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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
03ANKARA581	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-24 12:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

03ANKARA5811	MORE ON ENRON BOT "TRIAL BALLOON" [...] Summary: ENRON's report of a GOT trial balloon to resolve the dispute between BOT operator Trakya (Enron) and the GOT (reftel) appears to have been overly optimistic. Yusuf Gunay, President of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA),told us he had not heard of the proposal, while Ener [...]	2003-09-13 06:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ENRG TU
03ANKARA5828	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CONSTITUTIONAL COURT [...] (U) Summary: In a September 8 introductory meeting, Constitutional Court President Bumin told the Ambassador he plans to establish a Free Speech Committee of Turkish jurists. He said the GOT should advance human rights reform and EU membership by focusing on implementing recent legal amendmen [...]	2003-09-15 09:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA5850	Ambassador's Meeting with TOBB President Rifat [...] (SBU) In the Ambassador's first call on Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (Turkish acronym TOBB) President Rifat Hisarciklioglu, the two sides discussed Iraq reconstruction, economic reform, the upcoming Economic Partnership Commission meeting, and investment climate issues. H [...]	2003-09-16 07:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA5866	LETTER TO HHS SECRETARY THOMPSON FROM TURKISH [...] Post received Turkish MFA dip note no. 2003/CKGY/360370 requesting embassy to forward a letter to HHS Secretary Thompson from Minister of National Education Huseyin Celik announcing GOT support to the U.S. candidacy to the Executive Board. BEGIN TEXT Tommy G. THOMPSON Secretary of H [...]	2003-09-17 09:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL TU
03ANKARA5900	AMBASSADOR, ANKARA MAYOR DISCUSS LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: In a Sept. 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Ankara mayor Melih Gokcek expressed hope that the AK Government will pass local administrative reform. He expects that the more controversial aspects of the reform will be taken up after local elections, which are scheduled for next Apri [...]	2003-09-18 07:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA5961	TURKEY: MFA DIPNOTE ON SEEBRIG [...] On September 18, 2003, the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (see para 2 for complete text) on the South Eastern European Brigade (SEEBRIG). Embassy faxed copy of the diplomatic note to OSD's Maria Copson-Niecko in Istanbul. 2. Begin text of MFA no [...]	2003-09-22 10:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR TU
03ANKARA5993	PRO-KURDISH PARTY CHAIRMAN AND OTHERS DETAINED IN [...] (C) Summary: Turkish police detained pro-Kurdish Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) Chairman Tuncer Bakirhan and several others September 22 in connnection with their attendance at a concert in Germany on September 13 where PKK flags and posters of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan were alle [...]	2003-09-23 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA6005	Turkish Delegation to Oxford Tracker Workshop [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-24 06:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM TU
03ANKARA605	UPDATE ON TURKEY'S IMF PROGRAM [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep (protect) advised that Turkish authorities delivered late January 22 a draft Letter of Intent, along with a package of fiscal measures designed to enable the government to reach its primary surplus target of 6.5 percent of GNP. ResRep said his initial impression was that the [...]	2003-01-24 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV ECON TU
03ANKARA6068	Proposal for a Joint Demarche with EU on [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 4. 2. (SBU) In recent years, the USG has pressed Turkey to improve protection of intellectual property rights, particularly for pharmaceuticals manufacturers, but with limited results thus far. Copyright and trademark holders continue to [...]	2003-09-26 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA6071	THE 6TH REVIEW AND OUR DISBURSEMENT [...] (C) IMF Deputy ResRep (protect) told us last night that, given Turkey's strong macroeconomic performance and positive public statements by Fund management, the GOT would have to stumble badly on one or more key issues to prevent the 6th review from moving ahead in a more or less timely fashion [...]	2003-09-26 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA6090	SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL COUNTER-TERRORISM SUBJECTS [...] (C) Although PKK/KADEK will be the primary focus of the upcoming delegation led by Cofer Black to continue counter-terrorism consultations with the GOT, post recommends discussion of the following terrorist groups and subjects: -- Al-Qaeda and the GWOT: Thank GOT for good bilateral coopera [...]	2003-09-26 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PINS TU
03ANKARA6111	EXBS: REVISED TEXT OF LEGAL AGREEMENT PASSED TO [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-29 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM ETTC PREL KSTC TU
03ANKARA6112	TURKEY AND PSI STATEMENT OF INTERDICTION PRINCIPLES [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-29 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA612	LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM AKP CHAIRMAN ERDOGAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-24 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC TU
03ANKARA6122	APPEALS COURT RULING COULD LEAD TO REDISTRIBUTION [...] (C) Summary: As expected, Turkey's Supreme Appeals Court upheld a lower court ruling convicting leaders of the pro-Kurdish Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) of election fraud. The High Election Board (YSK) will determine how to respond to the ruling. Most of our contacts predict the YSK will [...]	2003-09-30 05:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA613	LETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY FROM AKP CHAIRMAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-24 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC TU
03ANKARA6136	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-30 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6140	KURDS IN SOUTHEAST FEAR U.S. CRACKDOWN ON PKK [...] (C) Summary: Kurds in southeastern Turkey fear a possible U.S. military action against the PKK/KADEK in northern Iraq, and oppose Turkish participation in the Stabilization Force because they believe Turkish authorities would use their presence in Iraq to crack down on Iraqi Kurds. Most of our [...]	2003-09-30 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER IZ TU
03ANKARA6144	REGULATORS COMPLAIN OF STIFF OPPOSITION TO ELECTRICITY REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-01 08:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL TU
03ANKARA6163	TURKEY: VIEW FROM THE HEARTLAND III: KURDS IN [...] (C) Summary: Kurds in the southeast insist recent human rights reforms have not been implemented, and that practices such as torture, lack of attorney access for detainees, and restrictions on the use of the Kurdish language continue unabated. Even if the reforms are implemented in the rest of [...]	2003-10-01 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA618	CONTINUING TURKISH CONCERNS ABOUT ALLEGED USG-PKK [...] (U) Action request--para 5. 2. (U) Jan. 24 MFA DDG for anti-terrorism Asya called us in to discuss Turkish concerns that the USG has links with, and is supporting, PKK/KADEK. 3. (C) Handing over copies of Embassy's and Department spokesman's denials of any USG-PKK link and recalling [...]	2003-01-24 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
03ANKARA6198	MFA CAUCASUS OFFICIAL ON ARMENIA, GEORGIA, [...] (C) Summary. In a September 23 conversation with poloff, MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali worried about Russian influence in the Caucasus, particularly Georgia, during a period when U.S. attention was turned to Iraq. Adali expressed eagerness for the U.S. and Turkey to work together [...]	2003-10-02 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU GG AJ AM RS
03ANKARA6217	INITIAL TURKISH RESPONSE ON APPOINTMENT OF [...] (S) Deputy pol-mil counselor delivered ref a and b points to MFA NATO Department Head Atila Gunay October 2. Gunay said he was aware of the issue, having received a recent cable from the Turkish mission at NATO. Gunay explained he had held off on receiving deputy pol-mil counselor until now [...]	2003-10-03 07:16:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PGOV BU TU
03ANKARA6231	NORTHERN IRAQ AND PKK/KADEK: S/CT BLACK AND TURKS [...] (S) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Cofer Black and delegation met with an interagency GOT delegation led by MFA Deputy Undersecretary Sensoy October 2 in Ankara. Amb. Black told the Turks the USG would fight the PKK/KADEK, as it did all targets in the Global War on terrorism (GWOT) using all [...]	2003-10-03 12:57:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA626	IRAQ: FOLLOW-UP READOUT ON AK PARTY CHAIRMAN [...] (C) In Jan. 20 follow-up to Jan. 19 Ambassador-AK leader Erdogan meeting, Erdogan foreign policy advisor Bagis told us: --Erdogan understood Ambassador's message that it's up to him (Erdogan) to make the case on Iraq to the Turkish public and parliament. --One factor holding Erdogan ba [...]	2003-01-24 18:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA6266	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-06 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6272	AK GOVERNMENT CONFIDENT PARLIAMENT WILL APPROVE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's cabinet-equivalent Council of Ministers adopted and sent to the Parliament on October 6 a motion for the dispatch of Turkish troops to Iraq. Ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party parliamentarians and even one opposition parliamentarian expressed confidence the meas [...]	2003-10-06 17:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA6302	TURKEY RAISES CONCERN ABOUT STALLED OIL EXPORTS [...] (U) Baghdad Minimize considered. 2. (C) Turkish officials are concerned by recent press reports that Iraq has decided to suspend oil exports through Ceyhan, diverting the Kirkuk crude through pipelines to the south. MFA Director General for Energy and Water Hakki Akil told EconCouns th [...]	2003-10-07 16:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA6306	Turkish MFA Proposes Mutual Support for [...] This message contains an action request in para 3. 2. Econoff delivered reftel demarche seeking Turkish support for the U.S. candidacy to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in Category "A" to Orkun Ersoy, of MFA's Maritime and Aviation Department, on October 7. Ersoy r [...]	2003-10-08 06:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT KTIA PHSA TU
03ANKARA6345	TURKEY UNHAPPY WITH DECISION TO REVERSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy DG for Energy and Water Haki Akil told EconCouns that Turkey was opposed to the recently announced agreement to reverse the Odessa-Brody pipeline. Akil said the agreement would mean more oil through the Turkish Straits and undermine U.S.-Turkish goals for the East-Wes [...]	2003-10-09 08:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL RS TU UK
03ANKARA6375	Turkish MFA Proposes Mutual Support for [...] This message contains an action request in para 4. 2. MFA followed up our October 7 demarche on elections to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council with a diplomatic note proposing mutual support for Turkish and U.S. candidacies. The text of the October 7 note is reproduce [...]	2003-10-10 08:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT KTIA PHSA TU
03ANKARA6390	INVESTMENT DISPUTES: PROGRESS FOR CARGILL/ADM, [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT announced October 9 that it will will increase the quota for non-sugar sweetener producers to 15 percent of the total sugar quota for the year that began September 1, which means Cargill and ADM can avoid potentially ruinous production cuts. Cargill, however, is still [...]	2003-10-10 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECPS ETRD PGOV TU
03ANKARA6412	GOT DENIES SUPER COBRA FLEW OVER CYPRUS SEPTEMBER 9 [...] (C) MFA Acting DDG for Greece and Cyprus Levent Bilman told PolMilCouns on October 14 that after our demarche on UNFICYP's sighting of a Turkish AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter on September 9, MFA checked with both the Turkish Embassy in Nicosia and TGS. Both denied such a flight could [...]	2003-10-14 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL MCAP MASS TU
03ANKARA6441	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-15 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6447	TURKEY: AK PARTY CONGRESS REAFFIRMS PM ERDOGAN'S [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan emerged from the ruling AK Party's Oct. 12 well-organized congress more in control of his party. In his acceptance speech, Erdogan focused primarily on AK's commitment to achieving a just, democratic system in Turkey. On Iraq, he reiterated the GOT's commitment to send [...]	2003-10-15 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6450	CODEL SAXTON'S ANKARA STOP FOCUSES ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin told visiting CODEL Saxton (Oct 9-10, 2003) that the Turkish government is determined to expand Turkey's partnership with the US beyond Iraq, regional security, and international terrorism. In the AK Party's estimate, according to Sahin, s [...]	2003-10-16 09:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP MOPS PGOV TU IZ
03ANKARA6482	IRAQ-TURKEY TRADE: HOW CAN TURKISH MERCHANTS GET [...] (C) CPA regulations prohibiting any cash over USD 10,000 from entering or leaving Iraq, coupled with the absence of a fully functioning banking system is problematic for merchants doing large-scale business in Iraq. The Turkish MFA informed Embassy this week that Turkish merchants are increasi [...]	2003-10-16 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS ETRD ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA649	IRAQ: TGS REQUESTS ANSWERS TO PHASE IV QUESTIONS [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) The Turkish General Staff (TGS) provided visiting CENTCOM/EUCOM planners January 23 questions (see para 4) concerning Phase IV operations in Iraq. TGS requested that appropriate USG authorities respond to th [...]	2003-01-27 12:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA6499	MFA DEPUTY U/S TUYGAN STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Tuygan told Ambassador October 16 that the GOT was grateful for the US assistance before and after the recent bombing in front of the Turkish embassy in Baghdad. Tuygan agreed that it was important for the US and Turkey to manage and "get right" the issue of a possible Turk [...]	2003-10-17 10:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC AF AR
03ANKARA6525	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-17 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6530	MFA on Economic Partnership Commission Agenda, [...] (SBU) At an October 15 meeting with MFA on the upcoming Economic Partnership Commission (EPC) meeting, we suggested that both sides to focus on achieving progress on investment issues. MFA acknowledged that it was making preparations on investment issues, and suggested that the EPC include tw [...]	2003-10-17 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD EINV ENRG TU
03ANKARA6534	SECURING UNDELIVERED IRAQI MEDIA EQUIPMENT -- PRELIMINARY REPORT ON TURKISH COMPANY [...] Istanbul Pol/Econ chief contacted the Al Huda San company, which ref a identified as the company which prior to the war had contracted to ship USD 17,881,020 worth of media equipment to Iraq. He spoke with one company official, Ahmet Cakir, who had been involved in the early stages of the dea [...]	2003-10-17 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN IZ KPAO TU
03ANKARA6535	TURKEY: GREY WOLVES RE-ELECT PACK LEADER BAHCELI [...] (C) Summary: Ultra-nationalist MHP delegates Oct. 12 re-elected Devlet Bahceli as party Chairman. Our contacts in the party suggest there will not be many changes either to the party administration or the party line -- deep skepticism towards the EU and US and paranoia concerning Kurds in Turk [...]	2003-10-17 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6540	TURKISH MFA REQUESTS FACILITATION FOR RED CRESCENT [...] This is an Action Request. 2. Embassy Ankara received a faxed diplomatic note from the Turkish MFA around 7:30 PM Friday requesting urgent Embassy assistance to facilitate the travel of a Turkish Red Crescent Society group to Iraq for humanitarian aid purposes. The group is travelling Oc [...]	2003-10-17 17:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ OTRA PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6577	Update on Copyright Enforcement: Culture [...] (SBU) Copyright industry representatives contend that gaps in Turkish legislation and weak enforcement are responsible for persistently high piracy. The Culture and Tourism Minister promised the industry that the GOT would take several steps to tackle the problem, including a total ban on str [...]	2003-10-22 10:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA6614	PROPOSED PRESS GUIDANCE ON TURKISH TROOP DEPLOYMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-22 12:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO MOPS PREL PGOV IZ TU
03ANKARA6620	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ROYCE VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Iraq and resolution of the PKK/KADEK question remain the focus of the US-Turkish relationship. Turks are seized with two Iraq-related issues: whether the U.S. will work out with the Interim Governing Council the eventual deployment of [...]	2003-10-22 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA6621	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-22 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6734	ANKARA WAITING FOR U.S. VIEWS ON ISTANBUL SUMMIT [...] (U) The is an action request; see para 5. Searching for NATO Summit Themes ================================ 2. (C) Pol-Mil Counselor and PolMilOff met with MFA DDG for NATO Affairs Sanivar Kizildeli October 24 and discussed Turkey's vision for the NATO Istanbul Summit. Kizildeli [...]	2003-10-27 16:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU
03ANKARA6747	DEMARCHE OPPOSING CUBA'S UN RESOLUTION AGAINST THE [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-28 10:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CU ETTC PREL TU
03ANKARA6775	TURKEY'S FOREIGN MINISTRY NOT EAGER TO SUPPORT [...] Regional Environment Officer discussed U.S. position on French-proposed UNEO (reftel) with MFA Environment Office Head Asli Oral. Oral said that the government had been approached by the French Embassy and appreciated hearing the U.S. position. She said the Foreign Ministry was not eager to [...]	2003-10-30 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IO SENV EU TU
03ANKARA678	GOT FOCUSES EFFORTS ON ANTI-TRAFFICKING INITIATIVES [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 6. 2. (U) Jan. 23 MFA DDG for Consular Affairs Topcuoglu called us in to discuss GOT developments in the fight against trafficking-in-persons (TIP). Topcuoglu stressed local, regional, and national efforts to raise awareness of the issue, pr [...]	2003-01-28 08:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
03ANKARA6846	GOT EXPRESSES APPRECIATION FOR USG ASSISTANCE IN [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-03 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC MOPS TU AF
03ANKARA6847	Post Comments on Special 301 [...] (U) This cable contains action requests in para 4. 2. (U) Embassy understands that PhRMA requested an Out- of-Cycle (OCR) Special 301 review of Turkey over the GOT's failure to implement data exclusivity, the proposed exclusion of pharmaceuticals from patent protection, and other concerns [...]	2003-11-03 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA6860	TURKEY AND DONOR STRATEGIES FOR AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Turkey's Coordinator for Afghan and Iraq Assistance Ambassador Okcun, Turkey takes very seriously its commitments to Afghan and Iraq Reconstruction. Turkey has already fulfilled its USD 5 million commitment for Afghanistan and is eager to disburse its USD 50 millio [...]	2003-11-04 10:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN IZ PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA6886	MEETING WITH TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: Econoff conveyed to Treasury Undersecretary Ibrahim Canakci that the U.S. would not revisit the political conditionality in the FA. Canakci explained that, although the Treasury had originally intended merely to seek approval from the Council of Ministers, the GOT is now debating [...]	2003-11-04 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6906	MFA Requests More on Iraq Issues at Economic [...] (SBU) MFA's only substantive comment on our draft Economic Partnership Commission (EPC) agenda was that Iraq economic issues merit a separate session on the agenda. The Turkish side does not expect its companies to gain Iraq reconstruction subcontracts at this meeting, but views the opportuni [...]	2003-11-05 11:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD EINV ENRG TU
03ANKARA6919	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-05 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6954	GOT MORE CONSCIOUS OF THE NEED TO SECURE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche regarding the disposition of radioactive sources from Iraq, on October 6 MFA Energy Department First Secretary Basak Tug gave PolMilOff a verbal, unofficial translation of a report of the events of September 28 as provided by the Turkish Atomic Energy Counc [...]	2003-11-06 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM ZP TU
03ANKARA6994	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-07 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7005	TURKEY: SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN PROSECUTORS WORKING [...] (U) As part of Embassy Ankara's ongoing efforts to focus GOT officials on trafficking in persons (TIP),we discussed the talking points contained in reftels A, B and C, and particularly the agenda described in reftel B, with Head of Illegal Migration Hayati Soysal. A member of the GOT's Natio [...]	2003-11-07 18:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KSEI KWMN PHUM SMIG TU ZL
03ANKARA7007	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH EDUCATION MINISTER CELIK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador,s October 31 courtesy call on Huseyin Celik, Minister of National Education and a co-founder of the AK (Justice and Development) Party, Celik praised the high level of educational cooperation between the U.S. and Turkey. While characterizing himself as a friend o [...]	2003-11-10 10:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL TU GR
03ANKARA7015	GAZIANTEP BUSINESS COMMUNITY: LET'S GET DOWN TO [...] SUMMARY: DPO and the PD FSN visited Gaziantep October 21-24 to become familiarized with the American Corner operation there and meet with local business people. Gaziantep presents itself as a forward-thinking, business-oriented city which seeks to overcome any obstacles to commerce. There a [...]	2003-11-10 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	BBSR ECON IZ KPAO TU
03ANKARA7025	PKK/KADEK CHANGES ITS NAME, PLANS TO HOLD PRESS [...] (U) Press reports on November 11 (see Refs) cite a statement distributed by the terrorist organization PKK/KADEK in Baghdad stating that it had dissolved itself and formed a new organization to permit more democratic and broader participation. The new organization is called the Kurdistan Peop [...]	2003-11-11 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL PREF MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA7033	MFA RESPONSE TO USG REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ON PFC [...] The Embassy recently received a diplomatic note, number 2003/ALGY/442572 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Henry Oran Smith (reftels),the dual (American and Turkish) citizen US Marine who deserted while at Incirlik AB on September 29. As anticipated in ref B, the note denies ou [...]	2003-11-12 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR CASC CPAS TU US
03ANKARA7038	TERRORIST FINANCE: A STOCKTAKING [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-12 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER
03ANKARA7040	THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER OF USS RAZORBACK: MFA [...] This is an action request. See Para 4. 2. On November 10, the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that provides the GOT's rationale for wanting to transfer title of the vessel USS Razorback in Turkey (the dip note was faxed to EUR/SE November 10). [...]	2003-11-12 17:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS TU
03ANKARA7057	DECEMBER TURKISH CYPRIOT ELECTION CONCERNS: ROUND [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche November 10 to MFA Director General for Northeastern Mediterranean Affairs Ertugrul Apakan. Apakan said he would pass the information and USG position to the Turkish Embassy in Nicosia. 2. (C) Deputy Polcouns followed up demarche later on November 10 a [...]	2003-11-13 10:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA7090	DEMARCHE TO GOT ON UN COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-14 11:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM TU
03ANKARA7098	CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (C) Summary: The Turks came to the Nov. 7 Caucasus Working Group (CWG) working-level meeting armed with specific proposals for US-Turkish cooperation. The US should reciprocate at the Nov. 17 CWG in Williamsburg. Over the next seven months, the two sides should work towards having several ne [...]	2003-11-14 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU
03ANKARA7159	Investigation of Alleged Purchase of Cruise [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-18 10:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ETTC TU
03ANKARA7209	UNGA RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN TURKMENISTAN - [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-20 06:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL TX TU
03ANKARA7213	IRAQ: A/S DEWEY AGREES NEXT STEPS ON REPATRIATING [...] (SBU) On November 19, PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey met with Turkish MFA Undersecretary Sensoy, UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner Morjane, CPA rep Bartlett and Khalil Afar from the Iraqi Embassy on next steps for the voluntary repatriation of Turkish refugees in Iraq, including those in the Ma [...]	2003-11-20 06:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA7271	ENERGY DISCUSSION AT TURKEY-U.S. EPC [...] (C) Action Request: Post urges Washington to reconsider the decision to drop energy as a separate topic on the EPC agenda. This is not just to mollify the Turks; we have real, substantive energy issues to discuss. We consider energy to be a critical building block of our economic and politi [...]	2003-11-20 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA728	DESPITE REFORMS, BUREAUCRATS BLOCK KURDISH COURSES [...] (C) Summary: Despite reform legislation allowing Kurdish language courses, bureaucratic regulations place prohibitive costs by requiring that the courses be established in separate institutions, rather than added to existing schools. The owner of a chain of language schools says there is not [...]	2003-01-29 12:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA7300	IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL PRESIDENT TALABANI [...] (C) Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) President Jalal Talabani and his delegation to Turkey met Ambassador, DCM and A/PolMilCouns Nov. 21, providing a readout of their Nov. 19-20 meetings with Turkish officials and businessmen, including PM Erdogan, Acting FM/Trade Minister Tuzmen, MFA U/S Ziyal, [...]	2003-11-21 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA7308	BOOSTING TURKISH ELECTRICITY EXPORTS TO IRAQ [...] (SBU) In response to Secretary Powell's request that Turkey look for ways to assist Iraq's reconstruction, beginning last September, a Turkish company began exporting a small amount (50MW) of electricity to Iraq. The operator, Karadeniz Energy, has rehabilitated existing transmission lines a [...]	2003-11-22 06:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG ETRD IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA7316	New Turkish Airport Security Measures [...] (U) Turgay Sahan, of the Turkish National Police' Aviation Department, provided the Embassy with a copy of new security procedures introduced at airports as of November 14. An informal translation of the procedures follows below: 2. (SBU) Begin Informal Translation Airport Security Proc [...]	2003-11-25 07:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR TU
03ANKARA7360	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-01 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7377	TERRORIST FINANCE: USG TEAM VISITS TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 17-19, a three-person team from DOS and DOJ met in Ankara with GOT officials to assess the status of Turkey,s efforts to combat terrorist financing, and determine what assistance USG should offer. GOT officials were generally receptive, and the USG team is likely t [...]	2003-12-02 09:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
03ANKARA7411	TURKEY: LEFT-OF-CENTER OPPOSITION CHP SCORNS CALLS [...] (C) Summary: Opposition left-of-center CHP has rejected calls for unity on the political left in the run-up to March 2004 local elections. Optimism in CHP higher ranks is belied by growing frustration among CHP M.P.s with the party's prospects. Rather than focus on the party leadership's sho [...]	2003-12-03 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA7412	RUSSIAN TRANSNISTRIA SETTLEMENT PROPOSAL DEMARCHE: [...] (U) Due to Turkey's week-long official holiday, Embassy deputy political counselor delivered ref A demarche to MFA Eastern Europe Department Head Omur Solendil on December 3. 2. (C) Solendil said the GOT had "noted" the Russian Transnistria memorandum was prepared without consultation w [...]	2003-12-03 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MD PBTS PREL TU
03ANKARA7419	MFA CAUCASUS OFFICIAL ON THE THREAT OF SECESSION [...] (C) Summary: On December 2, Turkish MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali said Turkey would work to prevent Ajarian secession in Georgia. He was more cautious about Turkey's willingness to play an effective role in countering Abkhazian secession. End Summary. Ajaria 2. (C) Em [...]	2003-12-03 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU GG
03ANKARA7443	TURKEY SUPPORTS PSI AND WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN [...] This is an urgent action request. MFA Disarmament Head of Department Bulent Meric told PolMilOff December 4 that after much consideration the GOT had decided to support the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Nevertheless, it still had many questions about what partnership entailed. Mer [...]	2003-12-04 13:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA7444	IRAQ: TURKS AGREE TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AT HABUR [...] (C) Iraqi Minister of Interior Nuri Badran led an interagency Iraqi/CPA delegation to Ankara Nov. 30-Dec. 2 to discuss with Turkish authorities improving the efficiency of operations at the Habur border crossing so that bulk fuels flow smoothly and regularly through the winter months. The age [...]	2003-12-04 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA7445	WASSENAAR: TURKEY WILL SUPPORT JOINT STATEMENT ON [...] (C) PolMilOff delivered ref A letter and joint statement to MFA Disarmament Head of Department Bulent Meric along with Italian DCM Gianni Piccato December 4. Meric said the GOT had received the joint statement earlier from its mission in Vienna, had decided to support the statement, and had a [...]	2003-12-04 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PREL ETTC KSTC PARM TU
03ANKARA745	ANTI-U.S. E-MAIL CAMPAIGN IN WAKE OF MEDIA [...] In the wake of recent anti-American stories in the Turkish press (RefTels),Embassy has received, via the Embassy web-site, a substantial number of e-mails claiming that the Ambassador and other U.S. officials are "no longer welcome" in Turkey. To date, the Embassy has received around 200 ide [...]	2003-01-29 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPRC ASEC PTER TU
03ANKARA7510	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COX VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when the GOT is seized with the issues of security and counterterrorism. GOT leaders and security forces have reacted responsibly to the November terrorist attacks in Istanbul, though some politicians and commentators have tried to score p [...]	2003-12-08 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT AFIN ASEC PTER PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA7538	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-09 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7584	TURKEY: IN SEARCH OF A ROLE IN PSI [...] (C) PolMilOff delivered ref A and B information to MFA Disarmament Department Head Bulent Meric. Meric said that the GOT had discussed at length the PSI Principles and supported them unambiguously. In addition, the GOT was committed to making an "effective contribution" to interdiction activ [...]	2003-12-10 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA7597	MORE ON TURKISH AIRPORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In December 3-4 meetings with Turkish officials responsible for aviation security, EconCouns reiterated the USG's strong interest in Turkish airport/aviation security efforts and expressed concern about a loophole in the current system that enables some passengers arriving on [...]	2003-12-10 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR TU
03ANKARA7611	DECEMBER 1-2 VISIT TO TURKEY OF UKRAINIAN PM [...] (U) The December 1-2 visit to Turkey of Ukrainian PM Yanukovych focused mainly on bilateral economic relations. In the first-ever visit of the PM of an independent Ukraine to Turkey, the two nations discussed bilateral trade and signed environmental and cultural agreements. At the end of the [...]	2003-12-11 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SENV TU UP
03ANKARA7627	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW: JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE [...] (U) Classified by Political Military Counselor Timothy Betts. Reasons: 1.5b and d. 2. (U) This is an action requestion. See para 5. 3. (C) Reftel is a request for Embassy human rights vetting/certification for Turkish participation in this JCET, which is scheduled to take place in [...]	2003-12-10 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MASS MARR TU
03ANKARA763	IRAQ: TURKEY REQUESTS ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON [...] (C) On December 12, the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Turkey submitted a note to the Turkish General Staff (TGS) requesting authorization to ship humanitarian daily rations (HDRs) from the US to Turkey. The ODC letter noted that the purpose is to have rations stored in Turkey in the eve [...]	2003-01-30 12:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU
03ANKARA7641	TURKEY: CENTER-RIGHT MOTHERLAND PARTY STRUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: Unable to regain political momentum or solve ANAP's deepening financial difficulties, colorless chairman Ozdemir resigned days before the party's Dec. 13-14 general convention. Former M.P. Nesrin Nas is likely to emerge as the next ANAP leader. However, her ability to boost ANAP' [...]	2003-12-12 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA7649	2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TURKEY'S CONTRIBUTION [...] (U) This is Embassy Ankara's submission to the 2004 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. = = = = = = = = = = General Assessment = = = = = = = = = = 2. (SBU) In aiming to accelerate democratization, pursue its EU candidacy, revive the economy and tackle ch [...]	2003-12-15 08:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PREL TU
03ANKARA7691	NEW HIGHER EDUCATION PRESIDENT TAKES OVER TURKEY'S [...] (C) Summary: On December 8, President Sezer appointed Erdogan Tezic, the rector of Galatasaray University, as head of the Higher Education Council (YOK),replacing Kemal Guruz. Like President Sezer, Erdogan Tezic is a specialist in constitutional law, having served as a law professor in Istan [...]	2003-12-16 10:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO OEXC SCUL TU

03ANKARA7700	NOVEMBER ATTACKS HAVE NOT STOPPED REFORMS, BUT [...] (U) Summary: Members of Parliament, the bureaucracy and NGO community agree the GOT will continue its EU-related reform process despite the November terrorist attacks in Istanbul, but they fear that further attacks could undermine Turkey's EU candidacy. Human rights observers say police and G [...]	2003-12-16 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA7761	GOT's Unclear Message on Data Exclusivity [...] (SBU) At the December Economic Partnership Commission meeting, the Turkish Health Ministry and Foreign Trade Undersecretariat took seemingly contradictory positions on data exclusivity protection for pharmaceuticals. A followup meeting with the Health Undersecretary reinforced our impression [...]	2003-12-18 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA7767	TURKEY REACTS TO THE ELECTIONS IN NORTHERN CYPRUS [...] (C) Summary: Close results in northern Cyprus' December 14 elections have unleashed a wave of speculation about their meaning and possible coalitions on both sides in Turkey's Cyprus debate. However, amid the media hype there is a clear sense that all eyes are now on Ankara. Ankara's EU dip [...]	2003-12-19 08:43:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CY PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA7777	DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-19 11:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN ECON KIPR TU
03ANKARA7784	AMBASSADOR AND BABACAN DISCUSS FINANCIAL AGREEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 6. 2. (C) At the end of their December 17 discussion on economic and investment issues (septel),Ambassador told State Minister Babacan that, in response to the Prime Minister's request, the U.S. was exploring ways -- within the parameters of ou [...]	2003-12-19 11:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA7790	Economic Partnership Commission: Comment on [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paras 13 and 14. Summary/Introduction -------------------- 2. (SBU) Washington's draft EPC action plan can help build a stronger bilateral economic and commercial relationship with Turkey on economic reform, investment, trade, energy and regional iss [...]	2003-12-19 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD EINV ENRG BEXP KIPR TU IZ
03ANKARA7800	TURKS OUTLINE RULES AND PRINCIPLES FOR USE OF [...] (C) DG for Bilateral Political Affairs Ahmet Banguoglu summoned DCM to the MFA December 19 to provide the GOT's written authorization for the US to use Incirlik to rotate US personnel in and out of Iraq (reftel). Banguoglu said the MFA and other interested agencies (including TGS and Customs) [...]	2003-12-19 17:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA7850	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-22 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7876	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW: COMSOCEUR PROPOSES [...] (U) Classified by Political Military Counselor Timothy Betts. Reasons: 1.5b and d. 2. (C) Ref A notes that COMSEOCEUR has proposed postponing a JCET (Joint Combined Exchange Training) in Turkey (ref b) from February-March 2004 timeframe to June-July 2004 timeframe. 3. (C) ODC Anka [...]	2003-12-12 09:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MASS MARR TU
03ANKARA7878	AMBASSADOR MANN, TURKISH OFFICIALS DISCUSS NEXT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Steven Mann, State Department Special Representative for Caspian Energy Diplomacy, visited Ankara, December 16-18 to discuss Caspian issues with senior Turkish officials, who confirmed Turkey's commitment to the East-West Energy Corridor and expressed confidence that B [...]	2003-12-23 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ENRG EPET IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA7881	COMBATING MISINFORMATION - THE CASE OF "YENI SAFAK" [...] On October 22, "Yeni Safak," an Islamist-oriented Turkish daily close to the AKP Government, ran a story claiming that U.S. forces in Iraq had raped "at least 4,000" Iraqi women since the end of the war. The misinformation was based on a distortion of an article written by Dr. Susan Block, a U [...]	2003-12-23 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER TU
03ANKARA796	PARLIAMENTARIAN REQUESTS INFO ON GUANTANAMO [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) Mehmet Elkatmis, chairman of the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee, handed Poloff January 29 a copy of the letter reported reftel and asked for a response. Embassy requests guidance on how to respond to the inquiry. Embassy would also appreciat [...]	2003-01-31 10:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA7976	GOT CANCELS PLAN TO EXPROPRIATE BAHA'I PROPERTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Local officials in Edirne canceled an order to expropriate a site sacred to followers of the Baha'i faith, apparently ending a 10-year dispute over the property. Baha'i contacts in Ankara and Istanbul said high-level GOT officials asked for the cancellation. End Summary. -- [...]	2003-12-29 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA7977	AFGHANISTAN: MFA U/S ZIYAL PROPOSES US-TURKISH [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) MFA Department Head for South Asian Affairs Ergin Soner told us December 27 that U/S Ziyal wished to hold formal bilateral consultations on Afghanistan in Ankara prior to the POTUS-Erdogan meeting at the end of January. Ziyal was pleased [...]	2003-12-29 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA7984	GROWING TURKISH REACTION, PUBLIC CRITICISM OF U.S. [...] Negative reaction by the Turkish Government, opposition politicians, and the press to the reported detention of 11 Turkish Special Forces troops in Northern Iraq continues to grow. Prime Minister Erdogan, describing the incident as "extremely distressing," said that he expects the situation t [...]	2003-12-30 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA8015	INCIRLIK AND OIF-2: PROPOSED RESPONSE TO TURKISH [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) On December 19, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided us a diplomatic note approving the use of Incirlik Air Base for the operation to rotate US personnel and their associated equipment in and out of Iraq (reftel),and outlining the ru [...]	2003-12-31 11:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA8023	Update on Civair Security [...] (SBU) Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) officials told us that they had not yet examined TSA's emergency amendments which could require armed law enforcement officers to be posted on certain flights, and pointed out the risks of posting such officers without adequate training. They [...]	2003-12-31 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR TU
03ANKARA818	IRAQ: MOU NEGOTIATING TEAM NEEDS TO BE READY START [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. ---------------------- SUMMARY/ACTION REQUEST ---------------------- 2. (C) Agreement with Turkey on a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on US activities related to a possible Iraq operation may be the long pole in the tent of our struggle [...]	2003-01-31 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ EFIN
03ANKARA830	TURKEY: ANTI-AMERICAN MEDIA CAMPAIGN AND ITS [...] (C) Summary: Amid an edgy public mood over Iraq, a strident anti-American propaganda campaign is underway in Turkey, encouraged by various political and Turkish State actors. According to our contacts, such rhetoric is resonating with the man on the street, who is (1) convinced that an operat [...]	2003-02-03 09:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA854	THIS IS THE WEEK TO PRESENT A SIGNIFICANT TRADE [...] (C) We understand that Washington agencies have been working hard over the past few weeks to develop a trade package that we could offer to Turkey as part of our effort to get the Turks to "yes" on Iraq. From our limited point of view, this is decision week. If we are to influence Turkey's [...]	2003-02-03 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA934	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-06 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA946	TURKISH MFA ON ACCESS FOR NGOS PROVIDING [...] (C) Mission Disaster Relief Officer (MDRO) and Ron Libby, USAID/OFDA, met with Feza Ozturk, MFA Head of Department for International Political Organizations, to follow up on assistance and coordination issues discussed during the Humanitarian Planning Team,s meeting with MFA on January 28 (sep [...]	2003-02-06 16:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA964	HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TEAM DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (C) During its January 27 to 29 visit to Ankara, the U.S. Humanitarian Planning Team (HPT) discussed contingency planning for a possible humanitarian crisis arising from the situation in Iraq with the GOT, representatives of the KDP and PUK administrations in northern Iraq, a representative [...]	2003-02-07 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ MOPS OTRA PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA982	NEW CUSTOMS ADVANCED ELECTRONIC CARGO MANIFEST [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-07 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EWWT TU
03BEIJING2438	NPC SET TO VOTE FOR NEW CHINESE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) THE UPCOMING NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS (NPC) PLENARY SESSION WILL SELECT CHINA'S NEW STATE AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERS, ALONG WITH THE LEADERS OF THE NEW STATE COUNCIL, STATE CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION (CMC) SUPREME PEOPLE'S COURT (SPC) AND SUPREME PEOPLE'S PROCURATORATE (SPP). WHILE THE N [...]	2003-03-05 07:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN ETRD CH
03BEIJING3947	TAIWAN: CHINA'S NEW LEADERSHIP TO CONTINUE [...] (C) A PROMINENT PRC ANALYST TOLD US HE EXPECTS BEIJING'S POLICY TOWARD TAIWAN TO SHOW CONTINUITY, WITH THE NEW LEADERSHIP CONTINUING TO PURSUE A RELATIVELY MODERATE APPROACH FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING ECONOMIC AND OTHER UNOFFICIAL LINKS. OUR CONTACT SUGGESTED THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF HU JINTAO'S MA [...]	2003-04-07 10:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
03BEIRUT4562	LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI URGES U.S. TO WORK WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri October 27. The discussion focused principally on Iraq and Syria. Berri, having just returned from Damascus, again tried to impress upon us that Syrian President Asad desires a good relationship with the United States and that [...]	2003-10-28 17:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY LY
03BEIRUT4629	LEBANON: INTERIOR MINISTER MURR DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Interior Minister Elias Murr October 31 to discuss Hizballah interference with an embassy motorcade, progress on the McDonalds bombing investigation, and the preparation of municipalities/electoral laws. Murr comprehends the seriousness of Hizballah interfe [...]	2003-10-31 17:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV LE
03BEIRUT5034	LEBANON: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-28 15:06:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER LE
03BOGOTA11615	COLOMBIA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Colombia continues its struggle against the country's three main terrorist organizations ) the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) -- all of which have been designated by the U.S. as Foreign Terr [...]	2003-12-12 19:36:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER
03BOGOTA286	MASS GRAVE SITE DISCOVERED IN CAQUETA [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE HUMAN RIGHTS UNIT OF THE PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE DISCOVERY OF WHAT ARE BELIEVED TO BE THE GRAVES OF OVER 100 VICTIMS OF PARAMILITARY ATROCITIES IN CAQUETA DEPARTMENT. THE VICTIMS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ALLEGED FARC SYMPATHIZERS WHO WERE TORTURED AND EXECU [...]	2003-01-15 00:44:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PHUM PTER PINS PGOV CO
03BOGOTA3994	FARC KILLS TWO HIGH PROFILE HOSTAGES [...] (S) ON MAY 5, THE FARC EXECUTED TWO HIGH PROFILE HOSTAGES- ANTIOQUIA GOVERNOR GUILLERMO GAVIRIA AND FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER AND PEACE ADVISER GILBERTO ECHEVERRI- IN AN AREA NEAR URRAO, ANTIOQUIA DEPARTMENT. EIGHT SOLDIERS WHO THE FARC ALSO HAD KIDNAPPED WERE KILLED AS WELL. SOURCES INDICATE [...]	2003-05-06 00:07:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER CO
03BOGOTA9806	TOP FARC COMMANDER KILLED BY COLOMBIAN ARMY [...] (S) SUMMARY: ON OCTOBER 19, THE COLOMBIAN ARMY KILLED EDGAR NAVARRO, ALIAS "MOCHO," DEPUTY COMMANDER OF THE FARC'S TEOFILO FORERO MOBILE COLUMN (TFMC),ONE OF THE FARC'S MOST ACTIVE AND EFFECTIVE UNITS. THE OPERATION TO CAPTURE NAVARRO, WHICH ENDED WITH HIS DEATH, WAS BASED ON EFFECTIVE USE [...]	2003-10-20 22:58:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PTER PHUM PGOV PINR PINS CO
03BRASILIA1550	BRAZIL CONTINUES TO DEBATE TRADE POLICY ON EVE OF [...] (U) This is an Action Request; please see para 15. 2. (SBU) Summary. In the run-up to USTR Zoellick's May 27-28 visit, debate has intensified publicly, within the GoB, and perhaps most of all in the Foreign Ministry, on Brazil's participation in the FTAA negotiations. A number of policy [...]	2003-05-20 19:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD BR FTAA
03BRASILIA2859	MINISTER ROUSSEFF EXPLAINS NEW ENERGY MODEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mines and Energy Minister Rousseff and Vice Minister Tolmasquim have provided EmbOffs a two-hour presentation of Brazil's new energy model. The Minister summed up the new model as re-establishing the concept of public service as the sector's prevalent principle. It aspires [...]	2003-09-04 12:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR
03BRASILIA3122	NEW DECREE TO FACILITATE IMPORTATION OF COPIED DRUGS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GoB has taken its latest step in laying the legal groundwork necessary to import copied versions of patented pharmaceuticals. President Lula signed a decree on September 4 revising the implementation of Article 71 of Brazil's 1996 patent law, which governs the granting of co [...]	2003-09-26 19:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD PGOV ECON EINV SOCI BR
03BRASILIA3405	GOB TAKES STEPS TO REDEFINE REGULATORS, STATUS [...] (U) SUMMARY: A GoB draft bill aims to better demarcate the powers and responsibilities of Brazil,s nine federal regulatory agencies. The most material change would shift authority for awarding and monitoring concessions from the agencies to the corresponding GoB Ministries. The bill,s main [...]	2003-10-22 14:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV EWWT ECPS ECON BR
03BRASILIA3814	BRAZIL'S EXPANDING TRADE WITH CHINA [...] (U) Summary. The Lula administration has embarked on a determined policy of export expansion in China, seeking to build on the boom in this bilateral trade relationship that began in 2000. The Chinese appear to welcome the approach, sending at least five trade delegations to Brazil this yea [...]	2003-12-03 15:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV PREL KIPR BR CH
03BRASILIA3910	LULA'S PENSION REFORM PASSES. WHEN'S THE NEXT ONE? [...] After seven-plus months of legislative tussle, Lula's pension-reform bill passed its required second Senate floor vote on December 11 by 51 votes to 24, two votes over the minimum 49 (three-fifths) required. The twelve votes of opposition-party PSDB and PFL senators -- spurred by the fiscal [...]	2003-12-12 18:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV SOCI BR
03BRASILIA3953	LULA'S TAX REFORM PASSES: WHAT IT LEAVES TO BE [...] LULA'S TAX-REFORM BILL PASSED ITS SECOND SENATE VOTE ON DECEMBER 17 BY 64 VOTES TO FIVE AND WILL BECOME LAW WHEN PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE ON DECEMBER 22. HAVING ALREADY GAINED PASSAGE OF HIS PENSION REFORM BILL LAST WEEK (REF A),LULA HAS THUS ACHIEVED HIS TOP TWIN LEGISLATIVE PRIOR [...]	2003-12-18 14:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV SOCI BR
03BRASILIA602	UTILITIES' CONCERNS OVER BRAZIL'S NEW ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 6, Embassy hosted a Roundtable on Electricity Regulation in Brazil with participation by 16 executives from 8 U.S. and European companies from both the generation and distribution sides. Companies' main concerns were short-term liquidity issues, continued low elect [...]	2003-02-21 15:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN BR ENGR
03BRUSSELS3243	CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: JUNE 2003 [...] This cable contains an action request. See para. 9. 2. Summary. In a productive June 9-10 meeting in Athens, the members of the Central Dublin Group reviewed regional reports from Central Asia (Italy),Eastern Europe (Germany),Southwest Asia (UK) and Southeast Asia and China (Australia). [...]	2003-06-23 16:13:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KCRM PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS5015	STATUS OF BILATERAL PROTOCOLS ON EXTRADITION AND [...] The U.S.-EU Agreements on Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance were signed at the Summit in Washington on June 25, 2003. Before these agreements can be sent to Congress for ratification, protocols to existing bilateral extradition and MLATs must be negotiated. In the limited instances whe [...]	2003-10-29 08:23:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC KCRM KJUS PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS5113	EU ON CUBA: WHAT IS TO BE DONE? [...] (C) Summary: On November 5, Poloff discussed EU Cuba policy with Karl Buck, Latin America Division Chief in the EU Council Secretariat. He said the EU Latin America Working Group (COLAT) had affirmed unanimously on November 4 the punitive measures the EU had announced in June in response to [...]	2003-11-06 11:00:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS5510	EU TROIKA DEC 9-12 VISIT TO PYONGYANG [...] (C) Summary. Senior EU officials will visit Pyongyang December 9-12 to convey EU support for the Six Party Talks; EU interest in improving ROK-DPRK relations in order to coordinate peninsular development; the need to respect human rights; and the need to begin a process of economic reforms. [...]	2003-12-05 14:12:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PARM KNNP EAID KS CH KN EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS5593	A/S ROCCA CONSULTATIONS ON SOUTH ASIA WITH EU [...] (C) On December 8 in Brussels, SA A/S Christina Rocca met with EU counterparts at the European Commission to discuss ongoing developments in South Asia (participants listed para 11). --On Afghanistan, interlocutors said at this time they could identify only euros 20 million in available Comm [...]	2003-12-11 14:50:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PTER AF PK IN CE NP XD EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BUENOSAIRES1662	ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT-ELECT KIRCHNER NAMES CABINET [...] (U) SUMMARY. PRESIDENT-ELECT NESTOR KIRCHNER ANNOUNCED THE COMPOSITION OF HIS CABINET ON MAY 20. AS KIRCHNER HAD STATED DURING THE CAMPAIGN, ROBERTO LAVAGNA WILL CONTINUE ON AS ECONOMY MINISTER. THE BIGGEST SURPRISES WERE HIS SELECTION OF JUDICIAL AFFAIRS EXPERT RAFAEL BIELSA AS FOREIGN M [...]	2003-05-20 20:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR US
03COLOMBO101	Sri Lanka: Five things that upset Sinhalese [...] (C) Always a lively crowd, Sri Lanka's Sinhalese extremists have been raising a ruckus over five issues of late. They have demanded, for example, that (#1) the Norwegian Ambassador be expelled from the country, and complained about (#2) a pro-Tamil movie that opened in Europe recently and (# [...]	2003-01-17 05:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SOCI CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1018	Despite some Opposition criticism, the Tokyo [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Tokyo donors conference continues to generate a positive reaction in Sri Lanka. The president maintains a studied silence, however, despite some criticism of the conference by her party. The Tamil Tigers, who controversially did not go to Tokyo, have also been mum, thus fa [...]	2003-06-11 09:54:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID KPAO CE JA NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1052	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 90 (06-16-03) [...] (SBU) URGENT: MFA Foreign Secretary Nihal Rodrigo sent us a fax today (June 16) confirming that Sri Lanka's ambassador to Iraq, M.M.A. Farouque, plans to return to Baghdad at some point this week. (Note: Farouque is now in Sri Lanka. By the way, we have already passed the MFA the info re [...]	2003-06-16 10:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	CE MV AGMT LTTE
03COLOMBO1061	GSL tries to calm situation after sinking of [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of the June 14 sinking of a Tiger ship, the GSL is trying to calm the situation, assuring the Tigers that it is looking into ways to devolve power to the north/east. Minister Moragoda, a key adviser to the PM, has expressed deep concerns to us about the navy's [...]	2003-06-17 09:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS CE JA NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1065	FIFTH SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING OF SOUTH ASIA [...] SUMMARY. THE FIFTH SARI/ENERGY SEMI-ANNUAL REVIEW MEETING WAS HELD IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA ON JUNE 9-10, 2003. IN TOTAL 75 PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED OF WHICH 35 WERE HOST COUNTRY STAKEHOLDERS FROM BANGLADESH, BHUTAN, INDIA, MALDIVES, NEPAL, AND SRI LANKA. OTHER ATTENDEES WERE REPRESENTATIVES FROM [...]	2003-06-17 10:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	NONE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1073	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 92 (06-18-03) [...] (C) Just wanted to flag that the situation remains relatively quiet in the aftermath of the June 14 sinking of the Tiger ship off the northeast coast (Colombo 1061, 1053). From what we hear, however, the Tigers remain very, very angry over the incident. Thus far, however, the group has conf [...]	2003-06-18 09:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV LTTE
03COLOMBO1078	In positive news for peace process, Norwegian [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a brief hiatus in contacts, Norwegian facilitators met with the Tamil Tigers on June 18. Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar told us the Tigers complained about the June 14 sinking of one of their ships and denied culpability for a wave of recent assassinations. The group als [...]	2003-06-19 09:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO JA LTTE
03COLOMBO1081	FOREIGN GOVERNMENT EOI FOR CONSULTANTS FOR [...] 542/01/T0015 2. 061903 3. MANLOWETL 4. 542 5. N 6A. CONTACT 6B.JAYANTHA NAGENDRAN, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT (PROJECT MANAGEMENT),ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT, RERED PROJECT 6C. DFCC BANK, 73/5 GALLE ROAD, COLOMBO 3, SRI LANKA 7. PHONE: 94-1-442442 FAX: 94-1-440376 E-MAIL: I [...]	2003-06-19 11:16:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE KWMM
03COLOMBO1092	Facilitators slated to meet Sri Lankan PM in [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian facilitators are scheduled to meet with PM Wickremesinghe in London late June 23. The Tamil Tigers' London-based spokesman Anton Balasingham has also indicated that he will try to meet the GoN team. In other peace process-related developments, local elections in the n [...]	2003-06-23 09:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE NO UK LTTE
03COLOMBO1102	Human rights verification: Operation [...] (C) Embassy Colombo verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the 4th Fast Attack Flotilla and Special Boat Squadron of the Sri Lankan Navy, or a member of those units, as of this date. 2. (U) Charge certifies this state [...]	2003-06-24 03:14:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS MARR PHUM CE
03COLOMBO1107	In wake of brazen killing, Tigers indicate [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a meeting in London with the Norwegian facilitators, the Tamil Tigers -- in hedged fashion -- have indicated that they may be willing to restart the peace talks. This news comes in the wake of the brazen killing of a police official on June 23, which was almost certainly [...]	2003-06-24 11:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PHUM PREF CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO113	Japan's Akashi reviews visit to Sri Lanka; [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a January 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Japanese Special Envoy Akashi reviewed his visit to Sri Lanka, noting that President Kumaratunga had decided not to meet him. He said the donors' conference in Tokyo was set for June 9-10, and he invited Deputy Secretary Armitage [...]	2003-01-21 11:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER CE JA NO IN LTTE
03COLOMBO1143	Sri Lanka: Peace process poised to enter new [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the prime minister back from a successful visit to the United Kingdom, Sri Lanka's peace process is on the verge of entering a new phase. The Tigers are hinting at a return to talks, while the government is preparing an interim administration proposal. The Liberation Tiger [...]	2003-07-01 10:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS NO JA CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1146	ENSURING SRI LANKA UNDERSTANDS OUR FTA STANDARDS [...] Charge met with Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Ravi Karunanayake on July 1, during a call on the Minister by US Reps Jerry Weller and Scott Garrett, both in Sri Lanka on a private visit. Charge used the meeting to encourage the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) to study the texts of the [...]	2003-07-01 10:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD CE USTR ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1197	Maldives: Let Us Not Take This Friend For [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of the Republic of Maldives has made only one substantive request of us this past year -- to defer until later this year a decision on whether to graduate the Maldives from LDC status. Embassy strongly believes meeting this modest request will go a long way towar [...]	2003-07-09 10:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD MV
03COLOMBO1214	Mission requests status of Iraqi Mission in [...] This is an Action Request. Please see Para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a July 9 meeting with Charge, MFA Acting Foreign Secretary (and former DCM at the Sri Lankan Mission in Washington) JDA Wijewardena expressed concern that the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Baghdad was planni [...]	2003-07-11 06:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EINV CE IZ IN
03COLOMBO122	ANONYMOUS THREAT LETTER [...] (SBU) Colombo British High Commission (BHC) counterpart contacted RSO yesterday to report receipt of an anonymous threat letter addressed to Americans and British in Sri Lanka. Presumably, letters were sent to both the BHC and the Embassy, but we have not yet received our letter. The BHC has [...]	2003-01-23 05:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC CE
03COLOMBO1238	Iraq: Dipnote announces imminent suspension [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para three. 2. (U) Post received a circular diplomatic note on July 15 from the Iraqi Embassy to Sri Lanka stating that it was suspending operations "until further notice" on August 1. The dipnote states that this action is being taken "upon t [...]	2003-07-15 11:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CE IZ
03COLOMBO1240	In Charge's visit, Maldivians again press for [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Charge's July 13 meetings in Male, GoRM officials made another pitch that the Maldives' not be graduated from LDC status. Some concern was expressed about radical Islam gaining a beachhead in the island nation, a problem which would be heightened by an economic downturn. [...]	2003-07-15 11:36:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD MV
03COLOMBO125	Nomination for Political FSN training course [...] In response to Reftel, Mission nominates Ms. Padmini Raajadurrai to attend the April 7 to 18 training course for Political FSNs at NFATC. 2. Information on the nominee is keyed to the order of the queries in Reftel: Name -- Padmini Raajadurrai Grade -- FSN-10 Length of Service -- 4 ye [...]	2003-01-23 08:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AFSI AFSN PGOV CE
03COLOMBO1252	IRAQI EMBASSY IN COLOMBO [...] (C) Charge and newly-arrived DCM met Foreign Secretary Nihal Rodrigo july 17. Rodrigo quickly focused on SIPDIS issue MFA had raised before (reftels) of status of Iraqi Embassy in Colombo. He had heard from Sri Lankan Ambassador in Baghdad that Iraqi Ambassador in Colombo was part of the [...]	2003-07-17 08:36:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CE EUN
03COLOMBO1261	FOREIGN GOVERNMENT'S EXPRESSIONS OF [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-18 06:13:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1266	Excitement over Maldivian economic growth [...] (C) SUMMARY: During recent Embassy meetings in the Maldives, government and business interlocutors spoke about the positive social and economic developments in the country in recent years, spurred especially by the growth of the tourism industry. These contacts worried, however, about the g [...]	2003-07-21 10:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD SOCI MV
03COLOMBO13	FOREIGN GOVERNMENT INVITATION FOR APPLICATIONS [...] 542/01/T0006 2. 010303 3. TLMANLOWE 4. 542 5. N 6A. CONTACT 6B. DIRECTOR GENERAL 6C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA 276 ELVITIGALA MAWATHA, COLOMBO 8, SRI LANKA 7. PHONE: 94-1-689345 8. FAX: 94-1-689341 E-MAIL: dgtsl@slt.lk 9. 2 [...]	2003-01-03 05:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1303	IRF report: Draft 2003 Maldives submission [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per the request in Ref A, Mission submits the draft 2003 International Religious Freedom report for the Maldives. As also requested in Ref A, a Word document with tracked changes based on the 2002 repor [...]	2003-07-28 10:41:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF MV LTTE
03COLOMBO1304	IRF report: Draft 2003 Sri Lanka submission [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per the request in Ref A, Mission submits the draft 2003 International Religious Freedom report for Sri Lanka. As also requested in Ref A, a Word document with tracked changes based on the 2002 report h [...]	2003-07-28 10:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF CE
03COLOMBO1343	GSL interdicts human smuggling attempts, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent weeks, the GSL has interdicted several large-scale human smuggling attempts. Those netted in the raids (over 800 people) have overwhemingly been third country nationals, mostly from India and Pakistan. This is a departure from an earlier trend involving mainly loca [...]	2003-08-01 06:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PHUM PTER CVIS KFRD CE PK
03COLOMBO1348	AL HASHIMI, MAHMUD SHAKIR MAHMUD - DPOB 11/17/1952 [...] (S/NF) Ref A requested a summary of AmEmbassy Colombo's activities concerning Iraqi national Mahmud Shakir Mahmud AL HASHIMI. RSO provides the following chronology: 2. (S/NF) On March 25, 2003, at approximately 1445 hours, RSO/SD team, while on routine surveillance of DATT residence, repor [...]	2003-08-02 19:08:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
03COLOMBO1384	Maldivian presidential selection process set [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Maldivian presidential selection process is set to kick off in September, with the Majlis (parliament) selecting a candidate who will stand in a referendum in October. President Gayoom is widely expected to win with ease. Gayoom seems a popular ruler, though the selection [...]	2003-08-07 10:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM MV
03COLOMBO1386	SRI LANKAN PARLIAMENT PASSES NEW IPR LAW [...] Summary: The Sri Lankan Parliament approved an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) law on July 25, 2003. It will come into effect when the Speaker of the Parliament signs the bill, expected in August. The new IPR law is WTO TRIPS compliant. It provides for improved coverage, and contains pr [...]	2003-08-08 05:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR CE WTO USTR ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1387	Key Minister expresses optimism that talks [...] (C) SUMMARY: G.L. Peiris, a key minister, has announced that the peace talks could start up again by September. In related news, the U.S. press statement speaking out in support of resuming talks has received widespread publicity and reaction from contacts is rolling in. Concerning another [...]	2003-08-08 05:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAO CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1389	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2003 FOR SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-11 07:10:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV
03COLOMBO1399	Norwegian facilitator set to arrive to work on [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian Special Envoy Erik Solheim is slated to arrive in Sri Lanka on August 12. One key purpose of his visit is to try to convince the Tigers to vacate an unauthorized camp they have set up in the east. In other peace process news, the Tigers are getting ready for a semina [...]	2003-08-11 11:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PREF CE NO FR LTTE
03COLOMBO14	Fourth round of GSL-LTTE talks set to begin in [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fourth round of talks between the GSL and the Tamil Tigers is set to take place in Thailand, January 6-9. Topics on the agenda include the security zones in Jaffna, which the Tigers want reduced in size. There is still some confusion as to the exact nature of Muslim repres [...]	2003-01-03 06:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS CE NO TH
03COLOMBO140	Next round of talks in Europe, as status of [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norway has announced that the next round of GSL-LTTE talks will take place in Europe, February 7-8, not Thailand. The exact venue has not yet been formally set, but Berlin looks a strong bet. The switch was necessitated by the health condition of LTTE negotiator Balasingham, w [...]	2003-01-24 05:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1405	Trafficking in Persons -- Sri Lanka: [...] Per notification in Reftel, Mission is pleased to have received approval for the two anti-trafficking projects and is looking forward to implementing them. In response to the request re Project A, Mission would ask the Department of Justice to conduct an initial training session for personnel [...]	2003-08-12 09:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN KCRM SMIG CE
03COLOMBO1425	No breakthroughs in meeting with Tigers, but [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 13 meeting with the Charge', Norwegian Special Envoy Solheim and Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar said the atmospherics of their meeting with the Tigers earlier that day had been positive. They said they had discussed the Tigers' upcoming meeting in Paris. Re conte [...]	2003-08-14 11:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS CE NO JA LTTE
03COLOMBO1436	SRI LANKA CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] Following is information on Child Labor in Sri Lanka for GSP Trade and Development Act. 2. Responses are keyed to Reftel. (a) Whether the country has adequate laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor: Sri Lanka has shown its commitment to protecting children fr [...]	2003-08-18 10:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI CE USAID
03COLOMBO1453	No movement regarding Tiger camp, as GSL [...] (C) SUMMARY: There has been no movement regarding the unauthorized Tiger camp in the east. As the Norwegian facilitators continue to work on the issue, key ministers are giving us differing views on the possibility that the GSL may use force to try to resolve matters. In other peace track [...]	2003-08-20 10:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM CE NO FR LTTE
03COLOMBO1490	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 123 (08/26/03) [...] (C) FYI. Just wanted to flag the following peace track items: -- Paris Meeting: Beyond that reviewed in Colombo 1482, we have no new news to report re the LTTE's Paris meeting. The Norwegian Embassy here told us that Special Envoy Erik Solheim was slated to join the LTTE meeting today or [...]	2003-08-26 10:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV LTTE
03COLOMBO1504	Norwegian envoy meets with Tigers in Paris; EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent peace process developments: Norwegian Envoy Erik Solheim has been involved in meetings with the Tigers in Paris. There are reports that the Tigers will next visit Switzerland for further discussions. In the meantime, the EU chiefs of mission in Colombo issued a press [...]	2003-08-28 10:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS CE XG
03COLOMBO1513	RESIDENTIAL SECURITY CLUSTER HOUSING [...] (SBU) Embassy Colombo has one residential cluster housing compound for American employees of the IBB (VOA) remote broadcasting site. 2. (SBU) The compound is located in the town of Negombo, about halfway between the IBB site in Iranawila and Colombo. Negombo is 1.5 hours north of Colombo, [...]	2003-08-29 09:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ABLD AMGT ASEC
03COLOMBO1516	BTIOS T/0005 AND T/0011 AMENDMENTS - COAL [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-02 09:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1518	EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR EXPLOITATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-02 09:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1522	Tiger political chief Thamilchelvam's steady [...] (C) SUMMARY: S.P. Thamilchelvam, political chief of the Tamil Tigers, has taken an increasingly high profile role as chief Tiger spokesman on peace track issues. In the meantime, Anton Balasingham, the group's long-time spokesman and negotiator, has not been heard from in weeks. In explai [...]	2003-09-02 10:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PINR PINS CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1523	SOURCE REPORT FROM MALDIVES [...] (C) On 09/02/2003, RSO Colombo received a letter dated 08/13/2003 and addressed to the RSO from an unknown Source who identified himself as Tuan Preena Rashid SALIM, Helengeli Tourist Village, North Male Atoll, Republic of Maldives. The essential text of the letter, written in poor English, is [...]	2003-09-02 13:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER
03COLOMBO1539	GSL SUPPORTS KEEPING GI TALKS IN TRIPS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-05 05:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR ETRD PREL CE WTO ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1548	IMI - Investment Opportunities In Sri Lanka [...] The National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka will present "Intrad 2003", an Exhibition and Investor Forum on November 28 - 30, 2003 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The theme is "Regaining Sri Lanka - Invest in Our Infrastructure". 2. "Intrad 2003" will feature 10 key sectors identified for inve [...]	2003-09-06 07:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO155	FOREIGN GOVERNMENT INVITATION FOR APPLICATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-28 10:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO156	FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TENDER TO BUILD AND [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-28 10:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO MV CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1569	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 131 (09/09/03) [...] (C) FYI. We have the following updates on the peace process: -- Norwegian Ambassador in the east: Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar is in Batticaloa District in the east for a familiarization tour, according to Norwegian Embassy contacts. Brattskar met with eastern Tiger military leade [...]	2003-09-09 10:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV LTTE
03COLOMBO1582	BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK PROGRAM ANNUAL UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-10 10:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1586	In good news for peace process, President puts [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga has firmly signaled that a possible pact between her party and the radical JVP is on hold for now. In explaining her decision, the president made clear that the two sides could not agree on peace process issues. According to observers, however, other fact [...]	2003-09-11 07:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR CE

03COLOMBO1630	COLOMBO EAC MEETING DATED 9/18/03 [...] (SBU) AmEmbassy Colombo EAC met on September 18 to discuss the upcoming Security Environmental Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ) due September 19. EAC members in attendance were the AMB, DCM, RSO, ARSO, POL, PD, AID, CLO, ECON and IBB. 2. (C) The EAC reviewed post's current threat ratings on the [...]	2003-09-19 05:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CE PTER
03COLOMBO1648	Unprecedented unrest in the Maldives against [...] (C) SUMMARY: Unrest hit the Maldives over the September 20-21 weekend, with rioting in Male', the capital. The unrest was apparently triggered by at least two deaths that occurred either before or during a prison riot at a jail located on a nearby island. Several buildings, primarily govern [...]	2003-09-23 09:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM CASC MV
03COLOMBO1673	"When do we sign an FTA?" GSL perspectives, [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Jeffrey J. Lunstead for reasons 1.5 B and D. 2. (C) Summary: Given the high profile in Sri Lanka of this issue and local expectations for the upcoming TIFA round, Post believes it is time to take concrete steps to move towards an FTA. Specific recommendation [...]	2003-09-26 05:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAID ECON EFIN KIPR ELAB PREL CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1694	Foreign Government Invitation for Pre- [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-30 10:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1706	Peace process update: Tigers set to meet in [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest peace process news, Tiger officials are set to meet in Dublin to discuss the group's response to the GSL's north/east administration proposal. The Tigers also recently held a high-level meeting with the Norwegian-led ceasefire monitoring mission to discuss ways to [...]	2003-10-01 10:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS ASEC CE NO EI LTTE
03COLOMBO1713	Tokyo co-chairs agree on modalities for review [...] (U) Tokyo process co-chairs (Japan, EU - Italy, and EC, Norway and US) met October 1 for briefing on EU Troika meeting in New York on Sept 25 with PM Wickremesinghe. New information from briefing was that: --Italian Foreign Minister Frattini, on behalf of EU, formally offered to host next r [...]	2003-10-02 06:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PREF CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1718	Maldives appears calm in aftermath of recent [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Maldives appears calm in the wake of the recent unrest in Male' that was triggered by a violent prison disturbance. President Gayoom has launched investigations into the incidents and transferred the police chief. During his recent visit, DATT spoke to the acting police ch [...]	2003-10-02 10:59:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PHUM SOCI MV
03COLOMBO172	SRI LANKA: THE LTTE BUILDS A FINANCIAL [...] SUMMARY: DUE TO AN INTERNATIONAL CRACKDOWN ON TERRORIST FINANCING POST SEPTEMBER 11, THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EALAM (LTTE) HAS SHIFTED OVER THE PAST YEAR FROM FOREIGN FUND-RAISING TO LARGELY DOMESTIC FINANCING. WHILE THE LTTE TRADITIONALLY LEVIED TAXES IN AREAS UNDER ITS CONTROL, RECEN [...]	2003-01-30 06:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL PTER PGOV CE
03COLOMBO1724	USAID STAFF DISCUSS WORKING LEVEL ISSUES WITH LTTE [...] (SBU) Per recent State Department guidance approving operational/working level discussions with counterpart LTTE representatives (reftel) and based on a September 18 meeting between the Embassy's front office and USAID Sri Lanka staff, on September 29 and 30 two USAID [...]	2003-10-03 06:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PTER CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1753	WALK-IN REPORTS POSSIBLE THREAT INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Summary - On Oct 8 at approximately 1305 hours, RSO Colombo interviewed a walk-in of unknown reliability who reportedly overheard a conversation between two Sri Lankan Muslims on the street in which the words "eleven or eleventh," "eleven o'clock," "attack first," "blast," and "U.S. Emba [...]	2003-10-08 09:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
03COLOMBO1769	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DUSTR JOSETTE SHEERAN SHINER [...] (U) This message is SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. (SBU) Summary: Post looks forward to the visit of DUSTR Shiner and her delegation for the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement Joint Council talks on October 14 and 15. This is an excellent time to visit Sri Lanka in order to get a bett [...]	2003-10-10 16:41:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON CE
03COLOMBO1778	USAID STAFF DISCUSS WORKING LEVEL ISSUES WITH LTTE [...] (SBU) Based on recent State Department guidance approving operational/working-level discussions on relief and development issues with counterpart LTTE representatives (Ref B) and a September 18 meeting between the Embassy's front office and USAID/Sri Lanka staff, two USAID staff met on Octob [...]	2003-10-14 03:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PTER CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1781	Tiger delegation wraps up meeting in Ireland [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Tamil Tigers have wrapped up their meeting at the Glencree Center for Reconciliation located south of Dublin. The Glencree meeting appears to have helped the group further polish its response to the GSL's north/east interim administration proposal. The Tiger delegation is n [...]	2003-10-14 11:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE NO EI LTTE
03COLOMBO1801	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Jeffrey J. Lunstead. Reasons 1.5 B and D. 2. (C) Summary: During his initial courtesy call with Finance Minister Choksy on October 10, the Ambassador raised TDA technical assistance, aid utilization, government procurement problems, and the Iraq Donors Confe [...]	2003-10-17 04:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN EAID PREL IZ CE
03COLOMBO1810	WALK-IN DESCRIBES MUSLIM EXTREMIST ACTIVITIES IN [...] (C/NF) Summary - On 10/14/03 and again on 10/15/03, RSO interviewed an unknown walk-in Source of undetermined reliability who claimed to have information on several aspects of Muslim radicalism in Sri Lanka. The information included the name of a passport vendor in Colombo who provides false [...]	2003-10-17 11:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC CE PTER
03COLOMBO1811	WALK-IN PROVIDES INFORMATION ON VISA/IMMIGRATION [...] (SBU) On Monday 10/6/2003 an individual identifying himself as SENANAYAKE, Sujeewa Dhammika came to the American Embassy Colombo to visit with an FSN employee he knew. During the course of his visit SUBJECT approached POST 2, and requested to speak with the RSO. 2. (SBU) Both RSO and ARSO [...]	2003-10-20 01:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CE PTER
03COLOMBO1831	Norwegian envoy briefs donors on status of the [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Lunstead attended a meeting of major bilateral donors to Sri Lanka on October 21. Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar briefed the group on the status of the Tiger's counterproposals developed in response to the GSL's north/east interim setup proposal. Brattskar commented t [...]	2003-10-22 11:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINS KPAO CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1861	Norwegians sending placeholder response to [...] (C) Norway is sending a letter to President Kumaratunga informing her that it is reviewing her demand that chief monitor Tellefsen be fired and that the GoN will prepare its own report on the initial October 16 incident which sparked the controversy. The Norwegian Ambassador told the Charge' [...]	2003-10-29 10:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1878	U.S.-sponsored humanitarian demining training [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A major State Department-sponsored humanitarian demining training initiative has entered its operational phase. Run by the RONCO Corporation, the program is training the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) [...]	2003-10-31 06:22:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID KHDP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO189	INDIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER ON SRI LANKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: I met for one hour today (2/3) with Indian High Commissioner Nirupam Sen concerning the current state of peace talks in Sri Lanka. To my surprise, we agreed completely on our analysis of the situation (the trend is not positive); on the reasons why (LTTE aggressiveness, cohabitation [...]	2003-02-03 09:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PARM CE IN ECONOMICS LTTE
03COLOMBO1893	LTTE counterproposals on interim [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Norwegian facilitators provided the Tamil Tigers' long-awaited counterproposals on the modalities for an interim administration in the north/east to the GSL on October 31. The Tiger plan, which was publicly released at a November 1 press conference, seeks wide-ranging power [...]	2003-11-03 12:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PREL CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1901	MEDIA PLAY: SRI LANKAN MEDIA RESPOND TO LTTE [...] In reftels Colombo reported on the 11/1 unveiling of the LTTE's long awaited response to the GSL's Interim Administration proposals. As noted in reftel (B),the counterproposal elicited immediate and enormous coverage: all major front pages carried the story, and three English, two Sinhala, a [...]	2003-11-04 11:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1915	EAC HELD TO DISCUSS POLITICAL SITUATION IN COLOMBO [...] (SBU) Summary - Embassy Colombo held an EAC meeting on Nov 5 to discuss the security situation relative to the Sri Lankan President's actions in recent days. EAC reaffirmed that, aside from increased police and army presence dispersed lightly throughout the city, Colombo remains calm and with [...]	2003-11-05 13:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CE CMGT
03COLOMBO1926	Sri Lanka Update: MPs reportedly rally to [...] (C) SUMMARY: In reaction to the President's dramatic actions of November 4-5, MPs from the governing coalition and Tamil parties have reportedly rallied in support of the Prime Minister. There are still indications, however, that the President may be trying to tempt possible defectors. Aft [...]	2003-11-06 12:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER ASEC KPAO ECON CASC CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1930	Sri Lanka Update: PM returns; President [...] (C) SUMMARY: To a rapturous welcome, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe returned to Colombo from the U.S. on the morning of November 7. Contacts have told Mission that the UNP government and its allies are continuing to closely consult on how to proceed in response to the President's sudde [...]	2003-11-07 07:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER ASEC CASC CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1956	Sri Lanka update: No resolution in "cordial" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Wickremesinghe met with President Kumaratunga on November 12 with no discernible resolution to the political turmoil. A Norwegian delegation arrived to meet with all parties regarding recent political events and its effect on the peace process. Separately, Tamil [...]	2003-11-12 11:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PINR NO CE
03COLOMBO1958	Maldivian President Gayoom inaugurated for [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 11, Maldivian President Gayoom was inaugurated to his sixth term in office. In a brief speech given at the ceremony, Gayoom called for increased democratization and announced that he was creating a "human rights commission." He did not refer to the September unrest [...]	2003-11-07 18:59:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MV
03COLOMBO198	SRI LANKA: NEED FOR EDA CUTTER [...] (U) Classified by DCM W. Lewis Amselem, Reasons 1.5 (b, d) 2. (SBU) THE COUNTRY TEAM STRONGLY SUPPORTS PROVISION OF A 210' EDA CUTTER TO THE SL NAVY. 3. (SBU) AS EXTENSIVE EMBASSY REPORTING HAS DISCUSSED, THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, MILITARY AND SECURITY ENVIRONMENT IN SRI LANKA HAS UNDE [...]	2003-02-05 07:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MASS PGOV PTER PINS CE
03COLOMBO1988	Biographical sketches of key advisers to [...] (C) Para three contains brief biographical sketches of key advisers to Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga. The advisers are divided into three general (and sometimes cross-cutting) "circles": -- (I) Family members, including senior People's Alliance/Sri Lanka Freedom Pa [...]	2003-11-18 11:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CE
03COLOMBO2005	TRADE POLICY REVIEW POC [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-20 06:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD
03COLOMBO2006	TERRORIST FINANCING COORDINATION OFFICER [...] Post apologizes for the delay in responding to reftel. DCM James F. Entwistle has been designated the Terrorist Finance Coordination Officer for the American Embassy Colombo. The following personal information is provided as requested: email addresses: EntwistleJF@state.sgov.gov (CLASS) an [...]	2003-11-20 06:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER EFIN ETTC PREL
03COLOMBO2020	COMPLEX EMERGENCY AND TRANSITION ASSISTANCE FOR [...] SUMMARY. AFTER TWO DECADES OF WAR THAT HAVE SHORT- CIRCUITED DEVELOPMENT AND TORN APART THE NATION'S SOCIAL FABRIC, SRI LANKA NOW FINDS ITSELF WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE PEACE. IN ORDER FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO MAKE THE MOST OF THIS HISTORIC WINDOW OF OPPORTU [...]	2003-11-24 02:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV CE LTTE
03COLOMBO2025	USAID WORKING-LEVEL MEETING WITH LTTE IN AMPARA [...] (SBU) Based on recent State Department guidance approving operational/working-level discussions with counterpart LTTE representatives (reftel) and a subsequent meeting between the Embassy's front office and USAID/Sri Lanka staff, USAID staff met on November 14 with LTTE representatives at the [...]	2003-11-24 07:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PTER CE LTTE
03COLOMBO2039	COLOMBO EAC DATED 11/24/03 [...] (SBU) Summary - In response to information and guidance provided in Reftels, Embassy Colombo convened an EAC on 11/24/03 to discuss the Embassy's current security posture and to develop a plan of action to address other potential American targets in Sri Lanka that could be perceived as "soft." [...]	2003-11-26 05:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CE PTER
03COLOMBO2041	POST EVALUATION ON CLASSICAL PIANISTS PROGRAM [...] Headline: COLOMBO BRINGS AMERICAN CLASSICAL PIANIST TO SRI LANKA 2. The enduring value of performing arts programs was illustrated once again when the American Pianists Association, Embassy Colombo, and ECA brought Michael Sheppard, a gifted, young American classical pianist to Sri Lanka. [...]	2003-11-28 05:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP SCUL CE OEXC
03COLOMBO238	Maldivian government proposes names of [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para 3. 2. (S/NF) Per Reftels, the Maldivian government has formally asked for permission to interview a Maldivian national being held at Guantanamo. A diplomatic note dated February 6 from the GoRM gives identification information on two securit [...]	2003-02-11 11:01:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MV
03COLOMBO244	Tigers continue to formalize control in the [...] (C) SUMMARY: The LTTE continues to formalize its control of the Wanni region in northern Sri Lanka by setting up quasi-government agencies focused on such areas as law enforcement, communications, and education. In the meantime, Tiger cadre in government-controlled areas of Jaffna and the eas [...]	2003-02-12 11:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO JA LTTE
03COLOMBO249	EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR EXPLOITATION OF [...] 542/01/T0010 2. 021303 3. WHAVERY 4. 542 5. N 6A. CONTACT 6B CHAIRMAN 6C MARINE POLLUTION PREVENTION AUTHORITY 11-C, TOWER BLDG. 25 STATION ROAD, COLOMBO 4 SRI LANKA 7 PHONE: 94-1-559158, 94-75-333496 FAX: 94-1-553197 E-MAIL: mppaslk@lanka.ccom.lk WEB [...]	2003-02-13 08:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO266	BTIO T/0005 AMENDMENTS - COAL POWER [...] 542/01/T0011 2. 021803 3. WHAVERY 4. 542 5. N 6A. CONTACT 6B CHAIRMAN 6C ENERGY SUPPLY COMMITTEE, MINISTRY OF FINANCE THE SECRETARIAT, COLOMBO 1, SRI LANKA 7 PHONE: 94-1-484534 FAX: 94-1-484802 8. 201 9. S4911.... ELECTRIC POWER, GENERATION & TRANSMISSION [...]	2003-02-18 09:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE
03COLOMBO270	LOCAL REACTION TO DEPUTY SECRETARY'S CSIS [...] On 2/14 Deputy Secretary Armitage made major policy remarks regarding "Sri Lanka: Prospects for Peace" while speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. The challenge for the GSL and the LTTE, Armitage said, is to create "tangible signs of progress...." He [...]	2003-02-18 10:52:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER CE LTTE
03COLOMBO289	Iraq: FM reaffirms constructive position; [...] (S/NF) The Ambassador met with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Tyronne Fernando on February 20. The conversation focused on the Iraq situation. When queried, the Foreign Minister confirmed that Sri Lanka's position on the situation remained unchanged from the MFA's previous public statement on [...]	2003-02-20 09:55:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINS PTER ASEC CE IZ
03COLOMBO294	MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-21 05:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN
03COLOMBO296	Some Buddhist monks protest peace process, but [...] (C) SUMMARY: A small group of Buddhist monks aligned with the radical JVP party is regularly taking to the streets to protest the GSL's peace initiative. The vast majority of Sri Lanka's monks, however, seem favorably inclined or at least neutral toward the peace process. The GSL continues t [...]	2003-02-21 06:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR SOCI PHUM CE LTTE
03COLOMBO306	Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Program submits [...] The Colombo Plan's Drug Advisory Program (DAP) submitted a budget proposal to Mission for a USD 500,000 demand reduction program for Afghanistan. The DAP's proposed budget includes funding for the six following action areas: A. Basic Demand Reduction Course, USD 25,000 B. Training of [...]	2003-02-24 10:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN AMGT KFSC AF
03COLOMBO33	USDA'S JUNE 2003 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE - [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-07 06:52:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TSPL SENV ECON KPAO CE OEXC
03COLOMBO358	Chief LTTE negotiator in Sri Lanka to prepare [...] (C) Summary: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's chief negotiator Anton Balasingham is visiting Sri Lanka from March 2 to 16. The visit is seen by many as an opportunity for Balasingham to prepare for the next round of peace talks and to brief the LTTE leadership on the international comm [...]	2003-03-03 10:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CE LTTE
03COLOMBO39	Peace Process Update: Fourth round of talks [...] (C) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: >> Fourth round of GSL-LTTE talks begins in Thailand >> Muslim leader Hakeem attends talks as part of GSL team -- and takes other Muslims with him >> In nationally televised address, Prime Minister reviews progress of [...]	2003-01-07 11:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR CE NO JA TH LTTE
03COLOMBO401	Opposition demonstration stirs concerns about [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are concerns that Tamils may be subject to communal attacks on the margins of a demonstration by Opposition elements in Colombo today (March 10). A letter from the president to the PM helped spark these concerns. Mission has spoken to contacts and urged that Tamils be gi [...]	2003-03-10 11:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM ASEC CE NO JA LTTE
03COLOMBO408	MILLENIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT COUNTRY DATA, SRI LANKA [...] The Embassy received a fax from the Department of Fiscal Policy and Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Finance, Sri Lanka responding to our request for data required for the Millennium Challenge Account. All figures are in millions of Sri Lankan Rupees. Data within parenthesis indicate de [...]	2003-03-11 11:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN CE
03COLOMBO409	MILLENIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT COUNTRY DATA, MALDIVES [...] The Embassy received a fax from the Department of External Resources of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives responding to our request for data required for the Millennium Challenge Account. All figures are in millions of Maldives Rufiyaa. Data within parenthesis indi [...]	2003-03-11 11:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN MV ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO410	SRI LANKA NAVY SINKS LTTE SHIP; MOST OBSERVERS [...] (C) Summary: After a reported exchange of fire on March 10, the Sri Lanka Navy sunk a cargo ship, that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) claimed was one of its merchant ships. While the monitoring mission investigates the incident, the Norwegian Embassy and others have expressed co [...]	2003-03-11 11:07:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PREL MOPS CE LTTE
03COLOMBO429	2003 SHRIMP/TURTLE CERTIFICATIONS UNDER [...] Summary: This cable responds to reftel request regarding Sri Lanka's sea turtle conservation program, and is based on information from the Ministry of Fisheries and Ocean Resources (MOFOR). According to the MOFOR submission, Sri Lanka's fishing industry continues to use fishing methods that [...]	2003-03-13 10:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV ETRD CE
03COLOMBO447	COLOMBO EAC MEETING MARCH 17, 2003 [...] (U) Classified by S.V. Wright, Regional Security Officer, reason 1.5 (C) and (D). 2. (SBU) On March 17, 2003 Colombo Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to further discuss development of our security posture as we approach probable conflict in Iraq. Ambassador chaired the EAC. 3. (S [...]	2003-03-17 09:59:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	ASEC AEMR PTER CASC CE
03COLOMBO460	TFIZ01: PM negative on possible UNGA [...] (S) SUMMARY: The PM told the Ambassador that he agreed that there was no need for UNGA involvement re Iraq. He said he would look into possibly issuing a "constructive" statement re the overall situation. Mission has reviewed Department's points re Iraqi intel officers, but does not think f [...]	2003-03-19 11:16:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KPAO ASEC CE MV IZ
03COLOMBO465	COLOMBO EAC MEETING MARCH 20, 2003 [...] (SBU) On March 20, 2003 Colombo Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to implement new security procedures due to the onset of conflict in Iraq. Ambassador chaired the EAC. 2. (SBU) The EAC decided that effective tomorrow, all American employees will be picked up from their resi [...]	2003-03-20 09:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AEMR PTER CASC CE
03COLOMBO468	TFIZ01: Low-key reaction in Sri [...] (S) SUMMARY: General reaction in Sri Lanka and the Maldives to the start of military operations against Iraq has been low-key, so far. The PM has asked to see the Ambassador late today. Sri Lanka's envoy to the U.S. called the Ambassador earlier, and said the GSL plans to issue a "helpful" [...]	2003-03-20 07:27:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KPAO ASEC CE MV IZ
03COLOMBO476	TFIZ01: GSL releases relatively constructive [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The GSL has issued a relatively constructive statement re the Iraq situation (text in Para 10). In a meeting late March 20, the PM gave the Ambassador the opportunity to help craft the message and some improvements were made. The PM confirmed that the GSL would not be able [...]	2003-03-21 05:41:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER KPAO ASEC CE MV IZ
03COLOMBO485	Sixth round of talks proves constructive; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The sixth round of GSL-LTTE talks wrapped up on March 21, with the two sides issuing a comprehensive press statement. Minister Moragoda, a key GSL negotiator, told the Ambassador he was encouraged by the talks -- the Tigers seemed committed to the peace track for now and badly w [...]	2003-03-24 09:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KPAO CE NO JA CH LTTE
03COLOMBO503	COLOMBO EAC MEETING MARCH 25, 2003 [...] (SBU) On March 25, 2003 Colombo Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss the local security situation. The DCM chaired the EAC. 2. (SBU) The EAC agreed that the situation in Colombo is calm. The anti-U.S. protest on March 21, 2003 mobilized about 2000 people and was non- [...]	2003-03-25 12:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AEMR PTER CASC CE
03COLOMBO52	GSL-LTTE talks in Thailand: Fourth round [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fourth round of GSL-LTTE talks wrapped up in Thailand on January 9. Key understandings reached by the two sides included their agreement to move forward on resettling displaced persons. They also agreed to continue discussions re security zones in Jaffna, and to involve th [...]	2003-01-09 11:14:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS EAID PHUM CE NO TH LTTE
03COLOMBO524	TFIZ01: Maldives issues statement re Iraq; [...] (C) This update, focused on reaction to the war in Iraq in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, reviews: >> In its first public statement, the Maldivian government says it is "very concerned" about the war >> In Sri Lanka, religious groups issue statements against the war >> More anti-war ralli [...]	2003-03-27 09:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON ASEC PINR CE MV IZ
03COLOMBO533	Status of Maldivian non-surrender of nationals [...] (C) Per Ref B and previous, Mission has been in close and constant touch with the Maldivian government, pressing it to sign the non-surrender of nationals agreement as soon as possible. The Maldivian MFA has told us that the plan is to have Foreign Minister Jameel sign it. (Note: The Maldi [...]	2003-03-28 04:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KTIA MV
03COLOMBO547	SRI LANKA DEMONSTRATION ACTIVITY [...] (U) On March 28, 2003, approximately 2000 people protested the U.S. position on Iraq. The demonstration was organized by the left-wing JVP political party, but according to the police, principally attended by Sri Lankan Muslims. The protesters were given permission to co [...]	2003-04-01 07:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER CASC CE
03COLOMBO596	COLOMBO EAC MEETING APRIL 8, 2003 [...] (U) Classified by S.V. Wright, Regional Security Officer, reason 1.5 (C) and (D). 2. (SBU) On April 8, 2003 Colombo Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss the local security situation. The DCM chaired the EAC. 3. (SBU) The EAC agreed that Colombo appears calm; the trend is o [...]	2003-04-09 01:55:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AEMR PTER CASC CE
03COLOMBO598	FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TENDER TO CONSTRUCT A [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-09 02:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO623	Iraqi Charge phones Ambassador, saying he is [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request. Please see Para 3. 2. (S/NF) The Ambassador received a phone call from Iraqi Charge Wajdi Mardan Abbas this morning (April 10). Abbas said he was calling from the "embassy of liberated Iraq" and wanted to express his deep appreciation to the [...]	2003-04-10 04:51:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINS PTER ASEC CE IZ
03COLOMBO640	Ambassador urges GSL to expel post-Saddam [...] (S/NF) The Ambassador spoke to Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary Nihal Rodrigo on April 11, and reviewed Ref B SIPDIS points re expulsion of post-Saddam official Iraqis and suspending the operations of its embassy. Rodrigo replied that the situation was very "confusing" and that the GSL was "p [...]	2003-04-11 05:23:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINS PTER ASEC CE IZ
03COLOMBO641	COLOMBO EAC MEETING APRIL 11, 2003 [...] (SBU) On April 11, 2003 Colombo Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss the local security situation. The DCM chaired the EAC. 2. (SBU) The EAC agreed that Colombo appears calm; the trend of decreasing agitation continues. We expect some protests throughout the country [...]	2003-04-11 05:24:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AEMR PTER CASC CE
03COLOMBO646	Leahy Amendment: Mission reviews human rights [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable reviews the human rights record of Army Commander Balagalle in light of a recent adverse court ruling involving the December 2001 election. Balagalle's human rights record, heretofore, has been excellent and we do not think the ruling rises to the level of a "gross v [...]	2003-04-15 09:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV MOPS KPAO CE
03COLOMBO675	Mission conveys points on fleeing Iraqi regime [...] (C) Per Reftel, Mission has conveyed the points on fleeing Iraqi regime officials to the Sri Lankan and Maldivian Governments. Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary Nihal Rodrigo assured the Ambassador that if the GSL had any information that a former Saddam official was trying to enter Sri Lanka the [...]	2003-04-17 10:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ CE MV
03COLOMBO705	In another negative signal, Tigers postpone meeting of key assistance committee [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late April 23, the Tamil Tigers postponed the next meeting of a key committee focused on humanitarian assistance issues. Admitting to being caught off guard, the Norwegian facilitators are reviewing next steps. The Indian polcouns told us he thought the decision was another tactical st [...]	2003-04-24 09:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS EAID CE NO JA LTTE
03COLOMBO715	Key minister expresses confidence that talks [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 24 press conference, Minister G.L. Peiris, the government's chief spokesman and negotiator, expressed confidence that the peace process will get back on track. He noted that the GSL's formal reply to the Tigers' statement pulling out of the peace talks was still bei [...]	2003-04-25 03:10:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO721	MEDIA PLAY - MORE COVERAGE OF AMBASSADOR WILLS' [...] On April 21, the LTTE announced it was suspending peace talks. In a letter to the GSL, the LTTE listed its reasons for suspending talks as: its exclusion from the 4/14 Washington Conference, problems with the ceasefire accord implementation, and that GSL had not focused enough on rebuilding t [...]	2003-04-28 10:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER OPRC KMDR OIIP CE EGEN LTTE
03COLOMBO738	In possible sign of a thaw, Tigers meet with [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian facilitators met with the Tigers on April 30. The Norwegians were carrying letters from the GSL in response to the Tigers' recent withdrawal from the peace talks and a key assistance committee. In other news, the peace track gets even busier next week as top LTTE, No [...]	2003-04-30 14:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS CE NO JA KWMM
03COLOMBO744	MEDIA PLAY -- EMBASSY COLOMBO EMPLOYEES INDICTED [...] On 5/2 Colombo's Administrative Officer and her husband, who had been employed by the mission as a Consular Associate, were indicted on visa fraud and alien smuggling charges. PD issued a press release regarding the indictments, noting that they were the result of an 11- month investigation. [...]	2003-05-05 09:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO75	PEACE PROCESS UPDATE: LTTE NEGOTIATOR SPEAKS [...] (C) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: -- LTTE negotiator Balasingham speaks out -- Norwegian Prime Minister responds to president's charges -- Kofi Annan to visit in February; Japanese Special Envoy Akashi also on the way -- Exploring federalism ---- [...]	2003-01-13 11:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO768	FOREIGN GOVERNMENT EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST TO [...] 542/01/T0013 2. 050703 3. TLMANLOWE 4. 542 5. N 6A. CONTACT 6B. SECRETARY MINISTRY OF WESTERN REGION DEVELOPMENT 3RD FLOOR, "SETHSIRIPAYA", BATTARAMULLA 7. PHONE: 94-1-862530 8. FAX: 94-1-875600/862964 E-MAIL: dgrdd@slt.lk 9. 201 10. S1629.... [...]	2003-05-08 07:08:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO772	INDO-LANKA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT, THREE YEARS [...] Summary: The Indo-Lanka free trade agreement (ILFTA) completed three years of operation in March 2003. Trade between India and Sri Lanka increased sharply in 2002. India now offers zero tariffs on 4,150 items exported from Sri Lanka. Several mid- sized Indian companies have set up operat [...]	2003-05-08 11:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON CE USTR ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO780	In latest effort, Norwegian facilitators press [...] (C) SUMMARY: Closely following up the visit of a senior Japanese envoy, Norwegian facilitator Erik Solheim met May 8 with Tiger leaders. The meeting was cordial, but the Tigers did not confirm that they will come back to the peace talks or attend the June donors conference. Norway's FM is [...]	2003-05-09 06:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS CE NO JA LTTE
03COLOMBO807	FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY, [...] 542/01/T0014 2. 05130703 3. TLMANLOWE 4. 542 5. N 6A. CONTACT 6B. THE CHIEF SUPPLIES AND STORES AIRPORT AND AVIATION SERVICES (SRI LANKA) LIMITED BANDARANAIKE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, KATUNAYAKE 7. PHONE: 94-1-252747 8. FAX: 94-1-252239 E-MAIL: MA [...]	2003-05-13 11:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO819	NORWEGIAN FM PRESSES TIGERS, BUT NO SIGN OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: NORWEGIAN FM PETERSEN MET WITH THE TIGERS ON MAY 15. DESPITE HIS BEST EFFORTS, THE TIGERS DID NOT SAY THEY WILL RETURN TO THE TALKS, NOR DID THEY COMMIT TO ATTEND THE TOKYO DONORS CONFERENCE. THE JAPANESE EMBASSY HAS CONFIRMED THAT IT HAS RECEIVED NO FURTHER WORD FROM THE TIGE [...]	2003-05-16 06:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS CE NO JA LTTE
03COLOMBO824	Norwegian FM presses Tigers, but no sign of [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian FM Petersen met with the Tigers on May 15. Despite his best efforts, the Tigers did not say they will return to the talks, nor did they commit to attend the Tokyo donors conference. The Japanese Embassy has confirmed that it has received no further word from the Tiger [...]	2003-05-16 06:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS CE NO JA
03COLOMBO830	Sri Lankan government requests assistance re [...] (C) Over the May 17-18 weekend, key Sri Lankan minister Milinda Moragoda spoke with Ambassador Wills several times re the May 12 arrest of three suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) members in Thailand on weapons charges (see Para two for more details). Minister Morogoda express [...]	2003-05-13 11:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE TH LTTE
03COLOMBO855	Sri Lanka Flooding: Need For Humanitarian [...] Devastation from one of Sri Lanka's worst ever flood crises continues. Nearly 250 people are feared dead and another 1000 are missing. As many as 600,000 people are homeless as heavy rains continue in affected areas of five districts. The government of Sri Lanka has appealed to the interna [...]	2003-05-22 03:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV MARR CE
03COLOMBO910	Norwegians deliver GSL proposal re assistance [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian facilitators delivered the latest GSL proposal re assistance to the Tigers late May 28. The Tigers indicated that they need time to review it. The government is only beginning to brief the public on the matter, but, based on what we are hearing, the proposal would go [...]	2003-05-29 10:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID CE NO JA LTTE
03COLOMBO970	GSL looks forward to Tokyo and hopes for big [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GSL is looking forward to the Tokyo donors conference, hoping for a big impact both politically and financially. That said, the Tigers' apparent non-participation is casting a bit of a shadow. The Norwegians plan to be represented in Tokyo by development officials. India m [...]	2003-06-05 11:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID CE NO JA IN LTTE
03DAMASCUS1684	TFIZO1:SYRIA CLOSES BORDER AND SAYS IT WILL SET UP [...] (S) SUMMARY. SARG MINISTER OF LOCAL AFFAIRS CONVENED UN/IO REPS AT 23:00 ON MARCH 19 TO INFORM THEM THE BORDER WITH IRAQ HAD CLOSED, BUT THAT THE SARG AND THE SYRIAN RED CRESCENT WOULD SET UP THREE REFUGEE CAMPS IN IRAQI TERRITORY OR THE "NO MAN'S LAND BETWEEN THE TWO BORDERS." HE STATED THAT [...]	2003-03-20 15:47:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	KREF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ SY
03DJIBOUTI1510	DJIBOUTI: EXPULSION OF ALIENS DRAWS WIDESPREAD [...] (C) Hundreds of illegal aliens took to the streets on August 16 to protest the Djiboutian Government's declaration that all illegals must depart the country by August 31. As the deadline approaches, Djiboutian security forces are conducting regular sweeps of the city. Over 300 persons per da [...]	2003-08-18 13:40:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM EAID DJ
03DJIBOUTI1633	DJIBOUTI: DEMARCHE ON ALIEN EXPULSIONS [...] (C) Summary: In response to ref A demarche dissociating the U.S. from Djibouti's on-going expulsions of foreigners, Minister of Interior Wais deplored U.S. insistence on making a public statement. He stressed Djibouti's good historical record on handling refugees, noted that foreigners had b [...]	2003-09-03 17:02:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL DJ KPAO
03DJIBOUTI1639	DJIBOUTI: ASSISTANCE CONFUSION [...] (C) Summary: Chief of Armed Forces Fathi conveyed to Charge September 3 President Guelleh's confusion and vexation -- directed mainly at Djibouti's ambassador in Washington -- about assistance from the United States. He said, perhaps too frankly, that Guelleh was nervous because he needed to [...]	2003-09-04 15:22:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL DJ EAID
03DJIBOUTI1644	DJIBOUTI: TERRORIST DOES NOT MATERIALIZE, BUT [...] (SBU) Because of the request for an immediate report, we have been unable to reach non-State offices for clearance. For this reason, this cable is less detailed and shorter than a full report would be. 2. (S) Summary: Thursday, September 4, Combined Joint Task Force/Horn of Africa (CJTF/H [...]	2003-09-04 17:38:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC MOPS DJ
03DJIBOUTI1659	DJIBOUTI: EMBASSY VIEWS ON UNSC RESOLUTION ON IRAQ [...] (C) The UNSC resolution outlined in reftel would not bother Djibouti, so long as there were not strong Arab or European opposition to it. Djibouti does not want to be seen leading any charge on Iraq, but it will not be a negative force. It is small, poor, and in Arab League terms, peripher [...]	2003-09-08 13:22:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL DJ IZ
03DJIBOUTI1660	DJIBOUTI NEC SITES - RESPONSE TO ASSEMBLY OF RELEVANT INFORMATION [...] Post researched the topics raised in ref. B) and provides the following responses. 2. REAL ESTATE QA. Is Fee Simple land ownership available to the USG ? If not, what other types of land interests are available ? If a Crown lease or similar long-term lease is available, how long is th [...]	2003-09-08 13:48:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ABLD AMG
03DJIBOUTI1819	SOMALILAND MINISTERS REQUEST USG SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Djibouti representatives received Somaliland requests for counterterrorism assistance in a brief meeting with the the secessionist region's Ministers of Defense, Interior, and Rehabilitation and Returning Refugees September 29, 2003. The Embassy reiterated the USG p [...]	2003-10-05 07:47:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	MAS PBTS PREL DJ SO
03DJIBOUTI1836	THREAT INFORMATION [...] (S) On 4 October 2003 about 1400 hours, the Embassy received threat information indicating that a Protestant church in the down town area of Djibouti was targeted for a bomb attack on that same evening. Notifications were immediately made to all appropriate authorities and the Embassy issued [...]	2003-10-07 09:12:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PTER ASEC CASC PREL DJ
03DJIBOUTI536	DJIBOUTI: FOUR INJURED IN ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) Four people have been injured, two seriously, in three days of anti-war student demonstrations in Djibouti City. Two local students were seriously wounded when local police fired on demonstrators on March 24; they remain hospitalized. In addition, two German soldiers were injured on the sa [...]	2003-03-25 13:04:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL CASC KPAO DJ
03DOHA1748	IN-HOUSE VIEWS ON POTENTIAL HAMAS TARGETS [...] (S) SUMMARY. The organizations named in ref B, Qatar Charitable Society (QCS),Sheikh Eid bin Mohammed Charitable Society and the Qatari Joint Committee for Relief, are three of the four charitable entities in Qatar (the fourth is the Qatar Red Crescent Society). The GOQ is committed to combat [...]	2003-07-10 11:43:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	EFIN PTER ECON ETTC QA
03FRANKFURT10308	Responses to Commission Communication on Company [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission has published a synthesis of the results of the consultation on its Communication on "Modernising Company Law and enhancing Corporate Governance in the European Union". While there was widespread support for a very large majority of the proposals, [...]	2003-12-18 08:33:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT10314	ECB on the Stability and Growth Pact: Results or [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Central Bank (ECB) was exceptionally, sternly and publicly critical of Ecofin's decision on Germany and France under the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP),but has been careful neither to trash the SGP nor the process. Rather, their message is that the SGP lives a [...]	2003-12-18 13:07:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT10320	ECB Staff Projections: Growth to Pick Up in 2004 - [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Central Bank's (ECB's) December staff projections suggest real Euro area annual average growth of 0.4% in 2003 rising to 1.6% in 2004 and 2.4% in 2005. The basic story is that exports will help lift growth in the near term followed by a strengthening of domestic [...]	2003-12-18 13:15:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN

03FRANKFURT10327	THE GERMAN BANKING SECTOR -- SOMETHING HAPPENS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: From speculation over banking mega-mergers, to mooted collapse of the three- pillared banking system, to a circling of the wagons to protect against foreign invaders, the German banking sector is abuzz with rumor. With too many German banks a [...]	2003-12-18 14:36:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT1212	FEDERAL PROSECUTOR NEHM DESCRIBES GERMANY'S COUNTER- [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with the Consul General on February 3, Federal Prosecutor Kay Nehm said that bilateral cooperation is good at the working level, despite recent tensions in overall German-American relations. Nehm is confident that the Hamburg trial of Motassadeq will end soon and i [...]	2003-02-07 14:26:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINR PGOV AG GM
03FRANKFURT1549	FRANKFURT AIRPORT EXPANSION: 2006 COMPLETION TOO [...] (U) Summary and Comment: The expansion of Frankfurt airport, Europe's second largest, is moving forward, though several obstacles may delay the new runway planned for 2006. Legal complaints, a chemical factory in the flight path of the planned northwest runway, a controversial night flight b [...]	2003-02-20 08:10:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EFIN PGOV SENV GM
03FRANKFURT1785	NEW HESSE CABINET: KOCH PICKS THREE NEW MINISTERS, [...] Summary: (SBU) After winning an absolute majority in February 2 state elections, Hesse Minister-President Roland Koch (Christian Democratic Union - CDU) announced three new ministers for his state cabinet on February 24. Two of them, Stefan Gruettner (Minister of the State Chancellery) and Ud [...]	2003-02-28 09:17:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON SCUL GM
03FRANKFURT2231	MINISTER-PRESIDENT KOCH'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON MAY [...] (SBU) Hesse Minister-President Koch will have an official visit Washington May 13-15. Koch would like to focus on international affairs, the U.S.-German relationship, potential U.S. military base closings in Germany, Iraq, US- EU issues, and counter-terrorism and security issues and will be s [...]	2003-03-13 16:02:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL GM
03FRANKFURT2252	RHINELAND-PFALZ OFFICIALS CALL FOR DRASTIC [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with the Consul General on March 11 and 12, Rhineland-Pfalz Minister for Economics, Transportation, Agriculture and Viniculture, Hans-Artur Bauckhage (FDP) and State Secretary Karl-Heinz Klaer (SPD),Representative of the State in Berlin and Brussels, called for comp [...]	2003-03-14 14:11:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON GM
03FRANKFURT2405	VERDICT IN FRANKFURT TERRORISM TRIAL - WHAT WE [...] (U) Background and summary: This cable is a wrap up of the Frankfurt terrorism trial. It is based on observations by U.S. officials at the trial, but is not to be taken as a verbatim transcript of the proceedings. When the written verdict is published, post will provide it to Department. 2 [...]	2003-03-20 11:51:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINR PGOV AG GM
03FRANKFURT392	CAN THE CDU WIN AN ABSOLUTE MAJORITY IN THE HESSE [...] The latest polls in Hesse, released January 8 and 9, put CDU Minister-President Koch ahead of his SPD challenger Gerhard Boekel by near 15 percentage points. There is an increasing possibility that the CDU could win an absolute majority and not require any assistance from the FDP, who may ha [...]	2003-01-15 09:14:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV GM
03FRANKFURT401	FDP CHIEF WESTERWELLE FAILS TO LEAD PARTY OUT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Free Democratic Party's (FDP) traditional Three Kings gathering in Stuttgart (January 5-6) is one of the first major national political conventions in the new year and generates a lot of media interest. National Party Chief Guido Westerwelle was under pressure to deliver a s [...]	2003-01-15 11:44:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GM
03FRANKFURT5345	ECB's Next President Trichet: No Obstacles [...] (SBU) Summary: European Central Bank (ECB) senior officials do not foresee any obstacles to Jean-Claude Trichet becoming the next President of the European Central Bank. Finance Ministers are scheduled to make their official recommendation at the Ecofin meeting on July 15. The ECB Governin [...]	2003-07-01 08:38:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT550	HESSE MINISTER-PRESIDENT ROLAND KOCH: POLARIZING, [...] (SBU) Summary: Hesse's Minister President Roland Koch (Christian Democratic Union - CDU),is the most prominent state politician in the CDU and is a strong leader of his party's conservative wing. He is a potential CDU chancellor candidate in 2006. If the CDU-FDP coalition wins state electi [...]	2003-01-22 09:24:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL GM
03FRANKFURT5937	"RUSSIAN-GERMANS": IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The immigration and integration of ethnic Germans and their families from the former Soviet Union (Aussiedler) is a major social problem in Germany. Newcomers' lack of German language skills makes them unemployable and drug-related crimes and ghettoization are endemic among Aus [...]	2003-07-21 13:50:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG SOCI PGOV PREF PHUM GM
03FRANKFURT5976	THREAT LETTER AGAINST US EMBASSY ACCRA AND MARINE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 22, 2003 RSO Frankfurt received an unsigned letter, in broken German, warning of Arab planned attacks against Marine Corps Cantonment areas and the US Embassy housing area in the capital of Ghana. The timing and method of attack(s) is not specified. The letter was rec [...]	2003-07-22 11:24:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER
03FRANKFURT8257	Economic Forecast for Germany: Waiting for a [...] (SBU) Summary: The German economy is expected, at best, to stagnate in 2003. Since GDP declined by -0.3% in the first half of the year compared to the previous half- year, positive GDP growth in 2003 is no longer achievable. Driven by improving net exports, German economy [...]	2003-10-06 05:48:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT8258	German Banks: Light at the End of the Tunnel? [...] (SBU) Summary: Summary: The first half of 2003 witnessed stabilization in the German banking sector after a disastrous 2002 - the worst since the war. However, German banks are not out of the woods yet. Continuing benefits of cost cutting, consolidation, cooperation on [...]	2003-10-06 05:49:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT8629	Expert report on best practices for financial [...] (SBU) Summary: In September a group of European experts issued a report to the European Commission with 31 recommendations on best practices for financial analysts. This work coincides with work underway in the US, UK and the International Organization of Securities Commis [...]	2003-10-20 07:55:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT9271	BaFin guidelines on cross-border provision of [...] (SBU) Summary: In September 2003, the German Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) issued interpretive guidelines on how it will treat the cross-border provision of financial services into Germany. According to the recent guidelines, targeted offers of banking or other [...]	2003-11-10 14:25:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT9404	European Financial Market Regulatory [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission's November 6 launch of measures to extend the Lamfalussy procedures beyond securities to banking and insurance means all financial services governed at the EU level will be covered by a combination of policy and supervisory committee [...]	2003-11-14 08:45:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT986	KOCH AND CDU WIN ABSOLUTE MAJORITY IN HESSE [...] (U) The Hesse CDU, led by Minister President Roland Koch won the February 2 elections in Hesse with an absolute majority, a first in the state's postwar history. The SPD recorded an unprecedented defeat, falling ten percent from its 1999 results. The Green Party received more than 10 percen [...]	2003-02-03 13:21:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR EAIR GM
03GUATEMALA1015	LOS CIMIENTOS: A PORTILLO PRESS SPECTACLE AND NEW [...] (U) Summary: On April 8, HROff and EconOff attended President Portillo's inauguration of a primary school at the new site of the Los Cimientos Community in San Vincente, Siquinala, Escuintla. After the flashy Presidential press opportunity, HROff and EconOff visited the community's temporary [...]	2003-04-15 22:36:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL EAID GT
03GUATEMALA1032	GUATEMALA SUPPORTS CUBA RESOLUTION AT OAS [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-21 22:56:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM GT OAS
03GUATEMALA1036	DEMARCHE ON FLEEING IRAQI OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-22 17:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ GT
03GUATEMALA1066	CUBA VOTE PROVOKES LARGELY POSITIVE REACTIONS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Unlike previous years, Guatemala's vote in favor of the 2003 Cuba resolution at the UN Human Rights Commission drew favorable editorials in the press. Cuba's repression of dissidents and the execution of the three hijackers led to a steady stream of press criticism of Castro's [...]	2003-04-24 15:29:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV SNAR GT CU
03GUATEMALA1125	VICTIMS' ASSISTANCE CENTER: GUATEMALA'S HRDF GRANT [...] (U) Embassy Guatemala appreciates the opportunity to propose an HRDF grant to help implement our human rights strategy.(Ref A) We believe that the Human Rights Victims' Assistance Center project outlined below offers an excellent opportunity to increase the Human Rights Ombudsman's Office cap [...]	2003-04-30 20:07:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV EAID KDEM KSEP GT
03GUATEMALA1170	PRE-CAFTA ROUND GUATEMALA LABOR UPDATE (#3) [...] (SBU) Summary: The following labor developments in Guatemala are discussed in the paragraphs marked below. -- Special Prosecutor's Case Files--Violence Against Unionists (2) -- More May Day Marchers Reject CAFTA (3) -- President Portillo Touts Labor Priorities and CAFTA (4) -- U.S. H [...]	2003-05-06 17:03:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV GT
03GUATEMALA1191	ANOTHER LANDMARK TOPPLED: MACK CONVICTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 7, the Fourth Court of Appeals overturned the Third Sentencing Court's October 3, 2002 conviction of Colonel (ret.) Juan Valencia Osorio (Ref A). The Fourth Court of Appeals also found Helen Mack's appeal of the acquittal of General (ret.) Edgar Godoy Gaitan and Colonel (re [...]	2003-05-07 22:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KJUS GT
03GUATEMALA1243	PRESIDENT OF SUPREME ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: During a courtesy call by the Ambassador, the President of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) indicated his belief that General Rios Montt is prohibited by law from being a candidate for president, but noted that if the TSE is asked to decide this question, other magistrates ma [...]	2003-05-13 16:44:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PREL PINR KDEM GT
03GUATEMALA128	PAN IN THE PROCESS OF OVERCOMING INTERNAL RIVALRY [...] (C) Summary: The National Advancement Party's two rival leaders, presidential candidate Oscar Berger and party Secretary General Leonel Lopez Rodas, announced their accord SIPDIS to work together in support of Berger's presidential candidacy. In a symbolic media event on January 13, bull [...]	2003-01-16 17:41:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SNAR GT
03GUATEMALA137	USING THREAT OF GSP REVIEW TO PREPARE FOR CAFTA [...] (SBU) Summary: Pending further steps from the GOG to protect labor rights, Embassy recommends that USTR inform the Guatemalan Embassy in Washington (and the Department instruct us to inform the GOG here) that the GSP petition is under informal USG review pending an assessment of current GOG [...]	2003-01-17 14:57:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PHUM PGOV ELAB PREL GT
03GUATEMALA1435	ASSISTANT SECRETARY STRUBLE'S MAY 29-31 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: During a May 29-31 visit to Guatemala, to participate in a WHA Entry Level Conference, Acting Assistant Secretary Curt Struble met with Vice President Reyes Lopez, SIPDIS Acting Foreign Minister Aguilera and Minister of Interior Reyes Calderon to discuss the full range of bila [...]	2003-06-05 14:46:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB ETRD CASC GT
03GUATEMALA1454	FRG REACTS TO USG STATEMENT ABOUT RIOS MONTT CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-05 22:56:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	GT PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR
03GUATEMALA1464	AMCIT LAND DISPUTE IN ALTA VERAPAZ [...] Summary. "Finca Esmeralda," a coffee farm in Alta Verapaz province owned by Carlos Ardebol, and AmCit, has been occupied since February by organized landless peasants who have damaged personal property and prevented the return of the Ardebol family. There are of over 40 such occupations by [...]	2003-06-06 18:28:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ELAB PHUM SOCI GT
03GUATEMALA147	GUATEMALAN DELEGATION TO THE THIRD CICTE [...] Poloff delivered reftel points to Sylvia Corado, Director of Multilateral Affairs for the Foreign Ministry. The Guatemalan delegation will be headed by Vice Minister Gabriel Aguilera of the Foriegn Ministry and will include Vice Minister of Interior Alfredo Caseres, Colonel Francisco Permudes [...]	2003-01-17 18:07:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL AORC GT OAS
03GUATEMALA1535	HELEN MACK'S TAKE ON JUSTICE, POLITICS, AND CICIACS [...] (C) Summary: On June 13, Helen Mack had breakfast at the residence with the Ambassador and Human Rights Officer to discuss the Supreme Court appeal in her case set for June 19, the latest political alliance between Oscar Berger and Eduardo Stein, the mixed commission to investigate clandestin [...]	2003-06-13 19:39:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KJUS GT UN OAS
03GUATEMALA1541	GUATEMALA LABOR AND TIP UPDATE #4 [...] The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector. Topics include: -- Bilateral Labor Group Convoked for Early July (para 2) -- Union Leader Arrested in Social Security Scandal (3) -- Choi Shin/Cimatextiles in the GOG's Crosshairs (4) -- American Dat [...]	2003-06-16 17:19:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KWMN ETRD CVIS GT
03GUATEMALA1581	BERGER SELECTS EDUARDO STEIN AS VP CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary: The front-running Gran Alianza Nacional (GANA) officially nominated former Foreign Minister and chief of two OAS missions to Peru, Eduardo Stein, as its Vice Presidential candidate. The move, announced on June 16, broadens the appeal of the Berger ticket providing it with needed [...]	2003-06-19 20:46:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM GT
03GUATEMALA159	LETTER FROM FOREIGN MINISTER GUTIERREZ TO [...] Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez gave us on January 21 a letter to Secretary Powell (dated January 17) in which he thanks the Secretary for his letter (reftel) congratulating Gutierrez on his nomination as Foreign Minister. In his letter, Gutierrez expresses his desire to work together with t [...]	2003-01-21 21:22:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PBTS GT BZ
03GUATEMALA1673	KEEPING NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS FROM BEING RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Attorney General de Leon and with Foreign Minister Gutierrez to raise, inter alia, our concerns that an irregular change of judges presiding over the case of major narcotics trafficker Otto Herrera's organization could be the prelude to releasing the defen [...]	2003-06-26 21:16:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KJUS PGOV PREL PINR GT
03GUATEMALA1674	RECENT GOG ACTIONS TO COMBAT ALIEN SMUGGLING [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOG cooperated fully with us in the expulsion through the US of alien smuggler Karla Chavez, wanted by US law enforcement authorities in connection with the May 13 death of 19 illegal aliens in Victoria, Texas. Foreign Minister Gutierrez also informed the Ambassador that the [...]	2003-06-26 21:23:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG CVIS PREL PGOV PINS PINR GT
03GUATEMALA1693	SAIA INTERNAL REGULATIONS SIGNED BY MINISTER OF [...] Minister of Government Jose Adolfo Reyes Calderon told the Ambassador on June 27 that he had signed the global internal regulations of the SAIA (Guatemala's counter-narcotics police). These new internal regulations, which were drafted in consultation with the Embassy, represent a major step [...]	2003-06-29 20:40:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV KJUS GT
03GUATEMALA1727	CAFTA LABOR TRACK TWO DEMARCHE: GUATEMALA [...] (C) Summary: Embassy welcomes Department's proposal, outlined in Ref A, to demarche Central American Ambassadors in Washington to emphasize the need for progress on labor rights protections in the context of CAFTA negotiations, and appreciates the opportunity to provide input for the demarch [...]	2003-07-07 14:09:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD CA PREL GT
03GUATEMALA1728	INTERIOR MINISTER COMMENTS ON ASSAULT AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met on June 27 with Interior Minister Reyes Calderon to express concern over the June 24 criminal attack of the home of newspaper publisher Jose Ruben Zamora, and to urge a thorough investigation. Reyes Calderon said that the Public Ministry was investigating the c [...]	2003-07-07 14:09:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KCRM KJUS GT
03GUATEMALA1806	SUPPORT REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROSECUTOR [...] This is an action request for DRL. See para 8. 2. Summary: Attorney General Carlos De Leon has requested USG support for the Public Ministry's Office of the Special Prosecutor for Crimes Against Human Rights Workers. De Leon cited the Public Ministry's resource constraints and the crit [...]	2003-07-15 17:02:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EAID KJUS GT
03GUATEMALA1813	SECOND LABOR WORKING GROUP: LIMITED PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador attended the second bilateral working group meeting on labor issues with the GOG on July 10 and emphasized the need for concrete progress prior to submission of a CAFTA to the U.S. Congress. He reiterated USG concern about impunity for violence against union le [...]	2003-07-15 22:10:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PHUM PGOV GT
03GUATEMALA1814	CHOI SHIN/CIMATEXTILES LABOR AGREEMENT REACHED [...] (SBU) Summary: After being threatened with withdrawal of tax exemption privileges by the Ministry of Economy, management of the Choi Shin/Cimatextiles maquila plants met GOG requirements by successfully concluding and signing on July 9 a collective bargaining agreement with each plant union [...]	2003-07-15 22:11:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA1815	BILATERAL TIP WORKING GROUP FORMED [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to RefTel, on July 7, the Ambassador and visiting G/TIP Program Officer Greg Holliday met with an inter-governmental group including the Minister of Government, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vice Minister of Labor, Secretary of Social Welfare, a Supreme Court m [...]	2003-07-15 22:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM SMIG PREL ASEC KSEP KFRD CA CVIS GT
03GUATEMALA1900	FRG ORGANIZES VIOLENT PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: In response to a major legal reversal in Rios Montt's bid for the Presidency (reftel),thousands of well-organized Rios Montt supporters took to the streets of the capital on July 24, closing off strategic intersections with burning tires. Mobs have targeted opposition newspapers [...]	2003-07-24 22:02:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CASC ASEC KDEM PINR PINS GT
03GUATEMALA1904	FRG PROTESTS CONTINUE [...] (U) An estimated 3,000 to 5,000 pro-Rios Montt protesters remained overnight at several locations in the capital and continue to surround the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Electoral Tribunal building. A tense calm has returned to Guatemala City for the moment, with v [...]	2003-07-25 16:33:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC PHUM KDEM PINR PINS GT
03GUATEMALA2014	CODEL BALLENGER VISIT ADVANCES U.S. INTERESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. Congressional delegation led by Rep. Cass Ballenger, and including U.S. Representatives Kevin Brady, Jerry Weller, and Marsha Blackburn, visited Guatemala August 4-6. The CoDel conveyed to the GOG, civil society, the private sector and the press USG concern over recent [...]	2003-08-06 23:30:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ETRD SNAR ELAB CASC GT
03GUATEMALA2040	GETTING AHEAD OF THE POLICY CURVE IN GUATEMALA [...] (C) Summary: We need to be planning now as to how we would respond to a variety of contingencies during the campaign and as a result of the November 9 elections. I believe we have in place most of the policy elements we need: a sound public position on the Rios Montt candidacy in the May 27 [...]	2003-08-12 00:00:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM ETRD GT
03GUATEMALA2052	NEW ELECTION POLL PUTS RIOS MONTT FIFTH, WITH [...] (SBU) Election poll results released on August 12 show GANA presidential candidate Oscar Berger leading the pack with 44% (up from 37% in July); followed by UNE candidate Alvaro Colom with 17% (up from 13% in July) and FRG candidate Efrain Rios Montt with 3% (down from 8% in July in the same p [...]	2003-08-12 22:14:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA2065	EMBASSY GUATEMALA'S 90-DAY GOAL PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Guatemala's highest priority goals for the next 90 days include ensuring that the national elections (to be held on November 9) are free and fair; that Guatemala ratifies and places in force a bilateral counter-narcotics maritime agreement with the U.S.; and that Guatema [...]	2003-08-13 22:34:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT PREL GT WHA
03GUATEMALA2253	GUATEMALA SUPPORTS CENTRAL AMERICAN ARMS INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-02 21:49:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL GT
03GUATEMALA2254	GUATEMALA LABOR UPDATE #5-2003 [...] (SBU) The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector. Topics include: -- Minister of Labor's Priorities for Levine Bilateral in Brazil (para 2) -- Minister of Labor Wants Changes to USAID Labor Regional Project (PROALCA II) (4) -- Ambassador Again Ra [...]	2003-09-02 21:55:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM KCRM GT
03GUATEMALA2255	RIOS SOSA SUDDENLY RESIGNS [...] (U) General Enrique Rios Sosa, Army Chief of Staff and son of Presidential Candidate Efrain Rios Montt, retired without warning or explanation from the Guatemalan military on Monday, September 1. He has been replaced by Deputy Chief of Staff General Fredy Raul Ramirez Giron. Brigadier General [...]	2003-09-02 22:29:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV MOPS GT
03GUATEMALA2288	VIOLENT CRIME: GROWING THREAT TO GUATEMALAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemalans have become numbed by the daily press reports of violent crime, and an increasing number identify the lack of public security as the nation's number one problem. The emergence of gangs ("maras") has taken the violence even to the remote rural areas of the country, an [...]	2003-09-04 22:33:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KDEM ASEC PINR PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA2331	AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 8TH MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Portillo says he fired number two in the army General Rios Sosa (Rios Montt's son) for disobeying orders to use the military to restore public order during the FRG violent protests July 24 and for lending military resources to the FRG campaign. He has Rios Montt's suppo [...]	2003-09-09 19:34:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR ELAB PHUM ETRD GT BZ
03GUATEMALA2334	OAS MISSION WORRIED ABOUT ELECTORAL VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with OAS Election Observation Mission Chief Valentin Paniagua on September 8. The Ambassador pledged continued USG support to the OAS mission, briefed Paniagua on the re-certification process, and raised the need for a private communications channel between [...]	2003-09-09 21:31:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM GT
03GUATEMALA2371	AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez on September 10 to discuss re-certification; Article 98; Belize; a draft law on the successor to the Presidential Guard (SAAS); the Commission to Investigate Parallel Groups (CICIACS); and trafficking in persons. Gutierrez [...]	2003-09-12 00:11:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KCRM PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA2387	GT NAVY BRINGS IN 102 STRANDED ILLEGAL ALIENS [...] The Guatemalan Navy launched patrol boats in response to information from the Embassy's Tactical Analysis Team indicating an Ecuadorian vessel, possibly transporting narcotics, was stalled 40 nautical miles southwest of Guatemala's Puerto Quetzal. The vessel "Matheus Tollet" was intercepted a [...]	2003-09-16 16:55:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS GT
03GUATEMALA2388	BELIZEAN DATT ON BORDER DISPUTE [...] (C) PolOff met with Lt. Col. Omar L. Pulido, Belizean Defense Attache in Guatemala, at his request, on September 9. Pulido wanted our readout on whether the future of the confidence building measures had been affected by Guatemala's rejection of the OAS facilitator's proposals. Pulido said [...]	2003-09-16 16:55:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL BH GT
03GUATEMALA2441	BAD BLOOD BETWEEN OMBUDSMAN AND PROSECUTOR: [...] (U) Summary: In the wake of the break-in at the Human Rights Ombudsman's Office on August 26 (reftel),a dispute over the motivation for the break-in erupted between the Public Ministry and the Ombudsman's Office. This dispute has divided opinion of human rights groups and threatens to perman [...]	2003-09-22 19:17:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KJUS SNAR GT
03GUATEMALA2473	SCENE SETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL KOLBE [...] (U) Summary: Your September 27-29 visit to Guatemala comes in the final weeks of Guatemala's heated national election campaign, leading up to the November 9 election of the President, all members of the unicameral Congress and all local government officials. The sometimes violent confrontatio [...]	2003-09-25 16:25:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA2486	INVITATION TO THE SECRETARY TO GUATEMALAN [...] A letter addressed to the Secretary from Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez, dated September 18, was delivered to the Embassy on September 24. The original letter will be pouched to WHA/CEN. Text of the letter follows. 2. Begin Text: Excellency, Mister Secretary of State: It is my ho [...]	2003-09-25 22:42:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GT
03GUATEMALA2550	ELECTION UPDATE: OAS CRITICIZES ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: The OAS Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) issued its second report, criticizing the GOG's failure to investigate and prosecute electoral violence, especially the murders of political activists and the violent FRG protests of July. On October 1, the OAS EOM opened offices in sev [...]	2003-10-02 20:34:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM PREL GT
03GUATEMALA2563	HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE: COURT UPHOLDS GERARDI [...] (U) Summary: The following is an update of significant recent developments in human rights in Guatemala. Topics include: -- Constitutional Court Rejects Defense Request to Annul Gerardi Sentence -- Murder of Community Organizer in Chichicastenango -- Ovalle Shooters Sentenced to Life [...]	2003-10-03 17:10:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM GT
03GUATEMALA2586	GUATEMALA LABOR/TIP UPDATE #6-2003 [...] Summary: Following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons. Topics include: -- GOG to Attend GSP Hearing -- Progress in Monzon Lima Murder Investigation? -- MOL Willing to Combat "Blacklisting" -- Ambassador to Speak at Labor Ju [...]	2003-10-07 17:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA2634	JUST ANOTHER LATIN AMERICAN ELECTION, FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: The election campaign, which got off to a violent start, marred by allegations of expected fraud, has settled in recent weeks into what the UN mission aptly described as "just another Latin American election." The continuing heated confrontation between the ruling FRG and the opp [...]	2003-10-10 18:55:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR GT UN
03GUATEMALA2650	GUATEMALA DOES NOT HAVE A POSITION YET ON CLONING [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-15 23:49:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO GT UNGA KSCI
03GUATEMALA2659	INAUGURAL INVITATION FOR PRESIDENT BUSH [...] On October 15, the Embassy received Diplomatic Note number 9-1452 from the Directorate of Protocol at the Foreign Ministry. The note, unofficially translated in paragraph 2, is a cover letter for an invitation to President Bush from President Portillo to attend the January 14 inauguration in [...]	2003-10-16 17:26:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OVIP GT
03GUATEMALA2664	ELECTION ROUND UP WITH THREE WEEKS TO GO [...] (SBU) Summary: Polls continue to show GANA candidate Berger significantly ahead in voter preferences, followed by UNE's Colom and the FRG's Rios Montt in a dead heat for second place. Some electoral experts believe the FRG will not make it into the second round, though poll results suggest th [...]	2003-10-17 18:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR PINS GT
03GUATEMALA2705	WITH TWO WEEKS TO GO, VOTER PREFERENCES REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: The polls continue to show GANA candidate Oscar Berger in a clear lead in the run up to the November 9 national elections, followed by Colom and Rios Montt vying for second place. Fears of potential electoral fraud are much diminished, and pre-election violence and electorally m [...]	2003-10-23 22:24:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR PREL EAID GT
03GUATEMALA2744	FORMER CIVIL PATROL MEMBERS TAKE JOURNALISTS [...] (C) Summary: A group of approximately 500 ex-PACs blocked the inter-American highway in La Libertad, Huehuetenango on October 26 and took four journalists hostage, in an attempt to get the government to compensate them for wartime service. The former civil patrol members had originally taken t [...]	2003-10-28 18:25:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR PINS ASEC GT
03GUATEMALA2753	GUATEMALA LABOR/TIP UPDATE #7-2003 [...] (SBU) Summary: Following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons. Topics include: -- Political Parties Respect Labor Rights (para #2) -- Fired Maquila Workers Reinstated (3) -- GOG GSP Submission Incomplete (4) -- Changes Likel [...]	2003-10-28 22:14:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV SMIG KCRM PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA2794	GUATEMALAN ELECTION UPDATE: ONE WEEK TO BALLOTING [...] (C) Summary: Polls show voter preferences largely unchanged, with Berger ahead with 41%, followed by Colom (22.3%) and Rios Montt (13.3%). Informal polling conducted by Embassy in the countryside supports these results. The OAS and EU Observer Missions say the TSE has addressed problems with [...]	2003-10-31 18:39:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM EAID GT OAS
03GUATEMALA2827	IN PORTILLO'S ABSENCE, ELECTION HOLIDAY LAW [...] (C) Summary: President Portillo traveled to Panama without vetoing the controversial election holiday bill (reftel),and opposition to the legislation has taken on a fever pitch. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal called on Portillo (who returns on the afternoon of November 4) to veto the law beca [...]	2003-11-04 22:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PINR GT OAS
03GUATEMALA2850	SCENE SETTER FOR GUATEMALA'S ELECTIONS: A GROWING [...] (C) Summary: The November 9 elections will pit Guatemala's past (represented by General Rios Montt and his authoritarian vision of Guatemala rooted in the armed internal conflict) against the region's future (represented by Oscar Berger and Alvaro Colom, and their vision of private sector-drive [...]	2003-11-06 19:42:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA2864	ALL QUIET ON EVE OF GUATEMALAN ELECTIONS [...] With fourteen hours to go before the opening of voting tables on November 9, no election-related disturbances have been reported. The prohibition on partisan campaigning went into effect at noon on November 7, and all the political parties have ceased campaigning. The sale of alcohol has bee [...]	2003-11-09 14:55:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR EAID KDEM GT
03GUATEMALA2867	GUATEMALAN ELECTIONS: POLLS OPEN WITH LONG LINES [...] The polls opened on time, and reports from around the country indicate that voter participation is larger than in previous elections. Lines are long, and moved slowly at the beginning, frustrating many voters, but reports from many precincts indicate that by the second hour of voting, lines w [...]	2003-11-09 16:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR EAID KDEM ASEC GT
03GUATEMALA2869	GUATEMALAN ELECTIONS: PROBLEMS WITH VOTER [...] Embassy election observers around the country report that voter lines are moving slowly and many intending voters are not able to vote because of problems with the voter registration list ("padron electoral") or their voter identification document ("cedula"). Authorities in Chimaltenango Depa [...]	2003-11-09 23:25:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM EAID ASEC GT
03GUATEMALA2870	GUATEMALAN ELECTIONS: VERY PRELIMINARY RESULTS [...] Early election results from around the country (often representing only one or two tables) at 8 p.m. on election night have given the following results. We note that the sample is too small to be considered statistically reliable, but does reflect the vote from the four corners of the country [...]	2003-11-10 02:09:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KDEM GT
03GUATEMALA2871	BERGER AND COLOM WIN FIRST ROUND OF GUATEMALAN [...] (U) At 0630 hrs local time on November 10, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal announced preliminary results of the national elections. With 21% of voting tables reporting, GANA presidential candidate Oscar Berger is ahead with 47.7% of the vote, followed by UNE candidate Alvaro Colom with 26.4%. [...]	2003-11-10 13:52:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM EAID GT
03GUATEMALA2942	EMBASSY ELECTION OBSERVATION: DISORGANIZATION, NOT [...] Summary: Guatemalans refused to be intimidated by predictions of violence and fraud, and braved the disorganized election process to vote in record numbers. Thirty-nine Embassy observers of the November 9 national elections witnessed this display of democratic participation by Guatemalans wh [...]	2003-11-17 22:45:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM GT
03GUATEMALA307	CIRCULAR 175 REQUEST FOR NEW HORIZIONS 2004 [...] Summary and Action Request: Post requests circular 175 authority to negotiate an exercise-specific agreement with the Government of Guatemala (GOG) that would cover U.S. personnel participating the planned New Horizons 2004 - Guatemala exercise. Except for point number 13 which incorporates [...]	2003-02-05 13:31:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS MASS PREL GT
03GUATEMALA329	GUATEMALAN OFFICIALS EXPRESS CONDOLENCES FOR SPACE [...] Post has received numerous expressions of condolences over the tragic loss of the Columbia and her crew. Phone calls, faxes, letters and e-mails expressing sorrow and solidarity have come from private citizens as well as Guatemalan officials. Noteworthy are letters from President Portillo, [...]	2003-02-05 22:46:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL GT
03GUATEMALA369	AMBASSODOR,S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch at the residence February 10, the Ambassador gave FM Gutierrez a heads up that we are actively working on specific benchmarks for re-certification; pressed him on Article 98, extradition, Belize-Guatemala, election observation, the proposal to investigate clandestine gr [...]	2003-02-10 23:13:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CJAN EAGR KTIA PGOV PHUM SNAR CFED GT
03GUATEMALA379	GSP WORKER RIGHTS: EMBASSY SUPPORTS CONSULTATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy believes that bilateral consultations would be as productive as a formal GSP review of Guatemalan worker rights. Although the labor rights situation is bad, it is not worsening and the GOG has in fact taken steps to protect labor rights since the last review was suspe [...]	2003-02-11 20:43:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA403	WHA/CEN DIRECTOR TRIVELLI DISCUSSES CAFTA, [...] (C) Summary: During a two-day visit to Guatemala, WHA/CEN Director Paul Trivelli discussed counter-narcotics certification and free trade with Vice President Reyes and the Acting Foreign Minister; CAFTA and fiscal responsibility with the economic cabinet and business leaders; and support for [...]	2003-02-13 23:30:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR PHUM ECON ETRD MARR GT
03GUATEMALA471	VIVANCO MISSION: STATE OF PLAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Human Rights Watch Latin America Director Jose Miguel Vivanco visited Guatemala February 11-14 to consult with the GOG, the Human Rights Ombudsman, and human rights leaders about the Ombudsman's proposal to create an international Commission to Investigate Clandestine Groups ( [...]	2003-02-21 17:18:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV GT
03GUATEMALA489	EMBASSY VIEWS ON REGIONAL ANTI-TIP HARMONIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy concurs that regional harmonization of anti-trafficking in persons legislation, as outlined in RefTel, would further U.S. interests in Guatemala. Harmonized anti-TIP legislation is necessary to achieve greater regional cooperation to prevent and combat trafficking, an [...]	2003-02-24 22:18:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL PREF ELAB SMIG SNAR KCRM KWMN GT
03GUATEMALA496	GUATEMALA COOPERATIVE ON IRAQ AT NAM SUMMIT [...] (C) DCM raised ref A points with Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez on February 21. In a brief discussion, DCM urged Guatemalan support for a constructive outcome regarding Iraq at the NAM Summit in Malaysia. Gutierrez said he would instruct Vice Minister Aguilera, heading Guatemala's delegati [...]	2003-02-25 16:53:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ GT NAM
03GUATEMALA511	FEBRUARY 25 DINNER WITH PRESIDENT PORTILLO [...] (S) Summary: In a one-on-one dinner, President Portillo committed to making his decision on the UNHRC Cuba issue "in a calm moment," promised to energize his Labor ministry on issues of labor justice, issued instructions to his Agriculture Minister (by phone during dinner) to get the Mediter [...]	2003-02-26 16:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CU ELAB PHUM SNAR GT
03GUATEMALA537	TEACHERS STRIKE DEEPENS, TESTING GOG [...] (SBU) Summary: February 26, Day 38 of the national teachers strike affecting 80,000 public schoolteachers and over 2 million students, saw blockades of major airports, ports, border crossings, and oil refineries, and the indefinite suspension of Congress due to the protests. After receiving [...]	2003-02-27 18:56:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV KDEM ASEC CASC GT
03GUATEMALA55	ESTABLISHMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] Embassy Guatemala has established a Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG) comprising all the agencies at Post with law enforcement or security responsibilities, as well as appropriate Mission section heads. The HSWG will ensure Post is able to coordinate its resources to provide Mission-wide [...]	2003-01-08 22:07:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER CVIS PREL PGOV APER SNAR GT
03GUATEMALA551	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Human Rights Ombudsman Sergio Morales on February 27 to support the Ombudsman's proposal for the commission to investigate clandestine groups (CICIACS). Morales was encouraged by President Portillo's recent official response and believes Vivanco's recent memo [...]	2003-02-28 18:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL GT UN OAS
03GUATEMALA605	ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT--GUATEMALA [...] (U) The following are responses to questions in Ref A. Additional information on Embassy projects and strategies to combat trafficking can be found in Ref B. 2. (SBU) Country Overview: A. Is the country a country of origin, transit or destination for international trafficked men, wome [...]	2003-03-07 13:17:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT
03GUATEMALA623	NEW GUATEMALAN AMBASSADORS TO GENEVA, TOKYO, AND [...] (SBU) An excellent MFA source confirmed that Ricardo Alvarado was sworn in at noon on March 4 as Guatemalan Ambassador to Geneva. Ambassador to the OAS, Arturo Duarte, will move to Tokyo and will probably be replaced by Victor Godoy. Bio information below. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Ricardo A [...]	2003-03-07 18:48:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GT UNHRC
03GUATEMALA636	MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER GUTIERREZ [...] (SBU) Ambassador met one on one for a few minutes with FM Gutierrez March 7 on the heels of the fourth high-level working group meeting on narcotics, which the two had just chaired. That meeting is being reported septel. Following is a quick rundown: Gutierrez in Washington -------------- [...]	2003-03-10 22:04:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MOPS BEXP GT CU KICC
03GUATEMALA66	GUATEMALA NOMINEE FOR THE 2003 OMS CONFERENCE [...] Embassy Guatemala would like to nominate Paula C Wikle for the 2003 OMS Conference to be held March 16 through March 22 in Washington, DC. 2. Information on nominee is as follows: Paula C. Wikle, FP-06, Political Section OMS. Embassy Guatemala is a mid-sized embassy with 4 FS OMS assigned. [...]	2003-01-09 22:44:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	AOMS APER AMGT AFSI GT
03GUATEMALA678	GUATEMALAN RESPONSE TO 59TH UNHRC DEMARCHE: [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel points, MFA Multilateral Affairs Director Castillo told us Guatemalan positions at the UNHRC this year might differ from previous years. On Cuba, Castillo repeated that President Portillo would ultimately decide how the GOG will vote, but said the decision [...]	2003-03-14 17:27:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL GT UNHRC

03GUATEMALA708	PORTILLO PLEDGES UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT IN [...] (SBU) President Alfonso Portillo sent the Ambassador a letter (text below) on March 17 expressing consideration for the difficult situation facing the U.S. and offering Portillo's personal unconditional support for the Ambassador and Embassy staff. Written without explicit reference to Iraq, [...]	2003-03-18 21:03:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR IZ GT
03GUATEMALA723	GUATEMALAN VIEWS ON IRAQ SITUATION [...] (U) Summary. President Portillo told reporters on March 18 that Guatemala "stands beside the United States," but said Guatemala does not take a position for or against war with Iraq. He added that he sent a letter of support to President Bush (reftel). According to the MFA, the GOG delegation [...]	2003-03-19 19:30:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IZ GT
03GUATEMALA724	MENCHU CASE ADVANCES IN SPAIN [...] Summary: With broad coverage in the Guatemalan press, the Spanish Supreme Court reportedly accepted Spanish jurisdiction for Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu's case against six Guatemalan military leaders and two civilian officials linked to torture and murder of Spanish citizens in Guatemala i [...]	2003-03-19 20:25:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KJUS SP GT
03GUATEMALA73	URC-119 RADIO REQUEST FOR GUATEMALAN MILITARY [...] Summary and Action Request: Embassy requests State Department and Defense Security Cooperation Agency concurrence to transfer one URC - 119 High Frequency Radio set to the Guatemalan Military through the Excess Defense Articles Program. The radio's purpose is to enhance natural disaster respo [...]	2003-01-10 16:44:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MCAP PREL GT
03GUATEMALA746	MARCH 17 LETTER FROM PRESIDENT PORTILLO TO [...] (U) President Alfonso Portillo sent President Bush a letter on March 17 (delivered by the Guatemalan Embassy in Washington to the White House and Department of State) saying that Guatemala stands by the United States during the current difficult international situation. Following is the Embas [...]	2003-03-20 22:36:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR GT IZ
03GUATEMALA77	AMBASSADOR AND MINUGUA CHIEF TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador and USAID Director met with MINUGUA Chief Koenigs, who was thankful for USG support on extension of MINUGUA's mandate through 2004, and was cautiously optimistic about further implementation of the Peace Accords. The Ambassador discussed possible counternarcoti [...]	2003-01-10 18:18:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EAID PGOV MOPS GT
03GUATEMALA781	RE-CERTIFICATION BENCHMARKS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Summary: As requested in Ref A, the Ambassador discussed counter-narcotics re-certification benchmarks in detail with President Portillo on March 22. The Ambassador gave Portillo a copy of the diplomatic note on benchmarks (full text para 10),rebuffed a request for material assistance [...]	2003-03-25 21:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV GT
03GUATEMALA802	GUATEMALA DEMARCHED ON SECURITY COUNCIL OPEN [...] (SBU) The Embassy raised reftel talking points with MFA Deputy Director General for Multilateral Affairs Marco Tulio Chicas, in the absence of more senior officials. Chicas took note of our concerns and promised to immediately relay our points to the Guatemalan PermRep in New York. 2. (SBU [...]	2003-03-27 14:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM IZ GT UNSC
03GUATEMALA82	GUATEMALA CONSULTING INTERNALLY ON LIBYAN CHAIR OF [...] (C) Embassy raised reftel points with the MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Sylvia Corado on January 9. Corado expressed her personal dismay with Libya chairing the UNCHR, but said that the GOG had not decided how it would respond to this unprecedented situation. Corado noted that Foreign [...]	2003-01-13 18:31:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM LY GT UNCHR
03GUATEMALA884	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Hamilton met with Minister of Government Jose Adolfo Reyes Calderon March 31 to express concern about a recent case involving torture by security forces in an anti-narcotics raid in Zacapa. The Ambassador also raised the murder of an American citizen on March 28, thr [...]	2003-04-03 16:48:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC SNAR PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA886	SECURE PROCUREMENT FOR CAA [...] (C) Please send by classified pouch the following equipment for the CAA in Embassy Guatemala: Brother ML300 Typewriter Estimated Cost: $180.00 Fiscal Data: 19 30113 4122 4122331320 2140 3121 POC: Sarah Hall, GSO 2. Post appreciates department assistance with this matter. HAMILTON [...]	2003-04-03 16:48:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ASUP AMGT KSLG
03GUATEMALA890	EMBASSY DISCUSSES IRAQ AND CUBA WITH HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Summary: Embassy and USAID Officers met with Guatemalan human rights leaders Frank LaRue, Claudia Samayoa and Orlando Blanco on April 2 to discuss developments in the establishment of CICIACS (septel) and to express Embassy disappointment with the participation of members of their organizatio [...]	2003-04-03 16:53:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL ASEC IZ CU GT
03GUATEMALA91	G/TIP INVITEE CONFIRMED: ANA CARPIO ALFARO [...] Reftel invitation to the February 23-25 international conference entitled "Pathbreaking Strategies in the Global Fight Against Sex Trafficking" was delivered on January 13 to Ana Ignez Carpio Alfaro, International Correspondent for Telemundo based in Guatemala. Ms. Carpio accepted the invita [...]	2003-01-14 16:32:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM CVIS KWMN SMIG PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA916	HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT RECEIVES LIMITED PRESS COVERAGE [...] (U) Summary: Upon public release of the 2002 Human Rights Report (HRR) on March 31, Embassy issued a press statement from the Ambassador highlighting the USG human rights concerns in Guatemala and areas where we believe improvements can made. However, neither the report nor the Ambassador's s [...]	2003-04-07 15:44:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL GT
03GUATEMALA927	AMBASSADOR PRESSES TORTURE CASE WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on Minister of Defense Robin Moran on April 3 to emphasize that resorting to illegal detention and torture as appears to have occurred in the March 6 drug seizure in Rio Hondo, Zacapa is totally unacceptable. Moran clearly understood that these methods put Guat [...]	2003-04-07 22:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS SNAR GT
03GUATEMALA929	NGOS UPBEAT ON CICIACS DEVELOPMENTS [...] (U) Summary: Embassy officers met with human rights activists Frank LaRue, Claudia Samayoa, and Orlando Blanco on April 2 to discuss both the recent protest by human rights groups in front of the Embassy and their silence on Cuban dissident jailing (Ref A),as well as steps that the Embassy ca [...]	2003-04-08 13:46:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL GT UN OAS
03GUATEMALA955	EMBASSY CALLS ON RULING PARTY TO URGE PORTILLO TO [...] (U) On April 9, the Guatemalan Congress passed an unscheduled resolution calling on President Portillo to abstain in the upcoming UNCHR resolution on Cuba. Only one independent congressman, Emilio Saca, voted against the measure, saying that the Government of Cuba should be censured for its d [...]	2003-04-09 23:05:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR CU GT UNCHR
03GUATEMALA962	OMINOUS SIGNS COME IN THREES: LATEST HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Both in the capital and farther afield, new human rights concerns are popping up in Guatemala. To the north, in Quiche, a Mayan priest and human rights activist was murdered; to the east, in Izabal, the Human Rights Ombudsman (PDH) Auxiliary office was ransacked; here in the Guatemala Cit [...]	2003-04-10 22:43:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KJUS GT
03GUATEMALA967	GUATEMALA: ICC/ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT AND SOFA [...] (C) Summary: On the Article 98 Agreement, discussions with the GOG covered all the points where the GOG counterproposal differs from the US text. New language was proposed by both sides ad ref. If approved, and the negotiating team believes the proposed changes are workable, we would have a [...]	2003-04-11 14:24:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GT KICC
03HALIFAX309	PEI TORIES THREE-PEAT, BUT LIBERALS IMPROVE THEIR NUMBERS [...] (U) Prince Edward Island Premier Pat Binns won a third consecutive majority in the province's September 29 election. Binns's Progressive Conservatives took 23 of the 27 seats in the legislature. The Liberal Party improved its standing in the house dramatically, but from a low base: the Liber [...]	2003-09-30 10:24:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON CA
03HALIFAX372	FDA BIOTERROR RULES: POSITIVE LOCAL REACTION [...] (U) Government and fishing industry officials in Atlantic Canada have told us that they are generally pleased with the FDA's anti-bioterrorism regulations, principally those concerning the prior notice time for perishable shipments. Our contacts were deeply concerned that the 24-hour notice ti [...]	2003-11-07 10:15:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIS EAGR TBIO PREL CA US FDA
03HANOI1043	MONITORING VISIT TO KY SON PHASE II PROJECT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Much to the relief of district officials and following extensive delays, the UNODC-funded Ky Son Phase II is up and running. Agriculture and livestock models -- the focus of the USG assistance to this project -- are being implemented in a number of communes dispersed around [...]	2003-04-29 05:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PGOV EAID LA VM UNODC CNARC
03HANOI1185	Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Le Van Bang on May 13 and left a non-paper based on reftel para 12. Ambassador stressed that progress on issues raised at the November 2002 Human Rights Dialogue was insufficient to schedule another dialogue, nor [...]	2003-05-15 09:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL VM HUMANR
03HANOI1233	VIETNAM: MEETING WITH JUSTICE MINISTRY ON ADOPTIONS [...] (U) Summary. The GVN has indicated that the content of the draft MOU provided is generally quite good and close to their draft framework. However, the GVN is backtracking from earlier assurances by the former Vice Minister of Justice that Vietnam would be willing to go forward with an MOU [...]	2003-05-20 10:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM
03HANOI1263	GERMAN CHANCELLOR REAFFIRMS STRONG RELATIONSHIP [...] (U) SUMMARY. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's visit to Hanoi focused on economics and concluded with a number of economics-related agreements, but also touched, albeit briefly, on a number of other issues, including Iraq, transnational crime, and counterterrorism. Schroeder did not rai [...]	2003-05-23 10:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EAID PHUM PTER GM VM
03HANOI1316	New Religious Affairs Chief's Views on Tasks [...] (SBU) Summary: New Chairman of the GVN Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) Ngo Yen Thi told Ambassador on May 28 that CPV Central Committee Resolution Seven on religion is the most important issue currently for the CRA. His overall goal as head of the CRA, in light of the Resolution, is t [...]	2003-05-30 08:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE
03HANOI1320	REVIEWING BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH DEPUTY [...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Nguyen Tan Dung and the Ambassador (accompanied by DCM Porter and poloff) held a two-hour discussion on bilateral issues on May 27. The meeting received generally positive coverage in the state-controlled print and broadcast media. Dung highlight [...]	2003-05-30 09:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KIRF OEXC ECON ETRD VM RELFREE HUMANR
03HANOI135	Vietnam on Religious Freedom [...] (SBU) Summary: In two recent meetings with the Ambassador, GVN officials discussed religious freedom issues originally raised by Ambassador Hanford at the November 2002 Human Rights Dialogue in a frank manner, but had little specific information. The most welcome news was that the Southern [...]	2003-01-16 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
03HANOI136	Reclama to GVN on USAID program in Central Highlands [...] (U) On January 14, Ambassador raised with Deputy Foreign Minister Le Van Bang the GVN's unfortunate refusal to allow implementation of the Kontum provincial portion of a larger USAID-funded project on disabilities. Aware of the sensitivities of having a US-based organization carry out a pro [...]	2003-01-16 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PHUM EAID VM
03HANOI1411	TRAINING VIETNAM'S JUDGES: MORE WORK NEEDED [...] (U) Summary: The low quality of professional skills among Vietnamese judges at all levels -- local, provincial and national -- is a well-recognized problem (refs c & d). Judges for the high-profile Nam Cam trial in Ho Chi Minh City (ref a) were carefully picked from among the best available [...]	2003-06-09 06:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI VM
03HANOI1422	VIETNAM REACHING OUT TO AFRICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As another symbol of how Vietnam prizes the diversity of its diplomatic contacts and seeks to maintain its third world credentials, the GVN hosted the first Vietnam - Africa Forum in Hanoi May 28-30. Delegations from 18 African countries discussed trade and investment and "opp [...]	2003-06-10 09:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EAID IV NI MA GV PU BN SG ZI RW AO SF MO WA CM VM MZ
03HANOI1437	VIETNAM: Ongoing evolution of the role of [...] (U) Summary: The gradual process of judicial reform and development of a "rule-of-law" state in Vietnam have contributed to the rise in the prominence of lawyers. The just-concluded Nam Cam trial (ref b) showcased pilot changes in court proceedings that are supposed to put defense attorney [...]	2003-06-11 08:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD EINV SOCI VM
03HANOI1439	VIETNAM: FOLLOW UP TO SIXTH WTO WORKING PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam heard a consistent message at its Sixth WTO Working Party session in May regarding the need to make a "quantum leap" in it's approach to WTO accession but is interpreting that message in various ways. Publicly, GVN officials gave themselves a big pat on the back for th [...]	2003-06-11 09:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD VM WTO BTA
03HANOI1533	Thirteen-Year Sentence for Pham Hong Son [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Hanoi People's Court sentenced Pham Hong Son to thirteen years in prison followed by 3 years administrative probation after a trial that lasted several hours on June 18. The conviction appears to have been for "esp [...]	2003-06-18 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINS VM HUMANR
03HANOI1549	NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR 2003 [...] (U) In response to ref a request, post is providing responses keyed to 2003 certification demarche points (ref b) as follow: 2. (U) Implementation of the counternarcotics Master Plan for 2001-2005: --This is an ongoing activity that continues to make slow but steady progress. The Un [...]	2003-06-20 06:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC
03HANOI155	DESIGNATION OF COUNTRIES OF PARTICULAR CONCERN [...] (SBU) Embassy understands that a recommendation from Ambassador Hanford to the Secretary on designation of Countries of Particular Concern under the International Religious Freedom Act is imminent and would like to weigh in arguing against a possible designation of Vietnam. 2. (SBU) Ref [...]	2003-01-17 09:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR
03HANOI1559	VIETNAM: REORGANIZATION OF IPR AGENCIES - FUTURE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a move that has left Vietnamese IPR agencies, foreign donors, and trademark holders/seekers stunned and seriously concerned, the Government of Vietnam has decided to transfer the trademark function from the National Office of Industrial Property (NOIP) in the Ministry of Sc [...]	2003-06-20 10:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON KIPR VM IPROP
03HANOI156	VIETNAM: MINISTER OF TRADE LETTER TO SECRETARY [...] (SBU) The Vietnamese Ministry of Trade has responded to Secretary of Commerce Evans' letter of December 12, 2002 with a letter from Minister of Trade Tuyen - text follows in para 2. 2. (SBU) Begin text of letter - original will not be forwarded: (Informal Translation by MOT) MINIST [...]	2003-01-17 09:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS EAGR ECON ETRD VM
03HANOI1615	GVN RESPONSE TO DRAFT LOA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (U) Embassy received MFA's long-awaited response to the draft LOA on counternarcotics on June 26. It appears that the USG and GVN views still differ in the areas of taxes, immunities, certification, and Leahy. Full text of G [...]	2003-06-30 02:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL EAID VM CNARC
03HANOI1687	PROTESTANTS CLAIM MORE HARASSMENT [...] (U) Summary. Unconfirmed reports continue to indicate efforts by local authorities to pressure ethnic minority Protestants in some locations to renounce their faith. These reports claim at least one recent murder and more detentions. Some ethnic minority Protestants have reportedly also ha [...]	2003-07-03 07:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
03HANOI1698	IMPLEMENTING PARTY RESOLUTIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. According to CPV and GVN authorities in Hanoi and the Northwest Highlands, new CPV resolutions on ethnic minorities and religion do little more than reiterate long-standing policies, while nonetheless trying to elevate attention to these issues and the need for better implemen [...]	2003-07-03 09:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
03HANOI175	Central Committee on minorities, religious, land [...] (SBU) Summary. The second session of the 7th plenum of the Communist Party of Vietnam's (CPV) 9th Central Committee (CC) apparently focused on key human rights issues of national solidarity, treatment of ethnic minorities, implementation of religious policy, and land use. The CC as well as [...]	2003-01-22 09:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE DPOL
03HANOI1759	VIETNAM: MEETING WITH JUSTICE MINISTRY ON [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-10 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM
03HANOI1805	CPV WRAPS UP 8TH PLENUM -- DEFENSE, SALARY [...] (U) The Communist Party of Vietnam's (CPV) Ninth Central Committee held its eighth plenum in Hanoi July 2-12, with major addresses by General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and issuance of a formal communiqu. (Ref a provides translation.) The major themes, which CPV insiders said had been determi [...]	2003-07-15 10:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PREL SOCI ECON VM DPOL
03HANOI1808	VIETNAM: 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-16 02:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	BTA ECON EINV ELAB ETRD FINREF KTBD OPIC VN
03HANOI1840	HANOI'S TOURIST LANDSCAPE AND POST-SARS TERRAIN [...] (U) Summary. Tourism dropped significantly in Vietnam due to SARS -- at least 30 pct nationwide and as much as 90 pct in Hanoi -- in spring 2003. The GVN is trying to get back on track with new promotions and reach earlier targets for 2005. Europeans and Americans, combined, make up about [...]	2003-07-21 06:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON CASC SOCI VM
03HANOI1864	UPDATE ON PRISONERS OF CONCERN [...] (U) On July 21, the MFA's International Organizations Department provided an update dated July 17 on 28 persons of concern, whose names had been on a longer list provided by the Embassy earlier this year, covering both religious and political prisoners. The MFA's information is quoted below [...]	2003-07-22 09:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL VM HUMANR RELFREE
03HANOI1870	VIETNAM ADOPTIONS: NO FORWARD MOTION, LOSS OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) reorganization has all but halted forward progress on reaching any bilateral understanding on adoptions. Post has yet to receive written confirmation that a document other than a bilateral agreement will be acceptable, and has been told that the [...]	2003-07-23 08:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM
03HANOI197	VIETNAM: LAUNCH OF SMARTWORK LABOR COOPERATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) funded Strategically Managing AIDS Responses Together (SMARTWork) project officially commenced on January 23. The Charge and senior GVN officials spoke at the launch. The SMARTWork project focuses on the prevention of HIV/AIDS in the workpl [...]	2003-01-24 05:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAID ECON ETRD SOCI VM HIV AIDS
03HANOI1989	AGENT ORANGE/DIOXIN UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: On July 3, the Ambassador met with Vietnamese VFM Nguyen Dinh Bin to deliver Ref A talking points on the status of joint research on Agent Orange/Dioxin. Bin emphasized the GVN's gratitude for humanitarian efforts by non-governmental organizations and U.S. congresspersons who have a [...]	2003-08-05 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OSCI SENV EAID VM
03HANOI199	VIETNAM: ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK - TYCO [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 21, 2003, the Vietnamese Supreme Court reversed a May 2002 landmark decision by the Ho Chi Minh City Economic Court that would have recognized an international arbitral award for the first time in that city. The Mission has been assisting Tyco Services Singapore sin [...]	2003-01-24 09:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD VM
03HANOI1995	OUTGOING FRENCH ADOPTIONS OFFICIAL SAYS VIETNAM IS [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite the precision in the French adoption agreement with Vietnam, French adoptions are encountering problems at the provincial levels. Significant problems include demands for donations/fees in excess of those set in the French agreement, unclear origins of adoptive childr [...]	2003-08-07 00:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM
03HANOI2047	FAMILY PLANNING POLICY AND PRACTICE IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary. A new ordinance on family planning enshrines individual choice of family size and timing, while "encouraging" small families and seeking "rational" population structure and distribution. There is a clear concern about growing over-population in urban areas and a need to keep p [...]	2003-08-12 07:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PGOV VM
03HANOI2074	Correcting judicial wrongs: welcome steps [...] (U) Summary. A new Vietnamese National Assembly resolution enables victims of judicial and police injustice to seek financial compensation from the responsible government agencies and even individual official(s). The resolution holds officials personally responsible for misadministration of [...]	2003-08-15 09:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS VM
03HANOI208	VIETNAM: SON LA DAM APPROVED BY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In December, the 11th National Assembly gave "final" approval for the long-planned construction of the Son La Dam and hydroelectric plant in northwest Vietnam. The planning phase for this project has spanned more than 30 years and has instigated one of the more lengthy and intere [...]	2003-01-27 09:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON SENV EINV EAID VM ETMIN
03HANOI2113	VIETNAM: FY-2004 FOOD AID REQUEST [...] SUMMARY: Post requests a food aid grant of $6 million (roughly 45,000 metric tons) of wheat. Most of the monetized proceeds will be used to construct primary schools and irrigation projects in poor rural areas. The remaining funds will be used to continue a range of agricultural science an [...]	2003-08-20 08:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID KSEP VM
03HANOI213	NEW COUNTERNARCOTICS DECREE: A RAY OF HOPE? [...] (U) SUMMARY: A new GVN decree may enhance international counternarcotics cooperation and offer new hope for the long- awaited conclusion of a US-Vietnam Counternarcotics Agreement. END SUMMARY. ------------------------ COOPERATION IN PRINCIPLE ------------------------ 2. (U) On Jan [...]	2003-01-28 05:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PGOV VM CNARC
03HANOI2168	REDUCTION OF PHAM HONG SON'S SENTENCE [...] (U) According to a two Western media sources, Appeals Court officials in Hanoi confirmed that the 13 year sentence of activist Pham Hong Son (ref a) was reduced to 5 years during a brief hearing on August 26. (Son will still apparently be subject to three years' house detention after comple [...]	2003-08-26 09:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL VM HUMANR
03HANOI2175	KEEPING A FOCUS ON CORRUPTION [...] (U) Summary. According to CPV officials and official media reports, corruption remains an endemic problem in Vietnam at all levels, but the GVN and CPV are actively taking steps to go after at least some officials. Sweden is assisting with a grant for a "research" project on "root causes" [...]	2003-08-27 06:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI VM DPOL
03HANOI219	MFA update on some detainees of concern [...] (SBU) In response to inquiry from poloff on January 28, Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organization Department Senior Expert Hong Bich Lien provided updates on the status of several prominent activists whose detentions have sparked international and USG concern. She promised on J [...]	2003-01-28 09:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINS VM
03HANOI223	TAIWAN ECONOMICS MINISTER VISITS VIETNAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Taiwan Economics Minister Lin Yi-fu visited Vietnam January 23 - 27 as the head of a trade mission. While his official host was the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Lin held meetings with GVN officials, including his counterparts at the Ministry of Trade as well as t [...]	2003-01-29 03:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD TW CH VM
03HANOI2260	VIETNAM AND IRAQ [...] (U) Summary: Vietnamese Ambassador to Iraq (resident in Amman for the past six months and now sitting back in Hanoi) Nguyen Quang Khai is planning to return to Baghdad at Prime Minister Phan Van Khai's request on September 13 for a meeting at the Iraqi foreign trade ministry. Ambassador Khai [...]	2003-09-05 06:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER EAGR EAID IZ VM
03HANOI2320	NEW COUNTERNARCOTICS SUCCESSES [...] (U) SUMMARY. A prominent drug trial in Hanoi concluded on August 29 with a variety of harsh punishments, including four death sentences. According to government prosecutors, this was an exceptionally serious case, involving many people, in a drug-trafficking ring between Lai Chau province an [...]	2003-09-12 10:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PREL PINS VM CNARC
03HANOI2323	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (U) Summary: A large interagency conference chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem in Ho Chi Minh City September 9 articulated the GVN's intended next steps in a coordinated antitrafficking policy. The Deputy Prime Minister recomme [...]	2003-09-15 00:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM VM CH TW CA OMIG TIP
03HANOI2362	RESULTS OF USG CLIMATE CHANGE DELEGATION VISIT TO [...] SUMMARY: On September 12, 2003, a delegation of U.S. government climate change and energy officials, led by Dr. Harlan Watson, Senior Climate Negotiator and Special Representative, OES, had a short but full schedule in Vietnam, including a variety of government meetings and public diplomacy [...]	2003-09-18 00:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV TH MY VM
03HANOI2364	POLITBURO MEMBER TRAN DINH HOAN ON PARTY AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) Summary. Politburo member Tran Dinh Hoan welcomed improving U.S.-Vietnam relations, called for more high-level visits and mutual understanding, claimed that the CPV was tackling the major problem of corruption in its own way, and explained how the Ho Chi Minh National Political Academ [...]	2003-09-18 00:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PREL PINR VM
03HANOI2367	Japanese Special Yen Loans in Haiphong Port [...] (SBU) As part of a September 8 trip to Haiphong, Ambassador and ECON/C toured the port and were briefed about the port modernization project. According to the Port Project Manager, the first phase involving construction of a container port is complete and bidding is in progress for the se [...]	2003-09-18 03:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID JA VM
03HANOI2413	UPDATE ON ALLEGED ANTI-SRV "TERRORIST" IN U.S. [...] (U) MFA Americas Department Deputy Director Pham Van Que presented to A/DCM on September 19 a non-paper on alleged "terrorist" Nguyen Huu Chanh, who has been the subject of an earlier diplomatic note (reftel) and other communications. Que made no formal request and there was no diplomatic n [...]	2003-09-24 01:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL VM CTERR
03HANOI2462	CPV EXTERNAL RELATIONS CHIEF MEETS AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Summary: The CPV's top foreign affairs official told the Ambassador he wants better relations and "understanding" with the U.S., and that Vietnam would continue dialogue with the U.S. on human rights and "democracy." He also said Vietnam would participate in the rebuilding of Iraq "accor [...]	2003-09-26 00:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP IZ VM
03HANOI2489	VIETNAM - PREPARATIONS FOR POSSIBLE RETURN OF [...] (U) Summary. In anticipation of the resurgence of SARS, Mission plans to encourage vaccinations against the flu and will continue to promote healthy practices in the work place. Consular Sections at both posts are in the process of a systematic updating, appraisal, and testing of our Warden S [...]	2003-09-29 10:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED AMGT CASC TBIO VM
03HANOI2521	VIETNAM AND THE PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (U) Following up on our delivery of the Proliferation Security Initative's Statement of Interdiction Principles September 5 (ref c),Embassy coordinated with ten of the eleven PSI country Ambassadors in country (the eleventh, Portugal, does not have an Embassy in Vietnam) and obtained their si [...]	2003-10-01 07:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL VM
03HANOI2532	Vietnamese Catholics install new Bishop [...] (U) In an open air ceremony in Son Tay town of Ha Tay province (adjacent to Hanoi),Vietnamese Catholics formally installed Father Anton Vu Huy Chuong as Bishop of Hung Hoa diocese, which covers most or all of the provinces of Ha Tay, Son La, Lai Chau, Lao Cai, Yen Bai, and Phu Tho. As note [...]	2003-10-01 09:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE
03HANOI2540	STORM OVER RESTRICTIVE AUTO COMPONENT TARIFFS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since last year the GVN has sought to develop Vietnam's auto industry by increasing the local content in domestically produced vehicles. Tax and tariff policy has been the main policy used to achieve this goal. Reps of foreign automakers with production in Vietnam believe the [...]	2003-10-02 08:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND EFIN EINV ECON VM
03HANOI2541	Investigating bad cops -- some progress [...] (U) Summary. The Supreme People's Procurary (SPP) has proposed a formal investigation against the deputy chief and two officers of a police investigation office in Quang Nam province for their involvement in the 2002 death by beating of a detainee. The investigation may mark a positive change [...]	2003-10-02 08:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS PGOV KJUS VM HUMANR
03HANOI2546	Regulating religion [...] (SBU) Summary. Vietnamese continue privately to debate the contents -- but not the merits -- of a new formal ordinance on religion that would supersede existing Government-issued regulations with a more definitive and, it is hoped, clearer version, to be passed by the National Assembly Stan [...]	2003-10-03 05:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE
03HANOI2617	DPRK REFUGEE INCIDENTS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam remains a link in the overland route taken by North Korean refugees on the way to Cambodia and Bangkok, as shown by two recent DPRK refugee-related incidents at USCG Ho Chi Minh City (septels). End summary. ------------------------------------------ US MISSION ENCOUNT [...]	2003-10-14 11:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREF VM KO HUMANR DPRK
03HANOI264	VIETNAM'S "TRADITIONAL FRIENDS" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Vietnam has strived to maintain good ties with a number of the world's most troubling states, including Cuba, Iraq, North Korea (DPRK),Iran, Libya, Sudan, and Syria. With the exception of Sudan and Syria, all have embassies in Hanoi. These relations are largely an outgrowth [...]	2003-02-06 09:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PTER CU IR IZ KN SU SY VM DPRK
03HANOI2650	POLITICS AND MONEY: VIETNAM AND THE KOREAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's relationships with both Koreas are growing. ROK-Vietnam relations are likely to continue to expand, especially economically, while Hanoi-Pyongyang relations will develop more slowly. Vietnamese interlocutors are discouraged by their lack of access to or influence on [...]	2003-10-17 00:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ETRD ECON VM KN KS SW DPRK ASEAN
03HANOI2654	Vietnam -- BIOTECH REGs [...] Summary: Vietnam does not have a biotech framework law, but one is being developed. Vietnam does have several biotech labeling laws. However, they have not been implemented. There have not been any problems with biotech commodity trade, but Post will have to monitor the development of the new [...]	2003-10-17 03:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON SENV TBIO TSPL
03HANOI2678	U.S. and Vietnam initial air services agreement [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: On October 9, the U.S. and Vietnam entered into a five-year air services agreement that, while maintaining some restrictions, contains many Open Skies provisions. The agreement will eventually allow three passenger carrie [...]	2003-10-21 02:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV PREL VM
03HANOI2788	MFA RESHUFFLES -- GOOD NEWS FOR U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 6. 2. (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister Le Van Bang informed Ambassador October 31 that his area of responsibility had been shifted from the Northeast Asia portfolio to the Americas, effective that day. He noted that the news would not be announced [...]	2003-10-31 06:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR VM FR
03HANOI2795	Vietnam: Review of BTA Implementation [...] (U) December 10 will mark the second anniversary of the entry-into-force of the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA). Ensuring timely and effective implementation of the BTA remains a critical component of our economic relations with Vietnam. We continue to provide significant techni [...]	2003-10-31 08:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON EAID PREL VM IPROP BTA WTO
03HANOI288	VIRGINIA FLAG: UPPING THE ANTE [...] (U) Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Dinh Bin has called the Ambassador to a meeting as soon as possible after the latter's return to Hanoi February 8 to deliver a "strong protest" about the proposed Bill No. 2829 in the Virginia House of Delegates regarding the Vietnamese flag. (The bill cal [...]	2003-02-07 09:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL VM
03HANOI2898	CONVICTION OF TRAN DUNG TIEN [...] (U) Activist Tran Dung Tien (usually described as a former bodyguard of Ho Chi Minh) was sentenced after a brief trial on November 12 to ten months in prison by the Hanoi People's Court under article of 258 of the Penal Code ("Abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the [...]	2003-11-12 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV VM HUMANR
03HANOI2996	THE CPV TRIES TO RE-VET ITSELF; PR STUNT? [...] (U) Summary. By Ho Chi Minh's 115th birthday anniversary in 2005, the CPV will in principle have re- certified the qualifications of each and every member to ensure that all meet the CPV high standards for behavior. Only then may they receive one of the new, more hi-tech membership cards. [...]	2003-11-19 09:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI VM DPOL
03HANOI301	STRONG GVN REACTION TO VIRGINIA FLAG BILL [...] (SBU) Senior Vice Foreign Minister (VFM) Nguyen Dinh Bin told Ambassador on Sunday, February 9 that the Virginia House of Delegates' Bill (HB 2829) on displaying the flag of the former Republic of Vietnam is a "wrongdoing that has upset the GVN, the National Assembly, and the people of Vietn [...]	2003-02-10 09:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV VM
03HANOI3073	VIETNAM: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Embassy's response to reftel follows in Paragraph 2. The response is keyed to the paragraphs in reftel. 2. A) In 2003, the GVN clearly and frequently denounced terrorism domestically and internationally and actively supported the global coalition against terrorism. The GVN's total ratifi [...]	2003-11-26 10:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER VM CTERR
03HANOI3277	GVN'S RECENT ENGAGEMENT ON HUMAN RIGHTS, RELIGION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam is making some effort to engage the USG and other foreign governments more actively on human rights and religious freedom issues. European Union member diplomats spoke positively of the GVN's interaction in their human rights dialogue, and said it had [...]	2003-12-18 11:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
03HANOI3288	VIETNAM MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY ON TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior members of the General Criminal Division of the Ministry of Public Security described their frustration with current laws preventing them from engaging in closer cooperation with U.S. and other foreign law enforcement agencies, and described the trafficking in persons sit [...]	2003-12-19 08:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KWMN KCRM VM CH TW CA OMIG TIP CNARC
03HANOI3350	2003 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY -- REPORT (INCSR) - VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-29 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CNARC EFIN HIV KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI VM
03HANOI3351	FOLLOWING UP ON DPM KHOAN VISIT WITH VFM BANG [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador and Pol/C met with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang on December 24 to follow up on issues from Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan's visit, about which the Vietnamese leadership appears clearly pleased. MFA will issue an invitation letter to Peace Corps. MFA will also [...]	2003-12-29 10:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL VM HUMANR CVR RELFREE
03HANOI3373	CONVICTION OF Nguyen Vu Binh [...] (SBU) Activist Nguyen Vu Binh, a former journalist who had pushed for the establishment of a new political party and has criticized Vietnam's border agreement with China, was sentenced after a brief trial on December 31 to seven years in prison and two years administrative detention by the Han [...]	2003-12-31 08:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV VM HUMANR
03HANOI353	DRUG TREATMENT CENTERS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Vietnamese provincial drug treatment centers range from the most basic to relatively modern. Most suffer from a lack of physical and material resources. The addict population is a combination of those who enter voluntarily and others who are undergoing "compulsory" treatment. W [...]	2003-02-13 09:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV SOCI VM CNARC
03HANOI373	JOINT RESEARCH ON HEALTH/ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see Paragraph 13 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: To date, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has made little, if any, progress towards achieving the goals set forth in the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in Hanoi on March 10, 2002, following bilateral [...]	2003-02-16 01:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA KTIA TSPL TNGD PREL TBIO OSCI SCUL ENRG OTRA TRGY MNUC VM
03HANOI386	Vietnam: Second Annual U.S.-Vietnam BTA Joint [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please protect accordingly. -------- OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) Ensuring timely and effective implementation of the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) continues to be the centerpiece of our economic relations with Vietnam. The BTA continues [...]	2003-02-18 10:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON EAID PREL OVIP VM
03HANOI388	VIETNAM: USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY [...] (U) Ambassador and other Embassy and Consulate General officers demarched and spoke with GVN authorities at the national, provincial, and local levels numerous times throughout the year on various human rights issues including religious freedom as well as the status of persons of concern det [...]	2003-02-19 03:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KSEP XG VM HUMANR ETMIN TIP
03HANOI409	MORE PROTESTS OVER IRAQ [...] (U) On February 19, the national Youth Federation and the Hanoi Youth Federation jointly sponsored a rally at the Hanoi Medical University opposing war in Iraq and expressing solidarity with the people of Iraq. According to press reports, more than 1,000 students and young people from a var [...]	2003-02-20 08:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS IZ VM
03HANOI448	VIETNAM: LAUNCH OF CHILD LABOR COOPERATION PROJECT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 18, the sixth and final U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) funded project, the National Program for the Prevention and Elimination of Child Labor, officially commenced. This project focuses on the prevention and elimination of child labor by strengthening the capacity [...]	2003-02-25 06:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID ECON ETRD VM HUMANR LABOR
03HANOI462	VIETNAM: CASTRO VISITS HANOI - ACCORDING TO A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Cuban President Fidel Castro and an entourage of over 100 government and business officials made a "successful" and carefully scripted visit to Hanoi from February 21-23, on his way to the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Kuala Lumpur. This was Castor's third visit to Vie [...]	2003-02-26 08:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER CU VM
03HANOI475	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW INSTITUTE OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a February 26 courtesy call, Ambassador Trinh Quang Thanh, the new Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Institute of International Relations (IIR),told Ambassador Burghardt that IIR "greatly appreciates" Embassy Hanoi's support and looks forward to a co [...]	2003-02-27 09:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS VM

03HANOI486	VIETNAM: YEAR 2003 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: EMBASSY [...] (SBU) Embassy recommends continued placement of Vietnam on USTR's Special 301 Watch List for 2003 as enforcement of IPR in Vietnam remains weak and IPR violations are rampant. We do not believe elevation to the Priority Watch List is warranted, however, as: -- The U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trad [...]	2003-02-28 09:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR VM IPROP BTA
03HANOI489	Vietnam: First Round of Bilateral Textile Talks [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: USTR Special Textile Negotiator David Spooner led a 10 person USG delegation to Hanoi to begin negotiation of a bilateral textile agreement. The negotiations, originally scheduled to take place February 19-21, were shortened by half because weather conditions i [...]	2003-02-28 09:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV KTEX VM LABOR
03HANOI517	VIETNAM VIEWS ON NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT SUMMIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From the GVN's perspective, the recently concluded Non-Aligned Movement summit in Kuala Lumpur demonstrated that NAM continues to "revitalize and unify." While NAM came out strongly against a war on Iraq, Vietnamese officials did not view the conference as "anti- American." [...]	2003-03-05 08:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID VM NAM ASEAN
03HANOI527	VIETNAM - ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) As instructed ref A, post provides input for the 2003 Anti-trafficking in Persons report. The point of contact in Vietnam is Tim Swanson, tel. 84-4-772-1500 and fax 84-4-772-2614. Post estimates that collecting information for and drafting the report required 48 hours, including 8 hours [...]	2003-03-06 08:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB VM TIP LABOR
03HANOI541	DECEMBER 2002 GASSING INCIDENT IN LAI CHAU [...] (SBU) Summary: Reports of a gas attack on Hmong Protestants in Lai Chau province on December 29, 2002 appear to have a basis in fact. However, the gas appears to have been something like pepper spray or tear gas rather than more lethal poison gas as claimed in some reports. There are no c [...]	2003-03-07 08:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PINS VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE
03HANOI551	Reported attempts at forced renunciation of faith [...] (SBU) A reliable contact within the Evangelical Church of Vietnam - North (ECVN) provided Embassy with copies of 13 handwritten letters from Hmong Protestants in the Northwest Highlands province of Lao Cai, detailing harassment by local authorities and attempts at forced renunciation of faith [...]	2003-03-07 09:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PINS SOCI VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
03HANOI554	UNODC CONCERN OVER VIETNAM FUNDING [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 8. 2. (U) UNODC country representative Dr. Doris Buddenberg contacted poloff on March 6 to express concern over Department's decision to reprogram USD 740,000 originally intended to fund UNODC's law enforcement project "Interdiction and Seiz [...]	2003-03-07 10:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL EAID VM CNARC
03HANOI567	REVIEWING BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH DPM DUNG [...] (U) Summary. DPM Dung expressed general satisfaction with US-Vietnam relations, especially regarding trade and investment ties, along with the desire to do more to push the relationship further. He complained about the recent flag cases, catfish, and the US desire for a textile agreement, [...]	2003-03-11 01:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD MARR SNAR KCRM VM
03HANOI584	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ON IRAQ [...] (U) In a meeting on March 10 devoted primarily to bilateral ties (ref a),senior Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung described Vietnam's "consistent" policy regarding Iraq: The GVN opposed terrorism, opposed using the excuse of terrorism to invade another country, and opposed weapons of m [...]	2003-03-11 08:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR PTER VM IZ
03HANOI592	Religion in Lao Cai and Yen Bai - Different Stories [...] (U) Summary: Local officials in two mountainous, predominantly minority northwestern provinces appear to be taking differing approaches towards religion. Lao Cai officials talked a cautious and rigid line while trying to explain how they have supported religious practice within legal guide [...]	2003-03-12 03:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF SOCI PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
03HANOI593	SINGAPORE PRIME MINISTER REAFFIRMS STRONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong underscored a shared determination to advance the already strong economic ties with Vietnam. PM Goh encouraged his hosts to "look beyond Singapore" for future trade and investment partners, however. Both sides reaffirmed a commitment t [...]	2003-03-12 04:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV ETRD IZ SN VM ASEAN
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
03HANOI636	U.S.-VIETNAM FISHERIES CONSULTATIONS [...] SUMMARY: A USG fisheries delegation led by the U.S Department of Commerce NOAA Fisheries and including STATE/OES and others met with Vietnamese fisheries officials and visited several fisheries-related activities in and near Hanoi the week of March 10. Both sides gained insight into opportu [...]	2003-03-14 08:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV OTRA VM APEC
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
03HANOI676	PRO-PEACE RALLY AT EMBASSY [...] (U) During the afternoon of March 19, a group of approximately 30 school-age children (apparently in their early teens at the oldest) suddenly appeared at the front of the Chancery chanting -- in English -- "peace for Iraq" and "no war," and holding up a few pro-peace posters (also in Englis [...]	2003-03-19 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ASEC IZ VM
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
03HANOI694	THAN SHWE VISIT: CLOSE BUT NOT "TRADITIONAL" FRIENDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The visit by Than Shwe, Senior General and Chairman of Burma's State Peace and Development Council (SPDC),focused on trying to enhance the modest economic relationship of these two fellow ASEAN states. Narcotics were apparently not on the agenda; however, the two sides pled [...]	2003-03-21 07:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV SNAR ETRD MARR BM 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
03HANOI714	WARDEN MESSAGE - action request in paraS 1 and 5 [...] Mission has received and transmitted the travel warning ref a. However, Mission wishes to point out that the comment in the third paragraph, ".the Department of State has suspended official travel to Vietnam until further notice" is not the Mission's understanding of the current situation. M [...]	2003-03-24 10:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC 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
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
03HANOI842	The Prime Minister and Thich Huyen Quang [...] (U) Vietnamese media, including television on April 2 and all major newspapers including the Communist Party of Vietnam's flagstaff "Nhan Dan" and the military's "Quan Doi Nhan Dan" on April 3, gave prominent coverage to an April 2 meeting between Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and Thich ("Mos [...]	2003-04-03 10:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE
03HANOI956	VIETNAM'S PRIME MINISTER VISITS JAPAN: [...] (U) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Phan Van Khai's recent visit to Japan avoided potentially controversial political issues such as Iraq and North Korea, instead focusing on economic relations and aid. There is optimism that a bilateral investment agreement may be signed by the "end of this year" [...]	2003-04-17 09:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EAID ECON PGOV JA VM
03HANOI975	NONG DUC MANH'S "WORKING VISIT" TO THE PRC: -- THE VIEW FROM VIETNAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Nong Duc Manh, Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) General Secretary (GS),visited the PRC April 7 - 11. This was his second visit to the PRC since assuming these responsibilities in April 2001. GS Manh was apparently the first foreign leader to meet with the PRC's new leadersh [...]	2003-04-18 09:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR CH TW VM CVR
03HARARE1076	TSVANGIRAI TALKS ABOUT MASS ACTION, REGIONAL [...] (C) At a meeting on May 28, 2003, MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai and MDC deputy Secretary General Gift Chimanikire SIPDIS discussed the impending mass action, the status of the Mbeki-Muluzi-Obasanjo initiative, the court cases, and transitional period needs. Tsvangirai seemed confident that [...]	2003-05-30 06:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZI MDC
03HARARE1081	MDC OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES NATIONWIDE PROTESTS WEEK [...] (C) SUMMARY. The MDC officially announced that protests including demonstrations would begin June 2 and run throughout the week. However, in contrast to the official MDC call for mass action next week, MDC Special Presidential Advisor Gandi Mudzingwa confided that the party hoped to move up [...]	2003-05-30 10:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE1097	TSVANGIRAI DETAINED AS WEEK OF MDC PLANNED MASS [...] (C) Summary. MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai was arrested this morning as his party prepared to kick off a week of mass action including demonstrations and stayaways against the government of Robert Mugabe. Though charges have not yet been brought against Tsvangirai, it may be that the gover [...]	2003-06-02 09:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE1101	STAYAWAY SUCCESSFUL, DEMONSTRATIONS QUELLED - DAY [...] (C) The MDC planned stayaway has been largely successful with 80 - 95% of shops and businesses closed on June 2 in Harare and Bulawayo. There was very visible police and military presence in both cities starting on May 31, with several arrests and a few reports of beatings. ZANU-PF members d [...]	2003-06-02 15:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC 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
03HARARE1321	Fuel Strategies Amidst The Downward Spiral [...] (SBU) Summary: As noted reftel, multinational oil companies remain in limbo as to whether they will be allowed to sell fuel imported with forex at a viable pump price. Industry sources report that the National Oil Company of Zimbabwe (NOCZIM) will continue to bring in heavily subsidized fuel [...]	2003-06-27 10:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EPET 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
03HARARE1381	HARARE MAYOR ARRESTED, RELEASED AND RE-ARRESTED [...] (C) In his first days back at work following a trip to the U.S. and the UK, Harare Executive Mayor Elias Mudzuri was arrested by police at his office both on July 7 and 8. Minister of Local Government Ignatious Chombo attempted to suspend Mudzuri in April 2003 for alleged incompetence and malf [...]	2003-07-08 13:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
03HARARE1398	RIOT POLICE BREAK UP SMALL DEMONSTRATION, HARARE [...] (C) On July 8 police stopped about 15 to 20 MDC members who attempted to march from Africa Unity Square in downtown Harare to the US Embassy to deliver a petition. While the Daily News reported the number of demonstrators to be about 3000, reports from witnesses put the number at 15 - 20. [...]	2003-07-09 09:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE1400	MEDIA COVERAGE PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] President George W. Bush's visit to Africa continues to make headlines in the local print and electronic media. While the independent press is casting the visit in positive light, the government-controlled print and electronic media is denouncing the whistle stop tour [...]	2003-07-09 09:11:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM 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
03HARARE1453	CAPITALIZING ON POTUS VISIT TO MOVE SOUTH AFRICA [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-17 12:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SF ZI
03HARARE1599	BISHOP RECOUNTS STATUS OF TALKS INITIATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On behalf of the bishops' troika (reftels),Trevor Manhanga of the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe on August 8 gave Charge a status report on the bishops' initiative to get political talks renewed. Manhanga dismissed criticism of the initiative by certain ZANU-PF elements and [...]	2003-08-12 07:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL 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
03HARARE1717	MIXED REPORTS IN RUN-UP TO ZIMBABWE'S LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Zimbabwe will hold two parliamentary by-elections, and mayoral and urban council elections in twenty cities across the country on August 30 - 31. Embassy Harare has been coordinating with other missions in Harare to mount an observation effort to cover most of the constituencies. [...]	2003-08-29 10:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE175	POSSIBLE THREAT TO US EMBASSIES IN EAST AFRICA [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: ON 24 JANUARY 2003 RSO WAS CONTACTED AFTER HOURS BY MR. JERRY REDEMPTUS WHO PROVIDED LIMITED INFORMATION REGARDING A POSSIBLE TERRORIST OPERATION AGAINST THE US EMBASSIES KAMPALA, NAIROBI, AND DAR ES SALAAM FROM AL-QAEDA. REDEMPTUS STATED THAT INDIVIDUALS IN DAR ES SALAAM WOU [...]	2003-01-27 12:10:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
03HARARE1782	MINISTER OF STATE NKOMO ON INTERPARTY TALKS: HASTE [...] (c) Summary. The Ambassador met with Minister of State for Special Affairs John Nkomo on September 10 as a follow up to last month's meeting (ref a). The talks centered on HIV/AIDS programs, the role of NGOs in distributing humanitarian food assistance, the status of interparty dialogue, an [...]	2003-09-11 07:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ZI
03HARARE1805	Tsvangirai Treason Trial Postponed Until [...] (SBU) Lawyers for Morgan Tsvangirai advised the Embassy on September 12 that by mutual agreement of the parties, resumption of Tsvangirai's treason trial was postponed from September 15 to September 22. Presiding Justice Garwe approached the parties on September 11, noting that he had schedu [...]	2003-09-12 10:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI ZI MDC
03HARARE1971	MDC SHADOW MINISTERS PREVIEW PARTY'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MDC shadow minister for economic affairs and MDC MP Tendai Biti on September 23 summarized to emboff the elements of the party's economic plan, called RESTART. The plan, which he cast as essentially a social democratic platform, was being circulated for comment and could be exp [...]	2003-09-29 15:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD SOCI ZI MDC
03HARARE1976	TAKING STOCK OF TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: With signals from ZANU-PF and MDC suggesting that they may be preparing to resume negotiations, Embassy offers this inventory of factors likely to play on each party's negotiating posture during the run-up to and in the conduct of talks. To date, neither party appe [...]	2003-09-30 10:18:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
03HARARE1977	BISHOPS PROPOSE PARTIES' RETREAT [...] (C) Bishop Trevor Manhanga on September 26 offered the Embassy an update on the so-called bishops' initiative. According to Manhanga, the bishops continued to meet personally with representatives from each party at least once a week. They remained especially encouraged by ZANU-PF's posture, [...]	2003-09-30 10:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
03HARARE2044	DISASTER DECLARATION FOR ZIMBABWE [...] The Ambassador has determined that the severe and complex political, economic, social and humanitarian crises facing Zimbabwe continue to be of sufficient magnitude to warrant USG assistance and is therefore exercising the disaster assistance authority, as per Reftel B and 2 FAM-061-062, in de [...]	2003-10-09 14:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL US ZI
03HARARE2091	GOZ has no money for fuel [...] Summary: Oil parastatal NOCZIM has been unable to import fuel for GOZ purposes over the past week. End summary. 2. The fuel shortage is affecting Zimbabweans in a variety of ways: - The National Railway of Zimbabwe (NRZ),a critical cog in the country's economic infrastructure, has can [...]	2003-10-20 13:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2094	MDC OFFICIAL ON POSSIBLE CIO INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MDC's Chairman for Harare Morgan Femai related to poloff on October 20 a first person account of the shootings at MDC's Harvest House headquarters on October 18. The senior MDC official present when the events took place, Femai alleged that the shooter, Ronnie Chihota, was as [...]	2003-10-21 09:18:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PHUM ZI MDC
03HARARE2105	VIOLENCE IN REDCLIFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Inter-party violence in Redcliff over the weekend reportedly left the homes of eight MDC members and two former ZANU-PF urban councilors damaged and one former ZANU-PF urban councilor (the father of an Embassy FSN) hospitalized. Hundreds of MDC supporters assaulted a senior ZANU [...]	2003-10-23 12:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC ZI
03HARARE2122	ENGAGING SOUTH AFRICANS ON ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-24 10:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ZI SF
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
03HARARE2159	LEGAL BATTLE ON AFTER RELEASE OF ANZ DIRECTORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A court magistrate on October 29 ordered the release of four directors of the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ),reserving judgment on criminal charges pending against them until November 13. Armed police continue to bar access to ANZ offices, preventing resumed publicat [...]	2003-10-30 13:20:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE2160	MUGABE WORKING AFTER POSSIBLE BRIEF "HEALTH [...] (C) Reports that President Mugabe suffered a stroke or other debilitating illness within the past week appear to be unfounded. Reliable Embassy contacts confirmed that he had been sighted on numerous occasions during the past few days, including at a politburo meeting yesterday and at the co [...]	2003-10-30 14:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZI
03HARARE2179	GOZ BLAMES HARARE CITY COUNCIL FOR WATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: For the past several weeks, the government press has blamed Harare's MDC-dominated City Council for myriad woes and has depicted a Council mired in personnel conflicts and improper procedures. It is possible the GOZ is gearing up to dismiss the entire Council and replace it with [...]	2003-11-03 09:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI MDC
03HARARE2204	MDC LEGAL AFFAIRS SECRETARY ON RECENTLY CONCLUDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC Secretary for Legal Affairs David Coltart on November 4 confirmed to the Embassy the party's expectation that the court would delay issuance of judgment on the election petition (hearings on which concluded November 4) before eventually rejecting it. He outlined to Ambassado [...]	2003-11-05 15:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI MDC
03HARARE2252	MUGABE VIGNETTES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy offers the following brief collection of personal tidbits on President Mugabe gleaned from the UN Resident Representative here and friends of the Mugabe family. The vignettes depict an ailing, egotistical family man interested in leaving office but give no indication o [...]	2003-11-17 13:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZI
03HARARE2256	MUGABE'S CHOGM ATTENDANCE IN AIR FOLLOWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nigerian President Obasanjo met with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai twice and President Mugabe once during his visit to Zimbabwe on November 17. According to MDC sources, Tsvangirai told Obasanjo during the first meeting that the MDC would be willing to participate in a tran [...]	2003-11-18 13:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
03HARARE2287	OPPOSITION LEADER ON OBASANJO VISIT, POLITICAL [...] (C) Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on November 21 confirmed to Ambassador Sullivan the essential details related by associates to the Embassy last week (reftel) of his meetings with Nigerian President Obasanjo on November 17. He clarified that Obasanjo had said that Mugabe indicated agr [...]	2003-11-24 14:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI MDC
03HARARE2302	Gono will speak on Dec 17 [...] (U) Summary: Zimbabwe's business community eagerly awaits incoming Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono's first policy statement, now scheduled for December 17. Most critical is where Gono comes down on currency markets. End Summary. 2. (U) After Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa's vacuou [...]	2003-11-26 09:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2309	RECUSAL OF JUDGE MUDDIES DAILY NEWS CASE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Administrative Court Justice Michael Majuru recused himself from the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) case on November 25 following reports that he was to be investigated for bias in the case. A Media and Information Commission (MIC) application to h [...]	2003-11-26 14:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE2329	Weary retailer asks, what next? [...] (U) Summary: A major Zimbabwe retailer has just lived through violent occupations, price controls, imperious ministers, high inflation and shortages of fuel, electricity and cash. Its Chief Operating Officer now wonders what more the GOZ can throw at him. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The Embassy [...]	2003-12-02 05:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV ZI
03HARARE2364	RULING PARTY CIRCLES WAGONS AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ZANU-PF annual conference December 5-8 in Masvingo projected a ruling party united under the unquestioned leadership of Robert Mugabe and ever-resistant to outside influence. The conference ended suspense over succession speculation by indicating unambiguously that the party [...]	2003-12-08 15:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI ZANU PF
03HARARE244	Zimbabweans' Tale of Downward Mobility [...] Summary: The Embassy's Economic/Commercial section recently convened a discussion group of 25 lower-grade national employees to help us assess the impact of Zimbabwe's economic crisis on ordinary citizens. Employees described ever-worsening conditions in transport, health, education, housing a [...]	2003-02-05 06:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN ECON APER ZI
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
03HARARE2455	MDC CONSOLIDATES PLATFORM AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under the firm leadership of Party President Morgan Tsvangirai, the MDC's national conference in Harare December 20-21 yielded a comprehensive policy platform and "blueprint" for national recovery. The party reiterated its commitment to unconditional ta [...]	2003-12-23 15:27:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI ZI MDC
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
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
03HARARE409	Modest Hike in Fuel Prices [...] (U) Summary: The GOZ has nearly doubled the price of fuel, the first increase since June 2001. The higher pump price still reflects a heavy and unsustainable subsidy, meaning the country's fuel shortage will continue. Nonetheless, this is a small step toward market- determined pricing. End [...]	2003-02-26 12:33:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET ETRD ZI
03HARARE422	OBASANJO LETTER TO HOWARD: FANTASYLAND [...] (U) The recent letter from President Obasanjo to Australian PM Howard recommending lifting of Commonwealth sanctions on Zimbabwe surprised many observers in Zimbabwe, as many of the assertions on which his recommendation is based have little basis in reality. Indeed, the Nigerian president a [...]	2003-02-27 11:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV 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
03HARARE516	BOMB ATTACKS PLANNED: LOW-LEVEL MDC INTELLIGENCE [...] (S) Charles Mutama, Harare regional coordinator for intelligence for the MDC, reported to Poloff that the Security, Intelligence, and Youth branches of the MDC are planning bomb attacks on police stations, militia bases, and ZANU-PF-owned shops and gas stations in five cities around the countr [...]	2003-03-12 11:45:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PGOV PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE537	Humanitarian Assistance Field Observations [...] From March 4-8, (2003) USAID/AFR/SA Officer (AIDOff) MacNairn conducted three field trips to assess the delivery and impact of humanitarian assistance in Zimbabwe. Events covered for these field trips included a seed fair, a food distribution (also attended by DCM Whitehead),and an intervie [...]	2003-03-14 10:20:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL US ZI
03HARARE546	MDC MASS ACTION IMMINENT [...] (C) After a year of careful planning, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has, for the first time since the flawed 2002 presidential election, issued a public call for Zimbabweans to participate in mass action, beginning on March 18 and 19. In full-page advertisements carrie [...]	2003-03-17 17:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC 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
03HARARE570	SECOND DAY OF MDC STAYAWAY A MAJOR SUCCESS [...] (C) Approximately 80-90 percent of private urban businesses were closed nationwide on March 19, the second day of the national stayaway organized by the opposition MDC. In Harare, more than 90 percent of retail shops in the central business district were shuttered (significantly more than th [...]	2003-03-19 14:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
03HARARE590	Finance Head Dislikes Price Controls [...] (SBU) Summary: During a meeting with Ambassador Sullivan, Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa agreed that economic intervention has gone too far. He expressed hope that he and other GOZ moderates will be able to push through reforms that reach beyond last month's devaluation. End summary. Le [...]	2003-03-21 09:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ZI
03HARARE600	MUGABE INCITES BRUTALIZATION OF MDC SUPPORTERS [...] (C) In the wake of the successful March 18 - 19 MDC stayaway the GOZ has embarked on a massive retribution campaign against lower-level MDC officials, and some MDC MPs. Police, suspected CIO officers and soldiers have arrested, beaten, raped and tortured several hundred MDC supporters. The GO [...]	2003-03-24 16:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC ZI MDC
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
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
03HARARE768	TSVANGIRAI WELCOMES MULUZI INITIATIVE [...] Summary: In an April 17 conversation with the Ambassador, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai welcomed the initiative by President Muluzi to encourage political dialogue in Zimbabwe and expressed hope that it might help forestall further mass action -- and its unpred [...]	2003-04-17 14:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI SADC
03HARARE779	FUEL PRICE INCREASE TRIGGERS ZCTU CALL FOR MASS [...] (C) Summary. After the GOZ unilaterally authorized a 300% increase in gasoline prices outside the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) framework (ref a),the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has retaliated by calling for a three-day mass stayaway and announcing its immediate withdrawal [...]	2003-04-23 09:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB PGOV ZI
03HARARE783	SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT IN FOOD SECURITY [...] A monthly food monitoring report issued by the National NGO Food Security Network (FOSENET) suggests a slight improvement in the food security situation across the country since January due to wider distribution of relief food and early harvests. Despite these gains in rural areas, the urban [...]	2003-04-23 13:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID ZI
03HARARE855	Zimbabwe International Trade Fair 2003 -- Low [...] (U) Summary: The Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) is the country's premier trade event and was once a regional and international showcase. Three years ago, the number of both local and international exhibitors started to decline due to economic and political problems. This year saw [...]	2003-05-06 06:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON ELTN ZI
03HARARE890	SOUTH AFRICAN EMBASSY BELIEVES PROGRESS BEING MADE [...] (c) The Ambassador met May 8 with South African High Commissioner Jeremiah Ndou to discuss the May 5 visit of Presidents Mbeki, Muluzi and Obasanjo. Ndou confirmed that President Mugabe had accepted that the MDC court challenge of presidential election results would not be an impediment to di [...]	2003-05-08 14:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SF ZI
03HARARE954	MDC BOMBER CONFESSES [...] (S) MDC activist Sedweak Munyaradzi Mupazviripo Munya (protect) has informed embassy officer that he had made and thrown nine petrol bombs at three different ZANU-PF meetings-in-progress on about April 25. It is likely that MDC security head Solomon Chikowero is the highest MDC official aware [...]	2003-05-19 08:38:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC
03HARARE963	MEDIA REPORT GOZ DEPORTS ANDREW MELDRUM; [...] Under headline "Arrests, deportations: Government running scared" the independent weekly "The Standard" dedicated its May 18 editorial to criticizing the Government of Zimbabwe for deporting Andrew Meldrum, a United States national and Harare-based correspondent [...]	2003-05-19 13:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE967	BUSINESS SLOW TO ACT ON HIV/AIDS [...] Zimbabwe has one of the highest HIV infection rates in the world but the private sector has done surprisingly little to help stem the spread of the disease. The sector only recently began actively supporting HIV initiatives in the workplace, in part because absenteeism and deaths had begun to [...]	2003-05-20 08:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV SOCI ECON ZI HIV AIDS
03HOCHIMINHCITY1000	UNITED BUDDHIST CHURCH OF VIETNAM: GENERAL SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) General Secretary Thich Tue Sy told ConGen today that he has been placed SIPDIS under a two-year administrative detention, effective October 11. He confirmed that Thich Nguyen Ly and Thich Thanh Huyen -- two other UBCV monks riding in the van [...]	2003-10-14 13:34:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE
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
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
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
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

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
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
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
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
03ISTANBUL1364	UNEMPLOYMENT: TURKEY'S OTHER CRISIS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: While market attention is focused on IMF program implementation and the sustainability of Turkey's debt, joblessness and underemployment remain the key preoccupations of the bulk of the Turkish population. [...]	2003-09-16 05:18:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL1617	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH CONTEMPLATES CUBA VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarchate leadership confirms that Patriarch Bartholomew is considering a trip to Cuba on January 21, 2004 to dedicate a new Orthodox Church. Now aware of USG concerns about the trip, the Patriarch may reconsider. Action request in para 5. End Summary. 2. (C) [...]	2003-11-03 05:58:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM TU CU
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
03ISTANBUL1847	ISTANBUL-YEREVAN FLIGHTS: TURKISH FIRM ENTERS THE [...] (C) Summary: Absent an open border between Turkey and Armenia, twice-weekly flights between Istanbul and Yerevan since 1995 have provided some of the only direct contact between Turks and Armenians. Initially operated by the state-owned (and now bankrupt) Armenian Airlines, the rights were ta [...]	2003-12-18 08:23:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV AM 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
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
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
03ISTANBUL588	POWER AT ANY PRICE? CEM UZAN'S POLITICAL AMBITIONS [...] (C) Summary: Initial contacts with Youth Party (GP) officials in Istanbul confirm our belief that the party is essentially a vehicle of convenience for media tycoon Cem Uzan's considerable political ambitions. At the same time, GP is not resting on its laurels, but instead is moving quickly t [...]	2003-04-28 08:52:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TK
03ISTANBUL967	ISTANBUL - NOB Move - Good-bye Palazzo Corpi [...] On this day, the staff of AmConGen Istanbul is moving to its newly finished and dedicated office building in Istinye some 11 miles northeast of the historic "Palazzo Corpi," which has served as the centerpiece of a U.S. Legation, U.S. Embassy, and U.S. Consulate since its own completion in 1 [...]	2003-07-10 13:25:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT
03JERUSALEM2293	HAMAS READY TO EXTEND TRUCE, PA MINISTER CLAIMS [...] (C) Following up on his conversation with Embassy PolOff last week (reftel),PA Minister of Culture Ziad Abu-Amr, in a meeting with A/PO in Ramallah on 8/4, said that Hamas leaders would tell PA Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza this week that they are prepared to extend the cease-fire for [...]	2003-08-05 15:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL IS
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
03KABUL1022	AFGHANISTAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR UPDATE - [...] (C) The Ministry of Communications (MOC) is facing an assortment of challenges as the government of President Karzai enters the Afghan year 1382. The Ministry,s relations with its sole telecom service provider, Afghan Wireless Communications Company (AWCC),continue to deteriorate while a sec [...]	2003-04-20 04:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINV ECON ELAB 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
03KABUL1225	UPDATE ON KABUL-KANDAHAR ROAD: AMBASSADOR'S MAY 7 [...] (C) On May 7, Ambassador met with the Afghan Reconstruction Company,s Vice President, Tim Lane, and Managing Director, Zaher Yaqoubi. Lane presented the Ambassador with a summary of progress on the Kabul-Kandahar road and shared concerns over the end-of-2003 completion deadline. 2. (C) La [...]	2003-05-12 02:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV ASEC AF
03KABUL133	MINISTER ANNOUNCES AFGHAN GSP DESIGNATION AT 1/16 [...] (U) On January 16, Minister of Commerce Seyed Mustafa Kazimi convened a press conference to announce the designation of Afghanistan as a U.S. GSP beneficiary country. Roughly twenty mostly Afghan print media, VOA and six-eight other radio outlets and four TV outlets were present. USAID Direc [...]	2003-01-17 12:14:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD AF EIAD ETIO
03KABUL1565	COMMERCIAL BANKING SECTOR UPDATE - JUNE 2003 [...] (SBU) In previous reporting, post has identified the lack of commercial banking facilities in Afghanistan as a major obstacle to attracting increased investment. Further, the lack of reliable banking institutions, and the resulting prevalence of NGOs and businesses having to keep large amount [...]	2003-06-06 02:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN AFIN AF
03KABUL1744	NATO ISAF DELEGATION DISCUSSES SECURITY, AIRPORT [...] (C) Post hosted June 19 a meeting with the visiting NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) delegation led by Deputy Secretary General for Peacekeeping Robert Serry. Representatives from NATO embassies in Kabul included the UK, Spanish, Turks, Danes, and Dutch; the Germans, Belgians [...]	2003-06-29 05:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS MARR AF
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
03KAMPALA2587	UGANDA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Kampala's submission for the 2003 Annual Terrorism Report is keyed to reftel as follows: A) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAIDA OPERATIVES, BUT INCLUDING DIPLOMTIC EFFORTS [...]	2003-12-02 13:06:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER UG
03KATHMANDU1011	NEPAL: PARTISAN RIVALRY MAY PREVENT CONSENSUS ON [...] (C) It seems unlikely that the seven political parties will be able to offer King Gyanendra a consensus candidate for Prime Minister by the June 2 deadline he gave them on May 30 (Ref A). Three smaller parties--each of whom is pressing its own leader as a potential PM--might succeed in unde [...]	2003-06-02 12:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1018	FUTURE OF TIBETAN REFUGEES IN NEPAL REMAINS [...] (U) PolOffs met June 3 with Wangchuk Tsering, Office of Tibet and Official Representative of the Dalai Lama in Nepal to discuss the status of Tibeten refugees in Nepal, after the May 30 deportation described Ref B. Tsering said he appreciated USG efforts to delay the deportation of the 18 ref [...]	2003-06-03 10:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL CH NP
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
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
03KATHMANDU1074	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES, POLICY AMBIGUITIES [...] (C) On June 10 in separate conversations with Charge and Ambassador Joyce Leader, Office Director of PRM/ANE, the Secretaries of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Home SIPDIS have attempted to assure us that Government of Nepal (GON) policy toward Tibetan refugees transiting Nepal has n [...]	2003-06-11 09:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL CH NP
03KATHMANDU1138	NEPAL: MAOISTS UTILIZING TRADE UNIONS TO ADD [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past week, garment manufacturers have been in negotiations with leaders of the Maoist-affiliated trade union. The Maoists have requested a dramatic increase in salaries and permanent employment. The Maoists have issued vague threats to pressure the garment manufactu [...]	2003-06-19 10:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PTER 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
03KATHMANDU1194	NEPALI TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO 75 YEARS' [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-26 23:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OTRA NP
03KATHMANDU1213	NEPALI GOVERNMENT SAID TO ACCEPT OUTSIDE [...] (C) Summary: According to a representative from a Swiss NGO, the Government of Nepal (GON) peace negotiation team has agreed in principle to accept outside "negotiation support," to be provided to both the GON and Maoist insurgents. Despite the delay in peace talks, the recent change in gov [...]	2003-06-27 10:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER EAID NP GON
03KATHMANDU1214	NEPAL: POLICE DETAIN 19 UNDOCUMENTED TIBETANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EMBASSY DISCUSSIONS WITH NEPAL'S PRIME MINISTER AND UNHCR SUGGEST THAT 19 UNDOCUMENTED TIBETANS DETAINED IN WESTERN NEPAL ON JUNE 24 MAY BE TURNED OVER UNHCR. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) ON JUNE 24, NEPALI POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED 19 UNDOCUMENTED TIBETANS IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT [...]	2003-06-27 10:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NOTAG NP
03KATHMANDU1219	NEPAL RELEASES NINETEEN TIBETANS TO UNHCR [...] (SBU) IN A UNHCR BRIEFING TO THE DONOR COMMUNITY IN KATHMANDU ON JUNE 30, EMBASSY WAS INFORMED THAT THE 19 TIBETANS ARRESTED ON JUNE 24 (REFTEL) HAVE BEEN TURNED OVER TO THE UNHCR FOR PROCESSING AND TRANSIT TO INDIA. 2. (SBU) ON JUNE 29, A UNHCR TEAM ARRIVED IN KAILALI DISTRICT IN WESTERN N [...]	2003-06-30 08:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL CH NP
03KATHMANDU1252	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JUNE 28-July 3 [...] Pushpa Kamal Dahal, alias Prachanda, Maoist supreme leader, called upon the five major political parties of Nepal to unite against foreign forces, and to support the Maoist demands set forth in the first round of peace negotiations (Ref A). The Government of Nepal (GON) and senior Maoist lea [...]	2003-07-03 06:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU128	NEPAL: FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN BHUTANESE REFUGEE [...] (C) Foreign Minister Narendra Bikram Shah returns on January 28 from an unofficial visit to Bhutan to discuss the refugee issue with his counterpart. Shah said he believes the visit presents a window of opportunity to secure a bilateral resolution to the problem. The EU representative in Ka [...]	2003-01-24 08:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL NP BT UNHCR
03KATHMANDU1308	NEPAL: TIBETAN REFUGEES AND U.S. INTERESTS - [...] (SBU) Embassy understands that a group of nine congressmen who sent a letter on June 19 to the Prime Minister of Nepal is now poised to introduce punitive legislation against Nepal if the government does not satisfy their ultimatum regarding the status of Tibetan refugees in Nepal. The Embassy [...]	2003-07-11 08:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID PREL 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
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
03KATHMANDU1357	NEPAL: JULY 20-25 VISIT TO WASHINGTON OF FOREIGN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request at paragraph 17. Summary: Issues the Secretary Intends to Address in Washington ============================================= ================= 2. (SBU) On July 17, the Ambassador, DCM, and poloff met with Nepal's Foreign Secretary, Madhu Raman [...]	2003-07-18 09:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF ETRD MASS NP XD
03KATHMANDU1358	NEPAL: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa on July 16, the Ambassador, accompanied by the ambassadors of the UK, India, Germany and France and leaders of their respective bilateral chambers of commerce, discussed their intention to issue a joint statement condemning gro [...]	2003-07-18 09:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PTER NP
03KATHMANDU1369	NEPAL: JOINT STATEMENT CONDEMNING MAOIST [...] (U) Ref A cable resent to expanded list of addressees (AmEmbassies Berlin and Paris). 2. (U) On July 21, the Industrial Security Group in Nepal released a press statement condemning Maoist extortions of individuals and businesses during the current cease-fire. Despite provisions in the c [...]	2003-07-21 23:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV ECON EINV NP
03KATHMANDU1370	NEPAL: ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY IN TROUBLE IN FIGHT [...] (C) Summary. The head of Nepal's anti-corruption agency, CIAA Commissioner Surya Nath Upadhyaya, met with the Ambassador on July 18 to discuss the agency's investigation into allegations of corruption within Nepal's two government-owned banks. The cases involve at least five of the country's [...]	2003-07-21 23:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR EAID PGOV NP GON
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
03KATHMANDU1390	NEPAL: ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT ENTERS INTO FORCE [...] (SBU) On July 22, 2003, Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note to the Embassy, informing us that the Government of Nepal (GON) has completed the necessary domestic legal requirements for entry into force of the Article 98 Agreement. The Agreement, signed in Kathmandu on D [...]	2003-07-25 09:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA PREL PGOV PINR NP
03KATHMANDU140	NEPAL: HEAD OF ARMED POLICE FORCE ASSASSINATED IN [...] At approximately 7:30 a.m. local time on January 26, two masked gunmen shot and killed Mohan Krishna Shrestha, Inspector General of Police (IGP) for the Armed Police Force (APF),as he was taking a morning walk near his residence. Also killed were Shrestha's wife and bodyguard. Residents in [...]	2003-01-26 08:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV 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
03KATHMANDU1418	NEPAL: LAST DITCH EFFORTS TO RESUME PEACE TALKS [...] (C) As reported in reftel, Nepal's Maoists have established a July 31 deadline for the Government of Nepal (GoN) to meet their conditions for a third round of peace talks. Embassy contacts in the police concur with our assessment that all the preconditions will not be met, thereby seriously [...]	2003-07-29 10:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	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
03KATHMANDU1484	INDIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR PLEDGES TO [...] (S) Summary. According to the Indian Ambassador to Nepal, India's National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra has reaffirmed the Indian Government's (GOI's) policy of synchronizing with the U.S. its tough talking points for Nepal's Maoist leaders. Mishra reportedly also pledged that his Governm [...]	2003-08-05 09:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV NP IN
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
03KATHMANDU1516	MEETING WITH ONE OF NEPAL'S MOST SENIOR DEMOCRATS: [...] (C) On August 7, the Ambassador met with Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, a founding father of Nepal's democracy, and Narayan Khadga, a former Vice Chairman of the National Planning Commission, to discuss the internal dynamics of the Nepali Congress Party, Bhattarai's recent discussions with the Kin [...]	2003-08-08 09:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NP
03KATHMANDU1542	NEPALI STUDENT LEADERS WARN OF MORE "AGITATION [...] In meetings with the Nepali Student Union and the Nepal National Student's Union-the two largest of Nepal's seven united student unions-backed by the Nepali Congress (NC) party and the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) respectively, student leaders said they intended [...]	2003-08-14 05:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI NP
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
03KATHMANDU1565	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT-MAOIST NEGOTIATIONS GENERATE [...] (C) The Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents opened the third round of negotiations in the southwestern city of Nepalgunj on August 17. The GON team presented a package of proposed political reforms that include two of the three main Maoist demands. Speaking to the press after the [...]	2003-08-18 11:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS NP GON
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
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
03KATHMANDU1606	NEPAL: BHUTAN'S COMMITMENT TO REPATRIATE REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary. The postponement of the 15th Nepal-Bhutan Joint Ministerial originally scheduled for August 11-15 has led many Bhutanese refugee leaders to become increasingly doubtful of the Royal Government of Bhutan's commitment to repatriate the refugees. UNHCR field director John Andrew re [...]	2003-08-25 08:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL BH NP
03KATHMANDU1612	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATOR GLUM ON PROSPECTS [...] (C) In an August 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Kamal Thapa, Information Minister and a Government of Nepal's (GON) negotiator with the Maoists, appeared pessimistic about prospects for dialogue after the August 17-19 round of talks (Refs A-B). The Maoists rejected, among other things, a GO [...]	2003-08-25 10:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM NP GON
03KATHMANDU1614	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: AUGUST [...] PEACE TALKS -- Dr. Bhattarai for no less than constituent assembly: The Maoists warned (8/24) the government that the ongoing talks would cease automatically if the latter declined to come up with its revised agenda by Tuesday and accept the Maoist condition for unconditional constituent [...]	2003-08-26 05:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU1621	NEPAL: WERE FOUR TIBETAN CHILDREN DEPORTED IN [...] (C) Summary. Radio Free Asia reported on August 8 that four Tibetan children were deported from Nepal to China. The facts of the alleged deporation are far from clear, however. The Office of Tibet has anectodal evidence that the deporation did occur while UNHCR officials in Nepal are convinc [...]	2003-08-26 12:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF CH NP
03KATHMANDU1638	NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES IN [...] (S) Summary: The August 20 arrest in Chennai of Maoist Politburo member Chandra Gajurel is the most significant capture of a member of the insurgents' leadership in more than seven years of conflict. While the reasons for Gajurel's intended travel to the UK remain unclear, his arrest could [...]	2003-08-27 10:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PTER PREL IN NP
03KATHMANDU1643	NEPAL: PAKISTAN EMBASSY EMPLOYEE CAUGHT WITH [...] (SBU) On August 19, Nepalese Police arrested an administrative staff member of the Pakistani Embassy, allegedly carrying counterfeit Indian currency. The staff member was released into the Pakistani Ambassador's custody and deported over the weekend. The Pakistani Embassy denies all the cha [...]	2003-08-27 12:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ECON ETTC KCRM IN PK NP XD
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
03KATHMANDU1648	NEPAL: MAOIST HIT TEAMS SHOOT TWO ARMY COLONELS IN [...] (S) Less than 24 hours after breaking the seven-month cease fire Maoist hit squads shot two Royal Nepal Army (RNA) colonels in separate incidents in Kathmandu on August 28. One died within hours of the attack; the other is in stable condition. The security forces expect the Maoists to pursue [...]	2003-08-28 09:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PTER ASEC PINS PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1666	NEPAL: CIVIL SOCIETY AND INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS [...] (SBU) On August 28 and 29, Nepal's civil society and international missions issued strong statements condemning the Maoists' withdrawal from peace talks. An umbrella school association organized the largest rally in recent memory to encourage both sides to return to the negotiating table. Th [...]	2003-08-29 09:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1674	NEPAL: POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS SEEKING US MEDIATION [...] (S) Mainstream political parties are reassessing plans for a large joint demonstration to be held in the capital on September 4 in light of the Maoists' unilateral decision to break the ceasefire and return to violence. Party leaders have indicated that they are seeking an overture from King [...]	2003-08-29 10:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PGOV PREL NP GON
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
03KATHMANDU1684	NEPAL: FORMER PRESIDENT OF FINLAND AHTISAARI [...] (C) Summary. Former President of Finland Marti Ahtisaari paid a three-day visit to Nepal August 28-30 at the request of British aid agency DFID to provide assistance to the facilitators of the GON-Maoist peace talks. During a meeting with Ambassador Malinowski, Ahtisaari expressed optimism t [...]	2003-09-02 09:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV NP GON
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
03KATHMANDU1691	STUDENT UNION LEADERS ARRESTED DURING POLITICAL [...] (SBU) From 1430 to 1600 on September 2, roughly 150 students began demonstrating in Ratna Park in central Kathmandu to protest the Government of Nepal's "regressive actions" against the political parties. The students represented the various student unions that are affiliated with the five ma [...]	2003-09-02 10:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1692	NEPAL: AMBASSADOR URGES PARTIES TO TURN OFF [...] (S) Ambassador Malinowski, accompanied by British Ambassador Keith Bloomfield, had separate discussions with party leaders and the Prime Minister on August 31 and September 1 in an effort to head off a potentially violent all-party demonstration planned for September 4 (Ref A). The Indian Am [...]	2003-09-02 10:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL UK NP
03KATHMANDU1723	NEPAL: PRELIMINARY READ-OUT ON MEETING BETWEEN [...] (S) According to the British Ambassador's read-out of the September 4 meeting between King Gyanendra and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in London, the King said that he would reach out to the political parties only if efforts to revive negotiations with the Maoists fail. The King also [...]	2003-09-05 08:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM UK NP
03KATHMANDU1727	NEPAL: MAOISTS ATTEMPT TO KILL BRIGADIER GENERAL, [...] (SBU) At 14:30 on August 4, Maoists attempted to kill Fifth Brigade Commander, Brigadier General Gaurav SJB Rana, while in a vehicle convoy driving from his command headquarters in Dipayal, Doti (in Nepal's Far-West Development Region) south to Dhanghadi. Two pipe bombs were used in the atta [...]	2003-09-05 09:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1743	NEPAL: PARTIES CONTINUE PROTESTS, GOVERNMENT [...] (U) On September 8, the five major political parties continued with their fifth day of protest in Kathmandu, culminating in the arrest of an estimated 90-100 people in various parts of the city. The parties have called off the protest scheduled for September 9 because of a Newari festival da [...]	2003-09-08 09:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV NP GON
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
03KATHMANDU175	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT AND MAOISTS DECLARE CEASE-FIRE, [...] (U) On January 29, the Maoists followed by the Government of Nepal (GoN) announced a cease-fire. The GoN (see paragraph 13),in return, agreed to drop the terrorist designation placed on the Maoists. In their statement (see paragraph 12),the Maoists reiterated their demands for a round table [...]	2003-01-30 09:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINS 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
03KATHMANDU1805	NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ALLEGES HUMAN [...] (C) On September 12 the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) submitted a report to the Prime Minister that implicates the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) in the summary executions of 17 Maoist prisoners and two civilians in Ramechhap District on August 17. Although the Embassy has not seen the re [...]	2003-09-15 09:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER MCAP PINR NP
03KATHMANDU1806	NEPAL: MAOISTS CONTINUE LIMITED STRIKES, [...] (SBU) On September 15, the Maoists killed two policeman and seriously injured three others in three separate incidents across the Kingdom. The Maoists are reportedly impressing families to provide a daughter or son aged 13-22 under the threat of "dire consequences." End summary. Maoist "H [...]	2003-09-15 10:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CASC ASEC NP
03KATHMANDU1822	NEPAL: MAOISTS DEMAND MONEY FROM COCA-COLA, [...] (U) This cable contains business sensitive information and should be handled accordingly. 2. (SBU) On September 15, Maoists resumed extortion demands of Coca-Cola in Nepal. Coca-Cola has investments valued at USD 30 million in the country in the form of two bottling plants, one in Kathma [...]	2003-09-17 09:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ECON ASEC NP
03KATHMANDU1823	NEPAL: INDUSTRIAL SECURITY GROUP DISCUSSES MAOIST [...] (SBU) On September 11, the Industrial Security Group, comprised of the bilateral chambers and foreign missions of the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, and India, held a meeting to discuss the deteriorating security situation in Nepal. The group reviewed the Government's security plans, Maoist ex [...]	2003-09-17 09:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ECON ASEC NP
03KATHMANDU1835	NEPAL: PUBLIC OBSERVED FIRST DAY OF GENERAL [...] (SBU) On September 18, the first day of a Maoist-imposed three day general strike, Embassy police contacts reported that 95 percent of businesses in Kathmandu Valley were closed. Traffic was limited to police and army vehicles, diplomatic vehicles, and ambulances, with most people opting to [...]	2003-09-18 09:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ECON ASEC NP
03KATHMANDU1836	NEPAL: ARMY ATTACK ON MAOISTS DEADLIEST SINCE THE [...] (SBU) Fighting between the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) and Maoist insurgents continued Sept. 18 for the second day in the mid-western district of Rolpa. To date, at least 35 Maoists and 4 RNA soldiers have been killed in the deadliest clash since the Maoists broke a seven-month ceasefire on Augus [...]	2003-09-18 09:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PTER NP
03KATHMANDU185	NEPAL: MAOISTS CALL OFF GENERAL STRIKE; [...] (U) The Maoists issued a press release on February 2 cancelling the general strike, or "bandh," scheduled to commemorate the seventh anniversary of their insurgency on February 13-14. The press statement said the strike is being called off in consideration of the "present changing circumstan [...]	2003-02-03 07:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV CASC SOCI 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
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
03KATHMANDU1989	NEPAL: MAOIST PUBLIC STATEMENT DECLARES NEPAL [...] (SBU) THE MAOIST INFORMATION BULLETIN, POSTED ON THE INTERNET SITE (WWW.CPNM.ORG) OF NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENTS ON SEPTEMBER 28, COMPLAINED OF THE "ACTIVITIES OF THE AMBASSADORS OF SOME POWERFUL COUNTRIES," BUT ADDED THAT THE MAOISTS POSE "NO DANGER TO THE LIFE OF ANY FOREIGNER, INCLUDING U.S. [...]	2003-10-15 08:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL CASC NP
03KATHMANDU2040	NEPAL: MAOISTS ABDUCT AND RELEASE BRITISH ARMY [...] (C) Summary. On October 19, a group of armed Maoists seized four British Army Gurkha officers or employees, including one active duty British Lieutenant Colonel and two Nepali Gurkha retired officers, in Baglung District in mid-western Nepal. The insurgents reportedly harangued the group for [...]	2003-10-21 10:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL UK NP
03KATHMANDU2042	NEPAL: MAOISTS THREATEN CLOSURE OF [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of Colgate-Palmolive in Nepal indicated to EconOff on October 21 that the company will close permanently if the Maoists do not withdraw their exortion demand (reftel). Colgate-Palmolive representatives during the meeting requested that the U.S. Embassy follow up [...]	2003-10-21 23:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP PTER ASEC NP
03KATHMANDU2098	NEPAL: VISIT OF CHINESE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) The October 16-18 visit to Kathmandu of Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi focused primarily on preparations for the upcoming Dec. 2-3 visit of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Chairman Jia Qing Lin. According to the head of the Political Section of the Chinese Embass [...]	2003-10-29 09:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV CH NP

03KATHMANDU2164	NEPAL: ICRC LAMENTS POST-CEASEFIRE DROP IN ACCESS [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-05 06:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MOPS PGOV PTER NP
03KATHMANDU2245	NEPAL: MAOISTS KILL ARMY BRIGADIER GENERAL [...] Summary. On November 15, Royal Nepal Army (RNA) Brigadier General Sagar Bahadur Pandey was killed after a Maoist-laid improvised explosive device (IED) detonated under his vehicle in Makwanpur District, south of Kathmandu. Pandey is the highest-ranking military official to be killed during th [...]	2003-11-17 08:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER MARR 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
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
03KATHMANDU2284	NEPAL: CHINESE REPORTEDLY ARREST FOUR SUSPECTED [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese Ambassador in Kathmandu, Sun Heping, confirmed that his government has no reservations about U.S. security assistance to Nepal and expressed strong opposition to Nepal's Maoist insurgents. He was unable to confirm reports in the Nepali press that Chinese authorities [...]	2003-11-21 11:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER NP CH
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
03KATHMANDU2319	RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON TIBETAN REFUGEES [...] Summary. On November 24, the Government of Nepal (GON) released nine Tibetans who had been in prison since 2001 after their fines were paid by a foreign benefactor. The group is expected to depart for India the evening of November 26. Separately, after repeated demarches to the Ministries [...]	2003-11-27 23:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF CH 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
03KATHMANDU2364	NEPAL: HEAD OF BRITISH AID IN KATHMANDU TALKS [...] (S/NF) Summary: On December 3 Pol/Mil Chief received from his British counterpart notes from a November 13 telephone conversation between David Wood, the head of the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) in Nepal, and Baburam Bhattarai, top ideologue and erstwhile lead negotia [...]	2003-12-03 23:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER EAID 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
03KATHMANDU2385	BHUTANESE REFUGEES: UNHCR'S FAKHOURI FEARS CURRENT [...] (C) Summary. After a two-day visit to Nepal, UNHCR Director for Asia, Jean-Marie Fakhouri met with Ambassador Malinowski privately to share his impressions and to discuss UNHCR's future role in the Bhutanese refugee camps. Fakhouri fears that Nepal-Bhutan negotiations on refugee repatriation [...]	2003-12-05 07:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL BH NP
03KATHMANDU2444	NEPAL: MAOIST EXTORTION DEMAND AGAINST COCA-COLA [...] (C) Summary. According to NN Singh, General Manager for Coca-Cola in Nepal, the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Bharatpur, Chitwan District, received an extortion letter from the Maoists on December 11 followed by a telephoned deadline of December 15. During a follow-up meeting on December 15 w [...]	2003-12-16 09:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER CASC ECON NP BXEP
03KATHMANDU2469	NEPAL: A/S ROCCA AND CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF DISCUSS [...] (C) On December 17, Christina Rocca, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, met with Nepal's Chief of Army Staff, General Pyar Jung Thapa, to discuss the army's counter-insurgency efforts and human rights. The two also touched upon the possibility of Nepal providing peacekeepers in Iraq [...]	2003-12-19 07:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PHUM PGOV 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
03KATHMANDU26	NEPAL: FY2003 ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Summary: Post's anti-trafficking-in-persons (TIP) project proposals for FY2003 provide for improved formal and non-formal educational opportunities for girls; a public awareness campaign targeting urban migrants, media outlets, transport providers and rehabilitation centers; and improvement i [...]	2003-01-06 11:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG ELAB KPAO EAID NP
03KATHMANDU280	US-INDIAN COOPERATION AND MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: US security assistance to Nepal has brought the ancillary advantage to the US of providing a new arena for fruitful US-Indian dialogue and collaboration. Top Indian diplomats in Kathmandu clearly appreciate not only US support for common US-Indian security objectives in Nepal, but al [...]	2003-02-14 05:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER IN NP
03KATHMANDU292	NEPAL: PARTIES BOYCOTT PM'S MEETING ON PEACE [...] (U) Five of the six parties that had MPs in the previous Parliament boycotted a February 17 meeting called by Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand to discuss Government of Nepal (GON) efforts to begin negotiations with Maoist insurgents. The all-party meeting, which the GON had billed as a [...]	2003-02-18 11:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER 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
03KATHMANDU358	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, FEB 22-28 [...] Narayan Singh Pun, Minister of Physical Planning and Works and government-appointed peace talks coordinator, said the peace process will take time but can be accomplished without the participation of other political parties if necessary. Pun also said he expects to hold talks with the Maoist [...]	2003-02-28 10:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU365	NEPAL: THIRD ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Following is Post's submission for the third annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact for the report is Political/Economic Officer Sarah Welborne (tel: 977-1-411-179, fax: 977-1-410-723, e-mail: welbornese@state.gov). 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW -- A. Nepal is a co [...]	2003-02-28 11:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NP
03KATHMANDU366	NEPAL: MAOISTS DENY COCA-COLA EXTORTION [...] (C) On February 28 Narayan Singh Pun, Minister for Physical Works and government-appointed interlocutor with Maoist insurgents, called the Ambassador to report that he had, as requested, raised with his Maoist contacts the continued extortion of funds from Coca-Cola's local representative (Re [...]	2003-02-28 11:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS BEXP ASEC CASC NP
03KATHMANDU382	INDO-NEPAL CROSS-BORDER ENERGY TRADE STAGNATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepal's Minister for Water Resources Dipak Gyawali is sharply critical of India's policies on cross-border energy trade. He told us that he believes New Delhi focuses on the strategic aspects of water and energy to the exclusion of economics. Despite Nepal's current power surpl [...]	2003-03-04 04:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN ENRG PREL
03KATHMANDU427	NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR SAYS MAOISTS THREATENING [...] (S) Summary: According to Shyam Saran, India's Ambassador to Nepal, continued disagreement on the terms of a code of conduct for the current cease-fire has led Maoists to threaten an end to preliminary talks about future peace negotiations with the GON. At the heart of the disagreement is th [...]	2003-03-07 11:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER NP IN
03KATHMANDU477	MAOISTS IN WESTERN NEPAL DISCUSS TERMS OF [...] (SBU) On March 4, a non-governmental organization held a meeting with Maoist, government, and social organization representatives in Jumla, a district headquarters in Nepal's mid-western hills. The Maoists tentatively agreed to end extortion and allow for the free movement of political parti [...]	2003-03-18 09:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PTER NP
03KATHMANDU50	NEPAL: MAOISTS KIDNAP CHILDREN FOR MILITARY [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Several GON sources confirmed to the Embassy on January 8 that more than 200 students from four districts in Nepal's far-western region have been abducted from their schools by Maoist insurgents over the past two weeks. Some of the children have been return [...]	2003-01-09 07:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV 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
03KATHMANDU620	NEPAL: MAOIST NEGOTIATING TEAM HOLDS PUBLIC RALLY [...] (U) On April 3, the Maoists held a rally of an estimated 20,000 in a public park in Kathmandu. Near the venue, widows and orphans of Maoist violence called for charges to be brought against the Maoist leadership. The Maoist negotiating team led by Baburam Bhattarai reiterated their demands [...]	2003-04-04 11:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PTER NP
03KATHMANDU621	NEPAL: MAOISTS ASK TO MEET AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) On April 4 the Embassy received what appeared to be a form letter addressed to "Your Excellency the Ambassador/Consular" and signed by Maoist second-in-command Baburam Bhattarai inviting the Ambassador or his representative to "a goodwill meeting" with the five-man negotiating team. T [...]	2003-04-04 11:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL NP
03KATHMANDU647	NEPAL: BHUTANESE REFUGEE CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) On April 8 a delegation of Bhutanese refugees from eastern Nepal met with poloff to raise a number of concerns about ongoing discussions between the Governments of Nepal and Bhutan regarding the refugees' categorization and possible repatriation to Bhutan. Among such concerns are whethe [...]	2003-04-08 11:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV NP BT
03KATHMANDU671	NEPALI MAOISTS MEET WITH EU MISSION HEAD [...] (C) The head of the European Union office in Kathmandu broke ranks with his diplomatic colleagues and met with Maoist ideologue Baburam Bhattarai and other Maoist leaders in Kathmandu on April 10. The EU Charge justified his "spontaneous" decision to meet the insurgent leader on humanitaria [...]	2003-04-11 10:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EU NP
03KATHMANDU691	NEPAL: MAOISTS TO MEET EMBOFFS [...] (C) Following Ref C guidance, on April 16 poloff contacted known Maoist sympathizer Padma Ratna Tuladhar to convey Embassy agreement to meet at the First Secretary level with Maoist representatives. Poloff advised Tuladhar that the RSO will also participate in the meeting, which has been te [...]	2003-04-16 09:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL NP
03KATHMANDU702	NEPAL REQUESTS USG LENIENCY FOR WTO ACCESSION [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: In an April 16 meeting with the Ambassador, Commerce Secretary Lawa Prasad Devkota requested that the USG show greater flexibility in accepting Nepal's revised WTO offers. As a long-time development partner, it is "kind of incumbent" upon the US to assist N [...]	2003-04-18 04:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL SNAR 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
03KATHMANDU753	NEPAL: CHINESE AMBASSADOR PRESSURES GON TO ARREST [...] (C) At an April 25 meeting with Home Secretary Tikka Datta Niraula, Ambassador Malinowski raised the issue of twenty-one Tibetans, including eleven minors, recently arrested on immigration charges (reftel). The Ambassador encouraged the Government of Nepal (GON) to release the detainees into [...]	2003-04-25 09:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF NP CH
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
03KATHMANDU793	NEPAL CRACKS DOWN ON IRAQI TRAVELERS [...] (C) In a May 1 conversation with the DCM, Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya disclosed that the Government SIPDIS of Nepal (GON) has instructed all its diplomatic posts not to issue visas to Iraqi passport holders without specific authorization from the Foreign Ministry in Kathmandu. Ac [...]	2003-05-02 06:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP IZ
03KATHMANDU837	NEPAL: SECOND ROUND OF TALKS BETWEEN INSURGENTS, [...] (U) The second round of talks between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents is scheduled to take place on May 9 at an undisclosed location, according to local press reports. The initial round was held less than a week earlier at a Kathmandu hotel (Ref A). No agenda for the seco [...]	2003-05-07 09:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU860	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT HOLDS SECOND ROUND OF DIALOGUE [...] (U) On May 9 Government of Nepal (GON) negotiators held a second round of talks with Maoist insurgents at a hotel in Kathmandu (located less than one km from the Embassy). The talks concluded more quickly than the first round, held April 27, ending after only two and a half hours. As of 4:00 [...]	2003-05-09 09:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP GON
03KATHMANDU87	NEPAL: ARMY FACES CRITICISM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) The Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has come under fire recently from a variety of sources, both local and international, for human rights abuses committed while fighting Nepal's bloody six-year-old Maoist insurgency. Most disturbing, according to some sources, is the pattern of apparent impun [...]	2003-01-17 10:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MCAP MOPS 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
03KATHMANDU886	NEPAL: FOREIGN AND COMMERCE SECRETARIES PLEAD [...] (U) Please see paragraph 4 for action request. GoN Presses Ambassador and DCM for USG Support --------------------------------------------- - 2. (SBU) On a number of recent occasions, Nepal's Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya, and Secretary for Industry, Commerce, and Supply Lava De [...]	2003-05-13 09:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD NP
03KATHMANDU901	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, May 10-15 [...] The second round of peace talks between negotiators for the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoists was held on May 9 (Reftel). International envoys continue to express support and hope for successful peace talks. The Royal Nepal Army (RNA) says it will not accept limitations on its patrolling [...]	2003-05-15 09:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU967	NEPAL'S MAOISTS STRIVING TO WIN HEARTS AND MINDS [...] (C) From April 26 to May 4, Embassy and USAID representatives traveled to Nepal's northwest district of Dolpa. Fifteen of the district's twenty-five villages are affected by Maoist activities, with six in the southwest highly affected. Maoists in the district have begun some development wor [...]	2003-05-27 03:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER NP
03KATHMANDU977	NEPAL: MINISTERIAL MEETING FAILS TO RESOLVE [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The 14th bilateral meeting between the Foreign Ministers of Nepal and Bhutan concluded on May 22 without clarifying a number of crucial issues, including the status of thousands of Bhutanese refugees who must reapply for citizenship upon their return, and the [...]	2003-05-28 09:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL NP BT
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
03KATHMANDU984	CHINESE PRESSURE NEPAL TO DEPORT TIBETANS [...] (C) Summary: On May 29 Office of Tibet Representative in Kathmandu Wangchuk Tsering reported that the Department of Immigration was preparing to hand over to representatives of the Chinese Embassy 18 Tibetans detained for immigration violations. The Government of Nepal (GON) has also asked [...]	2003-05-29 10:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL NP CH
03KATHMANDU991	NEPAL: PM RESIGNS; NEW GOVERNMENT,PROBABLY WITH [...] (S) Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand resigned from office on May 30. Well-placed Palace sources predict the Palace will approach leaders of the Parliamentary parties to form an all-party government. A confidant of the King credits US (and, we believe, Indian) pressure with encouraging [...]	2003-05-30 09:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PGOV PREL NP GON
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
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
03KUWAIT1018	SITREP NO. 5 [...] SITREP NO. 5 AS OF 1159 HOURS LOCAL, 0359 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 four duck-and- cover alerts in resp [...]	2003-03-21 09:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
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
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
03KUWAIT1036	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 22, 2003 [...] (C) A senior KPC official told EconChief that the Kuwait Oil Company Firefighting team has been dispatched to Northern Kuwait to assess the situation and prepare to assist in fighting fires in Iraq's Rumaila field. Embassy understands that KOC Chairman Ahmad Al-Arbeed acted on instructions fro [...]	2003-03-22 17:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
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
03KUWAIT104	(C) HUMANITARIAN PLANNING ON IRAQ [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: This message summarizes the current state of planning in Kuwait for humanitarian aspects of Iraq contingency. Most of this information has been reported previously in greater detail. Coordination is ongoing among the Embassy, US military, GOK, Kuwait Red Cresc [...]	2003-01-14 07:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF MOPS MARR PHUM PREL EAID IZ KU ICRC
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
03KUWAIT1049	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 23, 2003 [...] (C) A Senior KOC official tells the Embassy that the KOC firefighting team is now on site at the Ratqa Field camp in Northern Kuwait. They visited the site of burning oil wells in the Rumaila field in Southern Iraq yesterday, and intend to enter Iraq again tomorrow to begin the work of exting [...]	2003-03-23 17:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
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
03KUWAIT1056	SADDAM,S DEFEAT COULD BE A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (C) Summary: Long before the fighting began on Kuwait's northern border, Kuwaiti firms were bombarding the Embassy with requests to do business with U.S. and coalition forces here, and expressing commercial interests in a post-Saddam Iraq. Kuwaiti businessmen see Kuwait as the logical jumpin [...]	2003-03-24 11:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV IZ KU
03KUWAIT1063	KUWAIT REQUESTS IMMEDIATE U.S. ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 5. 2. (C) Summary: On March 24, the GOK requested immediate USG assistance in facilitating an oil swap with Saudi Arabia, thereby providing Jordan with badly needed crude oil. End Summary. 3. (C) During their March 24 meeting, Kuwaiti MinS [...]	2003-03-24 18:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EPET KU SA JO
03KUWAIT1064	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 24, 2003 [...] (C) A detailed breakdown of Kuwait's oil production is not yet available for today, but Embassy is told output from 0500 03/23/03 to 0500 03/24/03 reached 2.42 million barrels. 2. (C) Kuwaiti firefighters apparently put out one of the fires burning in Iraq's Rumaila oilfield today, and they [...]	2003-03-24 18:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET 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
03KUWAIT1075	FLOOD OF SUPPORT FROM KUWAITI POPULATION [...] At 7:45am March 25, Op Center Kuwait received a call from a Kuwaiti woman expressing support for our role in the military action in Iraq. She said her call was the result of a text message she received on her cell phone telling her to call the Embassy to let us know her opinion of the conflic [...]	2003-03-25 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI MOPS PREL KU
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
03KUWAIT11	KUWAIT: DELIVERY OF TRIPS MORATORIUM LETTERS [...] On December 29, 2002 Embassy delivered the text of Ambassador Zoellick's letter on the USG TRIPS moratorium to the Minister of Commerce and Industry, with courtesy copies to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Public Health. 2. Post will report any subsequent substan [...]	2003-01-05 13:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KU USTR
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
03KUWAIT1103	USAID HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION SITUATION REPORT [...] On 25 March, the Health Fusion Cell met with representatives in water and sanitation, civil governance, and OTI to strategize on health and water assessments, funding capabilities, and interventions. CA assessments have begun in Safwan to determine the condition of the 5,000 people who are i [...]	2003-03-26 16:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PREL ASEC AMGT OTRA IZ KU WFP
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
03KUWAIT1106	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. [...] SITREP NO. 16 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1559 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 26,02003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- Missile launch alert approximately 2005. Duck and cover sounded. [...]	2003-03-26 20:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1108	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 17 [...] SITREP NO. 17 AS OF 1200 HOURS LOCAL, 0800 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 27 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 1135 Duck and cover alarm 1150 All clear --------- Political [...]	2003-03-27 09:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1113	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 18 [...] SITREP NO. 18 AS OF 2400 HOURS LOCAL, 1600 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 27 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 1330 Duck and cover alarm was sounded, when the Consequent Manageme [...]	2003-03-27 21:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1116	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 19 [...] SITREP NO. 19 AS OF 1200 HOURS LOCAL, 0800 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 28 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- Nothing to report. --------- Political --------- Nothing to [...]	2003-03-28 09:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1119	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 28, 2003 [...] (C) Embassy notes that that KOC reported production from its northern fields has risen 7.1% from 400,265 barrels on March 26 to 428,689 barrels on March 28. This increase is expected to continue as KOC officials open more shut-in well heads in the Ratqa and, eventually, the Abdali fields. How [...]	2003-03-28 13:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1143	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 21 [...] SITREP NO. 21 AS OF 1200 HOURS LOCAL, 0800 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 29, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 0145 - Two separate calls from Wash OPS Center requesting informat [...]	2003-03-29 12:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1147	PORTRAYAL OF THE WAR IN KUWAIT'S STATE MEDIA [...] After months of public hedging and equivocation for the benefit of the media and the Arab League, the GOK has come out in strong support for the war on Iraq, and Kuwaiti public opinion is following its lead. Embassy has received hundreds of calls expressing support from ordinary Kuwaitis, many [...]	2003-03-29 16:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL OPRC OIIP KWWW IZ
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
03KUWAIT1167	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 24 [...] SITREP NO. 24 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1559 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 30, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 1630 Received telephone call from DOS Task Force requesting details [...]	2003-03-30 20:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
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
03KUWAIT1181	TFIZ01: USAID/PRM HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION [...] Humanitarian assistance is beginning to flow into parts of southern Iraq provided by both the Kuwaiti Red Crescent and Coalition forces. An UNSECOORD security assessment team is expected to travel to Umm Qasr on 30 March to determine whether the town can be deemed a permissive environment for [...]	2003-04-01 08:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1197	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WRAP-UP: MARCH 29 TO APRIL 1, [...] SUMMARY: The National Assembly voiced strong support for Operation Iraqi Freedom, approved the GOK's supplemental budget request of approximately $1.6 billion, and debated punishing hostile states by withholding loans from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development. The mood of defiance [...]	2003-04-01 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID PINR IZ LY KU
03KUWAIT1198	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 28 [...] SITREP NO. 28 AS OF 1815 HOURS LOCAL, 1015 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 1, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- NSTR --------- Political --------- NSTR -------- Consula [...]	2003-04-01 15:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1213	PROMOTING U.S. (AND OTHER FOREIGN) TRADE WITH, AND [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-02 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD EAID BEXP PREL 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
03KUWAIT1233	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 34 [...] SITREP NO. 34 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1000 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 4, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- NSTR --------- Political --------- NSTR -------- Cons [...]	2003-04-04 15:12:00	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
03KUWAIT1271	TFIZ01: USAID/PRM DART SITUATION REPORT 2 APRIL [...] On 1 April, DART personnel in Umm Qasr reported concerns over water distribution. Additional DART personnel will travel to Umm Qasr on 2 April to discuss the distribution plans in more detail with those involved. On 28 March, Coalition forces conducted an assessment of Umm Qasr hospital, wh [...]	2003-04-06 09:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1334	REACHING OUT AT THE SHI'ITE FEAST OF AL-ARBA'EEN [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Both the people and the Government of Kuwait support U.S. actions in Iraq very strongly. Even here, however, the constant drumbeat in the Arabic press of U.S. anti-Muslim intent is having an effect. In recent conversations wo [...]	2003-04-09 16:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KISL PGOV PREL SOCI IZ
03KUWAIT1335	IRAQ: BULGARIA SEEKING TO SUPPORT RECONSTRUCTION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Summary. The Government of Bulgaria is seeking ways to support efforts by the DoD Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance in the reconstruction and civil administration of Iraq according to Bulgarian Ambassador to Kuwait [...]	2003-04-09 16:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS BU IZ KU
03KUWAIT1341	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 44 [...] SITREP NO. 33 AS OF 0600 HOURS LOCAL, 2300 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 10, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- At 1825 a phone call was received in the operations center from a [...]	2003-04-10 03:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
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

03KUWAIT1345	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 46 [...] SITREP NO. 46 AS OF 0600 HOURS LOCAL, 2300 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 11, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 1810 - US Embassy Berlin Pol-Mil Affairs Officer telephoned to pas [...]	2003-04-11 02:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1451	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 54 [...] SITREP NO. 54 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1100 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 15, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 1030 Call received from a Kuwaiti man whose brother is employed as [...]	2003-04-15 18:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1454	TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 14, 2003 [...] (C) For the period beginning 0500 April 10 and ending 0500 April 14, total Kuwait daily crude oil production averaged 2,405,280 barrels per day. Average production from Northern Kuwaiti fields averaged 421,907 barrels per day for the period. 2. (C) The average stock level for Kuwait Export [...]	2003-04-16 07:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1468	ARAB FUND MEETING APRIL 22-23: REQUEST FOR URGENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-16 15:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT1477	TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 58 [...] SITREP NO. 58 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1100 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 17, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- NTSR --------- Political --------- NSTR -------- Consul [...]	2003-04-17 15:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
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
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
03KUWAIT2008	DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT PROPOSAL FOR GENDER [...] Embassy Kuwait requests an NEA Democracy Small Grant of $25,000 to sponsor a gender-budgeting study to be carried out by the Kuwait Economic Society. ----------- THE PROBLEM ----------- 2. Women, who do not have the right to vote, have little opportunity to influence policy in Kuwait, [...]	2003-05-13 09:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PGOV KDEM KPAO KU
03KUWAIT2148	BUILDING BLOCKS FOR POTUS JUNE VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] (C) Embassy and GOK warmly welcomes POTUS visit to Kuwait in June and stand ready to assist. POTUS has been invited to stay as the guest of the Kuwaitis at the Bayan Palace. After points made in ref (a),Embassy offers the following information on building blocks. -- Notional schedule follo [...]	2003-05-20 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP KU
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
03KUWAIT2235	MIDDLE EAST TRADE INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-26 14:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV KU
03KUWAIT2352	IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION VIRTUAL CONTACT GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-01 09:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL KU
03KUWAIT239	KUWAIT: FINANCE MINISTER SUBMITS RESIGNATION [...] (U) Dr. Yousef Hamad Al-Ibrahim has submitted his resignation from his current posts as Minister of Finance, Minister of Planning, and Minister of State for Administrative Development. While some papers claim that the resignation has been accepted, Minister of Information Shaykh Ahmed Fahed A [...]	2003-01-22 08:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV ECON KU
03KUWAIT2448	REVISED PROCEDURES FOR COALITION PARTNERS [...] This is an action message. See paragraph 4 below. 2. DCM, CONS Chief and OMC-K JAG met June 3 with Kuwaiti Chief of Immigration COL Abdullah Yousef Al-Ruwaieh and LTCOL Adeeb Al-Sweidan to discuss procedures which will allow CPA personnel currently in Iraq in an official capacity to depar [...]	2003-06-04 13:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PREL IZ JO KU
03KUWAIT2451	KUWAITI GOVERNOR PLEDGES IPR SUPPORT [...] SUMMARY. As part of a new push for much needed intellectual property rights (IPR) reform in Kuwait, following the release in May of the latest Special 301 review (reftels),the Ambassador met June 3 with the Governor of Hawally, where most of Kuwait's pirated goods are repeatedly produced and [...]	2003-06-04 14:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD KU USTR
03KUWAIT2452	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 29-JUNE 4: TERRORISM; DE- [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-04 14:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2454	BORDER FREE-FOR-ALL; GOK COMPLAINS ABOUT LACK OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (C) During their June 4 meeting, Kuwaiti MinState for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah informed the Ambassador that the Kuwaiti business community is becoming increasingly frustrated that coalition forces in Iraq are not con [...]	2003-06-04 16:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT2455	GOK (REALLY) READY TO SIGN ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The GOK will be ready to sign an Article 98 Agreement with the U.S. when U/S Bolton visits Kuwait this month, MinState for Foreign Affairs told the Ambassador during their June 4 meeting. End Summary. 2. (C) The Ambassador met with Minister of State Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Saba [...]	2003-06-04 16:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU
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
03KUWAIT284	KUWAIT'S HOLD ON LDI NOT SANCTIONED BY MFA [...] (C) The Ambassador raised Kuwait's request (refs A and B) for a hold on the French proposal to include the Kuwaiti-based organization Lajnat ad-Da'wa al-Islamiya (LDI) on UN freeze orders with Kuwaiti Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Shaykh Mohammed al-Sabah in a one-on-one meeting o [...]	2003-01-26 03:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EFIN ETTC FR KU UN
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
03KUWAIT2989	DELIVERY OF BAGHDAD COMMERCIAL AIR SERVICE NOTICE [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-07 13:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR IZ KU
03KUWAIT3138	NORTH KOREA TO OPEN EMBASSY IN KUWAIT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-14 14:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU KN KS
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
03KUWAIT3312	MISSING KUWAIT AIRWAYS CORPORATION SPARE PARTS [...] Action request at para 3. 2. Reftel describes GOK and Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) efforts to recover KAC spare parts reported looted by the former regime in Baghdad during its occupation of Kuwait. In para 4 below we provide the text of a letter from KAC dated 30 June sent to the Am [...]	2003-07-23 15:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ETRD IZ KU
03KUWAIT3316	KUWAIT FORMS HIGH-LEVEL IAWG TO EXPLOIT GOVERNMENT [...] Summary. Kuwait has inaugurated a high-level interagency working group to coordinate government and private sector programs for participation in the reconstruction of Iraq. Embassy and GOK interlocutors see this development as an excellent opportunity to promote the economic and regulatory r [...]	2003-07-26 06:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV KU IZ
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
03KUWAIT3423	GOK SAYS P.A. SUPPORT A BILATERAL ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: During meetings with the Ambassador on July 27 and 28, respectively, MFA U/S Khaled Jarallah and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah discussed Kuwaiti financial support for the Palestinian Authority (P.A.). Both made it clear that Kuwait intends to treat fina [...]	2003-07-29 12:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KU XF
03KUWAIT3603	EMBASSY ADDRESSES CONCERNS ON STUDENT VISAS, NSEERS [...] SUMMARY: Security concerns in Kuwait this year disrupted traditional preparations to study in the United States. As a counterbalance, PAS and the Consular Section have collaborated on several public affairs initiatives designed to facilitate study in the U.S. Our Consul has a [...]	2003-08-06 09:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO CVIS SCUL KU
03KUWAIT3605	ISLAMIST COMMENTATORS TAKE AIM AT EMBASSY [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-06 10:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PHUM KU
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
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
03KUWAIT4071	LACK OF NAJAF SECURITY THREATENS SHIA SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: Reacting to the death of Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Hakim, prominent Kuwaiti Shi'is have again (reftels) warned the Embassy that the absence of increased security for Shi,a religious leaders based in the city of Najaf is threatening coalition efforts in Iraq and turning the country' [...]	2003-09-03 13:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL SOCI KU IZ
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
03KUWAIT4130	REQUIREMENT TO ENTER KUWAIT WITH PASSPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-07 08:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CVIS KU IZ
03KUWAIT4451	(U) COMPENSATION REMARKS PROVOKE FIRESTORM, [...] (U) NIACT Immediate due to need for earliest possible Washington action. See para 7 for action request. 2. (C) Summary: Kuwaiti MP's have over-reacted predictably to Ambassador Bremer's September 26 remarks suggesting Kuwait and Saudi Arabia give up compensation claims against Iraq. This i [...]	2003-09-28 15:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ KU
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
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
03KUWAIT4613	(C) SPEAKER KHORAFI PREDICTS INCREMENTAL PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Assembly Speaker Jassem al-Khorafi told the Ambassador October 6 the Government should be able to muster a majority in the Assembly, but it will only become clear after parliament reconvenes later this month whether the Assembly (elected in July) will be more or less co [...]	2003-10-08 05:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN KISL ETRD 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
03KUWAIT4645	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MADRID CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-12 10:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ ECON BEXP PREL
03KUWAIT4661	(C) AMBASSADOR TALKS HUMAN RIGHTS WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador used his October 8 introductory call on the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor to make him aware of the annual Human Rights Report (HRR) and Trafficking In Persons Report (TIPR). Minister Feisal al-Hajji personally arranged for a poc in his Ministry for us to f [...]	2003-10-13 13:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ETTC ELAB PHUM PINR KU
03KUWAIT4709	(U) FRENCH AMBASSADOR HOSTS G8 CTAG MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The French Ambassador hosted a meeting October 13 of embassy representatives of G8 countries and Switzerland, as part of worldwide consultations in preparation for the November 17 second meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) created during the G8 [...]	2003-10-15 13:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ETTC KU
03KUWAIT4785	TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF DAWOOD IBRAHIM - [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-19 13:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KSEP KVPR ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS KU
03KUWAIT480	KUWAITI REQUEST FOR AIR MARSHALS [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-05 14:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ASEC KU
03KUWAIT482	GOK EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE EXTREMIST INFLUENCES IN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Embassy PAO met January 27 with Kuwait's Minister of Education, Dr. Mus'aad al-Haroun, to discuss his ministry's efforts to reform the country's secondary school curriculum and the (false) reports of embassy interference in this process. Al-Haroun, who obtained undergraduate a [...]	2003-02-05 15:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL SCUL PGOV PHSA 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
03KUWAIT4841	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INTERIM FINAL RULES OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-25 07:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ECON
03KUWAIT4842	PROPOSAL TO NEGOTIATE A TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-25 09:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN KU USTR GCC
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
03KUWAIT5104	(C) SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE [...] (C) Mister Secretary, the backup itinerary for your upcoming visit to the Mideast involves overnighting in Kuwait. We therefore take the opportunity to provide you with this scenesetter emphasizing the GOK's role -- and this embassy's -- in support of the Iraq effort. (U) KUWAIT: THE ONE [...]	2003-11-06 08:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MARR EAID AMGT IZ KU
03KUWAIT5138	KUWAIT TO SIGN TIFA [...] Action request at para 4. 2. In a diplomatic note dated 27 October, the GOK informed Embassy that it intends to sign a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement with USG, requested the nomination of a USG official authorized to sign on behalf of the United States and asked for a proposed d [...]	2003-11-10 16:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD IZ KU USTR GCC
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
03KUWAIT5185	KUWAIT SEEKS FUNDING FOR TWO POTENTIAL TIP [...] The GOK is taking positive steps to improve the TIP situation in Kuwait. However, some GOK officials and other local groups lack awareness of TIP issues and the capacity to implement needed legal, institutional, and other changes to increase protections for trafficking victims. The TIP issue [...]	2003-11-12 14:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KU
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
03KUWAIT5209	GCC CONFORMITY CERTIFICATION SCHEME FOR COUNTRIES [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-17 05:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD MU QA BA SA KU WTRO GCC USTR TC
03KUWAIT5370	MEPI FUNDING REQUEST--JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT AND WORK [...] Summary: Post requests MEPI funding for the establishment of a Junior Achievement program in Kuwait, and MEPI funding and ECA support in arranging a 4-6 week US work shadow program for non-elite Kuwaiti youth in the 16-23 age range during the summer of 2004. End summary. Junior Achievement [...]	2003-11-24 08:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KMPI KDEM KU
03KUWAIT5373	MEPI FUNDING REQUEST--SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Post requests MEPI grants totaling $150,000 to support two ESL summer camp programs for non- elite Kuwaiti youth in the 12-16 age range. The local office of ChevronTexaco has agreed to fund a $75K PAS- initiated program that would send 10 Kuwaiti boys to an ESL summer camp in [...]	2003-11-24 09:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KMPI KU
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
03KUWAIT553	ANTHRAX AND SMALLPOX PROGRAM FOR KUWAITI MILITARY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) The United States and Kuwait are standing shoulder to shoulder in the international effort to disarm Iraq. As a result of Kuwait's geographic location next to Iraq, and the political decision by the GoK to support very large numbers of US [...]	2003-02-13 10:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KU MCAP PREL PTER US
03KUWAIT555	SMALLPOX VACCINATION PROGRAM FOR DOD DEPENDENTS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Embassy is set to begin smallpox vaccinations on Sunday, February 16. We understand that DoD has still not given its assent to inclusion of DoD dependents in this program. Of the total of approximately 145 US Mission Kuwait dependents, ov [...]	2003-02-13 15:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED AMGT ASEC KU PTER US
03KUWAIT5561	(C) MAID IN KUWAIT: DOMESTIC SERVANTS FACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The estimated half-million or so domestic servants in Kuwait lack a well-developed system to protect their rights, monitor working conditions, and resolve labor disputes. Source country embassies have filled the void and assist runaway domestics on an ad hoc basis, navigating thr [...]	2003-12-09 14:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KWMN SOCI KU
03KUWAIT5734	KUWAIT: COMMENTS ON MEPI FY 2003 FUNDING [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait welcomes the outline of FY 2003 funding recommendations for MEPI programs (Ref A),and seeks inclusion in a number of those programs. Comments on each pillar are given below. 2. (U) ECONOMIC PILLAR. Post will actively promote any MEPI projects to reduce trade barriers [...]	2003-12-17 14:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL KMPI KPAO ECON KU
03KUWAIT5735	REVISED DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT PROPOSAL FOR GENDER [...] This is a revised request of Reftel B from Embassy Kuwait for an NEA Democracy Small Grant to sponsor a gender-budgeting study to be carried out by the Kuwait Economic Society (KES). The revised funding request for this grant is $34,350.00 (see para 9). The KES has requested a specific outside [...]	2003-12-17 15:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PGOV KDEM KPAO KMPI KU
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
03KUWAIT5837	(C) HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING GROUP: MONTHLY MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-29 12:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ASEC KU PTER
03KUWAIT613	INPUT TO MANPADS NEA BILATERAL PLANS [...] (S) Prior to the Iraqi invasion in 1990, the Kuwaiti Armed Forces (KAF) owned SA-7, SA-8, and SA-14 missile systems. Since 1991, the Kuwait Ministry of Defense (MOD) has claimed that all of their missile inventory was stolen by the Iraqi military. In 1995, the Kuwaiti MOD purchased 48 Starburs [...]	2003-02-19 17:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	ETTC MOPS MARR PARM PREL PTER 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
03KUWAIT747	CZECH AMBASSADOR "OFFERS" FIELD HOSPITAL [...] (C) In a conversation on the evening of February 27 Czech Ambassador Jana Hybashkova (please protect) told the Ambassador that her country had a field hospital that it was prepared to deploy to the AOR for possible duty in Iraq upon US request. She said that all the internal political approva [...]	2003-03-03 07:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL US IZ CZ
03KUWAIT753	KUWAIT WANTS TO PLAY ROLE IN RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-03 12:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT918	KUWAIT OIL SITREP 3/13/03 [...] (C) A Senior KPC official informed Embassy late afternoon of March 12 that Kuwaiti production reached 2.4 mmbd. The source noted that Embassy should watch the newspapers on 3/13 for further details. 2. (U) Local press reports on March 13 quoted Nader Al-Sultan, CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corp [...]	2003-03-16 04:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT921	TERRORIST FINANCE -- KUWAIT: FREEZE ACTIONS ON [...] One local Arabic-language daily newspaper front-paged a short piece on March 15 suggesting that Kuwait's Central Bank had taken action to freeze accounts of the Lajnat Al-Daawa Al-Islamiyya. Embassy informal translation of the piece follows: "Government source: Al-Daawa Reponse to Accusatio [...]	2003-03-16 05:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KU
03KUWAIT938	AFGHANISTAN: HIGH LEVEL STRATEGIC FORUM POINTS [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-16 12:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL AF KU
03KUWAIT949	ICAO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On March 16, 2003, EconOff met with Fawaz Al-Farah, Deputy Director General of Aviation Safety and Air Transport at Kuwait's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA),and Mohammad Abdul Rahim, Chief of the International Relations Division at DGCA's Air Transport Department, to deliver reft [...]	2003-03-17 08:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ETRD KU
03KUWAIT98	AFGHANISTAN: CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED REPORT ON [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-14 06:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL AF KU
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
03LAGOS1940	NIGERIA: MILITARY BUILD-UP KEEPS WARRI QUIET [...] (SBU) The town of Warri has remained mostly calm over the last two weeks as the Nigerian military and mobile police (known as MOPOL) continue to build a presence in the area. Over the weekend of September 6th, oil service contractors in Warri and a Shell spokesperson told Econoff that in reacti [...]	2003-09-16 12:16:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINS EPET PGOV ASEC PHUM 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
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
03LAGOS25	FULBRIGHT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA [...] SUMMARY: The 3rd annual conference of the Fulbright Alumni Association of Nigeria (FAAN) was held from November 25-28 at Nsukka, home of the first indigenous Nigerian university. The three-day program with the theme "Globalization and Development In Nigeria" included addresses by the CPAO an [...]	2003-01-06 11:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL 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
03LAGOS519	NIGERIA: UNHCR SEEKS USG HELP WITH NIGERIA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Eusebe Hounsokou, UNHCR representative in Nigeria, updated Poloff on his efforts to relocate 5,000 Liberian refugees from Cote d'Ivoire to Nigeria (Ref B). Per UNHCR Geneva's information, Hounsokou advised the GON that, since the USG may take up to 10,000 Liberian refugees for [...]	2003-03-12 06:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV IV LI NI
03LAGOS827	NIGERIA ENERGY UPDATE, April 22 [...] (U) This update includes: -- Slowly but Surely: Delta Oil Operations Ramp Up -- Between the Lines: Fuel Shortages Continue During Elections -- Fits and Starts: NEPA Privatization Continues while Power Capacity Expands Amidst Crises and Outages --------------------------------- [...]	2003-04-23 06:29:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LONDON9572	UNITED KINGDOM - 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) This telegram contains Embassy London's contributions to the 2003 "Patterns of Global Terrorism" Report. Embassy input is keyed to reftel questions. 2. (U) A) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT A [...]	2003-11-26 17:34:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINR PREL PGOV UK
03MAPUTO1652	CONSULAR NARRATIVE FOR MOZAMBIQUE [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-25 08:08:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CVIS CASC KFRD ASIG AFSI MZ
03MONTREAL1	CLONING CLAIM PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON QUEBEC-BASED [...] SUMMARY: THE FOLLOWING IS SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE MONTREAL-BASED RAELIAN GROUP, WHOSE MEMBER DR. BRIGITTE BOISSELIER ANNOUNCED AT A DECEMBER 27 PRESS CONFERENCE IN HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA THE BIRTH OF THE FIRST CLONED HUMAN BEING, A 7 POUND BABY GIRL NICKNAMED EVE. AND ITS TWO MAIN FIGUR [...]	2003-01-03 16:05:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO ECON KIRF CA
03MONTREAL1076	Phased Expansion Plans for Montreal's Dorval Airport [...] This cable contains input from Embassy Ottawa. 2. SUMMARY: Montreal's Dorval International Airport recently opened Phase 1 of a planned three-stage, C$700 million expansion that will include new and improved facilities as well as integration of the airport into the local and regional transp [...]	2003-08-11 21:28:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EFIN PREL 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
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
03NASSAU1635	BAHAMIAN OFFICIALS VISIT TO CHINA -- COURTESY OR CONFIDANTS? [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-21 18:17:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV PINR PGOV CH JA BF
03NASSAU2124	BAHAMIAN DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVES TO CUBA AND CHINA [...] (C) Bahamian Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell is pursuing a new activist foreign policy focused around overtures to both Cuba and the People's Republic of China. Both Havana and Beijing should be pleased. Reportedly, The Bahamas will send a resident consul general to Havana and, in addition t [...]	2003-10-22 12:35:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV BF CU UK
03NASSAU2321	CHALLENGES OF ILLEGAL MIGRATION; CAN THE BAHAMAS [...] (C) Nancy Iris, Deputy Director for the Bureau of Population, Refugee and Migration (PRM) visited Nassau from October 13 - October 17, 2003. The Political Officer and Ms. Iris attended meetings with various government officials, members from NGOs, and toured the migrant detention center in [...]	2003-11-24 16:22:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM SMIG BF
03NASSAU722	HUBERT INGRAHAM A YEAR LATER - NO EXCUSES, NO [...] (C) POL/ECON section chief met with former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham on April 8 for a wide-ranging discussion of his tenure in office and current Bahamian politics. Ingraham freely gave his opinions about current political developments such as the upcoming Free National Movement (FNM) co [...]	2003-04-10 10:58:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BF SNAR

03NASSAU766	BAHAMAS UNLIKELY TO PRESSURE ARISTIDE [...] (C) After returning from the OAS/CARICOM meeting on Haiti in Miami, Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell dismissed the possibility of invoking the democracy provision of the OAS Charter in the case of Haiti. He acknowledged problems with democracy in Haiti, but made it clear that the Bahamian gove [...]	2003-04-17 14:36:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF HA BF
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
03OTTAWA1038	CANADIAN RESPONSE TO INVITATION TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-10 20:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PREL CA NO IN JA
03OTTAWA1062	THE SILENT MAJORITY: CANADIAN OPINION OF THE U.S. [...] Summary. Ambassador Cellucci's public expression, March 25, of U.S. "disappointment" over the Canadian government's posture on the war in Iraq has led to an outpouring of response from the general public. Since the speech, public opinion polls have consistently shown growing public approval o [...]	2003-04-11 20:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KPLS
03OTTAWA1065	IRAQI EMBASSY IN CANADA [...] (S) We discussed reftel (A) demarche with Chris Hull, Foreign Affairs Desk Officer for Iraq, on April 11. Hull told us that the GoC continues to monitor closely the activities of the one Iraqi diplomat remaining in country, Charge Mamdouh Mustafa, and had no indication that he was destroying [...]	2003-04-11 21:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	PREL IZ CA
03OTTAWA1075	TFIZ01: MORE ON CANADA'S FREEZE OF IRAQI [...] (SBU) Ref A reported that the GOC froze Iraqi government assets in compliance with the 1990 UNSC resolutions. The Department of Finance clarified April 14 that the amount remaining is "insignificant" (estimated at under C$20,000). Most of the US$2.73 million notified to the UN in 1991 have b [...]	2003-04-14 20:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETTC PREL CA UN
03OTTAWA1077	TFIZ01: MORE ON CANADA'S FREEZE OF IRAQI [...] (SBU) Ref A reported that the GOC froze Iraqi government assets in compliance with the 1990 UNSC resolutions. The Department of Finance clarified April 14 that the amount remaining is "insignificant" (estimated at under C$20,000). Most of the US$2.73 million notified to the UN in 1991 have b [...]	2003-04-14 20:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETTC PREL 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
03OTTAWA1181	TERRORIST FINANCE - OTTAWA: GOC RESPONSE ON [...] (U) Action request paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade conveyed (by fax) the following response to our ref B demarche. The fax cover sheet requested that we advise the GOC of how we expect to proceed. Begin text of GOC response: -- Thank you for y [...]	2003-04-29 18:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	EFIN ETTC PTER PREL 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
03OTTAWA1250	CANADA'S RESPONSE TO LETTER FROM UNDER SECRETARIES [...] Hau Sing Tse, Vice-President of Canada's International Development Agency has responded on behalf of the GOC to the letter conveyed in Ref b. Following is the faxed text of the letter. 2. Begin text 2003-05-02 Mr. John B. Taylor Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affai [...]	2003-05-02 20:28:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN PREL AF CA
03OTTAWA1364	Framework Convention on Tobacco Control [...] This cable contains an action request, see paragraph 11. 2. As a follow-up to the official GoC response to our request for support on removing the Reservations Clause (Article 30) of the FCTC (Ref A),Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) has provided Emba [...]	2003-05-13 20:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL CA WHO
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
03OTTAWA1538	CANADA: SUPPORT FOR REFUGEE/IDP RETURNS TO KOSOVO [...] (U) Post delivered points contained ref A to Claudie Senay, Policy Advisor for Humanitarian Affairs in DFAIT's Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs and International Women's Equality Division, on May 19. 2. (U) In a follow-up discussion May 29, Senay said that Canada recognizes the importance [...]	2003-05-29 20:59:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID PREF YI CA UNMIK
03OTTAWA1542	CANADA SHARES U.S. VIEW ON ELECTION PROCESS IN [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-30 13:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM CB CA
03OTTAWA1543	2003 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Mission Canada has updated the the non-NAFTA investment disputes (Claimants B, F, and H) and will e-mail the text as requested in ref A. We have not updated the NAFTA Chapter 11 disputes being handled by L/CID (Claimants A, C, D, E, and G). We are not aware of any new investor-state disputes [...]	2003-05-30 13:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN PGOV KIDE CA
03OTTAWA156	TRIPS PUBLIC HEALTH: CANADA UNDERSTANDS USG [...] (SBU) Econ officer spoke with Catherine Dickson, Director of the Information and Technology Trade Policy Division at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT),to follow up on Ref B letter from Ambassador Zoellick to Minister for International Trade Pettigrew. Dickson n [...]	2003-01-15 18:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	CA ETRD USTR
03OTTAWA1654	CANADIAN MILITARY PREPARING FOR KEY ROLE IN ISAF, [...] (C) While NATO is assuming the lead for ISAF, Canada will join Germany as one of the two largest troop contributors beginning in August. Canada will be providing two rotations of 1,800 personnel each for ISAF IV and V. While Canada will not back away from this commitment, it is expressing con [...]	2003-06-11 15:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO AF IZ CG
03OTTAWA1662	AFGHANISTAN: CANADA ANNOUNCES ARTF SUPPORT AND AID [...] Summary: On June 10, the GOC announced the opening of its embassy in Kabul (septel) and allocation of C$21.2 million of the C$250 million in new aid pledged for the next two years. The allocation includes an additional C$15 million to support the operational budget of the Afghan Transitiona [...]	2003-06-12 18:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL AF CA IMF IBRD
03OTTAWA1663	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO SOLICITS FTAA SECRETARIAT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-12 18:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TD CA FTAA
03OTTAWA1668	Canadians Pleased with President's AIDS [...] This cable contains an action request (para.9). 2. ESTH Counselor and ESTH Specialist called on Ed Aiston, Director General for International Affairs, and Martin Methot, his deputy, in the Canadian Health Ministry to discuss the President's AIDS initiative. Aiston said the Canadian Governme [...]	2003-06-12 19:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAID EUN
03OTTAWA1670	IAEA/IRAN: CANADA SAYS IT WILL SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS [...] (C) Canadian Deputy Foreign Minister Lavertu told DCM on June 12 that Canada will support our efforts to get a formal resolution on Iran at the June 16 IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) meeting (ref. A). Despite the Canadian delegation's skepticism in Vienna that such a resolution will be attaina [...]	2003-06-12 21:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM MNUC IR CA IAEA
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
03OTTAWA1857	TERRORIST FINANCE - OTTAWA: TREASURY LETTER ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOC has received reftel letter and is exploring the legal procedures necessary to complete transfer of assets to the Iraqi government in compliance with the expected notification from the UN 661 Committee. The frozen Iraqi government assets are held by banks, and the GOC d [...]	2003-06-30 19:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR CA UNSC
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
03OTTAWA1863	A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH LEBANESE MINISTER OF [...] (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 Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade Marwan Hamadeh discussed the regional economic situation with a focus on the fight against terrorist finan [...]	2003-06-30 20:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN EFIN ETRD EINV ETTC CVIS PREL PTER PINR LE XF ETRN
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
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
03OTTAWA2014	CANADIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-16 13:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KRIM CA
03OTTAWA2068	QUESTIONS ON THE "NO FLY" LIST [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 4. 2. (C) Post continues to seek information about the TSA "no-fly list (ref. a)." Our understanding from discussions with TSA is that there is a written policy on the no-fly list that describes, among other things, information that is to be shared [...]	2003-07-18 20:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PTER CA
03OTTAWA2103	UNDOF: DRAWDOWN OF CANADIAN CONTINGENT [...] (C) Canada confirmed to us that is does intend to reduce its contribution to the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) over the next 12 months, but that it will not do so before ensuring adequate backfill by others. We discussed reftel (A) concerns with Barbara Martin, Director of Foreign A [...]	2003-07-23 17:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL IS SY CA JA
03OTTAWA2109	CANADA RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM IRAN OVER [...] (U) Foreign Minister Graham announced on July 23 that Canada is recalling its Ambassador to Iran after Iran proceeded to bury photojournalist Zahra Kazemi rather than return her body to Canada. Kazemi's son in Montreal had called for the body to be returned to Canada, and Graham said that Kaz [...]	2003-07-23 20:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IR CA
03OTTAWA2120	CANADA'S FIRST NATIONS ELECT A NEW GRAND CHIEF; [...] Summary: Canada's Assembly of First Nations (AFN) met for their 24th annual meeting on July 15-17 and elected Phil Fontaine to a three-year term as National Grand Chief. Chief Fontaine, a self-described conciliator, brings a less confrontational style than his predecessor, Matthew Coon Come, [...]	2003-07-24 19:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CA
03OTTAWA2198	IRAQI RECONSTRUCTION: CANADIAN PERSONNEL FOR [...] (SBU) Canada has committed to providing US$215 million in humanitarian and reconstruction assistance for post-conflict Iraq, with emphasis on access to basic services (water, sanitation, health care); building democratic institutions; reforming judicial, police and correctional services; stren [...]	2003-08-01 19:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID KCRM KJUS IZ 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
03OTTAWA2232	URGING HIGH-LEVEL CANADIAN ENGAGEMENT ON MOLDOVA [...] (C) Canada agrees with us that more pressure needs to be brought to bear on the Moldovan peace process and the withdrawal of Russian forces, and will seek opportunities to do so. Embassy Political Minister Counselor discussed reftel demarche with Norbert Kalisch, Acting Assistant Deputy Minis [...]	2003-08-06 21:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EU MD CA OSCE
03OTTAWA2251	CANADA: LIBERAL LEADERSHIP RACE DOWN TO TWO, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Liberal Party will formally elect a new party Leader on November 15, but that individual will not/not become Prime Minister of Canada until incumbent Jean Chretien's retirement - announced for February 2004. With only two leadership contenders remaining, the question is not [...]	2003-08-08 13:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CA
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
03OTTAWA2351	Canada seeks "Collective Security" Approach on Food [...] The Canadian Government desires to work closely with USG on biosecurity and harmonize forthcoming regulations stemming from the Bioterrorism Act (BTA). During an August 12 meeting with Robert Wright, number two at the Privy Council Office (PCO) and overseer of Canada's border security effort [...]	2003-08-18 20:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TBIO PREL 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
03OTTAWA2468	CANADIAN PRESS REPORTS OF TERROR PROBE HIGHLY [...] (S) Persistent Canadian press reports which surfaced over the weekend and have since been picked up in the U.S. allege that at least some of the 19 foreign "students" arrested recently in Canada (18 Pakistanis and one Indian) have links to al Qaeda and may have been plotting terrorist operatio [...]	2003-08-28 18:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	PTER ASEC 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
03OTTAWA283	EU BIOTECH MORATORIUM: CANADA READY TO JOIN AS [...] (C) Embassy has confirmed general GOC support for Canadian Trade Minister Pettigrew's January 17 commitment to USTR Zoellick that Canada would join the United States as co-complainant in a prospective WTO action against the EU biotech moratorium (Ref B). Ambassador Cellucci will follow up on [...]	2003-01-27 20:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR TBIO CA
03OTTAWA327	EU-CANADA TRADE AND INVESTMENT "ENHANCEMENT" [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE, BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE TREAT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (U) Reftel reported Brussels perspectives on plans for an EU-Canada "Trade and Investment Enhancement Agreement," which were announced at the December 19 2002 EU-Canada Summit in Ottawa. Embassy Ottawa ECON staf [...]	2003-02-03 15:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD CA WTRO
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
03OTTAWA398	DEMARCHE ON FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO CONTROL [...] As requested in reftel, Embassy passed U.S. views on upcoming negotiation of the FCTC in Geneva to officials in Health Canada, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) and Agriculture Canada. 2. EST Counselor followed up with Ed Aiston, Director General, Internation [...]	2003-02-10 18:24:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO ETRD CA WHO
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
03OTTAWA540	CANADA SEARCHING FOR PARTNERS FOR ISAF IV AND V [...] (C) Since Defense Minister McCallum's February 12 announcement that Canada would contribute a battalion and brigade headquarters to ISAF IV and V (reftel),the GoC has been busy seeking potential partners. The GoC has stressed that it does not have the resources to lead ISAF alone, and it hop [...]	2003-02-26 15:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL AF CA ISAF
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
03OTTAWA578	CANADA'S ACTION ON ASIA PULP AND PAPER [...] (SBU) On February 28 Finoff touched base with Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAIT) for an update on GOC action with regard to proposals on Asia Pulp and Paper restructuring. The joint letter to President Megawati to be drafted by the Canadian Embassy in Jakarta (ref A) has been cl [...]	2003-02-28 22:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV SENV CA AA
03OTTAWA595	GOC DIPNOTE ON BEAUFORT SEA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-04 19:00:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA PBTS PREL ENRG SENV CA
03OTTAWA7	CANADA'S VIEWS ON PROPOSED U.S. TRIPS MORATORIUM [...] Post delivered reftel letter from USTR Zoellick to Minister for International Trade Pettigrew, with copies to Minister of Foreign Affairs Graham and Minister of Health McLellan. On December 30, Suzanne Vinet, Director General for Service, Investment and Intellectual Property at the Department [...]	2003-01-02 20:00:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD CA USTR
03OTTAWA702	CANADA TO PURSUE UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD SEAT [...] (C) Embassy presented the talking points contained reftel A concerning the U.S. candidacy for election to the UNESCO executive board to Jean-Luc Chouinard, Special Advisor for UNESCO in the UN Specialized Agencies Section of DFAIT's International Organizations Bureau, on March 11. Poloff had [...]	2003-03-13 22:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CA UNESCO
03OTTAWA703	CANADA ON NORTH KOREAN AND IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMS [...] (S) Canada shares our strong concerns about the North Korean and Iranian nuclear programs, and believes that Iran will be emboldened if North Korea abandons the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). We discussed reftel messages with Marc Vidricaire, Director of the Nuclear and Chemical Disarmamen [...]	2003-03-13 23:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	PREL KNNP PARM KN IR CA NPT
03OTTAWA708	CANADA'S PRIORITIES: 59TH COMMISSION ON HUMAN [...] (C) Embassy delivered the talking points contained reftel to Adrian Norfolk, Deputy Director for Human Rights in DFAIT's Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs and International Women's Equality Division, on March 12. Norfolk stated that Canada's overall objective for CHR-59 is restoration of CHR [...]	2003-03-14 17:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CA UNHRC
03OTTAWA713	CANADA WON'T SUPPORT OAS QUOTA PAYMENT INCREASE [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-14 19:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN ABUD AORC USOAS
03OTTAWA714	SNAPSHOT OF CANADIAN POLITICS: THE RULING LIBERAL [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-14 20:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV 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
03OTTAWA965	CANADA EXPLAINS NEW GLITCH IN AVIATION [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 9. 2. Officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) expressed mild apologies delay in Canadian internal procedures are slowing down the entry into force of the new aviation preclearance agreement. DFAIT explained [...]	2003-04-03 22:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PREF
03PARTO17	(U) SECRETARY POWELL'S DECEMBER 2, 2003 MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-04 03:26:00	US Delegation, Secretary	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TS
03RABAT1086	CASABLANCA ATTACKS: WHO ARE THE SALAFIYAH [...] (C) SUMMARY. COMMENTING ON THE MAY 16 BOMBINGS ON MOROCCAN TELEVISION MAY 18, PM DRISS JETTOU INDIRECTLY CRITICIZED THE LEGAL ISLAMIST JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY (PJD),AS WELL AS THE LEFTIST MOROCCAN HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION (AMDH),FOR THEIR PAST CRITICISM OF THE GOVERNMENT OVER ALLEGE [...]	2003-05-19 17:13:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KISL MO
03RABAT2632	MOROCCO: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Post responses are keyed to reftel. (A) Significant actions taken by host government to support the global coalition against terrorism. The government of Morocco (GOM) continues to provide strong support for the global coalition against terrorism. Following the May 16, 2003 bombings in Ca [...]	2003-12-19 11:43:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER MO
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
03RANGOON1019	JAPANESE OFFICIAL VISITS RANGOON, PURSUES SPDC-NLD [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Rangoon is quietly pursuing a proposal, apparently endorsed by a senior GOJ MOFA official who visited Burma on August 20, that would require Aung San Suu Kyi's commitment to turn a blind eye to the violent May 30 attack on her convoy in exchange for her re [...]	2003-08-22 10:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	BM PGOV PREL NLD
03RANGOON1029	BURMESE GENERAL KHIN NYUNT AS PRIME MINISTER: [...] (C) SUMMARY: SPDC Chairman Senior General Than Shwe's unexpected August 25 realignment of Burma's military and government hierarchy may undercut SPDC Secretary-1 General Khin Nyunt, the regime's number three leader. Khin Nyunt's new assignment as Prime Minister is expected to be largely cer [...]	2003-08-26 11:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BM
03RANGOON1055	CHINA'S AMBASSADOR TO BURMA: "NON-INTERVENTION [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese Ambassador to Burma provided us on August 27 with an overview of the purpose and results of SPDC Vice Chairman General Maung Aye's recent "routine" China visit, China's negative view of U.S. sanctions and their implications for regime change, the rationale behind recen [...]	2003-09-02 09:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS CH BM
03RANGOON1058	JAPANESE EMBASSY ADVOCATES ENGAGEMENT WITH BURMESE [...] (C) Reftel A conclusion that there is a discrepancy between MOFA Tokyo and the Japanese Embassy in Rangoon matches our assessment that Japanese Ambassador Miyamoto and his senior staff strongly oppose their headquarters on Burma policy. As we noted in refs B and C, Miyamoto, and his political [...]	2003-09-02 12:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BM JA
03RANGOON1093	FORCED MARCH ON THE BURMESE ROAD TO "DEMOCRACY" [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Sunday, September 7, SPDC Chairman Than Shwe made new appointments to the five top jobs in the National Convention Convening Commission, the first step in implementing the Burma's "roadmap" to democracy. Significantly, for the first time a member of the ruling military junta, [...]	2003-09-08 09:49:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
03RANGOON1117	INDIA'S AMBASSADOR TO BURMA: FINDING A BALANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 10 meeting with COM, Indian Ambassador to Burma Rajiv Kumar Bhatia described India's Burma policy as having two pillars: engagement with the regime and support for democracy. India will continue to move forward on both fronts simultaneously, he said, striking [...]	2003-09-12 10:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM IN
03RANGOON116	BURMA SEEKS CLOSER CHINA TIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: BILATERAL TIES BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND BURMESE GOVERNMENTS SEEM TO BE STRENGTHENING AT ALL LEVELS AND ON MANY FRONTS. FROM THE BURMESE SIDE, THE RECENT EXCHANGE WITH THE PRC OF HIGH-LEVEL VISITS EMPHASIZES THE FACT THAT BURMA IS BANKING ON DEVELOPING AN ENDURING SPECIAL RELATIONS [...]	2003-01-29 08:47:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON BM
03RANGOON1167	ASSK UNDERGOES "MAJOR" SURGERY [...] (SBU) On September 19, Aung San Suu Kyi's surgeon told several diplomats and assembled reporters that ASSK had undergone a "major" three hour surgery from noon to 3:00 p.m. The surgeon, Dr. Tin Myo Win, who is also ASSK's personal physician, declined to discuss the reason for the operation, [...]	2003-09-19 10:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM ASSK
03RANGOON1171	ASSK WILL REMAIN HOSPITALIZED FOR AT LEAST A WEEK [...] (C) Summary: According to Aung San Suu Kyi's personal physician, the detained leader is "doing extremely well" after three days of post-operative recovery, although he expects her to remain in the hospital for at least another seven days. He has cleared her medically to receive visitors, and [...]	2003-09-22 08:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM ASSK
03RANGOON1187	ASSK'S HOSPITAL STAY: DAY SIX [...] (C) Summary: On September 23, ASSK's doctor again briefed diplomats on her post-surgery recovery and reported that biopsy reports indicated tissue removed during the operation was non-malignant, but that surgery had been the only option to address a "pre-cancerous" condition. Over 150 NLD sup [...]	2003-09-23 11:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM ASSK
03RANGOON1213	BURMA: THAI FM VISIT? [...] (C) Thai Embassy officials in Rangoon deny press reports that Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai came to Rangoon for a one day visit on September 25, but said he will be coming for a visit next week. However, other local diplomatic sources and international press stringers insist tha [...]	2003-09-25 10:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON BM TH
03RANGOON1215	ALATAS VISIT TO BURMA: "I DON'T WANT TO IMPOSE" [...] (C) Summary: He came, he saw, he left. Indonesian special envoy Ali Alitas made a four-day visit September 21-24 to deliver personal messages to the SPDC from President Megawati. In his own words, he did not want to "impose" on the regime with regard to ASSK and accepted at face value the S [...]	2003-09-25 11:26:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM ASSK
03RANGOON1238	BURMA'S MAGIC FEC: WHAT GOES DOWN MUST COME UP [...] (SBU) Summary: After following closely the gyrations of the U.S. dollar/kyat market exchange rate, the Burmese Foreign Exchange Certificate's (FEC) value has diverged significantly in recent months. Sharp dips and climbs unrelated to the greenback are very unusual, and no solid explanation is [...]	2003-09-30 09:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON AFIN PGOV BM
03RANGOON1313	BURMA HOSTS "ACCORD" REGIONAL DRUG TASKFORCE; [...] (C) Summary: On Oct. 16 Burma hosted the law enforcement taskforce of the ASEAN region's cooperative counterdrug entity, ACCORD. Members agreed that amphetamines pose the biggest drug threat to the region, lauded UNODC computer-based training for law enforcement, and demonstrated varying degr [...]	2003-10-20 09:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM PGOV EFIN BM
03RANGOON1314	LATEST ARRESTS INDICATE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR DISSENT [...] (C) Summary: The SPDC recently arrested a former U.S. Embassy FSN and seven university students for distributing pamphlets deemed critical of the regime's "roadmap for democracy." Additional arrests of NLD supporters indicate a continued low tolerance for dissent, and the regime was likely e [...]	2003-10-20 09:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM
03RANGOON1337	BURMA SANCTIONS: IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM, CHEAT [...] (C) We've been hearing tales of cheating to circumvent new U.S. economic sanctions, particularly the ban on importing Burmese products into the United States. Though we don't have a sense yet of the volume of this malfeasance, it's becoming clearer that some exporters of garments and seafood, [...]	2003-10-23 08:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON BM
03RANGOON1339	POPPIES, AK-47S, AND WOLFRAMITE: A TRIP TO WA AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A brief visit to a major opium production region in eastern Burma, some of it well outside the writ of the Rangoon generals, presented some clear themes. The non-Burman militias and governments that hold sway in the eastern border zones govern a region that is far more reliant [...]	2003-10-24 01:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PINS PGOV ECON BM
03RANGOON1358	BURMA: KOREAN FACTORY OWNERS COMPLAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the U.S. import ban became law on July 28, 10 of the original 35 Korean-owned garment factories in Burma have closed. The remaining 25 factories are hanging on by filling European orders, but are continuing layoffs. Laid off workers have returned to their home towns and vi [...]	2003-10-29 04:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
03RANGOON1361	RELIGIOUS/ETHNIC TENSIONS SPREAD TO RANGOON [...] (C) Summary: For the past four nights, October 25-28, and coinciding with the advent of the holy month of Ramadan, Rangoon has experienced low-scale religious violence between Muslims and Buddhists that originally flared up in mid-October in upper Burma. The motives for these attacks, their i [...]	2003-10-29 10:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS SCUL PGOV KISL BM
03RANGOON1375	JAPAN ENCOURAGES RAZALI TO UNDERTAKE SECRET [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese Ambassador to Burma, Yuji Miyamoto, is urging U.N. Special Envoy Razali to conduct his dialogue efforts "in secret" and to replace his pro-ASSK liaison officer in Rangoon, two points the Japanese believe might lead the SPDC to be more cooperative. The Japanese also w [...]	2003-10-31 00:47:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM JA
03RANGOON1390	RUSSIA-BURMA NUCLEAR ISSUE [...] (S) Russian Ambassador Oleg Kabanov told EAP/BCLTV Director Judith Strotz and DCM October 22 that Russia's proposal to sell a nuclear research reactor to Burma was "basically frozen," adding that Burmese students are in Russia studying (at Burmese expense) nuclear engineering and technology. [...]	2003-11-03 02:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PARM KNNP PREL BM RS
03RANGOON1421	JAPANESE ON RAZALI ADVISOR DE RIEDMATTEN [...] (C) Japanese DCM Hiroshi Kawamura called on DCM November 5 to clarify his ambassador's position regarding Swiss citizen Leon de Riedmatten, Razali advisor and head of Humanitarian Dialogue in Rangoon. 2. (C) Kawamura stated that his Ambassador, Yuji Miyamoto, had not demarched or suggeste [...]	2003-11-06 05:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM
03RANGOON1425	BURMA SANCTIONS: GARMENT MAKERS CLING TO LEAKY RAFT [...] (C) Summary: Burma's private garment manufacturers claim 100 closed factories and 50,000 jobless as of the end of October -- with another 25,000 likely out of work by year's end. However, last-minute, limited garment orders from Europe will postpone the death of the Burmese garment industry i [...]	2003-11-07 06:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KTEX ELAB PHUM PGOV BM
03RANGOON1429	ANATOMY OF A BURMESE POLITICAL BLOOD BATH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Additional information on the May 30 Depeyin attack continues to emerge from victims and eyewitnesses, providing new context and clarity to the regime's true role in the premeditated assault on ASSK and the NLD. On November 4, NLD members smuggled to us video footage of Aung San [...]	2003-11-07 09:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM ASSK NLD
03RANGOON1432	PINHEIRO'S DOWNBEAT DEPARTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pinheiro gave a downbeat assessment to the diplomatic corps of his visit this week to Burma. He repeated most of his themes from his November 6 meeting at the COM's residence (reftel),and he was obviously restraining himself from showing his true level of frustration with the re [...]	2003-11-08 10:11:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD
03RANGOON1444	GOB RELEASES EIGHT MAY 30 POLITICAL PRISONERS [...] (C) Summary: The GOB announced on November 10 the release of eight political detainees, including six known members of the NLD arrested following the May 30 premeditated attack on ASSK and her convoy. The releases are clearly calculated to soften the blow of a damning U.N. report on the human [...]	2003-11-12 10:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BM NLD
03RANGOON1452	INDIAN VP VISIT TO BURMA: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS TAKE A BACK SEAT [...] (C) Summary: Indian Vice President Shekhawat's November 2-5 visit to Burma was the most senior mission by an Indian leader in 16 years and the latest in a string of high-profile visits from India and other neighboring countries. The Burmese regime pulled out all the stops for the visit, though co [...]	2003-11-14 05:18:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM IN
03RANGOON1462	RAZALI AND THE NLD VIDEOTAPE [...] (C) Reftel indicated that UN Special Envoy Razali had requested a copy of the NLD videotape of the May 2003 ASSK convoy in northern Burma. His intention to provide the tape to certain international journalists as a way to bring external pressure on the SPDC would fulfill a request by ASSK, as [...]	2003-11-14 09:45:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM MY ASSK NLD
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
03RANGOON1478	NLD MP-ELECT DETAILS IMPRISONMENT [...] (C) NLD MP-elect U Hla Min, 65, credits UNSR Pinheiro with winning his release from prison November 9 after the regime held him for five months without charge. Hla Min is the last of the Professional Development Program (PDP) students swept up in the post-May 30 anti-NLD crackdown to be rele [...]	2003-11-19 01:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BM NLD
03RANGOON1509	BURMA'S MUSLIM LEADERS, FOREIGN DIPLOMATS FETED [...] (SBU) Summary: Two Iftaar dinners hosted recently by the Embassy community made great strides in improving already good relations with the Burmese and Diplomatic Muslim communities. There were good exchanges on religious diversity, the role of Islam in the United States, religious tensions in [...]	2003-11-21 07:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL SCUL KPAO PREL BM
03RANGOON1512	ANOTHER REGIME SHOWCASE: BURMA HOSTS REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Burma hosted a four-country economic summit in mid-November, producing few tangible results but delivering another public relations coup for a military regime in the hunt for international legitimacy. The Thai Embassy in Rangoon says that their delegation pressed the generals in [...]	2003-11-21 07:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON BM
03RANGOON1519	RANGOON INCIDENTS/ANOMALIES [...] (U) The following are incidents of hostile intelligence service activity reported by Embassy officers in recent weeks. 2. (S/NF) On November 11 the Deputy Chief of Mission hosted an event at his residence for the official Amcit community. Military Intelligence (MI) officers questione [...]	2003-11-25 04:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	ASEC PREL BM

03RANGOON1529	BURMA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (SBU) Letters below correspond to questions in ref A, para 2. A. Burma's solid position against international terrorism continued in 2003. Burma has ratified, acceded to, or signed six of the twelve international counter-terrorism conventions and indicated it is considering fast action on [...]	2003-11-25 09:45:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER BM

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