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09ROME1143	ITALY: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REJECTS LAW GRANTING [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Italian Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional a 2008 law granting temporary criminal immunity to PM Berlusconi and three other senior officials. The court's decision will allow several pending criminal cases against Berlusconi to proceed. Government spokesperson [...]	2009-10-08 16:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IT

09ROME1144	ITALY: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REJECTS LAW GRANTING [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Italian Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional a 2008 law granting temporary criminal immunity to PM Berlusconi and three other senior officials. The court's decision will allow several pending criminal cases against Berlusconi to proceed. Government spokesperson [...]	2009-10-08 16:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IT
09ROME1157	JOINT U.S.-RUSSIA GICNT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On October 14, Poloff, accompanied by Russian Embassy First Secretary Alexey Runov, delivered reftel points to MFA Counselor Gianluca Alberini, Post's POC for Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) issues. Alberini noted that he would probably not be able to attend the Jan [...]	2009-10-15 12:32:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC
09ROME1165	SEDM: ITALY WELCOMES U.S. SUPPORT FOR SERBIAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel points to Italian MFA Deputy Director for Political-Military Affairs Carlo Batori (please protect) on October 16. Batori was pleased at the news that the U.S. would support Serbian membership in the Southeastern Europe Defense Ministerial (SEDM),which Italy has lo [...]	2009-10-16 15:02:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL IT RO SR MW
09ROME1176	GNEP: ITALY TO HAVE "CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH" TO USG [...] (SBU) On October 20 ECONOFF delivered reftel points, on the changes the USG is proposing for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP),to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Counselor Roberto Liotto. Liotto is Director for Space, Technology, Defense, Nuclear Issues, and Non-proliferation in [...]	2009-10-22 11:28:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP TRGY IAEA IT
09ROME1185	ITALY LIKELY TO SUPPORT AMCIT NOMINATION FOR UN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on US nominee for UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) election to Counselor Gabriella Biondi, MFA UN desk officer, on October 26. Biondi stated that the GOI is familiar with the nominee, Lucretia Myers, and looks favorably on her nomination. [...]	2009-10-27 12:18:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC KJUS AORC APER PREL IT UNGA
09ROME1189	ITALY SHARES CONCERN OVER AFGHAN GOVERNOR [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Afghanistan Envoy Sergio Mercuri on October 27 to deliver Reftel points stressing the importance of coordinated efforts by PRT lead nations to ensure that provincial governor appointments remain qualifications-based and do not become rewards for Karzai supporters. Merc [...]	2009-10-28 16:27:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO IT AF
09ROME1190	ITALY OPTIMISTIC ON MEETING AFPAK AID TARGETS [...] (SBU) Summary: By the end of 2009, Italy plans to disburse Euro 62 million in development assistance to Pakistan and Euro 45-50 million in assistance to Afghanistan, in line with its Tokyo and Paris pledges. In Pakistan, Italian assistance will be focused on rural development, community empowe [...]	2009-10-28 16:53:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PINS IT AF PK
09ROME1225	ITALY'S POSITIONS ON 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on USG human rights priorities for the 2009 UN General Assembly Third Committee on November 2 to MFA Human Rights Office Director Laura Carpini. She confirmed the GOI's opposition to no-action motions. She noted Italy's close work with EU partners on this [...]	2009-11-03 16:21:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN IT
09ROME1272	AFGHANISTAN: ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. PRIORITIES [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel points to Italian MFA Special Envoy for Afghanistan Sergio Mercuri on November 17. Mercuri reacted favorably to the demarche, saying that it tracked closely with the approach envisaged by FM Frattini, who will attend the inauguration along with MFA Af-Pak Envoy Ma [...]	2009-11-17 16:51:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT AF
09ROME1275	ITALIAN SUPPORT FOR NATO ENLARGEMENT GOALS [...] (C) While the U.S. and GOI positions on NATO enlargement and objectives for the December 3-4 NATO Foreign Ministerial(ref A) are similar, the Italians want to be cautious about setting the bar too high for obtaining Membership Action Plan (MAP) status. Italy is keenly interested in Euro-Atla [...]	2009-11-18 14:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PARM MARR KTIA BK GG MK MW UP
09ROME1328	ITALY PUSHING TO ALTER EU PEACE PROCESS STATEMENT [...] (C) Israel Palestinian Affairs office director, Davide La Cecilia (protect),told poloff Italy is working hard to alter the language of the Swedish-proposed EU statement on the peace process currently being circulated in advance of the December 7-8 GAERC meeting. La Cecilia said the GOI is di [...]	2009-12-02 16:02:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT IS PA
09ROME1338	ITALY'S RESPONSE TO PRESSING FOR DIALOGUE IN BURMA [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel demarche with MFA Asia, Oceania, Pacific and Antarctic Office Director Adriano Monti on December 2. Monti agreed with all of the points in the demarche and asserted that the GOI continues to share the US strategy on dealing with the military junta that rules Burma. [...]	2009-12-04 11:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM IT
09ROME1341	MEETING ON IRAN WITH ITALIAN ADVISOR TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PEOPLE'S PARTY [...] (C) Poloff and Econoff met with Rino Trombetta, an Italian adviser on Iran and Afghanistan to the members of the European People's Party (EPP) in the European Parliament. Several of his Parliamentarians are members of a Delegation for Relations with Iran, a group composed of 18 MEPs and 16 alt [...]	2009-12-04 14:51:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU IR IT
09ROME1342	ITALY IRAN SANCTIONS ACT DEMARCHE: GOI INFORMED; [...] (C) Summary: Post delivered the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) demarche to the GOI, and to Eni and Edison energy companies. As expected, GOI officials defended their "moral suasion" actions and claimed their companies are cooperating. Eni officials continue to claim that they have halted any new act [...]	2009-12-04 15:41:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET ETTC IR PREL
09ROME1343	ITALIAN EFFORTS ONGOING ON MEPP STATEMENT FOR NEXT [...] (C) Office Director for Israel-Palestinian Affairs, Davide La Cecilia, told Poloff on December 4 that his delegation is still working hard to achieve a more "balanced version" of the Swedish-proposed EU declaration on the Peace Process, and that some progress has been made. The declaration [...]	2009-12-04 16:02:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT IS
09ROME1419	DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE AMCIT [...] C) Poloff spoke with Iran desk officer, Silvia Santangelo, regarding the cases of American citizens detained in Iran, and requested the GOI's assistance, per reftel. The Iran desk said that in the last two months, all human rights discussions, including consular discussions with the Iranians [...]	2009-12-29 15:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER IR IT
09ROME1421	ITALY SUPPORTS DJIBOUTI PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA East Africa Office Director, Giovanni Polizzi, to deliver demarche on prioritizing the Djibouti Peace Process. Upon his return from the International Contact Group for Somalia meeting in Jeddah on December 17, Polizzi affirmed the GOI's support for maintaining the Djib [...]	2009-12-30 15:57:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SO IT
09ROME160	ITALY PRESSES RC-WEST PARTNERS TO CONTRIBUTE MORE [...] (C/NF) Summary: At a February 9 meeting of countries with forces serving under Italian leadership in Western Afghanistan, the GOI announced its intent to provide part of the maneuver battalion needed for Election Security Forces (ESF) in the region. The GOI urged other countries at the confer [...]	2009-02-10 16:00:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS NATO IT AF
09ROME163	ITALY DOES NOT HAVE A CANDIDATE FOR UNESCO DG [...] (C) Italy has not, and does not intend to, put forward a candidate for director general of UNESCO, according to Barbara Bregato, director of the MFA office of multilateral cultural cooperation. Bregato told Poloff February 11 that there had been some tentative discussions about the possibilit [...]	2009-02-11 14:12:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO CA IT
09ROME191	ITALY HESITANT ON MAURITANIA SANCTIONS, WANTS TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA West Africa Office Director Pierluigi Verlani February 18, urging Italy to press for a principled EU position supporting a return to democracy and constitutional order in Mauritania, given the African Union's February 5 decision to impose targeted sanc [...]	2009-02-18 17:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EUN MR IT
09ROME192	VELTRONI RESIGNS, PD ON LIFE SUPPORT [...] (C) The opposition Democratic Party (PD) could ultimately face fracture after party leader Walter Veltroni stepped down yesterday citing the February 15-16 defeat in regional elections in Sardinia. Veltroni's resignation leaves PD flat-footed in advance of the European Parliament elections in [...]	2009-02-18 17:27:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IT
09ROME223	ITALY WILL SUPPORT MARK PAINTER FOR UN APPEALS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 11:53:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09ROME230	ITALY PLEASED WITH U.S. REENGAGEMENT IN UN HRC [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 15:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL IT
09ROME253	ITALY LIKELY TO OFFER SOME ASSISTANCE TO AMISOM, [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Somalia Coordinator Giovanni Polizzi March 3, requesting Italian support for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and for security forces loyal to the Somali Transitional Federal [...]	2009-03-04 13:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SO IT
09ROME290	ITALIAN EFFORTS TO INDUCE SLOVENIA TO ACCELERATE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and Slovenian referendum timeline to Italian MFA NATO Desk Officer Carlo Batori on March 9. Batori said the GOI agrees on the need to pressure the Slovenian government to move more quickly on ratifying Croatia's NATO accession protocol, and FM Frattini ra [...]	2009-03-12 16:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO KTIA PREL HR AL SL IT
09ROME339	ITALY SUPPORTS PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE, [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered Reftel demarche to Italian MFA South Asia Office Director Domenico Bellato on March 18. Bellato said that Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Massimo Iannucci would attend the Pakistan Donors Conferenc [...]	2009-03-20 16:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK IT
09ROME341	ITALY AGREES ON KFOR: IN TOGETHER, OUT TOGETHER [...] (C) Charge took the opportunity of a March 17 lunch with MFA Director General for Europe Laura Mirachian to conduct a wide-ranging review of Kosovo, prefiguring reftel demarche. Charge urged Italy to stay the course in Kosovo and not to make any precipitous moves to reduce or end participation [...]	2009-03-23 14:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO KPKO KV IT
09ROME35	ITALY AWAITING FORMATION OF EU POLICY TOWARD [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points on January 5 to FM Frattini and indicated US interest in working with Europeans to develop a strategy to encourage the reintegration of separatist areas in Georgia. The Foreign Minister stated that was unaware of any existing strategy and would pass the [...]	2009-01-13 12:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS IT
09ROME364	AFGHAN POLICE TRAINING: ITALY PREPARED TO SEND [...] (C/NF) Summary: Italy is prepared to double or triple its current contingent of 40 Carabinieri police trainers in Afghanistan and expand their mandate to include district-level mentoring, but is concerned about cost. The GOI favors either (1) an NTM-A arrangement in which the burden of fundi [...]	2009-03-30 17:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF FR
09ROME378	ITALY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-02 14:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL IT
09ROME4	ITALY TO FOLLOW EU POSITION ON AID TO NICARAGUA [...] (C) Summary: Econoff and Poloff delivered ref A demarche on suspension of aid to Nicaragua. Italy will seek a common EU position in responding to the flawed 9 November elections. Italy will likely not suspend its sanitation project run through the Managua municipal government, but it will [...]	2009-01-02 16:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL NU
09ROME41	ITALY CONVENES G8 MEMBERS ON GAZA AID, PLEDGES $1M [...] (C) Summary: On 9 January Italy convened a meeting of local G8 diplomatic representatives to discuss coordination of humanitarian aid to Gaza. Italy announced a pledge of approximately $1m in emergency aid and asked others for a summary of their recent humanitarian activities. This meeting [...]	2009-01-14 16:05:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRS EAID EFIN PREC
09ROME423	ITALY: BURMA POLICY REVIEW DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche April 8 to MFA Southeast Asia desk officer Fabio Schina, sharing the direction of the U.S. Burma policy review and the possibility of direct dialogue between the United States and Burmese authorities. Schina said Italy believed that maintaining open channe [...]	2009-04-10 11:55:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD BM
09ROME424	ISAF: ITALY CONFIRMS STRASBOURG PLEDGE OF 524 [...] (C) Overview and Summary: Italian MFA Officials confirmed on April 10 Italy's NATO Summit offers of 524 new troops and trainers for Afghanistan. This number represents a last-minute ramp-up in the final days before the summit from Italy's planned contribution of 324 (Ref A),which was preview [...]	2009-04-10 15:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF
09ROME433	PIRACY: ITALY REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FOR ANTI-PIRACY [...] (S) The Government of Italy sent U.S. Embassy Rome an unclassified Note Verbale on April 16 thanking the USG for assistance provided thus far in the deployment of Italian Special Forces to Djibouti for possible use in an anti-piracy mission and requesting continuing assistance as needed. The [...]	2009-04-16 13:48:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	MASS MARR EWWT KCRM PBTS PGOV PHSA PREL AORC
09ROME464	ITALY CONSIDERING CONTRIBUTION FOR ETHIOPIAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-24 14:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO ET SU IT
09ROME481	LUKASHENA IN ROME, BERLUSCONI PROMISES VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenka visited Rome April 27 to meet with Pope Benedict XVI (reftel) and PM Berlusconi. The MFA claimed that Berlusconi had made the decision to break Lukashenka's isolation in the hopes of exploiting potential opportunities for a thaw in EU-Belarus [...]	2009-04-29 15:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO IT
09ROME546	BURMA: ITALY CONVOKES BURMESE CHARGE OVER [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-15 15:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BM IT
09ROME589	UNAMID: ITALY WILL CONTRIBUTE 500,000 EUROS FOR [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Italy has identified 500,000 euros to support the Ethiopian multi-role logistics unit in Darfur, according to MFA East Africa Office Director Giuseppe Pastorelli. Pastorelli contacted poloff May 20 with a f [...]	2009-05-21 12:00:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO ET SU IT
09ROME60	ITALIANS HAVE NO SUBSTANTIVE COMMENT ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 16:56:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PARM PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS IT
09ROME600	ITALY ENACTS A TOUGH SECURITY LAW IN RESPONSE TO [...] (C//NF) During the week of May 18, the parties of the governing coalition finally reached an accord and passed a tough new security law that will allow the GOI to detain irregular immigrants for up to six months, for the first time classifies irregular immigration as a crime, and gives the leg [...]	2009-05-22 14:51:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREF PREL IT
09ROME698	GICNT:DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MODEL GUIDELINES [...] On June 18, PolOff delivered the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism reftel points and Executive Summary of the Model Guidelines Document for Nuclear Detection Architectures to MFA Coordinator for Non-Proliferation, Gianluca Alberini. Alberini thanked PolOff for the information and [...]	2009-06-18 12:00:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PTER KGIC
09ROME753	AFGHANISTAN: ITALY WILL PUSH FOR CREDIBLE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Italian MFA Secretary General Giampiero Massolo on June 23 and Poloff delivered it to Italian MFA Afghan Unit Director Sergio Mercuri on June 22. Both Massolo and Mercuri said that Italy, in its role as G8 President and ISAF contributor, will continue [...]	2009-06-26 16:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO IT AF
09ROME77	MLAT: UPDATE UPDATE ON ITALIAN RATIFICATION OF [...] (C) The Government of Italy (GOI) referred the US-EU Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance Agreements to the Parliament on December 12. Per reftel reguest, Poloff raised the ratification status with Member of Parliament Alessandro Ruben, who is close to President of the Chamber of Deputies G [...]	2009-01-22 14:55:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM KTIA AA IT
09ROME925	SECRETARY'S LETTER ON SUPPORT FOR THE PALESTINIAN [...] The Embassy delivered the Secretary's letter regarding support for the Palestinian Authority to Foreign Minister Frattini on August 4. Following delivery of the Secretary's letter, EconOff contacted Counselor Guglielmo Giordano and Antonello De Riu, in the Office of Italian Foreign Assistance [...]	2009-08-12 07:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIN ECON EAID KWBG PREL IT
09ROME930	ITALY: DONOR SUPPORT FOR THE SOMALIA TFG [...] (SBU) Summary. Poloff delivered demarche seeking donor support for the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) following the agreement with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) to MFA East Africa Office Director Giuseppe Pastorelli. He emphasized the GOI's continuing commitment to achieving st [...]	2009-08-12 13:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER SO EAID KPKO IT
09ROME940	ITALY'S VIEWS ON UPCOMING UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-17 09:39:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNESCO IT
09ROME944	ITALY: PIRATES RELEASE BUCCANEER CREW WITHOUT [...] (C) Summary: On August 11, Poloff met with Massimiliano D'Antuono, Deputy Head of the MFA Crisis Unit, to discuss the details of the release of the MV Buccaneer crew which was taken hostage by pirates off the coast of Somalia. A Somali pirate is quoted in the press as saying that a four million [...]	2009-08-17 14:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA SO IT
09ROME968	ITALY'S STRONG REACTION TO AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on welcoming Italy's strong and non-partisan condemnation of Aung San Suu Kyi's conviction on August 19 to MFA Southeast Asia Office Deputy Head, Fabio Schina. Schina confirmed FM Frattini's public statement that "Since this fresh sentence will prevent Mrs [...]	2009-08-21 14:56:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV BM IT
09ROME969	ITALIAN REACTION TO EXPANDED CGPCS PARTICIPATION [...] (C) On August 19, Acting Political Minister Counselor and Poloffs informed Italian MFA Director for Political-Military Affairs Massimo Marotti of the U.S. interest in expanding participation in Contact Group for Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) fora chaired by the U.S.(Ref A). Marotti [...]	2009-08-21 15:35:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS EWWT KCRM NATO PBTS PGOV PHSA PREL
09ROME97	ITALY-RUSSIA RELATIONS: THE VIEW FROM ROME [...] (U) This is a joint Political and Economic Section cable. 2. (C/NF) Summary. Italy's relationship with Russia is complex, encompassing historical ideological sympathies, geostrategic calculations, commercial pressure, energy dependence, and personal relationships between top leaders. The combinat [...]	2009-01-26 11:48:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET RS IT
09ROME970	REACHING CONSENSUS ON ME ISSUES FOR IAEA GC; NPT [...] (C) On August 19, Post delivered reftel points Counselor Giovanni Pugliese, MFA Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Director and Counselor Daniele Bosio of the MFA Middle East Office. 2. (C) Pugliese noted that the EU was still in the proces of developing a common reply to the Arab Leagu [...]	2009-08-21 15:37:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EG IAEA IS KNNP PARM PREL
09ROME997	AFGHANISTAN: ITALY SEEKS TO HEAL EGF RIFT WITH [...] (C) Summary: Italian officials are optimistic that they can come to an amicable agreement with France over the proposed deployment of a European Gendarmerie Force mission to Afghanistan. At the next meeting of the EGF governing committee in Paris, September 2-4, Italy will present ideas for E [...]	2009-08-28 13:01:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS AF IT FR
09SANAA1087	YEMEN'S SALAFIS COME OUT OF THE POLITICAL CLOSET [...] (S) SUMMARY. Yemen's leading Salafis took a bold step into the political arena last month with a highly publicized conference in support of national unity, hosted by the country's largest Salafist charitable organization. Civil society reacted warily to the conservative religious movement's [...]	2009-06-09 13:30:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER KISL SCUL YM
09SANAA1090	IN YEMENI POLITICAL CRISIS, LOCAL CONFERENCES A [...] (C) SUMMARY. A series of local conferences held across the governorates that kicked off in early June has not produced any demonstrable results. Despite the high-profile ROYG officials dispatched as chairmen, observers believe the effort is yet another initiative that fails to deal with the [...]	2009-06-10 15:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA1122	YEMEN TIP REPORT DEMARCHE: ROYG ACCEPTS RANKING, [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-17 12:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09SANAA1219	JULY 7 DEMONSTRATIONS CALMER THAN EXPECTED [...] (U) In spite of fears of an outbreak of violence, it appears that the ROYG has, by stationing large numbers of security force personnel in Aden, avoided any significant clashes on the anniversary of the end of the 1994 civil war. Aden and Sana'a are calm and although there are reports of demon [...]	2009-07-07 13:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA1272	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENGAGING GULF STATES ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-18 06:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV YM
09SANAA1273	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-18 06:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL RS YM
09SANAA1310	ABYAN HEATS UP: ANTI-ROYG CLASHES ROCK ZINJIBAR [...] (S) SUMMARY. In the deadliest day of fighting this year, supporters of new Southern Movement champion (and former jihadist) Tariq al-Fadhli clashed with security forces in Abyan governorate, leaving at least 20 dead and 40 injured. The fighting in Abyan on July 23 sparked additional protests [...]	2009-07-26 14:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER YM
09SANAA1330	RED SEA PIRACY: HUDAYDAH'S PUBLIC AND PRIVATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a July 21 visit to Hudaydah, political figures, business leaders, and the local Coast Guard commander described how piracy is driving up business and security costs for public and private sector alike, at a time when both are are feeling squeezed by the international financi [...]	2009-07-29 13:42:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT JA PGOV PHSA PREF YM
09SANAA1402	(S/NF) PROGRESS ON US-ROYG COOPERATION TO REDUCE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. On June 20-22, a PM/WRA delegation visited Yemen to discuss MANPADS threat reduction efforts with ROYG officials. Since 2004, US-ROYG cooperation has dramatically reduced the availability of MANPADS on the black market in Yemen. Although the program has likely recovered the bulk o [...]	2009-08-04 11:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL PTER MASS YM
09SANAA1403	(S/NF) ROYG DESTROYS BLACK MARKET MANPADS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. On July 27, PolOffs verified the destruction of 102 MANPADS acquired from the Yemeni black market by the National Security Bureau (NSB). This brings the total number of black market MANPADS destroyed through US-ROYG cooperation to 1,263. END SUMMARY. BACKGROUND ---------- [...]	2009-08-04 11:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL PTER MASS YM
09SANAA1405	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORISM FINANCE: UN AND [...] (SBU) On July 25, PolOff informed Ms. Najwa al-Serri, First Secretary and the terrorist combating officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),of the United Nations designations of Arif Qasmani, Mohammad Yahya Mujahid, and Fazeel-A-Tul Shaykh Abu Mohammed Ameen al-Peshawari, as well as t [...]	2009-08-04 12:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID PK YM
09SANAA1407	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-04 13:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA YM
09SANAA1447	SOUTHERN MOVEMENT LEADER DESCRIBES NEW MILITARY [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Southern Movement has expanded its military organization for more effective operations against Yemeni security services. Recent growth includes the establishment of geographic commands, recruitment of tribal fighters from Abyan and Lahj and flirtation with the possibility o [...]	2009-08-09 07:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER MCAP YM
09SANAA1484	DONOR COUNTRIES POW-WOW ON PIRACY, DISCUSS WAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Meeting on July 26, donor nations agreed that structural flaws, bureaucratic battles, and a lack of funding have hampered the Yemen Coast Guard (YCG) and the Yemen Navy (YNAV) in their mission to secure Yemen's coastline. The donor countries also discussed the need for a high-l [...]	2009-08-11 13:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PGOV EWWT MCAP EFIN MASS YM
09SANAA1486	TRIBAL LEADER HAMID AL-AHMAR STIRS UP YEMENI [...] (C) SUMMARY. De facto head of Yemen's most powerful tribal confederation Hamid al-Ahmar made his boldest political move to date in an August 5 al-Jazeera interview, blaming President Saleh for the country's woes and calling for him to resign. Yemen's political elite has largely welcomed Ahmar's can [...]	2009-08-11 13:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA1507	SA'ADA: WITH PLANES AND TANKS, ROYG SIGNALS SIXTH [...] (S) SUMMARY. The spread of violent clashes across Sa'ada, al-Jawf and the Saudi border and confluence of the Houthi rebellion with tribal and sectarian conflict in the region has finally drawn the ROYG into what now appears to be the sixth round of fighting. After several months of sporadic [...]	2009-08-12 14:11:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PTER YM
09SANAA1527	ROYG PROSECUTES SUSPECTED SOMALI PIRATES, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the prosecution of 22 suspected Somali pirates, the ROYG is now fighting piracy in the courts as well as at sea. The piracy trials warrant close monitoring, as the number of suspected pirates handed over to Yemeni authorities is likely to increase as a result of heighten [...]	2009-08-17 10:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KCOR KCRM PGOV PHSA PREF YM
09SANAA1532	SIXTH ROUND OF SA'ADA FIGHTING INTENSIFIES [...] (S) SUMMARY. The sixth round of fighting between the ROYG and the Houthis, which began on August 11, has continued to escalate, kinetically and rhetorically. On August 13, the ROYG gave the Houthis six conditions for ceasing hostilities, including one that the Houthis most likely have no powe [...]	2009-08-17 15:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PTER YM
09SANAA1537	GOOD NEWS FROM YEMEN: PROGRESS IN DEMINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 9, PolOff observed the destruction of 2985 landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in a ceremony organized by the Yemeni Executive Mine Action Committee (YEMAC),which is responsible for implementing one of the world's most successful mine action programs. Since 1999 [...]	2009-08-18 09:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KHDP YM
09SANAA1541	IN SEYOUN, FRUSTATION WITH SANA'A, FEAR OF THE [...] (S) SUMMARY. Political and social life in Wadi Hadramout has taken a turn for the worse in recent years, members of the political opposition and civil society told PolOff in an August 4 visit to Seyoun. Hadramis complained of Sana'a's centralization of power and discrimination against south [...]	2009-08-18 11:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER SCUL KISL YM
09SANAA1591	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 2009 G-8 BMENA FORUM FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-25 11:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL KMPI KPAO KDEM YM
09SANAA1598	PORT SECURITY WOES MAKE GULF OF ADEN "OPEN SEA" [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Gulf of Aden is an "open sea" for pirates and smugglers, the Yemen Coast Guard (YCG),Aden Port Authority, and independent journalists told PolOffs on an August 8 visit to Aden. The YCG's deep water patrolling capabilities are almost non-existent and the Port Authority's ab [...]	2009-08-26 14:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHSA EWWT MCAP PREL MASS YM
09SANAA1599	SA,ADA WAR: DESPITE CLAIMS OF CEASEFIRE, CIVILIANS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. On the afternoon of August 26, multiple media sources reported a brief humanitarian ceasefire between the ROYG and the Houthis. The ROYG did not officially confirm it, and it is unclear how it is being implemented or if it will hold. The reported ceasefire comes at the end [...]	2009-08-26 14:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1604	CONTRABAND AND CONFUSION IN THE GULF OF ADEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On an August 8 visit to Aden, PolOffs heard from a variety of sources that smuggling -- of drugs, diesel, weapons, alcohol, and human beings -- is thriving along Yemen's coasts. These illicit flows are difficult to disentangle from legal maritime activities, as well as piracy, [...]	2009-08-29 12:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MCAP PHUM PGOV PHSA PREF SNAR KTIP YM
09SANAA1611	ANOTHER ROYG INSIDER SPEAKS OUT: "HE WONâ€™T LISTEN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Presidential first cousin and well-connected ruling General People's Congress Member of Parliament Mohammed al-Qadhi has joined other prominent former insiders ) including Tariq al-Fadhli, Mohammed Salim Basenduah and Hamid al-Ahmar ) in blaming President Ali Abdullah Saleh for Yemen's [...]	2009-08-31 08:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PINR YM
09SANAA1618	SA'ADA WAR: FIERCE FIGHTING FOLLOWS ALLEGED [...] (C) SUMMARY. After a fleeting )- or, by some accounts, non-existent -- ceasefire, fighting continues in earnest with artillery and aerial attacks throughout Sa'ada and parts of Amran governorates. Although President Saleh announced a "new" strategy on August 26, little appears to have change [...]	2009-08-31 14:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1621	ROYG REJECTS HOUTHI CEASEFIRE [...] (U) The Houthis announced a unilateral ceasefire on the night of August 31, which the ROYG categorically rejected the following day. According to the ceasefire announcement, which Houthi spokesman Muhammad Abd-al-Salam made during a live telephone interview on al-Jazeera's August 31 evening [...]	2009-09-01 13:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1632	AQAP LIFTS $500K IN ADEN HEIST? [...] (C) SUMMARY: An armed robbery rocked Aden on August 17, in part due to the large amount stolen (100 million Yemeni riyals) and in part due to the belief of government and non-government sources that al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) operatives are the culprits. The tactics utilized in the [...]	2009-09-02 13:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KFIN YM
09SANAA1648	ANOTHER HALF-HEARTED CEASEFIRE IN SA'ADA; FIGHTING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The sixth war in Sa'ada shows no sign of slowing, despite another brief ceasefire announcement on September 4. The ongoing war of words between the ROYG and Houthis is resulting in a dizzying see-saw of accusations and counter-accusations, none of them independently verifiable. [...]	2009-09-09 15:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1659	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: CANDIDATES FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Liza Khaled in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) UN Department on September 9. Khaled said that Yemen is considering running for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and that the Yemeni Ambassador to the UN and other relevant ROYG officials [...]	2009-09-12 11:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IR YM
09SANAA1662	IRAN IN YEMEN: TEHRAN's SHADOW LOOMS LARGE, BUT FOOTPRINT IS SMALL (c-ne9-01257) [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Despite repeated ROYG accusations of Tehran's material and financial support to the Houthi rebels in Sa'ada and increasingly belligerent media exchanges between Yemen and Iran, Iranian influence in Yemen has thus far been limited to informal religious ties between Yemeni and Iranian [...]	2009-09-12 14:11:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EIND IR YM
09SANAA1678	FROM YEMEN, ANOTHER TALE OF WOE: 12-YEAR-OLD CHILD [...] (SBU) A 12-year-old girl died on September 11 after three days of painful labor in Hudeidah governorate. The girl, Fawzia Abdullah Yousef, was married to a 24-year-old laborer at the age of 11. Her case became public when a local human rights worker from the Seyaj organization for child righ [...]	2009-09-15 13:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI YM
09SANAA1679	TOO QUIET ON THE SOUTHERN FRONT? RAMADAN PLOTTING [...] (S) SUMMARY. After six months of increasingly violent clashes between protestors and security services, Yemen's restive southern governorates have been uncharacteristically quiet during Ramadan, even as the war in Sa'ada rages and al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed a late July [...]	2009-09-15 14:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER YM
09SANAA1687	JMP'S "NATIONAL SALVATION PLAN" JUST ANOTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY. After months of anticipation, the opposition Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) released its National Salvation Plan which, while billed as a comprehensive solution to the nation's major crises ) Sa'ada and the Southern Movement - falls short of the level of detail or political buy-in [...]	2009-09-19 13:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA1690	SA'ADA WAR: ROYG BOMBING ALLEGEDLY KILLS 87 [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Multiple media sources report that the ROYG conducted an airstrike against a school in Amran governorate in which IDPs had sought shelter, killing 87 civilians, mostly women and children. ROYG officials, including President Saleh, say that only Houthis were killed in the bomb [...]	2009-09-19 13:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1835	MEDIA BULLIED INTO SILENCE AS CRISES DEEPEN [...] (U) SUMMARY. Yemeni journalists continue to face censorship, intimidation, and restrictions on their movements as they attempt to report on the deepening crises confronting their country. Both the ROYG and the Houthis have prevented independent media from visiting the conflict zone in Sa'ada, [...]	2009-10-06 13:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO YM
09SANAA184	BOYS FIGHTING AS MEN IN YEMEN'S TRIBAL CONFLICTS [...] SUMMARY. A recent report by a local NGO touting high rates of child combatants in tribal warfare has garnered considerable international coverage. Culturally, however, the adolescents are viewed as adults who owe allegiance to their tribes and are fighting to protect their homes. This may [...]	2009-02-02 12:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI YM
09SANAA1847	TRIBALIZED "POPULAR ARMY" AGAINST THE HOUTHIS WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ROYG is encouraging the formation of a "popular army" of tribesmen to supplement the regular army's fight against the Houthis in northern Yemen. The ROYG uses the "popular army" to harness tribal support for the war, increase its numbers and firepower in the region, and enga [...]	2009-10-07 07:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1856	HIGH-LEVEL VISITORS BRING MESSAGES OF SOLIDARITY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Three high-profile regime figures - two of them Government of Egypt officials - descended on Sana'a in early October, sparking rumors that Egypt has been tasked by the Arab League with resolving the Sixth War in Sa'ada, which has dragged on for over two months. The GOE and ROYG, [...]	2009-10-07 13:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL EG YM
09SANAA1870	ROYG ISSUES BLACKLIST OF SA'ADA ARMS TRAFFICKERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 5, the ROYG announced that seven Yemeni arms dealers had been "blacklisted," among them international arms trafficker Faris Manna, chief mediator between the ROYG and the Houthi rebels and brother of Sa'ada governor Hassan Manna. While theories regarding what prompte [...]	2009-10-12 06:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ETRD ETTC PARM PTER YM
09SANAA1892	MODERN-DAY REVOLUTION UNLIKELY AT PLANNED OCTOBER [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Southern Movement leadership is looking for historical inspiration in Lahj governorate, the revolutionary heartland of the struggle against the British colonial occupation of southern Yemen, as it plans peaceful demonstrations on October 14 in Radfan and October 15 in Yafa. [...]	2009-10-13 13:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV YM
09SANAA1899	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: ROYG RESPONSE ON IRAN AND [...] (S) On October 13, PolOff delivered reftel demarches to Ambassador Ali al-Kaf, the Chief of Arabian Peninsula and Gulf Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on the subjects of Iran, its covert uranium enrichment facility, and meetings being held by the international community to [...]	2009-10-13 14:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PARM KNNP MNUC AORC UNSC IAEA PREL IR ETTC YM
09SANAA1929	YEMEN'S SOUTH: TENS OF THOUSANDS FLOCK TO PEACEFUL [...] (S) SUMMARY. Tens of thousands of southerners traveled to Lahj, the rebellious heartland of Yemen's south, for pro-independence demonstrations organized by the Southern Movement in commemoration of the 46th anniversary of South Yemen's revolution against the British. Despite the large crowd [...]	2009-10-19 09:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV YM
09SANAA1936	CHILD SOLDIERS ALLEGEDLY USED BY BOTH SIDES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Numerous credible sources report that both the ROYG and the Houthis are illegally recruiting and employing child soldiers to fight the war in northern Yemen. Although the ROYG military does not appear to be directly employing child soldiers, the tribal militias it has mobilized [...]	2009-10-20 12:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KTIP YM
09SANAA1939	FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE: A CLASH OF RELIGIOUS [...] (S) SUMMARY. One of the deepest root causes of the conflict in Sa'ada is an ongoing battle of religious extremes between the violent Zaydism of the Shiite Houthi rebels native to the region and the radical Sunni Salafism that has crept down from Saudi Arabia in the last 20 years. Supported [...]	2009-10-20 13:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV KISL SCUL YM

09SANAA1983	WHO'S THE BOSS IN ABYAN? SOUTHERN MOVEMENT, AQAP, [...] (S) SUMMARY. In the largely ungoverned spaces of Yemen's southern governorates, a complex political battle is taking place between the central government, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and members of the secessionist Southern Movement. This struggle is especially apparent in Abyan, where [...]	2009-10-28 12:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER YM
09SANAA1998	MORE EVIDENCE THAT CHILD SOLDIERS USED BY "ALL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Credible NGO and media sources report that all three parties in the Sa'ada conflict )- the ROYG, the tribes, and the Houthis -- are using child soldiers. While the ROYG denies it uses child soldiers, local and international journalists and NGOs report that they interviewed child [...]	2009-11-02 14:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KTIP YM
09SANAA2029	FROM YEMEN, SEPARATE ATTACKS ON SAUDI DOORSTEP [...] (S) SUMMARY. Details are still emerging in two separate, deadly attacks which took place on November 3 close to the Yemen-Saudi border. In northern Sa'ada's Jabal al-Dukhan border region, one Saudi security officer was killed and 11 others wounded, allegedly by Houthi rebels. The second att [...]	2009-11-04 14:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2030	SA'ADA: HOUTHIS PUSH OUTWARD, THOUSANDS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The vast majority of Sa'ada governorate appears to be under Houthi control, including much of western Sa'ada, where the rebels took Razeh's military airport; northwestern Sa'ada; and eastern Sa'ada, where they have opened a new front. One exception is Sa'ada City, most of which [...]	2009-11-04 15:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA2040	SAUDI AIRSTRIKES AT YEMEN BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Local sources confirm that Saudi Arabia continued to launch airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Jebel al-Dukhan area on the Saudi-Yemeni border, despite ROYG statements to the contrary. In an unusual twist, the Houthis are now casting themselves as defenders of Yemen's sovereignty agai [...]	2009-11-09 13:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2041	CAUGHT BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH, TAIZ CITIZENRY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The residents of Taiz, Yemen's most populous governorate and the country's cultural and educational capital, share the same frustrations expressed by citizens across the country: a water crisis, economic woes and a crackdown on human rights such as freedom of the press. Unlike [...]	2009-11-09 13:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON YM
09SANAA2042	65 JEWS MAKE THEIR EXODUS FROM YEMEN, RESETTLE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite bureaucratic, logistical, cultural and personal hurdles, 65 Yemeni Jews traveled to the U.S. in 2009 as part of the special P-1 refugee resettlement process. The most recent group of Jewish refugees traveled on October 26 amid death threats from an estranged ex-husband a [...]	2009-11-09 13:42:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA2043	57 JEWS MAKE THEIR EXODUS FROM YEMEN, RESETTLE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite bureaucratic, logistical, cultural and personal hurdles, 57 Yemeni Jews traveled to the U.S. in 2009 as part of the special P-1 refugee resettlement process. The most recent group of Jewish refugees traveled on October 26 amid death threats from an estranged ex-husband a [...]	2009-11-10 04:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA2058	WATER RESOURCES FALL AS WATER SCARCITY RISES ON [...] (C) Summary. Water remains a socially threatening, yet politically sensitive subject in Yemen; government action has stagnated as water resources continue to decline. The lack of regulation of drilling rigs and the cultivation of qat are largely responsible for the continuing decline of wate [...]	2009-11-14 08:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID MASS PGOV SENV SOCI YM
09SANAA2070	SAUDI STRIKES IN YEMEN: AN INVITATION TO IRAN -- [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Saudi airstrikes on the Yemeni border continue but have not managed to clear the area of Houthi rebels. Yemeni journalists and the Houthis report Saudi strikes are hitting Yemeni targets, claims that are denied by the ROYG and SAG. Multiple media sources report the Saudi Navy is imp [...]	2009-11-16 14:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2073	ALI NASSER MOHAMMED: YEMEN'S ONCE AND FUTURE [...] (S) SUMMARY. As the overall political situation in Yemen continues to deteriorate and the secessionist Southern Movement continues to gain strength, former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY) President Ali Nasser Mohammed has emerged as the most-talked about ) if not the most likely [...]	2009-11-17 08:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PTER YM
09SANAA2079	HIZBALLAH AND THE HOUTHIS: DIFFERENT GOALS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In their ongoing pursuit of Western support for their struggle against the Houthis, ROYG officials have latched onto recent, unsubstantiated media claims of Hizballah cooperation with the Houthis in Sa'ada in order to bolster their argument that the Houthis are a terrorist organ [...]	2009-11-18 06:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER MOPS PGOV PROP YM
09SANAA2117	SA'ADA CEASEFIRE DISCUSSIONS UNDERWAY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Well-informed sources, including one involved directly in preliminary talks, report that both the ROYG and the Houthis are looking for a way to stop the fighting in northern Yemen. While the Houthis apparently have accepted the RQG's five ceasefire conditions, there is an imp [...]	2009-11-23 15:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2124	IDPS IN AMRAN ESCAPE WAR BUT STILL EXPOSED TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The approximately 28,000 IDPs in Amran governorate may have escaped the conflict zone, but their survival remains precarious. Local authorities view them with suspicion and have attempted to restrict and manipulate aid delivery for political purposes. The camp established for [...]	2009-11-24 11:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI UNHCR YM
09SANAA215	LIFE ON THE BORDER: CHILD MIGRATION IN YEMEN'S [...] SUMMARY. Thousands of children in Yemen's northern governorates travel illegally to Saudi Arabia in search of work, despite the dangers inherent in this path. Children face physical and sexual abuse, as well as grinding poverty across the border. Increasing ROYG awareness and efforts by th [...]	2009-02-07 07:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SOCI YM
09SANAA2151	ROYG PREEMPTS SOUTHERN PROTESTS, ATTEMPTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. While widespread violence did not erupt during Southern Mobility Movement (SMM) demonstrations on November 30 in Aden (reftel),tens of thousands of protestors flooded the streets despite government warnings not to assemble days before and a preemptive scale-up in ROYG security [...]	2009-12-02 11:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PTER PINR YM
09SANAA2155	SA'ADA CEASEFIRE TALKS SLOW BUT NOT STALLED [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Sa'ada ceasefire discussions continue to move forward slowly, even during the week-long Eid holiday, and Houthi mediator Hassan Zaid is cautiously optimistic about the possibility that a ceasefire will be reached. While Zaid thinks President Saleh is not serious about a ceasefire an [...]	2009-12-02 12:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2171	YEMEN'S LEADING INDEPENDENT NEWS SITE HACKED; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 28, hackers attacked Yemen's leading independent news website NewsYemen, crashing the site and erasing its five-year news archive. Website editor Nabil al-Soufi blamed the Ministry of Telecommunications, citing evidence that the virus which destroyed the website or [...]	2009-12-07 08:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO YM
09SANAA2176	SA'ADA CEASEFIRE TALKS "SHATTERED" [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. A knowledgeable insider reported that the incipient Sa'ada ceasefire discussions have been "shattered." Just days earlier, presidential advisors Abdul Karim al-Iryani and Mohammed Azzan told EmbOffs that Saleh was willing to consider a political solution to the war in Sa'ada. [...]	2009-12-08 13:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2185	WHO ARE THE HOUTHIS, PART ONE: WHAT ARE THEY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Given the Houthis' opacity and the government's exaggerated claims about their goals, it is difficult to know what exactly they are fighting for. The ROYG accuses the Houthis of wanting to restore clerical rule in Yemen, which they deny, insisting instead that they want basic [...]	2009-12-09 13:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2186	WHO ARE THE HOUTHIS, PART TWO: HOW ARE THEY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Little is clear about the Houthi leadership, aside from the fact that Abdulmalik al-Houthi is the rebel group's current leader. Houthi field commanders do not seem to agree on key ideological and religious principles. The Houthis' numbers range from the hundreds to the thou [...]	2009-12-09 13:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2219	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTATION OF CHILD [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper on December 14 to Khalil Mohammed of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) Two Americas Department and Amani Ali Salih al-Wathai, assistant to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Muhi al-Dhabbi. Mohammed and Wathai accepted the points of the dem [...]	2009-12-15 15:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KWMN KMCA PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09SANAA2227	SA'ADA, MONTH FIVE: IS SALEH SERIOUS ABOUT ENDING [...] (S) SUMMARY. A week after ceasefire negotiations between the ROYG and the Houthis broke down, bombing continues apace in war-torn Sa'ada governorate. President Saleh continues to send signs that he is still committed to a military end to the conflict and attempts at reaching a political solu [...]	2009-12-16 15:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF SA YM
09SANAA2230	YEMEN'S COUNTER TERRORISM UNIT STRETCHED THIN BY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. As the sixth war against the Houthis continues to squeeze Yemen's conventional military, the ROYG has looked to its U.S. and U.K.-funded and trained counterterrorism forces to provide some relief to battered army forces. The Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) - trained to detect small ter [...]	2009-12-17 12:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER MOPS PINS MASS PGOV YM
09SANAA2250	YEMEN ABUZZ WITH TALK OF CT OPERATIONS; TTENTION SLOWLY TURNS TO U.S. ROLE [...] (S) SUMMARY. Yemenis have talked of little else but the counterterrorism operations against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula since news broke of the pre-dawn raids on December 17. Official media and ROYG officials have focused on the successful aspects of the operation, including an alleged 34 te [...]	2009-12-21 13:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL MOPS MASS YM
09SANAA270	IT'S (STILL) A MAN'S WORLD: WOMEN CANDIDATES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. With the electoral clock ticking and the parties locked in a political stalemate, the possibility of reaching an effective compromise on a quota for female candidates appears increasingly unlikely. Despite proposals from each side, insiders remain skeptical that the new Parliam [...]	2009-02-11 14:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM
09SANAA271	YEMENIS THINK SAUDI ARABIA COULD DO MORE TO STOP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ROYG officials and independent experts repeatedly express frustration with the lack of Saudi cooperation on trafficking-in-persons issues, including children smuggled to Saudi Arabia for work and Saudi "sex tourists" who frequent underage prostitutes in Yemen. They allege tha [...]	2009-02-11 14:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI KTIP YM
09SANAA274	SANAA'S ANTI-PIRACY CONFERENCE PLUMBS THE DEPTHS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Attendance was high at the February 10-11 UK-funded maritime security conference in Sana'a. Participants agreed to better information sharing and increased capacity building, but were unable to decide on the mechanisms to reach these goals. Although constrained by a lack of reso [...]	2009-02-11 14:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PREL PTER MCAP YM
09SANAA30	YEMEN RESPONDS O THE PORT SECURITY DEMARCHE [...] SUMMARY. During the week of January 3 ) , Post delivered the reftel points to the Ministy of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Transportation Yemen Coast Guard, and Ministry of Industry and rade. Other relevant individuals were also notiied. Overall, the ROYG defended its port securiy procedure [...]	2009-01-07 12:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EWT KHLS PREL PTER YM
09SANAA306	HAS SALEH LOST THE SOUTH? BOLD TALK OF [...] (S) SUMMARY. In meetings in Aden attended by PolOff, independent figures and opposition leaders ) including members of the regime of the former People's Democratic Republic of South Yemen (PDRY) ) called openly for Southern independence, declaring that "unity was over." Describing an underg [...]	2009-02-18 13:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PNAT YM
09SANAA314	A VICTORY FOR CHILD BRIDES: PARLIAMENT (FINALLY) [...] With strong opposition from Islah, Parliament voted on February 14 to approve a marriage law setting the minimum age of marriage at 17 for men and women. The law also stipulates that no woman of any age can be married without her consent. Parents violating the law face imprisonment for up to [...]	2009-02-21 08:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI YM
09SANAA319	SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT: OPPOSITION SEES LITTLE USE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Calling the elections "pointless" and expressing doubt that any political agreement would prove sufficient, southern opposition figures in Aden appeared even further from compromise than their party brethren in Sana'a. Meanwhile, in the capital, the GPC's Central Committee voted [...]	2009-02-21 11:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA331	AGREEMENT TO DELAY ELECTIONS UP TO TWO YEARS [...] (C) Shoura Council member Mohamed al-Tayyeb told the DCM on February 24 that a definitive agreement had been reached between the ruling General People's Congress (GPC) and the opposition Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) to delay the Parliamentary elections scheduled for April 27 for two years. Ha [...]	2009-02-24 14:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA335	PARLIAMENT: TWO-YEAR ELECTORAL DELAY IS IMMINENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Squeaking by the mandatory 60-day deadline, Parliament is expected to vote in a special session on February 26 to accept the President's request to delay the Parliamentary elections for two years and to amend the Constitution in order to change the Parliamentary term from six to [...]	2009-02-25 13:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM
09SANAA397	UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-04 10:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09SANAA398	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-04 10:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL YM
09SANAA399	TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-04 11:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID SL YM
09SANAA42	YEMEN RESPONSE TO OPPOSING IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-11 05:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF IR UN EAID YM
09SANAA43	TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-11 05:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR LE YM
09SANAA430	A VIEW FROM INSIDE THE SOUTHERN MOVEMENT [...] (S) SUMMARY. Moving in an increasingly secessionist direction, the leaders of the Southern Movement continue to build organizational capacity while beginning to think about confrontational strategies, according to former southern General Mohamed Saleh Tammah. The movement, which looks to so [...]	2009-03-08 14:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PNAT PTER YM
09SANAA44	YEMEN CONFIRMS PARTICIPATION AT CONTACT GROUP ON [...] Abdul Hakeem al-Eryani, Director of the Office of the Foreign Minister, confirmed on January 10 that Yemen's Permanent Representative to the United Nations will attend the January 13-14 Contact Group on Somali Piracy. 2. Poloff provided al-Eryani with reftel draft agenda and proposed meet [...]	2009-01-11 05:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER YM
09SANAA489	SALEH BIG WINNER IN YEMEN'S PARLIAMENTARY [...] (U) A February 26 decision by Yemen's Parliament is expected to lead to a two year delay of the parliamentary elections scheduled for April 27. This message examines what that delay will actually mean. The delay is seen by some as a chance for true reform of Yemen's political system. Judgin [...]	2009-03-22 10:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM YM
09SANAA502	ROYG DIGS IN ITS HEELS ON ISSUANCE OF JEWS' [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite U.S. pressure, the ROYG continues to stall on the issuance of passports to a group of Reyda Jews, citing discomfort over media attention surrounding the February emigration of a Jewish family to Israel. Families in Reyda reported incidents of rocks thrown at their homes [...]	2009-03-24 11:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA503	HOME-GROWN NGOS WORK FOR PEACEFUL CONFLICT [...] SUMMARY. Local NGOs are engaged in a three-pronged approach to promoting peaceful conflict resolution among Yemen's tribes: engaging tribal leaders, empowering youth, and training imams as mediators. These techniques often overlap efforts to curb the spread of extremist ideology. The program [...]	2009-03-24 12:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER YM
09SANAA530	MPS SCOLD SECURITY FORCES ON TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] (U) On March 23, Yemen,s Parliament held a contentious five-hour closed session to discuss recent terrorist attacks and the overall lack of security in the country. Ranking ROYG officials in attendance included Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Affairs Rashad al-Alimi and the Mi [...]	2009-03-25 11:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL YM
09SANAA560	SIXTH ROUND IN SAADA: WHERE'S THE TIPPING POINT? [...] (C) SUMMARY. The threat of a sixth round of fighting between the al-Houthi rebels and government forces in Saada looms large. Potential flashpoints include the issue of prisoners, tribal warfare in the northern governorates and the grim humanitarian situation. The constant drumbeat of viol [...]	2009-04-01 06:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF YM
09SANAA68	YEMEN ATTEMPTS TO SEIZE REGIONAL ANTI-PIRACY LEAD [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Yemen Coast Guard (YCG) is expected to use a regional anti-piracy conference next month to announce its expanding operations and to solicit assistance from Yemen's deep-pocket Gulf neighbors. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Despite its lack of deep-water capabilities, the YCG is at [...]	2009-01-13 12:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	EWWT PREL PTER MCAP YM
09SANAA708	GOOD WORKS AND GOD: TRACING SALAFISM'S GROWING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Salafism has spread rapidly in Yemen over the last two decades, fueled by wealthy Yemeni and Saudi benefactors, the judicious political use of Salafism by Yemen's leaders and an expansive network of charitable organizations. Increasingly, Yemen's Salafis are entering the public [...]	2009-04-21 08:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SCUL YM
09SANAA810	SECURITY PUTS A DAMPER ON DEMOCRACY DAY [...] (S) SUMMARY. Although thousands demonstrated, the widespread violence anticipated across the south on Democracy Day (April 27) never materialized, in part due to the ROYG's heightened military presence in key cities. Looting and arrests occurred in Mukullah, while noted extremist, now south [...]	2009-04-29 12:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV YM
09SANAA898	LOUD CALLS FOR SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE RATTLE THE [...] (S) SUMMARY. Buoyed by the growth of a popular Southern Movement, a broader swath of those parts of southern society to which post has access has declared an end to unity and is openly advocating for separation from the former North Yemen. A worried ROYG has employed a number of tactics ) fr [...]	2009-05-12 12:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV YM
09SANAA9	JEWS BEGIN MOVE TO SANA'A AFTER STONINGS IN REYDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After anti-Israel demonstrations turned into a violent episode of stone-throwing on January 4, the Reyda Jews began moving to government housing in Sana'a on January 5. Several people were injured as a result of the violence and at least one man was hospitalized for his injuri [...]	2009-01-05 13:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA936	YEMEN STRIKES BACK AS PIRACY HURTS ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY. As a result of piracy's negative economic impact on Yemen and its links to human and arms smuggling, the ROYG has stepped up its counter-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Aden in recent months. Yemen would like to take on a regional leadership role in combating piracy, but its effort [...]	2009-05-17 13:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT PREL PTER MCAP YM
09SANAA939	SECURITY CONCERNS, BUREAUCRACY HINDER DELIVERY OF [...] Insecurity and bureaucratic foot-dragging are hindering efforts to provide assistance to Yemen's strife-torn Sa'ada province. A key needs assessment remains stalled awaiting ROYG approval, possibly as a result of the ROYG's hesitancy to allow outsiders to view the scope of the humanitarian cr [...]	2009-05-18 06:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREF YM
09SANAA951	YEMEN'S RESTIVE SOUTH: IS SALEH (FINALLY) GETTING [...] (S) SUMMARY. Although a nervous-seeming ROYG has employed numerous tactics to quell southern discontent in the weeks following Democracy Day (April 27),only recently did President Saleh hint at serious consideration of southern grievances. A May 17 public announcement of constitutional refo [...]	2009-05-19 13:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER YM
09SANAA977	UNITY, BUT NOT THIS UNITY [...] (U) Against the backdrop of growing secessionist sentiment in Yemen's south, some among those who support unity are voicing their frustration over centralization of power, lack of development and the weakening of the Saleh regime. The ROYG is focusing a lot of energy on secessionist feeling, b [...]	2009-05-20 14:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANJOSE107	WHA/CEN DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S VISIT TO COST RICA: [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior MFA official candidly discussed a wide range of regional issues with WHA/CEN Deputy Director David Wolfe during the latter's February 9-11 visit to Costa Rica. Wolfe's interlocutor contrasted Costa Rica's frosty Nicaraguan relations with a warming trend with Panama, and [...]	2009-02-21 00:27:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	CS EFTA KSUM PGOV PINR PREL SNAR
09SANJOSE1098	COSTA RICA: POLICE EQUIPMENT DONATION TO QUEPOS MUNCIPALITY [...] (U) SUMMARY. On November 23-24, we visited the city of Quepos on Costa Rica's Pacific coast to donate nearly $14,000 of police equipment as well as to conduct end-use monitoring of equipment previously donated to the coast guard station there. Although the police equipment was not purchased w [...]	2009-12-04 17:50:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PINR ASEC CASC CS
09SANJOSE312	COSTA RICA WELCOMES QENERGY AND CLIMATE PARTNERSHIP OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Costa Rican officials, including the Minister of Foreign Trade and the Minister of Environment, Energy, and Telecommunications (MINAET),welcomed President ObamaQs planned announcement of an QEnergy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) at the upcoming Summit of t [...]	2009-04-16 12:33:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON KSUM KGHG PREL PGOV CS
09SANJOSE40	COSTA RICA - NOMINATION FOR 2009 TIP HERO [...] (U) Embassy San Jose is pleased to nominate Mariliana Morales Berros, founder and Executive Director of the Rahab Foundation (Fundacisn Rahab) as a 2009 TIP Hero, per reftel. ------------ NOMINEE DATA ------------ 2. (U) Nominee: Mariliana Morales Berros. 3. (U) Title and Institution [...]	2009-01-26 15:08:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KTIP CS
09SANSALVADOR1011	ARENA'S MELTDOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 22, twelve dissident legislative deputies from the (conservative) National Republican Alliance (ARENA) formalized their break with the party and cast a symbolic vote with ARENA's rival party, the (left-wing) Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN). This move [...]	2009-10-27 15:51:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR1017	GOES TO SUPPORT MYERS ICSC CANDIDACY [...] (SBU) On October 23, MFA Director of Foreign Policy, Joaquin Maza, delivered to PolOffs a note confirming that the GOES will support the U.S. candidate to the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC),Lucretia Myers, in the upcoming ICSC elections (see reftel A). A translation of the [...]	2009-10-28 16:28:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PROG ES
09SANSALVADOR1019	VIOLENCE IN EL SALVADOR 1: THE STATISTICS [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is the first in a series addressing violent crime in El Salvador. Crime levels have risen sharply in 2009. Surveys rank public security as the top problem in El Salvador, even though the country is in the midst of its worst economic downturn in more than a decade. A [...]	2009-10-28 19:52:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ES
09SANSALVADOR1032	NO WORD YET ON GOES GOLDSTONE VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 14:10:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL ES
09SANSALVADOR1045	MILITARY ANTI-CRIME PLAN A GAMBLE FOR FUNES [...] (C) Summary: On November 5, President Funes signed an emergency decree to deploy 3,500 soldiers into 28 urban areas to combat a growing wave of violent crime. Politicians, the military and the public strongly support the plan, but critics fear human rights violations and damage to the Salvado [...]	2009-11-09 11:50:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET//NOFORN	KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PINS PREL SOCI MOPS ES
09SANSALVADOR1055	GOES TO VOTE FOR BURMA, IRAN, DPRK UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 21:18:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR1087	SALVADORN MFA ON THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE WAY [...] (SBU) On December 1, Poloff met with Deputy Director of Foreign Policy Nelson Amaya, Director of Middle East Affairs Milton MagaC1a, and Director of Bilateral Relations Wendy Acevedo at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss talking points from Ref A. 2. (SBU) Amaya said he w [...]	2009-12-03 19:45:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AF PK ES
09SANSALVADOR1093	DEMARCHE ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" [...] (SBU) On December 1, Poloff met with Deputy Director of Foreign Policy Nelson Amaya, Director of Middle East Affairs Milton MagaC1a, and Director of Bilateral Relations Wendy Acevedo at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss talking points and to provide supplementary documents referenced [...]	2009-12-04 21:58:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UN UNGA ES
09SANSALVADOR1097	GOES SUPPORTS USG'S IRAN NUKE STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 22:33:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR ES
09SANSALVADOR15	REPORTS OF ARMED GROUPS FORMING IN EL SALVADOR [...] (S/NF) Summary: Beginning on December 13, 2008, numerous articles have appeared in the local media claiming illegal armed groups are active in the countryside of El Salvador. The articles quote the highest levels of the Salvadoran security and political structures, who varyingly confirm they h [...]	2009-01-08 14:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PREL PGOV ES
09SANSALVADOR163	ARENA OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MARCH 15 ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Former GOES Legal Advisor and (conservative, pro-U.S.) ARENA presidential hopeful Luis Mario Rodriguez believes ARENA's January 18 victory in the San Salvador municipal race has boosted Rodrigo Avila's chances of victory March 15. He contrasted Avila's newfound confidence and rec [...]	2009-02-23 18:13:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR191	EL SALVADOR NONCOMMITTAL ON UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-03 19:27:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09SANSALVADOR196	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-03 22:13:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL
09SANSALVADOR210	POLLS VARY WIDELY BUT MOST SHOW SLIGHT LEAD FOR [...] (C) Summary: The majority of polls released before the 15-day ban on poll publication prior to the March 15 election show (left-wing) Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) presidential candidate Mauricio Funes leading (conservative, pro-U.S.) Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA [...]	2009-03-12 14:50:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPLS KDEM ES
09SANSALVADOR219	EL SALVADOR ELECTION UPDATE: MARCH 12 [...] (C) Summary: This is the final update regarding the presidential elections scheduled for March 15. This report includes an Attorney General investigation of the (left-wing) Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) presidential candidate, the FMLN and the (center-right, pro-U.S.) Natio [...]	2009-03-13 16:27:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR249	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RUSSIA RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 15:06:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS ES MOPS PBTS
09SANSALVADOR250	DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING HCOC ANNUAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 15:06:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA ES
09SANSALVADOR27	ARENA SEES ELECTION OPPORTUNITIES, BUT HAS [...] (C) Summary: (Conservative, pro-U.S.) ARENA Vice President for the 2009 Campaign Cesar Funes (no relation to (left-wing) FMLN presidential candidate Mauricio Funes) tried to demonstrate optimism to Poloffs about the upcoming Salvadoran legislative, municipal, and presidential elections. He pr [...]	2009-01-12 19:31:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR314	DEMARCHE FOR USG CANDIDACY FOR UNHRC [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-03 21:48:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR315	DEMARCHE FOR US CANDIDATE FOR OAS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-03 21:48:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGIV PREL OAS XM CA IAHRC ES
09SANSALVADOR351	GOES LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. HRC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-20 22:36:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR530	EL SALVADOR MOVES BACKWARDS ON PRISON REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Newly-appointed Director of the Salvadoran prison system (DGCP in Spanish) Douglas Moreno has instituted several controversial changes since taking office June 2. The tenor of the changes, coupled with an apparent unwillingness to meet with Embassy officials, creates problems for [...]	2009-06-11 20:36:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES KCRM PGOV PREL
09SANSALVADOR54	EL SALVADOR ELECTION UPDATE: JANUARY 15 [...] (U) Summary: This is an update regarding the Salvadoran municipal and legislative elections scheduled for January 18, and the presidential elections scheduled for March 15. This report includes public and private statements by the (left-wing) Farabundo Marti Front for the National Liberation [...]	2009-01-16 21:52:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPLS KDEM ES
09SANSALVADOR556	MFA CONCERNED ABOUT NORTH KOREA; KOSOVO TBD [...] (U) DPRK: Poloffs met June 16 with new Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Castaneda on a courtesy call and to deliver reftel details about Resolution 1874. Castaneda raised the issue of the North Korean nuclear tests before we did. He called it a very delicate and complex subject, but s [...]	2009-06-17 20:28:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM UNSC KN KV ES
09SANSALVADOR56	EL SALVADOR ON A.Q. KHAN SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 14:41:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN ES
09SANSALVADOR57	EL SALVADOR ON U.S.-IAEA ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 14:41:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM
09SANSALVADOR655	GOES NONCOMMITTAL ON UN NGOS [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-10 20:54:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ES
09SANSALVADOR747	GOES FAVORS ECUADOR IN UNESCO DG ELECTION [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Multilateral Affairs Officers Felix Ulloa and Egriselda Gonzalez on August 11. Gonzalez said the MFA has not yet decided its vote for UNESCO Director General, but that it is leaning toward support for the Ecuadoran candidate, [...]	2009-08-13 21:56:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNESCO ES
09SANSALVADOR790	RIVERA INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, BUT SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary: The investigation into the killing of community activist Marcelo Rivera continues as new claims of death threats and attacks emerge. Archbishop Escobar Alas tells us that he doubts links between mining and Rivera's murder. Ombudsman for Human Rights Oscar Luna said that the inve [...]	2009-08-21 22:29:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ES
09SANSALVADOR947	REORGANIZING ARENA: THE PARTYS FUTURE AFTER [...] S/NF) Summary: On October 11, the The National Rpublican Alliance (ARENA) party will hold its annul convention, marking the first time in 20 years that it has held the convention as an opposition arty. The party emerged from its March 15 presidential election defeat in chaos. In June, long-b [...]	2009-10-06 21:20:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ES
09SANTIAGO106	CHILEANS, HUNGRY FOR CHANGE, EYE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Progressive Chilean leaders admit that their Concertacion coalition's nearly twenty year rule has left the Chilean public largely uninspired by the prospect of another Concertacion president and has led to stale party politics. Concertacion has been hurt by a series of relative [...]	2009-02-04 10:35:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI CI
09SANTIAGO1098	Slow Progress for Chile's TIP Legislation [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A draft law on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) that would bring Chile into compliance with international standards remains pending in the Chilean Senate. Post's efforts, including outreach to key Senators and meetings with several Ministers, have succeeded in raising awareness am [...]	2009-11-16 20:14:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KTIP CI
09SANTIAGO1208	Chile's Presidential Elections: Pinera Easily Comes Out on [...] (U) Summary: Preliminary results of Chile's December 18 election show opposition candidate Sebastian Pinera firmly leading Chile's presidential election, but without the greater than 50% support necessary to avoid a runoff election. According to the early results, Pinera will face Concertaci [...]	2009-12-14 00:16:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON CI
09SANTIAGO124	CHILE'S AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR DEFENSE REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: Although it has received only periodic attention in the press, President Bachelet has encouraged a far-reaching series of defense reforms which, if approved, would dramatically restructure the Ministry of Defense, usher in significant changes to military procurement, and create [...]	2009-02-10 20:11:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PHUM SOCI CI
09SANTIAGO125	KOSOVO DEMARCHE TO CHILE WOULD BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 14:43:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ICJ KV CI
09SANTIAGO137	HOW CHILE'S RIGHT SEES THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Conservative political leaders and analysts see both their own presidential candidate, Sebastian Pinera, and the rival Concertacion candidate, Eduardo Frei, as ho-hum choices who are unlikely to arouse much voter enthusiasm. Frei benefited greatly from his father's legacy when he [...]	2009-02-17 19:36:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CI
09SANTIAGO156	CHILE: 2009 TIP REPORT [...] (U) The following information is Post's submission per ref A. Post will continue to gather information on TIP and submit relevant updates prior to April 15. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOC made progress during the reporting period in its efforts to confront TIP. Individual agencies, most notably [...]	2009-02-20 19:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KTIP ELAB KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF KCRM CI
09SANTIAGO162	CHILE: ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER'S TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political instability in Paraguay, an improving Chilean relationship with Bolivia, cooperation with Ecuador, and normal bilateral relations with Peru were among the highlights of Acting Foreign Minister Van Klaveren's February 13 tour d'horizon meeting with DAS Christopher McMullen. [...]	2009-02-23 20:49:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ECON OVIP KPAO XM
09SANTIAGO166	CHILE SUPPORTS U.S. ON DURBAN, STRATEGIZES ON [...] (U) This is an action request for IO/RHS and DRL/MLGA. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: Chile supports U.S. positions at the Durban Conference, but does not consider anti-Israeli language to be a key issue. MFA Human Rights official Eduardo Chihuailaf said Chile is eager to work [...]	2009-02-24 18:57:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC CI
09SANTIAGO170	DAS MCMULLEN MEETS WITH ECONOMIC, ENERGY, AND BUSINESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DAS Christopher McMullen met with officials at the Ministry of Finance, the National Energy Commission, business leaders, and the Central Bank Governor during his visit to Chile February 12-13. Senior Finance Ministry staff told DAS McMullen that Chile's process to accede to th [...]	2009-02-25 18:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENVR ENRG EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO177	CHILE PREDICTS SUCCESS FOR UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-26 21:01:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA

09SANTIAGO250	CHILEANS HOPE TO ATTEND NUCLEAR TERRORISM MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-16 21:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PREL PTER KGIC CI KS
09SANTIAGO251	FOREIGN MINISTER'S SURPRISE DEPARTURE LEADS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley stepped down on March 12 after three years in office in a move that took the public, political insiders, and even his successor by surprise. His departure led to a small wave of other changes as the Chilean Ambassador to the U.S., Mariano [...]	2009-03-16 22:31:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS KPAO CI
09SANTIAGO254	BRAZIL, CHILE LED EFFORT TO CREATE NEW UNASUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Brazil and Chile played leading roles in creating the new South American Defense Council (SADC),which was inaugurated last week at a meeting of all 12 UNASUR Defense Ministers in Santiago. The new body, which is not/not a military alliance, aims to develop relationships and bu [...]	2009-03-17 18:04:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL XR CI
09SANTIAGO264	CONCERTACION AIMS FOR COMPREHENSIVE DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Concertacion has proposed an extensive re-organization of Chile's Defense Ministry, transforming civilian contractors into direct-hire employees, moving from a service branch-based structure to a joint structure, and developing a position similar to the Chairman of the Joint [...]	2009-03-19 20:45:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO3	CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE: PINERA STILL LEADING, FREI [...] (SBU) Summary: The latest poll on possible presidential candidates shows that former president Eduardo Frei is very competitive with OAS SecGen Jose Miguel Insulza to receive the nod as the Concertacion candidate. But both trail opposition leader Sebastian Pinera by a sizeable margin, althoug [...]	2009-01-02 16:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB SOCI ECON CI
09SANTIAGO304	CONCERTACION CHALLENGER GOMEZ MAKES A NAME FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Through tireless old-fashioned campaigning and an extensive internet effort, upstart presidential contender Jose Antonio Gomez has emerged as a persistent progressive leader and irritant to Concertacion front runner Eduardo Frei. Gomez, who is a senator and president of the [...]	2009-04-01 20:42:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV ECON CI
09SANTIAGO310	CHILE: CONCERTACION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 5, the center-left Concertacion coalition will hold primaries in Chile's O'Higgins (VI) and Maule (VII) regions between former President and current Senator Eduardo Frei and upstart challenger Senator Jose Antonio Gomez. The Concertacion has no set process for choosi [...]	2009-04-02 15:59:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO339	CHILE PREPARES ITS CASE IN MARITIME DISPUTE WITH [...] (C) Summary: Now that Peru has presented its case about the disputed maritime border with Chile, Chile has a year to study Peru's arguments and make their own case at the International Court of Justice. According to Chile's Director for Border Affairs, Chile plans to point to treaties and a [...]	2009-04-09 20:20:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS ECON PREL PGOV CI PE
09SANTIAGO435	CHILE GIVES THUMBS UP TO OBAMA'S SUMMIT MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Top MFA officials described the Summit of the Americas as a success notable for its positive atmosphere and frank exchange of views, and were relieved that their fears of possible outbursts by Hugo Chavez, Evo Morales, or others never came to pass. Even these polemical president [...]	2009-05-06 21:48:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XM XL XS CI
09SANTIAGO524	CHILE'S SURPRISE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: HERE TO [...] (C) Summary: Marco Enriquez-Ominami, a 35-year old Socialist parliamentarian and former filmmaker, has burst onto Chile's presidential scene in recent weeks. Known as one of the "unruly" parliamentarians from the ruling Concertacion coalition, Enriquez-Ominami is running against his party (and the [...]	2009-06-05 13:44:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON SNAR CI BO
09SANTIAGO540	CHILE SUPPORTS EXTENDING SUDAN RAPPORTEUR MANDATE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-08 21:20:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL AORC CI SU XA
09SANTIAGO548	CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE: ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition presidential candidate and business leader Sebastian Pinera believes that successive Concertacion governments have been complacent in managing Chile's economy, missing opportunities for structural change and modernization, and creating an extensive and pricey social s [...]	2009-06-11 20:07:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL SOCI KIPR CI
09SANTIAGO612	CHILE'S CONGRESS: PRIORITIES AND HOPES FOR U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary. The new leaders of both houses of Chile's Congress are interested in strengthening ties with the U.S., and hope to visit Washington in September and re-invigorate the moribund U.S.-Chile Senate Caucus. Electoral reform; transparency and anti-bribery legislation required for OE [...]	2009-07-02 11:21:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KTIA KTIP ELAB CI
09SANTIAGO665	NORTHERN EXPOSURE: COCAINE TRAFFICKING ON THE RISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Law enforcement contacts in northern Chile report that cocaine trafficking from Bolivia to Chile has increased in the past six to eight months -- a development that some officials link to the departure of DEA agents from Bolivia. Chilean police complain that they lack sufficient [...]	2009-07-15 20:07:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR KCRM CI
09SANTIAGO690	CHILE'S NORTHERN FREE TRADE ZONE: A PLATFORM FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Free Trade Zone of Iquique (ZOFRI) is an essential part of Chile's northern economy, providing 25 percent of jobs in the city of Iquique. Already Chile's largest free trade zone, officials are extremely upbeat about the ZOFRI's future because of its strategic location, infr [...]	2009-07-23 13:25:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO75	CHILEAN STIMULUS PACKAGE DESIGNED FOR QUICK [...] (SBU) Summary: Chile's recently announced stimulus plan was specifically developed to have a quick impact, Finance Minister Andres Velasco recently told the Ambassador. Half of the public infrastructure spending will be completed by July 2009 and tax incentives are structured to encourage i [...]	2009-01-22 20:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PROG CI
09SANTIAGO770	CHILE SUPPORTS EGYPTIAN CANDIDATE FOR UNESCO [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Jorge Ossa, Deputy Director of Elections in the Bureau of Multilateral Affairs. Ossa told Poloff that Chile has already declared its support for Egyptian candidate Farouk Hosni. Ossa added that Chile's decision to support Hosni is based entirely on t [...]	2009-08-12 21:07:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO CI
09SANTIAGO826	MYTH VS. REALITY IN CHILE'S MAPUCHE CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary: Despite sensationalist press coverage and a popular image of bloody conflict in Chile's southern Mapuche heartland, poloffs found that relations between indigenous and non-indigenous communities were largely non-violent, if often tense and distrustful. Three people -- all Mapuche activ [...]	2009-09-03 18:05:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL SOCI CI CO SP
09SANTIAGO83	COMPLETED BLUE LANTERN CHECK--APPLICATION 050135240 [...] (SBU) Embassy Santiago recommends that JL Commercial Services' application for USD 3 million of UH-1H helicopter parts be denied. Subsequent paragraphs describe site visit to JL Commercial Services and additional information about the end-user, Flight Services. Site Visit to JL Commercial [...]	2009-01-26 18:54:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC CI
09SANTIAGO843	CHILE: Indigenous Conflict Tops Domestic Political Agenda [...] (SBU) Summary: Indigenous conflict -- particularly between Mapuche and non-indigenous land owners in southern Chile -- has forced itself prominently on to President Bachelet's political agenda following the August 12 police killing of a Mapuche activist. Over the past 20 years, relations between th [...]	2009-09-10 21:36:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI CI
09SANTIAGO847	CHILE: RESPONSE TO NPT REPORTING REQUEST [...] (C) Below please find Embassy Santiago's response to reftel, which requested information on current arms control and nonproliferation policymaking processes in key countries in preparation for the 2010 NPT Review Conference. 2. (C) Alvaro Guzman, in the Bureau of International and Human Sec [...]	2009-09-15 21:58:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP PARM PGOV PREL IAEA CI
09SANTIAGO850	CHILE's UNGA 64 Goals and Objectives [...] (SBU) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche on UNGA 64 goals and objectives to Ambassador Juan Eguiguren, Director of Multilateral Affairs. Poloffs emphasized the Obama Administration's commitment to re-engagement with the international community and highlighted the following issues: non-prolife [...]	2009-09-10 22:02:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA CI
09SANTIAGO851	Chile unlikely to accept Kosovo delegation meeting [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-16 21:33:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC CI KV
09SANTIAGO853	Chile attendance at UNGA Haiti meeting not yet decided [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-16 21:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO AORC UNSC UNGA HA CI
09SANTIAGO860	CHILE: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12TH SESSION PRIORITIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 21:03:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN UNHRC CI
09SANTIAGO881	Behind the Scenes in Chile's Presidential Campaigns: Frei [...] (C) Summary: While the Eduardo Frei presidential campaign focuses its public attacks on Alianza candidate Sebastian Pinera, private conversations reveal that Frei's team is increasingly worried about upstart leftist challenger Marco Enriquez-Ominami. Both the energized Pinera team and the t [...]	2009-10-20 20:29:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO885	LOW LEVEL VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN CHILE'S INDIGENOUS SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three recent attacks in Chile's Araucania region, the heart of indigenous Mapuche territory, have riveted attention once again on continuing disputes between indigenous groups and the state in southern Chile. The Coordinadora Arauco Malleco (CAM),a violent Mapuche group with a history [...]	2009-10-23 19:04:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI CI PHUM
09SANTIAGO895	Chilean Response to USG UNGA Third Committee and Goldstone [...] (SBU) Poloff and Canadian Second Secretary Meghan Pelton jointly delivered Ref A demarche on UNGA Third Committee priorities to MFA Human Rights Deputy Director Gerardo Ateaga on November 4. Ateaga made the following observations about Chile's priorities and positions in the Third Committee: [...]	2009-11-04 19:26:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PTER IS CI KPAL
09SANTIAGO911	Chile--Demarche Delivered on NPT Review Conference [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 19:23:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA CI
09SANTIAGO912	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO CHILE ON U.S.-CANADA-MEXICO PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Econ/poloff delivered ref demarche on September 25, 2009 to Waldemar Coutts, Deputy Director, and Mauricio Hurtado, Counselor, at Chile's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office of Environment, Antarctic, and Maritime Affairs (MFA/DIMA). Hurtado explained MFA/DIMA needs to coordinate wit [...]	2009-09-25 19:30:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV AORC KGHG CI
09SANTIAGO913	CHILE SHARES US CONCERNS ON IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Alvaro Guzman of the MFA's International and Human Security Office on November 25. Guzman said that Chile was in agreement with US concerns and that, in general, Chile adheres closely to the positions of the IAEA and UNSC. Chile feels that Iran has not [...]	2009-11-27 18:22:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR CI BR AR CU
09SANTIAGO919	Introducing Marco Enriquez-Ominami: Chile's Surprise [...] (C) Summary: Thirty-six year old filmmaker and presidential candidate Marco Enriquez-Ominami has a cinematic life story: father martyred, raised in exile, young Marco returns to home full of resentment, marries a TV star, and gets the backing of a pro-Castro revolutionary-turned-millionaire to beco [...]	2009-12-02 17:10:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR CI CU
09SANTIAGO928	CHILE AGREES TO DEFER RESOLUTION ON DE-ALERTING NUCLEAR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. 2. (SBU) According to Director of International and Human Security Alfredo Labbe, Chile will not introduce the de-alerting resolution in the UNGA First Committee in 2009. Labbe told Pol/Econ Counselor that Chile will [...]	2009-09-29 14:41:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MNUC PREL CI
09SANTIAGO929	CHILE DEMARCHED ON DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to the Office of Human Rights at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 4, and followed up by telephone with office Deputy Director Gerardo Ateaga on December 9. (Ateaga had just returned to the office after more than two weeks away.) 2. (SBU [...]	2009-12-09 21:20:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNGA UN CI
09SANTIAGO931	Chile's Presidential Election: Dec. 13 Vote Pits Sputtering [...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition candidate Sebastian Pinera is almost certain to emerge from the December 13 presidential election in first place but falling short of the absolute majority required to be elected outright. The real question to be answered is whom he will face in a second round--Concerta [...]	2009-12-10 15:12:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CI
09SANTIAGO933	Countdown to Chile's Congressional Elections [...] (SBU) Summary: Individual races in this year's congressional elections are more competitive and uncertain than ever, although the elections may not produce much change in the overall makeup of the Chilean Congress. The governing Concertacion coalition will most likely regain its majority in the Se [...]	2009-12-10 19:52:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO943	CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: ALL BETS ON PINERA [...] (C) Summary: Days after the December 13 first round presidential election, the picture for center-left presidential candidate Eduardo Frei is bleak. The former president, who in 1993 was elected to his first term by the largest margin in Chilean history, this time received 29.6% of the vote- [...]	2009-12-17 19:54:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CI
09SANTIAGO947	Frei's Long Odds: Why the Numbers Point to a Pinera Victory [...] (C) Summary: At first glance, former president and Concertacion candidate Frei seems to be heading in to the final stage of the presidential election with a strong advantage: three progressive presidential candidates split 56% of the vote, while the only conservative candidate, Sebastian Pin [...]	2009-12-18 17:36:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO986	ACTION REQUEST: CHILE WELCOMES UNODC, ASKS FOR MONEY TO [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. 2. Poloff delivered reftel update to Rodrigo Toledo from the Bureau of International and Human Security at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Toledo welcomed the addition of the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime as [...]	2009-10-15 15:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC CI
09SANTODOMINGO1016	VIGILANTE MOB KILLS HAITIAN AND DOMINICAN [...] A vigilante mob in Las Charcas de Azua, a northwestern province of the Dominican Republic, on 8/30, hunted down and killed a Haitian and a Dominican national suspected of having robbed and murdered a local youth. The mob then reportedly burned the bodies in front of the murdered youth's family [...]	2009-09-04 12:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF DR
09SANTODOMINGO1064	DOMINICAN DELEGATION FOR 64TH UNGA [...] (U) Dominican President Leonel Fernandez will attend the 64th UN General Assembly and expects to deliver a speech on opening day, September 23. According to MFA dip note number 7363 (dated 10SEP2009),he will depart for New York on September 21 at 10 am, and will stay there until 2 pm on Sep [...]	2009-09-15 20:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA DR
09SANTODOMINGO1358	SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IS BEING MADE IN REFORMING THE [...] Summary: A/DCM and Poloff attended the inauguration of the Dominican Republic's twelfth model Correctional and Rehabilitation Center (CRC) in Moca on 11/5/2009. According to the Attorney General's Office, there are roughly 19,000 prisoners and detainees in 35 prisons across the country, with [...]	2009-11-17 15:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS PGOV DR
09SANTODOMINGO1394	2009 IWOC award nomination of Sonia Pierre [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Santo Dominigo nominates Sonia Pierre, founder and leader of MUDHA (Movement of Dominican-Haitian Women) for the 2009 International Women of Courage (IWOC) award. Ms. Pierre has, for years, demonstrated courage, leadership and perseverance in advancing the cause of Hait [...]	2009-12-02 12:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWMN PHUM PGOV KPAO DR
09SANTODOMINGO236	DOMINICANS BEGIN WORK ON IMPLEMENTING THEIR 2004 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dominican government recently held a summit on migration issues that resulted in recommendations for regularizing the large undocumented population in the country. The day following these recommendations, the country witnessed a rare coordination between four departments ( [...]	2009-02-24 17:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF HA DR
09SANTODOMINGO289	SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, MARCH 6, [...] Movement on DR-Haiti Mixed Bilateral Commission 2. Fernandez Visits Cuba 3. HSV Swift Visit Brings Training and Humanitarian Outreach 4. Fernandez Hands Out the Spoils 5. Caribbean Discusses Drugs at UNODC Conference Â [...]	2009-03-06 16:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR MARR CU HA DR
09SANTODOMINGO297	VICINI BATEY SITUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable addresses three matters involving Grupo Vicini sugarcane bateyes: reports from a tour by Embassy employees of several bateyes in the San Pedor de Macoris area; an ongoing case involving labor rights for 500 Vicini bateye workers; and specific concerns voiced by Vicini b [...]	2009-03-11 15:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ECON DR
09SANTODOMINGO386	EVANGELICAL GROUPS CHALLENGE DOMINICAN-VATICAN [...] (U) Summary: The Concordat signed by the GoDR and the Vatican in 1954 designated the Catholic Church as the official church of the Dominican Republic. In October of 2008, the Supreme Court rejected the Evangelical Church's challenge to the constitutionality of the Concordat. In response to t [...]	2009-03-26 20:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV ECON DR
09SANTODOMINGO547	PRESENT LABOR CONDITIONS RELATED TO FORCED LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable reports on current labor conditions evaluated to help determine whether the production of sugar in the Dominican Republic is accomplished through forced labor. Post individually consulted ten groups with significant experience working in the sugar bateyes. The respo [...]	2009-05-12 17:40:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV HA DR
09SANTODOMINGO706	GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES DOCUMENTATION INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Following on the heels of a proposed plan to regularize undocumented foreigners, the GODR hosted the conference "Migratory Policies and Experiences in the Regularization Process" on June 10 and 11. Although the initial presentation and much of the discussion during the two-day [...]	2009-06-22 15:20:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF DR
09SANTODOMINGO715	ASSESSING LABOR AFTER TWO YEARS OF CAFTA-DR [...] (SBU) Summary: During the two years following the entry into force of CAFTA-DR, the GODR has made several advances towards meeting its White Paper goals, but nearly all of the major problems noted a year ago remain. While progress has not always been smooth, and significant problems remain, th [...]	2009-06-26 18:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF ECON ETRD DR
09SANTODOMINGO752	KENNEDY VISIT RAISES HOPE AND SOME HARSH WORDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Kerry Kennedy, Founder of the RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights, and other members of the RFK Center visited bateyes in Villa Altagracia and attended meetings with several GODR officials. Throughout the meetings, Kennedy spoke about the plight of undocumented residents an [...]	2009-07-07 18:36:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF ECON DR
09SANTODOMINGO765	REFERENDUM PROCESS COMES TO DOMINICAN POLITICAL [...] (U) Summary: On July 9, the Dominican Congress approved a constitutional amendment confirming the ability of municipalities to hold plebiscites. That same evening, the mayors of three municipalities in which an historic referendum was held last May thanked and bid farewell to the Canadian [...]	2009-07-10 18:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ECON KDEM PGOV
09SANTODOMINGO865	SUGAR-CANE BATEY CONDITIONS VARY GREATLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable analyzes living conditions in sugar-cane bateyes in the Dominican Republic that are owned by Grupo Vicini, Centro Romana Corporation (CR),and the GODR's State Sugar Council (CEA). During the last six months, PolOffs visited several bateyes throughout the country. M [...]	2009-08-07 15:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ECON EAID DR
09SAOPAULO126	OUTDATED LABOR LAWS MAY ENCOURAGE LAYOFFS [...] (U) Summary: According to Brazilian labor economists, Brazil's outdated labor laws are inflexible and may result in companies laying off workers rather than preserving employment through negotiation in times of crisis. Therefore, some laws enacted to protect workers' rights paradoxically cau [...]	2009-03-06 16:27:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EFIN ECON EIND PGOV PHUM SOCI BR
09SAOPAULO18	BRAZIL MAKES PROGRESS AGAINST TIP [...] (U) Summary: The year 2008 saw continued improvement in the fight against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in Brazil. Despite prickly reactions to U.S. pressure, as evidenced by discussions between U.S. and Brazilian officials during a June G/TIP visit (Reftels A and B),the fight against human [...]	2009-01-09 17:35:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF KCRM PHUM ELAB KTIP BR
09SAOPAULO182	OUTREACH TO AFRO-BRAZILIANS - TAKING OBAMA TO THE [...] (U) Summary: Traditional Afro-Brazilian community (quilombo) leaders expressed admiration for President Obama and were pleased to hear about the U.S.-Brazil Joint Action Plan Against Racism (JAPR) during Poloff's February 10 visit to the Vale do Ribeira region of Sao Paulo State. Quilombos a [...]	2009-03-25 10:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SCUL SOCI PGOV INR KPAO BR
09SAOPAULO309	"Land is Life": Indians vs. Agro-Industry in Mato Grosso do [...] (U) Summary: Indigenous groups and agriculturalists disagree vigorously over land rights in Mato Grosso do Sul state, and observers on both sides see no easy solution to a problem with economic and cultural dimensions. On one side, the GOB, NGOs and indigenous groups insist that state governm [...]	2009-05-21 17:05:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM KPAO BR
09SAOPAULO310	THE "OBAMA ADVANTAGE" AT 100-PLUS DAYS [...] (U) Summary: President Obama's popularity translates into an "Obama Advantage" that post has used to gin up outreach efforts and build reporting contacts. A post-generated Obama PowerPoint has proven to have far greater longevity than we had anticipated, and we continue to get speaker request [...]	2009-05-22 14:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PINR OIIP KIRC ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
09SAOPAULO421	AFTER CAIRO: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH ECHOES IN [...] (SBU) President Obama's June 4 address to the world's Muslim population has echoed favorably in both Sao Paulo's Muslim and non-Muslim communities, producing distinct reactions within key groups. Moderate Sunni Muslims, many of them eager to work with the U.S., were euphoric, as reported Ref [...]	2009-07-16 16:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BR KPAO PGOV PREL PTER
09SAOPAULO55	SOFT POWER GOLD: PRESIDENT OBAMA INSPIRES AFRO-BRAZILIANS [...] (U) Summary: Sao Paulo's leading Afro-Brazilians organized a packed (300-plus person) dinner event attended by the community's leading figures, from celebrities to successful business persons, to celebrate President Barack Obama's inauguration on January 20. The atmosphere was euphoric. The [...]	2009-01-27 16:41:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KPAO BR
09SAOPAULO551	LEADING PSDB PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS STEER AWAY [...] (SBU) Summary: In the past week, potential candidate for the Democratic Socialist Party of Brazil (PSDB) presidential nomination and current Minas Gerais Governor Aecio Neves -- though still a candidate for the PSDB nomination -- has backed off from his former insistence that the party must [...]	2009-09-17 20:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV PREL KPAO BR
09SAOPAULO558	WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PCC? [...] (SBU) Summary: For three days in May 2006, the imprisoned leaders of the Sao Paulo-based criminal organization, the First Capital Command (PCC),orchestrated uprisings in Sao Paulo's streets and in Brazil's prisons that killed almost fifty police, captured global headlines and paralyzed the n [...]	2009-09-22 17:29:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV PREL SNAR BR AVERY
09SAOPAULO602	SAO PAULO EXPERTS DETAIL CONTINUING HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Summary: Forced labor, lack of land titles, Trafficking in Persons (TIP),the pace of justice and poor prison conditions emerged as recurring themes in an extensive round of recent meetings with Sao Paulo (SP) human rights experts. While contacts cited improvements --a rise in the number [...]	2009-10-13 18:24:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL PREL BR
09SAOPAULO619	Sao Paulo Opinion Split on Honduras [...] (C) Summary: Sao Paulo pundits and politicos are strongly split on Brazilbs role in Honduras. Mainstream academic experts in this generally pro-PSDB state criticized Brazilbs shielding of Zelaya as adventurist, counter-productive and contradictory of the countrybs traditional policy of no [...]	2009-10-27 16:49:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ES GT HO BR
09SAOPAULO653	Scenesetter for SR Farah Pandith's Visit to Brazil: Sao Paulo's Muslims [...] (U) Post is delighted to host Special Representative (SR) Farah Pandith's first visit to Latin America, November 22-23. Brazil offers a unique context for engaging the local Muslim communities. The country hosts a significant (400-500 thousand) Muslim minority that lives within a larger society t [...]	2009-11-20 12:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OEXC OIIP PHUM PINR PINS PROP SCUL PTER BR
09SAOPAULO660	PT Insiders Say Don't Count Dilma Out [...] (SBU) Summary: Workers Party (PT) insiders acknowledge Dilma Rousseff's 2010 presidential candidacy has run into some problems, but express confidence her campaign will rebound. Across a series of recent meetings, PT leaders in Sao Paulo say Dilma can come from behind and beat likely PSDB no [...]	2009-11-10 10:40:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL KPAO KIRF BR
09SAOPAULO70	LAY OFFS LEAVE THE GOB AND UNIONS PLAYING CATCH UP [...] (SBU) Summary: After years of economic growth and relative labor calm, a sudden spate of layoffs and rumors of further cuts seem to have caught both Brazilian labor unions and the government off-guard. The swift deterioration in the labor market has led to public demonstrations and much fin [...]	2009-02-02 16:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EIND EFIN PGOV PHUM PINR BR
09SAOPAULO708	Sao Paulo Nominee for Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit [...] Sao Paulo Brazil nominates Andre Luz Lara Mello to participate in President Obama's summit for Young Muslim Entrepreneurs during the first quarter of 2010 per State 112468. 2. Sao Paulo hosts Brazil's and South America's largest concentration of Muslim communities. Most Brazilian Musl [...]	2009-12-09 12:10:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL SOCI
09SAOPAULO98	INL ANTICRIME PROGRAM BEARS FRUIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The State of Sao Paulo is making improvements to its once-notorious juvenile detention system (Fundacao CASA, formerly known as FEBEM),in part thanks to USG support. The improvements became clear during a February 3, 2009 visit to two such facilities by International Narcotic [...]	2009-02-13 16:01:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR
09SARAJEVO180	BOSNIA - SUBMISSION FOR THE 2009 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Summary: This cable constitutes Post's submission for the 2009 TIP report for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Post's point of contact for trafficking issues is Poloff Patrick Hanish, tel: 387-33-445-700 x2312, fax: 387-33-659-722, e-mail: HanishPN@state.gov. Time spent preparing the repo [...]	2009-02-12 12:05:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
09SARAJEVO181	BOSNIA - SUBMISSION FOR THE 2009 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Summary: This cable constitutes Post's submission for the 2009 TIP report for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Post's point of contact for trafficking issues is Poloff Patrick Hanish, tel: 387-33-445-700 x2312, fax: 387-33-659-722, e-mail: HanishPN@state.gov. Time spent preparing the repo [...]	2009-02-12 13:44:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF KTIP AADP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN
09SARAJEVO439	ACTION REQUEST: USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Poloff contacted Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) MFA's Head of the Department for UN and Other International Organizations, Ms. Sanja Kenig-Corovic, regarding USG candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council on April 1. Ms. Kenig-Corovic had no substantive response to the talking points provide [...]	2009-04-08 05:09:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL BK
09SECTION01OF03BRUSSELS1234	SE WOLPE'S CONSULTATIONS WITH THE EU 31 AUGUST - 1 [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Special Envoy to the African Great Lakes, Howard Wolpe, met with development and humanitarian aid officials from the Commission, and security and defense officials at the Council Secretariat. He also met with the Secretariat's Africa Task Force and attended a lunch meeting [...]	2009-09-11 15:52:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID MOPS MARR SOCI CG BE
09SEOUL1005	NORTH KOREA SHOWS WILLINGNESS TO KEEP KAESONG [...] (C) Summary: The third round of Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) talks on June 19 convinced involved ROK participants that North Korea would not close the KIC, because the North Korean delegation did not walk out during the lengthy meeting and the next meeting date was brought up by the DPRK d [...]	2009-06-24 10:51:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KS KN
09SEOUL104	ROK TO SEND DESTROYER TO THE GULF OF ADEN [...] (C) Kim Yong-hyon, the Director of the U.S. Security Cooperation Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) told poloffs on January 16 that the ROKG decided to send a 4,500 ton class destroyer equipped with a Lynx helicopter and rigid inflatable craft to the Gulf of Ad [...]	2009-01-21 07:43:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PHSA KS
09SEOUL1127	ROKG RESPONSE TO SUPPORT NGO INVOLVEMENT AT THE [...] (U) In response to reftel, Poloff contacted Deputy Director Lee Kyeo-kyeong of the UN Division of the ROK's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. According to Lee, the ROKG supports the overarching principle that consultative status to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) be "granted witho [...]	2009-07-16 08:04:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KS PHUM PREL UN
09SEOUL1236	ROK-IRAN RELATIONS OVERVIEW: PAST, PRESENT AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: Diplomatic and economic relations between the Republic of Korea and the Islamic Republic of Iran date from 1962, but the relationship is not robust, with total ROK investment in Iran still under USD 34 million. The two countries have cooperated on multiple business projects sinc [...]	2009-08-05 07:31:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PARM PREL ECON ETRD KS IR
09SEOUL1288	EXPERTS FRUSTRATED WITH LEE'S NORTH KOREA POLICY; [...] (C) Summary: In August 10 meetings with poloff, two leading experts, each of whom is close to the Lee Myung-bak Administration, were sharply critical of Lee's North Korea policy. They also agreed that the succession of Kim Jong-un to his father's place as leader of North Korea is not yet cl [...]	2009-08-13 08:47:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS KN
09SEOUL129	FUTURE ROLE FOR NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS [...] (C) Summary: As the total number of North Korean defectors in South Korea crossed the 15,000 threshold in 2008, some scholars, NGOs, and defectors themselves asked whether the former North Korean residents could play a useful role promoting change of the North Korean regime and facilitating e [...]	2009-01-23 07:57:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SREF PGOV PROP PREL KS KN
09SEOUL1301	VICE-PRESIDENT BIDEN, SECRETARY CLINTON, TOP PICKS [...] (C) Summary: Former President Kim Dae-jung is in critical condition and is expected to live a few weeks, at most. President Kim's Senior Secretary said a funeral delegation led by Vice President Biden or Secretary Clinton would be the family's preference, adding that President Kim and Vice Pr [...]	2009-08-14 05:57:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
09SEOUL1310	RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON 64TH UNGA HIGH-LEVEL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-16 22:36:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA CVIS OTRA OVIP KSEP KS
09SEOUL1311	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-16 22:37:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO KS
09SEOUL1319	FORMER PRESIDENT KIM DAE-JUNG'S OBITUARY [...] (C) Summary: Former Republic of Korea President Kim Dae-jung died of complications from pneumonia on August 18 in Seoul. He was 83. The funeral is tentatively planned for August 25. Kim's staff told poloffs on August 14 that Kim's family hoped Vice President Biden or Secretary Clinton would [...]	2009-08-18 08:49:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
09SEOUL1327	SOMBER REACTION TO KIM DAE-JUNG'S DEATH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The public reaction to the death of former President Kim Dae-jung (reftel A) is somber and lacks the anger and anti-government sentiment that followed former President Roh Moo-hyun's death (reftels B,C) in May. Debate about funeral timing is ongoing as of COB August 19, but sour [...]	2009-08-19 09:38:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KPAO KS
09SEOUL1387	DPRK PLOTTED CAPTURE OF U.S. JOURNALISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The DPRK's arrest of U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee in March 2009 was an orchestrated part of Pyongyang's broader pattern of belligerent behavior in the first half of 2009, according to "Aquariums of Pyongyang" author and DPRK gulag survivor Kang Chol-hwan. Kang, citin [...]	2009-08-28 09:04:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KS KN
09SEOUL1388	CGPCS MESSAGE DELIVERED - FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Post requests guidance on the questions below received from ROKG. 2. (U) On Agust 25, per reftel, PolOff informed Kim Yo-sup, International Security Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),of USG views regarding participation [...]	2009-08-31 06:01:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PREL KS
09SEOUL1468	DPRK NOT STARVING BUT CONTROLS ERODING, SAYS [...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting with poloffs, Kookmin University professor and longtime DPRK-watcher Andrei Lankov ridiculed NGO assertions that North Korea is facing another major famine but did say the regime's internal political controls are weakening. Lankov asserted that up to 80 p [...]	2009-09-14 08:08:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS CH
09SEOUL1497	POTUS EUROPEAN-BASED MISSILE DEFENSE DECISION [...] (U) On September 18, PolOff delivered reftel talking points concerning the U.S. proposed policy regarding missile defense in Europe to Kim Sung-eun, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Kim's only response was to question whether the U.S. and Russi [...]	2009-09-20 23:29:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR EZ KS
09SEOUL1503	ROKG RESPONSE TO UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on 9/21 to Park Sahng-hoon, Director of United Nations Division of MOFAT,s International Organizations Bureau, calling on the ROKG to support the USG in a possible UNGA walkout and to instruct their missions in New York and their delegations for UNGA acco [...]	2009-09-21 08:40:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA
09SEOUL1511	KOREA'S EFFORT TO UNCOVER PAST HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Two members of the ROK's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) told us they have sent the Ministry of National Defense updated findings regarding several Korean War incidents in which U.S. military aircraft allegedly killed ROK civilians indiscriminately. Our TRC interlocu [...]	2009-09-23 06:08:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KS KN PGOV PHUM
09SEOUL1541	ROK SUPPORTS BALANCED RESOLUTION ON GOLDSTONE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on 9/25 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, calling on the ROKG to support an unbiased resolution on the Goldstone Report. Cho, noting that the ROK had discussed the issue in detail with the Israelis, said Seoul wo [...]	2009-09-25 08:32:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS KS
09SEOUL1542	JEONBUK PREOCCUPIED BY LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Local politics and preparations for next year's local elections dominated discussions during poloff's September 10-11 trip to North Jeolla Province (Jeonbuk). Political staffers in the area, which constitutes the heart and soul of the Democratic Party (DP),seemed uninterested in [...]	2009-09-25 08:55:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KPAO KS
09SEOUL1550	JEONBUK PREOCCUPIED BY LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Please disregard SEOUL 01542. Amended version corrects place names. 2. (C) Summary: Local politics and preparations for next year's local elections dominated discussions during poloff's September 10-11 trip to North Jeolla Province (Jeonbuk). Political staffers in the area, which c [...]	2009-09-28 06:47:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KPAO KS
09SEOUL1574	ROK TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered EAP/K-Embassy Seoul e-mail message on 10/1 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, calling on the ROK to back the USG effort to get an unbiased resolution on the Goldstone Report. Cho underscored that the ROK would likely follow the [...]	2009-10-01 05:51:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KS KN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KISL KPAL IS
09SEOUL1605	KEY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY STAFFERS ON IRAN, AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Three key National Assembly (NA) foreign policy staffers told us that the South Korean business community has been pressing the Blue House and key lawmakers to expand the ROK's economic ties with Iran, and other countries in the Middle East, and to be more aggressive in helping secure bi [...]	2009-10-08 08:43:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD KS IR AF
09SEOUL1615	TALKING POINTS DELIVERED: MALAYSIA-BASED IRANIAN [...] (S) On October 9, PolOff delivered reftel talking points concerning the Malaysia-based company suspected to be an Iranian front company looking to purchase U.S.-origin equipment from Korea-based Far Eastern Trading Company to Kim Sung-eun, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of [...]	2009-10-13 05:13:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MTCR MNUC KS
09SEOUL1632	ROK PROPOSES TO HOST GICNT PLENARY IN 2011-2012 [...] (U) This is an action request. Post requests guidance on the questions below received from ROKG. 2. (U) On October 13, PolOff met with Park Eun-jin, Disarmament and Nonproliferation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, to deliver reftel joint demarche with Nikolay Fokin, 1st Secretar [...]	2009-10-15 07:59:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGICKS
09SEOUL1634	ROKG RESPONSE TO GOLDSTON REPORT [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on 10/15 to Chun Hye-ran of MOFAT,s Human Rights and Social Affairs Division reiterating the U.S. position on the Goldstone Report and requesting ROK support at the October 15-16 Human Rights Council Special Session. Chun had no substantive comment but p [...]	2009-10-15 09:19:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KS KN PGOV PHUM PREL IS KPAL
09SEOUL1679	EMBASSIES PRAISE ROKG ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Korean Government has established a strong track record of cooperation with the United States, Canada, and Australia on anti-trafficking efforts. In an attempt to gauge ROKG cooperation with other countries on trafficking issues, poloff met with representatives from the Mong [...]	2009-10-22 08:40:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KPAO SOCI PHUM KS
09SEOUL1699	ROK EXPERT CLAIMS CHINA WON'T OBSTRUCT DPRK ENDGAME [...] (C) The intellectual godfather of the ROK's current DPRK policy, Professor Nam Joo-hong, told us that in the event of a DPRK collapse China would not stand in the way of the ROK's efforts to unify the Korean Peninsula. Nam claims senior PRC intelligence officials have told him that Chinese in [...]	2009-10-26 09:08:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON KN KS CH

09SEOUL1701	MOFAT ON ROK VOTING DURING UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on 10/26 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, seeking ROKG support for human rights resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the DPRK, the biennial U.S. elections resolution, and ROK opposition to "defamation of religions" [...]	2009-10-27 01:41:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KS KN PGOV PHUM PREL UN
09SEOUL1707	"DR. CORN" SAYS DPRK HARVEST COULD BE OFF 60 [...] (C) Biologist Kim Soon-kwon, an internationally-recognized corn expert, told us on October 23 that the DPRK corn and rice harvests could be a staggering 60 percent lower than last year, based on recent field observations near Kaesong and Pyongyang. Kim explained that this year's crops were s [...]	2009-10-27 09:14:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR SOCI KN
09SEOUL1712	NO ROK DECISION YET ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-28 08:40:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KS KN AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09SEOUL1734	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UK DECISION TO BAN THE PROVISION OF INSURANCE TO IRISL [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 08:10:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KNNP IR PREL KS XG UK
09SEOUL1735	ROK HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN AND [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on October 20 to Choi Da-youn, MOFAT's Deputy Director for Development Cooperation to Pakistan, to encourage the ROKG to swiftly fulfill the ROK's pledge of assistance made at the Tokyo Donor's Conference in April in support of Pakistan. Choi informed us t [...]	2009-10-30 08:33:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EIFN AF PAK KS KN
09SEOUL1760	KOREA TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON GOLDSTONE REPORT UNGA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on 11/4 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, urging the ROK to vote against any resolution on the Goldstone Report that included counterproductive elements. Director Cho thanked us for the update on the USG positi [...]	2009-11-04 08:11:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KS KN PGOV PHUM PREL IS KPAL PTER
09SEOUL1761	KOREA TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON GOLDSTONE REPORT UNGA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on 11/4 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, urging the ROK to vote against any resolution on the Goldstone Report that included counterproductive elements. Director Cho thanked us for the update on the USG positi [...]	2009-11-04 08:11:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KS KN PGOV PHUM PREL IS KPAL PTER
09SEOUL1771	SEVERE FOOD SHORTAGES WON'T COLLAPSE DPRK, SAYS [...] (C) During a November 2 meeting with poloffs, prominent North Korean defector Cho Myung-cheol emphasized that the DPRK's poor harvest and severe food shortages are "nothing new." The major difference between now and the famine of the late 1990s, said Cho, is that non-elite North Koreans have [...]	2009-11-05 08:43:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS CH
09SEOUL1804	ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON TROIKA VISIT TO NORTH KOREA [...] (C) During the EU Troika's October 26-30 visit to North Korea, interlocutors had consistently stressed that Pyongyang was ready to discuss "anything" with Washington, without preconditions, according to EU Commission DCM Uwe Wissenbach. The 2009 harvest appeared to have been only slightly wors [...]	2009-11-13 08:02:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SOCI ECON KN
09SEOUL1806	ROK WILL BACK BURMA AND DPRK RESOLUTIONS, BUT NOT [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on 11/13 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, expressing the USG's gratitude for the ROK's principled opposition to non-action motions and support on the DPRK and Burma resolutions. PolOff also urged the ROKG to s [...]	2009-11-13 08:25:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV UN KS KN UNGA
09SEOUL1842	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA REPORT ON SYRIA [...] (SBU) On November 20, Poloff delivered reftel demarche concerning the latest IAEA report on Syria to Park Young Hyo, Deputy Director, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Park replied that the Republic of Korea is considering how best to deal with t [...]	2009-11-23 07:57:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM IAEA KNNP SYR KS
09SEOUL1843	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUBSIDIARY BODIES AT THE 2010 [...] (C) On November 20, Poloff delivered reftel demarche concerning the U.S. rationale for a third Subsidiary Body (SB) to Park Young Hyo, Deputy Director, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Park stated that Deputy Minister Oh had already been inform [...]	2009-11-23 08:09:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP CDG PARM PGOV PREL UNGA NPT KS
09SEOUL1867	TOP JAPANESE PYONGYANG-WATCHER ON SINO-DPRK TIES [...] (C) Fresh from detailed discussions with longtime Chinese and North Korean contacts in Beijing, noted Japanese DPRK-watcher Professor Hajime Izumi told us that Premier Wen's October trip to Pyongyang had restored China's influence with the DPRK and put Beijing's relationship with the North bac [...]	2009-11-25 09:07:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV ECON SOCI KN CH KS JP
09SEOUL1996	ROKG CO-SPONSORSHIP FOR UPCOMING UNSCR 1267 [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on December 23 to Park Chi-young of MOFAT's International Security Affairs Division, notifying the ROKG that the U.S. intends to request the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee to add Yemen-headquartered al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and two of its lead [...]	2009-12-23 08:25:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER PINR PREL SA YM UN KS KN
09SEOUL211	ROKG INTERESTED IN GICNT MODEL GUIDELINES DOCUMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-10 06:47:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KS
09SEOUL212	ROK NPT DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche on February 6 to Lee Jangkeun, Director of Disarmament & Nonproliferation Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). The Deputy Director in Lee,s office will arrive th [...]	2009-02-10 07:00:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PREL IAEA NPT KS
09SEOUL213	FORMER DPRK INTERNAL POLICE OFFICIAL ON KIM JONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former DPRK People's Safety Agency (PSA) official Kwak Myung-il described domestic surveillance activities in North Korea, security measures for Kim Jong Il train travel, and growing public discontent with the DPRK regime during a recent meeting with poloff. Kwak and his nephew h [...]	2009-02-10 07:19:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KS KN
09SEOUL250	ROKG DEMARCHED ON PROPOSED GICNT WORKSHOP [...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. Poloff delivered reftel information on February 13 to Park Eun-Jin of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Park will review the information along with her counterpart within the M [...]	2009-02-19 01:21:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL PTER KGIC KS
09SEOUL30	POLIFESSORS: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONFLICT SUBVERTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 6, poloffs met with prominent political science professors Kim Hyung-joon of Myongji University and Hahm Sung-deuk of Korea University to discuss the current political situation and implications of the recent clashes in the National Assembly. Kim said that the Nationa [...]	2009-01-07 07:54:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
09SEOUL312	ROKG QUESTIONS ON AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) After poloff delivered reftel demarche on February 24, Kim Hyon-Du and Kim Kwang-Woo of the ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division asked questions in para 3 about the current Afghanistan/Pakistan policy review. Even though their superi [...]	2009-02-27 08:23:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KS
09SEOUL313	PROGRESS ON KEY LEGISLATION IN DOUBT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The current special session of the National Assembly ends on March 3. The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) had pledged to push through several controversial bills in addition to economic reforms after failing to make progress in previous sessions. After the main opposition De [...]	2009-02-27 08:52:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
09SEOUL38	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ROKG: PUBLIC RELEASE OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-08 08:18:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
09SEOUL39	ROK FEEDBACK ON DRAFT CGSP ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION [...] Poloff on January 8 presented the information in reftel A to Key Cheol Lee, Deputy Director-General of the Overseas Koreans and Consular Affairs Bureau, and Hyung-hwa Cho of the Security & Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Division, both within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Please n [...]	2009-01-08 08:18:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EWWT MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
09SEOUL390	ROKG INTENDS TO HOLD JUNE CGPCS MEETING IN SEOUL [...] (SBU) On March 12, poloff delivered to Oh Youjin, International Security Affairs Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),the information in reftel para 3 regarding the June session of the Contact Group for Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS). 2. (SBU) Oh conv [...]	2009-03-13 06:31:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KCRM PREL KS MOPS PHSA
09SEOUL391	ROK NOTIFICATION OF MISSILE SYSTEM PRODUCTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-13 06:32:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	MARR MCAP KPAL KS
09SEOUL392	ROK REQUEST TO HOLD UAV TECHNICAL CONSULTATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-13 06:32:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	MARR MCAP KPAL KS
09SEOUL432	HCOC "INREACH": ROK RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-19 07:53:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSCA MNUC MTCRE PREL TSPA
09SEOUL447	KIC ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: DPRK'S INEXPLICABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite what ROK observers believed was the DPRK's deliberately provocative decision to restrict Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) access for the second time in a week on March 13, the South Korean government and businesses communities are not yet ready to give up on the six-year-o [...]	2009-03-20 09:08:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ECON KS KN
09SEOUL469	ROK: UN HRC DRAFT "DEFAMATION" RESOLUTION STILL [...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Human Rights and Social Affairs Division told Poloff on March 24 that the ROK had not yet decided how it would vote on the upcoming UN Human Rights Council resolution on "Combating Defamation of Religions." The draft resolution was still b [...]	2009-03-24 07:58:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF KS
09SEOUL477	SEOUL UNDERSCORES CONTINUED OPPOSITION TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-25 04:08:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS KS
09SEOUL483	ROKG ACCEPTS JUNE UAV TECHNICAL CONSULTATION [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) Poloff on March 25 delivered reftel demarche to Hyon-du Kim of the ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Kim said the following: -- The ROKG would like to hold the consultati [...]	2009-03-25 07:37:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM KPAL KS
09SEOUL485	SOUTH KOREANS CALM ABOUT NORTH KOREAN THREATS [...] (C) Summary: The South Korean public has reacted calmly to North Korea's increasingly hostile rhetoric and actions over the last six months. Even in the shadow of the North's impending missile launch, polls show only a slight up tick in public concern about the North Korean threat, and debate [...]	2009-03-25 08:00:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS KN PGOV PREL
09SEOUL498	BIG NAMES IMPLICATED IN UNFOLDING BIPARTISAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Korea's latest political corruption scandal, slowly growing for months, picked up speed this week with the arrest of Democratic Party (DP) lawmaker Lee Kwang-jae and summonses issued for a number of politicians including Grand National Party (GNP) lawmaker Park Jin. The allegatio [...]	2009-03-29 22:25:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS KN PGOV PREL
09SEOUL50	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONFLICT LIKELY TO CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The National Assembly's December extraordinary session, which ended on January 8, was fraught with strife. The session opened on December 10 and the next day the minor opposition Democratic Labor Party (DLP) quarreled with National Assembly security guards outside the Judiciary [...]	2009-01-09 07:34:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
09SEOUL504	(S) ROK CONCERNED BY TURKISH INTERMEDIARY EFFORTS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (S) Poloff on March 26 delivered reftel A demarche to Kim Jae-woo of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division. Kim said the following. -- The ROKG was unaware of the information (in reftel A),but would refer the case to the appropr [...]	2009-03-31 00:35:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PARM PREL MTCRE IR TU KS
09SEOUL513	ROKG REVIEWING CONCLUSIONS OF AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN [...] (C) The Ambassador called on ROK National Security Advisor Kim Sung-hwan on March 30 and conveyed reftel points. Kim, limiting his remarks to Afghanistan, said that the United States had done a thorough review of the on-going challenges in Afghanistan and that ROK Foreign Minister looked for [...]	2009-03-31 07:09:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AF PK KS
09SEOUL537	ROKG REQUESTS JUNE 25 UAV TECHNICAL CONSULTATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-03 06:32:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM KPAL KS
09SEOUL543	ROK SUPPORTS U.S. UNHRC MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Human Rights and Social Affairs Division Second Secretary Jung Jin-ho told Poloff that the ROKG looked favorably upon U.S. candidacy for membership in the UN Human Rights Council. As New Zealand had dropped out of the running, Jung noted, [...]	2009-04-03 07:34:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KS
09SEOUL562	GRANTING OVERSEAS KOREANS VOTING RIGHTS RAISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 5, the National Assembly passed legislation granting voting rights to Koreans residing overseas. Starting with the 2012 National Assembly elections, overseas Koreans will be able to vote in person at Korean Embassies and Consulates. How to enfranchise these voters [...]	2009-04-08 03:47:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS KN PGOV PREL
09SEOUL570	ROKG LIKELY TO OFFER SOFT LOAN AT PAKISTAN DONORS [...] (C) POLMC on April 8 delivered reftel demarche to Choi Jongmoon, Director-General for South Asian and Pacific Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Choi said that he expected the ROKG to make a pledge at the conference because Pakistan, like the ROK, is an Asian country so t [...]	2009-04-08 07:57:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON EFIN KS PK
09SEOUL590	CHUNG ANNOUNCES INDEPENDENT BID IN PROBABLE POWER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former liberal presidential candidate Chung Dong-young announced on April 10 at the Democratic Party (DP) headquarters in Seoul that he would run as an independent in the April 29 by-election in Jeolla Province. Chung had announced his intention last month to run on the DP ticket, [...]	2009-04-10 07:51:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS KN PGOV PREL
09SEOUL591	ROKG RESPONSES TO SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (S) Summary. The responses from Director-General Choi Jongmoon (South Asian and Pacific Affairs) and First Secretary Kim Hyon-du (ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division) indicated that the ROKG: had yet to make a decision on contributions [...]	2009-04-10 07:53:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF KS
09SEOUL61	ROKG WELCOMES NEWS OF KHAN NETWORK SANCTIONS [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, poloff on January 13 notified ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division Deputy Director Lee Sang-soo of the decision to impose sanctions on individuals and companies associated with the former A. Q. Khan network. Dep [...]	2009-01-13 07:17:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN KS KN
09SEOUL627	ROKG REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR U.S. UN HRC MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel diplomatic note and human rights pledge to the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Human Rights and Social Affairs Division on April 16. Second Secretary Jung Jin-ho reaffirmed the ROKG's "unconditional support" for U.S. membership in the UN Human Ri [...]	2009-04-16 07:54:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KS
09SEOUL632	RADICAL UNION CONTINUES STRUGGLE AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 9, poloff met with representatives of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU),the more radical of Korea's two umbrella trade organizations, which recently changed leadership because of a sex scandal and suffered the defection of a number of its affiliated unions. [...]	2009-04-17 07:12:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KS
09SEOUL657	ROKG TO ATTEND GICNT 2009 PLENARY MEETING [...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. Poloff on April 21 with Anna Luwerna (Deputy Head of Mission - The Netherlands) and Dmitry V. Darchenkov (First Secretary - Russia) delivered reftel to Lee Jangkeun, Director of the Disarmament & Nonproliferation Division. Lee said that the ROK [...]	2009-04-23 01:29:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL PTER MNUC KS
09SEOUL672	MND: DPRK MILITARY RHETORIC AND NATIONAL DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DPRK's recent restaffing and expansion of the National Defense Commission (NDC) and its hostile military rhetoric over the last several months are related to the DPRK leadership's "top priority" need to stabilize the DPRK internally in preparation for succession, according to [...]	2009-04-27 06:35:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KN KS
09SEOUL677	ROKG CANNOT PREVENT TURKISH FIRM FROM ACQUIRING [...] (C) Summary: Kim Jae-woo of the Disarmament & Nonproliferation Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on April 24 reported to poloff the results of the ROKG's investigation of Ak Makina's attempt to purchase computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools from Hyundai-Kia [...]	2009-04-28 06:03:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MTCRE IR TU KS
09SEOUL678	KAESONG NEGOTIATIONS HINGE ON DORMITORIES, SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: An important reason behind the DPRK's hostile attitude toward the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) is the ROKG refusal to build dormitories for additional workers. The USG should encourage the ROKG to build the dormitories and allow the KIC to expand to over 100,000 workers, bec [...]	2009-04-28 08:30:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KN KS
09SEOUL753	ROKG, KOREAN COMPANIES REACHING OUT TO CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROK President Lee Myung-bak will be visiting Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan May 10-14. His meeting with Uzbek President Islam Karimov will be his third in 15 months, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Eurasia Division Director Lim Soo-suk told Poloffs on May 7. Seoul is in [...]	2009-05-12 01:07:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID EAIR EINV ENRG EPET KS UZ KZ
09SEOUL790	PRESIDENT LEE'S POPULARITY FLUCTUATES; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The April 29 by-elections, in which the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) failed to win any of the five seats up for grabs (reftel),only served to put further strain on factional divides within the party. The elections were actually a test of the fractures within both the ruling [...]	2009-05-18 07:12:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS KN PGOV PREL
09SEOUL88	ROK UN PEACEKEEPING: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE [...] (U) Sensitive, but unclassifed. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. The ROK has participated in seven UN-sanctioned peacekeeping operations (UN PKO) in the past. The ROK currently participates in eight UN PKOs, with its 367 troop contingent in Lebanon being the most signi [...]	2009-01-16 08:38:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL KS
09SEOUL954	ROK-IRAN TRANSPORTATION MOU IN PROVISIONAL STAGE; [...] (S) Summary: On June 16, MOFAT shared with us the draft text of the MOU the Iranian Ministry of Road and Transport has proposed to the Korean Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs on "Cooperation in the Construction of Transport Infrastructures." The ROKG first informed us on June [...]	2009-06-16 10:16:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ELTN ETRD IR KS
09SHANGHAI103	RURAL ANHUI: CALM ON THE SURFACE BUT SEA MONSTERS LURKING [...] (C) Rural Anhui Province has not yet faced new social instability problems as a result of China's economic downturn, but the province's ongoing dependence on migrant worker remittances for disposable income in the countryside leaves Anhui, particularly its northern region, vulnerable to social [...]	2009-03-02 08:50:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI11	(C) SHANGHAI ACTIVIST MAO HENGFENG RELEASED, BUT PETITIONERS [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai civil activist Mao Hengfeng recently was released from prison after completing her sentence but is in poor health as a result of her incarceration. Mao and her husband, Wu Xuewei, expressed concern about the petitioners' movement in Shanghai, adding that they believe one [...]	2009-01-06 04:33:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH UN
09SHANGHAI115	UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN SHANGHAI POSITIVE ABOUT SECRETARY'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Clinton's visit to China in February and her comment that "we are in the same boat" left many university students in Shanghai with a positive impression, hopeful of future bilateral cooperation on the economic crisis and climate change. Students in several roundtable [...]	2009-03-11 07:57:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM CH TW
09SHANGHAI118	NO "FEBRUARY CRISIS" IN EAST CHINA, BUT ANXIETIES ABOUT [...] (C) The global economic slowdown has not led to significant social unrest in East China during early 2009 as was predicted by those analysts who warned of a possible "February Crisis" brought on by the nexus of rising numbers of unemployed migrant workers and university students' fears of poor [...]	2009-03-13 08:15:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM EFIN CH
09SHANGHAI126	NEW SHANGHAI PERMANENT RESIDENCY POLICY GETS TEPID RESPONSE [...] (C) The Shanghai Municipal Government has received an unenthusiastic response to its new permanent residency policy, which aims to make it easier for soon-to-be college graduates and other workers with specified "talents" to find jobs in the city. Despite much positive media coverage when the [...]	2009-03-18 04:44:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM EFIN CH
09SHANGHAI128	UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN SHANGHAI SEE ROUGH ROAD AHEAD FOR [...] (C) Summary: During a series of roundtable discussions, university students in Shanghai said they see a rough road ahead for China over the next several years but believe the economic downturn will help China in the long run if it leads to economic restructuring. Although many students were s [...]	2009-03-18 09:10:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ELAB SOCI PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI135	(C) SHANGHAI SCHOLARS SAY CHINA CANNOT STOP NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars believe North Korea will launch its missile (or satellite) as a means to influence U.S. policy and drive a wedge between the United States and its regional allies. Political normalization with the United States is of paramount importance to North Korea, which pr [...]	2009-03-23 06:49:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM CH KN KS JA
09SHANGHAI141	(C) SHANGHAI ACTIVIST MAO HENGFENG IN BETTER HEALTH AND [...] (C) Summary: Civil activist Mao Hengfeng appeared to be in better health during a March 20 meeting with PolOff. She described her recent efforts to help petitioners in Shanghai, including her February trip to Beijing. Mao criticized Zheng Enchong, Shanghai's most well-known activist, stating [...]	2009-03-27 07:41:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI151	(C) SHANGHAI LAWYER SUING FOR ECONOMIC STIMULUS [...] (C) Summary. Shanghai-based lawyer Yan Yiming on March 20 described his requests for increased government transparency on the RMB 4 trillion stimulus package announced last fall. Yan is pushing the Central Government to allow National People's Congress (NPC) delegates more time to deliberate [...]	2009-04-03 04:09:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	CH EFIN KJUS PGOV PINR ECON
09SHANGHAI168	GRAB THE TIGER BY THE TAIL: ONLINE REPORTS OF CORRUPTION ON [...] (C) Summary: Online reports of corruption in East China appear to have increased over the past year. In particular, "Human Flesh Search Engines," where netizens post derogatory information about local government officials, are attracting greater public attention in East China. While East Chin [...]	2009-04-14 07:47:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TINT SOCI ETTC EFIN CH
09SHANGHAI170	CHINA'S GROWING TRADE AND INVESTMENT TIES WITH LATIN [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars said China's interest in Latin America remains primarily economic - securing natural resources and diversifying export markets amid the global economic downturn. China recognizes that it is facing an image problem in Latin America and is taking steps to address negati [...]	2009-04-15 03:25:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD EFIN CH XM XL XR
09SHANGHAI175	THE PERFECT MURDER? DEVELOPMENT ZONE TAKES "BUSINESS AS [...] (C) An industrial development zone in western Shanghai hosted a glitzy investment seminar in Pudong's World Financial Center on April 10, one month after the zone's Communist Party Secretary was brutally murdered in an underground parking lot. There were no public references to the murder durin [...]	2009-04-16 08:45:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV PHUM SOCI EFIN CH
09SHANGHAI178	AMERICAN BISHOP SHARES IMPRESSIONS OF EASTER IN SHANGHAI AND [...] (C) An American Catholic Bishop who was born in Beijing shared his views on celebrating Easter in Shanghai during a lunch with Chinese religious leaders and academics at the Consulate. The Bishop and Chinese guests asserted that much progress has been made for religious believers in Shanghai w [...]	2009-04-17 08:53:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON KIRF SCUL CH
09SHANGHAI189	WUXI: YANGTZE RIVER CITY REMAINS OPTIMISTIC IN FACE OF [...] (SBU) Local government officials in Wuxi, a major exporting city in East China, told PolOff on April 20 that while the global financial crisis and China's economic downturn have hurt exporters, Wuxi is optimistic it will weather the economic downturn, particularly given its 10 percent growth du [...]	2009-04-24 08:20:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB CH
09SHANGHAI190	SHANGHAI 2010 WORLD EXPO: YANGTZE RIVER DELTA CITIES HOPE [...] (SBU) A number of Yangtze River Delta (YRD) cities are looking to Shanghai's upcoming World Expo 2010 as an opportunity to advance infrastructure development and tourism promotion. A March 8 press conference about the Shanghai 2010 World Expo held during the Central Government's annual legisla [...]	2009-04-24 09:17:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV KPAO SCUL CH
09SHANGHAI200	CROSS-STRAIT TALKS IN NANJING PRODUCE EXPECTED RESULTS: [...] (C) Summary: East China interlocutors said there were no surprises from the third round of cross-Strait SEF-ARATS talks held in Nanjing April 25-26. The three agreements on direct flights, financial cooperation, and anti-crime cooperation mark the continuation of gradual improvement in cross-S [...]	2009-04-30 08:48:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EAIR EFIN CH TW
09SHANGHAI202	RESUBMISSION - CROSS-STRAIT TALKS IN NANJING PRODUCE [...] (C) Summary: East China interlocutors said there were no surprises from the third round of cross-Strait SEF-ARATS talks held in Nanjing April 25-26. The three agreements on direct flights, financial cooperation, and anti-crime cooperation mark the continuation of gradual improvement in cross-S [...]	2009-05-04 01:21:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EAIR EFIN CH TW
09SHANGHAI206	TAIWAN BUSINESS LEADER IN NANJING SEES PROGRESS IN [...] (C) Summary: The recent SEF-ARATS talks in Nanjing are part of the process of "normalizing" cross-Strait economic relations, said a key Taiwan business leader in Nanjing. Though the three agreements are generally "useful" and may yield concrete economic benefits in the long-run, the talks were [...]	2009-05-05 06:35:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EAIR EFIN CH TW
09SHANGHAI21	MUSLIMS IN SHANGHAI [...] (C) Summary: There are over 200,000 Muslims in Shanghai, according to one estimate, most of them migrants from Western China. The Muslim population in Shanghai has recently leveled off, though the number of Muslim students at Shanghai universities has increased. Muslims face no restrictions [...]	2009-01-09 08:52:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI211	ANHUI SHOWCASES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN LU'AN [...] (SBU) On April 25-27, Shanghai Deputy Principal Officer and ConOff traveled to Anhui to attend the 2009 Central China Expo in Hefei (ref A) and visit Lu'an Municipality in western Anhui. `Central China Rising' was the theme of the weekend, and provincial leaders and Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) [...]	2009-05-08 02:30:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELTN EIND PGOV SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI23	SOME ECONOMIC OPTIMISM PERSISTS IN YIWU [...] (SBU) Summary: City officials and businesspersons in the Zhejiang Province manufacturing and trading city of Yiwu in mid-December continued to express optimism that Yiwu and its businesses will fare comparatively better than other parts of Zhejiang and other parts of China during this economic [...]	2009-01-12 06:41:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV SOCI
09SHANGHAI245	TIANANMEN ANNIVERSARY: SHANGHAI FOCUSED ON ECONOMICS, NOT [...] (C) A wide range of Shanghai-based contacts said they expect the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre to pass with little fanfare in the city, as current concerns about China's economic downturn outweigh political considerations. Given the focus in Shanghai on the economi [...]	2009-06-01 08:29:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB SOCI ASEC CH
09SHANGHAI249	SHANGHAI QUIET ON TIANANMEN ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) Shanghai appeared quiet on the 20th anniversary of the June 4 Tiananmen Square crackdown. CongenOffs visiting People's Square, Pudong, and local universities observed an increased police presence in several areas, but there were few indications that the situation was anything but business [...]	2009-06-04 09:22:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB SOCI ASEC CH
09SHANGHAI250	MAYBE THE CAGE IS GETTING BIGGER: HANGZHOU CONTACTS DISCUSS [...] (C) Three Hangzhou-based reform-minded contacts told PolOff on the 20th anniversary of the June 4 Tiananmen Square massacre that they are optimistic the "cage is getting bigger" in East China, as the Communist Party, unable to control everything, has been forced to yield ground on basic freedom [...]	2009-06-05 03:10:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI257	(C) CHINA UNLIKELY TO FULLY IMPLEMENT UN SANCTIONS ON NORTH [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars believe North Korea, for domestic political reasons, will not bow to international pressure in the near term over its recent provocative actions. Tension on the Korean peninsula is nearing a "climax," after which a "cooling down period" will be necessary to bring [...]	2009-06-12 02:04:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM CH KN KS JA TW
09SHANGHAI258	NEW NANJING MASSACRE FILM DOES LITTLE TO CHANGE CHINESE [...] (C) Summary: The recent Chinese movie "Nanjing! Nanjing!" has stirred much domestic debate over the Nanjing Massacre and its implications for current Sino-Japan relations but has done little to alter public sentiments toward Japan. Comments on Chinese blogs are sharply divided between those w [...]	2009-06-12 02:36:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI SCUL CH JA
09SHANGHAI259	SHANGHAI FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICE HOLDS "UNPRECEDENTED" [...] (SBU) The Shanghai Municipal Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) convoked Consular Corps representatives on June 9 for an "unprecedented" meeting on improving Shanghai's service environment for foreigners. With the Shanghai 2010 World Expo approaching, relevant municipal government authorities must a [...]	2009-06-12 03:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CASC PGOV ECON TBIO KFLU ASEC AMGT CVIS
09SHANGHAI27	BLOGGER JIA XIAOYIN RELEASED BY POLICE [...] (C) Shanghai police released blogger Jia Xiaoyin from jail on January 13, six months after he was arrested for "spreading rumors" about the Yang Jia trial and charged with libel. The case had been widely criticized in the legal community because of the lack of a legal basis for charging libel [...]	2009-01-14 05:20:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI TINT CH
09SHANGHAI28	SOUTHERN JIANGSU'S VIEW ON SOCIAL STABILITY [...] (C) Consulate contacts in southern Jiangsu Province have mixed views on the impacts of China's economic downturn, stating that the region continues to attract investment, but they acknowledged that many local export-oriented companies are feeling the effects of slowing external demand. As in o [...]	2009-01-14 05:41:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ELAB PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI351	SHANGHAI SUMMER SIMMERING WITH SUB-SURFACE SOCIAL STRIFE [...] (C) Two recent housing protests as well as other local concerns that cropped up during the summer highlight the continuing challenges to social stability in Shanghai. Consulate contacts say housing issues will remain a point of contention in the coming months, but point out that unrest to date [...]	2009-08-07 07:49:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB SOCI ASEC CH
09SHANGHAI359	SHANGHAI PERSPECTIVES ON FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON'S [...] (C) Summary: Meetings with Shanghai scholars and commentaries in local papers suggest many in East China believe the nuclear issue was the main topic of discussion during former President Bill Clinton's August 4-5 trip to North Korea. Shanghai scholars expressed hope that the visit would kick [...]	2009-08-13 07:33:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	CH KN KS PARM PGOV PREL
09SHANGHAI360	SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON NORTH KOREAN POLICY GOALS AND [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai foreign affairs experts believe North Korea seeks to be recognized as a nuclear weapons state, and Kim Jong-il has moved close to the views of the North Korean military in order to maintain stability during the transfer of power to his successor. The scholars all conclude [...]	2009-08-17 03:24:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM CH KN KS
09SHANGHAI368	ZHEJIANG ACTIVISTS ON POLITICAL ANNIVERSARIES, SOCIAL [...] (C) Human rights activists in Zhejiang Province told PolOff they currently enjoy relative freedom of movement following restrictions during the June 4 period, but they predict much tighter controls in the run-up to the 60th anniversary of the PRC in October. The activists remain concerned abou [...]	2009-08-20 08:28:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI405	POLITICAL PESSIMISM AS 60TH ANNIVERSARY APPROACHES [...] (C) The recent plenary session of the Communist Party Central Committee and the upcoming 60th anniversary of the establishment of the PRC are mechanisms to protect the Party's legitimacy and reassert its supremacy over other political institutions, according to Shanghai contacts. Efforts to cu [...]	2009-09-25 08:07:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI41	EXPECTATIONS FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE FUTURE OF [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars view U.S.-China relations the past eight years in a positive light and do not expect big changes under President Obama, though they admit they know little about the new President. They emphasize the need for bilateral cooperation on the global financial crisis b [...]	2009-01-21 02:24:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD CH PHUM PINR TW
09SHANGHAI411	60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS BALANCE LOCAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS [...] (SBU) As Shanghai prepares to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China on October 1, municipal government officials and the state-run media have attempted to balance local pride with national unity. In public statements and newspaper articles, Shang [...]	2009-09-30 06:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ETRD EINV EFIN KPAO SOCI TPHY CH
09SHANGHAI436	ANHUI'S 2009 ECONOMIC ROLLER COASTER RIDE [...] (SBU) Anhui Province boasted robust economic growth through the first three quarters of 2009 despite concern earlier in the year of a slowdown. Much of the province's growth is due to the Central Government's economic stimulus measures, including investment in infrastructure. Most of Anhui's [...]	2009-10-28 02:32:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB PREL CH
09SHANGHAI462	SHANGHAI HOUSE CHURCH CLOSED, PASTOR TEMPORARILY DETAINED [...] (C) Local authorities closed a Shanghai house church and detained the pastor earlier this month, a move that coincided with the closure of a popular house church in Beijing (Refs A and B). Consulate contacts expressed concern that U.S. Government pressure on the Shanghai Municipal Government t [...]	2009-11-24 07:34:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09SHANGHAI475	POSITIVE VIBES FROM PRESIDENT'S VISIT; SHANGHAI SCHOLARS [...] (SBU) Shanghai-based scholars generally expressed positive views on President Obama's November visit to China during a panel discussion on December 7 but noted areas of friction and disagreement that remain unresolved. They appeared optimistic that U.S.-China relations are headed in the right [...]	2009-12-10 08:04:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI492	PARTY CHIEF TOUTS SHANGHAI'S ECONOMIC "TRANSFORMATION" [...] (SBU) Shanghai Communist Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng announced to a December 5-6 meeting of senior municipal officials that Shanghai would "lead the transformation of China's economic development model" in the coming year. Yu's statements appear to reassure local officials of Central Gover [...]	2009-12-18 09:19:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN SENV PHUM SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI50	SOCIAL STABILITY IN JIANGSU: NANJING SCHOLARS OFFER [...] (C) Two prominent political scholars in Nanjing, Jiangsu's provincial capital, offered different views on social stability in Jiangsu, where migrant workers from the rural northern part of the province may not be able to find jobs in developed southern Jiangsu after the Lunar New Year. The sch [...]	2009-01-29 08:33:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ELAB PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI51	RURAL EASTERN ANHUI STABLE AND PROSPEROUS IN THE YEAR OF THE [...] (C) Rural Eastern Anhui Province appeared festive and upbeat on the eve of Lunar New Year celebrations despite continued reports of returned migrant workers facing difficult job prospects after the holiday. A County Governor who attended Central Party School training in Shanghai in November 20 [...]	2009-01-30 04:07:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ELAB PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI52	THE MAKINGS OF A CHINESE LABOR LAWYER [...] (C) First-year labor law students in Suzhou shared their motivations for becoming labor lawyers with Poloff during a January 8 visit. The students from all over China had different reasons for pursuing their chosen field of study, ranging from aiding their own employment prospects during a per [...]	2009-01-30 04:10:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB ECON CH
09SHANGHAI66	SOCIAL STABILITY IN ZHEJIANG: CALM FOR NOW [...] (C) Zhejiang Province remains relatively calm despite continued concerns about post-Lunar New Year social instability as a result of the province's failing economy, contacts told Poloff during a February 4 visit to Hangzhou, Zhejiang's provincial capital. Some cities are in better shape than o [...]	2009-02-05 07:00:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI67	(C) HANGZHOU ACTIVISTS ON "08 CHARTER" AND EAST CHINA HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Four Hangzhou-based signatories of the 08 Charter told Poloff on February 4 that the document's impact has not been as significant as was originally hoped, but the charter's support is greater than the number of signatories (Refs A, B, and C). The contacts also shared their views [...]	2009-02-05 08:35:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB CH UN
09SHANGHAI80	SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] (C) Summary. Chinese officials and academics will closely watch the Secretary's imminent visit to Beijing for signs of the Obama Administration's strategy toward China, according to Shanghai-based scholars. Establishment of a personal relationship between Presidents Obama and Hu, an early su [...]	2009-02-13 12:38:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN PHUM MCAP SENV CH TW KN IR
09SHANGHAI86	CORRECTED COPY: SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary. Chinese officials and academics will closely watch the Secretary's imminent visit to Beijing for signs of the Obama Administration's strategy toward China, according to Shanghai-based scholars. Establishment of a personal relationship between Presidents Obama and Hu, an early su [...]	2009-02-19 08:15:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	CH EFIN IR KN PHUM PREL SENV TW MCAP

09SHANGHAI87	EAST CHINA SCHOLARS ON TAIWAN'S WHA PROSPECTS, ARMS SALES [...] (C) Summary: East China scholars believe China is trying to help Taiwan's ailing economy but criticize Taiwan for treating mainlanders like "third-class citizens." The scholars are optimistic that Taiwan will gain observer status in May's World Health Assembly but express reservations about gi [...]	2009-02-20 04:34:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ETRD ECON EFIN CH TW
09SHANGHAI97	LINCOLN TOUCHES A CHINESE NERVE - CHARTER 08 A SENSITIVE [...] (C) Official sensitivity to human rights issues, particularly the Charter 08 pro-democracy manifesto, revealed itself in heavy-handed interference in a Consulate reception February 11 commemorating the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln. Local officials notified universities and other instituti [...]	2009-02-27 01:40:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ELAB CH UN
09SHENYANG148	PRC EXPERT FORESEES NO INSTABILITY IN DPRK POWER [...] (C) Summary: Jilin Province's foremost Korean Peninsula scholar does not foresee instability during the transfer of power to DPRK leader Kim Jong-il's successor, but predicated longer-term stability on an improved economic situation. After his reshuffle of the military in early 2009, Kim has [...]	2009-08-21 03:10:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ECON KN KS CH
09SHENYANG208	MIGRANT LABOR MARKET SNAPSHOT: CRACKS IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent visit to a major labor market in Shenyang shows that despite government and NGO efforts to increase protections for migrant workers, an underclass of mostly unskilled migrants continues to exist here. Individuals in this situation have difficulty finding temporary work [...]	2009-11-20 02:47:00	Consulate Shenyang	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PLAB PGOV SOCI CH
09SINGAPORE1074	SINGAPORE STILL FORMULATING ITS POSITION ON THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 06:29:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS SN
09SINGAPORE1138	PRESIDENT HU - SINGAPORE VISIT [...] (C) Summary: During the State Visit to Singapore by Chinese President Hu Jintao, China and Singapore reached four agreements: the "loan" of two pandas, a tie-up between Singapore University of Technology and Design and Zhejiang University, the formalization of civil leadership exchanges, and t [...]	2009-12-01 08:49:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV APEC CN SN
09SINGAPORE1141	SINGAPORE ELECTION TIPPED FOR MID-2010, WITH [...] (C) Summary. Though there has been no formal announcement, Singapore's next general election appears increasingly likely to take place between April and June 2010. Circumstantial evidence, such as the training of election workers and instructions for those workers not to take leave, points [...]	2009-12-01 08:54:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SN
09SINGAPORE1156	SINGAPORE EXPLAINS ITS SUPPORT FOR DEFAMATION OF [...] (C) Singapore MFA Deputy Director for International, Social, and Development Issues Daryl Sng welcomed Poloffs' delivery of reftel talking points and supporting materials on December 4, noting that Singapore values such inputs from the United States. Sng said Singapore understands the United [...]	2009-12-04 04:44:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	UN PHUM UNGA SN
09SINGAPORE1157	SINGAPORE EXPLAINS ITS SUPPORT FOR DEFAMATION OF [...] (C) Singapore MFA Deputy Director for International, Social, and Development Issues Daryl Sng welcomed Poloffs' delivery of reftel talking points and supporting materials on December 4, noting that Singapore values such inputs from the United States. Sng said Singapore understands the United [...]	2009-12-04 05:55:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	UN PHUM UNGA SN
09SINGAPORE126	OPPOSITION FORUM SHOWCASES DISUNITY, LACK OF IDEAS [...] (U) Summary. A public forum on the future of opposition politics in Singapore drew an audience of about 100 on February 7. Panelists representing civil society and two opposition parties aired grievances against the ruling People's Action Party (PAP),Singapore's electoral system, and other [...]	2009-02-11 05:40:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SN
09SINGAPORE129	BURMESE COMMUNITY LYING LOW AS SINGAPORE EXPELS [...] (C) Summary. Burmese activists in Singapore have temporarily abandoned public protests against the Burmese junta, according to Burmese contacts. Over the past year, several leaders of 2007's anti-junta protests had to leave Singapore after the GOS refused to renew their permanent resident s [...]	2009-02-12 08:40:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM SN
09SINGAPORE164	EARLY ELECTIONS? GOVERNMENT LAYING GROUNDWORK [...] (C) Summary: Fueling rumors of early polls, the Government of Singapore (GOS) is executing the procedural steps that will allow it to call a general election at will. Political observers here speculate that the People's Action Party (PAP) may be keen to hold an early election (which must oth [...]	2009-02-25 05:06:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SN
09SINGAPORE201	SINGAPORE PEOPLE'S PARTY MIRED IN DISTRUST, [...] (C) Summary. The Singapore People's Party (SPP) is demoralized even though it is one of only two opposition parties with a seat in Parliament, party contacts told PolOff recently. The SPP's attempt to forge a lasting partnership with the National Solidarity Party (NSP) failed in 2007 when t [...]	2009-03-05 07:01:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SN
09SINGAPORE265	SINGAPORE STANDING BY FOR FINAL DECISIONS ON MANAS [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 09:11:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR SN AF
09SINGAPORE266	AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE: SINGAPORE HAS NOT YET [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 09:13:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SN AF
09SINGAPORE271	SINGAPORE WELCOMES MTCR OUTREACH MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: In the context of a regional outreach effort, Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) representatives met Singapore officials March 20 and exchanged briefings concerning the MTCR and Singapore's strategic goods control regime. GOS officials stressed the importance of working [...]	2009-03-24 00:34:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSTC ETTC PREL SN
09SINGAPORE274	SINGAPORE SUPPORTS MAINTAINING THE TCG'S AUTHORITY [...] (C) Poloff urged the Government of Singapore to weigh in with the Government of Burma to maintain the Tripartite Core Group's (TCG) existing authority and to discourage the GOB from imposing any further conditions on the activities and travel of international NGOs or diplomatic personnel in the [...]	2009-03-24 11:12:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PREL SN BM
09SINGAPORE287	SINGAPORE PM RESHUFFLES CABINET [...] (C) Summary: In a minor cabinet reshuffle March 26, Defense Minister Teo took on the long-expected additional portfolio of Deputy Prime Minister (DPM). Teo replaces DPM S. Jayakumar, who will become one of two Senior Ministers. People's Action Party (PAP) stalwart Lim Hwee Hua will become [...]	2009-03-27 10:43:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SN
09SINGAPORE313	SINGAPORE TIGHTENS CONTROLS ON PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES [...] (C) Summary: Apparently in preparation for Singapore's hosting of the APEC Leaders Meeting this year, the government submitted a new Public Order Bill to Parliament on March 23, to be debated in mid-April. The bill proposes a new regulatory scheme for public assemblies and processions, new [...]	2009-04-03 08:39:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SN
09SINGAPORE314	SINGAPORE DOES NOT PLAN TO RECOGNIZE ABKHAZIA OR [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Europe Director Lawrence Anderson. Anderson noted that Georgia is a long way from Singapore and said Singapore has no plans to recognize Abkhazia or South Ossetia as independent states. Anderson noted that Singapore's ambassa [...]	2009-04-03 10:33:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS SN
09SINGAPORE315	SINGAPORE WILL SUPPORT U.S. BID FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) In response to reftel points, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organisations Directorate informed PolOff April 3 that Singapore will support the United States in its candidacy for membership of the Human Rights Council. Samuel Myat San of the United Nations and Legal Issues Br [...]	2009-04-03 10:34:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SN
09SINGAPORE321	DPRK LAUNCH DEMARCHE: SINGAPORE URGES RESTRAINT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points concerning the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea's (DPRK) launch of a TAEPO-DONG 2 missile to MFA Northeast Asia Assistant Director Tan Eng Tat, April 6. Tan agreed that the DPRK's decision to launch a missile was regrettable, and noted that the [...]	2009-04-06 10:00:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL PARM SN
09SINGAPORE325	SINGAPORE OPENS DOOR TO CHINESE TO MAINTAIN ETHNIC [...] (C) Summary: Faced with a chronically low fertility rate and high emigration, Singapore has used a selective but relatively open immigration policy to increase its population, fuel its normally strong economic growth, and maintain a politically delicate balance among its Chinese, Malay and In [...]	2009-04-07 06:52:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEAN PINR ELAB SN CH
09SINGAPORE366	SINGAPORE REMAINS COMMITTED TO HELPING IN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on the conclusions of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Strategic Review and on Afghanistan's continuing needs to MFA Americas Deputy Director Loh Tuck Keat and MFA Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia Assistant Director Stephen Lim April 15. He called attentio [...]	2009-04-16 08:20:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR NATO SN AF
09SINGAPORE460	CULTURE WAR ROILS SINGAPORE'S FEEBLE CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary: The Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE),a Singapore women's rights organization, suffered a wrenching leadership fight from March 28 through May 2. Though relatively trivial in itself, the episode offers a window on some developing dynamics in Singapore societ [...]	2009-05-15 10:45:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SN
09SINGAPORE520	RULING PARTY TILTS FUNHOUSE MIRROR TO MAKE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister (PM) Lee Hsien Loong announced on May 27 plans for three reforms intended to enhance the quantity and quality of debate in Singapore's Parliament. For the next elections, due by early 2012, the government will increase the minimum number of opposition members in [...]	2009-06-03 03:07:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SN
09SINGAPORE547	SINGAPORE UNWILLING TO BE DRAWN INTO INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-10 06:59:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL PTER SN
09SINGAPORE559	SINGAPORE MUSLIMS IMPRESSED BY CAIRO SPEECH, BUT [...] (U) Summary: President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo generated a lot of attention and discussion in Singapore's Muslim community. Singapore's Muslims appreciated President Obama's Cairo speech, but they want to see what actions he will take, especially with regard to the Israeli-Palestinian [...]	2009-06-12 10:22:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO SCUL SOCI SN
09SINGAPORE563	ANTI-ISLAM PAMPHLETS PROVOKE JAIL TERMS FOR [...] (C) Summary: A Singapore court found a couple guilty of sedition on May 28 and sentenced them on June 10 to eight weeks in prison for distributing Christian pamphlets offensive to Muslims. The U.S.-published pamphlets, "The Little Bride" and "Who Is Allah?", portrayed Islam as "dangerous" a [...]	2009-06-16 07:28:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SN
09SINGAPORE566	SINGAPORE SENIOR MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS IMPLICATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Singapore Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong pointed out to Burma Senior General Than Shwe during a June 8-11 visit to Burma that there would be negative foreign policy implications should Burma convict Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),according to a Singapore MFA briefing. Goh, noting his "p [...]	2009-06-16 10:03:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM SN
09SINGAPORE575	SINGAPORE RELEASES TWO TERROR SUSPECT DETAINEES [...] (C) Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) publicly announced on June 16 the release of two men from preventive detention under the Internal Security Act; unusually, one of the men released had been in custody for no more than a month. Arifin Ali (alias John Wong Ah Hung),a former senior [...]	2009-06-18 09:20:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	PGOV PTER SN
09SINGAPORE61	JOURNALISTS FRUSTRATED BY PRESS CONTROLS [...] (C) Summary: Singapore journalists say they are increasingly frustrated with GOS-imposed limits on their domestic reporting. Political leaders put pressure on the Straits Times (ST) staff to ensure that the paper's domestic coverage follows the government line. Reporters say they are eager [...]	2009-01-16 09:57:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PREL SN
09SINGAPORE656	SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA: WAITING FOR THE ODD [...] (C) Summary: In recent high-level exchanges, Singaporean and Malaysian officials signaled a desire to improve bilateral relations and overcome legacy disputes. Malaysia's new Prime Minister Najib Razak made overtures perceived as sincere in Singapore, and the two countries began talks to im [...]	2009-07-10 06:00:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SN MY
09SINGAPORE68	SINGAPORE CRACKS OPEN DOOR TO POLITICAL FILMS, [...] (C) Singapore signaled on January 9 that it will begin a phased liberalization of political content in new media, while reserving the power to ban material it deems inappropriate. Singaporeans will be able to see independent political films, but only if a government-appointed panel certifies [...]	2009-01-21 06:12:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SN
09SINGAPORE703	TEETER TOTTER BALANCING ACT FOR FALUN GONG IN [...] (C) Summary: While Falun Gong (FLG) practitioners in Singapore enjoy a certain degree of freedom, problems still persist. Over the past decade, the organization has seen its membership drop by more than half. Although FLG has received little media coverage in recent years, this does not ne [...]	2009-07-24 08:57:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SN CM
09SINGAPORE718	SINGAPORE WOULD CONSIDER ARMED MERCHANT MARINE [...] (SBU) MFA Special Projects Deputy Director Iris Chen sent the below response in reply to reftel demarche seeking information on Singapore's laws concerning armed security teams aboard U.S. merchant vessels. In a follow-up conversation with Poloff, Chen acknowledged that the response does not [...]	2009-07-30 09:03:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR PHSA PARM KOMC PREL ECON ETRD SN
09SINGAPORE760	UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: SINGAPORE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-13 09:02:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN PREL PTER UNSC SN
09SINGAPORE818	SINGAPORE HAS QUESTIONS CONCERNING NEW [...] (C) Summary: Singapore has several concerns about the new U.S. proposal (reftel) to move beyond the concept of membership to one of participation in the Contact Group for Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS),MFA Special Projects Deputy Director Iris Chen told Poloff August 27. Chen said S [...]	2009-08-27 07:53:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SN
09SINGAPORE863	RULING PARTY YOUTH WING COZIES UP TO CHINESE, [...] (C) Summary. The youth wing of Singapore's ruling party, Young PAP (YP),is pursuing closer ties with the Chinese Communist Youth League, two YP executive committee members told PolOffs on August 27. Recent YP "study visits" to China have focused on political education and recruitment. In [...]	2009-09-09 03:41:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SN
09SINGAPORE884	SINGAPORE PUSHING R&D AND POACHING TALENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Singapore (GOS) aims to grow research and development (R&D) spending to three percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) by 2010. GOS agencies advocate a results-driven and integrative approach to R&D in order to expand the local economy and involve foreign [...]	2009-09-14 08:33:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND EINV TSPL TBIO PGOV PREL SN
09SINGAPORE887	IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 09:00:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP AORC PARM PREL IAEA SN
09SINGAPORE898	KOSOVO RECOGNITION IN ADVANCE OF UNGA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche points urging Singapore to meet with Kososvo's UN delegation on the margins of the UNGA and urged Singapore to formally recognize Kosovo during a meeting with MFA United Nations and Legal Issue Branch Desk Officer Jeremy Rabani on September 14. Rabani ackno [...]	2009-09-15 09:10:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA AORC KV SN
09SINGAPORE907	GLOBAL NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT - SINGAPORE POINTS [...] (SBU) MFA 2nd Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kauskian confirmed to the Charge that Singapore had received President Obama's invitation to the Global Security Summit and that Singapore is still in the process of naming a "Sherpa" to represent Singapore during Summit preparations. 2. (SBU) MFA [...]	2009-09-17 10:16:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM AORC PREL PGOV IAEA MNUC SN
09SINGAPORE930	SINGAPORE ALLOWS FIRST POLITICAL FILM SINCE 1998 [...] (C) Summary: In the first ruling of its kind under Singapore's recently amended Films Act, film censors have reversed a ban on "Singapore Rebel," a film by Martyn See about opposition politician Chee Soon Juan. In rating the film, however, authorities prohibited its exhibition to anyone und [...]	2009-09-24 09:50:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SN
09SINGAPORE982	SINGAPORE'S COUNTER-RADICALIZATION PROGRAM CLAIMS [...] (S) Summary: Singapore claims its integrative approach to counter-radicalization is effective at reducing extremism, and that there has been zero recidivism among the 41 terrorists that have been released into the community on a restricted basis. However, some independent observers are skepti [...]	2009-10-07 03:43:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL ASEC SN
09SKOPJE109	MACEDONIA: MAYORAL AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS NOT [...] (C) As Macedonia holds its first combined presidential and local elections in March/April (first round March 22, second round April 5),key local races are as much in the spotlight as the presidential race. In some cases, better-known political names will be found on mayoral ballots than in [...]	2009-03-09 14:38:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
09SKOPJE170	MACEDONIA ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-15 09:04:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN MK
09SKOPJE328	MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1874 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-09 11:12:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PHUM MNUC MTCRE KN MK
09SKOPJE383	MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on July 31 to Sanja Zografska-Krteska, MFA Deputy Head for Multilateral Affairs, and Nikolina Staleska, MFA Counselor for OSCE and Council of Europe. Zografska-Krteska thanked PolOff for sharing USG views on progress/concerns in areas of human rights a [...]	2009-08-07 11:41:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE MK
09SKOPJE398	MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING UNODC AS [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-17 10:10:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC MK
09SKOPJE418	MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-26 13:42:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AORC KPER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA
09SKOPJE452	MACEDONIA: UNGA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Svetlana Geleva and Deputy Director for Multilateral Affairs Sanja Zografska-Krteska on September 10. Geleva reported that due to budget shortfalls, she, as a MFA's main UNGA subject matter expert, would not be att [...]	2009-09-11 16:23:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNGA XA XB XD XF XG XS XM XL MK
09SKOPJE509	MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY IN IMO [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 16:12:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AORC IMO MK
09SKOPJE510	MACEDONIA: SUPPORT FOR U.S. PRIORITIES IN UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 16:12:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL UN MK
09SKOPJE514	MACEDONIA: GRUEVSKI INSISTS ON PROGRESS IN [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) PM Nikola Gruevski continued to closely monitor and insist on judicial reform in an October 15 meeting with OSCE and the Embassy. While progress has been made on some reforms, most have not been fully implemented, despite promises made by Justice Minister Mihajlo Manevski in Jun [...]	2009-10-27 16:05:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM MK
09SKOPJE515	MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 13:21:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09SKOPJE584	MACEDONIA: U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-01 13:02:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR KNNP IAEA MK
09SKOPJE67	2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR MACEDONIA [...] SUMMARY: During the reporting period the GOM continued to show a strong commitment to combating trafficking-in-persons (TIP) and participated in cross-border operations and other international activities directed at identifying and eliminating human trafficking. High-ranking GOM officials took [...]	2009-02-13 14:52:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM KCRM KTIP KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB MK
09SKOPJE87	MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE ON UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 15:54:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09SOFIA188	WITH NO TIES TO BURMA, BULGARIA STILL ACTIVELY [...] (C) On April 15, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Desk Officer for Laos, Cambodia, the Philipines, Thailand, and Burma, Ivan Velikov. Though the Government of Bulgaria (GOB) does not have an embassy in Burma or official diplomatic relations with th [...]	2009-04-17 08:47:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD BM BU
09SOFIA214	BULGARIA: REVISED 2008 INL END USE REPORT [...] The following is Embassy Sofia's revised 2008 End Use Monitoring Report, keyed to items listed in Reftel B. A. Inventory Management End Use Monitoring Report Coordinator: Joslyn Mack-Wilson, Political Officer, 359 2 937 5276, mack-wilsonjg@tstate.gov. B. Inventory System: Post mainta [...]	2009-05-11 09:36:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN KCRM KJUS BU
09SOFIA447	BULGARIA: UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-13 15:26:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	BU UNESCO PREL
09SOFIA478	BULGARIA: THE INS AND OUTS OF THE ASYLUM PROCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the Bulgarian government has directed increasing attention to human trafficking and other human rights issues, the plight of asylum seekers remains a serious concern. Asylum and refugee lawyers say Bulgarian authorities are prioritizing the administrative convenience of st [...]	2009-08-25 06:55:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BU
09SOFIA66	BULGARIA: 2008 INL END USE REPORT [...] PC model Pentium II (2) with 17-inch HP monitor (1) and 17-inch Sony monitor model HMD-A220 (1) 2. HP Copier/scanner/fax/printer (1) Computer Equipment at the NFI ----------------------------- The equipment was donated to the Institute in 2000 and is in use beyond is anticipated usef [...]	2009-02-13 14:17:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN KCRM KJUS BU
09SOFIA91	BULGARIA TO SUPPORT AMCIT CANDIDATE TO UN APPEALS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 17:05:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS PREL UNGA
09STATE15113	REQUEST FOR INFORMATION:CRITICAL FOREIGN DEPENDENCIES (CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND KEY RESOURCES LOCATED ABROAD) [...] (U//FOUO) This is an action request; see Para. 13. 2. (U//FOUO) Under the direction of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS),the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) was written to provide the unifying structure for the integration of critical infrastructure and key resources ( [...]	2009-02-18 23:18:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP PGOV PTER
09STATE1794	AUTHORIZATION FOR YEMEN IN COUNTRY REFUGEE [...] PRM acknowledges receipt of the P-1 referrals and authorizes processing of the six cases (35 individuals) noted in reftels. DHS/USCIS has concurred in this approval. 2. PRM has coordinated with OPE Istanbul and DHS/USCIS to arrange for processing at the earliest possible date, currently sch [...]	2009-01-08 17:29:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PREF YM
09STATE3512	KOREA-JAPAN SUMMIT MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Republic of Korea (ROK) President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Taro Aso met in Seoul from January 11-12. The following is an official read-out of the meeting provided by the ROK Embassy to Washington. End Summary. 2. (C) The ROK Embassy provided the English tr [...]	2009-01-13 23:29:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL JA KN KS
09STATE39804	UPDATE ON EU COUNTER-PIRACY DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C//NF) Diplomatic and military interlocutors from the UK Permanent Representation to the EU told PolOff on April 21 that if the U.S. wants NATO to take the lead for counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia, we will have to do the "heavy lifting." Our UK contacts also confirmed th [...]	2009-04-22 10:27:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN
09STATE39834	ISRAEL ASKS RUSSIAN DFM TO POSTPONE UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 21, PolOff met with Russian Embassy Political Counselor Alexey Skosyrev to discuss the recent visit to Israel by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov. Saltanov's main meetings were with Prime Minister Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Lieberman, and National Secu [...]	2009-04-22 12:12:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG RU UN IS
09STATE63863	(S/NF) KUDOS TO U.S. EMBASSY MANAGUA FOR TDY [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE POST'S REPORTING ON THE CURRENT MICRO- AND MACROECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACING THE ORTEGA ADMINISTRATION AS HIGHLIGHTED IN REFS. ANALYSTS VALUED THE INSIGHT INTO HOW ORTEGA MAY HANDLE THE BUDGET DEFICIT AND THE POTENTIAL LOSS OF MCC AND EUROPEAN BUDGET SUPPORT, [...]	2009-06-19 17:23:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR ECIN ECON EINV ETRD NU
09STATE70075	(C/NF) KUDOS TO U.S. EMBASSY GUATEMALA CITY [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE POST'S REPORTING (REFTEL) ON THE CURRENT POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE IN GUATEMALA SURROUNDING THE ROSENBERG SCANDAL. THIS REPORTING ADDED VALUE TO ANALYSTS' BRIEFING FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL IN MAY WITH UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON THE SCANDAL, COLOM'S A [...]	2009-07-07 17:12:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR ECON PGOV PREL GT
09STOCKHOLM11	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEW U.S. ARCTIC POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-09 14:24:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL SENV KGCC KPAO SW
09STOCKHOLM112	SWEDEN'S EU CORRESPONDENTS ON IRAN SANCTIONS, [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: In several meetings this month, the MFA EU Correspondent's Office has offered us their views on Iran sanctions, Belarus, Turkey's EU accession, and the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference. On Iran, Sweden continues to raise concerns that "blanket" trade sanctio [...]	2009-02-18 15:40:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENVT EU BO TU SW
09STOCKHOLM122	DEMARCHE DELIVERD: DEMOCRACY IN MAURITANIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-20 15:13:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN MR PGOV PHUM PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM139	DEMARCHE DELIVERD: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 16:03:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	KAWC KJUS AORC APER PREL UNGA SW
09STOCKHOLM170	SWEDEN ON MARCH GAERC AND GYMNICH [...] (C) On March 10, Poloff discussed the March GAERC and GYMNICH with EU Deputy Correspondent Jonas Wendel; on March 6, POL Counselor met separately with EU Correspondent Magnus Scholdtz. Their comments follow: General Affairs Session: Afghanistan, Chad, Ireland ------------------------------- [...]	2009-03-12 07:48:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO MD MW BK MK SU EG EU SW
09STOCKHOLM192	SWEDEN ON AFGHANISTAN POLICY REVIEW [...] (C) In recent weeks, CDA and Poloffs have discussed Afghanistan with a wide range of Swedish officials in the Swedish Prime Ministry, MFA, Defense Ministry and aid agency. They confirmed that: -- Sweden will in 2009 implement last December's decision to deploy additional troops (130, for a [...]	2009-03-19 17:55:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF SW
09STOCKHOLM193	SWEDEN REPLY TO DEMARCHE: SEEKING ADDITIONAL DONOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 09:57:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPKO SO SW
09STOCKHOLM231	SWEDISH VIEWS ON APRIL GAERC AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: In an April 1 meeting, EU Deputy Correspondent Jonas Wendel discussed the problematic invitation of Pres. Lukashenko to the May 7 Eastern Partnership launch; the EU's policy plans with Israel, Syria and Iran; upcoming (and rescheduled) summits, and Montenegro. Wendel told us he a [...]	2009-04-07 16:45:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU BO IS IR SY MW ZK BM SP SW
09STOCKHOLM237	SWEDEN'S MIGRATION MINISTER ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (S) Swedish Minister of Migration Tobias Billstrom asked CDA to come see him on short notice on April 8 to discuss Guantanamo detainees. Saying that Sweden strongly approved of the "general approach" the Administration has taken on detainees, Billstrom stated that if Sweden can assist, it wou [...]	2009-04-09 13:47:00	Embassy Stockholm	SECRET	KAWK PHUM MOPS PREL PTER PREF EU SW
09STOCKHOLM270	SWEDISH FM BILDT WANTS BOSNIA TO BE AN EU [...] (C) Summary: On April 28, poloff discussed FM Bildt's visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) with BiH Desk Officer Dinka Jasarevic. FM Bildt visited Sarajevo on April 8-9 for both bilateral talks and Presidency Trio discussions with BiH officials. Bildt's main goal for his visit to Sarajevo wa [...]	2009-04-30 13:05:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BK EU SW
09STOCKHOLM287	SWEDEN ON MAY 18-19 "SUPER GAERC" [...] (C) Summary: On May 8, poloff met with MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Jonas Wendel to discuss the GAERC agenda for May 18-19. Wendel said it will be a "Super GAERC," to include a special meeting between the Foreign and Defense Ministers. The overall agenda would therefore be brief. Highlights o [...]	2009-05-08 16:23:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM IS GR GG RU EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM4	SWEDES TO PROVIDE $10 MILLION TO UNRWA'S GAZA [...] (SBU) On January 7, Poloff and Econoff shared reftel points with Fredrik Floren, Deputy Director for Levant Affairs & North Africa, Middle East and North Africa Department, at the Swedish MFA. Floren confirmed that Sweden will donate $10 million in humanitarian and development assistance. He [...]	2009-01-07 12:55:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM SW
09STOCKHOLM416	SWEDISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON NGO INVOLVEMENT AT [...] (U) On July 9, Poloff spoke with Andreas Hilmerson, Deputy Director in the Department for Multilateral Development Cooperation, regarding NGO Involvement at the UN. Hilmerson expected a high-level EU ministerial declaration to be developed on NGO involvement at the UN in the next week or so, [...]	2009-07-09 14:10:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SW
09STOCKHOLM425	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY [...] (C) Poloffs delivered refs A and B points to MFA Korea Desk officer Emma Nordlund on June 29, and Pol Counselor followed up with MFA Director General for Asia and Oceania Klas Molin on June 30. On July 13, Molin responded that Sweden is "on board" with the measures called for in UNSCR 1874 bu [...]	2009-07-14 05:54:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EWWT EAIR PARM PREL KNNP MNUC MTRE
09STOCKHOLM426	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY [...] (C) Poloffs delivered refs A and B points to MFA Korea Desk officer Emma Nordlund on June 29, and Pol Counselor followed up with MFA Director General for Asia and Oceania Klas Molin on June 30. On July 13, Molin responded that Sweden is "on board" with the measures called for in UNSCR 1874 bu [...]	2009-07-14 05:54:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EWWT EAIR PARM PREL KNNP MNUC MTRE
09STOCKHOLM428	GAERC JULY 26-7 AGENDA: SWEDEN'S PRELIMINARY ITEMS [...] (C) Summary: On July 14, Poloffs met with MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Jonas Wendel to discuss the July 27-8 GAERC agenda. He said that, as the Swedes intended, the agenda is short to focus discussion on the most important international issues. Currently, there are three B items: conclusions o [...]	2009-07-14 14:23:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IC NK BM SO IR KE GG UN EU SW
09STOCKHOLM430	SECRETARY'S REPLY TO CZECH FM FORWARDED TO SWEDISH [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-15 14:11:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ODPC PARM MNUC PREL EEC CZ SW
09STOCKHOLM444	MOVING FORWARD WITH UKRAINE, BELARUS, AND GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 9, Poloffs and EUR/ACE Larry Silverman met with Malena Mard, Director of the Eastern Europe and Central Asian Department, and Johan Frisell, Head of the Eastern Europe Desk. Mard gave a rundown on the challenges Sweden expects during its EU Presidency between the EU and [...]	2009-07-21 14:42:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UK BO GG EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM445	JULY GAERC FOLLOW-UP WITH THE SWEDES [...] (C) On July 17 and 20, Post followed-up on reftel GAERC demarche with Ambassador Marika Fahlen, MFA Horn of Africa Special Envoy; Johan Frisell, Georgia Desk Officer; and Magnus Scholdtz, EU Correspondent. --On Iran, they expect no "concrete steps" at the GAERC on additional sanctions until [...]	2009-07-21 16:19:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER EUN ER SO IR GG SW
09STOCKHOLM457	BETTER TO JOIN AL-SHABAAB THAN DRINK BEER IN THE [...] (U) Summary: Sweden was recently the target of a recruiting visit by an al-Shabaab spiritual leader, Xasaan Xussen, and a counter-visit by the Somali Minister of Justice, Abdirahman Janaqoo. The MFA and security service are concerned about the radicalization of Swedish-Somali youth by al-Shab [...]	2009-07-23 15:13:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PREL SO EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM458	SWEDEN INFORMED ABOUT MANAS; REPLIES THAT VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-23 16:10:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF SW
09STOCKHOLM460	SWEDISH SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) On July 23, Poloffs raised reftel points with Carl Magnus Eriksson, MFA Director for Peace Support Operations; Brigadier General Gunnar Karlson, MFA Military Advisor; and Karin Anderman, Deputy Director in the Department of Security Policy. Eriksson directed us to a press statement indicat [...]	2009-07-24 07:26:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM462	SWEDES TO PROPOSE PARLIAMENTARY BILL ON 2010 [...] (C) Summary: Sweden is increasing its troop presence in Afghanistan to 500 soldiers by year-end. FM Bildt has visited Afghanistan twice in recent months, including the visit July 24 with Amb. Holbrooke. Senior MFA and MOD officials tell us the government is now preparing its annual bill to [...]	2009-07-24 17:07:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF SW
09STOCKHOLM467	SWEDISH EU PRESIDENCY TALKS TURKEY LEFTOVERS [...] (C) Summary: Following a July 19 DVC between EUR DAS Matt Bryza and Swedish MFA Director of EU Affairs Lars Wahlund (reftel),PolOff meet with Peder Spangberg, Turkey Desk Officer on July 23 for follow-up. Spangberg said his ideal outcome from the EU Presidency on December 31 is "handing ever [...]	2009-07-28 07:22:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EUN TU SW
09STOCKHOLM500	SWEDISH EU PRESIDENCY'S PLANS FOR AFGHAN ELECTION [...] The Swedish EU Presidency is working to develop an EU statement -- "a political blessing" -- to be released in conjunction with the August 20 elections in Afghanistan, MFA Afghanistan Desk Director Mathias Otterstedt told Poloffs August 11. Otterstedt, who had accompanied FM Bildt to Afghanis [...]	2009-08-11 15:48:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAO AF SW
09STOCKHOLM502	EU FEELING ITS WAY AHEAD WITH PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Nearly two months after the first EU-Pakistan summit on June 17, the EU is still working to identify counterterrorism and development projects that best suit the EU's capabilities and Pakistan's needs. Swedish MFA Pakistan Desk Officer Majeed Olerud told Poloffs August 7 that the [...]	2009-08-12 09:02:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL EUN PK EU
09STOCKHOLM504	SWEDEN'S PLAN TO MANAGE BORDER DISPUTES BETWEEN EU [...] (C) Summary: Frustrated by the use of EU accession as a bargaining tool in border disputes, Sweden is working on a new mechanism to solve the problem, MFA Deputy Director General for Europe Lars Wahlund told PolCouns July 19. The Swedes would like to add a "Good Neighbor Policy" as a "pseudo [...]	2009-08-12 11:42:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO KPKO KVIR EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM505	FUTURE SWEDISH ISAF PARTICIPATION: TIMETABLE FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Swedish Armed Forces will submit requirements to the government for the Swedish ISAF mission in Afghanistan by August 27, after which the Ministry of Defense (MOD) will initiate interagency meetings. The MFA will have the pen for the draft legislation extending Sweden's milit [...]	2009-08-13 06:45:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF SW

09STOCKHOLM507	SWEDISH RESPONSE AND EU DECLARATION ON AUNG SAN [...] (U) Summary: The news of Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) conviction prompted strong reactions, both from Swedish officials and from the Swedish EU Presidency. All sources condemned the verdict and weighed in on the possible effects of sanctions on Burma and against those responsible for the verdic [...]	2009-08-13 13:49:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL BM SW
09STOCKHOLM51	SWEDISH MFA ON JANUARY GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 13:42:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU SW
09STOCKHOLM543	SWEDEN, COLUMBIA AND THE FARC [...] (C) Summary: Swedish Foreign Ministry officials noted their dismay with recent evidence that Swedish arms, originally sold to Venezuela, were diverted to the FARC. They said this evidence would be sufficient to prevent any future proposed arms sales from Sweden to Venezuela and promised that t [...]	2009-08-25 05:37:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL XT XM RS CO VE SW SP
09STOCKHOLM558	SWEDISH NOTES ON SEPTEMBER GYMNICH AND GAERC [...] (C) Summary: European Foreign Ministers will discuss the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan (AfPak),and improving the EU as a global actor at their informal Gymnich meeting in Stockholm 4-5 September. EU Secretariat Deputy Director Jonas Wendel and officer Wouter Vidlund, seconded from the [...]	2009-08-31 15:57:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF IR IZ PK IS AL CE EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM577	FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS AFPAK, IRAN, MEPP AT [...] (C) Summary: At the September 4-5 informal foreign ministers' meeting (Gymnich) in Stockholm, the Swedes deliberately limited the meeting agenda to provide adequate time for more thorough discussions, and the Swedes insisted on strict anonymity in reporting, a format that was broadly praised [...]	2009-09-10 15:09:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	AF AL CE EUN IR IS IZ PGOV PK PREL SY SW
09STOCKHOLM586	AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, CAUCASUS AT THE SEPTEMBER GAERC [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Ministers will address Afghanisan and Pakistan (AfPak),Iran, and the South Caucasus at the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) September 14-15. AfPak talks will center on fleshing out the EU's new regional strategy, reaction to final election results, [...]	2009-09-11 14:57:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EUN IR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM596	PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE: SWEDEN ON RUSSIAN ARMS [...] (C) Summary: Sweden, in a bilateral manner and not as EU President, briefed EU Member States at the September 4 COARM meeting on the discovery that 1980s-era Swedish-origin missile launchers sold to Venezuela ended up in FARC arms caches in Colombia (reftel A). They also plan to issue a "stat [...]	2009-09-18 11:08:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL XT XM RS CO VE SW SP
09STOCKHOLM597	RISE IN AFGHAN AND SOMALI MINORS TO SWEDEN, NORWAY [...] (U) Summary: A sharp rise in unaccompanied minors from Afghanistan and Somalia has been reported in Sweden, Norway and Finland, according to UNHCR's regional office in Stockholm. UNHCR explains that the teens are smuggled through Europe in order to escape deteriorating security and economic s [...]	2009-09-18 14:28:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PREL UNHCR EUN NO FI SW
09STOCKHOLM600	SWEDISH RESPONSE: UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES [...] (C) On September 21, Pol Counselor delivered reftel points to Andres Jato, Chief of Staff for MFA Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall. Jato replied September 22 that Lyrvall had sent him the following message: "With respect to the Political Director's meeting, we agreed on a line of policy to ha [...]	2009-09-22 15:26:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA SW
09STOCKHOLM605	SWEDISH VIEWS ON RECENT TURKEY/CYPRUS DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Swedish MFA officers told us September 23 that "those closest" to the on-going Cyprus talks, including UN Special Envoy Alexander Downer, were optimistic about a "break-through" in November. With regards to Turkey, the Swedes admit there is a deal in place between French Presiden [...]	2009-09-23 15:10:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM609	DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT IN SWEDEN [...] Summary: Diaspora communities are vibrant and visible in Swedish life. Many of these groups arrived because of war and conflict at home. Some of the largest diaspora groups in Sweden include Iraqis (110,000),Iranians (80,000). Kurds (60,000) and Somalis (25,000). In-country outreach to imm [...]	2009-09-25 12:41:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL BEXP BITO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM610	KREMLIN COLD SHOULDER: EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT SET FOR [...] (C) Summary: Moscow finally agreed to attend the EU-Russia Summit to be hosted by the Swedish EU Presidency in Stockholm on November 18. But the Russians are still refusing a bilateral leaders' meeting between President Medvedev and PM Reinfeldt. Comment: The agreed summit date relieves some [...]	2009-09-25 12:50:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN RU SW
09STOCKHOLM615	"WE LOOK UNCOORDINATED": SWEDES "EMBARRASSED" BY [...] (C) In a September 25 discussion with Poloff, Swedish Desk Officer for Iran, Ulf Samuelsson, confirmed media reports that Sweden, as EU President, did not/not walk out during Iranian Pres. Ahmadinejad's UNGA speech on September 24. He said the red lines agreed upon by the EU-27 -- the denial o [...]	2009-09-25 14:04:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR UN EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM62	IRANIAN MUJAHEDIN-E-KHALAQ (MEK) PROTESTS IN SWEDEN [...] (C) In advance of the January 25 GAERC, hundreds of exile Iranians demonstrated in downtown Stockholm to have Mujahedin-E-Khalaq (MEK, also known as the People,s Mujahedin Organization of Iran or POI) removed from the EU Terrorist list. After MEK's removal by EU foreign ministers at the Janua [...]	2009-01-29 09:26:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR PREL IR SW
09STOCKHOLM641	SWEDEN ON P5+1 IRAN TALKS: RUSSIAN TRR SUPPORT IS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-09 15:13:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR SW
09STOCKHOLM654	SWEDISH PREVIEW OF OCTOBER GAERC [...] (SBU) Deputy EU Correspondent Jonas Wendel told poloff on October 16 that the October 26-7 GAERC will be done according to the "Bildt Format," which begins with a dinner on the 26th, and a full day of discussions on the 27th. The dinner topics are: --Iran non-proliferation issues, and maybe [...]	2009-10-15 15:15:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR AF CE ZL ZF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM66	DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSSES ISAF, KFOR WITH CDA [...] (S) On January 30, CDA, DAO and poloff met with Minister of Defense Sten Tolgfors. CDA thanked Sweden for its continued contributions to ISAF and KFOR and said the U.S. supports expansion of Sweden's international military operations. Tolgfors' points were: -- ISAF: Tolgfors said possible [...]	2009-01-30 16:54:00	Embassy Stockholm	SECRET	PMIL AF BK XZ ZB SW
09STOCKHOLM667	SWEDEN LEADS EU TROIKA TO NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Poloffs met with MFA Director General for Asia Klas Molin October 22 to deliver reftel points and discuss the EU Troika's planned visit to North Korea October 27-31; we also spoke earlier with North Korea desk office Emma Nordlund. Sweden holds the rotating EU Presidency, so Molin will lead [...]	2009-10-23 14:21:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NK EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM668	SWEDEN LEADS EU TROIKA TO NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Poloffs met with MFA Director General for Asia Klas Molin October 22 to deliver reftel points and discuss the EU Troika's planned visit to North Korea October 27-31; we also spoke earlier with North Korea desk office Emma Nordlund. Sweden holds the rotating EU Presidency, so Molin will lead [...]	2009-10-23 14:24:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NK EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM669	SWEDISH MFA: EU TESTING THE WATERS WITH BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-23 14:54:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN BM SW
09STOCKHOLM687	SWEDISH RESPONSE TO SUDAN STRATEGY [...] (U) Poloff shared reftel points with Fredrik Folkunger, Desk Officer, Department of West Africa and the Horn of Africa on November 3. Folkunger expressed enthusiasm for the new U.S. Sudan strategy and emphasized that the Swedes "see no real divergent opinions" in the text. Sweden supports co [...]	2009-11-04 11:27:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SU SW
09STOCKHOLM691	SWEDISH LEFT PARTY'S FOREIGN POLICY GOALS: TROOPS [...] (C) Summary: On November 4, MP Hans Linde, the Left Party's foreign affairs spokesman, gave poloff a preview of his party's policy priorities, including on labor rights and Afghanistan -- two issues which are obstacles to consensus within the opposition Red-Green Coalition. Coalition parties [...]	2009-11-05 14:03:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TU EUN AF SW
09STOCKHOLM692	MORE TURKEY TIDBITS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 14:03:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM720	SWEDES ON EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT NOVEMBER 18 [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs on November 6 met with Swedish MFA Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Tobias Thyberg to discuss the November 18 EU-Russian Summit in Stockholm. The summit agenda will focus on climate change, the financial crisis, and energy issues. Leaders are also expec [...]	2009-11-17 13:48:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN RU SW
09STOCKHOLM750	SWEDEN ON ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: Parliament's smooth approval of legislation extending Sweden's military presence in Afghanistan through 2010 augurs well for a long-term troop presence, and there is strong support for a three-year, USD 170 million assistanc [...]	2009-11-30 15:37:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM751	SWEDISH PLAN FOR EU ADVISORY MILITARY MISSION TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (C) On November 30, Carl Magnus Eriksson, Deputy Director for the MFA International Security Policy Department, and Brigadier General Lennart Bengtsson, MFA Military Advisor, briefed Poloffs on Swedish plans for discussion of the EUFOR A [...]	2009-11-30 16:26:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EUN NATO BK SW
09STOCKHOLM754	SWEDEN CLAIMS NOTHING NEW IN DRAFT FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 15:04:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN IS SW
09STOCKHOLM756	SWEDEN ON DECEMBER GAC/FAC AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff discussed the December 7-8 GAC/FAC agenda with Deputy EU Correspondent Jonas Wendel on December 3. The General Affairs Council (GAC) will discuss enlargement problems regarding Turkey (slow progress on Ankara),Macedonia (name problem),and Serbia (Serbian authorities t [...]	2009-12-03 16:12:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM765	SHRAPNEL FROM SWEDEN'S AFGHAN DESK OFFICER [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-09 14:38:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AF SW
09STOCKHOLM780	SWEDEN LAUNCHES EASTERN EUROPE ENERGY EFFICIENCY [...] (U) Summary: On NOvember 26, Sweden launched the Eastern Europe Energy Efficiency and Environment Partnership by hosting a donor conference, which raised more that EUR 90 million in pledges from European countries and the US to finance energy efficiency projects. Poloff attended donor conferen [...]	2009-12-15 11:51:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECIN ECON EIND ENRG PGOV PREL SENV SW
09STOCKHOLM785	SWEDEN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED PRIORITIZING DJIBOUTI [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-16 15:02:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM91	SWEDISH VIEWS ON FEBRUARY GAERC AGENDA ITEMS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-12 15:48:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU SW
09STPETERSBURG117	ST. PETERSBURG AUTHORITIES CONTINUE HARASSMENT OF OPPONENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The St. Petersburg police recently conducted a raid, with questionable justification, on the offices of a local offshoot of the Communist Party which had been vocally criticizing the city government. Separately, the city authorities denied permission to civil rights activists t [...]	2009-09-03 11:13:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PHUM
09STPETERSBURG118	LGBT FILM FESTIVAL FACES CONTINUED LOCAL HOSTILITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Last year's St. Petersburg LGBT (Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender) community "Side-by-Side" film festival generated an intense media and political backlash, with access to several planned film venues repeatedly shut down due to strong political pressure. "Side-by-Side" organi [...]	2009-09-08 12:08:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PHUM
09STPETERSBURG49	MURMANSK - POTENTIAL POLITICAL UPHEAVAL QUELLED [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 2009 replacement of Murmansk Oblast Governor Yevdokimov following his split from United Russia and support of successful mayoral candidate Sergey Subbotin created an uncertain political environment for the new mayor, with rumors that his election would be overturned in [...]	2009-04-22 08:20:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PGOV
09STPETERSBURG90	RUSSIAN POSTAL SERVICE FIRES OPPOSITION ACTIVIST FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The St. Petersburg branch of the Federal Postal Service forced an employee to resign on June 24, reportedly after its management discovered information regarding his past political activities. Both the company and the employee publicly stated that the "separation" was based on [...]	2009-07-17 12:25:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PHUM
09SURABAYA106	JPIP COMPETITION ENCOURAGES GOOD GOVERNANCE, EXPANDS INTO [...] (U) In 2001, Indonesia began a political transformation from the centralized system of the Suharto era to a decentralized system characterized by high levels of local autonomy. During the intervening eight years, some regency and city governments have used this new-found authority to improve t [...]	2009-10-30 09:33:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAID ID
09TAIPEI1004	POLITICAL HEAT RISING IN WAKE OF TYPHOON MORAKOT [...] (C) Summary. Vice Foreign Minister Andrew Hsia became the first political victim of Typhoon Morakot, stepping down to accept responsibility for his Ministry's initial decision to refuse international aid. Members of Taiwan's opposition party- and some ruling party legislators - are calling fo [...]	2009-08-18 10:19:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR AEMR PGOV XE TW
09TAIPEI1042	PRESIDENT MA STRUGGLES TO RECOVER POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: President Ma Ying-jeou is working full time to regain his political footing after widespread criticism he reacted far too slowly to Typhoon Morakot. With opinion polls showing a precipitous decline in his popularity, Ma went to the worst-hit villages to console victims, apologize [...]	2009-08-28 00:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR AEMR PGOV XE TW
09TAIPEI1072	TAIPEI COURT CONVICTS FORMER FIRST FAMILY MEMBERS [...] (C) Summary. A Taipei court on September 1 convicted four members of former President Chen Shui-bian's family of perjury and sentenced them to jail terms of six months to one year. No jail time is imminent because of the possibility of appeal and converting the sentences to community service. [...]	2009-09-02 09:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI1145	SEPTEMBER 26 BY-ELECTION GIVES TAIWAN OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has a strong chance to capture a Legislative Yuan seat in a closely watched by-election this week because of a local split in the ruling Kuomintang (KMT). A victory for the struggling opposition could provide momentum going into i [...]	2009-09-21 08:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TW
09TAIPEI1153	FORMER PRESIDENT CHEN'S TRIAL A BAROMETER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of former President Chen Shui-bian (reftels) demonstrated that no one is above the law in Taiwan, even as it also revealed shortcomings in Taiwan's relatively young judicial system, according to the U.S.-Asia Law Institute's Jerome Cohen. Although Taiwan's judicial sy [...]	2009-09-23 05:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL PHUM CH TW
09TAIPEI1157	NEW TAIWAN PREMIER SAYS PRESIDENT MA REGAINING [...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Premier Wu Den-yih told the Director on September 23 that President Ma Ying-jeou was regaining the public's support after it fell precipitously in the immediate aftermath of Typhoon Morakot. On cross-Strait ties, Wu said he didn't foresee long-term harm from the Dal [...]	2009-09-23 09:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ABLD AMED CH TW
09TAIPEI1161	DETENTION OF FORMER PRESIDENT CHEN EXTENDED AGAIN [...] (C) Summary. The Taiwan High Court judges who will hear former President Chen Shui-bian's appeal of his guilty verdict and life sentence for corruption decided on September 24 to extend his detention for three months. Although opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leaders have criticiz [...]	2009-09-25 09:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI1170	TAIWAN OPPOSITION SCORES DOUBLE VICTORY IN [...] (C) Summary: Big wins by the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in a September 26 legislative by-election and a separate referendum on a (government-backed) plan to allow casino resorts on one of Taiwan's offshore islands gave the DPP a much-needed morale boost and will energize s [...]	2009-09-28 09:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TW
09TAIPEI1261	KAOHSIUNG MAYOR IN THE LIMELIGHT AS SHE RATTLES [...] (C) Summary: Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu has suddenly emerged as a star of the beleaguered opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). She won widespread kudos in July for her city's successful hosting of the World Games, a rare international event for diplomatically isolated Taiwan. She subse [...]	2009-10-26 03:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CH TW
09TAIPEI1266	MAINLAND CHINA TOURISM PROVING DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD [...] (U) This is the first of two reports on political implications of newly launched people-to-people cross-Strait exchanges. This cable looks at the influx of Chinese tourists to Taiwan. Septel will look at mainland university students in Taiwan. 2. (C) Summary: Tour groups from nearly every c [...]	2009-10-28 07:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM PREL ETRD SOCI CH TW
09TAIPEI1286	CROSS-STRAIT SCHOLAR PREDICTS LOOSENING TIES [...] (C) Summary. One prominent cross-Strait scholar told AIT he foresaw that shifts in &three pillars8 of U.S.-Taiwan relations -- educational, economic and political/military ties -- would likely loosen our bilateral bonds. Arthur Ding, Research Fellow at the Institute of International Affairs [...]	2009-11-03 00:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TW PGOV
09TAIPEI1293	FLOW OF CHINA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TO TAIWAN STARTS [...] (U) This is the second of two reports on the political implications of people-to-people cross-Strait exchanges. This cable looks at Chinese students coming to Taiwan. Reftel examined the influx of mainland Chinese tourists. 2. (C) Summary: Cross-Strait educational exchanges have developed m [...]	2009-11-04 06:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EDU PINR KPAO TW CH
09TAIPEI1336	LEGISLATURE FREEZES PART OF BUDGET FOR PURCHASING [...] (C) Summary. The Legislative Yuan Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee froze nearly USD 200 million from the 2010 defense budget, most of which would buy U.S. weapons in the procurement pipeline or on Taiwan's &wish list.8 A well-placed legislative staff member said the freeze was a result o [...]	2009-11-10 06:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TW CH
09TAIPEI1350	U.S. BEEF IMPORTS NOT A MAJOR ISSUE IN YEAR-END [...] (C) Summary: During recent reporting trips to three counties in north and central Taiwan, PolOffs found little evidence the controversy over expanded imports of U.S. beef would be a major issue in upcoming local elections. Although the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and even so [...]	2009-11-13 09:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL ETRD TW
09TAIPEI1368	TAIWAN'S HUGE HAKKA POPULATION MUCH SOUGHT AFTER [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's political narrative long has centered on relations between mainland Chinese who fled here with the Kuomintang (KMT) in the 1940s and the island's Hoklo majority, whose ancestors migrated from southern Fujian province generations earlier. That analysis, however, fails to a [...]	2009-11-17 07:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TW CH
09TAIPEI1398	ACADEMIC TALKS SET MILESTONE IN CROSS-STRAIT [...] (C) Summary: A November 13-14 conference in Taipei on cross-Strait relations marked a milestone in PRC-Taiwan political discussions. The PRC delegation, which included distinguished academics and retired senior People's Liberation Army (PLA) officers, was the highest-profile group from the M [...]	2009-11-25 04:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PM PREL TW CH
09TAIPEI1412	PRESIDENT MA, OPPOSITION PARTY SEEK POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Both President Ma Ying-jeou and the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) view the December 5 elections for county magistrates, city mayors and local council members as crucial to resurrecting their battered political fortunes. Ma has been racing around the island to cam [...]	2009-12-02 08:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	TW PGOV
09TAIPEI1419	YILAN COUNTY KEY BATTLEGROUND IN YEAR-END TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: The Yilan County magistrate race has emerged as the key battleground in the Dec. 5 elections for 17 city mayors and county magistrates. President Ma Ying-jeou has campaigned repeatedly for the Kuomintang (KMT) incumbent, who is facing a strong challenge from the opposition Democr [...]	2009-12-03 03:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL TW
09TAIPEI1424	PRESIDENT MA, OPPOSITION PARTY SEEK POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Both President Ma Ying-jeou and the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) view the December 5 elections for county magistrates, city mayors and local council members as crucial to resurrecting their battered political fortunes. Ma has been racing around the island to cam [...]	2009-12-03 09:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TW CH PREL
09TAIPEI1450	SENIOR OPPOSITION ADVISOR SLAPPED WITH CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: Bikhim Hsiao, international affairs director for the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),has become the latest party figure accused of being entangled in the corruption investigation of former President Chen Shui-bian. A shocked Hsiao confirmed to PolOff on December 9 [...]	2009-12-09 09:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TW
09TAIPEI1457	DIRECTOR URGES TAIPEI MAYOR TO END ANTI-U.S. BEEF [...] (C) Summary: AIT Director Stanton on December 10 urged Taipei Mayor Hau Long-bin to end the city's campaign against sales of U.S. beef offal and ground beef, which were permitted under a recently signed U.S.-Taiwan protocol. The Director reiterated that U.S. beef was safe to consume and that t [...]	2009-12-10 09:53:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR ETRD TW
09TAIPEI1499	PRESIDENT MA UNSHEATHS THE "POCKETKNIFE" IN BID TO [...] (C) Summary: King Pu-tsung, a longtime trusted ally of President Ma Ying-jeou, returned to Taiwan from the Brookings Institution on December 16 to assume the post of Secretary General of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party. The hurried recall of King indicated Ma's deep concern after the KMT's p [...]	2009-12-17 06:26:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TW
09TAIPEI1521	CHAIR TSAI ING-WEN RESTORES DPP CONFIDENCE, GAINS [...] (SBU) Summary: Tsai Ing-wen is enjoying her highest level of support since becoming Democratic Progressive Party Chair in May 2008. The crowd at the December 20 DPP rally against President Ma Ying-jeou's cross-Strait policy rousingly welcomed Tsai to the stage, a marked contrast to the lukewar [...]	2009-12-23 06:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TW CH PREL
09TAIPEI223	NO LACK OF DRAMA IN FORMER PRESIDENT CHEN [...] (C) Summary: Former President Chen Shui-bian used pre-trial hearings this week to attack the credibility of several prosecutors, to plea for release from detention, and to claim he was being unfairly singled out for political reasons. As expected, Chen pleaded not guilty on all corruption-rel [...]	2009-02-27 09:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
09TAIPEI228	KMT VICE CHAIRMAN WU DEN-YIH DISCUSSES ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Ruling KMT Vice Chairman Wu Den-yih told the Acting Director on February 25 his party cannot take lightly two upcoming legislative by-elections in Blue-majority Miaoli County (March 14) and Taipei City (March 28),given public dissatisfaction with the government over the economic [...]	2009-03-02 09:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
09TAIPEI301	AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT'S MARCH 18 MEETING WITH [...] (C) The Obama administration views progress in cross-Strait relations in very positive terms, visiting AIT Chairman Burghardt told President Ma Ying-jeou during their March 18 meeting. U.S. officials have made clear both publicly and in private with Chinese officials that the United States re [...]	2009-03-19 02:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GPGOV ECON ETRD EAGR MARR WHO CH TW
09TAIPEI304	CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT AND DPP CHAIR TSAI DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: AIT Chairman Burghardt told DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen on March 18 that the United States is pleased with President Ma Ying-jeou's efforts to improve cross-Strait ties. Tsai cautioned that DPP supporters are dissatisfied, believing Ma is moving too quickly and in a non-transparent w [...]	2009-03-19 09:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
09TAIPEI308	AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT'S MARCH 16 MEETING WITH [...] (C) In a March 16 meeting with Legislative Yuan (LY) President Wang Jin-pyng, AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt underscored U.S. security commitments to Taiwan and urged prompt legislative approval of Taiwan's WTO GPA accession. Wang expressed appreciation for continued U.S. support for Taiwan's [...]	2009-03-19 09:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON CH TW
09TAIPEI314	AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT'S MARCH 18 MEETING WITH MAC [...] (C) Chairman Burghardt opened his March 18 meeting with Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) by expressing the good will of the incoming Obama administration and emphasizing U.S. support and satisfaction with the pace and substance of cross-Strait talks. MAC,s ultimate goal and responsibility is to [...]	2009-03-20 09:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PAS
09TAIPEI320	AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT AND FM OU DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Extradition, an FTA and visa waiver are Taiwan's top bilateral priorities, FM Ou told AIT Chairman Burghardt during their March 18 meeting. Although the leadership in Beijing has tacitly accepted Taiwan's diplomatic truce and mutual non-denial, this is not the case at lower lev [...]	2009-03-20 09:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW CH ES PM
09TAIPEI589	DPP AND PRO-GREEN GROUPS PLAN MAY 17 RALLY AGAINST [...] (SBU) Summary: The DPP and pro-Green organizations are gearing up for demonstrations in Taipei and Kaohsiung on Sunday, May 17, timed to coincide approximately with President Ma Ying-jeou,s first anniversary in office (May 20). After the demonstration in Taipei in front of the Presidential Of [...]	2009-05-15 11:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
09TAIPEI759	PROPOSED DATES FOR TAIWAN POL/MIL TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) inquired earlier this month about Washington's views on its proposal to hold U.S.-Taiwan political-military talks in Washington. MOFA offered August 31 - September 2 as its preferred window for the meeting. MOFA again stressed that t [...]	2009-06-24 08:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TW
09TAIPEI896	DPP EXPELS MEMBERS FOR ATTENDING KMT-CCP FORUM [...] (C) Summary. The DPP expelled former legislator Hsu Jung-shu and former Council of Agriculture head Fan Chen-tzung from the party on July 27 for ignoring a party ban and attending the KMT-CCP Fifth Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Cultural Forum in China. The DPP's stern stance demonstrates [...]	2009-07-27 08:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
09TAIPEI913	DPP CHAIR TSAI HOLDING STEADY BUT HURDLES REMAIN [...] (C) Summary. DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen appears to have a firm handle on party politics this summer, partly due to initiatives on a referendum on President Ma's proposed Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement with China and on judicial fairness. Tackling these projects that appeal to broad se [...]	2009-07-30 09:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
09TAIPEI914	DPP CHAIR TSAI HOLDING STEADY BUT HURDLES REMAIN [...] (C) Summary. DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen appears to have a firm handle on party politics this summer, partly due to initiatives on a referendum on President Ma's proposed Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement with China and on judicial fairness. Tackling these projects that appeal to broad se [...]	2009-07-30 09:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
09TALLINN120	ESTONIA ENDORSES U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UNHRC [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel A and accompanying Diplomatic Note to Eve Sirp, Counsellor for International Organizations at the Estonian MFA. Sirp confirmed Estonian support for the U.S. candidacy in the upcoming elections to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The GOE followed up [...]	2009-05-05 13:04:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL EN
09TALLINN135	ESTONIA WILL PARTICIPATE IN HAGUE GI PLENARY [...] (SBU) Estonia will participate in the 5th Plenary Meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) in The Hague, Netherlands June 15-16, 2009. In April, Poloff and her counterpart from the Russian Embassy jointly delivered reftel invitation to Paul Teesalu, Director of Divi [...]	2009-05-13 11:18:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PARM KNNP MNUC KGIC PTER PREL EN
09TALLINN205	ESTONIA?S NATIONAL CYBER DEFENSE AGENDA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Unprecedented and wide-spread cyber attacks in April/May 2007 galvanized Estonia to think strategically about the security of its critical IT infrastructure. Estonia's brainstorming has culminated in a new national cyber defense policy for 2009-2011, focused on strengthening ties [...]	2009-07-30 12:22:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL NATO EN
09TALLINN207	ESTONIA?S NATIONAL CYBER DEFENSE AGENDA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Unprecedented and wide-spread cyber attacks in April/May 2007 galvanized Estonia to think strategically about the security of its critical IT infrastructure. Estonia's brainstorming has culminated in a new national cyber defense policy for 2009-2011, focused on strengthening ties [...]	2009-07-30 12:22:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL NATO EN
09TALLINN231	ESTONIA?S NATIONAL CYBER DEFENSE AGENDA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Unprecedented and wide-spread cyber attacks in April/May 2007 galvanized Estonia to think strategically about the security of its critical IT infrastructure. Estonia's brainstorming has culminated in a new national cyber defense policy for 2009-2011, focused on strengthening ties [...]	2009-08-04 13:53:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL NATO EN
09TALLINN251	GOE AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR SHIPMENTS OF COMMERCIAL DOD CARGO [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-26 06:38:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF EN
09TALLINN265	AUSTRALIA GROUP: DEMARCHES AND NON-PAPERS DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 08:45:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ETTC EN
09TALLINN269	ESTONIA'S PRIORITIES FOR UNGA 64 [...] On 4 September, Poloff shared reftel USG priorities with Director of the MFA's International Organizations Division Eva-Maria Liimets, UN Affairs Desk Officer Helen Kaljulate, and USA Desk Officer Jaan Salulaid. Liimets expressed gratitude for the U.S. UNGA 64 priorities and affirmed that they [...]	2009-09-10 13:57:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA XG EN
09TALLINN309	NATO SYG VISIT TO ESTONIA [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 13, poloff met with Kristel Engman, NATO desk officer in the MFA's Security Policy Division to receive a readout of NATO Secretary General Rasmussen's October 8th visit to Tallinn. The SYG met with President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, Foreign [...]	2009-10-14 13:22:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MARR NATO EN
09TALLINN321	ESTONIA SUPPORTIVE OF US POSITIONS IN UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] On November 2, poloff met with the MFA UN Desk Officer Helen Kaljulate and the International Organizations Division's Human Rights Officer Pille Kesler to discuss reftel demarche and Estonia's priorities for UNGA's Third Committee. They welcomed the information about U.S. priorities and affir [...]	2009-11-04 09:52:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN EN
09TALLINN335	Estonia: Opposition Dominates Local Elections [...] (U) SUMMARY. The October 18th local elections for 226 town councils throughout Estonia resulted in few surprises, other than a robust turnout of 60.57 percent, considerably higher than the 47.4 percent participating in the last local elections in 2005. The Center Party won a clear majority i [...]	2009-11-16 11:15:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EN
09TALLINN363	Estonia: Demarche Delivered on Defamation of Religions [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 13:44:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNGA UN EN
09TALLINN364	Estonia Considering Adding North Korean Entities to [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-16 09:10:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PARM ETTC KNNP UNSC KN EN
09TALLINN383	Estonia's Missing Russian Parties [...] (U) Summary: Even though one-third of Estonia's population is Russian-speaking, Estonia has no strong Russian political parties. The few ethnic Russian parties that have formed have remained on the margins of politics. Instead, largely because it is the only Estonian political party reaching o [...]	2009-12-17 12:48:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI EN
09TALLINN58	ESTONIAN RESPONSE TO NPT SURVEY REQUEST [...] (U) On March 4, 2009, the Government of Estonia (GOE) provided a detailed response to Ref A (Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) survey). The text of the GOE response appears in paragraph 3. Per reftel request, Post is unaware of other reporting of the GOE position on this issue. The GOE [...]	2009-03-09 07:24:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL
09TASHKENT1013	UZBEKISTAN: NEW IOM REGIONAL HEAD OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FORMAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 16, poloffs met with regional officials from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and a prominent Uzbek anti-trafficking NGO to discuss the organization's status. A new IOM regional coordinator will cover all of Central Asia for IOM, and he is confident th [...]	2009-06-18 11:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ELAB KTIP EAID UZ
09TASHKENT1023	UZBEKISTAN: SWISS CONCLUDE DRUG HARM REDUCTION PROJECT AT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Swiss Embassy in Tashkent marked the end of what it saw as a successful six-year drug harm reduction project, which included provision of clean needles and condoms to thousands of drug users in Uzbekistan with the goal of stopping the spread of disease, particularly HIV and [...]	2009-06-19 10:31:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KHIV SNAR SZ DEA UZ
09TASHKENT1025	UZBEKISTAN: SANJAR UMAROV'S HEALTH CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE [...] (C) Summary: On June 17, emboffs met with members of the Sunshine Coalition, who reported that their imprisoned leader, Sanjar Umarov, was suffering severe mental illness in prison. On June 18, the Ambassador met with Umarov's son Arslan, who just finished a four-day visit in the prison with [...]	2009-06-19 10:31:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UZ
09TASHKENT1027	UZBEKISTAN: UNICEF MAY SEEK TO DISTANCE ITSELF FROM [...] (C) On June 17, Matthew Taylor, the Public Relations Officer at UNICEF's Uzbekistan office, told poloff that the organization will be "changing tack" to take a harder line in its dealings with the Government of Uzbekistan. Taylor said that a coalition of NGOs, led by Human Rights Watch, [...]	2009-06-19 10:33:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNICEF ELAB PGOV PREL KTIP UZ
09TASHKENT1037	Uzbekistan Pledges Support for U.S. ICSC Candidate [...] (SBU) On June 19, Bakhrom Babayev of the UN and International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Poloff that Uzbekistan will support U.S. candidate Lucretia Myers for the UN International Civil Service Commission. He indicated that MFA had sent a diplomatic not [...]	2009-06-22 06:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA PREL PGOV UZ
09TASHKENT105	UZBEKISTAN: JAPANESE OFFICIALS COMMENT ON BILATERAL [...] (S) Summary: Japanese engagement in Uzbekistan appears to be on the rise, judging from recent comments from Japanese diplomats and consultants in Tashkent as well as press reporting. In addition to high-level Uzbek and Japanese visits in Tokyo and Tashkent in 2008, a "Central Asia Plus Japan" [...]	2009-01-27 04:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET	PREL ECIN PGOV PBTS EAID UZ
09TASHKENT110	UZBEKISTAN: INSPECTION OF BORDER CROSSING POINTS IN ANDIJON [...] (C) On January 20, Poloff and Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Assistant traveled to the Ferghana Valley to inspect EXBS and International Naroctics and Law Enforcement (INL) Program-funded equipment provided to the Border Guards of the National Security Service. The equipment [...]	2009-01-28 12:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS ASEC PGOV PREL UZ
09TASHKENT1161	Uzbekistan: INP Representatives Highlight Radiation [...] (SBU) On June 30, Post handed over some 290,000 USD in equipment-including a handheld radiation monitor, a Yantar-1U detection system, and video monitoring sets-donated by the Department of Energy's Second Line of Defense program to representatives from Uzbekistan's Institute of Nuclear Physics [...]	2009-07-06 13:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS KNNP PREL PGOV UZ
09TASHKENT1181	Uzbekistan: UNSCR 1874 Demarches Delivered [...] (SBU) On July 8, Poloff delivered reftel demarches on implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1874 to Nurillo Abdullaev of Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk. Post will report any substantive response. NORLAND [...]	2009-07-09 11:33:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC ECON PREL PGOV MTCRE EFIN KN UZ
09TASHKENT1217	Uzbekistan: Demarche on Deterring Uranium-Related Business [...] (C) On July 15, Poloff met with Nurillo Abdullaev, Uzbekistan's Acting Americas Desk Chief at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche discouraging the sale or transfer of uranium to Iran. Abdullaev stated that Uzbekistan is committed to nuclear non-proliferation, citing Uzb [...]	2009-07-15 12:58:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM IR KNNP PREL UZ
09TASHKENT1219	Uzbekistan: Demarche on Results of U.S.-Russia Presidential [...] (C) On July 15, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the results of the U.S.-Russia presidential summit to Nurillo Abdullaev, Acting Americas Desk Chief at Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Abdullaev thanked Poloff for the detailed information. He remarked that Uzbekistan has been follo [...]	2009-07-15 13:02:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS UZ
09TASHKENT1273	Uzbekistan: Former K2 Employee Describes Conditions in [...] (C) During a personal trip to Karshi on July 18-19, Poloff met with Furkat Tulqin, who worked at the U.S.'s Karshi-Khanabad (K2) Airbase as a procurement officer and interpreter between 2003 and 2005. Tulqin said that some 2,000 Uzbek citizens-mainly from Kashkadarya Province but also from ot [...]	2009-07-22 09:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MARR PREL PGOV UZ
09TASHKENT1279	Uzbekistan Responds to Afghanistan Demarche [...] (C) On July 22, Charge d'Affaires and Poloff delivered reftel demarche on assistance to Afghanistan to Uzbekistan's new MFA Americas Department Chief Bakhtiyor Ibragimov and Acting MFA USA Desk Chief Nurillo Abdullaev. Charge asked Uzbekistan to provide Post with a document outlining Uzbekista [...]	2009-07-22 12:59:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS MARR PGOV AF UZ

09TASHKENT1281	Uzbekistan: Foreign Minister Likely to Participate at UNGA [...] (SBU) Charge d'Affaires and Poloff delivered reftel demarche requesting information on host country participation at the upcoming 64th UN General Assembly General Debate to MFA's Americas Department on July 22. New Chief of the Americas Department Bakhtiyor Ibragimov indicated that Foreign Min [...]	2009-07-22 13:00:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP CVIS UNGA PGOV UZ
09TASHKENT129	UZBEKISTAN: A POSSIBLE WAY FORWARD FOR DEA'S RETURN [...] (C) Summary: On January 27-28, Visiting Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Assistant Country Attache Chris Melink and Emboffs met with representatives from the Government of Uzbekistan to discuss further bilateral counternarcotics cooperation and the possibility of DEA's return to Uzbekistan. M [...]	2009-02-02 15:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM PGOV PBTS UZ
09TASHKENT1315	Uzbekistan: New MFA Americas Department Officials Proactive, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with us on July 22, new MFA Americas Department officials Bakhtiyor Ibragimov and Nurillo Abdullaev discussed a wide range of issues and showed themselves to be highly proactive, cooperative, and interested in addressing problems in our bilateral relationship. Ibragi [...]	2009-07-27 09:53:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KPAO ECON UZ
09TASHKENT1421	Uzbekistan: Mixed Messages on Child Labor in the Cotton [...] (C) Summary: In conversations in the last few weeks with poloff, UNICEF Representative in Uzbekistan Mahboob Shareef and Child Protection Officer Siyma Barkin have expressed their frustration with the GOU and its efforts to address child labor. Neither Shareef nor Barkin expected an inde [...]	2009-08-05 10:15:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KTIP UZ
09TASHKENT1431	Uzbekistan: UNICEF: Rags to Riches [...] (C) In a "rags to riches" meeting between UNICEF representative Siyma Barkin and the Minister of Labor today, Minister Aktam Ahmatovich Haritov told Barkin that the GOU would like to implement all of the items in the UNICEF Work Plan, which was agreed to by the GOU last January. In fac [...]	2009-08-06 12:38:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB UZ
09TASHKENT1435	Uzbekistan: ICRC Prison Monitoring Program Extended [...] (SBU) Rafaello Muller, Deputy Head of the International Committee for the Red Cross's (ICRC) Regional Delegation, informed poloff today that the GOU agreed on Wednesday, August 5, 2009, to extend last year's six-month pilot program allowing ICRC to enter and evaluate prisons. Prison visi [...]	2009-08-07 12:45:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ
09TASHKENT1437	UZBEKISTAN: Human Rights Update [...] (C) Summary: Although Post was happy to report the continuation of a prison monitoring program by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),the human rights climate in Uzbekistan remains difficult, at best. The recent sentencing of journalist Dilmurod Sayyidov to twelve years [...]	2009-08-10 12:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB UZ
09TASHKENT1455	Uzbekistan: Officials Preview Parliamentary Changes, [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uzbekistan, in collaboration with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE),hosted a conference dedicated to parliamentary systems and political parties in Tashkent on July 1-2. GOU representatives responded favorably to presentations from a [...]	2009-08-19 11:28:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UZ
09TASHKENT1459	Uzbekistan: UNICEF Visitor: Child Labor Assessment Not [...] (C) Summary: UNICEF visiting Senior Child Protection Advisor Joanne Dunn met with DCM and poloff Monday, August 17 to discuss child labor and the upcoming cotton harvest. Dunn stated that it is "way too late" for an assessment to be planned and implemented during this year's cotton harv [...]	2009-08-20 08:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ
09TASHKENT147	UZBEKISTAN: FERGHANA LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS PUTTING [...] (C) On January 21, Poloff and Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program Assistant visited Ferghana Province's Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD). Emboffs conducted end-use monitoring of counternarcotics equipment that the International Narc [...]	2009-02-06 10:12:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV PBTS UZ
09TASHKENT1481	Uzbekistan: Update on Trial of Journalist Dilmurod Sayid [...] (U) Summary: The Samarkand Regional Criminal Court commenced a hearing for journalist Dilmurod Sayid (aka Sayyidov) in Samarkand Province on Tuesday, September 8, 2009, to consider his harsh prison sentence and various procedural irregularities during his trial. Midway through the heari [...]	2009-09-11 08:30:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KPAO UZ
09TASHKENT1487	UZBEKISTAN EAGER TO INCREASE BORDER SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: GOU Customs and Border Security Officials seemed eager to get down to business during a meeting with Regional Export Control and Border Security (EXBS) Advisor and poloff. Uzbek officials recalled successful joint projects which took place in 2001 and expressed their desire to [...]	2009-09-16 07:15:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS KNNP PREL ETTC MNUC PARM KSTC UZ
09TASHKENT1489	Uzbekistan: Notes from the Northwest [...] (SBU) Summary: Hayitbay Yakirboy, a human rights activist from Khorezm, met with poloff on August 12, 2009 to discuss issues facing northwestern Uzbekistan. Yakirboy addressed labor trafficking problems and discontent in the semiautonomous region of Karakalpakstan and the northwest province o [...]	2009-09-16 11:46:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ
09TASHKENT1491	Uzbekistan: Activists in Samarkand Making a Difference [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 8, Poloff met with ten human rights activists from "Ezgulik," the only registered human rights organization in Uzbekistan. They discussed their observations of trends in the areas of child labor and religious freedom, but most of them focus their attention on the [...]	2009-09-16 12:35:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ
09TASHKENT1493	Tashkent Tidbits September 17, 2009 [...] (C) A Brazilian coach for Uzbekistan's premiere team, Bunyodkor, recently told PE Chief of an incident following a match against Bunyodkor's poor rival Pakhtakor (the cotton pickers)in which Bunyodkor lost 1-0 when most of its Brazilian star power got red cards in the first 10 minutes of play. [...]	2009-09-17 11:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KCOR UZ
09TASHKENT1499	Uzbekistan: Update on Trial of Journalist Dilmurod Sayid [...] (SBU) Summary: The Regional Samarkand Court on September 11 upheld the 12.5 year sentence of independent journalist and human rights activist Dilmurod Sayid on charges of extortion and bribery. (See reftel.) Sayid's attorney will appeal this decision to the Chairman of the Regional Court, and [...]	2009-09-18 08:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ
09TASHKENT1501	Uzbekistan: Hidirova Describes Her Imprisonment [...] (SBU) Post reported earlier this summer on the arrest and release of Jizzakh farmer and human rights activist Oyazimhon Hidirova (aka Khidirova),who spent roughly five weeks in jail after being arrested on charges of hooliganism. (See reftels.) Hidirova and her public defender Ziyodullo [...]	2009-09-18 08:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ
09TASHKENT151	UZBEKISTAN GRANTS STCU AN EXTENSION, BUT PROBLEMS PERSIST [...] (C) The Science and Technology Center in Ukraine (STCU) continues to face accreditation problems in Uzbekistan, though the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) has given STCU until the end of 2009 to complete active projects. (Note: The STCU, which works to combat proliferation by diverting the effo [...]	2009-02-09 11:42:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP UZ
09TASHKENT1519	Uzbekistan: Baptist Leader Faces Criminal Charges [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-24 12:15:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV UZ
09TASHKENT1549	Uzbekistan: UNICEF Brainstorming Session on Child Labor: [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 8, UNICEF hosted a brainstorming session for members of the international community to discuss the issue of child labor in the cotton sector. Although the failure of Uzbekistan to invite the International Labor Organization (ILO) to do an assessment this year wa [...]	2009-10-22 12:27:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UN UZ
09TASHKENT156	UZBEKISTAN: PLIGHT OF AFGHAN REFUGEES WORSENING [...] (C) The newly arrived head of the United Nations Development Program's (UNDP) Refugee Support Unit in Tashkent, Ustina Kupreychik, reported that the situation for Afghan refugees in Uzbekistan has worsened since the fall (ref A). According to Kupreychik, 67 Afghan refugees have been forcibly [...]	2009-02-10 05:15:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UNDP UNHCR AF UZ
09TASHKENT1573	Uzbekistan: The Ongoing Struggle for Religious Freedom [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 26, poloff met with Chairman of Uzbekistan's Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) to discuss concerns of various religious minority groups in the country. In preparation for the meeting and in the days that followed, poloff met with representatives from the Uz [...]	2009-11-09 12:11:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV KIRF UZ
09TASHKENT1579	Uzbekistan: The Cotton Harvest in Jizzakh [...] (C) Summary: On November 6, 2009, poloff met with human rights activists and a representative of the leading anti-trafficking NGO in Jizzakh, a city of roughly 150,000 people in a largely agricultural region about three hours southwest of Tashkent. Human rights activists spoke about seve [...]	2009-11-13 12:03:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ
09TASHKENT158	TASHKENT TIDBITS FEBRUARY 10, 2008 [...] (SBU) Post has updated its cost of living analysis for Uzbekistan through the end of 2008. At 21.6 percent, the cost of living grew more slowly in 2008 than in 2007, when it increased by 29.2 percent. The cost of foodstuffs increased by only 17.0 percent as contrasted with a 29.1 percent rise [...]	2009-02-11 04:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KIRF SOCI PHUM KISL KPAO UZ
09TASHKENT1585	Uzbekistan: Human Rights Activist Beaten [...] (C) Summary: Human rights activist Bahtiyor Hamroev, a good contact of the Embassy from Jizzakh province, reported he was beaten by law enforcement on Wednesday, November 11, when he tried to meet recently returned opposition figure Bahodir Choriev in a Jizzakh cafC). A second activist, [...]	2009-11-13 13:49:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ
09TASHKENT1589	Uzbekistan: TIP Interim Assessment [...] (U) In response to reftel, post submits the following information for the TIP Interim Assessment on Uzbekistan. A. Substantive Action to End the Use of Forced Labor During the Cotton Harvest --------------------------------------------- ---------------------- -------------- [...]	2009-11-17 13:45:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV KCRM KTIP KWMN SMIG UZ
09TASHKENT1593	Uzbekistan: Human Rights Activists and Religious Figures [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 07:18:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV KCRM UZ
09TASHKENT1603	Uzbekistan: TIP Update: Trends and Tactics [...] (SBU) Summary: From early October to mid-November, poloff has had several meetings with government officials, NGO leaders, and representatives from the human rights community to discuss trends in trafficking, as well as anti-trafficking efforts. The GOU continues to prioritize tradition [...]	2009-12-01 11:53:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV KTIP UZ
09TASHKENT1609	Uzbekistan: Human Rights Update [...] (SBU) Summary: Post continues to follow the cases of imprisoned journalist Dilmurod Sayyid (aka Saidov) and poet Yusuf Juma, two Uzbek citizens convicted of charges widely believed to be politically motivated. Family members of both Sayyid and Juma report the two men to be in bad health [...]	2009-12-04 07:28:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ
09TASHKENT1631	Uzbekistan: The Saga of Bahodir Choriev [...] (U) Summary: Uzbekistan officials forcibly returned Bahadir Choriev, leader of the Birdamlik opposition party, to the United States on the morning of December 11. Choriev's presence had prompted much attention from law enforcement officials, and rights activists are in many ways relie [...]	2009-12-16 12:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ
09TASHKENT1651	PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN UZBEKISTAN: NOTHING WRONG BUT THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Elections for Uzbekistan's lower house of Parliament took place on Sunday, December 27. Five election observation teams from the Embassy visited 33 polling stations in Tashkent and the neighboring regions, and concluded that although the elections were not free and fair (no opp [...]	2009-12-30 11:55:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UZ
09TASHKENT177	UZBEKISTAN: REPORTS OF CRACKDOWN ON "NUR" RELIGIOUS GROUP [...] (C) Summary: Uzbek authorities appear to be significantly ratcheting up the pressure on suspected members of the banned Nur (or "Nurcilar") religious organization, which is associated with the conservative (but not extremist) religious teachings and Pan-Turkish ideology of Turkish scholar Feth [...]	2009-02-13 09:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL KPAO PGOV PINR PREL SOCI TU UZ
09TASHKENT193	UZBEKISTAN: ACTIVISTS SEEK TO BRIDGE GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador recently met with activists from the independent Rapid Reaction human rights group (RRG),who described their plans for the upcoming year, including applying for official registration and setting up a "think-tank" with like-minded activists and defense attorneys to [...]	2009-02-19 10:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID ECON KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT194	UZBEKISTAN: AFGHAN REFUGEES DESCRIBE HARRASSMENT; [...] (C) Summary: On February 12, poloff met with 25 Afghan refugees at the office of a Tashkent-based NGO which provides humanitarian assistance to refugees. The Afghans alleged widespread harassment by government officials, and some refugees experienced forced deportation back to Afghanistan. T [...]	2009-02-19 10:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF KWMN PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UNDP UNHCR AF UZ
09TASHKENT196	Uzbekistan: Submission for Ninth Annual Trafficking in [...] (SBU) Post's submission for the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report begins in paragraph 4. Per reftel, this information covers the period from March 2008 to February 2009. The information provided in the report has been gathered from numerous sources, including the Government of U [...]	2009-02-19 12:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KTIP PHUM KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KWMN ZK
09TASHKENT197	Uzbekistan Still Seems on Track with Money Laundering [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Uzbekistan is currently in the midst of a process to enact legislative changes that would bring its anti-money laundering and countering the finance of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime into compliance with international standards. The Uzbeks are likely on track to f [...]	2009-02-19 12:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON KCRM PINR UZ
09TASHKENT2	UZBEKISTAN: STAFFDEL DISCUSSES COUNTERTERRORISM WITH MVD [...] (C) Summary: On December 15, House Foreign Affairs Committee staffers and Emboffs discussed counterterrorism with several officials from Uzbekistan's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD). The MVD officials held that Uzbekistan is stable and a system of information-sharing with other ministries an [...]	2009-01-05 11:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SOCI PGOV PREL PINS UZ
09TASHKENT206	SUSPECTED AMCIT MISSIONARIES TOLD TO LEAVE UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Authorities have told three AmCits associated with the New Hope faith-based humanitarian assistance NGO, which provides medical assistance to disabled persons in Tashkent, that they must depart Uzbekistan by February 25. Emboffs met with the AmCits, who plan to depart Uzbekistan [...]	2009-02-23 13:31:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC EAID KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
09TASHKENT208	UZBEK WORKSHOP FOR IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540 -- A REGIONAL [...] (U) Summary: On February 10-11 a workshop on implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 was jointly sponsored in Tashkent by the Export and Related Border Security (EXBS) program and the Uzbek Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This cable addresses broader region [...]	2009-02-24 08:27:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KNNP AORC OSCE UNSC UZ
09TASHKENT217	UZBEKISTAN: JOURNALIST REPORTEDLY ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF [...] (U) In an announcement on its website, the Ezgulik human rights group reported that independent journalist and human rights defender Dilurod Sayyidov was arrested in Tashkent on February 22 and handed over to authorities from Samarkand province on February 23. After his arrest, Sayyidov repo [...]	2009-02-25 10:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO PGOV PREL UZ
09TASHKENT22	UZBEKISTAN: TIP PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN CONTINUES; [...] (U) Summary: In the past few months, the government has continued a wide-ranging public awareness campaign on trafficking-in-persons (TIP) in the government-controlled mass media (ref A and B). Conducting a relatively non-extensive survey, poloff uncovered more than 70 separate TIP-related st [...]	2009-01-07 12:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ECON ELAB KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PREL SOCI KZ RS UZ
09TASHKENT220	UZBEKISTAN: 2008 INL END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-26 05:32:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL ASEC AFIN EAID UZ
09TASHKENT222	UZBEKISTAN: TRIAL OF ALLEGED RELIGIOUS EXTREMIST EXTRADITED [...] (C) Summary: The trial of Haitjon Juraboev, a religious extremist suspect who was extradited by Kyrgyz authorities to Uzbekistan in September 2008, is nearing completion in Tashkent, according to an independent activist monitoring the trial. Juraboev has reportedly pled innocent to all the cha [...]	2009-02-26 13:01:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR PREF PREL SOCI UNHCR KG
09TASHKENT223	UZBEKISTAN: IV ALUMNUS AND DISABLED RIGHTS ACTIVIST ARRESTED [...] (C) Summary: On January 21 an independent news website reported that Chairman of the Uzbek Society of the Disabled (and International Visitor Leadership Program [IVLP] alumnus) Oybek Isoqov had been arrested on charges of bribery. When CAO met with him on February 13, Isoqov denied all wrong [...]	2009-02-26 13:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT226	Uzbekistan: State-run Shelter for TIP Victims Nears [...] (C) Summary: Officials from the Ministries of Internal Affairs and Justice told poloff in separate meetings on February 11 that, pursuant to President Karimov's decree in November and the country's new anti-TIP law, the first state-run shelter for TIP victims is nearing completion and will off [...]	2009-02-27 11:14:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KTIP PHUM PREL KWMN SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT231	Tashkent Tidbits - March 2, 2009 [...] (SBU) A successful ongoing INL-sponsored forensic laboratory improvement program implemented by DOJ-ICITAP suffered a mild setback when the Government of Uzbekistan delivered a diplomatic note on February 17 denying a proposal to send an Uzbek forensic scientist to the Harris County Medical Exa [...]	2009-03-02 06:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN ICRC KCOR ECON KCRM UZ
09TASHKENT242	Uzbekistan: Yusuf Jumaev Allegedly Mistreated in Jaslyk [...] (C) On February 27 poloff met with Feruza Yusufjon Kizi, the daughter of dissident poet Yusuf Jumaev, who is serving a five-year sentence at the Jaslyk prison in the remote northwest province of Karakalpakstan (ref B). Yusufjon Kizi was accompanied on the unscheduled visit to the Embassy by Ba [...]	2009-03-03 08:29:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
09TASHKENT248	How the Kagan Munitions Explosions Saved a Neighborhood and [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met informally in Tashkent with two English language professors from Bukhara State University on several social occasions between February 27 - March 1. Both are talented and highly motivated teachers who have a good pulse on community life from their vantage point in Bukh [...]	2009-03-04 07:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON KCOR PINR UZ
09TASHKENT249	Activist: Andijon Province Has Become a Mini-Turkmenistan [...] (C) On March 3 well-known human rights activist and long-time Embassy contact Saidjahon Zaynabiddinov visited the Embassy and talked to poloff about current conditions in Andijon Province. He previously reported that, unusually, the province was being administered almost entirely by outsiders [...]	2009-03-04 12:46:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON PREL UZ
09TASHKENT270	Uzbekistan: Global Initiative Demarche Delivered [...] (SBU) This is an action request (see para 3) and response to State 18574. 2. (C) On March 11, Poloff, the Russian Embassy's Senior Counselor Alexey Mochulsky, and the Korean Embassy's Third Secretary Kwon O Yul jointly delivered reftel demarche to Uzbek First Secretary Oybek Abdiev of the M [...]	2009-03-12 11:01:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM KGIC PTER PGOV PREL KS RS UZ
09TASHKENT271	Uzbekistan: Institute for New Democracies Director Denied [...] (C) Summary: On March 5 the recently arrived AmCit Country Director of the U.S. Government-funded NGO Institute for New Democracies (IND) was denied accreditation by the Uzbek Government. This is a surprising and disappointing event which, as usual, has not yet been explained (Ambassador is wr [...]	2009-03-12 11:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID PINR UZ
09TASHKENT277	UZBEKISTAN: "NUR" RELIGIOUS GROUP CRACKDOWN CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Authorities are continuing a widespread crackdown on suspected members of "Nur," a banned conservative (but not extremist) religious organization associated with Turkish scholar Fethullah Gullen (ref A). According to reports from independent and state-controlled media, at least 1 [...]	2009-03-13 12:31:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL KPAO PGOV PINR PREL SOCI TU UZ
09TASHKENT279	UZBEKISTAN: UPDATE ON THREE CASES INVOLVING JOURNALISTS [...] (U) Summary: This cable provides updates on the cases of three journalists who have recently been imprisoned or charged with various crimes: Salidjahon Abdurakhmanov, a journalist from Uzbekistan's Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic who was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment on politically-mo [...]	2009-03-13 12:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO OSCE PGOV PREL UZ
09TASHKENT289	UZBEKISTAN: UN CONVENTION ON DISABLED PERSONS ADOPTED; [...] (U) On March 2, the state-controlled UzReport.com website reported that new Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan to the United Nations in New York Murad Askarov signed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol on February 27. The article noted tha [...]	2009-03-16 08:22:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KPAO PGOV PREL UZ
09TASHKENT3	UZBEKISTAN: ACTIVIST REPORTS ON KILLING OF AKROMIYIST; [...] (C) Summary: An Andijon-based human rights activist recently reported the killing by law enforcement officials of a young member of "Akromiya," a religious-business organization whose members were at the center of the 2005 Andijon events. The activist specifically requested that the United [...]	2009-01-05 11:16:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER SOCI KG
09TASHKENT327	UZBEKISTAN: EDUCATION MINISTRY ON ANTI-CHILD LABOR EFFORTS; [...] (U) Summary: During a meeting on February 23, Ministry of Public Education officials discussed their efforts to combat child labor during the cotton harvest season. They reported that Uzbekistan's transition from 9-year to 12-year mandatory free secondary education, a major reform, would be f [...]	2009-03-19 13:01:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON ELAB KCRM PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT343	IOM Predicts Slim Pickings for Uzbek Migrants and Increase [...] (SBU) Summary: International Organization for Migration (IOM) Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Country Director Mahmoud Naderi told poloff on February 10 that he expects the going to get tougher for Uzbek labor migrants and that he foresees an increase in TIP cases as desperate would-be workers seek [...]	2009-03-23 11:19:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTIP ELAB PHUM ECON KCRM PINR KCOR RS KZ UZ
09TASHKENT361	UZBEKISTAN: RECENT ALLEGATIONS OF PRISONER ABUSE AND DEATHS [...] (C) Summary: In the past few months, independent human rights activists and websites have reported on several serious human rights issues at Uzbek prisons, including deaths in custody. Activists also provided updates on the condition of political prisoners Alisher Karamatov and Sanjar Umarov. [...]	2009-03-26 08:42:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ICRC KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT375	Uzbekistan: Spring Road Woes Further Isolate Ferghana [...] (U) Summary: Poloff made an overland trip to the Ferghana Valley on March 20-22 and encountered poor road conditions on the only link between Tashkent Province and the three populous provinces on the other side of a high mountain range. The poor conditions may be a temporary result of heavy w [...]	2009-03-26 12:37:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI MARR PINR UZ
09TASHKENT399	Uzbekistan to Participate in April Global Initiative Events [...] (C) On March 26, First Secretary Oybek Abdiev of Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs United Nations and International Organizations Department informed Poloff that he will represent the Government of Uzbekistan at the April 14-15 Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism workshop and A [...]	2009-03-30 05:18:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KGIC PGOV PREL PINR PINS PTER UZ
09TASHKENT4	UZBEKISTAN: DELIVERY OF TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE REGARDING [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-05 12:28:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KNNP PARM IR UZ
09TASHKENT415	UZBEKISTAN: UNIVERSITIES NOT MEETING DEMAND FOR HIGHER [...] (SBU) Summary: At a recent Embassy-sponsored Junior Faculty Development Program (JFDP) alumni reunion, one alumnus, a lecturer at a private university, revealed that the growth of the higher education system in Uzbekistan is not keeping pace with demand. Uzbekistan also lags behind its Centra [...]	2009-03-31 10:30:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OEXC ECON KPAO PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT423	Uzbekistan: MFA Discusses Regional Security, Economic Issues [...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan's Acting Americas Department Chief at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shared his views of a wide range of regional security and economic issues in a recent meeting with us. His remarks tracked closely with comments we have recently heard from GOU officials--Uzbekistan re [...]	2009-04-01 09:11:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ENRG PTER PINS ECON SENV KTIA UZ
09TASHKENT437	Uzbekistan: Counternarcotics Meetings for CENTCOM and DEA [...] (C) Summary: Experts in counternarcotics, engineering, and contracting from the U.S. Army's Central Command (CENTCOM) as well as the visiting Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Ankara-based Country Attache participated in meetings with a wide range of law enforcement and military representa [...]	2009-04-03 08:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC SNAR KCRM MASS EAID PINR TI AF UZ
09TASHKENT449	UZBEKISTAN: SECURITY SERVICES SEEKING TO ENTRAP HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (S/NF) Summary: The National Security Service (NSS) appears to be attempting to entrap the Embassy's Human Rights Officer by arranging meetings for him outside the Embassy on sensitive topics that could then be taped. On at least three separate occasions over the past month, we have strong re [...]	2009-04-06 06:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM KDEM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR PREL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT451	UZBEKISTAN: THE WAY FORWARD ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: While human rights abuses remain all too common in Uzbekistan, the government has taken some positive steps in certain areas over the past year. Uzbekistan is not posed to become a democracy anytime soon, but we continue to believe that the most effective strategy for curbing abus [...]	2009-04-06 12:40:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID ELAB ICRC KDEM KIRF KISL KTIP PGOV PREL
09TASHKENT453	UZBEKISTAN: ACTIVISTS REPORTING UNRELIABLE CHILD LABOR DATA [...] (C) Summary: On March 30, the independent Ezgulik human rights group released its report on child labor practices during the 2008 fall cotton harvest at a roundtable hosted by the British Embassy. While Ezgulik announced that nearly a million Uzbek children participated in the cotton harvest, [...]	2009-04-06 12:55:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON ELAB KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT463	UZBEK ASYLUM-SEEKER EXTRADITED FROM KYRGYZSTAN RECEIVES [...] (C) On March 30, independent human rights activist Ismoil Adilov provided poloff with court documents regarding the case of Haitjon Juraboev, a religious extremist suspect who was extradited by Kyrgyz authorities to Uzbekistan in September 2008 (reftel). According to the documents, on February [...]	2009-04-07 06:59:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL PGOV PREF PREL SOCI UNHCR KG UZ
09TASHKENT467	Uzbekistan Parliament Passes Law Reestablishing an [...] (C) Summary: A Department of Justice (DOJ) expert traveled to Tashkent March 30 - April 2 to provide technical assistance to Uzbekistan regarding its draft anti-money laundering and countering the finance of terrorism (AML/CTF) legislation. Surprisingly, the Uzbek Senate passed the legislatio [...]	2009-04-07 09:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN KCRM ECON ECIN PINR UZ
09TASHKENT497	UZBEKISTAN: RECENT RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM AND TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting at the Embassy on March 30, independent human rights activist Ismoil Adilov handed over to poloff a collection of court documents from recent trials he had monitored involving suspected religious extremists. The documents demonstrate that at least six women were [...]	2009-04-13 15:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL KWMN PGOV PINR PREL PTER SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT511	Uzbekistan: Anti-Corruption Workshop Launches UN Convention [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),with funding support from the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL),conducted a workshop on March 31 - April 1 on implementation of the UN Convention Against Corruption. International experts, [...]	2009-04-14 13:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KCOR SOCI PHUM LG UZ
09TASHKENT533	UZBEKISTAN BELATEDLY APPROVES MOST OSCE PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary: Bernard Rouault, an official at the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Project Coordination Office in Tashkent, told poloff on April 14 that the Government of Uzbekistan had finally approved most of the projects proposed on its 2009 submission after a prolon [...]	2009-04-16 17:40:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE PINR UZ
09TASHKENT55	UZBEKISTAN: ANATOMY OF A HIZB UT-TAHRIR CASE [...] (C) Summary: This cable examines in depth a recent Hizb ut-Tahrir case reported by state-controlled and independent media and a local human rights activist. While the case highlights on-going abuses in the government's campaign against suspected religious extremists, it also demonstrates how [...]	2009-01-13 10:49:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL KPAO PGOV PINR PREL PTER SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT559	TASHKENT TIDBITS APRIL 22, 2009 [...] (SBU) We attended a roundtable on transboundary water issues at the Oliy Majlis on March 4. The two hour session was chaired by Sadyk Safaev, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee and former Ambassador to the U.S. The roundtable produced nothing new in terms of policy; all speakers [...]	2009-04-22 10:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON KIRF SOCI PHUM KISL KPAO UZ
09TASHKENT56	UZBEKISTAN: HIZB UT-TAHRIR ARRESTS IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary: State-controlled media, independent news website s, and local human rights activists continue to report on arrests in Uzbekistan of suspected members of the Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) religious extremist group, as well as the arrests of other banned religious groups members. In 2008, t [...]	2009-01-13 12:01:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL KWMN PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER SOCI
09TASHKENT563	UZBEKISTAN: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PRESS BLITZ CONTINUES [...] (U) Summary: Regular trafficking in persons (TIP) articles continue to be published in the state-controlled press, and public service announcements are prevalent in all forms of mass media. Uzbekistan's extensive efforts on raising public awareness and highlighting its powerful new criminal c [...]	2009-04-22 13:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN UZ
09TASHKENT581	UZBEKISTAN: ACTIVIST REPORTS ATTACKS ON HERSELF AND ADOPTED [...] (C) Summary: On April 23, poloff met with Human Rights Alliance activist Elena Urlaeva, who reported being attacked by two unknown assailants on April 15 after receiving threatening phone calls for weeks demanding that she leave Uzbekistan. She also reported that her adopted 5-year old son wa [...]	2009-04-27 10:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREF PREL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT585	UZBEKISTAN: ACTIVIST ACCUSES OPPOSITIONISTS OF EMBEZZLING [...] (C) Summary: During an April 23 meeting with poloff, Human Rights Alliance activist Elena Urlaeva, who was attacked by unknown assailants on April 15 (septel),accused Free Farmers Party leader Nigara Khidoyatova and Gulam Umarov, the son of imprisoned Sunshine Coalition leader Sanjar Umarov, [...]	2009-04-27 12:42:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT597	Uzbekistan: Global Initiative Demarche Delivered, Russians [...] (C) On April 24, Poloff and two Russian Embassy officials-Senior Counselor Alexey Mochulsky and Third Secretary Ekaterina Lazareva-jointly delivered reftel demarche on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism plenary session to First Secretary Oybek Abdiev of Uzbekistan's Ministr [...]	2009-04-28 08:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KGIC PTER MNUC RS UZ
09TASHKENT669	Uzbekistan: TRANSCOM Delegation Discusses Transit with GOU [...] (C) Summary: On April 29, a delegation led by Transportation Command Commander General Duncan McNabb met with First Deputy Prime Minister Azimov and with railway officials in Termez to discuss issues related to the transit of goods across Uzbekistan's borders to Afghanistan. Azimov conveyed t [...]	2009-05-07 08:36:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC MOPS PGOV PINS PINR PTER EINV ECON ETRD AF
09TASHKENT705	UZBEKISTAN: ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK'S STOCK RISES WITH [...] (C) Summary: On May 3 Deputy Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Tashkent office, Kiyoshy Tamaguchi, told poloff that ADB recently completed a favorable assessment of Uzbekistan for its 2009-2010 cycle, which cleared the way for a substantial increase in loans from USD 170 million to [...]	2009-05-11 12:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON UZ
09TASHKENT71	UZBEKISTAN'S RESPONSE TO NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) On January 15, Poloff briefed Dr. Bakhrom Babayev, United Nations Desk Chief in the UN and International Organizations Department of Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the imposition of sanctions on individuals and companies associated with the A.Q. Khan nuclear proliferation netw [...]	2009-01-15 12:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP PREL PARM EFIN UZ
09TASHKENT751	UZBEKISTAN: AGRICULTURE, BORDERS, AND ISLAM IN THE FERGHANA [...] (C) Summary: Poloff visited the Ferghana Valley on May 5-6, traveling through Fergana and Andijon Provinces en route to Kyrgyzstan. The overland trip was a good opportunity to take the pulse of this unique and populous area of the country. The land border crossing with Kyrgyzstan between And [...]	2009-05-13 10:24:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KTIP SOCI EAGR KISL ASEC KG UZ
09TASHKENT765	UZBEKISTAN: COUNTERNARCOTICS MEETINGS INDICATE ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: On May 7, the Ankara-based Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Country Attache and poloff accepted an invitation to tour the National Canine Center, which is operated by the State Customs Committee. On May 8 meetings were held with representatives of the Ministry of Internal Af [...]	2009-05-14 13:12:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM PINR AF UZ
09TASHKENT767	UZBEKISTAN: UNODC HOSTS OPERATION TARCET PRECURSOR [...] (U) Summary: On May 12-13, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office in Central Asia hosted a policy planning session in Tashkent in preparation for the second year of Operation TARCET, which is focused on interdicting precursor chemicals en route to Afghanistan. Th [...]	2009-05-14 13:12:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM ASEC UZ AF ZK IR
09TASHKENT769	UZBEKISTAN: ANDIJON COMMEMMORATION BROKEN UP IN TASHKENT [...] (C) On May 13, a small group of human rights activists attempted to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the tragic events in Andijon by laying a wreath at the monument of courage in central Tashkent, according to the independent website Uznews.net. Poloff spoke with Dilorom Ishakova on May 1 [...]	2009-05-14 13:17:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
09TASHKENT785	Uzbekistan: Customs Officials Pleased with Commodity [...] (C) Summary: U.S., Kazakh, and Uzbek instructors jointly conducted a Weapons of Mass Destruction Commodity Identification Training (WMD CIT) workshop for Uzbekistan's Customs officials at the Higher Military Customs Institute in Tashkent on May 6-8. The workshop marked a further step in re-eng [...]	2009-05-18 10:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS KNNP ASEC PREL PGOV UZ
09TASHKENT83	UZBEKISTAN: COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA [...] Per ref A, Embassy Tashkent appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Department of Labor's draft list of goods from countries that DOL has reason to believe are produced by forced labor or child labor in violation of international standards. We recognize that child labor continues to be [...]	2009-01-21 08:22:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ECON ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT855	Uzbekistan: Kosovo's World Bank Membership Demarche [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-29 11:46:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KV PGOV UZ
09TASHKENT913	UZBEKISTAN WILL PARTICIPATE IN ILO CONFERENCE IN GENEVA [...] (U) Per reftel, UNICEF Representative in Tashkent Mahboob Shareef previously told emboffs that Uzbekistan had agreed to participate in the upcoming International Labor Organization (ILO) conference, which is set to begin on June 8 in Geneva. On June 5, we learned that Uzbekistan had not regist [...]	2009-06-05 11:22:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ILO UN ELAB KOCI UZ
09TASHKENT915	UZBEKISTAN: UPDATE ON TRIAL OF JOURNALIST DILMUROD SAYYIDOV [...] (C) Summary: On June 1, the trial of journalist and Ezgulik member Dilmurod Sayyidov commenced near Samarkand. Ezgulik activist Abdurakhmon Tashanov, who is monitoring the trial, reported that there is some cause for "cautious optimism" after a motion was approved to include discussion of a p [...]	2009-06-05 12:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
09TASHKENT919	Uzbekistan Gives Mixed Review of SCO Activities [...] (C) Summary: During a discussion of Uzbekistan's views of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on June 3, a representative of Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed that President Karimov will attend the SCO heads of state summit in Yekaterinburg June 15-16, immediately after [...]	2009-06-05 12:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC ECIN PGOV ECON PINS PTER UZ
09TASHKENT929	UZBEKISTAN: OSCE SPONSORS HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION WORKSHOPS [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 4 in Tashkent the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) sponsored a workshop on education efforts to promote awareness on human rights, which attracted several high-profile government officials and several international experts. A separate June 5 eve [...]	2009-06-08 09:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE UZ
09TASHKENT939	Uzbekistan: Diplomatic Note on INP Participation at [...] (U) On June 3, Poloff delivered reftel diplomatic note on the participation of two Uzbek researchers from the Institute of Nuclear Physics at the Tenth International Conference on Applications of Nuclear Techniques 14-20 June in Crete, Greece to Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As of [...]	2009-06-08 12:40:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA UZ
09TASHKENT941	Uzbekistan: Border Security Training Courses at Termez [...] (C) Summary: From April 5 through April 17, U.S. Customs and Border Protection trainers conducted border interdiction and rail interdiction training courses for Government of Uzbekistan officials at Uzbekistan's border with Afghanistan. Uzbek participants actively participated in the training [...]	2009-06-08 12:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PGOV KNNP PHUM ASEC UZ
09TASHKENT959	UZBEKISTAN: NEW ATTORNEY LICENSING EXAMINATION REDUCES [...] (C) Summary: The newly-established Uzbekistan Chamber of Lawyers, which supplanted the Bar Association, is conducting its first round of mandatory new licensing examinations for all defense attorneys who actively practice in courts of law. Several attorneys have complained that the testing pr [...]	2009-06-11 08:34:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI KCOR UZ
09TASHKENT961	UZBEKISTAN: ANDIJON ACTIVIST OFFERS CONSPIRACY THEORIES [...] Summary: On June 9, emboffs met with Saidjahon Zaynabiddinov, a well-known human rights activist based in Andijon and a frequent contact for independent websites and the Embassy alike. Zaynabiddinov reported that his youngest son was arrested for a double murder and, although his son confessed [...]	2009-06-11 08:36:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT997	UZBEKISTAN: HEAD OF ODIHR QUIETLY PLANNING VISIT AND [...] (C) Summary: The Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ambassador in Uzbekistan, Istvan Venczel, told us that the Director of ODIHR is quietly planning to visit Tashkent and meet with high-ranking officials in July. The visit could set the stage for OSCE election monitorin [...]	2009-06-16 12:19:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE PGOV UZ
09TBILISI10	ABKHAZ GANG LEADER MURDERED;FIRE-FIGHT AT [...] (C) Begin Summary: On January 3, Emzar Tchkadua, head of an Abkhaz separatist gang, was murdered. Tchkadua himself killed one of his own relatives and fellow gang members, Daur Ladikovich Tchkadua, on December 30. The Georgian Foreign Ministry (Ref A) and Georgian media reported that Russi [...]	2009-01-05 14:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KBTS RU GG
09TBILISI1010	GEORGIA: PROTESTS: AGAIN QUIET - TALKS ONGOING [...] (C) Summary: Only a few hundred protesters rallied in front of Parliament on June 1; a similar number blocked traffic for one hour in the afternoon in front of the Tbilisi Mayor's office. Cells continued to be removed by protesters from Rustaveli Avenue, with protesters and cells concentrat [...]	2009-06-02 12:09:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG

09TBILISI1055	GEORGIA: PROTESTS: GACHECHILADZE - SAAKASHVILI TO [...] (C) Summary: More cells were taken down over the weekend of June 6-7 freeing Rustaveli Avenue in front of the Tbilisi Marriott. Cells remain adjacent to Parliament and still block a portion of Rustaveli Avenue. Protests were light over the weekend. The non-parliamentary opposition is pla [...]	2009-06-08 15:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI1069	GEORGIA: CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION ANNOUNCED [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Speaker David Bakradze announced the creation of a Commission of Constitutional Reforms (Commission) June 3. As announced, the Commission will have a diverse composition, including representatives from the government, all willing political parties, representatives from [...]	2009-06-10 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI1089	GEORGIA: A/S GORDON MEETS LEADERS FROM ACROSS [...] (C) Summary: On June 10, A/S Gordon met with Speaker David Bakradze, United National Movement (ruling party) MPs, Parliamentary opposition MPs, and non-parliamentary leaders. Speaker Bakradze explained the GoG's strategy in dealing with the ongoing protests and the history behind street polit [...]	2009-06-12 14:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI1090	GEORGIA: SECURITY INCIDENTS RAISE CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Three separate security incidents within the last week could indicate that the Russians, Abkhaz or South Ossetians may wish to bump up instability in the midst of the UNOMIG negotiations. South Ossetians set up a new checkpoint near Perevi on June 8 and continue to h [...]	2009-06-12 15:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KBTS RS GG
09TBILISI1096	GEORGIA: UNOMIG MONITORS IN SUKHUMI AND ZUGDIDI ON [...] (C) Summary. UNOMIG military monitoring officers (MMOs) in Zugdidi and Sukhumi are frustrated with the application of the current UNOMIG mandate and strongly feel that another full technical rollover would be futile. The two main problems they face, according to the MMOs themselves, are lack [...]	2009-06-15 15:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KBTS UNSC UNOMIG GG
09TBILISI1097	GEORGIA: PROTESTS MOVE TO DIGHOMI; MOIA ADMITS [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On June 15, after a demoralizing weekend for protest leaders in which the USG and other members of the diplomatic community condemned June 12 attacks by protesters against members of parliament, protesters who had taken part in the attacks dared police to come and g [...]	2009-06-15 15:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
09TBILISI1101	GEORGIA: FIRST STEPS TOWARDS RE-OPENING THE [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The Government of Georgia announced May 26 that negotiations with Russia were underway to open the border at Kazbegi-Zemo Larsi, the only land border point of entry with Russia in the undisputed territory of Georgia. Russia closed the border in June 2006 in order to [...]	2009-06-16 13:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS RS GG
09TBILISI113	GEORGIA: ANOTHER STEP FORWARD - TALK SHOWS RESUME [...] (SBU) Summary: After a hiatus, Georgian Public Broadcasting channel is now running three political talk shows, Imedi TV has one, and Rustavi TV is planning to launch one as well. Kavkasia remains predominately a platform for opposition voices and newly-licensed Maestro is now producing its [...]	2009-01-21 14:02:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI1131	GEORGIA: RUSSIA KEY TOPIC IN ABKHAZ POLITICS [...] (C) Summary and comment. In seeming contradiction to recent reports of concern in Abkhazia about Russian influence (ref A),UNOMIG officials, de facto authorities, opposition journalists, and NGOs in Abkhazia told visiting poloff that Abkhaz politicians are trying to out-do each other to show [...]	2009-06-19 13:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF MOPS KBTS RU GG
09TBILISI1132	GEORGIA: POTENTIAL IMPACT OF UNOMIG CLOSURE [...] (C) Summary and comment. Russia's veto of a technical rollover of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia leaves a significant gap in both transparency of the military situation in Abkhazia and protection of its residents, especially those in the Gali region. Nevertheless, the actual impact may b [...]	2009-06-19 13:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS RS GG
09TBILISI1143	GEORGIA: MFA INFORMED OF GEORGIA'S TIER ONE TIP [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Division of Americas desk officer Nana Shonia on June 15th. Poloff emphasized the recommendations set forth in the report. Ms. Shonia promised to relay the information to the appropriate GOG officials, including at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, [...]	2009-06-23 09:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO KTIP
09TBILISI1149	GEORGIA: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH ISSUES CLUSTER [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On April 14, Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report entitled "A Dying Practice" on the use of cluster munitions by Russia and Georgia in the August 2008 conflict. NGOs involved in explosive remnants of war (ERW) clearance in Georgia generally agree with the report [...]	2009-06-23 14:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI GG
09TBILISI1150	GEORGIA: UPDATE ON THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN [...] (C) Summary. There are conflicting reports on the extent of humanitarian-related problems in Gali among UNOMIG officials, NGOs in Zugdidi and Sukhumi, the Abkhazia Government in-exile and Abkhaz de facto authorities. The main issues affecting Georgian residents in Gali today include the lack [...]	2009-06-23 14:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF MOPS KBTS RU GG
09TBILISI1165	GEORGIA: MINISTER SHASHKIN - GOG TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Corrections and Legal Aid, Dmitri Shashkin gave Poloff a wide-ranging assessment of the current political situation and the GoG's plans to move forward with its reform agenda without non-parliamentary opposition participation. Shashkin said that the GoG no longer h [...]	2009-06-25 13:04:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI118	GEORGIA: GUIDANCE REQUESTED ON REMOVAL OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: In spite of the August conflict and loss of official Georgian access to the Abkhazia separatist region, MFA officials continue to seek U.S. assistance to develop a plan to remove four high-level radioactive [...]	2009-01-23 13:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PGOV PREL GG GR
09TBILISI1188	GEORGIA: SHARING INFORMATION WITH OMBUDSMAN'S [...] (C) Summary/Comment: In addition to the Embassy-Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA) tracking system (see reftel),post has established a working-level channel with the Ombudsman's Office to exchange information regarding incidents of protest-related violence. Post will continue to update it [...]	2009-06-29 13:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI121	GEORGIA: FOLLOW ON QUESTIONS ON REMOVAL OF SUKHUMI [...] (U) This is an action request. Post requests Department's assistance in providing responses to the questions in paragraph 3. End action request. 2. (C) Poloffs delivered ref A demarche to Giorgi Dolidze, MFA's Deputy Director of the Security Policy and Euro-Atlantic Integration Department [...]	2009-01-23 13:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PGOV PREL RS GG
09TBILISI1233	GEORGIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ITSO ARBITRATION [...] (SBU) On 02 July 2009, Post provided reftel points to Georgian MFA officials including Khatuna Salukvadze, Director of the Department of the Americas. Poloff reinforced reftel points with MFA officials and requested consideration of the request in the near term. MFA promised to pass the info [...]	2009-07-06 13:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECON ECPS EFIN KTIA PREL TSPA GG
09TBILISI1235	GEORGIA: MAESTRO TV GETS NATIONAL BROADCAST LICENSE [...] (C) Summary/Comment: On July 3, the Georgian National Communications Commission (GNCC) granted pro-opposition Maestro TV's request for a ten-year satellite broadcasting license. This license will allow Maestro to broadcast nationwide. The decision was delayed for roughly a month by the GN [...]	2009-07-06 13:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI1236	GEORGIA: ACTION REQUEST ON UN RESOLUTION 62/249 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph . 2. (SBU) Shalva Tsiskarashvili, Deputy Director of the MFA Office of International Organizations, asked poloff about UNGA resolution 62/249, Status of Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, dated May 29 2008 [...]	2009-07-06 14:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM GG
09TBILISI1250	GEORGIA: PROPOSED PROTEST LAW FURY - MORE SHOW [...] (C) Summary/Comment: A proposed draft law to clarify the existing law on protests has been subject to extensive criticism by the non-parliamentary opposition. A preliminary assessment by Post and our Tbilisi-based European diplomatic colleagues reveals the law to be well within the European [...]	2009-07-08 15:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI1293	GEORGIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GICNT UPDATED MODEL [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA's Second Secretary of New Threats and Arms Control Division Vasil Rubashvili on July 6. He agreed to review the document and provide comments. Post will forward any comments received to POC Zac Palmer. TEFFT [...]	2009-07-13 11:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER GG
09TBILISI1327	GEORGIA: PROTEST LAW PASSED - RAKLES OPPONENTS [...] (C) Summary: The revision to the Law on Protests (reftel),which strengthens the Government's authorities, was passed July 17. Critics have questioned the need to enact the law so quickly and raised concerns about the provision that extended the maximum term of administrative detention fro [...]	2009-07-20 12:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI1358	GEORGIA: RUSSIANS TIGHTEN CONTROL IN GALI [...] (C) Summary and comment. In recent weeks Russian Border Guards have tightened control over Abkhaz administrative boundary line crossing points. In a July 22 incident, they detained over 20 ethnic Georgians attempting to depart Abkhazia, confiscated Georgian passports from nine of them, and p [...]	2009-07-24 14:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS RS GG
09TBILISI1379	GEORGIA: TAFT GRANT CLOSEOUT FOR WOMEN'S WELLNESS [...] Summary: On July 7, Poloff visited the NGO Women's Wellness Care Alliance - HERA (HERA),and several beneficiaries of the Julia Taft Grant funding for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP). One of the activities conducted by HERA, the Mobile Clinics Project, received USG $14,225.00 from the Taf [...]	2009-07-30 11:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID GG
09TBILISI1408	GEORGIA: MAJORITY NAMES LIKELY SUCCESSOR TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The United National Movement (UNM) has nominated Giorgi Tugushi to replace Sozar Subari as ombudsman. As the ruling party's candidate, Tugushi's confirmation by Parliament is all but guaranteed with a vote expected on July 31 (although it had not taken place by COB). Althoug [...]	2009-07-31 14:37:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
09TBILISI1409	GEORGIA: INCIDENTS RAISE CONCERNS, MECHANISMS MEET [...] (C) Summary and comment. Deputy Foreign Minister Nalbandov told the Ambassador the government is concerned about a spate of recent incidents, especially as the August 7 first anniversary of Georgia's 2008 war with Russia approaches. An explosive device killed the father of a family of IDPs t [...]	2009-07-31 14:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS RS GG
09TBILISI1510	GEORGIA: THE REMAKING OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING [...] (C) Summary: Three seats on the public broadcasting board of trustees were filled on July 31 with remarkably little protest from within the parliament. The three men selected are generally highly respected for their objectiveness and better known for their sound academic work than for any p [...]	2009-08-07 13:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
09TBILISI1512	GEORGIA: DEAL STRUCK TO PUSH BACK BY-ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliamentary minority faction Christian Democratic Movement (CDM) convinced the ruling United National Movement party (UNM) to postpone until 2010 by-elections in three single-mandate, majoritarian constituencies set for September 27. The by-elections will now be scheduled [...]	2009-08-07 13:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
09TBILISI1513	GEORGIA: UPDATE ON ALLEGED ATTACKS ON OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary/Comment: For the past week, Post has urged the Government to provide more details and investigate alleged beatings of opposition activists. On August 2, former Parliamentary Speaker and opposition leader Nino Burjanadze from the Democratic Movement-United Georgia (DMUG) party in [...]	2009-08-07 13:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
09TBILISI1517	GEORGIA: INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO ABKHAZIA AND [...] (C) Summary and comment. Immediately following the August 2008 war between Russia and Georgia, our small USG aid programs in Abkhazia and South Ossetia were closed, with the exception of HALO Trust's demining program in Abkhazia. Other international donors, including the European Commission ( [...]	2009-08-10 08:49:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS EAID SOCI AID GG
09TBILISI1526	GEORGIA: NATIONAL FORUM - QUIETLY BECOMING A PLAYER [...] (C) Summary/Comment: In the wake of three months of protests, the National Forum seems to have found a message that resonates with the Georgian public. More importantly, National Forum leaders have shown a willingness to do the hard work necessary to build a grass-roots party despite limit [...]	2009-08-11 11:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI1528	GEORGIA: NO SURPRISES IN SELECTION OF PUBLIC TV'S [...] (C) Summary/Comment: On August 10 Georgia Public Broadcasting's (GPB) Board of Trustees elected Gia Chanturia as the new GPB General Director. Perceived as the ruling United National Movement's (UNM) candidate, Chanturia was widely expected to be selected for the position (ref A). Chanturia i [...]	2009-08-12 07:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
09TBILISI1551	GEORGIA: OPPOSITION PLEASED WITH RECENT MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: The August 7 National Security Council Meeting attended by several opposition leaders, both parliamentary and non-parliamentary, and an August 12 meeting between opposition leaders and the Minister of Internal Affairs to discuss alleged political repression of opposition activi [...]	2009-08-14 14:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI1568	GEORGIA: COURT RULES THAT BURJANADZE MUST PAY [...] (C) Summary: Nino Burjanadze (Democratic Movement - United Georgia) has been ordered by a Tbilisi court to pay 1.2 million lari (approximately USD 715,000) for her tax bill for her dacha in Tkneti, just outside of Tbilisi. The court upheld the assessment of the Ministry of Finance which Bu [...]	2009-08-19 13:09:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI1580	GEORGIA: MOIA FOLLOWS THROUGH, NON-PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) Summary: As a result of the August 12 meeting between opposition leaders and the MoIA (ref A),a dozen detainees have been released on bond. The MoIA continues to review the 44 cases that Irakli Alasania (Our Georgia - Free Democrats) provided during the meeting as well as other cases [...]	2009-08-21 13:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI1582	GEORGIA: FUTURE ENGAGEMENT WITH ABKHAZIA AND UN [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In recent meetings, UN Special Representative Johann Verbeke and other European diplomats have proposed various ideas on the future of the international community's engagement with the breakaway regions, and a possible new role for the UN. Expressing satisfaction th [...]	2009-08-24 04:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
09TBILISI1644	GEORGIA: TROUBLING HUMAN RIGHTS TRENDS IN ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary. The departure of UNOMIG and arrival of Russian Border Guards have not yet caused a new exodus of ethnic Georgian Gali residents from Abkhazia, according to local observers. Conditions, however, have deteriorated, and the local population is more nervous than ever. Problems incl [...]	2009-09-01 14:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PBTS RS GG
09TBILISI165	GEORGIA: THE RULING PARTY REFLECTS, DEVELOPS [...] (C) Summary/Comment: While highly confident in their ability to serve out their mandates, the leaders of the United National Movement (UNM) have gone through a period of self-evaluation as to how best to effectuate their political and policy aims in the coming year. UNM is poised to resume [...]	2009-01-29 14:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI1653	GEORGIA: INCIDENT PREVENTION MECHANISMS HIT STRIDE [...] (C) Summary and comment. Recent meetings of Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRMs) for both Abkhazia and South Ossetia have showed progress toward the original concept: a forum enabling regular exchange of information and the pragmatic discussion of incidents and the security e [...]	2009-09-02 14:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS RS GG
09TBILISI1669	GEORGIA: RE-ENGAGING WITH ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary. One year after the U.S. ceased nearly all aid to the breakaway regions in the aftermath of the Russia-Georgia war, the time is right to re-engage with Abkhazia. The Georgian government and the Abkhaz de facto authorities both support the idea, and U.S. long-term goals are bett [...]	2009-09-08 12:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID OEXC RS GG
09TBILISI1674	GEORGIA: WHAT IS GOING ON WITH NINO BURJANADZE? [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Despite her almost complete lack of political support, Burjanadze, likely because of her past international role as Georgia's acting President (twice) and well-known Speaker as well as the on-going activities of her husband, still commands the GoG's attention. A growing [...]	2009-09-08 14:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI168	GEORGIA: NON PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary/Comment: The non-parliamentary opposition announced and distributed its Declaration of Political Parties and Civil Society Organizations of Georgia (Declaration) which calls for President Saakashvili's resignation; early presidential and parliamentary elections; and the establish [...]	2009-01-30 14:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI1755	GEORGIA: SOME NON-PARLIAMENTARY PARTIES COME OFF [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Members of the Irakli Alasania-led Alliance for Georgia, Republican (represented by David Berznenishvili) and New Rights (represented by Mamuka Katsitadze) Parties followed political ally Irakli Alasania's earlier lead and joined the National Democratic Institute (NDI) [...]	2009-09-23 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI1756	GEORGIA: TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS TBILISI [...] (C) Summary. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu paid an official visit to Tbilisi September 7-8 and was joined by his Deputy Under Secretary for the Caucasus and Central Asia, Ambassador Unal Cevikoz; Cevikoz later visited Sukhumi on September 10. Davutoglu met with President Saakashvi [...]	2009-09-23 14:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU GG
09TBILISI1757	GEORGIA: RADICAL ORTHODOX GROUP STOPS MOSQUE [...] (C) Summary: On September 16, representative of two radical fundamentalist Georgian Orthodox groups, the "Society of Saint David the Builder" and "Union of Orthodox Parents" stopped construction on a mosque in the village of Talaveri. The groups demanded to see the villagers' construction perm [...]	2009-09-23 14:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL AZ GG
09TBILISI1784	GEORGIA: BURJANADZE'S TAX SAGA CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Former Speaker of Parliament, Nino Burjanadze (Democratic Movement - United Georgia) has indicated that she may challenge President Saakashvili to arrest her on what she believes are trumped up tax penalties in connection with a property she received for one lari (60 cents) in [...]	2009-09-30 05:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI1787	GEORGIA: JEWISH COMMUNITY RESTORES SYNAGOGUE THEY [...] (U) With great fanfare, a 150-year-old Ashkenazi synagogue reopened in the "Old Tbilisi" district on September 15. The synagogue was badly damaged by a 1991 earthquake and was closed in 2005. The Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC),who held their annual conference in Georgia last year, primari [...]	2009-10-01 14:48:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
09TBILISI18	GEORGIA: ATTEMPTS TO REPRESSURIZE GAS PIPELINE TO [...] (C) Summary: Despite continued lack of access to sections of the natural gas pipeline running from Agara to Tskhinvali and on to Java, on December 31 the Georgian Oil and Gas Company (GOGC) pressurized the line to determine if gas could be restored to Tskhinvali. Unfortunately, during the r [...]	2009-01-06 13:48:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL RU GG
09TBILISI1877	GEORGIA: GINCT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-09 13:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC GG
09TBILISI1881	GEORGIA: ROUGH RECEPTION FOR DANISH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: During an October 6 visit to Abkhazia, Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller met with de facto "foreign minister" Shamba and "president" Bagapsh. In meetings described by the Danish Honorary Consul, who accompanied the FM, as "disastrous," "poorly timed," and "awkward," Moell [...]	2009-10-09 15:06:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV DA RS GG
09TBILISI1962	GEORGIA:COUNTERING RUSSIAN CLAIMS OF TERRORISTS IN [...] (C) Summary: A visit to Pankisi revealed no evidence of Russian claims of increased terrorist activity in the region. Stopping in each village after reaching the gorge, CDM leader Giorgi Targamadze facilitated discussion among locals, police officials, and community leaders on the situation [...]	2009-10-30 14:49:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
09TBILISI2005	GEORGIA: PROGRESS ON ELECTION CODE [...] (C) Summary: Opposition parties and the ruling United National Movement (UNM) have announced agreement on a number of key issues regarding the new electoral code, paving the way for a Venice Commission review. Behind the scenes negotiations within the UNM, amongst the opposition, and betwe [...]	2009-11-13 15:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI2009	GEORGIA: PROGRESS ON ELECTION CODE [...] (C) Summary: Opposition parties and the ruling United National Movement (UNM) have announced agreement on a number of key issues regarding the new electoral code, paving the way for a Venice Commission review. Behind the scenes negotiations within the UNM, amongst the opposition, and betwe [...]	2009-11-16 05:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GG PREL
09TBILISI2026	GEORGIA: DEMARCHE OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 14:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE GG
09TBILISI2027	GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR NEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 14:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF GG
09TBILISI2028	GEORGIA: ELECTION LAW WORKING GROUP STALLS, BUT [...] (C) Summary: The United National Movement (UNM) announced that it would pull out of the Election Law Working Group (ELWG) on November 18 after consensus could not be reached, but informal talks among the parties continue. A wide-ranging package had been agreed to by all parties except for [...]	2009-11-19 14:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI2056	GEORGIA: SPEAKER BAKRADZE WORKING TO SALVAGE THE [...] (C) Summary: Speaker of Parliament David Bakradze told the Ambassador on November 20 that he was working to find consensus that would allow all parties who participated in the Electoral Law Working Group (ELWG) to sign on to a package of reforms. Bakradze said that he hoped to develop a ve [...]	2009-11-24 14:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI2092	GEORGIA: US-GUAM MEETING MESSAGE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 13:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ODIP PREL GG
09TBILISI212	GEORGIA: OFFICIALS AND PRESS DISMISS UNION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The reaction in Georgia to the February 3 meeting of the "Union of Georgians" in Russia, despite heavy coverage on Georgian television, has been mostly dismissive, with significant skepticism regarding its utility in improving relations between the neighbors. Following the meeti [...]	2009-02-05 10:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS GG
09TBILISI2170	GEORGIA: ELECTORAL CODE PASSES FIRST READING, [...] (C) Summary: As expected, Parliament passed draft amendments to the electoral code on the first reading and is expected to adopt the law after a second and third reading scheduled for later this month. The draft consists of the general consensus as agreed to in the framework of the NDI spo [...]	2009-12-09 14:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI222	GEORGIA: NON-PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION MUST CHOOSE [...] (C) Summary: The Georgian Parliament is renewing its efforts to create a working group to reform Georgia's Election Code (ref A) in 2009. Speaker Bakradze has invited significant political parties (inside and outside of Parliament),five local NGOs, the Central Election Commission (CEC),and [...]	2009-02-05 14:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
09TBILISI223	GEORGIA: SKEPTICAL VIEW ON CAUCASUS STABILITY [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT. In a frank discussion, MFA International Organizations Director Sergi Kapanadze made it clear that the Georgians have no hope that anything substantive will come out of the Turkish proposed Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform, now or in the future, but were unwill [...]	2009-02-05 14:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GG TK
09TBILISI2277	GEORGIA: WWII MEMORIAL RELOCATION IN KUTAISI ENDS [...] (SBU) Summary/Comment: The planned relocation of a bronze Soviet-era memorial and destruction of its backdrop took a tragic turn when the explosion designed to demolish the backdrop killed two and injured others. The memorial was removed to make way for the construction of a new parliament [...]	2009-12-23 05:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM RS GG
09TBILISI2307	GEORGIA: ELECTORAL CODE PASSES THIRD READING WITH [...] (U) Summary: The Electoral Code (ref A) passed its third reading after a three day delay due to opposition Christian Democrats' objections about voter lists and voter registration procedures. The only notable change to the code on the third reading was the adoption of an amendment that bar [...]	2009-12-30 14:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI255	GEORGIA: NEW CABINET CONFIRMED, GOG STRESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: As expected, Parliament confirmed Nika Gilauri as Prime Minister, Kakha Baindurashvili as Finance Minister, Dimitri Shashkin as Minister for Penitentiary, Probation and Legal Assistance, and Davit Tkeshelashvili as Minister for Regional Development and Infrastructure on Februa [...]	2009-02-06 15:06:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
09TBILISI272	GEORGIA: KIDNAPPED FOOTBALL REFEREE FREED, [...] (SBU) Summary: A Georgian soccer referee, reportedly kidnapped on February 7 on Georgia's main east-west highway by armed South Ossetians, was released to Georgian police on February 8. South Ossetian de-facto authorities, and Russian officials, claim the referee was found and freed by Ossetia [...]	2009-02-09 14:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
09TBILISI294	GEORGIA: TERRORISM FINANCE NON-PAPER [...] (SBU) Poloffs met with representatives of the Georgian MFA's Security Policy and Euro-Atlantic Integration Department on 4 February to pass reftel non-paper as well as discussed talking points. Deputy Director of the Department Giorgi Dolidze expressed his appreciation for the information, no [...]	2009-02-11 14:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID GG
09TBILISI314	GEORGIA: DISCOVERY OF ORPHAN RADIOACTIVE SOURCE [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On Sunday, February 8, customs officers discovered by chance an orphan radioactive source buried near Kopitnari airport, which is fourteen kilometers west of Kutaisi in western Georgia. Officials from the Nuclear and Radioactive Safety Service (NRSS) determined that [...]	2009-02-13 14:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PREL KNNP DOE GG
09TBILISI332	GEORGIA: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 11:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC GG
09TBILISI333	GEORGIA: REQUESTING IAEA INSPECTION OF SUKHUMI [...] (S) Poloff delivered Reftel A demarche to Nestan Bejanishvili, MFA's Second Secretary of the Security Policy and Euro-Atlantic Integration Department on February 17. Bejanishvili thanked poloff for the information. In response to poloff's point that representatives from the Russian Mission in [...]	2009-02-18 12:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	SECRET	KNNP PARM PGOV PREL RS GG
09TBILISI345	GEORGIA'S KAKHETI REGION: UNM DOMINATES, JOBS THE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February visit to the eastern province of Kakheti, Georgia's version of the Napa Valley, both the Deputy Governor and Christian Democratic Movement (CDM) opposition members stressed that the region's primary political concern was the local economy, specifically the cr [...]	2009-02-20 12:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI359	GEORGIA: NO RESPONSE YET ON NUCLEAR [...] Poloff delivered questions in reftel to Nestan Bejanishvili, MFA's Second Secretary of the Security Policy and Euro-Atlantic Integration Department, on February 17. Bejanishvili did not have immediate answers, but promised to advise poloff when there were substantive responses. Post will rep [...]	2009-02-23 15:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09TBILISI374	GEORGIA: DURBAN CONFERENCE ON RACISM [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-25 10:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM GG
09TBILISI375	GEORGIA: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - SUPPORTING AMCIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-25 10:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09TBILISI376	GEORGIA: CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche on 24 February to Levan Nizharadze, Head of the Americas Division, Department of Global Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nizharadze had no substantive response, but promised to convey the points to appropriate Georgian authorities for review. Poloff will [...]	2009-02-25 13:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO GG
09TBILISI378	GEORGIA: ALASANIA ANNOUNCES ALLIANCE, CALL FOR [...] (C) Summary: Just a week after presenting his new political team and with much fanfare, former Georgian Ambassador to the UN Irakli Alasania announced February 23 that his political team would join forces with the Republican party, led by David Usupashvili, and the New Rights party, led by [...]	2009-02-25 14:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
09TBILISI408	GEORGIA: RUMORS OF A SPRING OFFENSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In recent weeks, we have detected a marked increase in comments, both public and private, that the Russians plan to invade Georgia in the spring. These rumors have started to percolate into the press, assisted by Georgian parliamentarians such as Chairman David Bakradze who expr [...]	2009-02-27 15:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS GG
09TBILISI432	GEORGIA: POSSIBILITIES FOR A NEW UNOMIG MANDATE [...] (C) Summary and comment. UN Special Representative Verbeke has twice convened the British, French, German and U.S. chiefs of mission to brainstorm ideas for a new UN mission in Georgia. Taking for granted the eventual closure of the OSCE mission, Verbeke argued that the UN and EUMM will ne [...]	2009-03-05 14:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RU GG
09TBILISI449	GEORGIA: CESIUM-137 SOURCES RECOVERED NEAR [...] (S) Summary. On Thursday, February 26, the recovery of four Cesium-137 sources, discovered near the Kutaisi-Samtredia central highway (ref B),was successfully accomplished by a joint MOIA and Nuclear and Radiation Safety Service (NRSS) team. Officials from NRSS had assumed that there was jus [...]	2009-03-06 14:37:00	Embassy Tbilisi	SECRET	MNUC ASEC PARM PINR KNNP KCRM ZJ GG
09TBILISI451	GEORGIA: ESTABLISHMENT OF RUSSIAN INTERESTS [...] (SBU) On March 5, Georgia and Russia established interests sections in the Swiss embassies in Moscow and Tbilisi, respectively. In Tbilisi, Russian diplomats will continue to operate in the Russian Embassy building they occupied before the war; however, the building will be under a Swiss fla [...]	2009-03-06 14:37:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL RS GG
09TBILISI463	GEORGIA: ALASANIA CALLS FOR PLEBISCITE [...] (U) Summary: Former UN Ambassador Irakli Alasania announced that he and his political team would initiate the process of holding a non-binding plebiscite on the question of the removal of President Saakashvili from office. The announcement follows the March 5 expiration of the ten day peri [...]	2009-03-09 14:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI478	GEORGIA: SEEKING JUSTICE AT THE ICJ [...] (C) Summary. On March 5, Poloff meet with Deputy Minister of Justice Tina Burjaliani to discuss the status Georgia's response to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and other pending legal cases in international courts. The Deputy Minister noted that Georgia is a state party to the ICC [...]	2009-03-12 07:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS GG
09TBILISI502	GEORGIA: NINO BURJANADZE -- WHAT'S THE GAMEPLAN? [...] (C) Summary: Former Speaker of Parliament Nino Burjanadze, who has a long-cultivated and well-deserved image of moderation both domestically and internationally, has expressed her intentions to play a prominent role in the planned April 9 protests calling for President Saakashvili's resigna [...]	2009-03-16 13:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI511	GEORGIA: UNOMIG BEGINS EVALUATING RESPECT FOR [...] (C) Summary and comment. UNOMIG personnel have begun evaluating the degree to which the various sides respect UNSCR 1866. UNOMIG's position is that 1866 re-imposes on all sides the conditions of paragraph 2a of the 1994 Moscow Agreement, which defines a security zone that excludes all milita [...]	2009-03-17 13:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KBTS UNOMIG UNSC RS GG
09TBILISI512	GEORGIA: IDPS: NEW AND OLD THEMES [...] (C) Summary: Recent trips to the west Georgian cities of Kutaisi and Zugdidi reinforce the impression that many of the problems for IDPs from the 1990's remain unaddressed, and the GoG's plan to target their needs directly has not yet yielded visible results. While the GoG has been criticiz [...]	2009-03-17 14:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF RR GG
09TBILISI523	GEORGIA: ELECTION LEGISLATION WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) On March 17, 2008, seven political party representatives gathered at the offices of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) for the inaugural meeting of the Election Legislation Working Group (ELWG). Poloff, USAID, the EU/EC, Council of Europe (COE),IFES, and the OSCE observed the meet [...]	2009-03-19 15:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
09TBILISI525	GEORGIA: INFORMATION ON GICNT EXERCISE PLANNING [...] Poloff delivered reftel A demarche to Nestan Bejanishvili and Vasil Rubashvili of the MFA's Security Policy and Euro-Atlantic Integration Department on March 16. They thanked poloff for the information and stated that Georgia was unlikely to participate in the meeting due to financial constra [...]	2009-03-20 06:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC GG
09TBILISI526	GEORGIAN PARTICIPANTS IDENTIFIED FOR NUCLEAR [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Nestan Bejanishvili and Vasil Rubashvili of the MFA's Security Policy and Euro-Atlantic Integration Department on March 16. They thanked poloff for the information and were appreciative of U.S. offer to fund travel expenses and per diem for two participants [...]	2009-03-20 06:59:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PINS ENRG KCRM PARM GG
09TBILISI528	GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON DUTCH OFFER TO HOST A [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 11:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
09TBILISI55	GEORGIA: RUMOR MILL CHURNING FEEDING A RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Post is closely following what has the markings of a possible Russian disinformation campaign to create distrust and speculation with the United States and President Saakashvili in the Georgian public. Rumors of impending U.S. or other outside action to remove Saakashvil [...]	2009-01-13 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
09TBILISI559	GEORGIA: BURJANADZE SUPPORTERS ARRESTED ON WEAPONS [...] (C) Summary/Comment: At roughly 5am on March 23, a number (roughly six to eight but exact numbers are still unclear) of Nino Burjanadze's supporters were arrested on charges of buying automatic weapons. Burjanadze called the Ambassador to register her outrage and to express concern that sh [...]	2009-03-23 12:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI56	GEORGIA: HALO TRUST'S CLEARANCE ACTIVITIES TO [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. A $4 million, USG-funded project being implemented by HALO Trust, a British demining NGO, for training, risk education, surveying and clearance operations in the Gori-Tskhinvali corridor and Abkhazia is back on track after a Georgian regulation threatened to derail [...]	2009-01-13 14:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PGOV PREF SOCI GG
09TBILISI594	GEORGIA: PARLIAMENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: At a March 17 meeting, Parliament's Human Rights Committee Chairman Gia Arsenishvili told Emboffs that the priorities of his committee are passage of the criminal procedure code (CPC),reforms in the penitentiary/parole systems, and concerns about the lack of Georgi [...]	2009-03-24 14:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV GG
09TBILISI618	GEORGIA: APRIL 9 PROTEST MACHINATIONS IN FULL SWING [...] (C) Summary: Both the GOG and non-parliamentary opposition groups are formulating their plans to handle the upcoming April 9 protests at which the opposition will demand the resignation of President Saakashvili and holding new presidential elections. The GOG intends to take a low key appro [...]	2009-03-26 14:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI621	GEORGIA: ENCOURAGING GEORGIA TO SUBMIT ANNUAL [...] (SBU) On 27 March, Poloff met with Vasil Rubashvili of the Georgian MFA Security Policy and Euro-Atlantic Integration Department to discuss ref points regarding the submission of Georgia's Annual Declaration on its space and ballistic missile policies as required by the Hague Code of Conduct [...]	2009-03-27 12:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA GG
09TBILISI644	GEORGIA: ALASANIA STILL BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD [...] (C) Summary: Head of the opposition Alliance for Georgia ("Alliance") Irakli Alasania requested a meeting with the Ambassador on March 30 to discuss plans for the April 9 protest. Alasania has been in discussions with the UNM ruling party regarding a possible dialogue to overcome the curre [...]	2009-03-31 15:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
09TBILISI674	GEORGIA: GOOD AND BAD NEWS FROM EUMM [...] (C) Summary and comment. In a recent trip to Moscow, EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) representatives heard that Russia and South Ossetia have taken steps toward establishing an Incident Prevention Mechanism (Abkhazia still awaits a new UN mandate). According to the EUMM, Russia expressed interes [...]	2009-04-06 15:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS RS GG
09TBILISI694	GEORGIA: USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On 06 April poloff passed reftel talking points regarding the USG candidacy for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council to Nana Shonia, First Secretary of the North America Division in the Department of Americas of MFA. Shonia expressed her understanding of the issue and promised to pass [...]	2009-04-08 13:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI716	GEORGIA: PROTESTS CONTINUE DESPITE WANING INTEREST [...] (C) Summary: Protests waned April 10-12 despite the expiration of the non-parliamentary opposition demand that President Saakashvili resign within 24 hours. On Friday, 5,000-8,000 protesters gathered in front of Parliament and then broke into three groups to block traffic and continue rall [...]	2009-04-13 13:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG

09TBILISI728	GEORGIA: PROTESTS TACTICS CHANGE SLIGHTLY, CROWDS [...] (C) Summary: A crowd of roughly 5,000-9,000 gathered in front of Parliament at about 3 pm Monday, April 13 to listen to another round of speeches and take further direction from non-parliamentary opposition leaders. At roughly 5:30 pm, the majority of the crowd (Embassy Observers estimate [...]	2009-04-14 13:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI735	GEORGIA: PROTESTERS BLOCK MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, [...] (C) Summary: Protests on April 14 again drew a modest crowd of 4000 - 6000 protesters. About 500 protesters blocked a major avenue in the heavily trafficked Vake district near Tbilisi State University. At the direction of Levan Gachechiladze (former presidential candidate) and David Gamkr [...]	2009-04-15 13:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI747	GEORGIA: PROTESTS CONTINUE THOUGH CROWD PALTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: The protests waned further on Wednesday, April 15 with only an estimated 1500-2000 protesters in front of Parliament. A small number of protesters (20-30) remained at the Presidential Residence. Approximately 30-40 protesters gathered at the Public Broadcasters building but [...]	2009-04-16 12:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI748	GEORGIA: PUBLIC DEFENDER AND LAWYERS NGO WORK TO [...] (SBU) Summary: As protests drag on in front of Parliament in Tbilisi (ref A),two local organizations continue to monitor the situation. The government's Public Defender's Office (PDO) has maintained its monitoring teams (Ref B) with 24-hour coverage since April 9. The PDO uses uniformd four [...]	2009-04-16 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
09TBILISI770	TWO VERY DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE SAME COIN - [...] (C) Summary: Ethnic Armenian Georgians living in Samtskhe-Javakheti (S-J) generally want their province to remain as part of Georgia, albeit with tacit recognition by Tbilisi of Armenian as a regional language. For Ethnic Armenian Georgians (or Javakhsi),the grass is indeed not greener on [...]	2009-04-22 11:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SCUL KIRF AM GG
09TBILISI787	GEORGIA: DEFINING THE ROOTS OF OPPOSITION [...] (C) Introduction and Comment: Beyond the constantly changing parties which define Georgia's opposition inside and outside of parliament, there are four core groups that have fundamentally opposed President Saakashvili since the early days of his tenure in 2004. In large part, these are the [...]	2009-04-23 13:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
09TBILISI793	GEORGIA INFORMED ON PENDING TRANSFER OF SEIZED HEU [...] (S) Per ref B, on April 24, poloff informed Shalva Burduli, Head of Division for New Threats and Arms Control of the Georgian MFA, of the pending transfer to Russia of a ten-gram sample of the HEU seized in a 2006 nuclear smuggling sting operation in Georgia. Poloff explained that he transfer [...]	2009-04-24 12:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC RS GG
09TBILISI808	GEORGIA: FIRST MEETING OF INCIDENT PREVENTION [...] (C) Summary and comment. The first meeting of the Joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (JIPRM) was held on April 23 on the South Ossetian administrative boundary line at Ergneti. The fact the meeting occurred was a minor victory itself, and the parties agreed to hold a subsequent [...]	2009-04-28 13:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS RS GG
09TBILISI809	GEORGIA: PROTEST UPDATE - NO IDEAS, NO PROTESTERS, [...] (C) Summary: Protests on Monday, April 27 which were supposed to include announcement of a new action plan consisted of no more than 1000 protesters in front of Parliament and a few more scattered at the Presidential Residence, Public Broadcasters Building, State Chancellery, and Freedom Sq [...]	2009-04-28 13:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI81	GEORGIA: A LOOK INSIDE THE INFLUENTIAL GEORGIAN [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: The Georgian Orthodox Church wields a great deal of influence in Georgian society and ON the Georgian Government. Much of the credit goes to the very popular Patriarch Ilia II, who recently II celebrated his 76th birthday and 31 years as Georgia's Catholicos-Patriarch. [...]	2009-01-15 12:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KRF PHUM PGOV RU GG
09TBILISI819	The Roma in Georgia [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel marking International Roma Day, the Embassy posted the Secretary's message on its website and took the opportunity to meet with the Executive Director of the Human Rights Center in Georgia and a representative of the Civil Registry of the Ministry of Justi [...]	2009-04-29 14:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO GG
09TBILISI82	GEORGIA: MOD CLOSE TO SIGNING MOU WITH EUMM [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary and comment. On January 14, Deputy Defense Minister Giorgi Muchaidze summoned PolOff and Acting DATT to explain the government's position on a draft agreement with the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) and seek U.S. comment. T [...]	2009-01-15 14:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KBTS RU GG
09TBILISI83	GEORGIA: PARLIAMENTARY AND NON-PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary/Comment: The comments of both Parliamentary and non-Parliamentary opposition leaders indicate that their interests and visions for the near and longer term future continue to diverge. Cooperation between the Parliamentary and non-Parliamentary opposition camps is limited at best. [...]	2009-01-15 14:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI840	MGSF01 GEORGIA'S SWINE FLU RESPONSE [...] (SBU) As of May 1, no cases of swine flu have been reported in Georgia. The EAC convened on April 28, ensured that pandemic tripwires were reviewed, and shared ref A with American employees per ref A. Schools with U.S. Embassy dependents have been notified of the swine flu problem. Appropri [...]	2009-05-01 13:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TBILISI841	GEORGIA: EUMM CONFIRMS COMPLIANCE WITH MOU ON [...] (C) Summary and comment. The EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) released a public statement April 28 announcing the automatic renewal of its MOU with the Georgian Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Georgia's continued compliance with its provisions. The statement notes that the EUMM has not been able to [...]	2009-05-01 14:19:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KBTS RS GG
09TBILISI89	GEORGIA: NINO BURJANADZE FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING [...] (C) Summary/Comment: The transition from being Speaker of Parliament and interim President to being one of many in a marginalized non-Parliamentary opposition has been a difficult one for Nino Burjanadze. Burjanadze has been unable to garner much more than a meager level of public support s [...]	2009-01-16 13:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
09TBILISI899	GEORGIA: PROTESTS: NEGOTIATIONS TO BEGIN [...] (C) Summary: Protests continued through the weekend, bu with no major incidents. The one month anniversary of the start of the protests on Saturday, May 9 drew what might have been as many as 15,000 protesters on a beautiful sunny day. On Friday, May 8, Speaker Bakradze met with a group of [...]	2009-05-11 12:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI9	GEORGIA: THE NETHERLANDS TO HOST FIFTH GLOBAL [...] (U) Dutch Ambassador Onno Elderenbosch and Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Nalbandov on December 31 per reftel instructions. Given the lack of diplomatic relations with Russia following the August conflict, the Russian Embassy did not participate in the de [...]	2009-01-05 11:37:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC RS NL GG
09TBILISI912	GEORGIA: FOLLOW-UP COMMENTS ON CS-137 DISCOVERY [...] (S) As requested in ref A, poloff obtained additional information from the Government of Georgia regarding its response to the discovery of four Cs-137 sources buried near Kopitnari Airport. While not completely ruling out the possibility that the material was abandoned by smugglers, the gove [...]	2009-05-14 12:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	SECRET	KNNP MNUC ASEC KCRM PARM PINR PREL GG
09TBILISI92	GEORGIA: ANNOUNCEMENT ON RATIFICATION OF U.S.-IAEA [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Division of Americas desk officer Nana Shonia on January 13. She promised to relay the information to the appropriate MFA officials. TEFFT [...]	2009-01-20 13:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM
09TBILISI920	GEORGIA: PROTESTS - NON-PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: The non-parliamentary opposition's pledge to unblock the road in front of the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) was rescinded, then reinstated and finally implemented early May 14. The back and forth highlighted the now open and obvious rift within the leadership of the non-par [...]	2009-05-15 11:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI924	GEORGIA: ARRIVAL OF RUSSIAN BORDER GUARDS IN [...] (C) Summary and comment. Two agreements signed April 30 by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Abkhaz and South Ossetian de facto "presidents" Sergey Bagapsh and Eduard Kokoity on "joint efforts for protection of state borders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia," has further reinforced Russian c [...]	2009-05-15 14:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PBTS PGOV PREL MARR MOPS RS GG
09TBILISI93	GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Division of Americas desk officer Nana Shonia on January 13. She promised to relay the information to the appropriate MFA officials. TEFFT [...]	2009-01-20 13:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR LE GG
09TBILISI932	GEORGIA: PROTESTS QUIET OVER THE WEEKEND [...] (C) Summary: Only about 1000 protesters showed up on Saturday and Sunday in front of Parliament. The non-parliamentary opposition announced its plans to hold rallies in all of Georgia to prove to President Saakashvili that the whole country demanded his resignation. The non-parliamentary [...]	2009-05-18 13:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI945	GEORGIA: PROTESTS GEARING UP FOR MAY 26 [...] (C) Summary: Protests remained small on May 20. Utsnobi (Giorgi Gachechiladze) performed a rally concert in Batumi to kick off the non-parliamentary opposition's plan to bring "all of Georgia" to Tbilisi for a May 26 rally (independence day parade). Post heard payments to protesters have r [...]	2009-05-21 11:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI95	GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Division of Americas desk officer Nana Shonia on January 13. She promised to relay the information to the appropriate MFA officials. TEFFT [...]	2009-01-20 13:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN GG
09TBILISI952	GEORGIA: SECURITY SITUATION AT THE MTSKHETA [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary and Comment. The radioactive storage facility in Mtskheta, the permanent storage facility in Georgia for disused radioactive sources, is in need of a strengthened security guard presence, according to local experts and pol [...]	2009-05-21 14:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC KCRM PARM PINR GG
09TBILISI972	GEORGIA: PROTESTS SMALL - QUIET [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On May 27, a day after large scale demonstrations, only a small group of protesters numbering roughly 1000-1500 gathered in front of Parliament. The crowd listened to largely subdued speeches by non-parliamentary leaders who have decided to continue protests in sp [...]	2009-05-28 11:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI979	GEORGIA: PATRIARCHATE BACKTRACKS - VIOLENCE ERUPTS [...] (C) Summary: A group of about 500 protesters picketed the Mayor's office on May 28 from about noon until 3pm. The rally with about 1000-2000 protesters reconvened for a concert in front of Parliament later that evening. Violence erupted around 9pm local time when protesters allegedly atta [...]	2009-05-29 12:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI982	GEORGIA: CONTROVERSY OVER MAY 31 ELECTIONS IN [...] (C) Summary and comment. On the eve of May 31 parliamentary elections in South Ossetia, controversy has erupted over the electoral system and establishment of political parties by the "de facto" administration. While Russian officials and South Ossetian "de facto" administration officials cl [...]	2009-05-29 14:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KBDS RU GG
09TEGUCIGALPA1007	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #69 10/02/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC),accompanied by Congressmen Aaron Schock (R-IL),Doug Lamborn (R-CO),and Peter Roskam (R-IL) arrived in Tegucigalpa October 2. The CODEL had arranged its own meetings at the Presidential Palace with de facto regime President Micheletti, the Supreme Court, the [...]	2009-10-02 23:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1050	TFHO1: POLITICAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) Allegations continue of human rights violations following the September 26 decree that severely limited civil liberties and remains in effect, despite an announcement by the de facto regime on October 5 that it would be abrogated. The pro-Zelaya radio and television stations closed under [...]	2009-10-16 16:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1057	TFH01: GUAYMURAS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. There is agreement on all provisions of the Guaymuras Accord, except for the restoration of President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya. The Zelaya commission to the negotiations tabled a proposal on October 16 providing that the agreement would be sent to the Congress for approval, but [...]	2009-10-20 00:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1100	TFHO1: POLICE AND MILITARY USE FORCE TO BREAK UP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Honduran National Police spokesperson confirmed that police and military used force during an October 29 anti-coup protest near the national stadium in Tegucigalpa. Local human rights organizations told Poloff that an unconfirmed 25 protestors were injured. A group of Americ [...]	2009-11-03 20:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM HO PHUM
09TEGUCIGALPA1120	TFH01: DRL VISIT & UPDATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS CASES [...] (C) Summary. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deskoff visited Honduras October 13-20 and met with a broad spectrum of Honduran society to observe first hand the human rights situation following the June 28 coup d'etat. Post has confirmed that the October 17 death of union pr [...]	2009-11-06 21:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO PHUM
09TEGUCIGALPA1121	TFHO1: UPDATE ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN HONDURAS [...] (C) Summary: This is the second in a series of cables regarding meetings held by Poloff and visiting DRL Deskoff October 13-20 to obtain a better understanding of the human rights situation in Honduras since the June 28 coup d'etat. DRL Deskoff and Poloff met with Cesar and Yani Rosenthal, own [...]	2009-11-06 21:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO PHUM
09TEGUCIGALPA1123	HTF01: VIEWS OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY ABOUT THE COUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the third in a series of cables regarding meetings held by Poloff and visiting DRL Deskoff October 13-20 to obtain a better understanding of the human rights situation in Honduras since the June 28 coup d'etat. On October 14, DRL Deskoff and Poloff met Monsignor Juan Jose [...]	2009-11-06 21:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO PHUM
09TEGUCIGALPA1128	TFH01: IMPACT OF THE COUP ON INDIGENOUS AND OTHER [...] (C) Summary. This is the fourth in a series of cables regarding meetings held by Poloff and visiting DRL Deskoff October 13-20 to obtain a better understanding of the human rights situation in Honduras since the June 28 coup d'etat. A young member of the Garifuna community, Luis Norales, told [...]	2009-11-09 17:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO PHUM
09TEGUCIGALPA1184	TFH01: WHA PDAS KELLY'S NOVEMBER 17 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: WHA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Craig Kelly and Ambassador Llorens met with Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and his close advisors during a November 17-18 visit to Honduras in support of Tegucigalpa - San Jose Accord implementation. With restitution before el [...]	2009-11-19 21:29:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1203	PRO-ZELAYA RESISTANCE FEARS ELECTIONS MAY BE [...] (C) Summary. The pro-Zelaya resistance movement has told its supporters not to vote in the general election scheduled for November 29 if President Zelaya is not restored to office. The resistance does not believe it will be possible to hold credible elections while the de facto regime remains [...]	2009-11-25 01:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1204	TFHO1: THIRD ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY. The third annual Honduran National Human Rights Conference was held in Tegucigalpa on November 18 and 19 with a theme of "Strengthening our Culture in Human Rights Towards Peace and Democracy." In the opening session, university professor Ramon Romero and political consultant Ef [...]	2009-11-25 20:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM HO PHUM
09TEGUCIGALPA1207	TFH01: UPDATE ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION PRE-ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. The Embassy has been at the forefront to pressure the de facto National Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL) to take seriously an investigation of interference of the signal of anti-coup Channel 36 television station. On November 23, the de facto head of CONATEL, Miguel Rodas [...]	2009-11-26 00:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO PHUM
09TEGUCIGALPA1211	AGREEMENT REACHED IN FRUIT OF THE LOOM LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary. An agreement was signed on November 14 between Fruit of the Loom's Russell Corporation (FOTL/RC) and the SITRAJERZEESH union (SU) over the January closure of the Jerzees de Honduras (JDH) factory in Choloma, Department of Cortes. The agreement includes the rehiring of displaced [...]	2009-11-27 17:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ELAB ETRD ECON BBSR EIND KDEM KTEX HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1212	SCENESETTER FOR THE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Honduras will hold a general election on November 29 with more than 15,000 candidates running for about 2,900 elected positions, including the presidency, all 128 congressional seats, and 298 mayoralties. The scheduling of the election pre-dates the June 28 coup and the election [...]	2009-11-27 19:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1216	TFH01: 11/27 HUMAN RIGHTS CASES - GRADIS DEATH AND [...] (U) Summary. The body of Luis Gradis Espinal, a resistance coordinator, was found in Tegucigalpa on November 23. Human rights organizations alleged that police may have been involved in the kidnapping and killing of Gradis, however police believe the murder resulted from an armed robbery. [...]	2009-11-27 21:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM HO PHUM
09TEGUCIGALPA1240	TFH01: PRO-COUP OPINIONS ON THE NOQH COAST AND [...] (C) This is the fifth and final cable in a series regarding meetings held by Poloff and visiting DRL Deskoff October 13-20 to obtain a better understanding of the human rights situation in Honduras since the June 28 coup d'etat. DRL Deskoff and Poloff met on October 13 with three members of th [...]	2009-12-02 22:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO PHUM
09TEGUCIGALPA1275	MONITORING VISIT OF G/TIP FY 08 PROGRAM IN HONDURAS [...] (U) Summary. Poloff met local representatives of CHF International on November 17 in Tegucigalpa to discuss the status of the G/TIP funded "Integrated Protection Services for Victims of Trafficking" (IPSVT) program and in response to reftel. The goal of the program in Honduras is to facilita [...]	2009-12-10 16:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KTIP KWMN PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1295	SUSPICIOUS DEATHS OF SANTOS CORRALES AND WALTER [...] (U) Summary. Human rights groups allege that two recent deaths were tied to the political crisis. The Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (CODEH) reported that on December 11, Santos Corrales Garcia was found decapitated in Talanga, however the Honduran FBI (DNIC) told an Embassy Employ [...]	2009-12-16 00:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1329	HONDURAS: December 2009 INL Monthly Report [...] Summary: Regional Corrections Advisor visited the correctional training facility in Xalapa, Mexico and attended the Third International Graduating Class in New Mexico Correction Department's Training Academy located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Frontier Police captured six members of a dangerous [...]	2009-12-29 14:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA164	HONDURAS RECEIVES TALKING POINTS REGARDING REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-11 23:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ MOPS PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA187	(U) 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS (C-AL9-00153) [...] (U) This cable is in response to reftel demarche regarding Honduras' participation in the Summit of the Americas. 2. (U) Poloff met with Jose Lorenzana, the Director of Multilateral Affairs at the Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss GOH's aspirations and plans for the Summit of [...]	2009-03-18 14:42:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL
09TEGUCIGALPA214	NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL WANTS RESULTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a courtesy call on newly-installed Attorney General Luis Rubi and Assistant Attorney General Roy Urtecho, Rubi stressed to the Ambassador and Country Team members that the fight against drug trafficking, money laundering and organized crime was his biggest challenge and prio [...]	2009-03-27 19:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS SNAR SOCI PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA222	HONDURAS CONSIDERS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR OAS HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 22:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL OAS XM CA IAHRC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA245	HONDURAS CONSIDERS SUPPORTING USG CANDIDACY FOR UN [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-03 17:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA33	HONDURAN JUSTICE: A NEW SUPREME COURT, ATTORNEY [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by Poloff, met with Attorney General Leonidis Rosa Bautista and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Vilma Morales on January 12. The main topics discussed were the nominating process for the new magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ as it is know [...]	2009-01-16 17:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV SNAR HO PHUM KJUS SOCI
09TEGUCIGALPA451	HONDURAS CONSIDERS OPPOSITION TO INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 20:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA486	SEEKING HONDURAN SUPPORT FOR REINCORPORATION OF [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Poloff spoke on June 15 with Rafael Carbajal, General Manager of The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) in Honduras. Carbajal asserted that although the Honduras branch of IBAF had limited resources and was therefore solely concerned with spreading the sport do [...]	2009-06-22 18:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SCUL SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA491	HONDURAN SUPREME ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL TO APRROVE [...] (C) Poloff visited the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) on June 23 to inquire about the 23 applications for independent candidacies the institution had received. TSE President Saul Escobar (who represents the Christian Democratic Party) told us that 16 of the 23 independent candidacies had pa [...]	2009-06-24 13:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA496	IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 19:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC
09TEGUCIGALPA503	HONDURAN ARMED FORCES LEADERSHIP CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: The political stir over President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya,s proposed opinion poll regarding a constituent assembly (Ref A) has precipitated an even more substantive crisis over the country,s military leadership. While the poll serves as a major political distraction, it is the questi [...]	2009-06-26 23:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS MARR PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA513	IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 FINANCIAL PROVISIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-29 20:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ECON EFIN PARM PREL
09TEGUCIGALPA517	HONDURAN COUP:SITREP 5, 06/29/09, 18:30 LOCAL TIME [...] (C) Police and military units dislodged protesters from in front of the Presidential Palace around 16:00, and 40-45 arrests were made. Shots were fired but no one was killed, according to police sources. Earlier in the afternoon police dispersed crowds with tear gas, which reduced the number [...]	2009-06-30 01:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA529	HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST COUP [...] (C) Summary: The media war over the legitimacy of the Honduran coup has taken front stage with various competing interests protesting either in support of the new regime or for the return of ousted President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya. Both groups claim to be defending the constitution and the rule o [...]	2009-07-02 20:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECPS PGOV SOCI DS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA535	HONDURAN COUP SITREP #10 (UNCLASSIFIED) 07/04/09 [...] (U) All demonstrations have remained peaceful. Today's pro-Zelaya protest, numbering approximately 4,000 to 5,000 people, began at the Pedagogical University, then moved to the Clarion Hotel and onward toward the Supreme Court building. That group, then numbering 10,000, proceeded to Toncont [...]	2009-07-04 22:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR MASS EAID KDEM PHUM SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA555	HONDURAS COUP SITREP #13 07/07/2009 AS OF 1530 [...] (C) National press carried prominent stories of President Zelaya's meeting today with the Secretary. The Ambassador spoke to President Zelaya Monday night (Ref A),and President Zelaya thanked the Ambassador for USG support and said he strongly supported a multilateral approach to promote a n [...]	2009-07-08 13:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA566	THE RED TEAM: WHO WANTS ZELAYA BACK? [...] (C) Summary: The groups demonstrating since June 28 for the return of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, which for want of a better term we will henceforth call the "Red Team," are primarily comprised of labor unions, peasant groups, teachers and leftist students and social activists. The movement [...]	2009-07-09 01:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA567	HONDURAN SOCIETY WELCOMES ARIAS TALKS [...] (U) Summary: Despite ongoing protests from both sides, Hondurans appear to accept the U.S.-backed idea to bring President Zelaya and the Micheletti regime together for talks with President Arias of Costa Rica later this week. On Tuesday, Congress held its first session since June 28, seven da [...]	2009-07-09 01:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM HO ASEC
09TEGUCIGALPA577	HONDURAS COUP SITREP #16 07/10/2009 AS OF 1500 [...] (U) On July 10, approximately 2,000 Zelaya supporters assembled to block all north and south bound traffic on the CA-5 highway north of Tegucigalpa. The highway is the major traffic artery connecting the capital with Soto Cano Airbase, as well as the commercially important cities of Comayagua [...]	2009-07-10 21:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA578	SUPREME COURT JUSTICES THINK COUP WAS ILLEGAL [...] (C) Summary: A source on the Supreme Court staff said many justices think the removal of President Zelaya was unlawful. However, they rationalize it as necessary to avoid a bloodbath. The justices are uneasy with any suggestion that Zelaya receive amnesty. The source said a proposal being [...]	2009-07-11 01:42:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV KDEM KJUS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA584	HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 2 [...] (C) Summary: The Attorney General's (AG) aggressive pursuit of corruption charges against Zelaya administration officials seemingly outweigh his consideration for the deteriorating human rights situation. While the situation is not yet dire, civil liberties have been denied, arbitrary arrest [...]	2009-07-13 18:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA591	HONDURAN COUP: IS THERE A "PINK TEAM?" [...] (C) Summary: Refs C and D profiled the coalitions currently agitating for the return of President Zelaya (the "Red Team") and opposing his return (the "White Team"). This message explores whether there is any significant "pink" ground between these two camps that can help bridge the differenc [...]	2009-07-14 20:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA592	HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/14/09 [...] (U) Summary: This is the third in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. ----------------------------------------- Zelaya and Micheletti Maintain Hard Lines ----------- [...]	2009-07-14 22:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA605	HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 4 [...] (U) Summary: The human rights situation in Honduras remains tense despite a public invitation for international human rights groups to monitor the situation. The curfew was reinstated the night of July 15 and will last at least through the weekend. Opponents of the de facto regime continue [...]	2009-07-16 19:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA631	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #25 07/21/2009 AS OF [...] (U) As of 08:55 local (10:55 EDT),approximately 100 pro-Zelaya supporters congregated at the entrance to Tegucigalpa's Kennedy neighborhood. As of 10:08 local (12:08 EDT),an estimated 1,500 peaceful demonstrators had congregated with five policemen stationed there as well. As of 11:11 loca [...]	2009-07-21 22:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA633	TFHO1: FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND EXPRESSION POST [...] (SBU) Summary: The mainstream Honduran media and the de facto regime have attempted to shape international perceptions of the June 28 coup through an evident reporting bias, intimidation, the closure of media outlets, and violence. While the pressure exerted by the de facto regime on the medi [...]	2009-07-22 13:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA636	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #26 07/22/2009 AS OF [...] (U) As of 09:36 local (11:36 EDT),approximately 200 Zelaya supporters congregated and proceeded to block traffic on the Boulevard Santa Fe in Tegucigalpa. The demonstrators talked about possibly disrupting the planned pro-Micheletti march scheduled for 10:00 local (12:00 EDT). As of 11:57 l [...]	2009-07-22 23:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA645	TFHO1: OPEN AND SHUT: THE CASE OF THE HONDURAN COUP [...] (C) Summary: Post has attempted to clarify some of the legal and constitutional issues surrounding the June 28 forced removal of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya. The Embassy perspective is that there is no doubt that the military, Supreme Court and National Congress conspired on June 28 in wha [...]	2009-07-24 00:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA687	TFHO1: HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 5 [...] (C) Summary: The Honduran human rights situation continues to be difficult as tensions rise in the prolonged political uncertainty. Another aggravating factor has been the presence of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and the First Lady Xiomara Castro de Zelaya on opposite sides of the Honduran- [...]	2009-07-31 22:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA711	TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/06/09 [...] (U) This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. 2. (U) The letter from Assistant Secretary Richard Verma to Senator Lugar is being portrayed in Honduran media as a "so [...]	2009-08-06 23:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA722	TFH01: HONDURAN CONGRESS RECEPTIVE TO SAN JOSE [...] (C) Poloff represented the U.S. Mission in a meeting between the "troika" of the G16 donors' group and Honduran Congressional deputies, headed by the current President of Congress Jose Alfredo Saavedra Paz on August 5. (Note: the troika represents the current, previous and future chairs of th [...]	2009-08-10 21:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA737	TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/12/09 [...] (U) This is another in a series of round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. 2. (C) In an August 12 phone conversation with independent Presidential candidate Carlos H. Reyes, the Ambassador stressed th [...]	2009-08-13 01:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA763	TFHO1: HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 6 [...] (SBU) Summary. The human rights situation in Honduras remains tense as mostly peaceful protests of 1,000 to 5,000 continue across Tegucigalpa for the fourth straight day. Tuesday,s violence is being attributed to small elements of youth within the protests who have responded to police counter [...]	2009-08-17 13:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA783	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #46 08/19/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) On August 19, as of 12:00 local (14:00 EDT),a small group of less than 1,000 pro-Zelaya supporters demonstrated in front of the U.S. Embassy. Charge and PolOff met inside the U.S. Embassy lobby with Rafael Alegria and other demonstration leaders and listened to their concerns about the [...]	2009-08-19 22:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA785	TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/19/09 [...] (U) This is another in a series of round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. 2. (C) In an August 17 meeting between the elections donor working group (GSE) and the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) hosted [...]	2009-08-20 00:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA786	TFH01: INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. A delegation of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) arrived in Tegucigalpa August 16 to evaluate the human rights situation in the country. During the first two days the delegation met with two separate groups of Congressmen, the National Police, the Supreme Co [...]	2009-08-20 18:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA789	TFH01: G-16 MEETINGS WITH SUPREME COURT, ATTORNEY [...] (U) Summary. Representatives of the Group of 16 donor countries (G-16) met on August 18 and 19 with the Supreme Court, the Attorney General's office, and the National Commission on Human Rights. The meetings were held in response to a G-16 letter raising concern about the human rights situat [...]	2009-08-21 00:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA798	TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/21/09 [...] (U) This is another in a series of round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. 2. (C) The five-magistrate "Constitutional Hall" of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) agreed on August 20 to review a legal ch [...]	2009-08-21 21:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA806	TFH01: HOW THE COUP IS SEEN OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL, [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff and Econoff visited the city of Comayagua, Comayagua Department and the towns of Cane and Tutule in La Paz Department to gauge the political and economic effects of the current political crisis outside the capital. Emboffs spoke with agricultural producers and exporters, [...]	2009-08-24 22:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA832	TFH01: HONDURAN COUP POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/26/09 [...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Representatives of the G-16 donor community met at the World Bank office on August 26 to discuss [...]	2009-08-27 14:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA842	TFH01: HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 7 [...] (SBU) Summary: Demonstrations in Honduras have been peaceful since violent outbreaks on August 12 and 13. However, allegations of human rights violations continue to be made by various human rights groups following the departure of the visiting delegation from the Inter-American Commission on [...]	2009-08-27 20:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA851	TFH01: NATIONAL PARTY LEADERS ON THE CRISIS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Poloffs, National Party (NP) leaders Federico "Fred" Breve and Oscar Alvarez laid out the current Nationalist position on the Honduran political crisis, prospects for a resolution and their views on how the crisis will affect Honduran politics and society in the [...]	2009-08-31 14:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA860	TFH01: ZELAYA APPOINTED HEAD OF ANTHROPOLOGY [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Dario Euraque, the general manager of the Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History (IHAH),was dismissed from his position on August 21 in what Euraque believes was a political move due to his appointment to the position under the Zelaya administration. Dr. Euraque is a [...]	2009-08-31 23:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA864	TFH01: FOUR DETAINED MINORS RELEASED FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary. Four minors detained on July 25 by Honduran security forces near Las Manos during pro-Zelaya protests at the border of Honduras and Nicaragua were released on August 27 and 28 following pressure by the local UNICEF representative. In a recent investigation, UNICEF was unable to c [...]	2009-09-01 23:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA889	TFH01: HOW THE COUP IS SEEN OUSIDE THE CAPITAL, [...] (C) Summary. Poloff met with local mayors, business leaders and anti-coup supporters in the towns of Danli and El Paraiso. The political opinions varied widely; however there appeared to be a strong desire to move forward either through November elections or the San Jose Accord. The mayor of [...]	2009-09-04 19:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA890	TFH01: HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE FROM PRO-ZELAYA [...] (C) Summary. Poloff met with nine members of a pro-Zelaya advocacy group in Danli, El Paraiso Department. The group called for the immediate restitution of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and the restoration of constitutional order in Honduras. Many members of the group described their experi [...]	2009-09-04 20:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA930	TFHO1: RURAL REGION SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE [...] (U) Summary: During a September 2 visit to two towns in the southeastern province of El Paraiso, embassy officers found that political tension, police actions, and consumer uncertainty following the June 28 coup have caused short-term damage to the local economy. El Paraiso is a primarily a [...]	2009-09-17 23:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID ETRD HO KDEM PGOV PREL
09TEGUCIGALPA939	TFH01: SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SAYS CONGRESS RATHER [...] (C) Summary. Supreme Court magistrate David Calix Vallecillo, who claims he was outside Honduras during the period shortly before and after the June 28 coup, told Poloffs that the Supreme Court has not issued any binding judicial decisions regarding the country's political crisis. Calix said [...]	2009-09-18 22:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA950	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DRAFTED GUARANTEES FOR [...] (C) Summary. Presidential candidates Elvin Santos of the Liberal Party, Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo of the National Party, Felicito Avila of the Christian Democratic Party (DC),and Bernard Martinez of the Social Democratic Innovation and Unity Party (PINU),along with former Presidents Ricardo Madu [...]	2009-09-22 23:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA951	TFH01: POLITICAL WRAP-UP [...] (C) Summary. President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and a group of supporters remain in the Brazilian Embassy. The Armed Forces have allowed food and water to be delivered to the Embassy compound and are permitting the departure of Zelaya supporters and local Embassy staff. Rumors are circulatin [...]	2009-09-23 00:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA952	TFH01: FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND EXPRESSION [...] (C) Summary. Freedom of the press and expression continue to be threatened in Honduras by the de facto regime and its supporters. Recent actions against anti-coup media outlets continue to create a hostile environment for them. The Ambassador expressed to the head of the National Telecommun [...]	2009-09-23 00:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO

09TEGUCIGALPA958	TFH01: HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION SINCE ZELAYA'S RETURN [...] (C) Summary. The human rights situation following the return of President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya has deteriorated. Post confirmed the death of one anti-coup protestor on September 22 in Tegucigalpa and is working to confirm another alleged death of an anti-coup protestor in San Pedro Sula [...]	2009-09-24 01:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA963	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #61 09/24/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) Bertha Oliva de Nativi, executive director of human rights NGO Committee for the Family of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras (COFADEH),told Poloff on September 23 that Francisco Moncada Alvorado was the name of the victim confirmed killed by security forces due to anti-coup violen [...]	2009-09-24 19:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA979	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #64 09/25/2009 AS OF [...] (C) Post is thoroughly investigating claims of a gas attack against the Brazilian Embassy. 2. (SBU) A Zelaya supporter reported that the de facto government was not allowing presidential candidates Cesar Ham(UD) and Carlos H. Reyes (independent, pro-Zelaya) into the Brazilian embassy to see [...]	2009-09-26 00:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA983	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #65 09/28/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) Four members of a five person OAS delegation were denied entry at Toncontin International Airport on September 27, with U.S. Embassy officers present. Two of the diplomats were U.S. citizens. The fifth diplomat, John Biehl, was permitted to enter Honduras. Details on this incident will [...]	2009-09-28 22:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA985	TFH01: DEPORATATION OF FOUR OAS STAFF MEMEBERS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Four of the five members of the OAS delegation that arrived in Tegucigalpa on September 27 were denied entry into Honduras and deported on commercial flights to Miami and San Jose, Costa Rica. Poloffs were present at the airport to provide ground transportation to the delegatio [...]	2009-09-28 23:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CASC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA986	TFH01: ALLEGED GAS ATTACK AGAINST BRAZILIAN [...] (C) Summary. Embassy received reports on September 25 that a gas attack had been carried out against the Brazilian Embassy and that persons inside the Embassy, including President Zelaya, had become ill. Embassy investigated the allegations. The Brazilian Charge told Embassy that he believe [...]	2009-09-29 13:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA990	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #66 09/29/2009 AS OF [...] (U) OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza announced yesterday, September 28 that de facto president Micheletti had invited the OAS to bring a delegation to Honduras on October 7 with permission to send an advance team on October 2. The Ambassador spoke to President Zelaya this morning. H [...]	2009-09-29 23:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA993	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #67 09/30/2009 AS OF [...] (C) Liberal party Congresswoman Argentina Valle told Poloff on September 29 that Congressional leaders decided to establish a commission that will examine the decree passed by the Executive Branch on September 26 that severely limited civil liberties (ref Tegucigalpa 989). Earlier on September [...]	2009-09-30 22:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA994	TFH01: DECREE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACCORDING TO [...] (C) Summary: Special Prosecutors for Human Rights Sandra Ponce and German Enamorado told Ambassador on September 29 that they believed the decree limiting civil liberties enacted by the de facto regime on September 26 was unconstitutional and that they had initiated action calling on the Supre [...]	2009-09-30 22:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM HO
09TELAVIV100	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE, JANUARY 13, 1700 HRS [...] (SBU) As of 1700 local on January 13, 102 truckloads of humanitarian supplies, including 2 tankers of industrial diesel, were transferred into the Gaza Strip via Kerem Shalom. The Nahal Oz fuel terminal was closed today because of nearby military operations. The Karni crossing, open yesterday [...]	2009-01-13 16:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID PTER EFIN PREL MOPS PHUM PINS KWBG IS
09TELAVIV104	GAZA SITUATION REPORT, JANUARY 14, 1200 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Operation Cast Lead continues with IDF troops moving forward, very slowly, towards the center of Gaza City as talks over a ceasefire, and its terms, continue. Approximately 20 rockets landed in southern Israel overnight, although there were no reports of any damage. Two rocke [...]	2009-01-14 10:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EAID EFIN PREL MOPS PHUM PINS CASC KWBG
09TELAVIV1069	REP. WEXLER DISCUSSES NATO WITH ISRAELI NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Opinions vary widely within the GOI regarding an enhanced relationship with NATO. According to National Security Adviser Uzi Arad, there are those within PM Netanyahu's administration who view an enhanced relationship as a real opportunity, including FM Avigdor Lieberman. Others [...]	2009-05-13 13:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROG KWBG IR UK IS
09TELAVIV1070	CODEL WEXLER'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM AYALON [...] (C) Summary. Representative Robert Wexler met with Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon on May 10. Looking toward PM Netanyahu's May 18 meeting with President Obama, Wexler advised that Netanyahu should support President Obama's engagement with Iran. Wexler said he was confident that the tw [...]	2009-05-13 13:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IR SA SY EG TU IS
09TELAVIV1122	PAPAL VISIT TO ISRAEL UNDERSCORES DIVISIONS MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pope Benedict XVI's May 11-15 visit to the Holy Land, while billed as a pilgrimage of reconciliation and peace, served perhaps more to underscore ongoing divisions between Jews and Christians, Muslims and Christians, Israelis and Palestinians, and Israel and the Vatican. Coming [...]	2009-05-20 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KIRF KPAL VT IS
09TELAVIV1336	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CRITICAL UN ELECTION: U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-19 12:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09TELAVIV1373	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 12:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE IS UN KS
09TELAVIV2045	OPPOSITION LEADER LIVNI TALKS PEACE PROCESS, IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Sen. Gillibrand met on September 3 with Kadima Chairman and Knesset opposition leader Tzipi Livni. Livni told Gillibrand that Israel must reach a two-state solution with the Palestinians that represents an end to the conflict and does not include a right of return for Palestinia [...]	2009-09-16 10:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG PTER IR SY IS
09TELAVIV206	ISRAELI THINKING ON LEBANON ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: From January 1-10, Poloff and visiting NEA Lebanon desk officer Matthew Irwin discussed Lebanon in meetings with Israeli MFA, MOD, and NSC officials, as well as local academics and journalists. Overall the meetings confirmed that Israel shares the goal of supporting Lebanese mod [...]	2009-01-23 16:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER LE SY IR IS
09TELAVIV2098	CODEL ROHRABACHER DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, [...] (C) Summary. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) visited Israel August 19-21 for a series of meetings with Israeli officials, primarily focused on the peace process, regional security issues, and arms sales. Rohrabacher met with Minister of Strategic Affairs Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon, Deputy Foreign M [...]	2009-09-22 14:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG IR IS
09TELAVIV2227	ISRAELI, JORDANIAN, AND EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: An Israeli official provided the official view of the October 4 rise in tensions connected to the Temple Mount, citing deliberate Palestinian escalation despite advance understandings between the Waqf and Israeli National Police. The Egyptian and Jordanian DCMs provided contrastin [...]	2009-10-09 14:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KISR JO EG IS
09TELAVIV2255	GENEVA INITIATIVE ANNEXES SEEK TO RESTORE VISION [...] (SBU) Summary. Since releasing its annexes last month, the Geneva Initiative (GI) is continuing to look for ways to promote its model peace agreement, the Geneva Accord, and to generally support peace efforts. Representatives of the Geneva Initiative told PolOff on October 6 that while they [...]	2009-10-14 15:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2401	ISRAELI MFA POLITICAL RESEARCH BUREAU DISCUSSES [...] (C) POLOFF and NEA/IPA Desk Officer met with MFA's Political Research Bureau (INR equivalent) on October 14 to discuss recent developments in Syria and Lebanon. MFA analysts explained that lately the political atmosphere in Lebanon suggests progress toward resolving the political crisis. So [...]	2009-11-02 10:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PGOV LE SY IS
09TELAVIV2466	LABOR PARTY REBELS INCHING TOWARD A SPLIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Labor Party Knesset Members (MKs) opposed to Defense Minister Ehud Barak's leadership of the party continue to try to recruit the crucial fifth member to their ranks to enable them to formally split from the party. Labor MK Daniel Ben Simon, who had earlier this year sided with [...]	2009-11-12 05:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS
09TELAVIV2514	ISRAELI REACTIONS TO GILO CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Summary: Israelis across the political spectrum have lined up in support of Israeli expansion in Jewish neighborhoods of East Jerusalem following the controversy over plans for new construction next to the existing neighborhood of Gilo (reftel). Many Israelis feel a strong connection to [...]	2009-11-19 12:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2526	GOI INTERAGENCY DISCUSSION ON TURKEY [...] (S) SUMMARY. On November 15, Israeli officials told NSC Senior Director Dan Shapiro during a GOI interagency briefing hosted by National Security Advisor Uzi Arad, that they believe Turkey is engaged in an ongoing strategic realignment towards the Middle East and away from the West, and that t [...]	2009-11-23 13:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MARR TU IS
09TELAVIV2655	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE [...] (S) Summary: Representatives from M. Paz Logistics and Global Law Enforcement and Security confirmed that they are for the first time working together to provide night vision devices and rifles to the Togolese Armed Forces. However, the company representatives' accounts of the potential tran [...]	2009-12-08 13:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ETTC KOMC TO IS
09TELAVIV29	GAZA SITUATION REPORT, JANUARY 6, 1800 [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Israel continues to press forward intensely with Operation Cast Lead while Israeli officials rebuff diplomatic entreaties to enter into a short-term cease-fire with Hamas that would restore the status quo ante. Prime Minister Olmert reiterated Israel's demands that Hamas ceas [...]	2009-01-06 16:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PREF PINR KWBG PINS MOPS IS LE EG
09TELAVIV352	ELECTION DAY SCENESETTER AND THE LIEBERMAN DARK [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of elections to the 18th Knesset, the electorate, the analysts and the candidates are grappling with the confusion of a race that the final polls predict has narrowed significantly between the Likud and Kadima parties to the point where it is anyone's guess which party [...]	2009-02-09 18:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KWBG PINS IS
09TELAVIV363	LIKUD CHAIRMAN NETANYAHU TALKS IRAN, PALESTINIANS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Likud Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu met with members and staff of the House Armed Services Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on January 30 to discuss Iran, peace talks with the Palestinians, and the possibility of conducting negotiations with Syria. Ne [...]	2009-02-11 15:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV IR KWBG SY IS
09TELAVIV380	PRIME MINISTER OLMERT DISCUSSES HAMAS, PALESTINIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met with Ambassador Cunningham and members and staff of the House Armed Services Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on January 29 to discuss Israel's recent military operation in Gaza, peace talks with the Palestinia [...]	2009-02-13 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS TU SY KPWG IS
09TELAVIV42	GAZA SITUATION REPORT, JANUARY 7, 1900 [...] (C) Summary: IDF operations were suspended from 1300 to 1600 local to allow Gaza residents to collect food, water, and other humanitarian supplies; pauses are likely to continue at least every other day. A spokesman for PM Olmert "welcomed" Egyptian President Mubarak's truce proposal and anno [...]	2009-01-07 18:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MOPS PHUM PINS KWBG IS EG FR
09TELAVIV420	SENIOR U.S. AND ISRAELI OFFICIALS DISCUSS EFFORTS [...] (S) SUMMARY. Stephen Mull from the Office of the Under Secretary for International Security Affairs and his delegation met with senior Israeli MFA officials on February 6 to discuss meetings held earlier in the week in Copenhagen that focused on ways to counter the smuggling of weapons prima [...]	2009-02-19 14:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PHUM PTER PINR MASS MOPS EG KWBG IS
09TELAVIV60	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE, JANUARY 9, 1700 [...] (SBU) As of 1700 local, 41 truckloads of food and medical supplies had transited the Kerem Shalom crossing, all of it commercial. Pickup and distribution on the Gaza side is still limited, in part by UNWRA's decision not to ask its contractor to operate until the IDF has a better coordination [...]	2009-01-09 16:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PTER EFIN PREL MOPS PHUM PINS KWBG IS
09TELAVIV675	NETANYAHU REQUESTS EXTENSION IN EFFORT TO BRING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 20 President Shimon Peres granted Prime Minister-Designate Binyamin Netanyahu's request for a 14-day extension to form a coalition. Netanyahu's request stemmed from the agreement he reached the evening of March 18 with Labor party chief and Defense Minister Ehud Bara [...]	2009-03-20 14:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IS
09TELAVIV897	ISRAEL ASKS RUSSIAN DFM TO POSTPONE UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 21, PolOff met with Russian Embassy Political Counselor Alexey Skosyrev to discuss the recent visit to Israel by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov. Saltanov's main meetings were with Prime Minister Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Lieberman, and National Secu [...]	2009-04-22 10:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG RU UN IS
09TELAVIV90	GAZA SITREP, JANUARY 13, 1200 [...] (S) Summary: Israeli media reports PM Olmert indicated to foreign leaders January 12 that he was prepared to give Egyptian-sponsored cease-fire talks a chance prior to a decision on a third phase of Operation Cast Lead. At the same time, Olmert stated in a speech to Israeli southern city may [...]	2009-01-13 10:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MOPS PINS KWBG CASC EG IS JO KPAL EAID
09TELAVIV920	RENEWAL OF EU/ISRAEL ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT COULD [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to an EU contact, the EU has not made a formal decision to suspend talks on a potential relationship upgrade because of the foreign policy of the new Israeli government, despite a front page article in the April 23 Ha'aretz to the contrary. However, some EU member state [...]	2009-04-23 15:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG EU IS
09TELAVIV931	MFA CITES MAJOR PROGRESS ON TAXATION ISSUES IN [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director for Religious Affairs Bahij Mansour told Poloff April 27 that the most recent (April 24) working-level talks between Israel and the Vatican resulted in significant progress on several outstanding taxation issues, including an agreement in principle that the Vatican w [...]	2009-04-27 14:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF IS
09TELAVIV99	LEFT-WING GENERALS ON GAZA SITUATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Retired IDF General Daniel Rothschild, President of the Council for Peace and Security, briefed the diplomatic corps on January 12 at Peace Now on the background and future of the Gaza operation. Rothschild believes that Operation Cast Lead has achieved deterrence, and Israel is [...]	2009-01-13 16:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER IS KPAL KWBG PINR
09THEHAGUE134	NETHERLANDS/HUMAN RIGHTS: VIEWS ON DURBAN, HRC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch share U.S. concerns about the Durban Review Conference and see the U.S. approach as "decisive" for their future participation. The Dutch are also considering their future participation in the Human Rights Council and strongly encourage U.S. participation. END SUMMARY. [...]	2009-02-25 15:32:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL NL UN
09THEHAGUE137	NETHERLANDS/PAKISTAN: SEEKING AID PLANS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-26 08:10:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PK NL
09THEHAGUE174	NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: EU ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch welcomed recent U.S. meetings in Syria. They agree an EU association agreement with Syria is inappropriate at this time and believe the EU is unlikely to approve such an agreement in the near term. End summary. 2. (C) Poloff shared reftel A points with key MFA contac [...]	2009-03-11 17:17:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU SY NL
09THEHAGUE175	NETHERLANDS: SUPPORT FOR GAZA INTERDICTION PROGRAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch support the Gaze interdiction program and will propose (1) a "matrix" of possible actions by member states under their laws, (2) preambular language about Allies' overall efforts to promote peace in the Middle East, and (3) a clarification that participating nations make [...]	2009-03-11 17:23:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PREL NL
09THEHAGUE212	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: NO DELIVERABLES FOR NATO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch do not expect to announce new "deliverables" on Afghanistan and Pakistan during the upcoming NATO and EU summits. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Poloff shared reftel A points with key contacts at the Dutch MFA, MOD, and PM's office. Maarten Boef, head of the Dutch MFA Uruzgan [...]	2009-03-27 14:43:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS NL PK AF MARR
09THEHAGUE243	(C) NETHERLANDS: SUPPORTING U.S. FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch will strongly support the U.S. candidacy for the Human Rights Council (Council or HRC). The Dutch are critical of the HRC and have suggestions to improve it. Jacobi also noted close cooperation on the Durban Review Conference declaration and a possible joint initiative [...]	2009-04-14 12:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL NL
09THEHAGUE301	NETHERLANDS/BURMA: SUPPORTING SUU KYI'S RELEASE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch will continue to support the release of Ang Sang Suu Kyi. The Dutch welcome U.S. views as they reassess efforts to improve the situation in Burma. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) SUPPORTING CONTINUED SANCTIONS AND SUU KYI'S RELEASE: Poloff discussed reftel A points with Seni [...]	2009-05-14 11:25:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL NL BM
09THEHAGUE322	NETHERLANDS/CUBA: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (U) In response to Ref A, following is an analysis of Dutch relations with Cuba in the first half of 2009. (Note: Ref B reports on Dutch relations with Cuba in the second half of 2008. End note.) ----------------------------- Political Relations with Cuba ----------------------------- [...]	2009-05-29 16:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL EU NL CU
09TIJUANA642	NATIONAL ACTION PARTY BENEFITS FROM VOTER DISAFFECTION IN [...] The ruling National Action Party (PAN) is likely to dominate July 5 mid-term elections for federal deputies in Baja California Norte. The opposition in Baja California is divided. Voters are frustrated with politicians of all parties, but will manifest their dissatisfaction by staying h [...]	2009-06-16 17:08:00	Consulate Tijuana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MX
09TILISI1526	GEORGIA: NATIONAL FORUM - QUIETLY BECOMING A PLAYER [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-11 11:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TIRANA100	NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 16:17:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV
09TIRANA146	DEMILITARIZATION: GRADUAL PROGRESS BUT REMAINING [...] (C) Summary. On February 26-27, PM/WRA Senior Advisor Mark Adams visited Tirana to review progress on Albania's demilitarization efforts and to meet with Defense Minister Oketa. There has been recent positive progress, although several issues remain. To date, the Defense Minister has not sig [...]	2009-03-05 06:38:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV MASS PREL AL
09TIRANA160	SOCIALIST PARTY TO CALL FOR POSTPONEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary: As the June 28 Parliamentary elections approach, early polling gives the opposition Socialist Party (SP) a slight lead over the ruling Democratic Party. Nevertheless, the SP has serious concerns about the GOA's ability to issue voter ID cards to the voters who require them. Citi [...]	2009-03-12 08:08:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AL
09TIRANA180	GITMO DETAINEES IN ALBANIA POSE LIMITED THREAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The resettlement of Guantanamo detainees in Albania has proven to be a success, even though significant challenges remain. Nearly three years after their arrival in Albania, seven former detainees remain in Albania, with one having received asylum in Sweden. Of the seven, all ha [...]	2009-03-24 12:06:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO AL
09TIRANA2	ALBANIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS, SIX MONTHS OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The passage of the Electoral Code on December 29 cleared the last major legislative hurdle necessary for the 2009 parliamentary elections, which will take place at the end of June. With the Electoral Code out of the way, attention will increasingly focus on the election campaign [...]	2009-01-05 10:49:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL AL
09TIRANA205	GOA WELCOMES MORE U.S. PARTICIPATION IN UNHRC [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-02 13:14:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV AL
09TIRANA241	ALBANIA FULLY SUPPORTS U.S. IN UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 10:30:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL AL
09TIRANA244	NEW REVELATIONS IN GERDEC SCANDAL AND DISMISSAL OF [...] (C) Summary. A string of revelations and decisions this past week have put the Prosecutor General Ina Rama on the defensive and have incited PM Berisha to step up his public rhetoric against Rama. First, media has brought attention to the fact that 15 of the 28 accused in the Gerdec scandal ar [...]	2009-04-17 12:34:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR KJUS AL
09TIRANA247	ID CARD PROCESS IN A RACE AGAINST TIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 15 the GOA announced its latest plan to reduce fees for ID cards for needy Albanians, establishing a fee schedule that eliminates entirely or significantly reduces the ID card fees for practically all Albanian citizens currently receiving public assistance. In contras [...]	2009-04-17 14:46:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM AL
09TIRANA299	ID CARD UPDATE - CITY OF BERAT [...] (U) SUMMARY: An Embassy team on May 15 made a follow-up visit to the central Albanian city of Berat to check the ID card registration process and get an overall feel for local attitudes concerning the elections. In Berat, interlocutors told the Embassy that the decision to provide subsidized [...]	2009-05-18 13:02:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL AL
09TIRANA319	MP LISTS ARE OUT: DP PURGES PARTY AND SP BREAKS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 26, the Central Election Committee (CEC) approved candidate lists for the upcoming parliamentary elections for both the ruling Democratic Party (DP) and opposition Socialist Party (SP),but not without the usual amount of last-minute drama. The CEC initially rejected the [...]	2009-05-27 13:40:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AL
09TIRANA333	DEMARCHE ON CRITICAL UN ELECTION: U.S. CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-01 15:34:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA
09TIRANA334	DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO PARTICIPATION IN REGIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-01 15:36:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AL
09TIRANA335	DEMARCHE REQUEST: INVITING KOSOVO TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-01 15:37:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AL
09TIRANA336	Edi Rama and the SP: Spinning Their Wheels [...] (SBU) SUMMMARY: With 26 days to go until general elections, the opposition Socialist Party (SP) is stuck in neutral. Lagging behind the ruling Democratic Party (DP) in terms of money and organization, the SP, by its own admission, is consumed with hand-wringing over the ID card process and ot [...]	2009-06-03 09:43:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM AL
09TIRANA339	DP vs. SP - A Tale of Two Strategies [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the campaign period now officially open, the ruling Democratic Party (DP) and opposition Socialist Party have deployed widely differing campaign strategies in order to get to 71 seats - the bare number necessary to secure a majority in the 140 seat parliament. The DP has [...]	2009-06-04 14:41:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM AL
09TIRANA351	FROM CIVIL SOCIETY TO POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: As reported reftel, several prominent civil society actors are running for MP for the opposition Socialist Party (SP). In separate conversations with two of these activists, both bemoaned the partisan atmosphere, but also seemed to be enjoying their new roles immensely. Both ca [...]	2009-06-09 11:16:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL AL
09TIRANA352	LOOKING TO THE ENDGAME ON ID CARDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With nineteen days left until the elections, the ID card process has entered the home stretch. The Interior Ministry has set June 15 as the last day to apply for an ID card - after that date ID card centers will be open for distribution of cards only. With nearly 1.3 million I [...]	2009-06-10 11:26:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM AL
09TIRANA360	HOW TO STEAL AN ELECTION, ALBANIAN STYLE [...] (C) Summary: Although the conduct of Albanian elections has shown steady improvement over the years, ODIHR election assessments since 1996 read at times like a how-to guide for flawed and rigged elections. Allegations of vote buying, bribery of electoral commissioners, fraudulent voter IDs, v [...]	2009-06-12 15:29:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCRM PHUM PREL AL
09TIRANA375	PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION TOO CLOSE TO CALL [...] (SBU) With only nine days to go until the parliamentary elections, the race remains too close to call. Although the Democratic Party (DP) clearly has the advantage in terms of money and perception of strength, polls continue to show a near dead heat. A Zogby poll released on June 18 gives th [...]	2009-06-19 17:18:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM AL
09TIRANA411	GOA PLEASED WITH TIER 2 RANKING [...] (SBU) On June 15, Poloff delivered ref A talking points and information to Ilir Melo, Chief of the Americas Desk at the MFA, who was visibly pleased to learn that Albania had been lifted to Tier 2. He expressed his gratitude for this ranking and, recognizing past mistakes by the GOA in dealing [...]	2009-06-23 14:02:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KTIP PGOV PREL AL
09TIRANA448	ELECTION UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 3, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced preliminary election results, giving Sali Berisha's Democratic Party coalition a 71-65 lead over the Socialist Party coalition in terms of seats won. The SP immediately cried foul, saying the CEC has no right to discuss [...]	2009-07-06 14:37:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL AL
09TIRANA453	THE CENTER OF POWER ON THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT [...] (C) Although the outcome of the elections on June 28 are still uncertain and the next government lineup may not come into focus until September, certain leadership styles are likely to reign in the next government regardless of the outcome. And regardless of which party forms the next governm [...]	2009-07-08 07:03:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR AL
09TIRANA474	SUPREME COURT SETS ANOTHER TRAFFICKER FREE [...] (C) Summary: On May 28, notorious human trafficker Genci Hysa, who was found guilty of human trafficking, had his conviction reversed and was freed from prison by the Supreme Court. The high court claimed that he could not be charged in Albania for crimes he was already acquitted of in Italy, [...]	2009-07-14 12:59:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KTIP KCRM PGOV PREL AL IT
09TIRANA480	MEICO AND ARMS DEALS IN ALBANIA [...] (C) Summary. Due to its involvement in the Gerdec tragedy and revealed arms scandals, the image of Albania's Military Export-Import Company (MEICO) suffered a significant blow last year. As result, MEICO Director Granit Leka claims that arms sales from Albania have virtually dried up, although [...]	2009-07-15 14:46:00	Embassy Tirana	SECRET	PGOV PARM KCOR AL
09TIRANA511	INTERNAL SP RUMBLINGS ON EVE OF GATHERING [...] (C) Summary: On July 28, in anticipation of the Central Election Commission (CEC) announcing the results of the last three regions, Tirana, Fier, and Shokdra on July 27, the SP will convene to determine its next steps. Mayor of Tirana and SP Party Chairman Edi Rama told Ambassador that the SP [...]	2009-07-28 08:41:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL AL
09TIRANA518	DELIVERY AND RESPONSE TO ALBANIAN HIGH-LEVEL [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-31 15:37:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA AL
09TIRANA537	WHAT HAPPENED TO G-99? [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-05 15:42:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL AL
09TIRANA598	SEEKING ORAL STATEMENTS FOR ICJ ADVISORY OPINION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 14:35:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL PGOV AL
09TIRANA599	UNGA 64: ALBANIA'S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES [...] (C) On September 2, Poloff delivered reftel information to Saimir Repishti, Director of the UN Department at the MFA. Repishti thanked us for the information and said most of Albania's UNGA goals meshed with those of the U.S. He then provided us with a general overview of Albanian objectives f [...]	2009-09-03 14:50:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA PGOV AL
09TIRANA618	SP INSIDER: NO END IN SIGHT TO BOYCOTT; DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ben Blushi, Socialist Party MP and member of the SP's ruling body (and prominent critic of SP Chairman Edi Rama),told PolOff on September 11 that Edi Rama will try to sustain the SP's boycott of Parliament until PM Berisha agrees to negotiate with Rama over SP demands. In blast [...]	2009-09-11 13:12:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV PINS AL
09TIRANA633	POST VISITS NOTORIOUS BURREL PRISON AND NEWER KORCA [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloffs traveled to two high-security, remote prisons in Burrel and Korca recently and had unfettered access to prison grounds and to the prisoners themselves. Overall, prison conditions appear to have improved significantly in recent years. The Directorate of Prisons has made a [...]	2009-09-22 12:52:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN PREL AL
09TIRANA637	ALBANIA'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: As Albania's new Foreign Minister, Movement for Socialist Integration (LSI) Chairman Ilir Meta will likely contrast sharply both in style and substance with the former FM Lulzim Basha, who now serves as Minister of the Interior. Meta previously served as Prime Minister and FM, an [...]	2009-09-24 12:17:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR AL
09TIRANA686	BERISHA: FLIRTING WITH GREATER ALBANIA? [...] (C) Summary: A series of public comments by Prime Minister Sali Berisha since August about "uniting the Albanian nation" have caused concern throughout the region. While the government assured Post that it had no intention of seeking the territorial unity of Albania and Kosovo, an early Octobe [...]	2009-10-15 09:16:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KV AL
09TIRANA698	ALBANIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 15:02:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA
09TIRANA699	UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: RESULTS OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 15:03:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL PTER AL
09TIRANA7	EXPLOSION AT POLICAN HIGHLIGHTS UNRESOLVED [...] (C) Summary. On January 6, an employee of the Polican Mechanical Plant was killed when hit by the accidental explosion of a mortar fuse. Polican is one of two sites (along with the Mjekes Explosives Factory) designated for industrial demilitarization, planned to begin this month. U.S. contrac [...]	2009-01-08 10:26:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV MASS AL
09TIRANA701	ACTION REQUEST: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THIRD [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 15:30:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL AL
09TIRANA717	AMBASSADOR'S COMMENTS SPARK RUSH TO IMMUNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 23 speech at a Tirana conference on the subject of integrity, Ambassador Withers voiced strong support for Prime Minister Berisha's September vow "to demolish the wall of immunity," a reference by Berisha to his long-standing pledge to revoke the broad immunity [...]	2009-11-05 16:22:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM AL
09TIRANA719	Albanian Railways: Going Nowhere Slowly [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sali Berisha's recent statements on the need for a rail connection between Albania and Kosovo as well as Minister of Economy Dritan Prifti's comments to PolOff in support of the privatization of Albania's railroads seem to demonstrate a renewed interest in the coun [...]	2009-11-06 05:43:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL EINV AL
09TIRANA724	MORE STRIFE IN ISLAMIC COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary: The latest shakeup in the Albanian Islamic Community (AIC) has resulted in the removal of the AIC's deputy, in a decision that is widely-viewed as illegal and personal. The dismissal appears connected to the former deputy's criticism of the AIC Chairman, but some GOA officials a [...]	2009-11-09 14:41:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR KIRF AL
09TIRANA728	NEW GOVERNMENT INCREASES FOCUS ON DEMIL [...] (SBU) Summary. During his November 11-14 trip to Washington, Defense Minister Imami will share his government's recent impressive accomplishments in demilitarization. Prime Minister Berisha has accelerated the completion date for demilitarization from 2015 to 2013. Although likely unachievab [...]	2009-11-12 05:49:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MASS PREL AL
09TIRANA740	ALBANIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 15:41:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA AL
09TIRANA751	SP Rally Ends, But Party Vows More to Come [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After nearly 48 hours of fiery speeches, traffic congestion and booming music, the opposition Socialist Party's latest protest rally ended on Sunday afternoon. The rally concluded without incident, free of provocations or violence as some had feared. The demonstration was lar [...]	2009-11-23 16:47:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS PHUM KDEM AL
09TIRANA757	ALBANIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 10:04:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR AL
09TIRANA761	BERISHA TO SP: NO MORE MR. NICE GUY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Democratic Party MP close to PM Berisha told PolOff on November 24 that Berisha reacted very negatively to Socialist Party calls for early elections and was now determined to "respond in kind" to the SP's hard line. The MP told PolOff that the GOA would sponsor its own demonstr [...]	2009-11-25 18:36:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM KDEM AL
09TIRANA768	ALBANIA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 14:11:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UN PHUM UNGA AL
09TIRANA788	DOES ALBANIA NEED A NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL? [...] (SBU) Summary: Shortly after the March 2008 Gerdec tragedy, Prime Minister Sali Berisha announced his intention to create a National Security Council (NSC) to "coordinate the work of all agencies involved in security affairs." However, during the year and a half that followed, no action has b [...]	2009-12-11 13:40:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR PINS AL
09TIRANA790	GOA HAS REGAINED MOMENTUM ON TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: In two recent meetings with Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)officials, the GOA seems to have regained its momentum on anti-trafficking efforts. Both ministries outlined new initiatives and ideas and the MOI provided a report demonstrating that th [...]	2009-12-11 13:54:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN KTIP SOCI SMIG PREL ELAB AL
09TIRANA812	BERISHA VS. RAMA: NO END IN SIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After three weeks of increasingly sharp rhetoric and provocative actions, neither Prime Minister Berisha nor opposition Socialist Party (SP) Chairman Edi Rama appear willing to enter into dialogue with one another or to extend any kind of olive branch in an effort to end the curr [...]	2009-12-18 15:00:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM PHUM AL
09TOKYO1248	DPRK RESOLUTION: MOFA HIGHLIGHTS ARMS EMBARGO, [...] (C) MOFA UN Policy Division Director Naoto Hisajima requested a meeting with Poloff June 3 to convey Japan's position on a proposed UNSC resolution on the DPRK. Referring to a non-paper which he said has already been provided to the State Department in Washington and to the U.S. Mission in New [...]	2009-06-03 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JA KN

09TOKYO1301	CANADIAN DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER FONBERG'S TOKYO [...] (C) Canadian Deputy Minister of National Defense Robert Fonberg visited Tokyo from 1-3 June for talks with senior Japanese government officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Defense (MOD). Embassy of Canada Political Counselor Karen MacArthur told Poloff that Fon [...]	2009-06-10 06:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA

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