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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
06DUBAI1842	PROTESTING LABORERS AT DUBAI CONSTRUCTION SITE DAMAGE [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-27 10:59:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ECIN ASEC PREL ZP AE

06DUBAI1847	DUBAI SHELTER NOT CLOSING [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-28 10:32:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI AE
06DUBAI1859	DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES' IRAN MEETINGS IN DUBAI [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-01 13:50:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR SOCI
06DUBAI1873	TEHRAN CHANGING POLICY TO ATTRACT FOREIGN INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-02 07:55:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	IR ECON EFIN PGOV PINR
06DUBAI1904	SITUATION IN IRAN'S KHUZESTAN AND REQUESTS FOR SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-04 14:33:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PGOV PREL IR PHUM PINR SOCI
06DUBAI2012	IRAN'S PRIVATE BANKS: STRICTLY REGULATED BUT PERCEIVED AS [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-11 11:24:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PINR ECON EFIN
06DUBAI2049	CONCEPT OF GOVERNANCE IN IRAN (C-NE5-01218) [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 11:06:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI IR
06DUBAI2076	DUBAI RULER ISSUES NEW PROPERTY LAW [...] On March 15, UAE Vice President and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MBR),in his capacity as Ruler of Dubai, issued a new property law providing land ownership rights to expatriates and public joint stock companies. The law grants buyers indisputable legal title to property in D [...]	2006-04-12 12:46:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EINV
06DUBAI2297	CODEL SHAYS MEETS MINISTER OF ECONOMY, DISCUSSES [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-23 08:56:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV IR IZ AE
06DUBAI2300	VIEWS FROM IRAN'S CULTURAL SECTOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-23 13:49:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PGOV PREL IR SOCI
06DUBAI2597	DUBAI BUSINESSMAN'S VIEWS ON RAFSANJANI [...] (C) Mohammed Mohebi, a UAE national businessman and president-elect of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization (YEO) in Dubai, told CG over dinner May 2 that his "good friend" Yasser Rafsanjani (son of Expediency Council Chair and former President Rafsanjani) had in recent months provided a good d [...]	2006-05-09 13:40:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR SOCI
06DUBAI2598	UNODC OFFICIAL DISCUSSES DRUGS, POLITICS IN IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-09 13:59:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR IR SOCI
06DUBAI2756	IRANIAN STUDENT ACTIVIST VIEW OF IRAN AND US POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-15 13:33:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PGOV PREL IR PHUM
06DUBAI2757	IRANIAN STUDENT ACTIVIST CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-15 14:06:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PREL PGOV IR PHUM
06DUBAI2819	IRAN-LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT (ILSA): IRAN-DANA GAS DEAL UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-17 14:42:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	AE IR PGOV PREL ETRD EPET ENRG
06DUBAI292	SABA TV DENIED LICENSE TO BROADCAST FROM DUBAI [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-18 14:30:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PINR ECPS IR PGOV SCUL TC
06DUBAI3131	JEWISH MP: NO CHANGE IN SITUATION FOR IRANIAN JEWS BUT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-24 15:30:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PGOV PREL IR PHUM
06DUBAI3132	IRAN'S CENTRAL GOVERNOR MAY LEAVE OVER OBJECTION TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: According to one source, the governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) may be removed for questioning President Ahmadinejad's request to transfer Iranian government money into private accounts inside and out of the country. The source claims a personal friendship with the gover [...]	2006-05-24 16:00:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	IR PGOV PINR PINS PREL ECON EFIN
06DUBAI326	IPR WORKSHOP IN DUBAI BRINGS TOGETHER REGIONAL JUDGES AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-22 12:26:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TSPL ETRD XI ZP TC
06DUBAI3263	LOBBYING EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF IRANIAN POLITICAL PRISONER [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 12:51:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IR PHUM
06DUBAI3360	NEXT IPR STEP: COMBATING TRANSSHIPMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-06 13:10:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TC PREL PGOV ZR ECIN ETRD AE
06DUBAI3675	SHARJAH AIRPORT - IRBIS FOLLOW-UP [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 13:13:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ETTC PGOV PINS SOCI KCRM LI AE
06DUBAI3902	IRAN AND UAE'S NEW ISLAND DISPUTE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-25 13:56:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZP IR AE PARM
06DUBAI3999	POSSIBLE GASOLINE RATIONING IN IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-27 13:47:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PREL PGOV ZP EPET ETRD
06DUBAI4047	IRANIAN OFFICIAL STATEMENTS ON THE NUCLEAR ISSUE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-28 16:38:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR ZP PGOV PREL KNNP
06DUBAI4105	DIRECTOR OF DUBAI IMMIGRATION DISMISSED [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-03 13:01:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PHUM AE
06DUBAI4109	IRAN FORMS NEW FOREIGN RELATIONS STRATEGIC COUNCIL (FRSC) [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-03 15:00:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PREL PGOV ZP
06DUBAI4121	IRBIS FOLLOW-UP - SHARJAH, RAS AL-KHAIMAH, AND FUJAIRAH [...] SUMMARY: (C) Poleconoff met with the directors of Sharjah, Ras al-Khaimah (RAK),and Fujairah airports in June to follow-up on the closure of Irbis and other UN designated operations belonging to Viktor Bout. Sharjah and RAK airport directors gave assurances that all of Bout's operations had be [...]	2006-07-05 12:54:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EAIR ETTC PGOV PINS SOCI KCRM LI AE
06DUBAI4457	IRAN PURGES PROFESSORS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-12 15:12:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR ECON ELAB
06DUBAI4511	DEMONSTRATORS IN DUBAI VOICE SUPPORT FOR LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-18 14:19:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL SOCI AE LE
06DUBAI4934	DEMONSTRATION NEAR US CONSULATE IN DUBAI [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-31 14:38:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL SOCI AE LE
06DUBAI4992	IRAN TO CONTINUE GASOLINE SUBSIDIES [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-02 14:27:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PREL PGOV ZP EPET ETRD ZR
06DUBAI5191	IRPO: IRANIAN MPS INDICATE US MESSAGE NOT REACHING POPULACE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-14 12:07:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG ETTC IR ZP AE
06DUBAI52	JEWS IN IRAN OKAY, BUT HAMPERED BY GLASS CEILING [...] (C) Summary: According to an Iranian Jewish couple, the situation of Jews in Iran is pretty good, as long as they remain apolitical. They are allowed to worship freely. The main drawback of being an Iranian Jew is the inability to move up in jobs with the Iranian government. End Summary. Ira [...]	2006-01-03 13:51:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	IR PHUM PINR PGOV
06DUBAI522	PREPARATIONS IN IRAN FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-05 12:57:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR TBIO TU PGOV WHO KSTH ECON KFLU
06DUBAI5246	IRPO: THE STATUS OF IRAN'S ASSYRIAN AND JEWISH COMMUNITIES [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-16 13:03:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM IR
06DUBAI5247	IRANIAN DELEGATION VISITS RAS AL KHAIMAH FREE TRADE ZONE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-16 13:07:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD ECON AE IR
06DUBAI528	FIGHTING DRUG ADDICTION AND HIV/AIDS IN IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-06 07:40:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PGOV SNAR SOCI IR
06DUBAI53	IRAN'S OIL MINISTRY FROM THE INSIDE [...] (C) Summary: According to several contacts, employees of Iran's Oil Ministry and the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) are relatively satisfied with the selection of the new Oil Minister. At the same time, they were confused by President Ahmadinejad's promises to root out what he termed as th [...]	2006-01-03 13:51:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PINR ECON EPET
06DUBAI5323	UAEG OFFICIALS DISCUSS UAE-IRAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-20 14:33:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR ECON EFIN AE
06DUBAI5462	IRPO: LITTLE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HIZBALLAH IN IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-29 08:06:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR IS LE PGOV PINR PTER
06DUBAI5780	ECONOMIC MINISTER ENDORSES FTA, LOOKS FOR UPSIDE OF DPW [...] (SBU) Summary: Sheikha Lubna Al Qassimi, UAE Minister of Economy and Planning, spoke to Dubai's American Business Council (ABC) September 13. In prepared remarks, she affirmed the UAE's commitment to free trade, and said a bilateral FTA with the US would benefit both the US and UAE. During th [...]	2006-09-14 12:50:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ECIN ETRD AE
06DUBAI583	REFORMERS IN IRAN TRYING TO REGROUP [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-08 07:58:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PGOV IR PREL
06DUBAI6065	IRAN HINTING AT TEMPORARY SUSPENSION? [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-26 13:40:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR KNNP
06DUBAI6881	CUSTOMS OPERATIONS IN THE EMIRATE OF AJMAN [...] Summary. On November 8 the director general of Ajman Port and Customs discussed customs operations in the Emirate of Ajman with PolEconoffs. Ajman customs has 12 officers who enforce UAE federal customs regulations and collect Ajman customs duties. Customs officers are said to inspect nearly 25 [...]	2006-11-21 13:42:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EWWT ECON AE
06DUBAI6884	IRANIAN DHOW TRADE WITH DUBAI [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 10:39:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EWWT PGOV IR AE
06DUBAI6919	IRAN-LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT (ILSA): DANA GAS: EXISTING [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-07 14:05:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EPET IR AE
06DUBAI6928	PHILIP MORRIS CONVEYS IPR FRUSTRATIONS REGARDING THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-14 14:45:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV KIPR PGOV PREL ETRD IZ AE
06DUBAI6929	DP WORLD SELLS U.S. PORT OPERATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-14 16:01:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECIN EINV ETRD PINS TRSY EWWT AE
06DUBAI6939	DHOW TRADE BETWEEN THE UAE AND SOMALIA [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-19 13:24:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EWWT PGOV PINS AE SO
06DUBAI6940	RAS AL KHAIMAH SHEIKH DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, FREE TRADE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-19 13:27:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON PGOV SOCI KDEM AE
06DUBAI695	IRAN'S REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES: HIGH PRICES [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-13 14:16:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR ECON PINR PGOV
06DUBAI6954	DUBAI CUSTOMS DIRECTOR PRAISES COOPERATION, ASKS SENATOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-27 11:43:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD ETTC AE
06DUBAI730	IN IRAN, CARTOON CONTROVERSY SIMMERS BUT DOESN'T BOIL OVER [...] (U) Summary: In response to the publishing of "blasphemous" cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a number of European newspapers, Tehran has recalled its ambassador to Denmark and announced a cut in all trade ties with the country. Denmark pulled its diplomats out of Iran due to unspecified thre [...]	2006-02-14 14:05:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI
06DUBAI852	WOMEN'S RIGHT IN IRAN ON SLOW DECLINE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-19 09:01:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PREL PGOV IR SOCI SCUL
06DUBAI857	IRANIAN OIL MINISTER TO RENEGOTIATE UAE GAS DEAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-20 06:33:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	TC IR PGOV PREL ETRD EPET
06DUBAI992	AS PRIME MINISTER, MBR SIGNALS NEW HANDS-ON APPROACH [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-22 13:34:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	TC PGOV SOCI
06DUBLIN1044	IRELAND'S DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (U) On September 7, Ireland's first female Deputy Prime Minister (Tanaiste),Mary Harney, unexpectedly resigned as leader of the Progressive Democrats (PD) party, the center-right, minor partner in the governing coalition led by the Fianna Fail party. Harney had been PD leader for nearly 13 [...]	2006-09-08 13:30:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EI
06DUBLIN1046	GOI APPRECIATES INFORMATION ON USG DETAINEE POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-08 17:06:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER EI
06DUBLIN1068	JUSTICE MINISTER APPOINTED DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) On September 13, Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern appointed as Deputy Prime Minister (Tanaiste) the new leader of the Progressive Democrats (PD) party and current Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Michael McDowell. (In Ireland, the leader of the minority party in a coa [...]	2006-09-14 15:49:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EI
06DUBLIN1119	IRISH PRIME MINISTER DEFLECTS CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS [...] In response to information leaked to the press from a confidential tribunal, Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern SIPDIS has revealed that he received euro 50,000 in loans from twelve personal friends in 1993 and 1994 while he was Minister of Finance. However, he declared that the [...]	2006-09-29 13:07:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IE
06DUBLIN1137	IRISH PRIME MINISTER DEFUSES POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 3, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern defused a weeklong political crisis by admitting to parliament that his acceptance of payments from business friends in 1993-4 had been an error in judgment. Ahern's statement preserved his Fianna Fail party's governing coalition [...]	2006-10-04 15:43:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EI
06DUBLIN1284	THE AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. In a November 1 discussion, the Ambassador and Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern did a tour d'horizon of key bilateral issues. Ahern: -- urged bilateral cooperation to avoid "surprises" regarding U.S. military use of Shannon Airport; -- noted that the Irish Cabinet had charged [...]	2006-11-03 12:58:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PREF EI
06DUBLIN1384	IRAN'S FLAWED ELECTIONS [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Stephen Dawson, Deputy Director of Middle East Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs, on December 4. Dawson agreed that the political equation in Iran is fundamentally skewed and undemocratic, though Ireland would not view the election of the Assembly [...]	2006-12-04 16:56:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV IR IE
06DUBLIN1395	IRELAND'S VIEWS ON DECEMBER GAERC [...] (C) POLOFF delivered Ref A - D demarches on December 7 to Mary Connery, Deputy European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs. Ireland continues to support work aimed at lifting the arms embargo on China, though does not expect a relaxation of the current embargo to emerge from the GAE [...]	2006-12-08 16:01:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	IS PREL PGOV PHUM IE
06DUBLIN1396	NEXT STEPS ON TFTP: IRELAND TAKES HARD LINE ON [...] (C) Summary: Ireland's Data Protection Commission and Department of Finance have taken a hard line in support of the Article 29 Report criticizing financial data transfers under the SWIFT program. Both the Commission and the Department support U.S.-EU cooperation on tracking terrorism financ [...]	2006-12-08 18:02:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PGOV PREL EI
06DUBLIN1397	GENEROUS 2007 GOI BUDGET HAS 2007 ELECTIONS IN MIND [...] On December 6, Finance Minister Brian Cowen presented the Irish Government's budget for 2007, a generous package of tax cuts and social spending increases that will likely enhance the appeal of the governing Fianna Fail party ahead of Ireland's 2007 general elections. The budget included ben [...]	2006-12-08 19:27:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV EI
06DUBLIN201	IRISH TO JOIN EU STATEMENT ON SHRINE BOMBING [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-27 14:55:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER EI
06DUBLIN202	GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND WILL NOT OPPOSE EUROPEAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-27 14:55:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV EI
06DUBLIN216	IRELAND: TO DEFER TO EU PRESIDENCY FOR VENEZUELAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 08:19:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PGOV PHUM PREL VE EI
06DUBLIN255	CHARGES AGAINST SHANNON PROTESTORS DROPPED [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-10 16:55:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PTER EI
06DUBLIN275	BELARUS: IRELAND SUPPORTS U.S.-EU COORDINATION, [...] (SBU) Ireland agrees strongly with U.S. points on the continuing importance of U.S.-EU coordination in the run-up to, and aftermath of, the March 19 presidential election in Belarus, according to Ruadhri Dowling, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Russia and Eastern Europe [...]	2006-03-15 14:52:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV EUN BO EI
06DUBLIN277	PRE-GAERC RESPONSE: IRELAND NOT CONSIDERING BALKAN [...] (C) Summary: On March 15, Post delivered ref A and B demarche points to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. Regarding the Balkans, Kelly said that Member States would respect the electorate's chosen outcome in the Montenegrin referendum, but had not begun to deve [...]	2006-03-16 17:20:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR
06DUBLIN293	IRELAND UNLIKELY TO MAKE A STATEMENT ON SYRIAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-22 10:25:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SY EI
06DUBLIN310	IRISH RESPONSE TO WAR CRIMES CHAMBER DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-24 11:55:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV EI
06DUBLIN312	GOVERNMENTS WILL RECALL NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY [...] (C) On March 23, Michael Collins, the Taoiseach's senior foreign affairs advisor, briefed Ambassador Kenny on next steps in the peace process, and thanked the President for a productive Saint Patrick's Day. He said that the Taoiseach and PM Blair plan to issue a joint statement April 6 in Arm [...]	2006-03-27 11:51:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EI UK
06DUBLIN313	IRELAND CONSIDERING REDEPLOYMENT OF PEACEKEEPERS [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. On March 23, the DCM met with Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Political Director Colm O'Floinn and UN/Terrorism and Illicit Drugs Director John Deady regarding GOI plans for the potential redistribution of its peacekeeping forces by the end o [...]	2006-03-28 07:01:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR KPKO PGOV PREL EI SU XY
06DUBLIN349	IRELAND: INDEPENDENT INQUIRY COMMITTEE FOLLOW-UP [...] On March 22, emboff approached Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) UN/Terrorism and Illicit Drugs section First Secretary Brian Cahalane regarding the Independent Inquiry SIPDIS Committee's (IIC) investigation of three Irish companies implicated in the UN's Oil-for-Food (OFF) program scanda [...]	2006-04-03 13:41:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KFIN PGOV IZ EI
06DUBLIN371	IRELAND QUESTIONS NEED FOR NAME CHANGE OF [...] (C) On April 4, Post delivered reftel demarche to Teresa Cody, Department of Health and Children Assistant Principal Officer for Primary Health Care (Post's primary POC on AI),who responded on April 7 that Ireland would attend an EU Friends of the Presidency meeting in Brussels on April 11 t [...]	2006-04-07 15:05:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU PREL PGOV EI
06DUBLIN372	IRELAND UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE POLICE TRAINERS TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-07 16:52:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EI IZ JO KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP PGOV PINR PINS
06DUBLIN467	IRELAND AND THE SWEDISH EXAMPLE: SUSPICIONS ON [...] (C) Post read reftel with interest, having confronted similar sensitivity from the Irish Government over a criminal deportation flight in late 2005 that was originally scheduled to transit Ireland. At the time, we quietly informed the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) that the charter flight [...]	2006-04-27 16:42:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR MARR PGOV PINR SW EI
06DUBLIN500	IRELAND SUPPORTS LTTE DESIGNATION, BUT DOUBTFUL ON [...] (C) On May 4 emboff delivered reftel points to Department of Foreign Affairs Asia and Oceania Deputy Director James McIntyre and UN/Terrorism and Illicit Drugs section First Secretary Maurice Biggar. McIntyre said that Ireland shares SIPDIS USG concern over the deteriorating situation in Sr [...]	2006-05-05 11:50:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PGOV PREL CE EI
06DUBLIN529	IRISH HESITANT BUT OPEN TO TERRORIST SCREENING [...] (C) On May 11, emboff met to discuss reftel matters with Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Ray Bassett and Department of Justice Head of Division Michael Walsh. Bassett and Walsh initially met with hesitation emboff's proposal to establish a Framework [...]	2006-05-12 11:27:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL EUN EI
06DUBLIN566	IRELAND IN LINE WITH EU PRESIDENCY STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 11:50:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SY EI
06DUBLIN578	IRELAND WELCOMES THE NEWLY FORMED GOVERNMENT IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 17:26:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ EI
06DUBLIN609	IRELAND SUPPORTS A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION IN SOUTH [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 10:21:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PGOV OSCE RU GG EI
06DUBLIN623	PRIME MINISTER AHERN TAKES â€œHARD LINEâ€ ON DEADLINE [...] (C) Summary: The Irish Government would not agree to extend the November 24 deadline for the Northern Assembly to form an Executive, due to the likely distractions of the mid-2007 Irish general elections, Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern told Special Envoy for Northern Ireland Mitchell Reiss [...]	2006-05-31 16:37:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON EI
06DUBLIN632	GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND SUPPORTS U.S. STATEMENT ON [...] (C) Due to the unavailability of the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) and Foreign Minister Ahern, Ambassador delivered reftel points to Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Dermot Gallagher early on June 1. DCM followed up later in the day, and working levels were also engaged. Gallagh [...]	2006-06-02 12:21:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IE IR
06DUBLIN646	2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Below is Post's submission pursuant to Section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, requested ref A. There have been updates to last year's submission,given developments in the case before the Irish High Court (ref B). 2. The United State Government is aware of one (1) claim of [...]	2006-06-07 13:55:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KIDE EINV PGOV EFIN EI
06DUBLIN66	BIOMETRIC PASSPORTS IN IRELAND - STATUS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-20 16:40:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT PGOV PREL KFRD EI
06DUBLIN680	FORMER PRIME MINISTER HAUGHEY DIES [...] On June 13 the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs informed Post of the death the same day of former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Charles J. Haughey and invited the Ambassador to attend his State Funeral Mass to be held at 12 noon on June 16 in Dublin. We do not expect that invitations for dele [...]	2006-06-14 12:47:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR EI
06DUBLIN684	IRISH NGOS PLEASED WITH TIP REPORT [...] This is an action request: see paragraph 11. 2. SUMMARY: On June 9, the Ambassador held a roundtable discussion with NGO representatives in regards to the release of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The representatives were very pleased with the report overall, citing its worldwide [...]	2006-06-15 13:58:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL EI
06DUBLIN718	GOI CONCERNED ABOUT VENEZUELAN NGOS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-21 09:56:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV VE EI EAID
06DUBLIN731	UZBEK HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST PRESENTED AWARD IN [...] (U) On June 16, Uzbek national Ahmadjan (aka Akhmadian) Madumarov was named as the recipient of the second annual Front Line Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk for his work as an activist in Uzbekistan. According to the Irish NGO Front Line, Mr. Madumarov, of the Independent Human Right [...]	2006-06-22 16:08:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV UZ ZK PINS EI
06DUBLIN778	IRAQI PARLIAMENTARIANS MAKE THEIR CASE IN IRELAND [...] (U) In a June 18-24 trip sponsored by the International Republican Institute (IRI) and organized with embassy assistance, a group of Iraqi parliamentarians visited Ireland to learn from the Irish experience of reconciliation and to plead for more Irish assistance. During this visit the group [...]	2006-06-30 15:49:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ EI
06DUBLIN795	JUNE 11 SHANNON AIRPORT INCIDENT REPORT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 16:11:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PGOV PREL EI
06DUBLIN838	IRELAND WALKS EU PARTY LINE ON CUBA [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-14 16:28:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	CU PHUM PREL PGOV EI
06DUBLIN849	IRELAND NOT LIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO HAITI INTERIM [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-19 09:22:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL EI
06DUBLIN891	SHANNON FIVE FOUND NOT GUILTY [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 25, a jury found five anti-war protesters not guilty of criminally damaging a U.S. aircraft at Shannon Airport on February 3, 2003. In an unprecedented decision, Judge Miriam Reynolds allowed the accused, who had pleaded not guilty, to argue that they had a "lawful excu [...]	2006-07-29 05:28:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PTER KJUS IZ EI

06DUBLIN903	IRELAND MAINTAINS CONCERNS ON BURMA BUT WILL NOT [...] (C) On August 1, emboff delivered reftel points to Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Asia Section First Secretary James McIntyre. McIntyre said that the GOI would not ask the EU Presidency to withdraw or downgrade their invitation for Burma to attend the September Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) [...]	2006-08-02 12:41:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM FI BU EUN EI
06DUBLIN925	POST REQUEST TO DESIGNATE DAVID TIEDGE AS DHS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 13:05:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	CPAS EAIR EWWT PGOV PREL PINS PTER EI
06DUBLIN93	AER LINGUS CEO DEBUNKS REPORTS ON AIRBUS DECISION [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 25 meeting with Charge and Emboffs, Aer Lingus CEO Dermot Mannion said that recent media reports on the airline's alleged plans to purchase Airbus aircraft were inaccurate. Mannion noted that, while a decision had not been made, Aer Lingus regarded two Airbus A330 [...]	2006-01-27 07:22:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PREL PGOV ETRD EI
06DUSHANBE1013	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER ON TAJIK-RUSSIAN RELATIONS, UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although they met ostensibly for Presidential Adviser Rahmatulloyev to give a read-out of the Putin-Rahmonov meeting in Sochi, Rahmatulloyev, clearly authorized by President Rahmonov, spent much of the 90-minute meeting laying out Tajikistan's exasperation with Russia and Uzbekis [...]	2006-05-31 11:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ECON EINV ENRG UZ RS TI
06DUSHANBE1027	TAJIKISTAN'S POWER POLITICS: DEPUTY PM GHULOMOV REMAINS [...] (SBU) Tajikistan is the most attractive country in Central Asia for hydro power investment, according to Deputy Prime Minister Ghulomov, and he intends to demonstrate that to investors and suppliers alike at the "Energy Without Borders" conference in Istanbul June 12-14. In a 45-minute meeti [...]	2006-06-02 11:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON EAID AF TI
06DUSHANBE1067	TURKISH EMBASSY WANTS BETTER INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN [...] (C) Turkey supports U.S. efforts to develop Tajikistan's energy sector and other infrastructure projects, but Turkish Embassy Chargi d' Affaires Askin Cakmak suggested that for those projects to succeed, donor countries need to send the Tajik government a strong message to improve the investm [...]	2006-06-07 07:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV EAID TI TU
06DUSHANBE1174	TAJIKISTAN: HELSINKI COMMISSION COUNSEL'S FIRST VISIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: H. Knox Thames, Counsel for the U.S. Commission for Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, visited Tajikistan June 14-17 for the first time. During his trip, he met with political party representatives, religious leaders, government officials, [...]	2006-06-26 05:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KISL KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1176	TAJIKISTAN: RUSSIA AND CHINA INTERESTED IN RESULTS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: "So the United States plans to invest a billion dollars in Tajik hydropower this year?" asked Zheng Wei, political officer at the Chinese Embassy in Dushanbe. As a result of local press coverage of the U.S.-sponsored energy conference in Istanbul, Chinese and Russian diplomats [...]	2006-06-26 06:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV EAID RS CH TI
06DUSHANBE1178	RUSSIAN BUSINESSES IN TAJIKISTAN: "WE HAVE A LOT OF TROUBLE [...] (C) According to Vasiliy Beldugin, the Russian Embassy's Economic Counselor in Dushanbe, Russian companies experience the same problems with corruption and bureaucracy that frustrate other foreign investors. "Some people assume that because of the strategic partnership, Russian companies coul [...]	2006-06-26 06:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV EAID PREL TI RU
06DUSHANBE1222	RAO UES AND WORLD BANK PRESSING TAJIK ENERGY MINISTRY [...] (C) The World Bank is advocating that Russian energy giant RAO UES be the official sponsor of an international energy meeting in Dushanbe, but Tajik energy officials are unsure of the signal that will send to other investors, and hope to get a "more neutral" sponsor, such as the Asian Develop [...]	2006-06-30 13:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV RS TI
06DUSHANBE1223	TAJIK PRESIDENT HELPS DEDICATE NEW EMBASSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: After giving remarks at the June 29 dedication ceremony for Dushanbe's new Embassy, Tajik President Emomali Rahmonov spent twenty minutes in a private meeting with CdA and OBO Director Williams discussing Tajikistan's future and the influx of new investment and infrastructure pr [...]	2006-06-30 13:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG RS CH TI
06DUSHANBE1233	TAJIKISTAN: JAPAN READY TO PROVIDE MORE BORDER ASSISTANCE [...] (C) The Japanese Ambassador to Tajikistan Hiroshi Takahashi said the Japanese government intends to provide increased technical assistance to Tajik border guards and rebuild another road in the south of the country from Dusti to Kurgan-Tyube. In a meeting with Chargi d'Affaires and Post's Se [...]	2006-07-03 06:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TI
06DUSHANBE1283	TAJIKISTAN: MODERATE IRPT DEPUTY REFUSES PARTY CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan's (IRPT) First Deputy Chairman, Muhiddin Kabiri refused to accept the party's chairmanship. Kabiri told PolOff at the Embassy's July 4th celebration that the party's current chairman, Said Abdullo Nuri, asked Kabiri to be the next IRPT head, but Kabi [...]	2006-07-06 09:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KIRF KISL TI
06DUSHANBE1285	TAJIK FOREIGN MINISTER NAZAROV ON INCREASING REGIONAL [...] (S) In a 'just between us' session with the Ambassador on July 6, Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov offered a litany of challenges to Tajikistan's regional foreign policy and even sovereignty. The meeting was ostensibly to preview Secretary Rumsfeld's July 10-11 visit with President Rahmonov, b [...]	2006-07-07 04:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR TI
06DUSHANBE1294	LET THEM EAT SOMETHING OTHER THAN CAKE! DUSHANBE'S MAYOR [...] (SBU) A letter from the French Ambassador asking the Dushanbe city government to halt street construction during an outdoor Bastille Day celebration has led to the temporary closure of a popular Dushanbe restaurant and highlighted just how risky it is to invest in Tajikistan, or even more dan [...]	2006-07-12 08:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EINV EAID ECON TI
06DUSHANBE1296	RUMSFELD VISIT AND RUSSIA - WHO'S ON THE SIDE OF THE [...] (S) Russian Charge Viacheslav Svetlichny was the first diplomat to seek a readout of Secretary Rumsfeld's visit to Tajikistan and his meeting with President Rahmonov. The Ambassador joked with him on July 12 that Svetlichny must surely already have a near-verbatim treatment of the meeting fro [...]	2006-07-12 11:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR TI
06DUSHANBE1314	TAJIK AIR STILL DOESN'T GET IT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Five months after taking the helm of Tajikistan State Airlines (TSA),Director Hakimsho Tilloyev declined to identify any improvements or changes under his leadership and instead complained about Turkish Air stealing TSA's passengers to Istanbul. He informed PolOff July 12 tha [...]	2006-07-13 12:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAIR EINV TI
06DUSHANBE1315	TAJIKISTAN: RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 13:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PARM KN KNNP TI
06DUSHANBE1329	TAJIKISTAN'S SDPT CHAIRMAN SUFFERS STROKE, ALLEGES FOUL [...] (C) Rahmatullo Zoyirov, Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan (SDPT) met with PolOff July 13 after suffering a minor stroke two weeks earlier. Zoyirov, an energetic opposition politician, was noticeably absent during the Embassy's official opening on June 28 and the July 4 r [...]	2006-07-14 13:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1353	TAJIKISTAN: DPT'S ISKANDAROV SAFE IN PRISON, FOR NOW [...] (U) Democratic Party of Tajikistan's (DPT) Deputy Chairman, Rahmatullo Valiev assured PolOff July 12 that the DPT's Chairman Mahmmadruzi Iskandarov is not being maltreated in prison, and discussed the emergence of the "Vatan" (Motherland) faction of the DPT. 2. (U) Valiev reported that [...]	2006-07-18 11:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1354	TAJIKISTAN: JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES UNDER SCRUTINY [...] (U) Tajik media reported that Murodullo Davlatov, Chairman of the State Committee for Religious Affairs (SCRA),in a press conference July 13, singled out the Jehovah's Witnesses and said that the group's proselytizing activities "arouse public indignation." Valery Dudaev, Tajikistan's Jehov [...]	2006-07-19 09:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF TI
06DUSHANBE1361	TIT-FOR-TAT OP-ED SLAMS AMBASSADOR'S SUPPORTING TAJIK [...] (U) SUMMARY: The steady stream of (probably) Russian-influenced black propaganda against the United States continues in the Tajik press. A recent article alleges U.S. NGOs foment "color revolutions," the United States has done nothing for Tajikistan's economic development, the purpose of th [...]	2006-07-19 13:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KPAO TI
06DUSHANBE1362	TAJIKISTAN'S NEW MEDIA COALITION NOT ENTIRELY INDEPENDENT [...] (SBU) Three prominent media associations formed the new Partnership for Democracy in June, a media coalition group designed to address misunderstandings among journalistic bodies and foster improved relations between mass media and the government. However, despite the group's good intentions [...]	2006-07-20 08:56:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1420	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT RAHMONOV [...] (C) During the Ambassador's 90-minute one-on-one farewell call with President Rahmonov July 19, the President spoke without notes, because, we learned later, he had not expected a working meeting. President Foreign Policy Adviser Erkin Rahmatulloyev told us, "Generally, ambassadors come to sa [...]	2006-07-24 08:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PROP ECON EINV ENRG MARR KDEM IR
06DUSHANBE1423	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON TAJIK FM TALBAK NAZAROV [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his July 17 official farewell call on Tajik Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov, the Ambassador summed up the progress in the U.S.-Tajik relationship over the past three years, including increased border assistance, a new U.S. Embassy and U.S. involvement in hydropower and infra [...]	2006-07-25 11:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MARR KDEM IR RS TI
06DUSHANBE1424	TAJIK INDUSTRY MINISTER WANTS U.S. JOINT VENTURE TO FLY [...] (SBU) An antimony mining joint venture with New Jersey-based COMSUP has been so successful, according to Minister of Industry Zaid Saidov, the Tajik government would prefer the U.S. firm own one hundred percent of the operation, rather than 49%. In a July 18 meeting with PolOff, Saidov expl [...]	2006-07-25 11:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EINV TI
06DUSHANBE1425	NDI NOT GETTING THE ANSWERS THEY WANT FROM TAJIK GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov and Deputy Minister of Justice Sharipova, National Democratic Institute (NDI) representatives pressed the Tajik government to register the organization and issue a visa for an American staff member to manage the Dushanbe office. [...]	2006-07-25 11:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1434	IRANIAN AND AFHGAN PRESIDENTS' VISIT TO DUSHANBE BRINGS NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian President Ahmadinejad's July 25-26 visit to Dushanbe confirmed the close linguistic and cultural ties between Tajikistan and Iran; the multiple agreements signed further strengthened the bonds forged during Tajik President Rahmonov's January visit to Tehran. When Afghan [...]	2006-07-27 13:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG TI AF IR
06DUSHANBE1435	IRANIAN AND AFHGAN PRESIDENTS' VISIT TO DUSHANBE BRINGS NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian President Ahmadinejad's July 25-26 visit to Dushanbe confirmed the close linguistic and cultural ties between Tajikistan and Iran; the multiple agreements signed further strengthened the bonds forged during Tajik President Rahmonov's January visit to Tehran. When Afghan [...]	2006-07-27 13:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG TI AF IR
06DUSHANBE1439	REFLECTIONS ON THREE YEARS IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) Three years ago, before I arrived in Dushanbe, I noticed wryly that nearly every reporting cable from the Post seemed to include the descriptive phrase, "Tajikistan, destroyed by civil war~." Greatly harmed and set back? Yes. Destroyed? No. Especially not the spirit of the nation and p [...]	2006-07-28 08:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID AMGT KPAO KDEM RS TI
06DUSHANBE1442	PRESIDENT KARZAI WORRIES ABOUT RUSSIAN INTENTIONS IN CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai invited the Ambassador for a private one-hour breakfast at the Presidential Guest House in Dushanbe before returning to Kabul July 28. After a 20-minute one-on-one, Karzai invited his foreign minister and two other advisers to join. WHAT'S RUSSIA UP [...]	2006-07-28 10:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR RS AF IR TI
06DUSHANBE1463	TAJIK-UZBEK TENSIONS GROWING IN GAS, WATER AND COUNTER [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In the last six weeks, the Tajik media has reported on a series of small incidents, the sum of which suggest that the already fractious relationship between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan is not getting smoother, despite the hopes raised when Uzbekistan joined the Eurasian Eco [...]	2006-08-01 11:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER ECON ENRG TJ UZ
06DUSHANBE1464	OLD-GUARD TAJIK MINISTER OF DEFENSE OBSESSES ON NATO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador endured a three-hour-plus one-on-one lunch August 1 with Tajikistan's Minister of Defense Sherali Khairulloyev. Apart from the general conversation, the minister apologized for previous mil-mil relations that didn't meet expectations; harped repeatedly on NATO, Georgia, [...]	2006-08-01 12:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR GG RS TI
06DUSHANBE1465	TAJIKISTAN: U.S. EMBASSY PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO EARTHQUAKE [...] Two earthquakes, ranging from 5.0 to 6.0 on the Richter scale, struck southern Tajikistan's Qumsangir district July 29. The earthquakes affected over 1,600 households and nearly 9,000 people. Officially, three deaths were reported, all of them children. The media reported approximately 20 pe [...]	2006-08-01 13:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID TI
06DUSHANBE1469	THREE "IRAN-FREE" STEPS TO BRING TAJIKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) The "Persian Language Summit" in Dushanbe July 26 highlighted the cultural and linguistic ties between Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Iran, but also provided an opportunity for the three presidents to declare publicly their economic and energy ties (Reftel A). At the close of the press con [...]	2006-08-02 11:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG TI AF IR
06DUSHANBE1470	TAJIKISTAN'S POLITICAL PARTIES CONSIDER BOYCOTTING ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The three main opposition political parties are considering boycotting Tajikistan's presidential election as a statement of protest. Knowing Rahmonov will win handily and worried legitimate opposition candidates may not even have a chance to run, the Democratic Party of Tajikis [...]	2006-08-02 12:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1498	RADIO SILENCE CONTINUES FOR BBC IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (SBU) Tajikistan's State Radio and Television Committee (SRTC) announced August 2 it refused to give BBC a license to broadcast in Tajiki/ Farsi on FM radio. Margaret Belof, the British DCM, told PolOff August 3 the committee based its refusal on two grounds: the BBC is still not properly re [...]	2006-08-04 11:51:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE1512	BUILD MORE BRIDGES! AFGHAN BUSINESSMEN VISIT DUSHANBE [...] "You can select your friends, but not your neighbors," said Sharif Saidov, Tajikistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman (TCCI). "If your neighbor is calm, then you are calmer." The August 3 visit of Afghan businessmen to Dushanbe underscored the calm on both sides of the border and t [...]	2006-08-08 09:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD BEXP AF TJ
06DUSHANBE1523	TAJIKISTAN'S EARTHQUAKE RELIEF STATUS REPORT [...] More than a week after two earthquakes shook Tajikistan's Qumsangir District in Khatlon province on the southern border with Afghanistan July 29 (reftel),the Tajik government and donors continue to help displaced residents. Under the leadership of Deputy Prime Minister Ghulomov, the Tajik g [...]	2006-08-09 13:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID TI
06DUSHANBE1524	TAJIKISTAN'S IRPT CHAIRMAN SAID ABDULLO NURI PASSES AWAY [...] (U) The Chairman of the Islamic Renaissance Party, Said Abdullo Nuri passed away August 9 at approximately 16:30. Nuri had been suffering from stomach cancer and his death was not unexpected. He had received periodic treatments in Iran and Germany for over a year and returned to Dushanbe Ju [...]	2006-08-09 13:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL TI
06DUSHANBE1545	WIIL ROGUN EVER GET BUILT? TAJIKISTAN AND RUSAL ENGAGE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Is RusAl on the verge of abandoning Rogun, or merely posturing to hasten its acquisition of Tajik state-owned aluminum smelter TadAZ? In the past week, Tajik and regional news agencies have published several articles on Rogun and other Russian-Tajik investments, questioning the [...]	2006-08-11 06:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN TI AF IR
06DUSHANBE1549	THE END OF AN ERA FOR TAJIKISTAN'S ISLAMIC PARTY [...] SUMMARY: Chargi d'Affaires attended Said Abdullo Nuri's funeral held in Dushanbe August 10. Nuri, the Chairman of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) passed away August 9 (reftel) after a long battle with cancer. The funeral was well-attended by prominent officials and leader [...]	2006-08-11 10:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL TI
06DUSHANBE1555	BUMPS ON THE SILK ROAD: TAJIK PRESIDENT RAHMONOV PROMOTES [...] SUMMARY: President Rahmonov conducted a five-day state visit to India from August 6-10, his first trip to India since 2004. Rahmonov sought to bolster flagging economic relations between India and Tajikistan, encouraging Indian investments in hydro power projects. The two countries signed fiv [...]	2006-08-14 06:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ENRG EFIN TI IN
06DUSHANBE1557	TAJIK FOREIGN MINISTER DISAPPOINTED IN ISRAEL [...] (C) Tajik Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov responded to the points on UNSC resolution 1701 (reftel) by voicing his concern over the situation in Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories. In a 45-minute discussion with Charge, Nazarov suggested Israel should compensate Lebanon for the "$3 billio [...]	2006-08-14 12:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR IR TI
06DUSHANBE1558	TAJIKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN: LET THE FLOOD GATES OF WATER [...] SUMMARY: Senior Afghan water officials visited Tajikistan August 2-9 to discuss bilateral cooperation in developing joint projects along the Amu Darya and Pyanj Rivers, which form the Afghan-Tajik border. The highly successful visit initiated a practical dialogue and strong partnership betw [...]	2006-08-15 03:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EAID EAGR ENRG AF TI
06DUSHANBE1573	TAJIK AIR STILL NOT SOARING [...] (U) SUMMARY: On the surface, two recent developments in the airline sector appeared to signal forward progress. However, despite opening the long-completed air terminal at Khujand and coming closer to leasing two Airbus aircraft, Tajik Air remains a protectionist, Soviet-style state-run enti [...]	2006-08-16 11:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAIR EAID TI
06DUSHANBE1575	TAJIKISTAN: FORMER DCA CHAIRMAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON [...] (U) A Tajik court sentenced former Drug Control Agency Chairman, Lieutenant General Ghaffor Mirzoyev August 11 to life imprisonment for planning to overthrow Tajikistan's President Rahmonov. Mirzoyev was arrested August 6, 2004 and officially charged with 36 crimes including attempt to toppl [...]	2006-08-17 04:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1576	INDIAN EXPECATIONS FOR TAJIKISTAN POSITIVE, BUT REALISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: India will continue to assist Tajikistan through exchanges, grants, military cooperation and targeted investment, but the memoranda signed during President Rahmonov's August 6-10 state visit to India only "legalized" initiatives already underway. G. Balusubramanian, [...]	2006-08-17 06:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID IN TI
06DUSHANBE1587	TAJIKISTAN: KABIRI LEADS ISLAMIC PARTY AFTER NURI'S DEATH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan elected Muhiddin Kabiri as its acting-chairman after Nuri's death. The press and some political analysts speculate the party will split without Nuri's leadership and it will not elect Kabiri as the chairman because, as a moderate, he is [...]	2006-08-18 11:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1588	TAJIKISTAN'S ISLAMIC PARTY CONDEMNS ISRAELI ATTACKS [...] (SBU) At an internal party meeting August 16, several Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan members spoke out strongly against Israel's strikes in Lebanon and Palestine and criticized the U.S. response. Since the beginning of the recent Lebanon-Israeli conflict, the IRPT criticized Israel [...]	2006-08-18 12:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL TI
06DUSHANBE1593	TAJIK FM NAZAROV'S MEETING WITH DAS EVAN FEIGENBAUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tan and relaxed from his trip to the EurAsEC meeting in Sochi, Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov told Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum August 18 that U.S- Tajik bilateral relations were based on trust, and hoped the next phase would focus on economic assista [...]	2006-08-21 12:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG KDEM PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE1594	REGIONAL INTEGRATION: TAJIKISTAN'S FIRST PRIVATE-PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pamir Energy, Tajikistan's first private-public energy joint venture, manages at best 40% cost recovery and faces a local government that refuses to enforce collection. In a theatrical August 19 site visit with cameras rolling and an audience including Deputy Assistant Secretar [...]	2006-08-21 13:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN TI AF
06DUSHANBE1597	TAJIKISTAN: DEMONSTRATIONS IN AUTONOMOUS REGION A SIGN OF UNREST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two demonstrations in front of the Gorno-Badakshan Autonomous Oblast governor's office August 18-19 illustrate increasing unrest in the economically downtrodden remote area also known as the Pamirs. The several hundred strong crowd protested against the central government and [...]	2006-08-22 12:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON AF TI SNAR
06DUSHANBE1599	TAJIK PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR RAHMATULLOYEV MEETS DAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential Advisor on Foreign Policy Erkin Rahmatulloyev waxed philosophical on Central Asia's history and role in U.S. policy and the challenges facing his country, but agreed with Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum that the U.S. and Tajik governments share the same pr [...]	2006-08-23 12:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG KDEM KISL TI
06DUSHANBE1600	TAJIKISTAN: WARM TEMPERATURES RAISE LAKE SAREZ'S WATER [...] Two recent earthquakes that damaged thousands of homes in southern Tajikistan offered a bracing reminder that this mountainous country remains seismically very active (Reftel). In 1911, a strong earthquake rocked Tajikistan's Pamir mountains, triggering a massive landslide that created the Uso [...]	2006-08-23 12:44:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SENV TI
06DUSHANBE1608	TAJIK GOVERNMENT SETS LOOSE THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS [...] (U) Tajikistan's parliament adopted an amnesty law August 17 that would free 4,000 prisoners and reduce the terms of 11,000. All women above the age of 55, children under the age of 18, first time offenders, along with other designated groups will be eligible for amnesty. Families will be g [...]	2006-08-28 07:37:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1613	TEN WEEKS TO ELECTIONS, TAJIKISTAN MOVING SLOWLY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ten weeks out from the November Presidential election, Tajik authorities are moving very slowly to implement improvements to the electoral process. After a significant step forward in May, when Tajik authorities presented donors with a the first government plans to address previ [...]	2006-08-28 12:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1620	REGIONAL INTEGRATION: TAJIK ENERGY MINISTER SAYS "DON'T [...] (C) A rumored Russian-led hydropower consortium will not threaten a U.S. company's plans to export Tajik electricity to Afghanistan. Energy Minister Asadullo Yerov told PolOff August 28 that the "informal discussions" at the August 15-17 Eurasian Economic Community (EurasEC) meeting in Sochi [...]	2006-08-29 12:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG
06DUSHANBE1621	TAJIKISTAN: UNKNOWN ASSAILANT SETS SYNAGOGUE ON FIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY: An unknown assailant set Dushanbe's synagogue on fire August 18 by throwing a Molotov cocktail through a first floor window. Fortunately, a neighbor sounded the alarm and the fire was put out before it was able to spread and engulf the entire building. Dushanbe's Fire Departme [...]	2006-08-29 12:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ASEC KIRF KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1623	TAJIKISTAN: SDPT CHAIRMAN RETURNS FROM MEDICAL TREATMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan's (SDPT) Chairman, Rahmatullo Zoyirov met with PolOff August 28 after returning from treatment in Moscow and Switzerland following his stroke. Zoyirov appeared healthy and reinvigorated, and discussed the upcoming presidential election [...]	2006-08-30 05:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TI RS
06DUSHANBE1625	TAJIKISTAN'S DONALD TRUMP: "NUR" MAY BECOME A LOCAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An upstart local competitor to Tajik Air has reached an agreement to begin domestic and international flights using new Russian planes. "NUR" recently opened its airport terminal in Khujand, will invest $15 million to renovate the airport in Qurghon-Teppa in the south, and nego [...]	2006-08-30 07:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EAIR EINV TI
06DUSHANBE1628	MERCY CORPS UNDER SCRUTINY FROM TAJIK JUSTICE MINISTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tajik authorities, reacting to a secret poison pen letter to the Ministry of Justice from disgruntled Mercy Corps local staff, threatened to deport a Mercy Corps expat unless the Embassy intervened to correct the situation. Mercy Corps conducted an internal investigation, and fo [...]	2006-08-31 07:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1641	IMF TO TAJIKISTAN: LOOKING A BIT DEBT-HEAVY, AREN'T WE? [...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concerns over Tajikistan's accepting $637 million in debt from China, but feels confident the Tajik government still supports economic reforms. During a donor briefing the IMF reported inflation in Tajikistan exceeded expectations due to [...]	2006-09-05 06:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE1650	CHINESE MAKING BIG FOOTPRINT ON TAJIKISTAN'S INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: With $637 million in low-interest credits for roads, a tunnel and high voltage transmission lines, China has positioned itself as Tajikistan's biggest and fastest-moving foreign investor. By funding key infrastructure projects, China seeks to strengthen its ties with Tajikistan [...]	2006-09-05 11:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN ENRG TI CH
06DUSHANBE1654	NINE WEEKS OUT: OSCE UNDECIDED ON ELECTION OBSERVERS IN [...] (U) After a weeklong visit, the OSCE/ODIHR Needs Assessment Mission (NAM) remains undecided on whether or not it will send a full-scale observation mission for the November 6 presidential election. The NAM, comprised of three OSCE/ODIHR officials, debriefed international missions August 31 o [...]	2006-09-06 08:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1655	TAJIKISTAN: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY. On September 4, just one business day after arriving at post, Ambassador Jacobson presented her credentials to Tajik President Emomoli Rahmonov. Rahmonov thanked the United States for its support of counter terrorism and counter narcotics efforts and said he looked forward to [...]	2006-09-06 13:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EAID SNAR KDEM PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE1662	IRPT CONFIRMS KABIRI AS CHAIRMAN IN EMOTIONAL CONGRESS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) confirmed Muhiddin Kabiri as its chairman during an emotional political party congress with members still mourning the loss of former chairman Said Abdullo Nuri. The IRPT delegates presented a united front and members gave impa [...]	2006-09-07 10:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1667	IT'S ALL RELATIVE: THE TAJIK TEXTILE BIZ [...] (U) SUMMARY: Two major textile manufacturers in Tajikistan have taken two different roads to success. Tajik Textiles uses its familial and political networks to succeed, while Giovani Manufacturing features a glitzy, Western-style approach. Although President Rahmonov's development program c [...]	2006-09-08 10:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV EAGR EIND TI
06DUSHANBE1705	ROCK AND ROLL IN DUSHANBE [...] What could cause Tajikistan's youth to swell with anger, defy laws prohibiting mass gatherings and demonstrations, and take to the streets of Dushanbe? Were they protesting non-transparent election practices in Tajikistan leading up to the presidential election in November? Were they angry over [...]	2006-09-13 11:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE1706	ROCK AND ROLL IN DUSHANBE [...] What could cause Tajikistan's youth to swell with anger, defy laws prohibiting mass gatherings and demonstrations, and take to the streets of Dushanbe? Were they protesting non-transparent election practices in Tajikistan leading up to the presidential election in November? Were they angry over [...]	2006-09-13 11:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE1711	AMBASSADOR'S FIRST SUBSTANTIVE MEETING WITH TAJIK FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a Letter of Agreement signing ceremony 9/13 (reftel a),Foreign Minister Nazarov invited Ambassador for a one-on-one meeting to discuss issues she had raised prior to presenting credentials 9/4 (reftel b). While Nazarov could not offer any concrete assistance on any o [...]	2006-09-14 08:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EINV TI
06DUSHANBE1717	TAJIKISTAN - AN OCEAN OF IRONY: ABUNDANT WATER IN A [...] (U) SUMMARY: Water gushes down the mountains of Tajikistan, the most water-rich country in Central Asia. Yet people lack clean drinking water, utilities are poorly managed, and poor irrigation hinders agricultural development. There exists tremendous potential for hydropower development fo [...]	2006-09-15 11:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SENV TBIO TI
06DUSHANBE1718	CHINESE PRIME MINISTER BRINGS GOOD FORTUNE TO SCO TALKSIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The fifth session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization heads of government began September 15 in Dushanbe to a flourish of publicity. High-level representatives from China, Russia, Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, observers from India, Iran, Pakistan, and Mongoli [...]	2006-09-15 13:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECIN ECON EFIN ENRG PREL EAID TBIO TI
06DUSHANBE1720	TAJIK SYNAGOGUE AND ORTHODOX CHURCH SUFFERS ANOTHER MOLOTOV [...] (U) Assailants threw Molotov cocktails onto the premises of the Jewish synagogue and Russian Orthodox Church September 14. The assailants and their motives are unknown but synagogue members verified that two young Tajik men ages 17-20 threw three Molotov cocktails into the synagogue. Two Mo [...]	2006-09-18 07:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TI
06DUSHANBE1723	EIGHT WEEKS OUT: CCER ISSUING DECREES LEFT AND RIGHT [...] Tajikistan's Central Committee on Elections and Referenda (CCER) signed a new decree September 15 addressing candidates' usage of mass media during the presidential campaign, establishing polling stations and forming a working group to deal with international observers. The decrees are a smal [...]	2006-09-19 08:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1726	DUSHANBE SCO CONFERENCE - MOVING BEYOND SECURITY INTO [...] SUMMARY: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) focused on economic and energy cooperation in its Dushanbe meetings September 15-16. The six member countries issued a joint communique affirming their intention to further cooperate in economic, trade, scientific, technological, social, cu [...]	2006-09-20 12:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECIN ECON EFIN ENRG EAID TBIO TI
06DUSHANBE1740	TAJIK KIDS ARE PICKIN' COTTON! [...] Cotton picking season has descended on Tajikistan, and just as in the days of central planning, several reporting districts are already exceeding set targets. According to news reports, Kulob region in Khatlon Olbast has yielded over 21,000 tons of cotton - 26% of the region's annual target. [...]	2006-09-22 09:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE1744	SEVEN WEEKS OUT: LET THE GAMES BEGIN, TAJIK ELECTION [...] (U) Five political parties officially announced their candidates for president during congresses held September 16-17. The candidates thus far are all chairmen of their parties, have little nationwide popular support and are weak politicians. With the exception of Narziev's Socialist Party o [...]	2006-09-22 10:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1749	FASHION ALERT - TAJIKISTAN'S TEXTILES HIT THE WORLD MARKET [...] This cable responds to action request (ref A) for data on the textile and apparel market in Tajikistan. 2. INTRODUCTION: Walking down the streets of Dushanbe, a trained eye easily spots the latest fashion trends among the many pedestrians. Men sport short-sleeve button-down shirts and t [...]	2006-09-22 14:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD TI EAGR EIND ELAB PGOV
06DUSHANBE175	TAJIKISTAN'S SOUTH SHOWS LITTLE SIGN OF DEVELOPMENT [...] SUMMARY: Kulob, the President's home region and nearby Qurghon-Teppa face the same corruption, high unemployment, and political and free press restrictions that plague the rest of the country. In meetings with PolOff January 23-24, journalists, NGOs and community leaders from Kulob, Qurghon [...]	2006-01-27 09:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1758	TAJIK BORDER POSTS STILL SUFFER FROM LAST YEAR'S FLOODING [...] (SBU) Embassy Officers visited four border posts in the Moscovsky region bordering Afghanistan and saw how last year's severe flooding destroyed the units' buildings, seriously hindering the border guards' ability to protect the Tajik border from illicit activity. In addition to flood damag [...]	2006-09-26 11:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SNAR AF TI
06DUSHANBE1765	CHINESE DRAGON STEPS GENTLY IN TAJIKISTAN [...] SUMMARY: Chinese Ambassador to Tajikistan Li Huilai laid out the founding principles of friendship between Tajikistan and China, including economic, security, and cultural relations, at an academic conference hosted by the Tajik Center for Strategic Research in Dushanbe on September 26. Acad [...]	2006-09-27 10:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECIN ECON EFIN ENRG TBIO TI
06DUSHANBE1766	TAJIKISTAN: KABIRI'S IRPT TAKES A "TIME OUT" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an hour-long introductory call with the Ambassador September 26, Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) leader Muhiddin Kabiri described his party's reasoning for not participating in the upcoming presidential elections. Kabiri said the party would use the next [...]	2006-09-27 10:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OEXC TI
06DUSHANBE1773	SIX WEEKS OUT: NO STRONG CANDIDATE WILL CHALLENGE RAHMONOV [...] (U) Tajikistan's opposition political party congresses have taken a stance not to participate in the election. Short of boycotting the election, the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT),the Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan (SDPT) and the Democratic Party of Tajikistan (DPT) [...]	2006-09-28 02:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE178	AMBASSADOR PROTESTS SECURITY MINISTRY CRACK-DOWN ON NDI [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 27, the Ambassador forcefully protested to Foreign Minister Nazarov the Security Ministry's recent crackdown on the National Democratic Insitute in Dushanbe. Nazarov agreed to intervene with the Minister of Security and to bring the problem to President Rahmonov's at [...]	2006-01-27 10:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PROP KDEM RS TI
06DUSHANBE179	COUNTERING NEO-SOVIET ANTI-U.S. AND ANTI-DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Especially when analyzing the so-called "color revolutions" in Georgia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan, neo-Soviet authoritarians have dominated the information space and defined the world view in Central Asia. U.S. Embassies' Public Affairs Sections face an up-hill battle because Russian media [...]	2006-01-27 10:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PROP KDEM KPAO RS TI
06DUSHANBE1803	SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S VISIT TO DUSHANBE [...] (U) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes Assistant Secretary Boucher back to Tajikistan. This visit will be a good opportunity for you to build upon your May meetings in Dushanbe and give an extra push for better conduct one month before the presidential election. 2. (C) The U.S.-Tajikistan bilat [...]	2006-09-29 11:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID EINV TI
06DUSHANBE1840	FOREIGN MINISTER LOOKS SOUTH FOR OPPORTUNITY AND NERVOUSLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a 45-minute meeting with Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher October 6, Foreign Minister Talbak SIPDIS Nazarov remarked that the United States and Tajikistan have a positive bilateral relationship because they have built an atmosphere of trust. He thanked Boucher for [...]	2006-10-07 08:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID EINV ENRG TI
06DUSHANBE1841	TAJIK PRESIDENT TELLS BOUCHER ELECTION SHOULD MEET [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a two-hour meeting with Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher October 6, Tajikistan's President SIPDIS Emomali Rahmonov stressed the positive bilateral relationship with the United States. Stating he wanted to deepen contacts at every level, Rahmonov thanked the United Stat [...]	2006-10-07 08:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID EINV ENRG TI
06DUSHANBE1844	VROOM! VROOM! CAR SHOPPING IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's automotive imports reached $177.4 million for the first eight months of 2006, a 300% jump from the previous year, according to GosKomStat. Despite high gasoline prices and massive shipping costs, Tajikistan's "nouveau riche" enjoys spending its wealth on high-priced [...]	2006-10-10 05:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ELTN EINV EIND ELAB PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE1845	SOUTHERN TAJIKISTAN: ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE HELPS DUST OFF [...] (U) INTRODUCTION: Kulob recently celebrated the 2,700-year anniversary of its founding. Unfortunately, the nearly three millennia have not been kind to the city. Three hours southeast of Dushanbe, Kulob (known as Kulyab in Russian) is a town of 30,000-50,000 people. All across Tajikistan, [...]	2006-10-10 05:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV EIND ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE1846	SOUTHERN TAJIKISTAN'S RUSTED BELT: INDUSTRY IN [...] (U) INTRODUCTION: Called Kurgan-Tube by the Soviets, Qurghon-Teppa is a depressed city of 80,000 people, sixty minutes south of Dushanbe in the Khatlon region. Remains of the city's crumbling industrial infrastructure line city streets. The mayor threatened to re-nationalize failing industr [...]	2006-10-10 05:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV EIND ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE1848	ONE MONTH OUT: TAJIK GOVT SHUTS DOWN WEBSITES AHEAD OF THE [...] (U) Tajikistan's internet service providers blocked access to several websites deemed "opposition" sites one month ahead of the November 6 presidential election. Sites include popular news information agencies such as Ferghana.ru and Centralasia.ru. The Ministry of Communications' Agency o [...]	2006-10-10 09:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1863	FOUR WEEKS OUT: POLITICAL PARTY FACTION BRIBES MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) Four weeks out from the November 6 presidential election, five candidates have successfully registered candidate. Opposition political parties are weaker than ever, as a faction of the Democratic Party has won government approval. The government ordered internet providers to block ne [...]	2006-10-12 11:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1908	DON'T DRINK THE BOTTLED WATER, EITHER: THREE TAJIK [...] (U) INTRODUCTION: EmbOffs met October 13 with representatives of three companies in Hissor, located 25 minutes west of Dushanbe. On the railway line from Uzbekistan to Dushanbe, Hissor is a key wholesale trading area, with construction materials, gas, wheat flour, canned food, and water bo [...]	2006-10-18 07:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV EIND ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE1931	DESPITE THE CHAMPAGNE, NOT MUCH TO CELEBRATE IN TAJIKISTAN'S [...] (U) INTRODUCTION: During an October 17 visit to Shahrinau -- Persian for "New City" -- PolOffs found nothing new in tours of a wineless winery, a school with no electricity and talks with local government officials. The district, located 25 kilometers east of Dushanbe and 25 km west of the Uz [...]	2006-10-20 05:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EAID ENGR ETRD TI
06DUSHANBE1935	THREE WEEKS OUT: OBSERVER MISSION DEPLOYING WITH MORE VIGOR [...] (C) Three weeks out, Tajikistan shows few visible signs of an impending presidential election. Aside from a two-story poster of President Rahmonov (resplendent with five by two foot eyebrows) on Dushanbe's main boulevard, campaign materials are conspicuously absent in the capital. PolOffs sa [...]	2006-10-23 06:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1943	TAJIK FINANCE MINISTER ASKS U.S. FOR DEBT RELIEF [...] (U) In her introductory meeting with Minister of Finance Safarali Najmuddinov October 19, Ambassador Jacobson discussed Tajikistan's evolving economic progress, debt-taking, and state budget priorities. The Minister raised the issue of Tajikistan's $17 million debt to the United States, and [...]	2006-10-25 10:43:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TI
06DUSHANBE1945	GRADUAL PROGRESS, BUT VISIBLE PROBLEMS AT TWO TAJIK-AFGHAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An October 18 visit to two border posts revealed extremely basic living conditions and a slow but solid start to U.S.-funded reconstruction efforts. Soldiers at Bakhorat and Bog outposts on the border with Afghanistan face winter with limited electricity and supplies, and alm [...]	2006-10-25 11:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SNAR PINR TI AF
06DUSHANBE1948	TAJIK FINANCE MINISTER ASKS U.S. FOR DEBT RELIEF (CORRECTED [...] (U) In her introductory meeting with Minister of Finance Safarali Najmuddinov October 19, Ambassador Jacobson discussed Tajikistan's evolving economic progress, debt-taking, and state budget priorities. The Minister raised the issue of Tajikistan's $17 million debt to the United States, and [...]	2006-10-26 05:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TI

06DUSHANBE1977	IRAN HAWKS WARES IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Summary: Iran staged a business exhibition in Dushanbe October 27-30 with over 40 Iranian companies participating. The well-attended exhibition featured building materials, engineering consulting services, consumer goods, medical equipment, furniture, pharmaceuticals, and other goods. [...]	2006-10-30 12:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECIN ECON EFIN ENRG PREL TBIO TI
06DUSHANBE199	TAJIK CABINET SHUFFLE PLACES OLD RAHMONOV ALLY IN KEY ECON [...] (U) Tajik President Rahmonov appointed Matlubkhon Davlatov as State Advisor to the President for Economic Policy, replacing Faizullo Kholboboyev. The January 30 decree elevated Davlatov to the senior economic position in Tajikistan and named Kholboboyev Representative to the CIS and the Eura [...]	2006-01-31 11:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON TI
06DUSHANBE1998	ONE WEEK OUT: RAHMONOV'S PR CAMPAIGN STRENGTHENS, DPT DRAMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: With six days to go before the election, the pocket party candidates have hit the campaign trail and look more like public relations agents campaigning for Rahmonov than candidates in their own right. The Democratic Party of Tajikistan's (DPT) drama continues with the remnant DP [...]	2006-10-31 12:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE2	TAJIKISTAN'S TOP EXPORT, COTTON, CONTINUES TO DECLINE [...] SUMMARY: Tajikistan's cotton harvest continues to decline since the fall of the Soviet Union due to lack of farm capital, poor land management, and detrimental financing options. The government acknowledges a need to change policies to resuscitate the cotton industry, but real reform has bee [...]	2006-01-03 05:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL TI
06DUSHANBE2000	"PLEASE TRAIN OUR WORKERS" -- TAJIK BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE [...] (U) Summary. While the upper echelons of the Tajik government focus on immense energy projects, a frank and lively discussion by local businesspeople offered fresh examples of corruption and decay in the small and medium enterprise sector, especially related to customs, standards, and the lac [...]	2006-10-31 12:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECIN EIND EFIN EAID PREL TBIO ETRD PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE2017	SUPERMARKET SWEEP - THE NEW LOOK OF GROCERIES IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: A TAJIK-DUTCH JOINT VENTURE HAS CREATED THE FIRST WESTERN-STYLE SUPERMARKET CHAIN IN TAJIKISTAN, "ORIMA," FEATURING HUNDREDS OF IMPORTED PRODUCTS AIMED AT THE LOCAL MARKET. UTILIZING A SERIES OF EXCLUSIVE PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION PAGE 2 RUEWMFS2017 UNCLAS DUSHANBE 002017 SIPDI [...]	2006-11-02 17:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EINV EIND ETRD PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE2019	DUSHANBE ELECTRICITY CONFERENCE PRODUCES MEMORANDUM OF [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan moved three steps closer to establishing a regional transmission system and electricity market at the Second Central and South Asia regional electricity market conference. During the October 26-28 conference in Dushanbe, [...]	2006-11-03 07:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN TI AF KG PK
06DUSHANBE2020	TAJIK POLITICAL PARTIES FEAR SITUATION WILL DETERIORATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the Tajik presidential election a foregone conclusion, Tajik political parties try to plan for after the election, but from their perspective, the future looks bleak. Political party leaders predict that the government will clamp down on political activity. Some are runni [...]	2006-11-03 07:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE2033	TAJIK PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION REPORT #1 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The polls have yet to close, but Tajikistan's presidential election seems to suffer from many of the same problems as the 2005 parliamentary election. The pre-election period did witness positive cooperation between international organizations (especially the United Nations a [...]	2006-11-06 14:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE2038	RAHMONOV WINS TAJIK PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WITH 79.3 PERCENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Rahmonov won a third term with 79.3 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results. Embassy observers deployed throughout Tajikistan witnessed the gamut of election practices from completely transparent tabulation processes to blatant ballot stuffing by commissi [...]	2006-11-07 12:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE204	NDI LOCAL DIRECTOR DEPARTS [...] (U) National Democratic Institute (NDI) local Director Gegham Sargsyan left Tajikistan on Wednesday morning, February 1, after a final unannounced police check and brief detention on the evening of January 31. The NDI Director had been wrangling with authorities for the past week or so, sinc [...]	2006-02-01 10:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR TI
06DUSHANBE2044	POLITICAL PARTIES REACT TO RAHMONOV'S WIN [...] (U) Tajik president Emomali Rahmonov won 79.3 percent of the vote in the November 6 election. Although his popularity is genuine among the people, opposition parties remain vocal in criticizing the election and will continue to express dissatisfaction with the current president and call him [...]	2006-11-08 13:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE2050	TAJIK ELECTION NUMBERS SHOW SURPRISING REGIONAL DIFFERENCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rahmonov's re-election to a third term November 6 indicates his genuine popularity among Tajiks and reflects the people's recognition that Rahmonov's years as president have coincided with a period of relative stability in the country. Many in fact were surprised Rahmonov did [...]	2006-11-09 13:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE208	TAJIK PRISON FACILITIES IN POOR CONDITION [...] (U) PolOff visited a youth detention center and Tajikistan's central penitentiary medical facility January 31. Both facilities are in poor condition and lack adequate medical supplies and equipment. Deputy Minister of Justice, Izzatullo Sharipov, granted EmbOffs access in hopes the United St [...]	2006-02-01 11:37:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE2107	DEFENDING TAJIKISTAN'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Tajikistan has taken significant steps over the past year to protect intellectual property, but much work remains in order to change its position on the Special 301 List. Advances include: an amendment to the Law on Intellectual Property to protect copyright owners from Internet [...]	2006-11-17 14:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ETTC ECON ETRD PGOV EAID TI
06DUSHANBE2109	CONTRACTUAL ISSUES IMPEDE CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS AT THE [...] (SBU) EmbOffs along with General Zuhurov, Chairman of the State Border Protection Committee surveyed the Tajik-Afghan border posts of Khirmanjo, Bakhorat and Bog November 15 and discovered slow progress at two of the three U.S.-funded renovation sites. Contractual issues impede substantive p [...]	2006-11-20 15:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SNAR TI AF
06DUSHANBE2111	PRESIDENT RAHMONOV CELEBRATES THIRD TERM WITH PRECIOUS [...] SUMMARY: President Rahmonov was sworn in to his third term on November 18, a warm sun-filled day. The festivities were low key, but expensive, filled with precious jewels, flag waving patriots, a military parade, and one shiny new car. Embassy sources estimate inauguration costs amount from [...]	2006-11-22 05:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE2147	DEMONSTRATORS CHARGE ILLEGAL DETENTION AND VIOLATION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three Democratic Party of Tajikistan members were released November 19 after serving 15 days in prison for organizing a demonstration. Khairiddin Gulyaev and Temur Toshev (also known as Temur Iskandarov),two of the imprisoned members, met with Poloff November 22 to assert thei [...]	2006-11-28 11:56:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE2149	IN TAJIKISTAN'S WINDY CITY, LOCAL GOVERNMENT WELCOMES NGO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Whether building bridges, running an internet access center, or publishing youth newspapers, international and local NGOs operate effectively and with few bureaucratic barriers in the city and district of Faisobod. District Chairman Ismatullo Zaidov was quick to praise NGO contr [...]	2006-11-29 05:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KHUM KDEM ENRG TI
06DUSHANBE2153	VISIT TO TAJIK BORDER GUARD TRAINING CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: A Russian-run training facility for Tajik troops has some modern conveniences, but the training program relies on Soviet educational methods to teach under-educated Border Guards the basics. PolOff and Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) representative visited the Leninsky Trai [...]	2006-11-29 12:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SNAR TI AF
06DUSHANBE2169	TAJIKISTAN: RAHMONOV RESTRUCTURES GOVERNMENT AND STARTS [...] President Emomoli Rahmonov has restructured the Tajik government and begun appointing a new cabinet, a move expected following his November 6 re-election to another seven-year term. Rahmonov reduced the total number of ministries and state committees from 25 to 17 and state agencies from 15 [...]	2006-12-04 05:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID EAIR ENRG KDEM PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE2171	TAJIKISTAN: RAHMONOV RESTRUCTURES GOVERNMENT AND STARTS [...] This cable is to replace Dushanbe 2169. 2. President Emomoli Rahmonov has restructured the Tajik government and begun appointing a new cabinet, a move expected following his November 6 re-election to another seven-year term. Rahmonov reduced the total number of ministries and state comm [...]	2006-12-04 10:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID EAIR ENRG KDEM PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE2177	TAJIKISTAN'S WATER PROBLEMS HAVE A DIRECT EFFECT ON HEALTH [...] SUMMARY: Nowhere is the theme of this year's United Nations' Human Development Report entitled "Beyond Scarcity: Power, Poverty and the Global Water Crisis" more fitting than in Tajikistan. Despite an abundance of water in Tajikistan's many rivers and enormous hydroelectric potential, Tajiki [...]	2006-12-05 13:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAID EAGR ENV TI
06DUSHANBE2191	NOVEMBER 06 TAJIK BORDER WRAP-UP [...] (U) This cable summarizes Post's border security, counterterrorism and counternarcotics activities for November 2006. 2. (SBU) Border Guard Training Center Visit: EmbOffs visited Dushanbe's Leninsky Training Center, where the Russian military trains the Tajik Border Guards. Decorated w [...]	2006-12-07 12:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR PGOV PINR TI AF
06DUSHANBE2193	REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR TRANSLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNTRY [...] Post looks forward to the release of the 2006 Human Rights Report. Post plans to translate the Tajikistan Country Report into both Russian and Tajik. Tajik is the official state language and Russian is commonly used among government officials, civil society, media, and the general population [...]	2006-12-08 10:56:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE2201	TAJIKISTAN'S NEW CABINET: PRO-RUSSIAN OLD GUARD ENSCONCED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Despite some pre-election hints that Tajik President Rahmonov planned to clean house in the Defense and Security Ministries, the old guard remains firmly ensconced and has consolidated power by incorporating the Border Guards into the security structure. After winni [...]	2006-12-11 12:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINL SNAR TI AF
06DUSHANBE2205	TAJIKISTAN'S NEW CABINET INCLINED TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tajik and foreign observers agree Tajikistan's economy and infrastructure need a total overhaul. President Rahmonov's November 30 governmental restructuring and early December cabinet appointments to economic positions suggest he understands that he needs a competent set of advi [...]	2006-12-12 12:37:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EAIR ENRG EAID ETRD TI
06DUSHANBE2206	IRPT MEMBER CONVICTED, FREEDOM OF SPEECH VIOLATED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A city court convicted Mukhtorjon Shodiev, an Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) member, December 6 of inciting violence and calling for an overthrow of the government in remarks he gave in front a small, private audience. He was sentenced to nine months in prison. [...]	2006-12-12 12:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL TI
06DUSHANBE2209	TAJIKISTAN'S NEW CABINET: NO GOOD NEWS FOR U.S. DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Nothing about President's Rahmonov's new cabinet suggests that democracy and human rights programs will now operate more freely. After months of Tajik officials counseling us to "wait until after the November 6 election" to push for registration of the National Democr [...]	2006-12-13 12:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE2210	DUSHANBE'S MAYOR STRIKES AGAIN, AS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dushanbe's Mayor Ubaidulloyev, known for his autonomy in governing Tajikistan's capital, has his eye on a building owned by the Grace Sun Min Church and wants to turn the building into a school. However, his motives appear suspect, in light of his past attempts to take the chur [...]	2006-12-13 12:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE2219	TRADING PLACES: TAJIKISTAN'S NEW CABINET OF OLD HANDS WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With a few exceptions, Tajik President Rahmonov's post-election appointments simply shuffled loyalists and favorites into different positions, further concentrating power in the hands of those from his home region of Kulob. Instead of naming new, younger officials or educated tech [...]	2006-12-14 13:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID ENRG SNAR KDEM TI AF
06DUSHANBE2225	ANOTHER DAM CABLE FROM TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Boom!! After four hours of waiting for Tajik President Rahmonov and Russian energy utility RAO UES head Anatoli Chubais to arrive by car, when thick fog prevented helicopter travel, observers witnessed a single explosion block the mighty Vaksh River at Sangtuda. The river was diverted th [...]	2006-12-19 11:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN TI
06DUSHANBE2227	TAJIKISTAN NOT YET AN APPROPRIATE TERRORIST-RELATED DATA [...] (SBU) Post is engaged in informal information sharing with Tajik Government law enforcement and security service entities. However, the limited biometric and biographic information in Tajik travel documents, as well as their elementary and improperly used immigration and security databases, ma [...]	2006-12-19 12:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS KVPR
06DUSHANBE2228	HOW WE CAN HELP THE TAJIK ELECTION COMMISSION PREPARE FOR [...] (U) This is an Action cable. See Paragraphs 5 and 9. 2. (U) Without the pressure of an upcoming election and with the international spotlight shining elsewhere, we have an unusual opportunity to engage Tajikistan's Central Commission for Elections and Referenda. The CCER would like to ma [...]	2006-12-20 11:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPOA KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE2229	AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH NEW TAJIK FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met December 20 with Hamrakhon Zaripov in his new capacity as Tajikistan's Foreign Minister. Zaripov agreed to "coordinate with relevant ministries and the president" on responses to the Ambassador's requests for forward movement on registration and visas for Natio [...]	2006-12-20 12:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ENRG TI
06DUSHANBE224	NDI DIRECTOR SHOULD RETURN TO TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Acting Foreign Minister Yatimov paved a way for National Democratic Institute (NDI) local Director Gegham Sargsyan to register and return to Dushanbe. Sargsyan left for Moscow on February 1 after harassment and pressure from Tajik officials. Yatimov knew the [...]	2006-02-02 13:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR TI
06DUSHANBE2243	A MINOR MIRACLE? TAJIK SETTLEMENT WITH NORSK HYDRO COULD BE [...] (C) With the December 20 signing of a cooperation agreement between Norwegian aluminum giant Norsk Hydro and Tajikistan's state-owned aluminum factory TadAZ, Tajikistan resolved one of its stickiest investment cases. Moscow-based Norwegian Ambassador Oyvind Nordsletten called on Ambassador J [...]	2006-12-22 09:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV ETRD TI NO
06DUSHANBE2247	THE FUTURE OF TAJIK COTTON - ANYTHING BUT LIGHT AND FLUFFY [...] (U) Summary: Despite the ailing cotton sector's debt-ridden farms and declining harvest, cotton remains Tajikistan's most important export and biggest crop. International donors have joined forces, backing major projects to reinvigorate the sector. The Government of Tajikistan, the National [...]	2006-12-22 14:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EAID ELAB PGOV PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE226	TAJIKISTAN SDPT MEMBERS RELEASED FROM JAIL [...] Two Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan (SDPT) members imprisoned after the parliamentary elections last year have been released. Nizomaddin Begmatov, the Rasulov District SDPT Chairman and Nasim Shukurov, a member of the Sughd Region's SDPT branch were released on January 31 and February 1 [...]	2006-02-02 13:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE227	TAJIK PRISON FACILITIES IN POOR CONDITION [...] (U) This message replaces REFTEL A, adding TAG: CASC. 2. (U) PolOff visited a youth detention center and Tajikistan's central penitentiary medical facility January 31. Both facilities are in poor condition and lack adequate medical supplies and equipment. Deputy Minister of Justice, Izz [...]	2006-02-03 03:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC TI
06DUSHANBE237	TAJIKISTAN'S BORDER CHIEF DISCUSSES U.S. ASSISTANCE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Chairman of the Border Protection Committee General Saidamir Zuhurov on February 2 to assess his views on U.S. assistance and to seek his views on Russia's role in Tajik border affairs. Zuhurov praised the United States as a most reliable partner. Thoug [...]	2006-02-03 13:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC SNAR RS TI
06DUSHANBE250	DPT ACTING LEADER: "WE DON'T FEEL YOUR SUPPORT" [...] (C) The Ambassador and PolOff met for an hour on February 6 with Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Party of Tajikistan (DPT),Rahmatullo Valiyev. The imprisoned Mahmadruzi Iskandarov is still the DPT's titular head. The meeting was within the context of a DPT effort, as evidenced by its Febr [...]	2006-02-07 04:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE268	NDI REGISTRATION: YOUR DOG'S TAIL IS CROOKED [...] (SBU) Tajik folk wisdom has it that even if all your papers are in order, inspectors will find something wrong -- your dog's tail is crooked -- for example. After many promises that re-registration for National Democratic Institute (NDI) personnel was solved, it turns out to be unsolved. DCM [...]	2006-02-08 12:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PINR PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE269	NDI REGISTRATION: YOUR DOG'S TAIL IS CROOKED [...] (SBU) Tajik folk wisdom has it that even if all your papers are in order, inspectors will find something wrong -- your dog's tail is crooked -- for example. After many promises that re-registration for National Democratic Institute (NDI) personnel was solved, it turns out to be unsolved. DCM [...]	2006-02-08 12:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PINR PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE272	TAJIKISTAN: MURKY BUSINESS AND GEO-POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two meetings with U.S. businessmen on February 9, a reliable CEO passed along the rumor that the largest cell-phone and Internet company in Tajikistan, Babilon-T, is founded on drug money and may sooner or later be bought by Moscow's Sistema-MTS. A less reliable U.S. interlo [...]	2006-02-10 05:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV ENRG SNAR RS TI
06DUSHANBE275	TADAZ CLAIMS POLLUTION HAS DECREASED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Central Asia's Regional Environment, Science, Technology and Health Officer (REO) and PolOff visited the Tajikistan Aluminum (TadAZ) plant in Tursun-Zoda near the Uzbekistan border February 9. Uzbekistan blames the Tajik government for allowing TadAZ to pollute the environment, [...]	2006-02-10 12:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EIND ETRD SENV RS TI
06DUSHANBE278	TAJIKISTAN'S RECENT UPSURGE IN VIOLENCE HIGHLIGHTED BY [...] (SBU) Since the beginning of the year, the local media have reported a number of killings of government security officials. The Tajik government often linked the murders to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU). However, no credible links to the IMU have been proven. Because of the report [...]	2006-02-11 06:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE279	TAJIKISTAN: IRAN POINTS DELIVERED [...] (C) Post delivered reftel talking points on February 10 on the IAEA decision to report Iran to the UN Security Council along with the President's and Secretary's talking points. Ismatullo Nasredinov, Head of the Department of European and American Countries at the MFA accepted the points and sa [...]	2006-02-13 05:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM KNNP IR AORC TI
06DUSHANBE284	KHUJAND, THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OF TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Khujand, Tajikistan's "second city," in the Ferghana Valley and separated from Dushanbe by a formidable mountain range, represents what Tajikistan could be - not a democratic paradise, but a confident, relatively progressive, stable society open to new ideas and cautiously resist [...]	2006-02-13 08:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID KPAO KDEM RS UZ KG TI
06DUSHANBE302	TAJIK TRANSPORT MINISTER PLEASED WITH BRIDGE [...] On his first visit to the U.S.-funded bridge construction site at Nizhniy Pyanzh, Transportation Minister Ashurov expressed great satisfaction and offered to get involved personally if problems arise regarding the cement supply or customs. During the February 13 visit with PolOff and a visit [...]	2006-02-14 12:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ELTN ECON TI AF
06DUSHANBE304	BBC IN DUSHANBE: "DON'T DIS A SMALL COUNTRY AND YOU CAN GET [...] (C) In a surprisingly tough meeting February 14, the Ambassador joined his European and OSCE colleagues for what was supposed to have been a joint Western demarche about the BBC Tajik Service having lost its permission January 10 to broadcast on FM-106 in Dushanbe (reftel). French Ambassador [...]	2006-02-15 05:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO UK TI
06DUSHANBE306	ONE STEP FORWARD: NDI ACTING DEPUTY RE-REGISTERED BY TAJIK [...] As First Deputy Foreign Minister Yatimov categorically promised the Ambassador February 14, the Tajik Government re-registered National Democratic Institute (NDI) Acting Deputy Director Nurul Rakhimbekov February 15, the last possible day before his legal status would have lapsed. 2. DCM [...]	2006-02-15 09:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE307	FM NAZAROV SAYS NGO DRAFT LAW "POSTPONED INDEFINITELY" [...] (C) At the end of a long meeting February 14 on BBC registration and licensing (ref A),the Ambassador noted to Foreign Minister Nazarov a February 11 press statement (ref B) in which a Ministry of Justice official called for a "law stipulating strict control over activities of NGOs." The [...]	2006-02-15 09:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PROP KDEM RS TI
06DUSHANBE311	SOMETIMES IT'S BETTER TO ASK PERMISSION THAN BEG [...] (U) USAID Dushanbe requested guidance from the Ambassador February 15 on a sensitive issue. The U.S. NGO Community Habitat and Finance (CHF)'s Alternative to Conflict in Tajikistan program has an Economic Opportunity Center (EOC) in Isfara in the sensitive Farghana Valley that offers computer [...]	2006-02-16 11:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID KISL KIRF TI
06DUSHANBE316	TURNING THE PROPAGANDA OF COMPETITION INTO THE PUBLIC [...] U.S. Ambassador Hoagland and Russian Ambassador Ramazan Abdulatipov jointly presented certificates to the first 15 graduates of the U.S.-funded Ministry of Interior Criminal Intelligence Analytical Center February 17 in Dushanbe. With INL funding, the United States renovated and equipped the [...]	2006-02-17 11:37:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PROP PTER SNAR KCRM KPAO RS TI
06DUSHANBE32	EMERGENCY SUPPLIES FOR TAJIKISTAN BORDER GUARDS [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-04 12:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PREL TI
06DUSHANBE321	NEW ECONOMIC ADVISER INTENDS TO ACCELERATE REFORM [...] (C) Newly appointed Presidential Adviser on Economic Affairs Matlubhon Davlatov characterized his appointment not as a change in President Rahmonov's economic reform agenda but as a means to accelerate it. "I'm not new to this team," he told the Ambassador during a February 17 initial meeting [...]	2006-02-21 05:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID TI
06DUSHANBE322	TAJIKISTAN: POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR KEY VISITORS FROM [...] (C) During an interagency meeting in Washington in January to elaborate the Tajikistan section of the policy document, "A Strategy for Central Asia," the Ambassador undertook to recommend names of key Tajik insiders who could be invited to Washington for low-profile but high-level conversation [...]	2006-02-21 05:51:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE326	HYDROPOWER 101: A GUIDE TO TAJIKISTAN'S PROSPECTS, PROJECTS, [...] (U) Tajikistan's mountains and rivers provide it an estimated four percent of the world's hydropower resources. The Tajik government has no shortage of promises and offers to help develop this natural resource, and is currently balancing competing interests and priorities to maximize the fina [...]	2006-02-21 11:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG ECON PREL TI AF
06DUSHANBE327	TAJIK HYDROPOWER 201: ADVANCED GAME THEORY [...] (C) In Tajik hydropower, a new conventional wisdom is emerging. If we want the Central Asian Infrastructure Initiative to succeed in Tajikistan, we need to consider the following: 2. (C) The United States is behind the curve on hydropower. Russia is building Sangtuda I and has first grab [...]	2006-02-21 11:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG ECON PREL TI AF
06DUSHANBE328	TAJIKISTAN'S NATIONAL PARKS SEEK U.S. COOPERATION [...] SUMMARY: Central Asian Regional Environment, Science, Technology and Health Officer (REO),and Environmental Specialist and Embassy PolOff, visited the Tigrovaya Balka National Reserve February 8. Officials from State Committee on Environmental Protection (SCEP) accompanied EmbOffs. The g [...]	2006-02-21 14:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EIND SENV TI
06DUSHANBE329	DUSHANBE CITY GOVERNMENT FINALLY ACTS AND DEMOLISHES HALF OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: City authorities tore down half of Dushanbe's synagogue February 8 along with several private homes remaining in the largely cleared vicinity to build a road leading to the new Presidential Palace. The synagogue has known about this planned demolition for at least three years [...]	2006-02-21 14:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KIRF TI
06DUSHANBE33	TAJIK MFA SUDDENLY YANKS IVLP PARTICIPANTS [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note informing the Embassy that two participants selected for the International Visitor's Leadership Program "The Government of the States and the Local Government" will no longer be able to participate due to a "great workload." The sudden de [...]	2006-01-04 18:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE337	TAJIKISTAN: FINANCING NEEDED TO PROTECT URANIUM STORAGE [...] SUMMARY: Central Asian Regional Environment, Science, Technology and Health Officer (REO),Regional Environmental Specialist and Embassy PolOff visited three of ten uranium waste sites in Tajikistan's northern Sughd region where processed uranium waste has been stored since 1942, the start of [...]	2006-02-23 05:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EIND SENV TI
06DUSHANBE338	TAJIKISTAN: POLITICAL PARTY ACTIVIST FREED FROM JAIL [...] Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan (SDPT) activist and lawyer Fayzinoso Vohidova was released from prison February 21. On October 13 the Sughd regional prosecutor's charged Vohidova with "forgery and the production and sale of forged documents", "evading tax payments", and "causing damage b [...]	2006-02-23 05:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE359	IN TAJIKISTAN, THIS WEEK'S MEDIA BOUT GOES TO IRAN [...] Groundbreaking for the Iran-funded Sangtuda-2 hydropower station dominated weekly press coverage, from Tajik and Russian Internet agencies to radio, television, and print media news outlets. This followed heavy government and independent media attention on last week's announcement of the immi [...]	2006-02-24 11:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV IR TI
06DUSHANBE39	TAJIKISTAN ATTEMPTS TO INFLUENCE IRAN ON NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Tajik President Emomali Rahmonov may take another run at influencing Iran to cooperate with the EU on nuclear issues during his upcoming summit in Tehran. Rahmonov will meet with Afghan President Karzai and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on January 16. The summit is designed to elevate trilat [...]	2006-01-05 09:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MNUC TI IR
06DUSHANBE390	TAJIKS SHOW STRONG ALLEGIANCE TOWARDS U.S. DURING BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: General Saidamir Zuhurov, Chairman of the State Border Protection Committee, highlighted the United States' close relationship with Tajikistan and Russia's waning influence with the Border Guards at a reception in his honor. The dynamics of the private reception indicated that f [...]	2006-02-27 11:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR RS TI
06DUSHANBE394	DUSHANBE SYNAGOGUE DEMOLITION GAINING MEDIA INTEREST [...] SUMMARY: The February 8 partial demolition of the Dushanbe synagogue (reftel A) is beginning to make waves in the international media and is stimulating letters of protest to Embassy Dushanbe from private citizens in the United States. The media accounts emphasize the reported intemperate and [...]	2006-02-28 11:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PROP KIRF TI
06DUSHANBE396	TAJIK GOVT DELAYS PUBLICATION OF OPPOSITION PAPER [...] A local Dushanbe court has dragged its feet reviewing Mukhtor Boqizoda's case, thereby further preventing the publication of Boqizoda's "Neru-i Sukhan," an independent newspaper critical of President Rahmonov's administration and perceived by the government as "opposition." The government sh [...]	2006-02-28 13:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO TI
06DUSHANBE397	TAJIKISTAN'S 2005-2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] The following is Embassy Dushanbe's 2005-2006 Trafficking in Persons Report. Post's lettering system matches reftel's. OVERVIEW OF TAJIKISTAN'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS A. Tajikistan is an origin country for trafficking. International trafficking for the purposes [...]	2006-02-28 14:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC
06DUSHANBE4	TAJIK MEDIA NAMES RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR "DIPLOMAT OF THE YEAR" [...] (U) A New Year's tradition, Tajikistan's electronic news agency "Asia Plus" and Russian-language independent paper "Kurier Tajikistana" published best of the year lists, sourced from editors' personal opinions and popularity polls, and the diplomatic community wasn't left out of their end of t [...]	2006-01-03 05:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO RS TI
06DUSHANBE402	TAJIKISTAN: AGA KHAN SERENA HOTEL PROBABLY DOWN THE TUBES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prince Amyn Aga Khan visited Dushanbe February 24 to break ground for the long-awaited Dushanbe Serena Hotel. Instead, President Rahmonov and Dushanbe Mayor Obaidulloyev, improbable allies for once, probably broke the project for good, on camera. Although this appears to be high [...]	2006-03-01 09:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV TI
06DUSHANBE403	TAJIK PRESIDENT'S OFFICE UNDERTAKES TO ANSWER U/S SHINER'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) During a March 1 meeting with Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Erkin Rahmatulloyev, the Ambassador asked when Under Secretary Shiner can expect a reply to her December 2005 letter to President Rahmonov advocating resolut [...]	2006-03-01 10:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EINV TI
06DUSHANBE408	TAJIKISTAN: IRPT LEADER CLOSELY WATCHED [...] (C) Muhiddin Kabiri, First Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Renaissance Party (IRPT) will travel to the United States March 8 to deliver a speech at Columbia University on the state of religion and politics in Tajikistan after the wave of "color revolutions" in other post-Soviet countries. Kab [...]	2006-03-02 05:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE410	TAJIK BORDER UPDATE [...] (SBU) This begins a series of cables summarizing Tajikistan's border security developments and activities of Embassy Dushanbe's Border Law Enforcement Working Group (BLEWG). Led by the DCM, with participation from the Senior Law Enforcement Advisor (SLEA),the EXBS advisor, the Defense Attac [...]	2006-03-02 11:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR RS TI
06DUSHANBE419	CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO TAJIKISTAN: "WHY NOT COOPERATE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Ambassador to Tajikistan Li Huilai said China shared many of the United States' priorities in Tajikistan, including economic growth, counter-terrorism and border stability. In a very frank and open 90-minute meeting with Ambassador Hoagland, Li suggested there was room f [...]	2006-03-04 06:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR ECON EINV EAID ENRG TI CH
06DUSHANBE44	TAJIK ENERGY MINISTRY RELUCTANT TO WORK WITH MEHRON OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Energy Minister Emomiddin Aslov reported the Tajik government would only allow a $20 million oil refinery project if the investors assume 100 percent of the risk and make no claims on the Tajik Government, should the project fail. The actions and background of Mehron Oil [...]	2006-01-05 12:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE442	TAJIK STUDENTS DEMAND APOLOGY FROM EMBASSY OVER 2004 HUMAN [...] (U) Students from Tajikistan's Technological University published an open letter March 2 criticizing by name an Embassy Public Affairs Section FSN for distributing the State Department's 2004 Human Rights Report on Tajikistan. The students charge the report with being slanderous and inaccur [...]	2006-03-06 10:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO TI
06DUSHANBE447	TAJIK STUDENTS DEMAND APOLOGY FROM EMBASSY OVER 2004 HUMAN [...] Students from Tajikistan's Technological University published an open letter March 2 criticizing by name an Embassy Public Affairs Section FSN for distributing the State Department's 2004 Human Rights Report on Tajikistan. The students charge the report with being slanderous and inaccurate. [...]	2006-03-07 03:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO TI
06DUSHANBE464	U.S. GETS BUSY SIGNAL FROM TAJIK TELECOM [...] SUMMARY: Despite the striking success of Indigo, a U.S.-Tajik cellular service joint venture, China has taken the lead in developing Tajikistan's telecom sector. Meetings with Tajikistan's key telecom decision makers highlighted the growing role of China and the European Bank for Reconstruct [...]	2006-03-09 10:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV CH TI
06DUSHANBE468	U.S. GETS BUSY SIGNAL FROM TAJIK TELECOM [...] SUMMARY: Despite the striking success of Indigo, a U.S.-Tajik cellular service joint venture, China has taken the lead in developing Tajikistan's telecom sector. Meetings with Tajikistan's key telecom decision makers highlighted the growing role of China and the European Bank for Reconstruct [...]	2006-03-10 02:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV CH TI
06DUSHANBE474	TAJIKISTAN INTERNATIONAL DONORS PREPARE FOR AVIAN FLU [...] Although Tajikistan's government agencies are taking steps to prevent Avian Influenza and control an outbreak, they lack technical expertise and need assistance from international organizations. At a poorly attended donor's meeting, representatives from the United Nations Food and Agriculture [...]	2006-03-13 05:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KFLU ECON EAGR EAID TBIO SENV KSTH WHO
06DUSHANBE482	TAJIKISTAN: IMF SEES ECONOMIC PROGRESS AND GROWTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Washington-based International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tajikistan Country Director Carlos Pinerua gave an upbeat assessment of Tajikistan's economy but remained concerned about regulatory hurdles and lack of diversification for continued growth. Pinerua painted a positive picture [...]	2006-03-13 13:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV EAGR ETRD ENRG TI
06DUSHANBE489	KAZAKHSTAN LOOKING, BUT NOT JUMPING INTO TAJIK ENERGY [...] (C) Kazakhstan is not yet serious about the Tajik energy sector. Deputy Energy Minister Akhram Suleimanov told PolOff that despite a press release quoting the Kazakhstani Ambassador to Tajikistan saying Kazakhstan might invest in Sangtuda I, "Sangtuda is for the Russians only." Suleimanov o [...]	2006-03-14 08:43:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON RS CH KZ TI
06DUSHANBE493	TAJIKISTAN'S MOI WITH AES ON POWER TRANSMISSION LINES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post received the following letter from the Minister of Energy regarding Tajik government cooperation with AES, including the nine-page Memorandum of Intent for the "construction of a 220kV transmission line connecting the energy systems of Tajikistan and Afghanistan." The l [...]	2006-03-14 13:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON RS TI AF
06DUSHANBE494	TAJIKISTAN RESPONDS TO DRAFT NONPROLIFERATION AGREEMENT [...] The Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to the U.S.-initiated bilateral nonproliferation agreement. Tajik officials edited and made comments to the agreement's weapons of mass destruction section. Tajikistan's MFA suggested the United States separate the defense and military coop [...]	2006-03-14 14:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KNNP TI
06DUSHANBE499	TAJIKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DEFEATING VENEZUELA IN [...] (U) Post delivered talking points per reftel on defeating Venezuela in the 2006 election for non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council to Tajikistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) The government of Tajikistan has not discussed the vote with Venezuela or Guatemala and has not yet [...]	2006-03-15 11:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNSC GT VE TI
06DUSHANBE50	TAJIKISTAN STRENGTHENS ANTI-TIP EFFORTS WITH U.S. [...] SUMMARY: Tajikistan has made significant progress on combating trafficking-in-persons (TIP) violations, but efforts remain hindered by lack of extradition agreements, ineffective coordination, and deep-rooted social issues. The government and the International Organization for Migration (IOM [...]	2006-01-09 04:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG KWMN TI
06DUSHANBE502	EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE BRIEFS ON MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a read-out of his just-concluded meeting with President Rahmonov, EU Special Representative for Central Asia Kubis said that a calm and confident Rahmonov undertook to improve (to a degree) Tajik elections, reasserted his unreserved willingness to support coalition efforts in [...]	2006-03-15 12:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON KDEM RS IR UZ AF TI
06DUSHANBE509	DUSHANBE HOSTS INAUGURAL SCA REGIONAL REPORTING OFFICERS [...] Embassy Dushanbe hosted the first-ever reporting officers conference for Central and South Asia March 10-11 to discuss challenges of reporting in the age of transformational diplomacy and to identify emerging trends in crosscutting issues. Officers from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrg [...]	2006-03-16 14:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM KPAO RS CH IR AF ZK KG TI
06DUSHANBE511	TAJIKISTAN: LEGAL ADVISOR TO TELL RABBI HE HAS NO LEGAL [...] Rabbi Mikhail Abdurahmonov continues to hold out hope the government of Tajikistan will spare the Dushanbe synagogue and has sought legal advice from Dushanbe's Civil Society Support Center. When PolOff asked the Rabbi about the future of the synagogue, he refused to think about what concrete [...]	2006-03-17 10:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PROP KIRF SOCI TI
06DUSHANBE513	TAJIKISTAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WITH CUBAN DELEGATION [...] (U) Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov met with Deputy Foreign Minister Eumelio Rodriguez on March 17 in Dushanbe along with Cuba's regional Ambassador from Almaty. Ismatullo Nasredinov, Head of the Department of European and American Countries, and Sherali Jononov, Head of Tajikistan's MFA Leg [...]	2006-03-17 11:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CU TI
06DUSHANBE524	TAJIK SNAPSHOT OF THE UNITED STATES THROUGH THE LENS OF [...] Reporting on the United States in the independent Tajik print media varies from week to week and issue to issue, but a definite pattern is discernable. The United States, along with Russia and Iran, are always featured prominently in the weekly independent print media. While each paper will [...]	2006-03-20 12:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO TI
06DUSHANBE525	TAJIKISTAN: CITY CONTINUES DEMOLITION, TARGETS BUSY MARKET [...] Dushanbe Mayor Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev signed an order to level a busy market for the construction of two new four-story apartment buildings. Tarrakiet Development owns the Rohi Abreshim market, more commonly known as the "82nd Bazaar" due to its location in the 82nd district of Dushanbe. T [...]	2006-03-20 13:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SOCI TI
06DUSHANBE53	TAJIK GOVT CORRUPTS HAJJ, MAINTAINS TIGHT CONTROL OVER [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 23, the first of more than 20 planeloads of Tajik hajjis, Muslim pilgrims journeying to Mecca, left Dushanbe for Saudi Arabia. These hajjis are the lucky, well-connected or wealthy few. For the majority of Tajiks, government restrictions, corruption and expensive br [...]	2006-01-09 09:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL KIRF TI
06DUSHANBE535	TAJIKISTAN'S WOMEN'S COLONY, PRISON OR PARADISE? [...] (U) Nestled in the mountains near the Nurek dam, one hour from Dushanbe, Tajikistan's sole women's prison is far more sanitary and progressive than men's prisons. The manicured gardens, relatively clean buildings, holiday activities and good management attempt to mask the sub-standard condit [...]	2006-03-23 12:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KWMN KIRF SOCI SNAR TI
06DUSHANBE540	TAJIKISTAN: POLITICAL VIGNETTES OF RAHMONOV AND ABDULATIPOV [...] (C) On March 18, President Rahmonov had his annual meeting with the country's intelligentsia in the newly restored central cinema and then invited them, members of his government, and the diplomatic corps to a formal luncheon in a specially constructed, 250-foot-long, temporary banquet hall in [...]	2006-03-24 08:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI RS TI
06DUSHANBE541	DRAFT LAW ON RELIGION MAY SEVERELY CURTAIL CHRISTIAN, [...] Draft legislation from the State Committee for Religious Affairs (SCRA) proposes new restrictions and regulations on religious activity which have raised serious concerns for all religions practiced in Tajikistan. The SCRA recently circulated the draft "Law on the Freedom of Faith and the Rel [...]	2006-03-24 15:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TI
06DUSHANBE542	DRAFT LAW ON RELIGION MAY SEVERELY CURTAIL CHRISTIAN, [...] Draft legislation from the State Committee for Religious Affairs (SCRA) proposes new restrictions and regulations on religious activity which have raised serious concerns for all religions practiced in Tajikistan. The SCRA recently circulated the draft "Law on the Freedom of Faith and the Rel [...]	2006-03-24 15:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TI

06DUSHANBE546	TAJIKISTAN: HOW TO IMPROVE THE NOVEMBER 2006 ELECTION [...] (SBU) Although it is getting late in the game, we still have an opportunity, if we begin work now, to influence the Government of Tajikistan to take steps forward toward meeting international standards in the November 2006 presidential election. If we can achieve this modest goal, we will hav [...]	2006-03-27 11:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE55	FIRE IN TAJIK ORPHANAGE RAISES QUESTIONS [...] (U) At least 13 disabled children died when a fire destroyed Chorbogh orphanage early January 8. Neighbors pulled children out of the burning Dushanbe facility, home to almost 100 mentally and physically disabled children. Many victims were bedridden and unable to escape. Metal bars on the [...]	2006-01-09 14:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE566	TAJIKISTAN'S FARKHAR DISTRICT STRUGGLES [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-29 07:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAGR SOCI TI
06DUSHANBE575	OSCE CHAIRMAN DE GUCHT BRIEFLY VISITS DUSHANBE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Visiting OSCE Chairman-in-Office de Gucht raised the draft NGO and religion laws with President Rahmonov, pressed for BBC to be re-registered for FM broadcasts in Dushanbe, and discussed [...]	2006-03-30 11:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF UK UZ TI
06DUSHANBE576	CORRUPTION, TAJIK STYLE: "WE PAY FOR EVERYTHING BUT THE AIR [...] (SBU) During EmbOff's March visit to southwestern agrarian Farkhar district, Mahmadali Hakimov, head of "Zamin," a successful conglomerate with businesses in farming, textiles, construction, banking, and hotels, philosophized about the high price of doing business in Tajikistan. "We pay for e [...]	2006-03-30 12:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI TI
06DUSHANBE577	TAJIK AND AFGHAN BUSINESSWOMEN NETWORK AT KHATLON [...] Maybe sewing really IS women's work? At a March 29 conference in Qurghon-Teppa, 50 Tajik and Afghan women entrepreneurs came together to network and seek business cooperation, but had few examples of success outside the sectors of handicraft. Enthusiasm and energy were abundant, but the con [...]	2006-03-30 13:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAID EAGR SOCI KWMN AF TI
06DUSHANBE582	GAZPROM SLOWLY STEPS INTO TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) After three years, and three days of intensive meetings, Gazprom signed an agreement March 28 with the Government of Tajikistan to create a joint venture to explore Tajikistan's southern gas and oil reserves. Deputy Minister of Energy Aslov told PolOffs the Memorandum of Understanding est [...]	2006-03-31 13:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG TI
06DUSHANBE583	TAJIKISTAN: AMBASSADOR'S SPEECH ON ECONOMIC REFORM AND [...] At the invitation of the Strategic Research Center (SRC) of the President of Tajikistan, the Ambassador delivered a speech March 31 at a business conference in Dushanbe. Participants included government officials and private business people. The venue was especially influential because the S [...]	2006-03-31 13:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EINV TI
06DUSHANBE587	ONE STEP AHEAD OF CRISIS: UNHCR'S UZBEK REFUGEE CONTINGENCY [...] UNHCR Tajikistan summoned international donors and related refugee organizations March 30 to discuss the full gamut of refugee issues in Tajikistan, including the need for contingency plans in the event of a mass refugee influx following internal disorder in Uzbekistan. Post also sees a need [...]	2006-04-03 10:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF UZ KZ TI
06DUSHANBE607	TAJIKISTAN'S SERENA HOTEL: "OH, ALL RIGHT, WE'LL DO IT YOUR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) At an Aga Khan lunch March 31 for Deputy Prime Minister Gulomov, Aga Khan Resident Representative Munir Merali told the Ambassador senior levels at Aga Khan offices in Geneva have reconsidered th [...]	2006-04-05 10:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV RS TI
06DUSHANBE608	TAJIKISTAN: LAB TESTS CONFIRM STILL NO AVIAN FLU [...] Although the media have reported an increased number of bird deaths in Tajikistan, lab tests confirm the dead birds were not afflicted by avian influenza. On April 4, the State Veterinarian Service revealed that the most recent tests of pigeons and other dead birds in Dushanbe were negative f [...]	2006-04-05 11:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KFLU ECON EAGR EAID TBIO SENV KSCA
06DUSHANBE616	TAJIKISTAN'S STRATEGIC RESEARCH CENTER'S SURPRISINGLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a March 23 posting on the "Asia-Plus" website, the director of President Rahmonov's Strategic Research Center think tank discussed his preliminary findings from an on-going study mandated by President Rahmonov about corruption in Tajikistan. His conclusions are surprisingly [...]	2006-04-07 07:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI KCRM MCC TI
06DUSHANBE620	TAJIKISTAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Dear Assistant Secretary Lowenkron: I would like to solicit your help in advancing democracy in Tajikistan. See request in para eight. 3. (U) Tajikistan's next presidential election will be i [...]	2006-04-07 10:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE626	KHUJAND'S NEW AIRPORT TERMINAL: AIR TRANSPORT GONE WRONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's northern industrial hub Khujand's airport is outdated and lacks adequate security features, but corrupt government officials refuse to open an existing two-year old modern terminal next door. The spacious, light-filled terminal with computerized processing and fir [...]	2006-04-10 09:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAIR SOCI KCOR TI
06DUSHANBE629	IRPT LEADER SAYS TAJIKS SHOULD LOOK TO WEST TO LEARN ABOUT [...] (SBU) Muhiddin Kabiri, Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) suggested that Tajiks need to travel to the West to learn about Islam in an April 6 meeting with U.S. Speaker Ahmed Younis and PolOff. Younis, the National Director of the Muslim Public Affairs Counc [...]	2006-04-10 12:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF TI
06DUSHANBE648	TAJIKISTAN: IRPT SAYS RAHMONOV WILL USE LIBEL SUIT AS [...] (C) Muhiddin Kabiri, the Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) told PolOff April 6 President Rahmonov likely will stop the lawsuit filed by Dushanbe Vodokanal against IRPT Chairman Said Abdullo Nuri closer to the election in November. 2. (U) Dushanbe Vo [...]	2006-04-11 10:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE666	TAJIKISTAN'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY MAY SPLIT IN TWO [...] (SBU) Rahmatullo Valiev, Democratic Party of Tajikistan (DPT) Deputy Chairman, told Embassy sources April 8 that he is confident a new DPT faction, "Homeland" (Vatan) formed by Masud Sobirov, will not supercede the DPT and may not have the support necessary to be formally adopted. Sobirov c [...]	2006-04-11 12:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE668	TAJIKISTAN'S HYDRO ENERGY PRICING DILEMMA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Tajikistan faces critical choices to increase its hydropower exports and streamline domestic consumption and production. However, as long as the government provides cheap-or free-electricity, reforming the existing system will prove extremely difficult. Some simple steps to redu [...]	2006-04-12 07:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EENG EINV AF PK TI
06DUSHANBE669	TAJIKISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES TO TRY TO HELP RESOLVE [...] (S) Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov agreed to designate a government point of contact to help resolve the issue of transferring Tajik citizens from Guantanamo to Tajikistan (reftel). In a 40-minute meeting April 6, Nazarov listened carefully as the Ambassador explained the assurances necessar [...]	2006-04-12 09:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM PROP PTER ECON KAWC RS TI
06DUSHANBE673	TAJIKISTAN'S TELECOM SECTOR: PROMISING, BUT NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's mobile and Internet telecommunications market is one of the most dynamic and competitive sectors of the economy. The mobile sector could grow 10-20 percent monthly since only 5% of the market currently have cell phones. Internet growth also will increase with the [...]	2006-04-12 10:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV EINT SOCI CH IR TI
06DUSHANBE698	TAJIKISTAN'S TRANSPORTATION SECTOR: BY PLANE, TRAIN, OR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Improving Tajikistan's air, rail, and road transportation network supports Secretary Rice's Infrastructure Integration Initiative for Greater Central Asia. Creating a cohesive transportation network passable throughout the year decreases transportation costs and promotes trade th [...]	2006-04-13 10:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV EAID ELTN ETRD AF PK TI
06DUSHANBE703	TAJIK GOVERNMENT ENACTS HOUSEHOLD EXCESS ELECTRICITY RATE [...] (U) According to media reports, the Tajik Anti-Monopoly Committee approved on April 11 an excess electricity consumption rate above 250 kWh per month for private households retroactive to the beginning of April. The base electricity rate remains the same at 0.5 cent. Per reftel, the 0.5 cent [...]	2006-04-14 05:44:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV SOCI AF PK TI
06DUSHANBE704	TAJIK JOURNALISTS UNION SUSPENSION NOT A CRACK DOWN ON MEDIA [...] On April 11 the Ministry of Justice announced a Dushanbe district court suspended the Union of Journalists of Tajikistan for three months. The suspension is not seen as a threat to media freedom, but rather a move by the government to oust the Union's current chairman, Hayot Davlatov. 2. [...]	2006-04-14 06:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE705	TAJIKISTAN: WHY MOUNTING CORRUPTION MATTERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's mounting corruption exacerbates growing income inequalities and degrades the relatively high human capital left from Soviet times. Pervasive corruption limits local and international investment, distorts donor and government development strategies, and undermines ec [...]	2006-04-14 07:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV KCOR SOCI TI
06DUSHANBE711	TAJIKISTAN: AES STILL IN TEH GAME FOR SANGTUDA-I? [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Bank Chairman Murodali Alimardonov remarked April 14 that AES might still have a role to play in Sangtuda I or Rogun hydropower stations. In an elegant two-hour private lunch at the new National Bank building, Alimardonov outlined next steps for Tajikistan to integrate [...]	2006-04-15 11:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG RS AF TI
06DUSHANBE722	TAJIKISTAN'S CRA CHAIRMAN ON NEW DRAFT RELIGION LAW: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EmbOffs met with Chairman of the Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA),Murodullo Davlatov, on April 12 and April 14 to discuss an ACCELS/USAID Community Connections program for religious leaders and a regional religion conference organized by the Tajik government's Center for [...]	2006-04-18 08:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TI
06DUSHANBE745	BADAKHSHAN TO BADAKHSHAN: TAJIKS REACHING ACROSS THE BORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: "We consider Afghanistan like our own." Ayubek Bekmurodov, Deputy to the Governor of Tajikistan's remote Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region said his government was looking at ways to increase trade, the power supply, and food and humanitarian aid to the Afghan regions across th [...]	2006-04-21 04:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON EAID AF TI
06DUSHANBE748	TAJIKISTAN'S NEW MAGIC WORD? DAST-I-ZHUM! [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Want to take a helicopter ride with the Deputy Prime Minister and three of Tajikistan's most influential energy players? Say "Dast-i-Zhum"-- a proposed 4000 MW hydropower station on the Tajik-Afghan border - and the Tajik government pays attention, rallying busy ministers and [...]	2006-04-21 08:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON EAID AF TI
06DUSHANBE751	TAJIKISTAN: UNTOP AND OSCE SPONSOR FIRST PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The UN Secretary General's Special Representative for the Tajikistan Office for Peace Building (UNTOP),Ambassador Vladimir Sotirov (secunded to the UN from the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry),cond [...]	2006-04-24 09:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE752	RAHMONOV'S ANNUAL SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT ELECTION-YEAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Rahmonov's annual speech to the nation, one of his longest in recent memory, was clearly a populist election-year tract, but also a statesmanlike balancing act that leaned, at [...]	2006-04-24 09:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID EINV SOCI KCOR IR CH RS TI
06DUSHANBE766	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS ISLAM, DRAFT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with Karomatullo Olimov, Presidential Advisor on Social Development and Public Contacts, April 21 at Olimov's request for a wide-ranging discussion of Islam and the r [...]	2006-04-24 11:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KISL KIRF KPAO IR TI
06DUSHANBE768	TAJIKISTAN: SHAKE UP AT MINISTRY OF ENERGY, MINISTER [...] President Rahmonov signed a decree April 24 dismissing the Minister of Energy and other ministry officials. According to press reports Abdullo Yerov will replace Jurabek Nurmahmadov as the Minister of Energy. Yerov was the former Minister of Energy until replaced by Nurmahmadov in 2004, when [...]	2006-04-24 13:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ENRG TI
06DUSHANBE779	TAJIKISTAN'S SHARIPOV DISCUSSES CORRUPTION, IRAN, RUSSIA, [...] (C) The Ambassador met April 26 with Director of the President's Strategic Research Center (SRC) Suhrob Sharipov for a wide-ranging discussion on the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),anti-corruption efforts in Tajikistan, Iranian-Tajik relations, and Tajikistan's increasing unease with [...]	2006-04-27 08:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG SOCI KCOR KMCA KDEM IR RS
06DUSHANBE781	TAJIK SECURITY SERVICES DETAIN NDI'S ACTING DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Interior officers detained National Democratic Institute (NDI) Acting Director Nurul Rahimbekov April 26 as he was attempting to board a domestic flight to Khujand to conduct a training program for political parties. Contacts in the Ministry of Security, which has ta [...]	2006-04-27 10:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE789	A LITTLE FOOD AID GOES A LONG WAY IN TAJIKISTAN'S RASHT [...] SUMMARY: In a place where a covered pit latrine is considered a sanitary leap forward, USAID's Food for Peace/Development Assistance Program (DAP) provides more than 3,800 poor families in Tajikistan's isolated Rasht valley with supplemental food, and nutrition and hygiene education. Through [...]	2006-04-28 08:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR EAID TI
06DUSHANBE798	TAJIK FM SAYS NDI DETENTION AN ISSUE FOR KAZAKHSTAN, NOT US [...] (C) Foreign Minister Tabak Nazarov told the Ambassador April 28 the allegations against detained National Democratic Institute (NDI) Acting Director Nurul Rahimbekov were too "shameful" to discuss, but the Embassy of Kazakhstan, not the United States, must handle the situation (reftel). In a [...]	2006-04-28 11:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE801	TAJIKISTAN SCENE-SETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER AND [...] (SBU) Richard and Elisabeth, we are very grateful you are visiting Tajikistan. As you have quickly learned, Central Asia is not the easiest place for the United States to do business, especially since Russia has declared these countries its sphere of influence and is taking all sorts of measu [...]	2006-04-29 09:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SNAR KDEM KPAO RS TI
06DUSHANBE802	NEW ENERGY MINISTER, SAME ENERGY POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his third day on the job, Energy Minister Yorov reported Tajikistan's energy policy would continue to focus on attracting foreign investment for key infrastructure projects. He cited the reforms of the past five years, notably in improved fee collection, as evidence that Ta [...]	2006-05-02 11:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON EAID AF TI
06DUSHANBE817	NDI: PROTEST SUBMITTED TO MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Post submitted the following diplomatic note to the MFA May 3 lodging a formal protest against the treatment of NDI: BEGIN TEXT: The Embassy of the United States of America presents its comp [...]	2006-05-03 11:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE827	TAJIKISTAN'S MOST ISLAMIC REGION FEELS MOST NEGLECTED [...] SUMMARY: Rasht Valley, one of Tajikistan's most isolated and devoutly Islamic districts, feels left behind. The economic boom evident elsewhere in Tajikistan has yet to reach this agricultural area. NGO and civil society leaders observe that while international organizations are active, mor [...]	2006-05-03 13:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID SOCI TI
06DUSHANBE834	TAJIKISTAN'S RELIGIOUS LEADERS REACT TO DRAFT LAW ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings with PolOff April 12-25, religious leaders unanimously expressed grave concerns with the State Committee on Religious Affairs' (SCRA) new draft law on religion. [...]	2006-05-04 16:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF TI
06DUSHANBE835	TAJIK DEPUTY PM OUTLINES VISION FOR HYDROPOWER SECTOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the Chinese have made the Tajiks an offer too good to refuse on a South-North transmission line project, according to Deputy Prime Minister Asadullo Ghulomov, many energy proje [...]	2006-05-04 17:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG AF TI
06DUSHANBE836	TAJIKISTAN: NDI IN WASHINGTON WANTS SHOWDOWN MEETING WITH [...] (U) National Democratic Institute (NDI) President Ken Wallach and the Ambassador spoke by telephone May 5. Wallach thanked the Ambassador and Embassy Dushanbe for continuous support and advocacy for NDI. 2. (C) Wallach said he had spoken by telephone with Nurul Rakhimbekov, NDI's former [...]	2006-05-05 09:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE840	TAJIKISTAN: WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY EVENTS [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Dushanbe marked World Press Freedom Day with an on-line press conference with the Ambassador answering questions from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Russia. The Ambassador also participated in a World Press Freedom Day roundtable hosted by Internews, the Institute for War and P [...]	2006-05-07 07:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE841	TAJIKISTAN: IRPT SAYS DETAINED MEMBER MURDERED [...] (U) Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) member Sadullo Marupov died by falling from the third story of a police station in Isfara, a northern Tajikistan town in the Sughd region known for its strong Islamic roots. Officials state that Marupov committed suicide; however, IRPT membe [...]	2006-05-07 08:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF TI
06DUSHANBE858	SCA A/S BOUCHER, NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR MILLARD ESTABLISH SOLID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher and National Security Council Senior Adviser Elisabeth Millard met with President Emomali Rahmonov for nearly two hours on May 8 to discuss strengthening cooperation between Tajikistan and the United States i [...]	2006-05-10 06:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID ENRG SNAR KDEM KISL KPAO RS IR
06DUSHANBE861	TAJIKISTAN: NDI DEBRIEFS RAKHIMBEKOV ON HIS DETENTION, [...] (C) Embassy Dushanbe received the following memo dated May 5 from National Democratic Institute headquarters in Washington. Although it arrived via unclassified e-mail, we are sending it through the classified network because of the sensitivity of the information. 2. (C) BEGIN TEXT: ND [...]	2006-05-10 09:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE862	SCA A/S BOUCHER, NSC MILLARD MEET FM NAZAROV, DISCUSS SCO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and NSC Senior Director Elisabeth Millmetwith Tajik Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov May 8. Boucher delivered the reftel demarche on countering attempts to use the Shanghai Cooperation Organization ( [...]	2006-05-10 10:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KDEM IN TI
06DUSHANBE865	TAJIKISTAN: SCA A/S BOUCHER, NSC MILLARD MEET WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and National Security Council Senior Director Elisabeth Millard met May 8 with Tajikistan's political party leade [...]	2006-05-10 17:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO TI
06DUSHANBE867	WILL SCO SUMMIT RAISE WESTERN NGOS? [...] (SBU) Russian Ambassador Ramazan Abdulatipov has gone public denouncing Western NGOs in Tajikistan. "Biznis i Politika" (April 20) published the long texty of a speech he delivered earlier at a Dushanbe roundtable for Russian-speaking Tajik intelligentsia, "The Role of NGOs in the Development [...]	2006-05-11 11:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PROP KDEM RS TI
06DUSHANBE870	URGENT REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE ON SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA NINE BELOW. 2. (S) ON MAY 11 AT 1800 LOCAL, GENERAL-COLONEL SAIDIMIR ZUHUROV, CHAIRMAN OF THE TAJIK STATE BORDER COMMITTEE, CALLED THE U.S. DEFENSE ATTACHE AND REQUESTED AN URGENT MEETING. GENERAL ZUHUROV TOLD THE DATT HE HAD A SERIOUS INTERNATIONA [...]	2006-05-11 16:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR SNAR RS TI
06DUSHANBE880	TAJIKISTAN: WHA SMALLPOX TALKING POINTS DELIVERED [...] PolOff delivered talking points per reftel to Ismatullo Nasredinov, Head of the Department of European and American Countries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) May 8. Naredinov promised to pass the information on the U.S. position support continued retention of official smallpox stocks. [...]	2006-05-16 02:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AORC TBIO KPAO SENV WHO TI
06DUSHANBE881	TAJIKISTAN: ROLL-OUT OF U.S. PLAN FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] PolOff delivered talking points on the U.S. implementation plan for the national strategy for pandemic influenza per reftel to Ismatullo Nasredinov, Head of the Department of European and American Countries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs May 13. 2. Nasredinov said he would deliver the [...]	2006-05-16 02:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU KPAO SENV WHO TI
06DUSHANBE899	TAJIKISTAN: SDPT LEADER QUESTIONED BY GENERAL PROSECUTOR'S [...] (U) Chairman of the Socialist Democratic Party of Tajikistan (SDPT),Rahmatullo Zoyirov, was questioned four times by the General Prosecutor's office. Zoyirov told PolOff the General Prosecutor's office summoned him repeatedly to interrogate him on his recent statement claiming Tajikistan's [...]	2006-05-17 10:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE903	TAJIKISTAN: MFA SUBMITS GUANTANAMO DIP NOTE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Post received a diplomatic note from Tajikistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs agreeing to accept four Tajik Guantanamo detainees. The dip note is likely the result of the meeting of LTC Ron Miller, Military Advisor to the [...]	2006-05-18 03:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC TI
06DUSHANBE908	TAJIKISTAN: CN CONFERENCE WORKING GROUP'S RECOMMENDATIONS [...] The International Conference on Counter-Narcotics and the second Meeting of the Central and South Asia Counter Narcotics Security Working Group participants met May 15-17 in Tajikistan to deliberate and recommend best approaches to improved border cooperation to halt the flow of narcotics out [...]	2006-05-18 12:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SNAR TI
06DUSHANBE909	TAJIKISTAN HOSTS REGIONAL CN CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies along with U.S. CENTCOM and Tajikistan's Committee on State Border Protection organized the International Conference on Counter Narcotics and the second Meeting of the Central and South Asia Counter Narcotics Securi [...]	2006-05-18 13:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PGOV PREL SNAR TI
06DUSHANBE920	TAJIKISTAN: ELECTIONS COMMISSION APPEALS FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] Heads of diplomatic missions convened at the United Nations Tajikistan Office of Peacebuilding (UNTOP) for the international donor community's monthly meeting on electoral issues May 17. Mirzoali Boltuyev, Chairman of the Central Commission on Elections and Referenda (CCER),presented a chart [...]	2006-05-19 12:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE928	PENJIKENT: ANCIENT CITY, MODERN PROBLEMS [...] (U) Penjikent, one of Central Asia's ancient cities, faces many modern problems, all compounded by its double isolation. Cut off from Dushanbe and its markets to the south by snow-blocked mountain passes six months of the year, and now restricted from the markets of neighboring Uzbekistan due [...]	2006-05-22 07:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI UZ TI
06DUSHANBE944	TAJIK CAPITAL CLAMPS DOWN ON CD PIRACY [...] Tajikistan is building on its impressive narcotics interdiction record with a new campaign against CD piracy. According to Asia, Plus, the tax police, Ministry of Security and other law enforcement agencies have seized over 90,000 CDs and DVDs in a month-long operation. Raids on Dushanbe vend [...]	2006-05-23 10:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD TI
06DUSHANBE945	TAJIKISTAN: SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IRAQI GOVT FORMATION [...] DCM delivered talking points per reftel to Ismatullo Nasredinov, Head of the Department of European and American Countries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs May 22. Nasredinov promised to pass the points on to the MFA's Asia and Africa desk and will respond to the Embassy if the desk has any [...]	2006-05-23 11:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO IZ TI
06DUSHANBE977	TAJIKISTAN: LAND DEBT RESOLUTION SLOW GOING: MORE DONOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's impoverished farmers owe over $292 million in land and cotton debt. The government, international financial institutions and NGOs have long recognized the problem and that solving it takes political will. Conflicting interests in the government have slowed refor [...]	2006-05-25 11:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR TI
06DUSHANBE978	TAJIKISTAN AND AES FINALLY SIGN MOU [...] (C) AES Corporation President and CEO Paul Hanrahan and his team met with President Rahmonov for an hour on May 24. With the president were Deputy Prime Minister Ghulomov, Minister of Energy Yorov, Minister of Economy Soliyev, Chairman of Barqi Tojik (state electricity company Samiyev, Presid [...]	2006-05-25 11:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG RS TI
06DUSHANBE986	TAJIKISTAN: A RESOLUTION TO THE SYNAGOGUE'S PROBLEMS? [...] Local Tajik news sources have reported that Alexsandr Mashkevich, president of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC) and Kazakh oligarch, agreed to fund the construction of a new synagogue in the center of Dushanbe. The existing synagogue has already been partly demolished along with other bu [...]	2006-05-26 07:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KIRF KISM TI
06DUSHANBE995	TAJIKISTAN: LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR BETTER ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although we can predict six months before Tajikistan's presidential election that it will not fully meet international standards, we have the opportunity to ensure that the election is conducted significantly better than any previous election in Tajikistan's short independent his [...]	2006-05-30 10:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TI
06DUSSELDORF49	RUSSIAN INTEREST IN INVESTMENTS IN GERMANY [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian interest in buying into German/European companies, including Deutsche Telekom and energy companies has been a front page story. At the moment, in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and other parts of Germany, the level of actual transactions has not come close to equaling th [...]	2006-12-20 17:11:00	Consulate Dusseldorf	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG PGOV RS GM
06EFTOBRUSSELS3952	BELGIAN CONTRIBUTION TO EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY [...] (SBU) Belgium's Senate is having heated discussions over Belgium's contribution to the European Space Agency (ESA) budget. The Senate's advisor and legislation manager for Space and Technology Issues told Econoff that the 200 million euro annual contribution of Belgium to the ESA was dominant [...]	2006-11-29 06:19:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA PGOV BE
06EFTOCARACAS2252	MEETING WITH FINANCE COMMITTEE PRESIDENT RODRIGO [...] (SBU) Summary: EconCouns, accompanied by Econ Specialist, met July 12 with Rodrigo Cabezas and Ricardo Sanguino, President and Vice President, respectively, of the National Assembly's Finance Committee. During a 90-minute tour d' horizon, Cabezas said reform of the banking law was still und [...]	2006-07-31 14:56:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV VE
06EFTOCARACAS943	FONDEN: A BLACKBOX [...] (SBU) Created by the July 2005 Central Bank Reform Law, the National Development Fund (FONDEN) is the BRV's multibillion dollar off-budget fund. Established to pay for the foreign component of investment projects, pay down foreign debt, and pay for other special projects, FONDEN, as of March [...]	2006-04-06 20:44:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV VE
06EFTOISLAMABAD17875	BALOCHISTAN CLOSED BUT QUIET IN FOLLOW-ON PROTEST; [...] (U) On September 6, Balochistan was again shut down by a general "wheel jam and shutter down" strike to protest the death and burial of Nawab Bugti at the hands of the government (reftels). As with the September 1 and 3 strikes, the province-wide shutdown was generally peaceful and extended i [...]	2006-09-07 13:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PK PREL PGOV KTER
06EFTOMAPUTO981	Mozambique - Fourth Iteration of ACOTA Training [...] (SBU) Summary: The fourth iteration of ACOTA peacekeeping training took place successfully July 17- August 4. Mozambican military officials expressed enthusiasm for the program and hope the USG will provide additional training. Separately, Defense Minister Dai emphasized to the Charge and D [...]	2006-08-07 13:45:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MZ
06EFTORANGOON1092	LOCAL NLD YOUTH HONOR ACTIVIST SU SU NWE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite increased scrutiny and harassment by the authorities, local NLD Youth members in Twante Township outside Rangoon held a ceremony July 30 honoring Su Su Nwe, the recently released political prisoner who successfully sued the regime over forced labor in her village (ref [...]	2006-08-01 11:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06EFTOSKOPJE206	MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF US NATO [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as the government and opposition are gearing up for this summer's parliamentary election, the actual date of which has yet to be determined. Amid the clamor of mutual recrimination and mudslinging of the "pre-campaign," which already is underway, your visit is an excell [...]	2006-03-02 15:47:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NATO MK
06FRANKFURT1273	March 26 Elections in Rheinland-Pfalz/Baden-Wuerttemberg [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With four weeks until state elections in Rheinland-Pfalz and Baden-Wuerttemberg, polls show both state governments in the lead. In Rheinland-Pfalz, the SPD/FDP coalition (Social Democratic/Free Democratic) is banking on the popularity of long-time Minister-President Kurt Beck ( [...]	2006-02-24 15:02:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR GM
06FRANKFURT1288	Hesse Local Election Update [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 26, Hesse will hold state-wide communal (local) elections in the most important test this year for Minister-President Roland Koch (CDU/Christian Democrats). The SPD/Social Democratic Party (which holds the most mayoral and local assembly seats in the state) is hoping to [...]	2006-02-24 16:00:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR GM
06FRANKFURT1927	March 26 Elections in Rheinland-Pfalz/Baden-Wuerttemberg [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the days leading up to March 26 state elections, Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) Minister-President Kurt Beck (SPD/Social Democrats) and Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) Minister- President Guenther Oettinger (CDU/Christian Democrats) appear to be leading in their efforts to win re-election. [...]	2006-03-21 16:15:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR GM
06FRANKFURT2124	SPD Gains Majority in Rheinland-Pfalz; Baden- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: March 26 state elections strengthened both Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) Minister-President Kurt Beck (SPD/Social Democrats) and Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) Minister-President Guenther Oettinger (CDU/Christian Democrats). Beck's popularity gave the ruling SPD an absolute seat majority and [...]	2006-03-28 10:55:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR GM
06FRANKFURT4316	New Cabinets in Rheinland-Pfalz, Baden-Wuerttemberg -- Few [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 18 and June 14, state parliaments in Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) and Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) re-elected incumbent Minister-Presidents Kurt Beck (SPD/Social Democrats) and Guenther Oettinger (CDU/Christian Democrats) respectively. In addition to full support from their own par [...]	2006-06-23 12:22:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR GM
06FRANKFURT4327	Two German States Tackle Demographic Challenges [...] SUMMARY: The states of Hesse and Saarland, like much of Germany, face tectonic shifts as their populations stagnate and age. Whereas Saarland is home to Western Germany's most rapidly shrinking population, Hesse's uneven growth is causing public policy challenges. Their differing approaches t [...]	2006-06-23 14:51:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI ECON ELAB PGOV GM
06FRANKFURT5016	Court Ruling on Headscarf Raises New Questions on Ban [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 7, the Stuttgart Regional Court ruled that public school teacher Doris Graber should be permitted to wear her headscarf in class. While the court recognized that a headscarf violates religious neutrality, it acknowledged that it cannot prohibit a headscarf while allowing C [...]	2006-07-25 14:20:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KISL GM
06FRANKFURT7910	Hesse/Roland Koch in Party Financing "Blackmail" Scandal [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A week before Hesse Minister-President Roland Koch (CDU/Christian Democrats) expects to be elected CDU national deputy chairman, he finds himself entangled in a scandal over taxpayer-funded campaign financing. Koch is accused of using public financing to entice a competing part [...]	2006-11-21 09:09:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR TBIO GM
06FRANKFURT7924	ALLEGED FRANKFURT AIRPORT TERROR PLOT DISRUPTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German authorities temporarily detained six suspected terrorists November 17 for alleged involvement in a plot to blow up an aircraft, presumably from Frankfurt International Airport. END SUMMARY. The Alleged Plot ---------------- 2. (SBU) According to a press release fro [...]	2006-11-21 14:36:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER ASEC PGOV KISL JO KU IZ GM
06FRANKFURT8092	SPD Left-wing Prevails / Ypsilanti to Challenge Koch [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the Hesse SPD/Social Democratic Party state convention December 2, party chairperson Andrea Ypsilanti edged out centrist Caucus Chief Juergen Walter for the right to challenge Hesse Minister-President Roland Koch (CDU/Christian Democrats) in January 2008. Walter, who had won [...]	2006-12-04 15:27:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR TBIO GM
06FRANKFURT8141	German Women, Economy Stuck at Glass Ceiling [...] In a city of skyscrapers and boardrooms, the absence of top female management in Frankfurt is striking -- nor is Frankfurt unique in Germany. The "glass ceiling" for women in the German workforce is remarkably pervasive and persistent, fueling Germany's demographic problems and lowering potent [...]	2006-12-08 14:46:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI KWMN ECON ELAB PGOV GM
06FREETOWN1007	MIXED REACTIONS TO BLOOD DIAMOND MOVIE IN SIERRA [...] (SBU) Sierra Leonean reactions to the soon-to-be released Blood Diamond movie set in Sierra Leone are mixed. Due for release on December 8, the movie comes amidst an upsurge in public awareness about the conflict diamond trade and has drawn increasing attention to the African diamond mining [...]	2006-12-11 10:05:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ETRD EMIN SL
06FREETOWN1018	SIERRA LEONE'S NEW HUMAN RIGHT COMMISSION SWORN IN [...] (U) Sierra Leone achieved another milestone in its post-conflict recovery on December 11 with the inauguration of the new Human Rights Commission (HRC). The five commissioners, who were proposed by civil society organizations, were sworn-in on International Human Rights Day in the presence o [...]	2006-12-12 19:46:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SL
06FREETOWN1028	SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE: NEW SPECIAL [...] (C) The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) recently announced the appointment of Stephen Rapp as the new Special Prosecutor. Mr. Rapp called on the Ambassador December 14. In separate visits by AF/W Director Phil Carter on November 15 and Special Advisor to the Ambassador-at-Large for [...]	2006-12-18 17:22:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PREL PGOV PHUM SL
06FREETOWN1042	SPECIAL COURT UPDATE: COURT PRESIDENT TO TRAVEL TO [...] (C) President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone Justice George Gelaga King informed the Ambassador December 22 that he planned to travel to New York to meet with the Court's Management Committee on January 22. He also requested Post's assistance to arrange meetings on January 23-24 at t [...]	2006-12-27 17:12:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PREL PGOV PHUM SL
06FREETOWN25	UN PEACEKEEPERS LEAVE SIERRA LEONE, BUT FRAGILITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-11 17:33:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL SL
06FREETOWN322	Sierra Leoneans React to Human Rights Report [...] On April 13, the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee hosted its second annual workshop on the status of human rights in Sierra Leone and used the State Department's Country Report on Human Rights Practices as its basis for discussion. Human Rights Committee Chairman Dr. Alusine Fofana used t [...]	2006-04-19 17:11:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KDEM KSEP PGOV PREL SL
06FREETOWN325	ON EVE OF TRIP TO UK AND US, ALL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS [...] (U) The opposition All People's Congress (APC) Party Chairman and 2007 presidential nominee Ernest Bai Koroma departs for the UK and the U.S. about April 24 to meet with diaspora APC supporters and raise money for the 2007 presidential and parliamentary elections. In the U.S. beginning May 4, [...]	2006-04-20 10:18:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SL
06FREETOWN473	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SL GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS TIP [...] On June 6, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Acting Foreign Minister Dr. Mohamed Kamara. The Ambassador encouraged the GoSL to activate the Trafficking in Persons Task Force, as stipulated in the new Anti-Trafficking Act, and prepare a national strategy on TIP. Kamara was pleased [...]	2006-06-12 09:23:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG SL
06FREETOWN499	SIERRA LEONE PREPARES FOR 2007 ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 18:46:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SL
06FREETOWN508	SIERRA LEONE: NO CLAIMS AGAINST THE GOSL FOR 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-22 10:41:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN CASC PGOV KIDE SL
06FREETOWN511	UNPP ELECTS US COLLEGE PROFESSOR AS PRESIDENTIAL [...] Summary: On June 16 and 17, the United National People's Party (UNPP) held a national convention in Freetown to elect a new party leader and presidential candidate. Delegates elected Abdul Karim Koroma, a U.S. professor, as presidential candidate. One party official denied the legitimacy of [...]	2006-06-22 16:44:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SL
06FREETOWN535	Decentralization Two Years On: Hopeful Signs [...] Since May 2004, when Sierra Leone held its first local elections in 32 years, local government has made tremendous progress. Devolution of government responsibility and funding have begun to occur in a real way, and local communities are starting to see the benefits. Although there is still [...]	2006-07-03 07:28:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SL
06FREETOWN537	TIP TASK FORCE: UP BUT NOT QUITE RUNNING [...] On June 22, the Minister of Social Welfare met with PolOff to discuss the progress of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Task Force. The minister voiced concerns over the contents of the 2005 TIP Report, but was committed to the establishment of the Task Force. In its first meeting, the Task [...]	2006-07-03 09:18:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG SL
06FREETOWN554	THE BEGINNING OF THE LONG GOODBYE: KABBAH OPENS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 12:38:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SL
06FREETOWN597	WOLFOWITZ HAILS SIERRA LEONE'S PROGRESS [...] (U) On the first visit ever by a World Bank President to Sierra Leone, Paul Wolfowitz hailed Sierra Leone as "one of the most successful post-conflict countries." Speaking to the press at the end of a July 20-21 trip to meet with the Government, civil society, and war amputees, and to visit the [...]	2006-07-21 16:00:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV PREL SL
06FREETOWN630	PRESIDENT KABBAH ANNOUNCES JULY 28, 2007 FOR [...] (U) On August 3, President Kabbah announced Saturday, July 28, 2007 as the date for presidential and parliamentary elections. 2. (U) Citing constitutional requirements for presidential and parliamentary elections, Kabbah has selected July 28, 2007 as a date on which both presidential and pa [...]	2006-08-03 19:17:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SL

06FREETOWN681	RIGGED CHIEFDOM ELECTIONS: A WORRYING SIGN FOR 2007 [...] (C) On August 12, a new Mandingo paramount chief was crowned in the predominantly Limba Biriwa Chiefdom. The election was preceded by a dispute over eligible electors, a court injunction, a refusal by the National Electoral Commission (NEC) to oversee the elections, and Limba-Mandingo violenc [...]	2006-08-18 15:51:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SL
06FREETOWN755	SIERRA LEONE: LOSING THE BATTLE AGAINST CORRUPTION? [...] (C) Summary: On August 24, the High Court of Sierra Leone acquitted six defendants accused of procuring an overvalued, non-functional forklift for the Sierra Leone Port Authority for lack of evidence. The acquittal in this case, which was the only corruption case involving high-level governmen [...]	2006-09-11 18:37:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR UK SL
06FREETOWN776	SIERRA LEONE'S RULING PARTY THREATENS RIVALS [...] (C) During a recent trip to ruling Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) strongholds in southern and eastern Sierra Leone to gauge the popularity of Charles Margai's SLPP breakaway party, the People's Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC),PolOff found a disturbing pattern of manipulation, intimi [...]	2006-09-15 16:49:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM SL
06FREETOWN819	PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION MEMBERS [...] On October 3, Parliament confirmed five representatives for the newly-established Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone. 2. The new representatives are: Jamesfina King: Has a Master's Degree in International Legal Studies with a focus on Human Rights. She has been in private practice fo [...]	2006-10-05 11:50:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KBIO SL
06FREETOWN840	SIERRA LEONE LAUNCHES YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SCHEME [...] (U) On October 9, Charge and PolOff attended the launching of the GoSL's Youth Employment Scheme (YES). Vice President Solomon Berewa gave the keynote address. Many ministers and a few donor agencies' representatives attended the event. Berewa announce that the government had earmarked 1 [...]	2006-10-12 18:00:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON SL
06FUKUOKA14	KYUSHU'S AGING SOCIETY CREATING BOTH HEADACHES AND [...] While analysts frequently warn about the coming demographic and fiscal challenges that Japan's aging population will pose, in much of the Kyushu/Yamaguchi region that future has already arrived. Senior citizens age 65 and over now account for more than one in five Kyushu residents, and this pr [...]	2006-02-28 10:37:00	Consulate Fukuoka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB SOCI PGOV BTIO JA
06FUKUOKA21	IWAKUNI REFERENDUM BOOSTS MAYOR'S PROSPECTS, BUT WORRIES [...] (SBU) The March 12 referendum in Iwakuni City, in which 87% of the participants voted to oppose the transfer of the USS Kitty Hawk air carrier wing from Atsugi to Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni under proposed U.S. forces realignment plans, appears to have produced one clear winner: c [...]	2006-03-15 08:37:00	Consulate Fukuoka	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR PREL SOCI JA
06FUKUOKA23	STUDY SAYS GOJ AMENDMENTS TO URBAN PLANNING LAWS ARE THE [...] (SBU) A recent report by the Kyushu Economic Research Center (KERC) argues that the Government of Japan's (GOJ) proposed amendments to two of the three Urban Planning Laws ("Machizukuri Sanpo") will actually do little to revitalize urban centers in the Kyushu/Yamaguchi region. The GOJ proposal [...]	2006-04-05 08:57:00	Consulate Fukuoka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV PGOV SOCI JA
06FUKUOKA27	RE-ELECTED IWAKUNI MAYOR TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE ON U.S. NAVAL [...] (U) On April 23, Katsusuke Ihara easily defeated an LDP-supported opponent and a third candidate in the Iwakuni City mayoral election. Ihara, who was mayor of Iwakuni City prior to its March 20 merger with seven smaller towns, obtained 69% of the votes compared to the 28% and 2% obtained by [...]	2006-04-24 09:13:00	Consulate Fukuoka	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR PREL JA
06FUKUOKA9	NUCLEAR ENERGY POLITICS IN WESTERN JAPAN: KYUSHU ELECTRIC'S [...] (SBU) With Saga Governor Yasushi Furukawa's declaration February 7 that he believes pluthermal (plutonium-thermal) technology is safe, Kyushu Electric Power Co. (Kyuden) is close to securing final approval from local officials to initiate pluthermal power generation at its Genkai No. 3 Reactor [...]	2006-02-09 05:42:00	Consulate Fukuoka	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EMIN ECON SENV SOCI PGOV TRGY JA
06GABORONE453	SCENESETTER FOR DAS THOMPSON'S VISIT TO BOTSWANA [...] Mission Botswana welcomes the visit of DAS Carol Thompson on April 12-13. As a stable, middle-income, multi-party democracy, Botswana represents the potential of Africa. Yet, Botswana faces significant challenges - a severe HIV/AIDS epidemic, an international human rights controversy over th [...]	2006-03-31 12:07:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON KHIV PHUM MOPS BC
06GABORONE478	VICE PRESIDENT KHAMA TAKES HEAT FROM MPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Botswana's just-concluded parliamentary session contained some embarrassing but revealing moments for Vice President Ian Khama. His contributions to the National Assembly were brought into question by MPs asking why he does not report to the legislature. Others complained th [...]	2006-04-06 05:13:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BC
06GABORONE581	CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS IN BOTSWANA [...] (SBU) Summary: As the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) prepares to mark thirty years of professional, apolitical service to the nation, its leadership has recognized the need to improve civil-military relations. While the BDF's streamlined relationship with the executive branch has facilitated [...]	2006-04-28 08:36:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR BC
06GABORONE623	INFIGHTING, LACK OF CAPACITY HOBBLES BOTSWANA LABOR [...] Summary: The majority of trade unions represented at May Day celebrations in Gaborone have dismissed their umbrella body, the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU),as worthless. Unionists accused the government and employers of destabilizing their organizations by instigating factiona [...]	2006-05-08 13:35:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PHUM BC
06GABORONE653	FRUSTRATED WITH MUGABE, BOTSWANA TO TIGHTEN BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite its frustration with President Mugabe's misrule, the Government of Botswana has no proactive strategy for dealing with the problem. Caught between the opinion of most donor governments on one hand and its neighbors' demand for regional solidarity on the other, the GOB h [...]	2006-05-12 06:14:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM GM ZI BC
06GABORONE737	PROSPECTS IMPROVE FOR DIALOGUE OVER CKGR [...] (U) SUMMARY: As the court case between the San relocated from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve and the Government of Botswana nears its end, a group of local NGOs has established a coalition to resume dialogue between the San and the Government. Regardless of the High Court's decision, exp [...]	2006-06-06 05:08:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BC
06GABORONE933	BOTSWANA HOUSES PROVIDED THROUGH CHINESE LOANS [...] SUMMARY: The government of Botswana has again turned to the China Export-Import Bank to fund a construction project, despite a loan provision requiring that the work be performed by Chinese firms. The $9.2 million loan will fund construction of 293 houses in Gaborone. Parliamentary support [...]	2006-07-24 15:33:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON BEXP BC CH
06GENEVA2614	GEORGIAN PERMREP ASKS FOR HIGH-LEVEL U.S. [...] (C) Georgian PermRep Levan Mikeladze and Political Counselor Valerian Katamadze met with Ambassador Tichenor Oct. 13 to request U.S. intervention on behalf of Georgia in response to Russia's retaliation against Georgia following the arrest and later expulsion of four Russian military officers [...]	2006-10-16 15:39:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG AM RS
06GEORGETOWN1019	PARLIAMENT OPENS, ABSENT OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: A series of meetings and phone calls between President Jagdeo and opposition party leaders seemed to clear a path for the People's National Congress Reform (PNCR) to attend the opening of Parliament on September 28, but walk out before Jagdeo's speech. However, an eleventh hou [...]	2006-09-29 20:44:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM GY
06GEORGETOWN1043	GUYANA: OUR POST-ELECTION AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: President Bharrat Jagdeo starts his second five-year term with a firm parliamentary majority and apparent control over his own People's Progressive Party (PPP). He aligned his priorities in an October 2 conversation with the Ambassador as breaking Guyana's wave of violent crime [...]	2006-10-05 20:01:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PHUM KDEM OAS GY
06GEORGETOWN1065	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR MAISTO,S OCTOBER 18-20 [...] (U) We warmly welcome your visit to Georgetown. You are arriving at an important historical moment, shortly after the first peaceful elections in nearly a decade. In the run-up to elections and during the victory celebrations, President Jagdeo promised to widen political dialogue and to push [...]	2006-10-12 20:32:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM GY
06GEORGETOWN1069	SURVEY OF ETHANOL POTENTIAL IN GUYANA [...] SUMMARY: Though a small-scale sugar producer, Guyana could be a lucrative destination for investment in ethanol production. Guyana's efforts to streamline its sugar industry and lower the cost of production--which will enable it to remain competitive--have limited excess cane capacity and inves [...]	2006-10-13 19:53:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAGR PREL PGOV GY
06GEORGETOWN107	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR GUYANA [...] The Government of Guyana encourages foreign direct investment in almost all sectors. Billed as a "first stop shop" for investors, the Guyana Office for Investment (GO- INVEST) is charged with leading government efforts to attract foreign and domestic investment. GO-INVEST focuses primarily [...]	2006-01-31 19:28:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV KTDB GY OPIC USTR
06GEORGETOWN111	PROMINENT AFRO-GUYANESE JOURNALIST RONALD [...] Prominent Afro-Guyanese journalist/television talk show host/politician, Ronald Waddell, was gunned down in front of his home at in the Subryanville section of Georgetown, seven doors down from the USAID Mission Director's residence, at approximately 8:30 p.m. on January 30. 2. Waddell hos [...]	2006-02-01 13:32:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS ASEC KCRM GY
06GEORGETOWN112	SHAHEED "ROGER" KHAN: GUYANA'S OWN ESCOBAR? [...] (S) SUMMARY. Shaheed "Roger" Khan (DOB: 13-Jan-72),Guyana's number one narco-criminal, threatens to exert control over the fragile Guyanese state akin to Pablo Escobar's erstwhile control over Colombia. Khan is presently active in drug trafficking, money laundering, and arms smuggling. His [...]	2006-02-01 13:37:00	Embassy Georgetown	SECRET	SNAR PINR PINS PGOV KCRM KCOR NS GY
06GEORGETOWN1138	PNCR-1G COMES TO PARLIAMENT ) DEBATE PRESIDENT,S [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 20:50:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM GY
06GEORGETOWN1148	MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS OUT OF LOOP ON KERIK ISSUE [...] (C) On November 1, Legal Attach Kevin Currier, Assistant Legal Attach Marvin Freeman, and DCM paid a friendly and productive introductory courtesy call on newly appointed Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee. The FBI thanked Rohee for assistance in several cases, to include the 2005 Thomson [...]	2006-11-02 19:05:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GY
06GEORGETOWN1154	GUYANA PASSES CRICKET WORLD CUP LEGISLATION [...] With minimal debate, Guyana's Parliament unanimously passed legislation governing venue access, commercial rights and public order for the Cricket World Cup, scheduled to take place in Guyana from March 27 to April 9, 2007. The International Cricket Council (ICC) mandated passage of the so-call [...]	2006-11-03 19:56:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV CASC ASEC GY
06GEORGETOWN1162	AFC ALLEGES MISCOUNT, CLAIMS PRIME MINISTER'S SEAT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Alliance for Change (AFC) alleges that several ballot boxes were left off of the total tally in Region Ten, costing the party a seat in parliament. In a press conference, AFC leaders called on the ruling People's Progressive Party/CIVIC (PPP/C) to voluntarily relinquish th [...]	2006-11-06 15:06:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM GY
06GEORGETOWN1172	POLICE COMMISSIONER GREENE: GIVE US BARABBAS [...] (C) Summary: President Bharrat Jagdeo appears set to make Acting Police Commissioner Henry Greene the permanent head of the Guyana Police Force. Elevating Greene makes political sense--his aggressive response to out of control street crime is a hit--but the president fears it may cause prob [...]	2006-11-07 15:43:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM GY
06GEORGETOWN1180	EMBATTLED PCNR TO DISCUSS LEADERSHIP ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Persistent rumors that leader Robert Corbin is on his way out, as well as a public airing of complaints by some members of the party's youth arm, have recently dogged the opposition People's National Congress Reform (PNCR). After its dismal election showing, the PNCR appears to [...]	2006-11-08 18:33:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM GY
06GEORGETOWN1186	STAFFDEL MEACHAM AND TOON VISIT: DISCUSS MLO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Carl Meacham and Bernard Toon, Senior Professional Staff Members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, traveled to Guyana November 2-4. The primary focus of their visit was to understand the process and procedures whereby the State Department oversees security assistan [...]	2006-11-09 21:24:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR KDEM OREP GY
06GEORGETOWN121	GUYANA FLOOD UPDATE: WATER LEVEL STABLE [...] SUMMARY: Several days of relatively good weather have allowed water levels in affected areas to lower slightly. The GOG declared two of the affected regions disaster areas and briefed donors of the potential need for assistance in mitigation and disaster prevention. Meanwhile, reports of vanda [...]	2006-02-03 13:26:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV AEMR EAID PGOV GY
06GEORGETOWN122	Update on Leptospirosis in Guyana [...] Leptospirosis is considered endemic in Guyana. In January 2005 during catastrophic flooding Guyana experienced an outbreak of the disease far above baseline levels with 65 laboratory -confirmed cases and more than 200 additional suspected cases. 2. Increasing numbers of cases clinically con [...]	2006-02-03 18:37:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAID CASC PGOV GY CDC
06GEORGETOWN124	DONOR COMMUNITY TO ISSUE NON-VIOLENCE STATEMENT IN [...] Ambassador and Chiefs of Mission of the UK, Canada and the European Union (ABCEU) met with leaders of the ruling PPP/C and several opposition parties, including the Guyana Third Force, the Alliance for Change, and the Working People's Alliance, to emphasize the need for non-violence following [...]	2006-02-03 20:37:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ASEC KCRM GY
06GEORGETOWN130	Guyana Snares Cuban Medical Aid And Scholarships [...] President Jagdeo returned from a two-day visit to Cuba and held a press conference to trumpet several pledges of assistance, including the establishment of an ophthalmology clinic and a scholarship program for Guyanese students to study medicine, agriculture and engineering in Cuba. The eye cl [...]	2006-02-07 15:22:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID PREL SCUL KPAO KHIV CU GY
06GEORGETOWN1303	GUYANA'S TROUBLED FORESTRY SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: Amid recent public outcry over unscrupulous business practices in Guyana's poorly monitored forestry sector, the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has announced an investigation into allegations of transfer pricing. Despite some companies' official agreements with the GOG on provi [...]	2006-12-15 19:42:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EAGR EAID PGOV KCOR KFRD XB CH GY
06GEORGETOWN137	DEATH THREAT AGAINST U.S. AMBASSADOR AND PROMINENT [...] (S) Ambassador met with Major General (ret.) Norman McLean on February 8 at McLean's request. At the meeting, McLean handed Ambassador a sheet of paper listing information he had received from a policeman who has access to the Buxton area. This paper described a discussion regarding an operati [...]	2006-02-08 23:27:00	Embassy Georgetown	SECRET	ASEC PTER PGOV PREL SNAR GY
06GEORGETOWN139	TEIXEIRA SHARES INFORMATION ON SUSPECT VISA SEEKERS [...] (C) Ambassador met with Minister of Home Affairs Gail Teixeira on January 12 and January 20 to discuss various matters. At the January 12 meeting, Teixeira handed a document to Ambassador containing a list of Indian nationals who had applied for Guyanese tourist visas through Indian "tour ope [...]	2006-02-09 20:53:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR SMIG KFRD KCOR KCRM GY
06GEORGETOWN153	EDITORIAL ON GUYANA'S SECURITY CHALLENGE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-13 20:44:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS SOCI GY
06GEORGETOWN157	CENSUS PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO GUYANESE SOCIETY [...] SUMMARY. The GoG released the results of Guyana's 2002 Population and Housing Census in October 2005. The census confirmed two demographic trends that will profoundly shape the country's political and economic development: a) total population is stagnant and predicted to fall; and b) the ethn [...]	2006-02-15 13:11:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PGOV PHUM SMIG CVIS GY
06GEORGETOWN158	LABOR STRUGGLES TO UNIFY AS GOG SEIZES INITIATIVE [...] SUMMARY: A number of simmering labor issues have emerged in the run-up to the elections. The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) is in an ongoing struggle for government salary arbitration with unclear ends and limited impact to date. The Guyana Trade Union Congress (GTUC) is contesting a propo [...]	2006-02-15 13:14:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV GY
06GEORGETOWN162	Firearms Seized from US Commercial Aircraft [...] Action request para 5. 2. On February 11, 2006, Guyanese Customs Officials intercepted 3 firearms at Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) that were found in exported cargo from the U.S. on North American Airlines flight 091 from JFK International Airport. Customs official examined a [...]	2006-02-16 12:11:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAIR PGOV GY
06GEORGETOWN167	A/SYG RAMDIN WANTS STRONG OAS ENGAGEMENT IN GUYANA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. OAS A/SYG Albert Ramdin visited Guyana February 13-14. Key takeaways from his visit are: a) Ramdin wants to increase OAS' involvement in Guyana and will act quickly to form a long-term mission of some sort; b) he wants any OAS electoral observation mission to act in close part [...]	2006-02-17 15:21:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM GY OAS
06GEORGETOWN174	JAGDEO ANNOUNCES WIRELESS LICENSE FOR DIGICEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Jagdeo announced February 20 that the GoG would grant a license to regional wireless telecommunications operator Digicel. Issuing this license would violate the terms of the MoU between the GoG and U.S.-owned incumbent operator CelStar. Jagdeo also repeated his call [...]	2006-02-21 20:37:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINT PGOV GY
06GEORGETOWN181	OPPOSITION DRAWS BATTLE LINE: ELECTION PREVIEW #4 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Technical preparations for Guyana's elections are proceeding reasonably well (ref A),but the process is deadlocked for political reasons. The main opposition party PNC/R, facing dim electoral prospects, is working to obstruct and discredit the election process. The PNC/R lea [...]	2006-02-24 20:35:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM GY
06GEORGETOWN205	BRAZEN CRIMES IN GEORGETOWN SHOCK, PORTEND [...] (U) SUMMARY. A SPATE OF SEEMINGLY DISPARATE CRIMES HIT GEORGETOWN BETWEEN FEBRUARY 22 AND 27: A) A POSSIBLE STAGED KIDNAPPING; B) THE DISAPPEARANCE OF POWERFUL WEAPONS FROM A GUYANA DEFENCE FORCE (GDF) STOREHOUSE; C) A HIGH-SPEED BOAT CHASE ALONG THE CAPITAL'S WATERFRONT; AND MOST DISTURBINGLY [...]	2006-03-02 20:48:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS ASEC PGOV SOCI SNAR MCAP KCRM GY
06GEORGETOWN208	GOG TO INVESTIGATE UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS IN INTERIOR [...] (SBU) Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC),Robeson Benn, informed EconOff on February 28 that mine officers and immigration officials will begin inspecting interior mining locations by the second week of March in an effort to identify and regularize undocumented work [...]	2006-03-03 12:21:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SMIG ELAB CVIS KCRM KCOR GY
06GEORGETOWN219	TELECOM UPDATE--WAR OF WORDS ESCALATES BETWEEN GT&T [...] SUMMARY: In a rare move to take his case straight to the media, Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) CEO Major General (ret.) Joe Singh condemned the GOG's recent "propaganda blitz" as an effort to disparage the company and justify abrogating the firm's exclusive right agreement in landline t [...]	2006-03-07 11:58:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ECPS EINT PGOV GY
06GEORGETOWN22	CABINET SECRETARY ANNOUNCES GUYANA DEA OFFICE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Presidential Secretariat Head Roger Luncheon told a press conference that the GoG welcomes the establishment of a U.S. DEA office in Guyana, but acknowledged that certain details still need to be addressed. The state-owned newspaper carried the story the following day under the [...]	2006-01-06 18:25:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PREL GY
06GEORGETOWN224	GOG REQUESTS ASSISTANCE ON STOLEN WEAPONS [...] (U) Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon called a meeting with Ambassador on short notice March 3 to discuss the recent theft of weapons from a Guyana Defense Force (GDF) storehouse (ref A). 2. (U) Luncheon gave Ambassador a copy of an October 19, 2005, memorandum from hi [...]	2006-03-08 14:03:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC MCAP SNAR KCOR KCRM GY
06GEORGETOWN233	BERBICE RIVER BRIDGE AGAIN INCHES TOWARD REALITY [...] SUMMARY: The GOG's point person on the one-mile long Berbice River Bridge project, which would connect the agricultural east Berbice region with the central coast and Georgetown, has predicted completion of the bridge by October 2007. Significantly, funding for the US$37.2 million dollar proje [...]	2006-03-13 11:48:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN ECON PGOV EFIN GY
06GEORGETOWN235	JAGDEO TAKING CAMPAIGN TO LOW ROAD: ELECTION [...] (C) President Jagdeo summoned Ambassador as well as the British and Canadian High Commissioners to his home on short notice Saturday March 4. Jagdeo wanted to discuss the elections and security. He said that he has started his campaign. (Note: Jagdeo has not yet been officially designated th [...]	2006-03-13 16:17:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM SNAR KDEM GY
06GEORGETOWN248	EMINENT GUYANESE WARN DIPLOMATS OF ELECTION THREATS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Members of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) met with donors March 8 and 10 to discuss their deep concerns about preparations for Guyana's upcoming elections, the deteriorating security situation, and the disturbing nexus between the two. These Guyanese civil society figures a [...]	2006-03-14 16:43:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM KCRM GY
06GEORGETOWN257	Radio, monopoly and technology in Guyana [...] Summary: The Stabroek News, the leading independent daily newspaper in Guyana, carried an editorial on Friday, March 17, analyzing GoG ambivalence with regard to radio broadcasting in Guyana. The editorial is reproduced below: Begin Text: One cannot avoid the conclusion that after thirt [...]	2006-03-17 20:25:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PROP PGOV PHUM SCUL KDEM GY
06GEORGETOWN278	SECRET TAPE, RAID ON DRUG LORD'S ASSETS ROCK GUYANA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Georgetown is flush with intrigue as a joint army/police team conducted raids March 19-20 on drug lord Shaheed "Roger" Khan's properties and, concurrently, a secret recording of Police Commissioner Winston Felix's phone conversations was anonymously and widely distributed to the [...]	2006-03-23 20:33:00	Embassy Georgetown	SECRET	SNAR PINS PGOV KCOR KCRM GY
06GEORGETOWN29	FONMIN DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AND OAS VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Insanally January 9 to discuss: a) efforts to strengthen the UN human rights machinery through the Human Rights Council; b) OAS A/SGY Ramdin's anticipated visit and the need for an OAS long-term observer mission for the upcoming elections; and [...]	2006-01-10 19:54:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL GY UN OAS
06GEORGETOWN30	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREEMPTING MORALES' MESSAGE [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Insanally January 9 and delivered talking points on U.S. concerns and suggestions regarding the Morales government (Ref A). Ambassador noted that Guyana will take over as chair of the Rio Group later this month and asked Insanally to raise the issue wit [...]	2006-01-10 20:04:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO GY
06GEORGETOWN300	INCSR PROMPTS GREATER SCRUTINY OF FOREST [...] The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) is taking steps to prevent narco-traffickers from gaining control of timber concessions in Guyana. This is a direct reaction to the 2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),which stated that the GFC "granted a State Forestry Explorator [...]	2006-03-30 20:00:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAGR PGOV KCRM KPAO GY
06GEORGETOWN308	GUYANA POLL DATE UNDER THREAT: ELECTION PREVIEW #6 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The likelihood of Guyana holding elections by the August 4 constitutional due date has plummeted over the past ten days. The Guyana Elections Commissioner (GECOM) Secretariat - the technical staff - took the country by SIPDIS surprise March 24 when they circulated a draft re [...]	2006-04-03 18:12:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM OAS GY
06GEORGETOWN344	OAS OBSERVERS FOR GUYANA, CONCERN OVER ELECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY. OAS A/SYG Ramdin led a three-person OAS mission to Guyana April 6-11 that paves the way for an OAS Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) with a broader role of ensuring that Guyana has elections. His visit coincided with the Guyana Elections Commission's (GECOM) capitulation that [...]	2006-04-18 14:16:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM OAS XL GY
06GEORGETOWN371	GUYANA ELECTION DELAYED, PROESS IN DISARRAY: [...] U) SUMMARY. The Guyana Elections Commission (GECO) says it cannot deliver elections by the Auust 4 constitutional due date and will not be ready before August 30. This raises thorny constitutional questions about Guyana's governance after August 4. GECOM has also failed to set a new election [...]	2006-04-24 15:26:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDM OAS GY
06GEORGETOWN372	GOG CABINET MEMBER ASSASSINATED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Cabinet member and People's Progressive Party (PPP) insider Satyadeow Sawh was gunned down at his home April 22 in an apparent targeted assassination. Most observers detect a political link behind the killing. Regardless of the motive, this adds more fuel to the fire as pre-el [...]	2006-04-24 15:53:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PGOV ASEC KCRM GY
06GEORGETOWN406	AFTERMATH OF SAWH ASSASSINATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: More than one week has passed since the assassination of Agriculture Minister Satyadeo Sawh, with little progress on apprehending the killers. Various theories are circulating in an effort to explain why he was targeted, and the ruling PPP has publicly insinuated the involvement o [...]	2006-05-04 14:54:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PGOV ASEC KCRM GY
06GEORGETOWN433	NARCO-CRIMINAL ROGER KHAN LASHES OUT AT USG [...] (U) Guyana's leading narco-trafficker Shaheed "Roger" Khan has stepped up his public relations attack since news of his grand jury indictment emerged May 5 on conspiracy to import cocaine emerged. Khan approached various media organizations May 10 with a statement painting himself as a victim [...]	2006-05-11 20:20:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM GY
06GEORGETOWN45	FLOODS PLAGUE GUYANA, AGAIN [...] SUMMARY. Since late December, flooding has plagued coastal Guyana, particularly the centers of agricultural production. After initially dismissing the magnitude of the flooding, the GOG has begun a massive public relations and relief spending effort. The GoG's initial underestimate of the magn [...]	2006-01-13 21:28:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV EAGR EAID ECON GY ASEC CASC
06GEORGETOWN462	POLITICAL STALEMATE CONTINUES: ELECTION PREVIEW #8 [...] (U) SUMMARY. Guyana's election impasse has moved into a new phase. The country currently has neither a legislature (dissolved May 2 by President Jagdeo) nor an election date (no new date has been set since the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) decided April 12 that it could not meet the Au [...]	2006-05-17 19:23:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS KDEM OAS GY
06GEORGETOWN471	OPPOSITION SUES GOG, WANTS COURT TO WEIGH IN ON [...] (U) The main opposition PNC/R threw up another major obstacle to election preparations May 18. It filed a lawsuit in Guyana's High Court challenging the legality of a May 2 constitutional amendment that had extended the election deadline to September 2. The plaintiff is Joe Hamilton, the PNC [...]	2006-05-19 18:12:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM GY
06GEORGETOWN493	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR NEW [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered demarche per reftel May 24 to Ambassador Elizabeth Harper, Director General (and number two) at Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Harper does not believe the GoG has had any communication or interaction with the new Iraqi government. Although providing assistance is out of [...]	2006-05-25 18:52:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PGOV KPAO IZ GY
06GEORGETOWN499	TIME HAS COME FOR COORDINATED PLAN ON GUYANA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Commonwealth Secretariat's Special Envoy to Guyana briefed Ambassador and other donor representatives May 25 on his "depressing" visit to Guyana. The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) conceded May 24 that it would not be able to hold elections before September 12, beyond e [...]	2006-05-25 21:17:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM GY
06GEORGETOWN504	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered demarche May 31 per reftel to Minister of Foreign Affairs Rudy Insanally. President Jagdeo is out of the country. Insanally agreed that all possibilities for a negotiated settlement must be explored. He suggested that a statement of encouragement from CARICOM might [...]	2006-06-01 12:31:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IR GY
06GEORGETOWN519	GUYANA'S SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA'S UNSC PUSH UP IN [...] (U) Ambassador delivered demarche May 31 per reftel to Minister of Foreign Affairs Rudy Insanally. 2. (C) Insanally is "sympathetic to Guatemala's ambition" for the Latin American non-permanent UNSC seat, but the "bugbear" remains its border issue with Belize. He referred more than once t [...]	2006-06-02 16:36:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC GY XL
06GEORGETOWN53	GUYANA FLOODING: Conservancy Dams near danger level [...] SUMMARY. The Cabinet decided early Monday to open the Maduni sluices, which will greatly exacerbate flooding in agricultural areas on the Mahaica and Mahaicony Rivers, in order to relieve pressure on the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) which is reaching dangerous levels. While this is a [...]	2006-01-17 21:38:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID PGOV EAGR ECON ASEC CASC GY
06GEORGETOWN532	"SHAMBLES": EDITORIAL ON GUYANA'S PRECARIOUS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-06 21:02:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS SNAR KCRM GY
06GEORGETOWN546	USING IDB DEBT WRITE-OFF AS LEVERAGE WITH GOG [...] (C) SUMMARY. Post understands that the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will consider forgiving $3.5 billion of debt owed by its five poorest members, including Guyana. This presents a unique opportunity to influence the GoG to follow through on long overdue governance improvements. The [...]	2006-06-09 18:48:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN PREL EAID KCRM GY
06GEORGETOWN547	2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] In response to reftel, the following is Post's submission for the 2006 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. Post is aware of five (5) claims of United States persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Guyana (GOG),all of which were detailed in the 2005 report [...]	2006-06-09 19:25:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV GY
06GEORGETOWN559	JAGDEO USES WORLD CUP TV COVERAGE TO BOOST IMAGE [...] (U) President Jagdeo has taken credit for bringing World Cup soccer to Guyanese television. The state-run National Communications Network (NCN) has bombarded the airwaves with this news in recent days, heralding the "personal intervention of His Excellency President Bharrat Jagdeo" to make Wo [...]	2006-06-14 13:20:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL ECPS PINR GY
06GEORGETOWN562	GUYANA NARCO-RUMORS: ACETONE IMPORTS, STALLED HOTEL [...] (U) PolOff's recent conversations with prominent locals yielded noteworthy comments about developments in Guyana's narco-trade. 2. (C) PolOff spoke June 7 with Stanley Ming (protect),vice-chairman of the opposition PNC/R party and prominent Guyanese businessman. He is a large importer by [...]	2006-06-15 16:20:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PINR KCRM GY
06GEORGETOWN594	GUYANA VOTER LIST IN LEGAL LIMBO: ELECTION PREVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is progressing with its work to prepare a final voter list for the upcoming national elections. But Guyanese disagree whether registered electors must reside in Guyana to have the right to vote. Because emigration rates are so high, this i [...]	2006-06-19 20:47:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM GY
06GEORGETOWN595	AMBASSADOR: TIE IDB DEBT FORGIVENESS, MCC TO REFORM [...] (C) I recently learned that the IDB is planning to forgive the debt owed by its five poorest members -- including almost a half billion dollars that Guyana owes. I cannot stress enough the unique opportunity this gives us to induce meaningful reform in a country that has obstinately resisted [...]	2006-06-20 15:05:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KDEM KMCA GY
06GEORGETOWN640	(C/NF) GUYANA RESPONSE: DESI BOUTERSE AND SHAHEED [...] (C) Post presents response to ref A. Noting that Shaheed "Roger" Khan is now in custody, Post takes this opportunity to mention other narco-criminals in Guyana eager to take over Khan's turf (see paras 14-17). As Minister of Home Affairs told Ambassador at their June 23 meeting: "When one st [...]	2006-06-29 18:22:00	Embassy Georgetown	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV GY NS
06GEORGETOWN663	GUYANA POLITICS BACK TO THE FORE: ELECTION PREVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY. Election-related activity hit a lull in the latter half of June as news of narco-criminal Shaheed "Roger" Khan's arrest transfixed Guyana. With Khan now in U.S. custody, election controversy is heating up again. Although many electoral preparations are progressing well, the main [...]	2006-07-07 18:21:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM GY
06GEORGETOWN667	PLAN TO COAX GUYANA INTO IMPLEMENTING GOVERNANCE [...] (U) This is an action request for WHA -- see para 6. 2. (C) Ambassador met July 6 with mission chiefs from UK, Canada, European Community (EC),UNDP, IDB, and World Bank to discuss a strategy for approaching President Jagdeo with a coordinated message on elections. The group proposes that [...]	2006-07-07 20:07:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM GY
06GEORGETOWN685	JAGDEO DETERMINED TO HOLD ELECTIONS ON AUGUST 28 [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Jagdeo is determined to hold national elections on August 28 -- one to two weeks sooner than expected -- and within the constitutional deadline. The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) needs to push hard to be ready by then. The pressure is also on donor countries and [...]	2006-07-13 19:23:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM OAS GY
06GEORGETOWN694	COMMERCIAL COURT RULES AGAINST GOG IN BOND DEFAULT [...] On July 12, 2006, Guyana's newly christened Commercial Court ruled in favor of a plaintiff who had sued the GOG after it defaulted on a $US201,085 bond. The bondholder, Carol Correia, sued the GOG on June 29, 2006 seeking the principal plus 5% interest on the 12-year bond, which matured on May [...]	2006-07-17 12:00:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV KJUS ECON GY
06GEORGETOWN70	Guyana Flood Update: Conservancy Water Rising [...] Peace Corps volunteers reported this afternoon that farmers unhappy with flooding in the Mahaica, Mahaicony and Abrary Creek area are protesting and have blocked the East Coast road at Belledrum, approximately 60 km east of Georgetown. Peace Corps moved one Mahaicony area volunteer to Georget [...]	2006-01-19 22:44:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR CASC EAID PGOV ASEC SENV EAGR GY
06GEORGETOWN704	POLICE COMMISSIONER OUT, INTERIM REPLACEMENT TIED [...] (S) SUMMARY. President Jagdeo and his deputy, Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon, separately highlighted to US, UK, Canada and EU chiefs of mission that Police Commissioner Winston Felix is out as of July 24. Jagdeo wants to name a replacement by October -- after election [...]	2006-07-17 17:35:00	Embassy Georgetown	SECRET//NOFORN	SNAR PGOV CVIS KCRM KCOR GY
06GEORGETOWN71	GECOM MAKES ENCOURAGING PROGRESS: ELECTION PREVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY. Preparations for Guyana's 2006 elections are gathering steam. The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has addressed donor concerns in a number of areas. This cable reviews the latest status of various preparation activities -- observers, voter registration, media code of conduct [...]	2006-01-20 13:50:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM GY
06GEORGETOWN710	GUYANA: RESPONSES TO DEMARCHE ON GOVERNANCE REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: US, UK, Canada and EU chiefs of mission delivered demarche on governance reforms to President Jagdeo July 13, Opposition Leader Robert Corbin July 14, the upstart Alliance For Change (AFC) July 17, and the ruling People's Progressive Party (PPP) July 18. Jagdeo generally agreed w [...]	2006-07-19 14:13:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OAS GY UK CA
06GEORGETOWN724	GUYANA ELECTIONS ON AUGUST 28; PNC WILL PARTICIPATE [...] (U) Summary: President Jagdeo announced to the nation July 21 that general elections will be held on August 28. The following day, opposition leader Robert Corbin said the People's National Congress (PNC) will contest the elections, grudgingly, rather than follow through on its threat to boyc [...]	2006-07-24 19:51:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM GY
06GEORGETOWN725	GOG PICKS CROOKED POLICE CHIEF DESPITE REVOKED VISA [...] (S) SUMMARY: The GoG moved ahead with its plan to elevate Deputy Commissioner Henry Greene to Acting Police Commissioner, despite his visa ineligibility for involvement with drug traffickers. Greene assumed his new position July 24. Greene's elevation will bring much international assistan [...]	2006-07-24 21:24:00	Embassy Georgetown	SECRET//NOFORN	SNAR PGOV PINR PREL KCOR GY
06GEORGETOWN743	NOMINATION DAY AND POLL PUT GUYANA ELECTIONS INTO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Georgetown was boisterous on July 26 Nomination Day as the political parties -- arriving in turns to the tune of chanting supporters and Caribbean music -- presented their candidate lists to the Chief Election Officer at City Hall. A less than expected total of eleven parties ap [...]	2006-07-28 13:01:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM GY
06GEORGETOWN787	GUNMEN KILL NEWSPAPER WORKERS IN GEORGETOWN [...] (U) SUMMARY. Guyana is aghast at the brutal killing of six men August 8 by roving gunmen. The main target of the operation was the complex where the independent Kaieteur News is printed, located in Eccles along the road connecting Georgetown to the airport. The killings are reminiscent of a [...]	2006-08-09 18:46:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV ASEC KCRM GY
06GEORGETOWN804	ALLIANCE FOR CHANGE OUTLINES STRATEGY, GAINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dick Morris, political advisor to third-party contender Alliance for Change (AFC),described the party's strategy as it heads into the final weeks of its campaign. The AFC is optimistic that it can continue to siphon votes from the opposition People's National Congress (PNC) while [...]	2006-08-10 19:20:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM GY
06GEORGETOWN815	(U) GUYANA ELECTION PREPARATIONS (C-AL6-01121) [...] (U) Post presents response to ref A. 2. (C) WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS WITHIN THE GUYANA ELECTIONS COMMISSION (GECOM)? HOW IS CHAIRMAN STEVE SURUJBALLY VIEWED WITHIN GECOM? (C) The much-maligned GECOM has withstood constant criticism and is on track to deliver free and fair el [...]	2006-08-14 17:42:00	Embassy Georgetown	SECRET	PINR PGOV SNAR GY
06GEORGETOWN828	SECURITY FEARS MAR RUN-UP TO GUYANA ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. One week after the August 8 execution-style killing of five Kaieteur News printery employees (ref A),we take stock of the consequences for Guyana and the August 28 elections. Uncertainty remains over the gunmen's motive, but the front-running theory of conspiracy-minded Guyanese [...]	2006-08-16 21:32:00	Embassy Georgetown	SECRET	PINS PGOV ASEC CASC KCRM GY
06GEORGETOWN832	PUSHING FOR POST-ELECTION REFORMS IN GUYANA [...] (C) Chiefs of mission from the US, UK, Canada, EU, UNDP IDB, World Bank, and IMF (collectively, the "donors") met August 15 to identify and agree on donors' next steps to coax the incoming post-election government into implementing critical governance reforms. 2. (C) The donors agreed on se [...]	2006-08-17 21:28:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM GY
06GEORGETOWN833	GUYANA ELECTION SCENARIOS: POSSIBLE UNREST, [...] (U) SUMMARY: With elections just a week away, Guyana's 65-seat National Assembly is still up for grabs and the security situation remains on edge. While Bharrat Jagdeo looks all but certain to win another term as president with a plurality, his People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) may fal [...]	2006-08-21 18:08:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM GY
06GEORGETOWN838	DISCIPLINED SERVICES VOTE: SMOOTH, BUT A COUPLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a preview of the August 28 elections, members of Guyana's disciplined services voted on August 21. Initially there was confusion over the ballots at a few polling stations and some service members did not find their names on the voters list. This underscores the fallibility of [...]	2006-08-22 20:57:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS KDEM GY
06GEORGETOWN850	GUYANA GENERAL ELECTIONS AUGUST 28: FINAL PREVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Heading into the final weekend before Guyana's August 28 general elections, international observers have descended upon the capital in force. Two dozen Mission employees and contractors will participate as observers under the OAS' auspices. The ruling People's Progressive Par [...]	2006-08-25 19:39:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM GY

06GEORGETOWN854	GUYANA ELECTION STATUS REPORT AUGUST 28, [...] (U) As of 15:30, election day is proceeding as smoothly as could be expected. We have spoken with all 17 OAS observer teams that include U.S. Mission personnel. Eight of these teams are around Georgetown, the others are dispersed throughout the country. Altogether, these teams have observed a [...]	2006-08-28 20:08:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM GY
06GEORGETOWN855	GUYANA ELECTION STATUS REPORT: AUGUST 29 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Georgetown remained quiet overnight as the consensus solidified that the August 28 national and regional elections proceeded better than expected on a technical level. OAS A/SYG Albert Ramdin made a statement to this effect after the polls closed. Field reports from Embassy pers [...]	2006-08-29 18:50:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM OAS GY
06GEORGETOWN86	GUYANA FLOOD UPDATE: CONSERVANCY LEVEL SLOWLY [...] Water levels in the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) dropped several inches from Friday January 20th's high of 58 feet 9 inches to 58.57 Tuesday, January 24 at the Flagstaff measuring site. Measurements at all locations within the Conservancy dropped or remained steady during this same p [...]	2006-01-24 20:14:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR CASC EAID PGOV ASEC GY
06GEORGETOWN860	GUYANA ELECTION STATUS REPORT: AUGUST 30 AT 15:00 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Georgetown continues to remain quiet two days after the August 28 national and regional elections, but things may change as the official results are announced. Although both international and local observers agree that the vote went technically well, conflicting reports concernin [...]	2006-08-30 20:46:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM OAS GY
06GEORGETOWN862	SUBJECT: GUYANA ELECTION STATUS REPORT: AUGUST 31 [...] (C) SUMMARY: GECOM is expected to officially announce final results at 6:00 p.m. showing that the ruling PPP/C has won the election and will retain its majority in the National Parliament. Due to persistent rumors yesterday of impending street protests by PNCR supporters, the PNCR released a [...]	2006-08-31 20:15:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM OAS GY
06GEORGETOWN869	SUBJECT: THE RESULTS ARE IN: PPP/C IN A LANDSLIDE [...] (U) The Guyana Elections Commission announced the official results of the August 28 national and regional elections yesterday evening - the result: the People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) in a landslide. With 338,839 total votes cast, the ruling PPP/C received 183,887 (54.6%) votes, the [...]	2006-09-01 19:49:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM OAS GY
06GEORGETOWN879	RIO GROUP STATEMENT ON HOSTILITIES IN LEBANON [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guyana, current chair of the Rio Group, issued the following statement on behalf of the Rio Group on August 31. BEGIN TEXT: RIO GROUP STATEMENT ON A FULL CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES IN LEBANON The Members of the Permanent Mechanism of Consultation and P [...]	2006-09-05 21:45:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IS LE GY
06GEORGETOWN90	Budget Speech Unveils Government Program For 2006 [...] SUMMARY: The Minister of Finance presented Guyana's 2006 budget, which includes ambitious projections for economic growth, increased public spending, tax reform, and resource extraction. Despite the President's pledges not to use the budget for political ends, the election year budget diminish [...]	2006-01-25 17:42:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAID GY
06GEORGETOWN915	SUBJECT: GUYANA ELECTION: FREE, FAIR AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guyana's 2006 national and regional elections: free, somewhat fair, but not transparent. International observers agree that: (1) the elections were technically a success; (2) proper procedures were followed at polling places in the subsequent vote count. However, there are lo [...]	2006-09-13 20:20:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM OAS GY
06GEORGETOWN925	PARTY POLITICS, PERSONAL LOYALTY KEY IN CABINET [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Jagdeo's new cabinet, sworn in September 9, showcases a cadre of up-and-coming, Moscow-educated party leaders with close personal ties to the President. While this cabinet also confirms the ascendancy of the more venal Janet Jagan faction of the People's Progressive P [...]	2006-09-15 14:13:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM GY
06GEORGETOWN932	SIGNIFICANT ELECTORAL REFORM DOUBTFUL [...] (SBU) Summary: Broad national and international consensus says Guyana's August 28 elections were a qualified success. The vote itself was free, fair and transparent; even the losing opposition candidates conceded defeat before the last ballot was counted. But smooth voting and the unchara [...]	2006-09-15 20:24:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM OAS GY
06GEORGETOWN954	STRING OF SUSPICIOUS FIRES FUELS GOSSIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Unexplained fires have recently damaged a series of buildings in Georgetown and beyond. Arson is suspected, but authorities have not determined if there was foul play. Memories of previous post-election arson and the nature of the burned properties--two regional government he [...]	2006-09-20 19:56:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM GY
06GEORGETOWN96	CARICOM TO OBSERVE HAITI ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-27 19:29:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM HA XL
06GEORGETOWN974	WHO NEEDS A GOVERNMENT? GUYANA NOT BOTHERED BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The PNCR and AFC have both filed lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the delay in convening Parliament and of the swearing-in of government ministers before they were formally elected to Parliament. Also, in an unprecedented move President Jagdeo left the country for [...]	2006-09-22 20:37:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM OAS GY
06GEORGETOWN979	T-MINUS 170 DAYS--STATUS REPORT ON GUYANA'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With just 170 days left until the scheduled opening of Cricket World Cup 2007, Guyana appears unprepared to host this major sporting event. A CARICOM review of Guyana's security arrangements has concluded that Guyana "has no plan" and appears to be "overwhelmed by the magnitude" [...]	2006-09-25 14:23:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV CASC ASEC EAID GY
06GUANGZHOU10088	An Overview of the Pearl River Delta: Hong Kong's [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Guangdong, Hong Kong Consul General Cunningham met with officials and business leaders to discuss the rapid economic growth of southern Guangdong and its consequences for Hong Kong industry and the region's environment. The Consul General visited Guang [...]	2006-04-04 09:06:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV SOCI EINV ELAB CH
06GUANGZHOU10089	AmCham Presents Report on the State of Business in [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The American Chamber of Commerce in Guangdong recently released survey results that found that three-quarters of the participants -- who were engaged almost equally in providing goods and services -- have profitable operations in China. The production of goods or services for [...]	2006-04-04 09:07:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV ELAB CH TBIO
06GUANGZHOU10676	Factories and Money: Visit by Federal Reserve [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guangdong is not reaping long-term benefits from the majority of its manufacturers because they are processing and assembly plants, according to Guangzhou academics. China should move away from this type of manufacturing and focus instead on high value-added and high- technolog [...]	2006-04-07 08:04:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM PGOV KCRM PREL CH TW KN
06GUANGZHOU10741	THE GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR IN SHENZHEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Much attention is being given to China's growing rural-urban gap. At the same time, the gap within urban areas, between established residents and migrants from rural areas, is becoming more marked. Shenzhen, as China's richest city, enjoys unparalleled prosperity, yet at the [...]	2006-04-07 09:09:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PGOV PHUM ECON EINV PINR CH
06GUANGZHOU11042	THAT WAS JUST A DREAM: HAINAN NOT LOSING ITS [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Hainan officials, only 80,000 Hainanese, or about 1% of Hainan's population, practice an officially sanctioned religion. Of these, 40,000, or half, are Protestants. For Hainan's government, the protection of religious freedom is important, but the need to "coordi [...]	2006-04-10 05:21:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV SCUL CH
06GUANGZHOU11045	Ma May Not Make It -- Xiamen University Taiwan [...] (SBU) Summary: A prominent Xiamen University Taiwan Research Institute professor said that PRC leaders should not be complacent in assuming that Kuomintang (KMT) leader Ma Ying-jeou is a shoo-in to be the island's next president. PRC leaders have consistently underestimated the intensity of T [...]	2006-04-10 07:01:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PINR TW CH
06GUANGZHOU11052	Who Let the Dogs Out? Canine Ownership in [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a part of China better known for viewing dogs as cuisine rather than as pets, Congenoffs have noticed an increase in dog ownership. Sales of dogs -- and related canine care products -- are up and represent a growing niche in the economy. The reasons for the increase are var [...]	2006-04-11 01:00:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SOCI TBIO CH
06GUANGZHOU11468	Disagreement on Building a New Socialist [...] (U) Summary: A substantial number of Chinese rural development experts at a major think tank conference believed that the rural-urban gap is a startling eight to one (when taking into consideration "public services") instead of three to one. There was a virtual consensus among conference del [...]	2006-04-12 05:51:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PHUM SENV EIND SOCI PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU11680	"The Voice of Thy Brother's Blood Crieth Unto Me" [...] (SBU) Summary: Senseless killing matters deeply to Chinese -- particularly when involving excessive governmental power (as in the "control" of public unrest). That's why governments, including those in south China, work assiduously to control and suppress public outcry, including that emanati [...]	2006-04-14 09:04:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO SOCI SCUL PGOV PINR CH
06GUANGZHOU11683	AI Update: Guangdong Suspected Human AI Case [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 11, the front-page headline of the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported a second suspected bird flu case in Guangdong Province and a mainland news blackout on the subject. Guangdong's only confirmed human AI death occurred on March 2. Subsequent investigations b [...]	2006-04-14 09:14:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU12155	(SBU) Heart of Gold: "Business NGO" Legislation [...] (SBU) Faced with nearly insurmountable legal registration requirements foreign and domestic NGOs often turn to registering as a normal for-profit business, which is technically illegal. While widespread enforcement is rare, authorities in South China take advantage of the illegal status of t [...]	2006-04-21 08:53:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU13562	The Long March: The Fourth Wall, Meizhou's Opening [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the Long March, a series of road journeys through the Guangzhou consular district (reftels),we traveled to Meizhou, the traditional capital of the Hakka, a subset of China's majority Han ethnic group. The Hakka, or "guest people," currently find themselves faced with [...]	2006-04-28 09:02:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PGOV ETRD EINV CH
06GUANGZHOU13564	Migrant Labor and Rural Disputes in Guangdong: [...] (SBU) Summary: Migrant labor and land issues headed the agenda of the recent visit by two human rights officers to Guangdong province. The trip was an excellent opportunity to probe some of Southern China's most sensitive issues: migrant laborer discrimination and corruption in land compensa [...]	2006-04-28 09:33:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ELAB EAGR SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU13576	RELIGION IN XIAMEN: TRUE TO FORM, OFFICIAL NUMBERS [...] (SBU) Summary. During a visit to Xiamen's religious affairs bureau, an official provided numbers that, almost certainly, underestimate the true size of Xiamen's flocks. The official also stressed the separation between education and religion in Xiamen, and that there were no formal links betw [...]	2006-05-04 09:15:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV SCUL CH
06GUANGZHOU14013	The Rights Protection Movement Leadership in South [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Edward Dong. Reason 1.4 (d). Summary -------- 2. (C) The rights protection movement in China, a QvirtualQ network of democracy activists throughout the mainland, is gaining force and membership. This is the vision optimistically espoused by Guo Feixion [...]	2006-05-11 07:33:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ECON SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU14818	Long March: Restoring Streets, Harbor, and Pride in [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Zhangzhou Prefecture, in southwest Fujian, was once a major Chinese port. Today leaders are trying to restore the area to its golden era by developing the Zhangzhou harbor, attracting business, strengthening ties with Taiwan, and renovating cultural and historical sites. Leade [...]	2006-05-17 09:17:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ETRD ELAB CH
06GUANGZHOU14820	Corruption and Customer-Service: Improving CCP [...] (SBU) Summary: In the wake of countless land protests throughout Guangdong Province, the Guangdong Communist Party School wants to eliminate the corruption and management failures of its cadres and civil servants. Besides increased anti-corruption training, assessments of leaders are increasi [...]	2006-05-17 09:18:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR CH
06GUANGZHOU14848	XIAMEN: CITY WITH A VISION [...] (U) Summary: The city of Xiamen, Fujian Province's vibrant economic driver in the southern part of the province, continues to impress with both its current execution and future vision to be one of China's leading cities. During an early April visit to the city, Xiamen Vice-Mayor Zhan Cangz [...]	2006-05-18 03:17:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EWWT ETRD EINV CH
06GUANGZHOU14936	LONG MARCH: QUANZHOU - IT'S HARD TO BEAT XIAMEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Quanzhou, the wealthiest city in Fujian and itself a coastal city in the southern part of the province, strikes a contrast to Xiamen as the city neglects its vast potential as a tourist and economic hub through poor intellectual property rights protection and conservative plann [...]	2006-05-21 23:47:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ETRD EINV CH
06GUANGZHOU15382	Long March: Searching for God in Fujian [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two churches near Zhangzhou's city center denote Zhangzhou's relatively relaxed approach to religious practice. The city's new Catholic Church sits prominently in the city center, replacing a nearby older church torn down in recent years. The church pays for its upkeep by re [...]	2006-05-24 08:30:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PGOV ECON CH
06GUANGZHOU15429	Typhoon Chanchu Blows into South China Causing [...] (U) Summary: Typhoon Chanchu, following its strike on the Philippines, headed toward eastern Guangdong Province late last week with landfall on Thursday, May 18. Preparing for the typhoon's landfall, over 600,000 persons were evacuated, with numbers reaching more than one million by the time [...]	2006-05-25 06:14:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU15624	Twelve Dongzhou Villagers Sentenced: Government [...] (U) Western and Hong Kong media sources have reported that on May 24, sentencing was given for villagers involved with the December 2005 Dongzhou riot in Guangdong Province. Of the approximately 20 villagers standing trial for illegally using explosive materials and disturbing public order, 1 [...]	2006-05-26 09:08:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON CH
06GUANGZHOU15726	Guangdong Vice Governor: IPR Protection Crucial [...] (SBU) Summary: Guangdong Vice Governor Song Hai said that the province's intellectual property rights (IPR) protection efforts were improving but many gaps remained. He noted that the urgency of the issue so that the province could proceed vigorously down a path of innovation. In that regar [...]	2006-05-30 08:16:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR PGOV ECON ETRD CH
06GUANGZHOU15728	Fake Medicine Kills Nine in Guangdong [...] (U) Summary: Nine people have died in Guangdong after receiving injections containing a toxic chemical provided by a fraudulent supplier. An initial investigation by central- government agencies has also pinned blame on the manufacturer's lack of internal quality control. The State Food and [...]	2006-05-30 08:17:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU16447	USDOC BIS Under Secretary McCormick Visit to South [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While in Guangzhou, USDOC BIS Under Secretary David McCormick gave a speech at Huawei SIPDIS Technologies, Inc. Training Center, met with the Guangdong American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Board of Governors, and conducted a site visit to True Temper Composite Material Prod [...]	2006-06-02 06:14:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BEXP ETTC ETRD PGOV PREL CH
06GUANGZHOU17359	FLOODS KILL DOZENS IN SOUTH CHINA, FORCE HUNDREDS [...] (U) Summary. Flooding in Fujian and Guangdong has killed 55 people and forced 472,000 to evacuate. In Fujian, the hardest hit province, one source claims 41 people have died, while more than 356,000 have been evacuated. Economic losses in Fujian already near USD 30 billion. Meanwhile, no r [...]	2006-06-12 08:44:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID CASC ECON PGOV KLTN SENV CH
06GUANGZHOU17422	Shut Up Erin Brokovich!: China's Fear of Popular [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Edward Dong. Reason 1.4 (d). Summary -------- 2. (C) The Chinese government cannot allow rising political personalities to develop without its control. Zou Tao, a Shenzhen-based businessman with connections to the "Rights Protection Movement", single-ha [...]	2006-06-13 01:53:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ECON SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU17671	Moving on Up? Dongzhou Doesn't Faze Guangdong [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the problems of the December Dongzhou and other recent protests, the credibility of Guangdong Provincial Party leaders appears strong. On the public side, Party Secretary Zhang Dejiang has given a number of well-received speeches instructing local leaders on how to bett [...]	2006-06-14 07:47:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SOCI PHUM CH
06GUANGZHOU17685	AI Update: Guangdong 2nd Possible Human AI Case [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 14, the Guangdong Provincial Health Department confirmed Guangdong has a second suspected avian influenza (AI) case, in Shenzhen, near the Hong Kong border. On June 15, the Guangdong Province Foreign Affairs Office sent a diplomatic note to the Consulate also detailin [...]	2006-06-15 08:37:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU18191	GUANGDONG HUMANISTIC ASSOCIATION BEGINS PRIVATE, [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Edward Dong. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) Summary. China's first-ever privately-funded magazine has recently been launched in Guangdong Province. According to its publisher, Hao Yuanwen, the monthly magazine, entitled Citizen ("Shimin"),was designed to lay th [...]	2006-06-22 01:30:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ECON SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU18748	WHERE LONELY PLANET DOES NOT GO: A VISIT TO XILIN [...] (SBU) Summary. A visit to Guangxi's Xilin County revealed one of the poorest and most remote areas in Guangzhou's consular district. Despite the area's overall poverty, there were marked distinctions between relatively prosperous Xilin Town and the county's backward countryside. The Zhuang m [...]	2006-06-23 08:34:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH
06GUANGZHOU18749	Guangdong Muslims: Few but Increasing (C-DI5-01546) [...] (SBU) Summary. The Guangdong Muslim population is small but rapidly increasing. The increasing numbers are due mostly to economic reasons (Guangdong's booming manufacturing economy attracts domestic and foreign Muslims) rather than religious ones (South China has no Islamic institution of h [...]	2006-06-23 08:36:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SCUL SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU20593	Can Pollution Harm an Unborn Child? Despite [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The following cable describes the perception and the basis for the perception many residents in South China have that the pollution in the region is harming unborn babies; it does not address the hard science related to this issue. Recent press reports and anecdotal accounts h [...]	2006-06-30 09:23:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO CH SOCI PGOV
06GUANGZHOU20883	British Discuss South China: Economic/Political [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a recent meeting with British Consulate colleagues, the topics for discussion included growth in the high-end real estate market, prospects for continued economic growth in South China, successful strategies for requesting meetings with local officials on sensitive topics, [...]	2006-07-05 07:58:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SENV PHUM ASEC CVIS CH
06GUANGZHOU20888	Rise in Number of Middle Easterners: Threat or [...] (SBU) Summary. Over the past five years, the number of Middle Eastern businessmen in Guangdong Province has exploded to an estimated 7,000 (the majority coming from Yemen, Jordan and Syria). Additionally, during the Canton Trade Fair, as many as 11,000 Middle Eastern visitors flood the city [...]	2006-07-05 23:27:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL SCUL SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU20890	Guangdong Humanistic Association Part 2: The [...] (U) Classified by Acting Consul General William Martin. Reason 1.4 (d). Summary ------- 2. (C) Emboldened by government protection in provincial and national party circles, the Guangdong Humanistic Association is leading an experiment in civil society development. The association publi [...]	2006-07-06 01:43:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON CH
06GUANGZHOU20891	GHA Part 3: The May Fourth Movement and [...] (U) Classified by Acting Consul General William Martin. Reason 1.4 (d). Summary ------- 2. (C) A recent meeting with two pro-democracy activists revealed significant aspects of contemporary Chinese activism. These activists, involved with the magazine "Citizen" and the Guangdong Humanis [...]	2006-07-06 02:49:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU21192	From Rural to Urban, Part 1: Industry Finds a New [...] (U) Summary. Qingyuan, Guangdong Province's largest and fastest-growing prefecture, is in the middle of an industrialization boom that will have far-reaching consequences for its urban and rural populations. The Pearl River Delta (PRD) is no longer as cost-competitive as it once was due to a [...]	2006-07-12 09:14:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH
06GUANGZHOU21212	From Rural to Urban, Part 2: Qingyuan Villages Tap [...] (SBU) Summary: Qingyuan, Guangdong province's largest and fastest-growing prefecture, is riding a wave of industrialization that has brought rising incomes to its rural communities. Villages that used to live off their crops and government subsidies now rely on family members who work in citi [...]	2006-07-13 06:34:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH
06GUANGZHOU21213	House Church Registration in South China: Few [...] (U) Classified by Acting Consul General William Martin. Reason 1.4 (d). Summary -------- 2. (SBU) While crackdowns against house churches in South China seem on the decline, nevertheless, registration seems a daunting task to many groups. Throughout the Consular district, the only tr [...]	2006-07-13 07:54:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU21232	The River of Life?: Mass Swimathon in Guangzhou's [...] (U) Summary: In a public display that harks back to the Mao era, 3,500 Guangdong officials and local residents swam across the Pearl River to promote environmental clean-up efforts. Though Guangzhou is spending vast sums of money on waste-water treatment plants, and is clamping down on highly [...]	2006-07-14 07:06:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU21650	Hunan Walk-in: Tiananmen Era Protestor's Ideals [...] (U) Classified by Acting Consul General William Martin. Reason 1.4 (d). Summary -------- 2. (C) A former imprisoned protestor from the Tiananmen Square era recently approached the Consulate with information of his personal history and continued harassment from the Chinese government. [...]	2006-07-17 06:38:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU25214	BEATING AROUND THE BUSH: STRATEGIES FOR WRITING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AN EXAMINATION OF THE EDITORIALS IN RECENT ISSUES OF "CITIZEN" ("SHIMIN"),A POLITICALLY PROGRESSIVE MAGAZINE THAT WAS STARTED LAST FEBRUARY (REFS A, B AND C),REVEALS A ROUNDABOUT STRATEGY FOR DISCUSSING SENSITIVE POLITICAL ISSUES IN CHINA. THOUGH IT IS OF COURSE EXTREMELY RIS [...]	2006-08-02 07:51:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU27482	WAITING TO INHALE: THE STATE OF AIR POLLUTION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AIR POLLUTION IN CHINA HAS GROWN SO BAD THAT CHINESE OFFICIALS ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THE CHALLENGE IT PRESENTS, AND VARIOUS FOREIGN SCHOLARS ARE OFFERING ALARMING STATISTICS ABOUT THE FINANCIAL AND HEALTH COSTS IT BRINGS. IN SOUTH CHINA, FACTORIES AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPOR [...]	2006-08-16 07:09:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO CH SOCI PGOV
06GUANGZHOU27721	IPR CONFERENCE EXPLAINS HOW TO BRING ADMINISTRATIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: CHINESE REPRESENTATIVES FROM A VARIETY OF IPR-RELATED ORGANIZATIONS TOLD US BUSINESSES HOW TO BRING JUDICIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS TO PROTECT THEIR IPR AT A RECENT CONFERENCE IN SHENZHEN. CONFERENCE SPEAKERS EXPLAINED TO U.S. BUSINESSES THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK IN CHINA THAT DEAL [...]	2006-08-17 06:58:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU27723	"Adapting to China's Situation": Self-Censorship by [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent discussions with editors of two prominent South China newspapers revealed a conformist attitude and a willingness to "go with the flow." Based on these two interviews, Congenoffs found that mainstream journalists must be willing to work within the system in order to surv [...]	2006-08-17 06:59:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU27725	With U.S. Consulate's Help, Magazine "Citizen" [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting between a representative of the American philanthropy group the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the publisher of the magazine "Citizen," arranged by the Consulate, methods for raising money for "Citizen" were discussed. The Rockefeller representative, without making [...]	2006-08-17 06:59:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU27726	"Citizen" Article Writes About "Wei quan" Activists [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent article in the progressive magazine "Citizen" ("Shimin") profiles ten Chinese activists, linking them under the term "wei quan." Yet the nature of the "wei quan" movement remains unclear, and articles such as this may indicate that various activists are trying to set d [...]	2006-08-17 06:59:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU28035	A/S MCMURRAY DISCUSSES WILDLIFE PROTECTION EFFORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE A/S MCMURRAY DELEGATION MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GUANGDONG WILDLIFE PROTECTION ADMINISTRATION (WPA) ON AUGUST 4 TO DISCUSS PROVINCIAL-LEVEL EFFORTS AND CHALLENGES. THE WPA OFFICIALS ASSURED A/S MCMURRAY THAT THEY WERE SERIOUS ABOUT WILDLIFE PROTECTION, BUT RECOGNIZE [...]	2006-08-18 04:50:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU29575	South China Lawyer Detained in Guangzhou -- Law [...] (U) Classified by Acting Consul General James Turner. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) On September 6, labor rights lawyer and China Labor Watch employee, Tang Jingling, was detained at the Guangzhou East Train station while proceeding through passport control to board a train to Hong Kong. TangQs [...]	2006-09-08 06:18:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU30120	APEC Workshop on Non-discrimination in Investment [...] (U) Summary: Developing country representatives meeting at a September 1-3 APEC workshop in Xiamen on "Non- discrimination Treatment in Investment Agreements" expressed some concerns about new U.S. free-trade agreements in Southeast Asia. The nine APEC countries attending the meeting focuse [...]	2006-09-15 05:11:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL CH
06GUANGZHOU30123	YES, CHEN SHUI BIAN WILL STEP DOWN, XIAMEN UNIVERSITY TAIWAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DESPITE RUMORS OF RESIGNATIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL SHENANIGANS, XIAMEN UNIVERSITY TAIWAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE ACADEMICS BELIEVE THAT THERE IS LITTLE LIKELIHOOD TAIWAN PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN WILL STEP DOWN BEFORE HIS TERM IS UP. THEIR FOCUS IS NOT ON THE SHORT- TERM OF DEMONSTRATI [...]	2006-09-15 10:11:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PINR TW CH
06GUANGZHOU30165	Waiting to Inhale: Important First Steps in South China's [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Provincial and municipal governments have implemented many pollution-control measures, most notably installing desulfurization equipment, closing factories, developing an emissions trading scheme, implementing a "credit system," and increasing regional cooperation. Despite thes [...]	2006-09-18 03:24:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO CH SOCI PGOV
06GUANGZHOU30248	Air Pollution in South China: Academics and Research [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Academics and research scientists in Guangdong, who are increasingly concerned about the region's serious air pollution but feel pressured to tone down their comments lest they face cuts in research funding, are interested in learning more about U.S. EPA's experience, especially [...]	2006-09-19 05:37:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU30511	Xiamen Mayor on Progress, Future Expansion [...] (U) Summary: Xiamen mayor Zhang Changping told the Consul General September 10 that the city's continuing development was dependent on the expansion of its infrastructure, especially its cargo transport system. In addition, he acknowledged the importance of further developing Xiamen's economic [...]	2006-09-21 09:35:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PINR TW CH
06GUANGZHOU30533	Leading Member of "Rights Protection Movement" [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert X Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) Summary: On September 14, Guo Feixiong, a leading figure in the "Rights Protection Movement," a nation-wide virtual network of activists, was arrested in Guangzhou on charges of "illegal business operation". This [...]	2006-09-22 08:35:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU30534	Shenzhen Independent "Candidates" Zou Tao and [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert X Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). Summary -------- 2. (C) A PSB-led effort to crackdown on dissidents appears to have thwarted efforts by democracy activists to run as candidates in upcoming Shenzhen elections. Shenzhen-based activists Zou Tao and Jian [...]	2006-09-22 08:36:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU30826	The Politics of History: "Freezing Point" Author [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert X Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) Summary and comment: Guangzhou history Professor Yuan Weishi, who is best known for his January "Freezing Point" article, is following in the footsteps of Chinese intellectuals whose views are out-of-sync with thos [...]	2006-09-27 08:33:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU30952	Baise, Guangxi: Poor Amidst a Wealth of Resources [...] (U) Summary: Baise, Guangxi, is one of China's poorest prefectures and despite relatively successful anti-poverty efforts, accounts for one-fourth of the poor population of Guangxi. The prefecture has rich agricultural, mineral and tourism resources, but is only now developing its economy; ear [...]	2006-09-29 07:02:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON SOCI PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU30954	Baise, Guangxi: New Countryside Program Impact May Be [...] (U) Summary: Baise in western Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has been a poor place for many years. Sporadic fighting with Vietnam through the late 1970s prevented concerted efforts at economic development. In response to Beijing's 11th Five-Year Plan to develop rural areas, Baise is buildin [...]	2006-09-29 07:39:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON SOCI PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU31041	GHA 4: Citizen Magazine Chooses Self-Censorship [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) Summary and comment: "Citizen" will hold back the magazine's tenth issue till next year due to government pressure--including blacklistings, electronic surveillance and direct warnings--put on the group since August. [...]	2006-10-06 06:12:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU31046	Urbanized Western PRD: Losing Agricultural Land and Making [...] (U) Summary and comment: Although the loss of land, through sales, eminent domain or simple expropriation has often been accompanied by rural unrestthree key cities in Guangdong's prosperous western Pearl River Delta have escaped this cycle of violence during the past eight-to-fifteen years [...]	2006-10-09 23:32:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU31565	South China's Taiwan Scholars Concerned about Chen, but [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Taiwan research centers throughout South China are concerned about Chen Shui-bian's strategy for constitutional reform and the impact it could have on cross-Strait ties. They also worry that the anti-Chen campaign could have a significant negative impact on Taiwan's econo [...]	2006-10-20 00:12:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI CH TW
06GUANGZHOU32145	Guangdong Vice Governor Welcomes Further Direct Dialogue [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guangdong Executive Vice Governor Tang Bing Quan welcomed dialogue on bilateral issues ranging from IPR to the U.S.-China trade balance in his first meeting with the Consul General on October 23. Tang said that given the high quality of Guangdong's infrastructure and hi-tech ma [...]	2006-11-03 08:35:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD KIPR ECON CH
06GUANGZHOU32154	Central and Local Officials Debate Public Services [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Central officials, local officials, and academics attending a high level academic symposium in Hainan disagreed on how to efficiently and equitably build a "public service government." Central and local officials in attendance had very different views of their governance responsi [...]	2006-11-03 08:47:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM CH
06GUANGZHOU32161	Fujian Dissident Calls for Efforts on Behalf of [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Former Tiananmen-era activist and dissident writer Lin Xinyu discussed with poloffs his efforts, along with other activists, to pressure the Chinese government for the release of detained activists Gao Zhi [...]	2006-11-06 01:44:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU32173	Limited Constitutional Reform OK, say Xiamen [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: In October 30 meetings with U.S. officers, Xiamen-based Taiwan experts, city officials and Taiwan businessmen were upbeat about cross-Strait ties, touted increased economic and cultural exchanges and said th [...]	2006-11-06 07:42:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI CH TW
06GUANGZHOU32264	Guangdong Villagers Clash with 1,000 Police: [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Western and Hong Kong media sources reported that on November 8, villagers protesting in Shunde, Guangdong, (one hour southwest of Guangzhou) detained around 300 officials and foreign dignitarie [...]	2006-11-13 08:29:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU32273	Five Shenzhen Judges Arrested on Corruption: An [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Guangdong's Party Secretary Zhang Dejiang, although a Jiang Zemin appointee, is not expected to be affected by the November 10, arrest of five Shenzhen judges - including a rising star - on corruption charg [...]	2006-11-15 08:50:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS CH
06GUANGZHOU32306	Dongzhou Crackdown II: No Blood, but Amcit [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: On November 18, in a scene reminiscent of the violent clash on December 6, 2005 in the same village, up to 2,000 armed police, using tear gas and flash bullets, secured the release of eight local officials [...]	2006-11-21 08:20:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC DENNIS DANFUNG PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU32368	(C-AL6-01852) South China Rights Protection Part I: [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Rights activists in South China believe that access to money and the ability to organize and address issues of concern are among the key problems they will continue to face in the future. They know that f [...]	2006-12-06 06:17:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU32369	(C-AL6-01852) South China Rights Protection Part [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Some South China Rights Protection Movement activists want to focus less on overt political activities that the government will view as opposition and more on information sharing and education, thereby bro [...]	2006-12-06 06:59:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU32380	Hostage Taking Again in Same Township: Do Foshan's [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Approximately 1,000 villagers in Foshan, Guangdong Province, stormed the local village committee office on November 30, to protest illegal land sales and to demand the release of 23 village rep [...]	2006-12-07 01:39:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM CH
06GUANGZHOU32406	Visit of HHS Secretary to Guangzhou Highlights Infectious [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael O. Leavitt and his delegation met with doctors, hospital and orphanage administrators, students, and businesspersons to discuss infectious diseases and health-care issues during a December 11-12, 2006 visit to Guangzhou. Hi [...]	2006-12-18 02:33:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SOCI ECON ELAB PGOV SCUL SENV CH
06GUANGZHOU32421	Labor Conditions in the Pearl River Delta (Part 1 of 3): [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Many migrant workers in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) - mostly little-educated young people, including some who are underage, from interior and western provinces - continue to face harsh and unsafe working conditions, long hours, overtime wage arrears, child labor, unsuitable liv [...]	2006-12-19 07:08:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU32430	South China Environmental Brief [...] (U) This cable summarizes the following recent environmental events in South China: -- U.S. venture capital interested in China's environmental sector. -- Raising water prices to pay for treatment plants. -- Euro III vehicle emission standards for Guangdong. -- Pollution from mining industr [...]	2006-12-19 07:33:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU32431	Labor Conditions in the Pearl River Delta (Part 2 of 3): [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Provincial and municipal authorities both inside and outside of Guangdong Province have enacted protective measures such as labor rights training, vocational training, higher minimum wages, labor inspections, and the blacklisting of malfeasant companies to deal with labor viola [...]	2006-12-19 07:48:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU32432	Labor Conditions in the Pearl River Delta (Part 3 [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) Summary: Pearl River Delta (PRD) labor conditions remain poor because many migrant workers are ignorant of their basic rights, too destitute to pursue complaints legally, are barred from receiving minimum wages and [...]	2006-12-19 07:56:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU32439	Major Environmental Incidents in South China [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Enforcement of environmental regulations remains problematic in South China. Major environmental incidents occur with disturbing regularity, despite greater efforts by provincial and local governments to avert them. Increased reporting about such incidents does sugge [...]	2006-12-21 01:26:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU32440	Trial of Sanshan Farmers Begins: More Protests to [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A Foshan court official has confirmed that the trial of seven farmers - accused of Triad-related extortion - from a village in Guangdong has begun; outside lawyers have been barred from particip [...]	2006-12-21 04:18:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM CH
06GUANGZHOU32442	Guangzhou Stakes New Territory in Transparency [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guangzhou will implement two transparency regulations in 2007 that are reportedly the first of their kind in China and signal a shift to more local government accountability. One requires public discussion of all draft administrative regulations; the other allows the public to re [...]	2006-12-21 07:58:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM PINR CH
06GUANGZHOU5378	Progressive Magazine's 2005 Award Winners for [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Li Datong, the originator of the China Youth Daily's "Freezing Point" section, is the most prominent person named in the Nanfengchuang ("South Wind Window") list of 2005 annual award winners for acting "for the public good" -- the magazine's raison d'etre. Then agai [...]	2006-02-27 08:42:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO OPRC OIIP PGOV PINR CH
06GUANGZHOU5380	South China Fast Food Restaurants Quelling Fears [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent look at how KFC and McDonald's are responding to concerns about avian influenza (AI) -- in a region of China particularly obsessed with food -- found unbridled optimism on the part of these companies about their efforts to inform the Chinese public about the safety of [...]	2006-02-27 08:48:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU5798	Journey to the West: Habitat For Humanity's Will [...] (SBU) Summary: Consulate Guangzhou is assisting Habitat for Humanity's Guangxi branch to continue its projects there through a partnership with Guangxi University's College of Civil Engineering and Architecture which can provide legal cover for Habitat since it cannot register as a non-govern [...]	2006-03-02 08:15:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR SOCI PHUM CH
06GUANGZHOU6174	New AI Case in Guangdong Grudgingly Admitted: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At 1130 on Saturday March 4, the Guangdong Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) faxed a diplomatic note (completely in Chinese with no English translation -- Consulate Guangzhou's translation in full text below) confirming the death of a Guangzhou man after contracting the H5N1 strain [...]	2006-03-06 09:19:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR PGOV CH

06GUANGZHOU6294	Guangdong Government Reaction to AI: Fast but How [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Guangdong Provincial and Guangzhou Municipal governments' reactions to the recent March 2 human avian influenza death were both rather swift and resolute. Both levels of government held emergency meetings and resolved to limit the sale of live animals in Guangzhou's markets [...]	2006-03-07 09:52:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU6981	Staffdel Halpin: Thoughts on Chen Shuibian, Social [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chen Shuibian's pledge to abolish the national unification council and guidelines was the first step in a dangerous political game and has outraged mainland academics, said scholars at China's largest Taiwan Research Institute during a recent visit by Dennis Halpin, professional [...]	2006-03-14 09:04:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM PGOV KCRM PREL CH TW KN
06GUANGZHOU6985	Staffdel Halpin: Thoughts on Chen Shuibian, Social [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chen Shuibian's pledge to abolish the national unification council and guidelines was the first step in a dangerous political game and has outraged mainland academics, said scholars at China's largest Taiwan Research Institute during a recent visit by Dennis Halpin, professional [...]	2006-03-14 09:06:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM PGOV KCRM PREL CH TW KN
06GUANGZHOU7743	Heart of Gold: Searching for Business [...] (SBU) Summary: Bereft of any significant private sector contributions, a strong and broad civil society sector has not developed to any extent resembling the pace of the enormous economic growth that has taken place in south China. There are signs that many private businesses may want to be [...]	2006-03-24 08:40:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON KPAO OPRC OIIP PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU8541	Consulate General Guangzhou Lending a Helping Hand [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of American insurance companies operating in Guangdong province commented that while the insurance environment in Guangdong has improved, many problems still need to be resolved as the industry expands in China. In particular, American companies are concerned a [...]	2006-03-27 09:02:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON WTRO EINV PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU8842	PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT IN HAINAN, CHINA'S [...] (U) Summary. According to Hainan officials, the province's environmental quality is China's best. Largely because of its efforts to attract increasing numbers of tourists, Hainan realizes that a clean environment is an asset that must be preserved. At the same time, the island must balance [...]	2006-03-29 05:36:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON EIND PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU9084	AI Update: Guangdong Authorities Coming Clean? [...] SUMMARY: Guangdong provincial health and veterinary officials are showing increased levels of openness and cooperation. On March 29, officials hosted a private information meeting for Guangzhou foreign consulates about the March 2 human avian influenza (AI) death and subsequent health polici [...]	2006-03-30 08:48:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU9166	AI Update: Guangdong Authorities Coming Clean? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guangdong provincial health and veterinary officials are showing increased levels of openness and cooperation. On March 29, officials hosted a private information meeting for Guangzhou foreign consulates about the March 2 human avian influenza (AI) death and subsequent health [...]	2006-04-03 03:28:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR PGOV CH
06GUATEMALA1000	GUATEMALAN LAND REFORM FLOUNDERING [...] (SBU) Summary: Lack of a clear land policy has sparked trouble for the Government of Guatemala. Historical problems over land ownership, disputes between peasants and landowners, land takeover and forced evictions, plus friction among the Ministry of Agriculture, Secretary of Agrarian Affairs a [...]	2006-05-22 13:27:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ELAB EAGR ECON GT
06GUATEMALA1012	GUATEMALAN NATIONAL DIALOGUE OFF TO SHAKY START [...] The GOG kicked off a new national dialogue on social issues on May 15. Formally called the National Accords for the Implementation of Social Spending and the Reduction of Poverty, the effort aims to bring together elements of Guatemalan government and society to share ideas on addressing pov [...]	2006-05-23 22:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB EAID PGOV EFIN EAGR GT
06GUATEMALA1051	GUATEMALA: URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT [...] (C) Following up on an April 29 working-level demarche with Foreign Ministry officials, the Ambassador presented reftel points to Foreign Minister Briz on May 24. Briz affirmed strong GOG support for PSI, and instructed his subordinates to see how an endorsement could be done in the quickest [...]	2006-05-30 16:17:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP GT
06GUATEMALA106	AMBITIOUS BUT VAGUE AGENDA FOR REMAINDER OF BERGER [...] (SBU) At a press conference on January 10, Guatemalan President Berger and Vice President Stein presented their plan of government for 2006 through 2008. Berger and his economic team followed up with more details at a January 17 event hosted by the Guatemalan American Chamber of Commerce (Am [...]	2006-01-20 16:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV EAGR GT
06GUATEMALA107	DEBT DEAL WITH SPAIN CLEARS WAY FOR CREDIT UPGRADE [...] (U) The GOG and the Spanish government (GOS) signed an agreement on January 11 laying out the terms for forgiveness of the twenty-six year old debt that has hampered the bilateral relationship and complicated Guatemala's treatment in multilateral financial forums. The deal involved direct pa [...]	2006-01-20 16:26:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV EAGR GT
06GUATEMALA1087	2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES - GUATEMALA [...] CLAIMANT A - MARGARET ARGUDO: EMBASSY HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED BY CLAIMANT A ON THE STATUS OF EVICTING ILLEGAL SETTLERS FROM HER FARM. AS PER REF A, SHE HAD ALSO NOT RETURNED TELEPHONE CALLS OR E-MAILS IN 2005. THIS CASE APPEARS TO BE RESOLVED OR INACTIVE. 2. CLAIMANT B - FERROVIAS GUATE [...]	2006-06-02 15:08:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE PGOV ECON CASC OPIC GT
06GUATEMALA1150	GUATEMALAN SOLDIERS ALLEGEDLY BEAT STREET KIDS [...] (U) Summary: Allegations surfaced that Guatemala's joint military-police patrols are not operating as designed. Guatemalan Army units are in some instances patrolling without their police counterparts and thus without any legal authority to conduct arrests or detentions. Worse, a respected N [...]	2006-06-13 19:08:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KJUS MOPS PGOV EAID GT
06GUATEMALA1173	GUATEMALAN AMBUSH LEAVES AN ARMY CAPTAIN AND A [...] (SBU) Summary: A heavily armed group of 40 men ambushed a joint patrol of Guatemalan army, police and park rangers. They wounded two men and are, as of noon June 15, still holding hostage three others in northwestern corner of the Peten. End summary. 2. (SBU) A 40-man joint patrol of the [...]	2006-06-15 17:41:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PGOV ASEC SNAR SENV PHUM EAID GT
06GUATEMALA1187	GUATEMALA: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT HAS BROAD IMPACT [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemala's Constitutional Court has a broad mandate to weigh in on political and social issues. The newly-elected court includes some notable legal scholars. The new court portends to be less partisan and more independent than previous courts. End Summary. 2. (U) The pr [...]	2006-06-16 16:38:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS ETRD EAID SNAR GT
06GUATEMALA1313	SPANISH JUDGE DEPARTS GUATEMALA EMPTY-HANDED [...] Summary: Spanish judicial personnel departed Guatemala without having obtained any official testimony regarding the 1980 burning of the Spanish Embassy and the deaths of two Spanish citizens. They did, however, draw international attention to the lack of activity by the Guatemalan authorities [...]	2006-07-07 12:44:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KJUS MASS GT
06GUATEMALA1419	GUATEMALA: CONGRESS APPROVES REVISED ORGANIZED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Guatemalan Congress approved a revised organized Crime Bill on July 19. Passage of the bill was a major victory for the Embassy's efforts over the past three years to get Guatemala to adopt modern law enforcement authorities (a conspiracy statute and provisions for wireta [...]	2006-07-24 15:01:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS ASEC EAID PTER GT
06GUATEMALA1961	AMBASSADOR MAISTO'S SEPTEMBER 27-28 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: During a September 27-28 visit to Guatemala, U.S. Ambassador to the OAS John Maisto promoted "relevant multilateralism" in a number of fora and discussed the Guatemala-Belize dispute with the Belizean Ambassador to Guatemala and with senior officials in the Guatemalan Foreign Mi [...]	2006-10-05 15:13:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA KDEM OTRA OAS GT BH HO
06GUATEMALA198	GUATEMALAN JUDGE DISMISSES CASE AGAINST RIOS MONTT [...] (SBU) A Guatemalan judge dropped charges of coercion, threats, sedition, and involuntary manslaughter against former army general and de facto head of state Efrain Rios Montt. The charges, tied to his presumed leadership of the "Black Thursday" riots of July 2003, were dropped at the request [...]	2006-02-01 17:43:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS KCOR GT
06GUATEMALA247	GUATEMALAN PROSECUTORS APPEAL RIOS MONTT DECISION [...] (U) Summary. The Guatemalan Public Ministry is appealing a judge's decision to dismiss charges of threats, coercion, sedition, and involuntary manslaughter against FRG leader Rios Montt. It claims the judge was wrong to dismiss the case rather than respond to the prosecutor,s request for "pr [...]	2006-02-07 22:54:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS KCOR GT
06GUATEMALA2471	ILLEGAL ALIEN DETENTIONS IN THE U.S. REVIVE [...] (C) Summary: The December 12 raids of Swift meatpacking plants in the U.S. that resulted in the reported detentions of some 500 Guatemalans have generated a media storm. Critics of the Berger Government have renewed charges that the GOG does not do enough to protect undocumented Guatemalans [...]	2006-12-19 16:13:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG GT
06GUATEMALA2473	GUATEMALA SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH UN TO CREATE [...] Summary: The Government of Guatemala (GOG) signed an agreement with the United Nations December 12 to establish the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). Pending approval and ratification by the Guatemalan Congress, the independent UN-led body will investigate illeg [...]	2006-12-19 18:12:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS EAID SNAR KCRM KDEM GT
06GUATEMALA27	GUATEMALAN REACTION TO HR 4437 [...] AMBASSADOR MET SEPARATELY ON JANUARY 4 WITH VICE PRESIDENT STEIN AND FOREIGN MINISTER BRIZ, AND MADE REF B POINTS ON ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT FOR COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM INCLUDING A TEMPORARY WORKERS PROGRAM, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT MAKING PUBLIC STATEMENTS THAT UNDERMINE THE PRESIDE [...]	2006-01-06 16:10:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PHUM PREL PGOV EAID KJUS GT
06GUATEMALA379	GUATEMALA: MILITARY RESERVISTS TO AID POLICE [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to steadily increasing violent crime and personnel shortages in Guatemala's National Civilian Police (PNC),the GOG announced a plan to deploy 3,000 military reservists and ex-soldiers as auxiliary police agents until the end of 2006. After receiving a month of tr [...]	2006-02-24 14:18:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PHUM KCRM PGOV ASEC GT
06GUATEMALA431	The Guatemalan private sector's priorities and [...] (SBU) Summary: Private sector leaders are increasingly concerned about the country's social and economic conditions and their consequences. Intractable poverty, rising crime, and fears of populism are making them reevaluate traditional attitudes. Their solutions focus on economic growth and [...]	2006-03-01 21:18:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EINV PGOV GT
06GUATEMALA453	GUATEMALAN PERCEPTIONS OF SOCIAL CLEANSING [...] Summary: The phrase "social cleansing" has entered wide usage in Guatemala, even though it is generally used to refer to vigilantism. While no evidence has yet surfaced of a state policy of extrajudicial killings of undesirable elements -- the definition of social cleansing -- the Human Righ [...]	2006-03-06 22:33:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM PGOV EAID ASEC SNAR KJUS GT
06GUATEMALA472	GUATEMALAN OPPOSITION CITES CHAVEZ SUPPORT [...] On March 2, Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unit (URNG) representatives published a private letter from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to the family of Rodrigo Asturias, who passed away June 15, 2005. The letter was published in the daily Prensa Libre as a paid advertisement. Asturias, al [...]	2006-03-08 18:14:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL GT
06GUATEMALA593	GUATEMALAN COURT ADDRESSES DOMESTIC LABOR ISSUES [...] Summary: Guatemala's Constitutional Court suspended two articles of the Guatemalan Labor Code that exempted domestic laborers from standard legal protections. The International Labour Organization (ILO) has had a standing recommendation to Guatemala to reform these articles for more than seve [...]	2006-03-23 22:32:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PGOV GT
06GUATEMALA606	GUATEMALAN SUPREME COURT REQUESTS LABOR JUSTICE [...] The President of the Guatemalan Supreme Court, Beatriz de Leon Reyes de Barreda, sent the Ambassador a formal request for assistance to improve the administration of labor justice in Guatemala. Her request tallies precisely with our Ref (A) Proposal to Strengthen the Labor Justice System, whic [...]	2006-03-27 21:48:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ELAB ECON PGOV GT
06GUATEMALA607	GUATEMALA: MILITARY MODERNIZATION NEEDED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Guatemalan military faces increasing challenges in operating and maintaining its aging equipment. The Guatemalan military has a modernization plan but no funding to support the plan. The GOG stipulated that modernization funding must come from either sale of military prop [...]	2006-03-27 21:58:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL EAID PHUM SNAR KPKO GT
06GUATEMALA668	GUATEMALA TAKING ACTION TO CORRECT FAULTY LANGUAGE [...] (U) The Guatemalan Congress is asking President Berger to veto the organized crime bill (reftel) because of ambiguous language in a last minute amendment that would have cut in half the maximum prison sentences for several types of major crimes, including murder and kidnapping. 2. (U) Pre [...]	2006-04-04 20:24:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS ASEC EAID PTER GT
06GUATEMALA856	GUATEMALA'S RISING CRIME, COSTS DEEPEN POLITICAL [...] Summary. Guatemalans are most concerned about violent crime and the rising cost of living, the majority believes that Guatemala is on the wrong path, and many Guatemalans say they are worse off than one year ago. Those were the findings of a nation-wide CID-Gallup survey conducted from April [...]	2006-05-03 22:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPAO SNAR GT
06GUATEMALA9	GUATEMALAN VICE PRESIDENT SLAMS U.S. IMMIGRATION [...] Vice President Eduardo Stein used the opportunity of a public address December 29 commemorating the ninth anniversary of the Peace Accords to strongly criticize pending legislation in the U.S. Congress concerning border security (HR4437 "Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigratio [...]	2006-01-03 22:07:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PHUM PREL PGOV EAID KJUS GT
06GUATEMALA986	UPDATE ON GUATEMALA'S NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY [...] (SBU) We would like to provide an update on the status of the National Security Strategy (NSS) project for Guatemala, and confirm our and the Government of Guatemala's (GOG) strong interest in pushing this project forward as the basis for developing an integrated approach to the country's d [...]	2006-05-18 22:30:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI MASS SNAR EAID GT
06GUATEMALA99	VENEZUELAN INTRIGUE IN THE GUATEMALAN OIL MARKET? [...] (C) Summary: The Franco-US oil company KLP Industries has contacted the Embassy repeatedly alleging that it is the victim of a plot to revoke an exploration contract it won from the Government of Guatemala (GOG). The contract has, in fact, been revoked by the GOG. KLP believes that it has be [...]	2006-01-19 19:55:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD EINV ECON PGOV PINR GT VE
06GUAYAQUIL1002	GUAYAQUIL: NOBOA AND PRIAN WIN BIG, SOCIAL CHRISTIAN'S TAKE [...] (SBU) Summary: Conservative, populist presidential candidate Alvaro Noboa (PRIAN) carried Guayas province in the first round elections with 36 percent of the vote, in line with the disproportionate strength he showed in all three coastal provinces. The Guayaquil based Social Christian Party ( [...]	2006-10-25 16:18:00	Consulate Guayaquil	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EC
06GUAYAQUIL939	Cuenca's Leaders Foresee Correa Victory [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cuenca's political, media, religious and business leaders told visiting Guayaquil Consul General that Rafael Correa would win the upcoming presidential elections. Few of the leaders we spoke with believe that Correa would necessarily pursue the radical policies on which he is ca [...]	2006-09-29 16:26:00	Consulate Guayaquil	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EINV ETRD EFIS EC
06HALIFAX11	THE FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN ATLANTIC CANADA: IS THE [...] SUMMARY: With the Liberals and Conservatives neck-to-neck in Atlantic Canada, election-watchers are pointing to the large number of undecided voters as key to whether the Liberals are able to hold onto their grip in the region. U.S. interests in the campaign revolve around promised increases [...]	2006-01-19 21:37:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CA
06HALIFAX112	NOVA SCOTIA ELECTION: INCUMBENT CONSERVATIVES BACK WITH [...] SUMMARY: Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald will serve another term in office following the June 13 provincial election, but once again, as the leader of another minority government. MacDonald's Progressive Conservative Party failed to get enough seats to capture a clear majority and the [...]	2006-06-14 10:02:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CA
06HALIFAX115	NOVA SCOTIA'S NEW LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR [...] (U) Prime Minister Harper has named Mayann Francis to be the next Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, replacing Myra Freeman. Francis has been since 1999 CEO of the province's Human Rights Commission, where she has developed a reputation as an effective manager and advocate for human rights. [...]	2006-06-21 13:16:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL CA
06HALIFAX167	BIO DATA REPORT: FRANCIS, MAYANN, NOVA SCOTIA'S NEW [...] (U) Per reftel Prime Minister Harper has named Mayann Francis to be Nova Scotia's new Lieutenant Governor. Following is biographic material on Ms. Francis who will be sworn in on September 7, 2006. 2. (U) NAME: Mayann Elizabeth FRANCIS 3. (SBU) DATE OF BIRTH: February 18, 1946 4. (U [...]	2006-08-30 18:04:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL CA
06HALIFAX215	MAINE LNG ISSUES - NEW BRUNSWICK COMMITTED TO STOPPING LNG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Liberal government in New Brunswick is continuing the fight to stop liquified natural gas (LNG) tankers from transiting through Passamaquoddy Bay, which lies between Maine and New Brunswick. New Consul General (CG) was briefed by a senior member of the New Brunswick civ [...]	2006-11-08 18:48:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EWWT PBTS PGOV PREL PINR CA
06HALIFAX216	ROOKIE NEW BRUNSWICK PREMIER TOUTS STRONG U.S. TIES [...] (SBU) Shawn Graham, Canada's newest Premier, is ready to implement a U.S.-friendly agenda that is focused on expanded trade to the United States, especially energy sales. While electricity exports have been the primary focus, the new Liberal government is looking at how Irving Oil's growing in [...]	2006-11-22 19:39:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ENRG PREL PBTS PTER EPET ETRD EIND CA
06HALIFAX34	ATLANTIC CANADA: REACTIONS TO THE NEW HARPER CABINET [...] SUMMARY: Prime Minister Harper's decision on who will be representing Atlantic Canada in his cabinet has generally received a positive reaction here. There have been many accolades for the three MPs the Prime Minister selected: Nova Scotia's Peter MacKay (Foreign Affairs),Greg Thompson of N [...]	2006-02-10 19:22:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR EFIS PREL ENRG CA
06HALIFAX35	NOVA SCOTIA'S TORIES GO FOR YOUTH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservatives opted for generational change February 11, choosing a 34 year old member of the legislature from Cape Breton as the next Premier of Nova Scotia, replacing 67 year old John Hamm. Rodney MacDonald is well known to us and has his predecessor [...]	2006-02-13 14:14:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CA
06HALIFAX57	PROVINCIAL POLITICS IN ATLANTIC CANADA: WHO'S IN TROUBLE AND [...] SUMMARY: With spring legislative sessions due to start soon in Atlantic Canada, we have taken a political snapshot at each of the four provinces to see just where each of the four governments (all currently Tory blue) stand. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with their minority governments, pre [...]	2006-03-21 17:47:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CA
06HALIFAX70	ENERGY: MOVING LABRADOR'S LOWER CHURCHILL PROJECT TO [...] SUMMARY: Suitors have lined up for a chance to be part of the long-anticipated project to develop the hydroelectric resource of the Lower Churchill River in Newfoundland-Labrador. A tough but calculated business plan by Premier Danny Williams, coupled with new market dynamics, has economists [...]	2006-04-07 15:03:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PGOV CA
06HALIFAX90	NOVA SCOTIA GOVERNMENT AIDS PULP AND PAPER COMPANY ON EVE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Conservative Premier Rodney MacDonald of Nova Scotia is calculating that his government's C$65 million offer of assistance to an ailing paper exporter to the United States will pass the subsidy test. However, this cash infusion could be only the first step in providing additi [...]	2006-05-05 19:21:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR ELAB PGOV CA
06HALIFAX92	NOVA SCOTIANS OFF TO THE POLLS IN A JUNE PROVINCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Conservative Premier Rodney MacDonald has called a provincial election for June 13. Issues of potential bilateral interest will be: offshore energy and liquefied natural gas (LNG) policies, subsidies to forest products companies, legislation aimed at shielding personal data f [...]	2006-05-14 03:48:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD ECON CA
06HANOI1010	VETERANS AFFAIRS SECRETARY NICHOLSON MEETS MOLISA [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 28, 2006 Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Nicholson, met in separate meetings with Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) Nguyen Thi Hang and with the President of the Vietnam Association of Veterans (VAV),Lieutenant General (retired) Dang Quan Thu [...]	2006-05-03 09:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM KIRF VM
06HANOI1011	VETERANS AFFAIRS SECRETARY NICHOLSON MEETS [...] (U) Summary: Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Nicholson told Prime Minister Phan Van Khai during their April 28 meeting that the United States strongly supports Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and achievement of Permanent Normalized Trade Relations (PNTR). He emph [...]	2006-05-03 09:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM KIRF VM
06HANOI1090	PMU-18 Corruption Scandal: Donor Response [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the break of the Project Management Unit 18 (PMU-18) corruption scandal involving a substantial amount of Overseas Development Assistance (ODA),bilateral and multilateral donors met to share reactions and discuss a coordinated response. Donors agreed: that corruptio [...]	2006-05-08 10:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV KCOR VM
06HANOI1112	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN THE NORTH PART I: POLOFF [...] (SBU) At the recommendation of Protestants in Hanoi, an Embassy team visited Lao Cai Province in the third week of April to investigate allegations of district-level abuse against Protestant groups. The team was able to discuss with officials several serious allegations made against Lao Cai p [...]	2006-05-10 09:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PGOV SOCI PHUM VM
06HANOI1113	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN THE NORTH PART II: POLOFF [...] (SBU) At the recommendation of Protestants in Hanoi, an Embassy team visited Ha Giang Province in the third week of April to investigate allegations of district-level abuse against Protestant groups. The team was able to discuss with officials several serious allegations made against Ha Giang [...]	2006-05-10 09:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI VM
06HANOI1115	AMBASSADOR MEETS MPS VICE MINISTER [...] (SBU) During a May 9 meeting with Vice Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Huong, the Ambassador welcomed progress in developing cooperative bilateral law enforcement contacts, but called on MPS to do more; recognized improvements in the religious freedom situation in Vietnam, but underline [...]	2006-05-11 03:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM KIRF PGOV ASEC VM
06HANOI1135	VIETNAM CONSIDERING SUA PROTOCOL RATIFICATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-12 04:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KNNP MNUC PARM PHSA PREL VM
06HANOI1245	VIETNAM'S PARTY CONGRESS: CONSERVATIVES AND [...] (SBU) Analysis of the new membership of the Communist Party of Vietnam's Central Committee and Politburo following the April National Party Congress indicates a barely perceptible victory of conservative over progressive elements within the Party (although Party insiders now say that the prog [...]	2006-05-24 04:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR VM
06HANOI1320	VIETNAMESE DISSIDENTS ANNOUNCING A NEW PARTY; [...] (C) Summary: On May 29, a meeting convened by prominent Hanoi dissident Hoang Minh Chinh to prepare documents in advance of a planned June 1 declaration of the re-establishment of the Democracy Party of Vietnam (DPV),was raided by police. A member of the new party called a public meeting wit [...]	2006-05-30 11:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	HUMANR PHUM PGOV PREL VM
06HANOI1337	IRAN: Demarche Delivered to Vietnam [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 10:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IR VM
06HANOI1338	VIETNAMESE DISSIDENTS ANNOUNCE NEW PARTY; GVN [...] (SBU) Summary: The DPV made the public announcement today of the reestablishment of the long-defunct DPV, and there was no overt reaction by the GVN. The MFA did, however, call in representatives of the Embassies who met with the DPV leadership on May 30 to protest foreign involvement in "il [...]	2006-05-31 10:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HUMANR PREL PGOV PHUM VM
06HANOI1368	SITREP: VIETNAMESE NEW PARTY DISSIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Activists report that following the June 1 announcement of the re-establishment of the Democratic Party of Vietnam (DPV) police have harassed some of its members. The activists have publicly called for help. Other western diplomats are cautious about maintaining contact with t [...]	2006-06-05 00:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HUMANR PREL PGOV PHUM VM
06HANOI1369	Vietnam/TIP: DEMARCHE DELIVERED, RECEIVED WELL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and an advance copy of the Vietnam language in the TIP report to Americas Desk Section Chief Le Chi Dzung June 5. Dzung was well briefed on the main TIP issues of concern regarding Vietnam in the report. He said that Vietnam appreciates the overall bala [...]	2006-06-05 00:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV SMIG VM
06HANOI1389	FURTHER VIETNAMESE NEW PARTY DISSIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 6, Poloff delivered a verbal message to a representative of the Democracy Party of Vietnam (DPV) representative that we will continue to meet with dissidents, but this should not be misconstrued as active support presaging intervention with the GVN. Police harassment of [...]	2006-06-06 10:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HUMANR PREL PGOV PHUM VM
06HANOI1400	VIETNAM: DPM VU KHOAN CANCELS TRIP [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 10:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OVIP VM
06HANOI1412	VIETNAMESE CATHOLICS SEE SOME PROGRESS, SOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 6, the Hanoi Archbishop updated Poloff on conditions for Catholics in the North. Despite some overall progress, conditions for believers in provinces in the mountainous border regions remain difficult. There is also an apparent slackening of local level officials' effo [...]	2006-06-07 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI1454	DISSIDENTS PUSH HARD WITH LITTLE BACKLASH SO FAR [...] (U) The reporting and comment in this cable is by Consulate General Ho Chi Minh City, with additional reporting and commentary by Embassy Hanoi. 2. (C) Summary: Dissidents in Ho Chi Minh City, including Dr. Nguyen Dan Que, report that they are receiving increased attention but that harassme [...]	2006-06-14 10:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI1466	VIETNAM PLANS TO REGISTER A FEW PROTESTANTS, RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although the GVN Religious Affairs authorities are non-committal about future Embassy visits to monitor religious freedom developments in the North, they have begun a pilot project for registering eight ethnic minority Protestant congregations in three provinces. In addition, th [...]	2006-06-15 09:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI1520	THANH HOA PROTESTANTS REPORT BEATING BY POLICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 20, Poloffs met with a Protestant individual from Thanh Hoa Province who provided a credible report that he and another Protestant had been beaten by police on June 18 after they were taken from their house church. Poloffs presented this information, including graphic ph [...]	2006-06-20 12:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI1535	VIETNAMESE PROTESTANTS WARY OF / EXPEL POLITICAL [...] (S) SUMMARY. In early June, Hanoi Protestants expelled activist political dissident Lawyer Dai Nguyen from their church executive board because of concerns that his recent political activities would damage church interests. They also suspect that, at the worst, he may be a GVN agent provocate [...]	2006-06-22 07:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	SECRET	PGOV PHUM HUMANR VM
06HANOI1554	SOME PROGRESS FOR QUANG NINH PROTESTANTS [...] (SBU) On June 16, Poloff met Quang Ninh Province religious affairs officials and visited a Ha Long City Protestant house church. Poloff was allowed to participate in a frank dialogue between provincial officials and congregants at the church concerning the group's one year delayed registration [...]	2006-06-23 07:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR RELFREE VM
06HANOI1580	New Senior Leadership Taking Over [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Vietnam's months-long leadership transition is coming to an end this week with the National Assembly's formal election of President Nguyen Minh Triet, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong. Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khi [...]	2006-06-27 07:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR VM
06HANOI1636	Ambassador's Meeting with Chairman of Ethnic Minority [...] (SBU) During a June 30 lunch meeting with the Ambassador, GVN Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs Chairman K'sor Phuoc previewed his upcoming visit to the United States as an opportunity to learn about U.S. policy towards Native Americans and describe Vietnam's own ethnic minority policies. P [...]	2006-07-03 02:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF PREF SOCI VM
06HANOI166	VIETNAM A STAUNCH BUT SLOW SUPPORTER OF EAS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Vietnam, originally opposed to the East Asian Summit (EAS) because of fears it would dilute ASEAN's influence, has become a strong supporter of the new edifice in East Asian regional architecture. Vietnam views the EAS now as a way to strengthen Asian unity and brin [...]	2006-01-19 09:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEAN VM
06HANOI1666	PROTESTANT BEATING: EMBASSY INVESTIGATES REPORT FROM THANH [...] (SBU) On June 29 Poloff met with provincial, district and district police officials in Thanh Hoa Province to look into the alleged June 18 beating of un-registered Protestants by police in Thieu Vien Commune (reftel). Although some provincial officials attempted to pass off the beatings as the [...]	2006-07-06 10:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI1678	POLOFF VISITS BAC GIANG, MEETS WITH LOCAL BAPTISTS AND [...] (SBU) On June 19, Poloff met with provincial officials in Bac Giang Province and sat in on a heated exchange between Baptist believers and local commune officials. Provincial officials acknowledge that the province does not plan to register the group anytime soon under the GVN's framework on r [...]	2006-07-06 10:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI1747	(SBU) HANOI MUSEUMS CONTINUE TO DEFAME THE UNITED STATES, [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Pol Assistant recently surveyed the depiction of the United States in Hanoi's main military and political museums. Exhibits at most military service and political museums cast a negative image of U.S. involvement during the Vietnam War, but the denigration is on par [...]	2006-07-11 07:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR VM
06HANOI1751	Vietnam: Contrasting Support for Religious Freedom in Two [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The issue of religious freedom featured prominently during the Ambassador's visit to the two northern provinces of Yen Bai and Phu Tho on June 25 and 26. The visit was a study in the contrasting treatment by provincial authorities of religious communities in these t [...]	2006-07-11 10:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PGOV SOCI PHUM VM
06HANOI1764	LETTER TO AMBASSADOR HANFORD - SIX PROTESTANT CHURCHES [...] (SBU) On July 12, the MFA's Americas Department forwarded a letter (full text in para. 3) from Chairman Ngo Yen Thi of the GVN's Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) to Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford relating the CRA's concerns that we will accept a recent [...]	2006-07-12 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI179	Codel Gillmor Discusses WTO, Human Rights, Fullest [...] (U) Summary and Comment: Members of Codel Gillmor met January 17 with National Assembly (NA) Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Vu Mao, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan and National Assembly President Nguyen Van An to discuss bilateral relations, including Vietnam's WTO aspirations, trade relat [...]	2006-01-20 10:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM ECON OVIP VM
06HANOI180	VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR JANUARY [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since late October 2005 and no human cases over the past 64 days. As of January 20, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) reports no AI outbreaks in poultry since the last reported incident on December 17, 2005 in Cao Bang Pr [...]	2006-01-20 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM
06HANOI1802	VIETNAM'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES NEW GOVERNMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: During an unusually long summer session convened May 16-June 29 to approve the new government selected by the Communist Party of Vietnam's (CPV) 10th Party Congress, Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) also debated ten laws and approved three resolutions (debate on the [...]	2006-07-17 04:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR ETRD EINV ECON VM
06HANOI1803	VIETNAM'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES TEN NEW LAWS, [...] (SBU) Summary: During an unusually long summer session convened May 16-June 29 to approve the new government selected by the Communist Party of Vietnam's (CPV) 10th Party Congress (Ref A),Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) also debated ten laws and approved three resolutions. These new laws in [...]	2006-07-17 04:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR ETRD EINV ECON VM
06HANOI1814	HANOI MUSEUM EXHIBITION CRITICIZES VIETNAM'S PAST ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: A new exhibition at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (VME) in Hanoi is currently enjoying considerable public interest and media attention, as the exhibit indirectly criticizes the GVN's past economic policies, while carefully praising current pro-market reforms. The museum's di [...]	2006-07-18 03:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR VM
06HANOI1864	BUDDHIST LEADERS CONFIRM REPORT OF MISTREATED MONKS IN BAC [...] (SBU) Summary: The unrecognized Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) recently reported that a number of monks staged a demonstration in Hanoi to protest the wrongful arrest and torture of Buddhists in Bac Giang Province. While the State-sanctioned Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) refutes th [...]	2006-07-21 09:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI188	Central Highlands: UNHCR, Protestant Pastor Discuss [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR representatives traveled to Dak Lak and Kon Tum provinces January 17-20 to meet with local officials and ethnic minority returnees. In both provinces, UNHCR interviewed a number of returnees in private. There were no allegations of mistreatment by the authorities. Howev [...]	2006-01-23 10:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM CB
06HANOI1888	Prime Minister Meets with Protestant Leaders [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung met July 24 with the leaders of Vietnam's two officially recognized Protestant churches to welcome their contributions to national development while cautioning against the use of religion for "hostile purposes." During the meeting, the PM reportedly promise [...]	2006-07-25 10:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI1896	TFLE01: Vietnam Seeks USG Assistance in Evacuating its [...] (U) Action Request -- See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) On July 26, Post received an urgent request from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs seeking USG assistance in evacuating approximately 200 Vietnamese citizens from Lebanon (full text of request in paragraph 5). According to the MFA, most of these [...]	2006-07-26 07:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR LE VM
06HANOI1897	(SBU) MFA CONFIRMS DISSIDENT'S RELEASE UNDER CONSIDERATION; [...] (SBU) On July 25, the MFA confirmed to the Ambassador that prominent dissident Dr. Pham Hong Son will (likely) be released September 2, but requested we keep this information close-hold within the USG until the GVN makes their final decision in August. The GVN has not decided if it will release [...]	2006-07-26 07:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI1903	AMBASSADOR VISITS USG-FUNDED COUNTERNARCOTICS TASK FORCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a July 7 visit to Lang Son Province, the Ambassador received a briefing on USG-funded, UNODC-administered counternarcotics efforts in the region. Since the inception of this effort, coordination has improved among local, regional and cross-border security officials, and a [...]	2006-07-27 06:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR CH VM
06HANOI1916	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HIV/AIDS, TIP, LABOR EXPORT LAW AND [...] (SBU) On July 20, the Ambassador met with the Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Social Affairs Committee to encourage legislation supporting HIV/AIDS programs, assisting counter-trafficking in persons efforts, establishing labor export oversight and establishing better foreign adoption c [...]	2006-07-28 09:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR TIP HIV AIDS ETRD EINV ECON VM
06HANOI196	SCENESETTER FOR THE U.S.-VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Lowenkron: Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The bilateral Human Rights Dialogue, the first since 2002, will help us to bring into focus a number of key issues our two countries will need to address this year, particularly in [...]	2006-01-24 10:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PREF VM
06HANOI2004	VIETNAM'S POPULATION POLICY IN 2006 [...] (SBU) While Vietnam officially no longer restricts the number of children couples may have, GVN propaganda campaigns still strongly encourage individuals to practice family planning (FP) and keep family size to at most two children. Fines or administrative sanctions for larger families are rar [...]	2006-08-08 01:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM KPOP
06HANOI2080	VIETNAM REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT [...] (SBU) On August 15, the Ambassador met with MFA International Organizations Department Director General Pham Binh Minh and was officially informed of Vietnam's candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the term 2008-2009. The texts of a diplomatic note and aide memoire [...]	2006-08-16 07:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN VM
06HANOI2083	VIETNAMESE MFA VIEWS THAKSIN VISIT TO BURMA AS [...] (C) On August 16, Poloff met with MFA ASEAN Department Senior Officer Duong Tri Hien to discuss Thai Prime Minister Thaksin's recent visit to Burma. (Note: The meeting finally came after a week of MFA postponements and reschedulings. End Note.) In response to reftel points, Hien said Thaksin [...]	2006-08-16 08:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM TH VM
06HANOI2134	DIVISION OF SENIOR GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES [...] (C) Based on the recent formal division of GVN responsibilities among the Prime Minister and his three Deputy Prime Ministers, PM Nguyen Tan Dzung may be well placed to be a more powerful PM than his predecessor. This is thanks to his direct oversight responsibilities for Vietnam's most power [...]	2006-08-22 07:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR VM
06HANOI2143	PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE SETS SIGHTS ON CORRUPTION, [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Party's Central Committee met for its third Plenum from July 24 to 27, and, among other tasks, approved new Party working regulations and pledged to tackle corruption (job number one for the Party since its April Congress). According to our contacts, the new worki [...]	2006-08-23 02:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR VM
06HANOI2148	EMBASSY ASSESSMENT OF CONDITIONS FOR PROTESTANTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN appears to be fighting an uphill battle to force northern provincial officials to change their approach to religion. Suspicions that Protestants are agents of the United States are still deeply ingrained in the region, and some local officials find it hard to take seriou [...]	2006-08-23 06:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI2152	MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES PRESIDENT'S VISIT, HIGH-LEVEL [...] (SBU) On August 22, MFA Americas Department Acting Deputy Director General Pham Van Que reviewed a number of issues of bilateral concern with the DCM. According to Que, the GVN's top two goals for the President's visit are passage of PNTR and removal of Vietnam's CPC designation; the GVN also [...]	2006-08-23 10:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM OVIP OTRA CASC VM

06HANOI2169	VIETNAMESE YOUTH FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC GAINS, UNCONVINCED NEW [...] (SBU) While Vietnam's official Youth Union (YU) trumpets the new leadership's commitment to tackle corruption, most among Vietnam's young generation are unconvinced, disinterested or even angry. This said, Vietnam's youth are pleased with economic gains and new freedoms brought by decades of r [...]	2006-08-25 07:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON PINR VM
06HANOI2170	THANH HOA PROVINCE PROTESTANT DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 24, Poloff met again with Protestants from Thanh Hoa Province who report having been involved in recent police beating and harassment incidents (reftels). Police harassment and physical abuse continue, but they now also report that provincial officials are intervening [...]	2006-08-25 07:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI222	Party's 13th Plenum Finalizes Party Documents, [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Able to decide only on a "long list" of possible candidates for the next Central Committee, participants in the Communist Party of Vietnam's 13th Plenum have put off to a 14th and final plenum the ultimate decision on Central Committee membership. At the plenum, a [...]	2006-01-27 07:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PINR VM
06HANOI2245	VIETNAM RELIGIOUS FREEDOM UPDATE [...] (SBU) This cable summarizes religious freedom developments in Vietnam during the week ending September 1. This summary was coordinated with ConGen Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). Hanoi Developments ------------------ 2. (SBU) Religious prisoner Ma Van Bay's impending National Day amnesty and r [...]	2006-09-01 08:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI2295	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: MFA PREPARING LETTER TO [...] (C) MFA Americas Department Deputy Director Le Chi Dzung told Pol/C September 7 that his office is currently drafting a letter from Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang to Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford. Although the contents of the letter are not yet final, [...]	2006-09-07 09:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF VM
06HANOI2296	ARRESTED AMCIT CONG THANH DO: MFA WORKING ON [...] (C) On September 7, Pol/C discussed the arrest of Amcit Cong Thanh Do with MFA Americas Department Deputy Director Le Chi Dzung and underscored the seriousness with which the USG is viewing this case. Pol/C stressed that keeping Do in custody without any charges -- particularly now that it see [...]	2006-09-07 09:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CASC VM
06HANOI2305	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: POINTS TO RAISE WITH THE GVN ON [...] (U) Action Request. See paragraph 5. This request was coordinated with ConGen HCMC (Ref A). Summary ------- 2. (C) Mission Vietnam is concerned about an up-tick in police activities directed against ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands who are in cellular telephone contact with [...]	2006-09-08 08:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM
06HANOI2321	POLOFF VISITS THANH HOA FULL GOSPEL PROTESTANTS, PROVINCE [...] (SBU) On September 8, Poloff visited the Thanh Hoa community in which members of the Full Gospel Protestant Church have recently suffered police harassment and beatings. Poloff met at the church with one church member and his neighbors. During a separate meeting with Poloff, provincial offici [...]	2006-09-11 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI2328	AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS WITH HANOI PROTESTANTS [...] (C) Summary: IRF Ambassador John Hanford met with Protestant leaders in Hanoi on August 16. They noted that the overall environment for religion in the north and Northwest Highlands is "significantly less threatening" than in the past, as the number of arrests, attempted forced renunciations [...]	2006-09-12 06:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV VM
06HANOI2358	AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS WITH GVN OFFICIALS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 17, IRF Ambassador John Hanford met in separate meetings with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem and MFA International Organizations Department Director General Minh to discuss the GVN's record of implementing its commitments to improve religious [...]	2006-09-15 09:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI2360	AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS WITH MFA VICE MINISTER BANG: [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 18 meeting with IRF Ambassador John Hanford, Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang acknowledged that implementation of the GVN's framework on religion has been slow in the north because of local officials' concerns about preserving their power. However, the USG shou [...]	2006-09-15 10:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV CASC VM
06HANOI2380	AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS ETHNIC AFFAIRS MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: IRF Ambassador John Hanford met Minister/Chairman K'sor Phuoc of the GVN's Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs August 17 to discuss GVN efforts to facilitate the practice of religion among ethnic minority groups, particularly those in Vietnam's north. Ambassador Hanford urged t [...]	2006-09-19 04:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI2381	PUBLIC SECURITY VICE MINISTER PROMISES PROGRESS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: IRF Ambassador John Hanford met Vice Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Huong August 18 to discuss the GVN's recent record on religious freedom and to urge the GVN to expedite further progress. Ambassador Hanford provided a list of ten short-term actions that the GVN could u [...]	2006-09-19 04:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI2389	VIETNAM ECONOMIC DELEGATION TO NORTH KOREA REBUFFS [...] (C) Summary: The GVN recently sent a Ministry of Trade-led delegation to Pyongyang and Nampo. According to a GVN readout of the visit provided to the ROK Embassy, during the delegation's August 28-September 1 visit, the Vietnamese turned down a DPRK request for food and other assistance, say [...]	2006-09-19 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON KS KN VM
06HANOI2397	UNHCR MONITORING VISIT TO CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (SBU) UNHCR recently completed its 13th monitoring mission to the Central Highlands and reported nothing out of the ordinary in terms of the well-being of the interviewed returnees. Significantly, the UNHCR team was able to meet with a returnee who had been tried and convicted of human smuggli [...]	2006-09-19 10:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM CB
06HANOI2399	COMMITTEE FOR RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS UPDATES DCM ON RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) On September 15, Chairman Ngo Yen Thi of the GVN's Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) briefed the DCM on recent religious freedom developments in Vietnam. The CRA reports that eighteen congregations have been chosen in five out of 19 northern provinces for "pilot registration." These [...]	2006-09-19 10:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI2412	RECENT GVN ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS: SMOKE AND [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the wake of several high-profile corruption scandals, the GVN is taking steps, both substantive and symbolic, to address corruption involving government and Communist Party officials. In August, the National Assembly Standing Committee passed a resolution specifyi [...]	2006-09-20 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KCOR VM
06HANOI2417	SHIPPERS SAY VIETNAM TO OUTGROW PORT CAPACITY BY 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with a group of large foreign shippers/buyers on September 7 to discuss their predictions of shortages in port capacity shortages, which threaten future export growth in Vietnam. They were visiting Hanoi to urge Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials to maximi [...]	2006-09-21 03:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PGOV VM
06HANOI242	EAP A/S HILL MEETS SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 13, EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill met with Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) External Relations Commission Director Nguyen Van Son to discuss the U.S.-Vietnam bilateral relationship and regional issues of mutual interest. In addition to upcoming high-le [...]	2006-02-06 06:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD ECON CB KN VM
06HANOI2420	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR HAGEL [...] (SBU) Senator Hagel: Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit will be an important step in strengthening our cooperative relationship with Vietnam while bringing into focus key issues, including those our two countries will need to address in the run-up to the President's [...]	2006-09-21 06:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL OTRA VM
06HANOI243	VIETNAM: ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S CALL ON [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On January 13, Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill met with Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan. The Deputy Prime Minister laid out a roadmap of five steps to prepare for the visit of President Bush in November: work to close bilateral WTO market access negoti [...]	2006-02-06 06:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV WTRO PREL PGOV TBIO VM
06HANOI2434	First-Ever National Assembly Donors Forum on the Gender [...] (U) Summary: On September 15, 2006, the National Assembly held its first-ever forum to meet with foreign donors and international agency representatives to discuss how to improve the current draft Gender Equality Law. The participants agreed that, with gender inequality a serious problem in Vi [...]	2006-09-21 09:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM VM SOCI
06HANOI2435	AMBASSADOR REVIEWS BILATERAL ISSUES WITH VFM LE VAN BANG [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 20, the Ambassador met with VFM Le Van Bang to review a range of bilateral issues in the run-up to the President's visit. Presenting a list of potential deliverables and next steps, the Ambassador described our hopes for progress in each. On the issue of establish [...]	2006-09-21 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI249	EAP A/S Hill's Meeting with Vietnamese FM Nguyen [...] (SBU) Summary: During his meeting January 13 with Foreign Minister Nguyen Dzy Nien, EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill underlined the need for the United States and Vietnam to systematize their bilateral discussions on issues of mutual interest, such as Burma and Cambodia; expressed [...]	2006-02-06 09:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV APEC ETRD PHUM CB CH BM KN VM
06HANOI2493	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: MPS VICE MINISTER PLEDGES [...] (C) Summary: On September 29 meeting, Vice Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Huong pledged continued progress in the area of religious freedom and described his own efforts to personally instruct security officials in northern Vietnam to promote greater religious freedom and not interfer [...]	2006-09-29 08:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF VM
06HANOI2496	SENIOR MPS OFFICIAL ON PRESIDENT'S VISIT, [...] (C) Summary: During a September 29 discussion with the Charge on a number of issues of bilateral concern, Vice Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Huong: stressed that the GVN would do its utmost to ensure the security of President Bush during his November visit to Vietnam; noted GVN securi [...]	2006-09-29 08:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR PHUM ASEC OVIP VM
06HANOI2497	CHARGE REVIEWS POTUS-RELATED ISSUES WITH MFA [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 28, the Charge met with MFA Acting Director of Americas Department Pham Van Que to discuss a range of bilateral issues in the run-up to the President's visit. Reviewing the contents of the NSC draft Joint Statement with Que, the Charge described our hopes for progre [...]	2006-09-29 08:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI250	EAP A/S Hill's Meeting with Vietnam VFM Le Van Bang [...] (SBU) Summary: During his January 13 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, EAP A/S Christopher R. Hill underscored the importance of making progress in next week's WTO talks, urged Vietnam to improve its human rights situation and welcomed Vietnam's role in regional structures such [...]	2006-02-06 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CB BM CH VM
06HANOI2510	VIETNAM'S PRESIDENT MEETS WITH CATHOLIC LEADERS [...] (SBU) On September 28, State President Nguyen Minh Triet met with leaders of Vietnam's Catholic Church for the first time since taking office in June. During the meeting, Triet underlined the GVN's willingness to allow Catholics to become more involved in Vietnam's socio-economic development. [...]	2006-09-29 10:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI2511	VIETNAM'S PRESIDENT MEETS WITH CATHOLIC LEADERS [...] (SBU) On September 28, State President Nguyen Minh Triet met with leaders of Vietnam's Catholic Church for the first time since taking office in June. During the meeting, Triet underlined the GVN's willingness to allow Catholics to become more involved in Vietnam's socio-economic development. [...]	2006-09-29 10:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI2570	Religious Freedom: CRA Chairman Discusses Recent Progress [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 5 meeting with the Charge, Committee on Religious Affairs Chairman Ngo Yen Thi described GVN efforts to accelerate registrations of Protestant congregations in the North. The late September conference for northern local officials was described as a success: o [...]	2006-10-05 10:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI2599	CDA DISCUSSES POTUS VISIT, BILATERAL ISSUES WITH [...] (C) The Charge met on October 10 with MFA Americas Department Acting Director General Pham Van Que to continue discussions related to the POTUS visit. Que suggested that President Bush consider adding a short visit with the Communist Party's General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, in part to balanc [...]	2006-10-11 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV ECON VM
06HANOI2606	CDA DISCUSSES POTUS VISIT, BILATERAL ISSUES WITH [...] (C) The Charge met on October 10 with MFA Americas Department Acting Director General Pham Van Que to continue discussions related to the POTUS visit. Que suggested that President Bush consider adding a short visit with the Communist Party's General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, in part to balance [...]	2006-10-11 11:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV ECON VM
06HANOI2607	CODEL HAGEL CALLS ON MINISTER OF DEFENSE, COLONEL GENERAL [...] (SBU) On October 6, Senator Hagel called on Vietnam's new Minister of Defense, Colonel General Phung Quang Thanh. During this meeting, Colonel General Thanh reviewed the positive trend in bilateral military relations, and noted several key areas where the U.S.-Vietnam defense relationship coul [...]	2006-10-12 03:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER MARR VM
06HANOI2608	SENATOR HAGEL DISCUSSES TRADE, PEACE CORPS, HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On October 10, Senator Chuck Hagel discussed Vietnam's WTO accession, Human Rights and the Peace Corps with the GVN's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem. Khiem noted that the GVN is working to prepare for the President's upcoming visit by fulfilling its commitments [...]	2006-10-12 03:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV OTRA ECON VM
06HANOI2617	HANOI'S NEW CIVIL SOCIETY LAW IN LIMBO [...] (C) Summary: The GVN in late September pulled the 11th version of the draft Law on Associations (LOA) from the National Assembly's (NA) upcoming agenda. The Politburo, which has ultimate say over legislation put forward to the NA, probably is foot-dragging because it fears the law,s potential [...]	2006-10-12 09:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PGOV ECON VM
06HANOI2620	SENATOR HAGEL DISCUSSES PNTR AND ECONOMIC, SOCIAL REFORMS [...] (SBU) On October 6, Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Chairman and Politburo member Nguyen Phu Trong briefed Senator Chuck Hagel on the NA's developing oversight role in Vietnam's policymaking process and in promoting social and economic development. Trong said passage of Permanent Normal Tra [...]	2006-10-13 01:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV OTRA ECON VM
06HANOI2624	MFA PROTESTS AMBASSADOR'S REMARKS CONCERNING DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 11, MFA Americas Department Acting Director General Pham Van Que called in the Charge to protest remarks about the Vietnamese political movement 8406 Bloc made by the Ambassador during an October 2 Radio Free Asia interview. According to Que, the remarks caused a negat [...]	2006-10-13 04:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI2630	SCENESETTER FOR DRL A/S LOWENKRON'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Embassy Hanoi looks forward to welcoming you back to Vietnam. Your visit will help us to address a number of key issues in the lead-up to the President's November visit. It will also underscore to the Vietnamese that progress on core American concerns and values must keep pace with the s [...]	2006-10-13 09:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF VM
06HANOI2705	Ministry of Culture and Information Suspends Newspapers for [...] (U) SUMMARY: Both Vietnamese and international media outlets reported extensively over the weekend on the GVN's October 20 suspension of two newspapers for a period of one month. These organizations, as well as numerous, more prominent papers, have carried stories in the last few months about [...]	2006-10-24 02:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPAO VM
06HANOI2710	MFA OUTLINES BUREAUCRATIC DIFFICULTIES IN ADVANCING [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 23, the DCM met with MFA Americas Department Deputy Director Nguyen Ba Hung to discuss the status of bilateral issues in advance of the POTUS visit. The DCM reviewed the list of as-yet unresolved official and commercial agreements that need to be concluded, noting our [...]	2006-10-24 10:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF VM
06HANOI2712	MOJ VICE MINISTER TELLS A/S LOWENKRON [...] (SBU) On October 19, Ministry of Justice Vice Minister Hoang The Lien told Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron that a "political decision" has been made to abolish Administrative Decree 31 (which authorizes officials to impose punishments without due proces [...]	2006-10-25 02:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF OTRA ECON VM
06HANOI2727	ASSISTANT SECRETARY LOWENKRON DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS WITH [...] (SBU) On October 19, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron told Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang that, while the United States recognizes there have been positive human rights developments in Vietnam, we will continue to urge the release of the two remaining [...]	2006-10-26 03:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV OTRA ECON VM
06HANOI2800	2006-2007 INCSR PART I -- VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-03 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV KCRM VM
06HANOI2822	VIETNAM'S FIRST HIV/AIDS LAW: TRANSFORMING NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 29, 2006, the National Assembly of Vietnam passed the Law on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control. The legislation, the first on this subject, goes into effect on January 1, 2007. While details are still under discussion, this bold and comprehensive new Law demonstrates Vie [...]	2006-11-08 00:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PINR PROP SOCI TBIO KHIV VM
06HANOI293	MEETING WITH AFM HUNG: VFM LE VAN BANG MAY TRAVEL [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung informed the Charge February 10 that National Assembly Vice Chairman Nguyen Van Yeu tentatively plans to lead an Assembly delegation to Washington February 26 for discussions with Congress on WTO and the PNTR vote. VFM Le [...]	2006-02-10 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OTRA VM
06HANOI2944	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF EDUCATION ON U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Marine had his first official meeting with Minister of Education and Training Dr. Nguyen Thien Nhan on November 30. The meeting took place days before Dr. Nhan's first visit as Minister to the United States on what his staff is calling a "study tour." Minster Nhan ex [...]	2006-12-01 09:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID OEXC SCUL PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI30	NEXT WEEK'S PARTY PLENUM TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL AND [...] (C) Summary: In preparation for the National Party Congress, the Communist Party of Vietnam will kick off its 13th Plenum on January 11. Meeting for several days, the Central Committee will both discuss its future membership and other leadership issues and examine several important Party doc [...]	2006-01-06 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR VM
06HANOI3004	LETTER TO AMBASSADOR HANFORD FROM VICE MINISTER OF PUBLIC [...] (SBU) On December 8, Ministry of Public Security contacts passed a letter to Poloff from Vice Minister Nguyen Van Huong to Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford (unofficial translation below). Our contacts noted that lifting Vietnam's Country of Particular Concer [...]	2006-12-13 01:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI3007	VIETNAM SEEKS TO BOLSTER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Vietnam recently co-hosted East Asia's first-ever conference on International Humanitarian Law, during which it pledged to take steps to strengthen its commitment to humanitarian law. Significantly, Vietnam's decision to host the conference is part and parcel of its [...]	2006-12-13 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN VM
06HANOI3012	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES SESSION, CONTINUES TO [...] (C) During its recently concluded session, the National Assembly approved Vietnam's WTO-entry Protocol and debated and passed 11 laws and one resolution. These included a controversial new Law on Gender Equality and a Law on Residence. However, a long-standing draft Law on Associations was w [...]	2006-12-14 08:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL VM
06HANOI3019	VIETNAM NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES NEW LABOR LAWS [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Assembly passed two important pieces of labor legislation in its fall session, one governing labor disputes and another regulating the country's burgeoning export labor industry. Labor experts note that the new strikes law could help open the door to greater freedom [...]	2006-12-15 10:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV ETRD EIND EINV VM
06HANOI3033	DURING HANOI VISIT, UNHCR COMMENTS ON 42 VIETNAMESE H'MONG [...] (SBU) According to a UNHCR official in Hanoi, Thai authorities have reportedly threatened to deport 42 Vietnamese ethnic H'mong recently arrested in Thailand. UNHCR is negotiating a solution with the Vietnamese and Thai MFAs calling for third-party resettlement. All parties appear to accept th [...]	2006-12-19 08:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR PREF VM
06HANOI3059	COMMITTEE FOR RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS AND PROTESTANT ORGANIZATION [...] (SBU) The Government Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) told Poloff on December 19 that it will issue recognition certificates to two previously unrecognized church organizations on December 23. The CRA also confirmed the existence of a controversial training manual on Protestantism. The man [...]	2006-12-22 08:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI3070	UNHCR: "NO GENERAL THREAT" IN VIETNAM CENTRAL HIGHLANDS; [...] (SBU) At a December 15 briefing to Hanoi-based diplomats, UNHCR highlighted that the overall environment for Vietnamese ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands was improving, despite an increase of arrivals to Cambodia in 2006. Refugee status recognition rates have dropped significantly in [...]	2006-12-26 09:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR PREF CB VM
06HANOI3081	YEAR-END LABOR STRIFE SEEN LESS LIKELY IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: One year after a wave of labor unrest hit lower-paying foreign-owned factories in Vietnam, workers, businesses and government officials say that similar labor strife is less likely now. Labor experts state that tensions are lower because of last year's government-mandated wage i [...]	2006-12-28 09:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV ETRD EIND EINV VM
06HANOI325	PALESTINIAN ELECTION: VIETNAM SUPPORTS ASPIRATIONS [...] (SBU) Pol/C met with MFA West Asia and Africa Department Deputy Director General Duong Huynh Lap February 14 to deliver reftel points. Lap described Vietnam's relations with the Palestinian Authority and President Abbas as "very good." Since the PLO established an office in Hanoi in 1976, Vi [...]	2006-02-14 09:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IS KPAL VM
06HANOI326	CARTOON CONTROVERSY: GVN CONDEMNS VIOLENCE; [...] (SBU) Pol/C met with MFA West Asia and Africa Department Deputy Director General Duong Huynh Lap February 14 to deliver reftel points. Lap relayed the GVN's regret at both the offensive cartoons and the violence they generated. Vietnam believes that this matter should be resolved through dial [...]	2006-02-14 10:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI KISL KPAO XF VM
06HANOI344	NEXT UN SYG: VIETNAM SUPPORTS ASIAN CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) POL/C met February 14 with MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General Vu Anh Quang to discuss reftel points. Quang reported that, while Vietnam believes that the next UN Secretary-General must be effective and competent and enjoy the wide support of the world com [...]	2006-02-15 09:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN VM
06HANOI392	AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS WITH DPM VU KHOAN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 21 meeting, IRF Ambassador Hanford and Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan agreed that the recently concluded Human Rights Dialogue will help to spur on further positive developments in the bilateral relationship. On the issue of religious freedom, Ambassador Hanf [...]	2006-02-22 09:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI393	U.S.-VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: DRL A/S Barry Lowenkron, accompanied by IRF Ambassador John Hanford met, February 20 with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang. After reviewing the bilateral Human Rights Dialogue's morning session (septel),A/S Lowenkron urged the GVN not to constrain NGOs under an impending new [...]	2006-02-22 09:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI394	AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS RELIGIOUS LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: IRF Ambassador John Hanford met February 21 with Buddhist and Protestant leaders to discuss issues surrounding the practice and management of organized religion in Vietnam. Both the Buddhist and Protestant representatives acknowledged progress in the religious freedom situation [...]	2006-02-22 09:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI395	AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS VIETNAM MPS VICE MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John V. Hanford told Vice Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Huong that he is encouraged by developments in Vietnam related to religious freedom, but remains concerned about the slow pace of church regist [...]	2006-02-22 09:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV VM
06HANOI510	Update on Prisoners of Concern; Prisoner Tran Van [...] (SBU) Summary: A passing reference during the recent U.S.-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue to the suicide of one of our prisoners of concern led to several confusing exchanges with the MFA and the eventual confirmation that Tran Van Luong, the former Director of Vietnam's Center for Applied Phys [...]	2006-03-06 08:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV VM
06HANOI551	U.S.-VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: AFTERNOON [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-09 10:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF SOCI PREL PGOV PREF VM
06HANOI552	U.S.-VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: MORNING SESSION [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-09 10:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV SOCI VM
06HANOI582	AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS CHAIRMAN THI OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford met February 21 with the head of Vietnam's Committee for Religious Affairs. They agreed that the GVN has taken important steps to establishing religious freedom in most of the country; however the Northwe [...]	2006-03-14 03:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI584	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: UNHCR TO VISIT MARCH 22; UNHCR [...] (SBU) Summary: A UNHCR team will visit Gia Lai Province March 22-23 to meet with the families of "double-backers." The team has also requested private meetings with two individuals who were allegedly mistreated by local authorities. The GVN has invited Assistant High Commissioner Erika Felle [...]	2006-03-14 10:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM CB
06HANOI596	PARTY'S 14TH PLENUM TO OPEN SOON; LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Communist Party's Central Committee will begin its 14th plenum March 18. What most likely will be the final gathering before the (still unscheduled) 10th Party Congress, this plenum will seek to address public commentary on the Party's draft Political Report and finalize s [...]	2006-03-15 08:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR VM
06HANOI627	VIETNAM AND DPRK WORK TO IMPROVE TIES [...] (C) DPRK MFA Asia Director Ma Chol-su visited Vietnam March 2-5 as part of the two countries' continuing efforts to patch up relations following the mass defection incident of July 2004. During meetings in Hanoi with Government and Party representatives, the two sides agreed to pursue high-le [...]	2006-03-17 05:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VM KN KS
06HANOI628	POLITICAL DEBATE, VIETNAMESE STYLE: THE PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The public's response to the call for comments on the Communist Party's draft Political Report has been enthusiastic and, by Vietnamese standards, refreshingly open. Many commentators have taken on overtly political issues, expressing dissatisfaction with the Party's [...]	2006-03-17 06:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR VM
06HANOI667	U.S.-VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: AFTERNOON [...] (SBU) In an agreed continuation of the morning session on religious freedom and ethnic minority affairs of the February 20 U.S.-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue, before beginning the afternoon schedule, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford presented the GVN side wi [...]	2006-03-22 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV VM
06HANOI669	U.S.-VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: MORNING SESSION [...] (SBU) Delegations from the United States and Vietnam met for the two countries' first Human Rights Dialogue in over three years February 20. The morning session included opening remarks, Vietnam's presentation of its approaches to human rights, a discussion of criminal code, prison conditions [...]	2006-03-22 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI677	Towards a National Assembly That Makes Laws? [...] (SBU) Summary: In spite of the National Assembly's evolving role as Government watchdog, its involvement in Vietnam's lawmaking process remains limited. Both the GVN and the National Assembly recognize that this is partially due to the Assembly's lack of resources, particularly professional [...]	2006-03-23 07:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI VM
06HANOI686	ARF SEMINAR: VIETNAM AVAILABLE FOR A MEETING [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points March 24 to Phan Minh Giang of the MFA ASEAN Affairs Department. He reported that, in addition to himself, GVN attendees will be MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General (and delegation head) Le Hoai Trung and Ministry of Defense Se [...]	2006-03-24 09:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP VM
06HANOI771	CORRUPTION IN VIETNAM: MINISTER FALLS, PARTY GETS [...] (SBU) Summary: The media is gleefully reporting a sensational corruption scandal involving millions of dollars in graft that has cost the Minister of Transportation his job. The case amplifies the recent wave of calls for anti- corruption reform that has dominated recent public discussion of [...]	2006-04-04 07:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR VM
06HANOI775	VIETNAM: HIGH-LEVEL GVN TIP REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: "Complicated developments" in trafficking in persons (TIP) in Vietnam (which is coded official language for a worsening of the situation) provoked a surprisingly high-level conference on TIP in Hanoi that involved two Politburo members and numerous other senior officials in a r [...]	2006-04-04 09:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM PINS VM TIP
06HANOI782	VIETNAM: PSI ENDORSEMENT UNLIKELY SOON [...] (SBU) Summary: Heavy Embassy pressure on the GVN has forced the issue of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) all the way to the Prime Minister's office, where we are told the decision has been made to authorize Vietnam's participation in PSI-related activities on a case-by-case basis, [...]	2006-04-05 06:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KNNP MNUC PARM PHSA PREL VM
06HANOI783	SCENESETTER FOR SPEAKER HASTERT'S VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Mr. Speaker: Your visit to Vietnam comes at an important time in our bilateral relationship. Last year, the United States and Vietnam commemorated the tenth anniversary of normalized relations, the highlight of which was the very successful visit to the United States by Prime Minister [...]	2006-04-05 08:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PHUM PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN VM
06HANOI791	SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN FOREIGN POLICY UNLIKELY AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's foreign policy evolution, a gradual process, is not likely to see any sharp changes or surprises at the upcoming 10th Party Congress. Instead, we will see an elaboration of existing policy, with efforts to improve relations with neighboring countries (ASEAN),maintai [...]	2006-04-05 06:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CVR VM
06HANOI833	Vietnam Tackling Abusive Export Labor Firms [...] (SBU) Summary: Confronted with problems related to a burgeoning export labor industry, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) is taking action to regulate the industry and protect workers from potential abuse. In an effort to mitigate unemployment and develop its pool of skilled workers, the Governm [...]	2006-04-12 10:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM KCRM PINS VM TIP
06HANOI835	HANOI DISCUSSES NEW LAW ON ASSOCIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On April 3, the GVN presented its ninth draft of a New Law on Associations to donor community Ambassadors, representatives of Vietnam's associations and international NGOs and other interested parties. Follow-on discussion was open and pointed. Controversial elemen [...]	2006-04-13 04:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EINV ECON VM
06HANOI839	10th Party Congress: CPV Offers Preview, Aims for [...] (SBU) In a preview of the Communist Party's upcoming 10th National Congress, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan underscored that the Party's key focus will be on how to continue Vietnam's economic and social development efforts. Sticking close to well-known positions in a presentation to the diplo [...]	2006-04-13 08:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR VM
06HANOI848	Party Facing Turmoil on Eve of 10th Congress [...] (SBU) The Communist Party of Vietnam's (CPV) Central Committee has scheduled an unusual 15th plenum to nail down still undecided senior leadership positions and address a widening corruption scandal. With a number of senior GVN officials implicated in the affair, the Party is scrambling to en [...]	2006-04-14 10:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR VM
06HANOI875	VIETNAM: INDEPENDENT INQUIRY COMMITTEE [...] (U) Post received a note dated April 7 from the Ministry of Trade formally conveying their response to Post's inquiry regarding the Independent Inquiry Committee investigation. 2. (SBU) Begin text of note: Ministry of Trade Socialist Republic of Vietnam Hanoi, April 7, 2006 The Min [...]	2006-04-18 08:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KFIN PGOV IZ VM
06HANOI885	TIP/Vietnam: Vietnam Ministries Get Action [...] (SBU) The Government of Vietnam has begun implementation of a new decision consolidating each responsible ministry's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) efforts and instructing government agencies to develop new programs to deal with the issue. 2. (SBU) Issued by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khi [...]	2006-04-19 10:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM PINS VM TIP
06HANOI895	Party Begins 10th Congress [...] (SBU) The Communist Party opened its 10th National Party Congress (NPC) April 18 with a five-year review of Party achievements and failures that included a reference to an ongoing corruption scandal that has claimed a number of high- level officials (Ref A). The final draft of the Party's Pol [...]	2006-04-20 10:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR VM
06HANOI896	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, UNSC, NEXT SECRETARY- [...] (SBU) The DCM met April 19 with MFA International Organizations Department Acting Director General Vu Anh Quang to deliver reftel's points and letter from the Secretary to Foreign Minister Nguyen Dzy Nien. Quang said SIPDIS that the MFA values U.S. viewpoints on multilateral issues such as [...]	2006-04-20 10:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN UNSC KUNR PHUM GT VE VM
06HANOI943	Party Selects New (Old) Leadership; Senior [...] (SBU) The Communist Party closed its 10th National Party Congress (NPC) April 25 after re-electing Nong Duc Manh to the position of Party General Secretary. The Party's new Central Committee, elected April 23, also selected the new Politburo and Party Secretariat. Although many of those who [...]	2006-04-25 11:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR VM
06HANOI964	Ambassador Meets Vietnam's Chief of Police, Signs [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and Vice Minister of Public Security Le The Tiem signed April 26 the Amendment to the U.S.- Vietnam Letter of Agreement on Counternarcotics. Prior to the signing ceremony, the two discussed bilateral law enforcement cooperation and other issues, agreeing that both sides' [...]	2006-04-27 07:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI SNAR EAID ECON OSCI VM
06HANOI992	UNHCR ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) UNHCR's Assistant Commissioner for Protection Erika Feller visted Gia Lai Province April 26-27 and met Vice Foreign Minister Nguyen Phu Binh April 28. While in Gia Lai, she met with six returnees (including two individuals who were singled out by Human Rights Watch),who described their [...]	2006-04-28 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM CB
06HARARE1010	CURRENCY CHANGEOVER SPARKS CONFUSION [...] (C) With five business days remaining until the currency conversion deadline of August 21, business contacts tell us the country is woefully unprepared for the expiration of the old bearer checks. Most businesses have suspended or significantly reduced sales, chiefly of imports, rather than [...]	2006-08-11 13:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE1056	NEW RELIGIOUS GROUP OFFERS WAY FORWARD [...] (SBU) During their visit to Harare, staffdel visitors met with the religious leaders spearheading the Christian Alliance (CA),a new opposition grouping that seeks to unite all anti-GOZ forces. Born out of the Church's efforts last year to help those affected by Operation Restore Order, the [...]	2006-08-29 14:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE1064	SOLOMON MUJURU LASHES OUT AT US PRESSURE, BUT [...] (C) Retired general and ZANU-PF kingmaker Solomon Mujuru told visiting staffdel and the Ambassador on August 25 that the GOZ was open to dialogue, but that targeted sanctions demonstrated that Western capitals were not interested in real discussions. Saying that only the rural poor felt the [...]	2006-08-30 14:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE1067	TSVANGIRAI LEADS MARCH ON PARLIAMENT [...] (U) Anti-Senate MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai led a demonstration of between 500 and 1,000 supporters from the party's downtown Harare headquarters to Parliament in the afternoon of September 1. Marchers, many of whom joined the demonstration in progress, carried placards calling for Mugab [...]	2006-09-05 13:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE1078	LABOR LEADERS IMPRESS STAFFDEL WITH CANDID TALK OF [...] (U) A congressional staff delegation visiting Zimbabwe came away from a meeting with two prominent labor leaders impressed with their candid discussion of the fractured state of the opposition movement and sobering description of the daily challenges workers face in Zimbabwe's severely depress [...]	2006-09-06 13:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB ZI
06HARARE11	GOZ INTENSIFIES ASSAULT ON MDC MUNICIPAL [...] (C) All 19 of Mutare's MDC city councilors resigned on January 4 in response to their December 29 suspension by Minister of Local Government Ignatius Chombo over alleged mismanagement. The Minister appointed an acting council of ruling party loyalists to run the city. Chombo also suspended [...]	2006-01-09 05:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC ZANU PF
06HARARE112	GOZ INTENSIFIES ATTACK ON ZIMBABWE LAWERS FOR [...] (C) According to several Embassy sources in civil society, the GOZ,s crackdown on the independent radio station Voice of the People (VOP) is actually directed at the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) and its head Arnold Tsunga. Tsunga and other ZLHR employees, as VOP trustees, have been [...]	2006-02-02 13:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE113	ADDENDUM TO ZIMBABWE SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-03 07:24:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB ZI KDEM
06HARARE1130	PREVIEW OF LABOR'S PLANS FOR NATIONWIDE [...] (C) The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) plans to lead processions in 35 cities and towns throughout the country on Wednesday, September 13 to protest against poor wages, high taxes, weak economic conditions, lack of access to HIV/AIDS drugs, and continuing harassment of civil society [...]	2006-09-12 14:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB ZI

06HARARE1143	GOVERNMENT INTIMIDATION AND PREEMPTIVE ARRESTS [...] (C) Government preemptive actions forestalled a series of planned protests by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions' (ZCTU) on Wednesday, September 13. Over 100 ZCTU members were detained and police reportedly severely beat several union leaders. The government press called the ZCTU protests [...]	2006-09-15 11:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB ZI
06HARARE1162	GOZ BRUTALLY REACTS TO NCA MARCHES [...] (SBU) The National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) staged marches in key cities across Zimbabwe on September 20 triggering a violent police and ZANU-PF youth militia reaction in Mutare and, to a lesser extent, Harare. Smaller numbers of NCA supporters also marched in Gweru and Masvingo, where [...]	2006-09-21 14:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE1163	ZCTU MEMBERS RECOUNT TO AMBASSADOR POLICE [...] (C) ZCTU leaders described to the Ambassador their arrest and brutal beatings by Zimbabwe police following their attempted demonstration on September 13 (Ref). They noted that the police van in which they were to be transported to the police station was on empty. At the notorious Matapi sta [...]	2006-09-21 14:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB ZI
06HARARE1164	STEVENSON ATTACK COMMISSION POINTS FINGER AT GOZ [...] (SBU) Anti-Senate leader Morgan Tsvangirai held a Press Conference September 20 to announce the findings of the commission appointed by the anti-Senate MDC to investigate the July 2 attack on pro-Senate MDC MP Trudy Stevenson. According to Tsvangirai, the commission concluded that GOZ securit [...]	2006-09-21 15:07:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE1175	AMERICAN LABOR DELEGATION DENIED ENTRY TO ZIMBABWE [...] (U) An African-American labor delegation was denied entry to Zimbabwe September 22 despite holding valid visas. The visit had been in the planning for months. The only explanation from the GOZ was that the visit was now "unacceptable.Q8 We believe the GOZ feared the visit would draw attenti [...]	2006-09-25 06:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB ZI
06HARARE1190	ANOTHER NCA MARCH AND MORE BEATINGS ADDS TO [...] (SBU) Approximately 300 National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) members marched in downtown Harare on September 25, seeking to deliver a petition calling for a new constitution to Parliament. The police were initially caught unaware due to the high level of secrecy surrounding the planning. H [...]	2006-09-26 14:17:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
06HARARE1192	VOP UPDATE: COURT DROPS CHARGES [...] (SBU) At the latest installment of the trial of the Voice of the People (VOP) trustees for illegally broadcasting (Reftel for background) on September 25, Magistrate William Bhila removed the accused from further remand, a move that essentially drops the charges against the seven defendants. [...]	2006-09-27 08:09:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
06HARARE1216	COMMISSION HIGHLIGHTS CIO INVOLVEMENT IN STEVENSON [...] (C) The commission of inquiry report on the Trudy Stevenson attack concludes that the GOZ's Central Intelligence Organization (CIO) security apparatus was most likely responsible for the assault. The report notes that the MDC's internal failings and divisions have made both its pro- and anti [...]	2006-10-03 12:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
06HARARE1235	ZANU-PF WINS BY-ELECTIONS AMID LOW TURNOUT, [...] (C) As expected, ruling party candidates held on to two rural parliamentary seats, in Chikomba and Rushinga, in October 7 by-elections. The elections were peaceful but were marred by low voter turnout. Elections for rural district councils in the two constituencies were also held, with the [...]	2006-10-10 13:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE124	GOZ CASTS MDC'S ZAMBIA EXCURSION AS USG PLOTTING [...] (C) Following Zambia's expulsion of a delegation of senior MDC officials on February 2 (refs A, B),Zimbabwe's state media has alleged that the U.S. Embassy had arranged a meeting in Zambia between the delegation and "officials from US-funded Freedom House". The articles appear to be part of [...]	2006-02-06 13:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO ASEC PHUM PGOV ZI MDC
06HARARE1242	ZIMBABWE NOT COMPLIANT WITH AGOA ELIGIBILITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-12 10:15:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	AGOA ASEC ECON ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM ZI
06HARARE1247	PARLIAMENTARY WOMEN'S CAUCUS GAINING GREATER VOICE [...] (U) Zimbabwe,s Parliamentary Women,s Caucus on October 6 met with civil society and donor representatives to call for greater cooperation across party lines on gender issues. Participants at the meeting said that the Caucus, which is lead by ZANU-PF MP Flora Bhuka and MDC MP Thokozani Khupe, [...]	2006-10-16 09:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KWMN PGOV PHUM ZI
06HARARE125	ZANU-PF SENATOR/FINANCIER PURSUES ENHANCED [...] (C) Aguy Georgias, a recently appointed ZANU-PF aligned Senator and CEO of Trinity Engineering, on January 31 sought Embassy participation in an informal dialogue he hoped to set up with a to-be-named interlocutor selected by President Mugabe. He asserted that in Zimbabwe's dysfunctional pol [...]	2006-02-06 13:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ZI ZANU PF
06HARARE1256	TANZANIAN PRESIDENT EXPRESSES INTEREST IN MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) director Reginald Matchaba-Hove told polchief that while in New York last month he met Tanzanian president Jakaya Kikwete and that Kikwete had expressed interest in the current situation in Zimbabwe and had said he was committed to a regi [...]	2006-10-17 14:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI TZ
06HARARE1262	MDC SUSPENDS TROUBLESOME MP [...] (U) The anti-Senate faction of the MDC on October 15 suspended Tafara-Mabvuku MP Timothy Mubawu from his official party positions due to his connection to the attack on pro-Senate MDC MP Trudy Stevenson (ref B) and his sexist remarks in Parliament (ref A). MDC Secretary General Tendai Biti o [...]	2006-10-18 12:59:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE127	IMF TEAM LOSES CONFIDENCE IN ANY TURNAROUND [...] (C) IMF Mission Chief Sharmini Coorey told the Ambassador on February 2 she had been struck by Zimbabweans' growing despair since her last trip and had no confidence the GOZ could turn Zimbabwe's economy around. Faced with exploding expenditures and hyperinflation, the authorities had neither [...]	2006-02-07 11:18:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI
06HARARE1280	LOOK EAST "SUCCESSES" FALL FLAT [...] (C) In the GOZ's most recent flirtation with countries to its east, state-controlled media on October 10 reported that a Russian delegation had signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with the GOZ totaling US$300 million. South African journalists checking into the contracts, however, coul [...]	2006-10-24 14:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE1283	UPCOMING RURAL ELECTIONS LIKELY TO DEMONSTRATE [...] (SBU) Rural district council elections to be held on October 28 are expected to reinforce the ruling party's hold over the rural areas. ZANU-PF has already secured a third of the 1,328 council seats after several hundred would-be opposition candidates were barred from nomination. The anti-S [...]	2006-10-25 09:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC ZI
06HARARE1294	LOW VOTER TURNOUT LEADS TO BIG ZANU-PF WIN [...] (SBU) Preliminary results reported in the government-controlled press today are calling Saturday's rural district council elections a ZANU-PF victory. Official results are expected by Tuesday, October 31. The key feature of the elections was very low voter turnout. Initial reports from elec [...]	2006-10-30 15:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC ZI
06HARARE1299	CHURCH LEADERS "NATIONAL VISION" REJECTED BY [...] (C) Summary. A group of religious leaders presented President Mugabe October 27 with a so-called "national vision" document they said is intended as a road map for dialogue leading to a resolution of Zimbabwe,s problems. While stating that the document could lead to consensus among Zimbabwea [...]	2006-10-31 14:43:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
06HARARE1307	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ZANU-PF'S MAKONI [...] (C) In an October 26 meeting, ZANU-PF Politburo member Simba Makoni told the Ambassador the ruling party government is gridlocked and adrift. Makoni professed ignorance of the details of the succession battle, in which he has been increasingly mentioned as a contender, but noted Mugabe may c [...]	2006-11-01 15:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR EFIN ZI
06HARARE1308	MDC MP CLIAMS MILITARY PRESSURE ON MUGABE [...] (C) Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) MP Giles Mutsekwa told polchief in meetings in Mutare and Harare October 19 and 27 respectively that Zimbabwean defense forces commander C.G. Chiwenga and other high-ranking officers had met with Mugabe in September and asked him to step aside. Mugabe [...]	2006-11-01 15:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ZI
06HARARE1309	MDC MP CLAIMS MILITARY PRESSURE ON MUGABE [...] (C) Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) MP Giles Mutsekwa told polchief in meetings in Mutare and Harare October 19 and 27 respectively that Zimbabwean defense forces commander C.G. Chiwenga and other high-ranking officers had met with Mugabe in September and asked him to step aside. Mugabe [...]	2006-11-01 15:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ZI
06HARARE1317	BFIF FUNDING CATALYZES PRIVATE SECTOR DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) On October 5, the newly-energized American Business Association of Zimbabwe (ABAZ),generously supported by the Business Facilitation and Incentive Fund (BFIF),held a high-profile day-long economic forum under the theme "Just Business" to identify and deliberate over the key economic [...]	2006-11-03 08:34:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV ZI
06HARARE1322	KEY ZANU-PF MP ENCOURAGES USG SUPPORT FOR REFORM [...] (C) U.S. Economics Professor Craig Richardson, who was in Harare to speak at the October 5 American Business Association of Zimbabwe (ABAZ) forum (reftel),along with econoff, met October 4 with Walter Mzembi, the outspoken ZANU-PF Chairman of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands, La [...]	2006-11-06 15:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	CH EAGR ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
06HARARE1349	DISCORD IN THE MILITARY [...] (C) MDC shadow minister for defense Giles Mutsekwa told Ambassador November 8 that according to his sources morale has plummeted at all levels of the military. The military does not yet view the MDC as a solution to the country's problems and may consider a coup, which would not be in the be [...]	2006-11-09 14:24:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	MOPS PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE1356	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON TANCHON COMMERCIAL [...] (S) Ambassador Dell delivered demarche (reftel) to Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono November 13 on the alleged request by Tanchon Commercial Bank to open an account with Harare,s Merchant Bank of Central Africa. Gono promised full cooperation. He called in the RBZ Director of the [...]	2006-11-15 05:38:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	EFIN KN KNNP PARM PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE136	URBAN LAND SEIZED IN LATEST AFFRONT TO PRIVATE [...] (C) The GOZ in mid-December 2005 seized Gletwyn property, an urban-zoned development area within Harare,s city limits, marking the GOZ's first formal taking of urban land apart from legal eminent domain proceedings. The Police Housing Cooperative and Divine Homes, a housing development compan [...]	2006-02-08 15:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE1360	ZANU-PF WINS RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTIONS -- [...] (U) In an election characterized by extremely low turnout, the ruling party won the vast majority of the 1,326 Rural District Council (RDC) seats. The MDC managed victories, however, in a number of areas, including a few previously considered impenetrable. ZANU-PF relied heavily on pressure [...]	2006-11-15 14:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC ZI
06HARARE1361	CENTRAL BANKER GONO,S "MOST DIFFICULT YEAR" - IT'S [...] (C) In a November 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono described 2006 as his most difficult year in office. He professed embarrassment at Zimbabwe's outcast status within SADC and depicted himself as personally under siege for the country's myria [...]	2006-11-15 16:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI
06HARARE1365	TANCHON COMMERCIAL BANK DEMARCHE RESPONSE: [...] (S) Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono conveyed to the Ambassador in a letter dated November 14 the outcome of the RBZ's investigation into the alleged request from North Korea's Tanchon Commercial Bank to open an account in Zimbabwe (reftel). RBZ Senior Division Chief ) Financial I [...]	2006-11-16 13:32:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	EFIN KN KNNP PARM PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE1375	ZANU-PF INSIDER ON MUGABE'S PLANS [...] (C) ZANU-PF insider Eddie Zvogbo, Jr. told the Ambassador November 14 that President Mugabe has talked about resigning but is concerned that he may be prosecuted by his successors. Zvobgo said if Mugabe clings to power too long a crisis could develop as the economy continues to deteriorate. [...]	2006-11-17 17:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE1376	ARCHBISHOP PIUS NUBE ON THE STATE OF ZIMBABWE [...] (C) A despondent Archbishop Pius Ncube told polchief and visiting deskofficer November 16 at Catholic Church offices in Bulawayo that most Zimbabweans average have "given up" any hope for change. Mugabe and ZANU-PF are interested only in clinging to power and will rig elections. The MDC is w [...]	2006-11-17 17:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE1377	CHAMBER OF MINES PRESIDENT ON INDIGENIZATION, GOLD [...] (C) In a November 2 meeting with emboffs, Chamber of Mines President David Murangari reported that the GOZ had given up its plans for a 51 percent takeover by indigenous companies of foreign-owned mines and was searching for a face-saving way to back down from earlier announcements. In the me [...]	2006-11-17 17:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON PGOV ZI
06HARARE1378	NO INDICATION OF DOLLARIZATION AS FOREX SCARCITY [...] (SBU) Despite Zimbabwe's hyperinflation and the concomitant depreciation of the Zimbabwe dollar, there is no indication of a trend toward either de facto or formal "dollarization" of the Zimbabwean economy. According to local experts, the biggest obstacle to hard currency transactions is an a [...]	2006-11-17 17:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
06HARARE1396	MUCH BALLYHOOED 99-YEAR LEASES DISAPPOINT ALL ROUND [...] (SBU) The terms of the few dozen much ballyhooed 99-year leases issued on November 9 by President Mugabe left many questions unaddressed. Bankers say they do not appear to meet collateral requirements for lending into the sector. Security of tenure under the leases is tenuous, as the GOZ ret [...]	2006-11-22 13:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI
06HARARE1398	MDC REUNIFICATION: THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) A little more than a year after its acrimonious split in October 2005, the MDC may be heading for reunification. Despite financial and organizational challenges, the opposition made inroads into ruling party strongholds in recent local elections reinforcing with leaders in both factions th [...]	2006-11-24 09:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE1413	ZANU-PF POLITBURO MEMBER OFFERS SUCCESSION INSIGHTS [...] (C) ZANU-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity Nathan Shamuyarira told the Ambassador on November 28 that the forthcoming ruling party conference was unlikely to finalize the succession issue. The party would instead settle the issue in 2007. He opined that the presidential and parliam [...]	2006-11-29 12:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE1429	COLTART DISCUSSES OPPOSITION STRATEGY AMIDST [...] (C) Pro-Senate MDC MP David Coltart on November 29 told the Ambassador that ZANU-PF parliamentarians were in a state of panic as public corruption allegations had become weapons in the ongoing succession battle. The MP agreed with the Ambassador that the GOZ had been weakened as a result of t [...]	2006-12-01 07:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE1433	WOMEN'S RIGHTS MARCHERS ARRESTED, ASSAULTED [...] (SBU) Police in Bulawayo brutally suppressed a demonstration of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) on Wednesday, November 29 as the women's rights group launched their "People's Charter," a demand for social justice and affordable basic services. According to WOZA, more than 70 women were arreste [...]	2006-12-01 10:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC ZI
06HARARE1453	ZIMBABWE'S 2007 BUDGET RELEASE - NO SOUND AND FURY [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Murerwa conceded Zimbabwe's dismal 2006 economic performance in presenting his 2007 Budget to Parliament. He painted a grim picture of the state of the economy across nearly all sectors and indicators. Nevertheless, he premised the 2007 Budget on optimistic projections [...]	2006-12-08 08:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
06HARARE1465	ZANU-PF CONFERENCE POISED TO PROLONG MUGABE'S TERM [...] (C) The struggle to succeed Robert Mugabe has taken a twist in the run-up to the annual ZANU-PF conference slated for December 14-17. Although Mugabe in on record promising to step down in 2008, when the next presidential elections are scheduled, the conference appears likely to call for ext [...]	2006-12-12 14:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE1481	ZIMBABWE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) The Government of Zimbabwe's mis-governance has severely crippled the local economy, making it unlikely to attract or absorb significant foreign direct investment in 2007. Investment prospects are bound to remain dismal due to the country's unstable economic and political environment. G [...]	2006-12-19 13:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
06HARARE1482	IMF TEAM LEADER DECLARES ECONOMY DIRE; GONO [...] (C) IMF Article IV Mission Chief Sharmini Coorey on December 15 told the Charge that Zimbabwe's economic situation was "dire." GDP would likely contract by about 5 percent, the primary budget deficiQwas 25.7 percent (83 percent with interest payments included),and inflation was close to 2,0 [...]	2006-12-19 13:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ZI
06HARARE1493	CONFERENCE PAVES WAY FOR EXTENDING MUGABE'S TERM, [...] (C) In a well-scripted development, the December 14-17 ZANU-PF conference adopted a resolution recommending that the ruling party unify the presidential and parliamentary elections in 2010. The recommendation, which will require amending the constitution in Parliament, must first be approved [...]	2006-12-21 07:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE1499	ZIMBABWE: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request to update information for the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism. ------------------ GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. (SBU) Zimbabwe does not fit the criteria stipulated in paragraph 10 (a) and (b) of reftel instructions. Despite our str [...]	2006-12-28 06:11:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE159	MDC MP COLTART: GOZ WEAKENING [...] (C) In a meeting on February 8 with the Ambassador, MDC MP for Bulawayo South David Coltart said the GOZ was beginning to show signs of crumbling under the strain of economic deterioration. The inner circle of the regime was getting rich but patronage was no longer reaching second tier membe [...]	2006-02-13 13:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI MDC
06HARARE160	MP ON "PRO-SENATE" FACTION ACTIVITIES, PLANS [...] (C) MDC pro-senate faction MP Priscilla Misihairabwa-Mushonga told poloff February 2 that little progress had been made in resolving the dispute that had split the MDC, though the tone was improving. She said the biggest challenge facing her faction was selecting a national leader. She repo [...]	2006-02-14 05:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM ZI
06HARARE165	STATUS OF PLANNING FOR ANNAN VISIT TO ZIMBABWE [...] (C) During a February 10 meeting, UNDP Resident Representative Agostinho Zacarias told the Ambassador that the UN Secretariat was still actively working on plans for a visit to Zimbabwe by SYG Annan. According to Zacarias, the issue had been raised during a one-on-one session between Presid [...]	2006-02-14 10:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ZI
06HARARE177	WHERE'S THE LOVE? - VALENTINE'S DAY ARRESTS [...] (U) On February 14, approximately 300 members of women's activist group Women of Zimbabwe Arise! (WOZA) marched in Harare, demanding affordable food and social justice. Police arrested around 250 of the women along with their lawyer, Tafadzwa Mugabe of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights. The p [...]	2006-02-16 05:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
06HARARE178	GONO ON POLICY FRUSTRATIONS, SUCCESSION TENSIONS, [...] (S) In a February 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono bemoaned the GOZ's unwillingness to address deepening corruption, fiscal indiscipline and parastatal inefficiencies. Depicting himself as under seige politically, he said the leadership had talked him into wi [...]	2006-02-16 05:45:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ZI
06HARARE179	SANCTIONS INFORMATION FOR BUSINESS COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) This is an action request; please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Embassy has received numerous inquiries from American companies about the USG's targeted sanctions policy in Zimbabwe and its implication for their operations here. To be responsive to our business community, pre-empt additional i [...]	2006-02-16 07:21:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD ASEC ZI
06HARARE180	BELEAGUERED BUSINESS LEADERS SAY POLICY CHANGES [...] (C) At an economic roundtable hosted by the Ambassador on February 8, five leading businessmen had little doubt about the inevitability of a GOZ shift to market-driven policies but differed on its likely timing. They agreed that the speed of economic deterioration was accelerating, the econom [...]	2006-02-16 14:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV ETRD ZI
06HARARE183	INFLATION SOARING EVER HIGHER [...] (SBU) The GOZ's Central Statistical Office (CSO) reported February 13 that the annualized rate of inflation reached 613 percent in January, up from 585 percent in December (ref D). Food and non-alcoholic beverages, which make up nearly one third of the consumer price index basket, posted an an [...]	2006-02-17 05:40:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV ZI
06HARARE185	SUPREME COURT REJECTS TSVANGIRAI ELECTION CHALLENGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court on February 12 rejected MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai's application to have it take over his 2002 presidential election challenge from the High Court, where it has languished for years. Strapped for resources, the MDC will likely scale back its strategy of ch [...]	2006-02-17 09:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC
06HARARE186	LAURIE ON POLITBURO SHIFT ON WEST [...] (C) John Laurie, a former leading post-independence businessman and parliamentarian who maintains regular contact with a Politburo member and has a personal relationship with Mugabe, relayed to econoff on Feburary 8 that the Politburo recognized the accelerating pace of economic deterioration [...]	2006-02-17 10:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ZI
06HARARE187	PARLIAMENT RESUMES, BUT FOR HOW LONG? [...] (C) Zimbabwe,s Parliament resumed on February 7, marking the first sitting of the Senate since that body was abolished in 1990. However, the legislative agenda is very thin and MPs could be sent home any day. Although two bills were introduced into the Senate, the supposedly august house rec [...]	2006-02-21 04:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE200	MUGABE AT 82 - RIGID, DEFIANT, ISOLATED [...] (SBU) In a taped, edited 90-minute state media interview televised locally on Febuary 19, Robert Mugabe sounded familiar anti-western themes and evidenced little inclination to countenance economic or political reforms on the eve of his 82nd birthday. He was familiarly cagey about the process [...]	2006-02-22 12:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR KPAO ZI
06HARARE215	FORMER STUDENT LEADER EMERGES AS PRO-SENATE [...] (C) On February 19, former student leader Arthur Mutambara, who now resides in South Africa, announced his decision to run for president of the pro-senate faction of the MDC. A number of pro-senate MDC MPs expressed strong support for Mutambara and said he would breathe new life into the part [...]	2006-02-23 13:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC
06HARARE227	STUDENTS PROTEST IN RESPONSE TO COLLEGE TUITION [...] (C) Massive tuition increases at state colleges have triggered student unrest as the academic year resumes this month. The GOZ announced in early February that tuition for the coming year would jump from between Z$6 and Z$9 million to between Z$30 and Z$45 million. Upset that scholarships w [...]	2006-02-24 09:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM SOCI PREL ZI
06HARARE232	OPPOSING DEEPER IMF ENGAGEMENT WITH ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) By paying off its arrears to the IMF General Resources Account (GRA),the GOZ has met only one of two conditions for IMF re-engagement. The GOZ has failed persistently to implement - or even articulate - a comprehensive policy reform package to turn around the economy since falling subj [...]	2006-02-28 09:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
06HARARE263	MUTAMBARA ELECTED PRO-SENATE FACTION LEADER, [...] (C) Arthur Mutambara was elected President of the Pro-Senate faction of the MDC during its Congress on February 25. In his speech accepting the post, Mutambara praised Morgan Tsvangirai as a Zimbabwean hero but chastised him for becoming a "little Mugabe." Speaking primarily to a domestic [...]	2006-03-02 16:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE266	ZVOBGO ON ZANU-PF, CHANGE [...] (C) Eddie Zvobgo, Jr., the popular son of Robert Mugabe's late principal intra-party rival of the last ten years, told the Ambassador on March 1 that the ZANU-PF faithful all recognized the need for substantive change, including realignment to the West. Nonetheless, change probably would wai [...]	2006-03-02 18:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM ZI
06HARARE279	ZIMBABWE 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) The Government of Zimbabwe,s misgovernance has severely crippled the local economy, making it unlikely to attract or absorb significant foreign direct investment in 2006. Investment prospects in Zimbabwe are bound to remain dismal due to the country,s unstable economic and political env [...]	2006-03-07 14:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
06HARARE281	AGRICULTURE EXPERTS PRESENT SOBERING VIEW OF THE [...] (SBU) At an agriculture sector roundtable on February 24, local experts provided a sobering overview of the sector to visiting USDA crop analyst Dr. Curt Reynolds. Reynolds said that he expected an increase in maize production over 2005. A Commercial Farmers, Union representative declined to [...]	2006-03-07 16:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI
06HARARE298	GOZ EYING CONTROL OF MINING SECTOR [...] (C) Minister of Mines Amos Midzi announced on March 3 that Cabinet had approved in principle amendments to the Mines and Minerals Act that would force foreign-owned mining companies to hand over 51 percent of their shares to the GOZ. The GOZ is preparing to present the legislation to Parliamen [...]	2006-03-08 17:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EMIN ECON EFIN PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE300	GOZ EYING CONTROL OF MINING SECTOR [...] (C) Minister of Mines Amos Midzi announced on March 3 that Cabinet had approved in principle amendments to the Mines and Minerals Act that would force foreign-owned mining companies to hand over 51 percent of their shares to the GOZ. The GOZ is preparing to present the legislation to Parliamen [...]	2006-03-09 10:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE303	MORE ARRESTS, SUPPOSED MDC LINKS IN ARMS SEIZURE [...] (U) The GOZ-controlled Herald newspaper on March 9 reported that ten more suspects had been arrested in connection with the March 7 discovery of arms in Mutare (reftel). The article did not identify all of those reportedly in custody but claimed that a number of MDC officials had been arrest [...]	2006-03-09 16:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE308	EDUCATION BILL PASSES AS SCHOOLS CRY FOUL [...] (C) The widely unpopular Education Bill passed Parliament on February 28, enhancing GOZ powers to interfere with the operations of private schools. In consultation with school groups, the GOZ amended many of the more objectionable provisions. However, according to Jameson Timba, the chairma [...]	2006-03-10 12:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE309	GOZ BLAMES U.S., U.K., "RULE CHANGE" FOR IMF VOTE [...] (U) The state-controlled Herald Newspaper on March 10, under a headline "US, UK block IMF funds", claimed that the United States and the U.K. improperly engineered the IMF's March 8 decision to deny Zimbabwe technical assistance and restoration of its voting rights. The article claimed that [...]	2006-03-10 12:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN KPAO PGOV ZI
06HARARE310	ZIMBABWE - INPUT FOR 2006 REPORT ON AGOA [...] Zimbabwe continues to fall short of AGOA,s qualifying criteria. Post,s input for the annual AGOA report (reftel) follows: ------- Economy ------- 2. The government has an interventionist approach to the economy and Zimbabwe is generally unwelcoming to foreign investment. Private sec [...]	2006-03-10 12:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM ZI
06HARARE317	ARMS CACHE SUSPECTS CHARGED, LINKED TO [...] (SBU) The GOZ on March 11 charged eight suspects connected to last week,s arms seizure in Mutare (reftel). The eight were charged under Public Order and Security Act (POSA) prohibitions against processing weapons to commit banditry, sabotage, or terrorism. Appearing in a Mutare court to be c [...]	2006-03-14 16:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE319	JUDGE FREES SEVEN ARMS CACHE DEFENDANTS [...] (C) Ruling that police had acted improperly, High Court Judge Charles Hungwe on March 14 withdrew charges against all suspects linked to the arms cache discovered in Mutare last week, except for Michael Peter Hitschmann (reftel). The seven were released the morning of March 15. Zimbabwe Lawy [...]	2006-03-15 16:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE321	CIVIL SOCIETY LEADER DISSES MDC FACTIONS AND [...] (C) The chairman of the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA),Lovemore Madhuku, told poloffs March 13 that the opposition MDC was failing to exploit Zimbabweans' deepening economic frustration and that civil society would take the lead if necessary. Madhuku said ZANU-PF was doing a better j [...]	2006-03-15 17:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE342	SUBJECT: ENGAGING ZIMBABWE: LOCAL DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) The GOZ,s latest charm offensive combined with the country's continuing downward spiral has resulted in another bout of diplomatic soul-searching in Harare. The international community here has been debating whether to engage the GOZ and if so what the message should be. Heads of OECD Mi [...]	2006-03-17 11:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID ZI
06HARARE349	MUGABE SIGNALS "FLEXIBILITY" ON MINING LAW [...] (C) Zimplats CEO Craig Sebborn told econoff March 16 that he and the visiting Implats CEO had made their case the day before directly to President Mugabe that the proposed changes to the Mines and Mineral Act (reftel) amounted to nationalization of the industry and would harm the sector's deve [...]	2006-03-20 16:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EMIN PGOV ZI
06HARARE355	CONGRESS REAFFIRMS TSVANGIRAI'S GRASSROOTS [...] (C) Despite GOZ pressure, an estimated 15,000 enthusiastic delegates, many of whom traveled at their own expense, attended the MDC anti-Senate faction's Congress on March 17-19 and reaffirmed their support for Morgan Tsvangirai, who was unanimously reelected president. MPs SIPDIS Thokozan [...]	2006-03-21 16:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE372	MOYO ON POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, AVENUES FOR CHANGE [...] (C) Independent MP Jonathan Moyo told poloff March 22 that the growing proximity of Mugabe's departure and economic collapse were increasing a national impetus for political change. In this uncertain environment, securocrats were the only ones focusing on policy and stability, and they were [...]	2006-03-24 12:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE376	ZLHR DIRECTOR ON ANTI-REGIME ACTIONS AT HOME AND [...] (C) Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) Director Arnold Tsunga on March 23 told the Ambassador that he enjoyed surprisingly good relations with many GOZ authorities, who he said were increasingly ambialent about GOZ repression. He said that despite GOZ harassment, ZLHR continued its act [...]	2006-03-27 17:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID PGOV ASEC PREL ZI
06HARARE384	MUTAMBARA OUTLINES STRATEGY ON MDC SPLIT. [...] (C) Arthur Mutambara, the recently elected president of the pro-Senate faction of the MDC, told the Ambassador on March 27 that he favored reunification but stressed that what separated his faction from that of Morgan Tsvangirai was values, especially democracy and the use of violence. Mutamba [...]	2006-03-28 15:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE413	BANK CEO ON FOREX RATE MOVEMENTS [...] (SBU) CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Washington Matsaira told the Ambassador on April 3 that a combination of attractive interest rates on GOZ Treasury bills and increased availability of fuel had contributed to a cooling of the parallel foreign exchange market over the past month. The parall [...]	2006-04-07 13:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI
06HARARE42	MUGABE CONFIDANT FLOATS TRIAL BALLOON [...] (C) In a January 10 meeting with Ambassador, Father Fidelis Mukonori, Zimbabwe's senior Jesuit and a confidant of Robert Mugabe, recommended western re-engagement, including a secure "way out" for Mugabe. The Ambassador responded he would be open to discussing with GOZ leaders the post-Mugabe [...]	2006-01-12 15:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PHUM ZI
06HARARE424	REENERGIZED ANTI-SENATE MDC WING PLANS INCREASED [...] (C) In a series of separate meetings with the Ambassador, leaders of the anti-Senate faction of the MDC depicted an opposition party that was reenergized by a successful Congress and prepared to confront the regime with greater energy and focus. Morgan Tsvangirai said he would conduct nation [...]	2006-04-11 11:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE434	NEW LEGISLATION WOULD TIGHTEN GOZ'S GRIP [...] (C) The GOZ in recent weeks has put forward several bills to Parliament, many of which would bolster the state's security apparatus. The Suppression of Foreign and International Terrorism Bill would update Zimbabwe's counterterrorism laws, and the Interception of Communications Bill would al [...]	2006-04-13 14:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PINR EAGR TBIO PGOV ECPS PHUM PREL
06HARARE46	INFLATION ENDS 2005 ON A HIGH, POISED FOR INCREASE [...] (S/NF) Summary: The GOZ,s Central Statistical Office (CSO) reported that the cost of living increased to 585.8 percent in December, up from the annualized November rate of 502 percent (ref A). A steep increase in the price of transportation services and food dominated the month-on-month ri [...]	2006-01-13 09:26:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI
06HARARE469	AG EXECUTIVES GLOOMY ON ECONOMIC SITUATION, [...] (C) At an agriculture roundtable hosted by the Ambassador on April 12, five sector leaders lamented the GOZ's paralysis on economic policy and its continuing negative impact on agriculture. Expressing concerns over prospective chaos and even violence if the economy deteriorated further, some [...]	2006-04-21 12:39:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV BEXP ECON PHUM SOCI ZI
06HARARE49	TSVANGIRAI ON MDC CONGRESS(ES),ACTION PLAN, [...] (C) Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador on January 13 that he was pleased with progress on his party's provincial congresses and ongoing reconstitution of the party leadership. He reported on preparations for the March 18-19 MDC national congress, which included meetings [...]	2006-01-17 15:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE493	GOZ UNVEILS YET ANOTHER VACUOUS RECOVERY PLAN [...] (C) Long on grand targets, undefined "quick-win strategies," and unrealistic time frames for recovery, Zimbabwe's latest economic recovery plan falls woefully short on substance. The four priority areas outlined in the National Economic Development Priority Programme (NEDPP) announced on Apri [...]	2006-04-28 11:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI
06HARARE532	AU REQUESTS "PROVISIONAL MEASURES" FROM GOZ IN [...] (C) Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) Executive Director Arnold Tsunga conveyed to the Ambassador on May 5 a copy of a letter dated April 7, 2006, to President Mugabe from Ambassador Salamata Sawadogo, Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' rights (ACPHR) (full text [...]	2006-05-09 14:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE533	DEMONSTRATORS TAP SCHOOL FEE RESENTMENT [...] (U) Police arrested 185 demonstrators who had been protesting school fees at a Women of Zimbabwe Arise! (WOZA) demonstration in Bulawayo on May 4; all were released as of May 8. A brief WOZA demonstration in Harare May 8 attracted 80-100 participants. None of the participants were arrested [...]	2006-05-09 15:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE553	ZIMBABWEANS ON THE EDGE OF A BREAKDOWN: THE VIEW [...] (C) During a May 2-3 visit to Bulawayo, Ambassador Dell met with both factions of the MDC, an activist organization, and a local economist. MDC anti-Senate faction Vice-President Thokozani Khupe argued that Zimbambweans were ready for mass peaceful action but needed to see the opposition taki [...]	2006-05-11 18:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE560	ZIMPLATS NEARS DEAL TO RELEASE PLATINUM CLAIMS TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-12 12:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EMIN PGOV ZI
06HARARE563	ZIMPLATS NEARS DEAL TO RELEASE PLATINUM CLAIMS TO [...] (C) Zimplats CEO Greg Sebborn told econoff on May 2 that the company had agreed in principle to release undeveloped platinum claims to the GOZ. In a 4-way deal that could be close to conclusion, the claims would go to the Russian mining firm Norilsk, the GOR would provide Air Zimbabwe with Il [...]	2006-05-12 12:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EMIN PGOV ZI
06HARARE583	"OPERATION ROUND-UP" SO FAR LARGELY ILLUSORY [...] (U) The GOZ-controlled Herald daily reported in a front-page story on May 15 that Harare police last week had picked up 10,000 "squatters, vagrants and street youths" for relocation to rural areas after "screening." According to the article, the exercise was part of "Operation Round-Up", an [...]	2006-05-17 16:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI
06HARARE610	ANTI-SENATE MDC FACTION WINS PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) The anti-Senate MDC faction candidate, Emmanuel Chisvuure, successfully defended the Budiriro constituency in a by-election held on May 20. The seat was vacant as a result of the February death of MDC M.P. Gilbert Shoko. In a tally confirmed by an independent election observing body, Ch [...]	2006-05-22 16:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV ZI
06HARARE626	ZCTU LABOR CONFERENCE LACKS SPARK [...] (SBU) At the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions' (ZCTU) Sixth General Conference in Harare May 19-20, the approximately 300 delegates in attendance reconfirmed most of the ZCTU leadership but took little concrete action to confront the GOZ over its disastrous policies. ZCTU Secretary General W [...]	2006-05-24 16:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM ZI
06HARARE629	ZIMPLATS TURNS OVER 36 PERCENT OF ITS GROUND TO GOZ [...] (C) Zimplats CEO Greg Sebborn told econoff on May 24 that the company was signing an agreement that day to release 36 percent of its ground to a GOZ mining development parastatal. In return, it would receive a not yet quantified "empowerment credit" in connection with ongoing GOZ plans to ind [...]	2006-05-26 10:07:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EMIN PGOV ZI
06HARARE665	ZLHR ON INTRA-AU FRICTION OVER HUMAN RIGHTS; [...] (C) Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) representatives on May 31 advised the CDA on efforts by the Council of Ministers of the African Union, at GOZ instigation, to thwart the African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR) through procedural improprieties and budget manipulatio [...]	2006-06-05 17:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE666	BENNETT'S LAWYER ON ASYLUM CASE [...] (C) Arnold Tsunga, the attorney for MDC Treasurer Roy Bennett, on May 31 told the CDA that Bennett had appealed the South African Department of Home Affairs' recent rejection of Bennett's asylum application. (Embassy has forwarded the original application and judgment to AF/S.) However, Tsun [...]	2006-06-05 17:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE670	ZVOBGO ON STASIS, PROSPECTS FOR CHANGE IN ZANU-PF [...] (C) ZANU-PF businessperson and provincial official Eddie Zvobgo told poloff June 1 that the ruling party would remain in disarray and paralyzed by succession tensions until Mugabe passed from the scene. However, he did not believe Mugabe intended to leave office any time soon. Moreover, neit [...]	2006-06-07 14:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI

06HARARE683	BITI ON MDC PLANS, INTER-PARTY ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) MDC anti-senate faction Secretary General Tendai Biti on June 7 told poloff that resource constraints would probably delay faction plans to get people on the streets. He reported that ZANU-PF's Mnangagwa and Mujuru factions each were making pitches to faction President Morgan Tsvangirai, w [...]	2006-06-12 07:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC PREL ZI
06HARARE696	GOZ DIVIDING, CONQUERING PLATINUM INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Post's econoff and Johannesburg FSN resource specialist held meetings in Johannesburg on May 30 and June 2 with South African-based officials of the three platinum mining companies active in Zimbabwe. The meetings revealed that the sector is divided in how to respond to the GOZ's aggres [...]	2006-06-13 07:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ECON EFIN EMIN PGOV ZI
06HARARE698	FLAGGING PRO-SENATE MDC FACTION WRITES OFF [...] (C) MDC pro-Senate faction leaders on June 6 outlined their plans for the immediate future to emboffs, especially including outreach to the Embassy and a possible trip to the United States by the faction's president. Pro-Senate faction Secretary General Welshman Ncube and deputy Secretary Gen [...]	2006-06-13 11:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE7	DESPITE GOZ RHETORIC, COOPERATION WITH UN ONGOING [...] (C) In the month since UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland visited Zimbabwe, the GOZ has continued its vitriolic attacks against the envoy and the UN, especially over the issue of shelter for the victims of Operation Murambatsvina. [...]	2006-01-04 13:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE702	TSVANGIRAI ON EUROPE TRIP, NEXT STEPS [...] (C) In a June 11 meeting with the Charge, MDC anti-senate faction President Morgan Tsvangirai said he made important progress in refurbishing the faction's relationships with donors and the diaspora during a European tour earlier in the month. The opposition leader reiterated the faction's co [...]	2006-06-14 11:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAID ZI
06HARARE721	MURAMBATSVINA ECHOES CONTINUING [...] (C) On June 15, officials from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that municipal police burned down the houses and possessions of approximately 100 families in the Harare suburb of Glen Norah early that day. City officials had served an eviction notice to the families [...]	2006-06-15 15:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
06HARARE724	US SUBSIDIARY CONFESSES SANCTIONS SINS [...] (C) The Managing Director of the Zimbabwe branch of Greif, an Ohio-based packaging company, told poloff on June 14 that his branch had been knowingly violating US financial sanctions for several years by providing services to Robert Mugabe and other specially designated nationals (SDNs). Tich [...]	2006-06-15 17:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KFPC PREL ZI
06HARARE725	MADHUKU ON NCA PLANS, ATMOSPHERICS FOR CIVIL [...] (C) National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) Chairperson Lovemore Madhuku on June 14 told poloff that his organization would organize street demonstrations in the capital within three weeks, with or without collaboration from the opposition MDC and others in civil society. The NCA planned to e [...]	2006-06-16 09:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE731	GOZ POLICIES CRIPPLING BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Stricter liquidity controls implemented in January by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) are sapping the banking sector of vital capital at the same time as the industry struggles to comply with higher capital requirements that take effect later this year. This impending crunch has fue [...]	2006-06-19 15:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE74	HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS LATEST GOZ TARGET [...] (C) The GOZ has stepped up its pressure against the prominent local NGO Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR). Police attempted to arrest the NGO,s Executive Director and reportedly are still searching for him and another lawyer involved with the independent radio station Voice of the Peop [...]	2006-01-24 11:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE764	FORMER ZANU-PF OFFICIAL LAUNCHES NEW OPPOSITION [...] (U) Daniel Shumba, a former ZANU-PF provincial chairman for Masvingo, officially launched the United People,s Party (UPP) on June 24 in Harare before a smaller than advertised crowd of approximately 800 supporters. (N.B. Shumba was one of the six provincial chairmen forced out of the ruling pa [...]	2006-06-27 15:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI
06HARARE765	INFORMATION MINISTER'S PASSING LEAVES NO VOID [...] (U) The state media on June 22 announced the June 21 death of Minister of Information and Publicity Tichaona Jokonya. A former Permanent Representative at the UN and Executive Director of the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority, Jokonya was 67. The minister had been treated in the United States for [...]	2006-06-27 15:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO ZI
06HARARE766	GOZ LAND REFORM BRIEFING: THE MASK COMES OFF [...] (C) Minister for State Security, Lands, Land Reform and Resettlement Didymus Mutasa told the diplomatic corps at a June 21 briefing that the GOZ would honor its international agreements and either provide compensation or return foreign-owned farms that had been expropriated. However, he offe [...]	2006-06-27 15:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR ECON EINV ZI
06HARARE77	TRIPARTITE NEGOTIATING FORUM YIELDS LITTLE [...] (U) The GOZ-controlled Herald newspaper reported in its headlines on January 20 that the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) had agreed to a Prices and Income Stabilization Protocol. The article noted, however, that the major sticking point of tying wages to the Poverty Datum Line remained unr [...]	2006-01-24 14:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL ECON ZI
06HARARE770	NO STABILITY IN SIGHT FOR ZIMBABWE'S LAND REFORM [...] (C) Commercial Farm Union Vice President Trevor Gifford on June 27 updated poloff on the GOZ's latest 99-year lease form, which would vest in the GOZ unfettered authority to repossess any properties distributed in its ongoing chaotic land reform process. Gifford said the form offered insuffi [...]	2006-06-28 15:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV ASEC EINV PHUM PREL ECON ZI
06HARARE772	A CHASTENED MUTAMBARA SEEKS ASSISTANCE AND TOUTS [...] (C) MDC pro-Senate faction President Arthur Mutambara on June 27 sought the Ambassador's assistance and advice in connection with a planned U.S. visit. The Ambassador responded that we would support the visit and added that we would provide equitable assistance to Mutambara,s faction in the [...]	2006-06-29 14:24:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE783	MUTARE BISHOP ON DIALOGUE WITH MUGABE, NATIONAL [...] (C) In a June 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe Bishop Trevor Manhanga said President Mugabe seemed genuine in his recent efforts to reach out to religious leaders. He said Central Intelligence Organization (CIO) head Happyton Bonyongwe was facilitating the bis [...]	2006-07-03 14:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE791	PRO-SENATE MDC MP LLEGEDLY ATTACKED BY ANTI-SENATE FACTION [...] (SBU)MDC pro-Senate faction MP Trudy Stevenson was severely assaulted on July 2 along with four other pro-Senate faction officials. Stevenson, who was reportedly attacked with a machete and rocks, has alleged that youths aligned to the anti-Senate MDC faction of Morgan Tsvangirai carried out [...]	2006-07-05 16:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ZI ASEC PGOV
06HARARE800	BUSINESS CONGRESS UNDERSCORES GOZ'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) The Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce,s (ZNCC) annual congress, which brought together private and public sector participants in late June to address Zimbabwe's economic decline, was a dismal failure that highlighted in particular the GOZ,s inability to consider needed economic refo [...]	2006-07-07 10:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE803	VICTIMIZED MP DOWNPLAYS TSVANGIRAI LINK IN PRIVATE [...] (SBU) Pro-Senate MDC MP Trudy Stevenson on July 7 told USAID local staff member that she did not believe the anti-Senate leadership ordered the July 2 attack on her and four other pro-Senate officials (reftel). Recovering at home and in high spirits, she said it was even possible that the GOZ [...]	2006-07-10 16:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE908	GEARING UP FOR AUGUST RURAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) chairperson Reginald Matchaba-Hove told the Ambassador July 12 that ZESN was planning to observe the local elections expected to be held August 19. He said there were rumors the elections might be delayed but there had been no official announcement [...]	2006-07-18 13:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE918	STEVENSON ATTACK TRIAL COMMENCES [...] (C) The trial of six youths accused of assaulting pro-Senate MDC MP Trudy Stevenson and four other pro-Senate faction officials resumes on July 20 (ref A). The lawyer for three of the accused contends that the evidence is circumstantial and that only one of the victims was able to identify t [...]	2006-07-19 16:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM ZI
06HARARE93	ZIMBABWEQS AMBASSADORQS SPECIAL SELF-HELP PROGRAM [...] (U) Post does not anticipate returning any of its USD 100,000 FY 2005 Self-Help Allowance for re-allocation. Funds were obligated on September 30, 2005 as outlined in paragraph 3 below. 2. (U) For FY 2006, post requests an increase in Self-Help funding from USD 100,000 to USD 120,000 for tw [...]	2006-01-30 11:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE933	STEVENSON ATTACK TRIAL POSTPONED A MONTH [...] (U) The trial of six accused assailants of pro-Senate MDC MP Stevenson and four other pro-Senate faction officials convened on July 20. Magistrate William Bhila immediately postponed the case until August 23 so that prosecutors could amend the charges to include a seventh suspect arrested on [...]	2006-07-25 10:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE946	LATEST CLEAN UP OPERATION TARGETS MBARE MARKET [...] (SBU) Officials from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on July 21 reported to post that police on July 14 and 15 demolished the Magaba informal marketplace in Harare's high-density suburb of Mbare. Magaba venders told an Embassy local staff member on July 24 that police on h [...]	2006-07-27 11:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE95	MDC INSIDER ON INTRA-PARTY NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) MDC MP Tendai Biti, who has been negotiating with Welshman Ncube,s faction on behalf of MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai, told the Ambassador January 19 that he had SIPDIS prepared a document that would lead to an amicable MDC &divorce.8 The Harare East MP said he had also prepared a dr [...]	2006-01-30 15:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE96	ADVERSE REACTION TO GONO'S POLICY STATEMENT [...] (C) Reaction to Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono's Monetary Policy Statement for the Fourth Quarter (details septel) has been largely negative. The independent media gave the most prominent coverage to Gono's public reference to the regime,s concern about public unrest over food insec [...]	2006-01-30 16:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE964	GOZ HYPING CHINA'S ROLE IN ZIMBABWE,S ECONOMY [...] (C) Despite GOZ attempts to hype supposed dividends from its relationship with China including the June visit of Vice President Joyce Mujuru to Beijing, business sector contacts tell us that promised Chinese investments have largely failed to materialize. The only major industry in which Chin [...]	2006-08-01 07:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ZI CH
06HARARE97	PARALLEL EXCHANGE RATE JUMPS 50 PERCENT [...] (SBU) After a period of relative stability over the holiday season, the parallel rate suddenly jumped 50 percent in the past week. The jump coincided with renewed business activity, a dearth of forex on the interbank market, and the arrival of an IMF mission sent to assess the state of the ec [...]	2006-01-30 16:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI
06HARARE970	GONO ANNOUNCES MONETARY STATEMENT BOMBSHELL [...] (C) In his mid-term Monetary Policy Statement on July 31, Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono announced a currency redenomination that will slash three zeros from Zimbabwe's inflation-ridden notes. This conversion will be carried out through August 21, after which the old notes will become wor [...]	2006-08-01 15:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE972	2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The US Government is aware of eight (8) claims of US persons which may be outstanding against the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ). All eight claims arise out of the GOZ's Land Resettlement Program, which commenced in 2000. The general pace of land seizure has slowed, as very few non-indigenous [...]	2006-08-01 16:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE OPIC CASC PGOV
06HARARE977	ZIMBABWE - FY-2006 ESF REQUEST [...] (SBU) As stated in the Mission Performance Plan, Zimbabwe today is a paradox. On the one hand, President Robert Mugabe and his ruling party have tightened their grip over the country in the past year and have benefited from the split in the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). On [...]	2006-08-03 13:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN AMGT EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL XA ZI
06HARARE98	MONETARY POLICY STATEMENT THIN ON REMEDIES [...] (SBU) Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono,s Quarterly Monetary Policy Review Statement of January 24 failed to present policy changes to stem Zimbabwe,s economic implosion. Gono conceded that Zimbabwe,s officially reported mid triple-digit inflation had not yet peaked. Tacitly admitting events [...]	2006-01-30 16:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI
06HAVANA10104	"GREEN EYESHADE" SOBERON: CUBA'S SENIOR ECON GUY [...] (C) Summary: Unhindered by his modest background in accounting, Central Bank President Francisco Soberon has become one of Castro's key advisors. The architect of GOC efforts to recentralize the economy, Soberon has recently eclipsed most other ministers in influence and public profile (with [...]	2006-05-12 15:58:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	PGOV EFIN ECON PINR CU
06HAVANA10189	CARTAS DE CUBA, SPRING 2006 [...] (U) The latest installment of Cartas de Cuba features the following items: - GOC Delirious Over HRC Win - PR on the Prowl - PR vs. BR - Robinson Liked His Whiskey - Party Shuffle - Feisty - New Strategy: Give 'Em Money, Make 'Em Spend It - Just Below the Surface - CDRs... Who [...]	2006-05-12 16:54:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	PGOV PINR PINS ECON EFIN EAGR SOCI UN CU
06HAVANA11650	CARTAS DE CUBA: EARLY SUMMER EDITION [...] (SBU) This edition of "Cartas" features the following items: -- Paras 2-4 Medical Malpractice -- 5-8 Baseball, Music and Racism -- 9-11 China Syndrome -- 12-19 Diplomatic Corps Reflections -- 20-22 Bracing for the NAM ------------------- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ------------------- 2. (U) NEWS: US [...]	2006-06-05 19:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL SOCI CU
06HAVANA11895	CUBA RELEASE OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (C) Cuba's Tier 3 placement in the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report presents a challenge in terms of informing the host country, given the Cuban Government's hostility to U.S. criticism and the paucity of news sources available to ordinary Cubans. Since mid-January, the Cubans have refused [...]	2006-06-06 20:37:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL CU
06HAVANA12981	EX-POLITBURO MEMBER CONVICTED OF INFLUENCE-PEDDLING [...] (C) Summary: A Cuban court has convicted Juan Carlos Robinson Agramonte, a former member of the Cuban Communist Party's Political Bureau (Politburo),of influence-peddling and sentenced him to 12 years in prison. The June 16 conviction was announced June 21 in a page-two bulletin in state-co [...]	2006-06-22 16:09:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA16137	REGIME IMAGES: CASTRO PASSES TORCH TO CHAVEZ [...] (C) Cuban state media on August 14 released still images, and then a video, of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's bedside visit with Fidel Castro a day earlier. Photographic images charged with symbolic meaning are among the hallmarks of Castro's reign; the latest images symbolize Castro's e [...]	2006-08-15 20:01:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL VE CU
06HAVANA23548	CUBA: CELEBRATING ARMY AND CASTRO DECEMBER 2 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-28 21:57:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ECON CU
06HAVANA23564	RAUL DELIVERS CASTRO BIRTHDAY SPEECH [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-04 20:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PREL
06HAVANA23588	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL FLAKE: FIDEL EBBING AWAY [...] (SBU) Summary: CODEL Flake arrives at a pivotal, historic time in Cuba. We and others consider Fidel Castro's health to be so critical that he could die any day. His brother, Raul Castro, has been in charge since July 31, 2006, and has done nothing to significantly change the Cuban regime's [...]	2006-12-12 18:10:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV ECON PHUM KDEM SMIG CU
06HAVANA23623	CUBA: REGIME ECONOMIC THINKING, PLANNING CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: A well-informed off-island source briefed us on December 20 on what he had learned of the evolving activity within the regime leadership to address the economic situation. Our source reports that the regime for the moment is focusing new ideas in just two provinces -- Pinar del R [...]	2006-12-21 16:35:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINT ECON KDEM CU
06HAVANA23624	RESTRICTIONS ON INTERNATIONAL PRESS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-21 19:01:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU KPAO PGOV
06HAVANA23634	CUBAN PARLIAMENT: NO FIDEL; RAUL ADMITS PROBLEMS [...] (C) Summary: Friday December 22 was Cuba's annual parliamentary session, at which Raul Castro permitted public admission of shortcomings in transportation, agriculture and housing, just after the economy minister bragged that Cuba grew by 12.5 percent in 2006. Parliamentary president Ricardo [...]	2006-12-26 18:40:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CU
06HAVANA8633	"IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR HEALTH..." (AILMENTS AMONG [...] (C) Summary: Castro has reduced his public profile since February, but rumors of debilitating ill health are unfounded. Russian officials who met with him last week described Castro as "lively." In contrast, Raul Castro wears a back brace and appears to be in worse physical condition than his [...]	2006-04-20 20:06:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON SOCI CU
06HAVANA8769	CASTRO'S YOUTHFUL RECRUITS WAGE WAR ON CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: One of Castro's top concerns this year is the battle against corruption. In a campaign that began five months ago, hundreds of state workers have been fired or transferred. Thousands of "social workers" (unemployed youth) were enlisted to man the gas pumps and oversee the books at ho [...]	2006-04-24 15:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON CU
06HAVANA8986	(CUBA IS) A STATE ON THE TAKE [...] (C) Summary: Castro has spent the past five months battling corruption in a country where trickery has become a way of life. Because most Cubans work for the state, the entire system - from petty officials to Castro's closest advisors - is rife with corrupt practices. Given state control over all [...]	2006-04-26 18:34:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON CU
06HAVANA9343	POLITBURO MEMBER GOES DOWN HARD [...] (C) Summary: Politburo member Juan Carlos Robinson Agramonte was abruptly dismissed on April 28 for "arrogance, pretension, and behavior unbecoming of a communist." The harsh language suggests that Robinson's misdeeds were seriously offensive to top-level regime officials. He may also have b [...]	2006-04-28 23:00:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI CU
06HAVANA9369	STATE TAXIS: A TEAMING, THIEVING MICROCOSM OF GOC [...] (SBU) Summary: State taxi drivers are expected to hand over their earnings to the GOC but do everything possible to avoid it. They play various tricks on the meter, from turning off the ignition and coasting down the hills, to jimmying the odometer. The GOC retaliates by installing sensors i [...]	2006-05-03 14:04:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SOCI CU
06HELSINKI1003	FINLAND: DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH FM TUOMIOJA AND [...] (C) Summary: In Helsinki Sept. 27, DAS Bryza encouraged the Finnish Presidency to implement its plan for helping the EU and Turkey move forward on Cyprus, and stressed that all US efforts on this issue aim to support the Finnish EU Presidency's own initiative. Finnish FM Tuomioja welcomed the [...]	2006-10-02 11:25:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN FI CY GR TU
06HELSINKI1032	CUBA TRANSITION COORDINATOR MCCARRY'S DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) Summary: Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry delivered well-received messages in Helsinki Sept. 29, emphasizing that change is imminent and that Europe and the United States have a historic opportunity to help foster a transition to democracy on the island. Finnish EU Presidency offi [...]	2006-10-11 13:43:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD CU FI EUN
06HELSINKI1042	OCTOBER GAERC - FINNISH PRESIDENCY VIEWS [...] (U) PolChief met with Finnish EU Correspondent Jarno Syrjala Oct. 12 to discuss the October GAERC. Syrjala welcomed our demarche points and offered the following: SUDAN ----- 2. (SBU) Syrjala highlighted the increasing urgency that the EU feels regarding the need for a transition from an [...]	2006-10-12 12:21:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN EU YI SR BO MK SU CG IS LE
06HELSINKI1058	PUTIN AT THE OCT. 20 EU HEADS OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The October 20 EU Heads of State or Government Informals will feature two main components: (1) the informal EU leaders' sessions, where principals will discuss migration, Darfur, innovation and energy; and (2) a dinner with Russian President Putin, which will focus on energy issue [...]	2006-10-17 13:30:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ENRG ETRD PGOV EUN MOPS FI RU SU
06HELSINKI1073	A READ-OUT ON THE EU-INDIA SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Emboffs met Oct. 18 with Johan Schalin, Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen's Special Advisor for Foreign Affairs. Schalin offered the following tidbits from the Oct. 12-13 EU-India Summit: Joint Action Plan and a Bilateral Trade Agreement --------------------------------------------- ---- [...]	2006-10-20 11:08:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PGOV EUN ETRD FI IN
06HELSINKI1088	ENERGY, IMMIGRATION, AND INNOVATION: EU HEADS OF [...] (U) The EU Heads of State or Government on 20 October met in Lahti, Finland to discuss external energy relations, immigration, and technological innovation. In press statements throughout the day, the Finnish EU presidency sought to portray the EU as united on these difficult issues, but publ [...]	2006-10-26 11:22:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETRD EUN FI MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL SU
06HELSINKI1092	CORRECTED COPY: ENERGY, IMMIGRATION, AND [...] (U) Summary: The EU Heads of State or Government on 20 October met in Lahti, Finland to discuss external energy relations, immigration, and technological innovation. In press statements throughout the day, the Finnish EU presidency sought to portray the EU as united on these difficult issues, [...]	2006-10-27 12:24:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETRD EUN FI MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL SU
06HELSINKI1093	PUTIN IN LAHTI: MAKING FRIENDS AND INFLUENCING [...] (U) Summary: Russian President Vladimir Putin was the guest of honor at a dinner following the EU Heads of State or Government summit in Lahti on October 20. The leaders were also joined by Finnish President Halonen who has faced criticism for inviting Putin at all. Prime Minister Vanhanen t [...]	2006-10-30 06:40:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM FI MOPS ENRG ETRD EUN RU
06HELSINKI110	FINLAND: REACTION TO TURKISH INITIATIVE ON CYPRUS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to officials from the MFA's Southeast Europe and EU Affairs offices. The Finns expressed disappointment with the rapidity of the Cypriot government's rejection of the Jan. 24 Turkish proposal; however, the GoF was not surprised by the Cypriot rejection [...]	2006-02-07 13:45:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CY TU FI
06HELSINKI1131	EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT: PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF on 6 November met with Finnish MFA Counselor for Russia Paivi Laine to discuss the Nov. 3 EU-Russia foreign affairs PPC and preparations for the EU-Russia summit on 24 November. The PPC had "gone well" and Northern Dimension preparations are "on track"; however, the Presi [...]	2006-11-07 09:07:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ETRD ENRG PL FI RU
06HELSINKI1148	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PM VANHANEN [...] (C) Ambassador Ware met with Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen Nov.8. Fresh from having recently hosted the EU-Ukraine Summit and the EU Heads of State/Government informals in Lahti (which included dinner with Russian President Putin),Vanhanen provided additional insights on Putin's Russia; ener [...]	2006-11-09 14:41:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD ENRG EUN FI RU UP
06HELSINKI1173	DAS KRAMER AND FINNISH DG ESKELINEN DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer on 15 November met with Finnish Director General Eskelinen and other foreign ministry staff to discuss U.S. consultations around the G-8 Political Directors' meeting in Moscow and Finnish preparations for the upcoming EU-Russia summit on 24 [...]	2006-11-21 14:26:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RU FI EUN BO MD PL UP
06HELSINKI1200	FINNISH POLDIR ON EU'S NEXT STEPS IN THE MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary: The Finnish EU Presidency has emerged from the Nov. 27-28 EUROMED Ministerial with a decidedly upbeat impression of both the substance and the atmospherics surrounding the EU's discussions with Israel, the Palestinians and other Middle Eastern stakeholders. MFA Political Director [...]	2006-12-04 07:59:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS EUN FI IS
06HELSINKI1209	GAERC - FINNISH RESPONSE [...] (U) PolChief delivered December GAERC demarche to Finnish EU Correspondent Jarno Syrjala November 5 and followed up further by phone November 7. Syrjala highlighted the following points: 2. (C) TURKEY/ENLARGEMENT: The Finnish Presidency is greatly encouraged by Turkey's announcement that i [...]	2006-12-07 13:12:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UN EUN YI SR BK IS LE IR TU
06HELSINKI1215	AMBASSADOR WARE'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT AHTISAARI [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari told Ambassador Ware that he remains determined to deliver his recommendations for Kosovo's final status within two weeks of Serbia's Jan. 21 election, fearing that any delays will "destabilize" Kosovo. Ahtisaari "would find it rather strange" if [...]	2006-12-08 15:16:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS FI RS YI
06HELSINKI1216	IRAN'S FLAWED ELECTIONS - FINNISH RESPONSE [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Middle East Office Eija Rotinen Dec. 8. Rotinen said that US views concerning Iran's upcoming elections are "nearly identical" to those of the Finnish EU Presidency. The electoral process in Iran is not democratic, Rotinen added, and the bodies be [...]	2006-12-08 15:17:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IR FI
06HELSINKI1217	PRESERVING THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT [...] (S) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Middle East Officer Eija Rotinen Dec. 8. Rotinen thanked us for sharing further information about SARG efforts to destabilize the Lebanese government and expressed great concern about what may happen next in Lebanon in light of the recent murders and [...]	2006-12-08 15:17:00	Embassy Helsinki	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS FI
06HELSINKI1248	FINLAND: NATO DEBATE HEATS UP [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 2007 parliamentary election campaign is about to kick off and NATO is emerging as a key theme, just as it did in the January 2006 presidential elections -- and despite the efforts of several prominent politicians to muzzle public debate on this sensitive topic. This ca [...]	2006-12-19 13:12:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR EUN RU FI
06HELSINKI149	FINLAND: REACTION TO AL- ASKARIYA SHRINE BOMBING [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered statements in reftel to the MFA's Middle-East bureau. The Director for Middle-East Affairs said that Finland was playing an active role in intra-EU deliberations on the Al-Askariya shrine bombing, and that she believed an EU statement condemning the attack might be re [...]	2006-02-23 08:46:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV PTER FI
06HELSINKI16	HALONEN PRESSES TOWARD A FIRST ROUND VICTORY [...] (U) Summary: If the most recent polls are true and if voter turnout among women is as high as expected, Tarja Halonen will become the first Finnish presidential candidate in history to win election in the first round. End Summary. 2. (U) The first round of Finland's presidential election w [...]	2006-01-05 12:33:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL FI
06HELSINKI182	FINLAND: 2006 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to the checklist in ref A. Embassy Helsinki's point of contact on TIP is Political Officer David Allen Schlaefer; SchlaeferDA2@state.gov; 358-09-6162-5482 or 358-050-322-7923. The Embassy estimates that 80 hours of time were spent preparing this rep [...]	2006-03-08 07:56:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI SMIG PGOV KCRM ELAB KWMN ASEC KFRD PREF FI
06HELSINKI465	FINNISH VIEW ON US-EU SUMMIT PREPARATIONS, AFGHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: U/S for Political Affairs Lyra told Ambassador that the US and EU are making good progress toward finalizing Summit Declarations, although more work needs to be done to create a real dialogue on climate change and to find language that is not counterproductive to our shared goals [...]	2006-05-26 09:55:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SENV PREL MARR FI EU
06HELSINKI467	FINLAND: THE FAR LEFT SLOWLY IMPLODES [...] (U) Summary: Finland's only far-left party, the Left Alliance (LA),is struggling in the wake of the resignation of its popular chairperson, Suvi-Anne Siimes. An extraordinary congress elected a radical labor leader as the new chairperson, alienating some party leaders and leading to the r [...]	2006-05-26 10:25:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV FI
06HELSINKI505	FINLAND'S EU PRESIDENCY PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) During its EU Presidency, Finland will generally be a cooperative partner for the US, keen to facilitate US-EU cooperation and improve overall trans-Atlantic relations. We should expect no GOF-generated surprises; the Finns view their Presidency as a continuation of ongoing processes an [...]	2006-06-02 12:24:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SMIG EAID EU FI
06HELSINKI55	LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN: FINNISH GOALS [...] (SBU) Responding to reftel demarche, MFA officials expressed their overall agreement with our stated goals and were grateful to be kept apprised of the US position. Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Mari Kiviniemi will represent Finland at the London Conference on Afghanistan, where s [...]	2006-01-19 15:01:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV AF FI
06HELSINKI56	Charge Meets with Finnish Legal Expert on Counter- [...] (SBU) Summary. Charge met with one of Finland's most senior officials on counter-terrorism, Marja Lehto, who recently was appointed to chair the Council of Europe's Committee of Experts on Terrorism. Lehto requested input for the Designators' Workshop to be held during Finland's presidency of [...]	2006-01-20 11:24:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PGOV PTER FI EUN
06HELSINKI585	FINLAND RESPONSE TO SUPPORT FOR NICARAGUAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-22 13:10:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KDEM NU PGOV PREL FI
06HELSINKI63	FINLAND'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: SUDDENLY, IT'S A [...] (SBU) Summary: Incumbent Tarja Halonen made an impressive showing in the first round of Finland's presidential election, besting her nearest rival, Conservative Sauli Niinisto, by more than 21 percentage points. However, Halonen was unable to secure a first round victory and, for the first ti [...]	2006-01-25 13:31:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL FI
06HELSINKI680	FINLAND EU PRESIDENCY VIEWS ON NEXT STEPS IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU has agreed to offer peacekeepers for a mission in Lebanon if called upon by the UN. Privately, Finnish MFA Secretary of State Torstila told us that UN and EU hopes to send a force to the region any time soon are "unrealistic," given the current level of violence and apparen [...]	2006-07-19 12:31:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR EUN FI
06HELSINKI696	EU-US INFORMAL SENIOR-LEVEL MEETING ON JUSTICE AND HOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The U.S. and EU, under the chair of the Finnish Presidency, met in Helsinki on July 18 for the Informal Senior Level Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Meeting. Led by Acting INL DAS Elizabeth Verville, DOJ liaison to USEU Mark Richard, and DHS Acting A/S for Policy Development Pau [...]	2006-07-21 12:28:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PGOV CVIS CPAS KCRM KFRD SMIG EUN FI
06HELSINKI701	FINNISH U/S OFFERS UPDATE ON EU PRESIDENCY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF welcomes Israel's announcement that it could eventually accept NATO peacekeepers in Lebanon. However, U/S for Political Affairs Lyra suggested that an EU- or UN-led force -- perhaps with NATO support under Berlin Plus arrangements -- would be better than a strictly NATO-l [...]	2006-07-24 12:54:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV MOPS EUN FI
06HELSINKI725	FINNISH EU PRESIDENCY ON EXTRAORDINARY AUG. 1 GAERC [...] (C) Summary: A/DCM met with Finnish MFA European Correspondent Jarno Syrjala to discuss the Aug. 1 extraordinary GAERC. Syrjala also offered the latest Finnish EU Presidency thinking regarding a potential international force for Lebanon. End Summary. 2. (C) Regarding the GAERC agenda, Syr [...]	2006-07-28 14:40:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS EUN FI
06HELSINKI733	TFLEO1: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LEBANON CRISIS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Ware met with Finland's Foreign Minister, Erkki Tuomioja, on July 31. Tuomioja said that his just-completed trip to the Middle-east confirmed his view that Israel could not achieve its military goals, and that an immediate cease-fire followed by a comprehensive settl [...]	2006-07-31 15:45:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MEPP EUN FI
06HELSINKI75	PAAVO LIPPONEN'S SILLY SEASON COMMENTS ON NATO AND [...] (SBU) Finnish Speaker of Parliament and former Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen prompted a media feeding frenzy this week when he publicly criticized Conservative (CONS) presidential candidate Sauli Niinisto's increasingly pro-NATO arguments and urged caution toward NATO membership because it wou [...]	2006-01-27 08:44:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR PINR FI
06HELSINKI8	FINLAND: PRESIDENT'S NEW YEAR ADDRESS [...] (U) President Tarja Halonen's New Year's Day speech-- which also serves as Finland's de facto state of the union address-- focused on what she termed the "increasing disparity in income levels in Finland." Halonen said that Finland has been a winner in the emerging global economy, and that [...]	2006-01-04 14:44:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV FI
06HELSINKI800	FURTHER FINNISH RESPONSE TO UNSC RESOLUTION 1701 [...] (U) As indicated Reftel A, the GOF welcomed UNSC Resolution 1701; the text of the Finnish Foreign Ministry's Statement on Behalf of the EU Presidency has been forwarded to the Department. In a subsequent conversation with PolChief July 14, Office Director for the Middle East Eija Rotinen offe [...]	2006-08-14 13:21:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS EUN FI
06HELSINKI815	FINLAND WON'T JOIN BERN PROCESS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-16 12:02:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PGOV PHUM PREL EUN FI
06HELSINKI830	UPDATE ON FINNISH EU PRESIDENCY ACTIONS IN SUPPORT [...] (C) MFA Unit for Security Policy Director Kimmo Lahdevirta offered an update on the Finnish Presidency's recent efforts to urge EU member states to make troop contributions to UNIFIL. 2. (C) While signals out of Paris continue to be mixed, it now appears clear that the French intend to cont [...]	2006-08-21 13:14:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PGOV FI
06HELSINKI842	FINLAND TO STRONGLY URGE SYRIA TO RESPECT LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: DCM and PolChief met with MFA Political Director Vierros-Villeneuve Aug. 22 to express US disappointment regarding the Aug. 23 visit of Syrian FM Walid Al-Moallem to Helsinki; to remind the GOF of the need to isolate Syria diplomatically; and to urge that the Finns use the meeting [...]	2006-08-22 12:25:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV MARR FI SY LE
06HELSINKI847	FINLAND RESPONSE TO UPDATED BRIEFING ON KOSOVO [...] (U) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA Balkans Director Juha Ottman Aug. 23. Because of former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari's status as special envoy, the Finns tend to be very well briefed on Kosovo developments; nonetheless Ottman welcomed the US initiative to share o [...]	2006-08-23 15:01:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU FI
06HELSINKI854	FINNS TELL SYRIA TO HONOR UNSCR 1701; SYRIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Aug. 23 in Helsinki, Finnish FM Tuomioja told Syrian FM Al-Moallem that the EU expected the Government of Syria (GOS) to support the ceasefire in Lebanon and wider peace in the Middle East by respecting all provisions of UNSCR 1701; by honoring the arms embargo in Lebanon; and b [...]	2006-08-24 13:50:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV MARR FI SY LE
06HELSINKI871	FINNS URGE IRAN TO STOP ENRICHMENT PROGRAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Helsinki August 29, Finnish FM Tuomioja urged Iran to cease its uranium enrichment program immediately and to announce its acceptance of negotiations with the EU3 3 now. Tuomioja also told the Iranian Deputy FM that Iran must begin playing a constructive role in the Middle Eas [...]	2006-08-30 12:07:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PARM IR FI PGOV IS
06HELSINKI876	FINLAND SUPPORTS DELAY OF KAZAKHSTAN'S OSCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-31 07:55:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE KZ FI
06HELSINKI903	GYMNICH [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers held informal consultations in Finland Sept. 1-2, focusing on the Middle East, Iran and Russia. In response to a press report that alleged an EU Presidency call for increased contacts with Hamas, Finnish FM Tuomioja and others made several very strong state [...]	2006-09-08 06:26:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM FI IR IS RU EU
06HELSINKI909	FINLAND ON SERBIA'S ICTY COOPERATION [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Balkans Office Director Juha Ottman on September 8. Ottman responded enthusiastically, saying that the steps the US has suggested to Belgrade "are entirely our line as well." He was pleased that the US is maintaining a hard line on ICTY cooperation [...]	2006-09-08 13:37:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR ICTY SR YI
06HELSINKI936	SEPTEMBER GAERC - FINNISH PRESIDENCY VIEWS [...] (U) PolChief, EU Unit Chief and visiting Finland Deskoff delivered subject demarche to Finnish EU Correspondent Jarno Syrjala Sept. 13. Syrjala welcomed our input and offered the following notable responses: 2. (C) SUDAN/DARFUR: Syrjala expressed pessimism regarding the situation on the gr [...]	2006-09-14 05:03:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN EU YI SR BO MK SU CG IS LE
06HELSINKI990	FINLAND: PREVIEW OF EU INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERS' [...] (SBU) Summary. The Oct. 2-3 informal EU defense ministers' meeting will focus on operations in Bosnia, Sudan, and Congo; review the EU's force catalogue and the state of civil-military coordination; and discuss the European Defense Agency's (EDA) long term planning scenarios. NATO SYG de Hoo [...]	2006-09-27 09:20:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NATO EUN FI
06HERMOSILLO100	PRESIDENT FOX IN HERMOSILLO FOR SECOND RECENT VISIT [...] (U) Summary: President Vicente Fox returned to Hermosillo on March 7, his second visit in four days. He engaged briefly with miners demonstrating for his assistance outside the Government Palace. The President told reporters that he had no intention of firing the Secretary of Labor and that [...]	2006-03-08 19:55:00	Consulate Hermosillo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB ECON MX
06HERMOSILLO166	SPIKE IN DRUG VIOLENCE IN HERMOSILLO [...] (U) Summary: Over the past several months there appears to be a trend of increasing violence in the area in and around Hermosillo, Sonora, culminating with several events during Holy Week. The violence appears to be largely confined to rival drug trafficking groups. Although there is no elemen [...]	2006-04-22 00:20:00	Consulate Hermosillo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR ASEC CASC MX
06HERMOSILLO228	MAJOR PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS VISIT SONORA [...] (SBU) Summary. All three major presidential candidates campaigned in Sonora over the last two weeks, with none of them making a big splash. The calculated distancing of Governor Bours from Robert Madrazo was obvious. However, the Governor still studiously avoided an irrevocable split with Ma [...]	2006-05-31 02:18:00	Consulate Hermosillo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM MX

06HERMOSILLO24	HERMOSILLO: MULTIPLE FAILURES LEAD TO PRISON BREAK [...] (U) Summary: On January 15, at approximately 11:30 am, three highly dangerous prisoners broke out of the Centro de Readaptacisn Social I (CERESO) (Center for Social Readaptation, i.e. prison) in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. For one of them, it was his third prison break in as many convict [...]	2006-01-20 17:10:00	Consulate Hermosillo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC ALOW CASC MX

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