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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
03HANOI619	GVN CONCERNED OVER VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS ACT [...] (U) In a meeting with Charge on March 13, Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung, concurrently Director of the MFA's America's Department, expressed concern that the Vietnam Human Rights Act (VHRA) will be reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. Such legislation is "not in th [...]	2003-03-13 09:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SOCI PGOV VM HUMANR

03HANOI651	"MASS" PEACE RALLIES IN HANOI [...] (U) Similar to the pro-peace meeting they organized on February 18 in Hanoi (ref b),the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF),the Vietnam Peace Committee, the Committee for Asian- African-Latin American Solidarity and Cooperation, and the Vietnam-Iraq Friendship Society jointly sponsored another [...]	2003-03-17 08:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS ASEC PTER IZ VM
03HANOI655	SARS IN HANOI: CURRENT SITUATION AND REQUEST FOR [...] Please see action/guidance requests in paras 9 and 10. What Happened? -------------- 2. Hanoi is one of the areas most affected in the current, worldwide epidemic of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The first Hanoi case was identified February 26th, when an American citizen (H [...]	2003-03-17 14:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC AMED TBIO SOCI VM
03HANOI669	VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA: LOOKING FORWARD [...] (U) SUMMARY. Vietnam and Cambodia have a complex relationship with a volatile history, but both sides now appear to focus on the future. Cross border smuggling of drugs and other goods as well as human trafficking have emerged as significant problems. Vietnam reportedly does not view the [...]	2003-03-19 02:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR SOCI PHUM ETRD ECON EAID CB VM ETMIN CNARC ASEAN TIP
03HANOI688	Vietnam: Second Annual BTA Joint Committee [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (SBU) Summary and Introduction: DUSTR Jon Huntsman led the U.S. delegation and Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu headed the GVN side at the plenary session of the second annual meeting of the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) [...]	2003-03-21 00:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON KIPR KTEX PREL VM
03HANOI690	OFFICIAL COMPLAINT ABOUT FLAG BILLS [...] (U) In a diplomatic note to the State Department dated March 20, the MFA formally asked for assistance to "abolish" recent bills by the City Councils of Westminster and Garden Grove, California to permit the use of the flag of the former Republic of Vietnam and to prevent further such legisl [...]	2003-03-21 02:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL VM
03HANOI702	TFIZ01: VIETNAM UPDATE MARCH 21 [...] (U) Vietnamese television, radio, and newspapers on March 20 and March 21 highlighted international protests against military action in Iraq, including another slew of mass pro-peace "meetings" throughout Vietnam that were described as involving at least tens of thousands of Vietnamese citiz [...]	2003-03-21 09:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS CASC IZ VM
03HANOI710	VIETNAM: DUSTR HUNTSMAN MEETINGS-THE MANY TRACKS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a visit to Hanoi in early March to chair the second annual U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) Joint Committee meeting (septel) and participate in the Asia Society Conference, DUSTR Jon Huntsman, accompanied by Ambassador Burghardt, met separately with Deputy P [...]	2003-03-24 08:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV EIND VM
03HANOI776	FOREIGN MINISTER'S LETTER TO SECRETARY POWELL [...] (U) Foreign Minister Nien has written to the Secretary ostensibly to cite progress in bilateral ties but in reality to complain about the likely reintroduction in Congress of the Vietnam Human Rights Act and passage or expected passage at the city and state levels of various "flag bills" man [...]	2003-03-28 07:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC VM
03HANOI785	DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAQ, RELATIONS WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary. Over an informal dinner on March 27, Deputy Foreign Minister Le Van Bang and the Ambassador discussed differences over Iraq and their effect on the bilateral relationship. They also explored ways to move the relationship forward, including a series of high level visits, a poss [...]	2003-03-28 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IZ VM
03HANOI789	WGSARS: Vietnamese Medical Situation - Update 3/28 [...] (U) To our knowledge, no new SARS cases were reported on March 28 (but Mission was unable to get a hold of WHO in Hanoi by COB today to verify this information). The French Hospital discharged another four persons on the evening of March 27 for a total of 13 cases discharged since the beginni [...]	2003-03-28 10:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED AMGT CASC TBIO VM
03HANOI812	THE ROLE OF THINK TANKS IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GVN supports an extensive network of research institutes ("think tanks") under the National Center for Social Sciences and Humanities (NCSSH). Among its 25 think tanks, five focus on Vietnam's external relations. While their influence appears modest, the think tanks provid [...]	2003-04-02 03:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI VM
03HANOI821	COUNTERTERRORISM: VIETNAM COMMITTED TO WORKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GVN views ASEAN as an important framework for regional counterterrorism (CT) efforts and has consistently voiced support for regional and multilateral approaches. From Vietnam's perspective, the recently concluded ASEAN Regional Forum intersessional meeting on counterter [...]	2003-04-02 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL VM ASEAN ARF CTERR
03HANOI823	Vietnam: GVN textile quota counter proposal [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Post received a letter addressed to David Spooner, USTR Special Textile Negotiator, from the Vietnamese Ministry of Trade (MOT) dated April 02, 2003 forwarding the GVN counterproposal on textile quota levels. The letter is signed [...]	2003-04-02 09:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTEX VM
03HARARE1028	MORE NEGATIVE COMMENTARY IN GOVERNMENT MEDIA [...] Under the headline "Archbishop Ncube shameless" the government-controlled daily "Herald's" May 24 editorial criticized Archbishop Pius Ncube for meeting with Secretary Powell. Excerpts follow: SIPDIS 2. "Like the proverbial Judas Iscariot, Roman Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube was in Wash [...]	2003-05-27 15:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1031	GOVERNMENT MEDIA CRITICIZE ARCHBISHOP NCUBE FO [...] Under headline "Pius Ncube must make his intentions clear" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle's" May 22 editorial was critical of Bulawayo Archbishop Pius Ncube for having met with Secretary of State Colin Powell during a recent visit to Washington. Exce [...]	2003-05-28 05:06:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1034	STATE-CONTROLLED PAPER HAILS JOURNALIST'S [...] Under headline "Meldrum's expulsion was long overdue" the editorial in the May 28 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" said: "After painting the situation in Zimbabwe in dark colors and generally portraying the country as a lawless community [...]	2003-05-28 08:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO ZI
03HARARE1092	MEDIA REACTION MASS ACTION IN ZIM; HARARE [...] While editorials in the independent newspapers are in favor of the proposed week-long mass protests that are expected to begin in Zimbabwe today (June 2),called by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to force Robert Mugabe to enter into a serious and g [...]	2003-06-02 08:07:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1099	2003 INVESTMENT DISPUTE AND EXPROPRIATION REPORT - [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-02 15:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ECON KIDE KSPR EINV EFIN ZI
03HARARE1122	STAYAWAY HOLDING TENUOUSLY, NO DEMONSTRATIONS - [...] (C) In television and radio broadcasts, as well as by telephoning and visiting business owners directly, GOZ officials exhorted businesses to open on June 3. In the face of this pressure between 50 - 90 percent of businesses remained closed on June 3 nationwide. The police, though present, w [...]	2003-06-03 15:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE1130	AFTER MUGABE: POST RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A U.S. [...] (c) Summary: While it is still uncertain whether President Robert Mugabe will depart in the next days or months, Post considers it prudent to offer policymakers "day after" recommendations at this stage. Assuming a transition government is committed to political and economic reform, the U.S. [...]	2003-06-04 10:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV ECON EFIN KDEM PHUM PREL SENV SOCI ZI EXIM
03HARARE1165	2003 INVESTMENT DISPUTE AND EXPROPRIATION REPORT - [...] Summary: This year's Expropriation Report updates some claimants detailed in the 2002 report, and adds some claimants whose property remains in limbo. As in last year's report, the only claimants are American citizen (Amcit) owners of Zimbabwean real estate, both farming property and rural/w [...]	2003-06-09 07:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ECON KIDE KSPR EINV EFIN ZI
03HARARE1222	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Bombing out Iraq's ruins" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its June 15 editorial to calling on the United States "to ship out" of Iraq and "hand over the country to its rightful owners" - the Iraqis. Excerpts: 2. ". [...]	2003-06-16 11:59:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP ZI
03HARARE1233	MUGABE STILL PACKS A PUNCH [...] (C) Robert Mugabe went on the offensive last week following the previous week's mass action by the opposition party, the MDC. Mugabe was pugnacious and triumphalist and used every opportunity to demean his political rival, MDC President, Morgan Tsvangirai. At the same time he took to his p [...]	2003-06-16 14:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI MDC ZANU PF
03HARARE1236	MEDIA REACTION G8 SUMMIT; HARARE [...] Under headline "Africa should adopt one position on G8" the independent weekly "The Business Tribune" dedicated its June 12 editorial to criticizing the G8 for failing to meet their obligations to Africa at the just-ended summit in Evian, France. Stating: "Africa must [...]	2003-06-17 11:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE13	MEDIA REACTION: U.S./IRAQ/NORTH KOREA STANDOFF; [...] With headline "Under the specter of a third world war," the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its January 5 editorial to encouraging the United States, at a time when a military showdown against Iraq seems inevitable, to resolve the nuclear sta [...]	2003-01-06 08:52:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1317	MEDIA REACTION POWELL ON ZIM CRISIS; HARARE [...] The op-ed column by United States Secretary of State Colin Powell in the "New York Times" has made front-page headlines in the mainstream print media. While the independent newspapers welcomed Secretary Powell's commentary and recommendations, the state-controll [...]	2003-06-27 08:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1318	MEDIA REACTION POWELL ON ZIM CRISIS; HARARE [...] Under headline "Ball in your court" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its June 26 editorial to encouraging Robert Mugabe's government to embrace Secretary Colin Powell's recommendations, carried in an op-ed published in the New York Times, in supp [...]	2003-06-27 08:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1319	MEDIA REACTION POWELL OP-ED ON ZIM UNDER FIRE; [...] Under headline "Powell is a slow learner" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its June 27 editorial to criticizing Secretary of State Colin Powell for penning a critical op-ed in the "New York Times" on Robert Mugabe's government. Excerpts fol [...]	2003-06-27 08:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1330	RETIRED HIGH COURT JUDGE FERGUS BLACKIE ACQUITTED [...] (C) In a ten-minute Magistrate's court session on June 30, the state prosecutor Mrs. Ziyambi withdrew the state's case against retired Judge Fergus Blackie. Blackie was arrested on September 13, 2002 and accused of handing down a judgment without consulting a fellow judge who also heard the ca [...]	2003-07-01 11:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
03HARARE1339	ZIMBABWE CASH CRUNCH TIGHTENS [...] Summary: The shortage of local currency continues to worsen despite assurances by the Reserve Bank that more money is being printed. This, in addition to other widespread shortages in the country, has added to the burden of most Zimbabweans, who now need wads of low-denomination bills to pro [...]	2003-07-01 14:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ELTN ZI
03HARARE1368	MEDIA REACTION U. S. POLICY TOWARDS ZIM UNDER [...] Under headline "U. S. taking out carrot and stick once again" the July 3 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" carried an op-ed by Kuthula Matshazi on page 8 that was critical of the United States policy towards Zimbabwe. Excerpts: 2. ". . .The car [...]	2003-07-08 09:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1369	MEDIA REACTION AU SUMMIT; HARARE [...] Under headline "AU must make a stand" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its July 3 editorial to urge the African Union (AU) - meeting in Maputo, Mozambique, next week for its second summit - to "publicly and firmly denounce Harare" for human rights abuse [...]	2003-07-08 09:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1370	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] President George W. Bush's visit to Africa remains the top issue for discussion in lengthy editorials being carried in the mainstream newspapers ahead of the July 7 - 12 visit. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "Bush must respect African leadership" the gover [...]	2003-07-08 09:38:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1371	MEDIA COVERAGE PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] An avalanche of news articles and opinion pieces focusing on the decisive African Nations Cup qualifying soccer match between Zimbabwe and Eritrea, especially in the government-controlled print and electronic media, failed to eclipse critical articles against Pr [...]	2003-07-08 09:40:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1372	MEDIA REPORT PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] The June 29 edition of the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" devoted considerable space to articles talking about the forth-coming historic visit to Africa by United States President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell's op-ed in the New Yor [...]	2003-07-08 09:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1375	MEDIA REACTION SECRETARY POWELL'S OP-ED ON ZIM [...] The government-controlled daily "The Herald" continues to publish discourteous articles against Secretary of State Colin Powell. Excerpts of an op-ed carried in the July 2 edition follow: 2. Under headline "U. S. Secretary of State ignorant of Zimbabwean situa [...]	2003-07-08 09:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1377	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Weekend editorials continue to focus on President Bush's first trip to Africa. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "Rude awakening awaits Bush" the government-controlled weekly "Sunday News" (06/29) comments: "The announcement that U. S. President George W. [...]	2003-07-08 09:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1378	MEDIA REACTION POWELL OP-ED ON ZIM UNDER FIRE; [...] The lead article in the June 27 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" and an op-ed in the same edition collectively criticize Secretary of State Colin Powell for writing an op-ed column in the "New York Times" criticizing Robert Mugabe's govern [...]	2003-07-08 09:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1379	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Mainstream newspapers have started dedicating acres of editorial space to mull over United States President George W. Bush's visit to Africa. Editorial excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "The Bush African trail" the independent weekly "The Daily News on Sunday" (06/ [...]	2003-07-08 09:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ZI
03HARARE1404	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH;S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "Tsvangirai exhibits inferiority complex" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its July 10 editorial to hailing President George W. Bush and his South African counterpart Thabo Mbeki for coming up with a shared position on how to [...]	2003-07-10 08:24:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1405	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "U. S. has a role to play in solving Zimbabwe crisis" the July 10 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" carried the following op-ed by Marko Phiri, political commentator, in which he advocates for a United States involvement in resolvi [...]	2003-07-10 08:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1408	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] President George W. Bush's remarks on the challenges facing Zimbabwe during a joint news conference with his South African counterpart, Thabo Mbeki, in Pretoria made the top story during the state-run radio and television, ZBC/TV, news programs broadcast on July [...]	2003-07-10 12:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1409	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "Bush putting up a faade" the July 10 edition of the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" carried the following opinion piece by Taungana Ndoro under his regular column "Inside Politics" on page 13, in which he bemoans the exclusion of Zimbabwe from President Bush's itine [...]	2003-07-10 12:52:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1417	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Talks on Zimbabwe between President George W. Bush and his South African counterpart, Thabo Mbeki, continue to dominate editorials in the mainstream newspapers. Excerpts: 2. Under headline "Mbeki has his job cut out" the independent daily "The Daily News" (07/1 [...]	2003-07-11 09:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1418	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "Africa must resist West's machinations" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its July 3 editorial to accusing Washington of conspiring to unseat Robert Mugabe and his government. Excerpts: 2. ". . .Mr. Bush's African visit. . .s [...]	2003-07-11 09:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1422	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "Bush visit sees welcome consensus on Zim" the independent weekly "The Zimbabwe Independent" dedicated its July 11 editorial to hailing President Bush's trip to Africa, saying: "By reaching out to Africa. . .Bush has indicated that post-Iraq Ameri [...]	2003-07-14 07:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1437	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] President George W. Bush's visit to five nations in Africa remains a sizzling issue in the leading newspapers in Zimbabwe. An epigrammatic sample of some of the articles, op-ed and opinion pieces follow: 2. Under headline "Cyclone Bush hits Africa" the [...]	2003-07-15 09:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1438	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S TRIP TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "President finally vindicated" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its July 15 edition to declaring that the just-ended five-nation tour in Africa, especially South Africa, by President George W. Bush had managed to shore up Rob [...]	2003-07-15 09:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1439	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "White House in crisis over Iraq invasion lies" the government-controlled daily "The Herald"(07/15) carried the following op-ed by Patrick Martin on page 6, in which he argues that the on-going muddle surrounding the contents of President George W [...]	2003-07-15 10:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1457	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] An editorial and an op-ed article carried in the July 13 edition of the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" concentrate on the talks between President George W. Bush and his South African counterpart, Thabo Mbeki, during President Bush's visit to Africa. Excerpt [...]	2003-07-18 05:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1463	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] President George W. Bush's visit to Africa remains a core issue for discussion in op-ed and opinion pieces being carried in some of the leading newspapers in Zimbabwe. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "U. S. seeks to strengthen its position in Africa" the go [...]	2003-07-18 09:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1467	MEDIA REPORT U. S./ ZIM RELATIONS; HARARE [...] Back-to-back leading articles in the July 20 and 21 editions of the independent weekly "The Daily News on Sunday" and its sister daily "The Daily News," respectively, focus on the failing relations between the United States and Zimbabwe. Excerpts follow: 2. Th [...]	2003-07-21 10:06:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1476	MEDIA REACTION U. S. FOREIGN POLICY, BUSH'S VISIT [...] The July 20 editions of the two government-controlled weeklies - "The Sunday Mail" and the "Sunday News" - carried lengthy articles centering on United States foreign policy, President George W. Bush's visit to Africa, and another urging the United States to loo [...]	2003-07-23 07:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1478	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICAL; [...] Under headline "U. S. crop subsidies disadvantage African farmers" the July 20 edition of the government-controlled Bulawayo-based weekly "Sunday News" carried the following article by Mbongeni Mguni, in which he criticizes President George W. Bush for dodging t [...]	2003-07-23 11:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1503	Environmental Impact of the Current Crises on [...] Summary: This report, focusing on the status of wildlife in Zimbabwe, will be the first of several related reports on Zimbabwe's deteriorating environmental situation. The combination of land seizures, economic pressure, general lawlessness, and hunger have taken a heavy toll on Zimbabwe's w [...]	2003-07-25 07:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EINV ETRD SENV ZI
03HARARE1507	HOW MUCH GIVE IN ZANU-PF OPENNESS TO DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-25 09:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
03HARARE1519	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "U. S. shows unparalleled savagery, contempt for human life" the July 28 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" carried the following article by Barry Grey, in which he criticizes the American Government for sanctioning the emblaz [...]	2003-07-28 10:12:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1536	MEDIA REPORT VOA'S STUDIO 7 UNDER FIRE; HARARE [...] Information and Publicity Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has accused the United States and Britain of toughening "their hostility towards Zimbabwe," by "churning out propaganda about regime change" through the Voice of America's (VOA) Studio 7 channel on Zimbabwe. S [...]	2003-07-30 12:27:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1544	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "America's medieval barbarism" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its July 27 editorial to condemning the United States for making public the pictures of Saddam Hussein's two sons, Uday and Quasy, who were killed in a gun batt [...]	2003-07-31 05:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE16	Update on Expropriation of U.S. Assets [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months, the GOZ has seized land owned by American citizens without compensation or due process. In addition, both U.S. oil companies operating in Zimbabwe have voiced concerns to us that the GOZ could at some point in the future nationalize or force sale of their asse [...]	2003-01-06 11:05:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ELAB ZI
03HARARE1656	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Will America learn from its past mistakes?" the pro-government weekly "Business Tribune" carried the following feature article by Billet Magara in which he criticizes the United States for leading a military campaign against Saddam Hussein, sayin [...]	2003-08-21 14:52:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1736	MEDIA REACTION COUNCIL ELECTIONS IN ZIM; HARARE [...] While an editorial in the September 3 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" saw the outcome of the weekend urban council elections, in which the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) narrowly defeated the ruling ZANU PF party, as a demonstr [...]	2003-09-03 08:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1838	MEDIA REACTION CUBA/ZIM/U. S. RELATIONS; HARARE [...] Under headline "Cuba, Zimbabwe lead the way" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday News" dedicated its September 7 editorial to demonizing the West, especially the United States and Britain, for allegedly maltreating Cuba and Zimbabwe. Excerpts follow: [...]	2003-09-15 05:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1842	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] The United States-led mission in Iraq, including a U. S. proposal for a new United Nations resolution to attract more money and troops for Iraq, have again come under fire in articles published in the government-controlled mainstream newspapers. Article excerpt [...]	2003-09-15 05:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1843	MEDIA REACTION SEPTEMBER ELEVEN SECOND [...] Under headline "Americans to mark grim anniversary" United States-based columnist for the government controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" (09/07),Tendayi Kumbula, dedicated his article to reflect on the second anniversary of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks [...]	2003-09-15 05:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1846	MEDIA REACTION 9/11; HARARE [...] Under headline "U. S. foreign policy to blame for September 11 attacks" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" (09/11) carried an op-ed by Caesar Zvayi on page 8, in which he accuses President George W. Bush of "busy stepping on more toes" after the terror [...]	2003-09-15 05:21:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1853	MEDIA REACTION U. S. AND WAR AGAINST TERROR; [...] Under headline "U. S. losing war against terrorism" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its September 14 editorial to encouraging the United States to "abandon its current Middle East foreign policy" as a panacea to win the U. S.-led war against glo [...]	2003-09-15 09:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1885	MEDIA REACTION REMEBERING 9/11; HARARE [...] Two weekend newspapers - the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" and independent weekly "The Standard" - dedicated huge acres of space to opinion articles reflecting on the second anniversary of September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. Las [...]	2003-09-17 11:33:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1886	MEDIA REACTION 9/11; HARARE [...] Under headline "U. S. foreign policy to blame for September 11 attacks" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" (09/11) carried an op-ed by Caesar Zvayi on page 8, in which he accuses President George W. Bush of "busy stepping on more toes" after the terror [...]	2003-09-17 11:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1949	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "U. S. soldier serving in Iraq calls for end to occupation based on lies: We're facing death for no reason" the government-controlled daily published the following hypercritical op-ed by Tim Predmore, a United States soldier on active duty with the 101st [...]	2003-09-25 13:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1958	MUZENDA EULOGY INCLUDES APPEAL TO MDC [...] (U) SUMMARY: Robert Mugabe's eulogy on September 24 to Vice President Simon Muzenda, who died on September 20 (ref A),is not likely to change the political climate here. As with previous speeches, Mugabe seized the opportunity to extol the virtues of land reform, to vilify the British and A [...]	2003-09-26 10:33:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ZI
03HARARE1979	MEDIA REACTION CALL FOR U. N. REFORM; HARARE [...] Under headline "The U. N. must reform or die" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday News" (circulation 50,000 - 60,000) dedicated its September 28 editorial to call for the restructuring of the United Nations. The editorial comes hard on the heels of Robert Mugabe' [...]	2003-09-30 11:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE2015	MEDIA REPORT MOYO THREATENS STUDIO 7; HARARE [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-06 13:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO ZI
03HARARE2017	MEDIA REPORT MOYO THREATENS INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS [...] The independent press in Zimbabwe, including the Voice of America's (VOA) Studio 7 - a program that features the latest developments in Zimbabwe - have become endangered projects following Information Minister Jonathan Moyo's threats to ban the news organizations last [...]	2003-10-06 13:10:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ZI
03HARARE2124	70 NCA ARRESTEES CHARGED, SOME STILL DETAINED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 22, police arrested over a hundred NCA demonstrators, beat some, and released up to a hundred without charge on October 22. Seventy were charged on October 23. Many of those paid a fine and signed an admission of guilt statement; some refused to pay or sign and were s [...]	2003-10-24 10:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE2185	ELECTION PETITION HEARINGS UNDERWAY [...] (U) Presided over by High Court Justice Hlatshwayo, hearings on the MDC's petition seeking invalidation of Zimbabwe's 2002 election results commenced November 3. Attorneys for the MDC spent the day reviewing arguments advanced in the party's petition (e-mailed to AF/S),interrupted occasional [...]	2003-11-03 15:24:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
03HARARE2196	MEDIA REPORT KANSTEINER UNDER FIRE; HARARE [...] Under headline "Kansteiner: from C-130 to Carrots" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" (11/02),circulation 55 to 70,000, carried the following op-ed by Nathaniel Manheru, a. k. a. Jonathan Moyo (Information Minister),under his regular column "The Other Side" [...]	2003-11-05 08:27:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR ZI
03HARARE2224	Firms Wrestling, Writhing [...] (U) Summary: Rickety infrastructure, high inflation and intrusive government - the fun never stops for finance directors in Zimbabwe. It's a credit to their ingenuity that they keep their companies in business. End Summary. 2. (U) DCM Whitehead and the economic/commercial section met thi [...]	2003-11-10 08:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI
03HARARE2236	VISIT TO ROTTEN ROW [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF Deputy Director for External Relations Itai Mach on November 5 told poloff that the party's national conference next month would likely focus more on economic and land reform issues than personnel/leadership matters. He suggested that informal and personal communications [...]	2003-11-12 15:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID EAGR ZI ZANU PF
03HARARE2289	MEDIA REPORT VOA'S STUDIO 7 UNDER HEAVY FIRE [...] Voice of America's (VOA) Studio 7 program on Zimbabwe made the hub of the lead story carried in the November 23 edition of the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" (circulation 55 - 70,000),in which the United States Government is slammed for allegedly setti [...]	2003-11-25 07:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE2310	ENCOUNTER WITH THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a chance encounter at a social event on November 25, Minister of Justice, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Patrick Chinamasa elaborated privately to poloff about ruling party views of the MDC and the USG. Chinamasa suggested that the USG had the potential stature to influe [...]	2003-11-26 14:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ZI
03HARARE232	INFORMATION MINISTER SAYS DAILY NEWS IS "ILLEGAL" [...] In the continuing legal battle between the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ),publishers of the independent daily "The Daily News," and the government of Zimbabwe over the mandatory registration of media houses and accreditation of journalists under the controver [...]	2003-01-31 15:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE238	ZANU-PF HAS NO SOLUTIONS FOR ZIMBABWE'S CRISES [...] Summary: (SBU) The Central Committee Report from the 2002 ZANU-PF annual conference held on December 14 in Chinhoyi provides additional insight into the concerns of the party and, by extension, the Government of Zimbabwe. Its demonization of the MDC and the West and justification of the land [...]	2003-02-04 12:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZI ZANU PF
03HARARE239	GOZ OVERTURES TO COMMERCIAL FARMERS: "WHITEWASH" [...] (C) Summary: Recent conversations with Commercial Farmers' Union (CFU) President Colin Cloete indicate that GOZ overtures to remaining white farmers constitute "whitewash" and meaningless window-dressing. Commercial farms continue to receive final notices of compulsory acquisition, despite [...]	2003-02-04 12:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PGOV ZI
03HARARE2399	"DAILY NEWS" IS HONORED; HARARE [...] On December 10 at a ceremony held at the Espace EDF Electra in Paris, Zimbabwe's only private daily newspaper, The Daily News, was awarded the 2003 Reporters Without Borders - Foundation de France Prize for being "a media that best exemplifies the struggle for the free [...]	2003-12-15 05:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE2437	LETTER FROM MORGAN TSVANGIRAI TO SECRETARY POWELL [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-18 12:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ZI MDC
03HARARE2454	GOVERNMENT SHUTTERS DAILY NEWS -- AGAIN [...] SUMMARY: Armed riot police prevented The Daily News (TDN) from publishing following an administrative court ruling December 19 permitting the paper to resume operations. The developments confirm the government's intention to keep TDN closed regardless of any court rulings [...]	2003-12-23 15:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE250	TWO JOURNALISTS ARRESTED AT TSVANGIRAI TRIAL, [...] Two journalists were arrested outside of Harare's High Court on February 3 as they sought entrance into the court to cover the opening day of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's treason trial. The two journalists, Daily News Deputy News Editor Pedzisayi Ruhanya and freelance journalist Ish [...]	2003-02-05 06:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE264	GOVERNMENT WITNESS IMPLICATES U.S. [...] The February 6 edition of the government-owned "Herald" newspaper reports that Ari Ben-Menashe, the government's star witness in the treason trial of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and two other opposition leaders, claimed in court that he believed the U.S. Gove [...]	2003-02-06 11:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL ZI
03HARARE268	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Stop acting headboy" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its February 6 editorial to urging the United States and Britain to "desist from attacking" Iraq, adding that only the United Nations Security Council has the mandate "to [...]	2003-02-06 12:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE277	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Africa opposes war on Iraq" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its February 9 editorial to reiterating the anti-war positions taken by the African Union (AU) and former South African President, Nelson Mandela. Excerpts: [...]	2003-02-10 09:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE28	Zimbabwe's Newest Shortage: Local Currency [...] Summary: In a bizarre twist, Zimbabwe's banks are currently experiencing severe shortages of local currency. One theory holds that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is unable to source the forex needed to purchase security paper and ink required for printing new bills, which is one method th [...]	2003-01-06 15:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN AMGT ZI
03HARARE301	ANOTHER AMCIT PROPERTY FORMALLY SEIZED [...] (SBU) Summary. A fourth American-owned property has now received final notice of acquisition from the Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Resettlement. The other forcibly acquired properties now occupy a limbo as their owners pursue various legal challenges and political solutions. Although [...]	2003-02-12 06:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PHUM PGOV ZI
03HARARE304	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "U.N. must not allow U. S. to start war" the government-controlled daily dedicated its February 11 editorial to urging the United Nations to restrain the United States from attacking Iraq. Excerpts follow: 2. "The tug-of-war between the United St [...]	2003-02-12 06:58:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE326	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Bush abusing his office" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its February 18 editorial to declaring that the current standoff between the United States and Iraq is about the control of Iraqi oil. "(President George W.) Bush and [...]	2003-02-18 10:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE336	Mission Assistance to U.S. Business [...] Reftel asks us to summarize efforts to assist U.S. businesses, including success cases, here in Zimbabwe. Because of our strained bilateral relations, it is often not practical for the Embassy to advocate on behalf U.S. businesses. We have lobbied the GOZ, thus far unsuccessfully, to return [...]	2003-02-19 07:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BBSR ECON EINV ETRD ZI
03HARARE354	ZIMBABWEAN MEDIA CARRY BOUCHER STATEMENT ON [...] The February 20 editions of the independent daily "The Daily News" and the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" carry articles reporting on A/S Boucher's statement on the detention of a U.S. diplomat by the police in Harare. The Daily News ran the article on page [...]	2003-02-21 06:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO ZI
03HARARE357	PRO-GOVERNMENT PAPER HAILS FRANCE AS A [...] Under headline "The Franco-African summit" the pro-government daily "The Daily Mirror" dedicated its February 20 editorial to hailing France for shooting down plans for a war against Iraq and for inviting Mr. Robert Mugabe to attend the Franco-African summit in [...]	2003-02-21 06:45:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO ZI

03HARARE366	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "World must block Bush, Blair's belligerence" the independent daily "The Daily News" carried an op-ed by Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem in which he calls on Arab governments to restrain the United States and Britain from attacking Iraq. Excerpts: 2. [...]	2003-02-24 09:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE377	MEDIA REPORT FRANCO-AFRICAN SUMMIT; HARARE [...] Under headline "Africa and the French connection" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its February 23 edition to hailing French President Jacques Chirac and African leaders for coming out with a collective communiqu, at the just ended Franco- [...]	2003-02-24 15:59:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE378	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "NAM opposes war on Iraq" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its February 23 editorial to embracing the Non Aligned Movement's (NAM) anti- war position against Iraq. Excerpts: 2. ". . .The Non Aligned Movement. . .has alread [...]	2003-02-24 16:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE451	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] In an opinion piece carried in the March 2 edition of the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail," Dr. Tafataona Mahoso criticized the United States and Britain for appearing to be "arm-twisting" the United Nations to sanction the war against Iraq. Under headli [...]	2003-03-04 06:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE453	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] The March 2 edition of the independent weekly "The Standard" carried an article by its United States- based stringer, Ken Mafuka, in which he accused the U. S. of creating policies that could give President George W. Bush unilateral powers to "declare war on an [...]	2003-03-04 06:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE468	Heinz subsidiary barely weathering the storm [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- NOT FOR INTERNET POSTING (SBU) Summary: A recent visit to an American company in Zimbabwe shows that no strategy is too insignificant for a local branch of a multinational to consider in its efforts to stay afloat in the current economy. Despite crippling pri [...]	2003-03-05 12:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON ZI
03HARARE494	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] The standoff with Iraq remains fodder for opinion articles being carried in the mainstream newspapers. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "Imminent war against Iraq: The ironies and contradictions" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" (03/09) dedicated [...]	2003-03-10 11:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE512	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Iraq issue hits at core of U.S., UK's democratic claims" the March 12 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" carried an op-ed by Dida Halake, in which he urged the United States and Britain to show consideration for the outpouring of world op [...]	2003-03-12 08:07:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE517	AMBASSADOR CALLED TO MFA OVER NEW SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) Ambassador Sullivan was called to a meeting on March 11 by Ambassador Joey Bimha, Divisional Head - Europe and America, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Although Ambassador Bimha would not disclose the purpose of the meeting in advance, after a few courtesies he immediately asked fo [...]	2003-03-12 12:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZI
03HARARE527	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Save generations from scourge of war" the pro-government daily "The Daily Mirror" dedicated its March 13 editorial to discouraging the United States from attacking Iraq, saying, "the unilateral use of force against Iraq is illegitimate under inte [...]	2003-03-13 15:52:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE557	MDC-ORGANIZED STAYAWAY SHUTS DOWN URBAN CENTERS [...] (C) A majority of businesses in Harare and other Zimbabwean cities complied with the opposition MDC's call for a national stayaway on March 18. It is unclear how many employees stayed at home because they agreed with the stayaway's political objectives and how many were simply unable to find [...]	2003-03-18 14:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
03HARARE562	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "End of the road for U.N. system" the pro-government daily "The Daily Mirror" used its March 19 editorial to accuse the United States and Britain of usurping United Nations authority over the Iraq crisis. ".the U.N. system will never be the same again af [...]	2003-03-19 12:15:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE563	MEDIA REACTION U.S. BLAMED FOR ZIM'S WOES; HARARE [...] Under headline "MDC lacks respect for human life" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" used its March 19 editorial to accuse the United States of stirring up the current socioeconomic and political turbulence in Zimbabwe. Excerpts: 2. ". . .As if to giv [...]	2003-03-19 12:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE588	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Bush, Blair must learn from history" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its March 21 editorial to declaring that the war against Iraq is uncalled for and is bound to fail, adding, "America must not be allowed to bully the world [...]	2003-03-21 09:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI IZ
03HARARE595	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under the headline "Time to curb U.S. bully tactics" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" (03/23) an opinion article by the newspaper's Political Editor, Munyaradzi Huni. Huni accuses the United States and Britain of leading a campaign "to spread imperi [...]	2003-03-24 09:15:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI IZ
03HARARE604	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Coverage of Iraq war raises questions" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its March 25 editorial to urging journalists, especially those from the electronic media, covering the United States-led war against Iraq to be impartia [...]	2003-03-25 09:01:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE609	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Bush, Blair are villains" the government-controlled daily Chronicle" called for broadcast of "more gory pictures of mutilated British and American soldiers on our television screens," in its March 25 editorial. Excerpts: 2. ". . .We wish [...]	2003-03-25 10:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE610	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under the headline "Time to curb U.S. bully tactics" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" (03/23) an opinion article by the newspaper's Political Editor, Munyaradzi Huni. Huni accuses the United States and Britain of leading a campaign "to spread imperi [...]	2003-03-25 10:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI IZ
03HARARE615	Business Leaders Push Envelope - Gently [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwean business leaders told us they are increasingly willing to assert themselves with GOZ ministers. Still, they acknowledge that their outspokenness has its limits and carries some risks. End summary. Modest Break-Through? --------------------- 2. (SBU) Ambassador Su [...]	2003-03-26 10:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ZI
03HARARE633	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Opinion articles carried in the March 28 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" and the March 27 edition of the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" focus on the ongoing United Stated- led military campaign to disarm Iraq. Excerpts: 2. Under h [...]	2003-03-28 09:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE642	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ - OPINION [...] The March 30 editions of the government- controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" and the pro- government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" carried a number of opinion pieces focusing on the war in Iraq. Excerpts: 2. Under headline "U.N. becomes irrelevant" the "The [...]	2003-03-31 12:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE649	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Editorials in the March 30 edition of the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday News" and its sister daily "Chronicle" published on March 29 accused the United States pursuing similar policies in Iraq and Zimbabwe. Excerpts: 2. Under headline "We must rejec [...]	2003-04-01 10:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE67	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "War on Iraq a threat to world peace and security" the independent "Daily News" dedicated its January 9 editorial to discouraging the United States from using force against Iraq, saying "going to war with Iraq does definitely endanger world peace because [...]	2003-01-10 10:48:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE672	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Butchering of Iraqi civilians worrying" the independent weekly "Business Tribune" dedicated its April 3 editorial to describing the United States-led war against Iraq as "one big- enterprise in manslaughter." Excerpts: 2. "The description by a [...]	2003-04-04 05:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE676	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "U.N. must stop murder of innocent civilians" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" used its April 4 editorial to label President Bush and Tony Blair as "the real terrorists." Excerpts: 2. ". . .It is sad that the American and British inva [...]	2003-04-04 10:33:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE678	Zimbabwean Media and Public Opinion on War in [...] (SBU) Summary: In spite of efforts by both government-owned and privately owned media to spin war news for local political purposes, the conflict in Iraq remains a distant concern for the great majority of Zimbabweans. Public opinion is quietly anti-war and tends t [...]	2003-04-07 06:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO ZI IZ
03HARARE680	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "What liberation?" the pro- government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its April 6 editorial to condemning the United States-led war against Iraq, charging that the war is "creating untold hardships" for the Iraqis. Excerpts: 2. ". . .Adama [...]	2003-04-07 09:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE683	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] The war to disarm Iraq remains a popular topic for op- eds in the mainstream media. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "United States pursuing hidden commercial agenda in Iraq" the April 7 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" carried the fol [...]	2003-04-07 13:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE714	MEDIA REACTION WAR IN IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Give Iraqis the peace they deserve" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" used its April 10 editorial to accuse the United States and Britain of "butchering" journalists "at will" in the ongoing war to free Iraq. Excerpts: 2. "A bloodbath [...]	2003-04-10 20:01:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE729	ZIMBABWEAN UNIVERSITY PROFILES [...] This cable is the first in a series looking at issues related to higher education in Zimbabwe. ---------------------------------- SCENESETTER: EDUCATION IN ZIMBABWE ---------------------------------- 2. Since independence in 1980, Zimbabwe has invested heavily in education, impro [...]	2003-04-14 06:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL ZI
03HARARE784	UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE REOPENS BUT STUDENTS [...] The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) officially re- opened Tuesday April 22, 2003 and most professors returned to work. Many students, however, have yet to arrive on campus, delaying the start of classes. The Ministry of Higher Education closed UZ in February 2003 in response to a strike by acade [...]	2003-04-24 06:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL
03HARARE936	IMMIGRATION TROUBLE FOR RESIDENT AMCIT JOURNALIST [...] Andrew Meldrum is an American citizen with Zimbabwean permanent residency status. He is also the Harare correspondent for the Guardian newspaper (UK). He was charged by Zimbabwe Republic Police in May 2002 (Ref A) for "publishing falsehoods" under Zimbabwe's controversial "Access to Informa [...]	2003-05-14 13:12:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PHUM
03HELSINKI1579	U.S. SPEAKERS LEO MICHEL (TRACKER 19904) [...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Dr. Leo Michel, INSS, and Dr. John Hulsman, Heritage Foundation, visited Helsinki for two program days (November 20-21) to participate in the Atlantic Council of Finland's (ACF) major conference on the transatlantic security relationship on Nov. 21. A total of 4 U.S. spe [...]	2003-11-26 12:56:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO FI
03HOCHIMINHCITY1021	POLICE DISRUPT CONSULAR VISIT TO CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (U) During a particularly unpleasant trip to the Central Highlands to fulfill normal consular duties -- fraud investigation, document verification, and personal interviews regarding relationships and status -- ConGenOff, two Consular Section and Refugee Resettlement Section FSNs, and two FSN [...]	2003-10-22 01:00:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC CASC PHUM PREL VM HUMANR ETMIN
03HOCHIMINHCITY1059	A/S DEWEY IN VIETNAM CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: LAM DONG [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with Lam Dong provincial authorities, PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey expressed strong U.S. concern about the treatment of ethnic minorities and a lack of religious freedom for unregistered Protestant house churches. Lam Dong officials stressed that the pract [...]	2003-10-30 11:46:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KIRF VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
03HOCHIMINHCITY1100	BALANCING ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IN SOC TRANG AND [...] (SBU) Summary: DCM (then Charge) and ConGen Poloff visited Soc Trang and Tra Vinh Provinces during October 1-3, to examine firsthand the situation for the ethnic Khmer in the Mekong Delta, in light of continuing reports of discrimination from sources overseas. Situated in an area that once be [...]	2003-11-10 07:29:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON PGOV PREL EINV ETRD SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
03HOCHIMINHCITY1142	KIEN GIANG PROVINCE: PRACTICALLY PERFECT, IF NOT FOR THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The southern Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang faces significant challenges in attracting foreign investment and reducing poverty. Despite impressive recent economic growth, mostly due to rice farmers converting to more profitable shrimp farming, the province is still underd [...]	2003-11-21 11:18:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
03HOCHIMINHCITY1233	FACE TO FACE WITH SMUGGLERS AND OFFICIALS ALONG THE [...] An Econ trip to the town of Chau Doc and the border area of An Giang Province revealed energetic levels of small time smuggling that is largely tolerated by local authorities. That fat man on the motorcycle may simply have his clothing stuffed full of cartons of cigarettes, locals say, but th [...]	2003-12-15 11:00:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	VM ECON CB ETRD PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI CNARC TIP
03HOCHIMINHCITY153	FATHERLAND FRONT HOLDS PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AGAINST [...] Summary. On February 19 the Fatherland Front of Vietnam (FFV)- -the umbrella organization for Communist Party mass organizations in Vietnam--coordinated a peaceful and orderly demonstration inside the Friendship Association House across the street from ConGen to show opposition to a war with [...]	2003-02-19 08:37:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PINR PHUM PREL OPRC MOPS VM IZ
03HOCHIMINHCITY235	A LONG TIME COMING: PROTESTANT SEMINARY OPENS IN HCMC [...] (U) In keeping with longstanding GVN promises to allow the opening of a new Protestant seminary, the leaders of the Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) recently inaugurated their new Institute of Bible and Theology before a crowd numbering close to 1000 at their main HCMC church. ( [...]	2003-03-11 11:40:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
03HOCHIMINHCITY251	MENNONITES TURN UP THE VOLUME ON COMPLAINTS OF [...] (SBU) In a flurry of conversations with ConGenoffs over the past week, a Mennonite church leader and several of his colleagues have lodged serious complaints of stepped-up religious repression by government officials. The allegations include arrests, beatings, destruction of property, and si [...]	2003-03-18 03:27:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF MOPS SOCI PGOV PREL KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY268	HCMC BUSINESSES SEE LIMITED ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM WAR IN [...] As U.S. forces launched the first strikes against Iraq, government and business leaders in HCMC were still largely uncertain what effect the war would have on the local economy. Initial reports from some sectors, such as hotels, energy, and banking, appeared to indicate only short-term jitters [...]	2003-03-20 13:56:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET ETRD PREL VM
03HOCHIMINHCITY337	CHURCH AND STATE MAINTAIN BALANCE IN TAY NINH PROVINCE [...] (U) On a recent one-day trip to meet with provincial and Cao Dai Church leaders in Tay Ninh Province, the Ambassador came away with a mostly positive impression of the current state of health of both the province and the religion which predominates there. Tay Ninh, while still on the fringes [...]	2003-04-08 11:21:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PHUM PREL ETRD EINV VM HUMANR RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY342	HARASSED UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE: DON DUONG AND FAMILY [...] (SBU) Summary: Actor Bui Don Duong, his wife, and their two sons departed Ho Chi Minh City today on the first leg of their journey to the U.S. as intending immigrants. Up to the last minute, GVN security forces delayed and humiliated the family at Tan Son Nhut Airport, almost causing them to [...]	2003-04-10 00:55:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SOCI PGOV VM HUMANR
03HOCHIMINHCITY426	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO VINH LONG [...] SUMMARY: On May 5, 2003, Ambassador Burghardt, DPO, and Conoff traveled to Vinh Long province in the Mekong Delta with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Country Representative Chris Gilson. The Ambassador met with representatives of the provincial People's Committee and Union of Friendship Organi [...]	2003-05-13 10:52:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV ECON VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY450	KON TUM: STILL STRUGGLING..... AND GOING NOWHERE FAST [...] (SBU) Returning to Kon Tum for the first time in a year, the Consul General found little changed in the poorest and least developed of the four Central Highlands provinces. While poverty continues to be the biggest story in Kon Tum, local officials seemed hopeful that construction of new hig [...]	2003-05-20 13:38:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PHUM PREL SOCI ETRD EINV VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE LABOR
03HOCHIMINHCITY466	KEEPING THE LID ON FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a flurry of economic reforms and trade liberalization heralded by the signing of the Bilateral Trade Agreement over a year ago, Ho Chi Minh City's press reporting and cultural programs remain mired in self-censorship, media "guidelines" and an arbitrary permit process t [...]	2003-05-30 08:56:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OEXC SCUL VM HUMANR
03HOCHIMINHCITY556	VIETNAM: TEXTILE ALLOCATION BEGINS WITH CONFUSION [...] (SBU) The textile quota allocation process, which began on June 11, has drawn widespread complaints from buyers and producers and has already gone through at least one revision. In Phase I of the allocation process - in which companies receive a share of quota based on past performance - many [...]	2003-06-18 10:47:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KTEX VM
03HOCHIMINHCITY572	NEWEST HCMC VICE CHAIRMAN: BAD HABITS TO BLAME FOR [...] (SBU) HCMC People's Committee's newest Vice Chairman, Nguyen Van Dua, discussed urban planning and quality of life issues with Consul General in an initial courtesy call on June 11. Vice Chairman Dua focused on HCMC's serious waste management, land use and trafffic issues, and its efforts to [...]	2003-06-23 11:09:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SENV SOCI PREL EINV
03HOCHIMINHCITY578	NEW APPOINTMENTS FOR OFFICIALS FROM DANANG AND LAM DONG [...] Summary. A spurt of promotions will see the Party Secretaries from both Danang City and Lam Dong Province move to high-ranking positions in the Communist Party in Hanoi. The Danang City Deputy Party Secretary will then become the Party Secretary there, while a Deputy Minister of Agriculture [...]	2003-06-26 00:52:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PGOV VM DPOL
03HOCHIMINHCITY604	CAN THO AND AN GIANG UNIVERSITIES - SEEKING [...] (SBU) Summary. During a recent trip to the Mekong Delta region, DCM met with the Vice-Rector of Can Tho University and the Rector of An Giang University. Both expressed disappointment at the slow start to the Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF) scholarship program and expressed hope that it [...]	2003-07-03 10:48:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI EAGR ECON OEXC VM
03HOCHIMINHCITY605	QUANG NAM GARMENT FACTORY: TRYING TO MAKE IT IN THE [...] Quang Nam Province is the home of the Quang Nam Garment Company, a small state-owned enterprise with about 800 employees and revenues of VND 20 billion per year (about US$1.3 million). On a brief visit to the company by DPO and Econoff, they saw a clean, well-lit, well-ventilated factory produ [...]	2003-07-03 11:56:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTEX VM SOE
03HOCHIMINHCITY621	HO CHI MINH CITY: COMPUTER RETAILING GETS MODERN - WITH [...] Summary. On a visit to Ho Chi Minh City's newest Computer and IT superstore, ConGen EconOff, accompanied by a Vietnamese assistant, saw a local attempt at modern American-style computer retailing, but with the same old Vietnamese IPR problems. The computers assembled by the company and sold [...]	2003-07-10 09:27:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR SOCI VM IPROP
03HOCHIMINHCITY655	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT AS A GATEWAY TO THE U.S.? [...] Summary: Recent advertisements carried in local Ho Chi Minh City newspapers for a real estate investment opportunity in Houston, Texas, attracted significant interest among local investors and the local press. Post interest was aroused by implications in the advertisements that this investme [...]	2003-07-21 10:27:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CJAN ECON SOCI VM EINV
03HOCHIMINHCITY767	VIETNAM: LOCAL BUSINESS KNOWS VALUE OF TRADEMARKS-- [...] Summary: In a seminar on trademark protection in the U.S. and Vietnam, USG and private speakers introduced the system of trademark registration and enforcement in the US. Well over a hundred local businesspeople attended the seminar in Ho Chi Minh City, which was one of four locations around [...]	2003-08-21 12:57:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON KIPR VM IPROP
03HOCHIMINHCITY770	A/S DEWEY PRESSES HO CHI MINH CITY LEADERSHIP ON [...] (SBU) Summary. A/S Dewey raised issues of religious freedom during several official meetings in Ho Chi Minh City on August 19. Describing the GVN's record as uneven in the Central Highlands provinces he had visited, he registered disappointment that even in HCMC, there were sporadic reports of [...]	2003-08-23 07:41:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PREF SOCI PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR
03HOCHIMINHCITY777	COFFEE AND COCOA IN DAK LAK PROVINCE -- THE POT [...] (U) Summary: Hopes for economic prosperity in Vietnam's Dak Lak province remain centered on agriculture, especially cash crop coffee. While low coffee prices have meant continued slow growth, they have also spawned diversification programs. During a visit to the largest of the four Central [...]	2003-08-27 00:36:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL EINV ETRD EAGR SOCI VM
03HOCHIMINHCITY833	A/S DEWEY IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: KON TUM [...] (U) Summary: In a visit to Kon Tum Province, PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey met with Provincial People's Committee Chairwoman Y Veng and with the province's Committee on Ethnic Minority and Religious Affairs. He also visited a village in Ia Sia commune where 15 UNHCR- repatriated ethnic mino [...]	2003-09-09 06:04:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KIRF VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
03HOCHIMINHCITY836	POTENTIAL P1 REFUGEES TO STAND TRIAL FOR ESPIONAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Mrs. Nguyen Thi Hoa, Mr. Nguyen Truc Cuong and Mr. Nguyen Vu Viet -- the niece and nephews of jailed Catholic priest Father Nguyen Van Ly -- will go on trial in Ho Chi Minh City People's Court for "espionage" on September 10. Under Article 80 of the Criminal Code, "espionage" [...]	2003-09-09 13:18:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL PGOV SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY842	A/S DEWEY VISIT TO VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: [...] (SBU) Summary: PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey visited Gia Lai Province in the Central Highlands on August 16-17. His meeting with Provincial People's Committee Chairman Ha was cordial, with a frank exchange of ideas on treatment of ethnic minorities and freedom of worship. Ha said that at le [...]	2003-09-10 08:46:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KIRF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY978	POLICE DISRUPT TRAVEL OF UBCV LEADERS TO HCMC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Police apparently stopped United Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) leaders Thich Huyen Quang, Thich Quang Do and Thich Tue Sy from leaving Binh Dinh Province to drive to Ho Chi Minh City on October 8 (local time). Although various reports differed on details, there was genera [...]	2003-10-08 13:41:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF SOCI PGOV PREL VM HUMANR RELFREE
03ISLAMABAD8950	2003 TERRORISM REPORT FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-01 13:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PK
03ISTANBUL1039	WAITING FOR THE BIG ONE... IS ISTANBUL PREPARED [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite continued public awareness about the likelihood of a major earthquake in the next 30 years, Istanbul remains ill-prepared for a major natural disaster. To the extent that municipal and state officials have begun to focus on this critical issue, the bulk of their attention [...]	2003-07-25 11:05:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV ECON EAID TK
03ISTANBUL127	RISING ANTI-AMERICAN SENTIMENT AND U.S. POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Widespread and increasingly vocal opposition to a possible war against Iraq is on the verge of evolving into a more general anti-American backlash in Istanbul. Our observations, Istanbul contacts, and recent polls and surveys lead us to believe that anti-American sentiment is shar [...]	2003-01-29 14:33:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO PTER KISL TK
03ISTANBUL1356	PM ERDOGAN CALLS FOR U.S. ACTION AGAINST PKK/KADEK [...] (U) Summary: In a September 12 public speech, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan called for a leading U.N. role in Iraq, Turkish contributions to Iraq's stability and reconstruction, and U.S. action against PKK/KADEK. Without attaching any specific pre-conditions, the PM said that Turkey is still [...]	2003-09-15 11:43:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL1427	ISTANBUL VIEWS ON SENDING TURKISH TROOPS TO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Istanbul residents from all walks of life continue to worry about the situation in Iraq and the prospect of sending troops to Iraq. Whomever we meet with, and whatever the subject, the conversation inevitably turns to Iraq. Despite the widespread opposition before the U.S. inter [...]	2003-09-26 08:31:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL149	PROTESTANTS TRY ADAPTIVE APPROACH TO CHURCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Seventeen nascent Protestant churches have adopted a novel legal tactic designed to circumvent regulations that for years have made it nearly impossible to receive zoning approval for a church or prayer group. The success or failure of this strategy depends on the outcome of th [...]	2003-02-04 12:00:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TU
03ISTANBUL162	TURKEY ALPHABET SOUP: ISTANBUL'S MYRIAD BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Istanbul, Turkey's economic, commercial and cultural capital, hosts a rich diversity of business voices, all seeking to influence both government policy and international perceptions of Turkey. Leader of the pack is the venerable TUSIAD-- Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen [...]	2003-02-06 14:15:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ISTANBUL1687	GEBZE INDUSTRY SEES AWAKENING ECONOMY [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Industrialists in the Marmara region industrial town of Gebze told visiting P/E Section Chief and Poloff that recent positive economic developments are finally beginning to be felt at their level, and that they [...]	2003-11-12 13:53:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL1698	TURKISH ORTHODOXY: ONE PATRIARCH, THREE CHURCHES, [...] (C) Summary: It's hard to be a patriarch with a tiny domain. Recently-enthroned Turkish Orthodox Patriarch Pasa Umit Erenerol is the third Patriarch of a "church" that dates its founding back to 1922 and the heat of a civil war. Today, the patriarch's writ goes no further than his extended fa [...]	2003-11-14 10:53:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TU
03ISTANBUL1703	ISTANBUL SYNAGOGUES BOMBED [...] (u) Bombs detonated simultaneously at two of the major Jewish synagogues in Istanbul at approximately 9:30 am have claimed dozens of lives and injured over a hundred people. Based on observations by the Consul General, RSO, and poloffs at both sites, it appears that both buildings were targeted [...]	2003-11-15 11:49:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC TU
03ISTANBUL1710	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH CONFIRMS CUBA TRAVEL PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew still plans to travel to Cuba in January, 2004, to attend the opening of an Orthodox church in Havana. Bartholomew did not take USG and international concerns into account in deciding on this trip, focusing instead on competition with the Russian [...]	2003-11-17 10:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TU CU
03ISTANBUL1744	NEW BOMBING WAVE TARGETS BRITISH INSTITUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-20 13:58:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL ASEC TU
03ISTANBUL1752	BOMBING UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-21 14:11:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL ASEC TU
03ISTANBUL1760	TURKEY: A NEW FRONT FOR INTERNATIONAL TERROR [...] (U) Summary: Istanbul is slowly recovering from the shock of two separate sets of terrorist bombings that claimed over 50 lives and wounded 750 in one week. Although both the synagogue bombings (ref a) and the latest bombings of the British Consulate and HSBC Turkey headquarters (ref b) appear [...]	2003-11-26 11:42:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV ASEC TU
03ISTANBUL258	DIFFERENCES AMONG U.S. FIRMS GIVE RISE TO NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: With Turkey's new AK government just having marked its hundredth day in office, representatives of American pharmaceutical companies indicate they have not yet judged the time ripe to raise the intellectual property and pricing issues that have beset them in recent years. Despi [...]	2003-02-28 06:14:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP KIPR TU
03ISTANBUL280	MARKET PLAYERS FACE THE NEW REALITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Istanbul market analysts are grappling with the new political landscape following Saturday's parliamentary vote against permitting U.S. troops. The development was a shock: despite difficulties in negotiations, the market had long assumed (and priced in) a positive outcome. [...]	2003-03-04 10:43:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ISTANBUL294	TURKS WEIGH AN IRAQ OPERATION'S TOURISM IMPACT [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish government and tourism industry officials are bracing in anticipation of a sharp downturn in tourism in the event of an Iraq operation. The sector, Turkey's largest foreign exchange earner, turned in a good performance in 2002, earning over 10 billion USD (27 percent o [...]	2003-03-07 11:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ISTANBUL348	TURKISH-ARMENIAN RECONCILIATION COMMISSION MEETS, [...] (C) Summary: Following a March 10 meeting to review and discuss a report it had commissioned from the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ),members of the Turkish Armenian Reconciliation Commission (TARC) have been unable to reach agreement on how to deal with the contentious " [...]	2003-03-14 14:08:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AM TU
03ISTANBUL386	PUSHING BACK ON CENSORSHIP: "ARARAT" AND FREEDOM [...] (U) Summary: Istanbul contacts claim the overall climate for free expression continues to improve. While the GOT continues to censor works dealing with the Kurdish issue and other sensitive topics, improvements in legislation have strengthened the underlying legal basis for freedom of express [...]	2003-03-24 11:19:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM TK
03ISTANBUL399	ARMENIAN PATRIARCH MESROB II ON THE CHURCH, [...] (C) Summary: In a March 13 meeting, Istanbul Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II blamed Catholicos Karekin II and Armenian President Robert Kocharian for increasing tensions within the Armenian Church and criticized the Armenian Diaspora for focusing exclusively on "genocide" recognition and for igno [...]	2003-03-26 09:58:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL AM TU
03ISTANBUL418	ISTANBUL ECONOMIC ANALYSTS: LOOKING FOR A LIFELINE [...] (SBU) Summary: After a rocky start to the week on Monday, word that the U.S. Iraq supplemental contains 1 billion USD for Turkey has been seized on as a lifeline by Istanbul markets and analysts. Concern persists about the sustainability of Turkey's debt, however. Analysts suggest any probl [...]	2003-03-27 14:33:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ISTANBUL469	ISTANBUL STUDENTS VOICE NUANCED UNDERSTANDING OF [...] (U) Summary: Istanbul pol/econoffs hosted a group of 11 students from Istanbul's Beykent University to discuss current political developments in the Middle East and the Turkish/U.S. relationship. The students were unanimously opposed to the war. However, the group demonstrated a nuanced unde [...]	2003-04-07 13:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TU
03ISTANBUL508	SUB-GOVERNORS SURVEY SECURITY AND POLITICS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent meetings, several of Istanbul's kaymakams (sub-governors) were surprisingly open in describing the challenges they face in overseeing proper functioning of the security apparatus. Pointing to a massive rural-urban migration to Istanbul over the past several decades as a [...]	2003-04-11 13:05:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL636	ISTANBUL MAYORALTY: UP FOR GRABS? [...] (C) Summary: The Istanbul Mayoralty, often characterized as the second most desirable political prize in the country, has become the focus of a back-room power struggle as players jockey for ground in advance of the April 2004 local elections. Mayor Ali Mufit Gurtuna, an independent since the [...]	2003-05-05 11:03:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TK
03ISTANBUL644	THE "ARMENIAN ISSUE" IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: Most of those Turks we have spoken with in Istanbul are largely ignorant of the tragic fate of at least hundreds of thousands of Armenians who were killed in 1894-5 and especially in 1915-16 throughout Anatolia toward the end of the Ottoman Empire. Turkish history books and readil [...]	2003-05-07 08:15:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM TK
03ISTANBUL698	MINORITY RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN TURKEY: A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent legal changes in property rights for minority foundations have elicited varied responses from different religious communities in Turkey. The history of Turkish and Ottoman minority communities plays into their respective views on pastoral concerns, political connections, p [...]	2003-05-15 04:08:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
03ISTANBUL953	SULTANBEYLI: A HIGHWAY RUNS THROUGH IT... AND [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: A recent visit to Sultanbeyli, one of Istanbul's poorer Asian districts, highlights how Turkey's uneven economic gains in recent years have widened the gap between the "haves" and "have-nots." The modern Istanbul-Ankara highway runs right through this conservative, [...]	2003-07-09 08:32:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TK
03JAKARTA13041	INDONESIA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Indonesia significantly increased its support for the global coalition against terrorism during this period. The October 12, 2002 bombing in Bali that killed 202 - including 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians, 28 Britons, and seven Americans galvanized the Indonesian Government into action, and t [...]	2003-11-28 10:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL KJUS ID
03JAKARTA3306	TFIZ01: TEXT OF MEGAWATI'S STATEMENT CRITICAL OF [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-20 12:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IZ ID
03JEDDAH828	TWO SAUDI PROFESSIONALS: BET ON THE PEOPLE, NOT [...] (C) ON APRIL 2, POLOFF MET WITH A LOCAL SAUDI LAWYER, DR. BASIM ALIM (STRICTLY PROTECT),TO DISCUSS HIS OPEN LETTER TO CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH CALLING FOR REFORM. A "SELF-MADE" LAWYER, ALIM WAS CHOSEN IN DECEMBER 2002 TO REPRESENT SEVERAL SAUDI CHARITIES IN THE SEPTEMBER 11 LAWSUIT AND ADMITS T [...]	2003-04-14 13:18:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KISL SA
03KABUL1006	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 8 MEETING WITH CAPTAIN DAOUD: [...] (C) Captain Daoud, an Afghan-American investor interested in establishing a private airline in Afghanistan, met with Ambassador on April 8. Daoud is seeking OPIC support for the establishment of Oxus Air, a private airline serving the U.S. and Europe from Afghanistan with a projected fleet of [...]	2003-04-18 04:02:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF
03KABUL1008	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 8 MEETING WITH PRIVATIZATION [...] (C) On April 8, Ambassador met with Privatization Commission Chairman and former Minister of Public Works, Khaliq Fazal. Fazal,s comments focused on deteriorating security conditions around Kandahar, infiltration of Pakistanis in the south, political demands on President Karzai, and the regre [...]	2003-04-18 04:02:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF
03KABUL1015	SE KHALILZAD'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH NDS CHIEF [...] (S/NF) Summary: SE Khalilzad met on April 11 with National Directorate of Security (NDS) Chief Engineer Aref to discuss current security conditions, his views on proposed US-Afghan-Pakistan trilateral discussions, and to review NDS reform. Aref told SE Khalilzad that Pakistan was indeed promo [...]	2003-04-18 14:11:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR PTER AF PK
03KABUL1029	CONGRESSMAN ROHRABACHER'S APRIL 16 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: On April 16, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Rohrabacher was accompanied by his spouse, Ambassador and Econ/Comofficer (notetaker). Congressman Rohrabacher began by assuring Karzai that the war in Iraq had not diverted attention from Afghanis [...]	2003-04-21 02:45:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR PINR PTER AF
03KABUL1193	UPDATE ON FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL CEMENT PRODUCTION PROJECT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 15. 2. (C) Summary: From April 22 to 29, Texas-based Fidelity International was in Kabul to pursue a $1.8 billion cement deal with the Afghan government. Substantial progress was made, including the granting of an investment license by th [...]	2003-05-08 05:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON ETRD AF PTGOV
03KABUL955	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH FRENCH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador held a wide-ranging discussion with French Ambassador, Jean Pierre Guinhut, on April 6. The Ambassadors reviewed Afghan security conditions in the aftermath of Iraqi Freedom, lingering obstacles to economic growth, and progress on the drafting of the Afghan Constitutio [...]	2003-04-13 11:55:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF
03KATHMANDU1042	TIBETAN REFUGEE DEPORTATION: POST-MORTEM [...] (C) Despite strenous efforts by the Embassy to dissuade it from doing so, the Government of Nepal on May 31 deported 18 Tibetan refugees to China. Th Mission began working this issue in late April shortly after the refugees were first detained. Post pressed for the refugees' release at all le [...]	2003-06-05 11:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL NP CH
03KATHMANDU1044	(U) TIBETAN REFUGEE DEPORTATION: POST-MORTEM [...] (C) Despite strenous efforts by the Embassy to dissuade it from doing so, the Government of Nepal on May 31 deported 18 Tibetan refugees to China. Th Mission began working this issue in late April shortly after the refugees were first detained. Post pressed for the refugees' release at all le [...]	2003-06-06 00:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL NP CH
03KATHMANDU1049	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MAY 31-JUNE 6 [...] Amid the controversy sparked by the appointment of a new Prime Minister on June 4 (Ref A),progress in peace talks remains stalled, with no date being set for the third round. A clash between security forces and Maoists on June 3 left one insurgent dead. Two Maoist leaders, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, [...]	2003-06-06 10:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP

03KATHMANDU1060	NEPALI CONGRESS SAID TO BE JOINING NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) The Nepali Congress will likely join a Cabinet headed by new Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa, according to a party Central Committee member, primarily because of Indian pressure. If the Nepali Congress joins, the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) will have to o [...]	2003-06-09 09:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1072	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JUNE 3 - 9, 2003 [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS KING APPOINTS NEW PRIME MINISTER -- King Gyanendra appointed (6/4) Surya Bahadur Thapa as the new Prime Minister. Thapa's appointment bri ngs to an end the controversy over "transfer" of the executive powers from [...]	2003-06-11 05:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU1097	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JUNE 7-13 [...] A date for the third round of peace talks remains elusive, as negotiations appear to take a back seat to the controversy surrounding the appointments of new cabinet members in the Government of Nepal (GON) (Reftel). Senior- level Maoists have intensified public rhetoric about foreign interfe [...]	2003-06-13 07:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1099	NEPAL: MAOIST TRAINING, RECRUITMENT, EXTORTION [...] (C) The ceasefire between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents, declared on January 29, enters its fourth month amid evidence that the Maoists continue to train, recruit/conscript, and extort money from the local population. Violations of the code of conduct persist, with the [...]	2003-06-13 10:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1133	NEPAL: MID-YEAR STATUS REPORT ON DRUG TRAFFICKING [...] (C) Summary. Nepali police have seized 149 kg of cannabis and hashish and 6.9 kg of heroin in the first half of 2003, up from only 38 kg of hashish and .38 kg of heroin in the same period in 2002. Forty-four Nepali citizens and 8 foreigners have been arrested in Nepal, while 12 Nepali citize [...]	2003-06-18 23:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR NP
03KATHMANDU1169	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JUNE 17 - 23, 2003 [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Five parties, Maoists hold massive rallies: The five agitating political parties and the Maoists took separate rallies on Friday in the capital against the "regression". (Media reports, 6/21) -- Nepal warns king: UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal has war [...]	2003-06-24 04:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU117	NEPAL: AN EXTRAORDINARY TRAINING GROUND FOR U.S. [...] (C) Dear Bob: I was disappointed to learn that Nepal is not included on USSOCOM,s High Value Target List. As I understand it, if Nepal is not on this list, it will be difficult for U.S. Special Operations Forces to conduct deployments and training here. I hope I can enlist your support t [...]	2003-01-23 04:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MCAP PREL PTER NP
03KATHMANDU1175	NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST SOURCES OF FINANCING [...] (S) Despite the agreed terms of the cease-fire with the Government of Nepal (GoN) barring extortion, Maoists have continued to press businesses and local residents for "donations," increasing both the breadth and scope of their demands. In areas lacking a government presence, the Maoists hav [...]	2003-06-24 09:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PGOV PINS PTER NP
03KATHMANDU1212	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JUNE 21-27 [...] The notable absence of Baburam Bhattarai, number two leader and head of the Maoist negotiating team, has raised speculation that the Maoist ideologue is once again out of the country. Senior Maoist leaders continue to condemn alleged US "interference" in Nepal. Uncertainty persists over the [...]	2003-06-27 10:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1263	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JUNE 24 - 30, 2003 [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-06 08:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU1282	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JULY 1 - 7, 2003 [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Ten left parties for new constitution: Ten left parties demanded (7/6) for a new constitution as the only way out of the present political crisis. (Media reports, 7/7) -- U.S. Ambassador against Maoists: Although the U.S. has not formally exhibited any activit [...]	2003-07-09 06:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU1310	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 4-11 [...] Informal talks proposed for July 11 between Nepal Government and Maoist negotiators failed to materialize, amid continuing controversy over the terms of agreements allegedly reached during the second round of talks (Reftel). As peace talks remain stalled, senior Maoists declared that they are [...]	2003-07-11 09:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1321	NEPAL: PEACE PROCESS PROGNOSIS DIM [...] (S/NF) Summary. Maoist activities in violation of the code of conduct, including extortion, harassment and abductions, have increased since late May, dramatically in the last couple of weeks. In particular, Maoists have stepped up efforts to rebuild their war chest with the possible objectiv [...]	2003-07-14 10:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM NP
03KATHMANDU1329	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JULY 8 - 14, 2003 [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS PEACE TALKS -- Government, Maoists hold talks: Members of the negotiating teams of the government and the Maoists held an informal meeting in Kathmandu to create a congenial atmosphere for the third round of the peace talks. However, the talks failed to set a dat [...]	2003-07-15 07:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU1356	NEPAL: MAOIST WARNING AGAINST US-AFFILIATED [...] (C) Summary. The Maoists in Nepal reportedly have issued a notice that all Nepali nationals affiliated with the United States in Maoist-controlled areas would be subject to harassment and travel restrictions. Reports from many west and mid-west districts have indicated that the Maoists' edict [...]	2003-07-18 09:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER EAID PREL CASC NP
03KATHMANDU138	MAOISTS MAY FORCE COCA-COLA FROM NEPAL [...] (U) This cable contains business-sensitive information and should be handled accordingly. Summary ======= 2. (SBU) On January 22, Embassy officers met with Security Managers for Coca-Cola, who are in Nepal to assess the risk posed to its plants, distributors, and retailers after a Maois [...]	2003-01-24 10:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINS ASEC CASC NP
03KATHMANDU1391	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 19-25 [...] Maoist leaders responded to the Government of Nepal's (GON) invitation to sit for a third round of talks by issuing more demands as a prerequisite to dialogue (Reftel). The GON maintains that the peace process is not in jeopardy, but senior Maoist leaders increasingly talk of notably absent [...]	2003-07-25 09:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1413	NEPAL: MAOISTS SET JULY 31 DEADLINE FOR POSSIBLE [...] (C) On July 25, Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa's government replied to the Maoist letter setting pre-conditions for the resumption of peace talks (reftel). In its response, the Government of Nepal (GON) reaffirmed its commitment to the peace talks, but stated it would not concede to Maoist [...]	2003-07-28 10:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL NP
03KATHMANDU1414	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JULY 22 - 28, 2003 [...] PEACE TALKS -- Minister denies government agreed to restrict army: Finance Minister Dr. Parakeet Chandler Lorain said (7/27) the previous talk team of the government had not committed to restrict the army within five kilometers of the barracks and that the best thing was to sit down f [...]	2003-07-29 03:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU1423	NEPAL: MAOISTS REPORTEDLY IN DELHI CONSIDER THE [...] (S) In a series of meetings with Government of Nepal (GoN) negotiators and security officials on July 30, the Ambassador discussed development in the GoN's exchanges with the Maoist leadership over the previous twenty-four hours. The GoN formally responded to the Maoists' recent demands on Ju [...]	2003-07-30 10:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PINS CASC NP
03KATHMANDU1424	NEPAL: DELIVERING USG MESSAGE TO MAOIST FACILITATOR [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-30 10:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PTER ASEC PINS NP
03KATHMANDU1431	NEPAL: MAOISTS ANNOUNCE THEIR RETURN TO TALKS, [...] (C) In the afternoon of July 31, the Maoists announced that they would sit for a third round of peace talks on the condition that the third round would address political, rather than technical matters. The Nepalese police have received reports from villagers that British and American trekker [...]	2003-07-31 11:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS CASC NP
03KATHMANDU1458	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 26-AUGUST [...] On July 31 Maoists agreed to sit for a third round of formal peace talks with the Government of Nepal (GON). Kamal Thapa, Information Minister and GON negotiating team member, welcomed the decision but remained cautious, saying that a date for a third round of talks would be set through "mutu [...]	2003-08-01 08:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1496	NEPAL: MAOISTS ATTACK SECURITY FORCES; PRESSURING [...] (U) Since their July 31 commitment to a third round of peace talks (ref A),the Maoists have increased activities in violation of the cease-fire code of conduct resulting in the deaths of 8 security personnel and one Maoist. Maoist violations could be a unilateral attempt to restrict the army [...]	2003-08-06 09:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS CASC NP
03KATHMANDU1507	NEPAL: NEPALI CONGRESS (DEUBA) PARTY ALSO WILL NOT [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with former Prime Minister Deuba on August 7, Ambassador Malinowski reiterated U.S. concerns over recent Maoist activity in Nepal and stressed the need for the King, government and political parties to join forces against the Maoist threat. Deuba replied that his pa [...]	2003-08-07 09:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
03KATHMANDU1511	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, AUGUST 2-8 [...] Despite agreement by the Maoists to sit for another round of peace talks with the Government of Nepal's (GON) negotiating team (Ref A),no date has yet been set, and the Maoist leadership remains out of the public eye and reportedly out of Nepal. Nepal's main political parties have once again [...]	2003-08-08 08:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1524	NEPALI CONGRESS WILL NOT JOIN GOVERNMENT OR PEACE [...] (C) On August 8, the Ambassador met with Nepali Congress (NC) General Secretary Girija Prasad Koirala, completing a week of meetings with party leaders. Koirala relayed his telephonic discussions with Maoist leaders still in New Delhi, over the past week. The NC will not join the formal Gov [...]	2003-08-11 23:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NP GON
03KATHMANDU1552	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATOR "CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) The Government of Nepal's (GON) peace negotiator and Information Minister Kamal Thapa told the Ambassador on August 14 that he is "cautiously optimistic" about the third round of talks with Maoist insurgents, scheduled to be held in the southwestern city of Nepalgunj on August 17. Instea [...]	2003-08-14 10:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC CASC NP
03KATHMANDU1559	NEPAL: UPCOMING NEGOTIATIONS WITH MAOISTS PRESENT [...] (C) The third round of negotiations between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents, scheduled to take place on August 17 in the southwestern city of Nepalgunj, could prove a watershed in the fitful peace process. We expect this round to be more substantive--and thus potentially [...]	2003-08-15 10:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1571	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: AUGUST [...] PEACE TALKS -- Third round of peace talks: The government conceded (8/17) two key demands of the Maoists an interim government that would also include them and a round table conference but rejected their demand for a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution. The Maoists said [...]	2003-08-20 05:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU1577	NEPAL: THIRD ROUND OF TALKS ENDS WITHOUT AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Amidst increased violence over the past several days, the third round of peace talks between the Government of Nepal and the Maoists concluded on August 19 without agreement. Both sides left open the possibility of returning for a fourth round of talks. However, a growing numbe [...]	2003-08-20 10:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL NP
03KATHMANDU1593	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, AUGUST 16-22 [...] The Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoist rebels finally met for a third round of negotiations on August 17 in the southwestern city of Nepalgunj (Ref A). Tensions reportedly were high, as the GON acceded to Maoist demands for a roundtable conference and formation of an interim government [...]	2003-08-22 08:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1620	NEPAL: REPEATED VIOLATIONS, INCREASED ATTACKS [...] (C) Since the beginning of August, increased violence and armed engagements between Government of Nepal (GON) security forces and Maoist insurgents have left the seven-month-old ceasefire a ceasefire in name only. Representatives of the GON and security forces believe that the Maoists are pr [...]	2003-08-26 11:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP
03KATHMANDU1644	NEPAL: MAOISTS BREAK CEASE-FIRE, ATTEMPT TO BLAME [...] (SBU) On August 27, the Maoists unilaterally withdrew from the cease-fire, blaming the Government of Nepal (GON) for refusing to accept a constituent assembly and for alleged attacks on Maoist cadres over the past month. The security forces have adopted new Rules of Engagement that allow com [...]	2003-08-27 12:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER CASC ASEC NP
03KATHMANDU1670	NEPAL: MAOIST ACTIVITY AUGUST 23 - 29 [...] ON AUGUST 27, NEPAL'S MAOIST REBELS ISSUED A PRESS STATEMENT EFFECTIVELY ENDING THE SEVEN-MONTH LONG CEASE- FIRE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL (GON) (REF C). IN THE PRESS STATEMENT, THE INSURGENTS ATTEMPTED TO BLAME THE GON FOR THE FAILURE OF THE PEACE PROCESS, CITING ALLEGED GON VIOLATIONS OF [...]	2003-08-29 10:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL NP
03KATHMANDU1677	NEPAL: AMBASSADOR SENDS MAOISTS TOUGH WARNING ON [...] (C) The Ambassador sent a stern warning to the Maoists not to target American citizens or interests. The message was sent through Shailendra Upadhaya, a former facilitator during the most recent three rounds of dialogue between the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists. An August 29 press [...]	2003-08-30 06:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV ASEC CASC NP
03KATHMANDU1685	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: AUGUST 26 [...] MAOISTS BREAK CEASEFIRE - - Maoi sts break cease - fire , blame government : The Maoi sts un i latera 1 ly broke of f ( 8/27 ) the seven-month-old cease-fire and the subsequent peace process with the government "for the time being" saying it had lost its relevance while b [...]	2003-09-02 09:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU1744	NEPAL: MAOIST BOMBS IN THE CAPITAL; BATTLES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: One person was killed and twelve injured after Maoist insurgents set off a series of six bomb blasts in Kathmandu and its environs on the morning of September 8. The explosions are believed intended to intimidate the general population into observing a general strike, or "ban [...]	2003-09-08 09:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC CASC MOPS NP
03KATHMANDU1758	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Parties' protest to continue despite blasts: The five agitating parties will not halt their protests scheduled for the afternoon despite the series of bomb blasts in the Valley Monday morning, a UML leader said Monday. (Nepalnews.com, 9/8) - - UML back on stree [...]	2003-09-09 07:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU1796	NEPAL: MAOISTS EXECUTE INFORMANT, CONTINUE [...] (SBU) On September 12, Maoists continued their wave of violence in urban areas. A Maoist hit squad killed two people in northern Kathmandu. The Maoists planted two bombs on the rim of Kathmandu Valley; one detonated causing USD 2,700 in damage. Four bombs exploded in an industrial city 222 [...]	2003-09-12 09:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CASC ASEC NP
03KATHMANDU1841	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, SEPTEMBER 13- [...] According to local press accounts 68 Maoists, 19 policemen, and 7 Royal Nepal Army (RNA) soldiers died in clashes this week, along with 19 civilians, including a child. 40 security personnel suffered injuries. The Maoists' call for a three-day nationwide strike from September 18-20 closed dow [...]	2003-09-19 07:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1890	AmCit Trekker Attacked and Robbed on Annapurna [...] SUMMARY. On Saturday, September 27, 2003, American citizen Sean Gamble called the Embassy reporting that he had been attacked, injured and his passport stolen by a group of four assailants while trekking on the eastern portion of the Annapurna Circuit, near the village of Tal. The attack app [...]	2003-09-29 09:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC PTER NP
03KATHMANDU1900	American Threatened by Maoists on Trail in [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A resident American woman visiting families she aids in Dolpo District, together with two non-American friends, were recently accosted by a group of twelve Maoists while hiking in the Upper Dolpo region. The leader of the Maoist group demanded to have their passports, repeated [...]	2003-10-01 08:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ASEC PTER NP
03KATHMANDU1964	NEPAL: MAOIST ACTIVITY OCTOBER 2 - OCTOBER 10 [...] DESPITE THE MAOIST PLEDGE TO HALT ALL OFFENSIVE ACTIONS DURING OCTOBER 2 - 10 FOR THE DASAIN HOLIDAY, THE INSURGENTS CONTINUED TO TARGET NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND ATTACK SECURITY FORCES (REFTEL). ACCORDING TO LOCAL PRESS ACCOUNTS, 19 MAOISTS, 2 POLICEMEN AND 2 ROYAL NEPAL ARMY (RNA [...]	2003-10-10 08:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL NP
03KATHMANDU1978	NEPAL: HYDROPOWER PLANT WITH US INVESTMENT TO [...] (C) After Nepali Army intelligence of an impending Maoist attack forced its temporary shutdown on October 12, the Bhote Koshi hydrolectric power plant will resume full service late on October 14. Sam Nott, the American plant manager, says he expects all staff to return to the site and the 3 [...]	2003-10-14 07:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC ENRG EINV CASC NP
03KATHMANDU2048	NEPAL: MAOISTS ISSUE CONCILIATORY STATEMENT; [...] (C) In an October 21 press statement, Maoist leader Prachanda announced that the insurgents would no longer attack infrastructure, political party workers, members of the security forces on leave, and assistance projects, except those funded by "American imperialists." The statement, which [...]	2003-10-22 08:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER CASC ASEC BEXP NP
03KATHMANDU2132	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, OCTOBER 25-31 [...] Thirty-three Maoists and twenty security personnel were killed this week, including twelve policemen killed after hundreds of Maoists stormed two police posts on October 26 and 28. Eleven civilians also were killed, seven of whom reportedly were caught in crossfire, while four others were bru [...]	2003-11-02 23:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU2165	NEPAL: MAOIST RESPONSE TO U.S. TERRORISM [...] (U) Nepal's Maoists, in response to the U.S. designation of them as terrorists on the assets freeze list (ref A),have posted a statement on the Nepali version of their website blasting the designation as an example of U.S. interference in the internal affairs of Nepal and its neighbors. The [...]	2003-11-05 06:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN KVPR NP
03KATHMANDU2187	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, NOVEMBER 1-7 [...] The local press reported that seventeen security personnel and sixty-six Maoists were killed in clashes this week. Maoists reportedly killed seven civilians, including a fifteen-year-old boy, and abducted ten others. In a statement issued on November 4, the Maoists reacted angrily to the USG [...]	2003-11-07 06:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU2246	NEPAL: PEACE CORPS TRAINEES TO RETURN TO CAPITAL [...] (C) Summary: Peace Corps Nepal has decided to transfer 30 trainees participating in a 12-week program in Butwal, in the south central district of Rupandehi,and five other volunteers in that area back to Kathmandu following threats of possible "action" from local Maoist cadres. The trainees [...]	2003-11-17 09:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC EAID CASC PREL NP
03KATHMANDU2248	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: November 11 to 17, [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Parties to go in forceful and comprehensive manner: The five political parties protesting against the royal takeover of October 4 last year have decided to continue with the protest programs in a more forceful and comprehensive manner in days to come. (Centrist "Kantip [...]	2003-11-18 02:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU2254	WARNING NEPAL'S MAOISTS AGAIN AGAINST THREATENING [...] (S/NF) Summary: In view of the increased intensity and frequency of verbal threats by Nepal's Maoists against U.S. citizens and interests, the Embassy requests Department permission to attempt to send another message to the Maoist leadership through a reliable intermediary, warning them to des [...]	2003-11-18 08:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC PREL NP IN UK
03KATHMANDU2300	NEPAL: AMCIT HELD AND RELEASED BY MAOISTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AMCIT Zachary Hessler, a regular traveler to Nepal, was detained for four days in the Ganesh Himal region of Nepal. While not physically held, Hessler was not permitted to leave the area until Maoist cadre consulted with their leadership, while they held his passport and threat [...]	2003-11-24 23:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ASEC PINS PTER NP
03KATHMANDU2309	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: November 18 to 24, [...] U.S. -- Maoist fiat forces Peace Corps out: Thirty American Peace Corps volunteers have been forced to leave the district following an ultimatum by an armed group of Maoists asking them to leave within four days. The volunteers were running a temporary Peace Corps office at the Butwal Tec [...]	2003-11-25 03:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU2330	NEPAL: MAOISTS CRITICIZE U.S. MILITARY ASSISTANCE [...] IN RESPONSE TO LOCAL PRESS REPORTING ON A/S ROCCA'S OCTOBER 29 TESTIMONY TO CONGRESS AND A NOVEMBER 26 ARTICLE IN THE VERNACULAR PUBLICATION JANA ASTHA (PEOPLE'S FAITH),THE MAOISTS POSTED A STATEMENT ON THEIR WEBSITE (WWW.CPNM.ORG) TITLED "MOCKERY OF U.S. DEMOCRACY: PEACE IN LIPS, GUNS IN HAN [...]	2003-11-28 09:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL NP
03KATHMANDU2340	NEPAL: OTHER DONORS KEEPING A DISTANCE FROM US? [...] (C) Summary: Following the delivery of increased USG security assistance last year, Maoist insurgents embarked on an anti-American propaganda campaign intended, in part, to isolate the U.S. diplomatically, discourage other donors from collaborating with us, and to incite Chinese and Indian [...]	2003-12-01 09:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PTER NP UK
03KATHMANDU2366	NEPAL: AMBASSADOR RELAYS CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (S/NF) On December 3 the Ambassador raised with Indian Ambassador Shyam Saran reports that intelligence agents assigned to the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu have been characterizing USG policy and motives in Nepal as malevolently aimed at undermining Nepal's sovereignty. The Ambassador told Saran [...]	2003-12-04 02:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER NP IN
03KATHMANDU2367	NEPAL: THE COST OF THE MAOIST INSURGENCY [...] (U) The seven-year Maoist insurgency in Nepal has taken a tremendous toll on the already impoverished Nepalese economy. The impact of the conflict is obvious in the floundering tourist sector, the depressed foreign investment climate, stalled economic development projects, crippled infrastruc [...]	2003-12-04 02:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER ECON EAID EFIN NP
03KATHMANDU2491	NEPAL: SA A/S ROCCA'S MEETINGS WITH POLITICAL [...] (C) In separate meetings with leaders of four political parties on December 18, Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Christina Rocca, accompanied by Ambassador Malinowski, urged the need for reconciliation between the King and estranged political parties. With the exception of the Nep [...]	2003-12-23 05:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL NP
03KATHMANDU25	MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS OF AMERICAN ASSISTANCE TO NEPAL [...] Nepal emerged from its feudal isolation in the 1950s with virtually no modern economic infrastructure and little intellectual capital. Development, while still very uneven, has improved the lives of many Nepalis, whose number has tripled in the past half century. The US Government, as one of [...]	2003-01-06 11:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PTER NP
03KATHMANDU2505	Media Reaction: U.S. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF [...] EDITORIALS/OPINIONS -- Editorial in "The Rising Nepal, " (Government-owned, E/D, 12/18): "...The four-day visit by the high-ranking U.S. official is expected to help the U.S. government garner an update on the recent developments in Nepal. Nepalese officials would do well to seize the oppo [...]	2003-12-24 04:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU2509	MEDIA REACTION: SADDAM'S CAPTURE [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-28 23:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU309	LOCAL POLITICAL PARTIES STAGE ANTI-AMERICAN [...] On Tuesday, 18 February, a group of ten leftist political parties staged an anti-American protest, culminating with the delivery of a protest letter to the Embassy. The crowd numbered around 100. Their slogans decried US war with Iraq and North Korea, and US Imperialism. The protest was pe [...]	2003-02-21 10:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC NP
03KATHMANDU313	NEPAL: INFORMATION ON U.S. MISSION ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) This message contains business sensitive information; please handle accordingly. 2. (U) AmEmbassy Kathmandu welcomes the efforts of EB and H in highlighting Embassy initiatives to promote American business. The mission submits the following four key efforts and successes, as requeste [...]	2003-02-21 11:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BBSR ETRD EINV NP
03KATHMANDU329	USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY FOR NEPAL [...] In CY 02 our Mission engaged with the Government of Nepal (GON),the military, and members of civil society on a variety of fronts to advance the USG human rights agenda. Such programs have addressed needs in areas as diverse as voter education; advocacy in a democracy; trafficking in persons [...]	2003-02-25 11:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EAID NP
03KATHMANDU351	USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY FOR NEPAL [...] In CY 02 our Mission engaged with the Government of Nepal (GON),the military, and members of civil society on a variety of fronts to advance the USG human rights agenda. Such programs have addressed needs in areas as diverse as voter education; advocacy in a democracy; trafficking in persons [...]	2003-02-27 10:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EAID NP
03KATHMANDU352	NEPAL: COCA-COLA FACES CONTINUED MAOIST EXTORTION [...] (SBU) Nepal's Coca-Cola bottler is continuing to receive extortion demands from the Maoists, despite the cease-fire and a claimed commitment by Maoist leader Prachanda to stop such practices (Ref C). In coordination with Coca-Cola's Country Manager and its corporate offices in Atlanta and Ba [...]	2003-02-27 10:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS ASEC CASC BEXP NP
03KATHMANDU551	TFIZ01: NEPAL REACTIONS TO WAR IN IRAQ FOR MARCH [...] PROTESTS AND MISSION SECURITY: The Embassy maintained full services and normal working hours on March 27. As of 3:00 p.m. local time, Embassy knows of no protests in the capital against the war in Iraq or against the U.S. A small anti-war protest in downtown Kathmandu on March 26 apparently [...]	2003-03-27 09:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC KPAO NP PREL
03KATHMANDU566	NEPALI MAOISTS PURSUE SEPARATE DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) Anton Hagen, local head of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC),confirmed to the DCM that Maoist insurgents have enlisted his help in sounding out other European and Canadian donor agencies regarding a possible meeting with Maoist interlocutors. Hagen also confirmed t [...]	2003-03-28 12:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID SZ NP
03KATHMANDU572	NEPAL: MAOIST IDEOLOGUE SURFACES IN CAPITAL; [...] (SBU) Summary: Since his return to the capital March 28, Maoist ideologue and second-ranking leader Baburam Bhattarai has conducted a media blitz, appearing at two consecutive press conferences, a Reporters' Club ceremony, and a popular television talk show. In his appearances so far, Bhatta [...]	2003-03-31 12:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU740	NEPAL: APRIL 23 KATHMANDU STRIKE WELL OBSERVED; [...] (U) A general strike, or bandh, called for Kathmandu Valley by the Nepali Congress (Democratic) Party student union was generally widely observed on April 23. A few private and commercial vehicles were seen plying the streets, while most shops remained shuttered. There were a few scattered [...]	2003-04-23 11:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CASC ASEC NP
03KATHMANDU770	NEPAL: APRIL 28 BANDH WELL-OBSERVED; MAOIST [...] An April 28 general strike, or bandh, called for the Kathmandu Valley by several student groups (reftel) was generally well-observed. A few public and private vehicles were seen on the streets, but most Nepalis chose to walk or ride bicycles. Approximately sixty to sixty-five percent of sho [...]	2003-04-28 12:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER CASC ASEC NP
03KATHMANDU858	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, May 3-9 [...] The second round of peace talks between negotiators for the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoists is being held on May 9. Envoys from China and the United Kingdom expressed support and assistance for the peace process. Maoist leaders have sharply criticized USG for listing their party on a [...]	2003-05-09 09:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU885	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: MAY 6 - 12, 2003 [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS "SECOND ROUND OF PEACE TALKS" -- The government and Maoists made incremental progress in the second round of peace talks (5/9) with the former agreeing to release a few jailed rebels and even limiting the Royal Nepal Army to within five kilometers of their barrack [...]	2003-05-13 08:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU960	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, May 17-23 [...] No date has been set yet for the third round of peace talks. However, the controversy continues around restrictions on the movements of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA). Maoist leaders have demanded explanations for the statements made by Ramesh Nath Pandey, Minister for Information and Communicat [...]	2003-05-23 10:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU978	NEPAL'S POLITICAL PARTIES' ATTEMPT TO RE-OPEN [...] (U) On May 28, Nepal's political parties marched on the Parliament House in an attempt to reconvene the dissolved House of Representatives for two days of meetings. Each of the five parties participating in the day's protest held seats prior to Parliament's dissolution in 2002, including the [...]	2003-05-28 09:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC ASEC NP
03KATHMANDU989	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, May 24-30 [...] Representatives from the negotiating teams of the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoists have been unusually quiet this week, with no progress reported in setting a date for the third round of talks. Members from both teams reportedly are blaming each other for the stalled negotiations. In [...]	2003-05-30 07:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU998	NEPAL DEPORTS TIBETAN DETAINEES [...] (SBU) In the early morning hours of May 31, Nepali authorities handed over 18 Tibetan detainees (including 8 minors) to representatives of the Chinese Embassy for deportation. As of 0915 local time, the Chinese Embassy vehicle containing the 18 was reported heading toward the Chinese border [...]	2003-05-31 04:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	NOTAG NP
03KHARTOUM185	SUDAN'S POSITION ON IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HAS FORMALLY SPELLED OUT THE GOVERNMENT'S VERY GENERALIZED AND NON-CONFRONTATIONAL POSITION ON IRAQ WHICH PUTS KHARTOUM BEHIND THE UNSC RESOLUTION AND THE WORK OF THE INSPECTORS. THE POSITION IS MARKEDLY DIFFERENT FROM VIEWS EXPRESSED BY SUDAN'S FO [...]	2003-03-02 17:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU AL IZ
03KUWAIT1001	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 19: PRESIDENT BUSH'S [...] Summary: President Bush's call for Saddam Hussein and his sons to leave Iraq within 48 hours was echoed by Kuwait's National Assembly on March 18. Commentators point out that the President's ultimatum reflects the proposal of Oman's Sheikh Zayed for Saddam's exile, but that the time for that [...]	2003-03-20 04:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1009	SITREP NO. 3 [...] SITREP NO. 3 AS OF 1159 HOURS LOCAL, 0359 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP: -------- Security -------- All reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three. At 0615hrs on 20 March 2003, POTUS addressed the nation and stated that American and Coalition Forces were i [...]	2003-03-20 09:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1013	SITREP NO. 4 [...] SITREP NO. 4 AS OF 1159 HOURS LOCAL, 0359 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP: -------- Security -------- Classified Kuwait 1012 reported multiple missile launches. Watchstanders and others put on gas masks and went to safehaven until all clear announced. No chemical/bi [...]	2003-03-20 21:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1021	TFIZ01: OIL SMOKE CLOUDS OVER KUWAIT [...] SUMMARY: People in Kuwait awoke March 21, 2003, to a dark sky north of the city. Post confirmed through US military sources that the smoke clouds were caused from multiple oil well fires burning in Iraq and started by the Iraqis. Kuwait's Environment Public Authority (EPA) said the sky looke [...]	2003-03-21 12:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EPET ALOW IZ KU
03KUWAIT1022	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 21: WAR IN IRAQ; POST- [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti commentators who have viewed the end of Saddam's regime as a fait accompli for months look in greater detail at issues in post-Saddam Iraq. Pushing aside any thought of generous gestures, one writer states that Kuwait should not waive the financial compensation it has coming [...]	2003-03-21 19:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1023	SITREP NO. 6 [...] SITREP NO. 6 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1559 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 21. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- In the past twelve hours, we have had two "duck-and- cover" alerts in res [...]	2003-03-21 21:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1024	SITREP NO. 7 [...] SITREP NO. 7 AS OF 1159 HOURS LOCAL, 0359 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 22. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- In the past twelve hours, we have had no "duck-and-cover" alerts. ---- [...]	2003-03-22 08:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1035	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 22: WAR IN IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti commentators complain that Arab world media continue to be biased towards Kuwait, and ask rhetorically why other Arabs do not decry Iraq's launching of surface to surface missiles against Kuwait in recent days. One commentator lauds Kuwaitis for their behavior on the first ni [...]	2003-03-22 17:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1037	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 9 [...] SITREP NO. 8 AS OF 1200 HOURS LOCAL, 0800 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 23. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- Ops Center is aware of the events at Camp Pennsylvania, however we have n [...]	2003-03-23 09:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1040	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WRAP-UP: MARCH 12-18, 2003 [...] The long-running Kheiran Pearls scandal was finally resolved this week (reftel B) when a vote of no-confidence against Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Mohammed Sharar failed to pass the National Assembly. Motions to cancel the Kheiran Pearls contract and to re [...]	2003-03-23 10:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KU
03KUWAIT1046	TFIZ01:SITREP NO. 6 [...] SITREP NO. 6 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1559 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 21. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- In the past twelve hours, we have had two "duck-and- cover" alerts in res [...]	2003-03-23 15:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1048	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 23: WAR IN IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: An editorial encapsulates the conflicting opinions on war with Iraq that have appeared for months in the Kuwaiti press. The end of Saddam will be a good thing, says the writer, but "we would have been more pleased to see the Iraqi people take on this task to spare us the turmoil of [...]	2003-03-23 17:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1050	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 10 [...] SITREP NO. 10 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1559 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 23. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- NSTR --------- Political --------- Embassy operations center rece [...]	2003-03-23 21:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1065	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 12 [...] SITREP NO. 12 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1159 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 24, 2003 . 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 1310 Duck and Cover Alert; gas masks donned. 1320 All C [...]	2003-03-24 20:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1068	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 13 [...] SITREP NO. 13 AS OF 1200 HOURS LOCAL, 0800 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 25, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 0110 Duck and cover alert sounded. 0117 All clear --------- [...]	2003-03-25 09:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1079	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 25: WAR IN IRAQ; ARAB [...] SUMMARY: Calls for boycotting and withdrawing from the Arab League are raised following the organization's communique condemning the war, with one commentator labeling the League as a "house of ill-repute." Another notes pointedly that Kuwait is the only Arab country to commit aid to Iraqi re [...]	2003-03-25 16:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1080	USAID HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION SITUATION REPORT [...] The DART is expecting the delivery of relief supplies to the warehouse in Kuwait within the week. On 23 March, a WFP plane arrived at Kuwait International Airport with 40 MT of high-energy biscuits, and on 24 March, two shipments of wheat donated by the Australian Government departed Muscat [...]	2003-03-25 17:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF MOPS PREL ASEC AMGT OTRA IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1081	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 14 [...] SITREP NO. 14 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1559 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 25, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 1500 Duck and cover alert sounded. 1509 All Clear sounded. -- [...]	2003-03-25 20:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1101	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 26, 2003 [...] (U) Local press reports on 3/26 noted the visit of the acting Minister of Oil, Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahed Al-Sabah to the Ratqa oil field where he met with the Kuwait oil firefighting team. The press report notes the cooperation of the Kuwaiti team with an American team could result in all the fire [...]	2003-03-26 15:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1105	(C) HOW THE WAR COULD AFFECT KUWAIT POLITICALLY [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Reftel examined how a US-led war against Saddam's regime could affect US relations with Kuwait. This message looks at the closely-related topic of the political effects the war could have on Kuwait itself. In both cases, the answer is highly scenario-dependent. [...]	2003-03-26 18:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV SOCI KISL KU
03KUWAIT115	BAGHDAD ON HIS MIND: GOK'S PRE-OCCUPATION WITH IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent meeting with a visiting delegation led by former US senior diplomat Frank Wisner, Kuwait's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah shared candid views on pressing priorities for his government. Discussion centered on four main themes: Sa [...]	2003-01-15 09:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ IR KU

03KUWAIT1168	KUWAIT MINISTER OF STATE PLANS P-5 TOUR, REQUESTS [...] (C) Kuwait's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah al-Salim al-Sabah contacted the Ambassador on March 30 to inform him that he is planning a whirlwind tour of P-5 capitals, most likely beginning with meetings on April 7 in Beijing and proceeding westward to Moscow [...]	2003-03-31 07:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP US IZ KU UNSC
03KUWAIT1177	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 30: WAR IN IRAQ; ARAB [...] SUMMARY: Media commentary reflects a sense of alienation and resentment vis-a-vis Kuwait's Arab League confreres. Demonstrations were held this week in front of the Libyan and Syrian embassies in Kuwait, and a proposal now before the National Assembly calls for parliamentary approval of any f [...]	2003-03-31 15:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1199	SADDAM'S SECRET WEAPON: THE MIGHTY MENGASH! [...] Summary: The forced landing of a U.S. Apache attack helicopter behind Iraqi lines in the early days of the war, and the resulting implausible Iraqi claims that a heroic farmer named Mengash was responsible, have spawned a cottage industry of derision in Kuwait. Today's date (April 01),and Ku [...]	2003-04-01 15:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PREL IZ KU
03KUWAIT1207	KUWAITI YUPPIES LOOK BEYOND THE LONG-AWAITED WAR [...] SUMMARY: Where reftels analyzed how the US-led war against Iraq might affect Kuwait's political and economic landscape in general, this cable examines perceptions of a specific sector of society -- young, upwardly-mobile, democratically-minded professionals. At an informal dinner, EmbOffs me [...]	2003-04-02 11:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD MARR IZ KU
03KUWAIT1215	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 2: WAR IN IRAQ; ARAB [...] SUMMARY: Commentators call for moderation of the Kuwaiti rhetoric denouncing other Arab states that has dominated opinion over the last week, appealing to feelings of Pan-Arabism. However, frustrations remain keen, with reports that the Kuwaiti government has decided not to fund the Al-Arabi [...]	2003-04-02 14:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1219	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 30 [...] SITREP NO. 30 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1000 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 02, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- Nothing to report. --------- Political --------- Six Kuwaiti [...]	2003-04-02 15:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1250	(U) GOK TO TAKE ITS CASE ON THE ROAD [...] (C) Summary: During their April 2 meeting, the Ambassador and MinState for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah discussed the progress of the war and Dr. Mohammed,s upcoming trip to key UNSC member states. The Minister said the focus of his visits would be to discuss an array of issues surr [...]	2003-04-05 11:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ SY SA
03KUWAIT1273	FOLLOW-UP ON JANUARY 21 TERROR ATTACK IN KUWAIT [...] (SBU) The following is an update on judicial actions taken against those involved in the January 21 terrorist attack on U.S. citizens near Camp Doha. The GOK moved quickly to apprehend the gunman and other suspects, however two accessories remain at large and the Kuwaitis have had little succ [...]	2003-04-06 11:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PREL CASC KU
03KUWAIT1283	(C) SCENESETTER FOR GOK MINSTATE'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOK Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Acting Minister of Finance and Planning, Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah, leaves Kuwait April 6 on a whirlwind tour to Beijing, Moscow, Paris, London, Washington, and New York. To governments that opposed Operation Iraqi [...]	2003-04-07 06:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM PINR IZ KU
03KUWAIT1288	TFIZ01: DART/PRM SITUATION REPORT 6 APRIL 2003 [...] On 4 April, DART members in Umm Qasr met with Coalition forces, who provided an overview of the situation in the town. According to Coalition forces, 1,500 to 2,000 people from Basrah have moved to Umm Qasr. On 3 April, one Emergency Health Kit was sent from the OFDA warehouse to a hospital [...]	2003-04-07 12:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1308	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 7: WAR IN IRAQ [...] Despite the anger at Arab media portrayals of the war, one commentator writes that the televised image of American soldiers retreating from Al-Najaf when faced with a mob that mistakenly believed the troops were heading to occupy the mosque is a positive example of US respect for Muslims. An [...]	2003-04-08 15:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1337	(C) TFIZ01: GCC TO MEET 4/15 ON AID TO IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GCC Foreign Ministers meeting in Kuwait April 7 expressed support for the security of Kuwait, and affirmed the organization's readiness to provide humanitarian aid to Iraq. The Ministers decided that the GCC will discuss the subject of aid to Iraq in Riyadh on April 15, appa [...]	2003-04-09 17:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF EAID IZ
03KUWAIT1344	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 45 [...] SITREP NO. 45 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1100 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 10, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- Several Kuwaitis called to express thanks for the Coalition's libera [...]	2003-04-10 16:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1361	TFIZ01: DART UMM QASR TRIP REPORT 9 APRIL 2003 [...] On 5 April, the DART made a third assessment trip to Umm Qasr. The DART joined up with two members positioned in Umm Qasr and met Coalition force representatives and five community leaders, who have assumed the role of the civilian leadership of the town following the departure of most Baath [...]	2003-04-12 11:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT138	GETTING THEIR HANDS DIRTY; INFLUENTIAL KUWAITI [...] (U) This message contains biographical information. Please see para. 8 for biographical information. 2. (C) Summary. Faced with ineffectual political leadership, some of the large commercial families of Kuwait have stepped into the political fray to derail the rising tide of Islamism here, [...]	2003-01-15 12:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KU IZ
03KUWAIT1405	TFIZ01 -- RESPONDING TO THE LOOTING OF THE IRAQI [...] NIACT immediate precedence required for action outside normal working hours. 2. This is an action message. 2. US academic and military contacts indicate they are hearing rumors that antiquities looted from the Baghdad Iraqi Museum are already appearing on European markets. Press re [...]	2003-04-13 16:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL MOPS IZ
03KUWAIT1813	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 30 MEETING WITH MINSTATE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah on April 30th. Among the issues discussed were Kuwaiti POWs, the future of Kuwait's fuel donations to coalition forces and the status of ongoing efforts to secure an Article 98 agreement with [...]	2003-05-04 06:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT1842	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 5: KUWAITI POWS; KUWAITI [...] SUMMARY: The lead news story this week is the effort to account for Kuwaiti POWs still missing in Iraq, with frustration growing at the lack of information on the POWs despite the detention and interrogation of former regime officials. Kuwait should not only have a role in rebuilding Iraq' [...]	2003-05-05 12:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1848	(S/NF) IRANIAN PROTEST PLANNERS MEET WITH [...] (S/NF) Poloff spoke with Washington-based American-Iranian activist Mark Namdar (strictly protect) on May 3, 2003. Mr. Namdar serves as an unofficial spokesman and intermediary for U.S.-based Iranian student movement leader and political asylee Reza Mohajeri-Nejad. Mr. Namdar claims that th [...]	2003-05-05 13:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IR
03KUWAIT1914	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 7: DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ; [...] SUMMARY: A strong call for the end of the Arab League appears on the commentary pages, citing the League's repeated failures to solve Arab problems or maintain Arab unity, most prominently during the Iraq crisis. Arab satellite news channels are attacked for the negative tone of their covera [...]	2003-05-07 14:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1927	(C) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: SOURCE COUNTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reftels reported on GOK's efforts to address the issue of trafficking in persons, an issue on which it is increasingly engaged. This message provides an update on GOK initiatives as well as a snapshot of opinions of source country embassies in Kuwait voiced during a May 7 lunc [...]	2003-05-08 11:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI KU
03KUWAIT1973	RETURNING STOLEN KUWAITI PROPERTY [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 5 2. Summary: A member of Kuwait's ruling family met with the Ambassador on May 4 to seek his assistance in reclaiming property stolen by Iraqis during the 1990-91 occupation of Kuwait. The request highlights the need to establish a procedure for [...]	2003-05-11 09:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ KU
03KUWAIT1989	IPR LETTER TO KUWAITI CROWN PRINCE [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Post plans to use the release of the Special 301 report to make a new push for intellectual property rights (IPR) reform in Kuwait later this month (Ref A). Per email exchanges to USTR, post requests a letter from US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick to Kuwaiti [...]	2003-05-12 07:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD KU USTR
03KUWAIT1995	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL: PRESIDENT BUSH'S MAY [...] SUMMARY: The Editor-in-Chief of a prominent Arabic daily writes that President Bush's speech is "an indication that the US is beginning to follow a serious and balanced policy in the region." The absence of Kuwait from the examples of freedom in the region cited by President Bush provided more [...]	2003-05-12 11:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2062	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 14: TERRORISM IN SAUDI [...] SUMMARY: The May 13 terrorist bombings in Riyadh are interpreted as attacks against the Saudi government, rather than American interests. Commentary on the future of the Middle East generated earlier in the week by President Bush's May 9 address at South Carolina University continues. One wr [...]	2003-05-14 14:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2118	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, MAY 19: TERRORIST [...] SUMMARY: Leading Kuwaiti liberals take to the op/ed pages to condemn recent terror attacks in the region and link them to Arab world failure to address the political, social and economic conditions that "breed" Islamic terror. Noticeably absent is any tendency to blame the US/Israel/the West fo [...]	2003-05-19 14:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2134	DART ASSESSMENT OF KARBALA [...] DART Field Team West traveled to Karbala to meet with local officials and gather assessment information on 15 May. The population is generally friendly and happy with the Coalition presence. There have been neither threats to Coalition forces nor targeted incidents. Sixty Iraqi police offi [...]	2003-05-20 09:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2135	SUMMARY OF DART COMMODITIES PROVIDED IN RESPONSE [...] As part of its response to humanitarian needs in Iraq, the DART has provided commodities valued at approximately USD 690,000 for countrywide distribution through partner organizations. The commodities include both medical and hygiene kits; chronic medications; plastic sheeting; water contain [...]	2003-05-20 09:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT222	(U) ONE AMCIT KILLED, ONE WOUNDED IN KUWAIT [...] (SBU/NF) At approximately 9:20 a.m. local time, two U.S. citizen civilian DoD contract employees working at Camp Doha, Kuwait were shot in their vehicle, a Toyota Prado, while it sat at a traffic light at the intersection of Route 85 and Route 7, heading from Camp Doha. They were wearing civil [...]	2003-01-21 12:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PREL OIIP KU
03KUWAIT2266	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 19-27: TERRORISM; [...] SUMMARY: In contrast to the strongly pro-American tone of commentary during Operation Iraqi Freedom, free style US bashing has returned to some corners of Kuwait's Arabic press. Dr. Sadeq al Bassam writes in liberal Al-Qabas that the US "bears responsibility" for the massacres Saddam commit [...]	2003-05-27 15:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2291	WORKING TO DEVELOP THE ECONOMIES OF IRAQ AND THE [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-28 13:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL IZ KU ZP
03KUWAIT23	(U) DEPUTY SPEAKER ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 5 meeting Deputy Speaker Meshari al-Anjari gave his readout on recent developments in Kuwait,s National Assembly, the status of a possible "grilling" of a Minister charged with corruption, and his version of a military timeline for Iraq. End Summary. 2. (C) Pol [...]	2003-01-07 06:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KU
03KUWAIT2449	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL: PRESIDENT BUSH'S [...] News stories: On May 31, Al-Qabas reported on its front page that Kuwaiti political circles were "astonished" that Kuwait was left out of the President's regional tour. On June 1, all newspapers report Acting Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed's announcement that President Bush has "dela [...]	2003-06-04 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2452	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 29-JUNE 4: TERRORISM; DE- [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-04 14:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2545	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, JUNE 10: GOVERNMENT [...] SUMMARY: All media report that Mohammed al-Jassim, the liberal editor-in-chief of Kuwaiti Arabic daily "Al Watan," was summoned to the office of the public prosecutor and charged with "contesting the authority of the Amir," a charge that can carry a five-year prison term, before being relea [...]	2003-06-10 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2565	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JUNE 8-11: NORMALIZATION [...] SUMMARY: Comments early in the week by the State Minister for Foreign Affairs that Kuwait supports normalization of relations with Israel "within the framework of a joint Arab position" unleashed a torrent of denunciations from conservative and Islamist groups. Liberal commentators see gover [...]	2003-06-11 15:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2657	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JUNE 14-16: ISRAELI [...] SUMMARY: Kuwait's State Minister for Foreign Affairs condemned the June 10 attack by Israeli helicopters that injured senior Hamas leader Abdul Aziz Al-Rantissi as "terrorism." One conservative writer calls for Jihad as the only option for Palestinians in an editorial titled, "No Peace With [...]	2003-06-17 12:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2783	RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS OF IRAQI VISA PROCESSING IN [...] This is an action message. Please see paragraph 10. 2. Embassy has reviewed the draft memo on the proposed inclusion of Iraq in Kuwait's consular district for visa processing on a temporary basis (Ref A). Embassy has also reviewed the initial assessment from the Consular officer i [...]	2003-06-23 11:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CVIS AMGT CASC KU
03KUWAIT2823	DART: UPDATE OF WORK AT THE PORT OF UMM QASR [...] The Iraqi Director of Ports is very concerned about security in the port and is frustrated by his lack of knowledge about what is occurring at the port. Bechtel's large dredger, the Carolina, is to finish dredging berth 10 (bulk grain facility) on 18 June. It will then turn its dredging eff [...]	2003-06-25 10:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2847	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JUNE 21-25: US-KUWAIT [...] SUMMARY: In widely reported remarks, an Islamist MP lashes out at former Kuwait oil minister Sheikh Saud Al- Sabah for the latter's establishment of a committee to collect donations for the families of coalition soldiers killed in Iraq. MP Busairi goes on to denounce normalization of relations [...]	2003-06-26 19:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2908	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JUNE 28-30: PROSPECTS FOR [...] SUMMARY: A top Kuwaiti official said Kuwait welcomes the ceasefire by three Palestinian factions saying, "Hamas' position has changed, and we welcome this positive change." One commentator writes that Israel bears most of the responsibility for whether the ceasefire will lead to a lasting se [...]	2003-06-30 16:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2949	(U) MEPI 03-04: COUNTRY STRATEGY FOR KUWAIT [...] (SBU) Post welcomes the opportunity to present this MEPI country strategy for Kuwait. As we consider how best to engage on these issues, particularly on sensitive issues such as political reform and education (where the U.S. has already been unjustly accused of inappropriate interference),[...]	2003-07-03 06:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD KPAO KU PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI
03KUWAIT2954	MISSING KUWAIT AIRWAYS CORPORATION SPARE PARTS [...] After a brief trip into Iraq in June, the GOK believes it has located spare parts belonging to Kuwait Airways which were looted by the former Regime in Baghdad during the occupation of Kuwait. GOK wants to recoup these parts. We received the following Diplomatic note (in Arabic) containing [...]	2003-07-03 06:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD IZ KU
03KUWAIT2957	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JULY 1-2: PARLIAMENTARY [...] SUMMARY: The parliamentary elections to be held on July 5 dominate the news pages. One candidate believes that "embassies buy individuals and have pushed them to run in the election to serve their interests," while an Islamist candidate rails against "secularists trying to tamper with our ed [...]	2003-07-03 10:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2993	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, JULY 7: NATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti media report that liberal incumbents and members of Kuwait's Islamic Constitutional Movement were the biggest losers in the July 5 parliamentary elections that resulted in nearly half of all members losing their seats. Most commentators believe that acting Prime Minister She [...]	2003-07-07 16:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2994	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, JULY 7: NATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti media report that liberal incumbents and members of Kuwait's Islamic Constitutional Movement were the biggest losers in the July 5 parliamentary elections that resulted in nearly half of all members losing their seats. Most commentators believe that acting Prime Minister She [...]	2003-07-07 16:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KDMR KU
03KUWAIT3043	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, JULY 8-9: NATIONAL [...] News Stories: All newspapers continue to analyze and interpret the election results. Defeated incumbent and liberal Ahmed Al-Rubie refutes claims that the new assembly is an "Islamic parliament," while defeated incumbent and Islamist, Mubarak Al-Duwaila, denies that the new assembly is pro- [...]	2003-07-09 16:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT315	UPDATE ON WTO NON-AGRICULTURE MARKET ACCESS [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-28 06:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KU WTO
03KUWAIT3186	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JULY 12-16: FORMATION OF NEW [...] SUMMARY: The composition of the new Kuwaiti Council of Ministers (Cabinet) has generated considerable criticism. Despite a reported seven new ministers, the government is seen by a substantial cross section of opinion (ranging from liberals to the Islamist Salafi Movement) as mediocre, with o [...]	2003-07-16 15:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3267	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JULY 14-21: WOMEN'S [...] SUMMARY: On July 14, Kuwaiti Islamist commentator (and regular al-Jazeera talking head) Mohammed al-Awadi wrote an editorial directed at US Ambassador to Kuwait Richard H. Jones, urging the Ambassador to stop "interfering" in Kuwait's internal affairs, warning that "someone might lose contro [...]	2003-07-21 15:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3358	KUWAIT AND THE UNITED STATES: AN AGENDA FOR FUTURE [...] (C) Kuwait and the United States have been full partners in the defense of Kuwait since the 1990-91 Gulf War. Beginning with the liberation of Kuwait, the fruits of this partnership have included the decade long successful containment of Saddam Hussein's quest for weapons of mass destruction [...]	2003-07-27 12:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL IZ IR KU
03KUWAIT3402	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JULY 26-28: ISLAMIC [...] SUMMARY: All newspapers report government initiatives to oversee Islamic charitable donations, including formation of a joint committee to "inspect" charitable organizations and a proposed ministerial department to monitor Shiia charitable funds, leading to denunciations by Shiia MPs. One li [...]	2003-07-28 14:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3534	(C) MINISTER SHARAR URGES ACTION ON GUANTANAMO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and National Assembly Affairs Sharar told the Ambassador August 2 that Kuwaitis look to the US to ensure due process for Guantanamo detainees (which include 12 Kuwaitis). They discussed the GOK's prospects for cooperation with the newly-ele [...]	2003-08-04 08:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KU
03KUWAIT3536	(C) POLITICAL ISLAM WORKING GROUP: KUWAIT SNAPSHOT [...] (C) This cable responds to reftel request for "brief thumbnail descriptions" of Kuwait's "most influential or prominent Islamist political parties, NGO's, individuals or university campus activist groups." Formal political parties are not permitted in Kuwait, but de facto parties exist, and [...]	2003-08-04 10:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PHUM PGOV KU
03KUWAIT3555	NEW CABINET MANTRA: PRIVATE SECTOR WILL ADD JOBS [...] (C) Summary: With Kuwait's population expanding at a rapid pace, the new GOK says it will finally turn to the private sector in an effort to bolster its economy. During courtesy calls last week with many of the new Ministers, the Ambassador was on more than one occasion treated to the GOK's l [...]	2003-08-04 13:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EINV ELAB ETRD KU
03KUWAIT3563	(C) ORAL MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY TO ARAB LEAGUE [...] (U) Action Request - see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Pol Chief delivered reftel oral message to Shaykh Dr. Ahmed Nasser Mohammed al-Sabah, the Foreign Minister's Office Director, August 4. Shaykh Ahmed replied that Kuwait and all other GCC states endorse the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) and sup [...]	2003-08-05 06:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IZ AL KU
03KUWAIT3604	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 2-4: ANNIVERSARY OF [...] SUMMARY: Some commentators see the August 2 anniversary of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait as a reminder of Iraqi reparations still due to Kuwait and the POWs still unaccounted for, while others evince a desire to move forward with reforms and national development now that this external threat [...]	2003-08-06 10:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3605	ISLAMIST COMMENTATORS TAKE AIM AT EMBASSY [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-06 10:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PHUM KU
03KUWAIT3619	(U) KUWAITI SHI'IS DESCRIBE TRIP TO NAJAF AND [...] (C) Summary: A group of prominent Kuwaiti Shia businessmen recently briefed the Ambassador on their visit to the Shia spiritual centers of Najaf and Karbala. The group met with Shia leaders who shared their concerns that the security situation in the holy cities had still not been properly a [...]	2003-08-06 17:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT3623	(C) SHAYKH SABAH'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: This message is intended to assist preparations for Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah's visit to Washington, where he is due to meet with President Bush on September 10. We recommend that he be invited to meet (separately) with the Secretaries of State [...]	2003-08-07 11:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PTER EFIN EAID KDEM PHUM PINR KU OVIP
03KUWAIT3703	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 4-10: GUANTANAMO [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti officials reportedly postponed a scheduled trip by Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to Kuwait this week over Palestinian "hesitation" to condemn the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. One commentator writes, "It is not acceptable to consider the occupation of Kuwait l [...]	2003-08-12 11:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU JO IS KPAL KDMR
03KUWAIT3731	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 11-13: GUANTANAMO [...] SUMMARY: In an article entitled "Why the Distortion?" one commentator takes issue with President Bush's evaluation of the situation in Iraq one hundred days after the end of major military operations. Despite Prime Minister Abbas' reported statement of condemnation of the Iraqi invasion of [...]	2003-08-13 14:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3762	TERRORIST FINANCE: KUWAIT: AL ZINDANI/WALDENBERG, [...] (S) CDA conveyed to GOK MFA on 17 August talking points and background papers regarding, and shared on a close hold, confidential basis, the names of the individual and the SIPDIS entity proposed Ref A for designation on 25 August 2003 under Executive Order 13224. 2. (U) Econ Chief con [...]	2003-08-18 09:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KU YE
03KUWAIT3774	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 14-17: KUWAITI FORCES [...] SUMMARY: One newspaper reports official denials that Kuwait will send peacekeeping forces to Iraq, contradicting a local press report of August 16 that Kuwait, Qatar and UAE would contribute forces to the coalition effort. One commentator believes that Arab unity is dead as a result of the w [...]	2003-08-19 03:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3775	SHEPHERDING HUMANITARIAN FUEL FOR BASRA [...] Summary. Apparently frustrated that the Coalition was not heeding Kuwait's requests to tighten controls on the Iraq-Kuwait border to limit smuggling, the GOK slammed shut to civilian traffic its northern border with Iraq on 12 August. Convoys of vehicles supplying the contracted-out logisti [...]	2003-08-19 03:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAID ENRG EPET MOPS PREL PGOV PTER KU IZ
03KUWAIT3830	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 18-20: UN [...] SUMMARY: All newspapers report strong denunciations by the Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Information of the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad. Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad condemned the "terrorist attack" which "targeted the lives of innocent emp [...]	2003-08-20 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3946	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 21-24: UN [...] SUMMARY: In an interview with Al-Qabas, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison stated that despite the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad, "we are committed to continuing our mission in Iraq." All papers report increased security around foreign missions in Kuwait in response to the attack in Ba [...]	2003-08-26 09:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3967	GOK OFFICIAL DELEGATION LIST [...] There follows the GOK's official delegation list, received (in Arabic only) August 27 from the Prime Minister's Diwan (Office): BEGIN TEXT: The official delegation accompanying His Highness Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah, Prime Minister, visiting the United States of America dur [...]	2003-08-27 13:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL KU
03KUWAIT3970	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 25-27: ISRAELI- [...] SUMMARY: Conservative commentators accuse the US of "unification with the Zionists" for a "lack of condemnation" of Israeli attacks on Hamas members and the freeze of Hamas assets earlier in the week. One commentator defends the US Ambassador to Kuwait, Richard H. Jones, from allegations [...]	2003-08-27 13:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4053	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 1: [...] SUMMARY: The Kuwait Ministry of Interior denies media reports of the arrest of two Kuwaitis in Iraq in connection with the August 29 bombing in Najaf that killed Shiaa cleric Mohammad Baqer Al-Hakim. While Al-Hakim's death is viewed as a great loss, one Shiaa writer feels Al-Hakim's "martyrdo [...]	2003-09-02 13:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT408	POW FAMILIES APPEAL TO POTUS [...] The Ambassador met January 28 with a group of family-members of Kuwaiti POWs/missing persons, who handed him a letter in Arabic addressed to POTUS appealing that consideration be given to protecting Kuwaiti detainees in Iraq during a confrontation The Ambassador assured the group that the U. [...]	2003-02-02 04:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PHUM PREL MARR KU
03KUWAIT4391	(C) KUWAITIS STILL UNEASY OVER AL-ONAYZEH ARREST [...] (C) Kuwaiti contacts continue to be concerned about repercussions stemming from the arrest of Iraqi tribal sheikh Mtaib bin Mahrouth bin Hadhal al-Onayzeh. Prominent businessman Fuad al-Ghanim told Charge from London September 21, 2003, that he believed the arrest and detention of al-Onayze [...]	2003-09-23 04:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ KU
03KUWAIT4433	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION AUGUST 18-24 [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-24 14:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4456	(U) POLICY CHANGE NEEDED FOR MEDEVAC OF NON-US [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Soldiers from Coalition countries medevaced from Iraq through Kuwait are typically stranded in Kuwait days longer than Americans in similar condition, before being flown onward for better/longer-term care. The same [...]	2003-09-29 08:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU UN
03KUWAIT4459	(C) IRAQ ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION -- THOUGHTS ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: Relative to the size of its economy, Kuwait has been the most generous supporter in the world of OIF and of humanitarian assistance to Iraq. It will likely continue to play this role willingly for some time. There are, however, several factors that augur against a large GOK ple [...]	2003-09-29 08:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	ECON PREL EAID EINV IZ KU
03KUWAIT4467	KUWAIT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION SEPTEMBER 28-29: [...] SUMMARY: MEDIA REPORTS OF A STATEMENT ATTRIBUTED TO CPA ADMINISTRATOR PAUL BREMER THAT KUWAIT SHOULD RECONSIDER SEEKING COMPENSATION FROM IRAQ FOR THE 1990-1991 IRAQI OCCUPATION HAVE SPARKED A FUROR IN THE KUWAITI PRESS OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS. AT LEAST 15 EDITORIALS LAMBAST BREMER AND THE U [...]	2003-09-29 16:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4486	(C) KUWAITI FM DISCUSSES AID TO IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Action Request - see paragraphs 8, 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador discussed Iraq -- and, briefly, Afghanistan -- with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah September 30 (other topics septels). The Minister was keenly interested in how the Madrid donors conference will be st [...]	2003-10-01 05:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON ETRD OPDC IZ AF KU
03KUWAIT4503	(U) ISLAMISTS PROTEST SUPERSTAR CONCERT [...] (C) Summary: A small gathering of Islamists, members of the National Assembly among them, protested the Sept. 18-19 "Superstar" pop music concert held in Kuwait as "unIslamic." The protest highlights a major division in Kuwaiti society, and could backfire given the popularity of such entertainm [...]	2003-10-01 10:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL SOCI PGOV PINR KU
03KUWAIT4532	(C) AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW AWQAF MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador paid an introductory call on the new Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, Dr. Abdullah al-Maatouq, September 30. The Minister praised the US liberation of Iraq, jumped at the offer to work with PAO to re-organize a visit of Ministry staff to the US, which he h [...]	2003-10-01 14:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PINR KU
03KUWAIT4629	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 4-7: WMD IN IRAQ; [...] News Stories: Al-Rai Al-Aam reports on (10/7) that Prime Minister, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed, reassured the families of the Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainees that he spoke to USG officials about this issue and that they were "understanding." All newspapers reported (10/7) that Kuwait urged the UN [...]	2003-10-08 11:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4710	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 8-15: ISRAELI RAID [...] SUMMARY: The somewhat delayed diatribes against Israel for its October 5 attack on Syria have a tired and formulaic quality in Kuwait's Arabic press. Two editorialists denounce Sharon's villainy but note that Syria must institute democratic reforms and stop its support for terrorist groups [...]	2003-10-16 05:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4788	DELIVERY OF URGENT DEMARCHE: UN ACTION ON THE [...] (C) DCM delivered subject General Assembly Demarche October 19, 2003, to MFA Americas Department Chief, Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain. Al-Babtain, who is generally critical of U.S. policy toward the Palestinians, was this time subdued in his response. He promised to pass the U.S. recommenda [...]	2003-10-19 13:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS KU UNGA
03KUWAIT4798	(C) KUWAIT FM SAYS GOK'S IRAQ PLEDGE WILL BE [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah at the airport on October 20, immediately prior to the FM's departure for visits to Poland, Hungary and Spain, where he will represent Kuwait at the October 23-24 Madrid conference. This was the first opportunit [...]	2003-10-20 15:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV EFIN PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT4799	ACCEPTING NEW IRAQI DIPLOMATIC AND OFFICIAL [...] Pol Chief conveyed reftel request to MFA Americas Dept. Deputy Director Ayham al-Omar October 19, following up with a diplomatic note. While the MFA official gave no substantive response, in practice, Kuwait is already accepting such passports and going out of its way to facilitate travel of [...]	2003-10-21 05:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CVIS IZ KU
03KUWAIT4840	TERRORIST FINANCE: OFAC/STATE TEAM MEETS KUWAITI [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and a State Department representative met with Kuwaiti officials 4-5 October to encourage a joint USG-GOK investigation of suspicious charities, discuss the status of frozen Iraqi assets, and inform the GOK of money transfers [...]	2003-10-25 07:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ECON ETTC PTER PREL KU
03KUWAIT486	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, 30 JANUARY-5 FEBRUARY: [...] Summary: For the second time this week, Kuwaiti Islamic activist Mohamed al-Mulaifi has offered a carefully worded apologia for al-Qaeda's terrorist operations based on his exegesis of Quranic texts. Asserting that the Prophet Mohammed abided by a truce with the city of Mecca while continuing [...]	2003-02-06 04:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4959	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 17-26: IRAQ: MADRID [...] SUMMARY: Some MPs oppose Kuwait's support of Iraqi reconstruction, saying money should not be given to the "enemy occupier." A liberal commentator writes that Islamists reject the aid because they are opposed to "liberal concepts." Another comments on the memo by Secretary of Defense Rumsfel [...]	2003-10-28 12:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4961	REQUEST FOR US SPECIALIST ON POLITICAL ACTION [...] Summary: Post requests a US speaker/specialist to provide training recommendations for a Kuwaiti NGO focusing on women's political activism for the period December 6-10, 2003, or for anytime in January if the December timeframe is not possible. The speaker/specialist recruited should be exper [...]	2003-10-28 12:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KMPI OIIP
03KUWAIT4964	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING CUBA'S UN RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-29 06:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD UNGA
03KUWAIT4965	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARREST OF ASSOCIATES OF [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-29 06:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PINS MOPS
03KUWAIT4989	REQUEST FOR AMERICAN CORNERS FUNDING [...] FUNDING REQUEST: PAS Kuwait requests $52,376.52 to fund an American Corner at the main library of Kuwait University. We have agreed with the Dean of Arts and Sciences that this resource, if approved, will serve as the basis for an American Studies program in the College of Social Sciences. [...]	2003-10-29 16:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC KMPI OIIP SCUL KPAO KU
03KUWAIT4990	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 26-29: ICRC HQ [...] SUMMARY: The Foreign Minister and the Chairman of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society both condemned the October 27 bombing of the ICRC offices in Baghdad. Amid opposition in the National Assembly to Kuwaiti contributions to Iraqi reconstruction, a former MP argues that, "a stable and civilized [...]	2003-10-30 04:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5057	(C) IRAQ: GOK WANTS TO REBUILD PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Sh. Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah told the Ambassador Kuwait wants to coordinate with Iraqis on its remaining half-billion dollar pledge, to ensure the money helps rebuild ties between the two peoples. He said the GOK is encouraging involvement by the [...]	2003-11-04 08:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SY IZ KU
03KUWAIT5080	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 1-3: WAR ON [...] SUMMARY: A prominent liberal commentator states that the government refuses to admit that "Al-Qaeda exists in Kuwait" so as to not irritate Kuwait's Islamist groups in parliament. Another states that the only way for liberals to confront "extremist religious interpretations" is with a "moderni [...]	2003-11-05 07:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT509	MANAGING A NEW IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a private dinner with two prominent Kuwaiti businessmen -- one Islamist, the other liberal -- the topic of conversation centered on doing business in post-Saddam Iraq. This pair of 40-something movers-and-shakers was extremely interested to know who will run economic an [...]	2003-02-09 08:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL MARR IZ KU
03KUWAIT5129	(C) SAYED BAHR AL-OLOUM TELLS AMBASSADOR IRAQIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: IGC member Sayed Mohammed Bahr al-Oloum told the Ambassador November 5 that our success in Iraq is very important to him, but that it requires changing policy so as to give the impression that Iraqis are ruling themselves, with the Coalition providing strong but discreet support from " [...]	2003-11-10 05:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IZ IR SA SY KU
03KUWAIT5159	(C) GOK WANTS US TO STOP COALITION FORCES' "ABUSE" [...] (S) On November 10, post received a diplomatic note (informal translation at paragraph 4) from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressing the GOK's displeasure that coalition forces are still permitting civilians and military personnel of varied nationalities into Kuwait without proper immig [...]	2003-11-12 05:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	ETRD EAID CASC MOPS PREL PGOV PTER KU IZ
03KUWAIT5183	(U) JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH VISITS KUWAIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's King Abdullah II paid a brief visit to Kuwait on November 11, meeting with the Amir, Crown Prince and PM Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah. During his two-hour stay, the King discussed the current situation in Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Jordan's bilateral [...]	2003-11-12 14:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ JO
03KUWAIT5184	KUWAIT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 12: NOV. 6 POTUS SPEEC [...] President Bush's November 6 NED speech has garnered mixed placement in Kuwait's Arabic press, with some major papers putting the speech in the back pages of the international section as opposed to the front-page treatment POTUS statements are usually accorded in Kuwait. (Comment: we think this [...]	2003-11-12 14:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5186	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, NOVEMBER 12: [...] SUMMARY: Condemnations of the Riyadh attacks have dominated the Kuwaiti Arabic press this week, with liberals and Islamists alike interpreting the attacks as a distortion of Islam and an assault on the political structure of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf governments. END SUMMARY. 2. News Stor [...]	2003-11-12 14:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR

03KUWAIT5188	(C) GOK RESPONSE ON IRAQ ASSETS IN BAHAMAS BANK [...] (C) In a 6 November meeting with the Minister of Finance, Ambassador delivered the substance of Ref A demarche on the $85 million in Iraqi assets frozen in a Bahamian bank. The Minister said that a joint Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Central Bank of Kuwait team had been established and was inve [...]	2003-11-12 17:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ECON ETTC PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT5189	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, NOVEMBER 12: SECRETARY POWELL'S [...] SUMMARY: On November 7, two Arabic daily newspapers front- paged coverage of Secretary Powell's Iftar, quoting the Secretary as saying, "I learned a lot about Islam." The SIPDIS President of the US Branch of the National Union of Kuwait Students, Khamees Al-Mutairi, attended the Iftar and hi [...]	2003-11-13 11:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5235	(U) AMBASSADOR AND POLISH PRIME MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The Ambassador met with Polish PM Leszek Miller on November 10, 2003 at Bayan Palace, prior to the Prime Minister,s scheduled visit to Iraq. Discussion centered on coalition efforts in Iraq, including Ambassador Jones,s new responsibilities in Baghdad. The PM exp [...]	2003-11-17 14:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV KU PL
03KUWAIT5317	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 15-19: TIMETABLE FOR IRAQI [...] SUMMARY: Reaction to the timetable for transfer of sovereignty in Iraq has been limited to one editorial that ties the decision to the upcoming US presidential elections. Commentary on democratization in the region reflects a lack of faith in regional governments to carry out reforms, but al [...]	2003-11-20 14:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT533	NEW FDA BIOTERRORISM REGULATIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-10 08:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD OIIP OTRA TBIO KU
03KUWAIT5371	(C) URGENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN ACTION ON [...] (C) Acting DCM made ref A demarche Sunday November 23 on MFA Deputy Director of Americas Department Ayham al-Omar. Given that Monday Nov. 24 is likely the last day before the Eid holiday here, which will run through Saturday Nov. 29, we second ref B recommendation that USUN follow up directly [...]	2003-11-24 09:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS KU UNGA
03KUWAIT5381	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 20-23: ISTANBUL [...] SUMMARY: All media report condemnation by Kuwait's Council of Ministers of the November 20 bombings in Istanbul, although editorial commentary has not yet caught up with the event during this late-Ramadan period in Kuwait. In regard to the November 15 attack against a synagogue in Turkey, one [...]	2003-11-24 13:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT54	USDA'S JUNE 2003 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND [...] Embassy Kuwait recommends sending the following GOK official to the June 2003 International Conference and Exposition on Agricultural Science and Technology: Sheikh Fahad Salim Al-Ali Al-Sabah, Chairman and Director General of the Public Authority for Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources (PA [...]	2003-01-08 13:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TSPL SENV ECON KPAO KU
03KUWAIT544	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 3-10: WAR AGAINST [...] Summary: Support for US-led action against Iraq is strong despite being alloyed with rhetorical angst over Israel and other issues. The US presence in Kuwait is seen as necessary even after Saddam is removed, but one commentator also expresses embarrassment that "Kuwaiti soldiers are playing c [...]	2003-02-11 05:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5525	(U) HUMAN CLONING [...] (C) Kuwait will support our position on human cloning (reftel),according to MFA Deputy Director of Americas Department, Ayham al-Omar. URBANCIC [...]	2003-12-08 11:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO PREL KU UNGA KSCI
03KUWAIT5737	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION DECEMBER 12-16: CAPTURE OF [...] SUMMARY: News of Saddam Hussein's capture was trumpeted in banner headlines on the front pages of all Arabic dailies as "The End of the Tyrant" and "The Mother of All Good News." Commentators call for a public trial and hope that Saddam's capture will contribute to a "change in the Arab menta [...]	2003-12-18 05:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5788	KUWAIT: 2004 ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (U) Note on classification: Kuwait's extensive support for U.S. and allied security forces in the country is sensitive domestically and within the region. While all of the figures in the unclassified and the sensitive but unclassified sections of this report are from unclassified sources, the [...]	2003-12-23 08:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MCAP MARR MASS KU
03KUWAIT595	EVALUATION: KUWAIT SHARED VALUES SPEAKER HEDIEH [...] Summary: Dr. Hedieh Mirahmadi, Director of Public Affairs for the Supreme Islamic Council of America and member of the Council of American Muslim Understanding, visited Kuwait 14- 15 January in the context of the Department's Shared Values campaign. In a series of presentations before audience [...]	2003-02-18 09:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL KISL OPRC OIIP KU
03KUWAIT626	(C) GOK SAYS ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL WAS TOUGH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA MinState Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah told Ambassador February 19 that the February 15-16 Arab League Ministerial in Cairo was very tough on Iraq and will not have given any comfort to Saddam. The Saudi FM in particular stated forcefully that the Europeans and Americans really had [...]	2003-02-19 18:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ KU
03KUWAIT651	KUWAIT,S ISLAMISTS: THEY NEED US BUT THEY DON'T [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs have met with a number of influential Kuwaiti Islamists to discuss their views of the U.S. presence in Kuwait and the region. Almost all of them defined the U.S. role in the world as that of the current imperial power and predicted the eventual downfall of the U.S. "empi [...]	2003-02-23 11:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PGOV PINR KU
03KUWAIT675	(C) TERRORIST FINANCE: KUWAIT SEEKS EXPLANATION OF [...] (C) On 23 February Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) noting that Citibank New York had blocked a $105,862 transfer from the Lajnat al-Daawa al-Islamiyya (LDI) (Islamic Call Committee) to the account of "Mercy International." (Post informal t [...]	2003-02-24 15:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KU
03KUWAIT806	KUWAIT AIRPORT PLANS TO MAINTAIN CIVILIAN FLIGHTS [...] SUMMARY. Kuwait's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCI) announced that Kuwait International Airport does not intend to close operations in face of a potential war in Iraq unless military action jeopardizes the safety of civilian flights. Commercial airlines, however, may decide individ [...]	2003-03-05 14:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR KU
03KUWAIT818	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 6: EXILE FOR SADDAM; [...] Summary: While Kuwaiti chief editors spend today penning editorials of sputtering outrage following the Iraqi vice-president's characterization of Kuwait at Wednesday's OIC session as "a monkey and a valet" in the service of America, op/eds from earlier in the week praise the proposal of Sha [...]	2003-03-07 04:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT858	(C) OIL FOR JORDAN: GOK AWAITS SPECIFIC REQUEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Shaykh Sabah told the Ambassador March 10 that Kuwait still awaits a specific request for support from Jordan (whose FM Muasher was due here later in the day). He spoke ambiguously about whether Kuwait's $100 million deposit in the Jordanian Central Bank is jus [...]	2003-03-11 13:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS EAID JO IZ KU
03KUWAIT900	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 12: IRAQ; BLIX [...] Summary: Kuwaiti commentators show predictable sympathy to the US position with the UNSC and the Turkish Parliament's refusal to accept US troops for an attack on Iraq. Blix's "indecisive" reports are blamed for contributing to the disunity on the Security Council. Opposition to war in Iraq c [...]	2003-03-12 16:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT920	KUWAIT PREPARES ENVIRONMENT FOR WAR [...] SUMMARY: As part of Kuwait's wide-ranging contingency plans ahead of a potential US-led conflict in Iraq, the GOK has established an Emergency Response Committee tasked with protecting the country's environment. Still stinging from the devastating consequences of Saddam's campaign of "environ [...]	2003-03-16 04:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EPET KU
03KUWAIT944	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 16: IRAQ; FRENCH [...] Summary: Kuwaiti commentators lash out at France as the embodiment of opposition to war against Saddam's regime. The Arab League delegation to the US, and possibly to Baghdad, is derided as a "tour group." In an op/ed entitled "A Leader is Needed at the White House," one commentator remarks [...]	2003-03-17 04:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03LAGOS1034	PAS LAGOS CELEBRATES EARTH DAY 2003 [...] SUMMARY: On April 24, PAS Lagos organized a lecture and panel discussion at our auditorium to mark the 2003 Earth Day celebration. Two panelists delivered addresses on the occasion, the PAO and CAO each introduced short films on the environment, and the IRC distributed colorful In [...]	2003-05-14 14:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID KSCA KPAO
03LAGOS104	NIGERIA: CONVERSATION WITH FORMER INFORMATION [...] (U) Summary. Prince Tony Momoh, former Minister of Information and Culture, successful public relations consultant and influential political columnist for the "Vanguard" newspaper says that the Shari'a law case of Amina Lawal will be decided in Lawal's favor. He believes there was an inevit [...]	2003-01-14 10:13:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KISL NI
03LAGOS1088	NIGERIA: OIL WORKERS THREATEN STRIKE IN RESPONSE [...] Peter Akpatason, president of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers of Nigeria (NUPENG),has threatened to call "a national strike wherein the entire oil industry will be shut down" unless Houston-based Transocean Inc. rescinds the dismissal of 116 Nigerian workers who parti [...]	2003-05-23 10:43:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB KDEM NI PGOV
03LAGOS1196	THE BIRTH OF PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA: [...] Nigerian universities, once among the best in Africa, deteriorated badly under 30 years of military rule. Nor was their plight alleviated during the last four years of democratic governance. They remain overcrowded, poorly funded and decrepit. Currently, there are 42 universities: 25 feder [...]	2003-06-12 10:37:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL CMGT CVIS SOCI PGOV EAID ECON EINV
03LAGOS123	NIGERIAN STOCK EXCHANGE SEEKS USAID PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) seeks USAID assistance to expand its services. The NSE plans to attract more Nigerians and foreign investors to the equities market through greater accessibility and new investment vehicles in derivative markets. The NSE raised the is [...]	2003-01-16 06:41:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV EAID NI
03LAGOS1535	NIGERIA: DELTA KIDNAPPING THREATENS OIL [...] Summary: A Nigerian white collar worker for Chevron Nigeria Ltd. (subsidiary of Chevron/Texaco) and member of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) was kidnapped outside his home on July 25 by a rogue group of armed Ijaw youths. The kidnapping is the latest in a [...]	2003-07-31 14:50:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EPET ENRG ECON CASC PGOV PINR PINS PTER NI XA XY
03LAGOS1833	NIGERIAN EDITOR BECOMES UNABASHED BUSH SISTER [...] Summary: Special Project participant Nkechinyere Nwosu returned to Nigeria excited about her program. She informed Post that she had a good experience and that the program helped change the misconceptions she had about the U.S., including the U.S. policies on Iraq and Africa. She said she lear [...]	2003-09-03 10:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KDEM OEXC SCUL NI
03LAGOS1862	SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS - WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2003 [...] (U) The Impeachment Panel set up by the Anambra State government to investigate Deputy Governor Okey Udeh's role in the July 10 failed attempt to forcefully remove Governor Chris Ngige from office has ignored an order of the federal High Court in Abuja restraining it from further consideration [...]	2003-09-05 11:18:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ELAB PINR NI
03LAGOS1870	NIGERIA: USITC STUDY ON U.S. - SUB-SAHARAN [...] (U) U.S. Mission Nigeria is pleased to provide the following information in response to reftel. -------------------------------------------- DEVELOPMENTS IN NIGERIAN ECONOMIC, TRADE AND INVESTMENT POLICIES -------------------------------------------- 2. (U) In August 2003, the GON un [...]	2003-09-05 16:28:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN NI XA
03LAGOS1930	ABIA STATE GOVERNOR ORJI KALU'S VISIT [...] (U) This is Post's response to Department's request for information on Abia State Governor Orji Kalu who is to meet with A/S Walter Kansteiner September,2003. 2. (U) Orji Uzor Kalu is 44 years old. Both he and his wife hold "green cards" and their two daughters are AmCits. Kalu and his [...]	2003-09-15 12:00:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OVIP PINR NI
03LAGOS2045	THE SEX TRADE TO THE US AND EUROPE: MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF met with Gerrit Van Hemert, Deputy Head of Mission for the Netherlands Consulate General in Lagos on 17 September to discuss patterns of trafficking of women for the sex trade to Europe. Van Hemert, who has studied the subject for three years, laid out a pattern of traffick [...]	2003-10-02 10:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SMIG SOCI SNAR CVIS NI
03LAGOS2147	NIGERIA: FUEL SUPPLY AND PRICE REMAIN IN TENSE [...] (C) Summary: The status of fuel supply and pricing in Nigeria remains in question as fuel marketers and labor leaders left a stakeholders' meeting on October 16 with little agreement but significant distrust and resentment. Labor promises mass action at retail stations if marketers do not sell [...]	2003-10-17 16:22:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON ENRG EPET NI PGOV
03LAGOS2149	EXPLORING THE AFRO-HISPANIC CONNECTION IN [...] SUMMARY: In a fitting tribute to National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15),the US Consulate, Lagos, hosted its first ever function to mark the occasion on October 14. END SUMMARY. 2. The theme of the program, dubbed "Exploring the Afro- Hispanic Connection: A Celebrat [...]	2003-10-18 10:43:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL NI
03LAGOS2232	ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL: TEX-MEX MEETS EDO OGA [...] (SBU) Summary: Chief Odidi of Edo State spent 18 years in the U.S., became a U.S. citizen, and made enough money to return to his native town and go into politics. While in the U.S., he absorbed American values and political culture, and now balances those ideas and aspirations against the [...]	2003-10-29 14:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV SOCI NI
03LAGOS2283	EBONYI STATE: FIELD OF DREAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Making something out of Ebonyi state will be a challenge. It's in the middle of nowhere, and with Nigerian agriculture in the doldrums the state's prospects seem modest. It's a new state, though, and to beat the odds its leadership has seized on careful fiscal policy, low ov [...]	2003-11-03 17:00:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV SOCI NI
03LAGOS2293	TOURISM IN NIGERIA: FOR THE BIRDS [...] (SBU) Summary: If a tourist came to Nigeria to look at endangered species (or for any other reason),he or she would be the most endangered species of all. Nigeria has practically no tourist industry, but there is no inherent reason why that should be the case. While we might have doubts ab [...]	2003-11-05 14:36:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON NI
03LAGOS2357	AMCITS NOT/NOT TAKEN HOSTAGE IN DELTA - CHEVRON [...] (C) Chevron's special security manager, Hamish Macdonald (sic),told Econoff on November 14 that no Americans were taken hostage in an incident earlier this week. Press reports indicate that four barges and 21 Chevron contractors were seized by Ijaw youths in the riverine area near Warri on [...]	2003-11-14 15:47:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EPET PINR NI CACS
03LAGOS2371	BAKASSI: THE VIEW FROM CROSS RIVER STATE [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-18 15:54:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PGOV PREL NI
03LAGOS2379	Engaging Islam in Southern Nigeria. [...] Summary: Working closely with PAS, post engaged the southern Muslim community on the "Shared Meaning of Ramadan and Thanksgiving" and hosted an Iftaar dinner for Muslim community leaders. 2. The Media Message: During Ramadan, ConGen Lagos reached out to southern Nigeria's Muslim com [...]	2003-11-20 07:54:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO NI KISL
03LAGOS2387	FOUR WORN AND UNDER-UTILIZED REFINERIES FOR SALE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has set November 14 as the deadline for investors to submit expressions of interest to be core investors (51 percent) in the country's four refineries. Major U.S. oil companies tell us they are not interested. Labor is taking a cautiona [...]	2003-11-20 14:54:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ELAB PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI NI
03LAGOS2399	NATIONS WITHIN A NATION: A VISIT TO EDO AND ONDO [...] (U) Summary. The impact of the ethnic diversity of Nigeria's close to 400 distinct ethnic groups on the country's politics and developing democracy was made clearer in a recent visit to Edo and Ondo States. Ondo State, is older by decades than its neighbor Edo and has regional governing expe [...]	2003-11-21 16:31:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
03LAGOS2422	NIGERIA'S TRANSITION TO A DEREGULATED DOWNSTREAM [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the monthly Businessman's Lunch held at the American Guest Quarters pub in Lagos on November 6, executives of two major fuel marketing companies confirmed that the sector is essentially deregulated, and that there is no significant threat of mass action by organized labor (ref [...]	2003-11-26 10:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PINR EINV NI
03LAGOS2434	EXPAT OIL WORKERS KIDNAPPED IN NIGER DELTA -- MORE [...] (SBU) On Thursday, November 27, seven expatriates were kidnapped in Nigeria's Niger Delta region. One has escaped or has been released. No American citizens appear to be involved. 2. (CO) The seven expatriate employees of the Canadian pipe-coating company Bredero Shaw were kidnapped off [...]	2003-11-28 15:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EPET PGOV PINR PHUM EINV NI
03LAGOS2467	FUTURE OF NIGERIAN OIL & GAS [...] Cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2.(SBU) Summary: On July 11 and 12, Econoffs met with a variety of oil producing and servicing companies to gain insight into the current state of the Nigerian oil and gas industry and assess the country's potential contri [...]	2003-12-05 19:35:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	NI ECON EINV EPET ENRG
03LAGOS2535	A PEACE FORUM FOR WARRING PEOPLE OF WARRI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ConGen Lagos officers observed the initial meeting of the Warri Forum on Peace, Security, and Human Rights organized by USG grantee Academic Associates PeaceWorks (AAPW) November 18-20 in the Delta State capital of Asaba (reftel). Partially funded through USAID and DRL, the me [...]	2003-12-16 10:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS EPET PINR MCAP SOCI NI
03LAGOS2606	NIGERIA: WHEN DOVES FIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: POLOFF and Economic Counselor met on December 1 with Femi Falana, former president of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) and well-known international human rights lawyer, to discuss the internal battle for power within the CDHR. CDHR executives have accused Fa [...]	2003-12-19 11:13:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR NI
03LAGOS265	EXPLOSION IN LAGOS [...] Sensitive But Unclassified. 2. At approximately 1110 on Sunday, February 2, 2003, there was an explosion in Idumagbo Street, located between the Carter Bridge and Third Mainland Bridge on Lagos Island. The area is a lage market and residential area comprised of two and three story busi [...]	2003-02-03 16:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KCRM CASC PINS EIND EPET PGOV EINV NI
03LAGOS369	LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR'S VIEWS ON IRAQ, NATIONAL [...] (C) Begin summary. Lagos State Governor Tinubu told ConGen and DAS Bridgewater February 16 that he has asked the Lagos State Assembly to issue a resolution declaring that no new construction be permitted along "Embassy Row" on Victoria Island. Tinubu assured ConGen that he will do all he can [...]	2003-02-21 15:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR ETRD NI
03LAGOS384	NIGERIA: ENERGY UPDATE, FEB 20 [...] (U) This periodic update covering energy issues includes: --Oil Strike Suspended, No Effect on Exports --Wellhead Blows in Ogoniland --Local Content Rule Gives U.S. Firms Opportunity and Risk --Gas Developments, and --Almost Never Ever Power Anywhere -------------------------------------- [...]	2003-02-25 06:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS470	NIGERIA: OUTREACH TO NCEMA AND NISER [...] Introduction and summary. Staff of ConGen's Economic Office reached out to two institutions of learning in the city of Ibadan in Oyo State on February 25. This former capital of Nigeria's old Western State is notable for several research institutions including the University of Ibadan, the p [...]	2003-03-05 09:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EAID PINS NI
03LAGOS504	NIGERIA: WHO WAS MARSHALL HARRY? [...] (U) SUMMARY. Marshall Harry's death on March 5 is the latest in a series of murders regarded by southern Nigerians as political assassinations. Harry engendered bitter rivalries as a notorious power-player and strategist who aimed to shift power to South-south minorities, including Rivers S [...]	2003-03-07 17:14:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ASEC KDEM NI
03LAGOS707	TFIZ01: WAITING FOR A SIGN: NIGERIA OIL EXECS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the informal setting of a monthly luncheon, oil company executives today talked about the crisis in the Niger River delta (refs A and B),and indicated the industry is in no hurry to return evacuated employees to the swamps. They consider the loss of revenue from the closed [...]	2003-04-04 06:48:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS87	AGOA AND NIGERIA: CAN ITS TEXTILE FIRMS STILL [...] Summary. Textile provisions of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) encourage millions of dollars in foreign investment, create thousands of new jobs and boost exports across Africa, except in Nigeria. Sub-Saharan Africa's second largest economy has not taken advantage of AGOA's dut [...]	2003-01-13 07:56:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON KTEX NI
03LAGOS99	Nigeria: Biweekly Energy Report No. 1 [...] Summary. In late December, the Government of Nigeria (GON) released 24 billion Naira to its international oil joint venture partners in payment of arrears outstanding since the last era of military rule (l994-99). The deferral of payments had slowed investment by Nigeria's joint partners in [...]	2003-01-14 08:59:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON PINS NI
03MADRID4409	SPAIN: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Actions against Al Qaeda Operatives Building on arrests made in 2001 and 2002, Spanish police made additional arrests of Al Qaeda suspects during 2003. In January, police arrested 16 North African (mostly Algerian) nationals in Catalunya suspected of having ties with al Qaeda operatives in [...]	2003-12-11 11:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER SP
03MAPUTO1652	CONSULAR NARRATIVE FOR MOZAMBIQUE [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-25 08:08:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CVIS CASC KFRD ASIG AFSI MZ
03MONTREAL1212	WALK-IN REPORTS SUSPICIOUS PILOT IN TRAINING [...] (C/NF) On September 4, 2003, Canadian Citizen Michel Boissoneault (Source) approached the United States Consulate in Montreal and advised that in his employment as a valet and a night security guard of an upscale condominium complex in downtown Montreal (million dollar condominiums),that he h [...]	2003-09-04 19:47:00	Consulate Montreal	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER
03MONTREAL1377	World Anti-Doping Agency has Financial Problems [...] SUMMARY: The World Ant-Doping Agency (WADA) is experiencing financial problems because member countries, including the United States, are behind on paying dues, according to WADA President Richard Pound. The agency collected 80 percent of its U.S.$20 million budget in 2002 and thus far, has r [...]	2003-09-29 20:48:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	KOLY SCUL SNAR TBIO PREL CA CH
03MONTREAL1747	CHAREST GOVERNMENT, QUEBEC LABOR UNIONS [...] Summary: Premier Charest's Liberal government and Quebec's powerful unions are headed for a showdown over proposed revisions to provincial labor laws on subcontracting and the health care system. Both sides are playing for public support, though neither particularly successfully so far. Uni [...]	2003-12-10 19:53:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PGOV CA
03MONTREAL245	QUEBEC TELECOMS STRUGGLE WITH OVERCAPACITY, LACK OF [...] SUMMARY: QUEBEC'S TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY, A SECTOR WHICH AT ITS PEAK IN 1999 SUPPORTED 114,500 JOBS, CUT MORE THAN 21,000 JOBS IN 2002. ANALYSTS ARE PREDICTING ANOTHER ROUGH YEAR WITH LOW INVESTMENT RATES AND A POSSIBLE INCREASE IN BANKRUPTCIES IN SMALLER COMPANIES. END SUMMARY. 2. MON [...]	2003-02-25 12:19:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ETTC CA BEXP
03MONTREAL4	APPARENT ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM PRIMARILY PAKISTAN RESIDING [...] SUMMARY: SOME 200 ALIENS, MOST OF THEM OF PAKISTANI ORIGIN, FLOCKED TO THE NEW YORK-QUEBEC BORDER POST OF CHAMPLAIN-LACOLLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO FILE FOR THE STATUS OF POLITICAL REFUGEE AT THE CANADIAN BORDER IMMIGRATION OFFICE BEFORE THE START OF THE NEW YEAR. PAKISTANI CLAIMANTS SAID THEY WERE N [...]	2003-01-03 21:27:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG KPAO SOCI KISL PGOV PTER PREL PBTS CA
03MONTREAL453	Census Data Shows Quebec More Bilingual Since 1996, [...] SUMMARY: Statistics Canada (Statscan) has released several tranches of 2001 census data in the last four months regarding language usage and immigration, figures which are closely watched in Quebec, by both the media and government. The Statscan numbers show Quebec to be 3 percent more bilingu [...]	2003-04-02 18:07:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV PREL SMIG SOCI CA
03MONTREAL476	MONTREAL ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATORS COALITION OF [...] SUMMARY: Quebecers have traditionally been known for anti-war sentiment; in the lead-up to the current war in Iraq, polling data, media coverage and the largest demonstrations in Canada have indicated that pacifism is alive and well in the province. But the picture of Quebec pacifism presented [...]	2003-04-08 14:59:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CA
03MONTREAL543	MEETING OF MALIAT PARTIES AT ICAO [...] SUMMARY: AT A BRIEF LUNCHTIME MEETING ON THE SIDES OF THE ICAO 5TH WORLDWIDE AIR TRANSPORT CONFERENCE, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT ON LIBERALIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT (MALIAT) MEMBER COUNTRIES MET TO DISCUSS WAYS TO INCREASE THE AGREEMENT'S MEMBERSHIP. CURRENT [...]	2003-04-25 20:40:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ATRN ICAO
03MONTREAL553	Air Canada Bankruptcy and Restructuring [...] SUMMARY: Air Canada's recent filing for bankruptcy protection follows efforts over the past several months to restructure its operations and lower its costs in order to remain competitive during a difficult time in the airline industry. However, a combination of its own business decisions, th [...]	2003-04-30 13:06:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ETRD EFIN ECON CA
03MONTREAL910	Bombardier Aerospace Focuses on Regional Jet [...] This cable contains contributions from Embassy Ottawa. 2. SUMMARY: The flagship of Quebec's aerospace industry, Bombardier Inc., identifies itself as the number three airplane maker after long-haul jet makers Boeing and Airbus. But the company is known in the aerospace business as the leadi [...]	2003-07-11 21:05:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAIR BEXP ETRD PREL CA
03MONTREAL999	YOUTH GROUP VISITS CONSULATE ON PLIGHT OF AFRO- [...] Summary. Two leaders of Black Youth in Action (BYIA),a Montreal NGO, paid a visit to the Consul General (CG) on Monday, July 21. The purpose of the visit was to deliver a letter describing the displacement of the Afro-Colombian population in Colombia and to request the names of African- A [...]	2003-07-30 13:47:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI PREF CA CO
03NASSAU1066	POWERS BEHIND THE THRONE IN THE PLP GOVERNMENT - [...] (C) In two separate meetings May 27 and 28, DCM and POL/ECON section chief met the two individuals outside of the Bahamian government considered to have the most influence on Prime Minister Perry Christie's government. Wealthy businessman Frankie Wilson, a prominent campaign contributor and [...]	2003-06-03 20:54:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BF
03NASSAU577	BAHAMAS - THRID ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] The Bahamas, although rife with alien and drug smuggling, has no indications of being a country of origin, transit, or destination for international trafficking in men, women, or children. Post discussed this issue with governmental sources including the Foreign Ministry, The Department of [...]	2003-03-17 21:52:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BF
03NASSAU586	CODEL ACKERMAN MEETINGS WITH MUBARAK, SULEIMAN, [...] (C) Summary: In separate June 28 meetings with President Hosni Mubarak, EGIS Director Omar Suleiman, and FM Ahmed Aboul Gheit, CODEL Ackerman and the Ambassador discussed Israeli-Palestinian developments (focusing on Egypt's goals for building upon the current "calming period"),Egypt's region [...]	2003-03-18 16:47:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	BF ECON EFIN PREL CARICOM
03NASSAU925	ARTICLE 98 -- A NON-ISSUE FOR CARICOM [...] Bahamian Ambassador to CARICOM Archer infers that CARICOM will not support Article 98 and clears post confusion based on mixed signals from the Prime Minster (positive) and the Foreign Ministry (negative). In relation to Cuba, he states that CARICOM will not support discussion on the country [...]	2003-05-13 21:55:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BF PGOV CARICOM
03OTTAWA1014	CANADA-IRAQ: PUBLIC OPINION MORE FAVORABLE; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his first comprehensive statement on Canada's Iraq policy, and an effort to make amends with the U.S., Prime Minister Chretien urged the House of Commons April 8 to vote for a resolution supporting "our friends in battle" and hoping "for a quick victory with minimum casualti [...]	2003-04-08 21:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS IZ CA
03OTTAWA1018	CANADA-CUBA: FOREIGN MINISTER STRONGLY PROTESTS [...] (C) On April 7, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Bill Graham called in Cuba's ambassador to Canada to formally protest the recent arrests and trials of Cuban opposition members. According to Louise Branch, DFAIT's Deputy Director for Central America and Cuba, who was present at the meeting [...]	2003-04-09 13:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU CA UNCHR
03OTTAWA1123	CANADA-U.S SECURITY RELATIONS - GETTING PAST IRAQ [...] (C) With U.S.-Canada relations in flux and the role of the United Nations in question, Canadian foreign policy is at a crossroads. The postponement of the President's state visit to Ottawa, after Canada chose not to participate in Iraq and senior GoC officials criticized the U.S.-led effort, h [...]	2003-04-22 12:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CA IZ
03OTTAWA1129	CANADA SUPPORTS OAS CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-22 17:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV HA CA OAS
03OTTAWA1140	CANADIAN AUTO STRATEGY [...] An alliance of the Canadian federal government, Ontario provincial government, automotive sector manufacturers and labor unions are working to define and implement a long-term strategy to keep the Canadian automotive sector competitive (Ref B). At least one element of the multi-prong strategy [...]	2003-04-23 15:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN ELAB ELTN CA
03OTTAWA1149	ALBERTA ENERGY LEADERS ON GOOD NEWS, WORRIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. ALBERTA ENERGY SECTOR LEADERS SUPPORT U.S. GOALS IN IRAQ, ARE VERY PLEASED THE U.S. ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION (EIA) HAS BEGUN TO TREAT OIL SANDS AS PROVEN RESERVES AND ARE CONCERNED THAT NORTH AMERICA IS BECOMING OVERLY RELIANT ON NATURAL GAS FOR ELECT [...]	2003-04-24 15:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON SENV CA
03OTTAWA123	CANADA: FIRST NATIONS NATIONAL CHIEF WANTS TO WORK [...] (SBU) In a meeting with the Ambassador on December 17, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Matthew Coon Come -- appealed specifically for U.S. collaboration with First Nations law enforcement personnel to enhance border security and help dispel negative perceptions that First Natio [...]	2003-01-13 19:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS CA
03OTTAWA1251	NEW U.S.- CANADA AVIATION PRECLEARANCE AGREEMENT [...] The United States and Canada exchanged diplomatic notes May 2, bringing into effect the Aviation Preclearance Agreement that had been signed in 2001. Ambassador Cellucci exchanged notes with Foreign Minister Graham in a ceremony in Canada's Parliament building. Transportation Minister Colle [...]	2003-05-02 20:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PREF CA
03OTTAWA126	CANADA: ENGAGING ON VENEZUELA AT ECUADORAN [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Jose Herran-Lima, Director of DFAIT's South American Division, and Renata Wielgosz, DFAIT's Inter-American Affairs Division Director, on January 10. Wielgosz indicated Canada is very interested in joining in discussions concerning Venezuela on the margins [...]	2003-01-13 20:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL VE
03OTTAWA1284	CANADIAN CABINET DISCUSSES MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) The Canadian Cabinet discussed missile defense cooperation with the U.S. in its May 6 meeting, but reached no conclusion and will continue discussions on May 13. Foreign Minister Graham and Defense Minister McCallum briefed Cabinet and encouraged a decision to engage in missile defense neg [...]	2003-05-06 21:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PARM CA
03OTTAWA1304	Framework Convention on Tobacco Control [...] Health Canada's response concerning reftel demarche was unequivocal: Canada will not support deletion of FCTC Article 30 at the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA). In Canada's view, the text of the Convention is now in its final form and it is too late in the process to revisit the text and [...]	2003-05-08 16:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL CA WHO
03OTTAWA1432	CANADA REPORTS FIRST NORTH AMERICA BSE CASE [...] (U) Canadian Agriculture Minister Lyle Van Clief notified Ambassador on May 20 that the Minister would announce that afternoon Canada's (and North America's) first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in an animal not imported from Europe. Agriculture Canada's draft press release -- [...]	2003-05-20 19:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO CA
03OTTAWA1466	CANADA NOT READY TO COMMIT TO U.S. CANDIDATES [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-22 20:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KJUS CA OAS
03OTTAWA1480	CANADA - 2003 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT [...] Sensitive but Unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. The following constitutes Ottawa's submission for the 2003 International Religious Freedom Report. Introduction and Overview No changes. Section I: Religious Demography Paragraph that begins "There is no state or dominant [...]	2003-05-23 21:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF CA
03OTTAWA1528	CEREAL FORTIFICATION - CANADA DEFERS AUTHORIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary - Health Canada has once again deferred making a final decision on General Mill's August 2001 application for temporary marketing authority to sell breakfast cereals with U.S. vitamin fortification levels in Canada. After their own analysis indicated that high levels of folic ac [...]	2003-05-29 19:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR CA
03OTTAWA1537	OAS ELECTIONS: CANADA TO SUPPORT TWO U.S CANDIDATES [...] (U) On May 23, Post delivered talking points contained ref A to Bertrand-Xavier Asselin, Desk Officer for Hemispheric and OAS Relations in DFAIT,s Inter-American Division. Asselin indicated that Canada has decided to support the candidacy of Douglass Cassel for re-election to the Justice Studi [...]	2003-05-29 20:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KJUS CA OAS
03OTTAWA1539	MISSILE DEFENSE: CANADA ANNOUNCES DECISION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Canadian Government announced on May 29 that it has decided to enter into discussions with the U.S. on missile defense participation. This decision represents a dramatic shift in Canadian policy on missile defense, which was generally viewed in a negative light her [...]	2003-05-29 21:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CA
03OTTAWA1556	IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM: CANADA PUSHING HARD [...] (C) Canadian Foreign Minister Graham met with Iranian FM Kharazzi May 24 in Paris, and stressed Canada's strong concerns over the Iranian nuclear program. Terry Wood, Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation, said Graham told Kharazzi that Iran's May 6 presentation at the IAEA ga [...]	2003-05-30 20:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP IR CA
03OTTAWA1567	(C/NF) CANADA,S LIBERAL LEADERSHIP CONTEST: A RACE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. With the official launching in April of the leadership campaigns of Deputy PM John Manley and Liberal backbencher Paul Martin, the three-way contest to succeed PM Jean Chretien -- Canada's race for a political cure -- is officially on. Though the Liberal Leadership convention i [...]	2003-06-02 20:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL CA
03OTTAWA1605	G8; MIDDLE EAST; IRAQ; U.S. ECONOMIC POLICY [...] "We'd be better off with the G-Zero." Columnist William Watson noted in the conservative English-language daily the Montreal Gazette (6/3): "The big news story in France yesterday was the length of the handshake on Sunday when Jacques Chirac welcomed George W. Bush to the G8 summit. The Fren [...]	2003-06-06 19:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA1629	CANADA CUSTOMS' DUMPING INVESTIGATION COULD IMPACT [...] Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) has initiated an investigation into the alleged injurious dumping of steel structural tubing, known as hollow structural sections, originating in, or exported from Korea, South Africa and Turkey. The investigation covers hollow structural sections made [...]	2003-06-09 20:43:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD CA
03OTTAWA1636	CANADA PROVINCIAL ELECTION: MANITOBA RE-ELECTS NEW [...] SUMMARY. As expected, Manitoba Premier Gary Doer and his left-of-center New Democratic Party (NDP) won a second majority government in the June 3 elections. The Manitoba NDP is a strong proponent of the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly and a driving force behind Canadian opposition to U.S. propo [...]	2003-06-10 16:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CA NDP
03OTTAWA1663	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO SOLICITS FTAA SECRETARIAT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-12 18:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TD CA FTAA
03OTTAWA1721	INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HYDROGEN ECONOMY: [...] SUMMARY: GOC OFFICIALS APPEAR TO BE CAUTIOUSLY INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE IPHE, BUT HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT HOW IPHE WILL RELATE TO THE IEA'S HYDROGEN COORDINATION GROUP. THEY ALSO POSED NUMEROUS QUESTIONS ABOUT IPHE'S POSSIBLE STRUCTURE AND PROCESS - SEE ACTION REQUESTED, PA [...]	2003-06-18 15:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG CA
03OTTAWA1722	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW CANADIAN DEPUTY [...] (C) Peter Harder, Canada's new Deputy Foreign Minister, met with Ambassador Cellucci on June 17 to discuss the bilateral relationship and his June 19-20 visit to Washington. Harder and the Ambassador discussed management of the relationship, energy cooperation, missile defense, the ICC, the T [...]	2003-06-18 15:28:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR SMIG PARM CA KICC
03OTTAWA1740	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW CANADIAN DEPUTY [...] (C) Peter Harder, Canada's new Deputy Foreign Minister, met with Ambassador Cellucci on June 17 to discuss the bilateral relationship and his June 19-20 visit to Washington. Harder and the Ambassador discussed management of the relationship, energy cooperation, missile defense, the ICC, the T [...]	2003-06-19 16:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR SMIG PARM CA KICC
03OTTAWA1765	SOFTWOOD LUMBER: CANADIAN REACTIONS TO USDOC [...] SUMMARY: Canadian reactions to the USDOC policy bulletin on softwood lumber, which was released by Undersecretary Grant Aldonas on June 18, were mildly positive except in Quebec where there was broad disappointment that the section concerning that province was excluded from the document. Wha [...]	2003-06-23 12:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL CA

03OTTAWA1797	WHAT IS CANADIAN? GOC REVIEWS ITS DEFINITION OF [...] SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: Canada applies various tests to define "Canadian content" of entertainment products, in order to make funding decisions and to enforce broadcast content requirements. On June 17, the GOC announced results of a year-long review (reftel) of the definition of "Canadian c [...]	2003-06-25 12:06:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SCUL CA
03OTTAWA1812	Canada's Uranium: A primer [...] Canada is the largest uranium producer in the world - in 2002 production was 11,607 metric tonnes of uranium, about one-third of total world production. Canada typically provides 20 to 30 percent of uranium used in the United States. The two main players are Cameco, a Canadian-based publicly [...]	2003-06-26 18:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ETRD ENRG KNNP CA
03OTTAWA1862	A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH ABDULLA BIN AL-ATTIYAH, [...] (SBU) Summary: During a bilateral meeting held June 25 on the margins of the International Arab Banking Summit in Montreal, A/S Anthony Wayne and Abdulla bin al-Attiyah, Governor of the Central Bank of Qatar, discussed the regional economic situation with a focus on the fight against terror [...]	2003-06-30 20:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN EFIN ETRD EINV ETTC PREL PTER PINR QA XF
03OTTAWA1866	A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH AHMED MOHAMED ALI [...] (SBU) Summary: During a bilateral meeting held June 25 on the margins of the International Arab Banking Summit in Montreal, A/S Anthony Wayne and Ahmed Mohamed Ali al-Khawi, Chairman of the Yemen Banking Association (YBA),discussed the fight against terrorist financing and Yemen's economic [...]	2003-06-30 20:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN EFIN ETRD EINV ETTC PREL PTER PINR YM ZR
03OTTAWA1911	MANITOBA DAY IN LOS ANGELES [...] The Canadian Consul General in Los Angeles, Colin Robertson, hosted a broad Manitoba trade mission led by Premier Gary Doer as a part of the Consulate's Canada Day celebrations. The trade mission included announcements of several important business deals and entertainment ventures. The most [...]	2003-07-07 21:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PGOV PREL CA
03OTTAWA1924	SCENE-SETTER FOR TRI- AND BILATERAL ENERGY MEETINGS [...] THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE, BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OUTSIDE USG CHANNELS. 2. In preparation for the forthcoming meetings of the North American Energy Working Group (NAEWG) and U.S.- Canada Energy Consultative Mechanism (ECM) in Ottawa July 15-17, post provides the following u [...]	2003-07-09 13:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETRD CA
03OTTAWA1927	SOFTWOOD LUMBER: A MODEST PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Summary: We appear to be moving toward yet another trade-restrictive, time-limited softwood lumber agreement. If so, it might be useful to think now about what we could do to come up with a more durable solution while the temporary measures are in place. The fact that current trade law [...]	2003-07-09 16:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR SENV CA
03OTTAWA1975	OFFICIAL INFORMAL - DRAFT FOR REVIEW AND ADDITIONS [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-14 14:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KRIM CA
03OTTAWA2001	CANADIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-15 20:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KRIM CA PRE
03OTTAWA2002	2003 CANADIAN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR CANADA Openness to Foreign Investment General Attitude ---------------- 2. With few exceptions, Canada offers foreign investors full national treatment within the context of a [...]	2003-07-15 20:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KTDB KSPR CA OPIC
03OTTAWA2007	FY 2003 IV MRP "MULTILATERAL DIPLOMACY" EVALUATION [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-16 10:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL CA
03OTTAWA2014	CANADIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-16 13:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KRIM CA
03OTTAWA2028	CANADA APPRECIATES REAL STORY ON FIVE CUBAN SPIES [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-17 14:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU CA
03OTTAWA2062	MAGAZINES: GOC CUTS ITS MAGAZINE SUPPORT FUND, [...] On July 8 the GOC announced cuts/changes to its funding programs in support of Canadian magazines. These programs were the key measures put in place in 1999 following resolution of a U.S.-Canada bilateral dispute concerning periodicals. In making the cuts, the GOC pronounced the magazine i [...]	2003-07-18 18:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL CA
03OTTAWA2104	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFRICA; ICC [...] "Fallout from Iraq" The centrist Winnipeg Free Press observed (7/8): "...Mr. Bush's reasons for going to war may be questioned more and more sharply, as next year's presidential election approaches, if popular support for the Iraq invasion ebbs and poor performance of the U.S. economy saps [...]	2003-07-23 18:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2125	CANADA: HIGH ON HYDROGEN [...] SUMMARY: This cable provides an overview of Canada's public and private efforts to develop technologies for the use of hydrogen as a fuel. Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is drafting a detailed national plan for directing Canadian hydrogen efforts ("Canadian Hydrogen Roadmap"),but it is at [...]	2003-07-24 20:29:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG TRGY CA
03OTTAWA2128	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST; AFRICA; [...] "Two down, one to go" Under the sub-heading, "The good news from Iraq: There's food in the markets, a new governing council and Saddam's sons are dead," columnist Margaret Wente wrote in the leading Globe and Mail (7/24): "As for the situation in Iraq, I have a hunch it's going better than [...]	2003-07-25 14:25:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2129	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST [...] "Bush's 16 words" The conservative National Post opined (7/22): "...As things stand, the pro-and anti-Bush camps sit at a sort of stalemate, both sides waiting for the leak that will definitively vindicate their version of events. But it is more likely the brouhaha will end with an inconclu [...]	2003-07-25 14:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2149	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; NORTH KOREA [...] "Bush can't afford to go it alone" Columnist Carol Goar commented in the liberal Toronto Star (7/25): "On the one hand, there's pride. It would be humiliating for U.S. President George Bush, who dismissed the United Nations as ineffectual and irrelevant just four months ago, to turn to the [...]	2003-07-29 14:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2173	MEDIA REACTION: AFRICA; ECONIMIC ISSUES/WTO; [...] "The Plague" Editorialist Mario Roy wrote in the centrist La Presse (7/29): "Five years ago the main obstacle to fighting AIDS was the cost: $10,000 per year per patient. Today AIDS victims can be treated for less than a dollar a day. Important financial contributions are presently being ma [...]	2003-07-31 16:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2174	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] "Questions remaining about the war on Iraq" The leading Globe and Mail opined (7/26): "...The months since military victory have been difficult, but hardly disastrous. U.S. soldiers have good reason to be dismayed by extensions of their tours of duty. Indeed, U.S. planning for postwar Iraq w [...]	2003-07-31 16:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2225	Canadian Invasive Species Plan due soon, USG and [...] Officials of Environment Canada and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans expect a public rollout of a draft framework for managing Alien Invasive Species in autumn 2003. There may not be much meat on the bones of the draft strategy, and a year of consultations and further drafting will be [...]	2003-08-06 16:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO ETRD CA
03OTTAWA2235	MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST; IRAQ; [...] "Stumbling block on road to peace" The liberal Toronto Star opined (8/5): "...Bush has been pressing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to divert the path of the barrier so it consumes less West Bank territory. But Sharon last week dismissed Bush's request to dismantle or move the fence.... [...]	2003-08-07 18:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OPRC CA OIIP
03OTTAWA2236	MEDIA REACTION: LIBERIA [...] "Share the burden" The conservative National Post opined (8/1): "Liberia's 14-year-old civil war may finally be ending. Last Wednesday, the country's giant neighbour, Nigeria, agreed to send 1,300 peacekeepers to help end hostilities.... On Monday, the European Union voiced support for a mu [...]	2003-08-07 18:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2237	MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM; MIDDLE EAST; [...] "Secrets of Sept. 11" The leading Globe and Mail (7/31) editorialized: "...The intelligence and technical flaws, many of which were already known or the subject of intense speculation, are detailed in a damning report [the joint U.S. congressional inquiry into the terrorist attacks of Sept. [...]	2003-08-07 19:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2260	MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST; IRAQ; NORTH [...] "The liberties taken by Israel's wall" The leading Globe and Mail opined (8/8): "...U.S. opposition to the wall - not the right to build it, but the path it is taking - may have forced Israel to drop a plan to extend it about 30 kilometres into the West Bank to include the large Jewish settl [...]	2003-08-08 19:43:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2261	NATO SYG RACE: SPECULATION ABOUT CANADIAN DEPUTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: While NATO has never before had a non-European Secretary General, the name of Canadian Deputy Prime Minister John Manley has now surfaced as a possible candidate. While we do not have a sense for what Manley's prospects are in Brussels, we expect that he would jump at the chance [...]	2003-08-08 19:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CA NATO
03OTTAWA2306	MEDIA REACTION: AFRICA; NATO; IRAQ; NORTH [...] "Taylor's odious exit' The liberal Toronto Star opined (8/12): "Charles Taylor has finally been pried from power in Liberia, and that's a relief. It offers hope, however faint, for the 3.3 million people who have endured 14 blood-spattered years under his kleptocratic reign of terror first a [...]	2003-08-12 20:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2358	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN; NORTH KOREA [...] "What should NATO do in Afghanistan?" The leading Globe and Mail opined (8/18): "What's to be done when your raison d'tre has disappeared? That has been the question faced by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization since the end of the Cold War. Who is NATO's enemy now that the Soviet empire [...]	2003-08-19 14:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2376	GOC FEDERAL ROLE IN THE BATTLE AGAINST ALIEN INVASIVE [...] An effective Canadian plan to deal with Alien Invasive Species (AIS) will require close coordination between provincial and federal governments, as well as renewed accountability and collaboration between federal government departments. This cable outlines the federal-provincial jurisdiction [...]	2003-08-21 12:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO ETRD CA
03OTTAWA2385	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST; LIBERIA; [...] "Terrorists sproutinq under nose of American troops?" Under the sub-headinq, "Americans don't quite know what they are talkinq about when it comes to where the resistance is cominq from," editorial paqe editor emeritus Haroon Siddiqui wrote in the liberal Toronto Star (8/14): "...The Baqhda [...]	2003-08-21 18:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2387	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] "Bittersweet liberty" Andre Pratte editorialized in Montreal's centrist French language daily La Presse (8/20): "...No one knows who is trying to put a spoke in the American's wheel...but one thing is certain, their macabre task will be rendered easier by the fact that they will find suppo [...]	2003-08-21 19:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2388	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFRICA [...] "Rebuilding Iraq remains crucial" The leading Globe and Mail opined (8/21): "Horrific as Tuesday's bomb attack was on Iraq's United Nations headquarters, no one who has followed events in that country can be surprised that matters have taken a turn for the worse. From the moment the United S [...]	2003-08-21 19:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2389	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFRICA; LIBYA; MIDDLE [...] "Going the distance" Under the sub-heading, "Acts of sabotage must not disrupt the rebuilding of Iraq," the nationalist Ottawa Citizen opined (8/19): "...Unquestionably, the escalating attacks against coalition soldiers, embassies and, most recently, utilities - a pipeline supplying Baghd [...]	2003-08-21 19:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2420	MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST; IRAQ [...] "Shared vision can spare us from descent into barbarism" Columnist Catherine Ford observed in the right-of- center Calgary Herald (8/22): "...Moderation shouldn't be the dirtiest word in the lexicon of the Middle East, but it might as well be. As soon as the voice of reasonable compromise r [...]	2003-08-25 18:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2429	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] "U.S. mired in a mess of its own making" Contributing foreign editor Eric Margolis commented in the conservative tabloid Ottawa Sun (8/24): "First, President George W. Bush, VP Dick Cheney and a coterie of neo-conservatives led by Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Perle misled Americans into an unp [...]	2003-08-26 12:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2436	CANADA'S VISA ISSUING PROCESS [...] (U) (Summary) Canada,s visa issuing process closely resembles that of the United States. There exist, however, a number of structural and procedural differences between the two countries. In general, the United States tends to have stronger security measures in place and rejects a higher pe [...]	2003-08-26 17:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	CA CVIS PGOV PREL PTER SMIG
03OTTAWA2451	CANADA: ENLISTING HELP IN TARGETING WAR CRIMINALS [...] (S) In response to reftel demarche, DFAIT Deputy Director for the Western Balkans Margaret Moores and Defense and Security Relations desk officer Kelly Anderson affirmed to poloff the GOC's commitment to seeing PIFWCs brought to justice. Moores noted that while Canadian law precludes adoption [...]	2003-08-27 20:21:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	PREL MOPS EFIN CLOK CVIS CA BK KWAC ICTY
03OTTAWA2452	MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST [...] "Blowing apart Mideast hope" The liberal Toronto Star opined (8/26): "Millions of Israelis and Palestinians feel betrayed today, as the Middle East lurches back into chaos after a brief respite. Most endorse the American-brokered 'road map' to peace. Yet they've just seen their leaders fritt [...]	2003-08-27 20:22:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2473	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; WTO; AFRICA; U.S. [...] "Leaving Iraq would be unparalleled disaster" Columnist David Warren reflected in the nationalist Ottawa Citizen (8/27): "...[T]he situation [in Iraq] continues to improve. It was never going to be a rose garden, but it is clear to impartial observers within the country that Iraqis themselve [...]	2003-08-29 12:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA274	YOUR JANUARY 30 MEETING WITH CANADIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Your January 30 meeting with Foreign Minister Bill Graham will be an important opportunity to bolster Canadian support for our Iraq policy. The Canadian Government's natural preference is for giving the inspectors more time and for the UN Security Council to reach consensus, but it wants [...]	2003-01-24 22:22:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD PTER CVIS CA IZ KN VE
03OTTAWA334	CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION IN [...] (U) This message is sensitive, but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) This message was prepared with assistance from Amconsul Calgary. 3. (U) Critical infrastructure protection is among the areas listed for bilateral action in the Ridge-Manley Smart Border plan. Canada is [...]	2003-02-03 21:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ETRD EINV CA
03OTTAWA374	AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH TRANSPORT MINISTER [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE, BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE TREAT ACCORDINGLY. SUMMARY --------- 2. (SBU) Transport Minister Collenette indicated to Ambassador on January 31 that the GOC is ready to start "exploratory talks" on further aviation liberalization with the United States. Collene [...]	2003-02-06 20:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR SENV ECON CA
03OTTAWA385	Air Canada's financial woes may spur GOC to alter fees [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-07 20:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV CA
03OTTAWA412	MANITOBA: NEW ELECTRICITY OPTIONS [...] Summary and introduction. The Province of Manitoba and its state-owned hydroelectricity utility, Manitoba Hydro, seek to greatly expand hydroelectricity exports to the United States from the already considerable level of 8.8 terawatt hours, with a value of C$495 million per anum. Officials [...]	2003-02-11 16:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV CA
03OTTAWA443	CANADIAN CEO'S PUSH "NORTH AMERICAN SECURITY AND [...] THE CANADIAN COUNCIL OF CHIEF EXECUTIVES (CEOCOUNCIL.CA),THE ORGANIZATION WHICH BUILT NORTH AMERICAN BUSINESS SUPPORT FOR U.S.-CANADA FREE TRADE IN THE 1980'S (AND THEREBY BUILT MUCH OF THE FRAMEWORK FOR NAFTA AND FTAA),IS LAUNCHING A SIMILARLY AMBITIOUS AGENDA FOR THE CONTINENT'S TRILATER [...]	2003-02-14 17:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD EINV CA
03OTTAWA481	Invasive Species: IJC speaks to Parliamentary [...] The American Co-Chair of the International Joint Commission (IJC) sought the support of members of the House of Commons Fisheries and Oceans committee for a joint US-GoC reference to the IJC on the Great Lakes invasive species problem. First impressions are that the committee is pre- occupied [...]	2003-02-19 17:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV CA
03OTTAWA49	YOUR MEETING WITH CANADIAN DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Canadian Defense Minister John McCallum is looking forward to discussing Iraq, missile defense, and NATO post-Prague in your January 9 meeting. Canada has told us it would participate militarily in a UN-blessed operation against Iraq, but is reserving judgement on participation if there i [...]	2003-01-08 13:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ CA NATO UN
03OTTAWA492	CANADIAN CABINET TO DISCUSS MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Following up on high-level consultations held in Washington January 28, the Canadian cabinet will be meeting soon to discuss potential missile defense cooperation with the United States. Missile defense is currently on the calendar for the February 25 Cabinet meeting (Cabinet normally mee [...]	2003-02-20 20:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL CA
03OTTAWA503	NATURAL GAS IN NORTH AMERICA: [...] (U) Although Canada's energy exports to the United States have grown at impressive rates in recent decades, making Canada our largest total energy supplier, Canada's conventional natural gas resources are maturing and production from current areas could peak within a decade. GOC forecasters ex [...]	2003-02-21 16:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET ETRD CA
03OTTAWA566	ENERGY FROM CANADA: PRELIMINARY 2002 DATA [...] SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: The dominant position of Canadian energy production and trade for the United States is reinforced by preliminary 2002 data. The statistics from Canada's National Energy Board, Natural Resources Canada, and the U.S. Energy Information Administration show: . -- Canada [...]	2003-02-28 17:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON EPET ETRD CA
03OTTAWA577	CANADA - 2002 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-28 21:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CA
03OTTAWA591	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] "No really, it could work" Under the sub-heading, "Though counterintuitive, Bush's warpath might lead to Mideast peace," columnist Marcus Gee commented in the leading Globe and Mail (2/28): "...As Mr. Bush sees it, solving the Arab-Israeli dispute would remove one of the grievances that help [...]	2003-03-04 15:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA595	GOC DIPNOTE ON BEAUFORT SEA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-04 19:00:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA PBTS PREL ENRG SENV CA
03OTTAWA610	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] "A volley of propaganda" Contributing foreign editor Eric Margolis wrote in the conservative tabloid Ottawa Sun (3/3): "...[W]hat I dislike even more than Saddam's nasty regime are government lies and propaganda. Since 9/11, Americans have been subjected to the most intense propaganda campa [...]	2003-03-06 16:27:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA658	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] "The American 'dream palace'" Columnist Jeffrey Simpson commented in the leading Globe and Mail (3/4): "...The 'dream palace' will be one in which the Americans are led by their political and military leaders through unfamiliar cultural territory, using largely inappropriate means toward lo [...]	2003-03-10 20:27:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA659	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFGHANISTAN; TURKEY [...] "Pope has zeal, but no answer on Iraq question" Columnist Marcus Gee noted in the leading Globe and Mail (3/6) that, "John Paul is dead against war and he is not afraid to say so.... To drive his antiwar message home, John Paul has met many of the leading players in the Iraq debate: British [...]	2003-03-10 20:29:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA660	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; TURKEY [...] "How to lose the war of public opinion" Under the sub-heading, "The Bush administration might think it has enough evidence to attack Saddam Hussein, but the polls show otherwise," Calgary Herald columnist Danielle Smith wrote in the nationalist Ottawa Citizen (3/7): "Had Saddam Hussein been [...]	2003-03-10 20:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OPRC CA OIIP
03OTTAWA679	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; NORTH KOREA [...] "Liberating Iraqis is main justification for war" Columnist Rosie DiManno writing from Jordan made the following observations in the liberal Toronto Star (3/10): "The most urgent and compelling reason for invading Iraq is the one never mentioned by bickering diplomats at the United Nations: [...]	2003-03-11 20:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA680	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] "Victory? Not yet" The conservative National Post opined (3/11): "...The truth is that nothing has yet been 'won' in Iraq - notwithstanding the wishful thinking we hear from Mr. Chretien, French President Jacques Chirac and the other world leaders whose desperation to avoid war is blurring [...]	2003-03-11 20:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA695	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; UN; NORTH KOREA [...] "The truth that Blix can't hide" The nationalist Ottawa Citizen opined (3/12): "The United States and Britain are angry with Hans Blix, the United Nations chief weapons inspector in Iraq, over the information he deliberately withheld from his most recent public report to the Security Counci [...]	2003-03-13 15:19:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA701	MEDIA REACTION: SERBIA; IRAQ; NORTH KOREA [...] "A murder in Serbia" The leading Globe and Mail stressed (3/13): "...We hope the world sees this [assassination of reformist Prime Minister Zoran Djindjicas] more than just another in a line of troubles that have historically made the Balkans a powder keg. We hope its concern is for the cou [...]	2003-03-13 21:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA709	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; SERBIA [...] "Diplomacy's last days" The conservative National Post opined (3/14): "...Barring some blockbuster discovery by the inspectors, or an over-the-top sabre-rattling gesture from Saddam, the United States and Britain have little chance of convincing their opponents on the Security Council to ex [...]	2003-03-14 19:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA713	CANADA WON'T SUPPORT OAS QUOTA PAYMENT INCREASE [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-14 19:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN ABUD AORC USOAS
03OTTAWA723	DISTANT NEIGHBORS, NORTHERN STYLE: CANADIAN [...] Summary and Conclusion. International debate on the war on terrorism and impending war in Iraq has raised serious concern about "What the World Thinks" about the United States and its foreign policies. This is as true for Canada as for the rest of the world. Canada is our largest trading par [...]	2003-03-14 21:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KPLS CA
03OTTAWA747	CANADA WON'T JOIN MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: Echoing Prime Minister Chretian's March 17 comments in Parliament, Canadian Deputy Foreign Minister Lavertu formally notified A/DCM Gerson that, absent another UNSC resolution, Canada would not participate in a U.S.-led military coalition against Iraq. End Summary. 2. (S [...]	2003-03-17 23:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MOPS IZ CA
03OTTAWA773	CANADA WON'T JOIN MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAQ [...] (U) Corrected version of Ottawa 00747 (Changing classification to Confidential--please destroy previous cable). 2. (SBU) Summary: Echoing Prime Minister Chretian's March 17 comments in Parliament, Canadian Deputy Foreign Minister Lavertu formally notified A/DCM Gerson that, absent ano [...]	2003-03-19 15:24:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MOPS IZ CA
03OTTAWA789	Border Facts and Economic Impact [...] The Canadian-U.S. border is a key life-line in the functioning of a large part of our economy. The economic relationship between Canada and the United States is unparalleled. It is the largest merchandise trade relationship in the world with over US$1.1 Billion in goods crossing the border e [...]	2003-03-19 21:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ELTN ASEC EINV PREL CA
03OTTAWA897	CANADIAN AMBASSADOR TO RAISE OPPOSITION ARRESTS IN [...] (C) Post delivered ref A talking points to Kimberly Cowan, Cuba desk officer in DFAIT's Latin America and Caribbean Bureau, on March 24. In a follow-up discussion March 27, Cowan advised poloff that Canada is responding as follows to the arrests of the opposition members. First, Canada has exp [...]	2003-03-27 17:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU CA UNHCR
03OTTAWA917	CANADA-IRAQ: WHAT NOW? [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Ambassador Cellucci's widely reported expression of U.S. disappointment over official Canada's position on Iraq and the military campaign has precipitated a tidal wave of response. While senior Cabinet ministers clearly got the message and want to turn things around in the bi [...]	2003-03-28 22:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PTER CA
03OTTAWA964	CANADA TO CO-SPONSOR CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-03 21:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL CU CA UNCHR
03PHNOMPENH1990	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CAMBODIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador briefed Foreign Minister Hor Namhong December 1 on his recent meetings in Washington and California. The Ambassador addressed concerns the Foreign Minister had expressed about the activities of the Cambodian Freedom Fighters, explaining that the case remained ope [...]	2003-12-02 02:22:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CB
03PRETORIA2471	FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN SADC. [...] THESE TWO REVIEWS OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT PRESENT SOME NEW OR DIFFERENT INFORMATION ON THE PICTURE. THE STUDY ON EUROPEAN INVESTMENT INTO SOUTHERN AFRICA EMPHASIZED THAT ALL THE FIRMS SELL LOCALLY, BUT ONLY 14% OF THE FOREIGN OWNED FIRMS EXPORT FROM THE REGION. THEIR MAIN REASON FOR BEING IN SA [...]	2003-05-12 14:34:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV ECON SF
03RANGOON1001	BURMA: THAI AMBASSADOR SKEPTICAL ABOUT CURRENT [...] (C) Summary: According to the Thai Ambassador to Burma, the Burmese regime has yet to offer any official or substantive reaction to the Thai "roadmap." Although the Thai Embassy here has not been included in RTG efforts to garner support for the roadmap, the Thai ambassador believes that the [...]	2003-08-20 03:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BM TH
03RANGOON1025	BURMA: PEOPLE'S MILITIA TO THE RESCUE? [...] (C) According to local military and civilian contacts, the ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) has ordered the formation of a "People's Militia" ("Pyi-thu-sit" in Burmese) in the administrative division of Rangoon. Military commanders allegedly issued written instructions orderin [...]	2003-08-25 10:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PHUM BM
03RANGOON1252	BURMA: SUMMIT FEVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A MOFA official told us that the GOB will host a "major" (by Burmese standards) summit the first week of November. Thai, Lao, and Cambodian heads of government will meet with their SPDC counterpart to pursue the Thai-led "Economic Cooperation Strategy (ECS)." According to MOFA s [...]	2003-10-01 08:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM CB TH LA IN
03RANGOON1253	BURMA: NO PROGRESS ON MONEY LAUNDERING RULES [...] (C) Summary: After a promising start, Burma's efforts in 2003 to implement its year-old money laundering law have fallen well shy of international expectations. The likely culprits? The collapse of the private banking sector, persistent corrupt cronyism, and a lack of technical capacity. Si [...]	2003-10-01 08:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN SNAR KCRM PTER BM
03RANGOON1463	KACHIN STATE: AN UNEASY "PEACE" [...] (C) Summary: An Embassy trip to Burma's Kachin State secured additional support for our WWII remains recovery operations, but also revealed that the Government's ten-year old cease-fire agreement with the region's former insurgents masks deep suspicion of the SPDC and an active desire for self [...]	2003-11-17 00:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM BM
03RANGOON1562	WAITING FOR GODOT: NLD LEADERS IN A HOLDING [...] (C) Summary: Recently released senior leaders of the NLD indicate they will remain politically active and press ahead with the challenge of reviving the democracy movement and protecting the survival of their political party. However, the "Uncles" admit that they find it difficult to form a p [...]	2003-12-03 10:17:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM NLD
03RANGOON165	BURMA'S TOURIST SECTOR: LIES, DAMN LIES, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Can there really have been 500,000 foreign tourists, including 15,000 Americans, in Burma last year? Despite the GOB's triumphant claims, we think not. Evidence from the local tourism industry, the Embassy's Consular Section, and a measure of plain common sense, suggest a much [...]	2003-02-07 02:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND CASC ECON BM
03RANGOON167	WIN AUNG IN INDIA AND OTHER RECENT GOB TOURS OF [...] (C) Summary: The SPDC's recent trips to India, China, and Bangladesh, together with its exchanges with Thailand, are intended to shore up regional support for Burma in anticipation of a possible deterioration in Burma's relations with the West. According to the Director of MFA's Southwest and [...]	2003-02-07 03:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BG IN BM
03RANGOON248	USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY FOR BURMA [...] (SBU) The following draft report is provided in response to tasking contained in reftel. The text of the report has also been sent by e-mail to EAP/BCLTV. 2. (SBU) Begin report text: Embassy Rangoon Human Rights Strategy for Burma The United States has staked out a position in Burma [...]	2003-02-26 09:09:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM BM
03RANGOON29	UPDATE ON WWII REMAINS RECOVERY IN BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: The recovery of the remains of some 600 WWII missing personnel (mostly crews of aircraft that crashed while flying "the hump" from India to China) is an important USG priority in Burma. With fairly good cooperation from the Government of Burma, the recovery operation is moving [...]	2003-01-08 09:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL BM
03RANGOON318	VISA BANS: A COMPARISON OF U.S. AND E.U. POLICIES [...] SUMMARY: An analysis of American and E.U. visa policies toward Burmese "who formulate, implement, or benefit from policies that impede Burma's transition to democracy" shows that American and E.U. consular officials refuse to issue visas to more or less the same people, but sometimes for diffe [...]	2003-03-10 07:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT BM
03RANGOON387	DISCOVERY OF IED NEAR U.S. EMBASSY - RANGOON [...] (U) AT APPROXIMATELY 06:20 THIS MORNING, AN IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE (IED) WAS DISCOVERED IN MAHABANDOOLA PARK WHICH FRONTS MERCHANT STREET ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CHANCERY. THE DEVICE WAS DISCOVERED DURING A ROUTINE CHECK BY HOST COUNTRY SECURITY SERVICES AND WAS DESCRIBED AS A 1/2-POUN [...]	2003-03-27 06:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT PTER BM
03RANGOON444	FUNDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR OPPOSITION [...] Summary: In three separate meetings in recent months, democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) has raised the issue of providing educational opportunity to opposition youth who are denied the right to attend Burmese universities and denied passports to travel abroad for study. She has appea [...]	2003-04-09 09:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO EAID BM NGO ASSK
03RANGOON489	A VISIT TO A WWII REMAINS RECOVERY SITE [...] SUMMARY: COM, DASD Jerry Jennings (POW and MIA Affairs),DATT, and others inspected ongoing WWII remains recovery operations in Burma's northernmost Kachin State on March 23. END SUMMARY. 2. After flying from Rangoon to the Kachin capital of Myitkyina aboard a USAF C-12 out of Bangkok, [...]	2003-04-24 08:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL BM
03RANGOON549	60TH ANNIVERSARY OF "SIAM-BURMA DEATH RAILWAY" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: COM, DATT, and others participated in a May 1 Australia-organized ceremony commemorating the 60th anniversary of the infamous Siam-Burma Death Railway. 133 Americas were among the estimated 12,000 Allied POWs who perishing while slaving on the railway's construction. This wa [...]	2003-05-07 06:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS BM
03RANGOON764	NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS - BURMESE GOVERNMENT CENSORS [...] (U) The Burmese government is now censoring or controlling distribution of some foreign periodicals that are normally sold with official authorization in Burma. This is an effort to remove international reports of the May 30 attack on the National League for Democracy (NLD) convoy in Depeyin a [...]	2003-06-26 09:26:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO BM
03RANGOON769	LOCAL REACTION MIXED ON NEW BURMA SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy has received much solicited and unsolicited reaction to the impending U.S. sanctions. We've heard from foreign diplomats, businessmen, resident U.S. citizens, some NLD members, and GOB economic officials. Generally people understand our motives, but are very skeptical [...]	2003-06-26 11:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN ECON BM
03RANGOON859	BURMA: HUNDI MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND [...] (S) Summary: In the absence of a reliable method for remitting foreign exchange, the "hundi" system flourishes in Burma. The system is used by nearly everyone in the country who needs to get dollars in or out, from NGOs to military officers. Though hundi in Burma is undoubtedly used to facil [...]	2003-07-18 08:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	EFIN SNAR PTER ECON ETRD BM
03RANGOON890	MANDALAY OUTREACH CENTER: NOW MORE THAN EVER [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (SBU) Summary: In order to expand its democracy training and outreach, Embassy proposes to establish an American Center Teaching Annex in Mandalay (see reftels),Burma's second largest city and its geographic and cultural center. The American [...]	2003-07-25 05:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL ABLD ASEC BM
03RANGOON897	MOSQUE RAZED, PARAMILITARIES TRAINED [...] (C) Trouble in Sittwe: Local officials on July 22 reportedly tore down a mosque in Sittwe, 70 miles SE of the Bangladeshi border, and arrested seven Muslims, one of whom subsequently died in custody. This information came to us from Bangladeshi, Pakistani, and UN contacts. Apparently the m [...]	2003-07-28 10:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL BM
03RANGOON900	BURNING FOR BOOKS IN BURMA: HIGH SUCCESS [...] SUMMARY: American Center publications and library programs are currently enjoying new highs of popularity. The military government of Burma censors the press, dictates radio and television broadcasts, limits access to the internet, and controls every educational institution across Burma, c [...]	2003-07-29 09:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP KDEM PGOV BM
03RANGOON919	UPDATE ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S LOCATION; VISITS TO [...] (S) NLD insiders tell us Aung San Suu Kyi has recently been held in the house of a military officer on the complex of a counter-terrorism unit in Hlegu Township, a few miles north of Rangoon's international airport. We do not know if she is there permanently or was moved temporarily (from the [...]	2003-08-01 09:26:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM BM ASSK NLD
03RANGOON921	NATIVES RESTLESS OVER SCOPE OF NEW SANCTIONS [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. The Charge d'Affaires, a.i. and Econoff held briefings on the new U.S. sanctions on July 30th for U.S. citizens, and July 31st for Burmese and third-country businesspeople, NGOs, and the diplomatic and UN community. Both briefings were [...]	2003-08-01 10:17:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AFIN BM
03RANGOON951	GOB'S CONCERNS OVER AUGUST 7 SECURITY INCIDENT [...] Post has received information from the Department that uniformed Secret Service arrested 3 Burmese students at the Burmese embassy the morning of August 7 after they tried to use a ladder to remove the Burmese flag and replace it with their own (a Burmese dissident report on the incident said [...]	2003-08-08 12:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV BM
03RIYADH5821	RIYADH GOVERNOR ON ISLAMIC EXTREMISM AND REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: An exceptionally cordial and frank Riyadh Governor Prince Salman told the Ambassador on September 16 that Muslim fanatics were damaging the image of Islam and Saudi Arabia and engendering hatred amongst peoples. He acknowledged that preachers who taught hatred of others bore so [...]	2003-09-16 13:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL MEPP KPAL SA IZ
03ROME1054	GOI VIEWS ON IRAQ AND THE TRANSATLANTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS GIANCARLO ARAGONA TOLD DCM ON MARCH 11 THAT THE GOI HAD NOT CONSIDERED AN INTERVENTION AND WOULD NOT DEPART FROM THE COMMON EU POSITION ON IRAQ AT THE UNSC. HE THEN RAISED CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 0 [...]	2003-03-13 19:06:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ UNSC
03ROME1105	BEPPO SAX FALLING DOWN [...] FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A NOTE VERBALE RECEIVED MARCH 13 FROM THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. 2. BEGIN TEXT: THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ITALY PRESENTS ITS COMPLIMENTS TO THE EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES AND HAS THE HONOR TO INFORM ON THE FOLLOWING. ON APRIL 30, 2002, AT THE END [...]	2003-03-18 10:39:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA IT

03ROME1117	FINANCE MINISTER TREMONTI SPEAKS HIS MIND ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: ECONOMIC REFORM, INCLUDING OF THE PENSION SYSTEM, WILL MOVE FORWARD THIS YEAR, FINANCE MINISTER GIULIO TREMONTI UNDERSCORED IN A WIDE-RANGING DISCUSSION WITH AMBASSADOR AND EMBOFFS ON MARCH 13TH. FRUSTRATED WITH STABILITY PACT CONSTRAINTS IMPOSED BY BRUSSELS, TREMONTI SAID THAT I [...]	2003-03-18 16:41:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ELAB IT NATO ITALIAN POLITICS EUN
03ROME1270	TFIZO1: ITALY EXPELS FOUR IRAQI DIPLOMATS AND STAFF [...] (S) ON MARCH 25 GOI MFA CONFIRMED TO US DETAILS OF ITS EXPULSION OF FOUR IRAQI DIPLOMATS. TWO (THIRD SECRETARY ALI RIFAT AND ATTACHE MOHAMMED HUMADI) HAVE DEPARTED ROME FOR AMMAN. TWO STAFF MEMBERS (TAHER AHMED AND ABDULLAH HUMADI) WERE OUT OF ITALY WHEN DECISION WAS MADE AND WILL NOT BE ALL [...]	2003-03-25 17:02:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL PGOV IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1320	REPORT OF FAO FORESTRY COMMITTEE 2003 [...] SUMMARY. THE 16TH SESSION OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) BIENNIAL COMMITTEE ON FORESTRYS (COFO) FEATURED AN INNOVATIVE FORMAT THAT ALLOWED FOR GREATER EMPHASIS ON INFORMAL TECHNICAL EXCHANGES ON TECHNICAL ISSUES AND FORESTRY PROGRAM AREAS OF AND DISCUSSIONS ON ISSUES AN [...]	2003-03-27 16:44:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR SENV FAO
03ROME1409	FIAT: AN UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A SENIOR FIAT OFFICIAL GAVE US A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THE FIRM'S FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, STEPS TAKEN TO DATE TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION, AND FIAT'S FUTURE OUTLOOK. WITH THE SALE OF ITS TWO PROFITABLE JEWELS -- TORO INSURANCE AND FIAT AVIO -- FIAT WILL BE A SMALLER FIRM, CENTERED ON [...]	2003-04-02 14:12:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND ELAB PGOV IT
03ROME1443	BRITISH AIRWAYS FACING HEIGHTENED SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DURING THE WEEK OF MARCH 24-27, ECONOFF SPOKE WITH THE BRITISH EMBASSY TRANSPORTATION OFFICER REGARDING HEIGHTENED SECURITY MEASURES IMPOSED ON BRITISH AIRWAYS BY THE TURIN AND MALPENSA AIRPORTS. ALTHOUGH UNLIKELY, U.S. CARRIERS COULD FACE AN ADDITIONAL RESTRICTION BANNING C [...]	2003-04-04 14:01:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON IT AVIATION FAA
03ROME1455	EVALUATION OF U.S. SPEAKER MICHAEL NOVAK IN [...] U.S. SPEAKER MICHAEL NOVAK (AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE) ADDRESSED KEY ITALIAN AND VATICAN AUDIENCES ON THE ISSUE OF "IRAQ AND THE JUST WAR THEORY" FEBRUARY 7- 10. THE PROGRAM OBJECTIVE WAS TO CLARIFY THE JUST NATURE OF U.S. IRAQ POLICY TO INFLUENTIAL ITALIAN AND VATICAN AUDIENCES, INC [...]	2003-04-07 10:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PRC
03ROME160	OFFICIAL-INFORMAL NO. 01, 01/14/02 [...] (C) DURING MY COURTESY CALLS YESTERDAY ON THE MFA DG AND U/S FOR ASIA (GUIDO MARTINI AND MARGHERITA BONIVER, RESPECTIVELY),THE GOI PROPOSAL TO SHIP "HUMANITARIAN" FUEL OIL TO NORTH KOREA AROSE. OUR IMPRESSION WAS THAT THIS WAS AN INITIATIVE OF THE DG WHILE THE U/S WAS ON HOLIDAY LEAVE. BONI [...]	2003-01-14 17:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT IT UN
03ROME1601	FAO 102ND FINANCE COMMITTEE PREVIEW [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. 2. SUMMARY. THE 102ND SESSION OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 01601 01 OF 05 151122Z MEET MAY 5-9, 2003. IMPORTANT ACTION ITEMS FOR THE U.S. INCLUDE: REPORT [...]	2003-04-15 11:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR ABUD FAO
03ROME1658	FAO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE 17TH SESSION [...] SUMMARY. THE 17TH SESSION OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE (COAG) MET MARCH 31 - APRIL 4, 2003. COAG PROVED ONCE AGAIN TO BE THE MOST POLITICIZED OF FAO'S TECHNICAL COMMITTEES. ONLY ONE AGENDA ITEM RATED CONSENSUS ENDORSEMENT; THE REMAINDER WERE EITHE [...]	2003-04-17 13:33:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR ETRD FAO
03ROME1662	64TH SESSION OF THE FAO COMMITTEE ON COMMODITY [...] SUMMARY: THE SIXTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE U.N. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE ON COMMODITY PROBLEMS (CCP) MET MARCH 18-22, 2O03 AT FAO HEADQUARTERS IN ROME. MOST DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND CAIRNS GROUP MEMBERS SAW THE MEETING AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF D [...]	2003-04-17 15:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR ETRD FAO
03ROME1706	PREVIEW OF FAO COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY [...] SUMMARY. THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY (CFS) WILL MEET MAY 12-16 IN ITS FIRST SESSION AFTER THE "WORLD FOOD SUMMIT:FIVE YEARS LATER" RECONFIRMED ITS MANDATE TO MONITOR PROGRESS TOWARDS REACHING THE GOAL OF HALVING WORLD HUNGER BY 2015. THE CFS [...]	2003-04-23 08:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID EAGR FAO
03ROME1735	EVALUATION OF U.S. SPEAKER KENNETH STEIN IN [...] U.S. SPEAKER KENNETH STEIN (EMORY UNIVERSITY) ADDRESSED KEY ITALIAN AUDIENCES IN MILAN, FLORENCE, ROME, NAPLES, PALERMO, CATANIA, AND MESSINA ON THE TOPIC "U.S. POLICY TOWARD THE MIDDLE EAST SINCE 9/11," MARCH 4-15, 2003. DR. STEIN, PROFESSOR OF MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY AND ISRAELI STUDIES [...]	2003-04-24 09:32:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PRC
03ROME1992	IMPROVING TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS TOP PRIORITY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A WIDE-RANGING CONVERSATION ON MAY 2 ABOUT THE CURRENT - AND FUTURE - STATE OF US/EU RELATIONS AND PRIORITIES FOR THE UPCOMING ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY, MFA DIRGEN GIANCARLO ARAGONA TOLD VISITING USEU AMBASSADOR SCHNABEL THAT HE IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF US/EU RELAT [...]	2003-05-09 07:27:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU IT NATO
03ROME2067	ITALY'S UPCOMING LOCAL ELECTIONS: POLITICS AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: UPCOMING LOCAL ELECTIONS INVOLVING A THIRD OF ITALY'S ELECTORATE ARE UNLIKELY TO HAVE MUCH IMPACT ON NATIONAL POLITICS, THOUGH A CASUAL OBSERVER WOULD NEVER KNOW IT FROM THE PITCHED MEDIA BATTLES BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION. POLITICIANS ARE MADLY SPINNING T [...]	2003-05-13 14:44:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IT
03ROME208	MFA EAST AFRICA DIRECTOR AND NSC AFRICA DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA EAST AFRICA DIRECTOR PAOLA IMPERIALE AND NSC AFRICA DIRECTOR MATTHEW MCLEAN EXCHANGED VIEWS ON A BROAD RANGE OF EAST AFRICA ISSUES. THE TWO DISCUSSED SUPPORT FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT IN KENYA, POLICY REGARDING SOMALILAND, THE ROLES OF DJIBOUTI AND ERITREA IN THE GWOT, AND TH [...]	2003-01-16 16:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KE DJ ER ET SO IT UN
03ROME2150	EU BIOTECH: ITALIAN REACTION TO U.S. ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: ITALIAN GOVERNMENT REACTION TO THE MAY 13 USG ANNOUNCEMENT REQUESTING WTO CONSULTATIONS ON THE EU,S MORATORIUM ON BIOTECH APPROVALS HAS BEEN RESTRAINED. FOREIGN TRADE VICE MINISTER URSO SUGGESTED THAT RESOLUTION OF THE BIOTECH CASE MIGHT BE POSSIBLE THROUGH LINKAGE WITH OTHER DISP [...]	2003-05-16 07:25:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR TBIO IT EUN
03ROME2299	PDAS RIES CONSULTATIONS WITH GOI ON PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MAY 20, EUR PDAS RIES DISCUSSED A BROAD RANGE OF US-EU AND ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY ISSUES DURING SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH MFA SYG GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI AND DIRECTOR FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ROCCO CANGELOSI. BOTH BALDOCCI AND CANGELOSI STRESSED THAT THE GOI'S TOP PRIORITY FOR THE ITAL [...]	2003-05-23 11:05:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU IT NATO
03ROME2330	SWEEPING ITALIAN RESEARCH REFORMS SWEEP OUT CNR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: TAKEN IN SCHUMPETERIAN TERMS, ITALY IS POORLY POSITIONED AT PRESENT TO GENERATE OR BENEFIT IN EARLY STAGES FROM THE "LONG WAVES" OF RESEARCH, INVENTION, AND INNOVATION WHICH CHARACTERIZE MAJOR TECHNOLOGICAL PARADIGM SHIFTS LIKE INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT),BIOTE [...]	2003-05-28 08:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL KSCA TBIO TPHY IT
03ROME2331	BIOTECH OUTREACH: GREEN REVOLUTION TO GENE [...] SUMMARY. WITH SUPPORT FROM PD, USAID AND USDA, MISSION ITALY, AT THE INITIATIVE OF CONGEN FLORENCE, IS COSPONSORING A FOUR DAY CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA MAY 28-31. HEADLINING THE PROGRAM IS NOBEL PRIZE PRIZE WINNER NORMAN BORLAUG, AND SWISS SCIENTIST [...]	2003-05-28 08:07:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD TBIO KSCA TSPL OIIP IT PRC
03ROME241	ITALIAN MFA ON CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE AND [...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST (PARA 4). 2. (C) POLOFF DELIVERED REF A AND B MESSAGES JANUARY 16 TO MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN NICOLO' GORETTI DE FLAMINI. IN RESPONSE TO REF A, THE ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE, GORETTI REPLIED, "DON'T QUOTE ME, [...]	2003-01-21 12:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU IT CACS HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME2436	PNR, SAFE HARBOR: ITALY PRIVACY DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary General of the Italian Privacy Authority Buttarelli expressed strong opposition to the interim PNR agreement in a meeting with Econcouns May 27. Buttarelli believes that Commission officials made a mistake in agreeing to PNR as this violates national laws. The princip [...]	2003-06-04 05:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD IT EUN
03ROME2485	REPORT OF FAO 102ND FINANCE COMMITTEE [...] Summary. The 102nd session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Finance Committee met May 5-9, 2003. Committee members were divided on the question of the 2004-2005 budget level, with the U.S. and Japan supporting zero nominal growth, G-77 members supporting real growth, Swit [...]	2003-06-05 13:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR ABUD FAO
03ROME2546	124TH FAO COUNCIL PREVIEW [...] Summary: The 124th Session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Council will meet June 23- 28, 2003 in Rome. Items of particular importance to the U.S. during this Council session will be: an agenda item on Director General term limits; a U.S.-requested agenda item on reporting [...]	2003-06-09 12:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR KUNR FAO
03ROME2589	REPORT OF FAO PROGRAM COMMITTEE AND JOINT [...] Summary. This cable reports on the outcomes of the Joint Session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Finance and Program Committees and the FAO Program Committee. Important outcomes from the Program Committee include full support for the International Plant Protection Busine [...]	2003-06-10 14:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR ABUD FAO
03ROME2620	ANNUAL SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE [...] The WFP Board annual session took place against the backdrop of an unprecedented level of emergency needs (particularly in Africa where 38-40 million people face starvation). The modalities of WFP assistance to Iraq, which will represent one-third of WFP's worldwide efforts in 2003, was widely [...]	2003-06-11 13:02:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
03ROME2646	FM FRATTINI ON THE MEPP, IRAQ, AND TRANSATLANTIC [...] SUMMARY: ON JUNE 11, FM FRATTINI GAVE A SPEECH ENTITLED "NEW SCENARIOS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE PERSIAN GULF, AND TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS" AT THE CENTER FOR DEFENSE STUDIES IN ROME. HE URGED THE ISRAELIS AND THE PALESTINIANS TO SEIZE THE MOMENTUM OF THE AQABA SUMMIT, STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF [...]	2003-06-11 16:12:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IT IS KPAL IZ EU
03ROME2716	WFP REVIEW OF 2002 GLOBAL FOOD AID FLOWS [...] WFP has just released a report on Global Food Aid deliveries in 2002 entitled "2002 Food Aid Flows, May 2003." The trends by geographic region are highlighted below. The data clearly reveals that the United States, which provided 64 percent of all global food aid and 50 percent of all emergenc [...]	2003-06-16 12:53:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
03ROME2853	ITALIAN EXPORTERS FACE DIFFICULTY WITH STRONGER [...] (U) Summary: Italian exports, traditionally vulnerable to exchange rate fluctuations, are being hit by the Euro's appreciation versus the dollar. Exports to Italy's third most important market, the United States, are down eight percent on a 12-month year to year basis. In addition to the Euro [...]	2003-06-24 10:19:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN IT UN
03ROME289	GOI PRE-GAERC VIEWS ON IRAQ, DPRK, BALKANS, ESDP, [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 23 AMBASSADOR, ACCOMPANIED BY POL MC COUNTRYMAN, DELIVERED POINTS REF A TO MFA SYG GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI AND COORDINATOR FOR EU SECURITY SANDRO DE BERNADIN. HE ALSO PROVIDED THE POINTS IN A NON-PAPER. BALDOCCI SAID THAT MFA FRATTINI WAS "VERY PLEASED, VERY SATISFIED" WIT [...]	2003-01-24 14:30:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU IT
03ROME2956	GOI MINISTERS ASSERT SAFETY AND IMPORTANCE OF [...] (SBU) Summary. At the annual assembly of Assobiotec (Italy,s national association of biotechnology companies) held in Rome on June 10, 2003, Minister of Productive Activities Antonio Marzano and Minister of Health Girolamo Sirchia addressed the importance of the sector to Italy,s future. They [...]	2003-06-30 10:12:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD IT PGOV TBIO UN
03ROME3105	UNESCO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL: EMBASSY RECEIVES NOTE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE FOR DEPARTMENT. SEE PARA 4. 2. (U) EMBASSY RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING DIP NOTE (MAY 20, 2003) FROM THE GOI MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN REFERENCE TO ITS CANDIDACY FOR THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF UNESCO. BELOW IS AN INFORMAL TRANSLATION OF THE VERBAL NOTE AND [...]	2003-07-08 15:44:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IT UNESCO
03ROME3107	GOI PLEDGES ENHANCED OSCE/EU COOPERATION DURING [...] (C) Summary: On June 23, MFA Political Director Giancarlo Aragona told visiting USOSCE Ambassador Stephan Minikes that the US and Italy must build on strong bilateral relations and work together to put transatlantic relations back on a strong footing. The OSCE is also extremely important i [...]	2003-07-08 15:53:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IT PREL OSCE
03ROME3111	REPORT OF 124TH FAO COUNCIL [...] Summary: The 124th Session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Council met June 23-28 in Rome. In a successful outcome to a four-year campaign by assorted OECD members, the Council agreed to transmit to the 32nd FAO Conference an amendment to the FAO Basic Texts to introduce a [...]	2003-07-09 05:18:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR KUNR FAO
03ROME3178	ITALIAN INDUSTRY MINISTRY HOPES TO EASE TECH [...] (C) Summary: On July 8, Ministry of Productive Activities (MPA, i.e. Industry) U/S Mario Valducci met with ECMIN to discuss the possibility of easing U.S. export controls on technology to Italy, in the context of Italy's strong political support for the U.S., particularly during the recent Ir [...]	2003-07-11 15:20:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL IT EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME3180	BIOTECH: CORN CRISIS IN PIEMONTE COULD TEST PRIME [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. AS WE'VE NOTED PREVIOUSLY, ITALY'S COMPLICATED COALITION ARRANGEMENTS MEAN THAT PM BERLUSCONI IS THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN CURB AGRICULTURE MINISTER ALEMANNO'S DETERMINED EFFORTS TO CREATE A BIOTECH-FREE ITALY. UP TO THIS [...]	2003-07-12 07:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PREL TBIO IT WTO
03ROME3200	CODEL HYDE DISCUSSIONS ON ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Gianfranco Fini and Members of the Italian Parliament told CODEL Hyde that improving the transatlantic relationship was a priority for the Italian EU Presidency. Fini said that the GOI recognizes and appreciates the sacrifices America has made to preserv [...]	2003-07-14 12:46:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EU IT EUN
03ROME3214	MID-EAST PEACE PROCESS: WHAT TO EXPECT OF ITALY AS [...] (C) Summary: Italy has identified the MidEast Peace Process as among its top foreign policy priorities during its EU Presidency (July-December 2003). PM Berlusconi has consciously upgraded Italy's relations with Israel to balance its traditional close ties to the Palestinians and make the GOI [...]	2003-07-14 17:00:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EU IS IT KPAL PREL EUN
03ROME3368	U.S.-EU TROIKA POLITIAL DIRECTORS - PRODUCTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Jones had broad, frank and productive discussions at the U.S.-EU Troika Political Directors meeting, chaired by Italian MFA POLDIR Giancarlo Aragona in Rome on July 18. Both sides agreed on the need for strengthened and complementary U.S.-EU and EU-NATO security relations un [...]	2003-07-24 09:23:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU IT EUN
03ROME341	WFP FOOD AID - A "FIRST CUT" ON FUTURE WFP [...] WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) PRESENTED "NOTES FOR A CONSULTATION ON STRATEGIC ISSUES" IN ROME ON JANUARY 14, 2003. WFP REITERATED ITS INTENT TO INTENSIFY ITS FOCUS IN COUNTRIES WITH THE GREATEST NEED - WHICH IT DEFINED AS THOSE WITH A PER CAPITA GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDI) OF LESS THAN USD 885 A [...]	2003-01-29 14:36:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN EUEAID
03ROME3516	CUBAN CHARGE RESPONDS TO ITALIAN DEMARCHE: "NOBODY [...] (SBU) FOLLOWING DISCUSSION IN REF EMAILS, ON JULY 30 EMBASSY ROME PASSED THE DEPARTMENT'S STATEMENT ON IMPRISONED CUBAN DISSIDENT MARTA BEATRICE ROQUE'S HEALTH TO MFA UNDERSECRETARY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS BONIVER'S OFFICE AND TO MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS NICCOLO [...]	2003-08-04 15:09:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM IT CU HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME353	ITALY: 2003 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMON DEFENSE [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-29 16:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	IT MARR MCAP NATO PREF
03ROME3567	GALILEO: AMBASSADOR ARAGONA ADVOCATES ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL TALKS TO RESOLVE M-CODE OVERLAY ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: Italian MFA Political Director Gianfranco Aragona informed a U.S. delegation on July 16 that he still believes technical solutions exist to the U.S.-EU dispute over the Galileo Public Regulated Service (PRS) signal overlay of the M-code. Aragona recognized US security concerns [...]	2003-08-06 15:23:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS NATO TSPA
03ROME3570	NORTH KOREA TELLS ITALY U/S BOLTON SHOULD NOT [...] (S) SUMMARY: DPRK AMBASSADOR TO ITALY CHOE TAEK-SAN REQUESTED ITALY SUPPORT NORTH KOREA'S DEMAND THAT U/S BOLTON NOT ATTEND UPCOMING SIX-PARTY TALKS. HE ALSO MENTIONED NORTH KOREA DID NOT CURRENTLY POSSESS A NUCLEAR BOMB, ALTHOUGH CONTINUED U.S. AGGRESSION WOULD FORCE IT TO CREATE ONE. THE [...]	2003-08-07 07:41:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL PARM KN IT UN
03ROME3687	BIOTECH: ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS? [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-14 10:08:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR TSPL TBIO ETRD EAID IT EUN
03ROME379	ECONOMIC FORECAST FOR ITALY 2003-2004: [...] SUMMARY: ITALY IS LIKELY TO GROW ONLY MODERATELY OVER THE FORECAST PERIOD. IN 2002, THE GDP GREW BY A MEAGER 0.4 PERCENT (BELOW THE EU AVERAGE),BUT SHOULD INCREASE BY 1.1 PERCENT IN 2003 AND BY TWO PERCENT IN 2004, SUPPORTED BY A MODEST RECOVERY IN DOMESTIC DEMAND. 2. THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC [...]	2003-01-31 12:23:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP
03ROME3842	U.S.-ITALY DUAL USE EXPORT CONTROL CONSULTATIONS, [...] (S) Summary: U.S. and Italian government delegations held consultations on dual use export controls in Rome July 21-23, in order to increase mutual understanding of each country's controls and to further bilateral cooperation. Flexibility is a key component of each country's controls - in Ital [...]	2003-08-25 14:09:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	ETTC PREL IT CH EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME3981	USG-WFP BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS IN WASHINGTON, DC, [...] Representatives of the United States Government (USG) and the United Nation's World Food Program (WFP) met in Washington for bilateral consultations April 23-25, 2003. Important issues discussed included the Iraq and southern Africa emergency responses; the level of cash balances presently mai [...]	2003-09-03 08:49:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF WFP UN
03ROME4022	FRATTINI-STRAW MEETING READOUT [...] (C) Summary: During an August 29 meeting in Rome, FM Frattini and UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw agreed on the necessity of a quick finish for the Intergovernmental Conference on the EU constitution, but Straw cautioned that some items in the current draft would need clarification before it w [...]	2003-09-04 18:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IT UK EUN ESDP
03ROME4035	WFP Response to US Rice Federation letter on WFP [...] (SBU) The USA Rice Federation in its letter dated July 30 questioned the "transparency" of World Food Program procurement tendering practices recommending that information such as WFP registered commercial vendors, tenders, awards, purchase prices, and country of origin should be made public i [...]	2003-09-05 15:33:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID AORC PREF EAGR ECON KUNR UN WFP
03ROME4158	Ambassador Tony P. Hall in Albania meets regional [...] US Ambassador to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture, Tony Hall, visited Albania from August 22-26, 2003. He came at the invitation of Members of the Albanian Parliament and the European regional office of the World Food Program. He participated in the first "Balkan Gathering" with Alb [...]	2003-09-11 14:02:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF EAGR AL EU WFP UN
03ROME4236	FINANCE MINISTER TREMONTI AND THE "CHINA THREAT" [...] Summary: The weakness of export markets and a perceived loss of Italian competitiveness have fueled a summer-long debate in Italy on the "trade threat" posed by China. The debate, led by Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti and his close ally, Northern League leader Umberto Bossi, has highlighted [...]	2003-09-17 15:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD IT CH EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME4237	PM BERLUSCONI'S MIDDLE EAST "MARSHALL PLAN" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy officers met on September 12 with Ambassador Mario Sica, the Foreign Ministry's new point person for Prime Minister Berlusconi's Middle East "Marshall Plan." Sica said he would travel to Washington the week of September 29 to discuss the plan; this would follow discussio [...]	2003-09-17 16:07:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IT PREL EAID KWBG UN
03ROME432	LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT FROM AMBASSADOR TONY P. [...] FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT DATED FEBRUARY 4, 2003 FROM TONY P. HALL, AMBASSADOR, U.S. MISSION TO THE UN AGENCIES, ROME. BEGIN QUOTE: THE PRESIDENT THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON, DC 20500 DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO F [...]	2003-02-04 14:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC NSC
03ROME4439	ITALY: EU PRESIDENCY WILL WORK TO DISSUADE EU REP [...] (C) POL M/C AND POLOFF MET WITH MFA CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES OFFICE DIRECTOR, NICOLO GORETTI AND MFA LATIN AMERICA EU LEAD MINISTER GIULIO CESARE PICCIRILLI AND DELIVERED POINTS (REF) ON KARL BURK'S PLANS TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL SUMMIT ON CUBA. POL M/C STATED THAT IT WAS UNFO [...]	2003-09-26 18:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU IT EUN
03ROME4443	RIGHT TO FOOD: BUREAU MEETING TO PREPARE [...] (U) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 15-19, THE UNITED STATES PARTICIPATED AS THE NORTH AMERICAN MEMBER OF THE BUREAU OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP (IGWG) FOR THE ELABORATION OF VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES TO SUPPORT THE PROGRESSIVE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONA [...]	2003-09-29 06:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR PHUM EAID FAO
03ROME4460	ARTICLE 98/ITALY: NO CHANGE IN ROME'S POSITION [...] (C) DURING A SEPTEMBER 26 MEETING DEVOTED TO OTHER ISSUES, POL MC RAISED THE ISSUE OF ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS WITH CLAUDIO PAGE 02 ROME 04460 291757Z BISOGNIERO, DEPUTY TO MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR ARAGONA. NOTING THE SCHEDULED OCTOBER 1 MEETING BETWEEN UNDERSECRETARY BOLTON AND ARAGO [...]	2003-09-29 17:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EU IT MARR PHUM PREL EUN
03ROME4556	FAO: TIME FOR A REASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) serves US national trade, economic development and humanitarian interests in a wide range of important areas relating to food and agriculture, where national or regional action could never be as effective as FAO-led action. If FAO did not [...]	2003-10-03 15:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR ABUD EAID ETRD SENV KUNR FAO
03ROME4614	Ambassador Tony P. Hall in the Democratic Republic [...] A team led by Ambassador Tony Hall visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo September 23-30 and found the country with the third largest population in sub- Saharan Africa struggling to contain a major humanitarian disaster. In 2003, some 2.7 million internally displaced will require intern [...]	2003-10-09 04:35:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU CF WFP UN
03ROME473	ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF POWELL'S FEB. 5 UNSC [...] (U) SUMMARY: PM BERLUSCONI ENDORSED SECRETARY POWELL'S FEB. 5 PRESENTATION AT THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND CALLED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO REMAIN UNITED AND KEEP THE PRESSURE ON SADDAM TO DISARM. WHILE SAYING THAT WAR SHOULD BE THE VERY LAST MEASURE, THE PM CONTINUES TO STATE CLEARLY TH [...]	2003-02-06 09:36:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ IT PREL IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME4746	GALILEO/M-CODE: INCREASED HIGH-LEVEL ITALIAN [...] (C) AT THE END OF AN OCTOBER 9 MEETING ON ANOTHER SUBJECT WITH PM BERLUSCONI'S CLOSEST ADVISOR, PRIME MINISTRY UNDERSECRETARY GIANNI LETTA, AMBASSADOR SEMBLER TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THE USG'S CONTINUED GREAT CONCERN OVER LACK OF PROGRESS ON RESOLVING THE GALILEO/M-CODE OVERLAY DISAGR [...]	2003-10-17 06:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ETRD IT TSPA TSPL PREL EUN
03ROME4817	BIOTECH OUTREACH TO FAO STAFF AND PERMREPS [...] The US Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome (FODAG) organized two events for a visiting team from the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy (NCFAP) on October 6-7: a seminar at the FAO for professional staff and a small coffee for selected permanent representatives to FAO at DCM C [...]	2003-10-22 04:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD FAO
03ROME4879	LATIN AMERICAN INTEREST IN SCHOOL FEEDING [...] Representatives of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean countries (GRULAC) met with Ambassador Tony Hall to express their strong support for school feeding initiatives. They are concerned about declining U.S. funding for the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education Program, partic [...]	2003-10-24 14:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR SENV EAID XK XR WFP WHO
03ROME4904	ITALIAN ADVISOR TO IRAQ SEES THE GLASS AS HALF [...] (SBU) Summary. Acting DCM and PolOff attended a 22 October seminar on "Iraq -- Six Months After" with Italian Ambassador Pietro Cordone, who recently left his position as Advisor to the Iraqi Minister of Culture. Cordone was extremely positive in his assessment of US efforts in Iraq, but bel [...]	2003-10-28 11:44:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME4924	CUBAN RESOLUTION AGAINST US EMBARGO: EU WILL VOTE [...] (U) ANDREINA MARSELLA, MFA CUBA DESK OFFICER, TOLD POLOFF ON OCTOBER 29 THAT, ALTHOUGH HIGHLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN CUBA, THE EU WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE CUBAN RESOLUTION. MARSELLA INFORMED POLOFF THAT THE DECISION HAD BEEN REACHED DURING AN EU LATIN AMERICA WORKING [...]	2003-10-29 15:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD CU IT UNGA
03ROME5003	ITALY: MFA ON TROOPS AND PRT IN AFGHANISTAN, [...] (S) SUMMARY: KEY MFA INTERLOCUTORS SIGNAL THAT ITALY'S ASSESSMENT OF SENDING A PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM (PRT) TO GHAZNI IS MOVING FORWARD. THEY DOUBT THAT ITALY WOULD BE ABLE TO SEND 1,000 OEF TROOPS TO KHOWST TO REPLACE U.S. MARINES THERE (SEE ALSO SEPTEL). THEY ALSO REPORTED BRIEFL [...]	2003-11-04 14:16:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	MOPS MASS PREL EAID AF IT EUN AFGHANISTAN
03ROME5076	AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT WFP'S STRATEGIC PLAN 2004-2007 [...] WFP'S EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVED THE ORGANIZATION'S STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE PERIOD 2004-2007, WITH THE CAVEAT THAT THE SECRETARIAT WILL BE GUIDED BY THE CONSIDERATIONS RAISED BY THE BOARD AS REFLECTED BY THE SUMMARY RECORD OF THE DISCUSSION. THE BOARD RECOGNIZED THAT IT IS A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT [...]	2003-11-10 06:45:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
03ROME5195	The Netherlands evaluates its extra-budgetary USD [...] The Netherlands has just released a comprehensive evaluation of its extra-budgetary partnership with the UN's Rome-based Food and Agricultural Organization - FAO. The 25- month long study, undertaken by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB),r [...]	2003-11-17 12:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF NL FAO UN
03ROME5202	IRAN/FAST-BOATS: INDUSTRY MINISTRY VIEWS [...] (S) Summary. Italian export control officials are looking for a way to make permanent the "informal hold" placed on FB Design fast boat exports to Iran, according to the Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade's senior licensing official. Two approaches are under consideration: 1) formally add [...]	2003-11-17 16:56:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC IR IT PARM PREL EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME5205	VATICAN STUDY SEMINAR ON GMO'S SEES MORE HOPE THAN [...] Summary: The Holy See's Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace's November 10-11 study seminar -- "GMO's: Threat or Hope" --found more reasons for hope than fear from its detailed examination of biotech foods. The seminar was developed by the pro-biotech President of the Council, Cardinal [...]	2003-11-18 07:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID VT IT FAO
03ROME5223	WFP's Executive Director writes to the President on [...] WFP's Executive Director Jim Morris has written to President Bush a letter (reproduced below) requesting support for restoring the US contribution to global school feeding efforts to USD 300 million per year through the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Progra [...]	2003-11-19 10:14:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF EAGR ECON KUNR UN WFP
03ROME526	ITALY/BIOTECH: GOVERNMENT SPLIT CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: DESPITE SOME RECENT PRO-BIOTECH STATEMENTS FROM OUR ALLIES IN THE GOI, ITALIAN BIOTECH POLICY CONTINUES TO BE DRIVEN BY AGRICULTURE MINISTER ALEMANNO AND HIS ANTI-BIOTECH MESSAGE. THE PRIME MINISTER APPEARS TO REMAIN UNWILLING TO RISK FRICTION WITH ALEMANNO'S FACTION OF THE AN PA [...]	2003-02-10 05:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD IT PGOV EUN
03ROME5363	ITALY: ON SYRIA TO PRESENT VIEWS ON NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: MFA Eastern Mediterranean Office Chief, Luca Ferrari gave a read-out on MFA Mediterranean and Middle East Director General Riccardo Sessa's recent trip to Syria. Sessa traveled to Syria to inform GOS officials of the need to do more on the Arab-Israeli conflict if they want to adva [...]	2003-11-25 17:37:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS SY IT EUN
03ROME5435	ITALYS REACTION TO ITS STRUGGLING EXPORT SECTOR [...] Summary: The slump in Italys export sector continues to generate much public discussion. In contrast to calls a few months ago for tariffs and retaliation against cheaper exports from Asia, government and private sector officials are calling for a radical overhaul in Italys export sector. Th [...]	2003-12-03 14:38:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD IT EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME5507	COEXISTENCE IN ITALY, AG BIOTECH [...] Summary: On the margins of the FAO Conference's 32nd Session in Rome, USDA's Under Secretary J.B. Penn met with Minister of Agriculture Gianni Alemanno to discuss biotechnology in Italy, and the way forward in the agricultural portion of the Doha WTO negotiations. The discussion with Alem [...]	2003-12-09 12:28:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD IT EUN
03ROME5540	ITALIAN OFFICIALS RECEPTIVE TO U/S FEITH BRIEFING [...] (C) Summary. Senior Italian officials responded positively to U/S Feith's December 9 briefing on the USG strategy for global force repositioning. Important details will need to be worked out and existing legal arrangements may need to be modified but Defense Minister Martino and Prime Minist [...]	2003-12-11 11:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IT NATO ESDP GLOBAL DEFENSE
03ROME559	IRAQ/ITALY: GOI'S MEETINGS WITH AND MESSAGE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM BERLUSCONI WILL NOT/NOT MEET TAREQ AZIZ DURING HIS TRIP TO ROME. WHILE NOT CONFIRMED YET, IT IS LIKELY FM FRATTINI WILL MEET AZIZ IN ROME FEB. 14. GOI OFFICIALS CONFIRMED THAT THEY WILL GIVE AZIZ A STRONG MESSAGE IN PRIVATE AND WILL REITERATE THE SAME MESSAGE PUBLICLY: THE GA [...]	2003-02-11 13:34:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME5655	REPORT OF THE 32ND FAO CONFERENCE, INCLUDING THE [...] At the November 26 - December 11 meetings of the FAO Conference and FAO Council, member governments debated international anti-hunger, food policy and agricultural trade issues and agreed on a budget and important institutional reforms. 2. In his statement on the State of Food and Agricu [...]	2003-12-19 10:55:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AORC ETRD EFIS SENV EAID FAO WFP
03ROME5662	U.S. GRAIN MILLING EXECUTIVES DEBRIEF AMBASSADOR [...] John Gillcrist (Barlett Processing Companies, Kansas City, Missouri),Guy Shoekmaker (Horizon Milling/Cargill, Wayzata, Minnesota),and Fred Luckey (Bunge Milling, Saint Louis, Missouri) met with Ambassador Hall on December 17 to discuss their just completed trip to review U.S.-supported food [...]	2003-12-19 16:05:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF WFP UN
03ROME5694	ITALY: 2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (U) The following is Rome's contribution to the 2004 burdensharing report to Congress. For the purpose of this cable, US. dollar amounts are calculated at the exchange rate of USD 1 = Euro .90 except when noted. Embassy point of contact for this report is Pol-Mil Officer Susanne Rose, tel: [...]	2003-12-23 11:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	JA KS KU MCAP PREL SA US MARR IT QU TC NATO
03ROME5704	WFP STRIVES TO EXPAND ITS BASE OF COMMODITY [...] THE PROCUREMENT OF FOOD COMMODITIES BY THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) ROSE TO UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS IN 2003. FOR THE 6-MONTH PERIOD ENDING IN JUNE 2003, WFP PURCHASED COMMODITIES COSTING MORE THAN US DOLLARS (USD) 410 MILLION, EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT 1.8 MILLION METRIC TONS. AS MARKET SUPPLIERS OF [...]	2003-12-23 16:28:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR UN WFP
03ROME5705	WFP plea for North Korea humanitarian food [...] (SBU) WFP Executive Director Jim Morris has written his second letter this month to Secretary Powell (this one posted from Beijing) focusing attention on the continuing humanitarian crisis in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and WFP's renewed request for a favorable decision on [...]	2003-12-23 16:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PREF EAGR ECON KN KS UN
03ROME5709	Parmalat, Italy's Corporate Giant, in Crisis [...] Parmalat, Italy's dairy and food giant, is in the midst of financial crisis and is in danger of bankruptcy. Milan magistrates are investigating Parmalat's former top management for accounting irregularities committed from 1988 to the present that reportedly have resulted in a shortfall of Euro [...]	2003-12-23 16:49:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD IT EUN
03ROME5747	RIGHT TO FOOD: REPORT OF SECOND SESSION, [...] (SBU) Summary: The second session of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) for the Elaboration of Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security met in Rome October 27-29. Delegations gave their initia [...]	2003-12-30 15:38:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM EAGR EAID EFIN KUNR FAO
03ROME589	FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] THE WFP BOARD SESSION TOOK PLACE AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF EVER-INCREASING EMERGENCY NEEDS (PARTICULARLY IN AFRICA WHERE 38 MILLION PEOPLE FACE STARVATION) AND HOW BEST TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LEVEL OF RESOURCES (4.8 MILLION METRIC TONS VALUED AT U.S. DOLLARS 2.4 BILLION) TO ENSURE AN ADEQUATE [...]	2003-02-13 12:28:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN
03ROME600	ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO PROVIDES ASSURANCES ON FLOW [...] (S) SUMMARY. ITALIAN MINDEF MARTINO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR ON FEBRUARY 12 THAT THE GOI WOULD NOT LET THE U.S. DOWN ON FLOW OF FORCES AND OTHER USG LOGISTICAL REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO POSSIBLE MILITARY ACTION IN IRAQ. PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI IS COMMITTED TO MEETING ITALY'S RESPONSIBILITIES (N [...]	2003-02-13 18:17:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME618	SOMALIA: AN ITALIAN NGO'S PLAN B FOR PEACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ANGELO MASETTI, SECRETARY OF A UNION-ORGANIZED GROUP THAT WORKS WITH SOMALIS IN ITALY, SHARED WITH POLOFF JANUARY 31 AN ALTERNATIVE VISION FOR CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00618 01 OF 02 141432Z ACHIEVING PEACE IN SOMALIA. MASETTI OPINED THAT [...]	2003-02-14 13:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS ELAB SO IT
03ROME619	TAREQ AZIZ'S VISIT TO ROME - PART I [...] (SBU) FM FRATTINI WILL CALL THE SECRETARY EARLY AFTERNOON EDT FEB. 14 TO DEBRIEF THE SECRETARY ON FRATTINI'S MEETING WITH TAREQ AZIZ IN ROME FEB. 14 (REF A). THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF AZIZ'S TRIP/STATEMENTS IN ROME SO FAR. --------------- AZIZ STATEMENTS --------------- 2. (U) EMBAS [...]	2003-02-14 14:22:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME637	WFP'S SURGING FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS FOR 2003 - [...] WFP'S PROJECTED 2003 NEEDS (ALL PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS) ARE ESTIMATED AT 4.8 MILLION TONS (MTS),VALUED AT U.S. DOLLARS 2.4 BILLION (NOT INCLUDING ANY IRAQ RESPONSE IN THE EVENT OF CONFLICT). WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF HIGH PROFILE AND NEEDY OPERATIONS, 2003 IS EXPECTED TO PUT CONSIDERABLE STRAIN [...]	2003-02-14 20:05:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN
03ROME643	WFP'S SURGING FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS FOR 2003 - [...] WFP'S PROJECTED 2003 NEEDS (ALL PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS) ARE ESTIMATED AT 4.8 MILLION TONS (MTS),VALUED AT U.S. DOLLARS 2.4 BILLION (NOT INCLUDING ANY IRAQ RESPONSE IN THE EVENT OF CONFLICT). WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF HIGH PROFILE AND NEEDY OPERATIONS, 2003 IS EXPECTED TO PUT CONSIDERABLE STRAIN [...]	2003-02-18 09:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN
03ROME677	FAO FISHERIES PERSONNEL DISCUSS COFI [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: U.S. ALTERNATE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE MET WITH FAO COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES (COFI) SECRETARY BEN SATIA AND OTHER FISHERIES PERSONNEL ON SIPDIS FEBRUARY 12 TO PRESENT REFERENCED DEMARCHE AND TALKING POINTS AND TO DISCUSS THE AGENDA FOR THE UPCOMING COFI SESSION. [...]	2003-02-19 15:03:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS ETRD SENV FAO
03ROME699	ITALY: BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT RIDING TOUGH DOMESTIC [...] (C) ITALY HAS MADE ITS STRATEGIC CHOICE ON IRAQ. THE GOI WILL BACK FORCIBLE DISARMAMENT OF SADDAM, WITH OR WITHOUT A UN RESOLUTION, IF IT BECOMES NECESSARY. HOW IT GETS TO THAT DECISION POINT WILL BE MESSY, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE PM BERLUSCONI IS CONFRONTING A MOSTLY UNFAVORABLE POLITICAL SI [...]	2003-02-20 17:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME760	AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL IN ETHIOPIA - "IT'S EVEN [...] A TEAM LED BY AMBASSADOR TONY HALL AND AA/DCHA ROGER WINTER VISITED ETHIOPIA FEBRUARY 15-21 AND FOUND THE COUNTRY WITH THE SECOND LARGEST POPULATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA STRUGGLING TO CONTAIN A MAJOR HUMANITARIAN DISASTER. IN 2003, SOME 11.3 MILLION DROUGHT VICTIMS WILL REQUIRE ABOUT 1.4 MILL [...]	2003-02-24 15:58:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN
03ROME763	BERLUSCONI-BLAIR ROME MEETING: SADDAM MUST DISARM, [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE BERLUSCONI-BLAIR MEETING IN ROME FEB. 21 TOUCHED ON "THE EUROPE OF THE FUTURE," DEFENSE AND SECURITY, UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 00763 241801Z BUT FOCUSED ON THE CRISES IN THE MIDDLE EAST: MOSTLY IRAQ BUT ALSO THE ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. [...]	2003-02-24 16:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IT UK IZ IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
03ROME923	ITALIAN RIGHTS GROUP PUBLICIZES NEW EVIDENCE OF [...] SUMMARY: A PROMINENT ITALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 28 A NEW REPORT ON VIOLENCE COMMITTED AGAINST POLITICAL OPPONENTS AND PRISONERS BY SADDAM HUSSEIN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 00923 061433Z AND HIS REGIME. ITALIAN MEDIA PUBLISHED EXCERPT [...]	2003-03-06 13:32:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM OPRC PGOV IZ IT HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA1041	YEMEN INTERESTED IN RESOLUTION TO LIFT UN [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-07 15:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YM
03SANAA1073	YEMEN: FREEDOM PROCLAMATIONS ISSUED [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-12 14:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL YM
03SANAA1074	ROYG AND THE ROADMAP [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-12 14:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA1075	ROYG DEMARCHED ON PATTERNS 2002 [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-12 14:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINS PREL PGOV ECON YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1101	USG SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN YEMEN [...] In 2002, Embassy Sanaa managed several successful programs that encourage respect for human rights in Yemen, including equal access to education, human rights training for military officers, and 17 small grants focused on grassroots democracy and the development of civil society. Most notabl [...]	2003-05-14 13:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ELAB YE HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA1117	SALIH EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES FOR RIYADH BOMBINGS [...] (C) On May 14, Deputy FM al-Radi called in the DCM to deliver a condolence letter from ROYG President Salih to President Bush for the 5/13 Riyadh bombings. The letter expresses condolences for the American victims' families, condemnation of the terror acts, and Yemen's commitment to the war o [...]	2003-05-15 14:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YE

03SANAA1118	BAATHIST PARTY ANIMAL RETURNS TO YEMEN [...] (C) Qassem Salam, the Secretary General of Yemen's Arab Socialist Baath Party slunk back from Baghdad in late April. In a May 6 interview with a London Arab paper, he claimed ROYG President Salih had recently praised Saddam Hussein as a "brave struggler". The MFA declares a complete mis-quote [...]	2003-05-15 15:11:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YE DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA1159	REORGANIZATION OF THE IRAQI MFA AND RECALL OF COM [...] (C) Summary. The Foreign Minister's Office Director confirms that Iraq's former Ambassador left Sanaa before the war, that the remaining diplomats are keeping a low profile, and that the ROYG continues to protect the Embassy as inviolable diplomatic premises. In these circumstances, he believ [...]	2003-05-21 14:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ YE
03SANAA1190	IRAN'S PRESIDENT KHATAMI VISITS YEMEN: NO [...] C) Iranian President Mohammed Khatami's May 15/18 visit to Yemen was low-key, almost pro forma, with little public exposure and no overtures to Yemen's large Shi'a community. Although six cooperative agreements were signed, in areas from security to shipping, the accords broke little new groun [...]	2003-05-28 15:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR IR YE
03SANAA1191	SANAA EAC MEETING MAY 27 [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on May 27 to assess Embassy security posture in light of recent unspecified threat information. Post is working closely with ROYG to review security, and continues to endorse the return of minor dependents. [...]	2003-05-28 16:09:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1192	TERRORIST FINANCE: SANAA: PRENOTIFICATION OF [...] (S) Summary: The head of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had little substantive comment on the USG designation of the al-Aqsa Foundation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. Al-Aqsa is a sensitive subject in Yemen and USG efforts to extradite al-Aqsa's local leader, Sheik [...]	2003-05-29 09:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	KVPR ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS TERFIN COUNTER TERRORISM DEMARCHE
03SANAA1193	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SOFAN: ECONOMIC ISSUES AND [...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Planning and International Cooperation Ahmed Sofan outlined the new government's priorities to Ambassador in a courtesy call on May 26. Sofan also said that he expects the long-delayed gun-control legislation to pass Parliament [...]	2003-05-29 09:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID YM ECON COM
03SANAA1194	SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO [...] (S/NF) The Ambassador has briefed President Saleh on your visit. Saleh wishes to meet with you and welcomes the establishment of a LEGATT office in Sanaa. As noted in the 2002 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report, ROYG has provided "excellent cooperation with the U.S." Your visit could hard [...]	2003-05-29 10:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER KCRM YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1256	FBI DIRECTOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT SALEH, MINISTER [...] (S/NF) Begin summary: FBI Director Mueller met with President Saleh on Monday, June 2 during a brief visit to Aden. Mueller and his delegation also met with Minister of Interior Rashad Alimi and head of the Political Security Organization (PSO) General Ghaleb Gamish. Issues discussed in t [...]	2003-06-04 20:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PGOV KJUS IZ SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA1260	IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM REQUESTS ASYLUM TO [...] (S/NF) Abdul Hakim al-Iryani, Advisor to Foreign Minister Qirbi, called the DCM on 5/31 to request immediate assistance in vetting the Iraqi Ambassador to Vietnam, his wife, and the members of his family in para 3 who have requested asylum to Yemen. 2. (S/NF) The original fax from the M [...]	2003-06-05 11:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL ASEC IZ YM
03SANAA1313	MEDIA REACTION ON THE ROAD MAP [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-10 09:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM
03SANAA1349	PROPOSED YEMENI PARTICIPANTS FOR PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) Per ref A, following are Embassy Sanaa's revised suggestions of both government and private sector participants for the MidEast Regional Justice Forum: Dr. Adnan Omar al-Jafri Minister of Justice Newly-appointed to the cabinet (May 2003),professor of international law at Aden Univers [...]	2003-06-11 14:32:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PHUM PREL DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA1396	TERRORIST FINANCE: YEMEN REQUESTS MORE INFORMATION [...] (U) This is an Action Request, please see para 8. 2. (S) Summary: The Head of the Americas desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requests more information regarding the link between the Yemen Al-Aqsa Foundation and Hamas. ROYG officials are seeking an alternative charity for donations to [...]	2003-06-18 04:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR YM TERFIN
03SANAA1411	MOAYED: ROYG MAKES AN 11TH HOUR APPEAL [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 13. 2. (S/NF) Begin summary: Yemen has launched an aggressive 11th hour campaign for the return of Sheikh Mohamed Ali al-Moayed, now awaiting an extradition ruling in Germany on charges of support for terrorist organizations. After raising [...]	2003-06-19 13:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PREL ASEC PGOV KJUS YM TERFIN
03SANAA1441	ROYG APPEAL ON AL-MOAYED CASE [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-23 04:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV PINR TERFIN
03SANAA1450	U/S BOLTON 6/16-17 VISIT TO YEMEN: ARTICLE 98 [...] (C) Summary: ROYG Foreign Minister al-Qirbi pledged his support for an Article 98 agreement with the U.S. during the June 16-17 visit of U/S Bolton. On timing, President Saleh was equivocal, suggesting that Yemen would not sign until a specified list of other Arab states were on board. Acco [...]	2003-06-23 14:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTIA YM KICC
03SANAA1451	MINISTER OF INTERIOR ON YEMEN-SAUDI SECURITY [...] (C) Begin summary: On June 21, Charge met with Minister of Interior Alimi to discuss recent developments in Yemen-Saudi border security, Red Sea counter-terrorism cooperation, press reports of Yemeni terrorist arrested in Saudi Arabia, and other issues. The Charge was accompanied by RSO an [...]	2003-06-23 15:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PTER PGOV SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1455	U/S BOLTON'S VISIT TO YEMEN: MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Begin summary: During a day of official meetings on June 17, Under Secretary for Non-Proliferation and International Security John R. Bolton met with Foreign Minister Abubaker al-Qirbi and MOD Chief of Staff Major General Mohammed al-Qasami to discuss Yemen's relations with the DPRK and [...]	2003-06-24 07:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PARM MARR PREL MNUC MASS KN YM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANAA1545	YEMENI SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT'S INTERVIEW WITH [...] (U) Begin summary: A recent interview with Speaker of Parliament Sheikh Abdullah bin Hussein al-Ahmar provides an illustrative example typifying the views of this prominent Yemeni political figure. Al-Ahmar is known for his controversial ideas as demonstrated in a June 20 interview with Lo [...]	2003-06-30 04:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IZ YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA1559	YEMEN'S MEPI STRATEGY [...] (U)Summary: Embassy Sanaa presents the MEPI Strategy 2003/04 at para 2, prepared by the Embassy Development Team that includes Pol/Econ, PD and USAID. This strategy reflects Embassy Sanaa's long-term goals for MEPI. Embassy Sanaa believes MEPI will become a substantive part of our engagement [...]	2003-06-30 14:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI KPAO EAID YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM ECON COM
03SANAA156	YEMEN FM QIRBI LETTER ON SCUDS [...] (S) Embassy Sanaa received a diplomatic note from the MFA on the issue of Yemen-North Korea missile cooperation on January 20 (text para 2). The note should be read in conjunction with report on Ambassador's conversation with the Minister of Defense (ref D),in which the MoD said that no de [...]	2003-01-20 14:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL ADCO ADPM YM
03SANAA1577	AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: LET'S [...] Summary: The Ambassador called on the newly-appointed Minister of Human Rights Amat al-Alim al-Suswa on June 30. In a cordial meeting, they discussed the state of human rights in Yemen, the 2002 Human Rights Report, developments in the new Ministry and specific human rights issues, including [...]	2003-07-01 13:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR YM HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA1585	JULY 1 SANAA EAC MEETING: JULY 4 PREPARATIONS [...] (S/NF) The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on July 1 to assess security measures for the Embassy's two July 4th activities. Key offices and personnel represented at the meeting included: AMB, A/DCM, DAO, OMC, AID, ORCA, PD, POL/ECON, RSO and SOC YEMEN. 2. [...]	2003-07-02 12:30:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC CASC AMGT PTER AEMR YM EAC
03SANAA1690	2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - REPUBLIC OF [...] THE FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY'S YEAR 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR YEMEN. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: A. 1. Openness to Foreign Investment The Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) is committed to attracting foreign investors by improving its overall investmen [...]	2003-07-13 07:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV YM OPIC ECON COM
03SANAA1718	MEDIA REACTION ON AMBASSADOR HULL'S ARTICLE ON [...] SUMMARY: On July 2, an opinion article on Iraq by Ambassador Edmund Hull, entitled "Toward a Free Iraq: Security, Economic, Political Efforts on Track" was widely distributed to the Yemeni press. Out of about 29 newspapers, six independent papers published the article plus the al-Sahwa.net we [...]	2003-07-16 11:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM
03SANAA1742	ENCOURAGING BALANCED ARAB MEDIA COVERGE OF IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-20 11:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO YM
03SANAA1745	YEMEN: NEW NAMES ON ASSETS FREEZE LIST [...] (U) On July 16, PolOff delivered ref A and B demarches to Mr. Abdulsalem Qassim Al-Awadi, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Office. Awadi said he would relay the names to the relevant ministries, and thanked PolOff for procedural information (derived from reftels, septels [...]	2003-07-20 11:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PREL PTER KSEP KVPR CVIS IZ YM UNSC EUN DEMARCHE TERFIN
03SANAA1752	FM QIRBI DELIVERS DIRECT MESSAGE ON ANTICIPATED [...] (c) Summary: Foreign Minister Qirbi requested a meeting with the Ambassador July 19 to renew the ROYG,s request that the U.S. withdraw its extradition request from Germany and allow Yemen to host the trial of al-Moayad and his colleague. Qirbi also delivered points indicating that such a wit [...]	2003-07-21 06:19:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KJUS PGOV PTER MARR PARM PREL GM YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA1772	ROYG: ARAB MILITARY FORCES REQUESTED FOR IRAQ? [...] (u) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (c) During a July 16 meeting with Poloff on numerous subjects (septel),MFA Americas Director Abdulsalem Qassim Al-Awadi inquired about a "USG request for Arab military assistance in Iraq." He could not elaborate on the specifics of the r [...]	2003-07-22 13:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS IZ YM
03SANAA1774	INITIAL YEMENI REACTION QUIET REGARDING MOAYED [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Neither Post nor the German Embassy in Sana'a have yet received any direct reaction from the ROYG or the public to the German court ruling in favor of granting the U.S. request to extradite al-Moayed and his companion. Press reports 24 hours after the decision remai [...]	2003-07-22 13:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KJUS PGOV PTER MARR PARM PREL GM YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA1775	YEMEN: U.S. THEMES FOR UNGA [...] (u) This is an action request - see para 3. 2. (u) Pol/Econ Chief and Poloff delivered ref a and b demarches to Abdulsalem Qassim Al-Awadi, Director of MFA's Americas Office, on July 22. Awadi promised to share the information with relevant ROYG officials, including Foreign Minister Qi [...]	2003-07-22 14:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL PHUM YM UNGA UN DEMARCHE
03SANAA1817	MEDIA REACTION: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 8 TRIP TO ADEN [...] (u) Begin summary: The Ambassador's July 8 trip to the southern port city of Aden (reftels) to attend the graduation ceremony of the first group of Yemeni officials trained by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) received favorable coverage in both national and local press. During the visit, the Am [...]	2003-07-29 07:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER MARR YM COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANAA1879	SALEH DEMARCHE ON AL-MOAYED AND CT SUPPORT [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Saleh July 30 pressed Ambassador and Legatt-designate for an arrangement on al-Moayed to avoid political embarrassment to Yemen. Legatt briefed Saleh on FBI proposal for Yemeni investigators to come to New York and cooperate on al-Moayed case. Saleh also pressed for a [...]	2003-08-02 12:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER ASEC MARR PARM PGOV YM COUNTER TERRORISM ECON COM ENERGY TERFIN
03SANAA1971	INTERIOR MINISTER ALIMI ON AL-MOAYED, TRAINING AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Interior Minister Alimi again pressed Ambassador August 5 for US agreement to return Sheikh al-Moayed to Yemen for trial, in response to FBI invitation for Yemeni officials to visit New York and review evidence following al-Moayed's extradition. Ambassador and Legatt-Designate r [...]	2003-08-11 11:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA1975	YEMEN SEEKS INCREASED COOPERATION WITH HOA TO [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 10. 2. (c) Summary: Commander of the U.S. Combined Joint Task Force for the Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA),General Maston Robeson, met with the Yemeni Ministries of Defense, Foreign Affairs and Interior on August 4 to discuss American and Yemeni policy [...]	2003-08-11 13:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR PREL YM SU EH COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANAA212	S44-02: YEMEN INFORMED OF IRAQI EFFORTS TO ACQUIRE [...] (S) On January 29, 2003 PolOff demarched Abdulrahman M.S. Kamarani, Deputy Director of the Ministy of Foreign Affair's Americas Office, on Iraqi efforts to acquire CBW protective materials (reftel). Kamarani had no immediate response. He agreed to contact the Embassy if the MFA or other pa [...]	2003-01-30 13:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC IZ YM CBW UNSC DEMARCHE
03SANAA2125	SANAA EAC MEETING - AUGUST 20, 2003 [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Charge convened an EAC meeting on August 20 to assess the recent bombings in Baghdad and Jerusalem and how this could affect security for official and unofficial Amcits in Yemen. Also discussed was a recent internet news item concerning terrorism and security in Y [...]	2003-08-24 07:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
03SANAA213	MFA DEMARCHED ON EXCEPTIONS TO THE ASSETS FREEZE [...] On January 29, 2003 PolOff demarched Abdulrahman M.S. Kamarani, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affair's Americas Office, on exceptions to the assets freeze list (reftel A) and the terrorist financing designations of Stichting Benevolence International Nederland (reftel B) and four [...]	2003-01-30 13:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KSEP KVPR EUN DEMARCHE TERFIN
03SANAA2142	YEMEN: IAEA DRAFT RESOLUTION AND YEMEN-DEPT ENERGY [...] (u) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (c) Dr. Moustafa Bahran, Chairman of the Yemen National Atomic Energy Commission (NATEC),requests U.S. assistance in delivering Yemen's draft resolution for the September 2003 IAEA General Assembly to appropriate USG officials. Bahran sp [...]	2003-08-26 09:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	TRGY TPHY PTER AORC YM IAEA COUNTER TERRORISM ENERGY
03SANAA2145	58TH UNGA DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On August 24, Pol/Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Dirham al-Saidi, Americas desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Welcoming the demarche, al-Saidi said that he had just returned from a DoD regional seminar in Washington on border security that covered many of the same issues a [...]	2003-08-26 11:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP YM UNGA CDG UNDC DEMARCHE
03SANAA2203	HADRAMAUT: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MARITIME SECURITY [...] (c) Begin summary: During an August 7-11 trip to the Hadramaut, Embassy officials met with Governor Hilal, Deputy Governor Ulufi, political figures, and members of the Civil Democratic Forum -- a Yemeni NGO -- to discuss the region's future. In Mukalla, Governor Hilal and members of Yemen's [...]	2003-09-03 12:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR ECON EFIN EINV PINR YM COM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANAA2204	CANADIAN NEXEN IN THE HADRAMAUT: THE TERMINAL AND [...] (c) Begin summary: During an August 7-11 visit to the governorate of Hadramaut, Embassy officials toured oil company Canadian Nexen's Central Pumping Facility (CPF) and Export Terminal. Nexen said it has good relations with its neighbors and there have been no threats to the pipeline, but no [...]	2003-09-03 12:19:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PTER EINV PREL ECON YM COM ENERGY
03SANAA2224	SANAA EAC MEETING - SEPTEMBER 1, 2003 [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on September 1 to consider a Department Threat Advisory (reftel). Also discussed was the lack of credible and specific recent threat reporting on American targets in Yemen, the impending al-Moayad extradition, the official design [...]	2003-09-06 13:19:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
03SANAA2251	YEMEN OFFICIALS: AL-AHMAR AND SALIM SALIH MUHAMMAD [...] (s) Answers are keyed to reftel questions. See reftel b for more information on prominent exiles returning to Yemen. 2. (s) Salim Salih Muhammad: A. (s/nf) Why did President Saleh appoint Muhammad as his special advisor when he was Saleh's former political rival? President Saleh has [...]	2003-09-10 12:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PINR YM KPRP DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA2255	DEMARCHE ENCOURAGING YEMEN TO SUBSCRIBE TO ICOC [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-10 14:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA2258	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON BUSH'S ADDRESS TO THE [...] SUMMARY: U.S. President George W. Bush's speech on September 7 has so far been mentioned only in one government and one opposition paper. The opposition paper, which is usually very anti-American, only published excerpts of the speech with no commentary. Only the government paper carried c [...]	2003-09-11 10:30:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM
03SANAA2260	DEMARCHE TO MFA PSI STATEMENT OF INTERDICTION [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-11 10:30:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA2316	INCREASING YEMENI SUPPORT FOR IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (c) On September 15, the DCM discussed Iraq and other issues with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Hussein Taher bin Yahia, who said that the ROYG would welcome a visit by the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) "with open arms," and that plans for such travel would most likely be arrang [...]	2003-09-03 19:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YM IZ
03SANAA2336	TRIBAL ATTACK ON U.S. OIL PIPELINE LIKELY [...] (s/nf) Summary: On September 12, tribal elements succeeded in damaging U.S.-based Yemen Hunt Oil Company's pipeline approximately 60 kilometers from the Marib production facility. A single explosion from an IED of unknown specifications made three or four holes in the pipeline. No personnel [...]	2003-09-17 13:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS ENERGY
03SANAA2341	YEMEN NATIONAL COURT GIVES DEATH SENTENCE TO [...] (c) On September 15, the Northern Primary Court in Sanaa sentenced Ali al-Jarallah to death for the December 28, 2002 assassination of Jarallah Omar, deputy secretary-general of the Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) (ref a),and plotting the December 30 murders of three American medical personnel at [...]	2003-09-17 16:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2342	REPORTS OF 9/16 KIDNAPPING OVERSTATED; NO [...] (s/nf) Summary: Post has determined from various ROYG sources, informed journalists and the Egyptian Embassy that 9/16 media reports that an Egyptian diplomat was kidnapped in Sanaa were overstated. While sources provide a range of variant "facts" and posit wildly differing motives for the a [...]	2003-09-17 19:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER ASEC EG YM
03SANAA2410	GEN ABIZAID'S 9/19 MEETING WITH SALEH: EMPHASIS ON [...] (S/NF) Summary: In his first visit to Yemen, GEN Abizaid, CDR USCENTCOM, met with the Country Team and called separately on Chief of Staff Qasimi (septel) and President Saleh. Saleh briefed the CDR on the ROYG's discovery and arrest of a terrorist cell over the previous few days. Saleh revea [...]	2003-09-24 07:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2440	ROYG BRIEFING ON DISRUPTION OF AL-QAIDA CELL IN [...] (C) Summary: On 9/28 Interior Minister Alimi called in Ambassador, with ambassadors of Italy, France, UK and Germany, to brief on ROYG's recent disruption of a Sanaa-based al-Qaida cell targeting U.S., other Western, and Yemeni objectives. Alimi's briefing elaborated on preliminary informatio [...]	2003-09-30 15:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2454	DETAINEES: REHABILITATION AND RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: Since the 8/02 inception of the ROYG's program to rehabilitate and release detainees, approximately 160 of the over 220 detainees who have participated in the Ulema run dialogues have been recommended for release. Of those, 43 detainees, none of whom were facing criminal charges [...]	2003-10-06 15:42:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2463	NEA A/S BURNS OCTOBER 4 MEETING WITH SALEH: CT [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a 10/4 meeting with President Saleh, NEA A/S Burns welcomed U.S.-Yemeni CT cooperation and supported U.S. assistance for Yemen's security and development. Saleh briefed on expanding Saudi-Yemeni CT cooperation, which he characterized as better than ever before, despite (acc [...]	2003-10-08 06:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER AMGT EAID PARM MCAP KPAL SA IZ YM ICC DPRK COUNTER TERRORISM ECON COM
03SANAA2464	A/S BURNS IN YEMEN: MEPI AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS [...] (u) Summary: During his October 3-4 visit to Yemen, Assistant Secretary Burns experienced first-hand how development programs complement and support Post's counter-terrorism goals. Meetings with President Saleh and FM Qirbi reported in septels. A/S Burns received comprehensive briefings fro [...]	2003-10-08 06:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI YM MEPI DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA2487	DEMARCHE OF YEMENI MFA OFFICIAL ON PSI BACKGROUND [...] (c) On October 12, Pol/Econ Chief met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of the Americas Office Abdulsalem Qassim al-Awadhi to re-deliver and discuss the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Interdiction Principles (refs a and b) and to review the questions and answers [...]	2003-10-13 11:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT KNNP DEMARCHE
03SANAA2496	SANAA AMERICAN CORNER PROJECT PROPOSAL [...] Post requests funding to establish American Corner partnerships with six public institutions in Yemen. Institutions include Dhamar University, Hodeidah University, Sana'a University, Aden University, Taiz University and the Sana'a Public Library. John Balian, PAO, is the designated point of [...]	2003-10-14 12:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL YM KSEP OEXC
03SANAA2534	AUGUST 29, 2003, SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE [...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? Yes, Muslim Yemeni pro-Palestinian/pro-Iraqi/anti-American demonstrators. B. Have there been anti-American demonstrations in t [...]	2003-10-22 04:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2536	ROYG RECEIVES UN DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-22 06:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IO YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA2550	YEMEN-DPRK: SCUD REPAIRS, NO FUTURE MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Aliwa informed Ambassador on 10/20 that an August visit of North Korea's Deputy Minister of Industry had yielded agreement for DPRK experts to install replacement parts needed to restore defective SCUDs to operational status. In response to precise questioning by [...]	2003-10-22 13:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL ADCO ADPM YM
03SANAA2700	FBI DIRECTOR'S 11/5/03 MEETING WITH YEMENI [...] (S/NF) Summary: On 5 November 2003, FBI Director Mueller, accompanied by Ambassador, met with ROYG President Saleh in Sanaa. The Director pressed Saleh on the urgent need to arrest al-Qa'ida members at large in Yemen; expressed concerns over the ROYG's release of arrestees who may be assoc [...]	2003-11-12 13:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2701	AMBASSADOR'S 11/8/03 CT COORDINATION MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: On 8 November 2003, the Ambassador was called to a meeting with Minister of the Interior, Dr. Rashad al-Alimi, and the Director of the Political Security Organization, BG Ghalib al-Qamish, to discuss current levels of cooperation on the counter-terrorism front. The Ambassador pr [...]	2003-11-12 13:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL IR YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2730	MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S REMAKRS AT THE [...] SUMMARY: U.S. President George W. Bush's remarks at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) on November 6th have been mentioned in government, opposition and independent papers. The opposition and independent papers, some of which are anti-American, published excerpts of the speech. Most [...]	2003-11-18 09:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA2753	INTERIOR MINISTER ALIMI: NO DETAINEES RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: Charge called on Interior Minister Alimi 11/19 to express concern over Yemen's reported release of 92 security detainees (refs). Alimi said that U.S. concerns had not been ignored, because no/no detainees had yet been released. None slated for release had committed acts of viole [...]	2003-11-19 20:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2763	MEDIA REACTION ON AL-MOAYAD'S EXTRADITION FROM [...] SUMMARY: The Extradition of Mohammed Al-Hasan al-Moayad and his aide Mohammed Zayed from Germany to the United States on November 17th to face charges of conspiring to provide material support to the al-Qaeda and Hamas terrorist groups have been mentioned in government, opposition and indepe [...]	2003-11-22 13:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2795	YEMEN SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (sbu) Embassy Sanaa warmly welcomes you and your team to Sanaa, Yemen, December 7-8. You will be the first visitor from the Department of Commerce since Deputy Assistant Secretary Molly Williamson in May 2001. Your visit will SIPDIS afford an opportunity for follow-on talks with the Yemeni [...]	2003-11-30 11:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON YM IMF COM
03SANAA2809	ROYG RESPONSE ON US CANDIDATES FOR CERD AND [...] The following is the translated text of dipnote 10/214/18, dated November 16, 2003, from the ROYG indicating its support of the U.S. candidates for the UN Committees Against Torture and the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). 2. Begin text: Republic of Yemen Mini [...]	2003-12-02 05:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL YM IO HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA2839	FURTHER DETAILS ON YEMEN-EU DEMOCRACY/HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: DCM and Pol/Econ Deputy received updated information on the Sana'a Inter-Governmental Conference on Democracy, Human Rights and the role of the International Criminal Court to be held in January (reftels) from No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ) representative Niccolo Figa-Talamanca [...]	2003-12-06 13:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL PGOV YM KICC HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA2890	HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER'S INCIDENT AT FRANKFURT [...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 5. 2. (C) Ambassador and Pol/Econ Deputy called on Minister of Human Rights Amat al-Alim al-Suswa December 9 to ascertain what happened at Frankfurt Airport that caused her to turn back and cancel her trip to Washington for the National Democra [...]	2003-12-09 15:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM YM HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA2908	SANAA EAC MEETING - 9 DECEMBER 2003 [...] (S/NF) Summary: The DCM convened an EAC meeting on December 9, 2003, to review security conditions for Embassy personnel and the general American community in light of a recent news article reporting that Yemeni al-Qaeda has threatened attacks in the next 48 hours. The EAC commenced with a [...]	2003-12-14 06:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC
03SANAA2920	REACTION IN YEMEN TO SADDAM'S CAPTURE [...] (C) Saddam's capture dominated discussion at UAE National Day December 14 with numerous Yemenis seeking Ambassador out to congratulate him. Saddam's surrender without a fight surprised many. Shura Council member Mohammed Tayeb told Ambassador in confidence that President Saleh had reacted an [...]	2003-12-15 07:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ YM
03SANAA2953	URGENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO YEMEN: CHALLENGE TO [...] (c) Pol/Econ Chief met with Ambassador Abdul-Malik Abdul-Ghani Saleh, new Chief of the Americas Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to deliver the reftel points on December 15, 2003. When Pol/Econ Chief emphasized the time-sensitive nature of the request, Abdul-Ghani Saleh pr [...]	2003-12-16 07:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL YM UNGA DEMARCHE
03SANAA2979	YEMEN: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Embassy Sana'a responses to instructions for the "Patterns on Global Terrorism" report are keyed to lettered paragraphs in State 301352. 2. Post responses: A) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT A [...]	2003-12-21 07:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA2993	SANAA EAC MEETING - 20 DECEMBER 2003 [...] (s) Summary: On December 20 Ambassador convened an EAC meeting to discuss Post response to recent security incidents involving Westerners. Post has confirmed that three Western males were stabbed in or near the Old City on December 15-17. After reviewing security procedures, the Embassy iss [...]	2003-12-21 13:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC
03SANAA3008	UPDATE ON ROYG HR MINISTER'S INCIDENT AT FRANKFURT [...] (C) As part of Post's investigation into security procedures at Frankfurt Airport affecting official ROYG travelers, DCM met with United Airlines officials on December 18 to explore the incident. Background: When transferring to United Airlines in Frankfurt, the Minister of Human Rights wa [...]	2003-12-23 11:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM YM
03SANAA3009	PM SENIOR ADVISOR BODINE'S 12/17 MEETING WITH [...] (S/NF) Summary: In an extended 12/17 meeting with President Saleh, PM Senior Advisor Bodine welcomed U.S.-Yemeni CT cooperation and, along with the Ambassador, requested greater access for U.S. interrogation teams. Supporting U.S. assistance for Yemen's security and development, Ambassador Bod [...]	2003-12-23 11:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PARM PGOV KDEM YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA3010	PM SENIOR ADVISOR BODINE'S 12/18 MEETING WITH FM [...] (C) Summary: During a 12/18/03 call on Foreign Minister Qirbi, PM Senior Advisor Bodine and Qirbi exchanged signed diplomatic notes to complete an Article 98 agreement, (ROYG has asked that this not/not be publicized, however.) Without setting a precise date, Qirbi responded positively to the [...]	2003-12-23 11:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC PGOV PARM KDEM YM KICC COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY ECON COM
03SANAA3016	MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF PHIL REEKER, STATE [...] SUMMARY: U.S. State Department Deputy Spokesman Phil Reeker visited Yemen during December 8-11. He held an open meeting with the press in Sana'a December 9th attended by journalists and correspondents of local newspapers, international news agencies and Arab TV channels including Al-Arabiya [...]	2003-12-23 12:30:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM
03SANAA309	SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT SHEIKH AL AHMAR TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Within the scope of ongoing post meetings with senior political figures in the run-up to the April parliamentary elections, the Ambassador called on Speaker of Parliament (and leader of the Islamist-oriented Islah Party) Sheikh Abdullah Hussein al-Ahmar at his home on January 30 [...]	2003-02-14 21:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM YM DOMESTIC POLITICS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA31	SANAA EAC MEETING - 4 JANUARY 2003 [...] (S/NF) Begin summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on January 4, 2003, to assess recent threat information that emerged from the investigation of the Dec. 30 Jibla Hospital shooting (see reftel) and adopt measures to enhance security for Yemen-based American citizens. Key offices [...]	2003-01-06 04:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC
03SANAA312	SANAA EAC MEETING - 09 FEBRUARY 2003 [...] (S/NF) Begin summary: The Charge convened an EAC meeting on February 9 to assess recent threat information and discuss security-related issues, including alleged terrorist food poisoning, enhanced personal security awareness and obstacles to Chem/Bio training. Also mentioned was EAP readines [...]	2003-02-15 03:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA371	SANAA EAC MEETING - 23 FEBRUARY 2003 [...] (S/NF) Begin summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on February 23 to assess recent threat information and discuss security-related issues. Also mentioned was EAP readiness and the need to prepare for a future conflict in Iraq. Key offices and personnel represented at the meeting [...]	2003-02-26 03:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER AADP CASC EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA380	IRAQ: EVOLVING YEMENI ATTITUDES TOWARD A POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: ROYG policy and Yemeni street opinion publicly oppose a war in Iraq, but the underlying reality is more nuanced. The public line articulated by Saleh and senior officials strongly denounces war and advocates concerted Arab action to prevent it, but includes no/no expression of [...]	2003-02-27 14:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL IZ YM UN
03SANAA398	SANAA EAC MEETING -- 2 MARCH 2003 [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 2 to assess threat information and discuss contingency planning for a possible conflict with Iraq and other security-related matters. Key offices and personnel represented at the meeting incl [...]	2003-03-03 15:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER AADP CASC YM EAC
03SANAA442	TERRORISM FINANCE: REQUEST FOR POST VIEWS ON [...] (S/NF) Reftel's proposed designation, under E.O. 13224, of the Al-Aqsa Foundation branch in Yemen involves important U.S. interests in the global war on terrorism and potentially as well US-Yemeni cooperation in that war. From vantage of Embassy Sanaa, our highest priorities at the moment ar [...]	2003-03-06 12:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	KVPR CVIS ETTC EFIN PTER PREL YM TERFIN
03SANAA444	IRAQ: YEMENI ATTITUDES REMAIN OPPOSED TO WAR; [...] (C) Summary: ROYG public and private statements continue voicing opposition to a possible war in Iraq (reftel). The government staged peaceful demonstrations coinciding with the Arab Summit. Some American contacts are reporting an increased sense of animosity from random Yemenis on the st [...]	2003-03-06 13:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL IZ YM UN
03SANAA481	PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ON IRAQ: YEMENI IDEAS [...] (SBU) I spent two days this week in Aden publicizing U.S. development and security projects to remind the Yemeni government and public of their stake in our bilateral relationship as we move toward conflict in Iraq. One of my more interesting encounters was with the editors of Al Ayyam newspa [...]	2003-03-12 07:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL IZ YM
03SANAA489	SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 12 [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 12 to assess threat information and discuss ongoing security measures, contingency planning for a possible conflict with Iraq and other security-related matters. Key offices and personnel rep [...]	2003-03-13 13:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER AADP CASC YM EAC
03SANAA491	AMBASSADOR VISITS ADEN [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador visited Aden, the financial capital of Yemen, March 9 to 10 to check on several U.S. government sponsored projects and to carry the public diplomacy message that, Yemeni interests are well served by a strong relationship with the U.S. regardless of Iraq. Locally base [...]	2003-03-13 14:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PGOV YM
03SANAA492	AMBASSADOR HULL'S INTERVIEW WITH AL-AYYAM [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-13 15:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PREL PGOV IZ YM
03SANAA511	YEMEN: FOUR HUNT OIL EMPLOYEES SHOT, THREE FATALLY [...] (C) Four Hunt Oil employees working at a Hunt rig in Marib were shot by a Yemeni employee shortly before 1215 hours local March 18. Ron Horsch, an American citizen, was killed, as was William Seville, a Canadian, and Anam Al-Qubati, a Yemeni. Another Canadian, Mark Edwards, has two gunshot [...]	2003-03-18 11:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC CASC YM
03SANAA516	SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 18; UPDATE ON MARIB [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 18 to assess threat information in light of the shooting incident at the Hunt Oil facility in Marib (ref a) and the Iraq contingency. An uncorroborated source from an accounting firm that wor [...]	2003-03-18 17:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER AADP CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA518	ISLAH PARTY MODERATE ON AL-MOAYED [...] (C) Summary: An Islah party leader entertained the possibility of al-Moayed's guilt after hearing evidence from the U.S. complaint. P/E DepChief met with Islah party political director Mohamed Qahtan on March 17 and discussed the case of Sheikh Mohammed Ali al-Moayed, who is an Islah party [...]	2003-03-19 14:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KJUS ASEC GM YM TERFIN
03SANAA519	ISLAH PARTY MODERATE WARNS ABOUT DEMONSTRATIONS; [...] (C) Summary: Islah party political director Mohamed Qahtan expressed concern that an onset of war in Iraq would endanger Americans in Sanaa because increased demonstrations may spiral out of the government's control. P/E DepChief met with him on March 17 at his request. Qahtan, a well-know [...]	2003-03-19 14:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA521	(TFI201) SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 19 [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 19 to assess threat information in light of further information on the shooting incident at the Hunt Oil facility in Marib (refs a, b and septel) and the Iraq contingency. Because the investi [...]	2003-03-19 15:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER AADP CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA567	SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 20 2003 [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 20 to assess threat information in light of developments with the Iraq contingency and further information on the shooting incident at the Hunt Oil facility in Marib (refs a, b and septel). E [...]	2003-03-20 14:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA573	TFIZ01: SANAA SITREP ON VIOLENT ANTI-WAR [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: A violent demonstration that left several demonstrators dead and injured near the Embassy has dissipated and is over as of 1800 local time. Embassy reacted the Marine Security Guard and other measures in response and informed the Embassy and American community of the [...]	2003-03-21 14:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA574	TFIZ01: SANAA EAC MEETINGS MARCH 21 [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened two Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meetings on March 21. At 1400, EAC met to assess threat information in light of developments with the Iraq contingency and a developing demonstration. At 1830, EAC met to discuss Embassy response to the vio [...]	2003-03-21 18:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PTER PREL CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA576	TF1Z01: SANAA VIOLENT DEMONSTRATION 3/21 [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: As of 1500 local March 22, no demonstrations are occurring in Sanaa after the violent 3/21 demonstration caused numerous deaths and injuries of civilians and police (reftels). Security has been further augmented around the Embassy, with the addition of more Yemeni secu [...]	2003-03-22 14:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA579	TF1Z01: SANAA EAC MARCH 23 [...] (S/NF) The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) March 23 to discuss current threat information, enhanced security measures and Embassy security posture. EAC decided to move from StandFast to MoveSafe effective 3/23 at the close of business. Key offices and personnel repr [...]	2003-03-23 13:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM

03SANAA583	URGENT DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 24 ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-24 15:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA584	CLOSURE OF IRAQI MISSIONS [...] (S/NF) DCM delivered reftel demarches to Chief of the Americas Office Abdul-Salam Q. Al-Awadi on 3/24. Awadi said he would convey the U.S. message to FM Qirbi, but offered his own "opinion" of the ROYG position. He said that it would be very difficult for Yemen to act against Iraq because o [...]	2003-03-24 15:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA585	TFIZ01: YEMEN ANTSY OVER IRAQI CRITICISM [...] (C) An interpreter for President Salih, Mohamed Sudam, phoned Ambassador March 23 to underline that the Yemeni government is taking criticism over its stance on the war against Iraq. Sudam cited March 23 remarks of Iraqi VP Taha Ramadan, and an editiorial by Al-Quds Al-Arabi's editor-in-chie [...]	2003-03-24 15:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YM IZ
03SANAA588	ROYG APPROACHED TO FREEZE IRAQI ASSETS [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-25 08:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETTC PREL YM
03SANAA591	ROYG BRIEFED ON LEGAL AUTHORITY FOR USE OF FORCE [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-25 10:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IZ YM UNSC
03SANAA592	PMAT: MIDDLE EAST NOTICE TO MARINERS (NOTMAR) AND [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-25 10:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MOPS MARR EWWT PHSA EAIR YM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANAA593	TF1Z01: SHIFT IN YEMEN MEDIA COVERAGE AND RISING [...] (C) Summary: Yemen media coverage of Operation Iraq Freedom and anti-war protests underwent a noticeable shift in tone from low-key for several days to more sensationalist since March 23. Initially, it appears that the ROYG attempted to down-play media coverage to minimize public outrage. H [...]	2003-03-25 10:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA595	YEMEN'S ECONOMY AS SEEN BY WORLD BANK ECONOMISTS [...] Sensitive But Unclassified, please protect. 2. (SBU) Summary: Two World Bank economists in Sanaa are complimentary about the ROYG's fiscal policy and commitment to reforms. In a March 17 discussion with Emboffs, the bank economists gave positive assessments of Yemeni fiscal discipline, cur [...]	2003-03-25 11:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EAID PINR YM WTRO COM
03SANAA597	TF1Z01: SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 25 [...] (S/NF) The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) March 23 to discuss current threat information, security measures and Embassy security posture. No new threats were reported. EAC decided to move from MoveSafe to StandFast effective 3/27 at the close of business in anticipa [...]	2003-03-25 14:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA604	TF1Z01: SANAA EAC MARCH 27 [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 27 to assess Embassy posture in light of recent threat information (ref) and the possibility of uncontrolled demonstrations. Embassy went to StandFast posture on March 27 at the open of busine [...]	2003-03-27 14:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA605	FOLLOW-UP REGARDING HOST GOVERNMENT ACTION AGAINST [...] (S/NF) Summary: On March 27 at 0145 local, Yemen's Political Security Organization (PSO) officers arrested three members of a terrorist cell and confiscated explosives per REFTELS. End Summary. 2. (S/NF) On the afternoon of 27 March 2003, the Ambassador called on PSO Chief Gamish to di [...]	2003-03-27 19:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER CASC PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM EAC
03SANAA606	TFIZ01: YEMEN - ROYG WALKING A TIGHTROPE [...] (C) Summary: ROYG is determined to stay ahead of regional and Yemeni opinion and maintain its bilateral relations with the U.S. Yemeni leadership continues to oscillate between condemnation of the U.S. for the war in Iraq and its stated commitment to protect foreigners, particularly Americ [...]	2003-03-28 12:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA607	TFIZ01:SANAA FSNS: ANXIETY AND HINTS OF BACKLASH [...] (C) Summary: Sanaa FSNs report heightened worry from friends and relatives about their working at U.S. Embassy. Several expressed concern that they may unwittingly be the means to an attack on US personnel or property, and some feel that they themselves may become targets because of their asso [...]	2003-03-28 12:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA611	STATE-OWNED MEDIA'S PORTRAYAL OF THE WAR [...] (C) Summary: Although the tone of the Yemeni State owned and operated media was subdued in the first few days of the war, it has become more strident with developments in the theater of war as well as in the wake of increasing protests in yemen and the Arab world. Nevertheless, state-controlled [...]	2003-03-29 11:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO KWWW PREL OPRC OIIP IZ
03SANAA621	TF1Z01: SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 30 [...] (S/NF) The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 30 to assess Embassy security posture and threat information. Key offices and personnel represented at the meeting included: ADMIN, AMB, CONS, DCM, FPD, OMC, ORCA, PD, POL/ECON, RMO and SOC YEMEN. 2. (S/ [...]	2003-03-30 14:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC
03SANAA628	YEMENI DEMARCHE ON MONEY CONVERSION PROBLEMS IN [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (SBU) According to the Yemeni Foreign Ministry, the State Bank of India has, at USG request, adopted restrictions affecting the ability of the Yemeni Embassy in New Delhi to transfer funds abroad. Abdul Salaam Al-Awadhi, Director of the Two [...]	2003-03-31 12:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EFIN YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA671	TF1Z01: SANAA EAC MEETING APRIL 6 [...] (S/NF) The Charge convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on April 6 to assess threat information and discuss Sheraton security in light of concerns expressed by President Saleh April 5 (reftel). Key offices and personnel represented at the meeting included: ADMIN, Charge, CONS, [...]	2003-04-06 15:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC
03SANAA690	YEMEN: ASSISTANCE FOR CIVIL DISORDER MANAGEMENT [...] (SBU) I am requesting your support for Civil Disorder Management (CDM) training for Yemen. There are at least three salient considerations: -- Yemeni efforts against Al-Qa'ida elements, especially over the last eight months, have been sustained and increasingly successful. -- Despite Pre [...]	2003-04-09 08:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER YM
03SANAA694	COALITION MILITARY OPERATIONS AND DIPLOMATIC [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-09 12:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS YM
03SANAA794	TFIZ01: YEMENI MIXED REACTION TO IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: The Yemeni government continues to manage its anti-war credentials and cooperation with the U.S. by playing both sides, although the fall of Baghdad has spurred efforts by the ROYG to move cooperation forward with the U.S. Citizen reaction to Saddam's regime collapse remains to [...]	2003-04-15 13:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA818	SETTING THE STAGE FOR YEMEN,S PARLIAMENTARY [...] (U) Summary: The April 27 parliamentary elections should be the most competitive elections ever in Yemen. This third parliamentary election in Yemen's emerging democracy presents a challenge and an opportunity for Yemen to move forward. The potential for violence threatens to mar what obs [...]	2003-04-17 12:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA86	ROYG SEIZES OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE YEMENI [...] (S) Summary: Formerly on the defensive regarding counter-terrorism cooperation with the U.S., the ROYG has seized the initiative in the aftermath of the recent terror attacks to push forward on broad CT activity and put opposition parties on the defensive. Its public outreach and media cam [...]	2003-01-08 14:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA882	MARIB: ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-24 13:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA963	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING 04/30/03 [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: On April 30, 2003, the Chief Of Mission chaired a core Emergency Action Committee meeting with COM, ORCA, DATT, FPD, SOC-Yemen and RSO in attendance. The topic of discussion was TD-3/OO/13299-03, 21 April 03, regarding a senior Al-Qaida planner in Saudi Arabia who was at [...]	2003-05-04 13:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC CASC PREL PTER EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANTIAGO263	BIO FOR JUAN GABRIEL VALDES, CHILE'S PERMREP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: JUAN GABRIEL VALDES IS THE GOC'S PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UN AS CHILE BEGINS ITS TWO-YEAR TOUR ON THE SECURITY COUNCIL. HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS CHILE'S FOREIGN MINISTER AND IN A PAIR OF TRADE POLICY POSITIONS. VALDES LIVED AND WORKED IN THE U.S. FOR SEVERAL YEARS DURING T [...]	2003-01-29 10:24:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UNSC CI
03SANTODOMINGO4390	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Hertell met with the Dominican Republic's Director of the National Police, Jaime Marte Martinez, to introduce DCM Lisa Kubiske and to thank the Director for his support in establishing an Anti-Trafficking in Persons Investigation Unit as part of the National Police [...]	2003-08-22 17:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM PINR DR
03SANTODOMINGO4522	ECUADOR EX-PRESIDENT NOBOA NOW IN DOMINICAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GODR MFA has confirmed that former Ecuadorian President Gustavo Noboa arrived in the Dominican Republic on August 23 after being granted approval by the GOE to travel. He and his spouse have been staying at the Presidential retreat, but are arranging to rent their own apartm [...]	2003-08-27 17:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS DR EC
03SANTODOMINGO4533	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT TELLS CONG. WELLER HE'S [...] SUMMARY. Dominican President Mejia told U.S. Congressmen visiting Aug 20-24 that prospects are &fine8 for a bilateral free trade agreement. Hosted by the Dominican private sector, Cong. Weller (R-Illinois),Cong. Brown (R-South Carolina) and Republican staffers stressed the need to address U [...]	2003-08-28 10:52:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ETRD OREP PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO4553	DOMINICAN RESPONSE--U.S. APPROACH IN THE FIRST [...] Poloffs delivered reftel demarche and non-paper August 26 to Ambassadors Francia Sencion and Roger Espaillat, Office Director and Sub-Director of the Americas Desk at the Foreign Ministry. Sencion said that relevant Foreign Ministry offices would review the non-paper and asked for time to pre [...]	2003-08-28 18:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP DR
03SANTODOMINGO4554	DOMINICAN RESPONSE--U.S. INITIATIVES FOR THE 58TH [...] This is an action request ) see para 3. 2. (C) Poloffs delivered demarche (ref A) and non-paper August 26 to Ambassadors Francia Sencion and Roger Espaillat, Office Director and Sub-Director of the Americas Desk at the Foreign Ministry. Sencion said that relevant Foreign Ministry offices a [...]	2003-08-28 19:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PHUM DR
03SANTODOMINGO4656	PARLACEN COURTS THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Central American Parliament (Parlacen) President Augusto Vela Mena, addressing a joint session of the GODR's National Congress in Santo Domingo August 27, announced that the proposed entry of the Dominican Republic into the System of Central American Integration had been forwarded to the presi [...]	2003-09-02 21:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EINT ETRD DR
03SANTODOMINGO4760	PSI STATEMENT OF INTERDICTION PRINCIPLES DELIVERED [...] (U) Per reftel, Poloff delivered the text of the Statement of Interdiction Principles agreed by the Proliferation Security Initiative participants to Ambassador Rogert Espaillat, Sub-Director of the GODR Americas Desk on September 5. The Ambassador had no immediate comment and indicated the [...]	2003-09-08 11:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
03SANTODOMINGO4944	PURCHASE OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT FOR THE CAA [...] (U) Post submits the following information for the purchase of unclassified computer equipment to be used in the CAA. 2. (C) HP SCANJET 8250 DIGITAL FLATBED SCANNER (C9932A) Specifications and warranty. Unit Cost: $899.99 quantity: (1) Total Cost: [...]	2003-09-15 19:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASUP AMGT KSLG
03SANTODOMINGO4990	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ESCALATES EFFORTS AGAINST CHILD [...] (U) On September 9 the Dominican Republic became the second country in Latin America to launch a US Department of Labor-funded Time Bound Program as part of an ongoing effort to eradicate the worst forms of child labor. The launch comes on the heels of an aggressive national campaign, recentl [...]	2003-09-16 19:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB DR
03SANTODOMINGO5057	URGENT DEMARCHE ON UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] Reftel talking points were delivered to Ambassador Francia Sencion and Rogert Espaillat, Director and Sub-Director of the GODR's Americas Desk, on September 18. The Ambassadors had no immediate comment and indicated the talking points would be reviewed by the relevant Foreign Ministry offices [...]	2003-09-18 19:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL DR
03SANTODOMINGO5097	ICOC TALKING POINTS DELIVERED TO GODR [...] Poloffs delivered reftel talking points to Ambassadors Francia Sencion and Rogert Espaillat, Director and Sub-Director of the Americas desk of the GODR Foreign Ministry. Both were aware of USG interest in the International Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (ICOC) and tha [...]	2003-09-22 15:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA DR
03SANTODOMINGO5118	EARTHQUAKE SHAKES DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - NO AMCITS [...] At 12:45 a.m. on September 22, an earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale struck the Dominican Republic approximately nine miles south of the resort town of Puerto Plata and 12 miles north of the interior city of Santiago. No AmCit deaths or injuries have been reported by the US Consular [...]	2003-09-22 21:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC DR EAIR EWWT SENV SOCI
03SANTODOMINGO5135	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ELECTIONS: LEONEL FERNANDEZ ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Former president and presidential pre-candidate Leonel Fernandez (PLD) emphasized to the Ambassador September 9 the importance of the Dominican Republic's relations with the United States, commented on the Dominican Republic's bumpy relations with Venezuela and the recent interr [...]	2003-09-23 16:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR EFIN EPET ETRD PGOV PREL VE
03SANTODOMINGO5154	FLORIDA GOVERNOR BUSH HITS A HOME RUN ON TRADE [...] Summary. Gov. Jeb Bush led more than 200 U.S. business representatives to Santo Domingo, September 15-17 for the annual &Expo USA8 and a full program to promote Miami's bid to house the permanent secretariat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas. He also expressed support for CAFTA docking. [...]	2003-09-23 20:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD OVIP DR
03SANTODOMINGO5157	DOMINICANS PUZZLED BY CHAVEZ'S ACCUSATIONS AND [...] (U) Summary. Relations between Venezuela and the Dominican Republic have been strained since July 27, when Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accused ex-Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez of conspiring to assassinate him and criticized the Dominican government for allowing this to take pl [...]	2003-09-23 23:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PREL DR VE
03SANTODOMINGO5275	STILL WAITING FOR GODR SUBSTANTIVE REACTION TO PSI [...] (C) Per ref A, we again contacted GODR Deputy Director for the Americas, Roger Espaillat, to inquire if the GODR has any substantive comment on the Statement of Interdiction Principles adopted by the Proliferation Security Initiative participants. Espaillat replied that the GODR generally s [...]	2003-09-30 15:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT DR
03SANTODOMINGO5390	VICE PRESIDENT FAULTS PRESIDENT MEJIA, ADDRESSES [...] (C) Summary: Dominican Vice President and candidate for president Milagros Ortiz-Bosch told DCM Kubiske September 26 that President Mejia cannot win re-election next May because of his unpopularity and voter opposition to a second consecutive term. She agreed with Mejia's vision and policies [...]	2003-10-02 20:36:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR EAID PGOV PINR PREL
03SANTODOMINGO5391	BLACKOUTS DARKEN DOMINICAN PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) IN THE FACE OF ELECTRICITY BLACKOUTS AND GROWING PUBLIC DISSATISFACTION, ON OCTOBER 1 THE GODR TOOK CONTROL OF TWO OF THE COUNTRY'S THREE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES. THE DEAL SIGNED SEPTEMBER 10 CALLS FOR THE GODR TO REPURCHASE SPANISH FIRM UNION FENOSA'S FIFTY PERCENT SHARE OF [...]	2003-10-02 21:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO5393	DOMINICAN SENATE PRESIDENT SKETCHES AMBITIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Dominican Senate President Jesus Vasquez Martinez, during a meeting September 8, predicted President Mejia would get strong majority support in the ruling PRD for his reelection bid in May 2004. Vasquez said he would work with Chamber of Deputies President Alfredo Pacheco on a [...]	2003-10-02 22:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ETRD HA OREP PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
03SANTODOMINGO5562	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT AND TOP ECONOMIC TEAM WORRIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING AN OCTOBER 8 MEETING AT THE NATIONAL PALACE, PRESIDENT MEJIA TOLD THE AMBASSADOR THAT HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT DELAYS IN DISBURSEMENT UNDER THE GODR'S STANDBY AGREEMENT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF),DELAYS IN DISBURSEMENT OF A $1OO MILLION INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOP [...]	2003-10-09 01:52:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG DR
03SANTODOMINGO5564	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT AND TOP ECONOMIC TEAM WORRIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING AN OCTOBER 8 MEETING AT THE NATIONAL PALACE, PRESIDENT MEJIA TOLD THE AMBASSADOR THAT HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT DELAYS IN DISBURSEMENT UNDER THE GODR'S STANDBY AGREEMENT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF),DELAYS IN DISBURSEMENT OF A $1OO MILLION INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOP [...]	2003-10-09 01:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG DR
03SANTODOMINGO5759	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DISPUTE OVER RE-ELECTION OF [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) is wrangling internally over whether to nominate President Mejia as its candidate in the national election next May. Other aspirants to the PRD nomination, arguing that presidential re-election violates party policy and that the unpop [...]	2003-10-17 16:46:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR PGOV PINR
03SANTODOMINGO5786	MFA LEGAL ADVISER ON REFUGEES, SOFA WITH KUWAIT, [...] (C) Summary: MFA Legal Adviser Jorge Santiago told DCM (then-Charge) Kubiske October 9 that his office will begin full-time processing of a refugee case backlog before the end of the year and will soon submit to UNHCR a list of needed technical assistance and training for refugee contingency [...]	2003-10-20 11:21:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR IZ KU MARR PREF PREL
03SANTODOMINGO5992	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FM ON ECONOMIC, INTERNATIONAL, AND BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Guerrero Prats, at a lunch hosted by the Ambassador October 7, said the GODR was trying through diplomatic channels to restore normal relations with Venezuela after President Chavez downgraded them in September. Trade/economic adviser (and daughter of President Meji [...]	2003-10-24 19:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR EFIN ETRD MARR MX PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SP VE XF KCOR
03SANTODOMINGO6000	SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS INFORMATION [...] Reftel A and B points were delivered to Ambassador Francia Sencion, Director of the Americas Desk at the GODR Foreign Ministry, on October 22. GODR Ambassador Jesus Maria Hernandez, who was identified in Reftel A as Summit Coordinator, is out of the country and unavailable. Sencion will for [...]	2003-10-25 15:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KSUM KDEM XM XL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6001	UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Ambassador Francia Sencion, Director of the Americas Desk, and Ambassador Rhadis Abreu de Polanco, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Desk at the GODR Foreign Ministry on October 22. Sencion indicated the points would be reviewed [...]	2003-10-25 15:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC AORC DR
03SANTODOMINGO6123	PRESIDENT MEJIA VOWS FIRMNESS IN IMF COMMITMENT, [...] (C) Speaking at length to the Ambassador on October 28, President Mejia emphatically took credit for seeking IMF support in mid-2003 and for his aggressive campaign to bring home to the business sector the need to meet IMF commitments. He was particularly annoyed at the sluggish response of b [...]	2003-10-30 11:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN DR
03SANTODOMINGO6168	DOMINICAN ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW DIPLOMATIC POSTINGS [...] (U) President Mejia signed several executive orders on October 30, appointing new diplomats to various posts. Changes in Dominican posts in the U.S. are as follows: a. Virginia Esposito is the new Deputy Chief of Mission at the Dominican Embassy, replacing Luis Alvarez Rivera (resigned); [...]	2003-10-31 15:36:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OFDP ETRD DR
03SANTODOMINGO6178	REQUEST FOR REGISTRATION: MAY 2004 (PE-222) TRADE [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-31 17:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON AFSI AFSN
03SANTODOMINGO6327	GODR ON CUBA AT THE UNGA AND THE IBERO-AMERICAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-05 14:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD CU DR
03SANTODOMINGO6538	PRESIDENT MEJIA AND FOREIGN MINISTER RESPOND TO [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel B demarche to GODR Foreign Minister Francisco Guerrero Prats on November 12. Ambassador Hertell placed a follow-up call to the Foreign Minister on November 13, to emphasize the importance of the UNGA votes. Guerrero Prats said that normally the Dominican Republic w [...]	2003-11-13 19:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6580	CAFTA LABOR TEAM VISITS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (U) Summary. On November 5-7 an inter-agency team discussed labor issues with the Dominican Republic in advance of free trade negotiations. In meetings with the Minister of Labor, leaders in Congress, civil society, employer federations and emboffs, team leader Assistant USTR Clatanoff stress [...]	2003-11-15 20:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM DR
03SANTODOMINGO6664	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS SERIES #1: SIX MONTHS TO THE [...] (SBU) Following is the first in a series on the presidential elections in the Dominican Republic. (begin text) SIX MONTHS TO THE PRESIDENTIALS Incumbent Hipolito Mejia of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) is hitting about 20 percent in various polls in the Dominican Republ [...]	2003-11-19 19:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ETRD DR
03SANTODOMINGO6857	DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES #2 - BANCREDITO FAILURE [...] (U) The following is the second in a series of reports on fraud cases in the Dominican financial sector. (begin text) (U) BANCREDITO (U) The District Attorney for the city of Santo Domingo issued arrest warrants on Friday afternoon, November 7, for Manuel Arturo Pellerano Pena and Juan [...]	2003-11-26 18:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV KCOR KCRM DR
03SANTODOMINGO6906	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Summary. There were no terrorist attacks or known terrorism related activities in the GODR during calendar year 2003. The GODR continues to work closely with the USG in the fight on global terrorism. End Summary. 2. Embassy Santo Domingo submits the following responses keyed to reftel [...]	2003-11-28 20:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER DR
03SANTODOMINGO7194	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN [...] (U) DRL PDAS Ambassador Michael Kozak and DRL Office of Multilateral Affairs Deputy Director Lynn Sicade visited the Dominican Republic November 20-22 to build support for the UN Commission on Human Rights, in which the GODR will participate starting next year. Meetings with local governmenta [...]	2003-12-10 17:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL OVIP DR
03SANTODOMINGO7304	ASSISTANT SECRETARY NORIEGA ADDRESSES DOMINICAN [...] Summary. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Roger Noriega addressed a joint meeting of the Dominican Congress on December 10 in the Senate chamber. He urged congressional representatives to act quickly on a 2004 budget and he laid out U.S. views on the pending [...]	2003-12-12 21:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OVIP PREL PHUM MARR DR
03SANTODOMINGO7343	DOMINICAN PRESS PRAISE FOR AMBASSADOR HERTELL [...] Dominican newspapers have reacted favorably to the Ambassador's recent actions staking out the U.S. position on free and fair presidential elections. They recently carried a number of accounts stressing U.S. impartiality in Dominican politics, based on comments from leaders of opposition pol [...]	2003-12-15 17:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO7346	DOMINICAN AUTHORITIES REQUEST USG BRIDGE LOAN FOR [...] Following is the unofficial Embassy translation of the text of a letter from the Dominican authorities to Treasury Under Secretary Taylor dated December 5, requested a bridge loan of USDOLS 60 million for the energy sector. Copy was faxed to Treasury on December 5; original follows by pouch. [...]	2003-12-15 17:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ECON ENRG
03SANTODOMINGO7421	ASSISTANT SECRETARY NORIEGA MEETS DOMINICAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Assistant Secretary Roger Noriega on December 11 discussed the presidential election campaign and proposed economic reforms with leaders of major opposition groups, including dissident factions of the ruling Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD). He said the USG wants to [...]	2003-12-17 15:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
03SANTODOMINGO7458	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2004 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] The following updates the National Trade Estimate Report for the Dominican Republic as requested by Reftel for 2004. TRADE SUMMARY For January through September of 2003, the United States had a trade deficit with the Dominican Republic of $112 million, a deterioration of $263 million from [...]	2003-12-19 11:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD EINV
03SANTODOMINGO7604	SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: DOMINICAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) On December 30 Acting DCM delivered demarche (ref A) to Secretary of Foreign Relations Frank Guerrero Prats. Prats reiterated that the Government of the Dominican Republic (GODR) stands ready to support U.S. sponsored initiatives. He asked that emboffs contact the Foreign Relations Secr [...]	2003-12-30 18:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	KSUM PREL ECON
03STATE217991	ASSISTANT SECRETARY KELLY'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. A/S KELLY MET JULY 21 WITH COORDINATING MINISTER JUSUF KALLA, WHO SAID HE LOOKED FORWARD TO VYING FOR GOLKAR'S PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION IN THE 2004 ELECTIONS. KALLA SPOKE OF THE GOI'S NEED TO COMBAT POVERTY AND IMPROVE PRIMARY EDUCATION TO REDUCE THE APPEAL OF RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM [...]	2003-07-29 12:09:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SOCI ID
03STATE23994	TERRORIST FINANCING - UPDATED NONPAPER ON AL [...] (S) THIS CABLE REPLACES THE EARLIER VERSION OF THE NON- PAPER SENT OUT IN REFTEL. PLEASE DISCARD EARLIER VERSION. CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST CONVEYED BY NSC STAFF, ARE THE FOLLOWING: REFERENCE TO U.S. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF U.S. BRANCH HAS BEEN DELETED AND DELETIO [...]	2003-01-28 02:43:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PTER EFIN ECON PREL SA IS JO
03STATE287996	TERRORIST FINANCE: RE-DESIGNATION OF FTOS [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE (SEE PARAS 2 AND 5.) 2. (U) THE SECRETARY OF STATE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, HAS DECIDED TO REDESIGNATE, UNDER SECTION 219 OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, AS AMENDED, ALL FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS [...]	2003-10-08 23:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL EUN CVIS KVPR
03STATE72939	TFIZ01 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT [...] THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A TRANSCRIPT OF THE PRESIDENT'S REMARKS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND MAY BE USED AS TALKING POINTS WHEN DISCUSSING THE MILITARY ACTION IN IRAQ THAT BEGAN 19 MARCH 2003. 2. BEGIN TRANSCRIPT: THE PRESIDENT: MY FELLOW CITIZENS, AT THIS HOUR, AMERICAN AND COALITION FORCES A [...]	2003-03-20 07:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KPAO OIIP PREL PTER IZ
03STATE73555	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH ALBANIAN [...] (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. ---- THE DEPUTY SECRETARY EUR DAS BOGUE ALBANIA DESK OFFICER GREGORY (NOTETAKER) ALBANIA ------- AMBASSADOR FATOS TARIFA DCM RUDINA MULLAHI IRAQ/NANO VISIT =============== 2. (C) DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE, ACCOMPANIED BY EUR DAS BOGUE, GAVE AMBASSADOR TA [...]	2003-03-20 17:21:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PREL YI AL
03STATE9334	NONPAPER FOR RUSSIAN USE WITH SYRIAN VP KHADDAM: [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SYRIAN VP KHADDAM WILL BE VISITING MOSCOW NEXT WEEK. IN DISCUSSIONS WITH RUSSIAN COUNTERPARTS IN WASHINGTON, THE USG HAS REQUESTED THAT THE GOR RAISE SYRIA'S CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS HAMAS AND HIZBALLAH. POST IS REQUESTED TO PROVIDE [...]	2003-01-11 02:47:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PTER PREL SY
03TEGUCIGALPA1069	ADVISORY OPINION REQUEST 212(A)(2)(I) -- INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN BANHCRESER SCHEME IN HONDURAS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 6 and 17. -------------------------- SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. (SBU) In July 2001, the Attorney General of Honduras initiated an investigation of certain activities of the principal officers of Banco Hondureno [...]	2003-05-07 21:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	CVIS KFRD EFIN HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1109	TROUBLE IN PARADISE: HONDURAN BAY ISLAND OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Honduran Bay Islands of Roatan, Utila, and Guanaja are well known narcotrafficking transit points and home to countless other illicit activities. Due to the large tourism industry on Roatan and Utila, the GOH has chosen to focus its limited counternarcotics resources primari [...]	2003-05-12 23:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1141	HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: MARCH AND APRIL 2003 [...] The Central Bank of Honduras expects the GDP to increase by 3.0 to 3.5 percent in 2003. It grew by 2.0 percent in 2002, which was lower than the increases of 2.7 and 4.8 percent in 2001 and 2000, respectively. The Bank expects the GDP to reach more than 121 billion lempiras (USD 7.03 billion) [...]	2003-05-15 21:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EINV EAIR ELAB PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1144	POPULAR REVOLUTIONARY FORCES ISSUE COMMINIQUE: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the evening of May 14 post received a communique from a group calling itself the "Popular Revolutionary Forces" announcing the beginning of a campaign to overthrow the Maduro government and vowing to evict "Yankees" and other foreign occupiers. The communique's rhetoric fo [...]	2003-05-16 01:59:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PINR PREL CASC HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1169	HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: MARCH AND APRIL 2003 [...] (U) The Central Bank of Honduras expects the GDP to increase by 3.0 to 3.5 percent in 2003. It grew by 2.0 percent in 2002, which was lower than the increases of 2.7 and 4.8 percent in 2001 and 2000, respectively. The Bank expects the GDP to reach more than 121 billion lempiras (USD 7.03 billio [...]	2003-05-20 20:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EINV EAIR ELAB PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA122	EVALUATION OF AETN DIALOGUE ON "CAFTA" - JANUARY [...] Description of the activity: A one-hour interactive AETN Dialogue on "CAFTA". 2. Date: January 15, 2003; Fiscal year: FY-03, QTR 2 3. Objective: To provide Dr. Barbara Bowie-Whitman an opportunity to make clear to a wide Honduran audience the historic importance of the CAFTA negotiati [...]	2003-01-16 20:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO OIIP HO ETRD USTR
03TEGUCIGALPA1243	HONDURAN CONGRESS APPROVES IRAQ TROOP DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The Honduran Congress approved on the evening of May 28 both the resolution authorizing the deployment of Honduran troops to Iraq and the ICC Article 98 Agreement with the U.S. Ambassador Palmer met with the President of Congress, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, on May 2 [...]	2003-05-30 23:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM KTIA HO KICC
03TEGUCIGALPA1253	JOINT TASK FORCE BRAVO - U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Since 1982 the U.S. military has maintained a presence at the Honduran Armed Forces (HOAF) airbase at Soto Cano (commonly known by Hondurans as Palmerola). The base is also the site of the Honduran Air Force Academy. Currently, Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-B) houses more than 60 [...]	2003-06-02 22:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS SNAR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KCRM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1258	MUSICAL CHAIRS: WHO'S WHO IN HONDURAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several high-profile Honduran counternarcotics agencies are receiving a leadership makeover. Gustavo Alfredo ((Landaverde)) Hernandez is leaving the Executive Secretary position at the National Council Against Narcotrafficking (CNCN),and has been replaced by the Direction in [...]	2003-06-03 14:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM PINR PREL HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1273	MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, JUNE 4, 2003 [...] Editorial on liberal daily "La Tribuna", Tegucigalpa based 6/4 entitled: "Obstacles for CAFTA". "The CAFTA, which is being negotiated by five Central American countries and the United States, is progressively facing more and more obstacles and disagreements from various social sector [...]	2003-06-04 17:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO HO PA ETRD USTR
03TEGUCIGALPA1274	HONDURAS HAS SIGNED BUT NOT YET RATIFIED 2002 [...] (U) The Government of Honduras has signed but not yet ratified both the 2002 Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism (ref A),as well as the 1971 Convention to Prevent and Punish the Acts of Terrorism Taking the Forms of Crimes Against Persons and Related Extortion that are of Internationa [...]	2003-06-04 20:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL KTIA AORC HO OAS
03TEGUCIGALPA1276	INL FY 2002 LAW ENFORCEMENT LETTER OF AGREEMENT AND [...] This is an action request. Please see para 2. 2. Action request for INL: Paragraph three has the proposed text of the INL FY 2002 Law Enforcement Letter of Agreement scheduled to be signed June 11, 2003 by the Ambassador and Honduran Minister of Public Security Oscar Arturo Alvarez. Post r [...]	2003-06-04 21:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAID PREL KCRM AFIN AMGT HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1284	SOFT TARGET VULNERABILITY - TEGUCIGALPA RESPONSE [...] Reference (A) Para 6, this mission has had an outreach program in effect with the Amcit private sector since well before 9/11. The program addresses a number of long-standing concerns related to violent crime, corruption and judicial system problems. The number one concern of Americans and Hon [...]	2003-06-05 15:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC KSCA PTER HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1309	HONDURAN COMMISSION ASSIGNS RESPONSIBILITY FOR LA [...] (SBU) Summary: A Special Commission of the Honduran National Council for Internal Security (CONASIN) has issued a report assigning responsibility to GOH security forces and prison "trusties" for the majority of the 68 deaths that occurred in an April 5 incident at the El Porvenir prison, locat [...]	2003-06-06 18:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC ELAB PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA131	MINISTRY OF TOURISM BUILDS ON HONDURAS' STRENGTHS [...] (U) Summary. President Maduro came into office intent on nurturing the fledgling tourism industry in Honduras. By tapping successful businessman (and Maduro cousin) Thierry de Pierrefeu to serve as Tourism Ministry, he assured that there would be a no-nonsense business approach to this prio [...]	2003-01-17 15:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1390	HONDURAN ATMOSPHERICS ON CAFTA, JUNE 5-12, 2003 [...] Op-ed by Rodil Rivera in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" (6/05) entitled "Frustration," "What has happened to all the wealth that the bureaucrats assured us would come from CAFTA? As we see it, the negotiations are stalling and the American negotiators are offering less than Centra [...]	2003-06-13 21:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO HO PA ETRD USTR
03TEGUCIGALPA1398	PRE-LICENSE CHECK: MINISTRY OF SECURITY [...] In response to reftel, Economic Officer Nicholle Urdaneta performed a Pre-License Check for Application number (A) D306740 and (B) D306739 at the facilities of the Ministry of Security, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on June 9, 2003. 2. EconOff met with Minister of Security Oscar Alvarez and Secre [...]	2003-06-16 21:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1462	ANTI-CAFTA PROTEST ANTICLIMACTIC [...] Only 100-200 protesters turned out on June 18 to voice their opposition to CAFTA negotiations, signaling that there is little focused, popular resistance in Honduras to the U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). The demonstration, which so far has been the only organized protest [...]	2003-06-23 14:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ETRD SOCI PREL ECON ELAB ASEC PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1463	MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, JUNE 20, 2003 [...] Editorial on Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 6/20 entitled "Kindergarten". "CAFTA negotiations have encountered a serious obstacle because the Central American countries have not been able to present a consistent position, debilitating its already fragile negotiation power, and [...]	2003-06-23 17:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO HO PA ETRD USTR
03TEGUCIGALPA1470	MEDIA REACTIONS ON CAFTA, JUNE 23, 2003 [...] Op-ed by Moises Starkman in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 6/23 entitled "CAFTA opportunities". "The conflicts that the CAFTA negotiations have faced show, once again, that we as Central Americans have not learned to work taking into account our common regional interests." [...]	2003-06-23 20:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO HO PA ETRD USTR
03TEGUCIGALPA1471	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, JUNE 23, 2003 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 6/23 entitled "Chandelier". "President Bush is trying to reconfigure the U.S.'s alliances with its southern neighbors. Bush visited Europe to reunite with his colleagues from the G-8; tensions decreased between France and Germany, ye [...]	2003-06-23 20:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO IZ HO PA
03TEGUCIGALPA1487	Bilateral Labor Consultations on Margins of CAFTA [...] (SBU) Summary. A joint delegation from the Departments of Labor and State emphasized June 17-19 the need for the GOH to increase its protection of labor rights and for the private sector to augment its respect for labor rights, with U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) soon openi [...]	2003-06-25 13:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PHUM ECON EINV PGOV PREL KJUS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1488	Advisory Opinion Request: Restriction on Issuance [...] Summary. In light of the widespread abuse of diplomatic passports in Honduras, and the request from the MFA to assist the GOH in curbing the misuse of these passports by persons not entitled to have them, or by persons no longer entitled to use them, Post proposes to modify how we provide Non [...]	2003-06-25 14:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL CMGT AMGT
03TEGUCIGALPA1495	MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, JUNE 25, 2003 [...] Op-ed by Rodil Rivera on Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 6/25 entitled "The Fifth Column of CAFTA". ". plain and simple, Guatemala is acting as the fifth column of the U.S. negotiators, to force us to give in on the few points where Central America has presented some resistance. [...]	2003-06-25 18:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO HO PA ETRD USTR
03TEGUCIGALPA1497	HONDURAN PARLACEN CONGRESSMAN BUSTED ON DRUG [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Friday June 20, a Honduran representative to the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN),Cesar Augusto Diaz Flores, was arrested in Nicaragua for trafficking and possession of seven kilos of heroin (said to be worth some USD 6.3 million and a portion of a larger 20-kilo shipmen [...]	2003-06-25 20:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS SMIG CVIS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1498	Evaluation of U.S. Speaker on the U.S.-Central [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-25 21:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1510	MEDIA REACTION ON DRUG TRAFFICKING, JUNE 26, 2003 [...] Article in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 6/26 entitled "U.S. Ambassador doesn't see results against narcos." "U.S. Ambassador Larry Palmer affirmed that his government, just like the rest of Hondurans, expects to see positive results in the fight against narco- trafficking." [...]	2003-06-27 14:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO

03TEGUCIGALPA1534	CARDINAL'S CORRUPTION COMMENTS SPARK PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a private meeting with the Ambassador on June 20, the Cardinal expressed heightened concern over the pervasiveness of drug-related corruption at the highest levels of government as well as continuing death threats he had received. Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga us [...]	2003-07-01 13:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA154	MEDIA REACTION: "CAFTA" AETN Program with Barbara [...] January 16 "La Tribuna," Liberal Party Tegucigalpa-based daily, carried an article on CAFTA with the headline "U.S. proposes to reinforce security at Central American Ports". 2. "Tiempo," San Pedro Sula-based liberal paper owned by businessman and congressional deputy Jaime Rosenthal, carri [...]	2003-01-20 13:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO HO PA ETRD USTR
03TEGUCIGALPA1542	MEDIA REACTIONS ON DAN FISK'S OP-ED, JUNE 30, 2003 [...] Op-ed by Rodolfo Pastor Fasquelle (former Minister of Culture in a Liberal Party administration) in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" (owned by former and future Liberal Party presidential candidate Jaime Rosenthal) on 6/30 entitled "Honduras and the U.S.: Stick and Carrot II". "I be [...]	2003-07-01 19:54:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PREL MOPS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1549	ONGOING MARITIME DISPUTE BETWEEN HONDURAS AND [...] (U) Nicaraguan and Honduran military authorities recently deemed ongoing territorial disputes between the two nations in the process of resolution, according to press reports. Nicaraguan GEN Javier Carrion articulated his commitment to resolving maritime disputes peacefully, as well as to fost [...]	2003-07-01 23:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV MOPS ECON EFIS PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1559	EMBASSY HIGHLIGHTS INADEQUATE PORT SECURITY AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 14, 2003, Honduras Desk Officer and PolOff met with Puerto Cortes Superintendent Antonio Cruz to discuss the problematic security situation at the port. Puerto Cortes is both the largest port in Honduras and on the Caribbean coast of Central America. Port officials ackno [...]	2003-07-02 16:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR ETRD PGOV PREL ELAB EAGR EWWT HO
03TEGUCIGALPA161	MEDIA REACTION: "CAFTA AND HONDURAS" [...] TVC morning talk show 1/17/03: " Following the participation of the Minister of Labor and the Minister of Industry and Commerce as panelists in last week's AETN dialogue on CAFTA, several print, radio and TV news organizations featured them on CAFTA and its advantages. Renato Alvarez, Director [...]	2003-01-21 18:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO HO PA ETRD USTR
03TEGUCIGALPA1622	ANOTHER HONDURAN CONGRESSMAN BUSTED ON DRUG CHARGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yet another Honduran political figure was implicated in drug trafficking when he was arrested on July 6 fleeing the scene of an airplane crash in the eastern department of Olancho. National Party Deputy, Armando Avila Panchame, was arrested by the police for drug trafficking and [...]	2003-07-08 22:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS SMIG CVIS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1625	Honduran Government Paper on Agricultural Finance [...] As indicated in reftel, on June 30 the Finance Minister provided to Econcouns a 32-page analysis entitled "Honduran Agriculture Laws," intended to answer IMF and USG questions on the rationale behind the April 2003 passage of Law 68- 2003. The document was prepared by the Finance Ministry to [...]	2003-07-09 20:12:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAGR ETRD HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1642	A LATIN AMERICAN POPE? CARDINAL RODRIGUEZ DEEMED [...] (U) Summary. Pope John Paul II's increasing frailty has prompted discussion over potential successors to the papacy, among which experts have identified Cardinal Oscar Andres Maradiaga Rodriguez of Honduras as both a popular and geographically strategic candidate. Despite the Euro-centric [...]	2003-07-11 16:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM HO VA
03TEGUCIGALPA1644	58TH UNGA: HONDURAN FM SEEKING APPOINTMENT WITH [...] (SBU) On June 27, PolChief discussed the Government of Honduras' (GOH) participation in the 58th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and U.S. UNGA policy priorities with Honduran Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Anibal Quinones (reftels). Quinones indicated that Honduras looked forward to [...]	2003-07-11 19:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC PHUM HO UNGA UN
03TEGUCIGALPA1645	AES Attempts to Salvage 200MW Energy Contract and [...] (SBU) AES Honduras' efforts to salvage its 200MW energy contract, awarded and signed Christmas day, 2002 (ref g) despite having overcome an unfair government procurement process and political influence, may be reaching the end of the road this month. Apparently, due to financial and managemen [...]	2003-07-11 22:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1652	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, JULY 11, 2003 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 7/11 entitled "The situation in Iraq and our soldiers". "The death of three American soldiers yesterday confirms that the Iraqi resistance against the invasion is getting stronger, increasing the insecurity for foreign troops and the [...]	2003-07-11 22:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1666	MEDIA REACTION ON DRUG TRAFFICKING, JULY 12, 2003 [...] Op-ed by Guillermo Castellanos Enamorado on Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 7/12 entitled "Narco trafficking and Congressmen". "The cases of the member of the Central American Parliament detained in Nicaragua and the Honduran Congressman arrested in Olancho have brought forward [...]	2003-07-14 21:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1667	MEDIA REACTION ON LIBERIA, JULY 14, 2003 [...] Op-ed by Carlos Alberto Montaner in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 7/12 entitled "Yankee, come home!". "The international public opinion wasn't prepared to witness the show put by countless demonstrators asking for a US military intervention in Liberia, to end the civil war th [...]	2003-07-14 21:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1686	HONDURAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY DOWNTURN HIGHLIGHTS USITC [...] Post submits the following report in response to reftel request for the biennial report of the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) on the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA),as required by section 215(a) of the CBERA. 2. Summary: The slowdown and sluggish recovery of th [...]	2003-07-16 17:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EIND KTEX HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1709	MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, JULY 18, 2003 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 7/18 entitled "Overwhelming". "The Central American presidents agreed in their latest summit in Guatemala on a common position to move forward on the CAFTA negotiations, and to establish a common ground to start negotiations for a fre [...]	2003-07-18 21:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO HO PA ETRD USTR
03TEGUCIGALPA1713	MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, JULY 17, 2003 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 7/17 entitled "The ball". "The Central American presidents will meet in Guatemala to analyze the progress of CAFTA negotiations and to follow up on an initiative presented by Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar, who said in a meeting h [...]	2003-07-18 22:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO HO PA ETRD USTR
03TEGUCIGALPA1722	MEDIA REACTION ON DRUGS, JULY 21, 2003 [...] Op-ed by Julio Escoto in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" entitled "Trapped". "When did the US get trapped by drugs? Definitely during the 1960s and 1970s with the hippie generation and after the Marines got back from Vietnam, when the Americans got a chance to experience the horro [...]	2003-07-22 17:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1724	STATUS OF HONDURAN TROOP DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY: Training continues for the all volunteer Task Force Xatruch (TFX),the 370 soldier contingent Honduras plans to deploy to Iraq by mid-August. The task force is composed of 35 officers and 335 enlisted soldiers. TFX will deploy as part of the Spanish Brigade in the Polish Division [...]	2003-07-22 19:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	MOPS MARR PREL PGOV SP PL HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1757	MORE HONDURAN CONGRESSMEN ACCUSED OF CRIMINAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Honduran Public Ministry (PM) announced last week that it has begun legal proceedings against two more Honduran elected officials. On July 10, Attorney General Roy Medina announced that his office will bring charges against alternative National Party (PN) Congressman Melvin [...]	2003-07-24 21:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM KJUS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1761	HONDURAN CONGRESS LOOKS TO REPEAL IMMUNITY FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 9, 2003, leaders of the major political parties in the Honduran National Congress announced their intention to repeal the general immunity granted congressmen and other high ranking public officials under the Honduran Constitution. The initiative comes after the recent a [...]	2003-07-25 14:59:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1833	EVALUATION OF U.S. SPEAKER ON SOCIAL INCLUSION AND [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-01 22:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1849	MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, AUGUST 4, 2003 [...] Article in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 8/2 entitled "The crucial issues will be discussed in future rounds". "The sixth round of CAFTA negotiations came to an end with progress in some regulatory issues of the treaty, but the negotiators couldn't reach an agreement on some [...]	2003-08-05 22:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO HO PA ETRD USTR
03TEGUCIGALPA185	HONDURAS: INVENTORY OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON [...] Honduras is receiving the following technical assistance on labor issues. Sources for this information include the Honduran Ministry of Labor, ILO/IPEC, the Department of Labor, and other international donors. Post notes that due to the wide range of projects and sources of information some [...]	2003-01-22 21:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PREL EAID KSUM ECON SOCI TBIO HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1852	MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, AUGUST 4, 2003 [...] Article in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 8/2 entitled "The crucial issues will be discussed in future rounds". "The sixth round of CAFTA negotiations came to an end with progress in some regulatory issues of the treaty, but the negotiators couldn't reach an agreement on some [...]	2003-08-05 22:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO HO PA ETRD USTR
03TEGUCIGALPA1857	MEDIA REACTION ON DRUGS, AUGUST 4, 2003 [...] Op-ed by Marlin Oscar Avila in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 8/2 entitled "Drug trafficking and corruption". "Drug trafficking has never been a secret in Honduras. The considerable rise of organized crime can only occur the way it has up to now with the complicity of the auth [...]	2003-08-05 22:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1858	MEDIA REACTION ON DRUGS, AUGUST 4, 2003 [...] Op-ed by Marlin Oscar Avila in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 8/2 entitled "Drug trafficking and corruption". "Drug trafficking has never been a secret in Honduras. The considerable rise of organized crime can only occur the way it has up to now with the complicity of the auth [...]	2003-08-05 22:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1868	SCENESETTER FOR CJCS GENERAL MYERS' VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, nearing the half-way point of his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His Administration has been stalled on its domestic agenda [...]	2003-08-07 20:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV SNAR ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1873	MEDIA REACTION ON MILITARY SPENDING IN CENTRAL AMERICA, [...] Article in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" on 8/8 entitled "Central America will analyze reduction in military budgets". "The Central American Ministers of Interior, Foreign Affairs and Defense will meet in Managua, Nicaragua next week to discuss a possible reduction in military sp [...]	2003-08-08 19:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1880	COMMENTS OF FIRST LADY AND "DARK SIDE" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 5, a Casa Presidential spokesperson told reporters that President Ricardo Maduro's wife, Aguas Ocana, had returned to her native Spain for an indefinite period of time on personal business. Local media had reported on the departure the previous day, speculating that [...]	2003-08-08 23:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EINV EAID HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1912	HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: AUGUST 2003 [...] The GOH is running out of time to attain their goal of 3.2 percent economic growth for 2003, over 2002's growth of 2.5 percent. Goals proved difficult after unexpected high levels of bank liquidity and stagnant international prices of agricultural goods like coffee and bananas hindered the e [...]	2003-08-13 21:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAIR ELTN PGOV PREL KPRV KTDB KPWR HO ENGR
03TEGUCIGALPA1914	CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT REPORT TO CONGRESS: HONDURAS [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-13 21:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD HO PGOV USTRD XK XL
03TEGUCIGALPA1923	2003 Investment Climate Statement for Honduras [...] Provided below is the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Honduras. Responses are keyed to reftel. ----------------------------------- A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment ----------------------------------- 2. The Honduran government is generally open to foreign investment and welco [...]	2003-08-14 17:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV HO OPIC
03TEGUCIGALPA1927	EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA'S 90-DAY GOAL PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Tegucigalpa's priority goals for the next ninety days include: (a) providing current information on Honduran negotiating strategies on measures related to CAFTA, to the U.S. delegation to the talks in order to support their efforts to narrow the gap in U.S. positions on [...]	2003-08-14 22:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT PREL HO WHA
03TEGUCIGALPA1931	SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, nearing the half-way point of his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His Administration has been stalled on its domestic agenda [...]	2003-08-15 14:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV SNAR ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1932	CJCS GENERAL MYERS MEETS WITH HONDURAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 13, CJCS General Myers met with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro and senior government officials to discuss issues of bilateral importance and to thank Honduras for its strong support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, including its troop contribution to that effort, and the s [...]	2003-08-15 14:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV SNAR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1933	CJCS GENERAL MYERS MEETS WITH HONDURAN MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 13, after a meeting with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, CJCS General Myers met separately with Minister of Defense Federico Breve, Honduran CJCS General Barahona, and other senior military officials to discuss issues of bilateral importance and to thank Honduras for [...]	2003-08-15 14:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV SNAR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1938	TRUTH SCARIER THAN FICTION: AN ANALYSIS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assault rifles, gang-related, nine victims, 15 to 48 years old, early morning, all family members, murdered. It is August 5 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and the facts of the latest mass murder swirl as you thumb through the local newspapers. You know shock should follow, but it d [...]	2003-08-15 21:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM PINR SNAR ECON ASEC HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1940	MEDIA COVERAGE ON THE VISIT OF CJCS GENERAL RICHARD [...] CJCS visited Honduras on 8/13 and met with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, Minister of Defense Federico Breve, Chief of Staff General Isaias Barahona and other key governmental officials. 2. In his opening remarks, General Myers expressed his appreciation for Honduran support of the U.S. [...]	2003-08-15 22:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV SNAR HO IZ
03TEGUCIGALPA1958	MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF CJCS GENERAL RICHARD [...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" on 8/16 entitled "A long promise". "If we carefully read the statements of Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during his visit to Tegucigalpa, he didn't mention how he will help Honduras in its fight against drug tra [...]	2003-08-19 17:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV SNAR HO IZ
03TEGUCIGALPA1964	CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT REPORT TO [...] Post submits the following report in response to reftel request for the biannual report to Congress on the operation of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA),as required by section 213(b) of the CBERA. --------------------------- Commitment to WTO and FTAA --------------------- [...]	2003-08-19 23:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ELAB PGOV HO XK XL USTR
03TEGUCIGALPA1996	MEDIA COVERAGE ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE [...] Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld visited Honduras on 8/20 and met with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, Minister of Defense Federico Breve, Chief of Staff General Isaias Barahona and other top governmental officials. 2. In his opening remarks, Secretary Rumsfeld expressed the grati [...]	2003-08-22 22:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV SNAR HO IZ
03TEGUCIGALPA1997	MEDIA COVERAGE ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE [...] Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld visited Honduras on 8/20 and met with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, Minister of Defense Federico Breve, Chief of Staff General Isaias Barahona and other top governmental officials. 2. In his opening remarks, Secretary Rumsfeld expressed the grati [...]	2003-08-22 22:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV SNAR HO IZ
03TEGUCIGALPA2004	MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 8/22 entitled "Anti-drug base". "If the U.S. were to set up a base with the exclusive purpose of fighting against the terrible threat of narcotrafficking, it would help stop the operations of drug mafias that use Honduran territory [...]	2003-08-22 23:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV SNAR HO IZ
03TEGUCIGALPA2014	MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 8/23 entitled "Thanks". "President Maduro made an opportune clarification stating that it was absolutely false that Honduras is getting prepared to install another U.S. military base in our territory, which will be supposedly used to [...]	2003-08-25 22:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV SNAR HO IZ
03TEGUCIGALPA2022	SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MADURO [...] (C) Summary: Secretary Rumsfeld met on 20 August with President Maduro and MOD Breve. SECDEF made the following points: (a) the U.S. appreciated Honduras' steadfast support and friendship as demonstrated by the Article 98 agreement and the deployment of a battalion to Iraq. (b) the U.S. [...]	2003-08-26 21:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV SNAR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2025	CHILD LABOR IN HONDURAS: INFORMATION FOR THE TRADE [...] Summary. Over the past several months, Labor Attache and other EmbOffs have spoken with government officials, private sector, labor unions, non-governmental organizations, and child advocates regarding the situation of child labor in Honduras. The Embassy has been active in promoting an agend [...]	2003-08-27 14:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2042	Honduras: 2002 Preliminary Macroeconomic Update [...] The Honduran economy grew at a rate of 2.5 percent in 2002, similar to its 2.6 percent growth rate in 2001. Since the population growth rate is approximately 2.6 percent, Honduras has enjoyed essentially zero real per capita economic growth over the last two years. Major factors influencing t [...]	2003-08-28 19:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAID PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2062	SUMMARY OF THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM ASSESSMENT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 28, 2003, the IMF staff submitted to its Board of Directors the results of the Financial System Stability Assessment (FSAP) performed by a joint World Bank-IMF team between October 2002 and February 2003. This cable contains a summary of their findings. In the report, t [...]	2003-08-29 21:59:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID EINV PTER SNAR PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2179	MEDIA REACTION ON 9/11, SEPTEMBER 12, 2003 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 9/12 entitled "A date we should never forget". "Yesterday, the world remembered two events that changed history, and they are not only related because they happened on a September 11, but also because both of them are terrorist acts [...]	2003-09-12 19:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2215	MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, SEPTEMBER 17, 2003 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 9/17 entitled "Flexibility". "In this new round of CAFTA negotiations taking place in Managua, the Central American negotiators and businessmen have expressed their concern for the delay of the negotiations on the issue of textiles. [...]	2003-09-18 16:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR
03TEGUCIGALPA2219	MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, SEPTEMBER 18, 2003 [...] Article in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 9/18 entitled "Central America insists in protecting its agriculture against U.S. subsidies". "The sensitive issue of market access was the main feature of the third day of the CAFTA round. Once again, Central America insisted in pro [...]	2003-09-18 18:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR
03TEGUCIGALPA2231	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (SBU) Demonstrations: (1-A.) Yes. Additionally, there are a number of organizations and groups under the loose collective leadership of (and affiliated with) the Bloque Popular that have been carrying out anti-American demonstrations, as well as demonstrations targeting local issues. The [...]	2003-09-19 16:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC HO PGOV PTER
03TEGUCIGALPA2250	Big Bang, Motorola Wants Out - Honduras Telecom [...] (U) Summary. Within the next week, President Maduro is expected to make a "Big Bang" announcement on the opening of the telecommunications market to private carriers wishing to enter into joint ventures and begin servicing communities as sub-contractors of Hondutel. Two American companies alr [...]	2003-09-22 19:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV KPRV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2293	REQUEST INVITATION FOR HONDURAN MINISTER OF PUBLIC [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 5. 2. During a recent visit to Honduras, prior to assuming office, DHS Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Cresencio Arcos was very favorably impressed by the counter terrorism and anti-alien smuggling efforts being undertaken by H [...]	2003-09-26 16:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL SNAR PTER PHUM SMIG HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2294	Embassy Tegucigalpa Welcomes DOL Regional Basic [...] Post strongly supports the Department of Labor's proposed regional basic education project targeting child laborers and children at risk of working in Central America and welcomes the proposed visit of DOL officials/consultants (ref A). 2. DOL is currently funding ILO/IPEC programs to comba [...]	2003-09-26 17:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PHUM OTRA AFIN HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2302	INTERAIRPORTS AT AGE THREE: A NEW CONTRACT, A NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: InterAirports, the international consortium that operates Honduras' four international airports, has recently renegotiated its contract with the GOH. The new contract would resolve many of the issues that have troubled InterAirports in its three years of operation, specifically [...]	2003-09-29 14:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2340	MEDIA REACTION ON ROBERT ZOELLICK'S VISIT TO CENTRAL [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 10/1 entitled "Softening". "This week, USTR Robert Zoellick is visiting Central America in an attempt to convince the regional governments of the need to make progress on CAFTA negotiations." "In addition, Zoellick will try to diss [...]	2003-10-02 14:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR
03TEGUCIGALPA2341	MEDIA REACTION ON WTO AND ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT, OCTOBER [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 10/1 entitled "The U.S. and Its Stick and Carrot Policy". "The continuous implementation of the traditional stick and carrot policy by the U.S. in its external affairs has recently been evidenced by two events: the exoneration from [...]	2003-10-02 14:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO ETRD PGOV PARM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2355	HONDURAN VIEWS OF WTO CANCUN MINISTERIAL [...] (C) In the wake of the breakdown of the Doha agenda negotiations at the Cancun WTO ministerial, Honduran officials seemed most interested in the impact on the agricultural talks in the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) negotiations. The GOH will now push strongly in the CAFTA talks [...]	2003-10-03 19:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON ELAB PREL HO WTO
03TEGUCIGALPA2380	HONDURAS READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Government of Honduras (GOH) officials, Honduras is still very inclined to move forward on regional disarmament, but remains insistent that the process proceed through established channels, particularly the Central American Security Commission (SICA),and that all the [...]	2003-09-04 17:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PARM PREL MASS MCAP PBTS PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2383	ENGLISH SYNOPSIS OF NICARAGUAN ARMS CONTROL PROPOSAL [...] Below is an informal translation of the substantive parts of the Nicaraguan arms control proposal of July 2003, formally titled "The Program to Limit and Control Arms in Central America to Achieve a Reasonable Balance of Forces and Foster Stability, Mutual Confidence, and Transparency"(ref A). [...]	2003-09-04 17:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MASS MCAP PBTS PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2384	CODEL MEMBERS MEET WITH HONDURAS' THREE LABOR UNION [...] (SBU) Summary. CODEL Kolbe visited San Pedro Sula, Honduras September 27 as part of a Central American trip. After touring the Elcatex maquila owned by the Canahuati family and meeting with leaders of the Honduran Maquila Association, members of the delegation met at the maquila with leaders [...]	2003-10-09 15:50:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD EAID PREL OREP HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2385	Honduran Gasoline Pricing: Tempest in a Teapot [...] (SBU) Summary. In September, former Industry and Trade Minister for President Maduro Juliet Handal began a public campaign to criticize the Honduran government's method of establishing maximum gasoline prices. Handal has argued in press conferences and appearances in front of the Honduran Na [...]	2003-10-09 15:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV ECON PGOV PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2467	SCENESETTER FOR SECREATRY POWELL'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, nearly half way through his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces an uphill battle in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His administration, having never been quite able to muster the polit [...]	2003-10-22 00:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD PTER SNAR PHUM ELAB HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2490	HONDURAS STILL FAR AWAY FROM NAMING ABMASSADOR TO [...] (C) President Maduro's National Security Advisor, Ramon Medina Luna, informed PolCouns October 21 that the Government of Honduras (GOH) was still a long way from naming an ambassador to Cuba. Medina Luna assured PolCouns that selecting an ambassador to Cuba was not a pressing issue, nor was i [...]	2003-10-23 23:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM CU HO OAS
03TEGUCIGALPA2514	HONDURAN VICE PRESIDENT UNSETTLES MADURO [...] (U) On October 21, Honduran Vice President Armida de Lopez Contreras (one of three presidential designates in the current Honduran constitutional leadership structure) stirred up a hornets nest when she accused an unnamed high ranking Government of Honduras (GOH) official of tampering with USD [...]	2003-10-27 23:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM ECON EAID EFIN PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2530	FY 2004 EIPC NOMINATION FOR HONDURAS [...] Per reftel, Embassy Tegucigalpa hereby submits its FY 2004 Enhanced International Peacekeeping Capabilities (EIPC) initiative request. 2. SUMMARY: Honduras is fresh and fertile ground for a new peacekeeping program. As a member of the Coalition of the Willing, Honduras has deployed 370 tr [...]	2003-10-29 17:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KSPR MARR MCAP MOPS PINS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2551	Biotechnology Regulations: Honduras [...] Post contacted Carlos Almendares, the GOH official most directly responsible for biotechnology issues, and received the information below. Mr. Almendares is the Chief of the Seed Certification Department in the Honduran National Service for Animal and Plant Health (abbreviated SENASA, equiva [...]	2003-10-30 20:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD SENV TBIO PGOV HO TSLP
03TEGUCIGALPA2558	HONDURAN FOREIGN MINISTERS (CURRENT AND FORMER) [...] Honduran Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista, under cover letter to the Ambassador, sent the Embassy on October 20 two letters to Secretary Powell - one from himself in response to a September 18 letter from the Secretary (ref A) and one from former Foreign Minister Guillermo Perez-Cadalso [...]	2003-10-31 17:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2584	SELECTING CANDIDATE MODEL COUNTRIES ON WATER FOR [...] Summary. In response to STATE 272561, Post recommends the consideration of decentralized management of urban water and sanitation systems in Honduras as a model to be further studied by an expert team and eventually presented at the upcoming UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD). End [...]	2003-11-04 13:12:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2612	Telecom Procurement Practices, Less Than Fair? [...] (U) Summary and action request. In an effort to promote transparency in its procurement practices, the Government of Honduras (GOH) decided to contract the UNDP to manage procurements for major infrastructure projects by the state owned telephone company, Hondutel. Unfortunately, in the firs [...]	2003-11-05 22:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV KPRV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2614	MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN [...] Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" carried a front page photo of the press event at Casa Presidencial featuring Secretary Powell, President Maduro, the Honduran Minister of SIPDIS Foreign Affairs Leonidas Rosa Bautista and Ambassador Larry Palmer with the headline "The U.S. does no [...]	2003-11-05 23:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2615	MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 11/5 entitled "Powell". "Throughout the uncertain times Honduras is going through, the visit of Colin Powell to Honduras has brought very good news. The U.S. Secretary of State has said that Honduras could be one of the countries to [...]	2003-11-05 23:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2622	MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN [...] Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" carried a front page photo of the press event at Casa Presidencial featuring Secretary Powell, President Maduro, the Honduran Minister of SIPDIS Foreign Affairs Leonidas Rosa Bautista and Ambassador Larry Palmer with the headline "The U.S. does no [...]	2003-11-06 21:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2623	MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 11/5 entitled "Powell". "Throughout the uncertain times Honduras is going through, the visit of Colin Powell to Honduras has brought very good news. The U.S. Secretary of State has said that Honduras could be one of the countries to [...]	2003-11-06 21:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2656	HONDURAS RATIFIES THREE COUNTERTERRORISM [...] Summary: The GOH has ratified three outstanding counterterrorism (CT) conventions (two ICAO and one IAEA). The GOH is now a party to 10 international CT conventions. Post is pressing hard for the GOH to ratify the two IMO and two OAS CT conventions still outstanding. Persistent efforts by Emb [...]	2003-11-12 17:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL KTIA AORC PARM EAIR EWWT KCRM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2663	MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN [...] Op-ed by Ramon Villeda Bermudez (current Liberal Party Congressman) in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 11/12 entitled "Why did Colin Powell come to Honduras? ". "The Honduran press received almost a dozen clues about the issues discussed with Secretary Powell, but Powell himsel [...]	2003-11-12 21:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO ETRD SNAR EAID MOPS PGOV HO KICC
03TEGUCIGALPA2682	MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 11/13 entitled "Missiles and helicopters". "The visit of Colin Powell to Central America wasn't just for pleasure. While he came to thank the countries supporting the U.S. in the coalition in Iraq, he also came to remind us that his [...]	2003-11-14 13:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO SNAR EAID MOPS PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2751	MEDIA REACTION ON DRUGS, NOVEMBER 20, 2003 [...] Op-ed by Ramon Villeda Bermudez (current Liberal Party Congressman) in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 11/20 entitled "A hundred tons of cocaine ". "The U.S. Ambassador Larry Palmer recently revealed that almost a hundred tons of cocaine go through Honduras and Central America [...]	2003-11-21 22:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO SNAR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2814	HONDURAS: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] The 2003 Annual Terrorism Report for Honduras follows. Points are keyed to reftel paragraph headings: A. Significant Actions by GOH ----------------------------- In 2003, President Ricardo Maduro continued his policy of strong Honduran support for U.S. efforts against terrorism, was a me [...]	2003-12-02 14:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL KTIA AORC PARM EAIR EWWT KCRM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2827	MEDIA REACTION ON TERRORISM AND VIOLENCE, DECEMBER [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 12/3 entitled "The End". "At some point in our recent history, conventional wars, guerrilla wars like the one the U.S. army encountered in Vietnam, gave way to terrorism as the most significant threat. We now see in the Middle East, [...]	2003-12-03 19:54:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2861	AIDS DRUGS AND THE WTO: THE EXPERIENCE OF HONDURAS [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The GOH has been seeking to be the first country to use the August 30 WTO decision on Access to Medicines in order to stretch its limited HIV/AIDS treatment funds. Discussions with USG officials have revealed that the GOH would not need to use this decision fo [...]	2003-12-08 16:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD SOCI TBIO PGOV HO WTRO
03TEGUCIGALPA2866	DRL PDAS KOZAK MEETS WITH HONDURAN OFFICIALS TO [...] (C) Summary: DRL PDAS Kozak, DRL/MLA Deputy Director Sicade, and EmbOffs met November 19-20 with senior GOH officials, including Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista, to discuss U.S. cooperation with Latin American countries on human rights resolutions at the United Nations Commission on H [...]	2003-12-08 21:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU HO UNGA
03TEGUCIGALPA2872	HONDURAS INCREASES TARIFFS ON DAIRY PRODUCTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In November, after several months of internal debate, the GOH increased tariffs on a range of dairy products. The tariff increases apply to thirty specific products (8-digit tariff lines),going far beyond the initial focus on only nonfat powdered milk. For most of the products [...]	2003-12-09 13:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV HO WTRO
03TEGUCIGALPA288	SCENESETTER FOR WHA/DAS FISK'S VISIT TO HONDURAS [...] (C) Summary. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, in office for one year, faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His Administration has been stalled on its domestic agenda since June 2002 as it tries to reconcile its ambitious goal [...]	2003-01-31 16:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV SNAR ETRD ECON MOPS KJUS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2883	HONDURAN POLICE SEIZE 636 KILOS OF COCAINE AND [...] Summary: On December 4, Honduran authorities seized approximately 636 kilos of cocaine from a truck in San Pedro Sula. The seizure of the drugs was the result of well-executed police work, acting upon a tip that a large amount of drugs would soon be moving through the country. The drugs were [...]	2003-12-10 22:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2900	MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, DECEMBER 11, 2003 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 12/11 entitled "CAFTA: inequality and opportunities". "Nowadays, when economic and trade globalization keeps growing and generating excellent results for developed countries but increased impoverishment for developing countries, it' [...]	2003-12-15 18:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR
03TEGUCIGALPA2915	HONDURAN TEACHERS UNIONS OPPOSED TO ANY REDUCTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Honduran teachers' unions are a key player in the ongoing effort by the GOH to complete the domestic requirements of a deal with the IMF (ref A). The five teachers' unions, three for primary teachers and two for secondary teachers, strongly oppose a proposed civil service law [...]	2003-12-17 14:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EFIN EAID PGOV SOCI ASEC HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2916	EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA HOSTS MINI-DUBLIN GROUP [...] Summary. On December 5, Post hosted a meeting of the Tegucigalpa Mini-Dublin Group to coordinate with participating countries on counternarcotics assistance programs and the overall effectiveness of such programs. Along with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP),countries that partici [...]	2003-12-17 14:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR KJUS EFIN ETRD HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2929	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, DECEMBER 15, 2003 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 12/13 entitled "Reward". "The distribution of the lucrative Iraq reconstruction contracts, as were decided by Washington, to be allocated only to those countries that sent soldiers to fight Saddam Hussein has reopened the wounds cau [...]	2003-12-17 22:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO MOPS PGOV IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2932	HONDURAS NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT 2004 [...] The text of the 2004 National Trade Estimate report for Honduras follows. ------------- TRADE SUMMARY ------------- 2. (Note that the following paragraph is to be updated by Washington with USDOC statistics.) In 2002, the U.S. trade deficit with Honduras was $699 million, an increase [...]	2003-12-18 15:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2938	HONDURAS INDICATES IT WILL SIGN UN ANTICORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Honduras was surprisingly absent among the 94 countries that gathered December 11 in Merida, Mexico to sign the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. According to press reports, apart from Honduras, the only other Latin American and Caribbean countries not to sign were Uruguay, [...]	2003-12-18 21:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KTIA KCRM KJUS EFIN ECON PHUM SOCI HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2939	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Summary The trans-shipment of cocaine through Honduras by air, land, and maritime routes continued, but with significant disruption in 2003. Overall, seizures in Honduras were higher than the past five years combined, with 5,738 kilos of cocaine seized. Corruption within the police, Publi [...]	2003-12-18 21:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAID PREL ETTC KCRM KJUS PHUM PTER HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2942	UNDP Responds to Embassy Inquiries on Telecom [...] (SBU) Summary. Post thanks Washington agencies for a rapid response to reports of possible unfair procurement practices by UNDP Honduras. We have been able to discuss the Hondutel telecom tenders involving Harris Communications and Midwest Cable with UNDP General Coordinator for telecom bids [...]	2003-12-18 21:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV KPRV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2980	Honduran Textile Sector Gives CAFTA High Marks [...] (SBU) Summary: Jesus Canahuati, President of the Honduran Manufacturers Association, was effusive about the content of the textiles chapter of the recently negotiated CAFTA. He identified three areas in particular which are positive developments for Honduras: 1) cumulation with Mexico, 2) the [...]	2003-12-29 18:12:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND ELAB PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA4	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Embassy Tegucigalpa hereby submits 2002 International Narcotics Control Status Report (INCSR) for Honduras. Begin text: I. Summary The trans-shipment of cocaine through Honduras using air, land and maritime routes continued without significant disruption in 2002. Overall seizures in [...]	2003-01-02 20:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAID PREL ETTC KCRM KJUS PHUM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA426	DOL A/DUS MAGAN MEETS CA LABOR MINISTERS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Associate Deputy Under Secretary for International Labor Affairs Mike Magan visited Honduras January 23-25 to attend the Central American Labor Ministers Meeting and held discussions with labor, management, and government on the U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA [...]	2003-02-13 17:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV ETRD EFIN EAGR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA442	EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA RECOMMENDS EXTENSION OF TPS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Honduras remains an extremely poor country, still trying to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Mitch. While most USG-funded post-Mitch reconstruction efforts are complete, serious long-term challenges make the situation extremely difficult for the average Honduran. Hon [...]	2003-02-14 23:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PREL HO
03TEGUCIGALPA546	HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: DECEMBER 2002-JANUARY 2003 [...] The GDP rose by 2 percent in 2002, which was lower than economic growth rates in previous years of 2.7 percent in 2001 and 4.8 percent in 2000. Per capita income fell by 0.6 percent during 2002, and the Consumer Price Index rose by 8 percent. The international reserves totaled USD 1.5 billi [...]	2003-02-27 22:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EINV EAIR ELTN PGOV PREL KPRV KTDB KPWR HO

03TEGUCIGALPA549	HONDURAN TRADE POLICY IN CAFTA, FTAA AND WTO [...] (SBU) Summary. The Honduran government remains overstretched by the efforts to simultaneously establish a new trade team and participate actively in its new and ongoing trade negotiations. Melvyn Redondo is emerging as the key figure in forging a congruent Honduran trade policy, but CAFTA by [...]	2003-02-27 23:29:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR EAID PGOV HO WTRO

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