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07BANGKOK5585	PRC POLITICAL OFFICER IN BANGKOK DISCUSSES BURMA [...] (C) A Chinese diplomat posted in Bangkok viewed Singapore's strong public line on Burma as unwise and doubted that Burma would be marginalized at the upcoming ASEAN Summit. He saw little possibility that Indonesia could exert meaningful influence on the Burmese regime. The diplomat suggested [...]	2007-10-30 01:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH CH BM

07BANGKOK5666	UN IAAC ELECTION: THAILAND TO SUPPORT SPANISH [...] (C) Per ref A instructions, we spoke on November 2 with Adisorndej Sukhasvasti, Director of the MFA International Organizations Division. Citing our earlier conversation (ref B) and subsequent discussions in New York (ref A),we urged that MFA instruct its UN mission to vote for David Walker i [...]	2007-11-02 09:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC UNAUS UNGA TH
07BANGKOK5689	SCENESETTER FOR REAR ADMIRAL TYSON [...] (C) Summary. Admiral Tyson, your visit to Thailand will afford you a chance to see the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests. You will also have an opportunity to underscore the United States Government's desire that Thailand return to democratically elected government th [...]	2007-11-06 05:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
07BANGKOK5766	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) EXBS Advisor and ISN/ECC Desk Officer met with key Thai export and border control officials, October 1-2. All Thai ministry officials were supportive of U.S. training and cooperation. EXBS Advisor visited Laem Chabang port and conducted initial deconfliction coordination with CSI team as [...]	2007-11-13 07:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN
07BANGKOK5834	RTG REQUESTS WRITTEN STATEMENT OF RECIPROCAL SUPPORT AT IMO [...] This is an action request (see paragraph 9). 2. (SBU) On August 27, econoff presented a demarche to Mr. Chalor Kotcharat, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport, seeking Thai support for U.S. ICAO Council candidacy. Chalor expressed support for the U.S. candidacy but also asked t [...]	2007-11-16 04:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ICAO IMO EAIR EWWT PHSA PREL TH
07BANGKOK5844	"ISLAM IN THE USA," NEW POSTER SHOW FROM IIP/PUBS [...] Public Affairs Bangkok would like to order six (6) poster shows in English of stock number T0500-E "Islam in the USA." The cost of the poster show is $28.75 (twenty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents) per poster. Total for the above item is $172.50. Post has obligated $50.00 for shipping/ [...]	2007-11-16 08:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP OPRC AFIN
07BANGKOK5845	"ISLAM IN THE USA," NEW POSTER SHOW FROM IIP/PUBS [...] Public Affairs Bangkok would like to order six (6) poster shows in English of stock number T0500-E "Islam in the USA." The cost of the poster show is $28.75 (twenty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents) per poster. Total for the above item is $172.50. Post has obligated $50.00 for shipping/ [...]	2007-11-16 08:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP OPRC AFIN
07BANGKOK5927	THAI GEM INDUSTRY BELIEVES ANTI-BURMA LEGISLATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 05:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ETRD PHUM PREL BM TH
07BANGKOK596	THAI MOVE TO DEPORT HMONG LAO FROM NONG KHAI BUT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 10. 2. (C) Summary. On January 30, the RTG attempted to refoule the 156 Lao Hmong at the Nong Khai detention facility. The male members of the group resisted deportation and a stand-off ensued that lasted most of the day. The Embassy, as w [...]	2007-01-30 11:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM TH LA
07BANGKOK5989	NEW IIP ELECTRONIC JOURNAL AND POSTER: "THE LONG CAMPAIGN: [...] Public Affairs Bangkok orders the following publications: - V0498-E, 210 copies (The Long Campaign: U.S. Elections 2008, $2.20 per copy),$462.00; - T0498-E, 20 posters (The full-color "U.S. Elections 2008" poster, $0.55 for each poster),$11.00; Total for the above item is $473.00. Post [...]	2007-11-29 09:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC KPAO OIIP AFIN
07BANGKOK6011	SCENESETTER FOR LIEUTENANT GENERAL LEAF [...] (C) Summary. General Leaf, your visit to Thailand will afford you a chance to see the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests. You will also have an opportunity to underscore the United States Government's desire that Thailand return to democratically elected government thr [...]	2007-11-30 09:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
07BANGKOK6012	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/WCI AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES CLINT WILLIAMSON AND S/WCI DEPUTY MILBERT SHIN [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson and Deputy Milbert Shin from December 6-7, 2007. 2. (SBU) Hotel reservations (confirmation numbers: 65621 and 656022) have been made at: -- Intercontinental Hotel Tel: 66-2-656-0444 Fax: 6 [...]	2007-11-30 11:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KAWC TH JA CB NL BE KJUST
07BANGKOK6020	THAILAND CIVAIR: FAA REQUEST DELIVERED [...] Econoff delivered letter and report in reftel via fax to the office of Thai Director General of the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Chaisak Angkasuwan on November 28 and letter, report and talking points from reftel in person to Thai MFA North America Division Director Kanchana Patarachoke o [...]	2007-12-03 06:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR TH
07BANGKOK6029	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON TRANSPORT MINISTER [...] (C) Thailand is working to resolve the issue of airline safety highlighted by the FAA in an assessment last July, Transport Minister Thira told the Ambassador during a farewell call November 29. The Transport Ministry is also committed to keeping the new Suvarnabhumi International Airport ope [...]	2007-12-04 02:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ELTN EWWT ETRD TH
07BANGKOK6076	THAI EXPORTS UP, BUT MARGINS SQUEEZED BY STRONG BAHT [...] Summary: Thailand's exports continue to show strong growth and are on track to surpass the RTG's target of 12.5 percent growth in 2007. However, Commerce's statistics are somewhat misleading as export value in baht terms is not nearly as strong as the reported dollar values. Thailand's lar [...]	2007-12-07 09:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD TH
07BANGKOK6233	MESSAGE ON SINOPEC-YADAVARAN DELIVERED TO RTG [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-21 07:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR CH
07BANGKOK653	THAI UPDATE: KING'S HEALTH, SINGAPORE SPAT [...] (C) The King appeared mentally alert if only moderately energetic and able to engage in a sustained discussion when the Ambassador observed him in a discussion with visiting Mahidol Prize Award winners. A Singaporean diplomat told us her Embassy was consumed with efforts to minimize recent da [...]	2007-02-01 09:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINR PGOV TH
07BANGKOK680	CHINA ON THAILAND, SINGAPORE, JAPAN AND EAS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chinese diplomats confirmed that Thai interim PM Surayud Chulanont will visit China in April, and shared that the Thai Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn has delayed his planned trip in a snit. The Chinese stated that CNS Chairman General Sonthi Boonyaratglin's recent trip to Bei [...]	2007-02-02 08:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS CH TH ASEAN SN JA
07BANGKOK725	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: AMBASSADOR GROVER [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance and Chiang Mai District clearance to Amb. Rees from Feb. 9 - Feb. 14, 2007. 2. Hotel reservations in Bangkok have been made as requested at: Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel (Confirmation No: 66355342) 494 Rajdamri Road, Bangkok Tel: 66-2-2 [...]	2007-02-06 05:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT TH
07BANGKOK740	THAILAND: MOVING FORWARD WITH THE COBRA GOLD [...] (C) Summary. Cobra Gold is America's largest multilateral exercise in Asia. Much more than a bilateral exercise with Thailand, it is a projection of American power and engagement in Asia. Cobra Gold is vital to advancing our strategic interests in Asia, including advancing regional securi [...]	2007-02-07 01:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS TH
07BANGKOK854	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL FITE [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to House Foreign Affairs Committee Senior Counsel Jamie McCormick for his February 22-24 visit. (We understand Mr. McCormick will be the sole member of Staffdel Fite to depart from the Staffdel's itinerary for travel to Thailand.) 2. Hotel [...]	2007-02-12 10:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT TH
07BANGKOK939	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN [...] (C) Summary: The Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) Chairman expressed concern to the Ambassador about voter education in the run-up to the referendum on Thailand's next constitution. In a courtesy call on the Ambassador after attending an Embassy-organized digital video conference with an [...]	2007-02-15 11:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OIIP KPAO TH
07BANGKOK940	FORMER PM ANAND DOWNBEAT ON ADMINISTRATION BUT [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun told the Ambassador he was concerned by the Surayud administration's lack of competence. In a February 14 lunch hosted by the Ambassador, Anand suggested the cabinet should be reshuffled. He did not object to the current political role played by th [...]	2007-02-15 11:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANJUL23	THE GAMBIA: REPORTED GOTG DECISION TO PLACE [...] (C) On January 17, Embassy received e-mail message from knowledgeable source and transmitted through Embassy Dakar claiming that the GOTG had decided to place the Embassy under surveillance out of concern that the Embassy was secretly recruiting both Gambians and non-Gambians for "possible dep [...]	2007-01-18 17:07:00	Embassy Banjul	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PGOV PREL GA
07BANJUL283	THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON TENSIONS WITH SENEGAL, [...] (C) An online "journal" reported May 28 the arrest of Senegal-based Gambian "rebels" entering The Gambia as part of preparations, with GOS complicity, for a renewed coup attempt. A knowledgeable source was not able to confirm the report, but said GOS had angrily denied a recent local media re [...]	2007-06-04 09:12:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PREF SG GA
07BANJUL332	THE U.S./GAMBIAN RELATIONSHIP: DEPARTING [...] (C) The U.S./Gambian relationship remains strained,due primarily to President Jammeh's increasingly authoritarian leadership and consequent decline in the human rights environment here -- a decline that figured prominently in the June 2006 suspension of The Gambia's eligibility for the Milleni [...]	2007-06-25 15:41:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS PHUM KPKO KPAO EINV ETRD
07BANJUL9	THE GAMBIA: EMBASSY CABLE ABOUT BOGUS CONGRESSMAN [...] (U) Reftel -- text contained in para 4 -- reported the June 2004 visit to The Gambia by a private American business consultant, Richard T. Hines, who evidently passed himself off to the GOTG as a member of the U.S. Congress. Reftel also reported Embassy's efforts to clarify Hines' status with t [...]	2007-01-09 14:27:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GA
07BARCELONA86	CATALONIA VP CAROD-ROVIRA SHOWS SOLIDARITY [...] (U) Consul General received October 25 a note from Catalan regional VP Josep Carod-Rovira on be half of the government of Catalonia expressing solidarity and sympathy for the California fires Begin text. Dear Mr. Robinson I am writing you with regards to the devastating fires, which ar [...]	2007-10-26 16:31:00	Consulate Barcelona	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SP
07BASRAH116	SAYID AL-SHUHADA LEADER DENIES IRANIAN TETHERS [...] (C/REL AUS/CAN/UK) SUMMARY: Sayid al-Shuhada (SAS) Secretary General Sayid Dagher al-Musawi visited the Regional Embassy Office (REO) on December 13, 2007. SAS is believed to be an Iranian front organization, but Dagher denied he is controlled by Iranians. Rather, he claimed SAS is a legitim [...]	2007-12-15 15:08:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS IZ IR
07BASRAH16	EMPOWERING THE WOMEN OF SOUTHEAST IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-23 18:33:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN EAID PHUM PREL IZ
07BASRAH27	ABU HATEM URGES U.S. TALK WITH IRAN, SYRIA [...] (C) Maysan's legendary resistance leader Abu Hatem (Abdul Kareem Mahod) met with the director of the Regional Embassy Office (REO) Basrah Louis Bono April 8 and urged the U.S. government to open talks with Iran and Syria. "There can be no stability in Iraq without dialogue with Iran and Syria [...]	2007-04-12 19:04:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
07BASRAH3	AN AMERICAN KIDNAPPED IN BASRAH [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-05 19:23:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	ASEC CASC PTER MOPS PGOV IZ
07BASRAH35	IRAQI ARMY OPENS TALKS ON FUTURE OF BASRAH PALACE [...] (C) Summary. The commander of the Iraqi Army's (IA) 10th division in charge of southern Iraq, Major General Habib Abbas al-Husseini, met with the Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) director on April 25. The two discussed efforts to stabilize the province and prospects for the IA taking con [...]	2007-04-30 11:39:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MOPS IZ IR
07BASRAH37	BUSINESSMAN URGES PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The head of the Basrah Business Center, Abdul Hafiz al-Ati, met with the Regional Embassy Office (REO) Basrah director April 26 and urged the United States to "take a small step" to attract foreign investment in Basrah's crippled economy. He said business develo [...]	2007-05-06 10:05:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EIND EINV IR IZ
07BASRAH39	STUDENT TAKES RISK TO DISCUSS LIFE IN BASRAH [...] (C) A Basrah Student Union leader met the Regional Embassy Office (REO) director on May 7, to talk about Basrah University and life in general for the educated and moderate citizens of Basrah. The director noted the risk involved in visiting the REO and asked the student why he came in. The s [...]	2007-05-13 11:07:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ECON PHUM PREL IZ IR
07BASRAH4	REO BASRAH EAC MEETING ON 01/08/2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: REO Basrah's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on 01/08/07 to address the recent volley of rocket attacks that injured 3 U.S. Chief of Mission personnel and 3 British personnel. In order to mitigate the security threat posed by frequent indirect fire (IDF),the EAC agreed [...]	2007-01-09 08:55:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	ASEC PTER AMGT IZ
07BASRAH48	JOURNALIST DESCRIBES MAYHEM IN BASRAH [...] Half the members of the Basrah Provincial Council 2. Sayid Yusuf, the head of the Thar Allah militia, an old enemy of the governor. 3. The Sayid Ashuhada organization which belongs to Abdul Aziz al-Hakim. Sayid Dagher runs this organization in Basrah. 4. The Badr organization, headed b [...]	2007-05-31 18:45:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PGOV IZ IR
07BASRAH57	SADRIST LEADER REACHES OUT TO U.S. [...] (S/NF) Summary and Introduction: A senior cleric of the Office of Martyr Sadr (OMS) organization, Sheikh Mohammed Daoud-al-Basyri, held secret talks with the director of the Office of Provincial Affairs and the director of the Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) at the Basrah Air Station June [...]	2007-06-28 05:23:00	REO Basrah	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER OEXC SCUL EAID IR IZ
07BASRAH88	SECURITY IN BASRAH PROVINCE [...] (S) Summary: While attacks against Coalition Forces (CF) remain at a six-month low, security for Basrah's politicians and government security forces is bad. A series of assassinations, or attempts, of politicians and security officials has highlighted the failure of basic law enforcement. Un [...]	2007-09-25 06:52:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PINS PGOV ASEC ECON IZ
07BASRAH90	AMIDEAST CONTINUES DESPITE BASRAH'S DANGERS [...] (SBU) The Basrah representative for the NGO AMIDEAST, Nezar Abbas (please protect),described the extremely difficult conditions of implementing Department-funded cultural exchange programs to REO IPAO on September 25. Nezar told us that AMIDEAST was currently promoting the Iraqi Young Leaders [...]	2007-09-28 07:39:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KLSO SOCI SCUL PHUM IZ
07BASRAH95	PROMOTING GRASS ROOTS EFFORTS TO STOP THE VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Over the past two months, militia attacks against Coalition personnel in Basrah have significantly subsided, but the absence of anti-Coalition violence has not resulted in tranquility for the citizens of Basrah. Shi'a militias and criminal gangs continue to terrorize Basrawis through a c [...]	2007-10-13 13:03:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAID KWMN IZ
07BEIJING1102	FEBRUARY 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points made at the February 15 MFA press conference were: -- Six-Party Talks have entered a "substantive stage." The Spokesperson outlined the structure of working groups and called for the United States and DPRK to resolve financial issues. -- China is ready to expand imports from th [...]	2007-02-15 10:28:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD UNSC CH KN JA IR IN RS XA
07BEIJING113	DOUBLING LAND USE FEES: RURAL WATCHERS HOPE [...] (SBU) China's Central Government, seeking to slow development in urban areas and protect farmland, implemented a new regulation on January 1 to double land use fees. The regulation, announced by the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Land Resources, and People's Bank of China in November 2006, [...]	2007-01-05 09:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING116	AFM HE URGES UNITED STATES TO "PREVENT" CHEN [...] (C) China urges the United States to take steps to prevent Chen Shui-bian from transiting the United States en route to Nicaragua next week, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Charge d'Affaires January 5. Claiming that the transit stops violate the United States' one-China policy a [...]	2007-01-05 11:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
07BEIJING117	PRC/BURMA: MESSAGE ON UNSC RESOLUTION DELIVERED; [...] (C) The PRC is prepared to block a UN Security Council resolution on Burma but appears confident there will not be enough support to bring such a resolution to a vote, according to MFA IO Department UN Division Deputy Director Cong Jun. MFA Director General for International Organizations tol [...]	2007-01-05 12:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH
07BEIJING1223	DG LIU JIEYI WARNS AGAINST CHEN SHUI-BIAN EFFORTS [...] (C) Washington should be vigilant about the risk that Chen Shui-bian will push for de jure independence in the run-up to Taiwan's 2008 election, stated MFA North American Affairs DG Liu Jieyi on February 12. The MFA is also concerned that the State Department's official website refers to Chen [...]	2007-02-26 08:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH TW
07BEIJING1269	CHINESE STATE COUNCILOR TANG'S VISIT TO BURMA [...] (C) China encouraged Burma to accelerate its democratic and national reconciliation processes, develop its economy and improve the lives of the Burmese people, State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan told Burmese generals on his February 25-27 visit to Burma. According to a readout provided to the DCM b [...]	2007-02-27 13:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ASEAN BM CH
07BEIJING1391	AFM HE YAFEI TELLS LT. GENERAL EIKENBERRY CHINA [...] (S) China is increasingly concerned that the United States could attack Iran, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told Lt. General Karl Eikenberry, outgoing Commanding General of the Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan, during a February 27 meeting (other subjects discussed reported separat [...]	2007-03-02 12:31:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS CH IR
07BEIJING1393	AFM HE YAFEI TELLS LT. GENERAL EIKENBERRY CHINA [...] (S) China is increasingly concerned that the United States could attack Iran, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told Lt. General Karl Eikenberry, outgoing Commanding General of the Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan, during a February 27 meeting (other subjects discussed reported separat [...]	2007-03-02 12:31:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS CH IR
07BEIJING1396	AFM HE YAFEI TELLS LT. GENERAL EIKENBERRY CHINA [...] (S) China is increasingly concerned that the United States could attack Iran, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told Lt. General Karl Eikenberry, outgoing Commanding General of the Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan, during a February 27 meeting (other subjects discussed reported separat [...]	2007-03-02 12:31:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS CH IR
07BEIJING1402	MFA EXPRESSES STRONG DISSATISFACTION OVER [...] (C) MFA North American Affairs Director General Liu Jieyi called in the DCM on March 2 to express China's "strong dissatisfaction" and "firm opposition" to the announcement of planned U.S. sales of AMRAAM and Maverick missiles to Taiwan. Speaking from prepared points and with a high level of [...]	2007-03-02 12:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CH TW
07BEIJING1403	LEGISLATING HARMONY? CHINA'S ANNUAL POLITICAL [...] (C) China's annual legislative confab will soon get under way, with the national legislature convening on March 5 and the top advisory body opening on March 3. Although few surprises are expected at this highly scripted event, the public and media scrutiny of delegates and discussions will re [...]	2007-03-02 16:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CH
07BEIJING1518	DAS JOHN DISCUSSES BURMA, VIETNAM AND JOINT [...] (C) Chinese scholars of Southeast Asian affairs told EAP DAS Eric John that Burma presents a major challenge and opportunity for United States-China relations following China's veto blocking a Burma resolution in the UN Security Council (UNSC). The academics said China wants to cooperate wit [...]	2007-03-08 04:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD UNSC CH BM VN XC
07BEIJING1566	MARCH 8TH MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT, [...] Key points made at the March 8 MFA Press Conference were: -- China's State Council issued a report on the Human Rights Record of the United States in 2006 as "a mirror for the United States to view its own human rights" situation and to question American "double standards" in criticizing othe [...]	2007-03-09 04:45:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM ENRG XM JA AO PE CH
07BEIJING1596	BEIJING LEADERSHIP AND REFORMERS BOTH KEEP CLOSE [...] (C) Summary. Despite another round of warnings from National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on "ensuring a smooth election" for Hong Kong Chief Executive on March 25, Beijing-based reformers continue to watch the Hong Kong process with an eye toward implications for China's own p [...]	2007-03-09 10:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH HK
07BEIJING1625	IRAN SANCTIONS: FOLLOWING-UP ON MISSILE [...] (S) China appreciates the additional information provided by the United States about possible missile- related cooperation between Chinese companies and Iran, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue told Poloff on March 12 in response to delivery [...]	2007-03-12 10:11:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM ETTC IR CH
07BEIJING1626	(S) CHINA INFORMED OF POSSIBLE SANCTIONS ON [...] (S) China appreciates United States' efforts to provide further information about conventional weapons transfers to Iran but China's strong opposition to sanctions on Chinese companies pursuant to American domestic legislation, such as the Iran-Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA),remains unchan [...]	2007-03-12 10:37:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM ETTC IR CH
07BEIJING1668	WU YI INTERVENES AS DR. GAO CASE LAYS BARE [...] (C) Vice Premier Wu Yi personally intervened in the case of Dr. Gao Yaojie in order to break an impasse between the Central Government and Henan Province authorities, xxxxx unusually candid comments, along with other observations from MFA staffers, reveal a glimpse into central-local dissonance and [...]	2007-03-13 09:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING1672	LI YUANCHAO DISCUSSES REFORM, PROPERTY LAW AT [...] (C) Pressing ahead with political and economic reform poses the biggest challenge for Jiangsu, provincial Party Secretary Li Yuanchao said at a dinner hosted by the Ambassador March 8. Interest groups that are unwilling to compromise, especially on issues such as health care, are slowing pos [...]	2007-03-13 10:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING1679	PRC-RUSSIA: SNAPSHOT OF RELATIONS AS HU JINTAO [...] (C) Hu Jintao will visit Moscow later this month at a time when many Chinese analysts believe the China-Russia relationship is at an all-time high, according to a leading Chinese academic on Russia. Hu's visit will kick off the Year of China in Russia and will serve as an opportunity for him [...]	2007-03-14 03:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG MARR RU CH
07BEIJING1689	USTR PROPOSES BILATERAL LABOR DIALOGUE WITH CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 6 Assistant USTR Tim Stratford met with the Chinese Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSS) and proposed that the United States and China initiate a bilateral labor dialogue that would help the United States sustain and improve trade ties with China. USTR has coor [...]	2007-03-14 07:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD CH
07BEIJING1690	KEY CHINESE ACADEMIC SEES CROSS-STRAIT TIES [...] (C) A leading Chinese commentator on foreign affairs disagreed with China's standard line on Taiwan and told visiting EAP/CM Director John Norris that from his perspective Chen Shui-bian is a diminishing threat to Beijing. After other scholars offered familiar points about the danger of Chen [...]	2007-03-14 07:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW JA
07BEIJING1691	CHINESE ACADEMICS STILL CANNOT EXPLAIN ANTI- [...] (C) Chinese scholars still have no explanation for China's anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) test and claim that they do not have information about the test some two months after the launch, EAP/CM Director John Norris was told March 13. Chinese scholars have not yet received any information abou [...]	2007-03-14 07:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR JA AS CH
07BEIJING1697	SECRETARY PAULSON, VICE PREMIER WU YI DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. In a March 7 meeting at Beijing Capital International Airport, Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson urged Vice Premier Wu Yi to offer more liberalization of Chinese services sectors, highlighting financial services, civil aviation and environmental services in preparation f [...]	2007-03-14 10:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD SENV OVIP KIPR CVIS PREL CH
07BEIJING1760	FIFTH GENERATION STAR LI KEQIANG DISCUSSES [...] (C) Liaoning Party Secretary Li Keqiang, a front runner for elevation to the Politburo this fall and potential successor to President Hu Jintao in 2012, described the challenges he faces as a provincial leader to the Ambassador over dinner on March 12. Engaging and well-informed, Li related that de [...]	2007-03-15 10:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CH
07BEIJING1761	MARCH 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, BDA, [...] Key points made at the March 15 MFA press conference were: -- China deeply regrets the U.S. Treasury Department ruling on Banco Delta Asia and seeks a solution conducive to the spirit of the Six-Party Talks and beneficial to Macau's stability. -- The denuclearization working group will mee [...]	2007-03-15 10:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM MNUC KN KS JA CH PK
07BEIJING1792	QINGHAI GOVERNOR EMPHASIZES BALANCED DEVELOPMENT, [...] (C) China's only female governor, Song Xiuyan of Qinghai Province, emphasized the need for balanced development that promotes rapid economic growth and raises living standards while also protecting the environment during a March 11 lunch with the Ambassador. Protecting Qinghai's environment b [...]	2007-03-16 12:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CH
07BEIJING1815	FOR QINGDAO, INNOVATION MEANS MONEY [...] (SBU) Qingdao is a young and growing port city, with economic and science & technology (S&T) planners brimming with optimism. Local officials are promoting innovation, research and high tech development at every turn, with the primary goal being economic development rather than meeting all p [...]	2007-03-19 07:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPL ECON PARM EINV CH
07BEIJING1840	ZHEJIANG PARTY SECRETARY TOUTS ECONOMIC SUCCESSES [...] (C) Summary. Zhejiang Province Communist Party Secretary Xi Jinping, a contender to succeed President Hu Jintao in 2012/2013, describes Zhejiang as a driving force behind national economic growth. Zhejiang ranks high for income, low for income disparities, and makes substantial contributions to mig [...]	2007-03-19 10:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN SCUL ELAB SOCI CH
07BEIJING1841	PRC-JAPAN HISTORY DIALOGUE: COMFORT WOMEN ISSUE [...] (C) Chinese and Japanese historians meet in Tokyo March 19-20 to conduct the second round of a dialogue on modern history intended to calm tensions in both countries, scholars and officials involved with the project told us. Officials say press reports that Premier Wen will cut short his April [...]	2007-03-19 10:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI JA CH
07BEIJING1882	DAUSTR BHATIA DISCUSSES STRATEGIC ECONOMIC [...] (C) Although the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) will be an important legacy of the United States-China bilateral relationship, it is essential that the SED produce positive, practical results, Deputy United States Trade Representative Karan Bhatia told Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Ma [...]	2007-03-20 10:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EFIN ETRD PREL TW
07BEIJING1886	CO-SPONSORHIP OF ARF INTERSESSIONAL SIGNALS [...] (C) China's agreement to co-sponsor with the United States an ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Intersessional Meeting (ISM) on Nonproliferation exemplifies China's desire to increase its emphasis on security cooperation through ARF, rather than APEC, MFA Asia Department Regional Security Division D [...]	2007-03-20 10:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP ARF APEC CH
07BEIJING1887	MARCH 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points made at the March 20 MFA press conference were: -- The Sixth Round of Six-Party Talks opened with bilateral consultations and an opening ceremony. China hopes the agreement reached on Banco Delta Asia will be conducive to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. The Spokesm [...]	2007-03-20 11:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM MNUC KN RS IR JA CH AS PP FR
07BEIJING1900	CHINA PREPARES RESUMED AND EXPANDED [...] (S) China is prepared to immediately resume and expand nonproliferation cooperation with the United States, MFA Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Zhang Yan told the DCM. Zhang's proposals include: - immediately resuming nonproliferation consultations with ISN A/S Rood at the [...]	2007-03-21 05:58:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC CH IR
07BEIJING1960	KOSOVO: CHINESE MFA SEES POSITIONS HARDENING [...] (C) China sees positions concerning Kosovo as hardening, both between Serbs and Kosovars and among some UNSC members, the Deputy Director for MFA's Balkans Division told poloff. China supports Special Envoy Ahtisaari's efforts, but Beijing's position that it will only back a result agreed to b [...]	2007-03-22 08:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ZL CH RS SR
07BEIJING2016	CHONGQING LEADER WANG YANG SAYS "THE WORLD IS [...] (C) Chongqing Party Secretary Wang Yang, one of China's youngest regional leaders, told the Ambassador that continued good United States-China relations will depend on continued growth in bilateral economic ties. Wang frankly discussed the challenges he faces in Chongqing, but insisted that [...]	2007-03-26 03:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI CH
07BEIJING2042	CHINA: DEMARCHE ON ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747 AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-26 13:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KNNP CH IR
07BEIJING2073	CHAIRMAN OF JCS GENERAL PACE'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) The United States and China are not only important stakeholders in the international community but also "constructive partners" working together closely to serve the common interests of the world's people, stated FM Li Zhaoxing during a March 23 meeting with the Chairman of the Joint Chief [...]	2007-03-28 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS CH TW
07BEIJING2091	U/S LAVIN, MOFCOM VM MA DISCUSS SED, JCCT, MARKET [...] (SBU) Commerce Under Secretary Lavin informed Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Vice Minister Ma Xiuhong that unaddressed market access and IPR issues, the possibility of countervailing duty cases against China this year and the potential for a deterioration in the bilateral economic and trade rel [...]	2007-03-29 09:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP KIPR WTRO EINV CH
07BEIJING2096	MARCH 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING [...] Key points made at the March 29 MFA press conference were: -- China has always viewed the Six-Party Talks "rationally" with neither pessimism nor optimism. -- The "so-called" stealing of United States military secrets was groundless and had ulterior motives. -- It is unfair for the Unite [...]	2007-03-29 10:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC XV CH KN KS JA RS CE PP SU NUIN
07BEIJING2101	CHINA MISSION 2007 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION: [...] (SBU) Summary. This is the first of two cables to assist Washington, DC agencies in their Section 301 decision making for China. This cable focuses on non- enforcement related IPR issues, including policy developments, legislative developments and patent and trademark prosecution. Post reco [...]	2007-03-29 12:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON WTRO CH
07BEIJING2103	CHINA MISSION 2007 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION: [...] (SBU) This is part two of the Mission's reporting on "Special 301" related developments. The Mission's recommendations that China should once again be placed on the Priority Watch List, with Section 306 monitoring, and considered for an appropriate WTO case on IPR, were set forth in the first [...]	2007-03-30 00:22:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON WTRO CH
07BEIJING2187	QINGHAI NGOS DISCUSS PROBLEMS, PROSPECTS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Qinghai Province told Chengdu- based Poloff that local NGOs have grown rapidly in the last several years. NGOs in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai have invested 40 million RMB (USD 5.2 million) in so [...]	2007-04-03 09:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV CH
07BEIJING2250	APRIL 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the April 5 MFA Press Conference were: -- The Spokesman avoided placing blame for difficulties in the Six-Party Talks process, in response to questions by reporters about the Talks "falling apart." -- Vice Admiral Wu Shengli is visiting the United States from April 1-8 and [...]	2007-04-05 10:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC KPAL KN KS JA CH AO TC IS SA
07BEIJING2251	PRC/RUSSIA: MFA ADDS DETAILS ON SECURITY AND TRADE [...] (C) Personal friendship between Presidents Hu and Putin contributed to the success of Hu Jintao's March 26-28 visit to Russia, according to an MFA official who accompanied Hu on the trip. The MFA readout emphasized cultural and trade activities associated with opening of the China Year in Rus [...]	2007-04-05 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG RS CH
07BEIJING2436	ILSA: CHINA: MFA SAYS NO OIL DEAL IN THE WORKS [...] (C) China understands the United States' concerns about sending the "wrong signal" to Iran and is well aware of its obligations under UN resolutions, stated MFA West Asia and North Africa Affairs Acting Director for Iran Xu Wei. During an April 12 meeting, Xu said China's representative to th [...]	2007-04-12 09:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL CH IR
07BEIJING2471	AMBASSADOR RAISES VOA BROADCASTS, INTERNET [...] (C) China's blocking of Voice of America radio and television broadcasts and censorship of United States Government Internet sites undermines the kinds of exchanges China itself wants to foster, the Ambassador told State Council Information Office Director Cai Wu on April 9. The programs and [...]	2007-04-13 09:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING2566	USTR CONCLUDES PROVINCIAL IPR REVIEW IN BEIJING [...] (U) USTR Chief Negotiator for Intellectual Property (IP) Enforcement Stanford McCoy and USTR Senior Director for China Affairs Amy Celico visited Beijing on March 16 to conclude a series of provincial review meetings in several Chinese cities. They discussed Internet copyright issues at the B [...]	2007-04-18 06:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON WTRO CH
07BEIJING2599	BEIJING HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHERS DISCUSS DIALOGUES, [...] (C) Beijing-based human rights watchers reported that: -- Chinese officials referred to the Nangpa La Pass shooting incident on the Nepal border as "an accident" during the recent UK-China human rights dialogue. -- Germany will host the 23rd round of the China-EU human rights dialogue in mid-May in [...]	2007-04-18 11:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV CH
07BEIJING263	SED SESSION THREE: SUSTAINING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In the December 14 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) session on sustaining economic development, Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke discussed how a flexible exchange rate will help balance China's economy. National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Chairman Ma Kai raised [...]	2007-01-11 12:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL SENV ENRG CH
07BEIJING264	SED SESSION FOUR: PROMOTING TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In the December 14 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) session on promoting trade and investment, Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez described the mutual SIPDIS benefits of United States-China trade, urged China to open further its services market, and underscored the need [...]	2007-01-11 13:12:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL CVIS SENV ENRG CH
07BEIJING266	STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: President Hu Jintao congratulated the United States Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) delegation on a successful first dialogue and stressed the importance of United States-China economic ties to regional and world prosperity. Treasury Secretary Paulson said the dialogue had bee [...]	2007-01-11 13:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL SENV ENRG CH
07BEIJING2670	CHINA-VIETNAM: BEIJING PRESSURING HANOI ON ENERGY [...] (C) Chinese protests last week over Vietnamese energy exploration and survey activity in the South China Sea were especially "heavy-handed" and timed to gain leverage during the visit of Vietnam's National Assembly Chair to Beijing, according to a Vietnamese diplomat. MFA officials confirmed [...]	2007-04-20 09:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PHUM CH VN PF
07BEIJING2748	TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS' VISIT TO CIVIL [...] (U) Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters visited the Civil Aviation Management Institute of China (CAMIC) in Beijing on April 13 to deliver a speech on United States- China aviation cooperation. Tian Baohua, President of CAMIC, hosted the Secretary, and Minister Yang Yuanyuan of the Gen [...]	2007-04-24 09:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON BEXP PGOV OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH
07BEIJING2793	TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS' MEETING WITH MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters highlighted opportunities for cooperation in railway expansion and economic development and advocated on behalf of United States railroad equipment suppliers in her April 14 meeting with Chinese Minister of Railways Liu Zhijun. Minist [...]	2007-04-26 05:28:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ECON BEXP PGOV OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH
07BEIJING2799	SECRETARY PETERSQ MEETING WITH COMMUNICATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters and Chinese Minister of Communications Li Shenglin agreed that a bilateral agreement on safe transportation of hazardous materials could and should be concluded in the very near future. Secretary Peters outlined cooperation with China [...]	2007-04-26 05:31:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ELTN SENV PREL CVIS OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH
07BEIJING2812	APRIL 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BDA, DPRK-BURMA, [...] Key points at the April 26 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokesman Liu Jianchao were: -- Relevant parties are still making contact and consultations in an effort to solve the BDA issue. -- The MFA has taken note of reports of the arrests of United States citizens in Tibet where the case [...]	2007-04-26 11:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC KS KN CA FR BM ET
07BEIJING284	STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH PREMIER [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and members of the U.S. delegation to the December 14-15 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) met Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on December 15. Both sides hailed the inaugural SED. Premier Wen said Japan and the EU had approached China about similar t [...]	2007-01-12 03:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL KIPR SENV ENRG CH
07BEIJING2909	U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW [...] (SBU) Chair Carolyn Bartholomew and a United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission delegation used a meeting with MFA North America Deputy Director General Xie Feng to urge China to do more to produce concrete results on key economic issues, to allow American FDA inspectors to [...]	2007-04-30 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CH

07BEIJING2949	MANDARIN DROWNING OUT UIGHUR LANGUAGE AMONG YOUTH [...] (C) Young people, teachers and parents are optimistic about Xinjiang's economic future but are also concerned about the loss of Uighur cultural roots, Poloff learned during a recent trip to the region. Official Xinjiang media and Government policy confirm that speaking Chinese is the key to [...]	2007-05-04 08:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING3085	CENTRAL CHINA EXPO 2007: IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY [...] (C) Government officials and businessmen descended on Zhengzhou April 26-28 for the second Central China Expo. The Expo, a featured part of the Central Government's six-province "Central China Rising" strategy, was well attended despite the poor organization of volunteers who were ill-prepare [...]	2007-05-09 08:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV ENRG CH HK
07BEIJING3107	ANALYST DISCUSSES ANTI-JAPANESE SENTIMENT, [...] (C) A visiting American analyst of Asian regional affairs discussed Sino-Japanese relations with four scholars from three different Chinese government think-tanks during his mid-April visit to Beijing, soon after Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to Japan. Scholars felt that key points in the often [...]	2007-05-10 09:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ASEAN CH JA
07BEIJING3120	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: DEMARCHES ON EXPANSION, [...] (SBU) China welcomed refs A and B information about expansion of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) to include ten new members, MFA Arms Control Department official Yu Dunhai told poloff May 10. China continues to urge that the process for adding new members be refined, as [...]	2007-05-10 11:19:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RS CH
07BEIJING3155	CHINA/ENERGY: WESTERN ENERGY COMPANIES DISCUSS MECHANICS OF [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary of State for Economics, Energy, and Business Affairs Daniel Sullivan held a roundtable discussion in Beijing with representatives from several United States energy companies on April 24, 2007. The companies noted problems in the nature of their ties with Chinese partn [...]	2007-05-11 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH
07BEIJING3169	VFM ZHANG YESUI TAKES U.S. AFFAIRS ROLE, WILL [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui has been made the VFM-level supervisor of the North American and Oceanian Affairs Department, though MFA contacts say that Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei will continue to supervise the Department on a day-to-day basis. Zhang, not Foreign Minister Yan [...]	2007-05-11 11:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH
07BEIJING3207	SUBJECT: U.S.-CHINA HIGH TECHNOLOGY AND STRATEGIC [...] (FOUO) The April 17-18 U.S.-China High-Technology and Strategic Trade Working Group (HTWG) meeting in Hangzhou set a positive tone for the high technology and export control dialogue. The delegations agreed on &Guidelines for U.S.-China High-Technology and Strategic Trade Development8 (reprin [...]	2007-05-14 08:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	TAGS
07BEIJING3239	S/CRS AMBASSADOR HERBST CONSULTATIONS IN BEIJING [...] (C) China has the capability to be a vital contributor and partner in global reconstruction and stabilization (R/S) efforts, Ambassador John Herbst told officials from the Ministries of Foreign and Civil Affairs and representatives from Chinese think tanks April 27-28. In the meetings, Ambas [...]	2007-05-15 03:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRS CH
07BEIJING3245	ARF: CHINA SUPPORTS MOST U.S. INITIATIVES FOR [...] (C) China's Foreign Ministry will consider carefully the United States' proposals for the May 25 ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Manila, Asia Department Regional Security Division official Yang Shichao told poloff May 14 in response to delivery of reftel demarche. [...]	2007-05-15 08:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP ARF CH
07BEIJING3261	MAY 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TRADE AND SED; SUDAN; [...] Key points at the May 15 MFA Press Conference were: -- United States-China trade is "win-win," trade frictions are natural given the volume of trade and China has made efforts to revalue the rmb. Such topics will be discussed in the upcoming Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED). -- China pla [...]	2007-05-15 11:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD CH SU JA XA XW VM PM KS KN ZK
07BEIJING3273	CHINA/IPR: U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 23 meeting with the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) that focused on the state of IPR protections in China, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) North American Affairs Deputy Director General Jin Xu told USCC Chairwoman Carolyn Bartholomew and othe [...]	2007-05-16 06:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EIND PREL WTRO CH
07BEIJING3316	CHINA BANKS GIVEN LIMITED CHANNEL TO INVEST IN FOREIGN [...] (SBU) New rules allow banks with Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) quotas to invest in equities in addition to fixed-income instruments, which are already permitted. Hong Kong registered funds will for now be the sole beneficiaries, since no other overseas regulatory body has ye [...]	2007-05-17 09:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV CH HK
07BEIJING3322	COMMUNIST YOUTH LEAGUE LEADER HU CHUNHUA [...] (C) Communist Youth League First Secretary Hu Chunhua told the Ambassador that 70-80 percent of China's rural youth seek work in urban areas and this sort of social change, plus the unprecedented number of university graduates seeking jobs, presents serious challenges. Scrutiny of new appli [...]	2007-05-17 10:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI CH
07BEIJING3416	MFA EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER TECRO WASHINGTON EVENT [...] (C) MFA DDG for North America Xie Feng called in Polmincouns on May 21 to express Beijing's concern over a May 9 TECRO-hosted event in Washington at which TECRO representatives reportedly flew the "so-called" Republic of China (ROC) flag, played the ROC national anthem and made remarks emphasi [...]	2007-05-21 10:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH TW
07BEIJING346	ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN'S MEETING WITH NDRC [...] (SBU) Summary. China views the sustainability of its economic growth to rest on its domestic economy, with trade only recently becoming a more significant factor. Future cooperation on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and nuclear power will be the focus of post-Strategic Economic Dialogu [...]	2007-01-16 06:35:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON TRGY PREL OVIP CH
07BEIJING3462	PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETINGS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 08:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS CH TW
07BEIJING3463	PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) The United States' and China's common interests are "on the rise" in response to increasingly diversified global threats, Vice Foreign Minister (VFM) Zhang Yesui told United States Pacific Command (PACOM) Commander Admiral Timothy J. Keating on May 11. Zhang said China wants to continue [...]	2007-05-22 09:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS CH TW
07BEIJING3466	MAY 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SED, INDIAN GENERAL'S [...] Key points at the May 22 MFA Press Conference were: -- Jiang outlined Vice Premier Wu Yi's planned schedule of meetings, including with the President, during the upcoming SED session in Washington. -- The visit by India's Army Chief of Staff aims to improve bilateral military ties. -- T [...]	2007-05-22 10:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD SU UK CV DR IN PE GM
07BEIJING3503	CORRUPTION TALES: WHEN THE DOG BARKS, BUT DOESN'T [...] (C) Former head of China's General Administration for Press and Publications (GAPP) Long Xinmin, recently replaced by Liu Binjie, was sidelined over corruption charges, according to an American academic who knows Long well. Beijing real estate developer Liu Jun, charged with bribery and implic [...]	2007-05-23 09:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI CH
07BEIJING3578	ZHENGZHOU WELCOMES EMBASSY'S FIRST VIRTUAL PRESENCE POST IN [...] (SBU) The China Mission launched its first Virtual Presence Post (VPP) in Henan Province's Zhengzhou city during a major commercial Expo in the city. Despite local officials' initial uncertainty, the media and residents of Zhengzhou welcomed the new initiative, which built on more than a year [...]	2007-05-29 03:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH KPAO KIIP
07BEIJING3587	CHINESE OPEN DOOR ON DEVELOPMENT FINANCE...MAYBE [...] (SBU) In a possible indication of greater openness to talking about development finance, officials from China's foreign aid bureaucracy told a visiting Treasury official that they look forward to more exchanges on the topic. Long reluctant to discuss foreign aid-related issues (see reftels),t [...]	2007-05-29 09:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID CH
07BEIJING3648	PRC-JAPAN: EAST CHINA SEA TALKS, LEE TENG-HUI [...] (C) The first round of East China Sea talks following Premier Wen's landmark visit to Tokyo clearly outlined the difficulty of bridging gaps between Beijing and Tokyo and moving toward joint exploitation of East China Sea resources, according to MFA Japan Division Deputy Director Lu Guijun. To [...]	2007-05-31 08:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG JA CH KS
07BEIJING3658	SUDAN: ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS OVER LACK OF PROGRESS [...] (C) China does not favor expanding sanctions on Sudan and seeks more time for diplomacy, PRC Special Representative for Africa/Darfur Liu Guijin said in response to Polmincouns' delivery of Ref A message on the President's announcement of United States' sanctions on Sudan over lack of progress [...]	2007-05-31 09:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD UN CH SU AU
07BEIJING3661	MAY 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL IN BEIJING, [...] Key points at the May 31 MFA Press Conference were: -- A/S Hill discussed Six-Party Talks and BDA with VFM Wu Dawei and bilateral issues and Sudan with AFM He Yafei on May 30. -- China strongly objects to Lee Teng-hui's visit to Japan. -- Japan should recognize demands for compensation [...]	2007-05-31 10:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV ETRD SU JA IN KS GE SW RS BM
07BEIJING3718	MIGRANTS FUEL SHAANXI PROVINCE'S RURAL ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Rural-to-urban migration is the primary driver of Shaanxi Province's rural economy -- even in one village that receives strong financial support from the local government and an American NGO. Rural residents in Shaanxi are increasingly looking for opportunities in urban areas for both wag [...]	2007-06-04 06:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ELAB EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING376	JANUARY 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: EAST ASIA SUMMIT, [...] Key points made at the January 16 MFA press conference: -- China supports the East Asia Summit (EAS),believes ASEAN-Plus-Three is the main venue for regional cooperation and discussed the Korean Peninsula during a PRC-Japan-ROK trilateral meeting in Cebu, Philippines. -- Premier Wen discu [...]	2007-01-16 11:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ASEAN PTER KN CH
07BEIJING3761	JUNE 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TIANANMEN ANNIVERSARY, [...] Key points at the June 5 MFA Press Conference were: -- When asked about the anniversary of Tiananmen the spokesperson noted China's progress over the past 20 years and slammed comments by American officials as "groundless attacks on China's internal affairs." -- China believes a United Sta [...]	2007-06-05 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM GE BM KS CH
07BEIJING3771	CHINA/SUDAN: BEIJING OPPOSES CONGRESSIONAL [...] (C) China is strongly dissatisfied with and opposes two proposed Congressional resolutions related to China's role in Darfur, Director General for North American and Oceanian Affairs Liu Jieyi told the Charg on June 5. Liu contended "Darfur is moving in the direction of being resolved" and th [...]	2007-06-05 10:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD UN CH SU AU
07BEIJING3861	JUNE 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PRESIDENT BUSH-KADEER [...] Key points at the June 7 MFA Press Conference were: -- The MFA called President Bush's decision to meet with Rebiya Kadeer a "blatant interference in China's internal affairs." -- China and Costa Rica have established diplomatic ties. -- If the Korean nuclear issue is raised at G-8, the [...]	2007-06-07 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM GE KS NS CS RP
07BEIJING3884	CHINA'S DRAFT CHARITY LAW [...] (C) Summary: Embassy has obtained a copy of China's draft "Charity Law" (para. 5). The Law would create a legal means to register non-profit organizations in China for the first time, but whether it will serve as a stimulus to the development of Chinese civil society, or as a means for the [...]	2007-06-08 07:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KOLY ELAB CH
07BEIJING390	LABOR CONTRACT LAW: NATIONAL PEOPLE's [...] (U) On December 25, 2006, the National People's Congress (NPC) debated a new, second draft of the Labor Contract Law (LCL). The LCL is intended to complement existing labor legislation and specifically address prevalent abuses of workers? rights. The second draft is substantially different [...]	2007-01-17 08:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EINV PGOV CH
07BEIJING3948	JUNE 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AMERICAN TARIFFS, [...] Key points at the June 12 MFA Press Conference were: -- China opposes politicization of economic issues and will respond if Congress drafts legislation raising tariffs on Chinese goods. -- EVFM Dai will meet Deputy Secretary Negroponte for the 4th Strategic Dialogue June 20-21 in Washingto [...]	2007-06-12 10:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM ETRD KOLY KPAL GE KS KN SU IR AS
07BEIJING399	MILITARY THINK TANKERS STRESS TAIWAN CONCERNS TO [...] (C) Academics from military-related think tanks stressed to EAP PDAS Kathleen Stephens that Taiwan remains the most important security issue in the U.S.-China relationship. Following an overwhelming stress on Taiwan, they also noted North Korea, security for the Olympics and potential differen [...]	2007-01-17 13:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC KOLY CH TW KN JA KS
07BEIJING413	JANUARY 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL'S DPRK [...] Key points made at the January 18 MFA press conference were: -- China welcomes the meeting between Assistant Secretary Hill and DPRK nuclear envoy Kim Kye-Gwan in Berlin and supports direct contact between the sides. -- The MFA confirmed A/S Hill's planned visit to Beijing "in the coming [...]	2007-01-18 23:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KIRF CH XA KN JA
07BEIJING4132	JUNE 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, TIP [...] Key points at the June 19 MFA Press Conference were: -- The spokesman said the DPRK's invitation to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) affirms the DPRK's political will to implement the initial actions of the February 13 Joint Document. -- The Chinese Government places importanc [...]	2007-06-19 10:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM EFIN ETTC KN JA IZ SU SP PM VT CH
07BEIJING4234	AUSTR STRATFORD PRESENTS WHITE PAPER ON XINHUA WTO [...] (C) AUSTR for China Tim Stratford met with Xinhua News Vice President Lu Wei for the second time on April 20 to discuss Xinhua regulations requiring foreign financial information providers to sign a service contract with a Xinhua agent company. As a follow-up to a commitment he made in the [...]	2007-06-22 10:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR PREL CH
07BEIJING4237	AMERICANS EXPELLED FROM XINJIANG FOR RELIGIOUS [...] (C) A number of American citizens either resident in or visiting Xinjiang were expelled from China between February and June 2007, apparently because of their involvement in Christian religious activities. Xinjiang security officials reportedly questioned these persons about their religious a [...]	2007-06-22 12:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CASC PREL KIRF OLY CH
07BEIJING4269	MFA EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN, [...] (C) MFA North America Director General Liu Jieyi called on the United States to stop all arms sales to Taiwan and to "explicitly oppose and curb" the attempts of the "Chen Shui-bian authorities" to achieve de jure independence during a June 25 meeting with DCM Piccuta. Liu expressed China's " [...]	2007-06-25 11:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH TW
07BEIJING429	Embassy Visit to Mine Safety Program Site [...] (SBU) Summary. The United States Department of Labor's (USDOL) program on Mine Safety and Health in China is proceeding well. Both the State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS) and the Yangquan Coal Group (YCG),the project's industrial partner, report that the project has opened their ey [...]	2007-01-19 04:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID EMIN PHUM PGOV CH
07BEIJING4483	JULY 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the July 5 MFA Press Conference were: -- It is imperative for all sides to fulfill commitments to denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula and China holds an open attitude toward the resumption of Six-Party Talks. -- China hopes Defense Minister Nelson's upcoming visit will streng [...]	2007-07-05 10:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KS KN JA PM GT PA AS DR RS VT
07BEIJING4517	PLA-AFFILIATED SCHOLARS WARN THAT TAIWAN'S UN [...] (C) The mere process of holding a referendum on participation in the UN under the name "Taiwan," even if it does not pass, could trigger a response from China under the Anti-Secession Law, three scholars from a PLA-affiliated think tank told EAP DAS Christensen on July 4. A raging debate on t [...]	2007-07-06 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV CH TW
07BEIJING4521	EAP DAS TOM CHRISTENSEN WITH MFA NORTH AMERICA DG [...] (C) China will press Sudan to accept a peacekeeping force in Darfur under UN command and control and welcomes bilateral talks between the United States and North Korea, MFA North America and Oceania Affairs Department Director General Liu Jieyi told visiting EAP DAS Thomas Christensen on July 5 [...]	2007-07-06 09:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMUC PTER PHUM IZ IR KN TC
07BEIJING460	EAP PDAS STEPHENS DISCUSSES KOREAN PENINSULA AND [...] (C) The United States and China share the key goal on the DPRK nuclear issue of implementation of the 2005 Joint Statement, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kathleen Stephens told Chinese scholars January 17. Resolving the DPRK nuclear issue is an urgent priority for Beijing, the scho [...]	2007-01-19 11:55:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV CH KN KS
07BEIJING4718	MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL LIU JIEYI PROTESTS POTENTIAL [...] (C) China is "gravely concerned" about U.S. planned arms sales to Taiwan during this "very sensitive and dangerous time," MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Liu Jieyi told the DCM July 17. Liu warned that such sales "could seriously harm overall U.S.- China bi [...]	2007-07-17 10:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TW CH
07BEIJING4740	CZECH DEPUTY FM VISITS BEIJING, DEFENDS U.S.-CZECH [...] (C) Summary: Czech Republic First Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar defended the Czech Republic's negotiations with the United States on participation in a U.S. or NATO missile defense system in a July 18 speech in Beijing. He said the Czech Republic's discussions with the United States on b [...]	2007-07-18 10:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM NATO UNSC IR CZ CH
07BEIJING4799	CLOSURE OF NGO "CHINA DEVELOPMENT BRIEF" CAUSE FOR [...] (C) The recent decision by Beijing City authorities to shut down the China Development Brief (CDB) newsletter has caused concern, but not alarm, among local NGOs and foreign foundation representatives. Embassy contacts were unsure precisely why the organization, which served as an information [...]	2007-07-20 09:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
07BEIJING483	U/S HUGHES URGES INCREASED EXCHANGES, MEDIA [...] (SBU) During a packed two-day visit to Beijing, Undersecretary Karen Hughes in concert with Public Diplomacy Envoy Michelle Kwan visited a middle school classroom, Beijing University's Women's Legal Aid Center, a Special Olympics training facility, attended a church service and met with State [...]	2007-01-22 12:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SCUL PHUM KOLY KPAO KIRF CH
07BEIJING4844	AMBASSADOR'S JULY 23 MEETING WITH AFM HE YAFEI: [...] (C) The United States must make "firmer and clearer warnings" to Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian not to hold the "dangerous" UN referendum, and giving Chen a visa to transit the United States would counter U.S. statements against the referendum, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Amb [...]	2007-07-24 09:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PHUM PNUC MARR IR IZ SU CH
07BEIJING4871	XINJIANG: AMCIT REPORTS HAJJ RESTRICTIONS, [...] (C) Chinese authorities have increased restrictions on Xinjiang's Uighur population by collecting Uighurs' passports to prevent unauthorized Hajj travel, according to an American citizen businessman in Xinjiang and other Embassy contacts. A low-ranking PLA officer reportedly told the businessma [...]	2007-07-25 23:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIF KISL SOCI CASC CH PK SA
07BEIJING4899	PDAS STEPHENS' CHINA EXCHANGES ON NEAPSM [...] (C) Summary: China views the Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism (NEAPSM) as a positive future outgrowth of the Six-Party Talks to resolve problems and promote cooperation within the region, senior MFA officials told EAP PDAS Stephens July 25. Responding to PDAS Stephens' presentatio [...]	2007-07-26 08:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM MNUC KN KS RS JA CH
07BEIJING4925	POSSIBLE DETENTION OF AIDS ACTIVIST LI DAN, [...] (C) American citizen Meg Davis (protect),of the NGO Asia Catalyst, told Poloff on July 27 that Beijing-based AIDS activist Li Dan has been missing since 9:30 p.m., July 26, and Li's family believes he may have been detained by Chinese security authorities. Davis said Li disappeared on July 2 [...]	2007-07-27 10:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING4959	AIDS ACTIVIST LI DAN RELEASED, WARNED AGAINST [...] (C) AIDS activist Li Dan was released late Friday, July 27, after spending 24 hours in detention, according to Meg Davis (protect),the American citizen founder of the NGO Asia Catalyst. Per reftel, Davis had reported on July 27 that Li Dan had gone missing on July 26. Davis told Poloff she [...]	2007-07-30 10:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING523	A/S HILL MEETS WITH HE YAFEI, RAISES BILATERAL, [...] (C) Relations between the United States and China advanced significantly in 2006 and both sides should work together to take advantage of more challenges and opportunities in 2007, Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei told EAP Assistant Secretary (A/S) Christopher Hill January 21. On th [...]	2007-01-24 08:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EAGR CH BM HA IR KS KN
07BEIJING5234	MFA DG LIU PROTESTS NEWS REPORT OF HARPOON MISSILE [...] (C) Citing an Agence France Press news report that the United States planned to sell sixty Harpoon missiles to Taiwan, Director General Liu Jie Yi of the Chinese MFA,s Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs reiterated China,s opposition to U.S. military weapons sales to Taiwan duri [...]	2007-08-09 11:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH MARR PGOV PREL TW
07BEIJING5248	CHINA CONTINUES FTA EXPANSION IN 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: While consistently professing support for the Doha Round of WTO negotiations China is moving forward on an ever increasing number of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in 2007, according to MOFCOM Director Zhu Guangyao. Previously concluded Trade in Goods Agreements are being follow [...]	2007-08-10 06:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON CH
07BEIJING5254	CHINA CONTINUES FTA EXPANSION IN 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: While consistently professing support for the Doha Round of WTO negotiations China is moving forward on an ever increasing number of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in 2007, according to MOFCOM Director Zhu Guangyao. Previously concluded Trade in Goods Agreements are being follow [...]	2007-08-10 07:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON CH
07BEIJING5266	AUSTRALIA-CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: HEATED [...] (C) Australian Embassy Human Rights Officer Aviva Gulley described the July 30 Australia-China Human Rights dialogue as a mostly cordial exchange during which the Chinese side gave little ground and stuck to boilerplate responses. The Chinese delegation leader, Assistant Foreign Minister He Y [...]	2007-08-10 09:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CN AS
07BEIJING5307	SENATOR LIEBERMAN MEETING WITH VFM ZHANG YESUI ON [...] (C) Senator Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT) urged Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui to "do everything possible" to stop the Iranian supply of weapons, particularly Chinese-made weapons, to insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan. Senator Lieberman advised Zhang to take Congressional bills on trade with C [...]	2007-08-14 03:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMUC PTER PHUM IN IR TW CH
07BEIJING5323	SENATOR LIEBERMAN ON FOOD SAFETY, DARFUR, IRAN, [...] (C) China has been unfairly vilified over recent product safety scandals in U.S. media, National People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Jiang Enzhu told visiting Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) August 6. China is taking action to identify and shut down unlicensed, non-compliant [...]	2007-08-14 09:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMUC PTER PHUM IZ IR KN TC TW CH
07BEIJING5326	TAIWAN: CHINESE CONTINUE TO EXPRESS CONCERN OVER [...] (C) Beijing continues to hope that Washington can block Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's plan to hold a referendum on membership in the UN under the name "Taiwan." In an August 7 meeting with a visiting U.S. Congressman, the Chairman f the National People's Congress (NPC) Foreign Affairs Com [...]	2007-08-14 10:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
07BEIJING533	ANTI-CORRUPTION ENFORCER DISCUSSES PARTY'S FIGHT [...] (C) China's leaders continue to trumpet the Party's crackdown on corruption, with its Central Discipline Inspection Commission (CDIC) supplying the shock troops for the fight. CDIC staff recently told poloffs that the past year has been an exceptionally busy one because of the large number of [...]	2007-01-24 12:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING550	HONG KONG: CG CUNNINGHAM'S MEETINGS IN BEIJING [...] (C) The Mainland's chief objective for Hong Kong is maintaining long-term political and economic stability, Government officials and scholars told Consul General James Cunningham during discussions in Beijing January 18-19. Hong Kong has seen significant positive development since the end of [...]	2007-01-25 05:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV CH
07BEIJING552	CHINA/STEEL: WRAP-UP OF SECOND SINO-UNITED STATES STEEL [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese and United States Government delegations supported by steel industry representatives from both countries conducted the Second Sino-United States Steel Dialogue in Beijing October 19-20, 2006. The dialogue included a broad range of presentations relating to the steel ind [...]	2007-01-25 07:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EIND EINV WTRO CH
07BEIJING5562	PBOC GOVERNOR AND SECRETARY PAULSON DISCUSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 31, People's Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Zhou Xiaochuan told United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson that he supports using dividend payments from state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to help rebalance China's growth and that only a relatively small share of payments [...]	2007-08-22 09:50:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD CH
07BEIJING5599	NINGXIA BENEFITING FROM CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE BUT [...] (SBU) Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, one of China's poorest provinces, has benefited from Central Government funding under both the Great Western Development Program and New Socialist Countryside policy. As a result, Ningxia has improved its infrastructure and expanded its energy sector as wel [...]	2007-08-24 05:50:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ELAB EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING5608	AMBASSADOR PRESSES FM YANG ON IRAN, DISCUSSES [...] (C) Pressed to work more effectively with the United States on curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions and destabilizing behavior, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told the Ambassador that China shares U.S. goals vis- a-vis Iran and has pressed Iran to "take stock of the current situation" and "adopt fle [...]	2007-08-27 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KNNP ETRD MARR MNUC CH TW IR KN
07BEIJING5639	CHINA/SOE REFORM: THE LOCAL VIEW, AS SEEN FROM QINGDAO [...] (SBU) Coverage of state-owned enterprise (SOE) reform in China tends to focus on the 155 large national firms managed from Beijing by the central State Assets Supervisory and Administration Commission (SASAC). Easily overlooked, however, are the tens of thousands of companies run by the 32 pro [...]	2007-08-28 08:31:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH
07BEIJING5640	CODEL SKELTON DISCUSSES TAIWAN, MIL-MIL [...] (C) Taiwan is the most important and sensitive issue in the U.S.-China bilateral relationship, Chairman of the National People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee Jiang Enzhu told the visiting Congressional delegation led by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) in an Aug [...]	2007-08-28 09:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM ETRD KIPR TW CH
07BEIJING5652	CODEL SKELTON-FORBES MEETING WITH VFM ZHANG YESUI [...] (C) CODEL Skelton cited strong constituent concern in urging Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui on August 27 to cooperate with efforts to solve the Iran nuclear issue, take steps to alleviate the American public's worries over the safety of Chinese exports and the U.S.-China trade deficit and d [...]	2007-08-29 02:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PGOV PMUC PTER IR SU KN CH
07BEIJING5706	PARTY CONGRESS TO OPEN OCTOBER 15; PERSONNEL [...] (C) The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC),which will determine China's new Party leadership lineup and policy direction for the next five years, will open October 15 in Beijing, official media announced August 28. No ed date for the Congress was given, though the e [...]	2007-08-30 09:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING5776	CHINESE CENTAL ASIA WATCHERS UPBEAT ON RESULTS OF [...] (C) Summary: Three Chinese observers of Central Asian affairs lauded the mid-August Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, citing counter-terrorism cooperation, military exercises, trade and energy. The scholars told us China is increasingly looking to its SCO partners for resources [...]	2007-09-04 08:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD ENRG MARR ZK XD CH RS
07BEIJING5793	PRC URGES USG TO CONVINCE U.S. CONGRESS, MEDIA AND [...] (SBU) The U.S. Government should engage the American people, Congress and media and urge them to stop politicizing the Darfur issue and linking it to the Olympics, Assistant Foreign Minister Affairs Zhai Jun says in an August 31 letter to AF Assistant Secretary Frazer. The letter, delivered to [...]	2007-09-04 09:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH
07BEIJING5801	CENTRAL CHINA RISING: HENAN PLEASED WITH PROGRESS [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with EconMinCouns, Henan Provincial Government officials painted a picture of a province whose strategy of economic opening has resulted in three years of GDP growth above 14 percent as well as growing participation of foreign companies in local industry. The Cent [...]	2007-09-05 02:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI KPAO KIIP CH
07BEIJING5818	NPC CHAIR WU BANGGUO DISCUSSES PRODUCT SAFETY, [...] (C) Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL),accompanied by the Ambassador, emphasized the importance of food and product safety issues to American consumers during a meeting with National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on August 28. Wu Bangguo said we need to set [...]	2007-09-05 09:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD SNAR KOLY MCAP PTER ECON CH
07BEIJING5836	CODEL LARSEN-KIRK DISCUSSES PRODUCT SAFETY, TRADE, [...] (SBU) Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) strongly urged China to address U.S. concerns about the safety of Chinese products and the RMB exchange rate in an August 27 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei. Representative Kirk encouraged China's cooperation [...]	2007-09-06 05:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP PGOV PTER ETRD IR TW AF CH
07BEIJING594	LABOR CONTRACT LAW: SECOND DRAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: The National People's Congress (NPC) has invited the American Chamber of Commerce in China (Amcham) and the US-China Business Council to submit comments on the second draft Labor Contract Law (LCL) which the NPC published on December 25. Amcham hosted a breakfast for members [...]	2007-01-26 08:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EINV PGOV CH
07BEIJING5943	DPRK TO STAFFDEL: WE WANT TO DEEPEN RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: DPRK officials lamented the technical difficulty of the denuclearization process and indicated a desire to continue deepening relations with the United States during StaffDel Baron's visit to Pyongyang August 28 to September 1. The DPRK officials expressed frustration that the U [...]	2007-09-11 07:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC EAID KN KS CH
07BEIJING5950	WAL-MART PULLS CHICKEN JERKY PET FOOD STRIPS FROM SHELVES [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy APHIS Attache and HHS Health Attache were informed separately on August 30 by the General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) of Wal-Mart's recent decision to remove chicken jerky pet food strips manufactured by two Chinese firms from [...]	2007-09-11 23:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO ECON PREL HHS CH
07BEIJING6005	CHINA REQUESTS CONSULTATIONS REGARDING U.S. [...] (SBU) On September 13, 2007, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) American and Oceanian Affairs Deputy Director General (DDG) Wang Hongbo summoned Embassy Deputy Senior Commercial Officer and USTR Senior Trade Representative to inform them that the Chinese Government will file a request for consultati [...]	2007-09-13 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD CH
07BEIJING6006	CONCERNS ABOUT U.S. INVESTMENT CLIMATE FROM SOVEREIGN [...] (SBU) In meetings held September 10 and 11, top officials involved in the formation and investment decisions of the Chinese Investment Corporation (CIC, the new sovereign wealth fund) warned of a growing perception in China that the U.S. is decreasingly open to trade and investment. One of the [...]	2007-09-13 22:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH
07BEIJING6018	AQSIQ AND STAFFDEL DISCUSS IMPROVEMENTS TO CHINA'S [...] (SBU) This report is Sensitive But Unclassified, for official United States Government use only and not for release to the media. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A Congressional Committee on Commerce and Energy Staff Delegation led by investigator David Nelson met China's food safety ministerial and r [...]	2007-09-14 05:37:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR ECON HHS ETRD BEXP CH JA
07BEIJING6070	CHINA/CFIUS: TREASURY DAS DALY, CHINESE OFFICIALS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Treasury Department Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Nova Daly held discussions with Chinese Government officials and business leaders relating to bilateral investment issues on September 10, 2007. During the meetings DAS Daly provided an introduction to the new Committee for Financial [...]	2007-09-17 06:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EINV ETRD EFIN CH
07BEIJING614	FIRST THE PRD, THEN THE YRD... NOW THE BOHAI RIM? [...] (SBU) China's Central Government has backed the Bohai Rim Economic Circle (BREC) in Northern China as a key region for economic development in a manner often compared to the Pearl River Delta (PRD),emanating from Shenzhen-Guangzhou, and the Yangtze River Delta (YRD),anchored by Shanghai. The [...]	2007-01-26 08:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING6158	LIU GUIJIN: U.S. VISIT A SUCCESS; DISCUSSES SUDAN, [...] (U) Summary: PRC Special Envoy for Darfur Liu Guijin described his recent trip to the United States as a success that resulted in increased understanding of China's Darfur policies at a September 18 press briefing. In response to questions, he said that the security situation in Darfur is im [...]	2007-09-19 11:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH ZI ET
07BEIJING617	A/S SILVERBERG AND AFM CUI DISCUSS BURMA, HAITI, [...] (C) United Nations successes in 2006 benefited from P-5 cooperation, especially between the United States and China, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations (IO) Affairs Kristen Silverberg told Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai. U.S.-China cooperation resulted in the selecti [...]	2007-01-26 10:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC CH BM IR KS KN SU
07BEIJING619	A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETINGS WITH FM LI, IO DG WU AND [...] (C) Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing told A/S Silverberg Beijing hopes U.S.-China cooperation on international organizations issues will continue in 2007, with the United States and China addressing problems arising in various hotspots based on a constructive, cooperative, win-win approach. FM L [...]	2007-01-26 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC CH IR KS KN SU
07BEIJING6365	MIGRANTS, MICROFINANCE, AND MEAT -- SHANXI'S RURAL [...] (SBU) Professors and students at Shanxi Agricultural University in Central China said on September 25 that rural development in the province is based on non-farm income, local microfinance models have been disappointing, and the province's residents are paying close attention to inflation. Loc [...]	2007-09-28 07:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI CVIS CH
07BEIJING6501	LEADERSHIP RUMORS IN ADVANCE OF THE PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) Contacts continue to speculate on impending high-level personnel changes as Beijing prepares for the opening of the 17th Communist Party Congress on October 15. Decisions have reportedly "largely" been made but remain "top sec ret," with last-minute changes still a possibility. A "core" o [...]	2007-10-05 12:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING6503	LEADERSHIP RUMORS IN ADVANCE OF THE PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) Contacts continue to speculate on impending high-level personnel changes as Beijing prepares for the opening of the 17th Communist Party Congress on October 15. Decisions have reportedly "largely" been made but remain "top secret," with last-minute changes still a possibility. A "core" of [...]	2007-10-08 22:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING6535	CHINESE MFA ON MINUSTAH RENEWAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-09 07:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV UNSC HA CH
07BEIJING6606	CHINA TIGHTENS MEDIA CONTROLS AS PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) As the 17th Party Congress rapidly approaches, propaganda officials are telling Chinese news outlets to avoid "negative" reporting, according to numerous media contacts. News of accidents and disasters, especially mining accidents, will be tightly controlled. Media speculation about Part [...]	2007-10-11 09:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP CH
07BEIJING6652	MEETING WITH MFA VICE MINISTER ZHANG YESUI [...] (U) Summary. On October 9, Deputy USTR Karan Bhatia and Department of Commerce Acting Under Secretary Christopher Padilla told MFA Vice Minister Zhang Yesui that the JCCT preparatory meeting with VM Ma were constructive and much work remains for the JCCT and SED. China should send an unequiv [...]	2007-10-15 00:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL CH
07BEIJING6654	UNDERLYING CHALLENGES HINDER RURAL FINANCE [...] (SBU) Promoting rural finance has been a Central Government priority during the past year, as government leaders recognize that the significant financial services gap in rural areas adversely impacts efforts to balance the economy. Rural finance reform was a primary focus of the National Finan [...]	2007-10-15 03:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING6655	UNDERLYING CHALLENGES HINDER RURAL FINANCE [...] (SBU) Promoting rural finance has been a Central Government priority during the past year, as government leaders recognize that the significant financial services gap in rural areas adversely impacts efforts to balance the economy. Rural finance reform was a primary focus of the National Finan [...]	2007-10-15 03:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING6671	CHARGE PRESSES MFA ON WSJ REPORTER'S VISA [...] (C) Summary: Per ref A, the Charge d'Affaires met with the MFA Information Department DG October 12 to press him to issue a residency permit to a Pulitzer Prize-winning Wall Street Journal correspondent. The DG, Liu Jianchao, stressed that the visa denial for journalist Ian Johnson was due to [...]	2007-10-15 09:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH
07BEIJING6733	FM YANG "STRONGLY PROTESTS" DALAI LAMA'S U.S. [...] (C) Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi expressed China's "strong opposition and indignation" to October 17 activities in connection with awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the Dalai Lama. FM Yang said that the United States' actions will have "severe adverse consequences for bilateral relatio [...]	2007-10-18 10:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CH IN
07BEIJING6760	PRESS BRIEFING ON OLYMPICS HELD OCTOBER 19 ON [...] A briefing on next year's Olympic Games was held October 19 as part of the series of press conferences staged in conjunction with China's ongoing 17th Communist Party Congrss. Liu Jingmin, who serves both as Beijing Vce Mayor and Executive Vice President of the Beijing Organizing Committee f [...]	2007-10-19 12:19:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY CH
07BEIJING6849	AFM HE YAFEI ON DAUB, RUSSELL AND SHAO CASES, U.S. [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei, accompanied by two MFA lawyers, raised the Daub lawsuit against the PRC Consulate General in New York with the Ambassador on October 25 and asked the USG to intercede and stop enforcement of the recent court order. He said the Chinese would have n [...]	2007-10-25 11:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OFDP CASC CJAN EAGR ECON ETRD WTRO
07BEIJING6863	DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Embassy on October 25 notified MFA in advance of the designation of Iranian entities. 2. (C) DCM Daniel Piccuta emphasized to MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Liu Jieyi October 26 that the new measures announced by Secretaries Ric [...]	2007-10-26 08:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC EFIN KNNP CH IR
07BEIJING6937	NOVEMBER 1 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DALAI LAMA, BURMA, [...] Key points at the November 1 MFA Press Briefing: -- Countries that meet with the Dalai Lama have been deceived or wish to meddle in the internal affairs of China. Seeking to undermine China's policy of peaceful development in Tibet is doomed to failure. -- China hopes the relevant parties [...]	2007-11-01 09:22:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS CA IR

07BEIJING6938	PRC-ISRAEL: FM LIVNI PRESSES BEIJING TO SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an Israeli Embassy readout, visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni stressed to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi that efforts to achieve international consensus on the way forward with Iran have weakened existing sanctions against the [...]	2007-11-01 09:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC ETRD CH IR IS
07BEIJING6976	CHINA/RUSSIA/INDIA: PRC TALKS UP TRILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Ministers from China, Russia and India met in Harbin October 24 for the seventh in their series of trilateral meetings. The role of the UN in the Asia-Pacific region was a key issue in talks, as well as climate change, counter-terrorism and scientific and academic exchan [...]	2007-11-05 10:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PBTS CH IN RU
07BEIJING6979	2007 U.S.-China Legal Exchange [...] (SBU) Summary: The Department of Commerce and the Ministry of Commerce held the 2007 U.S.-China Legal Exchange in Xi'an, Beijing, and Shanghai from October 22-27. The program consisted of U.S. and Chinese presentations on each country's inbound investment and trade secrets regimes as well as [...]	2007-11-05 23:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV CH
07BEIJING7064	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON PRC [...] (C) Discussion at the November 9 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering covered possible personnel changes resulting from the mid-October 17th Communist Party Congress and included speculation that Politburo members Zhang Dejiang, Li Keqiang and Wang Qishan would become Vice Premiers. The [...]	2007-11-09 10:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM SENV CH FR GM JA UK BM
07BEIJING7069	CHINA: GREAT WHITE FLEET COMMEMORATION [...] (C) Post recommends against commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the Great White Fleet's visit to China. Although the circumnavigation of the Great White Fleet was a significant moment in American naval history, Post believes that, in China, commemorating this first display of U.S. globa [...]	2007-11-13 00:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KPEO MASS MPOS CH
07BEIJING7105	S/P GORDON BILAT WITH VFM WANG YI: IRAN, BURMA, [...] (C) Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi, speaking with Policy Planning Director David Gordon November 13, stressed the need for the United States and China to continue their policy planning dialogue on long-term strategic issues. S/P Director Gordon emphasized to VFM Wang that the United St [...]	2007-11-14 10:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS ENRG SENV KNNP ASEAN CH XA BM IR
07BEIJING7137	DG LIU JIEYI WARNS CDA ON SERIOUSNESS OF ANN DAUB [...] (C) MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Director General Liu Jieyi presented the same points to CDA as in DCM Zheng Zeguang's November 15 demarche to DAS Christensen (see ref) regarding the escalation of the Ann C. Daub Case. DG Liu emphasized that it is the responsibility of the United S [...]	2007-11-16 09:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CJAN CH
07BEIJING7192	CHINA/IPR: AMBASSADOR'S SIXTH IPR ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) On October 23-24, the China Mission held Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr.'s Sixth Annual Roundtable Discussion on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in China, with the theme "IPR Protection on the Ground - What the United States Embassy is Doing to Support Rights Holders in China, and What [...]	2007-11-21 06:42:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON WTRO PGOV CH
07BEIJING7253	BEIJING UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS ENGAGE S/P DIRECTOR [...] (C) Meeting with prominent Beijing scholars, Policy Planning Director David Gordon discussed U.S.-China strategic policy issues, Taiwan, democracy and U.S. alliances in Asia. His Chinese interlocutors questioned whether the United States views China as a threat and noted the contradictions bet [...]	2007-11-28 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR MASS CH TW KS KN JA
07BEIJING7262	U.S.-CHINA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: CHINESE (AND [...] (C) China's foreign policy must contribute to domestic economic development and be non-ideological and based on interests, not values, China's top policy planning diplomat told visiting U.S. Policy Planning Director David Gordon. U.S.-China relations have transcended the purely bilateral and a [...]	2007-11-29 04:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PARM SENV IR KN JP IN AU CH
07BEIJING7273	PRC DENIAL OF USS KITTY HAWK PORT VISIT [...] (S) Summary: In response to our queries as to the reason for the recent PRC denial of port visit permission to the USS Kitty Hawk, officially the Chinese have been unwilling to say anything more than the United States "already understands" the reason. A Taiwan Affairs Office official, while c [...]	2007-11-29 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	MARR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CH TW
07BEIJING7330	QINGHAI MUSLIMS, PART 2: FOREIGN LINKS GROW [...] (C) Ties between Muslims in northwest China's Qinghai Province and those in the Middle East are on the rise because of widespread satellite TV use and an increasingly mobile populace. Qinghai contacts told PolOff September 14-19 (ref A) that many Muslim communities are trying to embrace more [...]	2007-12-04 10:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER PK CH SA
07BEIJING7362	CHINESE STEEL FIRM MAY BID $200 BILLION FOR MINING [...] (C) China's top steel maker, Baosteel, is considering a $200 billion bid for Rio Tinto, the UK-based mining giant currently targeted in a $134 billion offer from Australian mining firm BHP Billiton. Rio is among a handful of Western firms that dominate trade in the increasingly expensive iron [...]	2007-12-05 09:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EINV ETRD EFIN PREL CH
07BEIJING7363	U.S.-CHINA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: REGIONAL [...] (C) During the U.S.-China Policy Planning dialogue in Beijing in November, both sides agreed that the Six-Party Talks and APEC represent important parts of the existing East Asian regional architecture, and China and the United States have common interests in those institutions. The post-Six- [...]	2007-12-05 11:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EAID APEC SENV KN JP RU TW CH
07BEIJING7364	U.S.-CHINA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: AFRICA, ENERGY [...] (C) During the U.S.-China Policy Planning dialogue in Beijing in November, MFA Director General for Policy Planning Ma Zhaoxu said the United States and China have common concerns on African development issues. He expressed hope for the region and noted the importance of China as a model and [...]	2007-12-05 12:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ETRD EAID APEC SENV CH XA
07BEIJING7409	CHINA'S "INDEPENDENT" PRESS: ECONOMIC OBSERVER [...] (C) Managers and journalists from the Economic Observer, China's only "private" (non-Party- affiliated) newspaper, which was launched as a nation- wide, weekly paper in 2001 and is owned by a commercial provincial holding company, told PolOffs recently that the Observer is alive and well and [...]	2007-12-07 10:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP CH
07BEIJING7474	TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON DISCUSSES FINANCIAL SERVICES WITH CSRC CHAIRMAN SHANG [...] (C) Summary. Treasury Secretary Paulsn met with CSRC Chairman Shang Fulin in conjunction with the SED in Beijing on December 11. Shang briefed Paulson on recent progress in raising the quota for foreign investors in Chinese capital markets to USD 30 billion. He also emphasized plans to resu [...]	2007-12-13 10:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EFIN
07BEIJING7476	XI JINPING APPOINTED PARTY SCHOOL PRESIDENT [...] (C) Xi Jinping, promoted to the Politburo Standing Committee at the mid-October Party Congress, has been appointed president of the Central Party School (CPS),according to University of Denver China scholar Zhao Suisheng (please protect). In a meeting with PolOff on December 11, Zhao (who is [...]	2007-12-13 11:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING7485	ARMS WIDE OPEN, BEIJING WELCOMES U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT [...] (SBU) Summary: Even after a week of United States toy recalls totaling almost 5 million units, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's Rich O'Brien received a cordial welcome from Beijing authorities, private industry, and the China Toy Association during a four day November visit. Meetings [...]	2007-12-14 06:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR ECON HHS ETRD BEXP CH
07BEIJING7498	EAP DAS CHRISTENSEN AND MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL LIU [...] (C) In a December 14 meeting with EAP DAS Thomas Christensen, MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Director General Liu Jieyi reviewed progress to date and challenges ahead for bilateral relations. He noted that the U.S. presidential election, the Olympic Games in Beijing, and the election [...]	2007-12-14 09:47:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PARM ETRD PHUM MARR CH TW IR BM SU UN
07BEIJING7518	XINJIANG: GOVERNMENT ORGANIZES, EXPORTS UIGHUR [...] (C) Officials in the cities of Kashgar and Urumqi in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) told Poloffs that XUAR authorities created programs to move Uighur laborers from rural Xinjiang to China's booming coastal cities to boost incomes for young workers from southern Xinjiang and "change [...]	2007-12-17 10:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KWMN CH
07BEIJING752	CHINESE SCHOLARS COMMENT ON ANTI-SATELLITE TEST [...] (S) Conversations with several Beijing scholars revealed that none were aware of China's January 11 anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons test beforehand and were only able to speculate after the fact about its significance. President Hu Jintao would have known about the test in advance, though the [...]	2007-01-31 12:32:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR PGOV CH
07BEIJING753	CHINA'S MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] Post is pleased to provide the names and thumbnail backgrounds of five women we consider the most influential in China (Ref A). Although women in China enjoy equal rights under law, in reality they often face considerable obstacles to advancement. The women we mention below have overcome th [...]	2007-01-31 12:46:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KWMN CH
07BEIJING7557	SED SESSION II: INTEGRITY OF TRADE, DECEMBER 12, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 12 working lunch, the United States and China stressed that product quality and the safety of food and drugs pose a complicated new challenge in a global economy. Both sides said trading partners should increase dialogue and cooperation and called for science- [...]	2007-12-20 07:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO BEXP HHS CH
07BEIJING7576	LANZHOU: ISLAMIC LINKS, UNDERDEVELOPMENT KEEP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province in western China, told EmbOffs that Gansu sees things differently from Beijing on a range of issues. They stressed that western provinces now believe it is their turn to enjoy the fruits of China's rapid economic development and exp [...]	2007-12-20 11:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF EINV CH TW
07BEIJING7577	DECEMBER 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PRODUCT [...] Key points at the December 20 MFA Press Briefing: -- On U.S. Presidential candidate Barack Obama's reported call for a ban on U.S. imports of Chinese toys, China believes that a few defective products should not be the grounds for an overall ban. -- China believes all sides will continue w [...]	2007-12-20 11:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR EIND CH BM IN KS KN
07BEIJING7595	SED SESSION VI: ADVANCING BILATERAL INVESTMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: During the December 13 investment session of the third SED, both sides agreed that increased Chinese investment in the United States would strengthen bilateral ties. Chinese officials expressed frustration over how the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIU [...]	2007-12-21 09:36:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON CH
07BEIJING770	FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES: PROBABLE INVESTMENT IN [...] (C) Top officials from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) said in a January 25 meeting with Treasury Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Monetary Affairs Mark Sobel, Finatt Loevinger, and Econoffs, as well as a January 23 meeting that took place before Sobe [...]	2007-02-01 08:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV CH HK
07BEIJING773	MFA CONCERNED ABOUT REPORTED U.S. SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) MFA North Americas Director General Liu Jieyi expressed concern to the DCM over Taiwan media reports alleging U.S. support for Taiwan's development of long-range attack capabilities. DG Liu cited reports of U.S. civilian companies' plans to sell equipment for Taiwan's Xiong Feng long-ran [...]	2007-02-01 11:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CH TW
07BEIJING804	COMMUNIST PARTY SCHOOL PROFESSOR SAYS IVP CHANGED HIS [...] (SBU) Niu Xianfeng, an Associate Professor at China's Central Communist Party School, said that participation in an International Visitor's Program (IVP) in the United States in September 2006 changed the way he teaches his students, many of whom are high-level Communist Party officials from pr [...]	2007-02-02 05:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SCUL KPAO OEXC SOCI CH
07BEIJING860	HUMAN RIGHTS: GAO YAOJIE BLOCKED FROM TRAVELING TO [...] (C) Local authorities have blocked Dr. Gao Yaojie, a well-know AIDS advocate from Henan province, from traveling to Beijing February 5 to complete visa processing for an upcoming trip to the United States, post has confirmed. Police continue toprevent Gao from leaing her home, Guo Tufei prot [...]	2007-02-05 09:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
07BEIJING886	HUMAN RIGHTS: DAS CHRISTENSEN RAISES GAO YAOJIE [...] (C) EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Christensen expressed deep concern about the detention of AIDS activist Dr. Gao Yaojie to MFA Director General for North American Affairs Liu Jieyi on February 6. Local authorities have prevented Dr. Gao, who exposed the widespread AIDS infections ca [...]	2007-02-06 10:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING917	DAS CHRISTENSEN'S MEETING WITH DG LIU JIEYI [...] (C) EVFM Dai Bingguo will represent China in the next Senior Dialogue following the expected confirmation of Deputy Secretary-designate Negroponte, MFA North American Affairs DG Liu Jieyi told EAP DAS Thomas Christensen. China is prepared to hold subdialogue talks on the Middle East, Africa, [...]	2007-02-07 12:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KNNP CH SU IR
07BEIJING935	HUMAN RIGHTS: POST AGAIN RAISES CASE OF DR. GAO [...] (C) The MFA is continuing to look into the case of Dr. Gao Yaojie, MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General Chen Xu stated in response to Polmincouns' delivery February 8 of a demarche (ref A) urging that China let Dr. Gao travel to Washington to be honored at the Vi [...]	2007-02-08 09:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
07BEIJING976	HUMAN RIGHTS: POST DELIVERS SENATOR CLINTON LETTER [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-10 07:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
07BEIRUT1090	HAMADEH ON FRENCH CONSULTATIONS WITH IRAN AND SYRIA [...] (S) Minister of Communications Marwan Hamadeh, just back from an extended stay in France, told the Ambassador in a 7/23 coffee that he was "unsettled" by a meeting he had last week with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, whom Hamadeh describes as a "friend of 30 years." Before talking [...]	2007-07-24 05:24:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR
07BEIRUT1135	LEBANON: PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTIONS: HARBINGER OF [...] (C) Lebanon's upcoming parliamentary by-elections are a critical precursor to the upcoming battle over the presidency. Not only do they represent an opportunity to boost March 14's dwindling (whether due to political assassinations or other intimidation) numbers, but the Metn race may well ma [...]	2007-07-27 16:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1138	DISGRUNTLED SWISS ENVOY TRASHES FRENCH DIALOGUE [...] (C) In a 7/26 meeting with the Ambassador, Swiss envoy Didier Pfirter projected both sour grapes and some reasonable-sounding analysis in trashing the French dialogue initiative. While smarting from being upstaged by the French diplomacy (with French envoy Jean-Claude Cousseran refusing to [...]	2007-07-29 08:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1175	OUTGOING FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON LEBANON DEVELOPMENTS [...] (S) Outgoing French Ambassador Bernard Emie, meeting with Ambassador Feltman on 8/4, insisted that his 60-minute farewell call on President Emile Lahoud was done for protocol purposes only. Lahoud took the occasion to praise what he claimed was a return to French even-handedness and hinted [...]	2007-08-06 05:21:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1199	LEBANON: CODEL SHAYS MEETS ACTING FM - OR DID THEY? [...] (C) Summary: During CODEL Shays's brief meeting with Acting Foreign Minister Tareq Mitri, the group discussed the August 6 re-appearance of Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh in his official office and his decision to resume "management" of foreign relations for the first time since submitting hi [...]	2007-08-08 05:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1209	IRAN AND AOUN: THINKING ALIKE, ACCORDING TO [...] (S) Minister of Justice Charles Rizk, his presidential aspirant's heart beating faster than ever, told the Ambassador over an 8/8 lunch that he was delighted to receive Iranian Ambassador Mohammed Rida Chibani two days earlier. Chibani, who boycotts the Siniora cabinet in solidarity with Hiz [...]	2007-08-09 07:46:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY IR
07BEIRUT1218	AOUNIST MP STRUGGLING TO PULL HIS BOSS BACK FROM [...] (C) On 8/8, Aoun bloc MP Ibrahim Kanaan pleaded with the Ambassador for the USG to lighten up on Michel Aoun and also to help forge a genuine partnership between Aoun and the Hariri bloc. Aoun, who should be the best friend of America and the leader who can save Lebanon, risks being exploite [...]	2007-08-09 14:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT1255	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADMIRAL FALLON [...] (C) Admiral Fallon: as the first CENTCOM Commander to visit Lebanon, your visit provides us an excellent opportunity to reinforce the message of strong U.S. support for Lebanon. Your visit comes during a critical period leading up to presidential elections this autumn, when the Lebanese are [...]	2007-08-16 15:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1272	LEBANON: MOVING TOWARDS THE LAUNCH OF THE GERMAN [...] (C) The German Border Security Pilot Program (BSPP) has made some strides and will "technically" be able to launch as scheduled on September 1. However, most of the equipment and capabilities will not be functional until approximately October 15. There are still unmet equipment needs and Ger [...]	2007-08-21 14:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1320	LEBANON: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HEADED FOR A [...] (C) With less than one month to go before the beginning of the two-month presidential election period, the gulf between the majority March 14 and opposition March 8 appears to be widening. The battle currently is being fought in the Christian arena, split into two opposing camps: one, represe [...]	2007-08-28 12:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1336	LEBANON: CENTCOM COMMANDER VISITS WITH PRIME [...] (S) Admiral William J. Fallon, Commander United States Central Command met with Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora on 8/29 in Beirut, Lebanon. During this introductory meeting, ADM Fallon and PM Siniora discussed recent fighting against terrorists in the Nahr Al Bared refugee camp, Palestinian i [...]	2007-08-31 04:05:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT135	LEBANON: EAC DISCUSSES 1/25 VIOLENCE; AGREES TO [...] (C) At 1800 hours on January 25 DCM chaired a full meeting of the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review the day's events and consider measures in response to the violence in Beirut and elsewhere on January 23, 24, and 25. The EAC made the following observations: (a) Leban [...]	2007-01-26 07:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER KPAL LE
07BEIRUT1383	LEBANON: FRENCH POSITION IS WORRYING [...] (S) The analysis in Embassy Paris' excellent reporting (reftel being the most recent) on what appears to be a dismaying shift in France's Lebanon policy corresponds with the Lebanese impression of French views. (As we will report separately, the Egyptians may also be moving in this directio [...]	2007-09-10 15:57:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV LE FR SY IR
07BEIRUT1406	LEBANON: MUSLIM RELIGIOUS LEADERS PRESS FOR [...] (C) Sheikh Salim Soussan, the Sunni Mufti of Sidon, and Sayyed Ali al-Amin, the independent minded Shi'a Mufti of Tyre, both conveyed messages of goodwill toward the US in September 10 meetings with Embassy staff. However, while Soussan focused on the volatile national and regional political s [...]	2007-09-13 15:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT144	LEBANON: INFORMATION MINISTER ON SYRIAN, IRANIAN, [...] (C) In a 1/26 meeting, Minister of Information Ghazi Aridi (Druse, allied with Walid Jumblatt) provided details on Syrian, Iranian, and Saudi diplomacy in recent days. Based on what he claims to know, Aridi was pessimistic that the 1/25 riots marked the end to the violence. Syria, he insis [...]	2007-01-26 18:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY IR SA
07BEIRUT1446	LEBANON: PDAS DIBBLE'S VISIT REVEALS A FULL AGENDA [...] (C) During a September 12-14 visit, EEB PDAS Elizabeth Dibble met with GOL officials, bankers, and World Bank economists, who agreed on just two issues: continued U.S. support for Lebanon is essential during the upcoming presidential election period, and Lebanon has a lot to discuss at the upc [...]	2007-09-20 13:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN LE
07BEIRUT1468	LEBANON: APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: LEBANESE [...] (SBU) Post has no objection to the proposed $75 million guaranty for an investment in the Lebanese American University (LAU) proposed by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) in reftel. Post has previously investigated LAU with regard to OPIC insurance. 2. (U) As per reftel re [...]	2007-09-25 08:07:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	ENIV LE
07BEIRUT1511	LEBANON: TACTICAL FLIRTATION (BUT NO STRATEGIC [...] (C) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri appears, inadvertently, to be a miraculous match-maker: after years of political warfare, March 14 leaders and Michel Aoun's bloc are now gingerly exchanging tender glances, tentatively discovering beauties in each other that neither perceived before. Mar [...]	2007-09-28 16:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1572	LEBANON: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON "CONDEMNING THE USE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Oussama Khachab, Head of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Khachab responded that the GOL believes condemning the use of rape as an instrument of state policy is a worthwhile subject to address and likely would not oppose the U.S.'s [...]	2007-10-09 15:43:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1599	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S DEFENSE EDELMAN [...] (C) Under Secretary Edelman: Welcome back to Lebanon. Your trip provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce the message of strong U.S. government support for Lebanon. You come during a critical period of the presidential election season. Parliament elects the president and is supposed to [...]	2007-10-11 15:21:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1642	LEBANON: INCREASINGLY HOSTILE RHETORIC WORRIES [...] (S) Some Lebanese contacts -- including relatively neutral figures like LAF Commander Michel Sleiman -- have connected a number of recent statements by Syrian and pro-Syrian figures to arrive at alarming conclusions. Believing that Lebanon is entering a particularly dangerous period, they wo [...]	2007-10-22 04:48:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY IR
07BEIRUT1679	LEBANON: EU, UN DIPLOMATS AGREE SLEIMAN IS [...] (C/NF) Over a 10/25 dinner hosted by the British Ambassador in honor of visiting UK Middle East envoy Michael Williams, the French Charge, UN Special Coordinator, UK Ambassador, Williams, and Ambassador Feltman all agreed: LAF Commander Michael Sleiman is the top choice of Syria and Hizball [...]	2007-10-26 15:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1728	LEBANON: PREVIEWING U.S. RESPONSE TO AN ILLEGAL [...] (C) Summary: Representatives from the opposition, predictably, protested what they view as U.S. interference in internal Lebanese affairs in response to Ref A demarche regarding economic and travel ramifications for those who participate in an unconstitutional government in Lebanon. Many view [...]	2007-11-05 08:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT176	RIZK CLAIMS FRENCH, HARIRI BACKING FOR PRESIDENCY [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-02 07:53:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	FR KDEM KINL LE PGOV PREL SY
07BEIRUT1778	LEBANON: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADVANCING THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-14 16:26:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1808	LEBANON: GOL TO SUPPORT U.S. RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 15:38:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KWMN PGOV PREL SOCI UNGA LE
07BEIRUT1831	LEBANON'S PRESIDENCY: MICHEL EDDE'S VICTORY [...] (S) As of 11/21, Syria's allies continue to push hard for Michel Edde to be Lebanon's next president. Hizballah's Wafiq Safa predicted confidently to UN envoy Geir Pedersen that Saad Hariri, the strongest hold out against Edde, would eventually succumb to the pressure. Suleiman Franjieh tol [...]	2007-11-21 17:03:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PTER PREL LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1833	LEBANON: GOL UNLIKELY TO OPPOSE ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-23 12:42:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNGA IS LE
07BEIRUT1904	LEBANON: PATRIARCH SFEIR ANNOYED AT AOUN, PREFERS [...] (C) In a 11/29 meeting with the Ambassador, a glum Maronite Patriarch Sfeir groused about Michel Aoun and complained that the French, in forcing him to give a list of presidential candidates, had promised him that one of those named on the list would be elected by the parliament. Why, Sfeir [...]	2007-11-30 16:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1943	LEBANON: DELEGATION FOR PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 15:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL AMGT KWBG LE
07BEIRUT1944	LEBANON: NGO HEAD SAYS HIZBALLAH FAVORS SHIA IN [...] (SBU) Dr. Abbas Yaghi, a Shia local community leader from the north Bekaa region and Shia rival of Hizballah, described to Emboffs what he sees as Hizballah's favoritism towards the Shia in south Lebanon, to the detriment to those Shia living in the north Bekaa. Yaghi noted the vast difference [...]	2007-12-11 15:37:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON LE PGOV PREL SY
07BEIRUT1973	LEBANON: A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) During his December 15 meeting with Prime Minister Siniora at the Grand Serail, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch pledged continued U.S. support for the March 14 majority and democracy in Lebanon. He assured the PM that the USG would make no deal with Syria or others at the expense of L [...]	2007-12-17 18:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1979	LEBANON: WELCH AND ABRAMS MEET LEBANESE ARMY [...] (C) In a December 19 meeting with visiting NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Assistant to the President SIPDIS and Deputy National Security Advisor Elliot Abrams, a confident Lebanese Army Commander Michel Sleiman discussed the ongoing investigation of General Francois Al-Hajj's [...]	2007-12-20 15:24:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT199	LEBANON: ARAB LEAGUE TO SEEK LEBANESE DIALOGUE, [...] (S) Hisham Youssef, Deputy to Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa, is visiting Lebanon to test the SIPDIS waters before Moussa resumes his mediation of Lebanon's political crisis. Moussa, in his continuing engagement with Lebanon, hopes to build confidence with the Lebanese opposition [...]	2007-02-06 15:42:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT200	LEBANON: SINIORA RECOMMENDS DUAL TRACK: [...] (C) In a 2/5 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Siniora interpreted Nabih Berri's support for a cross-confessional "tribunal document study committee" (reftel) as a Syrian ploy to avoid the fait accompli of a Chapter VII decision. Siniora maintained that Berri is clearly carrying out Syrian ord [...]	2007-02-06 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT2009	LEBANON: NEW YEAR'S EVE "YEAR IN REVIEW" WITH PM [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora conducted an informal "Year in Review" session with the Ambassador during a meeting on December 31, repeating some previously reported points about the threat to Lebanon's sovereignty in recent months. The Prime Minister also expressed surprising optimism about the [...]	2007-12-31 16:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY IS LE
07BEIRUT231	LEBANON: HARIRI BELIEVES ACCEPTABLE POLITICAL [...] (C) In a 2/12 meeting, Future Movement leader Saad Hariri said that despite premature reports of its demise, the Saudi initiative remains alive, even though the Iranian regime may be trying to back out of its previous commitments. In essence, the resolution is comprised of three parts: expe [...]	2007-02-13 08:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT24	LEBANON: EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR BELIEVES NASRALLAH [...] (S) The Ambassador and Polchief called on Egyptian Ambassador to Lebanon Hussein Derar January 3 to request a readout of Derar's December 29 meeting with Hassan Nasrallah, the first meeting of any Egyptian Ambassador with the Hizballah leader, and the latest on the Amr Moussa initiative. Der [...]	2007-01-04 17:05:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT260	LEBANON: PM SINIORA SEES PAUSE WHILE PARTIES [...] (C) In a 2/15 meeting, PM Siniora indicated only slight progress toward resolution of the country's political impasse. On the negative side, the Saudis "have stepped back," the Iranians are being opaque, Amre Moussa does not plan to return to Beirut anytime soon, and Speaker Berri will prob [...]	2007-02-16 14:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
07BEIRUT269	LEBANON: INDEPENENT SHIA ORGANIZING SLOWLY, [...] (C) Several Shia leaders in late January and early February described to Econoff their desire to organize larger groups to express their frustration with the current Shia parties as well as the March 14 and March 8 coalitions. Kafaat Movement leader Ahmed Al-Assad is increasingly visible in th [...]	2007-02-20 10:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT284	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND [...] (C) One month after Lebanon held a successful Paris III donor conference, Minister of Economy and Trade (MOET) Sami Haddad heads to Washington from February 25-28. Haddad is a pro-reform, nationalist technocrat seeking change and a broader leadership role, but he has no independent political [...]	2007-02-22 17:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT288	LEBANON: COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-23 12:44:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT289	LEBANON: GLOBAL INITIATIVE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-23 12:50:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT291	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR WALID JUMBLATT'S [...] (S) In his upcoming visit to Washington, Walid Jumblatt will focus on obtaining USG support for the establishment of the international tribunal and for confronting Syrian and Lebanese opposition pressure on the government. He will be interested in discussing with Washington leaders possible o [...]	2007-02-23 13:38:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT326	LEBANON: POSITIONS FOR ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN [...] (C) Polchief delivered ref (A) demarche to Oussama Khacchab, Americas Desk Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Khacchab pointed out that Lebanon did not receive the agenda for the Foreign Ministers Meeting until late on March 1, and that its positions on several key positions remain u [...]	2007-03-02 16:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IR SU IN PA
07BEIRUT352	LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR CAMPAIGNS FOR THE [...] (C) Lebanon's Central Bank Governor, Riad Salameh, in late February for the first time publicly expressed his interest in the Presidency. Salameh has issued veiled criticism of the GOL economic reform program, demonstrating his differing policy priorities and personal views from the current l [...]	2007-03-07 16:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT357	LEBANON: NO PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN IRAQ SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-08 10:20:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT371	LEBANON: MP CLAIMS AOUN READY FOR RAPPROCHEMENT [...] (C) Michel Aoun is embarked on a program to distance himself from the Hizballah-led opposition, according Aoun Bloc MP Ibrahim Kenaan. Aoun's public statements at variance with Hizballah positions, his courting of the international community, his support for the international tribunal, his de [...]	2007-03-09 15:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT402	LEBANON: DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-16 15:09:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT416	LEBANON: TOP SHIA CLERIC URGES USG INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (C) In the course of a friendly 3/20 meeting, Lebanon's top official Shia religious cleric urged the USG to take an active and direct role in Lebanon's political crisis, as the Lebanese parties have reached an impasse they cannot overcome. This role could consist of pressuring the Lebanese pa [...]	2007-03-21 11:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT426	FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON LEBANON DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) In a 3/22 meeting with the Ambassador, French Ambassador Bernard Emie expressed concern that, with the departure of French President Jacques Chirac, France will lose its only strong advocate for Chapter VII approval of the Special Tribunal. The "entire French bureaucracy" is against pro [...]	2007-03-22 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV LE SY SA FR
07BEIRUT471	LEBANON: HARIRI ENCOURAGED BY SUMMIT; SEEKS HELP [...] (C) Mustaqbal Party leader Saad Hariri believes statements made at the Arab Summit on the opening day of March 28 were helpful to the March 14 cause, as were private discussions between the Saudis and Syrian President Asad. Hariri was unaware of the applicability of UNSCR 1747 on Lebanon, but [...]	2007-03-30 15:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT483	LEBANON: CODEL PELOSI MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] (U) April 2, 2007 meeting in Beirut between CODEL Pelosi and Prime Minister Siniora. Lebanese Attendees: Prime Minister Fouad Siniora Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Elias Murr Ambassador Mohamed Chatah, Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister Ambassador Antoine Chedid, Lebano [...]	2007-04-03 15:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT539	LEBANON: NO DELEGATION FROM BEIRUT TO WORLD [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-18 13:30:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY WMO LE
07BEIRUT540	LEBANON: MINISTERIAL DELEGATION TO ICI MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-18 13:34:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER EAID EFIN UN GCC IZ LE
07BEIRUT576	LEBANON: SINIORA IN GO-SLOW MODE ON TRIBUNAL [...] (C) PM Siniora's recent trip to Egypt garnered an energy deal that could reduce Lebanon's dependence on Syria, but President Mubarak and Amr Moussa advised steadfastness, not confrontation, in the GOL's political conflict with Syria and its allies in Lebanon. Rumors of a Swiss track to solve t [...]	2007-04-25 06:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM ENRG PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT585	LEBANON: NPT PREPCOM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 14:22:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT592	G-8 LUNCHEON REVEALS EU, RUSSIAN HESITATIONS ON [...] (C) Summary: A 4/25 luncheon for G-8 ambassadors revealed a three-way split regarding the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Whereas all envoys agreed that Lebanese domestic approval is all but impossible, only the French and American ambassadors thought the UN Security Council should consider [...]	2007-04-26 07:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV UNSC LE
07BEIRUT60	LEBANON: JUMBLATT SEES HIZBALLAH AS THREAT TO [...] (S) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt described arms smuggling from Syria to Hizballah as an elusive problem, and deemed the LAF incapable of taking on an anti-smuggling role while also protecting the GOL against demonstrators in the capital. Talk of divisions among March 8 coalition partners, or of [...]	2007-01-11 08:53:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT610	LEBANON: SPECIAL 301 DESIGNATION NOTIFICATION [...] (SBU) In accordance with reftel, emboff delivered talking points regarding Lebanon's continued designation as a Priority Watch List country to appropriate officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Economy and Trade. Lama Oueijan, Senior Advisor to Minister of Economy [...]	2007-04-30 15:21:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD LE PGOV PREL
07BEIRUT622	LEBANON: THROUGH AOUN'S LOOKING GLASS: ARGUES FOR [...] (C) The Ambassador and Poloff visited General Michel Aoun and his chief advisor Gebran Bassil on May 2. Aoun's perceptions continue to be radically different from U.S. views despite similar stated goals of a free and democratic Lebanon. Aoun argued that appeasing and building trust with Syr [...]	2007-05-03 08:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT638	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: CHATAH AND HAMADEH REVIEW DAYS [...] (C) Mohamad Chatah, Senior Advisor to PM Siniora, told the Ambassador in a 5/5 meeting that, based on his consultations in New York (reftel),he was awaiting receipt of a draft UNSCR regarding the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Siniora's letter to the UN will be finalized according to the for [...]	2007-05-07 07:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07BEIRUT645	FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON TRIBUNAL, BRAMMERTZ, [...] (C) In a 5/7 meeting with Ambassador Feltman, French Ambassador Bernard Emie, just back from Paris, reported that France wants to move quickly toward a simple UNSCR establishing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Emie agreed that it appears that the pro-Syrians already recognize the inevita [...]	2007-05-07 14:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL UNSC LE SY
07BEIRUT673	SCENESETTER FOR A/S WELCH'S 5/15-17/07 VISIT TO [...] (S) David: You last visited Lebanon in August 2006. Then, as now, Lebanon was in deep crisis. Yet the impact of today's crisis -- when Syria's allies seek to paralyze and make irrelevant the cabinet of Fouad Siniora and then install a pro-Syrian president in autumn -- stands in sharp contras [...]	2007-05-15 08:25:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT68	LEBANON: EAC TO ADDRESS THREATS TO EMBASSY [...] (S) On January 12 the DCM convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review current threats in the wake of the early morning attack against Embassy Athens. EAC members discussed press reports of the Atnens attack, reftel description of an alleged missile threat against Embassy Beirut, [...]	2007-01-12 17:07:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER CASC PGOV LE

07BEIRUT691	LEBANON: PATRIARCH SFEIR DISMISSES POPULAR [...] (C) In a May 15 meeting with visiting NEA A/S Welch and the Ambassador, Maronite Patriarch Sfeir -- commemorating his 87th birthday on the same day -- reported that his rare visit to President Emile Lahoud the previous week was to warn against Lahoud's appointment of a second cabinet. Lahoud d [...]	2007-05-17 12:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT697	LEBANON: BERRI PRESENTS HIS ROADMAP: [...] (C) In a 5/16 meeting with A/S Welch, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri argued that the U.S. should welcome and support his announcement of, and commitment to, a 9/25 parliamentary session to initiate Lebanon's parliamentary elections. That date can be used as the action-forcing event to resolve [...]	2007-05-17 16:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT699	LEBANON: A/S WELCH VISITS FORMER PRESIDENT [...] (C) In a May 16 meeting with visiting NEA A/S Welch and the Ambassador, former President Amine Gemayel stressed the need for a successful UN Security Council vote to establish the tribunal to try suspects in the death of former Prime Minister Hariri. Gemayel also hopes for a strongly-worded r [...]	2007-05-17 16:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL LE SY
07BEIRUT707	THE SEDUCTION OF THE WIDOW HARIRI: HOPES FOR [...] (C) Further to something we first mentioned in the 4/23/07 daily sitrep, beach resort owner and political gadfly Roger Edde has pursued a far-fetched plan to achieve his long-shot goal of becoming Lebanon's next president: he has dangled before the eyes of Rafiq Hariri's Paris-based widow N [...]	2007-05-21 07:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY SA
07BEIRUT708	LAHOUD'S LEGAL ADVISOR CLAIMS TWO-CABINET SCENARIO [...] (C) Judge Selim Jeressaiti has a tough job: to persuade otherwise intelligent people that President Emile Lahoud's views have constitutional weight. Lahoud's recent rambling, ridiculous, but damaging letter to the UNSYG Ban regarding the Special Tribunal for Lebanon was a Jeressaiti product [...]	2007-05-21 09:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT713	LEBANON: FOLLOW-UP EAC MEETING TO REVIEW SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: On May 22 the Embassy Beirut EAC reviewed security developments in Lebanon and corresponding measures to address continuing threats. The Embassy's RSO will stay in close contact with Lebanese Internal Security Forces to evaluate risks to off-compound moves of Embassy Beirut Am [...]	2007-05-22 12:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC AMGT PTER CASC LE
07BEIRUT754	LEBANON: EAC SETS TRIPWIRE OF ARMY ENTRY INTO [...] (S) On May 29, DCM chaired a full session of the Embassy Beirut EAC. Principal subjects included the increasing frequency of credible threat information against western and Lebanese government interests, tensions arising from the standoff at the Nahr el-Barad Palestinian refugee camp, and a [...]	2007-05-29 12:02:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	ASEC CASC PTER LE
07BEIRUT767	LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI DEFENDS CLOSURE OF [...] (C) In a 5/29 meeting with CODEL Price, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri thanked the delegation for its legislative strengthening assistance. Chairman Price expressed surprise and concern that Berri has not used the institution of the parliament to resolve the political impasse. Berri once aga [...]	2007-05-31 13:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT771	LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI LASHES OUT AFTER TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri lashed out at CODEL Leahy and the Ambassador during a meeting on 5/31, the day after Chapter VII adoption of UNSCR 1757 to create an international tribunal. Berri's advisor, before the meeting, highlighted to Emboffs the communique Berri had just issued, wh [...]	2007-05-31 16:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT777	LEBANON: ECONOMY MINISTER REVIEWS WTO MEETINGS [...] (C) Minister of Economy and Trade (MOET) Sami Haddad expressed frustration that, in his view, U.S. trade negotiators asked more of Lebanon than they have asked of other recent WTO members. He argued that any message of strong American political support to the besieged GOL is not trickling dow [...]	2007-06-01 11:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT782	LEBANON: EAC REVIEWS COMBAT AT NAHR EL-BARAD; [...] (C) On June 2 at 1300 hrs. local, the DCM chaired a full emergency action committee (EAC) meeting to review the status of military operations at the Nahr el-Barad Palestinian refugee camp and related security threats throughout Lebanon. The EAC agreed to lift the suspension of all off-compou [...]	2007-06-02 11:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER CASC AMGT LE
07BEIRUT814	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI REVIEWS NEXT STEPS ON THE [...] (C) Saad Hariri thanked the Ambassador and IO A/S Silverberg in a 6/5 meeting for U.S. support in adoption of the tribunal, and he pledged to move quickly on selecting Lebanese judges. He suggested that locating the tribunal in Cyprus could handicap the ability of Turkish pressure on Syria t [...]	2007-06-07 06:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT831	LEBANON: FRENCH AMBASSADOR TRIES TO DOWNPLAY [...] (C/NF) In a 6/9 meeting with French Ambassador Bernard Emie, Ambassador Feltman registered strong concern about the proposal by French Foreign Minister Kouchner to host Lebanese political and civil society figures to a national dialogue in France in late June. Emie (please protect throughout [...]	2007-06-10 10:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY FR
07BEIRUT871	POST CONCURRENCE - PROPOSED NIH RESEARCH PROJECT [...] Embassy Beirut has no objections to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposed award of research project AG01284613 entitled, "Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging," to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and the American University of Beirut. Embassy Beirut sees no adverse U [...]	2007-06-15 14:37:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA LE
07BEIRUT872	LEBANON: COUSSERAN READOUT: FRANCE REVISED ITS [...] (C) The reactions to the French initiative that Lebanese interlocutors gave envoy Jean-Claude Cousseron during his visit to Lebanon caused the French to modify their original plan for participation, French Embassy charge Joseph Silva told DCM on June 14. Interlocutors from both political camps [...]	2007-06-15 14:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT898	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (SBU) As you visit Lebanon, the much-buffeted democratic government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora is fully engaged on a number of critical issues. The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) are now locked in close combat with Sunni extremists who profess affiliation with Al Qaida, but who many believ [...]	2007-06-20 12:30:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT90	LEBANON: UNIIIC BRAMMERTZ APPLIES SCISSORS TO [...] (S/NF) UNIIIC Commissioner Brammertz told the Ambassador that neither any of the P-5 counties, nor Israel, were among the ten countries cited for non-compliance in last month's interim report to the UN Security Council. Indicating some surprise that this has developed into such an issue, Br [...]	2007-01-17 16:49:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT967	LEBANON: FBI DIRECTOR EXPLORES COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (S) FBI Director Mueller on June 26 met with Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr, Minister of Interior Hassan Sabaa, Head of the Internal Security Forces Ashraf Rifi, Minister of Justice Charles Rizk, and Chief Prosecutor Jean Fahd to offer FBI assistance to Lebanon's securit [...]	2007-06-29 09:01:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM LE SY
07BELGRADE101	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MELISSA K. SHOEMAKER [...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Melissa K. Shoemaker, Political officer from 01/27/07 to 03/25/07. Control Officer for this visit will be POLMIL officer Ian Campbell, Office tel. 381-11-306-4687, Mobile tel. 381-63-325-356. 2. The Embassy's offices are located [...]	2007-01-24 08:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC CMGT SR
07BELGRADE1018	AMBASSADOR MEETS ENERGY MINISTER [...] (SBU) Ambassador Polt met with new Minister of Energy Aleksandar Popovic on July 11 to review his plans for addressing Serbia's energy security. The minister, a vice president in Prime Minister Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS),said Serbia has no alternative to sourcing gas from th [...]	2007-07-19 06:58:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SR
07BELGRADE103	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MELISSA K. SHOEMAKER [...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Melissa K. Shoemaker, Political officer from 01/27/07 to 03/25/07. Control Officer for this visit will be POLMIL officer Ian Campbell, Office tel. 381-11-306-4687, Mobile tel. 381-63-325-356. 2. The Embassy's offices are located [...]	2007-01-24 09:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC CMGT SR
07BELGRADE1085	CODEL BEAN'S VISIT TO BELGRADE [...] Summary: CODEL Bean visited Serbia July 20-22, seeking to learn more about the challenges facing the country's future and the prospects for investment and economic cooperation moving forward. The CODEL's meetings with GOS officials on July 20 focused largely on Kosovo status and the impact of [...]	2007-07-31 16:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PBTS OREP BEAN SR YI
07BELGRADE1086	NATIONWIDE MEDIA APPEARANCES IN SERBIA BY [...] Summary: From July 17-26 outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Michael C. Polt conducted a series of interviews with a broad spectrum of Serbian media in which he forcefully conveyed messages on U.S. ambitions for Kosovo, Serbia and the region. The Ambassador reiterated that the U.S. supports [...]	2007-08-01 07:11:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS PGOV KPAO SCUL SR MW YI
07BELGRADE111	K+1: ROLLING OUT THE SERBIAN BENEFITS PACKAGE [...] (C) As we approach the endgame in the Kosovo status process, this Mission is preparing to activate the third phase of our K 1 strategy, the rollout of the Serbian benefits package, to demonstrate the continued U.S. commitment to Serbia's future beyond Kosovo. This rollout would involve the in [...]	2007-01-24 16:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL SR
07BELGRADE1113	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR WISNER'S VISIT TO BELGRADE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Wisner, Serbia's leaders, led by Prime Minister Kostunica, have prepared for the new round of Kosovo talks and the first visit of the negotiating troika by affirming their unity on Kosovo policy and by submitting their "rules" for the format and substance of the talks. In sh [...]	2007-08-07 07:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PGOV PREL SR KV
07BELGRADE1276	KOSOVO WEEKLY: GOS COMPLAINS ABOUT U.S. THREAT; ADVISES [...] (SBU) Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and his Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) protested throughout the week, through the media and to the UNSC, the perceived USG "threat" to Serbia's territorial integrity. Kostunica traveled to Brussels, in an attempt to organize EU opposition to an [...]	2007-09-14 19:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR
07BELGRADE1277	KOSOVO WEEKLY: GOS COMPLAINS ABOUT U.S. THREAT; ADVISES [...] (SBU) Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and his Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) protested throughout the week, through the media and to the UNSC, the perceived USG "threat" to Serbia's territorial integrity. Kostunica traveled to Brussels, in an attempt to organize EU opposition to an [...]	2007-09-14 19:52:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR
07BELGRADE1394	SERBIA - DUELING MUFTIS OVERSHADOW IFTAR [...] (SBU) In the midst of a bitter contest between Islamic leaders that reaches deep into the politics, economics, and financial aspirations of Serbia's Sandzak region (septel),the Ambassador went to Novi Pazar to host an Iftar and to deliver a message about reconciliation. Building on this theme [...]	2007-10-11 18:17:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO SR
07BELGRADE1411	SERBIAN PRIME MINISTER KOSTUNICA AND PRESIDENT TADIC - CO-DEPENDENCY [...] (C) Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and President Boris Tadic dislike each other. This has the fortunate benefit of keeping the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and Democratic Party (DS) coalition together. Both men's political bases are equally based on exploiting differences bet [...]	2007-10-16 11:38:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE1495	SERBIA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INR/B OFFICERS [...] (U) Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of INR/B officers Amanda Timko and Katherine Kaminksi for the period of November 6 to 8, for consultations with embassy officers. Embassy control officer for this visit will be POL officer Bianca Menendez: (381-11) 306-4654 ( [...]	2007-11-02 12:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR OTRA BK MW SR
07BELGRADE1509	SERBIA: MISSILE DESTRUCTION STALLS SHORT OF GOAL [...] (U) This is a time sensitive action request. Please see para 8. 2. (U) In.2005, the United States and Serbia and Montenegro signed an agreement for the destruction of 5,000 MANPADSs by the end of 2007. As of October 31, 2007 Serbia had destroyed nearly 4,000 of those weapons and inten [...]	2007-11-06 17:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MCAP PREL PTER MW SR
07BELGRADE1529	ANTI-CUBAN EMBARGO RESOLUTION PASSES SERBIA'S PARLIAMENT [...] (U) The Serbian Parliament overwhelmingly approved a declaration condemning sanctions against Cuba, in principle. The text of the declaration reflects the vigorous debate between the democratic and radical MPs that resulted in only one explicit mention of the United States. While Serbia has v [...]	2007-11-08 20:59:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN CU SR
07BELGRADE1559	HEPATITIS A OUTBREAK IN NIS CITY [...] Over 550 cases of Hepatitis A have been reported in and around Nis, Serbia's third largest city, this year. As the number of cases has grown, local press reports have focused on the continued spread of the outbreak. Males between the ages 20-50 make up the majority of those infected. The go [...]	2007-11-19 06:34:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON CASC SOCI SR
07BELGRADE1560	SERBIAN PATRIARCH DYING; BISHOPS MANEUVERING [...] (C) Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Pavle is 93 years old and in declining health. The Church already is preparing to select a new patriarch. The process of choosing a successor will involve a complex process of election and divine selection. Metropolitan Amfilohije and Bishop Irinej are t [...]	2007-11-19 06:36:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SR
07BELGRADE1617	SUSPECT EMBASSY MEMO BECOMES PART OF [...] This is an Urgent Action Request - See Paragraphs 12 and 13 Summary --------- 2. (SBU) Serbian Liberal Party leader Cedomir Jovanovic has dragged the United States into the middle of a political and legal battle with Serbian tycoon Miroslav Miskovic. Jovanovic has accused Miskovic of [...]	2007-12-05 06:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CVIS SR
07BELGRADE1626	BELGRADE EAC OF DECEMBER 5, 2007 [...] (S) POST EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) CONVENED TO REVIEW POST'S CURRENT SECURITY POSTURE AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HOST GOVERNMENT OF SERBIA, AS A DECISION ON THE FUTURE STATUS OF KOSOVO APPROACHES. 2. (S) MEMBERS OF POST'S EAC: DCM, USAID, DAO, FCS, ECON CON, CLO, GPRO, POL AND RSO MET TO [...]	2007-12-07 15:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	SECRET	ASEC
07BELGRADE1632	SERBIA PREPARES FOR PEACEFUL RETALIATION TO KOSOVO [...] (C) In the event of a declaration of independence, the Government of Serbia will retaliate against Kosovo and against countries that recognize an independent Kosovo. But Serbia will not wage war. The Prime Minister's cabinet has prepared contingency plans, for now under wraps, detailing the [...]	2007-12-10 07:34:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KV SR
07BELGRADE1647	Serbia: 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 14:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SR
07BELGRADE1655	SERBIA TO JOIN GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) MFA Director for Arms Control, Branka Latinovic, told PolChief on December 11 that Serbia had agreed to join the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, providing a note verbale formally informing the USG of this decision. Ambassador Latinovic said that thedecision culminated an [...]	2007-12-12 15:45:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PARM PREL SR
07BELGRADE1674	Serbian Government Warns EUR/SCE Deputy Director about [...] (SBU) Officials of Serbia's ruling parties warned visiting EUR/SCE Deputy Director Robert Silberstein on November 28 that U.S. recognition of Kosovo independence would destabilize Serbia and the region. Kostunica's key lieutenants went further, saying the GOS was planning a tough response (NFI [...]	2007-12-17 07:04:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
07BELGRADE17	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR YOULIANA IVANOVA [...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance to Ms. Youliana Ivanova, Serbia Desk Officer, from January 17 to February 2, 2007, for the purpose of participation in the OSCE election observation team, and to conduct an embassy orientation tour. Control Officer for this visit will be Demian Smith, [...]	2007-01-08 14:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SR
07BELGRADE239	UNSCR 1737 IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered reftel points on Iran to leaders of the business community in Serbia and also to Minister of Finance Milan Parivodic. 2. (SBU) On February 20, the Ambassador gathered the leaders of the of the American Chamber of Commerce, Foreign Investors Council, Serbian Ch [...]	2007-02-22 10:18:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN IR
07BELGRADE249	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. UNOSEK: the view from Belgrade ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) For the week of 2/19, almost all Kosovo focus was on the UNOSEK talks in Vienna. The media reports from Vienna have been mostly straightforward. [...]	2007-02-23 17:01:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE255	CEFTA - RATIFICATION LIKELY AS GOVERNMENT PREPARES NEW [...] (SBU) Following the initialing of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) in December, the Government of Serbia (GOS) is still in negotiations with various parties to minimize the adverse impact CEFTA will have on the domestic tobacco industry. Officials told econoffs that Serbia wil [...]	2007-02-26 10:38:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL HR SR
07BELGRADE284	K+1 ? FOCUS ON SERBIA?S FUTURE - A/S FRIED IN [...] (C) Dan, you are returning to a Serbia much like the one you found less than a year ago: uncertainty over government vision and direction and denial of the Kosovo reality. The country?s leadership offers very little perspective for the future to its citizens. The penultimate phase of Vienna [...]	2007-03-02 12:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL SR YI
07BELGRADE295	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR/SCE DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER J. HOH [...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Christopher J. Hoh, EUR/SCE Director from March 22-26, 2007 for consultations. Control Officer for this visit will be POL officer Ian Campbell, Office tel. 381-11-306-4687, Mobile tel. 381-63-325-356. 2. The Embassy's offices [...]	2007-03-05 14:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC CMGT SR
07BELGRADE307	SERBIA'S IPR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS IMPROVE IN 2006 [...] The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA),in its yearly Special 301 submission to USTR, elected not to recommend that Serbia be placed on the Special 301 Watch list. Embassy supports this decision. Serbian authorities responsible for intellectual property rights (IPR) enforce [...]	2007-03-07 13:45:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL SR KIPR
07BELGRADE33	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OSCE AFFAIRS [...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Kenneth E. Gross, Jr. Deputy Director OSCE Affairs from January 17-22, 2007 to perform work in support of participate in OSCE Election Monitoring of Parliamentary election in Serbia. The Embassy has been notified that no further as [...]	2007-01-11 13:58:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC CMGT SR
07BELGRADE364	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (3/12 - 3/16) [...] This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. Summary: For the week of March 12, the conclusion of UNOSEK talks and the presentation of the Ahtisaari plan to the UN Secretary General were the most notable events related to Kosovo and Serbia. Speculation about whethe [...]	2007-03-16 17:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE392	MAKING THE MOST OF USG ASSISTANCE TO MUSLIM [...] Dan: During your recent visit you rightly pointed out that the USG could do a lot to get value, on a global level, from our outreach and assistance to the Muslim communities in this part of the world. I took note of the enthusiasm with which you greeted news of our planned project to rebuild [...]	2007-03-22 08:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KISL PGOV PHUM PREL SR
07BELGRADE42	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR YOULIANA IVANOVA [...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance to Ms. Youliana Ivanova, Serbia Desk Officer, from January 17 to February 2, 2007, for the purpose of participation in the OSCE election observation team, and to conduct an embassy orientation tour. Control Officer for this visit will be Demian Smith, [...]	2007-01-16 06:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT ASEC SR YI
07BELGRADE428	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID T. KILLION, DOUGLAS ANDERSON, [...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes David T. Killion, Senior Professional Staff, House committee on Foreign Affairs, Douglas Anderson, Minority Professional Staff, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Jennifer Simon, Professional Staff, Senate Foreign Relations and Tom [...]	2007-03-29 14:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC CMGT SR
07BELGRADE441	NEW TOBACCO STRATEGY ADOPTED [...] (u) The Government of Serbia (GoS) adopted an action plan for tobacco production and trade on March 22 in order to smooth its relationship with the cigarette industry and at the same time permit ratification of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA). The new strategy has been nego [...]	2007-04-03 07:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL HR SR
07BELGRADE443	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHAEL C. MOZUR [...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Michael c. Mozur, Deputy special Coordinator of the stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, from April 15-19, 2007 to Participate in Speakers of Parliament of South Eastern Europe Cooperation Process Conference and the Stability [...]	2007-04-03 13:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC CMGT SR
07BELGRADE477	SERBIAN COURT CONVICTS FOUR FOR SREBRENICA-RELATED WAR [...] (sbu) Summary: On April 10, the Belgrade Special War Crimes Court handed down convictions to four former members of the "Scorpions" paramilitary unit for their roles in the execution of Muslim civilians in Trnovo, Bosnia, on July 17, 1995. Chief war crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic said [...]	2007-04-12 14:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE539	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RYAN C. LEONG [...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Ryan C. Leong, Political Officer, from April 22 to May 2, 2007 for consultations with Embassy officials. 2. The Embassy's offices are located at Kneza Milosa 50, Belgrade. The Embassy's switchboard telephone number is 381-11- [...]	2007-04-23 09:42:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC CMGT SR
07BELGRADE858	THE PRESIDENT ON KOSOVO STATUS: KOSOVO WEEKLY [...] (SBU) Summary: In the wake of the President's visit to the region and direct statements on the need to move towards independence for Kosovo, post sustained an aggressive public campaign to reinforce the President's comments. The Ambassador's public comments this week countered Serbian offici [...]	2007-06-15 13:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE885	MPA WITHDRAWS FUNDING FOR ANTI-PIRACY ASSOCIATION IN [...] The Anti-Piracy Association of Serbia and Montenegro ceased to exist in Serbia on March 15, 2007, after a November 2006 decision of the Motion Picture Association (MPA) to withdraw its annual funding to the local association as of January. The MPA cited re-focusing resources on a smaller num [...]	2007-06-21 12:34:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL SR KIPR
07BELGRADE93	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USOSCE POLITICAL COUNSELOR SAMUEL [...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Samuel Laeuchli Political Counselor from January 25-26, 2007 to meet and visit OSCE Field Missions. Control Officer for this visit will be POLMIL officer Ian Campbell, Office tel. 381-11-306-4687, Mobile tel. 381-63-325-356. 2. [...]	2007-01-23 09:19:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC CMGT SR
07BELGRADE934	KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: KOSTUNICA'S "BATTLE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: With news of another rejection by Russia on a UNSC draft resolution, Prime Minister Kostunica used his strongest anti-U.S. rhetoric to date in reaction to the Ambassador's direct speech about Serbia's path to Europe. Kostunica cast bilateral differences over Kosovo as a "battle [...]	2007-06-29 16:55:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE988	A/S FRIED OUTLINES NEXT STEPS FOR KOSOVO: SERBIA ON [...] (C) Summary. Visiting A/S Fried urged Serbia's political leaders and the public to lead their country to a future in Europe following Kosovo's future independence. In separate meetings, July 10, the A/S outlined for President Tadic, PM Kostunica, and FM Jeremic the likely scenario of a minima [...]	2007-07-12 11:57:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SR
07BELMOPAN121	BELIZE: SUCCESS OF SUPERBOND EXCHANGE OFFER DAMPENS RUMOR [...] Summary: On January 31, the Government of Belize announced a USD 565 million bond exchange offer (ref A) that has given the government relief from sovereign debt default and has dampened rumors of early general elections. The new 2007/2008 budget is expected on March 2 and will be the first t [...]	2007-02-21 18:08:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL SOCI BH
07BELMOPAN131	BELIZE: FORMER AMBASSADOR CAUGHT SMUGGLING CASH [...] (U) A former Belizean Ambassador to Guatemala is facing accusations of using his diplomatic credentials to facilitate international money laundering after he was caught trying to enter Panama with a huge amount of undeclared U.S. cash. Moises Cal had also served in the Foreign Ministry as Am [...]	2007-02-23 14:05:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL ECON BH
07BELMOPAN150	BELIZE - SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (U) Responses are keyed to the checklist (paras 27-32) in Ref. A. 2. (SBU) Overview of BelizeQs Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons A. Belize is a transit and destination country for internationally trafficked men, women, and children. Trafficking occurs within the countr [...]	2007-03-02 22:00:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BH
07BELMOPAN225	HIV/AIDS IN BELIZE [...] Summary: A forum on HIV/AIDS funding addressed an overview of the epidemic in Belize, a critique of the government's response, and an assessment of current challenges. Donor groups agreed to work together to prod the government towards a more effective delivery of HIV/AIDS services. End Sum [...]	2007-03-29 16:02:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI EAID PGOV PREL BH
07BELMOPAN346	BELIZE HOSTS SECOND CARICOM-SICA SUMMIT [...] Summary: Belize hosted the Second Caribbean Community (CARICOM) ? Central American Integration System (SICA) summit in Belize City on May 12, 2007. Topics discussed included trade liberalization, social and cultural issues, energy, security, and governance. The group agreed to meet every t [...]	2007-05-18 22:30:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD ENRG KCRM BH
07BELMOPAN435	BELMOPAN: DIRECTOR, BELIZE IMMIGRATION MEETS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 21, 2007, Gareth Murillo, Director of Immigration, met with RSO Belmopan to share information re a suspected corrupt Immigration Officer assisting a Cuban with a counterfeit Guatemalan passport and U.S. visa, and the political pressure to issue visas to Chinese (and the flo [...]	2007-06-28 17:46:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CVIS BH
07BELMOPAN494	ACTION REQUEST: POST'S ASSESSMENT OF CENTRAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Our assessment, based on discussions within Country Team and with regional law enforcement officers covering Belize, is that inclusion in regional efforts to strengthen border protection and to combat alien smuggling would be of great benefit. Anti-gang efforts aimed at prevent [...]	2007-08-06 22:17:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER BH
07BELMOPAN5	BELIZE: PM MUSA OPTIMISTIC ABOUT 2007 [...] (U) In his New Year's Message, published in the December 31 edition of The Reporter (one of Belize's weekly newspapers),Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Said Musa was optimistic about the country's future - particularly in the areas of the economy and the border dispute with Guatemala. [...]	2007-01-04 19:49:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN BH
07BELMOPAN524	TFJM01: BELMOPAN SITREP: EAC MEETING AND PREPARATIONS [...] Embassy Belmopan EAC met at 1000 local to review situation and preparations for Hurricane Dean. Given the new track of the hurricane and the likelihood of serious danger for northern Belize and coastal areas including the cayes, the EAC decided: -- local staff were excused at 1200 to compl [...]	2007-08-20 20:46:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT BH
07BELMOPAN541	BELMOPAN: HURRICANE DEAN WRAP-UP [...] SUMMARY: Hurricane Dean provided an opportunity to exercise our new hurricane plan, revised since we moved from Belize City to Belmopan. Things generally went very well though there are some lessons learned that we will work into the upcoming Crisis Management Exercise. Although the genera [...]	2007-09-06 15:35:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AEMR PGOV BH
07BELMOPAN604	BELIZE: CHILD ABDUCTION CASE RESOLVED [...] Summary. A six-year-old Belizean girl was taken by her father to the United States in February 2007 without permission. The Embassy initially received negative press when the incident took place. On October 7 the girl was returned to Belize and the Embassy received thanks in the press and fr [...]	2007-10-12 21:49:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PREL BH
07BELMOPAN650	BELIZE INPUT TO CARIBBEAN BASIN RECOVERY ACT REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 20:42:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON BH
07BELMOPAN687	BELIZE REPLY TO G/TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT SURVEY [...] Summary. The Government of Belize (GoB) continues to take significant steps to address human trafficking issues, primarily on the public awareness and investigative fronts. The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Committee (the Committee),continues to meet monthly and provides additional resources [...]	2007-11-29 21:18:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SOCI BH
07BELMOPAN715	BELMOPAN: UPDATE ASSESSMENTS ON CENTRAL AMERICA SECURITY [...] In response to ref A, post has reviewed our earlier assessment of security requirements and continues to believe that border security, gang prevention and anti-corruption measures are the top priorities for Belize. Since ref B was sent there have been some indications that MS-13 is growing st [...]	2007-12-14 19:27:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PTER SNAR ES BH
07BELMOPAN94	BELIZE: FINANCING SCANDAL HEARINGS RESUME [...] Summary. On January 25, the long-awaited hearings into the financial dealings of the Development Finance Corporation (DFC) finally resumed - minus Commission Chairman David Price, who died in December. Testimony from a DFC secretary, the finance manager, and the current Governor of the Beliz [...]	2007-02-12 18:48:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BH
07BERLIN1136	SPECIAL ENVOY OPPOSES GERMAN CHANGES TO SLAVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, J. Christian Kennedy, met May 21 with the leader of a Jewish group in Berlin and parliamentary leaders of the CDU/CSU and SPD parties to exchange views about the proposed German government changes to the Board of Trustees of the German slave [...]	2007-06-06 14:28:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
07BERLIN114	SCENESETTER: SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO BERLIN [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, your visit to Berlin will enable you to seek solutions to our bilateral and U.S.-EU challenges with a government and with a Minister who see things a lot like we do and who have the will and the authority to improve the status quo. Our key suggestions for your January 26 d [...]	2007-01-19 17:52:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KHLS KJUS PTER PGOV PREL GM EU
07BERLIN1216	GERMAN VIEWS ON KOSOVO [...] (C) (Summary) We have had several opportunities over the past few days to take soundings from German officials and interlocutors outside government on how they view the way forward in Kosovo. As expected, they are preoccupied with maintaining EU unity and full of legalistic anxieties about t [...]	2007-06-18 12:24:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK RU YI GM
07BERLIN123	German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of January 14, Germany has 7,486 military personnel in out-of-area deployments. All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of observers such as in Georgia (where currently 11 military personnel are deployed under UNOMIG),require parliamentary approval. A law regul [...]	2007-01-22 11:57:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL GM
07BERLIN1253	OFFICIAL DEBUT OF GERMANY'S LEFT PARTY [...] (U) Summary. At a Berlin convention on June 16, the long-awaited and painfully negotiated merger of Germany's eastern-based Left Party.PDS and western-based Electoral Alternative for Social Justice (WASG) into a single national "Left Party" was officially consummated. Delegates to the conven [...]	2007-06-22 15:58:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GM
07BERLIN1268	IRANIAN RESPONSE TO EU DEMARCHE ON DETAINED AMCITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German MFA has provided details on the EU demarche carried out by the German Embassy in Tehran, in its role as EU President, to the Iranian MFA on June 19. The German CDA informed the Iranian MFA's Office Director for Human Rights Emadi of worldwide concern about the detenti [...]	2007-06-26 14:39:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CASC PGOV PREL GM IR
07BERLIN1648	EMBASSY BERLIN'S EFFORTS ON FY2007 IRAN DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: As a pilot post in the FY07 Iran Democracy Small Grants Program, Embassy Berlin has canvassed several local nongovernmental organizations working on Iran or Middle East issues to discuss Small Grant opportunities. While generally positive on overall initiative goals, organizatio [...]	2007-08-31 12:00:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM KPAO PREL GM IR
07BERLIN1699	DEMOGRAPHY IS DESTINY: CHANCELLERYQS [...] Summary: Germany, like many industrialized nations, faces the enormous twin challenge of remaining competitive in a global economy while coping with the social and economic impact of demographic change. German policy makers confront a sobering demographic trend: the population of Germany i [...]	2007-09-10 05:46:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN1706	DEMOGRAPHY IS DESTINY: CHANCELLERY'S [...] Summary: Germany, like many industrialized nations, faces the enormous twin challenge of remaining competitive in a global economy while coping with the social and economic impact of demographic change. German policy makers confront a sobering demographic trend: the population of Germany i [...]	2007-09-10 13:21:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN1740	BUNDESTAG INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE [...] (C) On September 13 the Bundestag's Committee of Inquiry will meet again following the summer recess and continue the process of questioning individuals concerning the activities of German intelligence and security agencies relating to the Iraq war, the alleged abduction and transport of terror [...]	2007-09-14 11:01:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV GM
07BERLIN1841	IFTAR DIPLOMACY [...] (U) Summary: For the third year, Ambassador and Mrs. Timken led senior Mission Germany staff in hosting Iftar dinners and events, a major element in the Mission's Muslim Engagement activities. This year, the venues were Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, and Munich. Muslim guests uniformly praise [...]	2007-10-04 15:19:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GM KIRF KISL PGOV PREL
07BERLIN1842	TEC: GERMAN CHANCELLERY WORRIED ABOUT LOST MOMENTUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chancellor Merkel's chief economic adviser is concerned that work on the Transatlantic Economic Council program has slowed since Portugal took over the EU Presidency. Other German government and industry representatives report progress on the TEC's work program and structure alth [...]	2007-10-05 05:24:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN PREL ECIN EU GM
07BERLIN1844	TEC: GERMAN CHANCELLERY WORRIED ABOUT LOST MOMENTUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chancellor Merkel's chief economic adviser is concerned that work on the Transatlantic Economic Council program has slowed since Portugal took over the EU Presidency. Other German government and industry representatives report progress on the TEC's work program and structure alth [...]	2007-10-05 07:39:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PREL ECIN EU GM
07BERLIN1883	GERMAN MFA RESPONSE TO GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poloff and Econ Counselor met with German MFA and Economic Ministry officials respectively to discuss ref A. Deputy European Correspondent Thomas Schieb, who is responsible for overseeing the drafting of position papers for the MFA's use at the October 15-16 EU General Affairs and Exter [...]	2007-10-12 15:45:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL RS LY IS IZ IR
07BERLIN1884	GERMANY'S AFGHANISTAN MANDATES: ONE DOWN, ONE TO GO [...] (C) Summary: With the Bundestag's approval of the ISAF/Tornado mandate Oct. 12, the spotlight now shifts to the upcoming parliamentary debate and vote on the OEF mandate. While most parliamentarians now seem to accept that dropping the OEF mandate would send a very bad political signal about G [...]	2007-10-15 05:30:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR GM AF
07BERLIN1887	GERMANY'S AFGHANISTAN MANDATES: ONE DOWN, ONE TO GO [...] (C) Summary: With the Bundestag's approval of the ISAF/Tornado mandate Oct. 12, the spotlight now shifts to the upcoming parliamentary debate and vote on the OEF mandate. While most parliamentarians now seem to accept that dropping the OEF mandate would send a very bad political signal about G [...]	2007-10-15 05:31:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR GM AF
07BERLIN1909	U/S JEFFERY DISCUSSES IRAN SANCTIONS, ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: German Government officials in the Chancellery and MFA expressed to visiting Undersecretary Reuben Jeffery their preference for multilateral sanctions designed to prevent Iran from developing its nuclear weapons program. While willing to consider EU autonomous sanctions in the e [...]	2007-10-19 10:24:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KNNP EFIN ENRG ETRD PREL SENV GM
07BERLIN1964	GERMANY EXPECTED TO PRESENT HEALTH SYSTEMS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25, EconOff met with Dr. Walter Werner, Head of the Trade Policy, Services and Intellectual Property Division at the Ministry of Economics on reftel points. Werner said Germany will avoid any discussion of Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRI [...]	2007-10-26 17:34:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR WTRO WHO
07BERLIN1972	STEINMEIER TO TRAVEL TO MIDEAST, PROMISES MORE [...] (C) Foreign Minister Steinmeier kicks off a visit to Egypt, Israel, and the Palestinian Territories October 29. Steinmeier's trip is part of what the MFA bills as a more active stance toward the Middle East peace process, with the aim of supporting the USG efforts in the run-up to the Annapol [...]	2007-10-29 15:53:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL GM IS
07BERLIN1977	THE SPD RALLIES AROUND BECK AND LOOKS TOWARD 2009 [...] (C) Summary: The Social Democratic Party's (SPD) October 26-28 convention gave a much-needed boost to party chairman Kurt Beck, who emerged as the SPD's undisputed candidate for chancellor in 2009. The SPD focused squarely on a domestic agenda that should not directly affect our ability to wo [...]	2007-10-30 11:26:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON AF IR GM
07BERLIN2014	LABOR REFORMS IN GERMANY: A THREAT TO [...] In the last few weeks, much has been written about the SPD's new program to roll back labor reforms in Germany, with the "Financial Times" characterizing them as a German retreat from economic reform. Whether the Beck proposals or a government counter-proposal can be contained as a piece-me [...]	2007-11-02 16:43:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN2060	MUENTEFERING RESIGNS; STEINMEIER BECOMES [...] (C) Summary: In a surprise move, one of the Social Democratic Party's (SPD) top politicians and ministers, Franz Muentefering, announced his resignation as Vice-Chancellor and Labor Minister November 13, citing personal reasons. Later in the day, SPD Chairman Kurt Beck announced that Foreign [...]	2007-11-13 18:11:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
07BERLIN208	EB/ESC DAS PAUL SIMONS MEETINGS WITH GERMAN [...] SUMMARY. On January 25, EB DAS Paul Simons met with Foreign Office Policy Planning Staff Head Markus Ederer and Economic Ministry Director General for Energy Issues Andreas Schusseil to discuss energy issues during Germany's EU and G-8 presidencies. Both German officials were positive about [...]	2007-02-01 17:19:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV PREL SENV EU GM
07BERLIN2186	MERKEL CLAIMS POLITICAL CENTER FOR CDU [...] (C) Summary: German Chancellor Angela Merkel's central and ever present role in the Christian Democratic Union's (CDU) December 3-4 convention and the absence of any major internal opposition to her policies or leadership reinforce her position as the undisputed leader of the most U.S.-frien [...]	2007-12-10 17:42:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM

07BERLIN2207	GERMANS PLEASED WITH TEC PROGRESS; IDENTIFY PRIORITIES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German government officials and industry associations are upbeat about the results achieved at the first Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) meeting on November 9 in Washington. Government officials also expect renewed focus on TEC during the Slovenian EU Presidency. German in [...]	2007-12-17 06:29:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN EINV ECIN PREL PGOV EU GM
07BERLIN2208	SECOND WAVE OF FINANCIAL MARKET CRISIS HITS [...] SUMMARY: The "second wave" of the U.S. sub-prime mortgage crisis has hit the German banking sector, striking hardest those banks that were already affected at the beginning of the crisis in July and August. IKB (Industrie Kreditbank) and Saxony state bank (Sachsen LB) announced their need fo [...]	2007-12-17 06:30:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN222	SECRETARY CHERTOFF ENGAGES MUSLIMS IN GERMANY ON [...] Summary: On January 26, 2007, Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff exchanged views on counterterrorism efforts with twelve leaders of Germany's Muslim communities over dinner at the residence of Ambassador Timken. This event was the highest level of engagement with Muslims in Ger [...]	2007-02-05 11:20:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	GM KISL PTER SOCI
07BERLIN274	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS GERMAN [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt met with German Finance Ministry State Secretary Thomas Mirow February 8 to review key bilateral and transatlantic economic issues. Discussing international sanctions on Iran and North Korea, he noted the progress that had been ma [...]	2007-02-11 16:42:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PTER PREL GM IR
07BERLIN317	BUNDESTAG INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE SEEKS USG [...] (U) On February 9, 2007 Ambassador Timken received a letter from the chairman of the Bundestag committee investigating the detention in Guantanamo of the German-born Turkish national Murat Kurnaz. In the letter, Chairman Siegfried Kauder asks whether the USG would be willing to allow an Amer [...]	2007-02-15 15:36:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GM KJUS KLIG PGOV PINS PREL
07BERLIN362	BERLIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the U.S. delegation travelling to Berlin, Germany, for the Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting February 27-28, 2007. 2. (SBU) The control officer for this visit will be Global Affairs Officer Richard Crandell, who can be rea [...]	2007-02-22 18:12:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC OTRA PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN371	MISSION GERMANY SUBMISSION FOR 2007 SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mission Germany recommends that Germany receive the same treatment in the 2007 301 Report as it received in 2006 and not be listed in the priority watch list category. The situation facing American pharmaceutical companies in Germany has not appreciably deteriorated during th [...]	2007-02-23 15:45:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR GM
07BERLIN494	MDB WISSMANN OUTLINES VISION OF NEW TRANSATLANTIC [...] (U) Summary: Building on his previous calls for closer transatlantic economic ties (reftel),Matthias Wissman, Chairperson of the Bundestag Committee on EU Issues, presented his latest ideas on further integrating the transatlantic economy at a press roundtable March 8. Wissmann told the press [...]	2007-03-09 19:03:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL GM
07BERLIN515	IRAQ COMPACT UN MEETING: GERMAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary. Post delivered ref demarche to the Chancellery and MFA to urge senior German participation. The German government's initial plan was to have an ambassador-level official from its UN Mission represent Germany at the event. Embassy has reclamaed the German government at senior le [...]	2007-03-14 10:06:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ GM
07BERLIN524	MURAT KURNAZ: ANOTHER BUNDESTAG REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) On March 2, 2007 Ambassador Timken received another letter from the chairman of the Bundestag's Committee of Inquiry looking into allegations of renditions, the activities of the German intelligence services related to the war in Iraq, and the detention in Guantanamo of the German-born T [...]	2007-03-15 11:14:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS KLIG PREL GM
07BERLIN533	(S) GERMAN QUERY CONCERNING THE EXPORT OF [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) German MFA Export Control Desk Officer Andreas Kauke provided a German-language nonpaper to Global Affairs Officer March 12. The nonpaper requests USG input for a German export licensing decision concerning the delivery of vib [...]	2007-03-16 17:26:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	MNUC ETTC PARM PREL IS GM
07BERLIN576	GERMANY AND MISSILE DEFENSE: STRATEGY FOR DEFUSING [...] (C) Summary. Discussion of missile defense (MD) in Germany may become trapped by partisan domestic political interests. Social Democrats (SPD),suffering in the polls and without any major issues to distinguish themselves from the conservatives (CDU/CSU),seem to see an opportunity to reasse [...]	2007-03-21 16:35:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR GM
07BERLIN619	BERLIN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Andrew Semmel, Foreign Affairs Officer David L. Evans, Senior Policy Advisor Gerald Stacy, and William F. Menold, Jr., to participate in the Global Partnership Working Group and Nonproliferation Directors [...]	2007-03-27 12:33:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON AMGT OTRA ASEC PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN700	USD/P EDELMAN'S MARCH 28 CONSULTATIONS IN BERLIN [...] (C) Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Edelman, accompanied by Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Deputy Director Maj. Gen. Anzalone, visited Berlin March 28 to hold consultations on missile defense and Afghanistan with senior officials in the defense and foreign ministries and at the chancellery [...]	2007-04-03 16:37:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO MOPS GM PL EZ RS AF
07BERLIN768	GERMANY AGREES TO CBP IMMIGRATION ADVISORY PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary. German Interior Ministry Director for Air, Sea, and Rail Security Dieter Romann told CBP Representative (Frankfurt) and Global Affairs Officer March 29 that Germany agrees to the U.S. proposal to post four CBP officers at Frankfurt Airport as part of the Immigration Advisory Pro [...]	2007-04-13 18:00:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KHLS AMGT APER PTER CVIS ECON PREL CMGT
07BERLIN801	BERLIN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO U.S. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Andrew Semmel, Foreign Affairs Officer David L. Evans, and Senior Policy Advisor Gerald Stacy to attend the G-8 Global Partnership Working Group meeting from April 21-25, 2007. Per reftel, hotel reservations at [...]	2007-04-19 19:31:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC GM OTRA PARM PREL
07BERLIN802	SCENESETTER FOR ANGELA MERKEL IN WASHINGTON: GOALS [...] (C) Summary. Angela Merkel arrives in Washington in an enviable position of political strength, both at home and in the EU. However, she is conscious that her strength derives largely from the weakness of her counterparts and other factors beyond her control. Achieving her goals for the EU - [...]	2007-04-20 07:48:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECUN EU GM
07BERLIN813	APRIL 18 MEETINGS PROVIDE VALUABLE CLARIFICATION [...] (C) Summary: A delegation from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USD/P) visited Berlin April 18 to respond to a long list of detailed questions from German technical experts and analysts regarding U.S. MD plans in Europe. The delegati [...]	2007-04-20 15:24:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	MARR MASS MOPS NATO PREL GM RS
07BERLIN940	BERLIN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Assistant Secretary Andrew K. Semmel, ISN/DOS Alexander T. Liebowitz, and Senior Policy Advisor Gerald Stacy to participate in the G-8 NPDG meeting from May 12-15, 2007. 2. (SBU) Point of contact for this visit will be Global A [...]	2007-05-09 16:57:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC OTRA PARM PREL GM
07BERN1077	REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST GOV PRACTICES [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 16:01:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL CVIS ASEC KVPR SZ
07BERN1087	SWISS LIKEMINDED ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA -- BUT [...] (C) Pol/Econ Officer delivered the reftel talking points on anti-democratic reforms in Venezuela on November 16 to Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs U.S. Office Director Urs Hammer and South America Desk Officer Nora Kronig, and received an initial readout on the Swiss position regarding the [...]	2007-11-16 11:08:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SZ
07BERN1137	SVP GOES INTO OPPOSITION: SWISS POLITICS ENTERS [...] (C) Summary: Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf announced her decision early the morning of December 13 to accept her election by the Parliament to the Federal Council (reftel). Following Widmer-Schlumpf's announcement, the SVP leadership made good on its threat to take the SVP into the parliamentary op [...]	2007-12-13 16:03:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SZ
07BERN144	SWISS ELECTION YEAR -- WILL POLARIZATION AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-14 16:40:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SZ
07BERN158	IRAN: AMBASSADOR URGES POLDIR AMBUEHL TO STEP BACK \ [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-16 11:28:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PTER ETTC IR SZ
07BERN171	IRAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES "THE SWISS PLAN" WITH \ [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-23 14:46:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PTER ETTC IR SZ
07BERN200	TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 15:40:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SZ
07BERN258	IRAN: SWISS POLDIR AMBUEHL TELLS EUR A/S FRIED HE \ [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-16 07:49:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM UNSC SZ
07BERN29	SCENESETTER FOR USG PARTICIPANTS IN THE 2007 WORLD [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-12 13:03:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD ASEC SZ
07BERN664	ISA: SWISS SUPPORT EGL DEAL, VIEW IT AS ISA AND UNSCR COMPLIANT [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-19 14:17:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PARM SZ
07BERN881	FM CALMY-REY "TAKES NOTE" OF USG CONCERNS \ [...] (S) Per instructions in reftel A, CDA met FM Calmy-Rey on \ the evening of September 7 to discuss USG concerns regarding \ the handling of the Iran case at the September 10-14 IAEA \ Board of Governors (BOG) meeting (reftels C/D). As requested \ in ref B, CDA also took the opportunity to raise USG [...]	2007-09-11 09:44:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	MNUC KNNP ETTC IR SZ
07BISHKEK1001	KYRGYZ SEEK AUGUST MEETING ON BASE ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyz Security Council Secretary Tokon Mamytov called in Ambassador August 8 to discuss issues related to the Manas Air Base. Ambassador delivered a copy of Ref A diplomatic note proposing to convene a meeting, with the participation of a Defense Department official, in early S [...]	2007-08-08 13:29:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK1048	SCO SUMMIT FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC, SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The seventh annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishkek August 16 emphasized security and economic cooperation. The formal session produced no surprises, the set speeches were unexceptional, and the summit was mostly free from the anti-American rhetoric of p [...]	2007-08-17 10:14:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KG
07BISHKEK113	EMBASSY BISHKEK BFIF PROPOSALS [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Bishkek hereby submits two proposals for the use of Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) resources in 2007. Details of the two proposals are outlined below. 2. The first proposal is entitled "Outreach to Kyrgyz Businessmen." Justification: Embassy [...]	2007-02-02 08:57:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD KG
07BISHKEK1154	Media Reaction: the Sixth Anniversary of the September 11 [...] (SBU) Summary: The sixth anniversary of the September 11th tragedy garnered substantial coverage in the local media. Much of the coverage repeated or supported conspiracy theories printed in Russian media, which is widely-read in Kyrgyzstan. Most of the coverage was critical of U.S. policy po [...]	2007-09-17 10:06:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KG
07BISHKEK1178	U.S. BUSINESS SEMINAR DRAWS KYRGYZ ENTREPRENEURS [...] (U) Summary: The Embassy-hosted "Doing Business with the USA" seminar attracted approximately 220 people for a discussion on developing business relations with U.S. firms and ways to compete for U.S. government contracts at Manas air base and in Afghanistan. More than 90% of the companies we [...]	2007-09-25 04:57:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PREL KG
07BISHKEK1183	FY07 BFIF REPORTING FROM EMBASSY BISHKEK [...] Per reftel A request, Embassy Bishkek hereby submits the following report regarding the use of Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) resources in 2007 in the Kyrgyz Republic. 2. The total amount of BFIF support provided for use by Embassy Bishkek was $3,100.00. The total amount spe [...]	2007-09-25 12:47:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO ECON ETRD EINV AFIN ADPM KG
07BISHKEK125	MANAGING KYRGYZ CRITICISM OF MANAS AIR BASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kyrgyz domestic political turmoil in December and January over a new constitution and government has shifted public and political attention away from Manas Air Base. This welcome hiatus may prove temporary, however, once the new government is in place. Looking ahead, we see sev [...]	2007-02-06 11:59:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK1320	ETHNIC UZBEK JOURNALIST SLAIN IN KYRGYZSTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Outspoken ethnic Uzbek/Kyrgyz national journalist Alisher Saipov was shot and killed outside his office in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, early evening October 24. Saipov was editor-in-chief of the Uzbek-language newspaper, Siyosat (Politics),and he served as a stringer for Voice of America [...]	2007-10-25 11:45:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK1335	LETTER TO AMBASSADOR FROM WIDOW OF KYRGYZ TRUCK [...] (SBU) This cable forwards the text of the fifth letter to the Ambassador from Mrs. Ivanova, the widow of the Kyrgyz truck driver who was shot on December 6, 2006 by a U.S. airman at Manas Air Base. The letter includes a long litany of alleged unfulfilled commitments by the U.S. side to coope [...]	2007-10-31 13:14:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK1339	POOR KYRGYZ OBLAST HIT HARD BY GROWING INFLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 24 ) 26, Ambassador Yovanovitch visited Naryn Oblast. Everyone she met, from local government representatives in Naryn City to farmers in remote villages, reported that the economic situation in the oblast is dire. The region, already poor, has been especially hard [...]	2007-11-02 12:12:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK1383	KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT ASKS FOR RESULTS OF IVANOV [...] (SBU) On November 19, post received a diplomatic note from the Kyrgyz Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting the results of the U.S. investigation into the December 6, 2006 killing of Kyrgyz citizen Alexander Ivanov by an airman from Manas Airbase. Unofficial translation of the Note follows at [...]	2007-11-21 09:44:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK1513	KYRGYZ ELECTIONS: MISCOUNTING THE VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the relatively peaceful conduct of the Kyrgyz parliamentary vote on December 16, the Embassy's 14 teams of observers noted widespread irregularities and vote total manipulations. Observers in Osh and Jalalabad oblasts recorded numerous instances of unchallenged repeat [...]	2007-12-20 11:18:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SOCI KG
07BISHKEK1514	KYRGYZ ELECTIONS: MISCOUNTING THE VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the relatively peaceful conduct of the Kyrgyz parliamentary vote on December 16, the Embassy's 14 teams of observers noted widespread irregularities and vote total manipulations. Observers in Osh and Jalalabad oblasts recorded numerous instances of unchallenged repeat [...]	2007-12-20 11:18:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SOCI KG
07BISHKEK1515	KYRGYZ ELECTIONS: MISCOUNTING THE VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the relatively peaceful conduct of the Kyrgyz parliamentary vote on December 16, the Embassy's 14 teams of observers noted widespread irregularities and vote total manipulations. Observers in Osh and Jalalabad oblasts recorded numerous instances of unchallenged repeat [...]	2007-12-20 11:27:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SOCI KG
07BISHKEK1516	KYRGYZ ELECTIONS: MISCOUNTING THE VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the relatively peaceful conduct of the Kyrgyz parliamentary vote on December 16, the Embassy's 14 teams of observers noted widespread irregularities and vote total manipulations. Observers in Osh and Jalalabad oblasts recorded numerous instances of unchallenged repeat [...]	2007-12-20 11:32:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SOCI KG
07BISHKEK1520	EMBASSY BISHKEK'S SERIES OF EVENTS TO COMMEMORATE 16 DAYS FREE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Working in conjunction with Post's Mentor Program for Women Leaders and Peace Corps, Embassy Bishkek organized a series of events around the country, including the cities of Bishkek, Osh and Naryn to commemorate the 16 days free of violence against women that run from November 25 [...]	2007-12-21 07:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KG KWMN PHUM PREL
07BISHKEK240	FM KARABAYEV URGES FASTER RESOLUTION OF BASE ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: During a March 5 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Karabayev urged the U.S. to move forward to solve base issues, such as the December shooting incident and the September collision. Karabayev seemed interested in assisting the U.S. in countering the negative publicity and [...]	2007-03-07 08:44:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD PHUM KG
07BISHKEK262	KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER URGENTLY REQUESTS DELAY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Karabayev urgently requested that the U.S. delay the departure from Kyrgyzstan of the service member involved in the December 2006 shooting incident at the Manas Airbase. Karabayev presented a diplomatic note (un [...]	2007-03-14 14:46:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK264	MEDIA REACTION: AIR BASE SHOOTING INCIDENT UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-15 06:33:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL KPAO KG
07BISHKEK27	BISHKEK EAC MEETING ON EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on January 11, 2007 to develop an earthquake preparedness plan. Present were the AMB, DCM, RSO, POL/ECON, POL/RA, USAID, CONS, DAO, MGT, MSG, PAS, and LEG. 2. (SBU) In response to recent earthquake activity l [...]	2007-01-18 05:26:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC KG PGOV PINR PREL
07BISHKEK291	LETTER FROM KYRGYZ FM TO SECRETARY [...] (U) Post received by diplomatic note a letter from Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Ednan Karabayev to the Secretary expressing thanks for recent correspondence (reftel). Post's unofficial translation follows. 2. (U) Begin text of letter: Her Excellency Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State of the [...]	2007-03-20 09:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC KG
07BISHKEK332	GKNB CHAIRMAN SUTALINOV CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE [...] (C) At the March 21 Novrooz celebration, GKNB Chairman Sutalinov approached Ambassador to register his concerns that the April demonstrations could turn violent and to enlist Ambassador's support to moderate the actions of the opposition. He also expressed hope that the U.S.-Kyrgyz bilatera [...]	2007-03-26 09:45:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR MARR KG
07BISHKEK373	BAKIYEV-DOLE: POSITIVE MEETING ON RELATIONSHIIP [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 4, Senator Robert Dole held a positive meeting with President Bakiyev and Foreign Minister Karabayev. Bakiyev said that he understands the importance of the Manas Air Base, but the outstanding questions, such as compensation, the September collision, the December 6 sh [...]	2007-04-05 10:47:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MARR KG
07BISHKEK374	KULOV EXPECTS TO PREVAIL; "PROMISES" NON-VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 4, Ambassador met with United Front leader and former Kyrgyz Prime Minister Feliks Kulov. Kulov said that his goal is to build a system in which no one individual has unlimited power, as is currently the case. For this, constitutional reform is necessary, and it needs t [...]	2007-04-05 11:42:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG
07BISHKEK383	BISHKEK EAC MEETING ON PLANNED DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 9, 2007 to discuss action plans for the anti-government demonstrations scheduled to start in out-lying regions of Kyrgyzstan on April 9 and in Bishkek April 11. Present were: INL, RSO, LEG, POL/ECON, PO [...]	2007-04-09 11:00:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL KG
07BISHKEK384	KYRGYZ PM ATAMBAYEV ON INTERNAL POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 6, the Ambassador met with newly appointed Prime Minister Almaz Atambayev, who said that the opposition had boxed itself into a corner by demanding the President's resignation, and it was difficult to see a face-saving way forward. Atambayev sharply criticized both fo [...]	2007-04-09 12:16:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG
07BISHKEK385	GKNB REPORTS CONCERNS ON RUSSIAN SUPPORT FOR KULOV [...] (C) On April 6, Ambassador met with GKNB Chairman Murat Sutalinov, who said that the Russians are supporting Kulov in exchange for Kulov selling out Manas Air Force Base when he comes to power. He also provided detail on Kulov's alleged ties to organized crime. The Kyrgyz are clearly worri [...]	2007-04-09 12:22:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG
07BISHKEK413	SCENESETTER FOR DAS FEIGENBAUM'S VISIT TO BISHKEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at an unsettled time in Kyrgyzstan. To this point (mid-day April 13),the "non-stop" anti-Bakiyev protest called by former Prime Minister Kulov has failed to gain momentum. The demonstration is not over, however, and there is still a risk that a misstep or a pr [...]	2007-04-13 14:45:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK427	DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum arrived April 15 to an unsettled political situation in Kyrgyzstan. United Front leader Felix Kulov has vowed publicly to press on with street demonstrations until President Bakiyev resigns, even though the demonstrations have failed to gain momentum. In [...]	2007-04-18 03:40:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK488	MEDIA REACTION: DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY EVAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Local media reaction to DAS Evan Feigenbaum,s visit of April 15-20 was primarily neutral, matter of fact reporting with some elements of general suspicion and conspiracy theory thrown in, as is generally the case in local media. Both print and electronic media covered his visit [...]	2007-04-26 04:52:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO KG
07BISHKEK490	DAS FEIGENBAUM AND FM KARABAYEV LAY GROUNDWORK FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his April 15-19 visit to Bishkek, SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum met twice, over five hours, with Foreign Minister Ednan Karabayev for open and wide-ranging discussions. While many other meetings during the visit were dominated by the fast-changing domestic political situation, [...]	2007-04-27 06:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MARR AF KG
07BISHKEK528	KYRGYZ PEDESTRIAN DEATH FOCUSES ATTENTION ON U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Late on May 7, a Kyrgyz pedestrian was struck and killed by a Kyrgyz automobile in a hit-and-run accident near Manas airport. A car carrying an Amcit contractor at the U.S. air base was also damaged apparently when the pedestrian's body hit the vehicle after being struck by the [...]	2007-05-08 12:18:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR CASC KG
07BISHKEK544	KYRGYZSTAN, MANAS AIR BASE AND THE SCO SUMMIT: [...] (C) Summary. With the August 16 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishek only three months away, we need to move to closure now on two contentious incidents -- an aircraft collision and a shooting -- that have undermined public and political support for continued operation o [...]	2007-05-11 11:44:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK549	KYRGYZ POLITICAL ROUNDUP: PRESSURE ON BASE [...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyz political developments this week focused on Manas Airbase, as well as parliamentary candidate Bermet Akayeva and opposition leader Felix Kulov. On the base, PM Atambayev said "steps would be taken" to review the Manas Airbase agreement in response to calls for further gove [...]	2007-05-11 13:07:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK597	KYRGYZ POLICYMAKERS FOCUS ON MANAS AIRBASE [...] (C) Summary: In a May 21 meeting, the Manas Airbase commander handed Alexander Ivanov's widow a goodwill check to compensate her for her loss. Mrs. Ivanova and her lawyer queried about "moral damages" and complained about the amount and intent of the payment. Ivanova later spoke at a press [...]	2007-05-21 12:00:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KDEM KG
07BISHKEK614	KYRGYZ PARLIAMENT AND PRESS TARGET MANAS AIRBASE [...] (C) Summary: During a packed parliamentary committee session May 23, MPs criticized the Prosecutor General's office for its handling of the Hatfield case and called for the ouster of the U.S. military from Manas Airbase. Interest in extension renewals for the base's operations as well as tax [...]	2007-05-24 14:44:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK626	AMBASSADOR NEUMANN BRIEFS POLITICAL HEAVY HITTERS [...] (C) Summary: In an effort to reaffirm the importance of Manas Airbase operations, SCA Special Envoy for Assistance to Afghanistan Ambassador Neumann briefed key government officials on military activity and reconstruction efforts currently underway in Afghanistan. Prime Minister Atambayev sum [...]	2007-05-25 12:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KDEM KG
07BISHKEK632	KYRGYZ PARLIAMENT MAKES AN APPARENT ABOUT FACE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three parliamentarians told the Ambassador on May 28 that the parliament likely would postpone any plenary debate or resolution on the Manas Airbase until the fall. For now, the parliamentary committees that considered base issues during a heated May 23 session (Ref C) will refer [...]	2007-05-29 13:38:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK665	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) We warmly welcome you to Kyrgyzstan June 7 to 11. Your visit comes at an important time for the bilateral relationship. The series of high-level visits -- Secretary of Defense Gates on June 5, your visit, and then CENTCOM Commander Admiral Fallon later in June -- will demonstrate to the K [...]	2007-06-01 13:37:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK670	KYRGYZ PROTEST AGAINST BASE, AS LAWMAKERS SEEK [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On June 2, 35-40 demonstrators gathered in front of the Embassy to protest Manas Airbase's continued presence in Kyrgyzstan. Led by the "Movement for the Withdrawal of the U.S. Air Force Base," the demonst [...]	2007-06-04 13:25:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK707	BAKIYEV TELLS BOUCHER BASE IS BILATERAL ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: In a June 8 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, President Bakiyev said that U.S.-Kyrgyz cooperation had been "mutually beneficial" on the political, economic, and security fronts, but there were unresolved problems with Manas Air [...]	2007-06-11 11:10:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR EINV KG
07BISHKEK737	KYRGYZ PUSH FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE FINANCING, [...] (C) Summary: During a June 7-11 visit to Bishkek, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher met with senior Kyrgyz government officials, parliamentary deputies, civil society representatives, and business leaders. Prime Minister Atambayev was upbeat about the bilateral r [...]	2007-06-18 10:37:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV MARR KG
07BISHKEK81	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO KARAKOL: ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 16 and 17, the Ambassador traveled to Karakol, at the eastern edge of Lake Issyk Kul in northeastern Kyrgyzstan, to open an American Corner at the Issyk Kul Oblast library. The center will provide increased access to news and information about the United States and [...]	2007-01-26 14:25:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO KG
07BISHKEK816	KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO CHANGE BASE FINANCE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On June 22, the Kyrgyz government delivered a draft protocol on changes and additions to the July 2006 Protocol of Intentions covering U.S. payment to the Kyrgyz government for access to and use of Manas Airbase. The Kyrgyz proposal includes additional payments and a [...]	2007-06-25 13:34:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK821	INDEPENDENCE DAY CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM KYRGYZ [...] Post received the following Independence Day congratulatory letter from Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Ednan Karabayev to the Secretary. The original letter will be pouched to SCA/CEN. 2. BEGIN TEXT: The Kyrgyz Republic Minister of Foreign Affairs Dear Madam Secretary of State, It is a [...]	2007-06-26 06:56:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK830	MODERATE KYRGYZ ANALYSIS OF BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: In an interview with AKIpress that was picked up by other media outlets, political commentator Valentin Bogatyrev analyzed growing anti-American sentiment and opposition to the Manas Air Base in Kyrgyzstan. He said there were base-related reasons for the concerns, but that cer [...]	2007-06-26 11:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR KPAO KG
07BISHKEK833	TRAVELS TO BATKEN AND BEYOND [...] (C) Summary: During a four-day trip to southern Kyrgyzstan, the Ambassador visited the remote Batken Oblast, which is almost completely surrounded by Tajikistan, on the edge of the Ferghana Valley. Batken has several Uzbek and Tajik enclaves located within its borders, and mining (mercury and [...]	2007-06-27 04:53:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK86	LOOING AHEAD AT U.S.-KYRGYZ RELATIONS IN 2007 [...] (C) Summary/Introduction. Looking back on 2006, U.S.-Kyrgyz relations suffered a series of body-blows, including the unprecedented expulsion of two U.S. diplomats and a series of unfortunate incidents related to the Manas airbase that have undermined the U.S. image as a beneficial partner. [...]	2007-01-29 12:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK88	KYRGYZ CANDIDATE FOR TIR BOARD [...] The Kyrgyz MFA has sent us a diplomatic note requesting support for the Kyrgyz government's candidate, Turkmen Bootaev, for a seat on the TIR Executive Board. (Note: TIR is an international road transport convention operational mostly in Europe under the aegis of the United Nations to which [...]	2007-01-30 06:01:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN KTIA PREL KG
07BISHKEK881	INDEPENDENCE DAY CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM [...] Post received the following Independence Day congratulatory letter from Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev to President Bush. The letter notes the importance of joint efforts against international terrorism, and the development of economic relations between Kyrgyzstan and the United States. [...]	2007-07-06 06:16:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK968	BISHKEK EAC MEETING ON JULY 30 DEMONSTRATION AT [...] (C) Charge chaired an EAC meeting at 09:00 am on July 30 to discuss precautions for a possible demonstration at the Embassy. In attendance were RSO, POL/ECON, POL/RA, DATT, MGMT, CONS, USAID, MSG, RLEA, MED, and Peace Corps. At 11:00 am on July 30, a small demonstration supporting the U.S. a [...]	2007-07-30 09:57:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PINR KG
07BISHKEK972	SMALL PRO-U.S. DEMONSTRATION AT EMBASSY LEADS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A small, unsanctioned demonstration took place in front of the Embassy the morning of July 30. Approximately 15-20 demonstrators carried signs in support of the U.S. airbase in Kyrgyzstan. After demonstration organizer Tursun Islamov presented two letters to the Embassy, the p [...]	2007-07-31 11:40:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC CASC PINR KG
07BOGOTA101	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL PACE, CJCS [...] (C) Post welcomes the January 18-20 visit of General Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to Colombia. With U.S. assistance, Colombia is fighting a war on four fronts -- FARC, ELN, paramilitaries, and drug traffickers -- with a mix of political, military, and police measures. A [...]	2007-01-05 20:51:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PHUM CO
07BOGOTA1165	COLOMBIA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE FOR [...] This is an action request (see paragraphs 2 and 4). 2. We received a request from the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for support for their candidate for the Interamerican Judicial Committee of the Organization of American States, Guillermo Fernandez de Soto. A copy of the request [...]	2007-02-16 19:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CO
07BOGOTA1232	A/S SHANNON MEETS WITH DEFENSE MINISTER SANTOS ON [...] (C) Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos told WHA A/S Thomas Shannon and INL A/S Anne Patterson the U.S. and Colombia should develop a coordinated message on Plan Colombia's successes, a message he would take with him to Washington when he met with Secretary of Defense Gates. Santos urged the U [...]	2007-02-21 23:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR CO
07BOGOTA1407	COLOMBIA AND PANAMA: DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES ON [...] (C) Tensions increased between Colombia and Panama after President Uribe announced he would place greater customs restrictions on goods originating from Panama's Colon Free Trade Zone. Panama claims these restrictions would violate a customs agreement signed by the two countries in October 20 [...]	2007-03-01 11:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECIN ECON PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO PA VENZ
07BOGOTA1457	COLOMBIA'S SEVENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Scott Fagan, phone number (57-1) 383-2122, fax number (57-1) 315-2163. Officer spent 52 hours preparing report. 2. (U) Responses below are to questions in paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. ------- SUMMARY ------- [...]	2007-03-02 22:46:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO
07BOGOTA1472	SCENESETTER CHECKLIST FOR VISIT OF PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (C) Your visit highlights the strength of our bilateral ties, and comes at a critical time for President Uribe. Seven months into his second term, Uribe is looking for a firm U.S. commitment to sustain high aid levels--as well as U.S. congressional approval of our bilateral Free Trade Agreeme [...]	2007-03-05 22:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SNAR ECON ETRD PHUM KCRM CO
07BOGOTA1809	REPRESENTATIVE MCGOVERN MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (SBU) In a March 2nd meeting with Representative James McGovern, President Uribe reviewed progress in the investigation into the high-profile killing of a victims representative in January. Uribe highlighted the importance of a transparent Justice and Peace Law Process, explaining it was cruc [...]	2007-03-20 19:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ELAM PTER PREL CO
07BOGOTA199	CONDOLENCE MESSAGE [...] We received a condolence letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs addressed to the Secretary regarding the death of former President Gerald Ford. Original will be sent by pouch to WHA/AND. 2. Begin informal Embassy translation of condolence letter: To Her Excellency Condoleezza Ri [...]	2007-01-11 15:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CO
07BOGOTA2835	FOREIGN MINISTER ARAUJO MEETING WITH WHA PDAS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo told WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro the GOC considered the bilateral Free Trade Agreement to be the "economic arm of Plan Colombia," whose ratification was key for Colombia to continue its success in fighting terrorism, reducing violence, and addressing social p [...]	2007-04-27 20:19:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PHUM PTER CO
07BOGOTA2839	NARINO COMMUNITIES SUFFER VIOLENCE, INTIMIDATION [...] (C) The southwest department of Narino has deteriorated from a peaceful backwater to a conflict hotspot. The rural civilian population suffers violent intimidation and forced coca cultivation at the hands of the FARC, ELN, former AUC, and narco-traffickers. As rival groups compete for contro [...]	2007-04-27 21:35:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR CO
07BOGOTA2923	PDAS SHAPIRO MEETS WITH MOD SANTOS [...] (C) Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos told WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro that Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa was seeking to provoke a confrontation with Colombia to strengthen his domestic political position. Colombia was working with Peru, Mexico and Chile to deepen economic integration an [...]	2007-04-30 22:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CO
07BOGOTA2929	SCENESETTER CHECKLIST FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (C) Your visit follows President Uribe's May 2-4 visit to Washington. Uribe fears unsubstantiated claims in the Colombian Congress that he and his family are tied to the paramilitaries are undermining prospects in the U.S. Congress for continued high aid levels and ratification of the bilate [...]	2007-05-02 12:49:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR MARR PTER ECON ETRD KCRM
07BOGOTA3089	SOUTHCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL STAVRIDIS VISITS [...] (C) Commander of U.S. Southern Command Admiral James Stavridis visited Colombia on April 26-27. He was briefed first by JTF-O Commander GEN Navas, who thanked him for U.S. contributions of mobility assets and psyops support, as well as for U.S. help to COLMIL/GOC civil affairs efforts. BRACN [...]	2007-05-04 13:00:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR CO
07BOGOTA3096	COLOMBIA CONFLICT UPDATE - Q1'07 [...] (C) The most prominent FARC attacks in the first quarter were urban bombings in Valle, Cauca, and Huila departments, with the group mostly on the defensive or quiet elsewhere. While ELN leadership continued talks with the GOC in Havana, the group conducted few attacks and sustained heavy losse [...]	2007-05-04 16:39:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MARR CO
07BOGOTA3288	GOC REJECTS EFFORT BY SENATOR PETRO'S FAMILY TO [...] (C) Justice and Interior Minister Carlos Holguin rejected May 9 the effort by some family members of Senator Gustavo Petro to decline GOC protection measures, saying the GOC's obligation to protect the family was "irrevocable." Petro's parents and brothers made the request after police detaine [...]	2007-05-10 17:24:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV CO
07BOGOTA3624	COLOMBIA TO ACCEDE TO WHALING CONVENTION [...] (SBU) The GOC intends to accede to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW). Ana Maria Hernandez, Director of International Affairs for the Environment Ministry, told EconCouns that the decision was made at a May 16 interagency meeting. Hernandez stated that the proc [...]	2007-05-18 21:17:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD CO
07BOGOTA3651	U.S. HOSTAGES: POSSIBLE 'PROOF OF LIFE' [...] (C) Former hostage Jhon Pinchao escaped on April 28 from a FARC camp deep in the jungle of southeast Colombia. Pinchao said he was held with 13 other captives, including three U.S. citizens captured in 2003. He gave accurate descriptions and specific anecdotal details of the three Americans; [...]	2007-05-22 22:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PTER CO
07BOGOTA418	COLOMBIA SEEKING THE LEAD ON REGIONAL [...] (U) After sharp reductions in kidnapping and homicide rates in Colombia, the GoC is seeking to position itself as a leader in counterterrorism (CT) efforts in the region. Colombia signed a bi-national agreement with Paraguay to provide training and technical assistance in crime scene and kidna [...]	2007-01-19 20:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON PGOV PREL PTER SNAR ASEC CO MX PA

07BOGOTA4615	CODEL MEEKS MEETS WITH OPPOSITION LEADERS [...] (U) June 4, 2007; 300PM, U.S. Embassy 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) Polcouns John Creamer Pol officer (notetaker) COLOMBIA Former President and Liberal Party leader Cesar Gaviria [...]	2007-06-26 17:35:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA4722	SOUTHCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER SPEARS VISITS COLMIL [...] (C) On a June 25-27 visit, U.S. Southern Command Deputy Commander General Spears met Vice Minister of Defense Pinzon and Colombian Armed Forces Commander General Padilla. Pinzon said the GOC wanted to review counterdrug programs, with a possible shift from spraying to manual eradication and c [...]	2007-06-29 13:42:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR CO
07BOGOTA4742	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATES [...] (C) Your visit follows President Uribe's May and June visits to Washington. Uribe fears unsubstantiated claims that he and his family were tied to the paramilitaries are undermining prospects in the U.S. Congress for continued high aid levels and ratification of the bilateral Free Trade Agre [...]	2007-06-29 22:18:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR MARR PTER ECON ETRD KCRM
07BOGOTA4746	BUENAVENTURA: MILITARY AND CIVILIAN EFFORTS TO [...] (C) Marine and Police reinforcements in Buenaventura have cut homicides from last year's peaks, but violence has rebounded as FARC militias and criminal gangs launched a wave of bombings in response to the security crackdown. In addition, drug traffic has shifted inland, and gangs have recru [...]	2007-06-30 20:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PTER CO
07BOGOTA4798	HOW EX-PARAMILITARIES FINANCED THEMSELVES THROUGH [...] (C) Colombia's decentralization in the 1990s made local governments a tempting target for paramilitary infiltration. The paramilitary demobilization, confessions through the Justice and Peace process, and a renewed GOC security presence in former-para regions have exposed numerous cases of p [...]	2007-07-05 20:40:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON CO
07BOGOTA5258	JHON PINCHAO'S ESCAPE FROM FARC CAPTIVITY [...] (C) Police subintendente Jhon Frank Pinchao successfully fled eight and a half years of FARC captivity in late April 2007 (ref A),four months after Fernando Araujo escaped from a separate rebel front (ref B, C). Unlike Araujo, who escaped during a military operation, Pinchao relied on long- [...]	2007-07-19 21:13:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PTER PHUM CO
07BOGOTA5392	COLOMBIA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE FOR THE [...] This is an action request (see paragraphs 2). 2. We received a request from the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for support for their candidate for the United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Pastor Elias Murillo Martinez. Pastor Murillo is well-known [...]	2007-07-25 14:51:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM UN UNHRC AORC CO
07BOGOTA5488	HOW COLOMBIA'S ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS FINANCED [...] (C) The FARC, ELN and former AUC partially financed their criminal activities through "vacunas," extortion payments levied on businesses and households. Some large companies paid millions of dollars for "protection," while individual households might pay USD two to five per month. Armed gro [...]	2007-07-27 21:39:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
07BOGOTA5986	OAS DELEGATION INSPECTS HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN [...] (U) Summary: Poloff accompanied an international delegation organized by the OAS Mission to Aid the Peace Process (MAPP/OAS) to hear concerns of the San Jose de Apartado Peace Community (PC). PC members reiterated their distrust of the GOC justice system and concerns about security. Apartado [...]	2007-08-16 12:58:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
07BOGOTA606	JOINT CHIEFS CHAIRMAN GENERAL PACE MEETS WITH VICE [...] (C) In a one-hour meeting with CJCS General Peter Pace on January 19, Vice President Francisco Santos urged continued U.S. Congressional support for the fight against FARC terrorists. Santos said the GOC supported spraying but also sought new strategies. He cautioned that Ecuador's President [...]	2007-01-29 18:07:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR PTER CO
07BOGOTA6200	VISIT OF HDAC COMMITTEE, AUGUST 27-31, 2007 [...] (SBU) Colombia's congress passed President Uribe,s top legislative priorities in its latest session, and its members look forward to developing institutional ties with the U.S. Congress. Security has markedly improved with successful military efforts to re-take areas controlled by the Revolut [...]	2007-08-23 20:46:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM ECON ETRD OVIP OTRA PGOV PREL CO
07BOGOTA6230	GOC, LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO MASS [...] Summary. In response to a displacement of over 400 rural, mostly Afro-Colombian residents of the Condoto municipality in southern Choco, GOC, local government and international humanitarian groups provided emergency humanitarian aid and protection. In recent days, the internally displaced pers [...]	2007-08-27 15:48:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM ICRC CO
07BOGOTA6283	COLOMBIA: FEEDBACK ON WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE [...] Per reftel, post consulted with Arnobio Cordoba Palacios of Afro-Colombian Credit, and Monsignor Hector Fabio Henao of National Pastoral Social, to solicit feedback regarding their participation in the July White House Conference on the Americas. A former mayor of Quibdo, capital of the depa [...]	2007-08-27 21:08:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KSUM KPAO CO
07BOGOTA6329	REPRESENTATIVE BLUNT MEETS WITH VICE PRESIDENT [...] Summary: Representative Roy Blunt (R-MO) met with Vice President Santos on August 22 to discuss counter narcotics cooperation and prospects for U.S. congressional approval of the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Santos voiced optimism regarding degradation of the FARC's network and cont [...]	2007-08-29 14:45:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA6400	REPRESENTATIVE BLUNT MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Uribe thanked Representative Blunt for his support, and outlined GOC efforts to protect union members, prosecute human rights violators, combat emerging new criminal groups, and address Colombia's socio-economic problems. Uribe explained that he had begun to review t [...]	2007-08-31 16:28:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS PGOV ETRD PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA6649	CHAVEZ FACES TOUGH JOB NEGOTIATING HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary. On August 31, President Uribe and Venezuelan President Chavez discussed Chavez' efforts to facilitate a "humanitarian exchange" of FARC-held hostages for FARC prisoners in Colombian jails. Uribe ruled out any demilitarized area ("despeje") or return of released prisoners to FA [...]	2007-09-12 17:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER PREF CO
07BOGOTA670	WHA A/S SHANNON AND FM ARAUJO DISCUSS PLAN [...] (C) In a one-hour meeting with Foreign Minister Maria Consuelo Araujo on January 29, WHA A/S Thomas Shannon welcomed the GOC's Plan Colombia consolidation proposal. Araujo said the proposal assigns new resources to human rights, social development, displaced people, and Afro-Colombian and ind [...]	2007-01-31 12:58:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SNAR EC CO
07BOGOTA6881	GOC REITERATES RULES OF THE GAME FOR CHAVEZ AND [...] (S) Summary. Peace Commissioner Restrepo said he and President Uribe repeatedly told Venezuelan President Chavez the GOC will not consider a demilitarized zone as part of a deal for a "humanitarian exchange" with the FARC. The FARC does not want to meet with Chavez in Venezuela (preferring [...]	2007-09-19 22:47:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER PREF FR CO
07BOGOTA6885	CORDOBA SEEKS MEETINGS WITH "SIMON TRINIDAD" AND [...] (C) Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba called the Charge from Caracas on September 18 to request a meeting with FARC members "Simon Trinidad" and "Sonia" (convicted in the United States of terrorism and drug charges, respectively). Cordoba asked to meet with the two on September 21 during a plan [...]	2007-09-20 19:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER PREF FR VZ CO
07BOGOTA6898	WHO IGWG ANTI-IP PROPOSALS AT AMERICAS [...] On September 6 Econoff raised reftel issue with Colombian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) North America Desk Coordinator Patricia Cortes and delivered non-paper. Cortes said she would distribute non-paper to appropriate GOC agencies. On September 17, Cortes told us the Ministry of Soci [...]	2007-09-21 16:14:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR CO
07BOGOTA6899	SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL MCCAFFREY [...] (SBU) President Uribe's "democratic security" policy has hit the FARC and ELN hard over the past five years, with security improving across the country. Colombians are free to travel highways and confidence has skyrocketed, translating into record economic growth. The paramilitary peace proc [...]	2007-09-21 18:28:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR PTER CO
07BOGOTA6948	COLOMBIA'S EFFORTS TO ENSURE FAIR ELECTIONS IN [...] During a pre-elections visit to Sucre and Cordoba departments, politicians, local authorities, and victims, groups all told us the safer environment created by the demobilization of paramilitaries resulted in a dramatic increase in the participation of newer political parties. However, some v [...]	2007-09-25 04:33:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA6957	OPIC CEO MOSBACHER HIGHLIGHTS U.S.-COLOMBIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In September 10-11 meetings with government and private sector representatives, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Robert Mosbacher, Jr. highlighted the potential for increased U.S. investment in Colombia and the range of OPIC services a [...]	2007-09-25 14:17:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG OPIC CO
07BOGOTA7017	GENERAL PETER PACE'S SEPTEMBER 13 MEETING WITH [...] (U) September 13, 2007, Cartagena Airport, 60 minutes 2. (U) Participants: United States SouthCom Commander ADM James Stavridis Ambassador William Brownfield Colombia Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos Military Forces Commander GEN Fredy Padilla Army Commander GEN Mario Monto [...]	2007-09-27 15:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PTER PHUM CO
07BOGOTA7061	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD,S SEPTEMBER 26 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met September 26 with families of the three American hostages held by the FARC. The families appreciated the Ambassador's recent statements that he would not oppose other governments' efforts to resolve the hostages' detention. The Ambassador stressed the importan [...]	2007-09-30 20:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PTER PREL PGOV CO VZ
07BOGOTA7088	ECOPETROL PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION RESOUNDING SUCCESS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 25, Colombia's state-owned hydrocarbons company Ecopetrol completed the first round of its partial privatization, successfully selling a 10.1 percent stake to a mix of Colombian companies and private citizens. The offering, which raised USD 3.3 billion in new funds f [...]	2007-10-02 14:26:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON EINV EFIN CO
07BOGOTA720	LATIN PACIFIC ECONOMIC MINISTERS INTERESTED IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Colombia hosted the "Latin American Pacific Basin Initiative Forum" January 29-30 in Cali, with participants from 9 of the 11 Latin American Pacific coast countries. The largely symbolic meeting was intended to galvanize trade and investment among the Latin Pacific countries, [...]	2007-02-02 15:00:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN ETRD APECO CO
07BOGOTA7203	URIBE REITERATES GOC OPPOSITION TO RETURN OF [...] On October 3, following a breakfast meeting with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, President Alvaro Uribe told the press the GOC opposed the return to Colombia of FARC members "Sonia" and "Simon Trinidad" as part of any humanitarian exchange of FARC-held hostages for FARC members in Colomb [...]	2007-10-04 23:36:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO
07BOGOTA7239	AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 1 CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Finance Minister Zuluaga reiterated to the Ambassador, on October 1, GOC support for Treasury Secretary Paulson's informal consultative process with like-minded Latin American finance ministers. He concurred with the Ambassador's suggestion that our governments pursue an expan [...]	2007-10-09 12:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL VZ PE CO
07BOGOTA7265	WORLD BANK BOOSTS COLOMBIA'S "DOING BUSINESS" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the World Bank's "Doing Business 2008" report released September 27, companies are finding it easier to do business in Colombia. In comparison to last year, Colombia improved 13 positions to 66th out of 178 countries ranked. The World Bank identified Colombia as t [...]	2007-10-09 21:51:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BEXP ETRD EFIN CO
07BOGOTA7364	U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE USE OF RAPE [...] On September 26 Econoff verbally delivered reftel talking points to the Colombian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) North America Desk Coordinator Patricia Cortes and provided Cortes with the text of the draft resolution. Cortes said she would raise reftel issue with the appropriate GOC a [...]	2007-10-12 18:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UNGA PHUM KWMN SOCI CO
07BOGOTA7395	GOC TAKING CONCRETE STEPS TOWARDS INVESTIGATING [...] (SBU) Summary: An international human rights group coalition claims there were 955 extrajudicial killings by Colombian security forces between July 2002 and June 2007. The Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) is formally investigating 189 allegations of extrajudicial killings involving 388 [...]	2007-10-15 18:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
07BOGOTA7470	UNITED STATES, COLOMBIA AND MEXICO MEETING [...] (C) Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Karen Tandy met with Colombian Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos Calderon and Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora Icaza on October 9 to promote increased counternarcotics cooperation. The meeting was part of a series and led to ag [...]	2007-10-18 22:06:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC ECIN PTER SNAR MX CO
07BOGOTA7481	AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 11 MEETING WITH [...] (C) In an October 11 meeting, the Ambassador and Vice-President Santos reviewed prospects for U.S. approval of the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA),agreed on the need to work closely to deflect efforts by President Chavez and the FARC to make the USG and GOC look intransigent in humanita [...]	2007-10-19 14:15:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER VZ CO
07BOGOTA7648	GOC PEACE COMMISSIONER REVIEWS LATEST DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Defense Minister Santos voiced skepticism about the efforts of President Chavez and Senator Cordoba to facilitate a humanitarian exchange with the FARC, prompting a rebuke from President Uribe. GOC Peace Commissioner Restrepo told us Uribe was chagrined with Santos' remarks, because at th [...]	2007-10-24 15:33:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO
07BOGOTA7671	GOC'S POSSIBLE SHIFT ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL [...] (C) During an October 17 meeting with Luis Moreno Ocampo, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC),President Uribe suggested the GOC would revisit whether to continue delaying the application of the ICC war crimes provision. The GOC exempted itself from the provision for se [...]	2007-10-24 22:06:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
07BOGOTA7718	SECRETARY GUTIERREZ AND U.S. REPRESENTATIVES' [...] (SBU) In an October 13 breakfast meeting with Commerce Secretary Gutierrez and an accompanying congressional SIPDIS delegation, President Uribe thanked the group for U.S. support and urged them to support the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA). He said the FTA will complement Plan Colomb [...]	2007-10-26 22:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD KJUS OVIP PGOV PHUM PTER EC
07BOGOTA7748	SCENESETTER FOR THE USTR SCHWAB-LED CODEL AND [...] (SBU) Your delegation will visit a Colombia far safer, economically stronger, better governed and more democratic than it has been in decades. Many Colombians say conditions today have improved to a level better than any other time in their lives or those of their parents. During your visit y [...]	2007-10-30 19:41:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELAB EAGR OVIP PGOV PREL CO
07BOGOTA7761	GOC CONSIDERING CHANGES IN REPARATIONS IN JUSTICE [...] (SBU) The GOC announced October 23 it is considering a proposal by the National Commission of Reparations and Reconciliation (CNRR) to change the reparations process from the current judicial procedure--which has proved extremely slow in identifying victims and assets--to an administrative p [...]	2007-10-30 22:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA7767	COLOMBIAN MFA TRAINS JUDGES AND LAWYERS ON HAGUE CHILD [...] Summary: The Colombian MFA hosted a September 13 seminar for judges, lawyers and child welfare workers on the Hague Convention on child abduction. The seminar was the second MFA-hosted conference on the Convention this year, and, along with two recent lower-court decisions ordering the retur [...]	2007-10-31 15:49:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC CVIS CJAN PREL CO
07BOGOTA7804	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S OCTOBER 29 MEETING WITH [...] (C) The Ambassador told Cardinal Pedro Rubiano on October 29 that the USG would consider joint efforts with the Church on health, education, and poverty reduction projects. Rubiano said the National Conciliation Commission has useful insights into peace talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces [...]	2007-11-01 17:45:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER VE VT CO
07BOGOTA7862	EMBASSY CONFIRMS REPORT OF AMERICAN KIDNAPPED BY FARC IN APRI [...] (C) Summary. On October 25, FBI and consular representatives inter 2. (C) In late September 2007, Colombian citizen Nestor Mora wrote to 3. (C) Nestor described the circumstances surrounding his brotherQs ki 4. (C) Nestor said the kidnappers contacted him two months later, and [...]	2007-11-02 20:22:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PTER PREL PGOV CO
07BOGOTA7873	EMBASSY CONFIRMS REPORT OF AMERICAN KIDNAPPED BY FARC IN [...] (C) Summary. On October 25, FBI and consular representatives interviewed Colombian citizen Nestor Mora. Mora said that the FARC had kidnapped his brother, U.S. citizen Daniel Mora, in April 2003. Post verified DanielQs citizenship, and Colombian authorities have confirmed NestorQs account o [...]	2007-11-02 22:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PTER PREL PGOV CO
07BOGOTA7875	COLOMBIA: DELIVERY OF FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 13:33:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER ECON PARM PREL MNUC CO
07BOGOTA790	TRADE CONFEDERATIONS SEND ANTI-FTA LETTER TO U.S. [...] (U) On January 23, two trade confederations and a pensioner's group released an open letter to the U.S. Congress, criticizing the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and urging that it not be ratified (See para 5). The trade confederations also invited a U.S. labor-Congressional delegation [...]	2007-02-06 11:33:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PGOV CO
07BOGOTA7954	AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 29 MEETING WITH FORMER [...] (C) The Ambassador reviewed with Liberal Party leader Cesar Gaviria on October 29 the result of the preceding day's local elections, Senator Cordoba's and President Chavez' efforts to promote a humanitarian accord, and prospects for U.S. Congressional approval of the bilateral Free Trade Agre [...]	2007-11-06 22:50:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD PHUM PINR PREL OAS PE VE CO
07BOGOTA7981	AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 1 MEETING WITH BOGOTA MAYOR [...] (C) Bogota Mayor Luis Eduardo "Lucho" Garzon told the Ambassador on November 1 that he supports the Free Trade Agreement--with modifications--as well as President Uribe's democratic security policy. Garzon urged the USG to pay greater attention to "leftist" movements in the region but disavow [...]	2007-11-08 12:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PHUM PTER ETRD VE CO
07BOGOTA7982	WTO DEMARCHE REQUEST - GOC UNLIKELY TO RAISE ISSUE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 14:14:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON CO
07BOGOTA7990	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S OCTOBER 25-26 VISIT TO [...] The Ambassador visited Cartagena, capital of the Department of Bolivar for meetings with government, private sector, educational and religious leaders. His interlocutors underscored that improved security had opened the door for economic growth and expressed interest in deepening the U.S.-Co [...]	2007-11-08 18:42:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAID PGOV ASEC CO
07BOGOTA7998	USTR SCHWAB-LED CODEL DISCUSSES COLOMBIA TRADE [...] (U) Sunday, November 3, 2007; 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. USTR Ambassador Susan Schwab Acting Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Conner Ambassador William R. Brownfield Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AK) Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Rep. John Ta [...]	2007-11-08 21:10:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PREL ECON OVIP USTR USDA CO
07BOGOTA8001	CHAVEZ AND THE FARC KEEP GOC IN THE DARK [...] (C) Summary: Prompted by press reports of a President Chavez-FARC meeting, GOC Peace Commissioner Restrepo issued a statement on November 7 stating that Chavez had not informed the GOC of his encounter--as Uribe and Chavez had previously agreed. A senior GOC official voiced skepticism about [...]	2007-11-09 11:48:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO
07BOGOTA8045	AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 1 MEETING WITH FORMER [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-14 00:10:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER KJUS FR NU VE
07BOGOTA8071	UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION EVALUATION [...] On November 6 Econoff raised reftel points with Colombian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) North America Desk Officer Claudia Cuevas and delivered non-paper. Cuevas said she would distribute non-paper to appropriate GOC agencies. 2. On November 9, Foreign Agriculture Service office d [...]	2007-11-15 12:51:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AORC FAO UN CO
07BOGOTA8086	URIBE REAFFIRMS OPPOSITION TO DEMILITARIZED ZONE [...] (SBU) President Uribe reiterated his opposition to a demilitarized zone ("despeje") in talks with the FARC, and ruled out a meeting between Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and senior FARC leader Manuel Marulanda. In his November 8 meeting with Chavez, FARC Secretariat member Ivan Marquez had [...]	2007-11-15 20:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO
07BOGOTA8160	CHAVEZ' PROPOSAL FOR MEETING WITH FARC'S MARULANDA [...] On November 20, in response to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' public statement that he received GOC authorization for a meeting with FARC leader Manuel Marulanda, the GOC issued a communique clarifying that such a meeting could only occur after the FARC began to release its hostages. The GOC [...]	2007-11-21 11:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER FR SP SZ VZ CO
07BOGOTA8221	AMBASSADOR VISITS CALI--COLOMBIA'S THIRD CITY, AT [...] (C) On November 14, Ambassador Brownfield visited Cali, capital of Valle del Cauca and Colombia's third largest city. Infamous for the violence and narcotrafficking of the 1980s and 90s, Cali continues trying to start a revival and clean up its image. The Ambassador expressed the Embassy's c [...]	2007-11-23 21:22:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA8224	GOC ENDS CHAVEZ/CORDOBA "HUMANITARIAN EXCHANGE" [...] (C) President Alvaro Uribe terminated the mandates of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba in the "humanitarian exchange" process on November 21, after the two intermediaries phoned and spoke with Colombian Army Commander Montoya. Uribe previously told Chavez [...]	2007-11-24 15:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PTER PHUM VZ CO
07BOGOTA8255	IMPROVING SECURITY AND STRONG ECONOMY BOOST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Strong economic growth and record levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) are bolstering Colombian bank balance sheets as well as foreign financial institutions' interest in investing in the sector. Following a period of consolidation, three Colombian-owned banking groups have [...]	2007-11-27 15:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON CO
07BOGOTA8256	FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE ERADICATION IN SOUTH [...] On November 6 Econoff raised reftel issue with Colombian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) North America Desk Officer Claudia Cuevas and delivered non-paper. Cuevas said she would distribute non-paper to appropriate GOC agencies. Based on the recommendation of the Embassy's Agricultural A [...]	2007-11-27 16:01:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR PTER KSCA CO
07BOGOTA8305	GOC RECOVERS PROOF OF LIFE FOR SIXTEEN HOSTAGES [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-30 22:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM PREL CASC FR VE CO
07BOGOTA8306	GOC PEACE COMMISSIONER EXPLAINS SUSPENSION OF [...] (C) GOC Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told the Ambassador that Venezuelan President Chavez' repeated violation of the rules set by President Uribe for Hugo Chavez' effort to promote a humanitarian accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) had forced Uribe to suspe [...]	2007-11-30 23:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER MARR AR BR CS EC FR UY
07BOGOTA8362	SCENESETTER FOR DECEMBER 7-9 VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (SBU) Your return to Colombia comes as the Uribe Administration continues building a safer, economically stronger, better governed and more democratic country. Murder rates declined 40 percent since 2002, violence against union members fell over 60 percent, and kidnapping rates plummeted 76 pe [...]	2007-12-04 23:56:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP ETRD PREL ELAB PHUM PTER PREF CO
07BOGOTA8384	PRESIDENT URIBE SPEAKS TO REID DELEGATION ON TPA, [...] (SBU) During a November 28 meeting with the U.S. Congressional Delegation led by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, President Alvaro Uribe outlined Plan Colombia's accomplishments and stressed the importance of continued U.S. support. Uribe said passage of the U.S.- Colombia Trade Promotion A [...]	2007-12-06 20:14:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PTER PHUM PGOV KJUS VE CO
07BOGOTA8390	G-24 CONFERENCE ON COLOMBIA FORUM FOSTERS DIALOGUE [...] The international community expressed political support for the GOC at the G-24 Third International Conference on Colombia on November 29-December 1. The joint G-24 Bogota declaration recognized GOC advances on human rights and sustainable development, stressed the international commitment to [...]	2007-12-06 23:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV PTER OFDP AR CA SW CO
07BOGOTA8458	GOC FIGHTING TO CONTAIN NEW CRIMINAL GROUPS [...] Combined GOC military and police efforts to combat new criminal groups are making progress, with 1,710 captures and 568 kills of gang members from January through mid-November 2007. The share of demobilized ex-AUC among these new groups appears to be falling, indicating that reinsertion prog [...]	2007-12-11 14:37:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER MARR CO
07BOGOTA8477	CATHOLIC CHURCH BEGINS EFFORT TO CONTACT FARC ON [...] (C) Catholic priest Dario Echeverri told us the Church will reach out to the FARC to explain its proposal to create an "encounter zone" for GOC talks with the FARC on a humanitarian exchange. He said President Uribe had asked the Church to make the proposal to deflect international pressure o [...]	2007-12-11 21:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER PREF AR CI FR SZ VZ VE
07BOGOTA8508	ILO COMMISSION GAINS TRIPARTITE PERSPECTIVES IN [...] A high-level International Labor Organization (ILO) commission visited Colombia November 25-28 to encourage progress on implementation on the June 2006 Tripartite Agreement (ref A). The commission released its report--which the local ILO report called positive--to the GOC, unions, and employe [...]	2007-12-13 20:37:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KJUS PGOV PHUM PTER CO
07BOGOTA8545	EMBASSY ANALYSIS OF HOSTAGE PROOF-OF-LIFE [...] (S) Colombian Security Forces captured three suspected Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) members in possession of proof-of-life (POL) for sixteen hostages, including U.S. citizen Defense Departments contractors Tom Howes, Keith Stansell, and Marc Gonsalves on November 29, 2007 (re [...]	2007-12-17 14:16:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM VZ FR CO
07BOGOTA8563	INDIGENOUS MASS DISPLACEMENT NEAR TUMACO, NARINO - [...] Since mid-September, the GOC, local officials, and several international groups have helped over 1000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the Awa indigenous group in Inda Sabaleta, near Tumaco, Narino. The Awa were displaced by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) incursions in [...]	2007-12-17 21:41:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM CO
07BOGOTA8574	GOC SETS UP COMMISSION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF [...] On October 29, 2007, President Uribe issued a decree creating the Commission for the Advancement of Afro-Colombians which will identify barriers to Afro-Colombian socio-economic advancement and make recommendations on ways to overcome them. Vice President Santos will chair the commission, an [...]	2007-12-18 17:46:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
07BOGOTA8585	SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES: HUMANITARIAN DEMINING IN [...] (U) A November 12-17 visit by PM/WRA program officer reviewed progress of USG-supported humanitarian mine action (HMA) projects and next steps. The GOC's recent restructuring of its civilian HMA management shows renewed commitment to demining issues, and receives high marks from international [...]	2007-12-18 20:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PHUM PREF CO
07BOGOTA8592	U.S.-COLOMBIA FLIGHTS TAKEOFF [...] SUMMARY: A new aviation agreement between the USG and the GOC unleashed a flood of interest by U.S. and Colombian carriers. The agreement should increase flights between the two countries by at least 50 percent. U.S. carriers with established flights to Colombia want to expand the number of [...]	2007-12-19 16:23:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EINV CO
07BOGOTA8640	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD,S DECEMBER 13 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador visited Barranquilla, capital of Atlantico Department on December 13 for meetings with Governor Carlos Rodado, ranking regional military Commander Colonel Carlos Bueno, and public outreach audiences. Rodado expressed his support for the U.S.-Colombian Trade Pro [...]	2007-12-21 21:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV MARR CO
07BOGOTA8651	COUNSELOR COHEN'S DECEMBER 20 MEETING WITH [...] (C) President Uribe told Counselor Eliot Cohen on December 20 of his growing concern over Venezuelan President Chavez and suggested that the USG and GOC hold "strategic consultations" on Venezuela. Uribe said the GOC's immediate priorities remain U.S. congressional approval of the Colombia T [...]	2007-12-21 22:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER ECON CO VZ
07BOGOTA8658	BOGOTA AIR QUALITY AMONG WORST IN LATIN AMERICA [...] SUMMARY: Bogota's seven million plus inhabitants breathe some of the worst air in the region. Air quality falls below safe levels over 95 percent of the time. Low-quality fuel, poor driving practices, and urban deforestation are largely to blame. GOC officials expect an agreement to improv [...]	2007-12-26 21:32:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELTN EPET SENV SOCI ENRG CO
07BOGOTA8660	URIBE ADMINISTRATION SUPPORTS EXTRADITIONS AT [...] (SBU) The GOC processed a record number of 164 extraditions in 2007, surpassing the previous record of 134 set in 2005. Under President Uribe, 581 defendants involved in crimes such as drug trafficking, extortion, money laundering and terrorism have been extradited to date to the United Sta [...]	2007-12-26 21:34:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR CO
07BOGOTA8661	NICARAGUA URGES FARC "BROTHER" TO RELEASE HOSTAGES [...] On December 7, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega called on his "beloved brother," Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) leader Manual Marulanda, to free Ingrid Betancourt, apparently in response to Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez' appeal for his involvement. Ortega added that "in the [...]	2007-12-27 13:13:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM FR VZ CO NU
07BOGOTA8692	EMBASSY PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPONSORS CONFERENCE ON [...] Embassy Public Affairs sponsored the 12th Houston Series seminar with a focus on "Social Justice: Reducing Poverty, Building the Economy and Peace." 110 leaders and officials from the private sector, academia, government and NGOs participated in the three-day conference held in Cartagena fr [...]	2007-12-28 20:17:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV ASEC KPAO OIIP CO
07BOGOTA8694	VENEZUELAN / ICRC HOSTAGE RECOVERY MISSION SET FOR [...] The Colombian Government announced on December 28 that it had authorized a VeQuelan-led, international delegation -- operating in conjunction with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) -- to recover three FARC-held hostages between 1700 EST December 27 and 1700 EST December 30 i [...]	2007-12-28 21:32:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PTER PHUM CASC VZ CO
07BOGOTA8697	COLOMBIA'S NATIONAL INDIGENOUS GROUPS CONGRESS [...] Summary: The National Organization for the Indigenous in Colombia (ONIC) held its Seventh Congress December 9-14, declaring unity among all indigenous groups in South America and calling for protection of indigenous communities and their way of life. Complaints ran high against private inves [...]	2007-12-31 15:12:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
07BOGOTA870	INL A/S PATTERSON MEETS WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR [...] (C) In a January 30 meeting, INL A/S Anne Patterson asked Minister of Interior and Justice Carlos Holguin to continue expediting consultations with indigenous communities regarding aerial eradication in reserves. Holguin expressed frustration with the conflicting SIMCI and CNC numbers on hec [...]	2007-02-07 20:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO SNAR
07BOGOTA871	INL A/S PATTERSON MEETS WITH REINTEGRATION CZAR [...] (C) In a February 1 meeting, Reintegration Commissioner Frank Pearl told INL A/S Anne Patterson of his efforts to increase the program's credibility in Colombia and with the international community. He noted the GOC pays 96 percent of the Reintegration Program's budget, while the internation [...]	2007-02-07 20:48:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA8723	FARC DELAYS HOSTAGE RECOVERY MISSION AS [...] The Venezuelan-led, international mission to recover three hostages -- Clara Rojas, her son Emmanuel, and Consuelo Gonzales de Perdomo -- held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) remains on hold as the GOV awaits transfer point coordinates from the FARC (reftel). President Ur [...]	2007-12-31 19:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER PREF VZ CO
07BOGOTA900	URIBE COMMITTED TO POVERTY REDUCTION BUT SUCCESS [...] Colombia's poverty rate of 49 percent -- which reaches almost 70 percent in rural areas -- exacerbates the urban-rural divide and feeds social conflict. President Uribe has boosted social spending, and improved economic growth and targeted social programs have cut poverty rates. Still, Uribe [...]	2007-02-07 23:28:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL ECON CO PHUM PREF
07BRASIIA1568	Key Brazilin Senator Voices Concern over Venezuelan [...] (SBU) Summary. During a lunchAmbassador Sobel gave on August 8 as part of a boader outreach to Brazilian senators (septel),the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations and Natonal Defense Committee, Heraclito Fortes, expresed concerns about threats to democracy from Venezela and Bolivia. A [...]	2007-08-14 18:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON BR XR
07BRASILIA1006	Update on GOL-Legacy Crash Legal Case [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise move, the Brazilian federal prosecutor in charge of the criminal investigation into the September 29 air collision between a business jet and GOL airliner indicted four air traffic controllers for the accident, one on serious charges of having acted deliberately. T [...]	2007-06-04 19:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EAIR PGOV BR
07BRASILIA1025	BRAZIL'S ACRE STATE: GROUND ZERO FOR SOUTH AMERICAN [...] (SBU) Summary. One of President Lula's key objectives is the construction of an all-weather highway linking Brazil to the Pacific Ocean, and within a few years this dream will become reality. The GOB has paved route BR 364/317 to the Peruvian border and paving of this highway on the Peruvia [...]	2007-06-06 13:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN PGOV SENV EAID PHUM ETRD SNAR BR PE
07BRASILIA1034	LULA, CHAVEZ SPAR OVER BRAZILIAN SENATE RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary. President Lula and Venezuelan President Chavez sparred in the media over Chavez's criticism of the Brazilian Senate's resolution on the RCTV forced closure on May 28, giving additional stress to an already frayed friendship. What began as a polite refusal by Lula to criticize [...]	2007-06-06 19:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECPS ETRD BR VE
07BRASILIA1037	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NSF OFFICIAL SMITH [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. William M. Smith, Program Director in the Office of the Assistant Director (GEO),to Manaus, Brazil, June 10-16, 2007, to attend the 24th meeting of the Inter-American Institute (IAI) Conference of the Parties (COP). 2. Visitors are remi [...]	2007-06-06 20:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA NSF OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1039	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NSF OFFICIAL BROWN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Louis B. Brown, Senior Staff Associate in the office of the Assistant Director (GEO),to Manaus, Brazil, June 10-16, 2007, to participate in the meetings of the Executive Council and Conference of the Parties of the Inter-American Institute [...]	2007-06-06 20:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA NSF OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1040	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NSF OFFICIAL FILMER [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Paul E. Filmer, Program Director in the Division of Earth Sciences (EAR),to Manaus (Brazil),June 10-17, 2007, who will lead the U.S. Government Delegation to the Conference of the Parties of the Inter-American Institute. 2. Visitors ar [...]	2007-06-06 20:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA NSF OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1041	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH OFFICIAL ROSALY CORREA [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Rosaly Correa de Araujo, Director of the Americas, OGHA, OS, HHS to travel to Sao Paulo, Brazil, from June 9-10, to Brasilia, Brazil, from June 10-15, and to Sao Paulo, Brazil from June 15-16, 2007, to co-chair the meeting of the JCM Workgro [...]	2007-06-06 20:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1042	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR OES/EGC OFFICIAL [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Norman Barth, OES/EGC/State Department, to Manaus, Brazil, June 07-16, 2007, to attend the Executive Council and Conference of Parties of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. 2. Visitors are reminded that all US citizens t [...]	2007-06-08 10:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TPHY OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1049	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL SIMOES [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Eduardo Simoes, Prevention Research Program Director, NCCDPHP, DACH, COGH, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia (DF),Brazil, June 11-14, 2007, to represent HHS/CDC interests in establishing an agenda of future [...]	2007-06-08 16:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA105	FISCAL DATA FOR TRAVEL OF PATRICIA S. PIRIZ [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-19 16:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV OTRA BO BR
07BRASILIA1099	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NPS OFFICIAL JOHNSON [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Robert Johnson, Director of the Everglades-South Florida Natural Resources Center, National Park Service (NSP) in Florida, to Foz do Iguacu, Brasilia, and Cuiaba (Brazil),June 15-26, 2007, to participate in the Brazilian Congress on Protect [...]	2007-06-14 17:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY KSCA SCUL OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1105	BRAZIL: IPR TRAINING REQUEST [...] In accordance with requirements presented in reftel A, Embassy Brasilia submits the following proposal for 2007 IPR enforcement training. The proposal is for a grant of $43,900 to provide a two-day high-level workshop for law enforcement officials (Federal Police, Customs, Highway Patrol) and [...]	2007-06-15 11:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON BR
07BRASILIA1115	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE CONTRACTORS PETERSON [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for David P. Perterson and Loren J. Habergger, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),July 5-19, 2007, to Itaituba and Creporizao (State of Para) Brazil, to work on projects on reduction of emissions from community and small scale gold mining in developin [...]	2007-06-15 18:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1130	AMEMBASSY BRASILIA NOMINATES RURALFONE FOR THE SECRETARY'S [...] (U) Based upon its outstanding program aimed at using technology and resources to assist communities located in Brazil's remote, underprivileged areas, the Ambassador nominates the U.S. company Ruralfone, Inc. for the Secretary of State's 2007 Award For Corporate Excellence For the Small to Med [...]	2007-06-18 17:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP ELAB ETRD BR
07BRASILIA1131	AMEMBASSY BRASILIA NOMINATES FORD AND MICROSOFT BRAZIL FOR [...] (U) Based upon their leadership and commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR),Ambassador Sobel nominates the U.S. multinational companies Ford and Microsoft Brazil, as representatives of the 50 U.S. multinational companies that support the U.S. Embassy Brazil CSR Initiative, for th [...]	2007-06-18 17:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP ELAB ETRD BR

07BRASILIA1145	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE DOS AND NNSA FUNDED [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for a Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration's (DOE/NNSA) International Nonproliferation Export Control Program (INECP) for the following DOS and NNSA-funded personnel, from July 7-14, 2007 to conduct WMD Commodity Identifica [...]	2007-06-20 10:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ETTC KSTC PARM PREL KSCA KNNP BR
07BRASILIA116	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL HOWARD [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. William Howard, Safety and Health Manager, Office of Health and Safety, OD, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia (DF),Brazil, February 6-8, 2007, to participate in the BSL-4 lab design workshop. 2. Visitors [...]	2007-01-22 20:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1185	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 96 [...] The following is the ninety-sixth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expres [...]	2007-06-22 19:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA12	POSSIBLE INSTRUMENT FOR BRAZIL MERCURY REDUCTION PILOT [...] At a December 8, 2006, meeting at Brazil's Ministry of the Environment, ESTH Counselor Patricia Norman, Science Officer KG Moore and EPA Project Leader Dr. Luis Fernandez met with Dr. Marilia Cerqueira, Director of Brazil's Mercury programs. Dr. Fernandez presented to the Brazilians the scope [...]	2007-01-04 18:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV AORC EMIN ETRD PREL KSCA BR
07BRASILIA1204	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIAL SCHNEIDER [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for William Schneider, Office of Prevention, Pesticides an Toxic Substances, for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s OECD Biopesticide Steering Group, to Sco Paulo (transit only) and Brasilia, Brazil, from June 29 to July 05, 2007, to partic [...]	2007-06-26 19:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1216	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL BLANDFORD [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for John Blandford, Economist, NCHSTP, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Rio de Janeiro, , from July 1-8; Brasilia, from July 8-14, to Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 14, 2007, as follow: -- Rio de Janeiro/Brasilia: to provide techni [...]	2007-06-27 19:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1220	BRAZILIAN SUPPORT FOR BOLIVIA ON CN ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary. Worried about the potential for increased narco-trafficking to (and through) Brazil, the Lula administration has sought to provide both economic and moral support to the Morales government. Consistent with their perception of Brazil as the (self-anointed) leader of South Ameri [...]	2007-06-28 18:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV ETRD ENRG BR BL
07BRASILIA1231	BRAZIL PREFERS SUSPENSION OF ISS ARRANGEMENT [...] Post received a Diplomatic Note from Brazil's Foreign Ministry on June 29, 2007, referring to the Government of Brazil's position about the bilateral International Space Station Arrangement (ISS). The Diplomatic Note is as follows: "The Ministry of External Relations complements the United S [...]	2007-06-29 19:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA SENV KSCA KTIA TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPL BR
07BRASILIA1240	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE A/S KARSNER JULY [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Alexander Karsner, to Brasilia (July 10-12) and Rio de Janeiro (July 12),Brazil, to participate in the Council on Competitiveness and its Brazil [...]	2007-07-02 18:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1242	SCENESETTER FOR THE JULY 9-11 VISIT OF [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. and Brazil share the basic goals of fostering hemispheric stability, promoting democracy, achieving a mutually satisfactory conclusion to the Doha round of WTO negotiations, preventing terrorist and drug transit activity and strengthening international non-proliferation [...]	2007-07-02 19:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	ECON PGOV EFIN BR
07BRASILIA1262	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIAL FERNANDEZ [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. Luiz Fernandez, International Affairs Specialist, Office of International Affairs (OIA),U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),to Brasilia, Itaituba, and Creporizao, Brazil, July 5-29, 2007, to work on UNEP Global Mercury Partnership P [...]	2007-07-05 10:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1278	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE BARTON [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Bradley L. Barton, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Director of Commercialization and Deployment, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, to Brasilia (July 10-12) and Sao Paulo (transit),Brazil, to participate in the Council on Competitivenes [...]	2007-07-06 15:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA128	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Sobel, accompanied by PolCouns, met on 12 January with President Lula's Foreign Affairs Advisor, Marco Aurelio Garcia, for a tour d'horizon of regional and bilateral issues as Lula starts his second mandate. Garcia is one of Lula's closest advisors and has frequently [...]	2007-01-25 10:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
07BRASILIA1285	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE LUTTRELL [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Ellen Luttrell, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Consultant- Communications Advisor, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, to Brasilia (July 10-12) and Rio de Janeiro (July 12-15) and Sao Paulo (transit: Jul 10 and 15),Brazil, to participa [...]	2007-07-09 13:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1287	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE SATTELBERG [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Alfred P. Sattelberg, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Contract, Argone National Laboratory, Associate Lab Director for Physical Sciences, to Brasilia (July 9-13),Brazil, to participate in the Council on Competitiveness and its Brazilian coun [...]	2007-07-09 13:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1289	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE ARVISU [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dan E. Arvizu, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Director, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, to Brasilia (July 10-12) and Rio de Janeiro (July 12-15) and Sao Paulo (transit: Jul 10 and 13),Brazil, to participate in the Council on Compet [...]	2007-07-09 13:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1308	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIAL LUDWIG [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Ms. Victoria Ludwig, Program Manager, Landfill Methane Outreach Program, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),to Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Goiania, Cuiaba, Porto Alegre and Florianopolis, Brazil, July 15-29, 2007, [...]	2007-07-10 18:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA132	RUSSIA DOWNPLAYS MILITARY SALES IN BRAZIL BUT [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with his Russian counterpart, Ambassador Vladimir L. Tyurdenev, on January 12, 2007 at the Russian Embassy. Tyurdenev spoke candidly about bilateral relations, trade, Russian hopes to furnish equipment and exprtise to the potential regional gas pipeline proect, [...]	2007-01-25 13:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG BR RU
07BRASILIA1331	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR HHS OFFICIALS TO TRAVEL TO [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. William R. Steiger, Special Advisor to Secretary Leavitt for International Affairs, HHS, and Dr. Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, Director Office for the Americas, Office of Global Health Affairs (OGHA),OS, HHS to travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, [...]	2007-07-13 12:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1333	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL LINK AND [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Michael Link, Health Scientist; William Garvin, Computer Specialist, COCHP/NCCDPHP, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, August 11, and Brasilia, Brazil, from August 11-18, 2007: -- Brasilia: travelers will par [...]	2007-07-13 16:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1335	BRAZIL: U.S. Treasury Secretary Paulson Meeting with [...] (SBU) In a July 11 meeting with Planning Minister Paulo Bernardo, U .S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson outlined the focus of his visit to Brazil: (1) increasing private sector infrastructure finance; (2) facilitating the development of small and medium-sized enterprise development through inc [...]	2007-07-16 14:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV BR
07BRASILIA1368	BRAZIL: U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Amorim emphasized to Secretary Paulson in their July 11 Brasilia meeting the significance Brazil places on regional infrastructure integration. Paulson noted the importance of bringing in the World Bank to this discussion. On trade, Amorim stated that even thou [...]	2007-07-20 09:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV BR
07BRASILIA1412	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL MOKDAD [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Ali Mokdad, Epidemiologist, COCHP/NCCDPHP, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, August 12, and to Brasilia, Brazil, August 12-18, 2007, as follow: -- to Brasilia: to participate in a meeting and workshop to discus [...]	2007-07-25 15:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1413	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL HICKS [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Marie Hicks, Public Health Advisor, NCIRD, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, August 15, and to Brasilia, Brazil, August 15-18, 2007, as follow: -- to Brasilia: to support the bilateral cooperation agreement wit [...]	2007-07-25 15:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1414	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL BLANDFORD [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for John Blandford, Economist, NCHSTP, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, August 5, and to Brasilia, Brazil, from August 5-16, 2007, as follow: -- to Brasilia: to lead a data analysis workshop as part of a year lon [...]	2007-07-25 15:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1425	INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY [...] Rio Branco, Acre State, Brazil was the site of a weeklong conference of 250 community forest entrepreneurs and policy makers from Africa, Asia, Central and South America, July 15-23, 2007. Participants debated the challenges confronted by inhabitants of tropical forests on three continents: la [...]	2007-07-26 18:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA1431	BRAZIL: IPR TRAINING REQUEST [...] Embassy is resending this as an amendment to reftel F to incorporate suggestions made by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). 2. SUMMARY: In accordance with requirements presented in reftel A, Embassy Brasilia submits the following proposal for 2007 IPR enforcement traini [...]	2007-07-26 19:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON BR
07BRASILIA1456	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL JOHNSON [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Denise Johnson, Associate Director for Extramural Program, NCIRD, HHS/CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Rio de Janeiro, August 7-14 and Brasilia, Brazil, from August 14-16, 2007, as follows: -- Rio de Janeiro: to provide [...]	2007-07-31 19:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1457	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL FLANNERY [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Brendan Flannery, CCID/NCIRD/HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Sao Paulo on or about (o/a) August 9; to Rio de Janeiro, o/a August 9-10 and to Brasilia, Brazil, o/a August 10-17, 2007, as follows: -- Rio de Janeiro: to partic [...]	2007-07-31 19:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1458	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL MOEN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Ann Moen, Associate Director for Extramural Program, NCIRD, HHS/CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from August 15-18, 2007, to provide an opportunity to meet with project staff to review progress and plan [...]	2007-07-31 19:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1463	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 98 [...] The following is the ninety-eighth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]	2007-08-01 14:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA1507	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL PRATT [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Michael Pratt, Senior Medical Officer, NCCDPHP/HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Brasilia, Brazil, August 22-26, 2007, provide technical assistance/consultation to the Brazilian Ministry of Health on developing national chronic [...]	2007-08-07 19:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1536	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NASA OFFICIALS MR AND MRS [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Jeffrey Williams (Astronaut) and Anna Marie Williams (spouse),National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) official, to Sao Paulo (SP),Campos dos Goitacases (RJ),Brasilia (DF) and Rio de Janeiro (RJ) [...]	2007-08-10 12:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1555	BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR DUE [...] (SBU) The below answers are in response to the request for information in ref C: A) Could there possibly be any downside or embarrassment caused by the selection of your post's nominee? --Post has no knowledge of any downside or embarrassment that would result from the selection of its no [...]	2007-08-13 19:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT BEXP ECON ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV BR
07BRASILIA1568	Key Brazilin Senator Voices Concern over Venezuelan [...] (SBU) Summary. During a lunchAmbassador Sobel gave on August 8 as part of a boader outreach to Brazilian senators (septel),the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations and Natonal Defense Committee, Heraclito Fortes, expresed concerns about threats to democracy from Venezela and Bolivia. A [...]	2007-08-14 18:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON BR XR
07BRASILIA1581	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S REUBEN JEFFERY, [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of a June setback to the Doha Round discussions, in which talks between the U.S., the EU, Brazil, and India stalled over disagreements concerning tariff cuts for goods and services and over agricultural subsidies. The Brazilian delegation, led by F [...]	2007-08-16 16:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD OTRA OVIP PGOV PREL BR
07BRASILIA1651	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL IMAI [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Kumiko Imai, Service Fellow, NCCDPHP/HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Brasilia, Brazil, from September 2 to September 6, 2007, to attend the Secretariat of Health Surveillance Meeting and Workshop, and present "Methodology Cos [...]	2007-08-29 19:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1653	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL FLANNERY [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Brendan Flannery, Epidemiologist, NCIRD/HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Brasilia, Brazil, from September 10 to September 21, 2007, to work with current HHS/CDC secondee for immunizations and the Pan American Health Organizati [...]	2007-08-30 12:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1654	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL PATEL [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Manish Patel, Medical Epidemiologist, NCIRD/HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 17; to Brasilia, Brazil, from September 17 to September 20; and, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 20, 2007, as [...]	2007-08-30 13:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1664	BRAZIL,S FOREIGN MINISTRY DISSES AND DISMISSES [...] (C) Summary: The director of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (Itamaraty) Office of Transnational Crimes, Virginia Toniatti, told PolCouns in a meeting August 27 that Brazil does not see the Brazil/Argentina/Paraguay tri-border cooperation mechanism and the 3 1 mechanism that incl [...]	2007-08-31 11:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER EFIN PREL PGOV SNAR KTFN PA BR AR
07BRASILIA1686	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA CAREY BYLIN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for EPA Official Carey Bylin, to Brasilia, Brazil, from September 16 to September 18; to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 18 to September 23, 2007, as follows: In Brasilia: Meetings at Ministry of Mines and Energy. In Rio de Janeiro: Meetings at P [...]	2007-09-05 13:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA169	BRAZIL BIOFUEL UPDATE, JANUARY 2007 [...] According to data from Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture, Brazil produced more ethanol in 2006 than any other production period. The 2006 harvest produced a total of 17.8 billion liters compared to a 16.9 billion liter production from the period before. According to Angelo Bressan, Director o [...]	2007-01-30 18:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TNGD KSCA EAGR BR
07BRASILIA1743	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NSF OFFICIAL NOTMAN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Evan Notman, Assistant Program Officer in the Division of International Science Engineer (OISE),to Sao Paulo(SP),Manaus (AM),and Brasilia(DF),Brazil, from September 17 to September 26, 2007, to participate in the discussion of cooperative pr [...]	2007-09-13 16:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TPHY NSF OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1772	INL SUPPORT IN 2007 IS YIELDING RESULTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite a dramatic reduction in NAS Brasilia external activities since June 2006, while an internal re-organization and new overall program strategy were being developed, INL authorized the continued support of several projects. In cooperation with other USG agencies at post, N [...]	2007-09-17 16:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR EAID KCRM PREL BR
07BRASILIA1774	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 99 [...] The following is the ninety-nine in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views express [...]	2007-09-17 19:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA1779	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL JACOBS [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Krista Jacobs, Economist, CCID/NCCPSTP, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/HHS, to Rio de Janeiro, October 16 and Brasilia, Brazil, from October 16-20, 2007, as follows: In Brasilia: to assist in teaching a course in economic evaluatio [...]	2007-09-19 14:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1803	EPA TRAININGS STRENGTHEN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN [...] (U) Summary: Using funds from OES, three trainings on environmental law enforcement were carried out by EPA experts in August 2007 in Medellin (Colombia),Lima (Peru),and Georgetown (Guyana). With support from the Regional Environmental HUB Office, ECON Offices in each respective country, and [...]	2007-09-21 10:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA1837	LULA'S TRIP TO EUROPE: CAN ITAMARATY FOLLOW [...] (C) Summary. Brazilian President Luis Inacio "Lula" da Silva,s mid-September tour of four Scandinavian countries and Spain to promote foreign investment, expand the use of biofuels in Europe, and press for the expansion of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),represents a continuation o [...]	2007-09-26 10:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG BR
07BRASILIA1850	Brazilian Senators Welcome U.S. Outreach, Exchange [...] (U) Summary. As part of a broad outreach to Brazilian senators August 7-8 on a number of topics, Ambassador Sobel found very high receptivity to the prospects of an increase in bilateral congressional exchanges. Interest is not limited to members of the foreign affairs committee, and topics [...]	2007-09-27 20:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL BR
07BRASILIA1870	AMB. GROSS LEADS INTERAGENCY DELEGATION TO BRAZIL FOR [...] Summary: Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy (EEB/CIP) led a senior-level U.S. delegation to Brazil for meetings with the Brazilian Ministry of Communications and the telecommunications regulator, the National Telecommunications Ag [...]	2007-10-01 19:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS TINT TSPA BR
07BRASILIA1873	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL BLANDFORD [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for John Blandford, Economist, GAP, NCHHSTP/CCID/HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from October-16-2007 to October-16-2007; Brasilia, Brazil from October-16-2007 to October-20-2007; Sao Paulo, Brazil from Oct [...]	2007-10-02 14:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA188	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL KSIAZEK [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Thomas Ksiazek, Research Scientist, COCH, OD, HHS/ Centers for Disease Control (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from February 5-7, 2007, to assist in the developing stages of a Bio Safety Level 4 Laboratory (BSL4) facility. 2. Visitors are re [...]	2007-02-01 11:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1897	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF NEC DIRECTOR AL HUBBARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of an August visit to Brazil by State Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III. During his visit, the Under Secretary's discussions with GOB officials included biofuels and infrastructure (REFTELS A, B,C). A [...]	2007-10-04 10:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SENV BR
07BRASILIA190	TABLOID SAYS BRAZILIAN INTELLIGENCE SEES FOREIGN [...] (U) On Jan. 29, Jornal do Brasil (JB) published excerpts of what it claimed were from a "Situation report" prepared by the "Amazon Working Group," composed of intelligence and military officials. The JB story described the "Situation Report" as the consensus of Brazilian intelligence officials [...]	2007-02-01 13:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL BR XR
07BRASILIA1918	BRAZIL AND THE FOREST 11 STATEMENT: PRIMARILY A POLITICAL [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 24, 2007 leaders from eleven Tropical Rainforest Countries (the Forest 11) issued a joint statement calling for, inter alia, cooperation to slow, stop and reverse deforestation [...]	2007-10-09 11:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG TNGD TRGY KSCA BR
07BRASILIA1976	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA LOREN HABEGGER [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for EPA Official Loren J. Habegger, to Itaituba, Brazil, from October 27 to November 5 and to Creporizao from November 5 and November 8, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to further test the performance of the technology installed in the two places [...]	2007-10-15 17:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1990	Ambassador Sobel Visits Chamber of Deputies Foreign [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador Sobel met with members of the Chamber of Deputies Foreign Relations and National Defense Committee on October 2 for a wide-ranging discussion that included the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum, Burma, Cuba, Darfur, Iran, Haiti, tourism, and other topics. Members expressed intere [...]	2007-10-16 18:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON BR
07BRASILIA2011	BRAZIL: LULA TOUTS FOREIGN POLICY INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary. During a speech on 1 October Brazilian President Lula touted the independent trajectory of his foreign policy, and criticized his predecessor's as intellectually submissive and overly oriented towards the United States and Europe. Brazilian foreign policy observers suggest the s [...]	2007-10-19 22:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
07BRASILIA2021	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE RODMAN LINN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for DOE Official Rodman Linn, to Brasilia, Brazil, from November 3 to November 10, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to attend and do a presentation at the 19th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering. 2. Visitors are reminded that all [...]	2007-10-22 17:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA206	INSIGHT INTO BRAZILIAN FM AMORIM FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Dutch Foreign Minister Bot met with Brazilian Foreign Minister Amorim recently during his visit to Brazil. Ambassador Sobel was briefed by the Dutch Mission and gained insights particularly into Brazil's ideas on a UN Security Council seat, views on Syria from his recent meeting wi [...]	2007-02-06 14:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
07BRASILIA2062	Ambassador Sobel's meeting with the Senate Foreign [...] (SBU) Summary. Members of the Senate Foreign Relations and National Defense Committee told Ambassador Sobel in a closed, informal meeting on October 16 of concerns about a possible U.S.-Brazil tax treaty, fears of Venezuelan aggression, support for the Doha Round, and hopes for sustainable de [...]	2007-10-30 13:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD BR
07BRASILIA2064	BRAZIL: NEC Hubbard and BNDES Luciano Galvao Coutinho [...] (U) When NEC Director Hubbard, DPA/DNSA Dan Price and Ambassador Sobel met with BNDES President Luciano Galvao Coutinho on October 11 in Brasila, Galvao began by providing brief historical background about BNDES. BNDES was established in 1952 to promote the expansion of capital-intensive indust [...]	2007-10-30 19:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD BR
07BRASILIA2065	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV/MULLER [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Richard P. Muller and Ann E. Mattsson, from Sandia National Laboratories (SNL),National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA),Office of Defense Programs, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),to Belem (Para),Brazil, November 3 to November 10, [...]	2007-10-30 19:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ENRG TRGY OTRA KSCS BR
07BRASILIA2066	BRAZIL: DOC Secretary Gutierrez and MDIC Jorge meeting [...] (U) SUMMARY: Commerce Secretary Gutierrez and Brazilian Minister of Development, Industry and Trade (MDIC) Miguel Jorge met October 10 in Brasilia to discuss the CEO Forum, trade and investment challenges in Brazil, and specific trade problems encountered by American firms. The meeting was c [...]	2007-10-30 19:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD BR
07BRASILIA2067	BRAZIL: NEC Hubbard and DOC Gutierrez with Casa Civil [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The meeting between Casa Civil Dilma Rousseff, MDIC Secretary Jorge, Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez, NEC Director Hubbard, DPA/DNSA Price and Ambassador Sobel focused primarily on Doha. Both sides agreed we must seize the moment to come to closure on a Doha agreement. The del [...]	2007-10-30 19:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD BR
07BRASILIA2068	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 101 [...] The following is the one-hundred-first in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views e [...]	2007-10-30 19:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA2069	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 101 [...] The following is the one-hundred-first in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views e [...]	2007-10-31 09:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA2079	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV MILLS [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for John M. Wills, Los Alamos National Laboratory, from Sandia National Laboratories (SNL),National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA),Office of Defense Programs, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) to attend the International Workshop on Full [...]	2007-11-01 13:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ENRG TRGY OTRA KSCS BR
07BRASILIA2087	BRAZIL: CEO Forum recommendations report to USG and [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Brazilian and American CEOs participating in the CEO Forum reported their recommendations to President Lula's Chief of Staff Dilma Rousseff, Minister of Development, Industry and Trade (MDIC) Miguel Jorge, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and National Economic Council Direc [...]	2007-11-05 17:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD BR
07BRASILIA2090	BRAZIL: NEC Hubbard and DOC Gutierrez Roundtable with [...] (U) SUMMARY: In an October 11 roundtable with Commerce Secretary Gutierrez and National Economic Council Director Hubbard on the margins of the CEO Forum and Commercial Dialogue, the governors of Bahia (Jacque Wagner),Rio Grande do Sul (Yeda Crusius),and Santa Catarina (Luis Henrique Silveir [...]	2007-11-06 09:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD BR
07BRASILIA2091	DRAFT 2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Following is a draft of Part I of the Brazil chapter of the 2007 INCSR. As requested in reftel B, the money laundering portion of the INCSR will be submitted separately. BRAZIL ---------- I. SUMMARY ---------- 2. Brazil is a major transit country for illicit drugs shipped to Euro [...]	2007-11-06 09:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAID KCRM PREL BR
07BRASILIA2124	BRAZIL CIVAIR: ANAC PRESIDENT RESIGNS; THREE DIRECTORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil's civil aviation agency (ANAC)'s Director-President Milton Sergio Silveira Zuanazzi formally submitted his resignation to President Lula the afternoon of October 31. The same day, the "Diario Oficial da Uniao," the GOB's Federal Register equivalent, announced the confi [...]	2007-11-09 14:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON MARR EIND PGOV PREL EINV BEXP BR
07BRASILIA2131	BRAZIL: COMMANDER OF U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. During his visit to Brazil October 1-5, LTG Robert Van Antwerp, Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE),and his delegation met on October 3 with civilian Brazilian counterpart [...]	2007-11-10 18:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA ECON EINV BR
07BRASILIA2132	IRAN-RUSSIA-VENEZUELA TRIANGLE THREATENS REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Iran, Russia, and Venezuela are involved in an open and growing collaboration with a common purpose to make more arms available to radical populist governments and spread anti-American ideology in the region, according to the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations and National [...]	2007-11-13 14:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	PREL MASS BR VE XR RS IR
07BRASILIA2147	KEY SENATOR SAYS CLIMATE IS RIGHT FOR BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Aloizio Mercadante, chairman of the Senate Economic Affairs Committee, told Ambassador Sobel on October 18 that the bilateral relationship is at a very favorable point and the bilateral agenda must be resumed without delay so as to expand economic relations. He predicted the [...]	2007-11-16 12:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON PREL BR
07BRASILIA2151	FORMER PRESIDENT URGES USG TO COUNTER CHAVEZ [...] (C) Summary. Former President and sitting senator Jose Sarney (PMDB, Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, governing coalition; of Amapa) urges the USG to do more to counter Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's increasingly destabilizing actions in the region. Sarney said Chavez threatens to c [...]	2007-11-19 15:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS MASS MCAP BR GY VE IR RS
07BRASILIA2158	MINI-DUBLIN GROUP MEETING IN BRASILIA -- NOVEMBER 2007 [...] SUMMARY: On November 19, 2007, under the chairmanship of the Government of Spain, the Mini-Dublin Group convened at the Spanish Embassy to discuss counter narcotics assistance and cooperation between member countries and the Government of Brazil (GoB). This was the first time the group had g [...]	2007-11-21 14:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAID KCRM PREL BR
07BRASILIA2160	SCENESETTER FOR THE NOVEMBER 27-28 VISIT OF CODEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's democratic institutions are generally strong and stable, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remains popular because of his orthodox economic policies and expanded social programs. Export-led economic growth has been the norm in the recent past, while Brazil has [...]	2007-11-21 18:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL ECON BR
07BRASILIA2161	SCENESETTER FOR THE NOVEMBER 26-30 1 VISIT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's democratic institutions are generally strong and stable, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remains popular because of his orthodox economic policies and expanded social programs. Export-led economic growth has been the norm in the recent past, while Brazil has [...]	2007-11-21 18:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL ECON BR
07BRASILIA2162	SCENESETTER FOR THE NOVEMBER 25-DECEMBER 1 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's democratic institutions are generally strong and stable, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remains popular because of his orthodox economic policies and expanded social programs. Export-led economic growth has been the norm in the recent past, while Brazil has [...]	2007-11-21 18:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL ECON BR
07BRASILIA2171	BIOFUELS IN BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel request, and pursuant to request for extension to Oct. 19 response date, Post submits the following information regarding the development and adoption of bio-based chemical products and liquid biofuels in Brazil, including research and reports available, [...]	2007-11-23 10:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV PREL EINV ECON PGOV OTRA BR
07BRASILIA2174	BRAZIL: HEAD OF FTA UNIT DISCUSSES CURRENT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with Evandro Didonet, Director of the Department of International Negotiations at Itamaraty, Didonet reviewed the status of ongoing Mercosul FTA negotiations, including Israel, GCC, India, EU and the preferential agreement with SACU. Brazil does not negotiate F [...]	2007-11-23 14:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL BR
07BRASILIA2184	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 102 [...] The following is the one hundred second in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views [...]	2007-11-27 11:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA2185	BRAZIL READY TO CONSTRUCTIVELY DISCUSS SUPPLY ASSURANCES [...] (SBU) On November 7, 2007, per REFTEL ESTHOff met with the Deputy Head of the Ministry of External Relations' Department of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies (DDS),Luis Galvao, to discuss Brazilian views on supply assurances leading up to the visit to Brazil by IAEA Director General, ElBa [...]	2007-11-27 11:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY BR
07BRASILIA2188	BRAZIL: ILLICIT CASH COURIERS [...] On November 19, 2007 Econoff met with an advisor to the Council for Financial Activities Control (COAF) in Brasilia. COAF has actively worked with Customs to discourage illegal transportation of funds domestically and internationally. Brazilian regulations allow up to Reais $10,000 (approx [...]	2007-11-27 11:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EEB INL ECON KTFN PTER EETC PREL BR
07BRASILIA2193	Brazil: Draft National Trade Estimate [...] (U) Per reftel, set forth in paragraph 2 below is the text of post's draft of the National Trade Estimate. Post notes a new industrial policy is expected to be announced before the holidays, which may affect the subsidiaries and investment sections. 2. (SBU) Begin Text. TRADE SUMMARY [...]	2007-11-27 17:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON BR
07BRASILIA2217	BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES GLOBAL, [...] (C) In a November 30 meeting in Sao Paulo, Ambassador Sobel and Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim discussed a range of global, regional and bilateral issues. On the region's most pressing issues - such as political developments in Venezuela and Bolivia, and Colombia-Venezuela bilateral [...]	2007-12-03 21:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD KPAL OVIP EFIN AMGT VE BL AR
07BRASILIA2234	BRAZIL:ITAMARATY TRADE A/S - ECONOMIC DIALOGUE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Carlos Marcio Cozendey, director of the MRE Economic Department (A/S equivalent) has the lead on the Economic Dialogue and provided feedback on the December 13 agenda in a recent meeting with EconCouns. (See ref B for expanded Brazilian feedback on details of the dialogue). Cozende [...]	2007-12-06 12:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON BR
07BRASILIA2241	BRAZIL: GOB REQUESTS RENEWAL OF 1997 ENERGY COOPERATION [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) On December 7, 2007, the Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Division for Non-Renewable Energy Resources (DREN) contacted the Embassy to request that the USG and the Government of Brazil (G [...]	2007-12-07 21:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV TRGY KSCA BR
07BRASILIA2242	SCENESETTER FOR THE ECONOMIC DIALOGUE VISIT OF WHA A/S [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit for the economic dialogue will expand and develop economic cooperation themes discussed during the Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben SIPDIS Jeffery's August visit (REFTELS A, B, C). We hope to use the dialogue to focus on areas wh [...]	2007-12-07 21:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL SENV BR
07BRASILIA2243	BRAZIL: INTEGRATION A/S CARDOSO ON MERCOSUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MRE A/S for Integration Afonso Cardoso stressed the political importance of Mercosul for Brazil as a unifying force for economic development in a recent meeting with EconCouns. Cardoso underlined his views on Mercosul's strengths, highlighted recent integration decisions he felt [...]	2007-12-07 21:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
07BRASILIA2244	NAS BRAZIL ACTIVITY REPORT, NOVEMBER 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Thanks to ongoing NAS support, the Brazilian Federal Police (DPF),with operational assistance from DEA Brazil, culminated operation "Fenix" an investigation that made significant progress toward dismantling a major drug trafficking organization run by Luis Fernando da Costa, a [...]	2007-12-10 13:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAID KCRM PREL BR
07BRASILIA2263	UNCTAD SEEKS MORE ACTIVE ROLE WITH BIOFUELS: CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND IS NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. UNCTAD, together with the Government of Brazil (GoB),held a conference on biofuels in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 4-5 as a pre-event to the twelfth session of the United Nations [...]	2007-12-12 14:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY UN UNCTAD KGHG ECON SENV ENRG KSCA BR
07BRASILIA2321	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 104 [...] The following is the one-hundred-fourth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views [...]	2007-12-26 14:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA2335	BRAZIL: IAEA DG ELBARADEI ADDRESES LATIN AMERICA-EUROPE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 6-7, 2007, Rio based think-tank CEBRI (Centro Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais - Brazilian Center for International Relations) hosted an international seminar geared toward promotion of the use of nuclear energy and to enhancing the nuclear energy dialogue betwee [...]	2007-12-28 19:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY BR
07BRASILIA239	BRAZIL GLOBE ACCORD CLEARANCE [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. (U) On February 5, 2007, SCI officer spoke with Rachel Trajber, Coordinator of Environmental Education for the Brazilian Ministry of Education (MEC) and Brazil's future GLOBE country coordinator. Trajber said that MEC would prefer to hol [...]	2007-02-12 16:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KGLB TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
07BRASILIA240	BRAZIL GLOBE ACCORD CLEARANCE [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. (U) On February 5, 2007, SCI officer spoke with Rachel Trajber, Coordinator of Environmental Education for the Brazilian Ministry of Education (MEC) and Brazil's future GLOBE country coordinator. Trajber said that MEC would prefer to hol [...]	2007-02-12 16:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KGLB TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
07BRASILIA249	BRAZIL: Copyright Scenesetter: Piracy Enforcement Efforts [...] Post sends this telegram in advance of A/USTR Espinel's visit to Brazil the week of February 26. Our Special 301 reporting cable, which (inter alia) will include industry views and a look at the patent/trademark situation, will follow septel. 2. (SBU) Summary: The December "Report on Acti [...]	2007-02-13 13:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BR
07BRASILIA266	Request for training, PE 142 Resource Economics [...] This cable is in response to reftel from January 18, 2007. The Regional Environmental Affairs Officer (Hub) for South America is requesting inclusion in PE 142, Resource Economics, to take place in Washington, DC and Denver, Colorado from July 9-13. 2. As South American Hub officer, this [...]	2007-02-14 19:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI ECON BR
07BRASILIA277	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 30 DINNER WITH [...] (S) Summary. Ambassador hosted a dinner for Brazilian Minister for Institutional Security, General Armando Felix on January 30. Felix was accompanied by his newly appointed deputy, Major General Ruben Peixoto Alexandre. Political Counselor and Regional Affairs Officer were in attendance. The [...]	2007-02-15 16:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	PREL BR

07BRASILIA288	TEDS VISIT BY REO SUCCESSFUL [...] On February 14-15 the Regional Environmental Officer (Hub) for South America traveled to Belem at the start of the shrimping season to work with the GOB inspectors as they conducted their annual pre-season TEDs verification check. During the last Turtle Excluder Device (TEDs) verification vis [...]	2007-02-16 18:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD XR BR
07BRASILIA289	BRAZIL: USDOT/FHWA/AASHTO AND MINISTRY OF [...] (U) Summary: On February 13, EconOff attended a digital videoconference (DVC) between representatives of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)'s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA),the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO),and their Brazilian co [...]	2007-02-16 18:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN ECON BEXP OTRA BR
07BRASILIA290	AMBASSADOR LOBBIES MINISTER OF TOURISM AND CIVAIR [...] (SBU) Summary: On Feburary 13, Ambassador Sobel, EconCouns and Civair Officer met with Minister of Tourism Walfrido dos Mares Guia Neto, and National Civil Aviation Agency Director-President, Milton Sergio Silveira Zuanazzi, to discuss flight frequency issues and tourism development in Brazil [...]	2007-02-16 18:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ECON BR
07BRASILIA294	BRAZIL: Special 301 Recommendation [...] (U) Per reftel A, the following is Embassy Brasilia's input for the Special 301 Review of Brazil. 2. (SBU) Summary: In 2006, Brazil continued to make significant progress in improving protection of copyrights and intellectual property. The potential for compulsory licensing - a key area of [...]	2007-02-16 19:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BR
07BRASILIA297	AMBASSADOR LOBBIES MINISTER OF TOURISM AND CIVAIR [...] (SBU) Summary: On Feburary 13, Ambassador Sobel, EconCouns and Civair Officer met with Minister of Tourism Walfrido dos Mares Guia Neto, and National Civil Aviation Agency Director-President, Milton Sergio Silveira Zuanazzi, to discuss flight frequency issues and tourism development in Brazil [...]	2007-02-18 18:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ECON BR
07BRASILIA298	Brazil: US Mission's 4th Quarter 2006 Corporate Social [...] Summary. (U) Since October 2006, when Ambassador launched the US Embassy's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Initiative, USAID, FCS, Embassy and Consulate Sao Paulo have worked exhaustively with our 31 corporate partners (firms such as Microsoft, GE, IBM, and GM) to follow-up on this issue [...]	2007-02-18 18:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON SENV BR
07BRASILIA313	VENEZUELA'S GROWING MILITARY PROWESS AND CLAIMS [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Sobel gave a dinner on February 13 for veteran political figures that drew out opinions on political reform, relations with the U.S., party behavior, and grave concerns about a perceived growing menace from Venezuela. Guests included a former president; the presid [...]	2007-02-23 14:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL BR XM SCUL
07BRASILIA362	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S MEETING WITH BRAZILIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: U/S Nicholas Burns met in Brasilia with six state governors, representing some of the largest and most significant states by population and GDP, on February 8 to discuss areas of potential cooperation. The governors described specific areas where they would welcome technical [...]	2007-03-01 14:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BTIO ENRG PREL BR
07BRASILIA366	Brazil: Under Secretary Burns Meets with Minister of [...] (SBU) Summary. During Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns' February 7-8, 2007 visit to Brasilia, he met with Minister of Development, Industry and Commerce Luiz Fernando Furlan and his management team. The friendly, wide-ranging conversation touched upon issues s [...]	2007-03-01 16:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG KIPR EAGR SENV BR
07BRASILIA367	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL WEATHERS [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Andrew Weathers, Program Analyst, COCH, OD, HHS/Centers for Disease Control (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from March 18-23, 2007, to work with the Field Epidemiology Training Program staff to identity administrative and logistical priorities i [...]	2007-03-01 19:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA368	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR USGS OFFICIAL TIESZEN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Larry Tieszen, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),Physical Scientist to travel to Brasilia (DF),Brazil (03/18-03/25/2007). PURPOSE OF TRAVEL: To participate in a meeting for South American mapping agencies organized by the Andean Development Corpo [...]	2007-03-01 19:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA TBIO OTRA BR
07BRASILIA370	BRAZIL: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns, WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, P Special Assistant Heide Bronke, Ambassador Sobel and PolCouns Dennis Hearne met on 7 February with Foreign Minister Celso Amorim for a broad discussion of bilateral and regional iss [...]	2007-03-01 19:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
07BRASILIA371	BRAZIL: U/S BURNS MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF [...] (C) Summary. U/S Burns met on 7 February with Dilma Rousseff, President Lula's Chief of Staff for Policy and, effectively, his senior cabinet official. The discussion focused on rapidly moving progress in the development of U.S.-Brazil cooperation in biofuels, and established the political c [...]	2007-03-01 19:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
07BRASILIA382	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL HUB [...] James Story, South America Regional Environmental Officer based in Brasilia, requests country clearance to visit Lima from March 15-17, Cartagena March 17-21, and Bogota March 21-24. Purpose of trip to Lima is to discuss an environmental enforcement training proposal with embassy staff; trip [...]	2007-03-05 16:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV CO PE BR
07BRASILIA394	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS OFFICIAL CROWLEY FROM APRIL 19 [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. James Crowley, U.S. Geological Survey Research Geologist to travel to Sao Paulo (SP) April 19-28, 2007 and Maraba (PA),Brazil, April 28 to May 4, 2007 (in transit at Brasilia and Sao Paulo airports). Purpose of travel: Dr. Crowley and scien [...]	2007-03-06 18:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA TBIO OTRA BR
07BRASILIA420	STAS TEAM VISIT - U.S.-BRAZIL BIOINFORMATICS CONFERENCE AND [...] SUMMARY: Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State (STAS) Dr. George Atkinson led a team of scientists and engineers to Rio, Sao Paulo, Campinas and Petropolis, Brazil, November 10-17, 2006, to co-host a regional Global Dialogue on Emerging Science & Technology (GDEST) Conference [...]	2007-03-09 19:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA SENV TNGD BR
07BRASILIA430	BRAZIL: U/S BURNS MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. U/S Burns and WHA A/S Shannon, in Brasilia for strategic dialogue talks with the Brazilian Foreign Ministry (MRE),joined with Ambassador, PolCounselor and S/P officer William McIlhenny to meet on February 7 with Marco Aurelio Garcia, President Lula da Silva's international affai [...]	2007-03-13 11:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
07BRASILIA431	BRAZIL: U/S BURNS MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. U/S Burns and WHA A/S Shannon, in Brasilia for strategic dialogue talks with the Brazilian Foreign Ministry (MRE),joined with Ambassador, PolCounselor and S/P officer William McIlhenny to meet on February 7 with Marco Aurelio Garcia, President Lula da Silva's international affai [...]	2007-03-13 12:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
07BRASILIA433	U.S.-BRAZIL SIGN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON BIOFUELS [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-13 16:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY SENV KSCA TPHY TBIO US BR
07BRASILIA482	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIALS ZEPP AND [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for EPA Officials Richard Zepp, Senior Research Scientist and Marirosa Molina, Research Scientist, Office of Research and Development, to Brasilia (DF) April 13-20, and Florianopolis (SC),Brazil, April 20-23, 2007, to attend the Large-Scale Biosphe [...]	2007-03-21 18:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA487	BRAZIL: Hot Rolled Paper Dumping Case [...] Post received a letter from the Department of Trade Defense of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade notifying the Embassy that it has accepted an anti-dumping petition on exports to Brazil of hot rolled base paper for siliconization originating from the U.S. Original will be [...]	2007-03-22 19:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD BR
07BRASILIA498	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR ROBERT MIRANDA AND ALAN [...] Country clearance is granted for ROBERT MIRANDA and ALAN HAMPTON to visit Brasilia from 03/25-27/2007 for investigative purposes. All work will be coordinated through LEGAT Brassanini. 2. Visitors are reminded that all US citizens traveling to Brazil for any purpose require visas, which must [...]	2007-03-23 19:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT
07BRASILIA499	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR ROBERT MIRANDA AND ALAN [...] Country clearance is granted for ROBERT MIRANDA and ALAN HAMPTON to visit Brasilia from 03/25-27/2007 for investigative purposes. All work will be coordinated through LEGAT Brassanini. 2. Visitors are reminded that all US citizens traveling to Brazil for any purpose require visas, which must [...]	2007-03-23 19:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT
07BRASILIA50	Brazil Supports UNEP Voluntary Mercury Partnerships [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-10 15:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EMIN ETRD PREL SENV KSCA BR
07BRASILIA510	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 91 [...] The following is the ninety-first in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expres [...]	2007-03-26 19:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA524	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIAL YEOW [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Aaron Yeow, Environmental Health Scientist, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, and Executive Secretary and OSRTI Liaison for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Technical Review Workgroup (TRW) for Metal and Asbes [...]	2007-03-27 18:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA545	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL SIMOES [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Eduardo Simoes, Director, Prevention Research Centers, NCCDPHP, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from April 9-19, 2007, to provide technical assistance to develop a long-term plan for training, scien [...]	2007-03-28 11:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA554	BRAZIL: MFA DISCUSSES UPCOMING LULA CAMP DAVID VISIT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)'s Under Secretary General for Political Affairs, Everton Vieira Vargas, met with the Ambassador of the Dominican Republic, and the Charge d'Affaires of Haiti on March 29. DCM and EconOff were also invited to attend. Per reftel, the [...]	2007-03-29 20:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENIV ENRG DR ES HA SC
07BRASILIA559	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS OFFICIAL NICHOLS PLUS 2 [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. James Nichols, Senior Scientist, Byron Williams, Senior Science Advisor, and James Hines, Computer Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey Research Geologist to travel to Cuiaba (Mato Grosso),Brazil, April 28 to May 12, 2007. Purpose of travel: [...]	2007-03-30 16:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA TBIO OTRA BR
07BRASILIA572	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR SEEKS IN-COUNTRY FAA PRESENCE TO FURTHER [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy enthusiastically endorses the concept of posting an FAA attache in Brazil to provide for a regional FAA presence in South America. Bilaterally, such a presence would allow FAA and Mission Brazil to work together to assist the Brazilians in dealing with their air traffi [...]	2007-04-02 15:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ECON BR
07BRASILIA580	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 92 [...] The following is the ninety-second in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]	2007-04-03 15:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA592	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICER CHILLER [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Tom Chiller, Medical Officer, COGH/NCZVED, OD, CDC, HHS, Brasilia, Brazil, from April 23-27, 2007, and to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from April 22-23, 2007 to meet with collaborators to work on the final analysis of the Candidemia surveillance stud [...]	2007-04-04 19:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA60	BRAZIL: FISCAL PACKAGE CLAIMS FIRST BUREAUCRATIC VICTIM [...] (SBU) Summary: The fiscal battle over President Lula's planned package of economic measures -- which the GoB is now referring to prosaically as a "package to accelerate growth" (PTAG) -- has claimed its first bureaucratic victim. Finance Ministry Treasury Secretary Carlos Kawall (under-secreta [...]	2007-01-11 14:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV BR
07BRASILIA600	BRAZIL: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS STRIKE, MAY BE PROSECUTED [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 30, between 120 and 200 air traffic controllers (ATCers) initiated the strike that they had been obliquely threatening for months, marking another tense chapter in Brazil's civil aviation history. Due to the military's control of the ATC system, this action was consid [...]	2007-04-05 19:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV OTRA ECON BR
07BRASILIA607	BILATERAL ENGAGEMENT RESULTS IN IMPROVED PUBLIC REACTION TO [...] (U) Summary. A number of high level visits by USG officials to Brazil, culminating in two Presidential visits have given us an unprecedented opportunity to get our views into the media. As a result, a more positive tone has started to emerge in the media and public opinion, with residual ske [...]	2007-04-05 19:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BR
07BRASILIA617	FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Internationally, in recent years there has been an emphasis on directing foreign assistance to lower-income developing countries where the levels of poverty are generally more acute. However, this approach may result in insufficient support to the development and poverty eradic [...]	2007-04-09 21:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL BR
07BRASILIA64	FRANCE MAKES BRAZIL NUMBER ONE IN LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) French Ambassador to Brazil Antoine Pouillieute met with Ambassador Sobel on January 9, 2007 for a surprisingly frank and substantive conversation. Key themes from the meeting are reported below. BRAZIL -- THE NEW FRENCH PRIORITY 2. (C) Pouillieute noted that his government has a co [...]	2007-01-12 17:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
07BRASILIA671	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NASA OFFICIAL BRIDGES [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Nathan Bridges, National and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) official, to Carajas (PA),Brazil, to conduct fieldwork at the Carajas mine in support of the remote spectral characterization of terrestrial life formi [...]	2007-04-16 13:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA680	BRAZIL: MOJ OFFICIALS SUPPORT NEW PRIVATE INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Newly appointed Minister of Justice Tarso Genro joined Vice Minister of Justice Luiz Paulo Barreto in expressing support to representatives of the Motion Picture Association (MPA),the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and the Rio De Janeiro based Association o [...]	2007-04-17 18:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BR
07BRASILIA694	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE A/S KARSNER DELEGATION [...] Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary Alexander "Andy" Karsner, and his delegation, to Sao Paulo and Brasilia, Brazil, April 22-25, 2007. Members of the Assistant Secretary's delegation include Courtney Gillespie, Michael Mills [...]	2007-04-19 12:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA697	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL FLANERY [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Brendan Flannery, Epidemiologist, COCH/NCIRD/OD/HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from April 23-30, 2007, to meet with current CDC secondee to PAHO in Brasilia for measles and immunizations activities [...]	2007-04-19 18:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA698	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL CHILLER [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Tom Chiller, Medical Officer, COGH/NCZVED/OD/HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Rio de Janeiro (RJ),Brazil, from April 22-23, 2007, and Brasilia (DF) April 23-27, 2007 to meet with collaborators to work on the final an [...]	2007-04-19 18:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA71	BRAZIL HOSTS THE I SOUTH AMERICAN FISHERS FORUM ON SOLVING [...] On December 12-14, an OES-sponsored workshop with the slogan "Catch Fish Not Birds" brought together 50 experts from across the world to take a look at the potential to reduce seabird bycatch throughout the South American long-line fishery via the adoption of mitigation measures in South Americ [...]	2007-01-12 18:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA745	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL NESLUND [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Ms.. Verla Neslund, Special Project Advisor, OD/HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from May 1-5, 2007, to participate in WHO meeting as CDC foundation representative to ensure greater understanding of the [...]	2007-04-26 19:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA751	BANCO DEL SUR BECOMES A BRAZILIAN "PEEVE" [...] (C) Summary: The abrasive and high-handed manner in which Venezuelan President Chavez has sought to advance his "Banco del Sur" project has pushed Brazil to the point of seriously considering not joining the Venezuelan's latest flight of fancy. The Brazilians, according to both the IMF resrep [...]	2007-04-27 17:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EFIN PGOV PREL BR XM
07BRASILIA752	BRAZIL: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON IRANIAN [...] (C) Per reftel, Mission officers have received additional and sometimes conflicting information in recent days on the events surrounding the closing of the Iranian Defense Industries (DIO) stand at the Latin American Air and Defense (LAAD) show in Rio on 16-17 April, following the realization [...]	2007-04-27 18:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
07BRASILIA755	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS DELEGATION VISITS [...] (SBU) Summary: From April 11-13, FIESP (the Sao Paulo State Industrial Federation) hosted visits to Sao Paulo and Brasilia by a National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) delegation led by Governor John Engler, the organization's president. The meetings, which came on the heels of USTR Susan [...]	2007-04-27 20:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTO BR
07BRASILIA759	BRAZIL: MANAUS MEETINGS, MEANDERINGS AND MUSINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: As Virtual Presence Post Officer, Econoff visited Manaus, State of Amazonas from April 16-19 for public outreach and economic-related meetings. While there, she visited the U.S. Consular Agent in Manaus, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce-Amazonas, and the bi-national center, Institu [...]	2007-04-30 15:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG KPAO OIIP CVIS PGOV SENV BR
07BRASILIA762	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL SAMIRA ASMA [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Samira Asma, Associate Director, Global Tobacco Control Program, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo(transit),May 1; Brasilia, May 1-3; Rio de J [...]	2007-04-30 19:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA790	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIALS GREGG, IMAI, [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Edward Gregg, Epidemiologist; Kumiko Imai Senior Service; and Yiling Cheng, Scientist, NCCDPHP/HHSCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, May 6-12, 2007, to participate in a meeting and workshop to discuss the [...]	2007-05-04 14:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA792	EARTH DAY PHOTO CONTEST ATTRACTS OVER 1,500 PICS FROM ALL [...] SUMMARY: The US Embassy in Brasilia, through its Regional Environmental HUB Office and with indispensable support from the Public Affairs section, celebrated Earth Day 2007 through a countrywide photography contest entitled 'A Snapshot of Brazilian Nature.' With over 1,500 entries from throu [...]	2007-05-04 14:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KPAO OIIP BR
07BRASILIA800	SYMPOSIUM ON REMOTE SENSING CALLS FOR MORE LATIN AMERICA [...] SUMMARY: The 13th Brazilian Symposium on Remote Sensing was held from April 23-26 attracting nearly 2,000 participants. While the focus of the event was on increasing regional cooperation on remote sensing technologies through transferring technology, sharing methodologies, and building up r [...]	2007-05-07 17:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO TSPA SOCI SENV KSCA EAID XM XS BR
07BRASILIA82	MERCOSUL RIO DE JANEIRO SUMMIT: WHITHER MERCOSUL? [...] (SBU) Summary: Mercosul members are facing more than the usual number of institutional challenges as they prepare for the bloc's biannual summit, to take place January 18-19 in Rio de Janeiro. In an implied slap at Mercosul dispute resolution mechanisms, Argentina recently requested WTO consul [...]	2007-01-17 11:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL ECIN EFIN BR
07BRASILIA839	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL FLANNERY [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Brendan Flannery, Epidemiologist, NCIRD, HHS/CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, May 27 to June 10, 2007, to work with current CDC secondee for immunization to Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) o [...]	2007-05-10 17:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA840	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL WELLINGTON SUN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Wellington Sun, Dengue Branch, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, May 23-25, 2007, to attend as a Temporary Advisor at the Regulatory Forum on Clinical Evaluation of Dengue Vaccines, as part of the Sixth [...]	2007-05-10 17:18:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA841	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL PARASHAR [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Umesh Parashar, Medical Epidemiologist, CCID, NCIRD, HHS/CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, May 22-23, 2007, to participate and present at a WHO Meeting on Developing Countries Vaccine Regulators Netw [...]	2007-05-10 17:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA854	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VISIT OF U/S DOBRIANSKY [...] The U.S. Mission in Brazil welcomes the May 16-17, 2007, visit of Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky and delegation for the Common Agenda for The Environment and other meetings, and grants country clearance to the travelers. During your stay in Brasilia (DF),Bra [...]	2007-05-14 14:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA OVIP PGOV BR
07BRASILIA858	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL PRATT [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Michael Pratt, Lead, Senior Medical Officer, NCCDPHP, HHS/CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, May 15; to Brasilia, Brazil, May 15-18; to Curitiba, May 18-20; to Brasilia May 20-23; and, to Sao Paulo, Brazil, [...]	2007-05-14 17:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA872	BRAZIL: PMDB PLAYED HARDBALL WITH AIR TRAFFIC [...] (SBU) Summary. The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) leadership used a threat of non-cooperation with the government in the Chamber of Deputies' just-created Parliamentary Inquiry Committee (CPI) on the Air Traffic Crisis to pressure the Lula administration for jobs in the second t [...]	2007-05-16 15:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PGOV CASC BR
07BRASILIA888	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIALS SCHMID AND [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Thomas Schmid, Senior Evaluation Specialist and Eduardo Simoes, Chief, PRC, NCCDPHP, CDC, HHS, to travel to Sao Paulo, Brazil on May 20, 2007 and to Brasilia, Brazil, from May 20-24, 2007, and Sao Paulo on May 24, 2007. The purpose of the trip [...]	2007-05-18 15:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA890	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR HHS/FDA OFFICIALS TIERNAN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Rose Tiernan, Medical Officer and Robin Levis, Regulatory Coordinator, Office of Vaccines Research and Review, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, HHS to travel to Brasilia, Brazil, from May 22-27, 2007. The purpose of the trip [...]	2007-05-18 17:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA905	DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S A/S KARSNER VISITS BRAZIL TO JUMP [...] (SBU) Summary: During Assistant Secretary Karsner's April 23-25, 2007, visit, he was able to meet with a broad spectrum of policymakers representing state and federal government plus those from the private sector who make up Brazil's biofuel power elite. Beginning with meetings in Sao Paulo w [...]	2007-05-21 19:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY ENRG SENV EAGR ETRD KSCA US BR
07BRASILIA918	CVRD EXECUTIVES LAMENT INCREASING CHINESE INFLUENCE OVER [...] (SBU) Summary. During a May 18 office call on the Ambassador, CVRD executives expressed their concern about increasing Chinese influence over both natural resources and the distribution/transportation infrastructure needed to export these resources to distant markets. In the future, they war [...]	2007-05-23 10:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND EINV BR CH
07BRASILIA919	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE CONTRACTOR NOZIK [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. Arthur J. Nozik, Sr Research Fellow, National Renewable Energy Laboratory to Manaus, Brazil from August 19-25, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to present a speech on recent published results from NREL's research on multiple exciton generat [...]	2007-05-23 13:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG OTRA BR
07BRASILIA920	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH DR. KAMHAWI [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Shaden Kamhawi, Staff Scientist, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to Manaus, Brazil, June 3-9, 2007, to meet with Brazilian collaborator to continue Sand Fly Leishmania Program research related to malaria studies. [...]	2007-05-23 13:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA BR
07BRASILIA934	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH/FIC DR. COSTERO-SAINT [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Adriana Costero-Saint Denis, Program Officer, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),NIH, to Manaus, Brazil, June 3-15, 2007, to attend a two-week course, Biology of Disease Vector, at Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. 2. V [...]	2007-05-24 16:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA BR
07BRASILIA958	BRAZIL: NEXT STEPS ON FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 24, in a joint "NAFTA" approach to the Ministry of External Relations, the Econ Counselors from the U.S. and Canadian Embassies, along with the Commercial Counselor from the Mexican Embassy, met with Evandro Didonet, the Ministry's recently-appointed Chief of its Intern [...]	2007-05-26 19:18:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON BR
07BRASILIA96	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 87 [...] The following is the eighty-seventh in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views ex [...]	2007-01-18 16:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA961	MEDIA ARTICLE SPECULATES ON WHY BRAZIL COULD NOT LIVE UP [...] (U) SUMMARY: Brazilian newspaper quotes George Washington University director, John Logsdon as saying because of delays and its inability to meet its obligations for the International Space Station (ISS),Brazil has lost its chance to be a space station partner. The article quotes the Brazili [...]	2007-05-29 19:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA SENV TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
07BRASILIA984	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH OFFICIAL HANDLEY [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Frank Gray Handley, Associate Director for International Research Affairs, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH),to Brasilia, Brazil, from June 10-14, 2007, to participate in the first me [...]	2007-05-31 17:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA985	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/FE OFFICIAL MCKEE TO [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Barbara McKee, Director, Office of Clean Energy Collaboration, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),to Brasilia, Brazil, June 26-30, 2007, to chair the International Energy Working Party on Fossil Fuels Executive Committee Meeting and speak a [...]	2007-05-31 17:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA990	FEAR OF CHINA CONSTRAINS BRAZIL'S STANCE ON THE DOHA [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazilian industry leaders and GOB officials have repeatedly underlined that concern about the impact of Chinese imports on domestic manufacturers is a root cause behind their unwillingness to agree to the non-agricultural tariff cuts proposed by both the USG and the EU. Brazil [...]	2007-05-31 18:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTO BR
07BRATISLAVA112	FICO'S LIBYA TRIP A COMMERCIAL SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Robert Fico's February 20-22 delegation to Libya focused on commercial objectives, primarily gaining Slovak military and infrastructure contracts in Libya as repayment for Libya's debt to Slovakia. Initial press reports indicate that Libya and Slovakia reached pr [...]	2007-02-23 16:15:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ETRD ENRG LY LO
07BRATISLAVA138	SLOVAKIA ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Embassy TIP Point of Contact: Name: Tanya Spencer Position: Political Officer Phone: 421 2 5922 3277 Fax: 421 2 5922 3109 E-mail: spencertk@state.gov Total time to complete TIP report: FSNs: 33 hours FS03: 40 hours FS02: 2 hours FS01: 1 hour --------------------------------- [...]	2007-03-06 19:59:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC
07BRATISLAVA140	SLOVAK MPS VISIT CUBAN DISSIDENTS, BRING MONEY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two opposition MPs traveled to Cuba recently to meet with dissidents and bring them money and medicine. They, along with Pontis Foundation, the NGO that organized the trip, hope to raise awareness of human and civil rights abuses in Cuba and to increase support for Cuban dissident [...]	2007-03-09 16:10:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM CU LO
07BRATISLAVA146	UPDATE ON SLOVAKIA'S KOSOVO DEBATE [...] (C) Summary and action recommendation: In separate conversations, President Gasparovic, the International Secretary of PM Fico's Smer party, and a Christian Democrat SIPDIS MP told us that Slovakia will not be outside the European mainstream on Kosovo. Nonetheless, in a March 12 press appe [...]	2007-03-12 17:28:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI KO LO
07BRATISLAVA183	SLOVAKIA FEELING PRESSURE TO FINALIZE A DEAL ON [...] (C) Summary - Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek met 3/23 with representatives from Yukos International, one of two Yukos Dutch subsidiaries with a legal claim to the 49 percent stake in the Transpetrol oil pipeline, for the first time in almost eight months. With Slovak veto authority over any [...]	2007-03-26 12:43:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO
07BRATISLAVA211	CUBAN DISSIDENTS CONNECT LIVE WITH SLOVAKS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY. Cuban youth dissidents and former Slovak dissidents and student leaders from the 1989 Velvet Revolution connected live via webcast on April 3 to share experiences. On the same day that Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos concluded his visit to Cuba (ref A),Embassy Bratislava hos [...]	2007-04-05 15:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO CU LO
07BRATISLAVA23	IRAQ: ECHOING PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE IN SLOVAK MEDIA [...] On Thursday January 11, Ambassador Vallee strongly echoed the themes, presented in President Bush's new Iraq Strategy, to a broad Slovak audience: Much is at stake in Iraq; it can not become a base for global terrorism; the Iraqis will take the lead in this new strategy; protection of the popul [...]	2007-01-12 14:41:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS MARR MOPS PGOV PREL KPAO LO
07BRATISLAVA275	FM KUBIS ON KOSOVO, RUSSIA, SERBIA, MISSILE [...] (C) Summary/Introduction: In a frank, productive 90-minute conversation May 9, FM Jan Kubis told the Ambassador that: --Slovakia is still with the EU on voting for a Kosovo resolution. Slovakia would like to finesse the language of the UNSCR to avoid direct endorsement for the Ahtisaari plan [...]	2007-05-10 15:25:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ENRG CVIS KO YI RU LO
07BRATISLAVA294	CUBA TRANSITION COORDINATOR MCCARRY FINDS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 4, Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry met with the Slovak MFA State Secretary and Political Director, Members of Parliament, NGO representatives, and former dissidents in Bratislava. McCarry informed his interlocutors of the increased repression and summary trials s [...]	2007-05-17 15:29:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO CU LO
07BRATISLAVA356	BLUE LANTERN - 05-050045303 [...] (U) Summary. Poloff visited BW Arms on June 13 with Bilateral Affairs Officer from Office of Defense Cooperation. Poloff found no reason that application 05-050045303 should not be approved. The Slovak Government has confirmed that BW Arms is fully licensed to trade in arms and ammunition. The [...]	2007-06-15 13:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC LO
07BRATISLAVA38	SLOVAK TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN, PM FICO,S OVERSEAS [...] (C) PM Fico,s Chief of Protocol Marek Estok (please protect) told DCM January 19 that Fico has made his decision about whether to move Slovak engineering troops from Kabul to Kandahar, although Estok demurred from saying what that decision is. Fico travels to Kandahar January 25, but it is no [...]	2007-01-19 15:15:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF LO
07BRATISLAVA417	PM FICO AND PRESIDENT GASPAROVIC ON AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C)Summary. Paragraphs 4-12 contain notes from the Ambassador,s July 19 Meeting with PM Robert Fico. Paragraphs 13-19 contain notes from the Ambassador's July 18 meeting with President Gasparovic. SUMMARY OF THE MEETING WITH PM FICO ----------------------------------- 2. (C) The Ambassador [...]	2007-07-20 15:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS YI KO RU UNSC PHUM LO
07BRATISLAVA43	SLOVAKIA WON'T SEEK UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SEAT [...] (U) According to Slovak MFA Director of the Department for Human Rights Ambassador Emil Kuchar, Slovakia shares U.S. concerns about Belarus but will not seek a seat on the UN Human Rights Council for 2007. The GOS will stick with its plan to run in 2008, in part because impending staff reduct [...]	2007-01-23 09:23:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL LO
07BRATISLAVA462	TARGET TOMANOVA [...] Summary. Opposition parties are preparing to introduce a motion in Parliament in early September to call for the dismissal of Minister of Labor Viera Tomanova, citing corruption and incompetence. Tomanova is the most visible symbol of social democratic/left-wing economic policymaking within [...]	2007-08-16 14:05:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV ELAB EFIN EIND LO
07BRATISLAVA524	BILATERAL CONSULAR WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES VISA [...] SUMMARY: On September 11, Ambassador, DHS DAS for Policy Development Nathan Sales, Director for the Visa Waiver Program Office Daniel Sullivan, and Embassy officers met with representatives of the GOS to discuss the visa waiver program in light of the recent 9/11 legislation. Discussions includ [...]	2007-09-18 15:36:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT CASC PREL LO
07BRATISLAVA539	NEW SOCIAL INSURANCE LAW: TEMPEST IN A TEA CUP, [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 24, Vladimir Meciar (HZDS) reached an agreement with Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer) to support an amended social insurance proposal that will be submitted (and passed) by Parliament this fall. The final compromise will raise payroll taxes for upper-income earner [...]	2007-10-01 08:55:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN LO PGOV
07BRATISLAVA542	PROSPECTS FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY IN SLOVAKIA IMPROVING [...] Summary. On September 14, the Embassy funded and co-hosted the conference "Biotechnology and its Prospects for Biofuels," in cooperation with Slovakia's leading farm association. The conference, held in the spa town of Piestany, was attended by approximately 160 participants, predominantly f [...]	2007-10-01 08:55:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR ETRD TBIO LO
07BRATISLAVA561	SOLVING TRANSPETROL WITHOUT THE RUSSIANS [...] (C) Summary - The August 15 sale of Yukos Finance to an American investment group, Monte Valle, has reduced Russia's role in the future of the Transpetrol oil pipeline, leaving the Slovak government without its preferred partner. Economy Minister Jahnatek remains confident that any future buye [...]	2007-10-10 13:41:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RU
07BRATISLAVA595	SLOVAK MFA EXPRESSES DISPLEASURE WITH CUBA OVER [...] (C) On October 29, Ambassador Roman Buzek, Director General for Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, called in the Cuban Ambassador to Slovakia to express displeasure with the Cuban government's actions in detaining and deporting Slovak election observer Peter Novotny on Octob [...]	2007-11-02 16:11:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU LO
07BRATISLAVA600	SLOVAKIA INTERESTED IN DECEMBER 10 US-EU CUBA EVENT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel A demarche to Zdenek Rozhold, MFA Director for Latin American Affairs and Miriam Joklova, MFA Deputy Director of the Human Rights Department. Each viewed the U.S. proposal as a constructive model for U.S.-EU action that could be more effective than forcing a vote [...]	2007-11-05 16:43:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA PHUM CU LO
07BRATISLAVA61	PM FICO'S JANUARY 29 LUNCH WITH THE AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. PM Robert Fico hosted the Ambassador for a two-hour lunch in his office on January 29. Fico denied that he is moving Slovakia's foreign policy further from the U.S. and agreed to consider or pass along many of the Ambassador's suggestions on energy security and other domestic issue [...]	2007-01-31 15:49:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF SR LY VE LO
07BRATISLAVA621	SLOVAKIA: 2007-2008 INCSR PART I [...] Post's submission for the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control, follows in paragraph 2. This report contains actual statistics as of January 1, 2007. If newer information is available in time, an updated submission will be sent be [...]	2007-11-20 14:21:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR LO
07BRATISLAVA631	TRANSPETROL NEGOTIATIONS OFF TO SLOW START [...] (C) Summary - As a result of the October 31 Dutch Court decision that returned control of Yukos Finance (YF) to the Khodorkovsky-appointed directors Dave Godfrey and Bruce Misamore, YF and Slovak government officials have restarted negotiations that were halted in 2006. The court decision will [...]	2007-11-30 07:56:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL LO RS
07BRATISLAVA634	SLOVAKIA: STICKING WITH THE EU ON VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary. Slovakia will follow the EU line on Venezuela, but will not speak out on a national basis against President Chavez's attempts to expand his powers and restrict those of media, civil society and elected officials. MFA officials indicated that the GOS would be willing to support a m [...]	2007-12-01 16:48:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM LO VE EUN
07BRATISLAVA95	GOS DRAFTS LABOR CODE PROPOSAL; FOREIGN INVESTORS [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOS has prepared a draft labor code proposal, which it hopes to finalize and introduce in Parliament next month. The proposal contains numerous pro-worker changes that domestic and foreign investors will fight strenuously. While priorities different among employers, Americ [...]	2007-02-15 12:43:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV LO
07BRAZZAVILLE416	BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF OCTOBER 12 2007 [...] (U) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil , will arrive in Brazzaville October 15 for one day meeting with GRoC to discuss bilateral agreements and participate in the RoC launch of a campaign to provide immunizations for measles and distribution of bednets for children aged 5 years [...]	2007-10-12 17:10:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR EAID ECON SCUL MARR CF
07BRAZZAVILLE449	BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - NOVEMBER 16, 2007 [...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified Post. 2. Representatives of the London Club (LC) announced on November 15 that an agreement has been signed between the Republic of Congo (RoC) and the LC to forgive 77 percent of the US$643.6 million debt owed to LC creditors. Government bonds will be [...]	2007-11-16 11:39:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ELTN EAID PHUM ENRG CF
07BRIDGETOWN1001	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NORTON AND HIGGS FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Gregory Norton, Special Agent, NCIS and Ms. Tracy Higgs, Special Agent, NCIS for travel to Barbados from August 12 - 20, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to liaise with USMLO, RSO, DEA and host nations' law enforcement [...]	2007-08-10 13:04:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL

07BRIDGETOWN1023	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MANTILLA AND HERRERA O/A AUGUST [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to OFDA Washington Information Officer Liza Mantilla and OFDA/Darlington Computer Manager Ricardo Herrera. 2. The purpose of the visit is to pre-deploy before Tropical Storm Dean. 3. Embassy point of contact is James Gogg [...]	2007-08-15 19:53:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS BB
07BRIDGETOWN1025	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) MEETING, [...] (SBU) In response to the latest tracking of Tropical Storm Dean, Ambassador Ourisman chaired an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on Wednesday, August 15, 2007, attended by A/DCM, P/E, RSO, DET CDR, LEGATT, DEA, IRS, CON, ORA, IPO, MLO, USAID, OFDALAC, PAS, and GSO. Also in attendance [...]	2007-08-15 21:14:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC BB CASC XL
07BRIDGETOWN1032	HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #1 [...] (U) As of August 16, Tropical Storm Dean intensified to a category two hurricane, moving toward the west at approximately 23 mph, with maximum sustained winds of up to 100 mph. As of 1700 hours, Hurricane Dean was located 210 miles east-northeast of Barbados and approximately 305 miles east o [...]	2007-08-17 13:54:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC EAID XL
07BRIDGETOWN1033	HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #1 [...] (U) As of August 16, Tropical Storm Dean intensified to a category two hurricane, moving toward the west at approximately 23 mph, with maximum sustained winds of up to 100 mph. As of 1700 hours, Hurricane Dean was located 210 miles east-northeast of Barbados and approximately 305 miles east o [...]	2007-08-17 13:55:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC EAID XL
07BRIDGETOWN1035	HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #2 [...] (U) At approximately 0200 hours EST, Hurricane Dean made its way past Barbados as a Category-2 hurricane. Dean's center was approximately 85 miles east-southeast of Martinique and 90 miles north-northwest of Barbados, traveling at a rate of 23 mph and with winds up to 100 mph. Embassy Bridget [...]	2007-08-17 17:53:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN104	ST. LUCIA: NEWLY APPOINTED FOREIGN MINISTER MAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: St. Lucia's newly appointed Foreign Minister, Rufus Bousquet, visited the U.S. Embassy in Barbados on January 18 to discuss his visa ineligibility with the Consul General. FM Bousquet also paid a courtesy call on the DCM, who asked about APIS legislation for Cricket World Cup an [...]	2007-01-30 21:01:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC XL
07BRIDGETOWN1042	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MARSTELLER AND DONNELLY FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Suzanne Marsteller, Special Agent, NCIS and Mr. Thomas Donnelly, Special Agent, NCIS for travel to Saint Lucia from August 19 - 24, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to liaise with host nation law enforcement and also to p [...]	2007-08-18 17:24:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN1051	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CUFFE AND MULCHAN FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Errol W. Cuffe and Terry H. Mulchan, Aviation Safety Inspectors, to travel to Antigua from September 17-21, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct an FAA 14 CFR Part 145 Aircraft Maintenance Program Inspection and surve [...]	2007-08-20 21:15:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA ASEC AC
07BRIDGETOWN1083	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEA CONTRACT EMPLOYEE [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to DEA contract employee Derrick Ball to travel to Barbados from September 11 - 15, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to complete migration of DEA's Firebird system to Windows 2003. 2. Embassy point of contact is DEA Special [...]	2007-08-24 20:24:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT ACOA AADP ASEC OTRA BB
07BRIDGETOWN1087	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WALTON AND PESARE FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Jeffrey L. Walton, Supervisory Special Agent, NCIS and Mr. Jean-Paul G. Pesare, Special Agent, NCIS for travel to Barbados from September 06 - 07, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to attend a meeting with U.S Embassy of [...]	2007-08-27 17:41:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1089	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEA CONTRACT EMPLOYEE [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to DEA contract employee Derrick Ball to travel to Barbados from September 11 - 15, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to complete migration of DEA's Firebird system to Windows 2003. 2. Embassy point of contact is DEA Special [...]	2007-08-28 14:30:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT ACOA AADP ASEC OTRA BB
07BRIDGETOWN1098	AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S VISIT TO ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (SBU) Ambassador Ourisman traveled to Antigua and Barbuda August 15-16, 2007, with Embassy Bridgetown USAID Director for the Eastern Caribbean and the Regional Security Officer. The Ambassador met privately with Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer, as well as Minister of Health, John Maginley. The [...]	2007-08-29 17:46:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CVIS PGOV PREL XL
07BRIDGETOWN1099	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CARLTON DUNCAN TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Carlton Duncan, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, OCOO, OD, CDC, HHS, to travel to Barbados to facilitate an orientation for the HIV Prevention Activity for the Caribbean region, September 05 - September 14, 2007. 2. Understand no Embassy assis [...]	2007-08-30 19:31:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA CDCC EAID US BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1103	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WELTON FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ellsworth Welton, Principal Investigator of NASAS MPLNET, for travel to Barbados from September 4-8, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to install a new site for long-term monitoring of atmospheric dust in the Caribbean for NA [...]	2007-08-31 12:17:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TSPA BB
07BRIDGETOWN1104	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MERRILL AND GLASS TO TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Frances Merrill and Dana Glass, TSA Transportation Security Specialists, for travel to St. Lucia from September 8-15, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to provide an International Civil Aviation Crisis Management training pro [...]	2007-08-31 12:18:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA ST
07BRIDGETOWN1105	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR LAGUNA AND DEMOVIC TO TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Diana Marie Laguna and Charles Demovic, TSA Transportation Security Specialists, for travel to St. Vincent from September 8-21, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to provide an International Civil Aviation Crisis Management t [...]	2007-08-31 12:18:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA ST
07BRIDGETOWN1106	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CASTILLA FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Osmundo Castilla, Senior Staff Veterinarian, for travel to Barbados from August 29 - September 31, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to negotiate animal protocols. 2. Embassy point of contact is Economic Officer Anthony E [...]	2007-08-31 17:24:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAGR BB
07BRIDGETOWN1110	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MIDURA FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Jonathan Midura for travel to Barbados from September 7-12, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to provide targeted follow-up training and troubleshooting on a WTO SPS enquiry point software for a USDA-sponsored training that t [...]	2007-08-31 20:54:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAGR BB
07BRIDGETOWN1123	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CARRILLO SEPTEMBER 9-23, 2007 [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for OFDA Regional Advisor Rene Carrillo to travel to Bridgetown, O/A September 9-23, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to provide OFDA/LAC coverage (preparedness and response) to the Eastern Caribbean during Hurricane Season 2007. [...]	2007-09-05 18:21:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS BB
07BRIDGETOWN1135	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ABELAR AND HIGGS FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Hector Abelar, Special Agent, NCIS and Ms. Tracy Higgs, Special Agent, NCIS for travel to Barbados from September 18 - 23, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to liaise with USMLO and RSO and to provide support for a Unit [...]	2007-09-05 19:56:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1136	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO EMERSON FOR TRAVEL TO ST. [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Emerson, Transportation Security Specialist, for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis from September 24-October 6, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to provide an international civil aviation security training program in conjun [...]	2007-09-05 21:19:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA SC
07BRIDGETOWN1146	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CARNICELLA AND WALTZ FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Donald R. Carnicella and John Waltz, Aviation Safety Inspectors, for travel to Barbados from October 10-31, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to perform technical assistance in accordance with the current memorandum of agreem [...]	2007-09-06 19:32:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAIR ASEC BB
07BRIDGETOWN1147	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MILLINGTON TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LCDR Robert C. Millington, USN, from September 07 - September 14, 2007. The purpose of this visit is for the implementation and training of the Defence Travel System (DTS) to USMLO staff. 2. Embassy points of contact are C [...]	2007-09-06 21:09:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1164	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ALVAREZ FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ariel Alvarez, Aviation Safety Inspector, for travel to Barbados on September 21, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to perform Proving Fights with Part 135 Operator Servicios Professionales. 2. Embassy point of contact is [...]	2007-09-10 17:38:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAIR ASEC BB
07BRIDGETOWN1170	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO O?NEAL FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mrs. Mitzi O?Neal, Special Agent, NCIS for travel to Barbados from September 18 - 23, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to liaise with USMLO and RSO and to provide support for a United States naval ship visiting Bridgetown [...]	2007-09-10 21:11:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1176	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FREDERICK MARSHALL AND SOFIA [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to DEA Staff Coordinator Frederick Marshall and Analyst Sofia Haque to travel to Barbados from September 16 - 18, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to debrief a DEA Bridgetown Country Office Confidential Source. SIPDIS 2. [...]	2007-09-12 18:31:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT ACOA AADP ASEC ATRA BB
07BRIDGETOWN1186	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HANSON AND GONZALEZ FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Sarah Hanson, Director, USDA/FAS CBATO, and Omar Gonzalez, CBATO Marketing Specialist, for travel to Barbados on September 24-26, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to introduce Ms. Hanson to in-country contacts, including U. [...]	2007-09-13 13:22:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAIR ASEC BB
07BRIDGETOWN1192	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GORMLEY [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Wilma Gormley to travel to Barbados o/a September 23-29 2007. The purpose of this visit is to work with CHART to establish a budget and SOW for the CHART Network. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID HIV Specialist, Angela [...]	2007-09-13 15:03:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1195	ON BOARD, ALMOST: BIOFUELS INITIATIVE IN ST. KITTS [...] (SBU) A successful biofuels conference hosted in St. Kitts on August 28 encouraged the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis (GOSKN) to move forward on a biofuels development plan. However, with tourism development competing for scarce land and resource dollars on the island, continued USG engageme [...]	2007-09-13 15:27:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAGR EINV KPAO EAID EPET SENV
07BRIDGETOWN1196	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CAIN AND KIDD [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Clarence Cain, CENTAM Project Manager and Mr. Robert Kidd, Executive Director, for travel to Barbados from September 19 - 21, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to meet with officials at the Caribbean Disaster Emergency [...]	2007-09-13 15:32:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1203	DOMINICA AFTER DEAN -- VENEZUELA WILL HELP US [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dominica has been promised assistance from Venezuela to improve infrastructure, particularly roads and retaining walls, in the aftermath of Hurricane Dean from August 16-17. These pledges far outstrip the modest assistance the USG has been able to provide to date, giving Hugo [...]	2007-09-14 19:15:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ECON PGOV PREL VE DO XL
07BRIDGETOWN1205	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LEONARD O/A SEPTEMBER 14-30, 2007. [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Julie Leonard, USAID/OFDA Regional Advisor, from O/A September 14-30, 2007. The purpose of her visit is to provide OFDA/LAC coverage (preparedness and response) to the Eastern Caribbean Hurricane Season 2007. 2. Embassy po [...]	2007-09-14 21:14:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1206	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ROGERS FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Major Ronald Rogers, USSOUTHCOM, for travel to Barbados from September 17 - 20, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to brief the MLO on the Command Strategy ? 2016 and to receive an overview and tour of the RSS Central Liaiso [...]	2007-09-14 21:22:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1207	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ROGERS FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Major Ronald Rogers, USSOUTHCOM, for travel to Barbados from September 17 - 20, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to brief the MLO on the Command Strategy - 2016 and to receive an overview and tour of the RSS Central Liaison [...]	2007-09-16 15:37:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1210	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION TO THE [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the Presidential Delegation to attend the funeral of the late Prime Minister Sir John Compton in St. Lucia, from September 18-19, 2007. 2. Members of the Presidential Delegation include: The Honorable Alphonso Jackson, [...]	2007-09-17 20:05:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT OTRA PGOV ST
07BRIDGETOWN1213	REGIONAL AIRLINE COMPETITION AND THE AMERICAN [...] (U) The Government of St. Lucia recently granted American Eagle fifth freedom rights to operate flights between St. Lucia and Barbados beginning on September 5 and future service between St. Lucia and Trinidad. The announcement created significant division between the LIAT shareholder governm [...]	2007-09-17 21:31:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ELAB PREL PGOV CASC ASEC XL
07BRIDGETOWN1218	SNAPSHOT: ISLAM IN BARBADOS [...] (sbu) Summary: Local Islamic community leader Suleiman Bulbulia used an introductory call on emboffs September 17 to provide a broad overview of Barbados' Islamic community. Describing this small community as "orthodox, but not fundamentalist," Bulbulia looked forward to developing a deeper [...]	2007-09-18 21:14:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL SOCI PREL PHUM BB
07BRIDGETOWN1246	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ALVAREZ AND MURGA FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ariel Alvarez and Jose R. Murga, Aviation Safety Inspectors, for travel to Barbados on September 27, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to perform Proving Flights with Part 135 Operator Servicios Professionales. 2. Embass [...]	2007-09-24 18:39:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAIR ASEC BB
07BRIDGETOWN125	GRENADA'S SCRAMBLE FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Among local media predictions for the new year is one of increased People's Republic of China (PRC) efforts to gain influence on the United States' back doorstep, in the Caribbean, and specifically within CARICOM. Several local commentators have called for Grenada and CARICOM to [...]	2007-02-01 21:16:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PINR PHUM CASC GJ CH CU VE XL
07BRIDGETOWN1254	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RICHTSMEIER [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Linda Richtsmeier, GS-12, Quality Assurance Representative, DESC Americas, for travel to Barbados on October 25, 2007. The purpose of travel is to conduct an Into-Plane Audit at the Grantley Adams International Airport fuel te [...]	2007-09-26 15:45:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1256	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO ST. KITTS AND NEVIS [...] (U) During her September 19-21 visit to St. Kitts and Nevis to celebrate that nation's National Day, the Ambassador raised biofuels and the Angelus expropriation case with Prime Minister Denzil Douglas and Foreign Minister Timothy Harris. The Ambassador also used the trip to draw public attenti [...]	2007-09-27 12:19:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV PGOV PREL CVIS XL
07BRIDGETOWN1282	AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CARNICELLA AND WALTS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and amends granted country clearance for Donald R. Carnicella and John Waltz, Aviation Safety Inspectors. The new dates of travel to Barbados are from October 15-31, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to perform technical assistance in accordance with the c [...]	2007-10-02 12:12:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAIR ASEC BB
07BRIDGETOWN1292	NEW SECURITY MEASURES AT GRANTLEY ADAMS [...] (U) Summary: The Director of Civil Aviation in Barbados reported new security measures that have been implemented at the Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) for the screening of liquids, gels, and aerosols. The new requirements were created to establish a uniform plan that will satisf [...]	2007-10-04 21:58:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ASEC
07BRIDGETOWN1297	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LCDR FELTON [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LCDR Felton Gilmore, USCG, for travel to Barbados, October 08 to 09, 2007. The purpose of mission is in direct support of U.S. Homeland Security?s International Port Security Program. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR [...]	2007-10-05 12:11:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1298	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LCDR FELTON [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LCDR Felton Gilmore, USCG, for travel to Barbados, October 08 to 09, 2007. The purpose of mission is in direct support of U.S. Homeland Security?s International Port Security Program. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR [...]	2007-10-05 12:51:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1316	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MITCHUM, [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CONTR. Christopher Mitchum, TSGT Nicholas Shabdue and GG-13 Ken Swaney, for travel to Barbados, October 11 to 12, 2007. The purpose of mission is TACSAT radio removal from RFA Wave Ruler and install on RFA Wave Knight whilst i [...]	2007-10-10 18:27:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1326	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SMITH PLUS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CDR Roger A. Smith, USCG, Mr. Thomas White, USCG, Mr. Tivo Romero, USCG and LCDR Felton Gilmore, USCG, for travel to Antigua and Barbuda from October 22 to 09, 2007. The purpose of mission is in direct support of U.S. Homeland [...]	2007-10-15 12:12:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA AC XL
07BRIDGETOWN1327	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SOTOLONGO AND [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to 1LT Hector Sotolongo, ARNG for travel to Barbados from October 19, 2007 to September 18, 2008 and to WO1 Freddie Lofton, USAR for travel to Barbados from October 25, 2007 to September 18, 2008. The purpose of this travel is for [...]	2007-10-15 15:53:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1340	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CORBITT FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Jackie D. Corbitt, Aviation Safety Inspector, for travel to Barbados on October 21-27, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to perform technical assistance in accordance with the current Memorandum of Agreement between the FAA a [...]	2007-10-18 12:49:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA ASEC BB
07BRIDGETOWN1341	US-OWNED MEDICAL SCHOOL IN ST. VINCENT TO SHUT DOWN [...] (U) Summary: After months of speculation, and negotiations with the GOSVG, St. George's University (SGU),which operates the Kingstown Medical College in St. Vincent, announced that it will cease operations by January 2008. While the medical school had originally announced that it was only sca [...]	2007-10-18 15:19:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM KPAO ELAB AC XL
07BRIDGETOWN1342	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RENE CARRILLO TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for OFDA Regional Advisor Rene Carrillo to travel to Bridgetown, O/A November 5-10, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend Risk Reduction Course. 2. Embassy point of contact is James Goggin, USAID Representative, tel. 1- [...]	2007-10-18 19:08:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS BB
07BRIDGETOWN1349	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MJR EDWARD R. [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Major Edward R. Harvey, USAF for travel to Barbados from October 31, 2007 to November 03, 2007. The purpose of this travel is to have an orientation visit as the incoming Deputy Chief, Military Liaison Office, Barbados and East [...]	2007-10-22 13:59:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1351	BARBADOS WORKER'S UNION DISPUTE WITH ADM BARBADOS [...] Sir Roy Trotman, General Secretary of the Barbados Workers' Union, sent the following letter to Laboff on Friday, October 19. Begin text: Dear Mr. Aller I am aware that part of your duties is to say (sic) on top of US business relations with the people of Barbados generally and particu [...]	2007-10-23 16:42:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV PREL BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1358	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CARRILLO November 5- [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for OFDA Regional Advisor Rene Carrillo to travel to Bridgetown, O/A November 5-10, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend Risk Reduction Course. 2. Embassy point of contact is James Goggin, USAID Representative, tel. [...]	2007-10-25 19:56:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS BB
07BRIDGETOWN1364	MINI-WAVE OF VIOLENT CRIME HITS ANTIGUA [...] (sbu) Our contacts confirm Antigua and Barbuda PM Spencer has called out security forces and instituted additional security measures in response to a recent string of violent crimes that have shocked many in Antigua. Our contacts in the police attribute the recent incidents - a string of th [...]	2007-10-26 18:59:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM ASEC CASC AC
07BRIDGETOWN1377	ST. VINCENT PM USES INDEPENDENCE DAY TO "PASS OUT [...] (SBU) During Ambassador Ourisman's October 26-28 visit to St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) to celebrate that nation's Independence Day, the Ambassador attended Independence Day activities and spoke to Prime Minister Gonsalves on issues ranging from Cuba to foreign investment in the Grenadi [...]	2007-10-31 15:01:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS ECON EFIN PGOV PREL XL EINV
07BRIDGETOWN1384	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CLARK PLUS SIX [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the following USSOUTHCOM personnel, for travel to Barbados from December 09 ? 14, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to attend the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) Disaster Preparedness Conference at the [...]	2007-11-01 21:09:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1385	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MITCHUM PLUS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Christopher Mitchum, Contractor, SGT David Cooper, USA and alternate Mr. Theodore Duck, JIATFS Telecommunications Manager for travel to Saint Lucia November 07, 2007 to November 09, 2007. The purpose of this travel is to pr [...]	2007-11-01 21:18:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN1386	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DEWENTER FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Major Daniel Dewenter, USAFR for travel to Barbados from November 02, 2007 to September 30, 2008. The purpose of this travel is for TDY assignment as Exercise Coordinator. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Kofi Aboagye [...]	2007-11-01 21:26:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1387	ST. VINCENT: SPLINTERS OF AN OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: In several meetings with leaders of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) opposition New Democratic Party (NDP),and in consultations with the party's sympathizers as well as Unity Labor Party (ULP) and former-ULP members, Embassy Bridgetown learned of growing discontent with [...]	2007-11-01 21:26:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS EAID ECON EFIN ELAB KCRM PGOV PINR PREL
07BRIDGETOWN1389	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CORDOVA FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LtCol Kirk F. Cordova Major Edward R. Harvey, USMC for travel on the following dates of travel. The purpose of this travel is to conduct site surveys of USSOUTHCOM Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP) projects within the Easte [...]	2007-11-02 17:02:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA AC BB DO SC XL
07BRIDGETOWN1406	BIGEST POLUTRY PRODUCER IN BARBADOS LOOKING AT [...] Summary: POl/ECON Deputy was contacted by the GM of Chickmont Foods, Barbados who was interested in finding out how to export chickens to the US market. POL/ECON Deputy met with the GM, Geoffry Goddard, to explore their plans and learn more about the poultry industry in Barbados. Mr. Goddard [...]	2007-11-07 18:43:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV PREL BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1410	ST. KITTS ATTRACTING INVESTMENTS GALORE [...] (U) During a recent visit to New York, St. Christopher (Kitts) and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas reiterated his nation's commitment to foreign investment and announced plans for additional high-end resorts to invest in St. Kitts. The government's apparent success in attracting well-known [...]	2007-11-08 19:49:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON EINV PGOV PREL CVIS XL
07BRIDGETOWN1415	THE GRENADINES: THE INCREDIBLE DISAPPEARING RESORT [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Bridgetown recently learned that the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOSVG) has repossessed land on Union Island that is owned by a long-term American investor in the Grenadines. Ambassador Ourisman raised this possible expropriation with Prime Minister Ralph [...]	2007-11-09 17:08:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	CACM CDB CVIS EAID ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KCRM
07BRIDGETOWN1420	BRIDGETOWN SUBMISSION FOR THE OPERATION OF THE CARIBBEAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-13 17:56:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ELAB AMGT XK XL USTR OECS
07BRIDGETOWN1423	COMMEMORATING THE GREAT WHITE FLEET [...] Post does not believe that tying 2008 ship visits to the anniversary of Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet would advance post's public diplomacy and other strategic objectives. US NAVAL FORCES SOUTHERN under US SOUTHERN COMMAND is promoting "Partnership for the Americas" theme with requisite [...]	2007-11-14 20:29:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO MASS MOPS XL
07BRIDGETOWN1439	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MORGAN PLUS SEVEN FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the following United States Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (USCG LEDET) team, for travel to Barbados from November 28 - 29, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to embark on HMS Largs Bay, which will be berthed at the B [...]	2007-11-20 15:06:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1442	DOMINICA: SKERRIT SUPPORTS DOLLAR DIPLOMACY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit thanked China, Venezuela, and Cuba in his Independence Day speech, citing specific assistance these countries have recently provided. Other thanks also went to the European Union, which has also provided substantial assistance. This speech is an [...]	2007-11-20 17:54:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID DO XL
07BRIDGETOWN1447	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO STAKE PLUS TWO FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Randy Stake, Contractor, SSGT Lona Castle, Communications Technician and alternate Mr. Theodore Duck, JIATFS Telecommunications Manager, for travel to Barbados November 29, 2007 to December 01, 2007. The purpose of this travel is to provide tec [...]	2007-11-21 20:22:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1469	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SCHMIDT FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to CDR Harry Schmidt, USCG, for travel to Barbados December 03, 2007 to December 05, 2007. The purpose of this travel is to provide technical support onboard the RFA Largs Bay, which will be berthed at the Bridgetown Port. 2. Embassy point of conta [...]	2007-12-03 15:04:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1476	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PAUL BONICELLI [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Paul J. Bonicelli, Assistant Administrator, to travel to Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Antigua December 9 to 14, 2007 to conduct program oversight. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Representative, James [...]	2007-12-04 18:25:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1477	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JERRY BISSON, TEAM LEADER [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Jerry Bisson, Environment Team Leader to travel to St. Lucia and St. Kitts & Nevis O/A December 10-14, 2007. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Representative, Mansfield Blackwood at tel. 1-246-227-4154 or 227-4118, fax. [...]	2007-12-04 18:31:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ASEC OTRA XL
07BRIDGETOWN1478	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HANNAH FAIRBANK [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Hannah Fairbank of the Natural Resources Management Office in the Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade Bureau (EGAT) to travel to St. Lucia, Antigua and St. Kitts and Nevis O/A December 10-14, 2007. 2. Embassy point of [...]	2007-12-04 18:34:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ASEC OTRA XL
07BRIDGETOWN1490	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RICHTSMEIER FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Linda Richtsmeier, Quality Assurance Representative, DESC Americas, for travel to Antigua from December 09 - 10, 2007. The purpose of travel is to conduct an into-plane audit at the V C Bird International Airport fuel terminal. [...]	2007-12-05 19:25:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA AC XL
07BRIDGETOWN1491	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SULLIVAN FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to FC2 Craig Sullivan, USN for travel to the countries listed in the following travel itinerary. The purpose of this visit is for vacation. TRAVEL ITINERARY ---------------- 17 December 2007 Barbados 18 December 2007 Saint L [...]	2007-12-05 19:31:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA AC BB ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN1498	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DEWENTER FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Major Daniel Dewenter, USAF for travel to Barbados from December 13, 2007 to September 30, 2008. The purpose of this travel is for TDY assignment as Exercise and Operations Officer. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Ko [...]	2007-12-07 14:00:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1562	DOMINICA: TRAFFICKING VICTIMS LIKELY EXIST, BUT NO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff hosted a roundtable discussion on trafficking in persons, pulling together representatives from key government offices and NGOs. The discussion showed that, although many officials believe trafficking victims might exist among commercial sex workers, Chinese laborers, an [...]	2007-12-21 19:36:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM PHUM PGOV ELBA CN DR ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN181	ANTIGUA/BARBUDA: TWO STEPS BACK ON HALF MOON BAY [...] (C) On January 22, EconOff met with Amcit Natalia Querard, Managing Director of Half Moon Bay (HMB). Querard complained about harassment she has been experiencing, allegedly instigated by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB),and the perceived apathy of the State Department. Querard [...]	2007-02-12 13:38:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV CASC PGOV KIDE AC
07BRIDGETOWN189	AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH PM [...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 introductory meeting with Ambassador Mary Ourisman, Barbados' Prime Minister Owen Arthur assured the United States of his commitment to continue building a strong and warm bilateral relationship. PM Arthur and Ambassador Ourisman discussed trade, disaster risk man [...]	2007-02-12 19:48:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ASEC SNAR ECON ETRD BB JM XL
07BRIDGETOWN194	AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO GRENADA [...] (U) Summary: On January 17-19, 2007, Ambassador Ourisman visited Grenada to present her credentials. She conducted an initial round of meetings with Grenadian officials including the Prime Minister and the Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, [...]	2007-02-12 21:39:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ETRD ECON EAID CMGT GJ XL
07BRIDGETOWN195	(C) ST. LUCIA PM COMPTON HOLDS HIS CARDS CLOSE BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 2, Deputy Chief of Mission Gilroy called on Government of St. Lucia (GOSL) Prime Minister Sir John Compton to congratulate him on his return to power and to review the bilateral relationship. She also raised USG concerns about charismatic cabinet member Richard Frede [...]	2007-02-12 21:46:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR SNAR ASEC EAID ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN196	AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ourisman presented her credentials to the President of Dominica and called on both the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister on January 24. In her courtesy calls, the Ambassador and her interlocutors discussed both current and possible future USAID projects, the Adva [...]	2007-02-13 16:36:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID ENRG EINV MASS KCRM KPAO
07BRIDGETOWN200	LETTER FROM ST. VINCENT INTERNATIONAL WHALING [...] The following message was received 12 February 2007. Begin Text of Diplomatic Note: REF:FACT/ NOTE NO 79/2007 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Trade of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, presents its compliments to the Embassy of The United States of America, and with refere [...]	2007-02-14 17:24:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL ST
07BRIDGETOWN228	PETROCARIBE #32: CHAVEZ VISIT UNEVENTFUL [...] (C) Summary: On February 16-17, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The visit was light on substance and heavy on atmospherics, as he reiterated past Petrocaribe-related promises and resorted to his usual vitriolic anti-American talking points. [...]	2007-02-21 19:39:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET PGOV PINR VE DO ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN23	GRENADA TRYING TO READ ST. LUCIA TEA LEAVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Grenadians are reading the tea leaves of the St. Lucia election, hoping to find clues to their own future. Speculation is rampant that Prime Minister Keith Mitchell will call elections following Cricket World Cup in an attempt to ride the expected popular high following successfu [...]	2007-01-05 20:39:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR GJ XL
07BRIDGETOWN284	THIRD CWC 2007 ISAG MEETING: CWC TO WALK BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Support and Advisory Group (ISAG) for Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 held its third plenary session February 23 in Bridgetown, Barbados. The objective of the meeting was to bring together the group of hosting and playing nations and the international community fo [...]	2007-03-05 21:39:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PTER CASC PINR KCIP KTIA XL
07BRIDGETOWN286	AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO ST. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ourisman presented her credentials to the government of St. Lucia on February 20. In meetings with the Governor General, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and leader of the opposition, the Ambassador discussed crime in St. Lucia, Article 98, Petrocaribe, the Advance Pa [...]	2007-03-05 23:11:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KCRM CASC ENRG EPET EFIN ASEC
07BRIDGETOWN299	AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO ST. [...] (C) Summary: On February 25-27, 2007, Ambassador Ourisman visited St. Vincent and the Grenadines to present her credentials. Meetings with the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Opposition Leader focused on Venezuelan assistance, Article 98, narcotics trafficking and Cricket World Cup. T [...]	2007-03-08 21:04:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ETRD ECON EAID CMGT EAIR SNAR
07BRIDGETOWN348	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MERRILL AND LAGUNA [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Frances B. Merrill and Diana M. Laguna, Transportation Security Specialists, TSA, to travel to St. Vincent and the Grenadines from May 13-24, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide an International Civil Aviation Basic Security Trainin [...]	2007-03-20 21:35:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAIR VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN349	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO EMERSON AND SWEET FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Mark Emerson and William J. Sweet, Transportation Security Specialists, TSA, to travel to St. Kitts and Nevis from May 29 - June 8, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide an International Civil Aviation Basic Security Training program [...]	2007-03-20 21:35:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAIR SC XL
07BRIDGETOWN353	PETROCARIBE #33: CHAVEZ TIES WORRY ST. VINCENT [...] (C) Summary: Recent discussions with St. Vincent and the Grenadines' (SVG) private sector representatives reveal widespread anxiety over the Vincentian government's growing ties with Venezuela, especially the close relationship between Vincentian Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves and Venezuelan P [...]	2007-03-21 18:51:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM PINR XL
07BRIDGETOWN368	BARBADOS BUDGET: TAX CUTS, CHEAP HOUSING, LAND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Last week's budget presentation by Barbados' Prime Minister Owen Arthur and opposition leader David Thompson's response were greeted with much anticipation. The charged atmosphere was mainly due to the political context in which the two speeches and the ensuing debate took place, [...]	2007-03-26 15:53:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS EFIN EIND ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL
07BRIDGETOWN369	OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS FOR SAINT VINCENT'S OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: The head of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) opposition party, Arnhim Eustace, has stepped up his criticism of Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves in the last three weeks. His most recent themes included Gonsalves' December pardon of a convicted drug dealer and Gonsalves' emb [...]	2007-03-26 17:12:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SNAR KCRM VC VE XL
07BRIDGETOWN399	REQUEST TO REPROGRAM FMF FUNDS IN FY 08 [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 11 and 12. 2. (U) Embassy Bridgetown has registered in reftel its concerns regarding the State Department's decision to eliminate FY 08 Foreign Military Financing (FMF) for the Eastern Caribbean. While we strongly urge the Department to reverse th [...]	2007-04-04 16:41:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC MARR PGOV PINR PREL SNAR BB ST VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN45	BARBADOS PM SENDS CONDOLENCE LETTER FOR PRESIDENT [...] The following message was received 9 January 2007. Begin Text: No. 20/2007 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honour to forward the enclosed letter from the Rt. Hon Owen S. Art [...]	2007-01-10 12:42:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AC
07BRIDGETOWN471	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP-MANAGED [...] As instructed in reftel, Post is submitting the following four (4) project proposals for G/TIP-managed FY 2007 ESF and INCLE Funds. Full proposal narratives will be sent via email. 2. Name of Applicant: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) -- Office for the Eastern Caribbean Requeste [...]	2007-04-20 22:02:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG XL
07BRIDGETOWN472	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP-MANAGED [...] As instructed in reftel, Post is submitting the following four (4) project proposals for G/TIP-managed FY 2007 ESF and INCLE Funds. Full proposal narratives will be sent via email. 2. Name of Applicant: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) -- Office for the Eastern Caribbean Requeste [...]	2007-04-20 22:04:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG XL
07BRIDGETOWN474	ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA SENDS MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY TO [...] The following message was received 20 April 2007. Begin Text: 152/2007 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honour to request that the following message from the Honourable Baldwin Spen [...]	2007-04-23 18:24:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AC
07BRIDGETOWN494	DOMINICA SENDS MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY ON VIRGINIA [...] The following message was received 25 April 2007. Begin Text: Ref. No.: 214/02-874 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour of the Commonwealth of Dominica presents compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honour to express the profound regrets of [...]	2007-04-27 16:51:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL DO
07BRIDGETOWN509	CODEL ENGEL'S VISIT TO GRENADA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The April 13-15, 2007, visit of CODEL Engel to Grenada was a great success. Grenadians, including government and opposition leaders, and resident American and local business people, were pleased with the opportunity to exchange views with the delegation and hopeful that the visit [...]	2007-04-30 21:34:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GJ

07BRIDGETOWN518	BARBADOS PM ARTHUR'S CABINET [...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Owen Arthur, Barbados' most popular politician, is well positioned to win an unprecedented fourth term in the next parliamentary election, which is expected later in 2007 or in 2008. He will run on his solid record of achievement over the past 12 years, supported [...]	2007-05-03 17:34:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN520	ST. VINCENT SENDS MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY ON VIRGINIA [...] The following message was received 3 May 2007. Begin Text: Ref. FACT/110(3) Note No. 239/2007 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Trade of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines present (sic) its compliments to the Embassy of United States of America in Barbados and has the honou [...]	2007-05-03 20:03:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN522	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CHARLES WARREN AND NATHAN [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Charles Warren, Statistician and Nathan Jones, Statistician, Global Tobacco Control Program, COCHP/NCCDPHP, HHS/CDC to travel to Barbados from May 6-11, to participate as the teaching faculty at the Global Tobacco Surveillance System workshop for [...]	2007-05-04 15:53:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA US BB CDCC EAID XL
07BRIDGETOWN526	BARBADOS SENDS MESSAGE ON AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT [...] This message is an action request. Please see para 2. 2. On May 3, 2007, post received Diplomatic Note No. IR/200783 from the Government of Barbados requesting air transport rights in the United States on behalf of Air Jamaica. Please see full text of the Diplomatic Note in para 3. Po [...]	2007-05-04 20:10:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PREL XL
07BRIDGETOWN55	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MCKENNA FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Wayne R. McKenna, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, to travel to St. Kitts and Nevis from Jan. 31 - Feb. 4 and to Barbados from Feb. 4 - 10, for the purpose of evaluating two law enforcement training programs fun [...]	2007-01-18 13:03:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM OTRA SC
07BRIDGETOWN561	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR KEN YAMASHITA TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Susumu Ken Yamashita, Director, GH/OHA to travel to Barbados May 20-22, 2007 to assist the Mission with staffing and management issues in light of CDC co-location. 2. Hotel reservation has been confirmed for traveler at the Coral Sands Beach [...]	2007-05-09 20:52:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID OTRA US BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN566	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FRIED TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to HS3 Athena Fried, USCG from May 25 to May 27, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to provide medical support to the USCGC EAGLE during their summer patrol. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Kofi Aboagye, Chief, Milit [...]	2007-05-09 20:54:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN567	CORRECTED COPY -- COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FRIED TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to HS3 Athena Fried, USCG from May 25 to May 27, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to provide medical support to the USCGC EAGLE during their summer patrol. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Kofi Aboagye, Chief, Milita [...]	2007-05-09 20:54:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN570	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO GILMORE TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LCDR Felton L. Gilmore, USCG Liaison Officer from May 26 to May 30, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to have preliminary port discussions with government officials IAW IMO ISPS code and U.S. Maritime Transportation Safety Ac [...]	2007-05-09 20:56:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN573	(C) GRENADA PM MITCHELL ON CHAVEZ'S BAD LIST? [...] (C) Summary: In a somewhat tense mid-April meeting with Charge, Grenada's Keith Mitchell shared his fears that strongly leftist Caribbean leaders, led by St. Vincent's Ralph Gonsalves, had persuaded Hugo Chavez that the pro-American Grenada government should not receive further Venezuelan as [...]	2007-05-09 21:41:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID AC DO GJ IS VC VE XL
07BRIDGETOWN610	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JACKSON TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to SFC Sandra Jackson, USA, May 20 to May 24, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to conduct a USSOUTHCOM directed Staff Assist Visit (SAV). 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Kofi Aboagye, Chief, Military Liaison Offi [...]	2007-05-16 11:41:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN615	ST. KITTS: GOVERNMENT EXPROPRIATION LEAVES AMCITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Bridgetown continues to assist Amcit property owners in the expropriation case involving the government of St. Kitts and Nevis (GOSKN) and the Angelus resort. The GOSKN has mishandled the case by providing poor information to the owners and delaying the resolution of t [...]	2007-05-16 20:56:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV CASC PGOV KIDE SC XL
07BRIDGETOWN618	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SMITH JUNE 17 to July 1, 2007. [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Stephen Smith, OFDA/IRG Chief of Party, to travel to Barbados from June 17 - July 1, 2007. The purpose of his visit is to provide OFDALAC coverage (preparedness and response) to the Eastern Caribbean during Hurricane Season 20 [...]	2007-05-16 21:37:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS BB
07BRIDGETOWN619	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CALLAGHAN JUNE 18-20, 2007. [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Timothy Callaghan, OFDA Regional Coordinator, to travel to Barbados from June 18-20, 2007. The purpose of his visit is to meet with partners regarding hurricane season. 2. Embassy point of contact is James Goggin, USAID Te [...]	2007-05-16 21:37:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS BB
07BRIDGETOWN620	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HOFFMANN MAY 20 TO JUNE 2, 2007. [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Shirley Hoffmann, Supervisory Program Officer, to travel to Barbados from May 20 - June 2, 2007. The purpose of her visit is to provide technical assistance and program support. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Project [...]	2007-05-16 21:37:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID OTRA EXO DR BB
07BRIDGETOWN629	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICERS NAUGHTON AND [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE Officers Michael Naughton and Lawrence Dolan to escort deportee Dwayne Fahie, A035 186 493 to British Virgin Islands on May 29-30. 2. Embassy point of contact is A/RSO Sean A. Nedd at Embassy Bridgetown Tel: 1-246-436- [...]	2007-05-17 15:07:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CVIS OTRA VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN632	AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S MEETING WITH BARBADOS AG [...] (C) Summary: In a May 11 introductory meeting with Ambassador Mary Ourisman, Barbados Attorney General Dale Marshall thanked the United States for its assistance during Cricket World Cup and looked forward to further cooperation in the areas of security and law enforcement. He also requeste [...]	2007-05-18 19:40:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ASEC CASC SNAR ECON ETRD BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN633	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DONALD MAY 29 - JUNE 6, 2007 [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael Donald, Regional Environmental Advisor for the Caribbean, to travel to Dominica from May 29 - June 1, 2007 and to Barbados June 1-3 and June 5-6, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to assist Mission in Agency environme [...]	2007-05-18 20:14:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ASEC OTRA DR BO BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN645	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HANOVER TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LTJG Bradley S. Hanover, USCG to travel on May 28. The purpose of this mission is to return from TDY orders on board the USCGC EAGLE to Coast Guard Atlantic area. LTJG will disembark the EAGLE at Barbados Port Authority; proc [...]	2007-05-22 20:38:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN649	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR L. NAEGER TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Lisa Naeger, Microbiologist, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, HHS, to travel to Barbados from June 11-16, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a forum at the XVI International HIV Drug Resistance Wo [...]	2007-05-23 13:33:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA US BB
07BRIDGETOWN650	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO E. CALDEIRA TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance to Ellen Caldeira, Project Officer, Global AIDS program, Health Resources and Services Administration, to travel to Barbados from July 1-7, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to participate in a meeting with implementing partners of HIV/ [...]	2007-05-23 13:35:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KHIV OTRA BB
07BRIDGETOWN651	COUNTRY CLEARANCE AMENDED FOR C. YANG TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown acknowledges change in travel dates and amends country clearance for Chunfu Yang to travel to Barbados from June 12-17, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend the XVII International Human Immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Drug Resistance Workshop. 2. Per refte [...]	2007-05-23 13:45:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA CDC US BB
07BRIDGETOWN660	COUNTRY CLEARANCE AMENDED FOR CALLAGHAN FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown acknowledges change in travel dates and amends country clearance for Timothy Callaghan, OFDA Regional Coordinator, to travel to Barbados from June 12-20, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Eastern Caribbean Donor Group (ECDG) Hurricane meeting on June 13th. [...]	2007-05-24 20:10:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS BB
07BRIDGETOWN661	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LEONARD O/A JUNE 3-17, 2007. [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Julie Leonard, USAID/OFDA Regional Advisor, from O/A June 3-17, 2007. The purpose of her visit is to provide OFDA/LAC coverage (preparedness and response) to the Eastern Caribbean Hurricane Season 2007. 2. Embassy point o [...]	2007-05-24 22:05:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS BB
07BRIDGETOWN676	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MILLINGTON TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LCDR Robert C. Millington, USN, from August 04 - August 11, 2007. The purpose of this visit is for the implementation and training of the Defence Travel System (DTS) to USMLO staff. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. K [...]	2007-05-29 18:25:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN711	AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S MEETING WITH BARBADOS DPM [...] (C) Summary: In a May 30 introductory meeting with Ambassador Mary Ourisman, Barbados' Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs and Development, Mia Mottley, thanked the United States for its assistance during Cricket World Cup and looked forward to further cooperation in the a [...]	2007-06-05 17:13:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	BB ECON ETRD PGOV PINR PREL XL
07BRIDGETOWN739	MEETING WITH ST. VINCENT FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 1, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sir Louis Straker, paid a courtesy call on DCM Mary Ellen T. Gilroy. Key points of their discussion included the upcoming Caribbean Conference, LIAT's perceived monopolistic posture, Petroc [...]	2007-06-07 20:22:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAIR EPET EINV EWWT CU VE VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN751	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SA GOLDFINGER AND SA JOSEPH JUNE [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance to SA Michael Goldfinger and SA Mark Joseph from June 11-13, 2007 for travel to Grenada. The purpose of their visit is to provide operation support for an ongoing investigation. 2. Embassy point of contact is Acting Country Attache [...]	2007-06-08 21:19:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA XL BB GJ
07BRIDGETOWN753	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GELMAN O/A JULY 1-15, 2007. [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Phil Gelman, USAID/OFDA Regional Advisor, from O/A July 1-15, 2007. The purpose of his visit is to provide OFDA/LAC coverage (preparedness and response) to the Eastern Caribbean Hurricane Season 2007. 2. Embassy point of [...]	2007-06-11 19:56:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS BB
07BRIDGETOWN754	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HAIG TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to SK1 Charles Haig, USN, from June 17 - July 01, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to conduct a Staff Assist Visit (SAV). 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Kofi Aboagye, Chief, Military Liaison Office, 1-246-227-433 [...]	2007-06-11 20:06:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN767	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARIA GARCIA [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Maria Virginia Garcia, Financial Analyst of USAID/DR Controller's Office, to travel to Barbados o/a June 18-23, 2007. 2. The purpose of the visit is to provide financial management support to USAID Barbados. 3. Embassy [...]	2007-06-13 20:17:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ASEC OTRA DR BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN770	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AUDREY MULLINGS. [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Audrey Mullings, OFDA/IRG Consultant to travel to St. Vincent O/A June 18-23, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to facilitate shelter management and initial damage assessment courses. 2. Embassy point of contact is James G [...]	2007-06-13 21:32:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN788	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SA GOLDFINGER AND SA JOSEPH JUNE [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance to SA Michael Goldfinger and TFO Mark Joseph from June 19-20, 2007 for travel to St. Vincent. The purpose of their visit is to provide operation support for an ongoing investigation. 2. Embassy point of contact is SA Thomas Garland [...]	2007-06-15 20:24:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN789	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO REGO FOR TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to LCDR Francisco S. Rego, USCG, for travel to Barbados June 20 - 22, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to conduct a USSOUTHCOM directed IG inspection. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Kofi Aboagye, Chief, Military Liaison Office, (246) 2 [...]	2007-06-15 21:07:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN800	2007 EXPROPRIATION REPORT: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of one (1) claim of a United States person that may be outstanding against the Government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB). End Summary. Claimant Designation -------------------- 2. (U) Claimant A Date of Expropriation --------------------- [...]	2007-06-18 20:59:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV
07BRIDGETOWN801	2007 EXPROPRIATION REPORT: ST. KITTS AND NEVIS [...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of one (1) outstanding and eight (8) new claims of United States persons against the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis (GOSKN). End Summary. Claimant Designation -------------------- 2. (U) Claimant A Date of Expropriation ---------------- [...]	2007-06-18 21:00:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV
07BRIDGETOWN802	COUNTRY CLEARANCE OFDA/IRG CONSULTANTS MULLINGS AND [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to OFDA/IRG Consultants, Audrey Mullings and Beryl Armbrister, and OFDA/IRG Participants, Phillip Ramdass, Alex Browne, Donna Pierre, Althea Daniels-Thornton, Laynette Carter and Sheik Kalid Hussein, to travel to Dominica from O/A [...]	2007-06-18 21:42:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS DO
07BRIDGETOWN803	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WOLFE [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Kelly Wolfe, Senior Technical Advisor for NGO/Community Development in OHA, to travel to Barbados O/A July 15-21, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a Mid-term Evaluation of the CRP Strategy. 2. Embassy point of [...]	2007-06-19 12:29:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN846	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SPECIAL AGENT ANDREW ARTHURTON JUNE [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance to SA Andrew Arthurton from June 28 through July 1, 2007 for travel to St. Vincent. The purpose of his visit is to provide operation support for an ongoing investigation. 2. Embassy point of contact is Acting Country Attache Rogeana [...]	2007-06-28 19:34:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN848	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ARMBRISTER JULY 3-6, 2007. [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Beryl Armbrister, OFDA/IRG Consultant, to travel to St. Kitts and Nevis O/A July 3-6, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to meet with National Disaster Office. 2. Embassy point of contact is James Goggin, USAID Representative, tel. 1-246-227 [...]	2007-06-28 20:31:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS SC XL
07BRIDGETOWN849	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HERRERA O/A JULY 15-29, 2007. [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for OFDA Darlington Computer Manager, Ricardo Herrera to travel to Bridgetown, O/A June 15-29, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to provide OFDA/LAC coverage (preparedness and response) to the Eastern Caribbean during Hurricane Se [...]	2007-06-28 20:33:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS BB
07BRIDGETOWN85	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 [...] Barbados is open for business. The Government of Barbados, through the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation (BIDC),strongly encourages foreign direct investment in Barbados, particularly in industries that create jobs and earn foreign currency. 2. The Government offers special [...]	2007-01-25 15:11:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV KTDB XL
07BRIDGETOWN850	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION AIR AND [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance to Border Protection Air and Marine Support Pilots Jorge Delgado, Jose Rivera and Robert Lebron, and Aviation Enforcement Officers Alexander Santiago and Juan Garcia for June 28, 2007 for travel to St. Vincent. The purpose of their visi [...]	2007-06-28 20:52:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN86	SAINT LUCIA FM SENDS CONDOLENCES FOR PRESIDENT [...] The following message was received 24 January 2007. Begin Text: NOTE NO.PE-046/2007 The Ministry of External Affairs, International Trade and Civil Aviation of Saint Lucia presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America in Bridgetown, and has the honour to transm [...]	2007-01-25 18:05:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL ST
07BRIDGETOWN860	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CERDA FOR TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to LCDR Rene Cerda, USN, for travel to Barbados July 01 to September 30, 2007. The purpose of this travel is for TDY assignment as Deputy Chief, USMLO. 2. Hotel reservation has been confirmed for traveler at the Accra Beach Hotel and Resort, Rockl [...]	2007-06-29 20:56:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN885	LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] Embassy Bridgetown received via fax, a letter from Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer to President George W. Bush. Begin Text E.D. 8/9 II Mr. George W. Bush President of the United States of America The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Bush: [...]	2007-07-11 19:02:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC AA
07BRIDGETOWN892	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SCRUGGS PLUS THREE FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to CDR Lee Scruggs, USCG, LT Thomas Kalisz, USCG, LT Michael Pierno, USCG, and LCDR Felton Gilmore, USCG, for travel to Barbados August 11 - August 15, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to have port security discussions with Government officials of [...]	2007-07-12 16:49:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN894	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SCRUGGS PLUS THREE FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to CDR Lee Scruggs, USCG, LT Thomas Kalisz, USCG, LT Michael Pierno, USCG, and LCDR Felton Gilmore, USCG, for travel to Barbados August 11 - August 15, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to have port security discussions with Government officials o [...]	2007-07-13 13:36:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN899	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MERCADO AND MARSTELLER FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Rafael J. Mercado, Special Agent, NCIS, and Ms. Suzanne M. Marsteller, Special Agent, NCIS, for travel to Barbados from July 15 - 17, 2007 and to Saint Lucia from July 17 - 18, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to meet [...]	2007-07-13 20:49:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN902	ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES EXTENDS SUPPORT FOR [...] The following message was received on July 12, 2007. Begin text: Note No. 444/2007 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Trade of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and with reference to the latter's Diploma [...]	2007-07-16 14:09:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ETRD SENV ECON SC
07BRIDGETOWN907	CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING: HALTING [...] (C) Summary: The 28th CARICOM Heads of Government Conference took place in Barbados on July 1-4, 2007. Unsurprisingly, the Caribbean leaders agreed on a number of measures that should ensure some forward momentum in the region's integration efforts in the economic, security, and social develo [...]	2007-07-16 19:46:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BB EAID EAIR ETRD PGOV PINR PREL XL
07BRIDGETOWN912	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STEVEN HORTON AND GUY HARRIS [...] EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN WARMLY WELCOMES AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO JIATF PERSONNEL FROM JULY 23-24, 2007. THE PURPOSE OF THIS VISIT IS TO PROVIDE TECHINICAL SUPPORT FOR A LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATION. 2. EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT IS DEA SPECIAL AGENT RONALD O. MORRISON TELEPHONE NUMBER 246-22 [...]	2007-07-17 21:34:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA GJ XL
07BRIDGETOWN923	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LEONARD O/A JULY 29 THRU AUGUST 12, [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Julie Leonard, USAID/OFDA Regional Advisor, to travel to Barbados O/A July 29 thru August 12, 2007. 2. The purpose of the visit is to provide OFDA/LAC coverage (preparedness and response) to the Eastern Caribbean Hurricane [...]	2007-07-19 21:33:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN931	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICERS STERMAN AND [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for ICE Officers Matthew Sterman and Michael Brown to escort deportee Charlesworth Browne to Antigua and Barbuda on July 23-24, 2007. 2. Embassy point of contact is A/RSO Eric Freeman at Embassy Bridgetown Tel: 1-246-436-4950, x4173, or Fax: 1-24 [...]	2007-07-20 20:38:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA CVIS VC
07BRIDGETOWN941	GRENADA VISIT OF ROBERT CARHART [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: INR analyst Robert Carhart arrived in Grenada on June 28, for a one-day orientation visit. With rumors floating around Grenada that the Prime Minister might call elections either in the fall of 2007 or in early 2008, Charge d'Affaires Karen Jo McIsaac and Carhart met with pol [...]	2007-07-23 20:11:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GJ
07BRIDGETOWN942	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WASHBURN PLUS TWO FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CAPT Terry Washburn, USN, Mr. John Samson, DAC and Mr. Lindsay Johnson, DAC, for travel to Barbados August 06 - August 10, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct inspections and staff assistance visits to evaluate the eff [...]	2007-07-23 20:30:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN943	CARICOM CHAIR GIVES FREE PASS TO CUBA, AGAIN [...] (U) In a joint press conference with Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper on July 19, Barbados Prime Minister and CARICOM Chair, Owen Arthur, told journalists that CARICOM has never approved and will never support unilateral sanctions against Cuba. While Barbados support for Cuba is not unus [...]	2007-07-23 20:31:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN945	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VELADO O/A AUGUST 12-26, 2007. [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Sidney Velado, OFDA Regional Advisor, to travel to Barbados O/A August 12-26, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to provide OFDA/LAC coverage (preparedness and response) to the Eastern Caribbean Hurricane Season 2007. 2. Emba [...]	2007-07-24 21:01:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS BB
07BRIDGETOWN949	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SYNDER FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to CAPT Randall Synder, for travel to Barbados August 17 - August 21, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to act as the presiding officer and guest speaker at the change of command ceremony, during the USS MITSCHER's port call to Bridgetown. 2. Emb [...]	2007-07-25 18:56:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN952	CANADA PM STEPHEN HARPER ADDRESSES BARBADOS [...] (SBU) On July 19, Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, addressed a standing room only audience of approximately 200 senior officials, diplomats and top business representatives in Barbados. Harper unveiled Canada's plan to play a bigger role in the hemisphere and create "a new partnership [...]	2007-07-27 15:11:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	BB ETRD ETTC PGOV PINR PREL XL
07BRIDGETOWN962	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ROMERO FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Tivo Romero, USCG Contractor, for travel to Barbados August 11 - August 15, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to have port security discussions with Government officials of Barbados. These discussions will directly support the U.S Homeland Sec [...]	2007-07-30 19:15:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN963	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HELTON FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Major Dwayne A. Helton, USSOUTHCOM J1, for travel to Barbados from September 11 - 15, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a staff assistance visit (SAV). 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Kofi Aboagye, Chief [...]	2007-07-30 19:16:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN964	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LESLIE FOR TRAVEL TO ANTIGUA [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CDR Stephen A. Leslie, COGATT, for travel to the countries listed in the following itinerary. The purpose of this visit is for the introduction of the Coast Guard Attach to the area of accreditation. ITINERARY --------- [...]	2007-07-30 19:16:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA AC BB DO SC ST VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN965	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ARMBRISTER O/A AUGUST 13-18, 2007 [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Beryl Armbrister, Consultant, to travel to St. Kitts and Nevis O/A August 13-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to facilitate technical assistance in damage assessment and needs analysis development and conduct initial damage assessment trainin [...]	2007-07-30 21:01:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS SC XL
07BRUSSELS1233	BELGIAN STEWPOT: April 11, 2007 [...] (U) American package delivery firm Federal Express was named ?Best Employer? in Belgium for 2007 in March. FedEx's over 800 employees in Belgium lauded the company?s attention to developing the talent of its workers. Employees also expressed appreciation for the company?s ethnic diversity ? [...]	2007-04-12 13:56:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINT EINV SENV BE
07BRUSSELS1241	EU LATIN AMERICA MINISTERIAL IN SANTO DOMINGO [...] (U) SUMMARY. European Union Secretary General and High Representative Javier Solana and European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner will attend the EU-Latin America Ministerial meeting in Santo Domingo April 19 and 20. Solana will visit Mexico prior to arriving in Sa [...]	2007-04-13 10:43:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EUN MX DR GT PE CO XM XK
07BRUSSELS1401	BELGIUM'S SUPPORT CONTINUED PRESSURE ON CUBA, [...] (C) On April 23, polcouns and poloff discussed reftel with Ambassador VanDessel, Director for Latin America and the Caribbean in the Belgian MFA. Jean-Luc Bodson, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Foreign Minister, was present also. Ambassador VanDessel noted he was looking forward to his planned [...]	2007-04-26 13:11:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL CU BE
07BRUSSELS142	CODEL WEXLER MEETING WITH FM DE GUCHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 16, CONGRESSMAN ROBERT WEXLER IN HIS ROLE AS INCOMING HFRC EUROPEAN SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR MET WITH BELGIAN FM KAREL DE GUCHT. WEXLER AND DE GUCHT DISCUSSED HOW CLOSE THE U.S. AND EU ARE ON MOST FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES. DE GUCHT ENCOURAGED THE U.S. TO ENGAGE ON THE MIDDLE [...]	2007-01-17 14:18:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL BE
07BRUSSELS1459	SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE JOHN LANGE AND EU OFFICIALS [...] (U) Summary. In his first official visit to Brussels since taking on his position in 2006, Ambassador John Lange, Special Representative on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, met with the European Commission on April 26th as part of the run-up to the next meeting of the International Partnership [...]	2007-05-02 11:09:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID TBIO SOCI
07BRUSSELS1558	BELGIUM'S 2007 ELECTION ? WHERE THE PARTIES [...] (U) In 1983 some 300,000 people marched through the streets of Brussels to protest the deployment American cruise missiles in Belgium. It was the largest protest registered since World War II, and almost brought down government of Wilfred Martens. Despite predictions that the issue would hav [...]	2007-05-10 12:04:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BE
07BRUSSELS1597	Belgian Input for 2007 Investment Disputes Report [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-11 15:37:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ELAB BE
07BRUSSELS1652	DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES LATIN AMERICA, TURKEY, [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Negroponte discussed a wide ranging set of issues May 16 with EU officials over dinner hosted by Ambassador Gray. In attendance on the EU side were Robert Cooper (deputy of Javier Solana),Christian Leffler (head of cabinet to Commissioner Wallstrom),Simon Fraser (head of [...]	2007-05-18 12:24:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EUN EAID XM IR TU
07BRUSSELS1698	SCENESETTER FOR SPEAKER PELOSI'S MAY 30 MEETING [...] (U) Summary: Your meeting with Belgian PM Guy Verhofstadt is more than a courtesy call with a close friend of the United States. Prime Minister Verhofstadt, who will be entering the home stretch of a tough reelection battle, wants to learn more about your thinking on environmental issues and [...]	2007-05-22 15:48:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV BE
07BRUSSELS1843	BELGIAN STEWPOT: June 5, 2007 [...] (U) On May 22, Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt detailed his strategy to improve Belgium's investment climate over the past eight years, and his plans for the coming years in a talk to AmCham members. In addition to prudent macroeconomic fiscal management (balanced budgets, paying down the fed [...]	2007-06-05 15:20:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINT EINV SENV BE
07BRUSSELS1871	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL MEETINGS WITH PM VERHOFSTADT [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN AN HOUR-LONG MEETING, AMBASSADOR REVIEWED WITH PM VERHOFSTADT KEY ISSUES IN THE U.S.-BELGIAN RELATIONSHIP INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT'S CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE, TROOPS FOR AFGHANISTAN, AND RECONSTRUCTION AID AND DEBT RELIEF FOR IRAQ. PM REVIEWED PROSPECTS FOR THE FEDERAL ELECTIO [...]	2007-06-07 11:39:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MILI CG BE
07BRUSSELS2287	STATE LEGAL ADVISOR MEETS WITH EU COJUR GROUP [...] (C) Summary. John Bellinger, Legal Advisor at the State Department, met June 7 with his counterparts from the 27 EU member states and representatives from the Council and Commission Secretariat as part of the regular EU COJUR discussions. The three hour meeting was devoted to a discussion [...]	2007-07-13 11:26:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EUN
07BRUSSELS233	BELGIAN PLANS ON AFGHANISTAN AT JANUARY 26 [...] (C) Per refs A and B instructions, we outlined U.S. thinking on Afghanistan with the three key players on this issue in Belgium -- the Prime Minister's Office, the Foreign Ministry, and the Defense Ministry. Our contacts were pleased to learn of USG plans to provide additional support for Af [...]	2007-01-24 05:54:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF BE EAID MARR MOPS PINS PREL
07BRUSSELS2401	DOD GC HAYNES MEETS ON GUANTANAMO WITH BELGIAN [...] (C/NOFORN) SUMMARY. On July 20, 2007, DOD General Counsel William J. Haynes II and Belgian Senator Anne-Marie Lizin discussed the way ahead for finding recipient countries for the 80 internees still incarcerated at Guantanamo naval base. Lizin reported that the new French government, specific [...]	2007-07-30 08:05:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER BE
07BRUSSELS2608	ECONOMIC GROWTH OF BELGIUM'S WALLOON REGION [...] (U) Summary. One of the issues Belgian politicians are grappling with as they form a new government is how to craft economic policies given the differences between the economies of Wallonia and Flanders. As Wallonia's top investor, the United States has an interest in the overall economic hea [...]	2007-08-16 11:55:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB BE
07BRUSSELS2609	IO DAS SINGH AND AMB REES EU CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) During a two day visit to Brussels, Deputy Assistant Secretary Manisha Singh and Amb. Grover Joseph Rees met with SIPDIS officials from the European Commission, the Council Secretariat, the Presidency, the European Parliament and SIPDIS international NGO's to discuss human rights iss [...]	2007-08-16 12:04:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EUN
07BRUSSELS263	ON TAP: BELGIAN BEER BREWS BIG BUSINESS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Long before it was selected as the capital for the European Union in 1958, Belgium was a capital of beer. The rich variety of choices (115 breweries produce nearly 500 different beers) makes Belgium a prime destination for beer enthusiasts. The world's biggest brewer is Belgian, [...]	2007-01-26 10:05:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB BE
07BRUSSELS2908	SE NATSIOS AND EU STRATEGIZE FOR UPCOMING DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios and EU officials agreed to consider a select group of three or four Special Envoys for Sudan to bring the negotiating power of individual states to the upcoming Darfur peace talks in Libya and offer "carrots and sticks" that the UN does [...]	2007-09-17 13:36:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF SU EAID EUN
07BRUSSELS3021	"THIS IS NOT A CRISIS" -- PREMATURE PREDICTIONS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Belgium recently passed an important milestone -- 100 days under a caretaker administration while the politicians try to form a government that can command a majority in parliament. This situation has precipitated an unwelcome (for the Belgians at least) deluge of speculation [...]	2007-09-28 13:54:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON BE
07BRUSSELS3026	Embassy Brussels ftaar Evening: A Multicultural Success [...] Ambassador and Mrs. Sam Fox osted fifty persons at an Iftaar on September 25, 2007. The focus this year was on younger guests and sharing experiences as members of diverse societies. Members of Belgium's Moroccan and Turkish communities present included young politicians, journalists, studen [...]	2007-09-28 15:17:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI KISL PHUM BE
07BRUSSELS3241	FTC CHAIRMAN MAJORAS REVIEWS MICROSOFT CASE IMPACTS WITH [...] SUMMARY. FTC Chairman Majoras and Ambassador Gray reviewed U.S. and EU competition developments with nine prominent Brussels attorneys on Oct. 19. The group focused on the EU victory in its antitrust case against Microsoft, but also covered pending EU cases against other tech firms. Majoras [...]	2007-10-26 09:52:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN KIPR ECPS EINT ETRD EINV ECON EUN
07BRUSSELS3251	EU CONSIDERS NEXT MOVES ON IRAN-- OURS AND THEIRS [...] (C) On October 26, Council Secretariat Director General Robert Cooper briefed the 27 EU PSC Ambassadors on the Solana-Larijani meeting in Rome on October 23. According to a Council Secretariat desk officer (protect) who was present at the PSC briefing, Cooper reported on the talks in general [...]	2007-10-26 17:07:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN EUN
07BRUSSELS3269	DEMARCHING EU STATES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION ON [...] (SBU) PolOff and A/Political Minister Counselor presented talking points from reftel to Claudia Gintersdorfer from the Human Rights Unit at the Council, Davide Zaru from the Human Rights Unit of the External Relations Directorate (RELEX) at the European Commission, and Nicolas Pascual de la Par [...]	2007-10-31 14:58:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EUN
07BRUSSELS3371	BELGIANS SHARE U.S. CONCERN ABOUT VENEZUELA [...] (C) The Belgian government shares USG concern about the current trend in Venezuela, the Director of the MFA's Latin America Division told polcouns on November 20, 2007. As a reflection of that concern, the Belgians have helped craft an EU statement expressing opposition to Chavez policies and [...]	2007-11-20 16:17:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM
07BRUSSELS3417	WIREC 2008: EUROPEAN COMMISSION HAS QUESTIONS, [...] (U) Summary: On November 20, 2007 ESToffs met with DG Environment to discuss preparations for the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC),March 4-6, 2008 in Washington. DG Environment is interested in participating in the EU delegation and queried about the possibility [...]	2007-11-29 15:23:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ENRG EPET SENV EU
07BRUSSELS3497	ANTWERP DIAMOND OFFICIAL ALLEGES CHAVEZ EXPORTING [...] (C) A senior official in the Antwerp Diamond Center alleged on December 10 to DCM and ECOUNS that Venezuela may be exporting diamonds illegally through third countries, including Ghana and Congo-Brazzaville. The official explained that diamonds from Venezuela and British Guyana are geologic [...]	2007-12-13 13:25:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD CF GY VE BE
07BRUSSELS3509	U.S.-EU INFORMATION SOCIETY DIALOGUE REINFORCES ICT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U.S. and EU public and private officials held warm talks December 3-4 on information and communication technology developments and policy cooperation. At this year's Information Society Dialogue on December 4, the U.S. and EU discussed broadband growth, political debates over t [...]	2007-12-14 14:07:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECIN EINV EINT ETRD ECON EUN
07BRUSSELS3530	U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING GENERATES WIDE-RANGING [...] (SBU) Officials from the United States and the European Union (EU) engaged in a wide-ranging discussion of drug issues at a US-EU Troika Meeting in Brussels on November 14. The U.S. Delegation, led by Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Christy McCampbell of the International Narcotics and Law En [...]	2007-12-21 10:22:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EU
07BRUSSELS440	BELGIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. MESSAGE ON HAMAS/FATAH [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-09 12:55:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KISL KPAL KWBG PREL
07BRUSSELS598	Investment Climate Improving, Still Work To Do [...] Summary. At a working breakfast on the eve of his departure from Belgium, Ambassador Korologos reviewed progress and priorities on Belgium's investment climate with representatives from the Belgian Employers Federation (FEB/VBO),American Chamber of Commerce, and U.S. companies from the sect [...]	2007-02-23 11:36:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ENRG BE
07BRUSSELS825	IO DAS LAGON ROUND-TABLE AT BELGIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a February 28 roundtable with Belgian Foreign Ministry counterparts working on United Nations issues, IO Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Rights Mark Lagon pointed to precedent-setting steps taken by new UNSYG Ban toward reform and stated that the U.S. was giving Ban the b [...]	2007-03-13 09:21:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UN PHUM PREF UNSC UNHRC BE
07BRUSSELS930	Citibank Lending Practices Criticized by [...] (SBU) Summary. Flemish Socialist party (Sp.A) leader Johan Vande Lanotte has accused Citibank of predatory consumer lending practices, targeting persons already heavily in debt and encouraging credit card use by those financially weak. Citibank has defended itself, both denying inappropriate [...]	2007-03-21 17:45:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EFIN BE
07BUCHAREST104	RFG: MUNAF'S CASE IN UNHCR; ROMANIA SEEKS US VIEWS [...] (SBU) This is a request for Action. Please see para. 7. 2. (C) MFA State Secretary Adrian Vierita asked to meet with DCM and Acting Polcouns on January 30 to discuss a complaint filed with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on behalf of dual Iraqi/US citizen Mohammad Munaf, who wa [...]	2007-02-01 15:13:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	CASC KJUS MARR PGOV PREL UNHCR IZ RO
07BUCHAREST1200	ROMANIA SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR WORLD HERITAGE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-22 06:08:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO RO
07BUCHAREST1229	USAREUR MEETING WITH ROMANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) USAREUR Commanding General McKiernan accompanied by Ambassador met October 31 with Romanian Defense Minister Teodor Melescanu. Melescanu prefaced the meeting by expressing his appreciation for the excellent bilateral ties between the two nations, boasting that the partnership between Rom [...]	2007-10-31 15:54:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RO
07BUCHAREST1286	POTENTIAL IMPACT IN ROMANIA OF TEO PETER â€œFINAL [...] (C) Summary: The impending "final offer" by the U.S. Army Foreign Claims Service, Europe to the family of the late Romanian rock star Teofil Peter, who was killed in a 2004 car accident involving Embassy Bucharest's former Marine detcommander, seems certain to have a significant, negative effect on [...]	2007-11-16 15:46:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KLIG MARR RO

07BUCHAREST1314	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW ROMANIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCH DANIEL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 16:04:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI SCUL RO

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