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09MOSCOW1958	SECRETARY OF COMMERCE LOCKE'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a meeting with Russian Minister of Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina on July 7 in Moscow, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke stressed U.S. support for continued Russian integration into the world economy, including WTO accession, and raised several trade issues. Minis [...]	2009-07-30 11:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN RS

09MOSCOW1964	SAKHALIN OIL AND GAS -- "NOBODY GETS HURT" [...] (SBU) Embassy officers traveled to Sakhalin Island July 21-24 to gain a better understanding of the region's oil and gas operations. The two main hydrocarbon-producing projects in the region, Sakhalin 1 and 2, account for only a small fraction of Russian oil and gas production but are signifi [...]	2009-07-31 11:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2	RUSSIAN ANALYSTS COMPLAIN U.S. HAS BETRAYED RUSSIA'S TRUST [...] (SBU) Summary: A roundtable of Russian analysts described -- often in emotional terms -- for visiting Representatives Ellen Taushcer, Doug Lamborn, Rick Larsen, and Loretta Sanchez, the deep displeasure with which many Russians view the U.S. government. They blamed much of this on America's f [...]	2009-01-01 07:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR OREP PINR RS
09MOSCOW203	KUDRIN SAYS U.S. ECONOMY KEY TO RUSSIA'S RECOVERY [...] (C) Summary. In a January 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin said the U.S. economy's recovery would be critical to a Russian economic recovery this year. He said that policy coordination with the U.S. in particular and among G-20 countries in general would produ [...]	2009-01-29 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD RS
09MOSCOW2057	SELIGER-2009 IN RUSSIAN "YEAR OF YOUTH" STRESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Seliger-2009, the highly visible Russian government-run summer camp for young adults, has come to a close. This is the first year that Seliger has not been operated directly by the nationalist youth group "Nashi." However, during the first week of August the official youth wing [...]	2009-08-11 14:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW2071	MEDVEDEV BROADSIDES UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. While deploring recent Ukrainian "anti-Russian" policies, MFA and Presidential Administration statements underscored that President Medvedev's letter to Ukrainian President Yushchenko and the decision to postpone the departure of Russian ambassador-designate to Kyiv were meant t [...]	2009-08-13 10:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS UP
09MOSCOW2179	IRKUTSK: TOUGH TIMES FOR WORKERS AND IMMIGRANTS, [...] (C) Summary: In Siberia's Irkutsk Oblast, businesses and their owners/managers, in particular prominent oligarchs such as Oleg Deripaska, also constitute the region's political elite, and everyone is scrambling dealing with the crisis. The Russian economic downturn may influence how and who ne [...]	2009-08-24 13:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM SENV SOCI
09MOSCOW2241	SOLIDARITY LEADER MILOV DISCUSSES UPCOMING [...] (U) Summary: Leading member of Solidarity and candidate for Moscow City Duma Vladimir Milov outlined for us his election platform and personal vision for the movement. Milov predicted overwhelming victory for ruling United Russia in city elections. He expects to lose election for his district [...]	2009-08-28 14:00:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM RS
09MOSCOW2277	GAZPROM SAYS PUTIN-TYMOSHENKO "AGREEMENT" JUST [...] (SBU) According to press reports quoting unnamed sources, PM Putin and Ukrainian PM Tymoshenko reached an agreement in their meeting in Poland that Russia would allow Ukraine to buy less gas than it has contracted in exchange for lower transit fees and contracts for Russian nuclear energy comp [...]	2009-09-02 13:24:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2295	UKRAINIAN ECONOMIC COUNSELOR DISCUSSES RUSSIA [...] (C) On August 13, econoff paid a courtesy call on Ukrainian Trade and Economic Counselor in Moscow Vladimir Zaritsky. During the meeting, Zaritsky became voluble on the matter of Russia and its "growing impunity in the region," especially as its economic power increases. He expressed concern [...]	2009-09-04 06:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EPET RS WTO UA
09MOSCOW2340	MOSCOW CITY DUMA ELECTIONS: STILL EARLY, BUT [...] (C) Summary: On October 11 candidates will compete in elections for all 35 seats in the Moscow City Duma. August 26 was the deadline for submitting signatures, and over the following week the electoral committee proceeded to deny registration to 23 candidates of the 141 candidates competing [...]	2009-09-11 15:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2350	POVERTY GROWTH REPORT UNDERESTIMATES THE PROBLEM [...] (C) The number of Russians living in poverty rose for the first time in seven years in the first quarter of 2009. Families with multiple children, single pensioners, and migrant laborers suffered most acutely. Experts and legislative officials accused the government of using an insufficient b [...]	2009-09-14 13:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2417	NIZHNIY NOVGOROD HEEDS THE CALL FOR ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: On the sidelines of meetings of the U.S. - Russia Foundation in Nizhniy Novgorod September 15-16, Ambassador Beyrle emphasized the overall "reset" in U.S.- Russia relations to develop trust by promoting economic cooperation and face-to-face exchanges, a message that local author [...]	2009-09-22 09:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS ECON EFIN PINR
09MOSCOW2450	UNITED RUSSIA POISED TO SWEEP ELECTIONS IN MOSCOW [...] (SBU) Summary: United Russia has a great advantage and is poised to sweep the elections in the Moscow Oblast, where opposition groups have little support and laws are easily broken. The hot button political issues in the October 11 elections are taxes, land distribution, and corruption. End [...]	2009-09-26 13:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EFIN KDEM KCOR RS
09MOSCOW2458	FIVE YEARS AFTER BESLAN, GOR STAYS TIGHT-LIPPED [...] (SBU) Summary: Five years after the Beslan terrorist attack, frustration continues about the GOR's handling of the crisis as it unfolded. While public focus on this issue has dissipated, a small but vocal minority of Russians has continued to agitate for the GOR to open an investigation of wh [...]	2009-09-28 11:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2490	STAFFDEL BRUDER VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Senate Staff Delegation Bruder visited Moscow August 31-September 4 to seek ways to sustain momentum in the U.S.-Russian relationship after the successful July 2009 Presidential meeting in Moscow. While Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Margelov suggested re [...]	2009-09-30 12:29:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SENV OREP RS
09MOSCOW2499	DOE PDAS ELKIND'S VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (SBU) DOE Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, Jonathan Elkind, visited Moscow September 21-22 to meet with his counterparts at the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Energy, Science and Education, Economic Development and Natural Resources. As Coordinator for [...]	2009-10-01 12:57:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2530	POLLSTERS EXPLAIN MEDVEDEV AND "TEFLON VLAD'S" [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of Moscow polling firms told PolOff that Prime Minister Putin and President Medvedev are almost certain to maintain high public opinion ratings--barring a calamity--due largely in part to Putin's almost mythical status, reinforcing the consensus that Putin remain [...]	2009-10-06 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2539	WORKER SAFETY PROGRAM SHIFTS FROM REACTION TO [...] (SBU) Recent GOR statistics show modest progress in ensuring worker safety but also underscore the need for continued improvement. In 2008, over 50 percent of Russian workers labored in conditions that were dangerous to their health, according to a report on worker safety published by the Mi [...]	2009-10-07 13:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2541	GAZPROM'S REVERSAL OF FORTUNE PART TWO; COMEBACK UNLIKELY [...] (U) This is part two of a two-part cable on the new economic realities facing Gazprom, Russia's state-owned gas sector giant. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Gazprom faces many external and internal constraints to renewed growth, following a dismal year in which all main indicators of its perform [...]	2009-10-07 13:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2600	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW): [...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-002. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 13, 2009 Time: 4:10 P.M. - 6:10 P.M. Place: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The second meeting of the START Follow-on (SFO) delegations was held at the Minis [...]	2009-10-16 13:38:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09MOSCOW2608	SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR'S ENERGY CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) In separate meetings with Ambassador Morningstar, representatives from TNK-BP, Rosneft, and the MFA independently indicated that the recent financial crisis has opened up opportunities for greater foreign participation in Russia's hydrocarbon sector. Each noted the impact of lower Europea [...]	2009-10-20 05:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2609	HAS THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY BOTTOMED OUT? [...] (SBU) President Medvedev recently announced that the worst of the recession was over, but real losses suffered by the economy were more severe than anticipated. The industrial sector, particularly the single-company towns, was hard hit, with unemployment remaining at an unprecedented high. Me [...]	2009-10-20 05:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV RS
09MOSCOW2620	UNION COALITION TO REPORT WORKERS' RIGHTS [...] (C) An independent coalition of Russian unions plans to submit a complaint to the International Labor Organization (ILO) regarding alleged freedom of association violations at various industrial, educational, and service enterprises, including Ford Motor Company and General Motors (GM). The I [...]	2009-10-21 12:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2624	RUSSIA-CHINA GAS DEAL UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN [...] (C) A gas "deal" signed during PM Putin's recent trip to China is very unlikely to result in significant gas flows from Russia to China anytime soon. Obstacles to Russian gas deliveries include a lack of transportation infrastructure, a lack of agreement on the price of gas, and a lack of dev [...]	2009-10-21 14:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS CH
09MOSCOW2696	U.S.-RUSSIA ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the inaugural meeting of the U.S.-Russia Binational Commission's Arms Control and International Security Working Group, held October 12 in Moscow, U/S Tauscher and Russian D/FM Ryabkov reviewed Missile Defense, nonproliferation issues, CFE, and START. Lt General O'Reilly of th [...]	2009-10-30 16:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE KNNP KTIA PARM PREL START RS US
09MOSCOW2734	RUSSIA: MOVING BEYOND BILATERAL ISSUES, MILIBAND [...] (C) During Foreign Secretary Miliband's November 1-2 visit, he put an end to the "period of standoff," but had little concrete to show for his visit. In pushing a new framework for cooperation, he set aside the most contentious issues and focused primarily on the international agenda during his mee [...]	2009-11-05 17:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD SENV IR AF UK RS
09MOSCOW2735	GOR CONTINUES STOP-GAP BUSINESS MODEL [...] (C) Recent interventions in Pikalevo and Tolyatti demonstrated the GOR's commitment to preventing social unrest but also highlighted its failure to address the underlying problems facing Russian industry. After the enterprises of the Pikalevo production chain were unable to reach a new produc [...]	2009-11-06 06:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ELAB PGOV RS SOCI
09MOSCOW2757	NIZHNIY NOVGOROD: TRANSFORMING RUSSIA'S DETROIT [...] (C) Summary: This year's Nizhniy Novgorod Scientific and Industrial Forum focused on President Medvedev's "Five I's" (innovation, investment, intellect, infrastructure and institutions). Nizhniy Novgorod Governor Shantsev, perceived to be business friendly and well connected to the Kremlin, [...]	2009-11-10 13:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EIND RS
09MOSCOW2764	RUSSIA ON DONATIONS TO AFGHANISTAN: WE ALREADY [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Moscow met with Ali Mustafabeily, Deputy Director of the MFA's Second Asia Department, to discuss Russia's contributions to stabilizing Afghanistan. Mustafabeily stressed that the GOR was doing what it could financially and reiterated Moscow's preference for commercial t [...]	2009-11-10 14:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF RS
09MOSCOW2765	DESPITE USD 6 BILLION 2Q09 PROFITS, GAZPROM FACES [...] (C) Gazprom announced a doubling of its profits in the second quarter of 2009 following anemic first quarter earnings. However, falling demand as well as rising operational costs and debt pose longer-term challenges to the company's competitiveness. Experts warn that more efficient companies [...]	2009-11-10 14:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2782	MEDVEDEV'S ANNUAL ADDRESS: ECONOMIC FOCUS SHOWS [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to his 2008 address, in which he focused first and foremost on foreign policy, the war with Georgia and harsh criticism of the United States, the overwhelming focus of Medvedev's November 12 annual address was on domestic shortcomings and the need to take steps to addr [...]	2009-11-12 15:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2788	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SRAP HOLBROOKE, NOVEMBER [...] (C) Ambassador Holbrooke, your visit to Moscow provides an opportunity to gain buy-in on our Afghan strategy with a key partner with both close-in experience and wide-ranging interests in Afghanistan. The GOR is looking for genuine consultations on regional strategy and needs to be convinced [...]	2009-11-13 15:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID AF RS
09MOSCOW28	TALKS RESUME ON GAS IMPASSE; STILL NO AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) Gazprom's Aleksei Miller and Naftohaz's Oleh Dubyna met January 9 Sochi and will continue talks in Moscow January 10 (with participation of EC reps) on steps to resume Russian gas deliveries to Europe. The Russian and Ukrainian sides have agreed in principle to establishing a multilateral [...]	2009-01-12 07:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2834	RUSSIA MAINTAINS POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE AT EU SUMMIT, [...] (C) Swedish diplomats in Moscow concluded that EU-Russia relations were "stuck on the major issues" at the November 18 EU-Russia Summit in Stockholm (ref A). However, they and European Commission (EC) contacts welcomed "surprise" positive GOR pronouncements on climate change and WTO accession [...]	2009-11-20 13:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS SW EUN
09MOSCOW2874	PUTIN-TYMOSHENKO GAS AGREEMENT SHOULD HELP PREVENT [...] (C) PM Putin said in a joint November 20 press conference with PM Tymoshenko in Ukraine that Russia will not penalize Ukraine for having taken less gas than contracted. He also confirmed that Gazprom and Ukraine will sign new contracts for 2010 that will call for lower Ukrainian purchase volum [...]	2009-11-24 11:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
09MOSCOW2882	UNITED RUSSIA UNVEILS "RUSSIAN CONSERVATISM," [...] (C) Summary: United Russia's national and regional leaders met in St. Petersburg November 20-21 for their annual review of party business. The highlights of the congress were the November 21 addresses by President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin. Medvedev praised United Russia for acting q [...]	2009-11-25 12:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2885	INTEGRATING RUSSIAN SCIENCE AND EDUCATION KEY TO INNOVATION [...] (SBU) Summary: At an October 8 panel during the Second International NanoForum, Russian policy makers, scientists, educators and entrepreneurs discussed how to develop Russia's high technology economy and its nanotechnology workforce. President Medvedev told Forum participants on October 6 t [...]	2009-11-27 07:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL TNGD KPAO OEXC SCUL SOCI PGOV RS
09MOSCOW2886	BELYKH WANTS TO REFORM KIROV [...] (C) Summary: Kirov Oblast Governor Nikita Belykh met with Ambassador Beyrle November 18 to provide a review of his first year in office and discuss the road ahead. A former member of the opposition, Belykh declared, "I did not want power, and still do not want power, but power must be made to [...]	2009-11-27 08:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM EAID ECON EFIN EMIN RS
09MOSCOW2903	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY ROBERT [...] (C) Your visit to Moscow provides an opportunity to strengthen bilateral economic relations at a time when both our economies are beginning to show signs of recovery following an extremely difficult year. Because our economic relations with Russia were relatively stable even prior to the polit [...]	2009-11-27 14:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV RS
09MOSCOW2904	FULL GAS PRICE LIBERALIZATION UNLIKELY ANYTIME [...] (C) In 2006, the GOR planned a series of tariff increases to raise domestic natural gas prices for industrial consumers to "market levels" -- that is, European prices minus taxes and transport -- by 2011. However, full liberalization by 2011 appears to be off the table, with the Ministry of E [...]	2009-11-30 10:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW2924	RUSSIAN EMPLOYERS FRET OVER WORKFORCE DECLINE [...] (SBU) By 2025, Russia will lose an estimated 14 million members of its working age population. Employers are struggling to cope with intensified competition for available workers and the divergence of labor supply and demand in various sectors and regions. While the GOR's 2025 Demographic Po [...]	2009-12-02 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2947	PUTIN WAXES ELOQUENT ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (SBU) In his annual live Q&A session with the nation, Prime Minister Putin spent longer on economic and socio-economic issues (65 minutes) than on any other topic. He praised the government,s efficiency during the crisis, comparing it favorably with the 1998 crisis. He echoed President Mede [...]	2009-12-04 17:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN ENRG RS
09MOSCOW3009	CUSTOMS VALUATION CHALLENGES IN RUSSIA, AND NOW [...] (SBU) Over the course of the last twelve months, U.S. exporters have been experiencing increasing difficulties with customs valuations on their exports to Russia. Following several months of effort, Emboffs were able to schedule a meeting with officials from the Russian Federal Customs Servi [...]	2009-12-14 15:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON RS
09MOSCOW3051	U/S HORMATS'S MEETING WITH GAZPROM [...] (C) Gazprom's Deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev told U/S Hormats that he welcomes better relations with the U.S. and that Gazprom seeks to expand its presence in North America. He blamed last year's gas crisis on President Yushchenko and claimed Russia does not want to politicize the gas trade. He conf [...]	2009-12-18 15:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW3053	UNDER SECRETARY HORMATS MEETINGS WITH RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats visited Moscow from 1-3 December, conducting meetings with a wide variety of audiences, including the Russian Presidential Administration, Russian Foreign Ministry and Economic Development Ministry off [...]	2009-12-18 16:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW3083	THE CUSTOMS UNION AND TRADE- HARMONIZED TARIFFS [...] (U) Introduction: This cable is the second in a three-part series presenting major features of the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU),finalized on November 27 with the signing of most binding agreements. This cable reviews the principal points regarding tariffs and non-tariff [...]	2009-12-23 09:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW3084	THE CUSTOMS UNION AND A UNIFIED WTO ACCESSION [...] (U) Summary: This cable is the third in a three-part series presenting major features of the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU),which was finalized on November 27 with the signing of most binding agreements. The first cable covered the major structure and decision-making proce [...]	2009-12-23 10:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW3138	A PREVIEW OF RUSSIA'S NEW MILITARY DOCTRINE [...] (C) Summary: Experts and media reports suggest Russia's new military doctrine, intended to project defense policy to 2020, will be issued in the near future. News headlines will focus on the fact that the new doctrine lowers the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons if other countries infr [...]	2009-12-29 13:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM PTER MARR MCAP MNUC RS
09MOSCOW355	DFM GRUSHKO ON GEORGIA, ENERGY SECURITY, AND [...] (C) In a wide-ranging meeting February 10, Deputy Foreign Minister Grushko told the Ambassador the GOR had concluded that the only way to guarantee security in Georgia was through the presence of Russian troops. He said a renewed OSCE mandate would have to take into account South Ossetian vi [...]	2009-02-13 08:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINS PREL ENRG EU GG RS
09MOSCOW367	GAZPROM FACING TOUGH FINANCIAL TIMES AHEAD [...] (SBU) Gazprom's financial outlook for 2009 is increasingly bleak. The company's revenues from exports to Europe are set to decline dramatically as gas prices to Europe, which lag oil prices by about six months, head to one-third their peak price. Unfortunately for Gazprom -- and the GOR, whic [...]	2009-02-13 14:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW4	RUSSIAN ANALYSTS COMPLAIN U.S. HAS BETRAYED RUSSIA'S TRUST [...] (SBU) Summary: A roundtable of Russian analysts described -- often in emotional terms -- for visiting Representatives Ellen Taushcer, Doug Lamborn, Rick Larsen, and Loretta Sanchez, the deep displeasure with which many Russians view the U.S. government. They blamed much of this on America's f [...]	2009-01-01 07:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR OREP PINR RS
09MOSCOW403	CEO MILLER TELLS AMBASSADOR GAZPROM HAS NO FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS; ACCUSES UKRAINE OF "THEFT" WHILE DENYING ANY REPUTATIONAL DAMAGE TO GAZPROM [...] (C) In a February 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller acknowledged the difficult economic environment but said his company thought the downturn would last no more than six months and had no intention of altering its long-term plans, including the building of the Nord Stream an [...]	2009-02-18 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW504	UNITED RUSSIA WINS BIG DESPITE LETHARGIC TURNOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite decreased voter turnout, United Russia unsurprisingly won all nine regional elections held March 1. Although framed by the Communists as a referendum on the regime's anti-crisis measures, KPRF made only modest gains in key regions where it had hoped to break United Russ [...]	2009-03-02 15:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM RS
09MOSCOW511	RUSSIA AND NATO AFTER GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: As the Alliance debates the nature and future of the NATO-Russia relationship, and with the more positive approach by the U.S. and Russia, we have an opportunity now to set NATO-Russia relations on a new path that acknowledges our common commitment to strengthening transatlantic [...]	2009-03-03 15:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR RS
09MOSCOW512	ASSESSING THE RISK OF SOCIAL UNREST IN RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. The risk of crisis-driven unrest in Russia remains low and is likely to remain so, at least through the summer. Public opinion surveys show an up-tick in dissatisfaction with the country's general direction, but with no indication that the darkening mood signals an increased tende [...]	2009-03-03 15:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW534	GROWING CONCERNS OVER RUSSIA'S EXTERNAL DEBT [...] (C) Russia's external debt situation has become a source of increasing concern and speculation among local analysts and international bankers. The mid-February tempest over a press report that the GOR planned to coordinate a large-scale restructuring of much of Russia's private external debt [...]	2009-03-04 15:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS PGOV PREL
09MOSCOW535	INFORMATION REQUST IN ADVANCE OF G-20 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Russia's economic downturn appears to be accelerating. Oil and gas revenues have plummeted; industrial production has fallen by 16 percent. Growth is forecast at negative 2.2 percent his year but will likely be even worse as the economy has been contracting at close to 10 percent in re [...]	2009-03-04 16:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW538	UNEMPLOYMENT AND DECLINE IN REAL WAGES HIT [...] (C) By most accounts, unemployment in Russia has reached 6.1 million. In addition, almost two thousand corporations plan to reduce their work forces in the course of the year. Hardest hit are twenty-five million residents of the single-company towns - primarily in the manufacturing and extrac [...]	2009-03-05 07:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW541	RUSSIAN OFFICIAL EXPLAINS DUTY INCREASES FOR CARS [...] (C) Alexander Rakhmanov, Director of the Department of Automotive and Agriculture Equipment Policy at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, acknowledged to us that the recent duty increases for cars and harvesters were meant to protect domestic producers from import competition and help them wea [...]	2009-03-05 13:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW572	THE RUSSIAN MFA: AN ANACHRONISM CREEPING TOWARD [...] (C) Summary: Dealing with the MFA, the bread and butter of any embassy, takes on peculiar characteristics in Moscow, where the congenial relationships we may develop with individual Russian diplomats are tempered by a hierarchical bureaucracy whose predilection to maintain control of its staf [...]	2009-03-10 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR OFDP RS
09MOSCOW586	GOR GEARS UP PRINTING PRESS TO FINANCE DEFICIT, [...] (C) While the GOR continues to debate its revised 2009 budget, two aspects of the budget have become clear in recent weeks: the GOR plans to run a substantial deficit and to finance the deficit with foreign currency in the Reserve Fund (RF),which will be sold to the Central Bank (CBR),which [...]	2009-03-11 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS PGOV PREL
09MOSCOW621	RUSSIA'S 2009 REVISED FEDERAL BUDGET EXPECTED SOON [...] (C) Summary. Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin announced this week that the Russian Cabinet would begin its official review of the revised 2009 federal budget on March 16, almost three months to the day after Prime Minister Putin called for a revised budget. Intense intra-Cabinet negotiations [...]	2009-03-13 15:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW68	SECURITY DIALOGUE DISCUSSIONS, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary. Acting U/S Rood and DFM Ryabkov led U.S. and Russian delegation security discussions in Moscow December 15. The discussion focused heavily on the proposed U.S. missile defense (MD) deployment in eastern Europe and the Transparency and Confidence Building Measures (TCBMs) offered [...]	2009-01-14 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV KACT PARM MARR RS
09MOSCOW685	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS 3 MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that 3 more U.S. poultry facilities were delisted after tests results ostensibly showed the presence of antibiotics and pharmaceuticals in shipments to Russia from those pla [...]	2009-03-20 10:57:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW709	RUSSIAN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE: DAY OF RECKONING [...] (C) As the bottom falls out of Russia's commercial real estate market, developers are scrambling to refinance hundreds of millions of dollars of debt to complete projects in the face of disappearing cash flows. Tight financing and lack of demand have halted commercial development projects thr [...]	2009-03-23 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EIND EFIN RS
09MOSCOW754	FALLING RUSSIAN RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE PRICES [...] (C) Residential real estate prices have already fallen more than 28 percent since their October 2008 peak, with some market participants predicting total drops of 75 percent before prices hit bottom. Similar to commercial developers (reftel),"mass-market" Moscow developers owe billions of do [...]	2009-03-26 14:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV EFIN RS
09MOSCOW755	GOR BLASTS EU/UKRAINE DECLARATION ON GAS [...] (C) The GOR blasted the March 23 joint EU-Ukraine declaration on the modernization of Ukraine's gas infrastructure, angry that Russia was "excluded" from the declaration and the process producing it. As a result, President Medvedev cancelled intergovernmental talks with Ukraine planned for ne [...]	2009-03-26 15:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
09MOSCOW756	ROSTECHNOLOGII DIRECTOR CHEMEZOV SEEKS MORE STATE [...] (C) In a March 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Director General of Rostechnologii, Sergei Chemezov, stated that many of the conglomerate's constituent corporations would likely close owing to the economic crisis. Thirty percent of Rostechnologii's defense plants were on the verge of bankrup [...]	2009-03-26 15:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EINV PARM RS
09MOSCOW759	BELARUSIAN SWT 2008 VALIDATION STUDY [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a recent validation study of 2008 Belarusian Summer Work and Travel (SWT) participants, 15 percent of students did not depart the United States at the conclusion of the program. This figure equals the percentage of students who did not return after the 2007 pro [...]	2009-03-27 05:50:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PGOV BO RS
09MOSCOW809	TUBERCULOSIS REMAINS UNDER-REPORTED PROBLEM IN NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Medical Corps (IMC) Acting Russia Country Director warned of the continuing spread of tuberculosis (TB) in the Russian republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia at a meeting of post's Refugee Assistance Roundtable/Forum on March 24, World Tuberculosis Day. While [...]	2009-04-01 10:17:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID TBIO RS
09MOSCOW817	1ST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER GIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubhkov gave a rare interview on March 31 to leading daily newspaper "Izvestia" on agricultural issues. Zubkov is responsible for overseeing overall agricultural development in Russia and implementation of the national priority project in agr [...]	2009-04-01 12:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW821	RUSSIAN MIDDLE CLASS NOT DEAD YET? [...] (C) Leading Russian sociologists concur the GOR missed the chance to invest in the middle class during the economic boom. As a result, the middle class remains only approximately 20 percent of the population. That said, experts assert that the small middle class is nonetheless well positioned [...]	2009-04-01 14:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW853	RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS SECTOR RETRENCHES [...] (SBU) Russian oil and gas companies are cutting back on capital expenditures and trimming costs where possible as they try to ride out the financial crisis and adjust to lower oil prices. Even state-owned Gazprom and Rosneft, despite having held to earlier investment plans through the end of [...]	2009-04-03 08:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW854	LONG-FEARED GAS CRUNCH GIVES WAY TO GAS GLUT [...] (SBU) The long-feared Russian "gas crunch" -- an inability to meet domestic and export gas commitments (ref C) -- has given way to a veritable "gas glut" as European and domestic gas demand plummets. As a consequence of the sharp recession in Russia, domestic demand over the next several years [...]	2009-04-03 10:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW880	PUTIN'S LECTURES DUMA ON GOR'S ANTI-CRISIS MEASURES [...] (SBU) Summary: In an address widely believed to have been postponed so as not to conflict with last week's G-20 London Summit and the meeting of Presidents Obama and Medvedev, Prime Minister Putin presented his first annual report to the Duma. Putin devoted much of his hour-long speech, whi [...]	2009-04-06 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PINR RS
09MOSCOW889	RUSSIA-UKRAINE: HIGH-LEVEL BARBS, LOW-LEVEL [...] (C) Summary: Russia has continued its high-level criticism of the EU-Ukraine gas pipeline modernization agreement, as evidenced in Prime Minister Putin's April 6 Duma address and FM Lavrov's Rossiskaya Gazeta interview from the same day. However, businesslike discussions of bilateral issues [...]	2009-04-07 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RS UP
09MOSCOW898	DEPUTY ECONOMIC MINISTER WEIGHS IN ON ST. [...] (C) In an April 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Economic Development Minister Stanislav Voskresensky urged U.S. Cabinet-level participation in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum to be held on June 4-6. Voskresensky said the GOR was very pleased with the President Obama-Presi [...]	2009-04-08 14:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR EINV ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW947	SENIOR PRESIDENTIAL AIDE ON ANTI-CRISIS MEASURES, [...] (C) In an April 10 meeting with Congressman Mike Rogers (R-MI) and the Ambassador, President Medvedev's Economic Assistant, Arkadiy Dvorkovich, defended the GOR's anti-crisis measures. Support for the banking system, especially in dealing with non-performing loans, was a GOR priority. High [...]	2009-04-14 10:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL RS
09MOSCOW951	MOSCOW CITY DUMA POSTPONES ELECTIONS TO 2010 [...] (SBU) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On March 31, the Moscow City Duma members postponed elections to their own assembly from the originally-planned October 2009 date to March 2010 based on Russia's federal law "On Basic Guarante [...]	2009-04-14 12:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW990	FRAUD SUMMARY - MOSCOW [...] (U) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Since the financial crisis hit in September 2008, uncertainty about the banking sector, the value of the ruble, and the price of oil have prompted investors to withdraw significant amounts of capital from the Russian economy. The higher cost of credit that ensued, in [...]	2009-04-17 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC RU
09MUMBAI104	MUMBAI ANNUAL OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT [...] (U) The following is Mumbai's 2008 Annual Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) Crime and Safety Report. 2. (U) Overall Crime and Safety Situation: A. (U) Crime Threat: Crime is moderate for a city with 18 million (or more) inhabitants. To date crime has not affected expatriates to [...]	2009-03-13 18:52:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSAC
09MUMBAI108	INDIAN GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC ADVISORS STAND BY 7 PERCENT PLUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-16 10:00:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV EAGR EIND IN
09MUMBAI139	BHARAT BALLOT 09: SHIV SENA HEADS TO LOK SABHA, STATE [...] (U) The durable Hindu chauvinist political party, the Shiv Sena is at a crucial point in its 43-year history. Founded originally by the charismatic Bal Thackeray as an anti-migrant and pro-Marathi party, it has evolved into one of the anchors of the Hindu right. Through a combination of demo [...]	2009-04-01 09:47:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL IN
09MUMBAI140	WOMEN IN INDIA: BREAKING THROUGH THE GLASS CEILING [...] Summary: Traditional views of the proper role of women in society create the largest barrier to women's success in business, according to some of Mumbai's top female executives. In a roundtable discussion with women leaders from Mumbai hosted by the Consul General, they explained that break [...]	2009-04-01 10:12:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09MUMBAI168	BHARAT BALLOT 09: CONGRESS MAY REGAIN FOOTHOLD IN VIDARBHA, [...] (U) Summary. The troubled rural region of Vidarbha in eastern Maharashtra went to the polls on April 16, and pundits and pollsters agree that the Congress will regain their foothold in the region, at the expense of candidates from the Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena alliance. Located in the [...]	2009-04-23 12:12:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON SOCI PGOV IN
09MUMBAI170	MUMBAI MASALA: CORPORATE BONDS, SOLAR ENERGY, AND RETAIL [...] (U) Table of Contents: - Capital Market Regulator talks about the Corporate Bond Market and the Financial Crisis - Ispat Energy Plans 500 MW Concentrating Solar Thermal Energy Project in Gujarat - Wal-Mart Expands its Indian Footprint while Other Big Retailers Pause to Regroup [...]	2009-04-24 12:39:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG IN
09MUMBAI184	DROPPING MONEY FROM A HELICOPTER:" WILL UPA AGRICULTURE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-07 13:25:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON ELAB PGOV SOCI IN
09MUMBAI187	BHARAT BALLOT 09: POLLING IN MADHYA PRADESH GENERATES HEAT, [...] (U) Summary: As Madhya Pradesh went to the polls in two phases in April, observers described the campaigns as lackluster, with little drama and few issues to excite the voters. The state, one of the poorest in India, has been ruled at the state level by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since [...]	2009-05-12 08:45:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM IN PINR
09MUMBAI190	CONGRESS VERSUS MODZILLA IN GUJARAT [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: As Gujarat went to the polls on April 30, observers and pundits expect that the Bharatiya Janata Party, led by Gujarat's Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, would likely increase the size of its Parliamentary represen [...]	2009-05-13 10:54:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PTER KIRF IN
09MUMBAI272	IRAN WINNING THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF MUMBAI'S MUSLIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran (GoIRI) is making a concerted effort to increase its outreach towards Mumbai's Sunni Muslim intellectual community. On June 12 and June 24, ConGenOff met with a group of Mumbai's Muslim intellectuals (strictly protect),mostly Sunni, [...]	2009-06-29 03:59:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL IN IR
09MUMBAI273	MUMBAI ECONOMISTS DISCUSS NEXT STEPS NECESSARY TO COUNTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 16, a group of leading economists in Mumbai discussed possible economic reforms by the newly-elected Congress-led government. All economists agreed that the mood in the Indian economy is currently buoyant and confidence ruled. Nevertheless, they cautioned that timely g [...]	2009-06-30 06:11:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EAGR IN
09MUMBAI282	INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES FORUM HOLDS PANEL WITH [...] (U) Summary. On June 17, the International Financial Services Forum (IFSF),Mumbai - a collaborative effort of Consulate Mumbai and the British High Commission - hosted a panel-discussion entitled, "Working with Indian Regulators." The panel, comprised of three of India's most distinguished [...]	2009-07-06 08:53:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON IN
09MUMBAI311	MUMBAI BUSINESSES FINDING NEW MECHANISMS FOR TRADE WITH [...] (C) Summary: While large Indian conglomerates are wary of investing in Iran, Mumbai's small and medium size trade companies continue to do business with their Iranian counterparts, explaining the 42 percent increase in India's non-petroleum and non-crude oil trade with Iran in the last year. [...]	2009-07-28 08:32:00	Consulate Mumbai	SECRET	EINV ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD ETTC EIND KCRM IR KS
09MUMBAI327	FOREIGN INVESTORS CHASE INDIAN ECONOMY'S GOOD NEWS BUT WEAK [...] (SBU) Summary: According to investors and finance professionals in Mumbai, economic sentiment in India is on the upswing. Key indicators, including rising capital markets, corporate earnings, and manufacturing indices confirm this belief. Foreign institutional investors (FII) are returnin [...]	2009-08-07 11:46:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD EAGR IN
09MUMBAI328	INDUSTRY DEBATES NEED FOR INCREASED FDI LIMITS AS REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: After years of fast-paced growth, the Indian life insurance industry saw a seven percent decline in premiums collected in 2008-09. Industry experts asserted that these declines were more the result of domestic factors such as the interest rate hikes in mid-2008 rather than the [...]	2009-08-07 12:36:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV IN
09MUMBAI346	MINISTER FOR CORPORATE AND MINORITY AFFAIRS PROMOTES [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent talk in Mumbai, Salman Khurshid, Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs and Minority Affairs, promised a "hands off" attitude towards the state's role in corporate governance. He praised the effective handling of the Satyam scandal, but called for further [...]	2009-08-25 10:37:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV SOCI IN
09MUMBAI363	AUTO COMPONENT & JEWELRY INDUSTRY DISCUSS U.S. TRADE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-04 10:08:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EIND EINV ELAB ETRD SOCI IN
09MUMBAI364	MAHARASHTRA GOES TO THE POLLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Maharashtra, India's second most populous and most industrialized state, will go to the polls on October 13 to elect a new state legislature. The incumbent Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) coalition government has ruled for the past ten years. Voter satisfaction with [...]	2009-09-04 13:00:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI ECON IN

09MUMBAI371	MUMBAI ECON MASALA: ECONOMISTS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER FISCAL [...] Mumbai Econ Masala Contents: n Economists Point to Rising Production and Capex as Positive Economic Indicators~. n ~But Note Concerns of Rising Inflation and Fiscal Deficit n Deficit Continues to Concern Economists n Interest-Rate Futures Reintroduced in India Econo [...]	2009-09-10 05:48:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND EINV IN
09MUMBAI373	A USER'S GUIDE TO THE RESERVE BANK OF INDIA AND THE INDIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the last decade, the Indian banking sector has deepened, matured, and grown, and many of its banks have become leaders in the new Indian economy. Moreover, foreign banks have also succeeded in expanding in the Indian market, and have become a significant part of the banki [...]	2009-09-11 08:56:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV IN
09MUMBAI415	ARE CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE U.S. IN [...] Summary: As efforts to introduce clean and renewable energy in India grow, energy entrepreneurs hope that a mix of government policies, international technology transfers, and better access to financing will spur the development of a competitive clean energy industry. Many Indian companies ha [...]	2009-10-30 09:19:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC IN
09MUMBAI422	GOOD CHEERS FOR FOREIGN WINE IN MAHARASHTRA: STATE SPECIAL [...] Summary: In August 2009, the Maharashtra government significantly lowered the 200 percent "special fee" for foreign wines imported into the state. Post recently verified that the special fees are now just 44 percent or less ad valorem, depending on the value of the foreign wine imported. The [...]	2009-11-02 12:30:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD IN
09MUMBAI431	INDIA'S OVERLOADED JUDICIAL SYSTEM: CAN MAHARASHTRA [...] Summary. The state of Maharashtra has the biggest backlog of criminal cases in India, with over one million cases winding through the courts. Like other Indian states, Maharashtra's judiciary suffers from a lack of resources, a shortage of judges, and only the most basic case management sys [...]	2009-11-10 08:52:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM IN KDEM PGOV KLIG
09MUMBAI439	PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS IN INDIA BELIEVE BETTER TIMES AHEAD [...] SUMMARY: Fund managers at private equity (PE) firms are expressing renewed confidence in high-growth opportunities in India, after a long hiatus. While the market for private equity dried up from a high of $17.3 billion in FY2007 to $3 billion in year-to-date FY2009, PE investors report that [...]	2009-11-19 09:09:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG ELTN IN
09MUMBAI440	26/11 ONE YEAR LATER: CAN MUMBAI BE MADE SAFE? [...] (SBU) Summary: One year after the tragic terrorist attacks of November 26, 2008, Maharashtra's leaders have introduced modest improvements in Mumbai's security. Maharashtra's administration and security officials appear sincere in their desire to make Mumbai and Maharashtra safer, and to pro [...]	2009-11-23 13:19:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL PTER ASEC IN
09MUMBAI479	INDIAN NUCLEAR ESTABLISHMENT HIGHLIGHTS REPROCESSING AND [...] (U) Summary: The U.S.-India Business Council's delegation of U.S. commercial nuclear energy vendors engaged with the Indian nuclear energy establishment in Mumbai to discuss the role of U.S. companies in augmenting India's nuclear energy capacity. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India, the go [...]	2009-12-17 07:41:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG KNNP ETRD IN
09MUMBAI486	I-20 FEVER: STUDENT VISA APPLICATIONS IN MUMBAI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over the past year, Mumbai noted a marked rise in the number of lesser qualified student visa applicants, many of whom tended to apply to the same universities. To explore this trend, Mumbai used entry/exit reports (ADIS) and student enrollment (SEVP) data to analyze the study [...]	2009-12-29 15:28:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS OEXC KFRD IN
09MUMBAI56	INDIA'S LABOR INTENSIVE SMALL BUSINESS SECTOR STRUGGLING IN [...] (U) Summary: During a discussion with Consul General, stakeholders from the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) noted that shrinking global demand, and not lack of bank credit, is hurting the sustainability of MSME business operations. They pointed out that most MSMEs could not get [...]	2009-02-10 09:13:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECIN ECON IN
09MUMBAI96	RBI CUTS TWO KEY INTEREST RATES TO SPUT LENDING AS INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 4, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI),long anticipated, lowered two interest rates by 50 basis points in an effort to boost credit, raise consumer confidence, and spur economic growth. With inflation dropping, the RBI has more room to cut interest rates, though most obs [...]	2009-03-09 13:27:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EFIN EIND EINV ETRD IN
09MUNICH250	GERMAN ELECTIONS: CSU TO CDU - YOU STILL NEED US BADLY [...] (SBU) Chancellor Merkel and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) depend on Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) to do well in the September 27 Bundestag election in order to strengthen the overall CDU/CSU result. Any CSU result within polling ranges of 43 to 46 percent would [...]	2009-09-25 11:12:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV GM
09MUNICH254	BLACK AND BLUE, BAVARIA'S CSU SEEKS NEW RELEVANCE [...] (SBU) The September 27 Bundestag election showed that the Christian Social Union (CSU)of Bavaria has lost its nimbus as a regional superpower in Germany. The CSU will remain a U.S. ally in foreign and security policy fields. Its focus, however, will mainly be on economic and social issues, a [...]	2009-10-05 07:20:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL ECON GM
09MUNICH261	Insurance Capital Munich - Industry Experiences Delayed [...] (SBU) Germany's primary insurance firms experienced the economic crisis with a delay. Profits from classic insurance business and international investments are decreasing, and high sums have been paid out after insured businesses have gone bankrupt. Layoffs seem inevitable, as the life insur [...]	2009-10-16 07:12:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV EUN GM
09MUNICH68	BAVARIAN HOME PARTY FIGHTS FOR LOCAL SUPPORT, [...] (SBU) Christian Social Union (CSU) party chief Horst Seehofer must prove to voters that his weakened party is still standard bearer for Bavaria in order to make the five percent hurdle in the June 7 European Parliamentary elections. He is casting his party as an indispensible faction repre [...]	2009-03-27 16:11:00	Consulate Munich	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GM
09MUNICH90	BAVARIAN CSU FLIRTS WITH BECOMING A CONSERVATIVE GREEN [...] In his first election test as leader of Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU) and in a bid to win back the CSU base or to attract new voters, Minister President Horst Seehofer has reversed earlier positions and come out strictly opposed to genetically engineered organisms. Although he is now [...]	2009-04-30 15:44:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAGR ETRD TBIO GM
09MUSCAT1027	SULTAN QABOOS DELIVERS UPBEAT SPEECH AT OPENING OF MAJILS [...] (U) In keeping with tradition, Sultan Qaboos bin Said presided over the ceremonial opening session of the Majlis Oman on November 16, at Hisn al Shomoukn in the wilayat of Manah (near Nizwa). The annual event was attended by royal family members, members of the Majlis al-Dawla (appointed upper [...]	2009-11-18 12:39:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN MU
09MUSCAT1071	OMANI SALARY INCREASES HIGHEST IN GCC [...] (U) This week Middle East online and recruiting portal, GulfTalent.com, released its annual Employment and Salary Trends in the Gulf report for 2009-2010. According to the Report, Oman's average pay raise of 8.4% was the highest in the Gulf for 2009. The Report also projects that Oman will have [...]	2009-12-09 13:05:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB AMGT AFSN MU
09MUSCAT365	OPEN FIELD FOR MILITARY FIGHTER SALES TO OMAN [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C/NF) At a diplomatic event on April 21, a local British representative for BAE Systems told the DCM that the Omani government has walked back from what seemed an imminent decision to buy a squadron of Eurofighter Typhoons to help [...]	2009-04-22 12:40:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MASS ETRD MU
09MUSCAT383	OMANI ENVOY SAYS IRAN READY FOR DIALOG WITH THE U.S., [...] (C)Sultan Qaboos' Special Envoy to Iran and Advisor for Cultural Affairs, Abdul `Aziz al Rowas, told the Ambassador April 25 that Iran is ready to begin a quiet dialog "at a lower level" with the U.S. Al Rowas advised the U.S. that as we advance in our efforts to engage with Iran, we remember [...]	2009-04-27 04:54:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR MU
09MUSCAT45	OMANI OIL & GAS MINISTER: HIGHER VOLUMES, LOWER PRICES IN [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador January 17, Minister of Oil and Gas Mohammed bin Hamad al-Rumhi: -- reported that oil production would edge past 800,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2009, thanks largely to significant volume increases from the Occidental Petroleum-operated al-Mukhaizna [...]	2009-01-19 10:01:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL IR MU
09MUSCAT53	MORE SPENDING AND RECORD DEFICIT IN OMAN'S 2009 BUDGET [...] (C) Despite a slowing economy, Oman's 2009 budget forecasts increased government revenues and spending. It also features a record high deficit of over USD 2 billion that could increase if the projected annual average sales prices for Omani crude oil fails to reach the USD 45/barrel target. Cu [...]	2009-01-21 13:18:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG EPET ETRD MU
09MUSCAT84	FTA HIGH ON OMANI AGENDA, BUT MORE U.S. ASSISTANCE NEEDED [...] (SBU) Since its January 1 implementation, the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) continues to capture the attention of the regional business community as well as the Omani government. Post has experienced a significant increase in outside inquiries and comments regarding both the FTA and ne [...]	2009-02-01 12:43:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KMPI MU
09MUSCAT904	OMAN: RESPONDING TO PRESS ANTI-SEMITISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two incidents over the past month have spurred post to protest anti-Semitic content in the Omani media. On July 29, state Arabic daily "Oman" carried an editorial, "Jews and Normalization Sacrifices," and on August 24, youth-oriented private Arabic daily "Al Shabiba" included [...]	2009-08-26 06:42:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KPAO MU
09MUSCAT907	OMAN PORTS: SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Muscat continues to make slow but steady progress in efforts to press forward the USG agenda for ports in Oman. In a September 13 meeting, the Undersecretary for Ports reacted favorably to the possibility of U.S. Naval use of port Duqm and promised to confirm proposed dat [...]	2009-09-15 09:52:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL EWWT MOPS MU
09MUSCAT967	ALL ABOARD: GCC COUNTRIES SET TO AGREE ON RAILWAY [...] (SBU) Meeting in Muscat on October 17, ministers of the national economy from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states approved the proposed GCC railway at the 82nd annual meeting on Financial and Economic Cooperation. The English-daily "Oman Observer" reported that the meeting was chaired by Ahm [...]	2009-10-18 10:52:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MARR ECIN ELTN EWWT MU
09MUSCAT993	USTR/LABOR VISIT TO OMAN FOCUSES ON UNIONS, TIP [...] (C) Summary: A delegation led by USTR representatives visited Oman for a series of public and private sector meetings to follow-up on the labor aspects of the U.S./Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA). At each meeting the delegation consistently emphasized the importance of labor issues to trade a [...]	2009-11-02 13:27:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHUM ELAB KTIP MU
09NAHA63	POST-ELECTION MANEUVERING IN OKINAWA OVER FRF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Okinawa's newly elected Diet delegation, encouraged by the local media, is seeking to present a united front in calling for the new government to revise the 2006 agreement to relocate MCAS Futenma to Camp Schwab. While the local chapters of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) [...]	2009-09-09 02:05:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS JA
09NAHA77	TOKYO'S INDECISION FUELS OKINAWAN RALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 8 rally to oppose the Futenma Relocation Facility (FRF) was directed as much at Tokyo's inability to take a clear policy position on Okinawa as it was on the merits of the realignment plan. Beyond the normal politics of Futenma relocation, the rally showcased growin [...]	2009-11-12 10:29:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS JA
09NAIROBI1037	SOMALIA - TFG ATTACKS IN MOGADISHU, ROBOW RESIGNS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) launched its long-promised offensive in Mogadishu in the early morning hours of May 22. After impressive initial gains, al-Shabaab and its allies pushed back. However, as of early afternoon (local),the TFG reportedly remained in the " [...]	2009-05-22 10:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PGOV MARR PTER SOCI SO
09NAIROBI1072	SOMALIA - TFG LAUNCHES RENEWED OFFENSIVE IN [...] (S/NF) Summary: An optimistic Prime Minister Sharmarke disputed media reports that the TFG was making overtures to any of the warlords as it struggled to expand its influence in Mogadishu. Sharmarke thought al-Shabaab was "stretched thin," and predicted that TFG forces would soon begin anothe [...]	2009-06-01 17:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV MARR MOPS EAID SOCI PTER SO
09NAIROBI1079	A/S CARSON AND NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR GAVIN'S MEETING WITH PM [...] (C) Summary: In a May 12 meeting with Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs (A/S) Johnnie Carson and National Security Council (NSC) Senior Director for Africa Michelle Gavin expressed deep concern over the lack of implementation of reforms in Kenya, and the dir [...]	2009-06-02 15:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM PINR PGOV KE
09NAIROBI1105	SOMALIA - ON AND OFF FIGHTING IN MOGADISHU CONTINUES AMIDST [...] (SBU) Summary: According to well-placed sources within and outside of the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG),on and off fighting continues in Mogadishu between TFG forces, al-Shabaab and other extremists, with the TFG making some gains in western areas of the city. A May 31 gai [...]	2009-06-04 05:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PREF KPAO SO KE
09NAIROBI1171	A PORTRAIT OF AL-SHABAAB RECRUITMENT IN KENYA [...] (C//REL TO USA, KEN, GBR//) There are a number of factors that make Kenya a fruitful source for recruiting young men to join such extremist groups as the Somalia-based al-Shabaab militia. While we have been focused on Nairobi's Eastleigh suburb and the North East Province as particular areas o [...]	2009-06-11 14:31:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL SOCI PGOV KE SO
09NAIROBI1200	GOVERNMENT OF KENYA SUPPORTS ETHIOPIA'S GIBE III [...] (SBU) Summary: According to John Rao Nyaoro, the director of the Bureau of Water Resources in the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Kenya is convinced that Ethiopia's proposed Gibe III hydroelectric run-of-the-river project on the lower Omo River will not harm Lake Turkana and may, in fact, e [...]	2009-06-15 11:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG PBTS EINV SOCI ECON KE
09NAIROBI1238	ISIOLO'S SECURITY PROBLEM, PART I [...] (SBU) Isiolo District lies in Kenya's geographic center and since colonial times the area has been a crossroads and settling place for people from all over northern Kenya. Pressure from an increasing population, decreasing water supply, and recurrent drought make competition over scarce resour [...]	2009-06-18 12:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR PHUM PGOV SENV SOCI KCRM KE
09NAIROBI1297	SOMALIA - AHLU SUNNA WAL JAMMA GROUPS REQUEST [...] (C) On June 23 and 24, Somalia Unit officers met with two groups of representatives from Ahlu Sunna Wal Jamma (ASWJ). Abdikadir Moalim Noor, signatory of the June 21 agreement (ref a) between ASWJ and the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG),led the first group. This group, although [...]	2009-06-26 15:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MARR PGOV SO
09NAIROBI1444	SOMALIA - JUBA RESISTANCE MOVEMENT WANTS TO [...] (C) On July 7 we met with Transitional Federal Government (TFG) parliamentarian and Juba Resistance Movement (JRM) leader Mohammed Amin Osman. (Note:The JRM is a loose alliance of local leaders in the Jubas who advocate for the creation of a local Jubaland administration and claim to be able [...]	2009-07-08 15:50:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PTER PMAR SO
09NAIROBI1520	SOMALIA - Wounded TFG Soldiers Tell Their Stories [...] Summary: On July 13 we met with Transitional Federal Government (TFG) soldiers wounded in the ongoing hostilities in Somalia. The soldiers were recovering from shrapnel and bullet wounds, and burns received in Mogadishu battles with al-Shabaab and in the June 18 Beledweyne suicide bombing th [...]	2009-07-15 12:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MOPS SO
09NAIROBI1547	HUMANITARIAN IMPLICATIONS OF DELAYED USG [...] USG humanitarian funds for assistance to Somalia are frozen at a critical time when humanitarian conditions are deteriorating, humanitarian funding is not keeping pace with rising needs, and donors forecast decreased funding on the horizon. Lack of resolution within the USG regarding funding [...]	2009-07-20 13:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EAGR TBIO SOCI PHUM PREL KE
09NAIROBI1552	SOMALIA - MANEUVERING TOWARD JUBALAND [...] (C) Summary. In early-mid July momentum for the formation of a Jubaland State appeared to be increasing as political, clan, and military players in the region began to shift alliances and maneuver for political positions. Our contacts tell us multiple Juba factions, to include would-be Ras Kam [...]	2009-07-21 08:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PINR PTER SOCI SO ET
09NAIROBI1648	SOMALIA - LOWER JUBA FORCES STEPPING UP [...] (C) Summary. In late July anti-Shabaab forces in Lower Juba were preparing for stepped up attacks against al-Shabaab militia, most likely encouraged by support from regional business leaders and an evolving Ogaden-clan led Jubaland administration. These developments follow reports from numerou [...]	2009-07-29 15:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PTER MOPS MARR PINR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI1652	POLICE REFORM TASK FORCE FACES CHALLENGING MANDATE [...] Summary: The Police Reform Task Force (PRTF),chaired by retired Justice Philip Ransley, has been working since early June to develop a comprehesive set of recommendations on much-needed police reforms. The Task Force held public hearings in Nairobi on July 22 and 23, after first interviewing [...]	2009-07-30 08:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KJUS PGOV PHUM KE
09NAIROBI1670	SOMALIA - ENTRENCHED SOMALILAND PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Somaliland President Riyale, during a July 31 phone call with Somalia Unit Counselor, signaled unwillingness to reconsider his decision to abandon the international community-funded voter registration list. Somaliland's opposition parties are threatening to boycott the elections [...]	2009-08-03 14:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI PHUM SO
09NAIROBI1685	SOMALIA - SOMALILAND OPPOSITION RECOMMENDS [...] (C) Summary. Somaliland opposition leaders are outraged at President Dahir Riyale's recent rejection of a voter registration list in advance of previously postponed elections now scheduled for September 27 (refs a and b). They suggested the president was out of touch with public opinion, and [...]	2009-08-07 12:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SO DJ ET XG
09NAIROBI1709	SOMALIA - Somaliland Political Crisis Deepens [...] (SBU) Since the July 27 announcement by the National Electoral Committee (NEC) that it will throw out the voter registration list and proceed with elections in a traditional manner, Somaliland's political crisis has deepened. The two opposition parties Kulmiye and UCID announced they would bo [...]	2009-08-12 16:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SO
09NAIROBI1710	SOMALIA: MADOBE PREPARING JUBA OFFENSIVE; GEDO [...] (C) Summary: Darod/Ogaden clan heavyweight Ahmed Madobe, in coordination with TFG officials, appears to be stepping up efforts to take Kismayo and consolidate control of Lower Juba. (Note: Hassan al-Turki is the nominal head of the Ras Kamboni group, which has been working to overthrow the TFG. [...]	2009-08-12 17:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PTER SOCI SO
09NAIROBI1732	SOMALIA - JUBA OFFENSIVE MOVING FORWARD; POWERFUL [...] (C) Summary A TFG-backed Juba offensive, aimed at pushing al-Shabaab out of Kismayo, appears to be moving forward, but competing Ethiopian and/or Marehan clan interests could complicate matters. TFG Minister of Defense "Gandi" reports that the TFG is in contact with local players in Juba, incl [...]	2009-08-18 05:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV MOPS PINR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI1735	SOMALIA - TFG RESHUFFLES CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 17 Somalia's Ambassador to Kenya Mohammed Nur notified us of a major cabinet reshuffle. Changes include new Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Defense, Treasury, Information, Land Transport, Water and Minerals, the Minister of State for the Prime Minister, and the Minister [...]	2009-08-18 11:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SO EG DJ
09NAIROBI1771	SOMALIA - NEWLY-ENERGIZED TFG BUILDS BRIDGES IN [...] (C) Summary: The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) appears to be newly energized following President Sharif's August 6 meeting with the Secretary (septel) and months of drift in the wake of an extended al-Shabaab offensive in Mogadishu that began May 7. Recent developments: an apparent [...]	2009-08-20 14:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PINR SOCI EAID SO
09NAIROBI1798	SOMALIA - THE SECURITY SITUATION IN MOGADISHU [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 19-20, Embassy political officers met with several key Somali officials including Mohamed Osman Ali "Dhagaxtur", the Governor of Banadir Region and Mayor of Mogadishu, and Mohamed Omar Ahmed "Wayel," Protocol Officer in Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Shei [...]	2009-08-25 13:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PTER SO
09NAIROBI1818	SOMALIA - MIXED REACTIONS TO CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (C) Summary: Since TFG Ambassador to Kenya Mohammed Nur notified us of cabinet changes on August 17 (ref a),the TFG has appointed one additional state minister and created a new ministry of militia demobilization, signaling efforts to address clan grievances. Somali reactions to the cabinet r [...]	2009-08-27 15:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT APER PREL DJ SO
09NAIROBI1851	SOMALIA - HIRAN COMMANDER HIGHLIGHTS REGIONALISM [...] (C) Summary: During a conversation with PolOffs on August 27, TFG Police General Mukhtar Hussein Afrah expressed optimism about TFG prospects in Beledweyne citing recent TFG successes in encouraging al-Shabaab defections, and signaled federalism as the key to security in Hiran region. Mukhtar [...]	2009-09-03 13:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MOPS PTER EAID SO
09NAIROBI1855	KENYA: BY-ELECTIONS FIRST TEST FOR IIEC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 27 the Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) held two by-elections for vacant parliamentary seats. The elections in Bomachoge (Nyanza Province) and Shinyalu (Western Province) were an important first test of the IIEC's capacity to organize an election and cu [...]	2009-09-04 08:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PGOV KCOR KE
09NAIROBI1860	SOMALIA - PRESIDENT SHARIF ON THE GULF, [...] (C) On September 2, Ambassador Ranneberger and the Mission's Somalia Unit met with Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, and four TFG ministers in Nairobi. Sharif said on his visit to Qatar and Dubai he made progress toward achieving his goal of ensuring [...]	2009-09-04 14:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PTER SO AE QA
09NAIROBI1861	SOMALIA - TFG, KENYA ASK HELP OUSTING SHABAAB IN [...] (S//NF) Summary: This is an action request. See paragraph six. Somali and Kenyan officials are working in concert to support a locally-driven effort in Lower Juba and Gedo to expel al-Shabaab. Somali President Sheikh Sharif and the Kenyan government have asked us to support the plan with [...]	2009-09-04 14:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV KDEM MOPS SO
09NAIROBI1887	SOMALIA - PRIME MINISTER ON REGIONAL OUTREACH AND [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke and the Ministers of Defense and Planning met with members of the Somalia Affairs Unit on September 5. The Prime Minister had just visited Libya which has now confirmed it is politically supportive of the TFG, including favoring sanction [...]	2009-09-09 10:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO LY ER
09NAIROBI1895	SOMALIA - Somaliland Elections Postponed as Parliament [...] (SBU) For the fourth time, Somaliland's National Electoral Commission announced on September 6 that presidential elections would be postponed. On September 5, 43 legislators from Somaliland's two opposition parties tabled a motion in the House of Representatives to impeach the President and Vi [...]	2009-09-10 05:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SO
09NAIROBI1896	SOMALIA - Somaliland Elections Postponed as Parliament [...] (SBU) For the fourth time, Somaliland's National Electoral Commission announced on September 6 that presidential elections would be postponed. On September 5, 43 legislators from Somaliland's two opposition parties tabled a motion in the House of Representatives to impeach the President and Vi [...]	2009-09-10 05:26:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SO
09NAIROBI2009	SOMALIA - NEXT STEPS FOR SOMALILAND [...] (C) Summary: Since the July 27 decision by the National Electoral Commission and President Riyale to throw out the voter registration list, Somaliland has been embroiled in a political crisis. In recent weeks, this crisis has escalated into violent confrontation between a presidential admin [...]	2009-09-23 16:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID SO
09NAIROBI2010	SOMALIA - SOMALILAND INTER-PARTY AGREEMENT NOT [...] (C) Summary: September 24 telephone conversations with the Somaliland Foreign Minister, the leader of one of Somaliland's two opposition parties, and the Speaker suggest that disagreements over the way forward have crystallized in an effort by the presidential party-dominated Council of Elder [...]	2009-09-24 10:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI2042	SOMALIA - MADOBE DISPLACES AL-SHABAAB IN KISMAYO; [...] (C) Summary: Forces loyal to Ahmed Madobe and Ibrahim Shukri, aligned with Darod/Kabalah/Absame/Ogaden and Darod/Kabalah/Harti clan militia on September 25 moved into Kismayo town, displacing al-Shabaab militia from all but a few checkpoint locations. (Note: Madobe and Shukri in recent [...]	2009-09-28 13:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI2079	SOMALIA FY 2010 DISASTER REDECLARATION [...] According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU),nearly 3.8 million people require humanitarian assistance in Somalia, representing 50 percent of the total population and a 17 percent increase since January 2009. The combined ef [...]	2009-10-01 06:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL PREF SO
09NAIROBI2086	SOMALIA - BATTLE FOR KISMAYO LIKELY TO CONTINUE; [...] (C) Summary: On the morning of October 1, heavy fighting broke out between Ahmed Madobe's Darod/Kabalah alliance and al-Shabaab militia in Kismayo (reftel). Fighting began about 7 a.m. (local) in the northern part of the city but eventually spread to other parts of the town. Our contacts t [...]	2009-10-01 15:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI2103	SOMALIA - KISMAYO ACCORDING TO MADOBE [...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 telecon from Kismayo, Ahmed Madobe told Somalia Unit Poloff that his alliance, after having been largely expelled from Kismayo on October 1 (ref a),remained determined to fight al-Shabaab and would accept help from any forces offering to support his regional alli [...]	2009-10-06 08:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PTER PGOV PINR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI2132	SOMALIA - PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES TFG TROOP [...] (C) Summary: During an October 7 telecon, TFG Prime Minister Sharmarke updated the Somalia Unit on Yemeni support to the TFG, the status of TFG forces in Djibouti, and TFG support to Ahmed Madobe's alliance in Lower Juba. Sharmarke said the Yemenis have provided the TFG with AK47s, other equi [...]	2009-10-07 10:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL MOPS PINR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI2140	SOMALIA - KENYAN FOREIGN MINISTER PULSES [...] (C) Summary: Kenyan Foreign Minister Wetangula on October 8 convened EU representatives and the U.S. for what he said was an informal discussion of Somalia. Wetangula stressed several times that the GOK believed there was no alternative to the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG),but ackn [...]	2009-10-08 15:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID MOPS PTER SO KE
09NAIROBI2141	SOMALIS IN KENYA BEING RECRUITED TO FIGHT IN [...] (C) Summary: Reports from the Garissa Member of Parliament (MP) and UNHCR officials that Government of Kenya (GOK) officials and Somalis aligned with the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) are supporting the recruitment of Kenyan-Somalis in North East Province and Somali refugees from the [...]	2009-10-09 06:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	KE MARR MOPS PINR PREF PREL PTER SO
09NAIROBI2149	SOMALIA - ALL SIDES REINFORCING IN JUBA; TFG [...] (C) Summary: As of October 8, the battle for Kismayo was likely to continue as all sides in the conflict were seeking reinforcements. In an apparent effort to undercut Madobe, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys on October 6 called for an end to the fighting in Lower Juba and a Hisbul Islam (HI) off [...]	2009-10-09 11:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI2202	SOMALIA - KISMAYO SITUATION MARKED BY COMPLEX [...] (C) Summary: As of October 19 the situation in Lower Juba was marked by an increasingly complex mosaic of interests and a fractious al-Shabaab, reportedly divided over whether to cooperate with the Darod/Marehan subclan in order to hold Kismayo. (Note: The Marehan subclan represents a small mi [...]	2009-10-21 12:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI2203	SOMALIA - TFG PRESIDENT ON RECRUITMENT IN KENYA [...] (C) Summary: TFG President Sheikh Sharif met with the Ambassador and Somalia Unit as he ended his travels to Saudia Arabia, the United States and Libya. President Sharif told us he recognized the need for a vigorous political strategy to complement his security forces' efforts to seize the [...]	2009-10-21 12:26:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO KE
09NAIROBI2214	SOMALIA-LOCAL INITIATIVES OFFER TFG OPPORTUNITIES [...] (C) Summary: Increasing momentum behind local and regional governance initiatives in south-central Somalia offers the TFG an opportunity to broaden its support base and further marginalize al-Shabaab. Multiple contacts tell us efforts are underway in the regions to confront al-Shabaab and bol [...]	2009-10-23 05:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI2360	USAID/OFDA COAST PROVINCE FLOODS ASSESSMENT [...] (U) According to the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS),heavy rains from late October to early November resulted in flooding in Malindi, Magarini, Kwale, Kilifi, Mombasa, and Tana Delta districts, Coast Province, killing at least four people and displacing more than 1,000 households. In respons [...]	2009-11-16 11:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREL PREF KE
09NAIROBI2361	A/S SCHWARTZ DISCUSSES FOOD AID IN SOMALIA WITH WFP [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRM Assistant Secretary (A/S) Eric Schwartz met with World Food Program (WFP) Somalia, based in Nairobi, to seek clarification on how food aid is delivered in Somalia and the potential ramifications on WFP operations if the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) restrictions are n [...]	2009-11-16 14:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KE PREF PREL SO
09NAIROBI2397	SOMALIA - RAS KAMBONI LEADERS DENOUNCE AWEYS; [...] (C) Summary: During a November 18 meeting with Somalia Unit Poloff, key Ras Kamboni leaders denounced Hisbul Islam leader Sheikh Dahir Aweys, discussed recent fighting between the Darod/Kabalah alliance and al-Shabaab in Lower Juba and recounted recent events. Ras Kamboni leaders said that they [...]	2009-11-23 16:55:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV MOPS PTER PINR SOCI KDEM SO
09NAIROBI2412	KENYA: NOVEMBER ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] IMF APPLAUDS KENYA'S NEW INFLATION CALCULATION 2. EVICTIONS PROCEED IN MAU FOREST 3. KENYA SIGNS COMMON MARKET TREATY Â [...]	2009-11-25 12:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EINV ETRD PINR KCOR SENV KE
09NAIROBI2443	KENYAN RECRUITMENT FOR SOMALIA CONTINUES, [...] (S/NF) As the fight for control over Somalia's Kismayo and Lower Juba region drags on, the Government of Kenya appears determined to send 2,000-4,000 newly trained recruits into Somalia, reportedly in December. Recent discussions indicate that many if not most of these recruits are in fact Ken [...]	2009-12-03 09:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PINR PREL PTER KE SO
09NAIROBI2457	SOMALIA - CLAN ALLIANCE RE-GROUPS AS AL-SHABAAB [...] (C) Summary: The reportedly tactical withdrawal of Ahmed Madobe and clan militia from Dhobley this week resulted in an unopposed al-Shabaab move into that key Lower Juba town. Multiple contacts tell us Madobe's move, rather than signaling an end game in Lower Juba, indicates a shift in Ogaden- [...]	2009-12-04 13:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PTER PGOV SOCI SO ET
09NAIROBI2499	Somalia - Security Meeting Delivers Modest Results [...] (SBU) Summary. Key security sector donors, as well as representatives from the UN, AMISOM and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) gathered in Kampala on December 9 for a Joint Security Committee. The committee is a forum to coordinate activity to assist the TFG's security sector. The c [...]	2009-12-17 08:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SO MOPS UG BY
09NAIROBI255	Kenya's Developing Food Crisis [...] (SBU) A shortfall of white maize (Kenya's staple food crop) has left an estimated 3.2 million Kenyans in need of emergency food assistance. Millions more - particularly in urban areas - are food insecure due to rising maize prices. The forces contributing to the shortfall include: reduced pr [...]	2009-02-11 09:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD EAID BEXP PINR PGOV KE
09NAIROBI2551	Somalia - TFG Deputy Prime Minister Offers View on ASWJ, TFG [...] (C) Summary: TFG Deputy Prime Minister Sharif Hassan during a late December meeting with the Somalia Unit expressed cautious support for ASWJ/Galgaduud and a possible role in the TFG for former deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Abdisalaam. In addition, Hassan described TFG plans for the Mogadis [...]	2009-12-29 14:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SO SOCI PINR
09NAIROBI2648	SOMALIA: 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism [...] The fragile hold on power of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG),a protracted state of violent instability, long unguarded coasts, porous borders, and proximity to the Arabian Peninsula, made Somalia an attractive location for international terrorists seeking a transit or launching [...]	2009-12-21 12:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PREL PTER SO
09NAIROBI373	TOURIST NUMBERS DEPRESSED WHILE POACHING OF WILDIFE, [...] SUMMARY: Kenya Wildlife Service, Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, and Ministry of Tourism officials are concerned by a sudden spike in the numbers of elephants, especially in Amboseli and Tsavo East National Parks, apparently poached for their tusks. At the same time, they along with count [...]	2009-02-26 12:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD KCRM KSCA ECON KE
09NAIROBI428	KENYA ECONOMIC NOTES: MARCH 2009 [...] (SBU) ECONOMIC ADVISOR TO GOK LEADERS: "GET REAL" 2. (SBU) IMF MISSION EXPLORES SUPPORT FOR KENYA 3. (SBU) HORTICULTURE EXPORTERS LOOK TO THE U.S. MARKET 4. (SBU) KENYAN TRAVEL TO THE U.S. DECLINES Â [...]	2009-03-03 09:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR ASEC
09NAIROBI565	KENYA'S FOREIGN MINISTER DEFENDS RECENT IRAN VISIT [...] Summary: On March 9, post received a formal response from Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula to the Ambassador's February 24th letter expressing U.S. concerns about the visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Kenya. Ahmedinejad headed a large delegation for a two-day visit that was almo [...]	2009-03-20 09:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD EPET KE IR
09NAIROBI594	SOMALIA - DIALOGUE AND DINNER WITH PRESIDENT SHARIF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 17, the Ambassador hosted President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and five TFG ministers for dinner at his residence. Sharif was in Nairobi at the conclusion of his mission to Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda. The trip marked Sharif's first bilateral visits since becom [...]	2009-03-25 12:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI641	AUSTR LISER URGES KENYA TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AGOA [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant United States Trade Representative Florizelle Liser encouraged Kenyan Trade Minister Amos Kimunya on March 16 to take full advantage of the AGOA framework to seek greater exports to the United States. She also underscored that progress on Kenya's reform agenda is fund [...]	2009-04-01 09:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAIR ECON ETEX ETRD AGOA PGOV KCOR KE
09NAIROBI643	THE REFORM PROCESS IN KENYA: PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (C) Summary. On March 27 Prime Minister Odinga delivered a speech which he had been billed as a major address on the reform process and corruption. The speech was delivered at a time when Kenyans have become increasingly frustrated with lack of action to tackle the longstanding culture of im [...]	2009-04-01 14:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI708	Somalia - Humanitarian Funding Not Keeping Pace With Rising [...] (SBU) At the end of March 2009, contributions to the U.N.-led Common Appeals Process (CAP) stood at $251 of the $918 million requested for humanitarian operations in Somalia. Food aid accounts for $200 million of this received amount, leading to an imbalance in the response. Several sectors hav [...]	2009-04-08 04:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREL PREF SO
09NAIROBI734	SOMALIA - PRESIDENT SHARIF: A 60-DAY SCORECARD [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 7, President Sheikh Sharif returned to Mogadishu after being elected TFG President. In the two months since, the Sharif government has made progress that has prompted thousands to return to Somalia's capital. While security remains tenuous, there have been no major v [...]	2009-04-09 17:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI744	A Troubled Coalition, the Reform Process, and U.S. Policy [...] (C) Summary. Following a honeymoon period during its first six months in office, the coalition government emerged as an embattled marriage early this year. Disagreements between the two principal coalition government partners, President Kibaki's Party of National Unity (PNU) and Prime Minister [...]	2009-04-14 15:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
09NAIROBI759	Visit to Aberdares and Mount Kenya Highlights [...] Summary. A recent visit to the Aberdares Forest and Mount Kenya highlighted the serious environmental challenges Kenya confronts. Conservation efforts in the Aberdares have yielded impressive results, reflecting good cooperation between the Kenyan government and non-governmental groups. Effort [...]	2009-04-15 14:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SENV KE
09NAIROBI808	FRAGILE PEACE IN RIFT VALLEY: THE KALENJIN [...] Summary: On a recent trip to Rift Valley province, poloffs accompanied Ambassador Ranneberger to an important peace event at Ndeffo and Egerton University near Nakuru and then met with a range of contacts to discuss the situation on the ground and possible approaches to achieving the desired en [...]	2009-04-24 11:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ASEC KE
09NAIROBI809	KIBAKI ADDRESSES OPENING OF PARLIAMENT [...] Summary: At the April 21 opening of the third session of Parliament, 199 of 222 members of Parliament (MPs) attended and listened attentively to the President's and Speaker's speeches. In their opening prayers, religious leaders called for peace, unity, and strength even as the country was goin [...]	2009-04-24 12:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAGR SENV KE UG
09NAIROBI810	SOMALIA - Aweys' Return to Mogadishu [...] (SBU) On April 23, opposition leader Hassan Dahir Aweys (Hawiye/Habar Gedir/Ayr) returned to Mogadishu after a more than two-year absence. With a checkered past that has found Aweys in the leadership of many of Somalia's Islamic movements, he is now considered the leader of the Hisbul Islam ( [...]	2009-04-24 14:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SO
09NAIROBI873	SOMALIA - IDPs RETURNING TO MOGADISHU [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-05 10:55:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL PREF SO
09NAIROBI955	SOMALIA - MOGADISHU TENSE BUT CALM [...] Summary: Mogadishu remained calm on May 12 after continued fighting between Islamic extremists and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) on May 11. TFG officials tell us they retook some lost ground in two counterattacks late on May 11, but are still facing a considerable challenge from a [...]	2009-05-12 13:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER EAID SO
09NAIROBI964	SOMALIA - MOGADISHU FIGHTING CONTINUES FOR A FIFTH DAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting between Islamists and Hisbul Islami and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) continued in Mogadishu May 13. Somali media report injured and wounded in the hundreds and displaced persons in the thousands. TFG officials tell us Ras Kamboni leader Hassan al Turki, [...]	2009-05-13 17:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER EAID SO
09NAIROBI991	WESTERN KENYA USAID/OFDA FLOOD ASSESSMENT [...] A USAID/OFDA visit to flood affected areas in western Kenya reveals no cause for alarm as seasonal flooding is mostly held in check by dykes. A flash flood did cause limited displacement in Nyatike district; victims are being assisted by the GOK and the Kenya Red Cross. Dyke construction and [...]	2009-05-15 08:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL KE
09NAIROBI992	KENYA'S NEW BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE PROMISES GROWTH [...] Summary: Kenya will revolutionize its telecom industry when it initiates its first fiber optic internet connection on June 27. This broadband connection will vastly improve the quality of internet access to Kenya and contiguous landlocked countries. With increased internet capacity, the fibe [...]	2009-05-15 09:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD ETTC ECON EINT PGOV EFIN EINV KE

09NAPLES74	GROWTH PLUMMETS IN ITALY'S CAMPANIA REGION [...] (SBU) Summary: A new report by Italy's central bank shows that the country's second-most populous region, Campania, has the lowest growth rate in Italy and the lowest rate of employment of any region in the EU. The region has experienced stagnant growth for about fifteen years, but the globa [...]	2009-06-23 07:39:00	Consulate Naples	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KCRM KCOR IT
09NAPLES90	FIXING ITALY'S SOUTHERN PROBLEM: BERLUSCONI'S "NEW DEAL" [...] (SBU) Summary: Using American comparisons such as "New Deal" and "Marshall Plan," Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has outlined his government's new plan for the South, which he intends to supervise personally. The three priority sectors are infrastructure, tourism, and innovation. The Ita [...]	2009-08-13 15:53:00	Consulate Naples	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN KCOR KCRM IT
09NASSAU124	ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 13:04:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP ETRD BF
09NASSAU20	BAHAMAS: DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche points regarding the designation of additional Iranian entities to Donna Lowe, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Legal Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on January 8. Ms. Lowe acknowledged the points of the demarche and provided no additional [...]	2009-01-09 20:56:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN PARM IR BF
09NASSAU282	TURKS AND CAICOS: BLOGGER ACCUSES COAST GUARD OF [...] (U) A blogger in the Turks and Caicos (TCI) posted an on-line report April 27 alleging that the TCI authorities, assisted by a U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) helicopter, were engaged in "burning and smoking immigrants out of the 'bush'" during an immigration raid. The blogger witnessed the events a [...]	2009-05-01 12:40:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO BF
09NASSAU320	BAHAMAS: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ON DPRK ENTITIES [...] (S/NF) Post deliverd reftel demarche points and non-paper on the UN Security Council 1718 Sanctions Committee designation of three additional North Korean entities subject to the relevant asset freeze provisions to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Permanent Secretary, and Head of Legal Divi [...]	2009-05-19 20:49:00	Embassy Nassau	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP EFIN ETTC PREL PARM
09NASSAU331	BAHAMAS: ENCOURAGING HCOC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche points and documents encouraging the GCOB to subscribe to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Permanent Secretary, and Head of Legal Division, Donna Knowles-Lowe May 21, pointing to the over [...]	2009-05-26 13:17:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA
09NASSAU344	BAHAMAS BUDGET PRESENTATION CONFIRMS GRIM OUTLOOK [...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ingraham confirmed grim expectations for economic performance during his annual budget report May 27. He promised to decrease government recurrent expenditure in the coming fiscal year but said he does not expect a recovery before 2012. END SUMMARY. ----------- [...]	2009-05-29 16:04:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ECON BF
09NASSAU360	HAITIANS IN THE BAHAMAS: COMING THROUGH YET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Haitians account for some 30-60,000 out of 340,000 inhabitants of The Bahamas. Societal tolerance for immigrants is decreasing from an already low benchmark due to current economic stresses, exacerbating ingrained anti-Haitian sentiments. Bahamians associate immigrants with cr [...]	2009-06-10 16:24:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM SOCI BF
09NASSAU533	NASSAU MONTHLY - AUGUST 2009 [...] (U) This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. -- Cabinet Minister Shuffle Imminent -- Weak Tourist Industry Results in Wave of Hotel and Resort Closings -- Unemployment Rates Skyrocket -- Customs Department Rife With Corruption - [...]	2009-09-09 18:22:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON POL PGOV BF
09NASSAU560	CHINESE OFFER â€œGOLDEN OPPORTUNITIESâ€ TO THE BAHAMAS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The highest ranking Chinese official ever to have visited The Bahamas, Chairman Wu Bangguo, announced several lucrative financial agreements for major infrastructure and tourism projects in The Bahamas totaling USD 164.3 million dollars. These agreements include a financing framework f [...]	2009-09-15 14:14:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	BF ECON ETRD EFIN
09NASSAU606	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HAITI'S WAIVER OF TOURIST VISA [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to GCOB MFA Deputy Permanent Secretary Donna Lowe on October 2. Lowe said the GCOB shared our concerns and was not aware of the GOH decision. She requested more information as well as the date the decision was made. PolOff requested an unclassified white pap [...]	2009-10-02 19:19:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BF
09NASSAU658	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points to GCOB MFA Deputy Permanent Secretary Donna Lowe on October 23. Lowe said she would consult with the Permanent Secretary and the section that deals with UN matters. AVANT [...]	2009-10-26 19:57:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BF PREL
09NASSAU684	Nassau--October Monthly [...] This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. -- Ambassador Avant Arrives to Warm Welcome -- Surprise Announcement At Opposition Political Convention Triggers Travolta Mistrial -- Massive Roundup of Illegal Immigrants Announced [...]	2009-11-03 22:02:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM BF
09NASSAU692	Demarche Delivered: Goldstone Report [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 21:01:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BF
09NASSAU697	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 19:40:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BF
09NASSAU717	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 22:00:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BF
09NASSAU73	PM INGRAHAM'S ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE NATION - [...] (SBU) Summry: Prime Minister Ingraham gave his annual addess to the nation on January 29, presenting a hopeful message in the wake of an economic downturn that hit The Bahamas especially hard the last three months of 2008. Ingraham pointed to an increase in foreign direct investment in 2008, [...]	2009-02-04 15:52:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV PREL BF
09NASSAU736	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DECEMBER VOTE ON DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 19:31:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BF
09NASSAU83	THE BAHAMAS 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Openness to Foreign Investment: The Bahamian Government generally encourages and offers incentives for foreign investment in all sectors of the economy except those the Government reserves exclusively to Bahamian citizens. Reserved businesses include: wholesale and retail operations; commiss [...]	2009-02-05 17:53:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR BF
09NASSAU88	BAHAMAS: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COUNTERING [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points and non-paper regarding the threat of terrorist abuse against the charitable sector to Donna Lowe, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Legal Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 6. Ms. Lowe aknowledged the points of the demarche and pro [...]	2009-02-09 15:03:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID BF
09NASSAU99	THE BAHAMAS -- NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (U) As requested in ref A, please find Post's responses to questions for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. -------------------------------------- Para 23 -- THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) A. What are the sources of available informatio [...]	2009-02-13 20:54:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG BF
09NDJAMENA234	MINURCAT CHIEF DESCRIBES POST-EUFOR TROOP [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 16, UN Special Representative Victor Angelo da Silva chaired a meeting of diplomatic reps in N'Djamena to address concerns about MINURCAT's peacekeeping activities, including the inability of some contributing states to deploy fully-equipped peacekeeping contingents i [...]	2009-06-16 16:26:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM SU CT CD
09NDJAMENA264	DEBY-GRATION MEETING: DEBY WANTS TO HELP USG [...] (SBU) Meeting with Special Envoy Scott Gration June 29, Chad's President Deby Idriss Itno made the following points: -- Resolving the Darfur crisis is a key goal for Chad. -- Chad is committed to implementing the Doha agreement of May 3 and views the recent decrease in tensions in South [...]	2009-06-29 17:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS ASEC AU UNAUS SU CT CD
09NDJAMENA282	CHAD STARTS IMF PROGRAM BASED ON BUDGET REVISIONS [...] (SBU) The IMF and GOC announced July 7 an agreement for a six-month IMF "Staff Monitored Program" to run April-October 2009, based on Chad's revised 2009 budget that meets IMF's requirements for better public revenue management in the face of diminished oil prices. The IMF-GOC agreement, aft [...]	2009-07-13 09:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EFIN ECIN PGOV PREF CD
09NDJAMENA338	CHAD AND ESSO/CHAD: PROTECTING A SIGNIFICANT AMERICAN [...] (SBU) OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS, AMBASSADOR NIGRO WORKED WITH ESSO/CHAD HEAD STEPHANE DE MAHIEU IN WHAT THEY BELIEVE WAS A SUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO PROTECT THE MOSTLY U.S.-OWNED PETROLEUM PRODUCTION AND PIPELINE PROJECT FROM UNCOORDINATED GOC ACTIONS AND AT THE SAME TIME, TO PROTECT THE GOC FROM ITS [...]	2009-08-13 09:54:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EINV PGOV PREL FR CD
09NDJAMENA471	CHAD: ESSO-CHAD MEETS DEBY CRITIQUE AND HOLDS [...] (SBU) ESSO-Chad Chief De Mahieu told Ambassador October 21 that ExxonMobil had successfully defended its management of the petroleum project during a meeting with President Deby in Washington last month, satisfying the skeptical Deby that the consortium was not/not being pressured by third par [...]	2009-10-23 08:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET ETRD PREF EINV US CD
09NDJAMENA503	THE CHADIAN GO-BETWEEN? EX-REBEL SOUBIANE "TELLS [...] (SBU) Ambassador and DCM met November 2 with Ahmat Soubiane, who described his reasons for going into rebellion, his reasons for returning to Chad, his intention to continue to work to reconcile his former rebel comrades with the GOC, his intention to devote himself initially to socio-economic [...]	2009-11-02 15:00:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM PREF PINR SU LY FR CD
09NDJAMENA540	C-130 AIRCRAFT FOR CHAD: EMBASSY NDJAMENA [...] (C) Embassy N'Djamena supports USG assistance to help Chad meet its legitimate needs for military air transport along the lines proposed Ref B, namely the package of C-130Rs, C-130Fs, and maintenance services at a cost of about USD 115 million. The visit here of an interagency assessment team, [...]	2009-11-17 15:45:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PGOV ECON PREF PTER EFIN SU LY CD
09NDJAMENA551	ESSO CHIEF ON CHINESE OIL PROJECTS IN CHAD [...] (SBU) The Chinese are making concrete progress to exploit wells, build a pipeline system, and construct a refinery near the capital for domestic production, after years of speculation about Chinese development of oil fields in Chad, ESSO/Chad chief de Mahieu told Ambassador November 18, cal [...]	2009-11-20 11:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET PREF CH CD
09NDJAMENA557	CORRUPTION SCANDAL WIDENS BUT DEBY SPARES POWERFUL [...] (SBU) A corruption scandal involving officials of the ministries of Education and Health has widened, implicating seven additional ministers and deputy ministers. Six of the seven were ordered to provide testimony while President Deby spared the seventh: powerful Infrastructure Minister Youn [...]	2009-11-23 15:51:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREF PHUM CD
09NDJAMENA563	BLACK GOLD RISING? CHAD'S PROSPECTIVE OIL [...] (SBU) ESSO/Chad has returned to a normal pattern of payment to the GOC, after the 2008-2009 decline in world oil prices and the restructuring of the ESSO-GOC payment agreement resulted in lower-than-normal GOC oil revenues in the first half of 2009, ESSO/Chad chief De Mahieu told Ambassador No [...]	2009-11-25 12:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EFIN PREF PREL IMF MASS MARR IBRD
09NDJAMENA615	CHAD AND ITS FRANCOPHONE REGIONAL AFFILIATIONS: TENDING TO [...] (SBU) President Deby took over the annual rotating chairmanship of the Economic Community of Central African States (often referred to by its French acronym CEEAC) in October 2009. He will assume rotating leadership of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) in January 2 [...]	2009-12-22 16:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD PGOV SU CD
09NDJAMENA99	THE SIX BILLION DOLLAR DEAL: UPDATING THE CHAD [...] (SBU) ESSO-Chad's General Manager Stephane de Mahieu told Ambassador March 18 that falling oil prices had devastated the Government of Chad's budget picture for 2009: the GOC earned USD 1.2 billion/billion in revenue in 2008, but would get as little as USD 150 million/million for 2009, largely [...]	2009-03-23 14:19:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL EPET EFIN AU SU LY CD
09NEWDELHI1008	APPROPRIATE TIMING FOR A PRESIDENTIAL PHONE CALL [...] (SBU) Embassy recommends an early telephone call from President Obama to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulating India on its historic elections and the Congress Party's decisive mandate. We suggest this call take place soon after the Indian President invites Manmohan Singh to form the n [...]	2009-05-18 13:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM EAGR ECON IN
09NEWDELHI103	INDIA MANAGING IMPACT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ALTHOUGH [...] (SBU) Summary. Per Ref A, Mission provides an update on how India is weathering the global financial crisis and subsequent economic slowdown and on the political economy of the impact and government response. India's economy, already slowing from lower domestic spending in a high interest re [...]	2009-01-16 12:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN
09NEWDELHI1030	REFORM PROSPECTS IN NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: More than 400 million Indians cast their vote in India's national parliamentary elections this past month and seem to have decisively signaled that they want stability and continuity in the national government, handing Congress an 18-year best performance of more than 200 seats [...]	2009-05-20 12:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI104	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 12-16, 2009, including the following: -- Trade Roundtable with Canada, EU, NZ, Australia -- Update on the Pension Sector -- FDI Slows in November -- Aviation Industry Likely to Fare Better in 20 [...]	2009-01-16 12:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI105	DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 12-16, 2009 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 12-16, 2009, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Budget Session February 12-26 -- April-May Schedule Expected for Parliamentary Elections -- Jharkhand Chief Minister Steps Down [...]	2009-01-16 12:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN EAGR
09NEWDELHI1054	NEW DELHI EST HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 18 TO MAY 22, [...] (U) Below is a compilation of environment, science, and technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 18 - 22, 2009, including the following: -- It's Official - Panna Tiger Reserve Has Lost All Its Native Tigers -- Oil Spill Threatens Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary -- Indian [...]	2009-05-22 14:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL TBIO ECON IN
09NEWDELHI1062	GOI PORTFOLIOS ANNOUNCED INCLUDING NEW FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: At a Cabinet meeting on May 23, the newly formed Indian government announced six major portfolios: -- S.M. Krishna, External Affairs -- Pranab Mukherjee, Finance -- P. Chidambaram, Home -- A.K. Antony, Defense -- Sharad Pawar, Agriculture -- Mamata Banerjee, Railways Former [...]	2009-05-26 14:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM EAGR IN
09NEWDELHI1063	VIOLENT REACTION TO SIKH TEMPLE KILLING -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Life has returned to relative normalcy in major cities across the state of Punjab after curfews were imposed to halt violent protests over the death of a religious sect leader and injuries to another on May 24 during a clash in a Sikh temple in Vienna, Austria. Mainstream Sikhs [...]	2009-05-26 15:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC IN
09NEWDELHI1083	GOI FILLS OUT CABINET, MANY PORTFOLIOS STILL ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Indian Government announced 59 additional Ministers on May 28, bringing the total number to 78. However, no portfolios have been made public aside from the six top spots previously announced (Ref B). All told there are 33 Cabinet Ministers; ranking slightly below that, se [...]	2009-05-28 14:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM EAGR IN
09NEWDELHI1084	FIRST SESSION OF INDIAN PARLIAMENT: POMP AND [...] (SBU) Summary: After an unexpectedly strong performance in the parliamentary elections, the Congress Party and the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government it leads will convene both houses of the Indian Parliament from June 1-9. The highlight of the short session will be President Patil,s [...]	2009-05-28 15:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1096	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 26-29, 2009, including the following: -- Indian Telecom Major Bharti Airtel and MTN of South Africa Back in Merger Negotiations -- Government Aims to Present Budget by Early July -- Bharti Wal-Mart t [...]	2009-05-29 13:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI115	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL [...] SUMMARY: The Indian media reported and commented widely on the incoming and outgoing Presidents. Reports said President Bush on Monday made a round of farewell phone calls to world leaders, while President-elect Obama and his wife Michelle attended the Lincoln Memorial inaugural concert in Wa [...]	2009-01-20 11:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1162	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 1-5, 2009, including the following: -- GDP Growth of 6.7% Surprises on the Upside -- Infrastructure Sector Recovers Somewhat in April -- Some Signs of Expanding Manufacturing Sector -- FY 2009-10 Be [...]	2009-06-05 13:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1163	NEW GOVERNMENT'S AGENDA: FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Indian President Pratibha Patil's address to a joint session of Parliament on June 4 outlined the achievements of the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and charted a road map for the next five years. It was largely in-line with the Congress Party's election [...]	2009-06-05 13:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1222	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 8-12, 2009, including the following: -- MOF Preparing for Budget Session -- Indian Commerce Minister Meets with USTR, Others on WTO -- Tax Concessions Proposed for Broadcast & Film Industry -- Will [...]	2009-06-12 13:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1223	U/S BURNS AND AHLUWALIA CHART NEXT STEPS IN THE BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns met with Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, and close economic adviser to the Prime Minister, Montek Singh Ahluwalia on June 11 to discuss proposals for moving the economic relationship forward. They focused on ways [...]	2009-06-12 14:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1225	FOREIGN MINISTER S.M. KRISHNA: A SAFE BET AT MEA [...] (C) Summary: Congress Party veteran S.M. Krishna assumed office as the new External Affairs Minister on May 23. Krishna, a Rajya Sabha backbencher, stands in contrast to his predecessor, Pranab Mukherjee, the ultimate Congress Party fixer and operator whose ambitions for the Prime Minister's p [...]	2009-06-12 15:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1226	INDIAN "YOUTH WAVE": NEW STARS IN THE PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Media coverage of the 2009 parliamentary election highlighted the possible emergence of a generational change in Indian politics, with the spotlight on Rahul Gandhi as well as a large contingent of young contestants vying for seats in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of Parliament) [...]	2009-06-12 15:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1237	INVESTOR APPETITE FOR INDIA RETURNING BUT GOVT BETTER NOT [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff and ConGenoffs met with Mumbai contacts on June 1 and 2 to gauge investor reaction to the elections and signs of recovery in the Indian economy. In contrast to reports at the beginning of 2009 that investors were waiting for political uncertainty to end with the May el [...]	2009-06-16 03:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1261	HARYANA PONDERS RIDING THE CONGRESS WAVE [...] (U) Summary: The political buzz in Delhi and Chandigarh is that the Congress Party is considering early elections for the Haryana state assembly. Originally scheduled for February 2010, the preponed Haryana elections would likely be scheduled to coincide with the Maharashtra assembly elections [...]	2009-06-17 11:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1278	BJP IMPLOSION OR REINVENTION? [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's (UPA) unexpectedly decisive victory in India's general election has left the country's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in disarray. The fallout of this drubbing has shattered the image of the BJP a [...]	2009-06-18 14:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1284	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 15-19, 2009, including the following: -- Inflation Hits Negative Territory -- India Imposes Restrictions on Chinese Mobiles, Extends Tight Norms on Toys and Dairy -- Panel Advises Increase in Supp [...]	2009-06-19 11:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1285	MANMOHAN SINGH: GREAT EXPECTATIONS FOR NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) on June 9, reaffirming the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's agenda and goals as mentioned in President Prathiba Patil's parliamentary address one week before. PM Singh em [...]	2009-06-19 13:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1319	CONGRESS PARTY LEVERAGES ELECTORAL WIN TO EMPOWER [...] (SBU) Summary. Following an impressive win in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government demonstrated the value it places on female constituents by introducing a cachet of women's empowerment initiatives. President Patil's outline of her gover [...]	2009-06-25 12:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1328	WOMEN IN THE LOK SABHA: IS IT A CHAMPAGNE MOMENT? [...] SUMMARY: The 2009 parliamentary election highlighted the possible emergence of women leaders in Indian politics, with the focus on Meira Kumar as the speaker of the 15th Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) along with a contingent of influential women leaders vying for parliamentary seats. Fi [...]	2009-06-26 12:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1329	BJP: NOT THERE YET [...] (U) The BJP,s two-day national executive meeting held in Lucknow was expected to be a fire-works show, complete with stinging accusations and counter charges. Embassy contacts and media report that passions ran high, and the meeting lived up to its controversial billing. In the aftermath [...]	2009-06-26 13:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1339	NSA NARAYANAN PULLS OUT ALL THE STOPS TO WELCOME [...] (SBU) Summary: National Security Advisor Narayanan, the Foreign Secretary, and Defense Secretary, as well as a number of other senior officials, reiterated India's desire to strengthen the bilateral relationship during a series of meetings with National Security Advisor General James Jones an [...]	2009-06-29 10:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER ECON PK IN
09NEWDELHI1349	NAXALITES: AN EMERGING NATIONAL THREAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent violence in West Bengal has focused attention on India's Maoist insurgency, which has become one of the most violent of its domestic conflicts. The broad network of Maoist cells, known as the Naxalite movement, is present in at least eleven of India's twenty-eight states [...]	2009-06-29 13:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1392	INDIA'S ECONOMIC SURVEY FOCUSES ON GROWTH AND FISCAL [...] (U) Summary: The Economic Survey for India's Fiscal Year (IFY) 2008-09 (4/1/2008 to 3/31/2009) presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in India's Parliament on July 2 paints a resilient picture of the Indian economy. The Survey sees a 'U shaped' recovery for growth in IFY 2009-10 (4/1/2 [...]	2009-07-06 13:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1401	THE NEW BUDGET INVESTS IN RURAL INDIA, BUT POSTPONES FISCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented a rural-oriented 2009-2010 central government budget on July 6 which many say reflect his style: pragmatic, not flashy, and indifferent to market expectations. Indeed, the initial reaction of many to the budget was one of disappointm [...]	2009-07-07 14:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR EPET PREL PGOV IN
09NEWDELHI1433	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 6-10, 2009, including the following: -- Sharma Sees Recovery Signs in Exports -- Update on India's Balance of Payments -- Price Rise for Petrol and Diesel -- Lower House of Parliament Passes Railwa [...]	2009-07-10 13:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1464	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Madame Secretary: Mission India warmly welcomes you to India. This is an opportune moment in the relationship between the world's largest democracies. The Congress Party's strong showing in the April elections allowed formation of a new and strong Indian government--freed from the constrain [...]	2009-07-15 12:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	EAGR EAID ECIN EFIN EINT EINV ENRG ETRD ETTC
09NEWDELHI1486	MEIRA KUMAR: INDIA'S FIRST FEMALE PARLIAMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The 15th Lok Sabha (lower house of parliament) elected Meira Kumar the first female Parliament Speaker on June 3, 2009. The former Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment is largely viewed as a safe, consensus choice. As a woman and a Dalit (former untouchable),Kumar's sel [...]	2009-07-19 13:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1488	NIRUPAMA RAO: A POISED NEW FOREIGN SECRETARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indian President Patil appointed Nirupama Rao as India,s second female Foreign Secretary. She will take office at the end of the month. A trusted East Asia hand, Rao is a veteran diplomat, known for her poised demeanor; she most recently served as Indian Ambassador to China. [...]	2009-07-20 01:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1489	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 13-17, 2009, including the following: -- Informal WTO Talks to be Held in September -- EGoM to Help Steer the Long Delayed 3G Spectrum Auction -- Adequacy of India's Foreign Exchange Reserves -- [...]	2009-07-20 07:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1544	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 20-24, 2009, including the following: -- GOI Releases Online Customs and Tariff Database -- Report on Benefits to India of Increasing FDI in Higher Ed -- Minister Sharma on Retail Growth and Agricul [...]	2009-07-24 14:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1608	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 27-31, 2009, including the following: -- Tax Breaks Clear the Way for Oil and Gas Auction -- Passing of FY 2010 Budget Trumps Economic Reforms -- India Plans September WTO Mini-Ministerial to Reener [...]	2009-07-31 12:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP KIPR IN CN
09NEWDELHI1620	PM SINGH DEFENDS FOREIGN POLICY IN PARLIAMENT (CORRECTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Singh defended his government's handling of foreign policy before the Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) on July 29, addressing head-on opposition criticism of the joint statement with Pakistani Prime Minister Gillani at Sharm el-Sheikh, and ancillary gripes ab [...]	2009-08-03 11:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER MASS KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1637	SPECIAL ENVOY STERN ENGAGES INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND NGO [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern held a series of meetings July 20-21 in New Delhi with Government of India officials and NGO representatives to discuss the upcoming Copenhagen Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC as well as potential areas for U.S. - India bila [...]	2009-08-04 11:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
09NEWDELHI1671	INDIA - FIRST PANDEMIC H1N1 DEATHS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: India experienced its first confirmed pandemic H1N1 influenza related death on 3 August, and has had a total of seven reported deaths over the past week. The number of positive cases rose to 959 as of 10 August. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOH) has announced new [...]	2009-08-11 08:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09NEWDELHI1766	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 17-21, 2009, including the following: -- Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council Reconstituted -- Dr. Subir Gokran Likely to be Next RBI Deputy Governor -- Ministry of Finance Releases Direct T [...]	2009-08-21 13:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ECIN ECPS EINT EAGR EFIN EINV ENRG EPET
09NEWDELHI1769	HARYANA: DODGING DROUGHT, RIDING WAVES [...] (U) Summary: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda of the Congress Party announced on August 21 that he has recommended dissolution of the state legislature and early elections to the state assembly. The state Governor must accept his recommendation. Originally scheduled for February [...]	2009-08-21 15:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1808	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 24-28, 2009, including the following: -- India Announces Foreign Trade Policy for 2009-2014 -- ICRIER Seminar On Express Delivery Issues -- Washington Apples Bring Bonanza to Indian Importers -- [...]	2009-08-31 02:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR
09NEWDELHI1812	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Mission India warmly welcomes you to New Delhi. This is an opportune moment as we seek a truly global partnership with India and build upon the Secretary's highly successful July visit (Ref). Secretary Clinton and her counterpart, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, formally launche [...]	2009-08-31 14:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	OVIP LEW PREL EAGR EAID IN
09NEWDELHI1833	NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR REJECTS FURTHER NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In several media interviews August 29-30, National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan defended India's 1998 nuclear tests against claims by a former defense scientist that its hydrogen bomb was a "fizzle" and that India should therefore refuse to sign the CTBT until its thermonuclea [...]	2009-09-02 07:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN
09NEWDELHI1861	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 31 - September 4, 2009, including the following: -- India Hosts WTO Mini-Ministerial to Re-energize Doha -- India's Own Trade Continues to Plunge -- More Investment Options for Foreign Venture Cap [...]	2009-09-08 03:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR
09NEWDELHI191	INDIA: MODEST LIBERALIZATION OF INVESTMENT NORMS IN WAKE OF [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to reftel A, Post reports that India has not adopted nor indicated plans to restrict sovereign wealth fund (SWF) investments generally, although media reports that part of the government may wish to restrict Singapore's two SWFs in India. More broadly, India has no [...]	2009-01-30 12:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN
09NEWDELHI192	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 27-30, 2009, including the following: -- Govt, Central Bank Lower GDP Projections -- Study Projects $6-10 billion for India from EU FTA -- Study Projects Continued Growth in Higher-Income Househo [...]	2009-01-30 12:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI194	APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: REPCO HOME FINANCE LIMITED [...] (SBU) This is in response to reftel, seeking Post input regarding OPIC providing an Investment Guaranty to support a third party loan to Repco Home Finance Limited ("REPCO") for the purpose of expanding its affordable mortgage lending business in southeast India. The US Sponsor connection is [...]	2009-01-30 13:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IN EINV
09NEWDELHI1952	NEW DELHI EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER [...] Below is a compilation of Environment, Science, and Technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 14 to September 18, 2009, including the following: -- India Plans to Reduce Emissions through Legislation -- India Starts to Get Serious About Environmental Protection - [...]	2009-09-18 11:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA KGHG SENV TSPL TBIO TSPA ENRG ECON SOCI IN
09NEWDELHI1962	RAJE AGAINST THE MACHINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rajasthan's opposition leader and former chief minister Vasundhara Raje of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to remain a force in Rajasthan's political scene, despite efforts by the national BJP to marginalize her role. Raje's local popularity at the grassroots amd h [...]	2009-09-22 11:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI2007	India as Innovation and Technology Partner; Pondering S&T [...] SUMMARY: Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) Dr. T. Ramasami September 25 reaffirmed his interest in increasing U.S.-India collaboration in the areas of innovation and technology. He cited energy efficiency - especially fuel efficient transportation - security technolo [...]	2009-09-29 11:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA SENV TSPL ECON SOCI IN
09NEWDELHI2074	NEW DELHI EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 05 [...] Below is a compilation of environment, science, and technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 05-October 09, 2009, including the following: -- Cleaning the Ganga by 2020 -- Phasing out HCFCs by 2030 -- Dramatic rise in Indian Scientific Output -- US-India Joint [...]	2009-10-09 05:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA KGHG SENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI IN
09NEWDELHI2136	MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, KASHMIR, NOBEL AWARD [...] "BLOOD-SOAKED WAZIRISTAN," editorial in October 20 right-of-center Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "Under growing pressure from the U.S., the Pakistani Army launched a major incursion into Waziristan in the hopes of mounting a final offensive against the Pakistani Taliban. India needs to keep its eye [...]	2009-10-21 11:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2198	SCENESETTER FOR USD(P) FLOURNOY,S VISIT TO INDIA [...] (SBU) Under Secretary Flournoy: Mission India warmly welcomes you to New Delhi as we begin the final stages of preparation for Prime Minister Singh's November 22-26 visit to Washington. Since the Secretary of State's July visit, the Embassy has been hard at work with our counterparts in Washingto [...]	2009-10-29 12:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PGOV MAPP MASS IN PREL
09NEWDELHI22	INDIA PRODS ECONOMY WITH MORE FISCAL AND MONETARY STIMULUS [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 2, the government announced additional fiscal and monetary steps aimed at reviving economic growth, mainly through lowering the cost of borrowing to banks -- to pass on to consumers - as well as easing policies aimed at helping hard hit sectors of the economy, especi [...]	2009-01-06 12:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN
09NEWDELHI2209	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 23-29, 2009, including the following: -- Central Bureau of Investigation Raids Department of Telecom Offices -- The RBI Takes A Bow -- Economic Advisory Council Expects Better Days Ahead [...]	2009-10-30 13:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP PHUM PINR TSPA
09NEWDELHI2274	INDIA: STEEL SAFEGUARD DUTY CONSIDERED AGAIN [...] Summary: At an October 28 Directorate-General of Safeguards (DGS) public hearing, Indian steel companies argued for a 25-percent preliminary safeguard duty on imports of hot-rolled steel coils/sheets/strips, claiming that they had suffered serious injury due to a flood of low-priced imports. [...]	2009-11-10 13:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EIND IN
09NEWDELHI2280	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 9-13, 2009, including the following: -- Buzz Misleads on WTO Government Procurement Agreement -- RBI Audits Could Lead to Further Opening of the Banking Sector -- Corporate Profits Up, Sales Not [...]	2009-11-13 09:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI230	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 2-6, 2009, including the following: -- India Largest Recipient of Worker Remittances -- Government Anticipates 1.5 million Job-loss by March Due to Global Downturn -- India's FY2008 Investment [...]	2009-02-06 10:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI2330	MAYAWATI STRONG IN U.P. BY-ELECTIONS, BUT CONGRESS [...] (U) Summary. In Uttar Pradesh (U.P.),Chief Minister Kumari Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) swept the November 7 by-elections, winning nine out of eleven Assembly seats and consolidating further its hold of the state legislature. The by-elections were equally dramatic for the Samajwadi [...]	2009-11-18 14:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI2354	TURBULENCE IN PARLIAMENT AWAITS PRIME MINISTER ON RETURN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The winter session of Parliament kicked off on a stormy note on November 19 as the opposition parties brought parliament and the capital to a halt over the issue of sugarcane prices to farmers. The Opposition effectively mobilized over 25,000 farmers from western Uttar Pradesh to [...]	2009-11-20 13:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM EAGR IN
09NEWDELHI2358	India Wrestles With Food Price Inflation - Plans to Import [...] (SBU) Summary: The government of India (GOI) is struggling to contain double-digit food price inflation, while sitting on near-record food grain stocks. An uneven 2009 monsoon that significantly reduced the rice output combined with regressive GOI decisions on grain stocks, support prices and [...]	2009-11-20 15:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EAID EFIN ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN
09NEWDELHI2388	IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI'S HOLLOW VISIT TO INDIA [...] (C) Summary: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, and Vice President Hamid Ansari during a November 16-17 visit to New Delhi that was large on formality but little on substance. A senior Indian Ministry of [...]	2009-11-25 12:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MNUC EPET IR AF PK IN
09NEWDELHI2391	LIBERHAN LEAK STEALS REPORT'S THUNDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The list of political scandals awaiting Prime Minister Singh upon his return from Washington has grown with the release of the Liberhan Commission report. Bowing to immense pressure from the Opposition, Home Minister F.M. Chidambaram presented the report in the lower and upper [...]	2009-11-25 13:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI2399	INDIA UNLIKELY TO MEET $500 BILLION INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING [...] (SBU) Summary. Both Government of India (GOI) officials and private sector experts expect the GOI to fall far short of its plan to spend $500 billion on infrastructure between 2007 and 2012. Public-private partnerships have become an acceptable format for such projects but the private sector r [...]	2009-11-27 13:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ENRG ELTN EWWT IN

09NEWDELHI2441	INDIAN DELEGATION HEADS TO COPENHAGEN WITH SOFT WORDS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Armed with the Kyoto Protocol and the Bali Action Plan, India's delegation to COP-15 is planning a highly legalistic defense of the G-77 and the entitlement of developing countries to financial flows from the developed world. U.S. negotiators should expect more nit- [...]	2009-12-04 11:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ETRD TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
09NEWDELHI2445	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 30 to December 4, 2009, including the following: -- Trade Contraction Moderating -- World Bank Commits Increased Funding for India -- Competition Commission Focuses on the 'Common Man' -- GOI Has N [...]	2009-12-04 12:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EAID ECIN EIND ELTN ETRD IN
09NEWDELHI2455	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: CHIDAMBARAM PLEDGES MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: In a follow up to assurances by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Home Minister P. Chidambaram in October (ref c-e),the Home Minister declared in Parliament on December 2 that the GOI would withdraw "significant" military and paramilitary forces from Jammu and Kashmir, but he [...]	2009-12-08 14:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR IN
09NEWDELHI2494	INDIAN POLITICAL THEATER: THE LIBERHAN REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliamentary debate on the Liberhan Commission,s report (Ref B) on the destruction of a mosque 17 years ago caused disruption and drama. Both houses of Parliament engaged in hearty mud slinging across party lines, while ignoring more pressing issues, such as the rising price o [...]	2009-12-14 13:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IN PGOV PREL KDEM PINR
09NEWDELHI2515	High Food Inflation Eclipses Economic Recovery [...] SUMMARY: Despite a promising overall economic outlook, rising food price inflation continues to pose a serious challenge to the Government of India (GOI). Food prices increased by a staggering 19.95 percent for the week ending on December 5, the fastest pace in eleven years. Causes of the ris [...]	2009-12-17 13:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EAID EFIN ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN
09NEWDELHI252	INDIAN AUTO INDUSTRY IN FOR A BUMPY RIDE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 01:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL WTO
09NEWDELHI2528	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 14, to December 18, 2009, including the following: -- All's Quiet in Parliament on the Economic Reform Front -- Unbundling Electricity in Tamil Nadu -- U.S. Firm Azure Power Opens India's First [...]	2009-12-18 14:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EAID ECIN EIND ELTN ETRD IN
09NEWDELHI2529	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GREGG [...] (SBU) Senator Gregg and Delegation: Mission India warmly welcomes you. Following soon after Prime Minister Singh's historic official state visit to Washington, your visit coincides with a rapid expansion in the U.S.-India partnership, encompassing everything from agriculture to defense coop [...]	2009-12-18 15:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER OVIP AF PK IN
09NEWDELHI2532	AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR PAKISTANI ACTION AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: In a December 17 conversation with Pakistani High Commissioner Shahid Malik, the Ambassador pressed for Pakistani government action to convict suspects implicated in the 2008 Mumbai attacks; action against suspected Mumbai mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) supremo Hafez Saeed; a [...]	2009-12-18 16:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IN PK
09NEWDELHI2543	WINTER SESSION OF PARLIAMENT ENDS WITHOUT CIVIL [...] (C) Summary: The lack-luster winter session of Parliament came to an end without passage of the Civil Nuclear Liabilities legislation. Despite assurances from the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government that it intended to push the legislation through, we did not see any signs of Congr [...]	2009-12-21 13:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI2544	AMBASSADOR VISITS PARLIAMENT, CALLS ON SPEAKER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 16 meeting with the Ambassador, Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) Speaker Meira Kumar expressed an interest in meeting Speaker Pelosi in the United States. Kumar wants to increase exchanges between Indian and United States legislators. The Ambassador and Spe [...]	2009-12-21 13:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IN PGOV PREL KDEM PINR
09NEWDELHI2545	ADVANI MOVES UPSTAIRS, HANDS OVER REINS TO THE NEXT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: India's principal opposition party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),implemented a generational change at the top when its leading stalwart, former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani, stepped down from his position of Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, India's lower hou [...]	2009-12-21 14:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI2550	ENVIRONMENT MINISTER DEFENDS COPENHAGEN ACCORD; LOCAL NGOS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh claimed victory for India's Copenhagen negotiating team in a parliamentary session December 22. Ramesh used his response to opposition attacks to sensitize the nation to the idea India needs to realize its responsibilities as a [...]	2009-12-22 13:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ETRD TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
09NEWDELHI2554	Auto Industry, GOI on Standards and Remanufacturing [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 15, Dilip Chenoy, Director General of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM),told Econoff and Econ Specialist that he had drafted IndiaQs newly mandatory tire standards (reftel) and the standards would not affect any U.S. companies. He expressed supp [...]	2009-12-23 11:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ETRD ECON EINV IN
09NEWDELHI280	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 9-13, 2009, including the following: -- India Modifies FDI Procedures -- Inflation Continues to Fall -- December Industrial Output Falls -- Interim Railway Budget Announced -- FII Holdings Fal [...]	2009-02-13 12:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI284	DELHI DIARY, FEBRUARY 3-13, 2009 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 2-13, 2009, that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Valentine's Day Violence? -- Six-year-old's Beating Caught on Tape in UP -- Vajpayee Hospitalized, Making Steady Progress Valentine's Day [...]	2009-02-13 13:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR EAGR IN
09NEWDELHI288	INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY: â€œHUGE STAKEâ€ IN SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting between Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and Special Representative Richard Holbrooke on February 16, Menon: -- stated that India "has a huge stake" in the Special Representative's success in his new role and promised to support Holbrooke's efforts publicly to al [...]	2009-02-17 08:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI324	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 17-20, 2009, including the following: -- Inflation Declines to 14-Month Low -- India-ASEAN FTA Authorization May Be Postponed -- State-owned Banks to Be Recapitalized -- GOI Extends Duty Credit [...]	2009-02-20 11:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI367	DELHI DIARY, FEBRUARY 14-27, 2009 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 14-27, 2009, that did not feature in our other reporting: -- 14th Lok Sabha Ends Respectfully, But No Election Dates Yet -- Parliamentary Committee Calls for Better Military/Intel Coordination [...]	2009-02-27 11:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KISL PINR PTER MOPS IN
09NEWDELHI368	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 23 TO FEBRUARY 27, 2009 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 23-27, 2009, including the following: -- UPA Government's Last Relief Package to Exporters -- UPA Sneaks in Another Last Minute Vote Sweetener -- Government Attempts Clarification of FDI Policy [...]	2009-02-27 12:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI378	MEDIA REACTION: BANGLADESH, US [...] "DISTURBED NEIGHBORHOOD," editorial in February 28 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "It is easy for India to explain away the disturbed situation in neighboring Bangladesh as that country's own problem. But is it right for India to shirk its responsibility? Being the biggest country [...]	2009-03-02 11:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI379	BHARAT BALLOT 09: NATIONAL ELECTION DATES ANNOUNCED [...] (U) India will go to the polls between April 16 and May 13 to elect a new parliament and put in place a new government. The announcement was made on March 2 by the Indian Election Commission which released an election schedule with voting occurring in five phases beginning on April 16 and endin [...]	2009-03-02 11:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI403	BHARAT BALLOT 09: NATIONAL ELECTION PRIMER [...] (U) Summary: India will hold national elections in five stages from April 16 to May 13. Results will be announced on May 16. With an electorate of 714 million, the election will be the largest democratic undertaking in world history. Neither of the two largest parties, the currently ruling [...]	2009-03-04 12:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI412	INDIAN NSA SHARES DESIRE FOR COOPERATION WITH DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (S) Summary. In a cordial March 3 meeting with FBI Director Robert Mueller, Indian National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan: -- recognized the importance of the improved cooperation between the U.S. and India since November's terrorist attacks in Mumbai; -- identified Lashkar-e-Taiba as the number [...]	2009-03-04 13:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PTER KJUS PGOV KCRM PINR PREL IN
09NEWDELHI415	INDIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR TO SR HOLBROOKE: PAKISTAN [...] (C) In a February 16 meeting with Special Representative Richard Holbrooke, National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan emphasized that Pakistan's relationship with India would be driven by the Pakistani military. Defense Secretary Vijay Singh, who also attended, noted that the Indian and Pakista [...]	2009-03-05 06:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI435	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 2-6, 2009, including the following: -- India Continues to Slow Down -- Inflation Declines to 7-Year Low; RBI Moves -- FDI Clarifications Just Cloud the Issue -- FATF Gives Go Ahead for India Mutual [...]	2009-03-06 09:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI442	CORRECTED COPY: BHARAT BALLOT: NATIONAL ELECTION [...] (U) Corrected Copy: To revise seat distribution in paragraph 5. 2. (U) Summary: India will hold national elections in five stages from April 16 to May 13. Results will be announced on May 16. With an electorate of 714 million, the election will be the largest democratic undertaking [...]	2009-03-09 05:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI447	MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, [...] "BIG MISTAKE," op-ed in March 8 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "The terrorist attack on the Lankan cricket team came as the biggest shock for Pakistanis. Pakistan is paying a heavy price for its mistake. The same terrorists whom it created and suppor [...]	2009-03-09 10:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI493	AFFORDABLE HOUSING: A RAY OF LIGHT IN AN OTHERWISE GLOOMY [...] (U) Summary: After a period of unprecedented growth, the Indian real estate sector is in the midst of a protracted slowdown. Housing prices are in a phase of adjustment; having been reduced 20-30% in the major metros, and developers are not sure they have yet hit the bottom. However, a ray of [...]	2009-03-17 11:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EIND IN
09NEWDELHI532	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 16-20, 2009, including the following: -- Inflation Falls to a Historic Low -- Foreign Direct Investments High Through January -- India Discusses Free Trade Pact with Chile -- New Pension Scheme fo [...]	2009-03-20 13:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI563	BHARAT BALLOT 09: INDIA PREMIER LEAGUE CRICKET [...] (SBU) Summary. Next month's Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament will be held in South Africa after the league's organizers failed to secure Government of India approval for the matches to go ahead in India. The tournament - scheduled to begin on April 10 - clashes with the upcomin [...]	2009-03-25 09:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ECON IN
09NEWDELHI576	INDIA'S ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGES LACK A GREEN FOCUS [...] This cable is in response to Ref A seeking information regarding green investments in India's economic stimulus packages. On December 7, 2008, the Government of India announced a fiscal stimulus package of approximately 4 billion USD (Ref B). This was followed-up on January 2, 2009 with a GO [...]	2009-03-26 10:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EFIN ENRG KGHG IN
09NEWDELHI596	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 23-27, 2009, including the following: -- Much Ado: Tata Nano Finally Launched -- Infosys Postpones Hiring; IBM Plans to Shift Jobs to India -- Wind-power Producers in Tamil Nadu Can Charge More -- [...]	2009-03-27 12:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI604	BHARAT BALLOT 09: THE PERILS OF POLLING [...] (SBU) Summary: As India heads into the 2009 Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) elections in April/May, Indian media outlets will release a torrent of election polls and public opinion surveys. In examining these polls, we will keep in mind that election polling in India is a notoriously un [...]	2009-03-30 12:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI638	VALIDATION STUDY OF NEW DELHI'S B1B2 HINDI/PUNJABI LANGUAGE [...] (SBU) As one of a series of validation studies (reftels) by the Fraud Prevention personnel in Mission India, Embassy New Delhi undertook a validation of B1B2 visas issued to "language applicants" during the first quarter of the 2008 calendar year (January 1-March 31, 2008). The rate of overst [...]	2009-04-02 02:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN
09NEWDELHI663	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 30-April 3, 2009, including the following: -- Update on India's External Sector -- Indian Carriers Cancel Aircraft Orders -- Boeing Opens Research and Technology Center -- Bihar Govt Official Comm [...]	2009-04-03 10:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI686	BHARAT BALLOT 09: A MATTER OF COALITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The fragmentation of political power away from Delhi and the national parties to the states and regional parties means that no single party is capable of forming a national government by itself in India. With little more than a week to go before the start of the polling cycle [...]	2009-04-07 14:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI699	INDIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN [...] (SBU) Dear Chairman Berman and Delegation: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes you to India. Your visit coincides with a historically unprecedented level of U.S.-India collaboration encompassing everything from defense cooperation to agriculture and reflecting widespread support in both countr [...]	2009-04-09 11:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI710	BHARAT BALLOT 09: A VIEW FROM THE GROUND LEVEL [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of Embassy New Delhi's coverage of the 2009 Indian general elections, we will provide a series of reports from a rural constituency in Uttar Pradesh to give some feel for how the election looks from the ground level. Bulandshahr, a market town of 175,000 located 40 mil [...]	2009-04-13 13:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI730	BHARAT BALLOT 09: HIMACHAL POLITICS SPLIT THE [...] (U) Summary. Himachal Pradesh accounts for only four seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha, but given the neck-and-neck national race between the Congress Party and the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP),every seat counts. Himachal voters, on average more educated and prosperous than other Indians, cas [...]	2009-04-14 14:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR IN
09NEWDELHI755	BHARAT BALLOT 2009: BJP PROMISES FREEBIES TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) struck a populist tone with the release of the party's manifesto ahead of the April-May parliamentary elections. The BJP lays out a range of programs offering something for nearly everyone. The manifesto has its focus, however, on lifting those [...]	2009-04-16 15:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI756	SUBJECT: BHARAT BALLOT 09: INDIA GOES TO THE [...] Summary: (U) On April 16, Indian voters cast their ballots in 124 election districts across 17 states and territories in the first of five phases of parliamentary elections, thus marking the start of the biggest democratic exercise the world has ever seen. Polling in the first round was gene [...]	2009-04-16 15:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI770	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 13-17, 2009, including the following: -- India Misses Export Target -- Inflation Declines, Food Still Expensive -- Domestic Steel Users Oppose Antidumping Duty -- Company Expects Approval of Firs [...]	2009-04-17 12:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI788	BHARAT BALLOT 09: DIVIDED LOYALTIES IN PEACEFUL [...] (SBU) Summary. National elections came off with very few problems in Jammu and Kashmir, one of seventeen states where voting occurred in the first phase. The most striking aspect of Jammu and Kashmir's election campaign was its ordinariness: voters focused on governance, roads, electricity [...]	2009-04-21 12:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL KDEM PHUM KISL PK IN
09NEWDELHI8	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 29, 2008 to January 2, 2009, including the following: -- Trade Figures Decline for Second Consecutive Month -- 3G Telecom Spectrum Auction Postponed -- Most Indian Carriers Cut Domestic Fares - [...]	2009-01-02 11:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI802	GOING GREEN AND SAVING MILLIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL [...] SUMMARY: Embassy New Delhi has achieved significant success in energy efficiency and environmental sustainability through a focused "going green" effort. Embassy New Delhi has been a pioneer in rainwater harvesting, solar technology, and energy conservation. Post has realized more than half [...]	2009-04-22 13:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG TRGY ECON KGHG IN
09NEWDELHI817	BHARAT BALLOT 09: ROUND TWO OF INDIAN [...] Summary: (U) On April 23, Indian voters cast their ballots in 141 election districts across 13 states in the second of five phases of parliamentary elections. Polling in the second phase was mostly peaceful and smooth. Final turnout numbers were not available at COB, but turnout appeared to [...]	2009-04-23 15:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI826	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 20-24, 2009, including the following: -- India's Outward FDI Plans Up, But Actual Flows Down -- RBI Cuts Interest Rates In Its Monetary Policy -- ......And Lowers Growth Estimates -- Retail Food I [...]	2009-04-24 14:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI863	DEMOCRACY-IN-EXILE - TIBETANS DEBATE REFORM AMIDST [...] (C) Summary. Following the 50th anniversary of the Dalai Lama's escape to India, Tibetans now look toward their future and the implementation of further democratic reforms for the government-in-exile, the Central Tibetan Authority (CTA). While the exile community has the instruments of democra [...]	2009-04-30 13:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PREF CH IN
09NEWDELHI864	BHARAT BALLOT 09: ROUND THREE OF INDIAN [...] (U) Summary: On April 30, Indian voters cast their ballots in several states seen as key to the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) bid to win power from the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. This is the third of five phases of parliamentary elections; p [...]	2009-04-30 14:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI872	INDIAN ECONOMY SHOWING SIGNS OF RECOVERY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Indian economy is showing some signs of recovery from the current slowdown, with many analysts predicting that the downward cycle is expected to bottom out in the second half of FY 2009-10 (October-April). The core sector (including power, cement, and steel) and automobiles [...]	2009-05-01 11:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI878	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 27 to May 1, 2009, including the following: -- India Signals Plans to Purchase IMF Bonds -- Slowdown in Mergers and Acquisitions -- Regulator Issues Notices to 12 Accounting Firms -- India Conside [...]	2009-05-01 13:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI886	SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] President Obama's April 29 press conference generated widespread reporting in India the next day. The media highlighted his remark: "On the military side you're starting to see some recognition just in the last few days, that the obsession with India as the mortal threat to Pakistan has been m [...]	2009-05-04 12:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI927	BHARAT BALLOT 09: INDIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: The rolling Indian parliamentary election moved north as Indian voters cast their ballots in the fourth round of elections on May 7. In play were several key battleground states for the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance's attempt to stay in power. In this fourth of [...]	2009-05-07 15:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI937	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 4-8, 2009, including the following: -- Indian IT Industry Reactions to U.S. Tax Plan -- Indo-Pak Border Trade Increases to About $80M -- New Chief of National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) [...]	2009-05-08 12:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI941	EMERGING TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON ADAPTATION, NOT INNOVATION [...] SUMMARY: EmTech India '09 was MIT Technology Review's first ever emerging technology conference held outside the U.S. The conference was billed as a forum to discuss technological trends and showcase India's latest cutting edge technologies in information and communications technology, clean [...]	2009-05-08 13:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL TBIO TNGD TPHY EINV SIPR TINT SCUL ECPS IN
09NEWDELHI945	CORRECTED COPY: BHARAT BALLOT 09: CASTE AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A visit to six constituencies in an arc along the western border of bellwether Uttar Pradesh revealed that caste, personality politics, and tactical voting dominate over national issues as the region went to the polls May 7. Results of all parliamentary contests across the cou [...]	2009-05-08 14:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PTER IN
09NEWDELHI960	MAYAWATI DEPUTY FORESEES NO CHANGE IN INDIAN [...] (C) Summary: Shashank Shekhar, Cabinet Secretary to Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister Mayawati, told Ambassador Burleigh on May 4 that he foresees no change in Indian foreign policy should Mayawati become Prime Minister. He further commented that what little the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) lead [...]	2009-05-13 11:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN
09NEWDELHI969	BHARAT BALLOT 09: INDIA'S MARATHON ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: Indian voters cast the final ballots in the country's marathon elections on May 13. In this fifth and final phase, polling took place in 86 constituencies across seven states and two territories. Voting was relatively peaceful with the exception of small skirmishes in West Beng [...]	2009-05-13 15:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI988	BHARAT BALLOT 2009: MUSLIM VOTE DIVIDED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff and PolFSN traveled to western UP to visit five parliamentary districts where Muslims make up a large minority, and in some cases, the majority, of voters. These five districts voted on May 13, the final phase of the election for the Lok Sabha (the lower house of Parliamen [...]	2009-05-15 11:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI991	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 11-15, 2009, including the following: -- Exports Continue Contraction -- March Industry Growth Down -- But Manufacturing Sector Showing Revival Signs -- Consumer Inflation Shows Some Abatement -- SE [...]	2009-05-15 12:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI994	INDIA'S NEW PENSION SCHEME AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP IN [...] (SBU) Summary: India's Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) opened the "New Pension Scheme" (NPS) to all Indians between the ages of 18-55, including private sector companies, self-employed professionals and informal sector low wage workers, on May 1, 2009. The NPS had pr [...]	2009-05-15 13:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI995	BHARAT BALLOT 09: CHARGE DISCUSSES NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires Burleigh discussed the national elections with journalists, local politicians and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's deputy during a visit to the state capital, Lucknow, on May 4. The journalists generally agreed that Mayawati's popularity has declined sinc [...]	2009-05-15 13:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN
09NEWDELHI997	BHARAT BALLOT 09: TIGHT BATTLE IN RAJASTHAN [...] (SBU) Summary: While the race is close and tight in Rajasthan, the Congress Party is expected to pick up between 5-10 seats from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in parliamentary election. Polling was on May 7 and results will be declared on May 16. The Congress strategy was to pick strong [...]	2009-05-15 14:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI998	BHARAT BALLOT 09: JAI HO! CONGRESS PARTY WINS [...] (U) Please note that the numbers in this cable are all approximate, based on the latest media reports of vote count in progress. The actual results may vary slightly but we do not expect any major changes. The Election Commission will certify the final results on Monday, May 18. 2. (C) Su [...]	2009-05-16 13:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KDEM IN
09NIAMEY1017	Niger: Municipal Elections Pass Quietly; Ruling Party [...] Summary: Municipal elections of December 27 occurred without violence; preliminary Government of Niger (GON) tallies indicate a strong showing by ruling party-affiliated candidates and a GON-alleged overall voter turnout of 56 percent. Although that figure appears high based on mission person [...]	2009-12-29 17:02:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY282	COURT DATE SET FOR FORMER PM HAMA AMADOU; MEDICAL [...] (U) On April 8, the Investigative Commission referred the case of former Prime Minister Hama Amadou to the High Court of Justice (HCJ). In doing so, the Commission also stated that Amadou embezzled 39 million CFA instead of the 100 million announced in the lower court's and the National Assemb [...]	2009-04-17 17:26:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM PINR NG
09NIAMEY342	POST DIFFERENTIAL NIAMEY [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 11. 2. (U) On April 24, Post received Ref A announcing the lowering of Niamey's hardship differential from 25 to 20 percent. On April 28, Ref B was received advising that the decrease was due to the lower crime threat rating (from critical to h [...]	2009-05-12 15:54:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASIG CMGT NG
09NIAMEY474	NIAMEY FY10 CONSOLIDATED OBO ANNUAL BUDGET CALL FOR [...] (U) A. Niamey, Niger B. Replace GSO Building Chillers C. Description of Project: Purchase, ship, and install two (2) new 380v, 50Hz, 60 ton chillers to replace the 40 year old units presently at post. D. Post Rating: Critical E. Special Considerations: a) Controlled Access Ar [...]	2009-06-26 10:56:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	ABLD ABUD AMGT AFIN
09NIAMEY508	URANIUM MINING IN NIGER: EXPLODING PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 4, President Mamadou Tandja laid the foundation stone of a massive new uranium mining complex at Imouraren, Niger. The project will be developed by AREVA, the French nuclear giant, which is majority owned by the Government of France. Imouraren will be the second largest [...]	2009-07-07 12:13:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON EINV ENRG KCOR KNNP SENV NG
09NIAMEY538	Post Differential - Embassy Niamey [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 6. 2. (SBU) I am concerned that the hardship differential at Embassy Niamey decreased from 25 to 20 percent effective April 24, which I believe neither speaks to the realities of living and serving in Niger and undermines our recruitment efforts to fi [...]	2009-07-27 06:00:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASIG APER NG
09NIAMEY584	Niger: Post-Referendum Tension Continues, Police Arrest [...] On August 10, the judicial police arrested Marou Amadou, President of the United Front for the Protection of Democratic Gains (FUSAD),a civil society umbrella group made up of 22 civil society organizations and labor unions, after he read at a press conference a statement that FUSAD issued on [...]	2009-08-11 15:38:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM CASC ASEC NG
09NIAMEY646	Niger: Detained Ex-Parliamentarians Appear in Court [...] Summary: On September 7-8, about 30 former National Assembly Deputies arrested for allegedly receiving "undue amounts" (reftel) appeared before the investigating judge at the Niamey Tribunal. While President Tandja's supporters welcome this as an "operation clean hands" (to combat corruption),[...]	2009-09-09 15:38:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM KCOR NG
09NIAMEY684	Update on Niger's Political Situation [...] Summary: On September 13, fifty former National Assembly members who were arrested for allegedly embezzling funds from State coffers denounced President Tandja for making false accusations against them. In a separate, yet similar case, opposition leader Mahamadou Issoufou appeared before a tr [...]	2009-09-18 13:58:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI AU NG
09NIAMEY830	Niger: Legislative Election Calm, Turnout Low [...] On October 20, some six million Nigerians were called to a vote for deputies to serve in a newly constituted National Assembly. This came one day after security forces voted, allowing the police, gendarmerie, and military to provide security for the general public during balloting. The vote to [...]	2009-10-21 20:38:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY862	Niger: Food Insecurity Disaster Alert [...] (U) Summary: This message provides an alert that Niger may be moving towards a full-scale disaster declaration. The Government of Niger (GON) Ministry of Agricultural Development (MDA) released the "Pre-Evaluation and Provisional Results of the Agricultural Season - 2009/2010," indicating a c [...]	2009-11-04 17:01:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV EAID SOCI NG
09NIAMEY89	NIGER -- ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW [...] The following is Post's response to provide input to help further define law enforcement and judicial training needs. Below are Post's responses to the questions posed: A. What are the key internal or regional challenges the host government's non-military security apparatus confronts? (i.e [...]	2009-02-17 15:52:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KCRM PARM PGOV PTER SNAR SOCI NG
09NIAMEY943	Niger: Poor, but not too Poor for Cell Phones [...] Summary: Cell Phone usage is Niger is expanding rapidly, despite high costs to users with very limited means. With four service providers, cell phone growth has left landlines far behind. A Government of Niger (GON) survey indicates that men are twice as likely as women to have a cell phone, [...]	2009-11-28 11:10:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON SOCI PGOV KWIR NG
09NICOSIA123	REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS -- NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Paras 3-6 are sensitive but unclassified -- not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the April 2008 - February 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is John Rhatigan, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3364, Fax: [...]	2009-02-13 10:39:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM KWMN ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF CY
09NICOSIA172	CYPRUS ECONOMY: SO FAR, BETTER THAN MOST [...] (SBU) Summary: Local economists expect the Cyprus economy to continue achieving slightly positive GDP growth this year despite being buffeted by the international economic crisis. A diversified economy, a generally stable real estate market, banks that avoided the excesses of those in money cen [...]	2009-03-06 14:20:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CY
09NICOSIA194	EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGIONAL STRATEGIC [...] (C) Meeting in Nicosia February 24, U.S. Ambassadors and interagency representatives covering the Eastern Mediterranean RSI region discussed ways to strengthen counterterrorism efforts in an environment characterized by new migration waves from the Middle East to Europe, the aftermath of the I [...]	2009-03-19 12:14:00	Embassy Nicosia	SECRET	PTER PREL EAID ASEC GR TU CY
09NICOSIA21	CYPRUS: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] EU nationals permanently residing in the Republic of Cyprus, and EU registered legal entities with jurisdiction, central management or primary place of business in the Republic of Cyprus may acquire real estate (of any type or size) without prior approval by the District Administration Offices [...]	2009-01-16 13:09:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
09NICOSIA219	CYPRUS: ATTENDANCE AT GICNT PLANNING GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-27 12:51:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL PTER CY
09NICOSIA266	CYPRUS: SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S APRIL 15 [...] (C) Summary: Your April 15 meeting with the leader of the Turkish Cypriot (T/C) community, Mehmet Ali Talat, is an opportunity to unambiguously register U.S. support for current efforts to re-unify Cyprus. This is a time of extreme crisis for T/C pro-solution forces, of which Talat is the un [...]	2009-04-14 12:37:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TR CY
09NICOSIA272	CYPRUS: SCENESETTER FOR FM KYPRIANOU'S APRIL 20 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your April 20 meeting with Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou will demonstrate continued high-level U.S. support for reunification negotiations. You will want to note that the international community has high expectations for these talks and that the status qu [...]	2009-04-16 14:01:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA305	CYPRUS TALKS AND THE ORAMS CASE: CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. On May 5, the first meeting between the Greek Cypriot(GC) and Turkish Cypriot(TC) leaders since the European Court of Justice (ECJ) made known its decision in the Orams property case went well, according to Turkish Cypriot (TC) lead negotiator Ozdil Nami. TC Leader Talat stood up [...]	2009-05-07 12:38:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY
09NICOSIA332	CYPRUS: HARD-LINE HOUSE SPEAKER UNBOWED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cypriot House Speaker and DIKO party leader Marios Karoyian voiced his desire for closer relations between the U.S. and Cypriot legislatures during a May 19 meeting with the Ambassador. As such, he felt great disappointment when two high-profile Members of Congress visited Cypru [...]	2009-05-20 14:16:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA416	CYPRUS' BFIF FUND 2009. RESULTS FROM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY [...] Summary: Embassy Nicosia received USD 17,100 of Business Facilitation Incentive Funds (BFIF) to cover the costs of two Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) seminars organized by the Economic/Commercial Section of the U.S. Embassy in Nicosia in April and to subsidize U.S.-made auto distributors' p [...]	2009-06-26 12:46:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ABUD AMGT ETRD ECON EINV BTIO CY
09NICOSIA471	CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOTS GENERALLY UPBEAT IN [...] (C) Summary: Like their Greek Cypriot (G/C) counterparts, Turkish Cypriots voiced optimism regarding the UN-brokered peace process, muted by a cognizance of the magnitude of the task ahead and serious divergences between the sides, in discussions with EUR DAS Matthew Bryza during his June 29-30 [...]	2009-07-20 08:53:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFIYCP TR CY
09NICOSIA488	CYPRUS: REGIONAL BENEFITS FROM NATURAL GAS IN THE [...] (C) Summary. Houston-based Noble Energy will conduct seismic exploration in its offshore Cypriot and Israeli blocs beginning the end of September and expect to finish about two months later. We anticipate the Turkish Cypriots will object to the exploration activity, arguing that offshore assets bel [...]	2009-07-29 09:33:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ENRG EPET CY
09NICOSIA7	CYPRUS: SIDES STILL DIFFER ON GOVERNANCE, UN ENVOY [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNFICYP Senior Advisor Wlodek Cibor on January 7 painted a less rosy picture than boss Special Representative Taye-Brook Zerihoun of the most recent (January 5) leaders' gathering. Cibor (please protect) discounted the significance of Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat r [...]	2009-01-09 15:33:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA790	CYPRUS: Relatively Gloomy Economic Outlook [...] (SBU) Summary. Cyprus was late entering its current recession and it will be late exiting it. Underlying structural problems (such as rigidities in the labor market - including exceptionally strong unions and a blanket wage indexation system - along with a large and extremely well-compensated [...]	2009-12-22 14:11:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CY
09NOUAKCHOTT1	WINNING HEARTS AND MINDS, JUNTA STYLE [...] (C) Summary. Since the August 6 military coup, little has filled the state-run media besides promises that the self-proclaimed Chief of State Ould Abdel Aziz will make life better for all Mauritanians and public declarations of support for the junta. In an effort to sway public support, Mau [...]	2009-01-02 11:24:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON MR PREF
09NOUAKCHOTT128	MAURITANIA: SIX MONTHS AFTER THE COUP [...] (C) Summary: Six months after the coup, the Country Team, senior LES, and external contacts are virtually unanimous in their opinion that Mauritania is in the midst of an unprecedented crisis. Political uncertainty and deadlock continue and the economy steadily worsens. The economic and so [...]	2009-02-12 14:12:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON EAID MR
09NOUAKCHOTT130	FOLLOWING THE MONEY PART 2 [...] (C) Summary: This cable is a follow-on to post's first following the money cable (REF A). Six months after the coup, the economic situation in Mauritania has deteriorated precipitously. There are increasing signs that the junta is running out of money and hard currency is becoming increasing [...]	2009-02-12 14:30:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT156	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of February 15-19, a Libyan delegation visited Mauritania, with little tangible results. The junta sent a letter to the AU proposing a way out of the crisis, a move widely regarded as a bid to avoid further EU condemnation. A proxy of Colonel Vall put forth a new [...]	2009-02-21 09:49:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT226	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (C) Summary: For the week of March 22-26, Charge visited President Abdallahi in Lemden, and met with FNDD Tawassoul members in Nouakchott. The AU reaffirmed sanctions against Mauritania in the wake of Qadhafi's "mediation" visit. The Iranian Foreign Minister visited Mauritania, while the RF [...]	2009-03-30 07:58:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT257	MAURITANIA'S NEIGHBORS -- ABDALLAHI LOSING MALIAN [...] (C) Summary: Charge did the rounds April 5 of neighboring country embassies to check on evolving views following the failed Qadhafi mediation. Morocco and Algeria remain fixed on two sides of the fence -- Morocco urging acceptance of the status quo based on stability concerns (and discounti [...]	2009-04-08 16:53:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV USAU AG ML MO SG MR
09NOUAKCHOTT260	MAURITANIAN ECONOMY DETERIORATING AND LIKELY TO [...] (C) Summary: The foreign exchange market in Mauritania has stopped functioning and the Central Bank has been rationing foreign currency since November 2008. The difference between the parallel and official exchange rates has grown from zero to 10%. While large companies with connections abroa [...]	2009-04-12 09:31:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EMIN PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT278	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of April 12-16, the RFD party was on the verge of collapse, and Ahmed Ould Daddah had his strongest words yet for General Aziz. Ibrahima Sarr announced his candidacy for president, and renewed AU-Libyan and Senegalese mediation efforts failed to generate enthusia [...]	2009-04-16 13:47:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO MR

09NOUAKCHOTT332	MEETINGS WITH NEW PRO-COUP POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (C) Summary: PolOff and PolAsst met with two different breeds of new pro-coup political parties. Union Pour la Republique (UPR),intimately connected with coup leader and now presidential candidate Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, sees the June 6 election as an opportunity to return to constitution [...]	2009-05-17 08:26:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT366	JUNTA GIVING AWAY FOOD IN FINAL EFFORT TO GAIN [...] (C) Summary: In a thinly veiled attempt to gain public support, the junta is once again giving away food and land. Local mayors are distributing free fish to their constitutents, likely on behalf of the junta. The "Prime Minister" and "Food Security Commissioner" oversaw the distribution of 2 [...]	2009-06-02 13:50:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIS PGOV PREL SOCI MR
09NOUAKCHOTT453	ARAB MAGHREB DIRECTOR TIGHT LIPPED ABOUT WESTERN [...] (C) PolOff paid a courtesy visit on July 12 to Arab Maghreb Director Mohamed Ould Mekhale to inquire after UN SRSG for Western Sahara Chris Ross's visit to Mauritania on June 27. PolOff wanted to ask if the Secretary of State in charge of the Arab Maghreb had met with Ross, how the Mauritan [...]	2009-07-13 15:30:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV WI MR
09NOUAKCHOTT500	MAURITANIA -- ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY WITH THE AZIZ [...] (C) New Environment Needs New Strategy: Mission Country Team (including visiting Rabat-based LEGAT) held an off-site July 27 to consider revisions of the Mission Strategic Plan in light of the July 18 election of President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and the June 23 killing of Christopher [...]	2009-08-02 23:28:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS ASEC PTER AMGT MR
09NOUAKCHOTT503	MAURITANIA -- ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY WITH THE AZIZ [...] (C) New Environment Needs New Strategy: Mission Country Team (including visiting Rabat-based LEGAT) held an off-site July 27 to consider revisions of the Mission Strategic Plan in light of the July 18 election of President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and the June 23 killing of Christopher [...]	2009-08-03 08:17:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS ASEC PTER AMGT MR
09NOUAKCHOTT505	MODERATE ISLAMIST JEMIL MANSOUR ON THE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Tawassoul president and presidential candidate Jemil Ould Mansour -- who was among the first to accept President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's victory -- believes the election was fair despite a number of irregularities. For Mansour, Tawassoul comes out of the crisis in a wi [...]	2009-08-03 17:11:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT53	MAURITANIA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] President Abdallahi's government strongly encouraged foreign direct investment and economic liberalization. The government's investment and development strategy emphasized private sector development, which was seen as the main engine of economic growth. Privatization, liberalization, and inves [...]	2009-01-19 16:52:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV OPIC KTDB USTR EFIN ELAB MR
09NOUAKCHOTT607	MAURITANIA: INTERNATIONAL CONTACT GROUP DOES A [...] (U) The International Contact Group on Mauritania convened on September 10, 2009 in Nouakchott to consider developments in Mauritania since the finalization of the Dakar Accord's laying out the steps for a consensual return to constitutional order leading to new elections to resolve Mauritan [...]	2009-09-17 17:22:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT636	MAURITANIA'S SEMI-ANNUAL FRAUD REPORT [...] Mauritania is a poor developing country whose small population and relative isolation have kept the demand for visas relatively low. There has been significant rural to urban migration since the devastating drought of the 1970s. There are three major ethnic groups in Mauritania: White Moors, Bl [...]	2009-10-01 14:10:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MR
09NOUAKCHOTT711	SLAVERY IN MAURITANIA: AN OVERVIEW AND ACTION PLAN [...] (C) Summary: A deeply entrenched social, cultural and economic phenomenon, slavery is present in both the Moor and Afro-Mauritanian communities and is linked to a caste system rather than exclusively racial considerations. Slavery practices still exist in many forms -- from the most tradit [...]	2009-11-03 16:10:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM TIP PGOV KDEM MR
09OSAKAKOBE135	Of Madonnas and Manifestos: Kansai Braces for [...] (SBU) Summary: Voters in western Japan are poised to hand a historic victory to the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in legislative elections, tracking developments nationwide in a race highlighted by negative campaigning by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),a debate dominated by issue [...]	2009-08-28 09:09:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV JA
09OSAKAKOBE34	Kaneka Seeks FIT to be Tied to Green New Deal [...] (SBU) Summary: Kaneka Corporation, a leading innovator in thin-film solar cell production remains focused on the European market and has no immediate plans to make green energy investments in the United States. While its much larger Japanese solar rivals such as Sharp and Panasonic/Sanyo are [...]	2009-02-17 02:22:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ENRG JA
09OSAKAKOBE37	Paradigm Shift: Kansai Enterprises Contemplate a [...] (SBU) Summary: "Paradigm shift" was the catchphrase of choice during the annual meeting of Kansai area economic groups, global companies, high tech firms, and other major enterprises. With major stakes in manufacturing for export, many participants bemoaned the gloomy prospects for dealing w [...]	2009-02-25 22:37:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ENRG PGOV JA
09OSAKAKOBE49	RECYCLING ELECTRONIC WASTE - PANASONIC'S [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. With the onset of digital television broadcasting, Panasonic, Sharp, and Toshiba launched a joint U.S. based Manufacturers Recycling Management Company (MRM) in 2007 to deal with the anticipated wave of electronic waste from recycled televisions. MRM's purpose is [...]	2009-03-19 01:27:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV BEXP EIND PGOV ELAB JA
09OSAKAKOBE92	Sharp Doubles Down, Heavily Invests in Solar [...] (SBU) Summary: In follow up to a meeting earlier this year (Ref A),we toured Sharp Corporation's state-of-the- art 160mw capacity photovoltaic (PV) plant in Katsuragi, Nara with Embassy's Energy Attach and discussed with senior executives from Sharp's Solar Group, the company's short and mid [...]	2009-05-27 03:21:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ENRG ECON JA
09OSAKAKOBE93	H1N1 Kansai Economic Bell Begins to Toll [...] (SBU) Summary: As the spread of H1N1 and official countermeasures to the flu outbreak in Kansai continue to evolve, it is too early to calculate the full impact of the H1N1 flu virus on the Kansai economy, but as local governments and business organizations struggle to sweep away the percepti [...]	2009-05-27 03:22:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KFLU SOCI TBIO PINR JA
09OSLO111	A WHALE OF A CABLE - WHALING IN NORWAY [...] (U) SUMMARY. After resuming commercial whaling of minke whales in 1993, Norway endured a few years of tough international criticism from NGOs and non-whaling countries. In recent years, however, the activity has largely fallen under the radar, surpassed by the attention now paid to Japan's [...]	2009-02-13 14:46:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO NO
09OSLO309	FROZEN DELIGHT: NORWAY'S TURKISH MINORITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-22 12:48:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PINR PTER KCRM TU NO
09OSLO363	OSLO NEC - SUPREME COURT HEARING CONCLUDES, OUTCOME [...] (SBU) Summary: From May 12 - 14, opponents of the NEC sparred with GON lawyers before Norway's Supreme Court, contending that the Oslo City Council's rezoning decision in favor of the NEC should be overturned. After three appeals spanning the period 2006 - 08, all of them unsuccessful, our o [...]	2009-05-26 06:47:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABLD AMGT KLIG NO
09OSLO375	NORWAY: SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF THE [...] (U) Summary: The Norwegian Supreme Court on May 29 ruled unanimously against opponents of our NEC. Rejecting arguments that there had been inadequate consideration of alternative locations, the high court sustained the Oslo City CouncilQs decision in December 2005 to rezone our ten-acre site [...]	2009-06-03 13:52:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABLD AMGT ASEC KLIG NO
09OSLO384	NORWEGIAN IRANIANS: A MODEL IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Iranian immigrants in Norway are some of the country's most successful and best-integrated non-Western minorities. There are currently over 15,000 first and second generation Iranians in Norway, making them the tenth largest immigrant group. The community is highly educated, s [...]	2009-06-10 11:24:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS IR KCRM NO PINR PTER
09OSLO434	OSLO NEC - THE HIGH COSTS OF FREEZING THE PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: After winning a nail-biting vote in the City Council, an appeal to the governor, two lower court cases, and a final Supreme Court appeal, then successfully concluding four years of negotiations over the purchase price for the land, we at last have a clear pat [...]	2009-07-07 07:56:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABLD PREL AMGT ASEC KLIG NO
09OSLO460	FURTHER SUPPORT CABLE FOR SHARPUDI ELFIROVITCH ISRAILOV [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 14:37:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NO PHUM RU
09OSLO504	NORWEGIAN OPINIONS ON THE SUU KYI VERDICT AND BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The GON shares our reaction to the Suu Kyi verdict, and Foreign Minister Stoere has made forceful statements condemning the trial as "political" and "a farce," while also stating that an international boycott of Burma is of limited effectiveness without India and China on board. T [...]	2009-08-14 07:01:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM NO EAID
09OSLO511	NORWAY'S NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION NARRATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel A, poloff held extensive discussions on August 14 with Knut Langeland, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs. Langeland spelled out Norway's position on nonproliferation and disarmament issues in response to our pro [...]	2009-08-17 16:01:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09OSLO574	COMMERCE DESK OFFICER FOLLOWS UP INFORMAL COMMERCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Commerce Nordic/Baltic desk officer Jennifer Derstine met with industry and GON representatives on a range of issues covered in the bilateral Informal Commercial Exchange (ICE) framework during her September 7 to 9 visit to Oslo. There has been limited progress on some element [...]	2009-09-18 12:39:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP KIPR ETRD EINV EPET ENRG NO
09OSLO720	NORWEGIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY ON NATO, RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary: MoD Security Policy Director Svein Efjestad told EUR/NB Director, DCM, PolCouns, A/DATT and PolMil Officer November 12 that the recent NATO-Russia Council meeting held in Oslo on nuclear policy was a useful discussion, particularly as it addressed sub-strategic weapons, which re [...]	2009-11-18 13:47:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR OVIP NO
09OSLO73	NORWAY ? 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] (U) Summary. Here is the submission for Norway's 2009 Investment Climate Report. Per reftel, it will be incorporated in the Country's Commercial Guide. End summary. Chapter 6: Investment Climate Openness to Foreign Investment Conversion and Transfer Policies Expropriation and Compensati [...]	2009-01-14 13:18:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV OPIC KTDB USTR NO
09OSLO748	Ambassador's Stavanger Discussions with GON and Oil [...] (SBU) In meetings during the Ambassador's first visit to Norway's "oil city" of Stavanger, U.S. companies told the Ambassador they were keenly interested in access to more offshore production acreage, particularly in the environmentally/ politically sensitive area of Lofoten-Vesteralen. The Di [...]	2009-12-04 06:43:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV SENV PREL NO VE RS
09OSLO783	NORWAY: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Consistent with instructions in ref A, the following is Embassy Oslo's submission for the narrative of the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Norway: Begin text. Norwegian authorities considered the threat of terrorist attacks in Norway low and the widespread belief among the genera [...]	2009-12-21 14:25:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR NO
09OSLO787	NORWAY CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER ERNA SOLBERG DISCUSSES NOBEL, ARCTIC, AFGHANISTAN WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Erna Solberg, leader of the Conservative ("Hoyre") Party (the second largest opposition party in Norway after the right-wing Progress Party) told Ambassador White on December 15 that many Norwegians were favorably impressed by President Obama's direct message in his Nobel speech [...]	2009-12-23 12:29:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NO OXEC PGOV PREL
09OSLO90	MINORITY ANGER IN NORWAY RISES [...] (SBU) Summary: A series of anti-Israel demonstrations on January 8 and January 10 erupted into violence in central Oslo as some demonstrators, primarily young Muslim-background youth, clashed with police. The damages, police action and extent of the violence were the worst in Norway since the [...]	2009-02-03 06:02:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KIRF PTER ASEC KPAO KCRM KISL NO
09OTTAWA116	BANK OF CANADA GOVERNOR DEFENDS OPTIMISTIC GROWTH FORECAST [...] (U) Summary: The Governor of the Bank of Canada predicts the Canadian economy will recover from the global financial crisis in late 2009, with growth approaching 4 percent in 2010. However, Canadian economic recovery is dependent on a range of domestic and international factors, including the [...]	2009-02-12 20:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA151	CANADA?S TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) OVERVIEW OF CANADA'S TIP SITUATION A. The Government of Canada collects trafficking in persons (TIP) information through a number of sources, including police and court-reported data and reported case law. The 2008 Annual Criminal Intelligence Service Canada Report on Organized Cri [...]	2009-02-27 21:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN
09OTTAWA161	CANADA: INFORMATION FOR LONDON G-20 MEETINGS [...] (sbu) Ref a requested information regarding Post's outlook on the continuing impact of the economic and financial situation on Canada, as well as Canada's expected priorities and objectives for the London G-20 Summit on April 2. Econcouns John Carwile (carwilejl@state.sgov.gov) and EMIN Eric B [...]	2009-03-04 20:00:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA ECON EFIN
09OTTAWA234	CANADA ON AFGHAN RECONCILIATION: PERHAPS A MEETING [...] (U) This is an action request for SCA/A -- see para 4. 2. (C) As promised in reftel, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Afghanistan Task Force (FTAG) Desk Officer Samantha Pass gave pol/miloff a copy of the reconciliation non-paper that FTAG Assistant Deputy Minister Y [...]	2009-03-24 18:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO AF CA
09OTTAWA321	Canada tries to keep credit markets open as foreign bankers [...] SBU) Summary: The traditional conservatism of the Canadian banking sector helped it avoid some of the damage suffered in other G-7 countries during the international financial crisis. Canada's banks have had fewer toxic assets to deal with and much higher capital reserve requirements. Howeve [...]	2009-04-29 17:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA328	GOC NOTIFIED OF CANADA'S POSITION ON SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 30, Embassy officials notified GOC officials that Canada will be included on the Priority Watch List (PWL) in the 2009 Special 301 Report. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) officials stated that elevation to the PWL will make it more difficul [...]	2009-04-30 18:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR CA
09OTTAWA34	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR CANADA [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-14 18:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB USTR OPIC PGOV CA
09OTTAWA374	CANADA NON-COMMITTAL ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (S) Summary: During a May 11 meeting with Canadian officials, Special Envoy for Guantanamo Dan Fried discussed the possible resettlement in Canada of the three Uighur detainees now at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba who have pending refugee applications in Canada. [...]	2009-05-20 21:28:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	PREL PTER PHUM CA
09OTTAWA378	FROM COAST TO COAST - CANADA COMBATING HUMAN [...] (U) Summary. The recent conviction of a British Columbia couple that had smuggled Indian nationals from Canada into the United States through the Peace Arch border crossing and arrests by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) of four people in Ontario and New Brunswick involved in a human [...]	2009-05-21 19:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM KTIP SMIG GY IN CA
09OTTAWA452	CANADA SEEKS MORE ANTI-TERRORIST TOOLS [...] (SBU) Summary: The federal government has begun a new legislative push to restore two anti-terrorism tools -- investigative hearings and preventive arrest -- that lapsed in 2007. Separately, the government has introduced a bill to allow victims of state-sponsored terrorism to sue the perpetra [...]	2009-06-10 20:59:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL CA
09OTTAWA629	APPEALS COURT REAFFIRMS CANADA MUST SEEK KHADR'S [...] (SBU) Canada's appellate court on August 14 upheld a lower court ruling requiring the government to seek the repatriation of Guantanamo detainee and Canadian citizen Omar Khadr. According to the Prime Minister, the government will study the decision before deciding on next steps. An appeal [...]	2009-08-14 19:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER CU CA
09OTTAWA643	ABORIGINAL LAND CLAIMS DEFY TIMELY RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent imbroglio between the Canadian Border Services Agency and the Mohawk community of Akwesasne over armed agents at the crossing point on Cornwall Island, Ontario (reftel) highlights again the complexity, lack of clarity, and evolving nature of relations between the fed [...]	2009-08-21 14:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM CA
09OTTAWA649	GOVERNMENT TO APPEAL COURT DECISION ON KHADR [...] (C) On August 24, Christian Rousseau, Director of Operations for Defence and International Security Policy at the Privy Council Office, informed PolMinCouns that the Canadian government would appeal to the Supreme Court the August 14 decision (ref a) of the Federal Court of Appeals upholding [...]	2009-08-24 17:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PREL CU CA
09OTTAWA689	JOHN WILLIAMSON: NEW DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In an August 27 shake-up of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) senior political staff, Prime Minister Stephen Harper named John Williamson as the new Director of Communications, the fourth in as many years. A strong fiscal conservative, Williamson does not have a high public profi [...]	2009-09-04 17:29:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KPAO CA
09OTTAWA696	HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONS: A LOW PROFILE, AT LEAST [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's federal and provincial human rights commissions (HRCs) have maintained a lower public profile this year than in 2008. They could, however, face a sharp increase in complaints in 2010 due to new Vancouver city bylaws enacted for the upcoming Winter Olympic Games. The ex [...]	2009-09-08 20:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV CA
09OTTAWA698	SLOWER, LOWER, WEAKER: NGOS PROTEST FREE SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) is protesting new Vancouver city bylaws that allow "draconian curtailment of free expression" during the 2010 Winter Olympics. BCCLA argues the new laws are "ripe for constitutional challenge." Local media has given wide [...]	2009-09-09 17:09:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KOLY CA
09OTTAWA70	Canada's Coming Federal Budget and Stimulus Prospects [...] (SBU) Summary: With the economy dominating the political landscape (ref a),Canada's opposition parties have made the January 27 federal budget a litmus test of PM Harper's ability to make his Conservative minority government work. Ottawa observers estimate that the budget will pass with just [...]	2009-01-26 13:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA771	S/CIEA Goldwyn visit to Ottawa - Energy security, [...] (U) Summary: S/CIEA David Goldwyn's September 17-18 trip to Ottawa was immensely successful and has continued to reap positive engagement from Canadian interlocutors. Goldwyn's message of Canada as a pillar of U.S. energy security was embraced by the Government of Canada and by a Canadian pub [...]	2009-10-02 21:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET SENV CA
09OTTAWA79	COURT BOLSTERS PASSPORT DENIAL FOR TERRORISTS [...] (SBU) Summary: A Canadian appeals court has upheld the constitutional authority of the Foreign Minister (in charge also of Canada's passport agency) to refuse to issue a passport to Canadian citizens convicted of terrorist offences. The decision appears to bolster the federal government's abil [...]	2009-01-30 20:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL CA
09OTTAWA828	HydroQu??bec to acquire most of the assets of NB Power [...] (U) This cable contains an action request, see para 11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 29 the Quebec and New Brunswick (NB) provincial governments announced that HydroQu????bec intends to purchase the assets of New Brunswick Power (NB Power). The deal is attractive to HydroQu????bec becaus [...]	2009-10-29 20:19:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV SENV PGOV CA
09OTTAWA836	AMBASSADOR JACOBSON'S VISIT TO WINNIPEG, OCTOBER 18-20 [...] Summary. Ambassador Jacobson's October 18-20 trip to Manitoba capitalized on Manitoba Premier Doer's preparation as Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. and the swearing-in of a new Premier, Greg Selinger. The headline read "New kids roll up their sleeves," and the atmosphere of good will, good i [...]	2009-11-03 15:00:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON MARR PREL PGOV SENV CA
09OTTAWA841	Deputy Secretary Steinberg's Meeting with Canadian Foreign [...] (U) October 22, 2009, 11:15 a.m., Ottawa, Canada. 2. (U) Participants: United States James Steinberg, Deputy Secretary David Jacobson, U.S. Ambassador to Canada Lourdes Cue, Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary Kurt van der Walde, notetaker Canada Claude C [...]	2009-11-17 21:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KGHG UNRWA IR AF PK CU CA
09OTTAWA858	CANADA BY-ELECTIONS: CAN LIBERALS ARREST SLUMP? [...] (SBU) Summary: Voters go to the polls in four federal by-elections in Quebec, Nova Scotia, and British Columbia on November 9 (ref a). Although the contests will not change the balance of power in the House of Commons, pundits are looking for signs that the federal Liberals can pull themselve [...]	2009-11-05 19:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CA
09OTTAWA876	CANADA: CONSERVATIVE BOUNCE FROM BY-ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The governing Conservatives added two seats in the House of Commons on November 9, after the governing party surprisingly won two of four federal by-election victories. Its upset win in rural Quebec suggests the party may at least be back in the game in that province. The Con [...]	2009-11-10 22:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CA
09OTTAWA904	Canada not "TIP"ping the scales in data collection [...] (U) PolMinCouns on November 23 chaired the monthly Reporting Officers' DVC, with a particular focus on trafficking in persons. He underscored the continued commitment of the new Administration to combating TIP, and highlighted the need to maintain a substantive reporting and outreach focus on [...]	2009-11-24 18:19:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KTIP KWMN CA
09OTTAWA980	CANADIAN FORCES' INVESTIGATION FINDS AFGHAN DETAINEE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 21, the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service (CFNIS) -- the independent investigative arm of the Canadian Forces Military Police (CFMP) -- cleared the Canadian Forces (CF) of almost all allegations of mistreatment of Afghan detainees while in CF custody b [...]	2009-12-22 19:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR AF CA
09OUAGADOUGOU10	BURKINA FASO: 2008 MIDTERM REVIEW OF THE POVERTY REDUCTION [...] In October 2008, the Government of Burkina Faso (GOBF) met with domestic stakeholders and international donors to conduct a mid-term review to provide stakeholders with crucial updates on macroeconomic, structural, and social policies related to the country's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (P [...]	2009-01-08 14:06:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON SENV SOCI PGOV UV
09OUAGADOUGOU1020	BURKINA FASO: VENDORS AT THE CENTRAL MARKET [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 4th market vendors at the Ouagadougou central market went on strike to protest new more stringent security measures enacted by the Mayor of Ouagadougou. The mayor wants the market to be organized, safe and tidy, while the vendors prefer a mild form of chaos and more [...]	2009-11-13 09:30:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL UV
09OUAGADOUGOU187	DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS IN BURKINA FASO IN 2010 AND BEYOND [...] (C) Summary: In the next three to five years, Burkina Faso's fledgling democracy has the potential to make significant progress. Priority areas include: merging and strengthening the numerous weak and fragmented opposition parties; increasing the capacity of political parties to conduct campaig [...]	2009-03-18 17:03:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UV
09OUAGADOUGOU27	BURKINA FASO 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Burkina Faso. Table of Contents ----------------- A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment 2. Conversion and Transfer Policies 3. Expropriation and Compensation 4. Dispute Settlement 5. Perfor [...]	2009-01-15 17:09:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON PGOV EFIN KTDB OPIC USTR UV
09OUAGADOUGOU47	BURKINA FASO: DESPITE RECORD HARVEST CEREAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Burkina Faso recorded good harvests during the 2008-09 agricultural campaign, cereal prices in local markets remain at record levels. Burkina Faso produces the bulk of its cereal needs, approximately 3.5 million metric tons, and imports small amounts of rice and wheat. [...]	2009-02-02 14:25:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI EAID AMED PGOV UV
09PANAMA120	PANAMA: HEAD-TO-HEAD RACE FOR PRESIDENCY BEGINS [...] (C//NF) Summary: In a remarkable turn of events in Panama, there will be a head-to-head race for the presidency as governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) nominee Balbina Herrera heads off against Democratic Change (CD) presidential nominee Ricardo Martinelli and "Alliance for Change. [...]	2009-02-10 15:20:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PM
09PANAMA153	PANAMA: NEW THINK TANK AIMING HIGH [...] (C) Panama's newest think tank, the Foundation for the Economic and Social Development of Panama (FUDESPA) on January 15 presented its brain-child, a document entitled "Public Policy Proposals: Popular Elections, May 2009" that is designed to influence the government plans of candidates runnin [...]	2009-02-23 15:31:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA163	PANAMA: OBJECTION TO THE INCLUSION OF PORNOGRAPHY [...] (SBU) Post appreciates the opportunity to review the documents used by DOL to determine whether a "significant incidence" of child labor is used in Panama to produce pornography, but is troubled by the conclusions drawn from these sources. Of the two sources that post was able to obtain, one [...]	2009-02-26 20:58:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP PM
09PANAMA176	PANAMA: HOW MERIDA FITS INTO THE EMERGING SECURITY [...] (C) The threat from home grown gangs and international criminal organizations in Panama is growing and worrisome. As Panamanians feel increasingly threatened in their homes and on their streets, some are arguing that Panama must choose between protecting itself and stopping the flow of drugs [...]	2009-03-03 20:16:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA182	PANAMA: NEW THINK TANK AIMING HIGH [...] (C) Panama's newest think tank, the Foundation for the Economic and Social Development of Panama (FUDESPA) on January 15 presented its brain-child, a document entitled "Public Policy Proposals: Popular Elections, May 2009" that is designed to influence the government plans of candidates runnin [...]	2009-03-04 21:46:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA184	PANAMA: MARTINELLI'S "GOVERNMENT PLAN FOR CHANGE" [...] (C) Leading presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli of the Alliance for Change on February 11 released his "Government Plan for Change," that lays out 179 proposals designed to "make a better Panama reach everyone" (que un mejor Panama llegue a todos). The document is flashy, includes big c [...]	2009-03-06 15:38:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA194	PANAMA: TORRIJOS TRUMPETS ACHIEVEMENTS IN FINAL [...] (C) In his final address to the National Assembly before the end of his term, President Martin Torrijos touted his administration's greatest achievements, acknowledged the cooperation of the Assembly, and called on the next government to build upon these successes. (Note: Constitutionally, Pa [...]	2009-03-10 13:43:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA265	PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HOYER [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the 1989 restoration of democracy, Panama has established and consolidated a democratic, stable and responsive government; accelerated economic growth through open markets; and strived to ensure that the benefits of that growth reach all citizens. While a hemispheric leader [...]	2009-03-30 18:50:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP EWWT OVIP PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV PM
09PANAMA299	PANAMA: TAKING IT TO THE STREETS [...] (U) Panamanians regularly take to the streets to protest a wide array of social and employment grievances. These protests mire city residents, who already spend hours in traffic due to the outdated road network and poor transit system, in horrendous traffic jams for hours. More often than n [...]	2009-04-09 21:01:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB OTRA PGOV PHUM PM
09PANAMA308	PANAMA: WITH POLLS LOCKED, MARTINELLI MAINTAINS 15 [...] (U) Democratic Change (CD) opposition presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli continues to hold a 15 point lead over Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) candidate Balbina Herrera for the third week running, according to Dichter and Neira's presidential poll for the first week of April. W [...]	2009-04-16 17:01:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PM
09PANAMA329	PANAMA: DOMESTIC POLITICS HAUNT FTA [...] (S//NF) As Panama enters the final stretch of its general election campaign season, politics has come to haunt the U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA). "Forget about the FTA," governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) presidential candidate Balbina Herrera declared on April 19 to law [...]	2009-04-23 18:26:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD PM
09PANAMA338	PANAMA: FINAL POLL RESULTS: MARTINELLI HOLDING [...] (U) With Panama's May 3 elections just nine days away, Alliance for Change opposition presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli holds a twelve to sixteen point lead over Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) candidate Balbina Herrera, according to the final presidential polling data from Dich [...]	2009-04-27 19:42:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PM
09PANAMA339	PANAMA: TORRIJOS SOCIAL PROGRAMS TO CONTINUE UNDER [...] (C) Both leading presidential candidates have acknowledged the success of some social programs initiated during President Martin Torrijos' term, and have agreed to continue certain programs after the next administration is sworn in on July 1. Programs earmarked for continuity by ruling Revolu [...]	2009-04-27 20:32:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SOCI PM
09PANAMA367	TORRIJOS BRIEFS MARTINELLI AS TIEA THREATENS FTA [...] (SBU) Vice-President Lewis reported to the Ambassador that President Torrijos recommitted to his endgame (reftels) for the U.S.-Panama FTA (FTA) during his first meeting with President-elect Martinelli. That endgame calls for the Obama Administration to submit the FTA to Congress, after which [...]	2009-05-06 22:58:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV EFTA EFIN SNAR PM
09PANAMA519	PRIMARY PANAMA CANAL CONTRACT TO BE AWARDED [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-30 17:05:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD MARR PM EWWT
09PANAMA539	SACYR WINS CANAL CONTRACT, SIGNALING BROADER [...] (C) In an elaborate ceremony attended by President Martinelli and most of the Cabinet, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced that the consortium led by Spanish firm Sacyr had won the $3.2 billion contract to build the third set of locks, centerpiece of the once-in-a-century Canal Expansion pro [...]	2009-07-08 19:20:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EWWT PGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA549	PANAMA: FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF A FRACTIOUS GOVERNMENT [...] (S//NF) After one week of the new Martinelli government, Post has some initial impressions. The government is a fractious combination of strong personalities with widely differing agendas. There are signs that some newly appointed officials have questionable backgrounds that indicate that cor [...]	2009-07-09 21:35:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA550	IN BARGAIN BASEMENT BID, SPANISH TO EXPAND PANAMA [...] (C) During a morning of high political theater, President Martinelli, Panama's senior government officials, consortia representatives, diplomatic corps, and the public (through live TV and an internet broadcast) witnessed the presentation of the technical scores and the opening of the financial bid [...]	2009-07-09 21:36:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV ETRD MARR PM EWWT PREL
09PANAMA625	THE GANG THREAT ON PANAMA'S COSTA RICAN BORDER [...] (S//NF) The border between Panama and Costa Rica has been described as a "no mans' land", where drugs flow across into Costa Rica and guns and money flow back into Panama. With parallel roads along either side of the border, over 200 possible crossing points, a free trade zone town sitting on [...]	2009-08-17 19:09:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL SNAR PM
09PANAMA657	AES CONCERNED ABOUT GOP ACTIONS ON PANAMA'S [...] (SBU) AES representatives informed the DCM that they are concerned that the Martinelli Administration may jeopardize their $856 million dollar investment in Panama by unilaterally changing the contracted price of water for hydroelectric generation plants owned by AES and others. The Martinell [...]	2009-08-27 17:50:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PM EINV PGOV
09PANAMA692	MARTINELLI PRESSURES THE JUSTICE SYSTEM TO SUPPORT [...] (S//NF) Panamanian Supreme Court Justice Adan Arjona told poloffs August 26 that President Martinelli personally called each of the nine justices of the Court to pressure them to vote in favor of reopening a corruption case in which over 30 members of the Revolutonary Democratic Party (PRD) ar [...]	2009-09-16 19:38:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA756	MOUNTING OPPOSITION TO MARTINELLI'S LIKELY SUPREME [...] (C) Rumors that President Martinelli intends to nominate Electoral Tribunal Magistrate Gerardo Solis and former drug prosecutor Jose Almengor to the Supreme Court this fall have been poorly received by Panamanian opinion makers. Several leading newspaper editors told the Ambassador and DCM th [...]	2009-10-07 17:31:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA88	PANAMA TO REQUIRE NO DEATH PENALTY/LIFE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Embassy received a dip note from the Panamanian MFA on January 7 stating that the Attorney General's Office had decided to require a declaration of certificate in extradition cases on charges that might lead to a sentence of death or life imprisonment that these penalties [...]	2009-01-29 21:37:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA883	DARIEN ACTIVITY UPDATE [...] (S/NF) Embassy Panama is advancing on many fronts in our Darien strategy to deny the FARC and other Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTOs) safehaven in the Darien. Built around our 1207 funding request, the strategy now includes significant additional resources from SOUTHCOM, JIATF-South, and [...]	2009-12-15 19:15:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV SNAR PTER PM
09PANAMA889	Martinelli Confirms Approval of Cross-Border Attack Plan [...] (S//NF) President Martinelli told Ambassador on December 13 that he had given approval for Colombian forces to attack FARC forces that will be gathered for the holidays in Panama's Darien province (ref A). He confirmed that the plan had been discussed during a meeting on December 9 with visiti [...]	2009-12-17 18:11:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC SNAR PM CO PINR
09PANAMA90	PANAMA: 2009 CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] Panama continued its efforts to combat child labor in 2008. The GOP trained labor inspectors, prosecutors and judges, engaged in activities to increase public awareness and moved forward on its National Plan for the Eradication of Child Labor that is being implemented by an active, inter-ag [...]	2009-01-29 21:50:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EINT ELAB ETRD PHUM SOC PM
09PANAMA901	Intelligence Chief Proposes Reform to Severely Restrict USG [...] (U) This is an action message, see paragraph 5. 2. (S//NF) The head of Panama's Council for Public Security and National Defense (Consejo, or CSPDN),Olmedo Alfaro, has told Embassy officers that the GOP plans to introduce new legislation soon that would make it unlawful for Panamanian gover [...]	2009-12-22 19:57:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL SNAR EAID ASEC PM PINR
09PARAMARIBO32	SURINAME: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] (U) Post submits the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Suriname. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------- 2. The Government of Suriname (GOS) welcomes Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country and has on several occasions identified it as key in achieving [...]	2009-01-26 12:08:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV USTR NS
09PARAMARIBO46	SURINAME: EFFECTS OF FINANCIAL CRISIS CREEPING UP ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. Suriname's financial system has remained relatively unscathed by the international financial crisis; however, the world economic slowdown has begun to impact the country's overall economy due to Suriname's vulnerability to price shocks in the commodities market, the drastic fluctua [...]	2009-02-11 19:01:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EPET ECON PREL NS
09PARIS11	The French EU Presidency on Agriculture - A Retrospective [...] The French EU Presidency advanced a number of ambitious goals regarding agriculture and biotechnology. Final results, while falling short of these goals, increased attention on societal preferences and the legitimacy of establishing biotech-free zones. The recently completed "Health Check" ref [...]	2009-01-06 16:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR
09PARIS1183	FRANCE AND THE NPT: SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the run-up to the 2010 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT RevCon),France will continue to be a critical P3 ally while on certain issues also maintaining tactics or positions different from our own. Post deals extensively with the GOF on nuclear iss [...]	2009-08-28 16:45:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09PARIS1189	FRENCH MFA VIEWS ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary. France sees Syria as a conduit for passing messages to the obstinate regime in Tehran and it believes that Syria is the only country Iran trusts, according to French MFA Middle East DAS Ludovic Pouille. Through its rapprochement, Pouille explained August 20, the Government of F [...]	2009-08-31 12:40:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PGOV PREL FR
09PARIS1194	FRENCH FEEDBACK ON U.S. AUSTRALIA GROUP PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With several specific exceptions, France is generally supportive of U.S. proposals for the September 21-25 Australia Group plenary. Specific feedback is summarized below in informal translation, arranged by reftel. The original responses, in French, will be sent separately by [...]	2009-09-01 13:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ETTC FR
09PARIS135	WHY SARKOZY THINKS ENGAGING SYRIA IS WORKING [...] (S/NF) Summary: Over the past 12 months, President Sarkozy has portrayed his Syria policy as one of performance-based, carefully benchmarked engagement -- engagement that could be easily halted or reversed in the event of Syrian back-sliding. Although Sarkozy has publicly touted this policy [...]	2009-01-30 12:10:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR PGOV PREL SY
09PARIS1387	SEPTEMBER 2009 PARIS CLUB MEETING; NEGOTIATION WITH CAR [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 15, the Paris Club and the Central African Republic (CAR) negotiated a new debt relief agreement recognizing that country's completion of the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. Creditors agreed voluntarily to go beyond HIPC terms to forgive [...]	2009-10-14 11:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
09PARIS1415	CHAD: PRESIDENT DEBY'S OCTOBER 16 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chad's President Deby told France's President Sarkozy on October 16 that he would continue to build political dialogue and reconciliation in Chad, that Chad's relations with Sudan were improving after the recent high-level Sudanese delegation's visit to N'Djamena, that Chad nee [...]	2009-10-21 14:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MOPS CD SU FR
09PARIS1416	MARCH 2010 REGIONAL ELECTIONS PREVIEW SARKOZY'S [...] (C) Summary: French regional elections scheduled for March 2010 are shaping up as a measurement of President Nicolas Sarkozy's strength at the mid-point of his term. Despite rumors of malaise and dogged by a series of internal political tempests including the Clearstream trial, rumors of his Cultu [...]	2009-10-21 15:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR

09PARIS1560	FRANCE'S DIGITAL COPYRIGHT PROTECTION LAW AND [...] (U) Summary: France seeks to tackle the problem of online piracy through the "Creation and Internet Law," which will take effect in early 2010. The bill introduces a new legal framework to deter and sanction online piracy, and represents the first stage in France's on-going effort to stop il [...]	2009-11-24 14:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETTC ETRD BEXP KIPR PREL FR
09PARIS1589	CJCS MULLEN OUTLINES STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: CJCS Admiral Mike Mullen met with French Chief of Defense(CHOD)General Jean-Louis Georgelin to discuss the possibility of increasing the number of French troops committed to Afghanistan, in advance of the December 3-4 NATO Ministerial meetings. This discussion was precipitated by [...]	2009-11-25 18:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS AF FR
09PARIS1611	Scenesetter for EEB A/S Jose Fernandez [...] (SBU) Mission France warmly welcomes your visit on December 7-8. You will arrive half way through President Nicolas Sarkozy's five-year term, a period marked by strong coordination between the U.S. and France on key strategic issues. The financial crisis and subsequent G20 response, as well [...]	2009-12-03 07:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ENRG EAGR PREL SENV FR
09PARIS1679	Scenesetter: Special Envoy Morningstar Visit to Paris [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris warmly welcomes your visit on December 14-16. France is a strategic partner on global energy issues, both in its own right, and as a policy leader within the EU. France has a long-standing and statist policy of pursing energy independence. It currently meets 50 percent of [...]	2009-12-10 15:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET PREL FR
09PARIS1729	The Googlisation of France [...] (SBU) Summary: Google's fortunes may be rising in France as the GOF announced a government-funded digitization project that will likely include a partnership with Google. But Google still faces setbacks that include possible corporate tax fraud charges, continued public ire against Google's [...]	2009-12-18 16:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD EIND KIPR SCUL FR
09PARIS1767	DIVERGENCES WITH FRANCE ON UPCOMING POLITICAL [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Our current relationship with France is so profoundly healthy that conventional wisdom now asserts that there are no significant differences in the foreign policies of our two countries. While it is true that the relationship is at a historical peak, it is not the case t [...]	2009-12-31 12:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PARM FR
09PARIS212	FRANCE ROLLS OUT AUTO SUPPORT PROGRAM [...] (SBU) President Sarkozy announced a 9 billion euro aid package for France's struggling auto sector. The sector provides direct and indirect jobs for nearly 10 percent of the work force. The GOF plan includes loans for Renault, Peugeot, Renault Trucks (Volvo) and their suppliers and incentives [...]	2009-02-11 14:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL WTO FR
09PARIS236	IS THE FRENCH MODEL REALLY BACK? [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 17:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV FR
09PARIS284	PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: During the January 2009 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon, creditors agreed to consider committing up front to a debt reduction for Seychelles, although they agreed that conditions should be stringent. While Haiti's situation was challenging, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) believ [...]	2009-02-26 12:19:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
09PARIS287	FINANCING FRANCE'S RECOVERY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As EU president last fall, President Sarkozy pressed unsuccessfully for a coordinated European economic stimulus. The best he could get was a commitment to national efforts in the range of 1.5 to 2 percent of GDP. At home, Sarkozy wasted no time in acting on his proposals. To [...]	2009-02-27 07:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON PREL FR
09PARIS295	THE CRISIS AND FRANCE'S BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: French banks have remained generally profitable, despite almost USD 20 billion in subprime write-downs and credit losses. The government has provided banks with capital injections and guarantees on credit financing to bolster market confidence and encourage interbank and money m [...]	2009-03-02 06:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON PREL FR
09PARIS315	FRANCE: LATEST ECONOMIC TRENDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With unemployment near 8% (and rising) and the French economy expected to contract 1.5% in 2009, France is facing up to a deeper recession and slower recovery than anticipated even two months ago. Declining government revenues and an automatic spike in social outlays will drive [...]	2009-03-04 12:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON PREL FR
09PARIS326	FRANCE SHIFTS AG FUNDING FOCUS UNDER HEALTH CHECK REFORMS [...] Summary: Following the 2008 CAP health check, France will shift some financial support from arable crops to support livestock producers; increase support to vegetable and protein crops; increase support for organic farming, and, add new risk management schemes. Farmer reactions were mixed: catt [...]	2009-03-05 17:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU FR
09PARIS334	FRANCE: SUPPORT FOR AERONAUTICAL SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: GOF and industry officials tell us that a decision on the nature and timing of any launch aid for the A350-XWB (REF A) would likely follow the outcome of the WTO dispute panel on Airbus subsidies. Separately, the GOF has made 5 billion euros in credit available for Airbus trad [...]	2009-03-09 14:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EIND ETRD FR
09PARIS378	FRANCE FACES TOUGH LABOR CLIMATE IN RUNUP TO G8 [...] (SBU) The financial crisis has dramatically reversed a once positive employment story in France. After hitting a 25-year low of 7.2 percent in mid- 2008, the jobless rate climbed to 7.8 percent at the end of 2008 and could reach 9.8 percent during 2009. In the context of a gloomy socio-econom [...]	2009-03-13 17:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ELAB EIND ETRD SOCI FR
09PARIS629	PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During the January 2009 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon, creditors agreed to consider committing upfront to a debt reduction for Seychelles, although they agreed that conditions should be stringent. While Haiti's situation was challenging, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) believe [...]	2009-05-07 07:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
09PARIS63	MFA REGREST GABON'S OVERREACTION TO CRITICISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Gabonese are overreacting to criticism expressed by dissidents and centered on alleged corruption on the part of GOG officials, MFA desk officer Claude Blevin said on January 14. The Gabonese have been quick to see a French hand in support of the dissidents but this was not [...]	2009-01-16 17:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GB FR
09PARIS643	PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During the April Paris Club meeting, the IMF reported Afghanistan's PRGF was back on track. Some creditors expressed a willingness to extend Afghanistan's debt treatment, but Russia noted some 'technical problems.' The World Bank and the Fund had approved Cote d'Ivoire's decisi [...]	2009-05-12 15:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
09PARIS715	PARIS CLUB - MAY 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During the May 13 Paris Club meeting, creditors were willing to extend Afghanistan's debt treatment, but Russia blocked the move. Paris Club members expressed concerns about Brazil's proposed loan to Argentina's state-owned airline Aerolineas Argentinas, but agreed to seek more [...]	2009-05-28 14:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
09PARIS81	FRANCE AND THE ECONOMIC/FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: France anticipates a steep but short-lived economic contraction in 2009, followed by a slow recovery, according to government and private sector economists. Sharp slowdowns in key trading partners (Germany, Spain) as well as longstanding problems with international competitive [...]	2009-01-21 17:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL FR
09PARIS82	FRANCE AND THE ECONOMIC/FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: France anticipates a steep but short-lived economic contraction in 2009, followed by a slow recovery, according to government and private sector economists. Sharp slowdowns in key trading partners (Germany, Spain) as well as longstanding problems with international competitive [...]	2009-01-21 17:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL FR
09PARIS872	AVIATION EXPORT CONTROL MEETINGS JUNE 15-22 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the margins of the Paris Air Show, Post facilitated meetings among USG, GOF, and industry representatives to discuss export control systems related to aviation. A strong turn-out confirmed a common interest in improving awareness and transparency of export licensing systems, [...]	2009-06-26 14:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD ECON ETTC FR
09PARIS906	GNEP - France Hosts Successful Third Reliable [...] (U) The third meeting of the Reliable Nuclear Fuel Services Working Group (RNFSWG) of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) was held in Cherbourg, France on March 20. Twenty participants from ten countries and two international organizations attended this meeting, which was dedicated to [...]	2009-07-02 16:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY ENRG KNNP IAEA FR
09PARIS933	FRANCE OPEN TO EXAMINING SIX NEW GUANTANAMO [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a July 2 meeting with Eric Chevallier, Special Advisor to the Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Dan Fried, Special Envoy for Closure of the Guantanamo Detention Facility (S/GC),summarized the results of his efforts to negotiate the resettlement of Guantanamo detainees an [...]	2009-07-09 16:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER FR
09PARIS997	MFA AFRICA DIRECTOR'S JULY 21 DISCUSSION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF A/S-equivalent Stephane Gompertz on July 21 expressed frustration with the political impasse in Madagascar; relief that elections had transpired relatively well in Mauritania, offering a possible conclusion to the long political crisis there; exasperation with Niger Pres [...]	2009-07-23 15:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV KDEM NG MA MR IV FR
09PARISFR1685	THIRD SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE PROTECTION AND [...] SUMMARY. The Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (Committee) met in Paris from December 7-10. Established under the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (Convention),the Comm [...]	2009-12-11 17:45:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL AORC UNESCO KTIA
09PARISFR766	MUGHRABI GATE: FROM UNESCO'S EXECUTIVE BOARD TO THE SEVILLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: ARAB STATES ARE LIKELY TO RAISE ONCE AGAIN AT THE JUNE 22-30 WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE MEETING IN SEVILLE ISRAEL'S PLAN TO RECONSTRUCT THE ASCENT TO THE MUGHRABI GATE ON JERUSLAEM'S TEMPLE MOUNT. THE DECISION ADOPTED AT UNESCO'S APRIL 2009 EXECUTIVE BOARD REQUESTS THAT THE DESIGN [...]	2009-06-09 13:06:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO KWBG JO IS
09PARTO113007	(U) Secretary Clinton's November 12, 2009, [...] (U) Classified by: Kin W. Moy, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (U) November 12, 2009; 1:30 p.m.; Manila, Philippines. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney Ambassador Scot Marciel, EAP DAS Deputy Chief of [...]	2009-11-30 16:51:00	US Delegation, Secretary	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL PGOV PTER PHUM
09PARTO14	SECRETARY CLINTON'S JULY 23 MEETING WITH LOWER [...] (U) July 23, 2009; 4:30 p.m.; Phuket, Thailand. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Eric John EAP A/S Kurt Campbell Deputy Chief of Staff Jake Sullivan EAP DAS Scot Marciel Spokesman Ian Kelly Lt GEN Paul Selva, Military Advisor to the Secretary Greg Smith, Nationa [...]	2009-08-25 16:57:00	US Delegation, Secretary	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV ECON SOCI OVIP CLINTON HILLARY XC
09PERTH24	WA PINS IRON ORE HOPES ON CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: Iron ore miners in Western Australia (WA) are expecting to take a big hit on prices in this year's annual contract negotiations, but they remain optimistic about economic recovery in the state's key export market, China. Miners' representatives told the Consul General they expe [...]	2009-04-08 09:03:00	Consulate Perth	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV ECON PREL CH AS
09PERTH42	GORGON LNG PARTNERS FINALIZE $37- BILLION INVESTMENT [...] Summary: The Gorgon Liquefied Natural Gas Project received the official go-ahead September 14 at a high-profile signing ceremony in Perth. Partners Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell announced their expected final investment decision for the estimated A$43 billion (US$37 billion) project. Federa [...]	2009-09-14 08:37:00	Consulate Perth	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV SENV AS
09PESHAWAR10	FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JANUARY [...] (SBU) Fighting continued at a slow pace in Bajaur during the first week of the year, with three militants reported killed and a local militant leader claiming that his supporters would not resist if government forces entered Mamond area. 2. (SBU) In Swat, at least 32 people were r [...]	2009-01-14 10:47:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV PK
09PESHAWAR100	MALAKAND DIVISION: SWAT OPERATION CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary. From May 8, the Pakistani army has stepped up its operations in Swat, concentrating its efforts on the areas south of the central Khwazakhela region. A relaxation of the curfew in Swat on May 10 allowed large numbers of residents to flee lower Swat. According to initial estimate [...]	2009-05-11 11:55:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREF PTER PGOV EAID PK
09PESHAWAR101	MALAKAND DIVISION: SWAT OPERATION UNDERWAY [...] (C) Summary. From May 12-14, the Pakistani army continued intensified operations in Swat. There appeared to be an increase of forces on the ground, and a helicopter-borne commando raid into the militant headquarters in central Swat's Peochar valley dominated headlines. Militants in Swat cont [...]	2009-05-14 12:30:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREF PTER EAID PK
09PESHAWAR103	IDP CRISIS UPDATE: UN AGENCIES AND ICRC CONVEY IDP NEEDS IN [...] (C) Summary: A group of four Peshawar-based representatives from United Nations agencies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told the Ambassador the rising number of internally displaced people (IDPs) is swamping the capacity of the Pakistani government. The group agr [...]	2009-05-21 10:43:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09PESHAWAR106	FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, APRIL 25 [...] (C) Military operations in the Lower Dir and Buner districts of the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) dominated headlines during the final week of April. By April 30, GOP officials declared both operations successful, but stated that cleanup operations could last days or weeks. (Refs. A, B) [...]	2009-05-22 11:47:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV PK
09PESHAWAR107	FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MAY 1 - [...] (C) Events in northwest Pakistan made international headlines throughout the first week in May, coinciding with President Zardari's visit to the United States, while Prime Minister Gilani appeared on national television the evening of May 7 to declare "all out war" against the Taliban. (Ref. A [...]	2009-05-22 11:55:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV PK
09PESHAWAR108	FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MAY 8 - [...] (C) Heavy fighting in Swat, Buner and Dir characterized the second week in May, underscored by a May 12 airborne assault on Maulana Fazlullah's stronghold in Peochar valley in Swat. The government claimed to have killed over 750 militants in the course of its operation in the three districts. [...]	2009-05-22 12:04:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV PK
09PESHAWAR109	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FRONTIER CORPS COMMANDER [...] (C) Frontier Corps Commander General Tariq Khan sees operations in Dir and Buner winding down although Sultanwas in northern Buner is targeted for an operation o/a May 20. People are returning, particularly to lower Buner, and Khan cautioned that the IDP emergency should not obscure the need t [...]	2009-05-23 07:54:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PGOV PREF EAID PK
09PESHAWAR110	MALAKAND UPDATE AND WAZIRISTAN PLANNING [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-25 06:50:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MOPS PK PREF PTER
09PESHAWAR111	FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MAY 15 - [...] (C) Pakistan's security forces appeared to seize the initiative in Malakand during the third week of May, but militants responded by launching mass-casualty bombing attacks inside Peshawar for the first time since March. In Swat, government troops encircled Mingora and appeared to achieve dom [...]	2009-05-25 10:29:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV PK
09PESHAWAR120	FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MAY 22 - [...] (C) Pakistan's security forces continued to capture key locations in Swat during the fourth week of May. However, continuing last week's trend, the Taliban struck back by targeting security forces and civilians in four mass-casualty bombing attacks in Peshawar and one in Dera Ismail Khan, bes [...]	2009-06-04 04:12:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV PK
09PESHAWAR124	UPPER DIR BOMBING RESPONSE SHOWS EFFECTIVENESS AND [...] (C) Summary: The June 5 mass-casualty bombing of a mosque in Upper Dir and resulting June 7-9 punitive action by a tribal lashkar have highlighted the long-standing tension in Upper Dir district over militant activity there and its recent exacerbation by the military operations in neighboring S [...]	2009-06-09 14:31:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PGOV PK
09PESHAWAR128	ARRESTS, DEATHS OF TNSM LEADERS UNDERLINE GROUP'S [...] (C) Summary: The arrests of several key members of the Tehrik-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Mohammedi (TNSM) and subsequent deaths of two of the arrested members has brought TNSM briefly back into the spotlight, but in a very different role than it played earlier this year. The way TNSM handled the deno [...]	2009-06-12 11:31:00	Consulate Peshawar	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER MOPS PK
09PESHAWAR133	NWFP: CAN SWAT'S CROPS BE SAVED? [...] (SBU) Pakistan will suffer a 35 percent crop loss in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) this year, and up to a 70 percent crop loss in the conflict-hit areas of Malakand Division, according to the NWFP provincial government and local economists. These Consulate contacts conclude that it is [...]	2009-06-17 04:41:00	Consulate Peshawar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ENRG EFIN PGOV PK
09PESHAWAR135	FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MAY 29 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 08:27:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV PK
09PESHAWAR138	FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JUNE 5 - [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-29 16:00:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV PK
09PESHAWAR143	FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JUNE 19 [...] (C) The intensity of Pakistani military operations accelerated in South Waziristan during the fourth week in June, with the government conducting intensive airstrikes into Mehsud territory and sending ground troops to secure key locations along the critical Wana-Jandola road in preparation [...]	2009-07-08 04:18:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV PK
09PESHAWAR146	FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JUNE 26 [...] (C) In North Waziristan agency (NWA),a series of escalating militant ambushes of Pakistan military convoys foreshadowed a declaration by NWA's principal indigenous militant commander that the February 2008 NWA peace agreement was no longer in effect (reftel). Fighting in South Waziristan Agen [...]	2009-07-09 13:06:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV PK
09PESHAWAR147	FATA: PLAYERS IN WAZIRISTAN - A PRE-OPERATION PRIMER [...] (C) Summary: As the government of Pakistan has worked to prepare for its upcoming ground operation in South Waziristan Agency (SWA) against Baitullah Mehsud (ref C) and the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP),it has narrowed the focus of its operation by attempting to keep neutral the two other ma [...]	2009-07-13 10:59:00	Consulate Peshawar	SECRET	PTER PINR MOPS PK AF
09PESHAWAR148	PESHAWAR CONVENES EAC ON JULY 17, 2009 REGARDING RECENT [...] (S//NF) Post convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on July 17, 2009 to assess recent militant attacks and other security incidents, Peshawar-specific threat reporting and the al-Zawahri (al-Qaeda) video statement. The EAC concluded that the security situation in Peshawar remaine [...]	2009-07-17 10:11:00	Consulate Peshawar	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PK CASC
09PESHAWAR157	FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JULY 17 [...] (C) Over this reporting period, fighting in the on-going Pakistani military operation in Swat continued at levels similar to those of the previous week. Revenge killings against militants, the first of which occurred during the previous reporting period, became a definite trend, with four furt [...]	2009-08-03 14:34:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS ASEC PK
09PESHAWAR158	NWFP: TWO WEEKS AFTER SWAT'S OPERATION DECLARED OVER, [...] (C) Summary: Two weeks after the government of Pakistan declared the end of its military operation in Swat and invited the return of internally displaced Swatis, the picture of security in Swat is mixed. Around half of Swat's IDPs have returned, but the distribution of the returns is skew [...]	2009-08-03 14:45:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID MOPS PTER PK
09PESHAWAR161	NWFP: CENTRAL SWAT KHANS HAVE LOST AUTHORITY, COMPLICATING [...] (C) Summary: Central Swat's prominent landowning "khan" families, who have long formed the backbone of Swat's political leadership, have seen their position seriously undermined by the rise of militancy in Swat and their flight from the district. Now, they are attempting to rebuild their p [...]	2009-08-04 11:54:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS EAID PK
09PESHAWAR168	FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JULY 24 [...] (C) Over this reporting period, fighting in the on-going Pakistani military operation in Swat continued at levels similar to those of the previous week, with a few notable events. The militants decapitated a policeman in Mingora and left his body to be found as a sign that the militants were [...]	2009-08-13 08:49:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS ASEC PK
09PESHAWAR169	FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JULY 31 [...] (C) Conflict continued in the Malakand division - particularly in Swat, where the number of apparent revenge killings of militants doubled in relation to the previous reporting period. The Pakistani government obtained considerable favorable publicity for the activities of two small lashkars [...]	2009-08-13 09:05:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS ASEC PK
09PESHAWAR197	FATA MNAS CLOSE TO AGREEMENT WITH GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. FATA Caucus leader Munir Orakzai told PO October 4 that Prime Minister Gilani had agreed to satisfy key grievances that had prompted the FATA ministers' resignation from the government (ref A). The government, which Orakzai said had reneged on promises of increased development f [...]	2009-10-07 03:54:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
09PESHAWAR216	GOVERNMENT HOLDS JIRGAS AROUND WAZIRISTAN TO ISOLATE TTP [...] (C) Summary. As fighting continues in South Waziristan, the Pakistani government has expanded its historic divide and conquer strategy with the Wazir and Mehsud tribes of the North and South Waziristan Agencies (NWA and SWA) to include military and civilian leaders and public relations initia [...]	2009-11-05 12:03:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PGOV PK
09PESHAWAR28	NFWP GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OF SHARI'A LAW [...] (C) On February 16, the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) government announced a commitment to implement Shari'a law in Swat following negotiations with the banned terrorist group Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM). The provincial government is forwarding proposed amendments to the "Shar [...]	2009-02-17 13:20:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS EAID PK
09PESHAWAR31	MILITANTS KILL PESHAWAR MPA [...] (C) In the first attack on a Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) in Peshawar, Alam Zeb Khan was killed on February 11 when militants detonated a remote-controlled improvised explosive devise (IED) as his car passed a market area. Khan's murder continues a trend of militant attacks on [...]	2009-02-19 11:51:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV PK
09PESHAWAR36	FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JANUARY [...] (SBU) No fighting was reported in Bajaur during the first week of February, but militants blew up two government schools in the Pashat area on February 2, following the destruction of schools in Bajaur on January 27-28 (Ref B). Members of the Salarzai tribe vowed to continue fighting militants [...]	2009-02-25 11:45:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV PK
09PESHAWAR63	INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS DEMONSTRATE FOR COMPENSATION [...] (C) Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) of Jalozai Camp near Nowshera led by Sahibzada Haroon Rashid, deputy chief of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI),conducted a demonstration that left at least one person dead, 10 more injured, including four police officers, shops and vehicles burned and 22 arrested Mar [...]	2009-03-28 12:01:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV PK
09PESHAWAR65	FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MARCH 14 [...] (SBU) In accordance with the Nizam-e-Adl "system of justice," widely viewed as Shari'a law, Qazi judges began presiding over cases in Swat March 17, displacing the role of civil judges. Tehrik Nefaz-i-Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM) Chief Sufi Mohammad asked civil judges to stop coming to court on Mar [...]	2009-03-30 11:34:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV PK
09PESHAWAR67	FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MARCH 21 [...] (U) A suicide bomber killed at least 40 people at a mosque in Khyber Agency on March 27 in one of the bloodiest attacks of the year. (Ref. A) 2. (C) Consulate contacts report that the implementation of Nizam-i-Adl Regulation in Swat has had two residual impacts, first, permitting militants [...]	2009-04-01 11:01:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV PK
09PESHAWAR73	FATA: BAJAUR CONDITIONS UPDATE [...] (C) Bajaur-based officials are reporting significant numbers of returnees within the past two months (approximately 211,000). While at odds with numbers reported by UN agencies, fraud (double dipping on benefits, people from areas other than Bajaur seeking benefits, etc.) may be contributing t [...]	2009-04-20 13:29:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PTER MOPS EAID PK
09PESHAWAR76	NWFP: SWAT UPDATE - MILITANTS GAINING GROUND WITH NEW [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Following the signing of the Nizam-e-Adl regulation by President Asif Zardari on April 13, the residents of Swat District in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) expected to experience a new sense of peace in their region. While targeted, high profile violence has co [...]	2009-04-22 10:40:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV EAID PK
09PESHAWAR80	ICRC COMMENTS ON NWFP AND FATA [...] (C) Principal Officer met on April 23 with Benno Kocher, International Committee of the Red Cross's (ICRC) Head of Sub-Delegation. In Swat, Kocher said that IDP camps are "empty," and ICRC is re-orienting its focus to basic services such as health. Numbers in the IDP camps in lower Dir are h [...]	2009-04-25 14:10:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PTER MOPS PK
09PESHAWAR91	MALAKAND DIVISION: DARUL QAZA ANNOUNCED; OPERATIONS [...] (S/NF) Summary. During May 1-3, the Pakistani army secured a key road in Buner and made preparations to move into Shangla and Swat. The government of the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) announced the establishment of the Darul Qaza (appellate court) for the Malakand Division, as required b [...]	2009-05-04 12:35:00	Consulate Peshawar	SECRET	MOPS PTER PGOV EAID PREF PK
09PESHAWAR93	NWFP: DETERIORATING CONDITIONS IN SWAT AMID TALK OF [...] (S) Summary. According to Frontier Corps (FC) commander General Tariq Khan, Swat operations are imminent, but no decision has been made over whether regular army or FC will lead the operation. General Tariq, however, told Peshawar PO that FC does not have enough forces to take on Swat where m [...]	2009-05-06 12:06:00	Consulate Peshawar	SECRET	MOPS PREF PTER EAID PGOV PK
09PESHAWAR97	MALAKAND DIVISION: FIGHTING IN SWAT BUT "NO OPERATION" YET [...] (C) During May 4-6, militants in Swat acting on the previously announced withdrawal (Ref A) from the Swat peace accord, attacked security forces throughout Swat and seized government buildings before apparently being evicted from at least some of these by security forces. Despite this action, [...]	2009-05-07 12:28:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREF PTER PGOV EAID PK
09PHNOMPENH10	SUPREME COURT RULING ON CHEA VICHEA CASE - A STEP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a surprising turn of events on the final day of 2008, Cambodia,s Supreme Court ruled against the controversial April 2007 Appeals Court decision to uphold the original convictions of two individuals in the murder of popular labor leader and opposition party supporter, Chea V [...]	2009-01-05 11:45:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CB
09PHNOMPENH114	2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-19 06:06:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CB ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
09PHNOMPENH131	JUSTICE MINISTER COMMENTS ON LY VOUCH LENG'S NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: During a courtesy call with Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vathana on February 25, the Ambassador expressed concern over the recent news that former Appeals Court President and member of the Supreme Council of the Magistracy Ly Vouch Leng was recently appointed as a legal counse [...]	2009-02-25 10:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF KTIP KWMN CB
09PHNOMPENH277	GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS HITS CAMBODIA'S GARMENT INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cambodia's garment industry has been a hallmark of its economic development over the last decade. A competitive garment sector remains critical for the country's continued economic growth. However, the garment sector is experiencing immediate effects from the global economic c [...]	2009-05-01 06:32:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ELAB EAID PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH283	CLIMATE CHANGE RISING ON THE RGC'S RADAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Climate change is a relatively new issue in Cambodia, but it is increasingly gaining the attention and concern of the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC). As a Least Developed Country (LDC),Cambodia stands to lose much if the predicted effects of climate change come true. The [...]	2009-05-04 09:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR ENRG EAID EIND CB
09PHNOMPENH285	LAND IN CAMBODIA, PART II: LAND CONCESSIONS AND URBAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Land concessions, or government-approved leases of state land, are among the primary tools the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) uses to encourage economic development. The 2001 Land Law includes size, time, and use limits on Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) designated for ind [...]	2009-05-05 06:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAGR SENV KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH295	MAY 7: PROSECUTORS WILL HEAR PLAINTIFF ARGUMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the eve of deposition-taking in politically charged defamation cases involving Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition parliamentarian Mu Sochua (refs),Charge May 6 called on Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vathana to urge restraint in how the Cambodian justice system handles t [...]	2009-05-06 11:56:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH336	CAMBODIA CONTINUES TO BATTLE PHYSICAL REMINDERS OF [...] Summary: Nearly three decades of war and civil unrest have left Cambodia as one of the most heavily mined and explosive remnants of war (ERW) contaminated countries in the world. In addition to landmines, contamination includes cluster submunitions as well as abandoned explosive ordnance droppe [...]	2009-05-26 09:35:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID MOPS CB
09PHNOMPENH391	MINI-DUBLIN GROUP DISCUSSES CAMBODIA'S DRUG [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from the embassies of Australia, U.S., France, EU, Japan, and Denmark met with United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) officials June 4 to discuss the current situation, policies and donor coordination in relation t [...]	2009-06-11 07:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV ASEC PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH394	AMBASSADOR REAFFIRMS CONCERNS ABOUT CORRUPTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador June 11 called on Senior Minister and National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) Deputy Director Om Yentieng to restate her concern about corruption in Cambodia and to express regret for any misunderstanding about her intentions or the content of remarks at a May 30 [...]	2009-06-12 10:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH419	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER RECEIVES 2009 TIP REPORT; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rodley delivered the 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report for Cambodia to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng, during a meeting the afternoon of June 16. The DPM accepted the news of Cambodia's tier reduction, noting that Cambodia "has been there [...]	2009-06-26 08:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KTIP SOCI CB
09PHNOMPENH467	Enhancing Regional Cooperation to Support UNPKO [...] (SBU) Summary: Peacekeeping experts representing Asia Regional Forum participating countries recently gathered together to discuss enhancing regional capacity to participate in UN peacekeeping operations. Cambodia's co-hosting of the event highlights its expanding role in international peacek [...]	2009-07-09 08:25:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MASS MOPS CB
09PHNOMPENH474	DRAGON ASIA SUMMIT ENCOURAGES SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. More than 130 scientists, educators, activists, and policymakers from the U.S. and around Southeast Asia discussed river basin management and climate change at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) sponsored Delta Research and Global Observation Network (DRAGON) Asia Sum [...]	2009-07-13 01:03:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR ENRG EAID EIND CB
09PHNOMPENH489	WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE HARD-EARNED POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The wider political space seen in Cambodia during the run-up to the 2008 National Assembly elections last July is undergoing an autocratic nip-and-tuck as the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) exerts one of its periodic reining-in exercises in the name of greater social orde [...]	2009-07-14 11:44:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH492	MU SOCHUA TO DEFEND HERSELF AT DEFAMATION HEARING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Mu Sochua discussed the impending defamation trial, her long term goals should her immunity be reinstated, and a potential U.S. Congressional hearing on human rights in Cambodia. Claiming that she does not want to put another lawyer at ris [...]	2009-07-15 10:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH519	CAMBODIAN MEDIA REACTION TO THE SECRETARY'S LOWER MEKONG [...] SUMMARY: All print and broadcast media outlets in Cambodia covered the Lower Mekong Ministerial of July 23 hosted by the Secretary and the Foreign Ministers from Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. The articles and television segments were overwhelmingly positive and highlighted the Secreta [...]	2009-07-27 09:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO
09PHNOMPENH525	CAMBODIA'S ANTI-SWEATSHOP BRAND INTICES BUYERS BUT [...] SUMMARY. Cambodia's garment industry is known for its innovative programs such as Better Factories Cambodia and is recognized as a global leader in responsible competitiveness. Companies concerned with image and social responsibility continue to source from Cambodia during the global economic [...]	2009-07-28 09:58:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CB
09PHNOMPENH576	PUBLISHER HONG CHAKRA'S APPEAL FAILS; JAILED UNTIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After an hour-long hearing, the Appeals Court reaffirmed the June 26 conviction for disinformation of Khmer Machas Srok publisher Hong Chakra, and ordered him to continue serving a 12-month jail sentence. While presiding judge Seng Sivutha asked fair questions, the accused's [...]	2009-08-11 11:55:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PHUM CB
09PHNOMPENH577	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR JIM WEBB VISIT TO PHNOM [...] (SBU) Senator Webb: We warmly welcome your August 18 visit to Cambodia. Your visit comes as the tempo quickens in the conduct of U.S.-Cambodian bilateral relations, which exemplifies a broader and growing USG interest in Cambodia. There have been positive developments in several key areas: p [...]	2009-08-11 12:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS PREF CB
09PHNOMPENH579	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DPM AND FM HOR NAMHONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 10 meeting, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong expressed to the Ambassador Cambodia's deep appreciation for recent initiatives with the USG such as the Lower Mekong Ministerial, concurred that an anti-corruption mechanism for the Khm [...]	2009-08-12 09:09:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH58	KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: RESULTS OF PUBLIC PERCEPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A September 2008 survey of 1,000 adult Cambodians indicates that there is a general lack of knowledge about the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) among the Cambodian population, with 39 percent of surveyed respondents stating they had no knowledge of the KRT, and 46 percent stating t [...]	2009-01-23 09:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS ABUD EAID PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH580	GARMENT JOB LOSSES ON THE RISE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Since the global economic slowdown hit Cambodia's garment sector last year, over 60,000 workers have lost their jobs. An additional 30,000 or so have seen their incomes reduced as hours and overtime are cut. However, the raw unemployment numbers do not reflect the full extent of [...]	2009-08-13 09:22:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ELAB EAID PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH628	STAFFDEL LERNER VISITS CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Senate staff delegation (STAFFDEL) visited Cambodia from August 15-19 to discuss trafficking in persons, human rights, and refugee issues. The STAFFDEL met with government officials at both the provincial and national levels, opposition politicians, and a variety of non-gove [...]	2009-08-26 08:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OREP KTIP KWMN CB
09PHNOMPENH654	UPDATE ON LAND ISSUES IN CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The combination of a lax land titling system and the Royal Government of Cambodia's (RGC) push to develop the country through land concessions has led to widespread land disputes. Due process rights related to land management, including ownership disputes and evictions, remains [...]	2009-09-02 08:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAGR SENV KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH664	CAMBODIA'S MINISTER OF DEFENSE PREPARES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a September 3 call on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Tea Banh, the Ambassador previewed the Minister's upcoming travel to Washington where he will meet Secretary of Defense Gates, congratulated the Minister on Cambodia's diplomacy with respect to the d [...]	2009-09-03 10:23:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KTIA CB
09PHNOMPENH71	2009 Investment Climate Statement - Cambodia [...] Cambodia, a developing country, began the transformation from a command economy to the free market in the late 1980s. It is now integrating into the regional and world trading framework. In 1999, Cambodia joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and in September 2004, became [...]	2009-01-28 10:02:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KIPR OPIC KTDB USTR CB
09PHNOMPENH715	CAMBODIA APPLAUDS INCREASED U.S.-ASEAN COOPERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a September 22 meeting with the Deputy Chief of Mission to discuss next steps on the U.S.-Lower Mekong Ministerial (Ref A),Secretary of State for ASEAN Affairs Kao Kim Hourn expressed enthusiasm for the initiative and praised the United States' "reengagement" in Southeast As [...]	2009-09-23 11:23:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH721	EXPERIENCE ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITIES [...] This cable provides input requested in reftel for the Secretary's Global Partnership Initiative. 2. Between the years of 1975-1985, approximately 130,000 Cambodian refuges were resettled in the United States after fleeing the Khmer Rouge regime. Since then, it is estimated that the numbe [...]	2009-09-25 09:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EINV EAID SCUL SMIG OIIP
09PHNOMPENH742	MU SOCHUA ON SAFETY, RECONCILIATION, AND ROLE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 2 meeting with the Ambassador, opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) parliamentarian Mu Sochua expressed confidence in her personal safety. Mu reiterated her desire to resolve her dispute with the Prime Minister and return to her duties in Kampot Province. END SUMMA [...]	2009-10-07 07:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH745	CAMBODIA'S SUMMER OF DEFAMATION SUITS WINDS DOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The summer of defamation lawsuits appears to be winding to a close in Cambodia. The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) prevailed in most cases, though defamation actions were either dismissed or never initiated in two high-profile cases. While some appeals and smaller lawsuits [...]	2009-10-07 10:46:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB

09PHNOMPENH811	EAP/MLS DEPUTY DIRECTOR PALMER SEES UP CLOSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EAP/MLS Deputy Director Matthew Palmer visited Cambodia October 20-26 to take part in a Conference on the Lower Mekong Initiative (septel),meet key counterparts in the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC),address human rights issues, visit bilateral assistance program sites, a [...]	2009-10-30 05:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH815	HUN SEN MANEUVERS OVER POSSIBLE THAKSIN VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cambodian officials cite personal relations as justification for a possible visit by former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in November. Some also cite the Preah Vihear situation, which has seen no diplomatic movement since April. Prime Minister Hun Sen appears to be taki [...]	2009-10-30 09:09:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS CB
09PHNOMPENH920	POLL SHOWS POWER OF HAVING A CONCRETE PARTY MESSAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 11, the International Republican Institute (IRI) presented the results of its August 2009 Cambodian Public Opinion survey. The USAID-funded survey found solid public confidence in the general direction of the country and the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP). Q [...]	2009-12-15 10:03:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS SOCI CB
09PHNOMPENH969	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Phnom Penh warmly welcomes CODEL Faleomavaega's visit to Cambodia. Yours is the first Congressional visit since Senator Jim Webb's in mid-August, and you will find a Cambodia seeking to take full advantage of its first real period of stability in more than a generation. Althoug [...]	2009-12-31 08:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KJUS ECON MARR CB
09PODGORICA171	RADICAL ISLAM IN MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the last decade, fundamentalist Islam, known here as Wahhabism, has established a small foothold among Montenegro's 110,000 Muslims. There are probably a few hundred adherents in country, concentrated in majority-Muslim towns of Plav and Rozaje, close to Kosovo and Albania [...]	2009-07-10 11:57:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KISL MW
09PODGORICA195	CORRUPTION IN MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Few countries in Europe have as bad a reputation for fighting corruption as Montenegro. As in other transition societies in this region, egregious weaknesses include extensive cronyism and nepotism, weak controls over conflicts of interest, perceived legal impunity for individua [...]	2009-09-02 13:40:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KCOR MW
09PODGORICA35	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL LIBBY VISIT TO MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrin leadership continues its pro-NATO, pro-western stance, having recognized neighboring Kosovo in October 2008 and formally applied for EU membership in December 2008. The Government of Montenegro (GoM) remains a receptive [...]	2009-02-06 14:11:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MW
09PODGORICA75	MONTENEGRO'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION: LANDSLIDE VICTORY FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Unofficial results have Montenegro's ruling coalition winning more than 50 percent of the vote in the March 29 parliamentary election. With the exception of the center-left Socialist People's Party, which doubled its seats from the last election, and possibly an additional seat [...]	2009-03-30 12:09:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MW
09PORTAUPRINCE134	HAITI MONTHLY -*JANUARY 2009 [...] (U) This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. Foreign Economic Assistance --------------------------- 2. (U) Association of Caribbean States. Haiti hosted the Council of Ministers of the Association of Caribbean St [...]	2009-02-10 12:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE199	HAITI'S SUBMISSION FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. The following are Post's responses to reftel questions posed for the reporting period. HAITI'S TIP SITUATION ---------------------- 2. (SBU) Question 23: -- A. Reliable sources for additional information includ [...]	2009-02-20 18:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09PORTAUPRINCE265	AMBASSADOR HOSTS DISCUSSION OF CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Government and civil society epresentatives at an Ambassador-hosted discussion oncurred that corruption in Haiti is ubiquitous nd requires stiffer laws, expanded education andtraining, partnership between the government and private sector, ongoing civil society involvement and c [...]	2009-03-10 17:19:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON HA
09PORTAUPRINCE372	HAITI: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USNS COMFORT [...] (SBU) The government and people of Haiti will warmly welcome the visit of the USNS Comfort. The medical services you will provide are badly needed in this, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, where a large portion of the population has virtually no access to medical services. Your [...]	2009-04-06 11:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
09PORTAUPRINCE41	2008 ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL [...] (U) Below is the 2008 OSAC Annual Report on Crime and Safety for Haiti. The Bureau of Diplomatic Security rates Port-au-Prince as CRITICAL for crime and political violence, due to the potential for these types of incidents. Haiti is unique in the Caribbean for its lack of tourism, developmen [...]	2009-01-13 19:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT APER
09PORTAUPRINCE431	HAITI ELECTIONS: CANDIDATES POSTURE AS RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Haiti's April 19 partial senate elections were generally well-organized. Isolated incidents of violence, intimidation and theft of voting materials, which led to cancellation of the vote in one department and demands to annul the vote in parts of another were reported. Voter [...]	2009-04-24 19:06:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE456	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CAPPS' MAY 8-11 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes at a critical point in Haiti's democratic development. After food riots in April 2008 and a disastrous series of hurricanes four months later, President Rene Preval and his new Prime Minister, Michele Pierre-Louis, are working hard to meet the basic needs of the [...]	2009-05-06 15:54:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PREL HA
09PORTAUPRINCE475	HAITI: PRESIDENT PREVAL ON ELECTIONS, CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE [...] (C) President Preval says that the April 19 Senate elections were well organized. He claims to have expected the low turnout, but admitted that the Fanmis Lavalas boycott, associated threats, and the ban on public transportation deterred many voters. The President was pleased at the strong s [...]	2009-05-12 17:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM SNAR HA
09PORTAUPRINCE511	HAITI: ELECTORAL COUNCIL ANNOUNCES APPEAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Haiti's electoral authority announced May 22 the results of ten appeals filed by candidates disputing the provisional results of the April 19 partial Senate elections (reftels). Appeals panels threw out several thousand votes in the Artibonite, West, and North departments based [...]	2009-05-29 17:29:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE53	HAITI: MAJORITY COALITION OUSTS CHAMBER OF [...] (U) Summary: The informal grouping called the "Coalition of Progressive Parliamentarians" (CPP) swept all five positions in the annual Chamber of Deputies leadership elections January 14, dealing a decisive defeat to former Chamber President Eric Jean-Jacques and his allies. Levaillant Louis- [...]	2009-01-16 20:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR HA
09PORTAUPRINCE533	HAITI ECONOMIC MONTHLY UPDATE FOR MAY 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. 2. (U) REMITTANCES CONTINUE SLOWDOWN. April remittances amounted to USD 81.8 million, down 16 percent compared to March. Year-to-date remittances total USD 590 [...]	2009-06-05 16:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE548	HAITI ECONOMIC WEEKLY UPDATE FOR MAY 30 TO JUNE 5, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is a weekly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. 2. (U) FIRE CREATES ELECTRICAL SHORTAGE. A fire severely damaged the EDH substation in the Delmas section of Port-au-Prince. Eight major electrical circuits in t [...]	2009-06-10 12:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE553	HAITI ANXIOUSLY AWAITS DECISION ON MINIMUM WAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament's decision to raise daily minimum wages in the commercial and industrial sectors continues to strain relations between President Preval and members of Parliament. Since mid-May, President Preval has encouraged dialogue between members of Parliament and the private sector [...]	2009-06-10 20:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID ETRD EINV HA
09PORTAUPRINCE558	HAITIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES PROCUREMENT LAW [...] (U) Haiti's lower house of Parliament on June 10 passed the long-awaited Procurement Law, one of the requirements established by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) completion point achievement. The bill passed by a vote of 62 for and 2 abstentions, an [...]	2009-06-15 11:31:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV KCRM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE575	DECONSTRUCTING PREVAL [...] (C) Haitian President Rene Preval has now completed three years of his five year presidential mandate. Widely touted as the "transitional president" poised to lead Haiti into a new era of democracy and economic prosperity, he has had only modest success thus far. Haiti's problems are indeed dauntin [...]	2009-06-16 18:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HA KBIO
09PORTAUPRINCE642	HAITI'S MINIMUM WAGE LAW STILL STALLED [...] (SBU) Summary: Haitian President Rene Preval continues to take a strong stand behind his formally submitted objections to raising the minimum wage to 200 Haitian gourds (HTG) per day. In a sustained media campaign, Preval warns of the negative consequences of a wage increase on foreign inv [...]	2009-07-15 13:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON ETRD HA PGOV PREL EINV
09PORTAUPRINCE644	CHIEF OF STAFF MILLS MEETS WITH GOH MINISTERS AND [...] (U) Summary. The Secretary's Counselor and Chief of Staff Cheryl Mills, along with staff aide Meghann Curtis, assessed Haiti's development and reconstruction needs in a visit July 6-7 that included a tour of a USAID-funded IOM projects outside Port-au-Prince, and meetings with the Prime Minister, [...]	2009-07-16 14:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR ENRG ECON EFIN HA
09PORTAUPRINCE646	HAITI ECONOMIC UPDATE FOR JULY 1 TO JULY 10, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is a report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. 2. (U) The Minister of Finance announced a price increase for 91 and 95 octane gasoline. The price of gasoline 91 rose 18 percent from HTG 163 to HTG 192 (USD 3.98 to US [...]	2009-07-16 19:18:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE667	HAITI: PARTIAL SENATE ELECTIONS NOW OVER, LESPWA [...] (SBU) Summary: With the results of Haiti's partial Senate elections now final, the pro-government party Lespwa won six of the eleven seats being contested, which will give them 13 out of 29 Senate seats. A controversial appeals decision to reverse the initial result in the South Department in [...]	2009-07-24 14:01:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC EAID HA
09PORTAUPRINCE731	HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE [...] (U) Summary: The following is a brief overview of progress made by the Haitian National Police in the past two years and a summary of various perspectives on where the HNP should go in the future. This report represents the recommendations and analysis of the first full-time NAS Director, at [...]	2009-08-13 17:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR ASEC PGOV PREL KCRM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE758	HAITI ECONOMIC WEEKLY UPDATE FOR AUGUST 10 TO AUGUST 14, [...] (U) Summary. This is a weekly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. Call to Action -------------- 2. (U) The Second Congress of the Haitian Diaspora met in Miami on August 6 through 9. GoH Prime Minister Michele Pierre Louis and forme [...]	2009-08-26 18:21:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE770	HAITI ECONOMIC WEEKLY UPDATE FOR AUGUST 24 TO AUGUST 28, [...] (U) Summary. This is a weekly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. Minimum Wage ------------ 2. (U) The Minimum Wage compromise suggested by President Preval (HTG 125, about USD 3.00, per day for workers in the apparel assembly sector [...]	2009-09-02 14:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE788	HAITI: ELECTED SENATORS TAKE OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senate leadership validated the 11 newly-elected Senators on September 4 through a coup de force. Senate President Kely Bastien resigned to allow the Bureau d'Age to validate the Senators, and he was re-elected unanimously on September 9. New officers at the Senate were also el [...]	2009-09-11 17:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA KBIO
09PORTAUPRINCE818	HAITI ECONOMIC WEEKLY UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 7 TO SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Summary. This is a weekly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. Budget ------ 2. (U) The lower house of the Haitian parliament voted in the FY10 budget with numerous changes on September 9 (septel). 3. (U) The European U [...]	2009-09-21 12:21:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE839	HAITI ECONOMIC WEEKLY UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 14 TO SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Summary. This is a weekly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. Debt Reduction -------------- 2. (U) On Friday, September 18, Ambassador Kenneth Merten and GOH Finance Minister Daniel Dorsainvil signed a U.S.-Haiti Bilateral [...]	2009-09-28 14:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE86	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - HAITI [...] (U) Haiti's openness to foreign investment is codified in its laws. Import and export policies are non-discriminatory and are not based upon nationality. There is no significant public opposition to foreign investment in Haiti. The Government of Haiti (GoH) has made notable progress in rece [...]	2009-01-27 14:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	KIDE EINV ECON EFIN PGOV HA OPIC USTR KTDB ETRD
09PORTAUPRINCE881	A MORE EFFECTIVE PARLIAMENT IS SIGN OF DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A historically discredited legislature greatly improved its performance in the current parliamentary session by passing a record number of laws. For the first time in many years, many parliamentarians are considering presenting their candidacies for a second term. The professionaliz [...]	2009-10-15 11:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EAID HA
09PORTAUPRINCE916	PRIME MINISTER PIERRE LOUIS OUSTED AFTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At midnight on October 29, the Senate ousted Prime Minister Pierre Louis, who refused to appear at the interpellation session. 18 Senators out of 29 gave Pierre Louis a vote of no confidence, after opposition Senators had left the session in the expectation that a vote could no [...]	2009-10-30 18:04:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR HA
09PORTLOUIS247	SEYCHELLES SCENESETTER - UPCOMING VISIT OF GENERAL WILLIAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Mauritius warmly welcomes AFRICOM Commander General Ward and his delegation to the Seychelles. The U.S. government enjoys positive but limited relations with the government of Seychelles (GOS). Over the past few years, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA [...]	2009-08-11 12:41:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SE
09PORTOFSPAIN197	CODEL Engel meets LAC leaders at Fifth Summit of the [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representative Eliot Engel, Chairman of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, led a Congressional delegation to the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago April 17-19, 2009. The delegation consisted of Representative Connie Ma [...]	2009-04-30 22:03:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG MARR SNAR TD
09PORTOFSPAIN26	2008 COUNTRY CHILD LABOR REPORT FOR TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] This cable contains updated information for required reporting under the Trade and Development Act (TDA) concerning child labor in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. (TT). A. Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor: The Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) [...]	2009-01-23 15:51:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID TD
09PORTOFSPAIN261	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S SOCIAL SAFETY NET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Trinidad's social safety net for adults able to work consists of two major work programs and a variety of training programs. While successful in alleviating extreme poverty, they have not lifted individuals permanently out of poverty nor made them self sufficient. The economic d [...]	2009-06-18 19:01:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SCUL SOCI TD
09PORTOFSPAIN361	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR JULY [...] Airline boss quits ---------------------- State-owned Caribbean Airlines'(CA) CEO Philip Saunders recently tendered his resignation citing personal reasons. Saunders joined the airline in October 2007, and his resignation comes amidst reports that the airline has been unable to turn a profit [...]	2009-09-04 15:06:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB ELTN ETRD TD
09PORTOFSPAIN370	FY2010 BUDGET - IN THE RED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The FY 2010 GOTT budget totals $7.03 billion with a projected deficit of $1.2 billion, about 5.3 percent of GDP, based on average annual oil prices of $55/barrel and natural gas at $2.75/million cubic feet. This would be the second year in a row of budget deficits after a string [...]	2009-09-14 16:36:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EPET ETRD EWWT BEXP PGOV TD
09PORTOFSPAIN39	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR DECEMBER 2008 [...] Inflation falling says CBTT 2. Tourism slows in Tobago 3. Legislative Agenda for 2009 - 2010 4. GOTT Encourages Comparison Shopping 5. GOTT Invests US $16.3 Million in Food Security 6. PriceSmart a Good Investment Â [...]	2009-01-28 14:49:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP TD
09PRAGUE121	CZECH DPM VONDRA ON UPCOMING VISIT OF PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 3 meeting which included DFM Tomas Pojar and other key Czech officials, Czech DPM Alexandr Vondra reiterated the Czech government's appreciation for and excitement over the April 4-5 visit to Prague by President Obama. He expressed the Czech government's full commitme [...]	2009-03-04 16:27:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EZ OVIP PGOV PREL
09PRAGUE134	CZECH SOCIAL DEMOCRATS SEEK TO MAINTAIN MOMENTUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In less than two weeks, the Czech Social Democrats (CSSD) will hold their national party congress, which comes at a time when the party has much to celebrate, but also faces several challenges. Following their sweeping victories in the October 2008 regional and senate elections, [...]	2009-03-10 15:02:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ
09PRAGUE138	CZECH EU PRESIDENCY: VISIT BY INTERIOR MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 6 Acting DCM Stuart Hatcher and emboffs met with Czech Ministry of Interior officials at the request of the Czechs to discuss the upcoming visit of Minister of Interior Ivan Langer to the United States March 15-17. While the EU Justice and Interior Ministers, like the [...]	2009-03-11 15:32:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL PHUM
09PRAGUE147	DEFENSE PROCUREMENT IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: SHADY [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-16 15:04:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARR EZ KCOR MARR MCAPP
09PRAGUE15	CZECH GOVERNMENT'S DOMESTIC CHALLENGES WEIGH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Czech government's January 1 assumption of the EU Presidency comes at a time when the Topolanek coalition is at the most precarious position in its two years of existence. The coalition government, which has always been shaky at best, never fully recovered from the sweeping [...]	2009-01-09 14:32:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ
09PRAGUE153	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S PRAGUE VISIT [...] (C) Summary/overview: We warmly welcome your visit to Prague. Twenty years after the Velvet Revolution, ten years after joining NATO, and five years after joining the European Union, your visit during the Czech Republic,s EU presidency symbolizes this country's remarkable journey from communis [...]	2009-03-19 12:02:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP OBAMA PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EUN MARR SENV
09PRAGUE155	SCENESETTER FOR DPM VONDRA'S VISIT TO DC TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra will visit Washington on March 23-24, at the same time that his government faces a critical March 24 no-confidence vote, the result of which is unclear. Despite this uncertainty, Vondra's chief goal is to set the agenda and settle outstandin [...]	2009-03-19 17:39:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN EZ OVIP PGOV PREL
09PRAGUE159	CZECH GOVERNMENT FACES A CRITICAL VOTE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 24, the embattled government of PM Mirek Topolanek will likely face a critical vote of no-confidence. PM Topolanek has faced down four previous attempts to unseat him. However, the current situation is probably the most significant threat to his government, in a large [...]	2009-03-23 06:08:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ
09PRAGUE160	CZECH SOCIAL DEMOCRATS OFFER FEW SURPRISES AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 20-22 congress of the Czech Social Democrats (CSSD) was relatively uneventful, despite the charged political atmosphere before the planned March 24 vote of no confidence. All but one candidate for the party's top posts ran unopposed and were elected, although CSSD cha [...]	2009-03-24 09:55:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ
09PRAGUE165	CZECH GOVERNMENT FALLS, UNCERTAINTY AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: After 26 months in power, the embattled Topolanek government lost a vote of no-confidence in the Lower Chamber of the parliament on March 24. The vote's result was uncertain until the very end, but 101 lawmakers, the minimum required by the Czech constitution, finally voted aft [...]	2009-03-25 10:32:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ
09PRAGUE175	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Prague warmly welcomes the President's and your April 4-5 visit and participation in the U.S.-EU Summit. You will arrive at an extremely tense time in Czech domestic politics. The government of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek was toppled on March 24, but he continues to [...]	2009-03-26 18:24:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EG EUN EZ OVIP PGOV PREL
09PRAGUE222	CZECH REPUBLIC: FOREIGN POLICY DRIFT EXPECTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 24 downfall of the Czech Government and the subsequent political upheaval, as well as the planned Czech parliamentary elections in the fall, will affect a range of Czech foreign and security policy priorities. In this cable we focus on three of the most visible and sign [...]	2009-04-24 15:25:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EZ MARR NATO PGOV PREL
09PRAGUE263	CZECH EU PRESIDENCY: COMMENTS ON UPCOMING MAY GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 14 emboff spoke with Magdalena Janesova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy in advance of the May 18-19 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on: the EU's Anti-Piracy efforts, Georgia, the EU-Ru [...]	2009-05-15 15:46:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL CE XF ZJ XA
09PRAGUE269	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS MAY 23-25 VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Prague warmly welcomes you to the Czech Republic May 23-25. Nearly 20 years after the 1989 "Velvet Revolution," the Czech Republic today boasts a relatively strong market economy, a lively democratic tradition, and close links with the United States. The Czech Republic h [...]	2009-05-19 15:24:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN EZ OVIP PGOV PREL
09PRAGUE276	INTERIM GOVERNMENT WITH A WEAK MANDATE TAKES POWER [...] (C) Summary: On May 8, President Vaclav Klaus appointed the interim technocratic government of Prime Minister Jan Fischer, after Prime Minister Topolanek,s government fell in a vote of no confidence on March 24. The Fischer government is the result of a compromise among the Civic Democratic [...]	2009-05-22 11:27:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EZ
09PRAGUE29	CZECH AND DUTCH AG MINISTERS MEET ON CAP AND DAIRY REFORM. [...] Summary: On January 12, 2009, Gerritje Verburg, Dutch Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality met in Prague with Czech Minister of Agriculture, Petr Gandalovic. They discussed the agenda of the U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development, priorities of the Czech Presidency, and also [...]	2009-01-14 16:21:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD EZ EUN
09PRAGUE306	CZECH EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN MIRED [...] (C) Summary. The Czech Republic,s two dominant parties, former PM Topolanek,s right-of-center Civic Democratic Party (ODS) and Jiri Paroubek,s left-of-center Social Democratic Party (CSSD),have turned the European Parliamentary (EP) election into a bare-knuckled mudslinging campaign dominated [...]	2009-06-02 15:23:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN EZ PGOV PREL
09PRAGUE340	FOREIGN DEPLOYMENTS PROPOSAL PASSES CZECH LOWER [...] (C) Summary: On June 16, the Czech parliament's lower house approved a 2010 troop deployment proposal that, among other deployments, includes 535 Czech troops for Afghanistan. Senate approval should follow. This smooth approval is a stark contrast to the contentiousness of the 2009 deployme [...]	2009-06-17 14:47:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR EZ AF
09PRAGUE41	MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECHS LOOKING FOR A POSITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the November 27 Czech Senate approval of the two missile defense (MD) agreements, the Czechs have been unable to advance the MD agreements in the Lower Chamber, where ratification has been temporarily put on hold due to domestic political problems and questions about the f [...]	2009-01-22 09:27:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ
09PRAGUE454	EXTREMISM IN CZECH REPUBLIC GAINS VISIBILITY AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Czech Republic, extremists have been involved in several notable public events over the last year targeting the Czech Roma population. These events, such as the two recent arson attacks against Roma houses, generated public outrage across the country. Right-wing extrem [...]	2009-08-04 14:38:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON HU LO EZ
09PRAGUE471	CZECH REPUBLIC: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION PROGRESS [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to Deputy Minister Czeslaw Walek of the Ministry of Human Rights and National Minorities and to Deputy Minister and Anti-Extremism Task Force leader Jiri Komorous of the Interior Ministry on July 29. The Ministry of the Interior deferred its response to the [...]	2009-08-14 07:01:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE EZ
09PRAGUE484	CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The effects of the global financial crisis are evident in the migration patterns of both skilled and unskilled workers to the Czech Republic (CR). In the two years prior to the economic slowdown, third-country workers poured into the CR to satisfy a growing labor shortage, espe [...]	2009-08-19 10:05:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR ECON ELAB EUN PGOV PREL SMIG EZ
09PRAGUE489	CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The effects of the global financial crisis are evident in the migration patterns of both skilled and unskilled workers to the Czech Republic (CR). In the two years prior to the economic slowdown, third-country workers poured into the CR to satisfy a growing labor shortage, espe [...]	2009-08-20 13:36:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR ECON ELAB EUN PGOV PREL SMIG EZ
09PRAGUE496	CZECH SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The Czech Special Operations Group (SOG),composed of 50-100 military police, was investigated by Czech authorities for alleged wrongdoing in Afghanistan, including wrongful deaths of Afghan civilians during its deployment, and irregularities in operations, procurement and chain [...]	2009-08-25 14:25:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MOPS EZ AF
09PRAGUE5	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Fried, Embassy Prague looks forward to welcoming you to the Czech Republic. Your visit will underscore the importance of our strong transatlantic partnership, which received a boost from the Czech Republic's entry into the Visa Waiver Program, but which also [...]	2009-01-05 17:14:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL PGOV EZ EUN
09PRAGUE503	UNREFORMED COMMUNISTS COURT SOCIAL DEMOCRATS [...] (C) Summary. Despite declining membership, the unreformed Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM) has a stable and loyal voter base that consistently garners 12 to 15 percent of the vote and makes them the Czech Republic's third largest party. KSCM currently has 26 seats in the Chamber [...]	2009-08-27 09:19:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EZ
09PRAGUE523	SURPRISE CZECH COURT RULING CASTS DOUBT ON EARLY [...] (C) Summary: In a surprise ruling, the Czech Republic's Constitutional Court announced September 1 it will consider a challenge to a law passed in May and signed by President Klaus in June shortening the current term of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament's lower house. The court ruling ind [...]	2009-09-02 14:01:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EZ
09PRAGUE542	SCENESETTER FOR CZECH DEFENSE MINISTER BARTAK,S [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the 20th anniversary of the 1989 "Velvet Revolution" approaches, the Czech Republic today boasts a relatively strong market economy, a lively democratic tradition, and close links with the United States. The Czech Republic has been a member of NATO since 1999 and the European [...]	2009-09-11 15:12:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS EZ
09PRAGUE563	CORRECTED COPY: EARLY ELECTIONS SCRAPPED, INTERIM [...] (C) Summary. Early parliamentary elections have been halted and it appears the interim government of Prime Minister Jan Fischer will continue to govern until the regular parliamentary elections in May 2010, although early elections are still possible. Fischer is focused on the economic cris [...]	2009-09-21 15:19:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
09PRAGUE59	GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: CZECH DOMESTIC AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the domestic banking system has remained relatively healthy, the small, open, export- oriented Czech economy is suffering from a significant drop in external demand for Czech exports. According to recently released figures, exports fell a record 18 percent, industrial [...]	2009-01-30 13:58:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ECON PGOV EZ
09PRAGUE591	SCENESETTER: THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO THE [...] (C) Mr. Vice President: Your visit to the Czech Republic comes at a key moment to shape a vision for the future of our partnership. While Czech transatlanticists have expressed disappointment about the results of our missile defense policy review, they have constructively engaged with us and [...]	2009-10-05 14:27:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL EUN EZ
09PRAGUE69	SCENESETTER FOR CZECH FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a year when the Czech Republic will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its Velvet Revolution, nothing symbolizes better the truly remarkable journey this country has traveled since 1989 than the Czech Foreign Minister's arrival in Washington as the representative of the Europea [...]	2009-02-04 15:47:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ
09PRAGUE698	PM FISCHER MEETS WITH AMCHAM AND EMBASSY [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Fischer and members of the American Chamber of Commerce discussed the current investment climate in the Czech Republic at a November 23 dinner hosted by the Charge. AmCham said concerns about the lack of government stability are beginning to take a toll on inves [...]	2009-11-27 06:10:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EZ
09PRAGUE89	Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report - Czech [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified entire text; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Czech Republic is meeting the Minimum Standards for the elimination of trafficking in persons as set forth in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2005, in that: a) The government provide [...]	2009-02-12 15:24:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09PRAIA12	JUSTICE REFORM AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND [...] (U) SUMMARY. The obstacles between government and opposition forces that had been blocking reform in the justice sector appear to have been overcome. On January 09, 2009, Prime Minister Josi Maria Neves and Movement for Democracy (MpD) opposition leader Jorge Santos reached an agreement on t [...]	2009-01-26 18:09:00	Embassy Praia	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL KJUS PGOV CV
09PRAIA194	2009 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW FOR CAPE VERDE [...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel request, post provides the following information on Cape Verde's AGOA Eligibility Report. The full text will also be sent in Word format by e-mail. END SUMMARY --------------------------------------------- ----------------- TPSC SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGOA IMPLE [...]	2009-10-15 17:00:00	Embassy Praia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR ENRG PHUM XY CV
09PRETORIA1009	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, May 2009, Volume 4, Number 5, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- Scientists Develop New Carbon Emission Reduction Process -- South Afri [...]	2009-05-19 14:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA1017	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this 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, chromium, z [...]	2009-05-20 08:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA1046	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 22, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 21 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Moody's Upbeat on South Africa's Growth after 'Brief' Recession - Strong Vote of Confidence as Largest South African Bond is Snapped [...]	2009-05-22 11:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA1054	SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL WATSON'S MAY 26-31, 2009 [...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]	2009-05-22 12:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV SF
09PRETORIA1055	SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL PAYNE'S MAY 26-29, 2009, [...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]	2009-05-22 12:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV SF
09PRETORIA1063	FORMER MININSTER OF EDUCATION NAMED NEW MININSTER OF [...] (U) Summary: Newly-elected President Jacob Zuma has appointed former Minister of Education Naledi Pandor as the new Minister for Science and Technology. Long-standing Deputy Minister Derek Andre Hanekom remains in place, as do key officials in the quasi-governmental S&T entities. No major c [...]	2009-05-27 08:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA1118	SCENESETTER FOR DUSTR MARANTIS VISIT TO SOUTH [...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]	2009-06-03 16:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ETRD SF
09PRETORIA1139	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 5, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 22 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Zuma Lays Out Ambitious Program - Recession Adds More Strain to Motor Industry - Mboweni in Bid to Talk Down Currency - South Africa Re [...]	2009-06-05 15:09:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA1190	SOUTH AFRICA LIKELY TO RAISE SOME TARIFFS IN [...] (C) Summary: South Africa is likely to raise "a few" tariffs to WTO-bound levels in response to the global economic crisis, according to an official at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Industrial policy will have greater prominence under President Jacob Zuma, as Trade and Industr [...]	2009-06-12 14:26:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV SF
09PRETORIA1192	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 12, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 23 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South Africa's Reserves Rise - No Tax Money to Bail Out Firms - Minister Confident South Africa Will Weather Recession - Indian Auto Ma [...]	2009-06-15 08:09:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA1247	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 19, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 24 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Weak Exports Put Pressure on Current Account Deficit - Consumers Avoid Spending - Employment Outlook Still Weak - Zuma and Manuel Scold [...]	2009-06-19 14:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA1259	THE STATUS OF SOUTH AFRICA'S MEGA-HYDROCARBON PROJECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Africa is aiming at a number of mega-hydrocarbon projects, highlighted at a recent oil and gas conference. U.S. firm Forest Oil is very close to gaining its long-awaited production license for an offshore gas field in the Western Cape, which could alleviate regional power [...]	2009-06-23 11:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV SENV SF
09PRETORIA1343	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JULY 2, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 26 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Deficit Yawns Wider as Spending Accelerates and Revenues Decrease - Credit Growth Slows - Consumer Confidence Surprises - Moody's Says [...]	2009-07-02 15:35:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA1429	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this 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, chromium, z [...]	2009-07-15 06:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA1463	SOUTH AFRICA RECEIVES AN A-CATEGORY CURRENCY RATING FROM [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-20 14:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA1482	SCENE-SETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE VISIT TO SOUTH [...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes your visit to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election. 2. (SBU) The A [...]	2009-07-22 15:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD MCAP OVIP PGOV PREL SF EINV
09PRETORIA1500	QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH KEY [...] (U) Summary: The global economy remained firmly in the grips of a recession in the first quarter of 2009, causing South Africa to record its first recession in 18 years. Declining export demand and lusterless prices of most export commodities acted as powerful brakes on South Africa's growth. [...]	2009-07-24 15:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA1551	G/TIP AMBASSADOR LUIS CDEBACA'S JULY 6-10 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) In his first country visit as G/TIP Director, Ambassador Luis CdeBaca met on July 6-7 and July 9-10 with South African government officials; police, prosecutors, and judges; civil society organizations and G/TIP grant recipients; and radio and newspaper reporters regarding the country's [...]	2009-07-31 07:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KTIP PHUM SF
09PRETORIA159	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this 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, chromium, z [...]	2009-01-27 09:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA1614	CAUTIOUS HOPES FOR ZUMA AMONG SOME SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (SBU) South African civil society groups are cautiously optimistic about President Jacob Zuma, believing his promises of openness and meaningful dialogue will improve their working environment. Under former President Thabo Mbeki, many groups felt isolated from leadership and shut out from me [...]	2009-08-07 13:22:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF SA KJUS KDEM SF
09PRETORIA1615	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this 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, chromium, z [...]	2009-08-07 14:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF

09PRETORIA1697	SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ADVISOR ROBERT J. [...] (SBU) Ambassador Gips warmly welcomes your visit to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to help make your trip a success. The Control Officers for the visit are Acting Political Counselor Madeline Seidenstricker and Energy Officer David Young, who can be reached at [...]	2009-08-24 08:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IAEA KNNP ENRG SF
09PRETORIA1707	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this 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, chromium, z [...]	2009-08-24 14:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA1766	WOMEN MIGRANTS IN SOUTH AFRICA: A HARD ROAD TO [...] In an August 27 panel discussion, three speakers discussed the plight of female migrants in South Africa. Compared to men, women on the move are more vulnerable to robbery and attack, facing more limited job options, and often encumbered by children. Border crossings are extremely risky for [...]	2009-09-01 14:36:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF KTIP SF
09PRETORIA178	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 30, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 5 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Big Rate Cut Expected as Inflation Plummets - South Africa's Leading Indicator Confirms Dismal Growth Outlook - Sharp Rise in Company [...]	2009-01-30 08:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA179	ESKOM BENEFITS FROM A REPRIEVE OF REDUCED DEMAND WHILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The economic downturn has given state power utility Eskom a reprieve of reduced demand, but the supply and margin remain vulnerable. Eskom has managed to avoid controversial load-shedding since April 2008. Chief Nuclear Officer Clive Le Roux briefed NRC Commissioner Peter Lyon [...]	2009-01-30 08:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN EPET SENV EINV EIND KNNP SF
09PRETORIA1808	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 4, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 34 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South African Consumers in Debt Trouble - Outlook for Vehicle Sales Brightens - National Broadband Policy Expected "Shortly" - Governme [...]	2009-09-04 14:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA1914	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this 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, chromium, z [...]	2009-09-17 14:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA1981	QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH KEY [...] (U) Summary: The South African economy recorded negative real growth in the second quarter of 2009, the third successive quarterly contraction. Some 475,000 jobs were lost in the first half of 2009. The trade data continued to reflect depressed global as well as domestic demand conditions. The [...]	2009-10-01 14:17:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA2037	CRIME THAT BEGETS CRIME: YOUTH VICTIMIZATION IN [...] On September 29 the Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention (CJCP) released two studies on the relation between South African youth and anti-social behaviors. The first presents results of its 2008 survey of 12 to 22-year-olds measuring the incidence of crime and violence suffered by young p [...]	2009-10-08 11:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2091	AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] In response to Ref A, post provides the following input for the AGOA eligibility review. -------------------------- Country Background Summary -------------------------- 2. The population of South Africa was 49.3 million in mid-2009. In 2008, South African Gross National Income (GNI) [...]	2009-10-14 12:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON ENRG ETRD PHUM SF
09PRETORIA2141	COURT SELECTIONS SHOW HOW CONCERNS ABOUT JUDICIAL [...] (C) President Jacob Zuma finalized his appointment of five new justices to the Constitutional Court, the nation's highest legal body, on October 11. For most of the past year, and particularly during the election campaign period ahead of the national election in April, opposition leaders and [...]	2009-10-21 16:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR SF
09PRETORIA2271	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR BONNIE JENKINS' [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-06 11:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MNUC PARM KNNP TBIO SF
09PRETORIA2276	SOUTH AFRICA: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CRIME STRATEGY REPORT [...] Draft International Narcotics Control Strategy Report South Africa I. Summary Â [...]	2009-11-09 06:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SNAR ASEC SF
09PRETORIA2277	SOUTH AFRICA: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Draft International Narcotics Control Strategy Report South Africa I. Summary Â [...]	2009-11-09 06:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SNAR ASEC SF
09PRETORIA233	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 6, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 6 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserve Bank Cuts Interest Rate - South African Notes Pare Gains as Inflation Measure Changes - Trade Deficit Revised Lower - January [...]	2009-02-06 10:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA241	SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK CUTS INTEREST RATE BY ONE [...] (U) Summary. The South African Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has reduced the key policy interest rate, the repo rate, by 100 basis points to 10.5 percent. The rate cut was made possible by declining domestic inflation, which the MPC expects to fall within the target range of [...]	2009-02-09 09:13:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA245	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, January 2009, Volume 4, Number 1, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- NATIONAL SPACE AGENCY BILL PASSED INTO LAW -- SOUTH AFRICA CELEBRA [...]	2009-02-09 13:51:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA249	SOUTH AFRICA RESPONSE TO TELECOM TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Information Communications and Technology (ICT) Officer met with the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA),industry analysts, and ICT firms to discuss the ICT regulatory environment in South Africa. Officials noted that ICASA faced major challenges in i [...]	2009-02-10 12:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINT SF
09PRETORIA2498	ESKOM REDUCES TARIFF HIKE REQUEST, LOOKS FOR PRIVATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: State power utility Eskom backtracked on its controversial 45 percent tariff hikes for each of three years, at the last moment revising its application to the regulator down to 35 percent per year. At the same time it announced a number of new strategic initiatives, a desire fo [...]	2009-12-04 14:52:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD ECON SENV PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2506	WWF HOSTS NEW ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ROUDTABLE DISCUSSIONS IN [...] (U) The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in South Africa hosted a one-day "National Roundtable on New Electricity Supply" on November 18 in Johannesburg. The meeting was a follow up to calls from various stakeholders in the energy sector who attended the National Climate Change Summit in March [...]	2009-12-07 14:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG EPET SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA294	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 13, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 7 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Budget 2009 - Finance Minister Cushions the Blow - Factories Put in Worst Performance in a Decade - Trade Conditions Survey Shows Cautiou [...]	2009-02-13 13:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA309	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this 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, chromium, z [...]	2009-02-19 13:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA348	SAG, BUSINESS AND LABOR ADOPT FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT [...] (C) Comment: A working group comprised of government, business and labor representatives has agreed on a strategy to guide South Africa's response to the global economic crisis. Key components of the plan include infrastructure spending, jobs programs, interventions to minimize job losses, [...]	2009-02-24 07:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD SF
09PRETORIA375	GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS PUSHES SOUTH AFRICA INTO BUDGET [...] Summary. Finance Minister Trevor Manuel announced in his 2009 budget speech that the FY 2010 budget deficit would be 3.9 percent of GDP. To finance the deficit, government debt will increase from 22.6 percent of GDP in FY 2009 to 25.6 percent of GDP in FY 2010. South Africa's short-term econo [...]	2009-02-27 12:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA38	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 9, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 2 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Optimistic Outlook with Rates, Inflation Easing - Rand at Mercy of Global Forces - Permission to Raise Prices a Relief to Pharmaceutic [...]	2009-01-09 14:35:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA4	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 1 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Growth in Credit Slows - COSATU Slammed on Labor Plans - South Africa's Trade Gap Swells - Vodacom Ponders Launching Mobile Money Servic [...]	2009-01-02 10:18:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA436	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 6, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 10 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Government Still Sees Growth in 2009 - Job Growth Data Sparks Disbelief - South Africa's House Prices Still Falling - New Vehicle Sales [...]	2009-03-06 10:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA449	SOUTH AFRICA'S GDP CONTRACTS AFTER FORTY QUARTERS OF [...] Summary. South Africa's real GDP contracted by a seasonally adjusted and annualized rate of 1.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008. This was the first quarterly contraction since the third quarter of 1998. Growth was pulled down by weakness in the manufacturing; electricity, water and ga [...]	2009-03-09 13:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA47	SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL CLEARS WAY TO RECHARGE ZUMA [...] Summary: South Africa's five-member Supreme Court of Appeal overturned on January 12 a September decision setting aside a corruption indictment against ANC President Jacob Zuma. Speaking for the court, Deputy Judge President Louis Harms upbraided the lower appeals court judge, Chris Nicolson [...]	2009-01-12 18:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
09PRETORIA478	SOUTH AFRICAN MINING EXECUTIVES DISCUSS GLOBAL AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A group of South African mining executives expressed concern about the effects of the global commodity downturn on the mining sector and associated social transformation in South Africa. They highlighted a number of challenges of doing mining business in South Africa, many dir [...]	2009-03-12 09:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ENRG EINV ETRD EPET KHIV ZI SF
09PRETORIA487	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 6, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 11 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Business Confidence Hits 10-Year Low on Slowdown - State 'Will Not Give Up' on Car Industry - South Africa Needs a Homegrown Response to [...]	2009-03-13 09:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA533	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 20, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 12 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Production Has Steepest Fall in Almost Two Decades - Gold Production Declines Sharply - Retail Sales Grow - Moody's to Re [...]	2009-03-20 13:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA570	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, February 2009, Volume 4, Number 2, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- DEBATE CONTINUES OVER QULALITY OF DRINKING WATER IN SMALL TOWNS - [...]	2009-03-25 14:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA595	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 27, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 13 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SARB Cuts Interest Rates - Current Account Deficit Lowest in Almost Three Years - Slowdown 'May Bring Manufacturing Sector to its Knees' [...]	2009-03-27 10:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA596	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this 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, chromium, z [...]	2009-03-27 11:52:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA658	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 3, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 14 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Activity Slumps to Record Low - Vehicle Sales, Exports Continue to Plummet - South Africa Must Try to Save 'Distressed' Se [...]	2009-04-03 10:51:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA663	SOUTH AFRICAN AUTO INDUSTRY SUFFERING [...] (SBU) Summary. The global economic crisis may cause South African auto exports to drop by 35 percent in 2009, according to the National Automobile Manufacturer's Association of South Africa. The downturn in the export market combined with a sharp decline in domestic sales have lead the bel [...]	2009-04-03 14:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ECON EIND ETRD
09PRETORIA674	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, March 2009, Volume 4, Number 3, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- SOUTH AFRICANS JOING EARTH HOUR - REDUCE POWER USANGE BY 15% -- [...]	2009-04-06 12:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA708	QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH KEY [...] (U) Summary: South Africa did not escape the negative consequences of the international financial turmoil, despite the fact that its domestic financial institutions had virtually no direct exposure to the troubled assets that were central to the deterioration of credit markets. Deteriorating [...]	2009-04-09 12:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA71	QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH KEY [...] (U) Summary: The deterioration in the global economic landscape affected South Africa's third quarter 2008 economic performance. Weaker international demand, falling commodity prices, and the tight domestic economic environment resulted in the lowest quarterly real GDP growth in ten years. Une [...]	2009-01-14 15:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA758	BUSINESS UNCERTAIN ABOUT IMPACT OF ZUMA PRESIDENCY [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 10:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SF
09PRETORIA78	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT SOUTH AFRICA [...] (U) Summary. In response to Ref A, this cable presents the first part of post?s two-part 2009 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the Country Commercial Guide for South Africa. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY2009 6.1 Op [...]	2009-01-15 14:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB
09PRETORIA80	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - SOUTH AFRICA [...] (U) Summary. In response to Ref A, this cable presents the first part of post's two-part 2009 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the Country Commercial Guide for South Africa. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY2009 6.1 Op [...]	2009-01-15 16:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB
09PRETORIA81	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT SOUTH AFRICA (PART [...] (U) Summary. In response to Ref A, this cable presents part two of post's two-part 2009 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the Country Commercial Guide for South Africa 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY2009, continued [...]	2009-01-15 16:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR SF
09PRETORIA817	SOUTH AFRICA VOTES: SITUATION REPORT #3 [...] (U) Summary: National and provincial election results began trickling in on April 23. Early numbers show that the African National Congress (ANC) will again receive a huge mandate from the electorate, but there are signs of strength from the Democratic Alliance (DA) in Western Cape. The Co [...]	2009-04-23 15:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM ASEC SF
09PRETORIA818	SOUTH AFRICA VOTES: SITUATION REPORT #4 [...] (U) Summary: South Africa's National and Provincial elections of April 22 were well organized and peaceful. Charge d'Affaires and Poloff on April 23 visited the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Results Centre to see how political parties were faring and to gain a better understanding of [...]	2009-04-23 17:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM ASEC PGOV SF
09PRETORIA831	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 17, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 17 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Business Index Shows Light at End of Tunnel - Empowerment Fund Changes Strategy to Help Smaller Firms - Telkom and AT&T Launch Strategic [...]	2009-04-24 14:12:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA88	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 16, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 3 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South African Economy to "Feel Pressure" - Manufacturing Output, Business Confidence Dive - South Africa's House Prices Fall - Stadiums [...]	2009-01-16 12:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA893	SCENE-SETTER FOR USTR AMBASSADOR RON KIRK'S MAY [...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]	2009-05-04 13:54:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV SF
09PRISTINA149	USAID ROMA RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM: PROGRESS AFTER A [...] (U) Summary: USAID has initiated a long term resettlement project for 50 Roma families residing in two camps for internally displaced persons in north Mitrovica. The camp residents continue to suffer life-threatening health effects from lead poisoning over nine years after moving into the UN [...]	2009-04-08 17:42:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL UNMIK KV
09PRISTINA162	KOSOVO: HOUSING RECONSTRUCTION IN NORTH MITROVICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The return of warm weather in Kosovo brings with it annual interest among Kosovo Albanian displaced persons in rebuilding houses north of the Ibar River. Suvi Do/Suhadoll, a village just west of the Kosovo Serb populated north Mitrovica area, has been the site of interethnic cla [...]	2009-04-24 13:06:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KV
09PRISTINA163	KOSOVO: PROGRESS ON CIVAIR BUT MORE WORK TO BE DONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's civil aviation regime has seen significant changes in the past ten years, with Pristina International Airport (PIA) evolving from a military airport run by KFOR in 1999 to assuming full operational control over commercial flights and establishing nascent national civil [...]	2009-04-24 16:17:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
09PRISTINA216	KOSOVO: PROGRESS ON ELECTRICITY FOR SERB [...] (C) SUMMARY. We have seen significant progress towards reaching a comprehensive solution to the problem of Kosovo Serbs and the electricity supply. As of June 2, thanks to sustained effort by the Embassy and USAID Kosovo, every Kosovo Serb village south of the Ibar river - with the exceptio [...]	2009-06-08 14:44:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK
09PRISTINA351	KOSOVO: SERBIAN PARALLEL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Special Serbian parallel municipal elections held in Kosovo on August 16 resulted in a lower than expected voter turnout. The Government of Kosovo downplayed the significance of these elections, notwithstanding substantial opposition and media criticism. END SUMMARY. PARAL [...]	2009-08-17 16:22:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL KV SR
09PRISTINA356	KOSOVO: SIGNS OF FINANCIAL CRISIS SURFACING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's limited international financial exposure has allowed the country to remain relatively untouched by the global financial crisis. Heavily dependent on international donor assistance, rising public expenditures have managed to stave off any major decline in growth. Howev [...]	2009-08-20 05:36:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECIN ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC PREL KV
09PRISTINA456	KOSOVO: CAMPAIGN OPENS FOR NOVEMBER 15 MUNICIPAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The official campaign period for Kosovo November 15 municipal elections kicked off on October 15. The elections, the first since independence and the first managed by domestic institutions, mark an important milestone in Kosovo's democratic growth. Kosovo Albanian and Serb par [...]	2009-10-19 11:11:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR KV
09PRISTINA480	KOSOVO: 2009 INCSR REPORT PART ONE [...] Following is Part One of Kosovo's 2009 INCSR report (narcotics and chemical control). 2. Begin report. I. Summary Though Kosovo is primarily a transit country for Afghan drugs destined for Europe, anecdotal evidence from the Kosovo Police (KP) suggests a growing domestic narcotics m [...]	2009-11-03 15:05:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM KV
09PRISTINA501	KOSOVO: STRONG TURNOUT, RELATIVE CALM MARK LOCAL POLLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's November 15 local elections, the first organized by Kosovo authorities and the first since independence, were marked by higher than expected turnout, in both the Serb community and in Kosovo at large. Voters cast ballots for mayors and municipal assembly persons in 36 [...]	2009-11-15 21:24:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KV
09PRISTINA63	KOSOVO: ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE, [...] (SBU) Summary. In the first year since its declaration of independence, Kosovo has made real progress in consolidating its sovereignty and pursuing its democratic objectives, including adoption of a new constitution that meets the highest European standards and grants broad protection to Koso [...]	2009-02-16 12:40:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KV
09QUITO1026	ECUADOR ECONOMIC NEWS: ECONOMY CONTRACTS, BALANCE OF [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels and should not be posted on the internet. ------- [...]	2009-10-20 19:37:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EC
09QUITO103	BACKGROUND TO CORREA'S ATTACKS ON U.S. COOPERATION [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A PAIS provincial leader and former Under Secretary of Government under Minister Gustavo Larrea, Ignacio Chauvin, turned himself in February 4 to face charges of narco-trafficking. Calling himself a revolutionary, Chauvin admitted to meeting deceased FARC member Raul Reyes. [...]	2009-02-10 23:25:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR SMIG SNAR MOPS EC CO
09QUITO1059	Ecuador's 2010 Budget: Optimistic Assumptions, large [...] (SBU) Marked by optimistic growth and revenue assumptions, a record-level fiscal deficit, and a conspicuous lack of detail about sources of financing, Ecuador's 2010 budget passed the National Assembly December 22. President Correa's administration submitted the 2009 and 2010 budgets simultaneo [...]	2009-12-23 23:05:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV EC
09QUITO1080	NOBLE ENERGY FEARS DISPUTE WITH GOE [...] (SBU) Summary. Noble Energy, the last U.S. company operating in the oil and gas sector in Ecuador, fears the GoE may soon initiate a process to terminate the contract of one of its subsidiaries, claiming breach of contract. Noble has 100% ownership of a fully-integrated gas-to-power proje [...]	2009-10-30 18:55:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EPET ENRG ECON EC
09QUITO1148	ATPDEA Still Key to Many Ecuadorian Industries and Jobs [...] (U) Ecuador has benefitted substantially from the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) program since its inception in 1991. ATPA currently provides duty-free access to the U.S. market for approximately 5,600 Ecuadorian products. According to GoE estimates, approximately 350,000 jobs are tied [...]	2009-11-30 14:04:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL EC AGR FAS EPET EMIN
09QUITO117	ANALYSTS OFFER DIVERGENT VIEWS ON POLITICAL SCENE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The diversity of the Ecuadorian political debate was on display during a breakfast with WHA/AND Director Whitaker. Some analysts saw President Correa staking out the electoral center amidst waning voter interest, while another participant highlighted what he considered successfu [...]	2009-02-17 16:35:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG EC CO IR
09QUITO121	A Somber U.S. Business Forum Briefs the Ambassador [...] (C) Summary. On February 13, U.S. companies briefed the Ambassador on the business climate in Ecuador. The tone was somber, as the representative outlined challenges and risks, but also opportunities for their companies, which are representative of many business sectors in Ecuador. Most wer [...]	2009-02-18 20:41:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV EFIN EPET ECON EC
09QUITO220	GOE Policy for a Vulnerable Economy: Buying Time and [...] (C) Summary. The Ecuadorian economy, which is dollarized and heavily dependent on oil exports, is under considerable stress because of falling oil prices and the global economic crisis. Oil prices have risen in March, providing some relief. If oil prices remain at current levels or rise, th [...]	2009-03-30 13:35:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD EPET EC
09QUITO283	COUNTDOWN TO ELECTIONS; PRESIDENT'S RACE FOREGONE [...] (SB... id: 203768 date: 4/23/2009 13:38 refid: 09QUITO283 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0283/01 1131338 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 231338Z APR 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0283 INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY [...]	2009-04-23 13:38:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPLS OAS EC
09QUITO296	COUNTDOWN TO ELECTIONS; PRESIDENT'S RACE FOREGONE [...] (SBU) Summary: With three days remaining before the April 26 elections, President Correa sits comfortably ahead of all other candidates, with polls showing him with enough votes for a first-round win. Recently arrived international election observation teams have reported concern with how the [...]	2009-04-27 12:09:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPLS OAS EC
09QUITO298	COUNTDOWN TO ELECTIONS; PRESIDENT'S RACE FOREGONE [...] (SB... id: 204247 date: 4/27/2009 12:09 refid: 09QUITO298 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0002 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0298/01 1171209 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 271209Z APR 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0304 INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY B [...]	2009-04-27 12:09:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPLS OAS EC
09QUITO351	ECUADOR ECON UPDATE: BOND REPURCHASE; FINANCIAL LIQUIDITY [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Reactions to Government Repurchase Proposal ------------------------------------------- 2. (U) On May 1, a group reportedly representing bondholders [...]	2009-05-15 16:23:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EC
09QUITO36	ECUADOR'S 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] In response to State 123907, Embassy Quito reports the following update for its 2009 Investment Climate Statement. This update has also been sent to EB/IFD/OIA (J. Nathaniel Hatcher) by email. Openness to Foreign Investment Ecuador can be a difficult place in which to do business, althoug [...]	2009-01-20 21:51:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR EC
09QUITO408	Ecuador Requires Banks to Repatriate Some Offshore Assets [...] (C) S... id: 209795 date: 6/2/2009 21:39 refid: 09QUITO408 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0019 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0408/01 1532139 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 022139Z JUN 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0426 INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY [...]	2009-06-02 21:39:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EC
09QUITO510	ECUADOR ANNOUNCES BOND BUYBACK "A SUCCESS" [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 11, Ecuador's Minister of Finance presented the results of the GOE's bond repurchase, which resulted in the repurchase of 91% of the country's 2010 and 2030 Global bonds at a 65-70% discount. Although President Correa called the repurchase a success, some critics questi [...]	2009-06-25 13:16:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EC
09QUITO566	ECUADOR ECON NEWS: ECUADOR JOINS ALBA, BANKS REQUIRED TO [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Ecuador joins ALBA ------------------ 2. (SBU) On June 24, an extraordinary Summit of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) was held in [...]	2009-07-08 19:32:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EC
09QUITO572	Visas Donkey - Corruption 212(f) Visa Revocation: Jaime [...] (U) This cable replaces Quito 561, which was cancelled. Please disregard the earlier cable. 2. (S/NF) Embassy Quito is seeking a security advisory opinion under Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Presidential Proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United State [...]	2009-07-10 16:49:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET	CVIS KCOR KCRM PGOV PREL NU EC
09QUITO645	ECUADOR NEWS: CABINET CHANGES; TAX REFORM; SAFEGUARDS ON [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Cabinet Changes --------------- 2. (U) On July 15, 2009, President Correa designated Ramon Espinel as the new Minister of Agriculture, replacing Walt [...]	2009-07-27 15:49:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EC
09QUITO703	ECUADOR'S UNASUR AGENDA: AN ANTI-AMERICAN TONE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the 200th anniversary of its so-called "First Call for Independence" on August 10, Ecuador will assume the rotating presidency of UNASUR on the same day that President Correa is inaugurated. The MFA announced the GOE's objectives and planned projects for UNASUR on August 3, w [...]	2009-08-07 15:21:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ECIN MARR EC CO XM XR
09QUITO814	ECUADOR ECONOMIC NEWS: CORREA ANNOUNCES NEW ECONOMIC [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels and should not be posted on the internet. ------- [...]	2009-09-04 20:26:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EC
09QUITO938	ECUADOR ECONOMIC NEWS: CHEVRON FILES FOR ABRITRATION, PLAN [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels and should not be posted on the internet. ------- [...]	2009-09-28 14:16:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EC
09RABAT1001	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GREGG [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-22 16:13:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV PTER ECON MO
09RABAT171	"MANAGING GROWTH" OR "CONFRONTING CRISIS:" MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: Dueling events on February 24 highlighted contrasting views of how and when Morocco will be impacted by the international financial crisis. In Rabat, Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi presided over the signature of conventions that implement the government's USD 150 million in initi [...]	2009-02-26 15:54:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD MO
09RABAT178	MAURITANIAN POLITICIAN CALLS ON U.S. TO RESTORE [...] (C) Summary: On February 24, 2009, Mauritanian National Party for Development (PND) President and current opposition coalition leader Abdelkoudouss Abeidna, at his and Embassy Nouakchott,s request, called on Charge at the Embassy to discuss the ongoing political crisis in Mauritania. As lea [...]	2009-02-27 17:18:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER ECON PGOV SNAR MO MR
09RABAT234	THE OTHER MOROCCO PART 1, POLITICS: THE TRUST GAP [...] (C) Summary: During a winter visit to the Middle Atlas Mountains, PolOff encountered poverty, accusations of local governmental inefficiency, and anger over slow response to weather-related crises. Citizens have an ingrained and almost reflexive distrust of government and worry about endemic [...]	2009-03-26 09:18:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM ECON MO
09RABAT267	POLITICAL FOOTBALL OVER GAY RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Recent Moroccan responses to overt homosexuality illustrate the extent to which this issue has become a touchstone between conservative and Islamist factions and modernizers, including many supporters of the throne. A Moroccan gay rights organization based in Madrid has receive [...]	2009-04-02 08:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL SCUL MO
09RABAT286	PJD LEADERS DISCUSS ELECTION STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the "moderate faction" of the Islamist-inspired Party of Justice and Development (PJD) have acknowledged the party has been under some pressure from authorities, but emphasized that they have not been intimidated into trimming their sails. They said the PJD decision [...]	2009-04-06 16:02:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL MO
09RABAT289	CORRECTED COPY: XXXXXXXXXXXX LINKS MOROCCAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Morocco broke diplomatic relations with Iran and began a campaign against its domestic Shi'a minority at Saudi Arabian instigation, according to XXXXXXXXXXXX. According to XXXXXXXXXXXX, Tehran had been using Morocco and its Embassy in Rabat for activities in Mali and Senegal. Dome [...]	2009-04-06 16:46:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR SCUL KISL IR SA EG MO
09RABAT32	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: JANUARY 2009 [...] (SBU) Stock Exchange Begins Year on Down Note: Morocco's benchmark Casablanca MASI index has started the year on a downbeat note, falling below 10,000 for the first time since January 2007. Despite a brief technical correction on Friday, January 8, the index, which lost 13 percent in 2008, re [...]	2009-01-13 12:17:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR EFIN MO
09RABAT325	MOROCCO'S NEW ENERGY STRATEGY LEAVES A FEW HOLES [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's new energy strategy aims to avert an urgent electricity supply-demand imbalance, as well as lessen Morocco's dependence on energy imports and exposure to price swings, but geography and natural resources make the latter goal elusive. The Ministry of Energy's short term [...]	2009-04-14 16:42:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV SENV MO
09RABAT385	MORROCO: LOWER HOUSE LEADER SEEKS GREATER [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 28 meeting with Charge, lower house of Parliament President Mustapha Mansouri made a strong appeal for increased contact between Moroccan Parliamentarians and Members of Congress to facilitate better understanding of Morocco's claims to Western Sahara. Mansouri [...]	2009-05-05 17:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PHUM KDEM MO
09RABAT389	MOROCCO: VIRGINIA GOVERNOR'S VISIT SUCCEEDS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Virginia Governor Tim Kaine explored opportunities for deepening the economic relationship between Virginia and Morocco with key Moroccan officials, focusing on the already important agricultural trade and port cooperation. On April 23, Prime Minister El Fassi said Morocco wa [...]	2009-05-06 12:18:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR BEXP BTIO ETRD PREL MO ENERG
09RABAT39	MOROCCO: UPDATE ON THE EFFECTS OF THE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Morocco awaits the domestic impact of the global economic slowdown with trepidation. Government officials have tempered their earlier comments about how Morocco is sheltered from the crisis, conceding that while not exposed to "direct contagion" from "toxic assets," the count [...]	2009-01-15 16:58:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EAGR MO
09RABAT431	RE-ORIENTING THE ORIENT: ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Oriental region in northeastern Morocco is undergoing a rapid transformation from one of Morocco's poorest and least-developed regions to one of its most richly-endowed with development projects and infrastructure. The flood of new construction, investment, and social prog [...]	2009-05-29 15:30:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAGR SOCI MO
09RABAT435	COMMERCE NEAR THE BORDER: NEW DYNAMISM, OLD [...] (U) Summary: Historically oriented both commercially and culturally toward Algeria, the Oriental region of Morocco's Mediterranean coast has abandoned hope of an imminent opening of the border with Algeria, closed since 1994. International trade in the region largely depends on smuggled duty- [...]	2009-05-29 15:50:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ECIN PREL MO AG
09RABAT447	ECONOMIC GROWTH WEAKENS AS CRISIS' IMPACT HITS HOME [...] (U) Summary: While official GDP growth projections remain near 5 percent for 2009, thanks to this year's bumper agricultural harvest, the outlook for non-agricultural sectors appears increasingly somber as a result of the world economic downturn. Growth outside agriculture was only 1.3 percen [...]	2009-06-03 17:07:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD MO
09RABAT473	USG, NDI AND IRI TEAM UP TO HELP ELECT WOMEN AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Swift USG action to back Morocco's decision to dramatically expand the number of elected women has meant thousands of women were trained to run in local elections scheduled for June 12. The election will yield a more than a twenty-fold increase in women counselors and a fifte [...]	2009-06-07 18:36:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KPMI KDEM KWMN MO
09RABAT479	CODEL BURR HEARS ABOUT COUNTERTERRORISM, DEMOCRACY [...] (S/NF) Summary: On May 26, CODEL Burr discussed the threat from violent Islamic extremists with Morocco,s external intelligence chief Mohamed Yassine Mansouri, the Director General of Studies and Documentation (DGED). The discussion focused on Al Qaeda,s declining influence in Iraq; growing [...]	2009-06-09 15:38:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET//NOFORN	OREP PTER PINS PHUM AG IR MR MO WI
09RABAT486	GOM COUNTER-DRUG EFFORTS IN CHEFCHAOUAN HAVE [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan efforts to eradicate cannabis cultivation in the northern part of the country have been successful enough to prompt some voters to boycott the coming local elections. In the northern province of Chefchouan, heart of Morocco's cannabis producing region, various party ca [...]	2009-06-10 11:29:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR SOCI PGOV MO
09RABAT497	PRE-ELECTION MANEUVERS OF PAM AND PM HIGHLIGHT THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The kickoff of the campaign for local elections in Morocco on May 29 was enlivened when the Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) announced that it was withdrawing support from Prime Minister (PM) Abbas El Fassi's government, threatening a parliamentary crisis. The PAM, wh [...]	2009-06-12 12:37:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MO
09RABAT517	MOROCCO: PARTY OF AUTHENTICITY AND MODERNITY [...] (C) Summary: Seven million Moroccans, or 52.4 percent of eligible voters, participated in nationwide local/communal elections in Morocco on Friday, June 12, according to the Moroccan Ministry of Interior. Garnering over 20 percent of the vote, the Palace-favored Party of Authenticity and Mo [...]	2009-06-17 12:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MO

09RABAT604	WOMEN LEAD MOROCCO'S "PETITE REVOLUTION" [...] (SBU) Summary: In what is being hailed in the press as the "petite revolution," a dozen women have been elected by their men and women peers to chair local councils, making them mayors or the equivalent rural executives. Prior to the June 12 municipal elections, only one woman had ever serve [...]	2009-07-14 18:37:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN KISL KDEM KMPI SOCI MO
09RABAT642	EFFECTS OF RECESSION STARTING TO APPEAR IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: The lingering global recession continues progressively to affect economic growth forecasts for Morocco, as well as the balance of payments and current economic activity. A flurry of reports, prognostications and evaluations in late June and early July describes the Kingdom as [...]	2009-07-23 14:33:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV MO
09RABAT65	MOROCCO HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: ATMOSPHERICALY [...] (C) Surprisingly positive atmospherics and a less combative tone than in the past characterized the annual Human Rights Dialogue with the Government of Morocco (GOM) in early January. GOM officials described themselves as "satisfied" with the way the dialogue has evolved since its inception [...]	2009-01-22 18:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL WI MO
09RABAT651	MOROCCAN MINISTER OF FINANCE AND G20 COMS [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 22, the Minister of Economy and Finance and the British Ambassador organized a working lunch for G-20 ambassadors and charges to discuss the impact of the world economic crisis on Morocco, as well as individual countries' and collective responses to the crisis. The Mi [...]	2009-07-27 14:34:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ECON MO
09RABAT731	MOROCCO: MINISTERIAL CHANGES SHORE UP THE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 29, Morocco's King Mohammed VI approved the appointments of new ministers: a second Minister of State without portfolio, a Minister of Culture, a Minister of Youth and Sports, and a Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Minister of State and Secretary of State [...]	2009-08-27 15:49:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR MO
09RABAT821	MOROCCO RESPONSE TO POTUS MEETINGS WITH NETANYAHU [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Moroccan MFA Director-General for Multilateral Affairs and the Middle East Mohammed Azaroual Oct. 5, following his return from the UNGA. Azaroual shared the GOM's appreciation for President Obama's deep engagement on Peace Process issues and for our re [...]	2009-10-05 14:30:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL PGOV MA IS
09RABAT858	PAM STEAMS AHEAD WHILE PJD SHUT OUT OF UPPER HOUSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The year-old Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) continues to engineer significant -- and, to some, unsettling -- electoral victories following its impressive showing in June's communal elections. In the latest of many indirect elections that by law follow the communal co [...]	2009-10-20 18:14:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM KISL MO
09RABAT886	MOROCCO 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) has achieved significant reductions in its cannabis and cannabis resin production in recent years. Advances in Morocco's counternarcotics efforts are a result of the GOM's comprehensive counternarcotics strategy, which emphasizes combining convention [...]	2009-10-30 09:58:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MO
09RANGOON1	BURMA: RICE EXPORTS LOWER THAN EXPECTED IN 2008 [...] (C) Despite GOB expectations that rice exports in November and December would total 300,000 metric tons, Burmese traders and military-owned Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC) exported only 45,000 metric tons of rice during this period. Demand for Burmese rice remains low, as international cu [...]	2009-01-02 05:11:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
09RANGOON112	BURMA: ONSHORE OIL PRODUCTION LIMITED [...] (C) Although the GOB claims Burma has untapped oil reserves of 3.5 million barrels, actual production continues to fall far short of the country's domestic needs. In 2008 onshore production averaged 10,000 barrels a day, forcing the GOB to import up to 20,000 barrels a day of oil and diesel. [...]	2009-02-20 08:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EPET PINR BM
09RANGOON132	USGS/DOC ASSESS BURMA'S OIL AND GAS RESOURCE AND [...] (C) During a three-day trip to Burma, United States Geological Survey (USGS) petroleum geologist Craig Wandrey and Department of Commerce (DOC) senior energy analyst Paul Hueper met with international and local oil and gas companies operating in Burma to assess the country's resource potentia [...]	2009-03-02 23:51:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EPET PINR BM
09RANGOON14	BURMA MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ON POLITICAL [...] (C) During a January 5 meeting with the Charge, Burma's Minister of Agriculture and Secretary General of the mass-member Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) Major General Htay Oo discussed the upcoming 2010 elections, suggesting it is time for generational change and saying y [...]	2009-01-08 06:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAGR ECON BM
09RANGOON143	BURMA: OVERSEAS WORKERS RETURNING HOME BUT JOBS [...] (C) The Burmese Government has officially acknowledged that 10,000 migrant workers have recently returned to Burma -- anecdotal evidence indicates the figure is actually much higher -- and has publicly pledged to provide them with jobs and other assistance. However, Ministry of Labor officia [...]	2009-03-06 05:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ELAB PHUM PGOV BM
09RANGOON148	BURMA: TWO OPPOSITION LAWYERS COMPLETE PRISON [...] (C) Opposition lawyers U Aung Thein and U Khin Maung Shein were released from prison on March 6, following completion of their four-month sentences. Both attorneys were charged with contempt of court on October 30, 2008 after protesting the lack of due process in the trials of several detai [...]	2009-03-09 06:12:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR BM
09RANGOON181	IMPACT OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS ON BURMA'S [...] (C) According to a study undertaken by a Harvard team and international NGO International Development Enterprises (IDE),Burma's agricultural sector has been significantly affected by the world financial crisis, increasing food insecurity, and poverty concerns. The report estimates that ove [...]	2009-03-20 07:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
09RANGOON205	BURMA'S GENERALS: STARTING THE CONVERSATION [...] (S) As the review of U.S. policy regarding Burma continues amid signs that the military regime wants to engage with Washington, we offer some thoughts about the senior generals, what motivates them, what they might want from engagement, and what the U.S. might place on the table. Burma's milit [...]	2009-04-02 07:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PREL PGOV BM
09RANGOON228	BURMA: WATER FESTIVAL PARTICIPATION AFFECTED BY FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Water Festival, the most-anticipated holiday in Burma, usually boosts Burma's economy, providing jobs for day laborers and vendors while generating profits for those who organize festivities. However, this year's Water Festival was not as profitable as in the past: the Government sold [...]	2009-04-21 06:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL BM
09RANGOON23	BURMA: PLANNING MINISTER DISCUSSES U.S. POLICY, [...] (C) The Charge met with Minister of Social Planning and Economic Development U Soe Tha in Nay Pyi Taw on January 5 to discuss assistance issues, the possibility of expanding the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) -mechanism, and the world economic crisis. The Charge laid out USG concerns about Bur [...]	2009-01-09 06:07:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR BM
09RANGOON24	SHAN YOUTH PROMOTE DEMOCRACY THROUGH CONFERENCE [...] (C) Through a grant from the DRL Special Response Fund, the Hsai Pen Media Group (HPMG) in November 2008 conducted a conference for ethnic Shan youth in Thibaw Township, Shan State, on how to approach Burma's upcoming 2010 elections. Nearly 90 Shan youth from Rangoon Division, Shan State and K [...]	2009-01-09 07:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON25	CONTRACT FARMING IN BURMA (C-AL8-02135) [...] (U) This is a response to an INR request (Ref B). 2. (C) Since 2005, the Burmese Government has encouraged investors from China, Thailand, Bangladesh, and Kuwait to invest in contract farms; to date, only the Thais have a formal agreement to farm 120,000 acres along the Thai-Burma borde [...]	2009-01-12 00:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
09RANGOON326	BURMA: HEALTH MINISTRY SUBMITS GLOBAL FUND [...] (SBU) The Minister of Health submitted the Burmese Government's Round Nine Global Fund (GF) application on May 31, requesting USD 320.6 million over five years to fund HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB),and malaria programs. Funds, if approved, will be overseen by two principal recipients: Save t [...]	2009-06-03 01:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM
09RANGOON33	BURMA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, this is Embassy Rangoon's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement. Preface ------- 2. U.S. Investment Subject to Sanctions: On May 20, 1997, by Executive Order 13047, the President imposed economic sanctions prohibiting new investment by U.S. persons or entiti [...]	2009-01-14 08:32:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC KTDB USTR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BM
09RANGOON330	BURMA: TAY ZA REPORTEDLY FALLING OUT OF FAVOR, NEW [...] (C) Tay Za, long a favored crony of Than Shwe, allegedly is falling out of favor due to his companies' inability to meet the demands of senior generals. In recent months, his bid to purchase a new A320 plane for his domestic airline fell through, he was unable to fulfill his contract with th [...]	2009-06-04 06:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PINR PREL BM
09RANGOON333	BURMA: GEM AND JADE EXPORTS INCREASE IN 2008; [...] (C) The total value of Burmese jade and gem exports in 2008 increased by 30 percent over the previous year, with jade sales accounting for 98 percent of the total. Trade analysts predict 2009 exports will drop due to the continuing world economic crisis and declining demand. In 2008 the ma [...]	2009-06-05 04:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SENV PREL PGOV ETRD PINR BM
09RANGOON337	BURMA: REPORT CARD FOR 2010 NARCOTICS MAJORS LIST [...] (U) This message responds to Ref A request for a report on the Government of Burma's cooperation on narcotics control objectives in the context of the 2010 Narcotics Majors List. 2. (SBU) Begin Text of 2008 Certification Report Card: A. The USG asked the Government of Burma to take veri [...]	2009-06-08 08:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PINR PREL BM
09RANGOON340	BURMA: GEM DEALERS COMPLAIN ABOUT FINANCIAL [...] (C) Burmese gem merchants complain that a combination of the world financial crisis, lower worldwide demand for luxury items, and sanctions have reduced jade and gems sales thus far in 2009. While the Burmese Government continues to profit from its jade and gem auctions, small local traders [...]	2009-06-09 06:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SENV PREL PGOV ETRD PINR BM
09RANGOON362	BURMA TIMBER INDUSTRY THREATENS ELEPHANT [...] (C) Burma's wild elephant population continues to dwindle. Environmentalists estimate fewer than 4,000 roam wild, compared to 5,500 in 1996. Although elephants are revered by the Burmese people, wild populations are threatened by habitat destruction, declining breeding rates, and poaching. [...]	2009-06-16 01:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SENV PREL PGOV ETRD BM
09RANGOON367	BURMA -- NLD ASKS CHARGE TO RECONFIRM TO THE [...] (C) On June 16, National League for Democracy (NLD) Central Executive Committee (CEC) member Khin Maung Swe followed up on conversations with the Charge (see Ref A and previous) regarding the NLD's aspiration to begin a new dialogue with the Burma regime. Khin Maung Swe asked the Charge to [...]	2009-06-17 07:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON374	BURMESE TIMBER EXPORTS DECLINING [...] (SBU) The value and quantity of legal Burmese timber exports dropped in 2008 by eight percent and 21 percent respectively over the previous year. EU sanctions appear to impact Burma's timber trade, as the value of direct exports to Europe has dropped by 65 percent since 2007. Timber indust [...]	2009-06-19 01:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SENV PREL PGOV ETRD PINR BM
09RANGOON381	BURMA: ASSK APPEAL HEARING SET FOR JUNE 24; [...] (SBU) The Supreme Court announced it will hear arguments on June 24 in the Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) appeal to readmit two defense witnesses. The next trial court session is scheduled to take place on June 26. Vice Consul met with Amcit John Yettaw for 40 minutes on June 20. Yettaw continues [...]	2009-06-22 06:52:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM
09RANGOON388	BURMA: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF DEFORESTATION [...] (C) The Burmese Government estimates the rate of deforestation to be only 0.3 percent annually, but local environmentalists argue the rate is as high as 2 percent a year. The highest levels of deforestation occur in Kachin and Sagaing Divisions. Former Forestry Department officials report [...]	2009-06-25 04:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ECON ETRD PGOV PINR BM
09RANGOON413	RUSSIAN DEMARCHE IN BURMA TO ENCOURAGE SYG-ASSK [...] (C) On July 2, Russian Ambassador to Burma Mikhail Mgeladze traveled to Nay Pyi Taw with instructions to lobby the regime to permit a meeting between UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK). During our July 4 reception, Mgeladze told the Charge he went in at "a very se [...]	2009-07-07 04:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON414	BURMA: RICE EXPORTS JUMP; EXPORT BAN POSSIBLE SOON [...] (C) During the first quarter of 2009, Burmese traders and military-owned Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC) exported approximately 645,000 metric tons of rice, 33 percent more that Burma exported in all of 2008, reflecting increased production. Exported rice came from Mandalay, Sagaing, and [...]	2009-07-07 05:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
09RANGOON457	BURMA'S JUDICIARY: TRAPPINGS OF FAIRNESS WITH A [...] (C) Discussions with leading Burmese opposition lawyers paint a picture of a criminal justice system that often has the trappings of independence, but is in effect under the direction of the regime. The outcomes of politically-sensitive cases are predetermined, with civilian prosecutors and [...]	2009-07-21 09:26:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON54	BURMA: 2008 TOURISM LEVELS DOWN 20 PERCENT [...] (C) Burma's 2008 tourism levels fell 20 percent compared to 2007, despite a substantial increase during October through December. Burma attracted 177,018 tourists in 2008, mostly from other Asian countries. Due to the decline, many tourism-related businesses registered financial losses in [...]	2009-01-28 07:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR BM
09RANGOON57	BURMA: SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN TRADE IN 2008 [...] (SBU) The Burmese Government recorded an increase in both exports and imports in 2008 compared to previous years. While the value of natural gas exports remained constant, trade was bolstered by substantial exports of jade, gems, and agricultural products. Burmese exports totaled USD 6.6 bi [...]	2009-01-30 08:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV BM
09RANGOON591	BURMA: DIVISIONAL COURT TO CONSIDER AUNG SAN SUU [...] (C) Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) lawyers confirmed the Rangoon Divisional Court has agreed to consider their appeal of ASSK's August 11 conviction on charges she violated the terms of her house arrest. ASSK lawyer and NLD spokesman Nyan Win told us ASSK's legal team formally filed its memorandu [...]	2009-09-08 12:56:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON64	BURMA: THAN SHWE RESURFACES [...] (C) After a month of speculation about his whereabouts, Burmese Senior General Than Shwe reappeared in Nay Pyi Taw February 3 to accept the credentials of the new Cambodian, Vietnamese, and Chinese Ambassadors to Burma. Official photos of all three ceremonies appear in the February 4 state- [...]	2009-02-04 07:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR BM
09RANGOON67	BURMA: KYAT APPRECIATES 12 PERCENT AGAINST US [...] (C) Although the Burmese kyat traditionally appreciates against the U.S. dollar during the dry season (October-April),the kyat has appreciated more than expected -- 12.4 percent -- since October 2008. Burmese economists, emphasizing the importance of supply and demand, speculate that the r [...]	2009-02-04 07:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PINR BM
09RANGOON676	BURMA: DIVISIONAL COURT REJECTS AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S [...] (C) As expected, the Rangoon Divisional Court on October 2 upheld the lower court's conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),who remains under house arrest under an edict issued by Than Shwe. Her legal team will continue to contest the conviction by appealing to the Supreme Court. ASSK's lega [...]	2009-10-02 07:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON780	BURMA: DOLLAR LOSING GROUND AGAINST THE KYAT [...] (SBU) The last seven weeks have seen a decrease in the U.S. dollar's value against the Burmese kyat. Even accounting for traditional dry season increases, the kyat has appreciated more than in recent years. Factors may include a stagnant local economy with weak demand for imported products, [...]	2009-11-30 04:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR BM
09RANGOON783	BURMESE GOVERNMENT DEPORTS AMERICAN CENTER TEACHER [...] (SBU) Burmese authorities deported an American Center (AC) teacher November 28 without providing her any explanation. Police Special Branch told us informally afterwards that the teacher visited the home of a political opposition figure during a vacation to Pyin Oo Lwin, but she denies any [...]	2009-11-30 10:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BM CASC CVIS KPAO PGOV PINR PREL
09RANGOON818	BURMA: SUPREME COURT TO HEAR AUNG SAN SUU KYI [...] (SBU) Burma's Supreme Court has agreed to consider an appeal of the August conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and her two assistants. ASSK's lawyers argued December 21 for admission of the appeal, and the Supreme Court announced its decision the same day. The Court has yet to set a date [...]	2009-12-22 09:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON820	INTERNAL DYNAMICS OF BURMESE LEADERSHIP MEETING IN [...] (C) A Burmese businessman well-connected with senior leaders in Nay Pyi Taw informed us this week that, during the regime's quarterly leadership meeting that took place the week of November 23, Burma's generals received their marching orders for the period leading up to national elections in [...]	2009-12-23 09:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR BM
09RANGOON84	BURMA: EARLY IMPACTS OF WORLD FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (C) Although the Burmese Government claims the world financial crisis is having little to no affect on the country's economy, recent economic trends prove otherwise. Burma's trading sector has been hardest hit, as export earnings from key products including agriculture, garments, and timber [...]	2009-02-06 06:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PINR BM
09RANGOON963	BURMA: RICE EXPORTS LOWER THAN EXPECTED IN 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-02 04:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
09REYKJAVIK101	Iceland: Tough Times Ahead: Minister of Finance Paints [...] (C) Summary: Iceland Minister of Finance Steingrimur J. Sigfusson predicted difficult times for Iceland in the year ahead at a June 3 meeting with the CDA. Sigfusson promised significant tax hikes and budget cuts, with much of the pain to come in the fall. Negotiations with labor and capital t [...]	2009-06-05 17:11:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL IC
09REYKJAVIK12	ICELAND: RUMBLE IN REYKJAVIK SHAKES GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Icelandic parliament's return after its holiday recess has been marred by the largest protests the country has experienced since the 1949 debate over NATO membership. By some estimates, as many as 2,000 demonstrators caused enough noise to force a halt to the opening legis [...]	2009-01-21 17:22:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PINR ASEC IC
09REYKJAVIK129	ICELAND MOVING FORWARD WITH EU MEMBERSHIP PROCESS [...] (U) Summary: Iceland is swiftly moving forward with the EU membership process and accession could come as early as 2012. The issue remains contentious in Iceland with current popular opinion reportedly split down the middle. Ultimately, the decision will likely come down to a national referen [...]	2009-07-28 17:25:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EUN IC
09REYKJAVIK202	GOVERNMENT RECONSIDERS AMOUNT OF TAX FOR ENERGY USE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent actions by the government of Iceland (GOI),including a proposal to introduce a significant energy tax in the 2010 budget bill (reftel B),have raised concerns about the current environment for foreign investors. Implementing significant tax increases ex-post-facto, for exa [...]	2009-11-13 17:21:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IC PGOV PREL
09REYKJAVIK215	ICELAND: ACQUITTAL IN FIRST TIP COURT CASE [...] (U) In October, prosecutors indicted Catalina Ncogo, an Icelandic citizen of Equatorial Guinean origin, on charges of human trafficking, profiting from prostitution as a third party, and drug smuggling. The trafficking indictment was the first charge of such a nature in Iceland. On December 1 [...]	2009-12-04 15:45:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP PGOV PHUM PREL IC
09REYKJAVIK221	ICELANDIC DEFENSE AGENCY TO BE INTEGRATED INTO NEW [...] (C) Summary. On December 4, the Government of Iceland announced plans to dissolve the Icelandic Defense Agency (IDA) and to integrate its duties into a new Ministry of the Interior. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Permanent Secretary at the MFA later offered assurances that the merger w [...]	2009-12-18 16:58:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL PGOV IC
09REYKJAVIK27	ICELAND: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] (U) Post submits the following Investment Climate Statement for Iceland for 2009. Responses are keyed to reftel. This report has been sent by unclassified email to J. Nathaniel Hatcher in EEB/IFD/OIA per reftel instructions. The statistics portion at the end of this report was only sent by [...]	2009-02-02 15:19:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR IC
09REYKJAVIK57	ICELAND: POLITICAL PARTY PRIMARIES MOSTLY REGENERATE THE [...] (U) Summary: Iceland's largest round of party primary elections ahead of the April 25 Althingi elections were held this past weekend. Public calls for renewal of candidate lists did not produce the intended results and many incumbent MPs won reelection on their party lists. Voter turnout at t [...]	2009-03-17 16:14:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IC
09REYKJAVIK58	ICELAND SCENESTTER FOR TREASURY DAS ERIC MEYER'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Since your previous visit three months ago, you'll find many changes in Iceland's economic and political landscape. Businesses are hurting and unemployment has risen to an unprecedented ten percent. Currency restrictions imposed in December were extended another six months unt [...]	2009-03-18 17:27:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN IC
09REYKJAVIK90	ICELAND: NEW GOVERNMENT PUNTS ON EU QUESTION, PLEDGES A [...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's new leftist government announced its policy statement on May 12, confirming what many expected to be a move towards "traditional" Nordic social and economic policy. Taxes and other revenue streams will need to be increased to meet the government's goal of reduced def [...]	2009-05-13 13:19:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EUN IC
09RIGA125	LATVIAN ECONOMY: BAD TO WORSE [...] Summary: Latvia's economic downturn has proved to be worse than expected. Falling household purchasing power, induced by rising unemployment and real wage cuts, is significantly reducing domestic demand. Falling consumption is having a negative effect on tax revenues, which despite higher VAT [...]	2009-03-05 15:53:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV LG
09RIGA152	HOW MUCH CAN LATVIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT EXPECT TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Dombrovskis government is an uneasy coalition that faces very difficult economic choices that will strain political support and heighten personality conflicts within the government. At the same time, leaders seem to understand that continued political instability will only [...]	2009-03-16 13:58:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PROV ECON EFIN PREL LG
09RIGA249	DEVELOPMENTS IN ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING EFFORT [...] (C) Summary: Since the 2005 U.S. Patriot Act actions against two Latvian banks the government and banking industry have worked hard to regain international trust in that sector. Although there is more work to do, new Anti-Money Laundering (AML) laws are in place, and the Financial Intelligenc [...]	2009-05-07 06:23:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR LG
09RIGA308	LATVIA'S JUNE 6 ELECTIONS HARD TO PREDICT - APATHY [...] (C/NF) Summary: It is nearly impossible to predict the outcome of Latvia's June 6 elections for local government and the European Parliament. Changes in the electoral system, new parties, and confusing polls all add to the uncertainty. The results in the municipal elections, especially in Riga [...]	2009-06-03 07:17:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM EUN LG
09RIGA364	527 REPORT: EMBASSY RIGA SUBMISSION [...] Post is aware of two (2) outstanding claims of United States persons against representatives of the Government of Latvia. The claims are being adjudicated in the Latvian courts. 2. a. Claimant A b. 2004 c. According to Claimant A, it obtained a lease for a parcel of land in Gu [...]	2009-07-07 11:28:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV LG
09RIGA369	527 REPORT: EMBASSY RIGA SUBMISSION [...] Post is aware of two (2) outstanding claims of United States persons against representatives of the Government of Latvia. The claims are being adjudicated in the Latvian courts. 2. a. Claimant A b. 2004 c. According to Claimant A, it obtained a lease for a parcel of land in Gu [...]	2009-07-08 07:42:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV LG
09RIGA521	CUTS TO LATVIAN HEALTH SYSTEM LOWERS H1N1 READINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Cuts to the Health Ministry's budget have weakened Latvia's ability to respond to an unlikely but possible H1N1 outbreak. Latvia cannot afford H1N1 vaccines and has fewer resources to combat an outbreak. So far the virus does not appear to be widespread in Latvia. End Summar [...]	2009-10-16 14:53:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PGOV SOCI AMED CASC LG
09RIGA535	LATVIA 2010 INCSR PART 1 DRAFT [...] (U) Below is Embassy Riga's draft of the 2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part 1. Begin INCSR Report: _____________________________________________ _________ I. Summary As in previous years, the most widely used drug in Latvia was cannabis, followed by synthetic dr [...]	2009-10-30 08:49:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SNAR LG
09RIGA536	LATVIAN PROSECUTOR GENERAL CLAIMS OLIGARCHS ARE [...] (C) Summary: The Latvian Prosecutor General, Janis Maizitis, believes that Latvia's oligarchs orchestrated Parliament's recent rejection of Maris Vigants' nomination to the Latvian Supreme Court. Vigants is a respected judge that in 2007 ordered the detention of Aivars Lembergs, an oligarch, [...]	2009-10-30 15:44:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR LG
09RIGA542	LATVIA'S 2010 BUDGET PASSES FIRST HURDLE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Latvian parliament (Saeima) voted in favor (64-32-1) of the government's 2010 budget at the first reading of the bill on November 5. Consultations between the government and the IMF and EC are still ongoing and there remain disagreements in the coalition about tax reform and [...]	2009-11-06 16:15:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL LG
09RIGA558	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DAS QUANRUD, NOVEMBER 30 [...] (C) Summary: In a time of severe economic crisis and political uncertainty, we remain focused on keeping Latvia actively engaged as a contributing member of the Trans-Atlantic community. Your visit will enable us to underscore and reinforce our key messages: emphasizing the strategic import [...]	2009-11-19 13:48:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON LG
09RIGA584	LATVIA'S FALLING CORRUPTION SCORE: RESOURCE REQUEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Latvia's score on Transparency International's (TI) 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index (TI Index) decreased significantly from 5.0 to 4.5 on a 10 point scale. The Latvian Corruption Combating and Prevention Bureau (KNAB) and other observers believe that corruption has indeed inc [...]	2009-12-10 07:31:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR LG
09RIGA606	LATVIA: ETHNIC-RUSSIAN HARMONY CENTER PARTY'S [...] (C) Summary: The influence of the left-wing, predominately ethnic-Russian Harmony Center (Saskanas Centrs - SC) party is rising. Since its assumption of the capital city's mayoralty in June 2009, SC has consistently outpolled the fractious array of predominately ethnic-Latvian parties in publi [...]	2009-12-21 11:16:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LG
09RIGA607	LATVIA: RISKS AND POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF [...] (C) Some state-owned enterprises (SOEs),including the national electric monopoly, would benefit greatly from the management improvements and infusion of capital that even a partial privatization could bring. However, the GOL is delaying any consideration of the issue until after October ele [...]	2009-12-21 12:34:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV LG
09RIGA74	CONFIDENCE BUT NOT STABILITY [...] (C/NF) Summary: PM Godmanis survived a confidence vote but it does nothing to put an end to Latvia's political turmoil. The four parties of the current coalition were each unwilling to bring the down the current government and launch a process they could not manage, but we believe a lot is goin [...]	2009-02-05 14:07:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON LG
09RIGA77	BETTER ELECTION CAMPAIGN LAW STILL RAISES CONCERNS [...] Summary: Although the Anti-Corruption Bureau (KNAB) has some concerns, the newly-passed election campaign bill is a step closer to a law that will keep political party campaigning in check. The law now tightens controls on media advertisement costs and contracting, and also gives the KNAB the [...]	2009-02-09 08:46:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV LG
09RIODEJANEIRO288	RIO'S OIL PLAYERS REACT TO SPECULATION ON PRE-SALT [...] (C) While the Government of Brazil (GOB) has yet to publicize its regulatory framework for the exploration of pre-salt reserves (reftel),Petrobras executives, petroleum industry representatives, and Rio de Janeiro-based managers of American oil firms have expressed concern over the main provi [...]	2009-08-27 15:15:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	CONFIDENTIAL	BR ECON ENRG PREL
09RIODEJANEIRO348	Rio Radar - October 16-23, 2009 [...] Rio Radar is a regular compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. Subjects for 16-23 October: AECIO NEVES ON PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS 2. (SBU) In a 20 October call on Minas Ger [...]	2009-10-23 09:22:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PHUM SOCI PGOV BR
09RIODEJANEIRO365	RIO WEIGHS OPTIONS FOR NEXT FAVELA PACIFICATION [...] (C) On October 29, the Superintendent for Operational Planning from Rio's State Security Secretariat said Rio Governor Sergio Cabral would decide by the end of November whether to "pacify" five less populated, lower-threat favela communities or focus on one largely populated, higher-threat fave [...]	2009-11-09 17:29:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI SNAR PGOV ASEC BR
09RIODEJANEIRO440	DOES RIO'S FAVELA PACIFICATION PROGRAM RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS? [...] (SBU) Human rights and favela community representatives generally support Rio de Janeiro's Favela Pacification Program and report no killings related to the 450 Pacification Police Unit (UPP) officers that patrol the four favela shanty towns now under "pacification." While acknowledging there [...]	2009-12-11 17:22:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ASEC BR
09RIYADH1084	MOJ DISCUSSES JUDICIAL REFORM, WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND [...] (SBU) Charge met Minister of Justice Muhammad al-Issa August 19 to discuss issues including a Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) proposal; judicial reform; women's rights; and child marriages. Al-Issa stressed the importance of judicial review and his responsibility to implement judic [...]	2009-08-22 17:15:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SA
09RIYADH1086	MOJ DISCUSSES JUDICIAL REFORM, WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND [...] (SBU) Charge, accompanied by Poloff and Commercial Attache, met Minister of Justice Muhammad al-Issa August 19 to discuss issues including a Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) proposal; judicial reform; women's rights; and child marriages. Al-Issa stressed the importance of judicial r [...]	2009-08-23 06:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SA
09RIYADH112	SAUDIS PREPARE TO CROSS PRODUCTION RUBICON BUT [...] (C) Key points ---------- -- Saudi Oil Minister announced a significant oil production cut that might bring production below 8 million barrels per day for the first time in years. -- The Foreign Minister reiterated earlier the Kingdom's policy that oil exports will not be used as a wea [...]	2009-01-14 15:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV KWBG KBCT SA
09RIYADH118	SAUDI ARABIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Chapter Headings: -- Openness to Foreign Investment -- Conversion and Transfer Policies -- Expropriation and Compensation -- Dispute Settlement -- Performance Requirements and Incentives -- Right to Private Ownership and Establishment -- Protection of Property Rights -- Transparency of R [...]	2009-01-18 06:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC KTDB USTR SA
09RIYADH1213	Saudi H1N1 mitigation efforts continue for Hajj and [...] (SBU) Summary: The Saudi Government continues to actively monitor cases of H1N1 and has started a nationwide awareness campaign to reduce the threat of transmission. The number of infections and deaths has remained steady. The Saudi Government is working with foreign governments on measures [...]	2009-09-15 12:15:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC SA
09RIYADH1219	LIKELY SAUDI POSITIONS AT THE G-20 SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: The Saudi Finance Ministry provided a preview of its thinking in preparation for the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. Saudi Arabia is pleased with the G-20's performance to date and thinks it is the forum best able to enforce policy changes needed to prevent a recurrence of the intern [...]	2009-09-16 10:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV ENRG PREL SA
09RIYADH1233	MOTION GRANTED: KING OVERHAULS SAUDI JUDICIARY [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: Saudi King Abdallah's February 14 reshuffle targeted the judicial and education sectors of government. In addition to high-level position changes across-the-board, several lower-level appointments signify a deeper reach to mold the court system. The king did not place his [...]	2009-09-24 12:47:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SA
09RIYADH1360	PROVOCATIVE SAUDI COMEDY HIGHLIGHTS INFLATION CONCERNS [...] (SBU) For sixteen years, Saudi viewers have become accustomed to gathering around their television sets after breaking the Ramadan fast to watch the highly satirical and painfully critical Saudi comedy show Tash Ma Tash. This show broadcasts one thirty minute skit each night during Ramadan, ge [...]	2009-10-13 08:39:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI PGOV SCUL SA
09RIYADH1558	SAUDIS CONTINUE TO ROOT OUT HOUTHI "INFILTRATORS" [...] (C) While the SAG is loudly proclaiming "mission accomplished" and publicly focusing its attention on the Hajj and providing for IDPs (septel),military operations are continuing along both sides of the Yemeni border. In recent days, air and artillery attacks targeted Houthi positions while [...]	2009-11-23 15:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS SA YM
09RIYADH160	CORPORATE PROFITS LOWER, BUT MOST STILL IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The economic crisis is starting to hit harder in Saudi Arabia as oil prices remain low, with most companies reporting lower profits in the 4th quarter of 2008, and some reporting losses. Banks and holding companies exposed to bank losses are being hit hardest. Interestingly, [...]	2009-01-26 14:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD SA
09RIYADH1621	SITREP ON SAUDI MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST THE [...] (S) The Yemeni town of Razah near the Saudi border was apparently struck by either Saudi or Yemeni aircraft on December 13; international press sources report over 30 deaths. If these reports are accurate this would be the deadliest attack to date against the Houthis since the Saudis commence [...]	2009-12-14 15:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS MOPS PREL SA YM
09RIYADH212	Why the Muslim World is Best Addressed from Saudi Arabia [...] Madam Secretary, In my transition paper for the President, I suggested that he visit Saudi Arabia in the first one hundred days of his administration. I would like to repeat that advice and also suggest that his address to the Muslim World be made from Saudi Arabia. Speaking from Saudi Arabia [...]	2009-02-01 13:20:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SA
09RIYADH216	SAUDI ARABIA'S THIRD PILLAR: MINING [...] (SBU) RAS AL-ZOUR, MINING CITY. On January 20, Dhahran Consul General Kenny, EconOff and Commercial Specialist visited Ras al-Zour ) a planned multi-billion dollar industrial complex and residential city ) 70 km north of Jubail along the Persian Gulf coast. Ras al-Zour, dubbed by Saudi gover [...]	2009-02-02 12:21:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN PGOV SA
09RIYADH289	DEPUTY LABOR MINISTER DENIES HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN [...] (C) Key Points ----------------- -- Deputy Labor Minister denied human trafficking is a problem in Saudi Arabia. -- He asserted Saudi women are active participants in the workforce, unless they choose to abstain for social reasons. Comment ------- 2. (C) We found it bizarre that th [...]	2009-02-11 14:27:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KTIP SA RP
09RIYADH361	MOTION GRANTED: KING OVERHAULS SAUDI JUDICIARY [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: Saudi King Abdallah's February 14 reshuffle targeted the judicial and education sectors of government. In addition to high-level position changes across-the-board, several lower-level appointments signify a deeper reach to mold the court system. The king did not place his [...]	2009-02-25 14:20:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SA
09RIYADH406	SAUDI ARABIA: INFORMATION FOR G-20 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Key points: -- The Saudis have not publicly advocated specific changes to the international financial system; -- The Kingdom's greatest concern is to keep its banks healthy, and to that end it has added liquidity to the largest banks and stands ready to do so again [...]	2009-03-10 13:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN SA
09RIYADH462	SAUDI ARABIA'S AUTOMOBILE SALES SLOW DOWN [...] (U) Key points and comment: -- The "boycott" of local car dealers by Saudi consumers, launched in late 2008, continues. -- Saudi consumers are relying more on a market of second hand cars from Dubai. Comment: The grass roots campaign against "greedy car dealers" and criticism of [...]	2009-03-25 13:39:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL WTO SA
09RIYADH486	HOW TO MAXIMIZE SAUDI FUNDING ASSISTANCE [...] (C) -- Saudi Arabia is a large aid donor. In 2007, the Saudi Fund for Development officially distributed 2.2 billion dollars in foreign assistance. Numerous other contributions are made through additional channels. -- During the past five years the USG has made 66 formal requests for fina [...]	2009-03-30 13:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EAID PREL PGOV EINV SA
09RIYADH488	MARCH 12 ARAB 'QUAD' MEETING IN RIYADH [...] (C) Egyptian DCM Kassam (protect) provided Post with a readout March 24 of the March 12 Saudi/Egypt/Syria/Kuwait 'mini-summit' in Riyadh, and made the following KEY POINTS: -- (C) The purpose of the meeting was to cement Arab unity in advance of the Doha Arab League summit. -- (C) Sy [...]	2009-03-30 13:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SA EG SY KWBG
09RIYADH577	RECENT SIGNS ON SAUDI ECONOMY MIXED [...] (U) Key points: -- (U) All four Saudi banks that have reported their first quarter earnings to date were profitable, three at higher levels than in the same period last year. -- (SBU) Despite this, it is clear banks still are not lending money and project finance has not recovered. -- ( [...]	2009-04-15 16:42:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EINV ETRD SA
09RIYADH793	NEW MINISTER OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION: MODERN [...] (C) In a June 7 meeting with the Charge, the new Minister of Culture and Information Abdul Aziz Khoja believes the Kingdom cannot avoid the reach of modern technology. A "wise but strong" approach is needed to reconcile traditional values with modernity and protect women's rights. Khoja prom [...]	2009-06-15 13:39:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL KIPR SA
09RIYADH822	DRL-IRF OFFICER FINDS GREATER TOLERANCE BUT NO [...] (C) DRL/IRF Officer Abdelnour Zaiback visited Riyadh on May 5 for meetings to discuss religious freedom in Saudi Arabia. The Filipino Ambassador stated that economic incentives and the prospect of lenient legal treatment encourage Filipino expat workers to convert to Islam. A Sunni religiou [...]	2009-06-21 13:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SCUL SA
09RIYADH903	SAUDI OPEC GOVERNOR PROVIDES CODEL TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) met OPEC governor for Saudi Arabia Dr. Majid Al-Moneef with DCM June 29. Moneef provided an unusually detailed tour d'horizon of his views on the oil business and OPEC. He expressed satisfaction that the price of oil was moving back [...]	2009-07-10 13:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL OVIP OPEC SA
09RIYADH910	SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER'S JULY [...] (S) Embassy Riyadh warmly welcomes you to the Kingdom. While it's not exactly magical, it is unique and it is important. Unique because it's the only country in the world that is named after the ruling family and where almost all the senior government positions are filled by either brothers o [...]	2009-07-12 09:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON PREL EAID EFIN EINV KTFN PINR OVIP SA

09RIYADH916	THE SAUDI SUPREME ECONOMIC COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 14:46:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV SA
09RIYADH935	GCC TRADE NEGOTIATIONS DOWN UNDER: STICKING POINTS [...] (C) At a diplomatic roundtable on free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC),the Australian and New Zealand DCMs expressed fatigue and frustration with their respective experiences. The New Zealand DCM said his government is prepared to pull out after the [...]	2009-07-18 07:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECIN PREL GCC SA AS NZ JA
09RIYADH985	TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER MEETS WITH SAUDI [...] (S) Summary: On July 14, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met with Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim Al Assaf in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. They discussed issues of mutual interest, including recovery of the global economy, the riyal-dollar peg, illicit finance, cooperation at the G-20 and IMF, an [...]	2009-07-30 12:09:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV PREL KTFN KWBG SA
09ROME1019	G20: ITALIANS SEE EUROPE DIVIDED ON BANKERS' [...] (SBU) Summary: A senior aide of Italy's Finance Minister told econoff August 31 that in the runup to the next G20 meeting Europeans remain divided on how to regulate compensation of financial sector executives, a point Italians expect to be high on the Pittsburgh agenda. The aide also ventured [...]	2009-09-01 15:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON OECD IT
09ROME1110	AMBASSADOR WARNS EDISON ON ITS IRAN PROJECT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Ambassador Thorne told Edison CEO Quadrino that his operations in Iran are helping the Iranian regime and seriously damaging his company's image in Washington. The Ambassador noted that the USG supports Southern Corridor Caspian gas projects such as Edison's TGI, but he warned [...]	2009-09-28 16:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ENRG IR IT
09ROME1132	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GATES' OCTOBER 13 [...] (C) Your meeting with Italian Minister of Defense Ignazio La Russa in Washington on October 13 comes at a crucial moment, as Italy ponders possible cuts to its overseas deployments budget. La Russa is a good friend of the U.S., a strong advocate for our shared transatlantic security interests [...]	2009-10-05 15:02:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF LE
09ROME1177	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES UNIFIL, AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Thorne on October 22, FM Frattini said Italy is willing to extend General Graziano's command of UNIFIL for up to nine months at the current troop level of 2,300, as long as the request comes from the UNSYG. He congratulated the U.S. for convincing [...]	2009-10-22 16:14:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IT AF PK LE UN
09ROME1188	ADDING HFCS TO THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL: ITALY IN FAVOR BUT [...] Summary. Italy supports including hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in the Montreal Protocol, as proposed by the U.S., Canada and Mexico, but believes that the phasedown dates in the North American proposal are too soon. Italy would like the Montreal Protocol Technical and Economic Assessment Panel [...]	2009-10-27 18:02:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV AORC KGHG IT
09ROME1240	G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS GROUP MEETING [...] (C) The last Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) meeting of Italy's G8 Presidency was held October 28 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Rome. Chaired by Minister Filippo Formica, deputy director of the MFA's Office of Multilateral Political Affairs, the agenda covered regional i [...]	2009-11-10 16:42:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNSC KNNP KSUM
09ROME1284	CONTINUED USG ENGAGEMENT IMPORTANT AS ITALY TAKES [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The GOI is creating a nuclear energy regulatory agency, the first in a series of important steps in the government's efforts to bring back nuclear energy to Italy. Much remains to be done: Italy must win public support for nuclear power and find a solution to the nuclear waste [...]	2009-11-20 16:05:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV ENRG IT
09ROME1308	ITALY: ARGENTINA BONDHOLDERS DIGGING IN [...] Confidential - - Entire Text. 2. Summary - Italian bondholders of defaulted Argentine debt are unlikely to take up the most recent GOA buy-out offer and intend to pursue ongoing arbitration. A bondholders' group says its members' interests vary greatly from those of US institutional investors th [...]	2009-11-25 16:34:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV AR IT
09ROME160	ITALY PRESSES RC-WEST PARTNERS TO CONTRIBUTE MORE [...] (C/NF) Summary: At a February 9 meeting of countries with forces serving under Italian leadership in Western Afghanistan, the GOI announced its intent to provide part of the maneuver battalion needed for Election Security Forces (ESF) in the region. The GOI urged other countries at the confer [...]	2009-02-10 16:00:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS NATO IT AF
09ROME171	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - ITALY [...] SUMMARY: Following is Post's submission for 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Italy. End Summary. OVERVIEW AND UPDATE ------------------- 2. A January 2008 article in London's Financial Times likened investing in Italy to "driving with the brakes on." It cited the dearth of global [...]	2009-02-12 11:44:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT
09ROME177	GETTING ITALY TO DO MORE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) This is a joint Political and Economic Section cable. 2. (S/NF) Summary. Italy can and should do more in Afghanistan. It is a top-tier contributor to ISAF with 2,600 troops (making it the sixth-largest contingent),and it has made Afghanistan a centerpiece of its G8 Presidency by prop [...]	2009-02-13 10:15:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF
09ROME227	IPR SPECIAL 301 REVIEW -- MISSION ITALY INPUT [...] (U) Summary: The fall of the Prodi government in 2008 understandably interrupted what had been strong momentum on IPR issues in Italy. Post has recently seen a renewed executive branch determination to tackle IPR issues, in particular, on-line piracy. Problems still exist, especially the cur [...]	2009-02-27 14:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	IT KIPR ETRD ECON EINT
09ROME355	ITALY READY TO HELP ON GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEES [...] (C) Italian Foreign Minister Frattini confirmed to S/WCI Ambassador Williamson March 24 that Italy is ready to help the United States resolve the issue of Guantanamo detainees through resettlement in Italy and advocacy for the U.S. effort within the EU. Frattini advised that there is oppositio [...]	2009-03-26 17:12:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS KISL IT
09ROME364	AFGHAN POLICE TRAINING: ITALY PREPARED TO SEND [...] (C/NF) Summary: Italy is prepared to double or triple its current contingent of 40 Carabinieri police trainers in Afghanistan and expand their mandate to include district-level mentoring, but is concerned about cost. The GOI favors either (1) an NTM-A arrangement in which the burden of fundi [...]	2009-03-30 17:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF FR
09ROME395	ITALY DODGES FINANCIAL MELT DOWN, BUT GLOBAL [...] (C) Summary: Conservative, risk-averse practices and tight supervision allowed Italy's banking system to avoid the worst of the financial melt-down that hit the United States and other countries. But the worldwide recession sparked by this financial crisis is now beginning to hit Italy's e [...]	2009-04-06 14:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD IT
09ROME4	ITALY TO FOLLOW EU POSITION ON AID TO NICARAGUA [...] (C) Summary: Econoff and Poloff delivered ref A demarche on suspension of aid to Nicaragua. Italy will seek a common EU position in responding to the flawed 9 November elections. Italy will likely not suspend its sanitation project run through the Managua municipal government, but it will [...]	2009-01-02 16:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL NU
09ROME409	G8 ASIA DIRECTORS MEETING ON AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: SCA PDAS Patrick Moon and S/SRAP Adviser Neil Kromash represented the U.S. at an April 6 G8 Asia Directors' Meeting in Rome convened by Italy to craft an agenda for its G8 Ministerial Outreach Meeting on Afghan [...]	2009-04-09 10:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF PK EAID
09ROME681	G8 SHERPA MASSOLO ON PAKISTAN IDPS, FOOD SECURITY, [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarches to Italian MFA Secretary General (and G8 Sherpa) Giampiero Massolo on June 12. Ambassador Massolo said that Italy would do its best within the constraints of its limited development assistance budget to assist Pakistani IDPs and to respond to the U.S. a [...]	2009-06-15 15:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV KGHG EAID PHUM EAGR PK IAEA
09ROME719	SCENESETTER FOR THE G8 FOREIGN MINISTERIAL IN [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: While the two G8 sessions are packed with regional and functional issues, this Foreign Ministerial has become almost a sideshow to what FM Frattini intends as the "jewel in the crown," the Afganistan-Pakistan Outreach that include neighbors and "influential others" in disc [...]	2009-06-22 06:19:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT
09ROME754	U/S BURNS' JUNE 25 MEETING WITH FM LAVROV: SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: In a June 25 meeting with U/S Burns, Russian FM Lavrov expressed confidence that key Moscow summit deliverables would be finalized. On a post-START framework agreement, Lavrov expressed concern that specifying a range of reductions would create an expectation that the lower ta [...]	2009-06-26 16:37:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KNNP AF RS IR
09ROME776	TRIESTE G8 FOREIGN MINISTERIAL: FOCUS ON IRAN, [...] (C) Under Secretary Burns headed the U.S. delegation to the G8 Foreign Ministers meeting in Trieste June 25-27. The G8-only portion of the meetings focused on global and regional challenges but the forum grew on June 26th to include meetings between the G8 and Afghan and Pakistani foreign m [...]	2009-07-06 05:58:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC PTER AF IR IT KN PK YM
09ROME827	ITALY 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (U) Embassy is aware of four (4) outstanding expropriation cases concerning the estates of United States citizens of Italian descent against the Government of Italy for the expropriation of property. For Claimant A, there is only one up-date from the Embassy's report of last year. There is no [...]	2009-07-21 08:39:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON IT
09ROME851	AFGHANISTAN: ITALY TO KEEP ELECTION SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: The GOI is looking at ways to enhance its support for Afghanistan after the August 20 presidential elections. It has a bill before Parliament authorizing Euro 509 million for Italian overseas security and peacekeeping missions through October 2009. The bill, which passed the lo [...]	2009-07-24 10:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF
09RPODUBAI115	IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - MARCH 10, [...] [S/NF] Reformist MP Khoeni On Future of Reform Movement: Last week former MP (Sixth Majles) Moussavi Khoeni spoke about his experiences as a parliamentarian and his views on reformist participation in the upcoming presidential elections. Turning now to his views on the future of the reformist [...]	2009-03-10 12:21:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM CONS IR AF
09RPODUBAI121	IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - MARCH 17, [...] [C/NF] Iranian Visa Applicants in Dubai Generally Unenthusiastic About Mir Hossein Mousavi: IRPO Conoff queried visa applicants regarding their views of former Iranian Prime Minister and now presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi. None professed particular enthusiasm with his candidacy and [...]	2009-03-17 12:36:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV EAGR ECON KDEM IR
09RPODUBAI122	IRAN'S ELECTION - KHATAMI DEPARTS, MOUSAVI ENTERS TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Former president Khatami's decision to withdraw from Iran's upcoming presidential race in favor of former Prime Minister Mousavi will help consolidate the moderate vote, strengthening the challenge to Ahmadinejad. Mousavi, following a twenty-year absence from Iran's political [...]	2009-03-17 13:49:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM IR
09RPODUBAI148	IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - MARCH 31, [...] [S/NF] Roxana Saberi: Iranian-Americans as Diplomatic Leverage : As IRPO has reported and will report further septel, various spoilers in Iran facing the prospect that improved US-Iran ties will erode their standing within Iran have taken deliberate and well-timed steps to preempt such improved [...]	2009-03-31 12:56:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM CACS ECON IR
09RPODUBAI168	AHMADINEJAD'S WINGS GET CLIPPED ON ECONOMIC POLICY [...] (S/NF) Summary: Iran's Majles dealt President Ahmadinejad a series of setbacks on economic policy in March that signal the forging of a broad-based opposition to the President's populist economic policies. These defeats have hurt, but probably not crippled, his plans to distribute cash and ec [...]	2009-04-14 08:51:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	ECON EFIN PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI177	IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE--WINDOW ON IRAN--APRIL 22, [...] (S/NF) Game of Attrition. Ahmadinejad's defeats on the budget and his plan to distribute cash payments to lower-income Iranians show that power centers, such as the Majles, are actively working to pressure the President prior to the June election, according to [Source removed]. These power centers [...]	2009-04-22 11:00:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM IR
09RPODUBAI187	IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - MAY 6, [...] (S/NF) Election Update - Let's Make a Deal: During a May 5 meeting with IRPO Officers, a Tehran-based businessman who travels regularly to Dubai detailed several important backstories for the upcoming presidential elections. (This contact is a former IRGC officer who was based in Khuzestan du [...]	2009-05-06 13:18:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON IR
09RPODUBAI255	IRAN'S ELECTION: ACADEMICS HIGHLIGHT IMPORTANCE OF FRIDAY [...] (S/NF) Summary: Five Iranian academics seeking visas in Dubai spoke with IRPO regarding the unfolding drama in Iran. They consider the demonstration coinciding with Supreme Leader Khamenei's Friday Prayers to be the most important rally yet because the demonstrators will have the opportunity s [...]	2009-06-18 13:50:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM IR
09RPODUBAI281	IRAN: RURAL INDUSTRIALIST PESSIMISTIC ON AGRICULTURE, [...] (C) Summary: A fertilizer factory owner who was applying for a visa in Dubai recently spoke with IRPO regarding Iran's agriculture sector, the role of economics in the presidential election, and subsidy reform. He considered Iran's water shortage and limited access to capital for fixed investme [...]	2009-07-09 12:21:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR ECON ETRD IR
09RPODUBAI317	IRAN: ECONOMIC CHALLENGES MOUNT AS AHMADINEJAD BEGINS SECOND [...] (C) Summary: As President Ahmadinejad enters his second term in office, his administration will likely be hamstrung by a strained budget, falling GDP growth, the global economic slowdown, and sanctions. Dealing with Iran's budget deficit currently is the government's main priority, though IRPO [...]	2009-08-03 11:58:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI362	IRAN'S JUDICIARY CHANGES - LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE [...] (C) Summary: Since taking over the Judiciary in mid-July, Hojjatoleslam Sadeq Larijani has taken steps seemingly designed to assuage ongoing public anger over the government's brutal treatment of detainees and opportunistic persecution of the hardliners' political foes. Foremost among these st [...]	2009-08-31 14:11:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IR
09RPODUBAI382	IRAN: AHMADINEJAD TAKES ANOTHER RUN AT GASOLINE SUBSIDY [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Ahmadinejad has opened his second term intending to pursue gasoline subsidy reform. Although the Majlis refused to endorse the proposed reforms at the end of his first term, this time Ahmadinejad seems to have the support of Supreme Leader Khamenei, and the government i [...]	2009-09-16 11:10:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL IR
09RPODUBAI468	IRAN: AHMADINEJAD GETS HALF OF WHAT HE WANTS ON SUBSIDY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran's Majlis has vigorously debated and ultimately approved the first part of President's Ahmadinejad's proposed subsidy reform bill. The bill is a two-part program intended to end state subsidies on energy, utilities and basic food items and channel the savings as cash payment [...]	2009-10-29 13:38:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IR PGOV PHUM PREL
09RPODUBAI478	IRAN: MASS RETAILER'S CAUTIOUS ENTRY YIELDING POSITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In September the Middle East's sole franchisee for Carrefour, the Majid Al Futtaim Group (MAFG) of Dubai, launched Iran's first hypermarket in a new shopping mall on the outskirts of Tehran. At the request of Carrefour's French corporate headquarters, the outlet was launched under [...]	2009-11-05 14:06:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	ECON IR PREL PGOV
09RPODUBAI514	IRAN RESPONDS (ADQRSELY) TO IAEA BOG RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Initial IRIG reaction to the November 27 IAEA Board of Governors' resolution came from its IAEA representative Ali Asghar Soltanieh, who expressed 'deep concern and disappointment,' and from the Iranian Majlis, whose members threatened to 'review' Iran's NPT membership. Subsequen [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PREL PARM
09RPODUBAI531	IRAN: GUARDIAN COUNCIL RETURNS SUBSIDY REFORM HOT POTATO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 9 Iran's Guardian Council (GC) announced that it would not ratify President Ahmadinejad's targeted subsidies bill but instead return it to the Majlis for more work. The GC has not yet said why it rejected the bill, but did signal earlier in the week it would do so aft [...]	2009-12-10 14:21:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IR PGOV
09RPODUBAI75	IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - FEBRUARY [...] [S/NF] Larijani's Speech at Munich Security Conference Calls for Strategy Change: In his speech to the conference on 9 February, Iranian Majles Speaker Ali Larijani listed the failures of US and Western strategy on a wide array of issues, but welcomed the opportunity for a strategic reset unde [...]	2009-02-10 12:45:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM IR
09SANAA1633	PEAK REFUGEE SEASON: INCREASING NUMBERS OF [...] (U) This cable was drafted in coordination with Embassy Addis Ababa. Summary ------------ 2. (C) SUMMARY: Press reporting on the &12,0008 refugees crammed into Bossaso, Somalia waiting to transit to Yemen in September has been largely exaggerated. Many of these refugees have already arr [...]	2009-09-02 14:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL DJ ELAB ER ET SMIG UNHCR
09SANAA1729	FRAUD SUMMARY - SANA'A [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Yemen is the poorest country in the Middle East, with an illiteracy rate of over 50% and unemployment rates over 30%. Yemen is also home to upwards of 500,000 - 600,000 refugees, mostly of Somali origin. Due to lack of opportunities in Yemen, the impetus for and volume of [...]	2009-09-29 04:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC YM
09SANAA1782	NEW CRUDE OIL SALES MECHANISM SPARKS TRIBAL RIVALRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ROYG, led by presidential son Ahmed Ali Saleh, has shifted responsibility for selling Yemen's crude oil production share away from the Ministry of Oil and towards an interagency committee, sparking a behind-the-scenes business rivalry between tribal leaders and government offi [...]	2009-09-30 13:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL UK CH KS FR SZ YM
09SANAA1892	MODERN-DAY REVOLUTION UNLIKELY AT PLANNED OCTOBER [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Southern Movement leadership is looking for historical inspiration in Lahj governorate, the revolutionary heartland of the struggle against the British colonial occupation of southern Yemen, as it plans peaceful demonstrations on October 14 in Radfan and October 15 in Yafa. [...]	2009-10-13 13:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV YM
09SANAA2116	SITREP: YEMEN'S MOST VULNERABLE REFUGEES IN BASATEEN AND [...] (U) Summary: Although still a minority segment of Yemen's vast and growing refugee population, the 15,000 residents of the UNHCR-run refugee camp in Kharaz and the 40,000 plus residents of the urban slum of Basateen are among the most vulnerable. During a November 16 - 18 visit to these areas, [...]	2009-11-23 14:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV UNHCR YM
09SANAA2185	WHO ARE THE HOUTHIS, PART ONE: WHAT ARE THEY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Given the Houthis' opacity and the government's exaggerated claims about their goals, it is difficult to know what exactly they are fighting for. The ROYG accuses the Houthis of wanting to restore clerical rule in Yemen, which they deny, insisting instead that they want basic [...]	2009-12-09 13:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2202	YEMENI POVERTY LEVELS HIGHEST IN WAR-AFFLICTED [...] Summary. The poorest country in the Middle East, Yemen is particularly affected by poverty. 34.8 of the population lives below the poverty line as defined by a UNDP index; 45 percent of the population lives on less than two dollars a day. The real losers when it comes to poverty are the war [...]	2009-12-13 13:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PHUM PGOV PREL YM
09SANAA810	SECURITY PUTS A DAMPER ON DEMOCRACY DAY [...] (S) SUMMARY. Although thousands demonstrated, the widespread violence anticipated across the south on Democracy Day (April 27) never materialized, in part due to the ROYG's heightened military presence in key cities. Looting and arrests occurred in Mukullah, while noted extremist, now south [...]	2009-04-29 12:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV YM
09SANAA813	YEMEN: WILD, BUT STILL NOT WET [...] SUMMARY. A water-scarcity crisis continues to loom over Yemen. Both urban and rural areas remain at risk from water scarcity, water contamination and untreated waste water, and a mismanaged water policy is generally to blame. Yet, recent increased coordination between the ROYG and donor com [...]	2009-04-29 14:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID MASS PGOV SENV SOCI YM
09SANAA934	YEMENI TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR: LOWEST [...] SUMMARY. The Yemeni telecommunications sector still suffers from the lowest penetration in the region. The lack of both mobile and internet coverage is largely due to government monopoly, policies that emphasize government revenue over encouraging investment, and an outdated infrastructure. [...]	2009-05-17 12:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON ETRD YM
09SANAA977	UNITY, BUT NOT THIS UNITY [...] (U) Against the backdrop of growing secessionist sentiment in Yemen's south, some among those who support unity are voicing their frustration over centralization of power, lack of development and the weakening of the Saleh regime. The ROYG is focusing a lot of energy on secessionist feeling, b [...]	2009-05-20 14:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA996	ROYG WEATHERS UNITY DAY, BUT CHALLENGES PERSIST [...] (C) While the ROYG celebrated the 19th anniversary of Yemen's unification with a massive military parade, anti-unity and anti-ROYG demonstrators took to the streets across Yemen's restive southern governorates. In Aden, security forces fired on protesters, killing three and injuring 30. Form [...]	2009-05-26 12:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV YM
09SANJOSE11	COSTA RICA CREEPS INTO CAFTA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nearly six years after negotiations began, CAFTA-DR entered into force for Costa Rica on January 1, achieving a major policy objective of the USG, the Arias administration and the Embassy. Although the end-year holidays muted the headlines, there was some (characteristically) [...]	2009-01-09 22:35:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PINR PREL
09SANJOSE137	2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - COSTA RICA [...] (U) Since last year's report (Ref D),the GOCR enacted a number of laws related to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) as required by the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR),but the success in passing new IPR legislation highlighted the country's failure to enforce existing laws. [...]	2009-03-04 12:59:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR CS
09SANJOSE138	2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - COSTA RICA [...] (U) Since last year's report (Ref D),the GOCR enacted a number of laws related to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) as required by the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR),but the success in passing new IPR legislation highlighted the country's failure to enforce existing laws. [...]	2009-03-04 15:38:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR CS
09SANJOSE217	SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes Vice President and Dr. Biden and their delegation, and provides this broad overview as requested by the OVP. The Arias administration has made progress on key elements of its 2006-2010 agenda, most notably entering the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Repub [...]	2009-03-23 16:05:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS ECON ETRD OTRA OVIP PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI
09SANJOSE225	COSTA RICA: FULL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 18, Costa Rica re-established full diplomatic relations with Cuba, ending 48 years of limited contact. In an open letter to the Costa Rican people and in his press conference announcing the change, President Oscar Arias said "the time had come" for "direct and open dialo [...]	2009-03-25 16:58:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	CS CU PGOV PINR PREL PREF
09SANJOSE23	MAGNITUDE 6.2 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES COSTA RICA, [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 8, a localized but devastating 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Costa Rica about 30 kilometers north of San Jose, near Poas volcano, a popular tourist destination. As of January 14, there were 23 known dead, nearly 100 injured and 11 still missing. The killer earthquak [...]	2009-01-16 14:50:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS PGOV SOCI EAID AEMR ASEC PHUM SEVN
09SANJOSE297	VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S MARCH 30 MULTILATERAL [...] (U) March 30, 2009; 1045 am; San Jose, Costa Rica. 2. (U) Participants: USG: The Vice President Ambassador Peter Cianchette Anthony Blinken, NSA to the Vice President Brian McKeon, Deputy NSA to the Vice President Dan Restrepo, Senior Director, Western Hemisphere Affairs, NSC Craig Kel [...]	2009-04-08 21:46:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PINR PREL XK OVIP PGOV JOSEPH BIDEN
09SANJOSE34	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - COSTA RICA [...] Costa Rica's investment climate is generally favorable and has been for many years. Consequently, foreign direct investment is high and has been a significant contributor to Costa Rica's economic growth. Nevertheless, the country continues to present stumbling blocks to investors. The Januar [...]	2009-01-21 19:03:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
09SANJOSE498	LULA'S VISIT TO COSTA RICA - PROMOTING TRADE AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited Costa Rica June 2-3 to advance cooperation between the Mercado Comun del Cono Sur (MERCOSUR) and the Sistema de Integracion Centroamericana (SICA),of which Costa Rica will assume the Presidency in July, and to strengthen bil [...]	2009-06-17 16:33:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG PREL BR CS
09SANJOSE532	COSTA RICA IN PETROCARIBE LIMBO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the GOCR announced last July that Costa Rica would join Petrocaribe, the story has become murky. In recent months, speculation in the media suggested that Costa Rica had finally closed the deal and would soon move from an observer to a full member. Venezuelan description of [...]	2009-06-25 23:15:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	CS ECON ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PINR PREL VE
09SANJOSE577	COSTA RICA 2009 SECTION 527 REPORT [...] Embassy San Jose provides its information for the 2009 Section 527 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims in paragraph 2. Information on each claimant appears in paragraph 3. Text in MS Word track changes format has been e-mailed to EEB/IFD/OIA and L/CID per reftel. 2. The [...]	2009-07-08 21:03:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV CS
09SANJOSE692	A SNAPSHOT OF COSTA RICA'S REFUGEE COMMUNITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 20:18:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM ELAB EAID SMIG CS KWMN
09SANJOSE714	COSTA RICA: PAC PARTY PROFILE - CONTINUITY OR CHANGE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge d'Affaires Brennan met on August 18 with the main opposition contender for Costa Rica's presidency in the February 2010 elections, Otton Solis. Solis, from the Citizen Action Party (PAC),is now running for president for the third time, after a weak turnout for the party' [...]	2009-08-21 11:47:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM CS
09SANJOSE715	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY GETS BUSY - PASSES NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Costa Rica's National Assembly capped off an uncharacteristically productive month-and-a-half on August 11 by approving the final version of an Electoral Reform bill. This came after the Assembly passed a new Anti-Organized Crime bill in early July, and an Immigration Reform bi [...]	2009-08-24 08:21:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR PREL ASEC CVIS PTER SNAR PREF
09SANJOSE758	U.S. BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY [...] (U) SUMMARY: With Entry Into Force (EIF) of the Dominican Republic - Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) on January 1st 2009, the reporting period 2007-2008 is the last in which the Caribbean Basin trade programs (CBI/CBERA/CBTPA) figure among Costa Rica's trade benefits. Textile [...]	2009-09-02 15:14:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ECON ETRD OTRA XL EFIN CS
09SANJOSE811	COSTA RICA: PRUDENT DEBT MANAGEMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Arias administration has increased spending on infrastructure, education, health, support for workers, and the judiciary, not only in absolute terms, but also as a percentage of the total budget. As spending in these line items increased, they were offset by a decline in the [...]	2009-09-24 17:02:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINV PGOV PREL CS
09SANJOSE836	COSTA RICA: MEDRETE TREATS NEARLY 400 PATIENTS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY. On September 11-12, Honduran-based Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-B) and Costa Rican medical personnel conducted a Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) in Costa Rica's remote, mountainous Turrialba region. Nearly 400 people received much-needed medical treatment. Three me [...]	2009-10-02 14:18:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MASS SOCI CS
09SANJOSE85	COSTA RICA AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS: SO FAR, SO GOOD, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Costa Rica's conservative financial system has served it reasonably well thus far during the current global financial crisis, but 2009 will likely be difficult. The GOCR knows it must act intelligently as some fundamentals begin to deteriorate; the Arias administration does not [...]	2009-02-10 12:59:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINV PGOV PREL CS
09SANJOSE921	COSTA RICA RESPONSE TO USTR REQUEST FOR INFO ON CBI- [...] The following is Post's response to reftel A. The text replies to specific keyed reftel questions and updates Post's 2007 submission (reftel C) to USTR's request regarding CBI beneficiary countries. Questions can be directed to Economics Specialist, Kevin Ludeke at +506 2519-22261, Fax +506 [...]	2009-10-27 20:48:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR EINV PREL PGOV CS
09SANSALVADOR1019	VIOLENCE IN EL SALVADOR 1: THE STATISTICS [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is the first in a series addressing violent crime in El Salvador. Crime levels have risen sharply in 2009. Surveys rank public security as the top problem in El Salvador, even though the country is in the midst of its worst economic downturn in more than a decade. A [...]	2009-10-28 19:52:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ES
09SANSALVADOR102	ELECTION UPDATE: ARENA GAINS MOMENTUM, BUT HAS A [...] (C) Summary: The (conservative, pro-U.S.) ARENA party's campaign has gained some momentum. The January 18 legislative and municipal elections resulted in the best-case scenario for ARENA, and the voter base has appeared increasingly energized in the ARENA events of the past week. Poll numbers [...]	2009-02-04 16:57:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPLS KDEM ES
09SANSALVADOR1184	ELECTRICITY SECTOR REFORMS THREATEN PRIVATE SECTOR [...] SUMMARY. Proposed regulatory reforms in the electricity sector will introduce a cost-based pricing system with publicly bid long-term contracts, designed to promote transparency in energy costs, reduce price volatility, and foster healthy competition in the sector. While both private sect [...]	2009-12-14 16:54:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV ECON ES
09SANSALVADOR1238	El Salavdor Passes Tax Reform Package [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 12 and December 16, El Salvador's National Assembly approved the Government of El Salvador's fiscal/tax reform package, with tax changes expected to enter into force January 1. Only the alcoholic beverage tax changed substantially from the GOES's original proposal, t [...]	2009-12-22 20:04:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV ETRD ES
09SANSALVADOR256	EL SALVADOR'S SHORT-TERM DEBT MARKET RETURNING TO NORMAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Salvadoran banks have rolled over short-term government debt due in February and March and committed to doing the same with debt due in May and June. However, with tax revenue falling and an international loan falling through, the government will also likely need to issue additi [...]	2009-03-24 16:50:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV ES
09SANSALVADOR272	FMLN AND PCN: INTERNAL JOCKEYING FOR POWER [...] (C) Summary: FMLN President-elect Mauricio Funes exerted his authority March 21, declaring in paid, full-page advertisements in all four major newspapers that he will be the only person authorized to speak publicly about his administration's policies during the transition period. The pronounc [...]	2009-03-26 20:06:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR278	SALVADORAN ECONOMIC INDICATORS SHOW CONTRACTION, LIKELY [...] The Government of El Salvador (GOES) cut its official projection for 2009 GDP growth to less than 1 percent. The GOES's GDP proxy has fallen for the last five months, and the Central Bank President expects 2008 GDP growth figures of about 2.5 percent, far below the original projection of 4.5-5 [...]	2009-03-30 20:31:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ES
09SANSALVADOR317	ELECTRICITY SUBSIDIES END BUT PROBLEMS CONTINUE [...] SUMMARY: The GOES announced on March 23 that electricity subsidies will be discontinued. This change is expected to raise energy costs by 60% for industrial and 30% for residential customers. Industry groups have criticized the government's failure to honor an agreement to phase out the sub [...]	2009-04-03 22:21:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EPET EINV ES
09SANSALVADOR320	El SALVADOR: BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] The following is Embassy San Salvador's response to reftel A questions on fiscal transparency. 2. The Government of El Salvador (GOES) is expected to receive U.S. foreign assistance using FY09 funds. USAID works with various Ministries (e.g., Health, Education) as well as the judicial branc [...]	2009-04-07 17:10:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR47	EL SALVADOR: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, following is Embassy San Salvador's submission for the 2009 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 [...]	2009-01-15 22:28:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD EFIN OPIC KTDB USTR ES
09SANSALVADOR507	FUNES GOVERNMENT'S SPLIT PERSONALITY [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 8 below. ------- SUMMARY: ------- 2. (S/NF) President Mauricio Funes has assembled a cabinet that combines individuals from the leftist FMLN, some of whom have a violent, radical past; with others from an organization that coalesced around hi [...]	2009-06-05 17:14:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET//NOFORN	ES PINR PREL PTER
09SANSALVADOR6	OAS AND IOA HOLD REGIONAL CONFERENCES ON RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] SUMMARY: The OAS and the Institute of the Americas (IOA) organized two USG-funded regional conferences on renewable energy in San Salvador on December 11-12. At the December 11 OAS conference, delegates from Central and North America discussed their current energy matrices and policies to imp [...]	2009-01-06 14:19:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EINV EPET ES
09SANSALVADOR642	ECONOMISTS DISCUSS GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-CRISIS PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Two prominent economists offered similar views of the Government of El Salvador's (GOES) $587 million anti-crisis plan. Luis Membreno and Claudio DeRosa separately said the plan largely consisted of increased spending on existing programs. As an economic stimulus, the plan was [...]	2009-07-07 21:20:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EINV KCRN ES
09SANSALVADOR647	NEW MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE OUTLINES VISION FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. New Minister of Agriculture Manuel Sevilla discussed his Ministry's role in the Government of El Salvador's (GOES) "anti-crisis" plan and his views on agricultural assistance during a June 25 courtesy call. The Ministry of Agriculture's anti-crisis program will focus on a combina [...]	2009-07-08 21:46:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PGOV SOCI EFIN ES
09SANSALVADOR811	IMF LIKELY TO ASSIST EL SALVADOR WITH NEW STAND-BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. El Salvador is likely to receive a new Stand-By Arrangement from the International Monetary Fund (IMF),according to a visiting IMF assessment team. The IMF also expects to issue letters supporting the release of $300 million in Inter-American Development Bank loans and the issu [...]	2009-08-27 21:54:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON IMF ES
09SANSALVADOR887	EL SALVADOR TO ISSUE $800 MILLION IN EUROBONDS IN OCTOBER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of El Salvador (GOES) announced plans to sell $800 million in Eurobonds in the international market in October. Proceeds from the Eurobonds will be used to improve the liquidity of public finances and provide funding for new social programs. While a new bond off [...]	2009-09-22 15:07:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ES
09SANSALVADOR906	EL SALVADOR ANNOUNCES NEW $800 MILLION PRECAUTIONARY FUND [...] SUMMARY. The Government of El Salvador (GOES) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced September 24 a preliminary agreement for a new, three-year $800 million Stand-By Arrangement (SBA). The GOES intends to treat the SBA as a precautionary credit line to strengthen overall fiscal a [...]	2009-09-25 21:31:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID PGOV IMF ES
09SANTIAGO1014	Santiago Oct. 23 Media Report [...] Public school teachers began an indefinite strike today. In this context, the government instructed schools to remain open and deliver lunches, the Ministry of Education said it would deduct from teacher's paychecks those days they are on strike, and mayors said they would request l [...]	2009-10-23 17:41:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO106	CHILEANS, HUNGRY FOR CHANGE, EYE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Progressive Chilean leaders admit that their Concertacion coalition's nearly twenty year rule has left the Chilean public largely uninspired by the prospect of another Concertacion president and has led to stale party politics. Concertacion has been hurt by a series of relative [...]	2009-02-04 10:35:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI CI
09SANTIAGO1074	CHILE: MONTHLY ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER [...] SUMMARY: Despite recent positive signs, Chile's economy is still working through the negative effects of its recession. Economic activity contracted again in August and September. The unemployment rate in Chile decreased to 10.2% for the first time after nine increases in a row. Although in [...]	2009-11-10 19:14:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN CI
09SANTIAGO1088	Santiago Nov. 13 Media Report [...] Today is the beginning of the electoral propaganda period for the December 13 presidential and parliamentary election (All dailies 11/13). U.S.-Related News 2. With a notification to Congress, the USG authorized the sale of 100 AMRAAM missiles to Chile. With the autho [...]	2009-11-13 17:27:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO109	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 6 [...] Dailies highlighted figures released by the Central Banks that economic growth for the last quarter of 2008 amounted to 1.1% of GDP, the lowest in six years. Coverage included another case of a falsely-identified disappearance victim from the Military government era. U.S.-Related News --- [...]	2009-02-06 15:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO111	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF FEBRUARY 2 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By February 6, copper prices showed a steady rise, the Peso remained stable against the Dollar, and the stock market closed higher. Inflation fell to [...]	2009-02-09 10:21:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO1128	Santiago Nov. 21-23 Media Report [...] Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde said that the government of Peru was not responsible for leaking the information to the press about the alleged espionage. He added that his government does not agree with reviewing the FTA with Chile over this incident as proposed by [...]	2009-11-23 19:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1132	U.S. Support for Chile's OECD Accession [...] (U) Summary. Chile is ideally qualified to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as its first South American member. U.S. support for Chile's accession this December will recognize Chile's remarkable economic, social, and political achievements over the past [...]	2009-11-23 21:11:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON OECD EFIN ECIN KIPR PREL PGOV AORC CI
09SANTIAGO1136	Santiago Nov. 24 Media Report [...] The dollar exchange rate dropped to 492 pesos, the lowest in the last 16 months. Meanwhile, copper reached a new record of 3.15????, the highest since September 2008 (Conservative, influential El Mercurio, 11/24). 2. U.S.-Related News 2. In his debut before the OAS Permanent Co [...]	2009-11-24 19:31:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI

09SANTIAGO116	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 7-9 [...] Dailies had extensive coverage of Bachelet's trip to Cuba, of a possible meeting with Fidel Castro, and the disappointment of Cuban dissident organizations with whom the President will not meet. Dailies also reported on the demonstrations of the people of Chaiten in opposition to the governmen [...]	2009-02-09 19:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI

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