political developments in Iraq, the occupied territories and Lebanon. Bakoyannis praised Syria's [...]	2007-06-13 13:13:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS638	Syria/Japan, Syria/Italy, Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on June 26 reported President Asad's meeting on June 25 with Japanese First Deputy Foreign Minister Katso Hito Asano, who conveyed a message from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to President Asad on bilateral relations and means of enhancing them, particularly on the [...]	2007-06-27 04:30:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS653	IMPACT OF SARG CLOSING OF THREE OF FOUR BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: SARG officials and Syrian media have characterized the recent closing of three of the four land border crossings with Lebanon as a security precaution in the wake of the fighting in the Nahr al-Barid camp in Lebanon. For now they are publicly denying they will close the fourth a [...]	2007-06-28 15:09:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PTER SY
07DAMASCUS70	Syria/Norway, Syria/China, Bush's Iraq Strategy, Rice's [...] Summary: Syrian papers on Jan. 18 reported FM Walid Mouallem's meeting on Jan. 17 with Svein Sieve, Advisor of the Norwegian Foreign Ministry for Middle East Affairs. Sieve reiterated the importance of Syria's role to cement security and stability in the region. FM Mouallem emphasized the n [...]	2007-01-21 08:05:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS702	HIGH PRICE OF REAL ESTATE BURDEN FOR SYRIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Real estate prices throughout Syria have risen rapidly over the past three years due to high demand and a limited property supply exacerbated by market inefficiencies. Most Syrian businessmen and economists agree that the rapid price increase is creating a real estate bubble that [...]	2007-07-10 14:20:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV SY
07DAMASCUS727	Syria/UAE, Syria/Netherlands, Syria/Sudan, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 16 reported that President Sheikh Khaifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates arrived in Damascus July 15 on an official 2-day visit. He made a statement upon arrival expressing satisfaction with cooperation in recent years in the economic, trade and [...]	2007-07-16 13:45:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS786	GREAT PROMISE, LITTLE PROGRESS: THE COASTAL CITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Emboffs visited the coastal city of Tartous on July 9th. While the city and surrounding areas are rich in economic and natural resources, its development is well behind its potential. The area boasts two of Syria's three major ports, is widely known for its agricultural producti [...]	2007-08-02 14:37:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND PREL SY
07DAMASCUS806	Syria/Iraq, US Arms Shipments, Lebanon, Palestinian [...] Summary: Syrian papers on August 8 reported Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad's meeting on August 7 with Iraqi Foreign Ministry Deputy Labid Abbawi on bilateral relations between Syria and Iraq and means of developing them in all different domains. During the meeting, both sides exchan [...]	2007-08-08 14:08:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS836	SARG REPORTS ON BORDER SECURITY EFFORTS DURING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Syrian Interior Ministry hosted the Border Security Working Group (BSWG) of Iraqi Neighbors in Damascus August 8-9 (Reftel). Although official Syrian commentary during the two-day meeting was limited, Syria's Interior Minister Bassam Abdel Majid provided opening remarks and M [...]	2007-08-16 05:15:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PINS PREL PTER SY
07DAMASCUS890	INFLATION CONTINUES TO AFFLICT SYRIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF recently estimated average inflation in Syria at eight percent, close to the rate estimated by Post's 2006-7 price survey. This rate does not tell the whole story, however, as black market prices and subsidies mask inflation in Syria. Local Syrian economists take issu [...]	2007-08-30 14:03:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SY
07DAMASCUS931	SYRIA,S GAS SECTOR UNABLE TO COMPENSATE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The SARG routinely expresses confidence that its supply of natural gas -- when fully on-line ) will offset dwindling oil production. In preparation for this switch the SARG has been encouraging the substitution of natural gas for oil in electrical power generation. There is alre [...]	2007-09-13 12:17:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC PREL SY
07DILI338	COMMISSION ON TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP HOLDS HEARINGS IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-05 06:51:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KAWC TT ID
07DOHA1043	INFLATION, HOUSING COSTS TAKING TOLL ON QATARI [...] SUMMARY: Double-digit inflation in Qatar has become the norm, with increases in the housing sector felt most acutely. The high cost of living dominates public and private discourse. The government has begun to take steps to address inflation, though they have been ineffective thus far, and the [...]	2007-11-05 12:35:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AFSN ALOW AMGT APER ECON ELAB QA
07DOHA1195	QATARI MFA OFFICIAL OFFERS ADVICE ON POST-NIE [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Representative to the IAEA Ambassador Gregory Schulte briefed MFA Assistant Minister for Follow-Up Affairs Al-Rumaihi December 11 on the recent National Intelligence Estimate on Iran and U.S. policy toward Tehran in the wake of it. As Qatar prepares to leave the UN Securit [...]	2007-12-17 12:25:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PNUC ETTC IAEA IR QA
07DUBLIN886	IRELAND'S 2008 BUDGET -- NOT AS DRACONIAN AS [...] (U) Summary. On December 5, Finance Minister Brian Cowen presented the government's 2008 budget to a packed Irish Parliament. Budget pundits had predicted a fairly austere budget, given the Irish economic slowdown -- they were wrong in their predictions. On the broad macro numbers, Cowen pr [...]	2007-12-07 14:07:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EI

07DUSHANBE1031	AFGHAN VIEWS FROM NORTH OF THE BORDER: PROSPECTS FOR [...] Summary. Not far from the nearly-completed U.S.-funded Nizhniy Pyanj bridge at the Tajik-Afghan border, Afghan traders ferry goods from Pakistan, China, and Iran into southern Tajikistan. The opening of the Nizhniy Pyanj bridge will open the door for more trade while decreasing the opportuni [...]	2007-07-06 09:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL TI
07DUSHANBE1130	SETTING THE SCENE FOR THE OPENING OF THE TAJIK-AFGHAN BRIDGE [...] (SBU) The August 26 opening of the U.S.-constructed bridge between Afghanistan and Tajikistan launches an era of great possibilities and potential by creating a new transportation and trade link between Central and South Asia. The $37 million state-of-the-art bridge quite literally symbolizes [...]	2007-08-06 13:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TI AF
07DUSHANBE1481	RENEWED PROMISE TO BEGIN OPERATIONS ON TAJIK-AFGHAN BRIDGE [...] (C) Summary: Since the August 26 ceremonial opening of the U.S.-built Tajik-Afghan bridge, Tajik security authorities have blocked opening the bridge for operations. Recent interventions by the Embassy appear to have led to a new compromise among Tajik government agencies which will allow a [...]	2007-10-18 14:21:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ELTN PGOV MASS TI
07DUSHANBE1516	SETTING THE SCENE FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND'S 1 [...] (C) Executive Summary. Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to your upcoming visit to Tajikistan. Besides the opening of the bridge between Afghanistan and Tajikistan in August, little has changed since your introductory meeting with President Rahmon in June. As this is your second visit, you will [...]	2007-10-19 13:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS MCAP OVIP TI AF
07DUSHANBE1523	FM ZARIFI ON OPENING THE BRIDGE AND DUSHANBE SUMMITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At an hour-long meeting October 22 requested by Ambassador, Foreign Minister Zarifi: --admitted that the government had not decided which agency would be in charge of the facilities including the U.S.-funded bridge at the Nizhniy Pyanzh border, but said they were working tow [...]	2007-10-24 05:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ELTN MASS TI
07DUSHANBE1595	THE ROAD TO KHOROG: THE TAJIK/AFGHAN BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary. The 1,344-kilometer Tajik-Afghan border is known for narcotics trafficking, unrelenting mountains, and as a boundary between the former Soviet Union and South Asia. EmbOffs traveled two-thirds of the remote Tajik-Afghan border in the eastern part of the country, finding poverty- [...]	2007-11-07 16:44:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SOCI ELTN TI
07DUSHANBE381	TAJIKISTAN: LIGHTS OUT AND EVERYONE HOME-AND COLD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Even as Tajikistan seeks to become a regional energy exporter, most of Dushanbe has had only four to six hours of power each day for the last month. Many parts of rural Tajikistan have remained without any electricity throughout the winter, but the fact that the capital is exper [...]	2007-03-20 12:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENGR EAID TI AF
07DUSHANBE44	TAJIK FOREIGN MINISTER PITCHES HIGH PROFILE BRIDGE OPENING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 4 meeting with the Ambassador (reftel),Tajik Foreign Minister Zaripov proposed a high profile opening for the United States Government funded bridge linking Tajikistan and Afghanistan across the Pyanj river. The Embassy fully supports a strong public diplomacy pa [...]	2007-01-09 12:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS KPAO TI AF
07DUSHANBE45	IT'S ONLY NATURAL - TAJIKISTAN AND UZBEKISTAN AGREE ON GAS [...] (U) Summary. On December 27, 2006, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan reached lopsided agreements on trade of natural gas and electricity. While the electricity swapping arrangement favoring Uzbekistan will continue, the new natural gas agreement nearly doubles the price of gas paid by Tajikistan. U [...]	2007-01-09 13:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN EAID PGOV TIUZ
07DUSHANBE629	TAJIK PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR CALLS IN AMBASSADOR OVER REUTERS [...] (SBU) Senior Presidential Advisor for Foreign Affairs Rahmatulloyev called in Ambassador April 24 to discuss an April 23 Reuters article, in which she said corruption is the major impediment to Western investment in Tajikistan. Rahmatulloyev said President Rahmon personally pays attention to [...]	2007-04-25 13:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG TI
07DUSHANBE786	PERSIAN POWER: TAJIKISTAN'S DEVELOPING TIES WITH IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tajikistan has characterized its ties with Iran as purely economic, but growing political, military and diplomatic relations indicate that more than investment and trade is bringing the two countries closer together. In the last eighteen months, Tajik President Rahmon and Irania [...]	2007-06-01 13:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EAID TI AF IR
07DUSHANBE933	AMBASSADOR' S MEETING WITH HYDRO-POWERED FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met Foreign Minister Zarifi June 20 to discuss a laundry list of outstanding issues, including the upcoming completion of the Nizhniy Pyanzh bridge, our demarches on Afghan refugees (Ref A) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's upcoming summit (Ref B),and the [...]	2007-06-21 11:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV EAID KDEM TI AF IR
07DUSSELDORF34	IN LANDMARK CASE, DUESSELDORF COURT CONVICTS THREE FOR [...] (U) After a trial lasting more than 18 months, the Duesseldorf Higher Regional Court on December 5 convicted Syrian national Ibrahim Mohamed Khalil (32) and the Palestinian brothers Yasser Abu Shaweesh (34) and Ismail Abu Shaweesh (30) for belonging to and/or supporting al-Qaeda -- AQ (Ref B). [...]	2007-12-06 16:26:00	Consulate Dusseldorf	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KJUS KLIG KISL GM
07FRANKFURT4614	Muslim Community and German City Sign Innovative [...] SUMMARY. The German city of Wiesbaden and nine Muslim community organizations signed a long-discussed, groundbreaking integration agreement September 27. The agreement, wherein the city and the Muslim community pledge to cooperate in a number of areas, is the first of its kind at any level in [...]	2007-10-16 10:18:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KISL GM
07FRANKFURT5173	Frankfurt Stock Exchange: Meeting Global Capital [...] SUMMARY: The Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE) is the world's third largest and the sixth by market capitalization. Known for its high-tech trading technology, it has played a lead role in cementing Germany's reputation as a financial and economic power. However in an increasingly securitized w [...]	2007-12-07 10:25:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON GM
07FREETOWN421	SIERRA LEONE ELECTIONS ON TRACK AS CAMPAIGNING [...] (SBU) The official campaign period for Sierra Leone's August 11 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections began on July 10. With the elections under a month away, no party has emerged as the clear favorite to win. Indications are there could be a runoff in the presidential election between the [...]	2007-07-12 17:25:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR SL
07FREETOWN58	SIERRA LEONE: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] The Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) Ministry of Trade and Industry is actively working to increase trade and investment. 2. Investment Laws: A new Investment Code went into effect in 2005. It is designed to put Sierra Leone at par with western countries concerning the protection of compa [...]	2007-01-24 17:46:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTBD OPIC EFIN USTR ETRD SL
07GUADALAJARA119	EMILIO TAKES CHARGE: JALISCO GETS THIRD SUCCESSIVE PAN [...] Summary: Former Guadalajara Mayor Emilio Gonzalez Marquez assumed the Governorship of Jalisco March 1, calling upon his constituents to "think big" and work together to make the state a leader in business, education, social services, and environmental protection. He also promised to put grea [...]	2007-03-09 16:22:00	Consulate Guadalajara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR OEXC MX
07GUANGZHOU197	Making Guangxi a Harmonious Society [...] (U) Summary: Guangxi leaders vow to create a harmonious society in 5 to 10 years through careful implementation of the 11th, and possibly the 12th, Five Year Plans. Leaders emphasized the need to increase urbanization and industrialization, improve rural conditions, and raise the standard of l [...]	2007-02-13 08:34:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH NOTAG
07GUANGZHOU627	South China's Economy in 2006: The World's Factory Floor in [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Despite Chinese central government efforts to rein in economic growth rates and tighten macroeconomic controls, South China's economy surged ahead in 2006. Guangdong Province (paragraphs 5-23) led the pack in almost all areas - gross domestic product (GDP),growth rate [...]	2007-06-01 06:01:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB CH
07HANOI1919	A/S SILVERBERG CONSULTATIONS WITH GVN ON UNSC [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Kristen Silverberg met with Vietnamese officials in Hanoi November 2 to discuss Vietnam's upcoming role as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. Silverberg reiterated our invitation for Vietnam to send offic [...]	2007-11-09 09:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR VM UNGA UN
07HANOI1975	AMBASSADOR VISITS HAIPHONG ON THE OCCASION OF HISTORIC U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador made his first visit to Haiphong City, in part to participate in activities related to an historic port call by two U.S. Navy warships. The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on the Vice Chairman of the Haiphong City People's Committee and expressed concern over an i [...]	2007-11-21 09:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON KIRF TBIO KHIV PINS OEXC CVIS PGOV PHUM
07HANOI275	PM'S VATICAN VISIT TO BE FOLLOWED BY PAPAL VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung's January 25 visit to the Vatican has elicited guarded optimism from Catholics and GVN officials alike that both sides are moving closer to normalizing diplomatic relations. Recent efforts by the GVN to upgrade an important shrine in southern Vietnam may i [...]	2007-02-13 08:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
07HARARE1091	WORLD BANK MISSION DEPARTS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (SBU) A World Bank mission which visited Harare November 22-30 reported skyrocketing hyperinflation, a shrinking tax revenue base, and out-of-control public spending that only comprehensive, mutually reinforcing policy reforms could begin to reverse. The GOZ, however, is about to announce a o [...]	2007-12-06 13:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
07HARARE903	AA/DCHA HESS IMPRESSED BY PROGRAMS, BUT ALARMED BY [...] Summary: USAID Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) Michael Hess, accompanied by Special Assistant Amber Brooks, visited Harare, Bulawayo, and rural areas September 16-20 to assess humanitarian needs and programs and to consult with civil society [...]	2007-10-04 10:11:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PHUM ZI
07HAVANA1057	CUBA: IMPRESSIONS OF ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OUTSIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the third and final cable of a series regarding the 10/7-22 visit by a delegation from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Specifically, this cable conveys general impressions about economic conditions outside Havana from USINT's Econoff, who, by way of th [...]	2007-11-08 22:47:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA33	CUBA'S VALDES TAMAYO, FREED 75ER, DIES AT HOSPITAL [...] (C) Summary: Cuban pro-democracy activist Miguel Valdes Tamayo died at 50 on January 10 after battling heart problems. Valdes, an executive of the Assembly to Promote Civil Society (APSC),was among the 75 activists rounded up and sentenced to long terms in March/April of 2003. In June 2004, [...]	2007-01-11 20:38:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA894	POLICE ORGANIZE MOB TO THREATEN HUMAN RIGHTS MARCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Leading human rights activist Marta Beatriz Roque Cabello told Poloff that on Wednesday a group of ten dissidents participated in a march in the town of Santa Clara. The police organized a group of civilians who threatened the marchers with sticks. However; no one was actual [...]	2007-09-11 11:37:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HILLAH130	NAJAF GOVERNOR: MARJA'IYYA CONTRIBUTING TO PEACE [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a September 22 meeting with PRT and CF, the Governor of Najaf noted that the reports AMB Crocker and General Petraeus recently submitted to Congress failed to acknowledge the contribution of the marja'iyya to the peace and stability of I [...]	2007-09-27 07:29:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON IZ
07HILLAH131	NAJAF GOVERNOR: MARJA'IYYA CONTRIBUTING TO PEACE [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. This is a retransmission of HILLAH 130. 2. (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: During a September 22 meeting with PRT and CF, the Governor of Najaf noted that the reports AMB Crocker and General Petraeus recently submitted to Congress failed to acknowledge the contribution [...]	2007-09-29 11:08:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON IZ
07HILLAH84	POOR LEADERSHIP, SCARCE CAPITAL AND POWER TOP BABIL [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (C) Summary: In recent meetings with the PRT, representatives of the Babil business and commercial sector highlighted the following as key to the province's near-term economic growth: -- Overcoming the ineffective and/or counterproductive role of governme [...]	2007-06-06 05:33:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EAID EFIN EIND EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV
07HILLAH99	KARBALA: MODERN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VISION [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 29, PRT Karbala met with Provincial Council Chairman (PCC),Abdul-A'al Al-Yasiry, to discuss his vision for economic development and the conference in Lebanon. The PCC was returning from a two day Prov [...]	2007-07-02 14:56:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV
07HOCHIMINHCITY168	FORMER PM KIET: STILL PRESSING REFORM [...] (SBU) Former Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, one of the fathers of Vietnam's economic reform and a doyen of the Communist Party, told the Consul General February 12 that improved U.S. ties was one of the biggest milestones for Vietnam in 2006. The "full normalization" of ties with the United Stat [...]	2007-02-15 11:37:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV KCOR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY80	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SCENE SETTER FOR VISIT OF PRM ASSISTANT [...] (SBU) HCMC looks forward to welcoming you and your team to southern Vietnam and the Central Highlands. Humanitarian Resettlement Section (HRS) Chief Tim Swanson will present you with a comprehensive picture of HRS activities here, including the bilateral Humanitarian Resettlement process, VISA [...]	2007-01-24 02:38:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PHUM PREF PGOV SOCI PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY81	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SCENE SETTER FOR VISIT OF PRM ASSISTANT [...] (SBU) HCMC looks forward to welcoming you and your team to southern Vietnam and the Central Highlands. Humanitarian Resettlement Section (HRS) Chief Tim Swanson will present you with a comprehensive picture of HRS activities here, including the bilateral Humanitarian Resettlement process, VISA [...]	2007-01-24 02:59:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PHUM PREF PGOV SOCI PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY821	NIV DEMAND IN VIETNAM AT RECORD LEVELS [...] Demand for nonimmigrant visas in Vietnam is at an all-time high, and shows no sign of slowing. NIV demand in 2007 is up over 40% compared to the same period in 2006 in both Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and Hanoi. In past years, NIV volume typically peaked in June and then gradually declined until [...]	2007-08-03 09:28:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY874	CONSULATES REPORT SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the most recent law enforcement and security coordinating meeting among Consulates General in Ho Chi Minh City, law enforcement personnel from participating Consulates described the atmosphere for active cooperation with GVN authorities as difficult but considerably bette [...]	2007-08-24 04:53:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SOCI CVIS VM
07HONGKONG1800	HONG KONG SCENESETTER FOR HUD SECRETARY JACKSON [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong warmly welcomes to your visit next week. U.S. trade, investment, and business with Hong Kong flourish in a largely open environment. Hong Kong is our 15th largest export market, and the United States enjoyed a USD 9.8 billion trade surplus [...]	2007-07-09 00:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PTER EINV KIPR HK CH SENV MC
07IRANRPODUBAI41	IRAN: MAKING ITSELF UNATTRACTIVE TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-05 09:23:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	ECON EFIN EINV PTER IR
07IRANRPODUBAI48	AHMADI-NEJAD IS FORCED TO MAKE SOUND ECONOMIC DECISIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-16 12:45:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV IR
07ISLAMABAD189	RIFT IN PAKISTAN'S ISLAMIST PARTY ALLIANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The leader of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI),Qazi Hussain Ahmed, announced January 4 that he will quit as chairman of Pakistan's six-party Islamist political alliance, the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA). JI and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) -- its main MMA partner -- are at odds over [...]	2007-01-11 11:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD2401	UPDATE ON MUSHARRAF'S POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (SBU) Frequently Asked Questions about President Musharraf's current political problems. 2. (C) Q: Is Musharraf in as much trouble as some Western journalists indicate? A: No, but he is not as strong politically as he was four or five months ago. 2007 is an election year in Pakistan, and the P [...]	2007-05-31 13:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PK PREL PINS
07ISLAMABAD3200	PAKISTAN POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, PART 2: FRACTURED OPPOSITION PREPARES FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Unable to unite at the All Parties Conference (APC) for en masse resignations or mass street protests, Pakistan's severely fractured opposition is unlikely to mount a credible challenge to President Musharraf's bid to seek re-election under the current assemblies. Unsurprisingly the Ju [...]	2007-07-24 12:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5019	FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE (11/26/07) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Construction crews broke ground for the Border Coordination Center (BCC) at Torkham November 17. Design teams working on the Frontier Corps Training Center (FCTC) at Warsak will return within the week to refine construction timelines. The UK may proceed (ahead of the US) with ef [...]	2007-11-26 13:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK
07ISLAMABAD5262	PAKISTAN: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Summary: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) continues to pursue a national strategy for the elimination of the worst forms of child labor. A legal framework exists barring children from hazardous labor, and Pakistan has ratified all eight of the International Labor Organization (ILO) core conven [...]	2007-12-13 11:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI PREL PK
07ISTANBUL1006	EDIRNE FLOODS - AGAIN [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-23 08:42:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL1045	GENDER EQUALITY IN TURKISH POLITICS: IS PARITY [...] (U) At a joint Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation-ARI Movement conference entitled 'Young Women Fit For Politics', Turkish and Swedish MP's discussed women's role in policy-making. The Hjalmarson Foundation -- a democracy-development foundation tied to the Moderate party of Sweden -- and the ARI Movem [...]	2007-12-11 08:49:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL1088	TURKISH ALEVIS HOPEFUL FOLLOWING ECHR DECISION ON [...] (C) Summary. Some 15 million Turkish Alevis have reason to be hopeful following an October 9 European Court of Human Rights ruling and press reports that the government may soon propose a plan to address their long-disputed grievances. Prominent Alevi advocate Izettin Dogan recently told us t [...]	2007-12-31 13:58:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL15	DISPARATE ALEVI GROUPS AGREE TURKISH GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Alevi groups representing different religious ideologies shared with us views about their beliefs and disputes with the Government of Turkey. The Ehl-i-Beyt and Cem Foundations continue to seek legal recognition of their faith and proportional support from the Government, as w [...]	2007-01-12 11:08:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL353	A GATHERING OF GULENISTS, WITH A SPLASH OF SCOTCH [...] (C) Summary. An April 17 gathering of journalists, academicians, religious and political leaders either merely familiar with, sympathetic to or loyal followers of Fethullah Gulen painted a picture of the self-exiled, U.S.-based Turkish religious leader as a compassionate and tolerant humanit [...]	2007-04-27 14:41:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL42	SITREP 2. DINK ASSAILANT ARRESTED; HIGH LEVEL [...] (U) In the aftermath of the January 19 murder in Istanbul of Agos weekly editor and founder Hrant Dink, his suspected assailant, 17-year old Ogun Samast, was arrested by Turkish National Police Saturday evening as he stepped off a bus in Samsun en route to his home in Trabzon after his father [...]	2007-01-22 12:27:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL498	MEETING WITH GENC PARTY ISTANBUL CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Soner Cokbilgin, the current Istanbul chairman of the Genc ("Young") Party, discussed Genc Party,s brief history, the July 22 parliamentary elections, and future goals with us on May 23 in Istanbul. Genc Party is a vehicle for the political aspirations of Cem Uzan, a controve [...]	2007-06-08 13:14:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL53	TUSIAD ELECTS NEW CHAIRMAN; DECRIES DINK MURDER [...] Summary: During the January 25 Annual General Assembly TUSIAD (Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association) members elected a new board of directors, naming Arzuhan Dogan Yalcindag the first female chairman in the group's 37-year history. Yalcindag's election was a foregone conclus [...]	2007-01-25 15:23:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV TU
07ISTANBUL653	BURSA: RESERVED FORMER OTTOMAN CAPITAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Consulate Istanbul's final pre-election campaign visit was to Bursa, traveling aboard a new 75-minute car ferry from Istanbul to a dock just 25 miles from the town center, cutting the four-hour car trip to under two hours. Businessmen in their Mercedes joined vacationers to fil [...]	2007-07-20 11:41:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL675	TURKEY: SMALL PARTY ALLEGES RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The minuscule Liberal Democrat Party (LDP) intends to file a complaint of "gross violations" of rights against Turkey's Supreme Election Board (SEB) with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The SEB's decisions are final and may not be appealed to any body inside Turkey, [...]	2007-07-26 13:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU
07JAKARTA1055	INDONESIA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS - MARCH 2007 [...] Summary: After lengthy negotiations, Parliament passed a new Investment Law on March 29 that is now awaiting presidential approval. The new law will require further implementing regulations to come into force. Members of the G-33 met in Jakarta from March 20 to 21, with the G-33 claiming it [...]	2007-04-13 09:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON KIPR ID
07JAKARTA2393	YOGYAKARTA EVENT HIGHLIGHTS U.S.-ASEAN TIES [...] (U) Summary: The GOI's Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) and Gadjah Mada University hosted an August 29 seminar in Yogyakarta celebrating 30 years of U.S.-ASEAN ties. Pol/C and Econ/C outlined strong U.S. support for the continued development of close political and economic ties between A [...]	2007-08-30 10:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PGOV KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2433	AMBASSADOR AND TRADE MINISTER SPEAK ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume and Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu made public remarks on U.S.-Indonesian relations before an audience of Indonesian business leaders on August 30th. Ambassador Hume described a strategy for understanding the broader U.S.-Indonesian relationship in the context o [...]	2007-09-04 10:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON BEXP ID
07JAKARTA2617	U/S Jeffery - Corporate Social Responsibility Discussions [...] (SBU) Summary. Two prominent U.S.-headquartered companies briefed Under Secretary Jeffery on their integration of corporate social responsibility (CSR) into their overall business plans for Indonesia. GE and Citi both said CSR activities in Indonesia are tightly integrated with their corporate [...]	2007-09-18 06:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV PGOV ID
07JAKARTA292	REQUEST APPROVAL TO TRAIN MOBILE BRIGADE PERSONNEL [...] (U) This cable contains an urgent action request (see Para 8). 2. (C) Summary: Recent counterterrorism operations by Indonesian National Police (INP) units in Central Sulawesi highlight a deficiency in our approach to police training in Indonesia. Specifically, the 2003 ban on using Inter [...]	2007-02-02 08:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KCRM KHLS KPAO PGOV PINS KJUS KISL
07JAKARTA300	TSUNAMI RECOVERY AND TRANSFORMATION - ACEH AT TWO YEARS [...] (SBU) Summary. Aceh is undergoing a remarkable transformation and recovery since the devastating December 2004 tsunami. All displaced persons are out of tents and in houses or temporary shelters. New or renovated houses are everywhere and the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC)' [...]	2007-02-05 08:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV KCOR EINV ID
07JAKARTA3088	Greenpeace "Forest Defender Camp" [...] (SBU) Summary: Greenpeace has established a "Forest Defenders Camp" in Sumatra's Riau Province to protect the forest and climate ahead of the COP-13 climate change conference in Bali. The 60-odd camp members, including one American and 11 other foreigners, are ostensibly investigating forest [...]	2007-11-06 10:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EAGR PGOV PREL SENV SOCI ID
07JAKARTA3098	Indonesia National Trade Estimate 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Below please find the full text of the 2007 National Trade Estimate (NTE) report for Indonesia. (A copy in Microsoft Word has been e-mailed to USTR as requested.) End Summary. 2. (U) Begin text: --TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade deficit with Indonesia was $10.3 bill [...]	2007-11-07 10:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD EINV ECON ID
07JAKARTA3155	DEFENSE COOPERATION -- INDONESIA INCREASINGLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are signs that the GOI is increasingly interested in purchasing U.S. military equipment as it begins to rebuild its defense capabilities. Two prospective F-16 deals continue to move forward (ref a) and the Indonesian military is considering possible deals for other items. [...]	2007-11-14 09:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3339	EAST TIMOR -- FINDINGS OF FINAL COMMISSION REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesia Timor-Leste Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) is likely to cite gross human rights violations involving both pro-Indonesian and pro-independence forces in its final report to be issued in February 2008, an Indonesian Commissioner told us. The Commission is [...]	2007-12-07 04:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TT ID AU
07JERUSALEM1254	BIOGRAPHIES OF NEW PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY CABINET [...] (SBU) Biographies of new Palestinian Authority (PA) Cabinet members are listed starting in para. 2. According to PM Salam Fayyad, this government will likely be expanded in the next 30 days to include more ministers from Gaza and to reduce the number of ministers responsible for multiple por [...]	2007-06-18 15:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KWBG IS KPAL PREL PINR
07JERUSALEM1455	GAZA ECONOMIC LOSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: According to data compiled by the Palestinian private sector, the closure of the Karni/al-Mintar crossing following the Hamas take-over of Gaza is causing catastrophic damage to Gaza's economy. Since the June 12 closure of the crossing, 80 percent of Gaza factories have closed [...]	2007-07-13 13:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAID EFIN EIND PGOV PHUM KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1806	CONTINUED ROAD WORK AT E-1; WATER AND SEWAGE [...] (C) Summary: PolOff observed August 24 that construction work continues in the E-1 area between Ma'ale Adumim and Jerusalem, and that the parking lot of the police station building is near complete. The route of the road changed slightly leading to the police station since ConGen last visit [...]	2007-08-27 14:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM
07JERUSALEM1875	GAZA GOVERNOR SLAMS HAMAS "CRIMES" AND PREDICTS [...] (C) Summary. In a September 4 meeting in Jerusalem, Gaza Governor Muhammad al-Qidwa said Hamas has stepped up harassment of Fatah and independent activists and journalists in Gaza. He called Hamas "more brutal than Israel was in 27 years of occupation" in arresting, beating and torturing pr [...]	2007-09-07 14:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS
07JERUSALEM2032	E-1 UPDATE FROM LATE SEPTEMBER 07 [...] (C) Summary: PolOffs observed September 25 that construction work continues in the E-1 area between Ma'ale Adumim and Jerusalem and has begun on external structures near the E-1 police station building. They also observed two new traffic circles, which may suggest future road system expansi [...]	2007-10-01 10:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM
07JERUSALEM2197	E-1 UPDATE FROM MID-OCTOBER [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs observed October 19 that construction work continues in the E-1 area between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim, with two new antennae atop the police station building. Curbs have been installed along nearly the entire road, and water and sewage systems have been installed und [...]	2007-10-24 15:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2239	FUEL SHIPMENTS TO GAZA CUT; SUFA CROSSING CLOSED [...] (SBU) Summary: Gaza-based Director of the Palestinian General Petroleum Corporation Mujahad Salama confirmed cuts in fuel deliveries to Gaza on October 29. The Gaza Power Plant received all 300,000 liters of fuel oil it had requested for the day, but there were no gasoline imports, accordin [...]	2007-10-29 15:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM2265	CEMENT BARRIERS BLOCK ACCESS TO JAMMA'IN VILLAGE [...] (C) According to Ahmad Hussein, a resident of Jamma'in village in the central West Bank between Salfit and Nablus, Israeli bulldozers placed large cement blocks in front of the entrance to the village (population 8,000) on October 29, preventing vehicle or pedestrian access from Route 505. H [...]	2007-11-01 13:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2393	GAZA: FUEL IMPORTS CUT; FARMERS HOPE TO EXPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Gaza fuel imports have been reduced by roughly one-third since October 27. Gaza-based WHO contacts report that Gazans are receiving an "all time low" level of medical care. Humanitarian and commercial shipments have continued to enter Gaza in reduced quantities. Gaza farmers [...]	2007-11-19 15:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2394	ICRC REPORTS HARSH CONDITIONS IN GAZA [...] (C) Summary. ICRC Head of Delegation Christophe Harnish and Gaza Office Director Tony Dalviel said Gazans face a steady decline in health, reduced services, decaying infrastructure, and an intensified sense of isolation. They said the building-blocks for a large-scale humanitarian disaster a [...]	2007-11-19 15:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV IS
07JERUSALEM577	SETTLEMENT EXPANSION WILL CONNECT WEST BANK [...] (C) Danny Seideman, founder of the Israeli human rights NGO Ir Amim told poloff March 27 that plans to expand the West Bank settlement of Adam, also known as Geve Binyamin, have been approved by the Higher Planning Council. He said the plan would expand the settlement of about 1500 people sou [...]	2007-03-28 13:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JOHANNESBURG35	SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER "THE ASSAY" -- [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this monthly newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chrom [...]	2007-02-02 14:47:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ENRG EINV ECON SF
07KABUL1123	PRT/BADGHIS: SPAIN IMPROVES EDUCATION [...] (U) The civilian component of the Spanish PRT recently launched the latest part of its plan to improve the provincial government's ability to meet the educational needs of the people of Badghis Province. They plan to erect temporary tent schools at 160 locations identified by the Education Mi [...]	2007-04-05 11:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID AF
07KABUL1525	AFGHANISTAN: OPIC VISIT BOOSTS INVESTMENT AND SECURES [...] (SBU) OPIC President and CEO Robert Mosbacher came to Kabul on 21 April to accompany Dole CEO David Murdock and to examine potential investments in Afghanistan. The visit coincided with the first, US-assisted Afghan AgFair for agricultural buyers. When Mosbacher left on 23 April, he had not on [...]	2007-05-05 11:38:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ENRG ETRD BEXP AF
07KABUL3932	AF: Aynak Copper: Details of winning Chinese bid remain [...] (SBU) Summary: After a prolonged tender and evaluation process, on October 20, 2007, the state-owned China Metallurgical Group (CMG) was awarded the right to start negotiating a detailed contract for the Aynak Copper Mine project. By some accounts, the Chinese are expected to invest approximat [...]	2007-11-27 08:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF CH
07KABUL3933	AF: Aynak Copper: Details of winning Chinese bid remain [...] (SBU) Summary: After a prolonged tender and evaluation process, on October 20, 2007, the state-owned China Metallurgical Group (CMG) was awarded the right to start negotiatinQdetailed contract for the Aynak Copper Mine project. By some accounts, the Chinese are expected to invest approximately [...]	2007-11-27 08:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF CH
07KABUL940	PRT/KUNDUZ: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON THE NORTHEAST [...] (SBU) The situation on the ground in the Northeast region of Afghanistan has not changed appreciably in the past six months. The security situation remains relatively calm, with only occasional criminal or terrorist attacks against local officials and ISAF. The primary threat and cause of ins [...]	2007-03-22 09:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER EAID ECON MASS SOCI AF
07KHARTOUM1411	UN/AU, SPLM IRONICALLY OUT OF STEP ON DARFUR [...] (C) The UN/AU and the SPLM are proceeding along two parallel tracks in their political initiatives for Darfur. While the SPLM hopes to hold a meeting in Southern Sudan in the next two weeks to bring unity to the SLM and prepare the movement for negotiations, the UN/AU have positioned themselve [...]	2007-09-06 12:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1934	WHITE NILE GOVERNOR DISCUSSES AGRICULTURE, ELECTIONS, AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a December 4 meeting with emboffs, the Governor of White Nile State, Dr. Mohammed Nur Al-Tigani, highlighted the importance of agriculture for Sudan, expressed confidence that mid-term elections would be conducted in a free, fair, and timely manner, and dismissed the existence o [...]	2007-12-06 13:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KIGALI1114	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] EU Increases Aid: The European Union (EU) Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel announced that the EU will increase its aid to Rwanda by 30 percent to USD 313 over the next five years. Michel announced that the EU considers Rwanda one of the three best performers amo [...]	2007-12-10 15:12:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1145	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] Loans: The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Germany's KfW Banking Group have signed a deal with the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) to invest USD12 million to rehabilitate, expand and finance a 30-year lease of the Kigali Serena and the Lake Kivu Serena hotels. "IFC [...]	2007-12-27 09:18:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI639	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] The British Department for International Development (DFID) approved approximately USD 70 million for direct budget support to Rwanda for 2007. This is part of the British government's increased commitment to support the GOR in poverty reduction, maintaining peace, stability and improving fina [...]	2007-07-10 11:19:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KINGSTON1011	USITC BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY [...] Bilateral trade between Jamaica and the U.S. rose to USD 2.3 billion or 37 percent of Jamaica's total trade at the end of 2005. At this level, the U.S. remained Jamaica's major trading partner. But while trade between both countries has grown in absolute terms, the U.S. share of trade has falle [...]	2007-06-28 20:27:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN JM
07KINGSTON1089	JAMAICA'S TOURISM BOOM [...] Summary: Tourism figures for 2006 show tourists flocking to Jamaica in record numbers. Visitor arrivals for 2006 broke the psychological three million barrier for the first time, while earnings of USD 1.9 billion also soared to new heights. The diversion of a number of visitors from Cancun fo [...]	2007-07-13 11:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ECON EFIN EINV SOCI JM
07KINGSTON1144	JAMAICA: UNIVERSAL ACCESS FUND - A MEDDLING [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-23 20:29:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ECPS PREL PGOV SOCI PINR KCOR JM
07KINGSTON1681	JAMAICA: BEGINNING TO CLEAN THE AUGEAN STABLES? [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 20:07:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI ENRG ECON EFIN ASEC KCOR
07KINGSTON1730	JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO CUBA LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III [...] (C) Post has provided responses to questions listed in reftel A. Post is unaware of any Jamaican investments in Cuba or any Jamaican firm with a commercial presence in Cuba. However, Jamaicans generally oppose U.S. policy towards Cuba, which hampers post's efforts to gather accurate investment [...]	2007-11-30 16:25:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	TRAD ETTC PREL JM XL
07KINGSTON434	JAMAICA: "SISTER P" MARKS ONE YEAR AS PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Portia Simpson Miller (PSM),the unelected Prime Minister of Jamaica, rose to the head of the ruling People's National Party (PNP) last February. As PNP leader, she replaced the retiring elected Prime Minister P.J. Patterson to become the country's first female Prime Minister on [...]	2007-03-28 11:23:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON482	JAMAICA: REMITTANCES PROVIDING LIFELINE [...] Last year, expatriate Jamaicans sent home almost USD 1.8 billion in remittances, making the country the highest per capita recipient in the region. This source is the country's second-highest foreign exchange earner, and vastly outpaced foreign aid and foreign direct investment. Most of the f [...]	2007-04-03 19:00:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG JM
07KINGSTON903	JAMAICAN ECONOMY SLUGGISH IN FIRST QUARTER [...] The Jamaican economy expanded by two percent during January to March 2007. Growth was driven by agriculture and construction, as tourism output declined for the first time in four years, following the return of Cancun after hurricane damage. Inflation of one percent was the major success stor [...]	2007-06-11 13:54:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND CPAS JM XL
07KINSHASA1008	DRC AND SOUTH AFRICA SIGN AID ACCORDS AT FOURTH [...] (U) Congolese and South African ministers signed accords on South African assistance to Congo's transportation and health sectors at the conclusion of Bi-national Commission meetings August 21. They also signed a declaration of intent regarding South African support for reform of the Congoles [...]	2007-08-23 14:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR ELTN SOCI SF CG
07KINSHASA1069	DRC AUGUST ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) - New aviation regulations. - No resolution on retrocession for 2007. - Country assistance framework in the planning. - Teachers' union gives ultimatum to GDRC. - Catholic school teachers suspend opening day. - Electricity upgrade projects scheduled. - Wiring DRC and ROC. - [...]	2007-09-06 10:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1121	DRC EBOLA EPIDEMIC UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ebola fever epidemic in south-central DRC has now claimed 172 lives. Nearly 400 suspected cases remain clustered around the towns of Mweka and Luebo in the West Kasai province. Unconfirmed cases have been reported as far as 300 kms from the epicenter, some little more than [...]	2007-09-19 06:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON SENV TBIO PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1133	DRC, CHINA ANNOUNCE FIVE BILLION DOLLAR LOAN FOR [...] (U) China and the DRC signed an agreement on September 17 for a total USD five billion loan to finance three billion dollars in infrastructure construction projects and two billion dollars in mining sector partnerships. The GDRC Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Pierre Lumbi, said t [...]	2007-09-21 05:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV CH CG
07KINSHASA1168	DRC SEPTEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary - New GDRC Aviation Commission Created - IMF and World Bank Teams in Kinshasa - IMF and World Bank Check on PRSP, HIPC Progress - Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) - Lower Electricity Rates for Large Consumers - Ebola Epidemic Continues in Kasai Occidental - M [...]	2007-10-02 09:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG

07KINSHASA1250	DRC OCTOBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 12:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG

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