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06MINSK659	CSTO Castigates NATO And Its Neighbors [...] Summary: The Russian Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on June 20 gave a press conference in which he ridiculed NATO and opined that its military installations in Eastern European countries were part of a military agenda in Russia's backyard. He stated CST [...]	2006-06-21 12:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV BO

06MINSK669	POLL OF BELARUSIAN ELITES SHOWS SUPPORT FOR OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 9, Oleg Manaev, head of the de- registered IISEPS sociological research center, presented the results of additional post-election polling to the Ambassador. Throughout May, IISEPS polled 60 respondents, described as "laders and experts" inside and outside Belarus' gvernm [...]	2006-06-23 05:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK671	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - June 23, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. State Weekly Says Belarus Should Freeze Opposition U.S. Accounts On June 22, BelTA correspondent Viktor Lovgach wrote in the pro- governme [...]	2006-06-23 12:21:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD
06MINSK679	ACTIVIST SEEKS TO EXPAND ROLE OF WOMEN IN BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: In her new role as head of the Commission on Women in the United Civic Party (UCP),Women's Independent Democratic Movement (WIDM) chair Lyudmila Petina told DCM she is searching for ways to encourage women to become more politically active, including the possible creation of a w [...]	2006-06-27 12:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF KWMN SCUL BO
06MINSK680	MFA MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR-DRUMS UP GOB OUTCRY OVER [...] (C) Summary: On June 23, Head of the MFA's U.S. and Canada Desk Sergey Sergeyev formally relayed GOB irritation with the U.S. imposition of visa bans and financial sanctions against GOB officials. Ambassador reiterated the USG had long warned the GOB the U.S. would take such actions against GO [...]	2006-06-27 12:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK682	Media Focuses on Lukashenko and Putin at CSTO-EAEC Summit [...] SUMMARY: On June 23, the heads of state and foreign ministers of countries belonging to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC) met in Minsk for the organizations' tandem summits. Belarusian media coverage focused heavily on statements by [...]	2006-06-28 13:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EINV WTRO USTR BO
06MINSK683	GOB Mocks U.S. Financial Sanctions But Responds In Kind [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB has threatened to freeze the assets of President George Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in response to the financial sanctions imposed by the U.S. on President Lukashenko and nine other members of his regime. Affected Belarusian officials have denied the exis [...]	2006-06-29 11:11:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV BO
06MINSK689	State Dominates Banking Sector [...] Summary: Belarus has a poorly developed capital market, and the financial sector almost exclusively consists of banks. The joint stock exchange/currency exchange lists very few companies and is mostly engaged in currency exchange for the government. The banking sector is almost completely dom [...]	2006-06-30 12:31:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV KCOR BTIU PGOV AFIN BO
06MINSK690	BELARUS NAMES FOR ASSET FREEZE, TRANCHE 2 [...] (C) Post provides the following information to supplement that gathered by the Department in consideration of freezing the assets of certain Belarusian regime officials. This is the second cable in this series (reftel). Aleksandr Radkov ---------------- 2. (C) Radkov became Minister o [...]	2006-06-30 12:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM BO
06MINSK691	GOB APPEALS TO EU TO STOP "SPIRAL OF PRESSURE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Lithuanian Ambassador to Belarus gave U.S. Ambassador copies of three letters from Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Martynov to: Javier Solana, High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary General of the Council of the European Unio [...]	2006-06-30 13:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PREL PGOV ECON EINV WTRO USTR BO
06MINSK692	OPPOSITION LEADER OUTLINES MULTIPLE PROBLEMS IN [...] (C) Summary: During a June 26 meeting with Ambassador, pro-democracy Belarusian Party of Communist (BPC) head Aleksandr Kalyakin described the United Democratic Forces (UDF) plan of action outlining "concrete" measures to coordinate the activities of the UDF leaders and to mobilize activists. [...]	2006-06-30 13:27:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK694	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 7, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. On July 6, the trial of former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin began in Moskovsky District Court in Minsk. Kozulin supporters, journalists, and representatives i [...]	2006-07-10 05:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD
06MINSK701	LUKASHENKO PRAISES ECONOMY, SEEKS BETTER RELATIONS WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Aleksandr Lukashenko gave his Independence Day address on July 1 at the Palace of the Republic. He vowed that Belarusians would never forget the sacrifices their families made during WWII and thanked survivors for rebuilding Belarus into a strong nation. He then praised [...]	2006-07-10 06:40:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK707	IN-FIGHTING AND DISORGANIZATION STAGNATES UDF [...] (SBU) Summary: The internal power struggles and disorganization within the United Democratic Forces (UDF) are affecting the UDF's support among democratic-minded Belarusians and its ability to initiate a formable movement against Lukashenko. At least two clans have formed in the UDF and are b [...]	2006-07-10 13:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK719	BELARUS ON THE EVE OF THE G8 SUMMIT [...] (C) Many in the Belarusian opposition are hopeful G-7 leaders will raise Belarus at the G8 Summit in St. Petersburg in an effort to convince Russia to stop both its support for the repressive Lukashenko regime and its efforts to establish a union with Belarus that could extinguish defacto Belar [...]	2006-07-12 13:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO
06MINSK731	KOZULIN VERDICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 13, former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin was sentenced to five and a half years in a medium security prison on one charge of disturbing the peace and two counts of hooliganism. The six-day proceedings were at times chaotic and drew a heavy presence [...]	2006-07-14 13:37:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK737	Opposition Leader Assures Ambassador He's A Man of [...] (C) Summary: United Democratic Forces leader Aleksandr Milinkevich and his wife Inna Kulei provided a frank, yet optimistic assessment of the opposition coalition during the Ambassador's July 14 farewell meeting with them. Ambassador stressed that many in the opposition, especially the youth [...]	2006-07-17 13:37:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK738	Opposition Party Leader Arrested in Rally Near Russian [...] (SBU) On July 17, a Belarusian court sentenced United Civic Party (UCP) leader Anatoly Lebedko to 10 days in jail for "minor hooliganism" for attempting to participate in a July 16 protest near the Russian Embassy in Minsk. Authorities also charged activist Evgeny Askerko, whose trial followed [...]	2006-07-17 14:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK740	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 17, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------- Political Parties ----------------- 2. Pro-Lukashenko Communists Proclaim Merger with Opposition Communists On July 15, the leadership of the pro-Lukashenko Communist Party of Belarus (CPB) de [...]	2006-07-18 03:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO
06MINSK758	IISEPS Polling: Lukashenko Still Enjoys Popular Support [...] SUMMARY: On July 10, Director of the independent polling service IISEPS Oleg Manaev gave Ambassador the results of two opinion surveys conducted in June. Lukashenko maintains a high support rating, with 55 percent of those polled claiming they would vote for Lukashenko again should elections b [...]	2006-07-21 05:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK759	VICTIMIZED BELARUSIAN STUDENTS GET CHANCE TO STUDY [...] (C) Summary: Inna Kulei's Committee for the Defense of the Repressed (CDR) has successfully placed approximately 250 Belarusian students who have been victimized for their political activities in universities in neighboring countries. Discrepancies exist over precisely how many of these stud [...]	2006-07-21 05:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK763	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 21, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. --------- Elections --------- 2. United Opposition Forces Preparing for Early Local Elections On July 18, Belarusian Popular Front Deputy Chairman Viktor Ivashkevich announced that, despite the government's tentati [...]	2006-07-21 13:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO
06MINSK764	Pro-Lukashenko Communists Hijack Opposition Party [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 15, the pro-government Communist Party of Belarus (CPB) and the opposition Belarusian Party of Communists (BPC) held rival conferences regarding the CPB-proposed merger of Belarus' two communist parties. According to CPB Central Committee Secretary Georgy Atamanov, CPB's [...]	2006-07-21 14:36:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK77	Minsk Election Weekly VI (January 20-January 27) [...] (U) January 27 is the final day for presidential contenders to submit signatures. Each contender must submit a minimum of 100,000 signatures to the Central Election Committee. This is the sixth in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the Ma [...]	2006-01-30 14:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK784	BELARUSIAN SECURITY FORCES SEARCH APARTMENT OF [...] (C) The Latvian Embassy on July 25 released a press statement protesting the July 25 search of a Latvian diplomat's residence by Belarusian security forces. On July 26, Latvian DCM Juris Poikans confirmed with Pol/Econ Chief that at 3am on July 25 three "unidentified Belarusians in plain clo [...]	2006-07-27 08:50:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK785	POLICE BRIEFLY DETAINED OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) On July 26, two Polotsk traffic police officers stopped a vehicle carrying former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich, his wife Inna Kulei, press secretary Pavel Mazheiko, and Belarusian Popular Front deputy SIPDIS chairman Aleksey Yanukevich on their way to visit po [...]	2006-07-27 08:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK787	LUKASHENKO FINDS A NEW FRIEND IN HUGO CHAVEZ [...] Summary: On July 23-25, Lukashenko hosted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Minsk, marking the first official visit of a Latin American leader in Belarus' history. During the series of meetings and ceremonies, the leaders lauded each other's political and economic policies and occasionally [...]	2006-07-27 10:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD VE BO
06MINSK791	NGO Partnership Case Begins, Families and Observers [...] (SBU) On July 28, the criminal trial against four young people associated with the NGO Partnerstvo (Partnership) began in Minsk's Tsentralny district. Belarusian authorities accused Timofei SIPDIS Dranchuk, Aleksandr Shalaiko, Nikolai Astreiko, and Enira Bronitskaya of operating an illegal [...]	2006-07-28 12:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK794	PRESSURES ON LUKASHENKO: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) Summary: Although Lukashenko secured a third term in office through rigged March presidential elections, the regime is grappling with unprecedented political and economic pressure from the East and the West, and to a limited extent, from within. Belarusians interpret Gazprom's plans to q [...]	2006-07-31 13:09:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO
06MINSK795	OPPOSITION COALITION SET TO LAUNCH THREE-STEP [...] (C) Summary: Pol/Econ Chief and Poloff met with United Democratic Forces (UDF) Political Council member Viktor Ivashkevich to discuss the UDF's preparations for the tentatively scheduled 2007 municipal elections and the new executive body that was formed to implement the coalition's plan of ac [...]	2006-07-31 13:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK796	LATVIAN DIPLOMAT HAS RESIDENCE RAIDED, IS MALIGNED [...] (C) On July 30, Belarusian Television's (BT) analytical program "Center of Attention" - a program known for its anti-Western shows - broadcast an expose on the Latvian diplomat accused of distributing pornographic materials (reftel). The program targeted the Latvian diplomat for his sexual o [...]	2006-07-31 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK809	NO ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE FROM RUSSIAN PIPELINE [...] Belarusian and Russian press are reporting that on July 27 an oil leak occurred on the Unicha-Polotsk section of the Druzhba pipeline in the Russian region of Bryansk, which is near the Belarusian border. News reports indicate that the accident resulted from corrosion in the pipeline. Russi [...]	2006-08-01 13:31:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK819	US and European Heads of Mission Press for Access to NGO [...] (SBU) U.S. and EU embassies in Minsk have taken an assertive and coordinated approach to spotlighting the criminal trial against four young leaders of the prominent NGO Partnerstvo (Partnership). Belarusian authorities accused Timofei Dranchuk, Aleksandr Shalaiko, Nikolai Astreiko, and Enira B [...]	2006-08-02 14:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK839	NGO PARTNERSHIP LEADERS CONVICTED [...] (C) On August 4, Judge Leonid Yasinevich convicted four young leaders of the election monitoring NGO "Partnerstvo" (Partnership) for allegedly operating an illegal organization that "infringes on the rights of the Belarusian people" (reftel). In a courtroom open only to international observe [...]	2006-08-04 14:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	BO PGOV PHUM
06MINSK840	OPPOSITION LEADER VYACHORKA PRAISES USG EFFORTS, [...] (C) Summary: In their first meeting, Belarusian opposition leader Vyachorka asserted to Charge on August 2 that United Democratic Forces (UDF) members were united behind UDF leader Aleksandr Milinkevich and are recruiting and mobilizing a growing number of citizens frustrated with the regime. [...]	2006-08-04 14:43:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK847	LUKASHENKO CRITICIZES U.S. BUT SEEKS GREATER [...] (U) Summary: President Lukashenko, meeting with his Belarusian Ambassadors August 1, stated that increased U.S.-EU harassment was due to Belarus' increasing geopolitical importance and its role in forming a multi-polar world. The President claimed Belarus was ready for bilateral partnerships [...]	2006-08-09 04:51:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO
06MINSK848	OPPOSITION LEADER KALYAKIN OFFERS CANDID VIEW OF [...] (C) Summary: In their first meeting, Belarusian opposition leader Kalyakin asserted to Charge August 8 that the United Democratic Forces (UDF) is committed to spreading independent information, supporting democratic institution building, and protecting activists from GOB persecution. Kalyakin [...]	2006-08-09 07:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK857	CHARGE EXPRESSES CONCERN WITH LATVIAN DIPLOMAT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 12:33:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK860	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - AUGUST 11, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ------------------------- 2. Lukashenko Pushes for Stronger UN Role On August 1, President Lukashenko asserted that Belarus seeks to strengthen the role of the United [...]	2006-08-10 04:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO
06MINSK866	BOBRUISK OPPOSITION PREPARES FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: To gauge the strength of opposition forces ahead of upcoming municipal elections, Poloffs traveled to Bobruisk on July 20, as the southeastern city was preparing for Lukashenko's September annual harvest festival. Although marginalized and weakened, opposition political parties [...]	2006-08-10 13:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON BO
06MINSK876	MFA BAITS AND SWITCHES ON COORDINATED U.S.-EU [...] (C) Summary: On August 11, Charge delivered the coordinated U.S.-EU demarche to MFA Counselor on the U.S. and Canada Desk Pavel Pustovoy regarding the imprisonment of former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin and four leaders of the independent election monitoring NGO "Partn [...]	2006-08-11 15:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK881	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 14, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Parliament Leader Receives Iranian Delegation On August 9, Chairman of the Belarusian House of Representatives Vladimir Konoplev receive [...]	2006-08-14 13:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK887	KOZULIN'S PARTY PREPARES FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Senior Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Gramada" (BSDP) members corroborated reports that the health of imprisoned BSDP leader and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin is degenerating, but insisted the BSDP has no plans to replace Kozulin as party leader. They cha [...]	2006-08-17 06:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK890	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - AUGUST 11, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ------------------------- 2. Lukashenko Pushes for Stronger UN Role On August 1, President Lukashenko asserted that Belarus seeks to strengthen the role of the United [...]	2006-08-17 06:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO
06MINSK893	GOB - "AVIAN INFLUENZA NOT BEHIND 100,000 POULTRY [...] (U) Summary: Approximately 100,000 chickens have died in two separate accidents at Belarusian poultry farms since July 14. The GOB stressed that human error was at fault and maintained that AI was not detected. Health officials reiterated that the deaths were unfortunate accidents, but ass [...]	2006-08-17 07:41:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK9	Media Mistaken: Partnership Will Observe Elections [...] (C) Summary: On January 4, Emboffs met with civil initiative Partnership director Nikolai Astreiko to inquire about press reports that Partnership would not be monitoring the March presidential elections. Astreiko stated that Partnership plans to observe the entire electoral process, and proc [...]	2006-01-05 14:05:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK903	MINSK AUTHORITIES LIQUIDATE KALYAKIN'S OPPOSITION [...] (U) Summary: On August 17, authorities liquidated the Minsk chapter of the Belarusian Party of Communists for alleged violations of "registration protocol" in 1999. The closure of the Minsk chapter would result in the de facto liquidation of the party -- headed by senior united opposition lea [...]	2006-08-18 13:29:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK904	BUILDING THE CASE FOR DEMOCRACY: MONITORING NEEDED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. Summary ------- 2. (C) On August 17, the Belarusian Central Election Committee confirmed that the municipal elections will be held on January 14, 2007. The democratic opposition believes, and we agree that these elections are the [...]	2006-08-18 13:41:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE BO
06MINSK911	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 18, 2006 [...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Lukashenko Stipulates Eurasian Customs Union (para. 2) - Belarus and Ukraine Discuss Cooperation (para. 3) - Lukashenko Greets Indian, South Korea [...]	2006-08-21 13:36:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK938	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - AUGUST 28, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Lawmaker Calls Union State Act 99 Percent Ready (para. 2) - CSTO Consultations on Military Training (para. 3) LOCAL ELECTIONS --------------- - Op [...]	2006-08-28 11:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK939	"INDEPENDENT" MP CLAIMS TO PROMOTE GRADUAL CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: On August 23, "independent" Belarusian MP Abramova met unofficially with Pol/Econ Chief to encourage the USG to bolster support for independent media. According to Abramova, only economic reform and greater press freedoms, not radical change, are palatable to the Belarusian people [...]	2006-08-28 12:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM BO
06MINSK94	GOB Ready to Cooperate to Fight Money [...] (U) In a surprisingly cooperative meeting between Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) and members of the State Control Committee (SCC),the GOB was responsive to Post's request for information on GOB practices to combat money laundering and terrorism finance. On January 5, 2005, DCM met with Direct [...]	2006-01-31 14:31:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM PGOV BO
06MINSK95	EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - January 31, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. GOB Deems Defamatory Documentary "Not Discriminatory" On January 14, the Prosecutor General's Office ruled the controversial documentary about gypsies in Belarus that aired [...]	2006-02-01 05:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK951	MILINKEVICH, BACK IN BELARUS, TOUTS SOLIDARITY AND [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Charge on August 29, United Democratic Forces (UDF) leader Milinkevich argued that the opposition remains united and said he would be publicly involved in the run up to the local elections. He and his wife spoke of their efforts to create solidarity among Belaru [...]	2006-08-31 13:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK963	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 5, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS LOCAL ELECTIONS --------------- - Opposition Council Discusses Local Coalitions (para. 2) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Milinkevich Visits France, Opposes Union State (para. 3) - Police Seize Prot [...]	2006-09-05 10:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK964	CHARGE'S PRESS CONFERENCE ELICITS INTEREST OF [...] (U) On August 31, Charge hosted a press conference with members of the Belarusian independent media and local representatives of various international media outlets. After delivering a brief opening statement, Charge and journalists engaged in a spirited hour-long question-and-answer session [...]	2006-09-05 12:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK965	EMBASSY HOSTS VICTIMS AND FAMILIES OF KOZULIN AND [...] (SBU) On September 1, Charge and A/DCM hosted a reception for family members of imprisoned former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, recently released Partnership NGO activists Aleksandr Shalaiko and Enire Bronitskaya and their families, and the family members of still impri [...]	2006-09-05 12:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK975	BREST OPPOSITION PUSHES ON DESPITE GOB PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: An August 22-23 visit by Poloffs to the Western border city of Brest received heavy attention from state security services. Local activists, already under siege by the regime, kept their commitments to meet with Poloffs despite the threat of even further scrutiny from the BKGB. [...]	2006-09-11 12:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK976	PRO-REGIME NEO-NAZIS INTIMIDATE INDEPENDENT MEDIA, [...] (C) Summary: Following March's stolen presidential elections, the pro-government, pan-Russian, neo-Nazi group "Russian National Unity" (RNE) appears to have undertaken a campaign of intimidation against Belarus' independent media and opposition political parties. This campaign apparently incl [...]	2006-09-11 13:01:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK978	REGIONAL OPPOSITION PARTIES COALESCE FOR LOCAL [...] (C) In preparation for Belarus' upcoming municipal elections, the regional chapters of parties within the opposition United Democratic Forces (UDF) coalition continue to sign cooperation agreements with their Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Gramada" (BSDP) counterparts. Despite enthusias [...]	2006-09-11 13:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK981	LUKASHENKO RECEIVES IRANIAN FM, ANNOUNCES VISIT TO TEHRAN [...] (SBU) President Aleksandr Lukashenko on September 7 urged Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki to use his two-day visit to Minsk to dramatically bolster bilateral economic cooperation and accepted the Iranian president's invitation to visit Tehran. In a separate meeting with Belarusian [...]	2006-09-12 11:20:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD BO
06MINSK994	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 8, [...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS LOCAL ELECTIONS --------------- - Opposition Party Forms Bloc For Independence (para. 2) - Opposition Coalition Secretariat In Operation (para. 3) - Brest Opposition Questions Council Members (pa [...]	2006-09-12 11:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MONTEVIDEO10	URUGUAY PASSES UNION PROTECTION LAW [...] (U) Summary. On December 22, Congress passed a law on the ""promotion and protection"" of unions. The heated six-month debate clearly aligned the ruling FA coalition with union interests on one side and business organizations and the opposition on the other. The law bans discrimination agai [...]	2006-01-05 16:34:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EINV PGOV UY
06MONTEVIDEO1012	VAZQUEZ' HONEYMOON IS OVER [...] (C) Summary: President Vazquez' approval rating dipped below fifty percent for the first time according to an October poll. When he was sworn in eighteen months ago, his approval rating stood at sixty-nine percent. The anti-climax surrounding a possible Free Trade Agreement (reftel),a worsen [...]	2006-10-25 18:47:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI ELAB MARR UY
06MONTEVIDEO11	ECON MINISTER OPENLY PROMOTES AN FTA WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Economy and Finance Minister Danilo Astori's openly advocated negotiating Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with the US and China this year, according to a recently published interview. He also said that Uruguay's left had matured and that it realized that investment meant jobs, and [...]	2006-01-05 16:47:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV UY
06MONTEVIDEO1143	UY MOVES TO PREVENT DAMAGE FROM PROTESTS [...] (U) Summary: November 29, President Vazquez ordered the Uruguayan military to create a protective ring around the controversial Botnia paper mill in order to prevent possible acts of sabotage. The GOU also filed a complaint against Argentina with the International Court of Justice demanding a [...]	2006-12-01 10:36:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI UY
06MONTEVIDEO149	DISPUTE OVER PULP MILLS DEEPENS [...] (C) Summary: The pulp mill dispute between Argentina and Uruguay (reftel) has only intensified in the past month, and the dispute, which until recently had been a provincial issue for Argentina, has become a national cause in Uruguay for which vital interests are at stake. Uruguay contends tha [...]	2006-02-13 19:08:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV SOCI EAGR AR UY
06MONTEVIDEO175	UNIONS SHOW THEIR MUSCLE THROUGH RASH OF PLANT [...] Summary: Ever since it took office in March 2005, the Frente Amplio administration has engineered a shift in labor relations in favor of workers, starting with the derogation of a decree enabling police to intervene in plant occupations and culminating with the recent passage of the Union Pro [...]	2006-02-22 09:48:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EINV PGOV UY
06MONTEVIDEO199	REQUEST FOR URUGUAY TO CONDEMN AL-AKSARIYA SHRINE [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 13:01:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ UY
06MONTEVIDEO207	URUGUAY CANNOT BACK DOWN ON PAPERMILL CONSTRUCTION [...] (C) The GOU has roundly rejected President Kirchner's March 1 public offer (ref A) to seek a solution to the papermill dispute by halting construction for 90 days while environmentalists conduct a study. Vice President Nin Novoa did not help matters by characterizing Kirchner's ""plea"" as imperti [...]	2006-03-02 17:32:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KSUM UY
06MONTEVIDEO229	VAZQUEZ SAYS HE WANTS A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with President Tabare Vazquez at the Embassy's request on March 7 to advise the President on his upcoming meeting with the Secretary on March 11 at the margins of Michelle Bachelet's inauguration ceremony in Santiago, Chile. Vazquez explicitly stated that he wanted a F [...]	2006-03-07 16:09:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD PINR KCRM AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO230	THE VAZQUEZ ADMINISTRATION AT THE ONE-YEAR MARK [...] (C) Summary: The Frente Amplio (FA) Government completed its first year in power on March 1 with more achievements than setbacks. In typical fashion, little fanfare marked the day as President Vazquez had sent his state-of-the-union report to Congress a week earlier. It is clear that his adr [...]	2006-03-07 19:06:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD SOCI ELAB PINR UY
06MONTEVIDEO254	MERCOSUR - LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT? URUGUAY'S QUANDARY [...] (C) Summary: The GOU's perception of Mercosur has undergone an extraordinary change over the past year, going from wide-eyed enthusiasm to deep disillusion to even questioning the wisdom of full membership. After initial declarations prioritizing the ""deepening of Mercosur"", the GOU experi [...]	2006-03-14 11:47:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PINR AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO268	PULP MILLS: VAZQUEZ' TRIP EXPOSES HARSH REALITIES [...] (C) Summary: President Tabare Vazquez returned empty-handed from an erratic eight-day tour of regional countries designed to drum up support for Uruguay's position in the serious paper mill dispute with Argentina (ref A). From our point of view, the trip was a disaster, especially his confusi [...]	2006-03-20 18:34:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI EINV ECON AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO306	VAZQUEZ SENDS STRONG SIGNAL ON FREE TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Industry and Energy Jorge Lepra invited me to a private one-on-one meeting in order to transmit an urgent message from President Vazquez. Lepra relayed that Vazquez has not wavered in his commitment to a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the U.S. and that he still expec [...]	2006-03-29 20:44:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD OVIP UY
06MONTEVIDEO38	FTA COMMENTS IGNITE INTERNAL/EXTERNAL DEBATES [...] (C) Summary: Economy Minister Astori's open advocacy of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US (ref A) last week has drawn sharp reactions at home and abroad because a ""leftist"" Mercosur government has publicly said it wants to talk with us about free trade. Domestically, there's been the [...]	2006-01-12 18:38:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EINV UY
06MONTEVIDEO4	MILL DISPUTE TROUBLES RELATIONS WITH ARGENTINA [...] (SBU) Summary: The dispute over Uruguay's planned construction of cellulose (wood pulp) processing mills on a shared river has led to strained relations with Argentina. After a World Bank report cleared European investors to begin construction, Argentine environmental groups attempted to bloc [...]	2006-01-03 18:10:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EINV SENV AR UY
06MONTEVIDEO415	SCENESETTER AMBASSADOR MAISTO'S VISIT TO URUGUAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Uruguay on May 18 comes on the heels of a very successful May 4 meeting between Uruguayan President Vazquez and President Bush in Washington. Uruguay is important to U.S. interests as an example of temperate, long-standing democracy in a region that has largely lu [...]	2006-05-10 17:24:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL AORC PGOV SOCI UY
06MONTEVIDEO46	URUGUAY'S PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SYSTEM IN CRISIS [...] (U) Minister of the Economy, Daniel Astori recently stated that Uruguay must decentralize and strengthen its system of higher education or risk a faltering economy. Post analysis concurs with Astori's assessment. Statistics show that the vast majority of university-age students will never ac [...]	2006-01-13 18:09:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI EINV ELAB UY
06MONTEVIDEO473	URUGUAY STILL DITHERING ON PSI [...] (C) Per instructions reftel, we have at various opportunities urged the GOU to endorse the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Interdiction Principles and encouraged it to attend the Senior Level Political meeting in Poland, in June. Embassy understands that the embassies of [...]	2006-05-26 17:53:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP UY
06MONTEVIDEO490	URUGUAY: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. STATEMENT ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 21:11:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR UY
06MONTEVIDEO616	URUGUAY'S FTA AT CROSSROADS WHILE VENEZUELA JOINS [...] (C) Summary: President Vazquez is caught between wanting a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with us and Brazil's open opposition to it. On June 23, Brazil's visiting Foreign Minister explicitly warned the Uruguayans that an FTA with us would be damaging to Mercosur and Uruguay. On June 26, GOU and [...]	2006-07-05 18:03:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON PGOV AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO640	HAGUE RULING ON PULP MILLS FAVORABLE TO URUGUAY [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 16:03:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SENV SOCI KLIG EINV AR UY
06MONTEVIDEO746	USTR VISIT PROMPTS PRESIDENT VAZQUEZ TO OPENLY [...] (C) Summary: The recent visit by Assistant United States Trade Representative for the Americas Everett Eissenstat and USTR's Senior Director for Brazil and the Southern Cone, Sue Cronin, sparked an intense internal debate over the future direction of Uruguay's trade relationships and pitted o [...]	2006-08-14 19:07:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ECON PGOV AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO774	PRESIDENT VAZQUEZ MOVES FORWARD ON US TRADE AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: Since the August 7-10 visit of senior USTR officials to Uruguay (reftel),President Vazquez has been assiduously preparing his domestic constituency for deeper trade ties with the United States. He has publicly stated that the feasibility of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) could be [...]	2006-08-22 20:21:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PGOV ECON AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO907	ENCE PULLS MILL PLANS IN URUGUAY; BLOCKADE RETURNS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Spanish company ENCE informed the GOU that it will relocate its planned paper mill, but we suspect that the mill may never be built. Reports also indicate that Argentine protesters renewed last season's blockade of bridges into Uruguay and called on the remaining paper mill [...]	2006-09-25 19:42:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV SOCI ECIN ETRD AR UY
06MONTEVIDEO963	DICTATORSHIP'S WOUNDS STILL FELT IN URUGUAY [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Uruguay's ongoing debate over the teaching of history and a recent public shouting match between the sons of important actors during Uruguay's dictatorship both illustrate the importance of that period to modern politics and policy in Uruguay. The complex history of [...]	2006-10-11 13:37:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI ELAB UY
06MONTREAL1205	CANADA'S LIBERAL LEADERSHIP RACE: DION EMERGES AS [...] (C/NF) Former Environment Minister Stephane Dion emerged the surprise winner of the Liberal Leadership convention, held in Montreal from November 30-December 2, coming from fourth place to beat frontrunner Michael Ignatieff, 2521 to 2084 delegate votes. Ignatieff, though an eloquent and passi [...]	2006-12-04 21:38:00	Consulate Montreal	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR EINV CA
06MONTREAL676	MONTREAL REACTIONS TO THE TORONTO ARRESTS [...] (C) Montreal has a diverse population, receiving 88% of the province's immigrants. According to the 2004-05 report from the Quebec Ministry of Immigration and Cultural Communities, 27.6% of the Island of Montreal's residents are foreign-born. The greater-Montreal area has an estimated Musl [...]	2006-06-16 18:56:00	Consulate Montreal	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CPAS CVIS CA
06MOSCOW10013	RUSSIAN FEDERATION COUNCIL CHAIRMAN ON US, [...] (C) Summary: In advance of his trip to the US to commemorate 9/11, Russian Federation Council Chairman Sergey Mironov previewed with the Ambassador a fall legislative effort to amend the Law on Extremism. Mironov said the reaction to the announced merger of leftist political parties was en [...]	2006-09-10 08:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV RS
06MOSCOW10227	BREAKFAST WITH ROGOZIN: TALES OF A KREMLIN PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: As the political season commences, the rise and fall of former Rodina Party Chairman Dmitry Rogozin is a cautionary tale for other politicians seeking poster-boy status in Kremlin electoral projects and a timely reminder of the ability of the Presidential Administration to int [...]	2006-09-13 15:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RS
06MOSCOW10289	RUSSIAN PUBLIC'S VIEWS ON POLICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: An overwhelming majority of the Russian public believes that human rights abuse by police is widespread according to recent polling data. The police, on the contrary, believe they are unfairly maligned, but recognize problems within the MVD. These and other findings presented on Se [...]	2006-09-14 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW10324	RUSSIAN COMMUNISTS PROTEST MILITARY COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Russia's Communist Party (KPRF) followed through September 14 on its promise to demonstrate against military cooperation with NATO and the U.S., including the now-postponed Torgau '06 exercise (reftel). According to media reports, demonstrations took place in Moscow, Saratov, Omsk, Yar [...]	2006-09-15 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV RS
06MOSCOW10370	ORTHODOX CLASSES NOW MANDATORY IN SOME RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Public schools in the Bryansk, Kaluga, Smolensk, and Belgorod regions have incorporated a mandatory Orthodox culture course into their curriculums. Eleven other regions are offering the subject as an elective. Supporters say the move is needed to counter the spiritual vacuum left [...]	2006-09-18 07:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW10438	RUSSIA AND KOSOVO: THE POLITICS OF DELAY [...] (C) Summary: Russia will seek to delay the conclusion of the Kosovo status process beyond year's end, arguing that a negotiated settlement will be more enduring than one forced on Serbia. The GOR does not like UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's draft status recommendations and might balk at agre [...]	2006-09-19 12:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM UNMIK SR YI RS
06MOSCOW10439	RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY ON IRAN, FROZEN [...] (C) Summary: In a September 18 meeting, Russian Security Council Secretary Ivanov briefed on his September meetings in Spain with Iranian Security Council Secretary Larijani, UNSYG Annan, and former President Gonzales; raised concerns over mixed messages to Iran; and reiterated Russia's willi [...]	2006-09-19 12:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETTC PARM IR RS
06MOSCOW105	WIDENING PROBLEMS FOR RUSSIAN POLICY IN THE NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY. The North Caucasus is a crucible in which the weakness of the Russian state and its ambivalence about how to overcome that weakness are compounded. In part thanks to its failed policy there, the challenge for Russia in the North Caucasus has changed over the last ten years. Jus [...]	2006-01-11 15:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM EAID PREL RS
06MOSCOW10502	THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN MOSCOW, PART ONE [...] (C) SUMMARY. This is part one of a two-part series on the typical experiences of immigrants in Moscow. The current cable describes the experiences of a partly disabled Chechen male who has lived on and off in Moscow for the past 20 years. The second cable relates the experiences of a Kazakh f [...]	2006-09-20 12:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW10605	KREMLIN UNHAPPINESS CAUSES MOSCOW'S "DOMASHNIY" [...] (C) Ekho Moskvy Editor-in-Chief Aleksey Venediktov confirmed to Embassy September 19 that a newly-minted television program hosted by him and telejournalist Svetlana Sorokina had been pulled from the air following a September 10 episode that the authorities had apparently found too controversi [...]	2006-09-21 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS

06MOSCOW10607	RUSSIA PREEMPTS SAAKASHVILI UNGA SPEECH: UNOMIG [...] (C) Summary: Convoking the Friends of Georgia on September 21, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin expressed concern over the deteriorating status of Georgian-Abkhazian relations, passed draft language on an UNOMIG resolution that condemns -- sharply and at length -- GOG operations in t [...]	2006-09-21 16:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
06MOSCOW10620	RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ANATOLIY CHUBAYS [...] (C) Summary: In a September 19 meeting with the Ambassador, UES CEO Chubays was very upbeat about UES reform and the liberalization of electricity prices. He confidently predicted that strategic investors and IPOs in London and Moscow would raise the investment UES needs to meet its five y [...]	2006-09-22 08:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	AF ECON ENRG IAEA KNNP PGOV RS
06MOSCOW10665	THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN MOSCOW, PART TWO [...] (C) SUMMARY. This is part two of a two-part series on the typical experiences of immigrants in Moscow. The first cable described the experiences of a partly disabled Chechen male who has lived on and off in Moscow for the past 20 years. The current cable relates the experiences of a Kazakh fem [...]	2006-09-22 13:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW10689	RUSSIA: PUBLIC CHAMBER MEMBER ON PRESS FREEDOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pavel Gusev, owner and editor-in-chief of Moskovsky Komsomolets (MK) and member of the Public Chamber, described a "media vertical" of direct government ownership and indirect corporate persuasion that has left the majority of Russians with a limited range of viewpoints and most o [...]	2006-09-22 13:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM RS
06MOSCOW10692	ODIHR DIRECTOR STROHAL'S VISIT: OSCE "REFORM" AND [...] (C) Summary: During a September 19 meeting with OSCE Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Director Strohal, DFM Grushko emphasized once again Russia's desire for OSCE "reform." However, ODIHR's harshest critic had much softened his tone, according to Strohal, while sti [...]	2006-09-22 15:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE RS
06MOSCOW10704	HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN LUKIN ON NGO [...] (C) In a September 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin endorsed moving forward on the proposed U.S.-Russian roundtable on democracy and human rights, and said he was prepared to discuss modalities when in Washington October 10-12. Lukin offered to intercede on [...]	2006-09-25 09:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW1083	RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER BORIS NEMTSOV REJOINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Boris Nemtsov, erstwhile co-leader of the Union of Right Forces (SPS),will head an SPS committee charged with forging a permanent alliance among democratic opposition forces. News of the appointment came January 28, just a day before GOR officials charged Nemtsov's former busi [...]	2006-02-03 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PINR RS
06MOSCOW10842	GOR ENFORCES NGO REGISTRATION DEADLINE [...] (C) Russian Federal Registration Service officials have clarified that foreign NGOs that have not been re-registered by October 18 will have to stop their external activities, but will be able to continue "internal operations." NGOs are hurrying to submit their paperwork, but according to reg [...]	2006-09-27 05:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID PREF KDEM PREL RS
06MOSCOW10861	RUSSIA'S "DEMOCRATS" IN DISARRAY [...] (C) Summary: Russia's "democrats" remain in near-terminal disarray. Personality disputes, disagreements over accommodating with the Kremlin, differences over the viability of political activity, and difficulties in political party registration undercut efforts aimed at uniting in advance o [...]	2006-09-27 11:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RS
06MOSCOW1088	RCFS DIRECTOR CONVICTED, PUT ON PROBATION [...] (SBU) A Russian court on February 3 convicted Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS) Executive Director Stanislav Dmitriyevskiy of inciting national hatred, as had been widely expected. The Nizhniy Novgorod court gave Dmitriyevskiy a two-year suspended sentence and placed him on probation [...]	2006-02-03 13:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PREF RS
06MOSCOW10982	RUSSIA SUPPORTS ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF SUDAN PANEL [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-28 14:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC SU RS
06MOSCOW10985	AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 27 MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) In a September 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Russian Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin gave few details on debt relief for Afghanistan, but noted he hoped to conclude a bilateral agreement by February 2007. On Iraq, Kudrin said resolving the Qurna-2 license issue was important but not a [...]	2006-09-28 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW10990	NATO SOFA RATIFICATION: VERDICT STILL OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Foreign Ministry, the Russian Government is completing its review of the NATO Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) -- which was signed last year -- and expects to send it to the Duma "within weeks." The MFA assured us that all GOR entities, including the Ministry o [...]	2006-09-29 07:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV RS
06MOSCOW11002	RUSSIA: CENTER-REGIONAL RELATIONS UNDER STRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Federal-local relations in Russia are under increasing stress due to the implementation of the Local Self-Government Law of 2003. This law cuts the flow of tax dollars to regional and local government in order to spur the localities to become entrepreneurial in developing their [...]	2006-09-29 11:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW11024	INITIAL REACTION TO 2006 IRF REPORT [...] (U) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesman Mikhail Kaminin told reporters that the 2006 International Religious Freedom Report amounted to a repetition of groundless claims that there are restrictions on religious freedom in Russia. He said that U.S. officials had repeatedly ignored GOR explan [...]	2006-09-29 14:00:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW11137	UNITED RUSSIA SEEKS MAJORITY IN OCTOBER 8 [...] (C) A September 28 - 29 visit to Chuvashiya in the run-up to the October 8 State Council elections found: -- five of the Republic's twenty-two parties on the ballot, with a sixth --the Party of Pensioners-- denied registration, and joining the Party of Life in supporting Rodina's quest to cr [...]	2006-10-04 12:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW11172	UNITED RUSSIA IGNORES THE PARTY OF LIFE IN LIPETSK [...] (SBU) Lipetsk oblast and city are tightly controlled by United Russia Governor Oleg Korolyev. Oblast regional elections will be held on October 8 and it is widely believed in Lipetsk that YR will win a decisive majority. While the Communist Party (KPRF) continues to have loyal followers, it ap [...]	2006-10-04 15:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW11241	YOUR MOSCOW VISIT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA [...] (C) We welcome your visit to Moscow as a chance to engage the GOR face-to-face on sensitive regional issues and begin to chip away at Moscow's misconceptions about U.S. intentions in the region. It is a commonplace assumption that Moscow's policies in Central and South Asia are fueled by a [...]	2006-10-06 07:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG PTER SNAR RS
06MOSCOW11252	RUSSIA: DAS KRAMER MEETINGS ON NGOS AND HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer reinforced US concerns over NGO re-registration and encouraged Human Rights Ombudsman Lukin to finalize details of an "unofficial" human rights/democracy dialogue. Both Lukin and Public Chamber member Nikonov acknowledged bureaucratic difficulties and endo [...]	2006-10-06 07:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV RS
06MOSCOW11266	KREMLIN HUMAN RIGHTS CHAIRWOMAN PROMISES NO [...] (C) Chairwoman of the Presidential Administration Council for Civil Society and Human Rights Ella Pamfilova emphatically assured Ambassador October 5 that "nothing would happen" to curtail the activities of NGOs not re-registered by the October 18 deadline. Pamfilova's office was monitoring t [...]	2006-10-06 11:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW11275	RUSSIA: NGO REGISTRATION UPDATE; DEADLINE [...] (C) Summary: In an October 5 conversation with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Yakovenko, the Ambassador urged the GOR to extend an October 18 deadline for the re-registration of foreign NGOs and underscored the damage that would result from a suspension in their external programs. Yakovenko [...]	2006-10-06 14:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL RS
06MOSCOW11276	UNITED RUSSIA AIMS TO WIN BY A WIDE MARGIN IN TUVA [...] (SBU) Embassy visited the Republic of Tuva October 1-5, in advance of the October 8 regional election. Tuva is tightly controlled by Regional Head Sherig-Ool Oorzhak, who became a member of United Russia (YR) eight months ago, and it is widely believed that YR will win a decisive majority, wit [...]	2006-10-06 14:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL SOCI RS
06MOSCOW11279	THE OCTOBER 8 REGIONAL ELECTIONS AS A PROVING [...] (C) The October 8 elections are being viewed by commentators here as a rehearsal for the 2007 State Duma elections (which some see as a rehearsal for the 2008 presidential contest). Viewed from that vantage point, the contests, in nine regions and republics of Russia, should offer the Kremlin [...]	2006-10-06 15:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL SOCI RS
06MOSCOW11310	MANAGED DEMOCRACY IN ACTION: ASTRAKHAN REGIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In advance of October 8 regional elections, we visited Astrakhan Oblast and found: -- The Kremlin-backed United Russia party in the lead and expecting to gain a majority in the regional Duma; -- A popular United Russia governor who touts his ability to use his contacts in th [...]	2006-10-06 16:31:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM RS
06MOSCOW11313	RUSSIA: DEMARCHE ON MURDER OF POLITKOVSKAYA [...] (C) In an October 9 conversation with First Deputy Foreign Minister Denisov, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche, underscoring deep U.S. concern over the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, referring also to Department and White House public statements, and stressing the need for a [...]	2006-10-09 10:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW11316	POLITKOVSKAYAâ€™S DEATH SENDS SHOCK WAVES THROUGH [...] (C) The October 7 murder of internationally-known investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya has sent shock waves through Moscow. A public demonstration has been held, the co-owner of Novaya Gazeta, the newspaper where Politkovksaya had worked since 1999, is offering a 25 million ruble reward for [...]	2006-10-09 11:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL RS
06MOSCOW11388	ELECTION LAW REQUIREMENTS FOR PROSPECTIVE DUMA [...] (U) This message reviews the electoral procedures in place for participating in the 2007 elections to the Duma. There have been no amendments to the electoral law since the Duma eliminated the "against all candidates" ballot option before the summer break. In order to be elected a Duma Deputy, [...]	2006-10-11 13:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM RS
06MOSCOW11413	REGIONAL ELECTION RESULTS: UNITED RUSSIA WINS AS [...] (SBU) As expected, the Kremlin's United Russia received a plurality or majority of votes cast in the elections for nine regional legislatures on October 8. Other key findings: -- the experiment with managed, two-party democracy seems to have succeeded from the perspective of the Presidential [...]	2006-10-11 14:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW11489	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: BACKLASH AGAINST THE BACKLASH? [...] (C) Summary: The Public Chamber has condemned bureaucratic moves that have targeted ethnic Georgians, but few elected officials have followed suit. Deportations have temporarily slowed, but arrests of Georgians who are accused of not having legal status in Russia continue. There is anecdo [...]	2006-10-12 14:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG RS
06MOSCOW11490	PUTIN REACTS TO POLITKOVSKAYA ASSASSINATION [...] (C) President Putin, three days after the murder of outspoken investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, issued his definitive public statement that everything would be done to find the killers and bring them to trial. Russia's Prosecutor General, in fact, has already assumed charge of the [...]	2006-10-12 16:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL RS
06MOSCOW11539	RUSSIA-GEORGIA UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Arrests and deportations of Georgians accused of violating immigrations laws continue, but no new measures have been enacted against Georgia or against ethnic Georgians living in Russia. No reliable numbers are available for the number of Georgians found not to have legal stat [...]	2006-10-13 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF GG RS
06MOSCOW11540	RUSSIAN-CHECHEN FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY ORDERED CLOSED [...] (U) A Nizhniy Novgorod court on October 13 ordered the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS) to be closed. According to press reports, the court found that the organization violated the NGO law. Specifically, it ruled that RCFS had allowed its Executive Director Stanislav Dmitrievskiy to [...]	2006-10-13 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL RS
06MOSCOW11631	RODINA: SATISFIED BUT SUING [...] (SBU) Rodina had a poor showing in the October 8 regional elections; it crossed the 7 percent threshold for representation in only one region: Astrakhan. Nevertheless, Deputy Chair of Rodina's Executive Committee Maksim Puchkov in an October 12 conversation found cause for optimism in the vo [...]	2006-10-17 14:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW11632	YABLOKO AT A LOSS AFTER OCTOBER 8 ELECTIONS [...] (C) In an October 11 meeting, Yabloko Deputy Chairman Sergey Mitrokhin and Political Department Head Galina Mikhaleva said the party is facing an existential crisis following the poor results of the October 8 elections, where the party polled in the two percent range. Mitrokhin charged red ta [...]	2006-10-17 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL RS
06MOSCOW11637	NGO RE-REGISTRATION STATE-OF-PLAY AS OF OCTOBER 17 [...] (U) With the October 18 NGO re-registration deadline looming, the Federal Registration Service reports that: -- 80 NGOs have been re-registered, 42 of them U.S. NGOs; -- 70 re-registration applications are pending; -- only three NGOs have to date been denied re-registration. One of them, a T [...]	2006-10-17 14:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL PREF RS
06MOSCOW11652	PSYCHIATRY ABUSED FOR COMMERCIAL ENDS [...] (C) Anecdotal evidence suggests that psychiatry is increasingly being used as a tool, especially in more "sophisticated" urban areas like Moscow, in the resolution of family squabbles or business disputes. The interpretation of a 2001 law on legal expertise activities allegedly has been used [...]	2006-10-18 10:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW11689	DEADLINE FOR FOREIGN NGO RE-REGISTRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Federal Registration Service officials suggested October 18 that they expect all foreign NGOs that have applied for re-registration to be approved as the deadline for applications passed. According to the latest FRS statistics, 91 NGOs have been re-registered, and 79 others hav [...]	2006-10-18 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM EAID RS
06MOSCOW11695	ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Central Electoral Commission (CEC) Chairman Aleksandr Veshnyakov reviewed the October 8 regional elections, recent developments in electoral technology, prospects for the 2007 regional and national (Duma) elections, and possible further amendments to the election law in a meeting with Embas [...]	2006-10-19 06:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW1171	RUSSIA COMFORTABLE WITH STATUS QUO IN BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: The MFA's official stance on Belarus seems to have shifted from resigned noninterference to passive support for Lukashenko and the status quo. However, Russian activists and leaders of the Belarusian opposition based in Moscow have not given up hope that determined resistance wi [...]	2006-02-08 08:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR BO RS
06MOSCOW11773	A/S BOUCHER HEARS RUSSIAN WORRIES ABOUT AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: During October 9 consultations in Moscow, A/S Boucher outlined U.S. intentions in Central Asia, stressed steps we were taking to address terrorism and narcotics trafficking in Afghanistan, and reviewed U.S. nuclear policies in South Asia. Foreign Ministry officials and the Rus [...]	2006-10-19 15:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR ENRG XD ZK RS
06MOSCOW11831	NGO RE-REGISTRATION UPDATE: NDI, IRI APPROVED [...] (U) The Federal Registration Service (FRS) informed NDI and IRI on October 20 that they had been re-registered. IRI has already been added to the list of approved organizations on the FRS website. Both were told to pick up their documents on October 23. Amid heightened international and Ru [...]	2006-10-20 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM PREF RS
06MOSCOW11834	HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN GIVEN ADDITIONAL POWERS [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 16, President Putin signed into law amendments to the Federal Constitutional Law on the Human Rights Commission, which considerably broaden the Human Rights Ombudsman Office's powers. The new legislation gives the Ombudsman the right to propose parliamentary probes in [...]	2006-10-20 15:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL RS
06MOSCOW11890	OCTOBER 23 NGO RE-REGISTRATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) We continue to receive positive reports on the re-registration of foreign NGOs. Of the 29 NGOs that USAID is tracking, another three have been registered by the Federal Registration Service (FRS) since October 20, bringing the total re-registered to eleven. Of the remaining eighteen, s [...]	2006-10-23 14:12:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM PREF RS
06MOSCOW11938	INVITATION ACCEPTED: THE NEW DELHI NOVEMBER 18-19 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-25 05:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG ETRD EAGR KPWR EAID BEXP PGOV RS
06MOSCOW11987	EUR A/S FRIED MEETS RUSSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: In his October 21 meeting with EUR A/S Fried, Russia's Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin urged presidential endorsement of the unofficial human rights dialogue initiative organized by his office and the Moscow Carnegie Center, against a backdrop of public disenchantment wit [...]	2006-10-25 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW11989	IN ANNUAL Q&A, PUTIN EXCLUDES THIRD TERM, WORRIES [...] (SBU) On October 25, President Putin hosted his annual "direct line to the President," during which he answered questions from Russia's regions and from Russian speakers abroad (Sevastopol, Ukraine). This year's "direct line" lasted 2 hours and 54 minutes, outstripping last year's by one minu [...]	2006-10-25 14:16:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR RS
06MOSCOW11994	A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH U.S. NGOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives of four U.S-based NGOs told EUR A/S Fried that they were trying to keep a low profile in light of the NGO law, approaching elections, and increasing GOR assertiveness, especially statist, in key economic sectors. Although NGOs were under increasing scrutiny and [...]	2006-10-26 07:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EINV KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12000	DRAFT MOSCOW LEGISLATION MAY LIMIT "RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Moscow City Duma is considering a quality-of-life bill which, if adopted in its present form, would allow authorities to fine those engaged in many forms of street solicitation, including "religious agitation." Some religious organizations here worry that if passed as curren [...]	2006-10-26 11:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL RS
06MOSCOW12029	PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S GOVERNMENT: [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche October 25 to MFA Middle East and North Africa Department Senior Counselor Vladimir Baibakov. Baibakov provided the following points: -- the GOR was aware of the concern over the SARG's attempt to undermine the Siniora government; -- Russia sees Siniora a [...]	2006-10-27 05:49:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS RS
06MOSCOW12035	OLMERT VISIT: AUSPICIOUS START [...] (C) Summary. Israeli PM Ehud Olmert's first working visit to Moscow as prime minister coincided with the 15th anniversary of Israel-Russia renewed diplomatic ties. The issues discussed in Olmert's three meetings--with President Putin, FM Lavrov and Defense Minister Ivanov--included the Middl [...]	2006-10-27 10:45:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR IS RS
06MOSCOW12042	FORMER RUSSIAN PM KASYANOV: OPPOSITION WOES, [...] (C) In a recent one-on-one lunch with Ambassador, a confident ex-prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov cited reasons to be optimistic about his presidential prospects: -- the business community's alleged latent support for his economic reform agenda; -- the weakness of current contenders Medve [...]	2006-10-27 11:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI RS
06MOSCOW1212	PUBLIC CHAMBER HEAD VELIKHOV DESCRIBES EFFORTS TO [...] SUMMARY. In a February 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Public Chamber Secretary Yevgeniy Velikhov expressed hope that the Chamber could positively influence the implementing regulations for the controversial NGO legislation. He dismissed recent spying accusations against NGOs as nonsense. He [...]	2006-02-08 12:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW12139	GOR DOWNPLAYS PROSPECT OF VIOLENCE IN BISHKEK [...] (C) In an October 31 meeting, Maksim Peshkov, Director, First CIS Department (Central Asia),attributed Kyrgyzstan's current turmoil to the failure of the Bakiyev-Kulov "tandem" to achieve political and economic stability. He said that Bakiyev, representing the South, and Kulov, the North, co [...]	2006-10-31 14:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KG RS
06MOSCOW12143	NINETEEN PARTIES REGISTERED FOR 2007 ELECTIONS; [...] (C) The Federal Registration Service (FRS) has completed its inspection of the 35 political parties that filed for re-registration according to the new, more stringent requirements of the amended electoral law. A FRS representative at an October 26 press conference reported that sixteen of th [...]	2006-11-01 07:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW12159	CHECHEN PRESIDENCY: KADYROV SAYS HE HAS PUTIN'S [...] (C) Ramzan Kadyrov said privately that Putin has told him he will name Kadyrov President of Chechnya before the end of the year. Dagestani Duma Member Gadzhi Makhachev (protect) told us November 1 that Kadyrov revealed this to him in a conversation at Kadyrov's Bayram ('Id al-Fitr) party in G [...]	2006-11-01 11:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR RS
06MOSCOW12168	RUSSIA: LEFT-OF-CENTER PARTY MERGER FINALIZED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 28, the new Spravedlivaya Rossiya ("A Just Russia") party was formally established in a merger of the Russian Party of Life, Rodina, and the Party of Pensioners. The leader of the new party is Federation Council Chairman and Russia Party of Life Chairman Sergey Miron [...]	2006-11-01 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KDEM PGOV RS
06MOSCOW1219	DANISH CARICATURE CONTROVERSY PRODUCES FALLOUT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 6, Chechnya's controversial Acting Prime Minister, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced that Danish NGOs would be banned in his republic because of the insult to Muslims caused by the caricatures in a Danish newspaper. GOR officials distanced themselves from Kadyrov's position, [...]	2006-02-08 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW12232	PROPOSED ECONOMIC SANCTIONS BILL LIKELY TO PASS [...] (U) On October 27, United Russia Duma Deputies submitted a bill that would empower the Russian President to impose economic sanctions against any country, legal entity, or person in the event of an "emergency situation." The bill is still in its early stages. While there are differing views [...]	2006-11-02 14:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON RS
06MOSCOW12265	OWNER VOWS TO PUSH FOR VIGOROUS INVESTIGATION OF [...] (C) A resolute Marat Gelman told us October 31 that he intended to use his remaining official contacts to energize a languishing criminal investigation of the October 21 attack on his Moscow Gelman Art Gallery. Law enforcement officials had "done nothing" since ten men smashed twenty paintings [...]	2006-11-03 04:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM SCUL RS
06MOSCOW12310	MORE NGOS RE-REGISTERED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The re-registration of foreign NGOs is continuing apace, with 148 approved by the backlogged Federal Registration Service. A majority of U.S. NGOs known to the Embassy are re-registered, with Human Rights Watch expecting approval any day. In the North Caucasus, the FRS and tax [...]	2006-11-03 16:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PREF EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12311	RUSSIA: NATIONALISTS TO MARCH ON NOVEMBER 4 [...] SUMMARY: On Russia Unity Day, November 4, a large nationalist "Russia March" is planned for several Russian cities, including Moscow. Russia March is being organized by the Movement Against Illegal Immigration (DPNI) and is supported by several other nationalist and fascist groups, and by som [...]	2006-11-03 16:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR PINS RS
06MOSCOW12369	RUSSIAN NATIONALIST MARCH FIZZLES [...] (SBU) Decisive action by the Moscow city authorities and waning enthusiasm for the enterprise produced smaller-then-predicted attendance at the March 4 nationalist "Russian march." In the end, fewer then three thousand Muscovites participated on Saturday, a fraction of the number of police an [...]	2006-11-08 16:18:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW12371	MOSCOW'S REACTION TO BISHKEK VIOLENCE: "ANOTHER [...] (C) The GOR has reacted cautiously to events in Bishkek. After the news of the November 7 violence reached Moscow, DFM Denisov told the Ambassador that the GOR was keeping a close watch on the situation and urging calm. Director of the MFA's First CIS Department (Central Asia) Maksim Peshkov t [...]	2006-11-08 16:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KG RS
06MOSCOW12448	BRYANSK: CASE STUDY OF A REGIONAL PARTY OF POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: Once a keystone of post-Soviet Communist control, the political scene in Bryansk region is now dominated by United Russia (YR). YR has attracted the youth, business, and elite vote - votes that used to be divided between the Communist Party and liberal parties like the Union of [...]	2006-11-15 09:34:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW12457	RUSSIA'S DEFENSE MINISTER RAISES PUBLIC PROFILE [...] (C) SUMMARY; Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov has made himself more available to the media and the general public in recent weeks. Although he is careful to limit his remarks to issues within his core portfolio, an "interactive interview" in a prominent newspaper las [...]	2006-11-15 15:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MCAP PREL RS
06MOSCOW12471	NGO REGISTRATION UPDATE: NOVEMBER 16 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Federal Registration Service (FRS) has now re-registered 159 foreign NGOs, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. We understand FRS has rejected five NGOs, although none appear to be U.S. organizations. The authorities have disseminated draft guidelines [...]	2006-11-16 14:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV PREF EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12498	FURTHER ELECTORAL LAW CHANGES: MORE LEVERS OF [...] (SBU) Summary. A draft electoral law, which passed its third and final Duma reading on November 17, contains vague provisions which could be used to increase levers of central control over the electoral process. The draft would allow the exclusion of candidates who run negative TV ad campaign [...]	2006-11-17 14:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12549	A/S FRIED'S NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH DFM TITOV ON [...] (C) Summary: In a November 15 meeting with DFM Titov, A/S Fried made clear that the U.S. intended to move forward on Kosovo quickly after UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari presented the sides with his proposal after the Serbian parliamentary elections. He stressed that putting off the status decis [...]	2006-11-21 11:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI RS
06MOSCOW12557	UNITED RUSSIA STUMBLES ON REGIONAL LEGISLATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: United Russia is far from united on the direct election of mayors. United Russia Duma members introduced legislation to eliminate the direct election of mayors, in what may have been a misguided attempt to implement Putin's call to transfer more authority to the regions. Predict [...]	2006-11-21 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KDEM PGOV RS
06MOSCOW12595	PRESIDENT PUTIN, DEFMIN IVANOV ADDRESS RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Putin and Defense Minister Ivanov candidly acknowledged many of the military's internal problems during a 16 November senior commanders conference in Moscow. The two leaders promised various remedies ranging from higher salaries and better treatment for soldiers to steep increas [...]	2006-11-22 15:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PREL PGOV PHUM RS
06MOSCOW12600	RUSSIA'S RELATIONS WITH BELARUS [...] (C) Summary. Another Putin-Lukashenko meeting has come and gone with few evident results. It occurred against a widespread perception here that Putin would like to rein in Lukashenko as part of Russia's growing assertiveness. Unresolved problems, most notably those related to energy, plague [...]	2006-11-24 10:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BO RS
06MOSCOW12609	BELGOROD: UNITED RUSSIA, THE GOVERNOR, AND THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Major local business owners, who are United Russia regional deputies, in conjunction with the Russian Orthodox Church, dominate all spheres of activity in Belgorod Oblast, which Embassy visited recently. Governor Savchenko is a strong leader who combines a flair for populist s [...]	2006-11-24 11:31:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12628	RUSSIA KEEPS UP THE PACE IN MIDDLE EAST DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary: Following the assassination of Lebanese Minister Gemayel, Russia has become increasingly concerned about political violence in Lebanon, but is unwilling to press Damascus on its role. The MFA preferred to offer legalistic arguments about whether there was compelling proof of S [...]	2006-11-27 08:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS SY LE IZ RS
06MOSCOW12630	CENTRAL ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER REVIEWS TRIP TO [...] (C) Central Electoral Commission Chairman Aleksandr Veshnyakov described to Ambassador November 21 his reaction to State Duma-adopted amendments to the existing electoral law (reftel). Veshnyakov's key judgments: -- elimination of the minimum threshold for voter turnout in Russia was premat [...]	2006-11-27 09:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM RS
06MOSCOW12631	VOLGOGRAD: INTERESTED IN INCREASED ACADEMIC AND [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. Propriety Information. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During Ambassador Burns' November 16-17 trip to Volgograd, government, business and civil society representatives emphasized their desire to see stronger academic and business coopera [...]	2006-11-27 09:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV EAGR SOCR PINR RS
06MOSCOW12637	DUTCH NGO REFUSED RE-REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) The Federal Registration Service refused the NGO Stichting Russia Justice Initiative (RJI) last week, citing technical problems with its application. The technical reasons included questions about RJI Executive Director Ole Solvang's authority to represent RJI during the process and in [...]	2006-11-27 13:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12643	DEMARCHE ON DEPORTATION OF UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKER [...] (C) We met November 22 with MFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Cooperation Department Deputy Director Mikhail Lebedev and his staff to discuss the deportation of Rustam Muminov to Uzbekistan and to underline U.S. concerns about deportation of other asylum seekers to Uzbekistan given Tashkent' [...]	2006-11-27 14:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF UZ RS
06MOSCOW12666	RUSSIA'S APPROACH TO POST-ORANGE UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary: Russia has reinvigorated its engagement with Ukraine, focusing on practical cooperation. Last month's Fradkov-Yanukovich meeting, which yielded a gas deal, set the stage for the December 23 Putin-Yushchenko Summit. Russian attitudes, however, still seem to lack an appreciation [...]	2006-11-28 16:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
06MOSCOW12708	COMMUNIST PARTY: NOT DEAD YET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Most observers describe the Communist Party (KPRF) as a party on life-support sustained by nostalgic pensioners. The cliche has it that as party stalwart's die off, so too will the KPRF. This assessment, however, ignores a relatively constant level of support, despite the dem [...]	2006-11-30 12:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12709	A GUIDE TO RUSSIAN POLITICAL YOUTH GROUPS: PART 1 [...] (C) SUMMARY. This is part one of a two-part message describing Russian political youth groups. This cable contains a summary of the major political youth movements in Russia. Russian political youth groups can be broadly divided into two categories: grassroots organizations driven by idealis [...]	2006-11-30 13:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW12711	CIS SUMMITS: GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS? [...] (C) Summary: After a series of low-impact/low-turnout meetings, CIS Heads of State gathered again in Minsk on November 28. The meeting -- billed as a "working" summit -- will be followed by another, more formal gathering in Astana in December to commemorate the CIS's fifteenth anniversary. [...]	2006-11-30 13:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINR BY RS
06MOSCOW12717	RUSSIAN YOUTH POLITICS, OR LACK THEREOF: PART 2 OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. This is the second part of a two-part message describing Russian political youth groups. Russia's youth is overwhelmingly apolitical, and youth groups in general have very little impact on political life in Russia. The small bit of political life that does exist is restricted to t [...]	2006-11-30 17:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RS
06MOSCOW12750	RUSSIA: SOME "DEMOCRATS" UNITE, LARGER DIVISIONS [...] (C) Poor performances in the October 8 regional elections notwithstanding, the democratic, western-leaning political parties and movements --Yabloko, SPS, Other Russia, the Republican Party of Russia-- show few signs of being willing to join forces to contest the March 2007 regional elections [...]	2006-12-01 14:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW12751	LITVINENKO ASSASSINATION: REACTION IN MOSCOW [...] (C) The November 23 death by radiation poisoning of former FSB agent Aleksandr Litvinenko in London has spawned a welter of conspiracy theories in Russia. The media have variously traced Litvinenko's demise to XXXXXXXXXXXX, suicide, Putin's Kremlin, Putin himself, those determined to undermine Put [...]	2006-12-01 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW12764	RUSSIANS STILL CYNICAL ABOUT NATIONAL PRIORITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-04 03:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN PGOV PREL RS POL
06MOSCOW12784	FOREIGN NGO RE-REGISTRATION NEARING ITS END [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Federal Registration Service (FRS) has re-registered 176 foreign NGOs as of December 1, with another 15 still under consideration, and it is nearing the end of this process. Of the 29 NGOs tracked by USAID, 21 have been re-registered, and eight are awaiting decisions from [...]	2006-12-04 16:30:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12819	KOSOVO: RUSSIAN POSITION ON UNSC VETO HARDENING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In late-November meetings in Moscow, Kosovo Prime Minister Ceku failed to get assurances that Russia would not use its veto when the Security Council takes up the status issue early next year. Russian officials have signaled that they might ultimately deploy a veto to block a UN [...]	2006-12-07 07:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEV UNMIK SR YI RS
06MOSCOW12851	METROPOLITAN KIRILL SEES POPE BENEDICT AS MORE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-08 13:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW12856	COMMUNIST PARTY DEPUTY CHAIRMAN LOOKS TO HIS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a December 6 meeting with EUR/RUS Director Mary Warlick, Communist Party (KPRF) Deputy Chairman Ivan Melnikov offered reactions to current domestic political events that confirmed his rumored social democratic leanings, and that suggested he was positioning himself to replace [...]	2006-12-08 15:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12857	UNITED RUSSIA APPROVES PARTY PLATFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: United Russia (YR) approved its party platform and action plan for the next ten years at its convention in Yekaterinburg on December 2. Party luminaries followed a tight script, staked United Russia's claim to the political center with a populist tilt, and rallied its members for [...]	2006-12-08 15:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDCM RS
06MOSCOW12878	GAYDAR'S WEEKEND INTERVIEWS LEAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT [...] (C) A December 6 Financial Times article and two TV interviews with ex-Prime Minister Gaydar broadcast the weekend of December 8 have shed little light on Gaydar's alleged poisoning November 22 in Dublin. Although Gaydar's Moscow doctors have been unable or unwilling to state that Gaydar had [...]	2006-12-12 08:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12900	CHITA: CONDEMNED LAND SEEKS FUTURE AS GATEWAY TO [...] (C) Summary. Squeezed between China and the rest of Siberia and challenged with an oppressively harsh climate, Chita Oblast has historically served as a place of exile and remains one of Russia's poorest regions. The break-up of the Soviet Union led to the collapse of the region's livestock [...]	2006-12-13 06:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PINR KN RS
06MOSCOW12901	"A JUST RUSSIA": DIFFICULT BEGINNING, UNCERTAIN [...] (C) Spravedlivaya Rossiya (SR) (&A Just Russia8),often referred to as the &second8 Kremlin party, has been officially registered. The party has moved to constitute itself at the federal and local levels, by combining elements of its constituent parties --Rodina, the Russian Party of Life, an [...]	2006-12-13 11:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW12916	KASPAROV'S UNITED CIVIC FRONT OFFICES SEARCHED BY [...] (C) On December 13, United Civic Front Chairman Garry Kasparov confirmed press accounts that police had searched his organization's offices the afternoon of December 12. Kasparov told us he thought that "intimidation" was the purpose of the search, which the police for their part described to [...]	2006-12-13 16:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW12917	DFM YAKOVENKO: "DISAPPOINTMENT" OVER US RAISING OF [...] (C) On December 13, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Yakovenko called the Ambassador to register "concern and disappointment" over U.S. efforts in the Security Council to raise the plight of Belarusian opposition leader Aleksandr Kozulin, despite Belarus not being on the UNSC agenda [...]	2006-12-13 16:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC RS BO
06MOSCOW12942	RUSSIAN DUMA DEFENSE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN TOUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Viktor Zavarzin, Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee, gave his annual briefing to Moscow's military attache corps December 12. During the 90-minute presentation, Zavarzin summarized his committee's legislative activities -- weapons modernization and improvements in s [...]	2006-12-15 13:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MCAP PREL SOCI PGOV RS
06MOSCOW12981	THREE DEMONSTRATIONS AND A CONVENTION [...] (C) Political groupings of all stripes made their presence known in Moscow over the December 16-17 weekend: -- "Other Russia" staged its "March of the Discontented." About 2,500 participants from a hodgepodge of groups, united only by their opposition to the current government and rejection [...]	2006-12-19 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW12986	RUSSIA/LEBANON: PM SINIORA'S VISIT [...] (C) PRIME MINISTER SINIORA CAME AWAY SATISFIED WITH HIS DECEMBER 14-16 VISIT TO MOSCOW; THE ATMOSPHERICS WERE EXCELLENT ACCORDING TO LEBANESE AMBASSADOR ASSEM JABER'S READOUT TO THE CHARGE. BESIDES PUTIN, SINIORA MET WITH SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY IGOR IVANOV, EX-FOREIGN MINISTER PRIMAKOV A [...]	2006-12-19 17:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID IR LE RS
06MOSCOW13001	PATRUSHEV'S NEST OF DANISH SPIES [...] (SBU) FSB Director Nikolai Patrushev alleged that foreign intelligence services were increasingly using NGOs and press bureaus as cover in his annual year-end review December 19. Speaking on the eve of the day in honor of the security services, Patrushev singled out the Danish Refugee Counci [...]	2006-12-20 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF RS
06MOSCOW13005	RUSSIA'S 2007 BUDGET: A QUICK OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) Despite considerable chatter to the contrary, Russia's 2007 Federal Budget (signed into law December 20 by President Putin) continues to reflect substantial fiscal restraint, with expenditures set to rise by just 1.5 percent of GDP and the primary surplus targeted at 5.3 percent of GDP. [...]	2006-12-20 15:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV RS

06MOSCOW13012	Novosibirsk: United Russia Stronghold With High [...] (SBU) United Russia's (YR) dominance in Russia's regions is evident in Novosibirsk, where YR holds the governorship, has an absolute majority in the regional parliament, does not view the emergence of the second Kremlin party "A Just Russia" as a threat, and dismisses the influence of "democra [...]	2006-12-21 08:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD RS
06MOSCOW13025	MOSCOW REACTION TO TURKMENBASHI'S DEATH [...] (C) Summary. The Russian government reacted cautiously to Turkmenbashi's death and will send the Prime Minister and Head of the Presidential Administration to his funeral. Unofficial reactions encompassed the full range of speculations about succession, and stability in Turkmenistan. Some a [...]	2006-12-21 15:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TX RS
06MOSCOW13071	NIZHNIY NOVGOROD: VERTICAL CONTROL INSUFFICIENT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With President Putin's appointment of Governor Valeriy Shantsev in August 2005, a United Russia political elite with strong business interests now firmly controls Nizhniy Novgorod and its region. The establishment of the regional branch of the second Kremlin-sponsored party, " [...]	2006-12-22 11:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW13073	GERMAN FM STEINMEIER'S MOSCOW VISIT: MIDDLE EAST, [...] (C) SUMMARY: GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER FRANK-WALTER PAGE 02 RUEHMOA3073 C O N F I D E N T I A L STEINMEIER MET WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN, FIRST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER MEDVEDEV, AND FM LAVROV IN MOSCOW ON DECEMBER 21. ACCORDING TO A READOUT FROM GERMAN AMBASSADOR WALTER SCHMIDT, WHO PARTICIPAT [...]	2006-12-22 13:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR LE GE RS
06MOSCOW13092	NGO RE-REGISTRATION UPDATE: BACK TO WORK IN THE [...] (SBU) The Federal Registration Service (FRS) has re-registered 192 foreign NGOs as of December 22, including all of those providing aid in the North Caucasus. According to UN sources, the re-registration of International Rescue Committee (IRC) and World Vision, along with the French NGO Acti [...]	2006-12-26 15:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM EAID KDEM PGOV RS
06MOSCOW13098	MIDDLE EAST: MFA ON LEBANON, SYRIA AND IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: President Putin sought to lower tensions between Lebanon and Syria during back-to-back mid-December visits by PM Siniora and President Asad, according to the Russian MFA, and had urged that a solution to Lebanon's ongoing political crisis be found through negotiations and not i [...]	2006-12-26 16:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE SY IZ RS
06MOSCOW13136	ZHIRINOVSKIY,S LDPR LOOKS TO THE 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) December marks the 17th anniversary of the establishment of the Liberal Democrat Party of Russia (LDPR). LDPR's lack of any discernible platform is compensated for by the indomitable LDPR Chairman Vladimir Zhirinovskiy, whose instinct for the outrageous continues to resonate with a sig [...]	2006-12-28 15:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI RS
06MOSCOW13137	POST-NIYAZOV TURKMENISTAN: VIEWS FROM MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary. While the GOR has officially downplayed its concern about the status of existing energy contracts with Turkmenistan following Niyazov's death, observers here consistently report that gas supplies and Turkmenistan's continuing neutrality are Moscow's foremost concerns as the succe [...]	2006-12-28 15:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON TX RS
06MOSCOW13168	ALTAI KRAI: PICKETS AND PLURALISM [...] (SBU) Summary: While Altai Krai is one of the most economically depressed regions in Russia, it has an unusually high level of civic activity and political pluralism and is home to outspoken liberal Republican Party Head Vladimir Ryzhkov. United Russia dominates, but the Communists, Agrarians, [...]	2006-12-29 09:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW1322	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO KAZAN: FEDERALISM, ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's February 6-7 visit to Tatarstan featured themes of federalism, economic opportunity for U.S. firms, and Islam. Republic President Shaymiyev, in a lengthy tour d'horizon, noted that he was taking initiatives not encouraged by Moscow, including diversifying the ec [...]	2006-02-10 15:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL ETRD PINR RS
06MOSCOW1323	RUSSIAN DFM SALTANOV ON INVITATION TO HAMAS [...] (C) On February 10 Ambassador Burns called on DFM Saltanov seeking clarification of Putin's invitation to Hamas leadership to visit Moscow. Ambassador said the announcement of an invitation to Hamas had come as an unwelcome surprise to Washington (and other Quartet capitals). It was very im [...]	2006-02-10 15:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER RS
06MOSCOW1388	FSB OPERATION IN STAVROPOL DISTRICT: ANOTHER [...] (U) Press February 13-14 reported an FSB operation against an "extremist Islamist" cell in the town of Tukuy-Mekteb, in Russia's Stavropol Kray. Tukuy-Mekteb lies along a regional road about 15 km west of the Dagestani Border and 45 km north of the border with Chechnya. Initial reports said t [...]	2006-02-14 09:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PINR PGOV RS
06MOSCOW1431	RUSSIA MOVING SLOWLY ON DIVERSITY CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-14 13:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD SCUL UNESCO RS
06MOSCOW1433	MOSCOW DEFERS TO GRULAC CONSENSUS ON NEXT UNSC REP [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-14 14:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNSC GT VE RS
06MOSCOW1435	GEORGIA-RUSSIA: EXPECT SHARP RUSSIAN REACTION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the absence of DFM Karasin from Moscow, A/DCM spoke with MFA 4th CIS Department Director Andrey Kelin to emphasize the efforts the USG has been making to moderate Georgian parliamentary action on CIS peacekeepers in South Ossetia (per ref e-mail request). Kelin took careful no [...]	2006-02-14 15:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG
06MOSCOW1445	SPRING STATE DUMA SESSION OFF TO SLOW START [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The spring semester of the Russian State Duma, which began on January 11 and will run through mid-June, got off to a slow start. Deputies are burdened with almost 600 draft laws, with 52 designated as priority bills focusing on water and forestry regulation, transportation safe [...]	2006-02-15 12:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR EFIN ENRG ETRD PREL PHUM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW152	ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACK ON CHABAD SYNAGOGUE IN MOSCOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On the evening of January 11, a 20-year-old man broke into a Lubavitch synagogue in Moscow during prayer services and injured eight men, including an AmCit. None of the victims has life-threatening injuries, but some are reportedly in serious but stable condition. The Foreign [...]	2006-01-12 16:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RS SOCI
06MOSCOW18	NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR GRAHAM'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. NSC Senior Director Thomas Graham met December 21 with Modest Kolerov, who was named several months ago to run a new Kremlin directorate dealing with Russia's ties to its neighbors. Kolerov rejected the notion that the U.S. and Russia should engage in a dialogue on Russia's nei [...]	2006-01-09 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW1840	RUSSIAN DFM SALTANOV ON HAMAS VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (C) On February 27 the Ambassador called on Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov to discuss the upcoming Hamas visit to Moscow and to underline the importance of coordination. Saltanov confirmed that the Hamas delegation, headed by Khalid Meshal and composed of Hamas outsiders, is set [...]	2006-02-27 16:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW1974	RUSSIA'S RODINA CONTENDS WITH KREMLIN PRESSURE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Rodina Party has embarked on a campaign to polish its image, softening (but not completely eliminating) its harsh criticism of minority migrants, while focusing on economic opportunity and social justice as the primary avenues for "transforming nationalism into patriotism." [...]	2006-03-01 08:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI PINR RS
06MOSCOW2020	PRESSING RUSSIANS ON HAMAS VISIT [...] (C) Ambassador spoke separately to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Saltanov and Middle East Envoy Kalugin the evening of February 28, and again on March 1, to stress the importance of sticking firmly to Quartet principles during the Hamas visit to Moscow March 3. Ambassador made clear that [...]	2006-03-01 15:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW2070	SOUTH OSSETIA: DEALING WITH A DYSFUNCTIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Moscow's approach to Georgia is driven by frustration with Tbilisi's defiant attitude to Russian interests, reflected in its pursuit of NATO membership, its championing of anti-Russian alliances in the neighborhood, its strategy of trying to compensate for Georgia's weakness in [...]	2006-03-02 14:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS GG
06MOSCOW2132	NGO LEGISLATION: LOOKING AHEAD TOWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: A bit over a month before Russia's new NGO legislation goes into effect, most independent NGO activists are concerned about its implementation but retain a wait-and-see attitude. In recent weeks, the government has initiated investigations against some independent NGOs, but it h [...]	2006-03-03 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW2212	MOSCOW REACTS TO HAMAS VISIT [...] Summary: While the MFA was able to point to few concrete results from Foreign Minister Lavrov's March 3 meeting with a Hamas delegation, we were told March 6 by the MFA Middle East Peace Process desk that the Moscow-Hamas channel was likely to remain open. In Moscow's estimation, Hamas Polit [...]	2006-03-06 14:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW2327	NORTH CAUCASUS MUSLIMS: INDEPENDENT VOICE? [...] (C) Summary: The election of Magomed-Khadzhi Albogachiyev as leader of the Coordinating Center of Muslims of the North Caucasus marks a clear step to distance the Moscow-based Center -- and by extension the Muslim clerics in the region, whom it purports to represent -- from the clan-based lead [...]	2006-03-10 11:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RS
06MOSCOW2446	NO SURPRISES IN RUSSIA'S "SUPER SUNDAY" REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In regional legislative elections in eight of Russia's regions on March 12, the pro-Kremlin United Russia party appears to have scored a clear victory. Four political parties ran in all eight elections, while Rodina and some smaller parties were kept off the ballot in some of th [...]	2006-03-13 16:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW2447	COURT CASES STIR MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN ASTRAKHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two ongoing court cases in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan have stirred part of the local Muslim community to protest against perceived discrimination. On a February 28 - March 1 trip to Astrakhan, we found that some in its Muslim community suspect that a city order to de [...]	2006-03-13 16:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM RS
06MOSCOW2502	G8 NGO FORUM OFFERS GOR A CHANCE TO BOOST ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A range of NGOs, including those involved in human rights issues, took part in a March 9-10 G8 NGO forum in Moscow. The plenary sessions and working group meetings featured lively discussions, both on the GOR's G8 agenda items and on concerns about the state of Russia's civil so [...]	2006-03-14 15:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ECON ENRG RS
06MOSCOW262	UPDATE ON ATTACK ON MOSCOW SYNAGOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the aftermath of the January 11 attack on a Chabad synagogue in Moscow (ref A),a prosecutor reported finding ammunition, a list of synagogues and nationalist literature in the home of the attacker. The prosecutor said the attacker was not a member of an extremist organization [...]	2006-01-13 16:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI RS
06MOSCOW2760	MOSCOW CALLS LUKASHENKO'S REELECTION "LEGITIMATE" [...] (SBU) The MFA called Belarus' presidential election "legitimate" in a March 20 press release. (Informal translation of text in para 4). According to the press release, the election took place according to recognized norms of transparency and reflected the will of the Belarusian people. In [...]	2006-03-20 15:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE BY RS
06MOSCOW2927	FORMER RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER SAYS "CORPORATION" [...] (C) In a March 21 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov: -- Claimed current GOR and Kremlin officials were mainly interested in preserving their interests within the status quo, which affected policy decisions and the competition to succeed President Putin in 2 [...]	2006-03-23 11:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PINR RS
06MOSCOW2928	NGO LEGISLATION: VARYING EXPECTATIONS ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOR continues to be opaque about implementation of its controversial new NGO legislation, which is to go into effect next month. It has revealed almost nothing publicly about the legislation's implementing regulations, although one NGO contact told us he had seen draft repor [...]	2006-03-23 11:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW3035	AFTER THE ELECTION: MOSCOW VIEWS ON BELARUS AND [...] (C) Summary. Russia's embrace of President Lukashenko's victory in the March 19 Belarus election reflects official Moscow's strong preference for stability in Minsk and its belief that the status quo offers the best chance for that stability. Contacts close to the Belarusian opposition in M [...]	2006-03-27 05:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO RS
06MOSCOW306	PUTIN SIGNS NGO LEGISLATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOR announced January 17 that President Putin signed the controversial NGO legislation on January 10. That news was made public when a GOR newspaper that publishes such announcements printed the bill's text with an indication of the date of its signing. While Putin had defe [...]	2006-01-17 12:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RS
06MOSCOW3115	NEW COUNTERTERRORISM MEASURES CREATE "VERTICAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 6 President Putin signed a bill "On Counteracting Terrorism" that had hastily moved through the Duma and Federation Council in the preceding days. Passed on its first reading in December 2004 (reftel) after the Beslan tragedy, the bill was then shelved because of several [...]	2006-03-28 10:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER RS
06MOSCOW312	TWO FOREIGN AID NGOS REPORTEDLY BANNED IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian press reported January 16 that an Ingush court had banned two international NGOs working in the North Caucasus and was also considering banning a USG-funded American NGO. The basis of the court's ruling is unclear, and it appears none of the three NGOs was aware that a b [...]	2006-01-17 15:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL EAID RU
06MOSCOW3190	CIVIL SOCIETY COUNCIL CHAIR PAMFILOVA DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a March 24 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Coordinator for U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia Thomas Adams, Ella Pamfilova, head of the Presidential body that oversees civil society issues, said her office would help monitor the controversial NGO legislation when i [...]	2006-03-29 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL EAID RS
06MOSCOW3202	AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 29 MEETING WITH RUSSIAN DFM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Burns met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin March 29 to discuss the outcomes of the Belarusian and Ukrainian elections and recent developments in Moldova, Georgia, and Nagorno-Karabakh. Karasin was sanguine about the March 26 Ukrainian parliamenta [...]	2006-03-29 14:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD BO UP GG MD RS
06MOSCOW3218	THE "FEBRUARY THESES": SURKOV'S PRIMER ON PUTINISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. A February speech by Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Vladislav Surkov to a United Russia conference sketched out "basic ideological theses" of the Putin Administration. While not attempting to break new ground or crystallize a doctrine of "Putinism," the speech p [...]	2006-03-30 10:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS
06MOSCOW3333	U.S. NUCLEAR PRIMACY ARTICLE HITS A NERVE [...] (C) Summary: A Foreign Affairs article asserting the advent of U.S. nuclear primacy has caused a stir in the Russian political elite and media and forced Russian leaders to defend the viability of Russia's deterrent force. The thesis plays to the belief that the U.S. regards Russia as a pot [...]	2006-03-31 08:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC PGOV RS
06MOSCOW3335	PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION MANEUVERING: EARLY STIRRINGS [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-31 09:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR RS
06MOSCOW3356	CIVIL SOCIETY HITCHES A RIDE WITH IRATE DRIVERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. When a court in February sentenced an ordinary citizen to four years in prison for his involvement in a 2005 car accident that killed then-Altay Kray Governor Mikhail Yevdokimov, it sparked popular outrage. The perceived injustice of the court's decision inspired a grassroots o [...]	2006-03-31 11:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW3388	RUSSIAN DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION LEADER BORIS NEMTSOV [...] (C) In a March 27 meeting with the Ambassador, democratic opposition leader Boris Nemtsov: -- Strongly condemned the falsified election results in Belarus, where the people faced a "catastrophic situation"; -- Suggested that negotiations to form a new government in Ukraine would be prolon [...]	2006-03-31 13:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW3457	MFA PROPOSAL ON COUNTER-NARCOTICS EFFORTS IN [...] (SBU) MFA North America Department Director Igor Neverov recently delivered to the DCM a nonpaper suggesting ways the U.S. and Russia, within the context of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO),can cooperate more closely in the fight against narco-trafficking in Afghanistan. [...]	2006-04-03 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AF RS
06MOSCOW3510	RUSSIAN VIEWS ON POST-ELECTION UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. A week after the Ukrainian election results were announced, reactions in Russia vary widely. Officially, Moscow has been neutral, while the media has buzzed with speculation about the new government's formation and especially Tymoshenko's possible role. Russian pundits are con [...]	2006-04-04 10:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RS UP
06MOSCOW3647	SUDAN: CONTRIBUTION TO UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-06 14:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO SU RS
06MOSCOW3687	RUSSIAN MFA ON BELARUS, UKRAINE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires delivered demarche on Belarus elections (ref A) April 7 to Vyacheslav Kovalenko, who was acting for Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin on CIS affairs. Charge urged Russia to use its influence to help secure release of peaceful protesters who had been detained by [...]	2006-04-07 17:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO RS
06MOSCOW3803	CODEL FRIST MEETING WITH RUSSIAN EXPERTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an April 10 breakfast meeting with Codel Frist and the Ambassador, Russian experts described the range of challenges facing Russia in the political, economic, and social sphere. Experts agreed that high oil profits disincline the political leadership to push new policy init [...]	2006-04-11 13:56:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM ECON EATO KHIV RS
06MOSCOW3815	RUSSIAN NATIONALIST DMITRIY ROGOZIN GOING ... [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rodina Party chairman Dmitriy Rogozin resigned from that position March 25, as observers expected, and also stepped down from his position as Rodina faction chairman in the State Duma April 4. The departure of the mercurial Rogozin has done nothing to mend internal rifts within [...]	2006-04-12 07:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI PINR RS
06MOSCOW387	RABBI LAZAR ON SYNAGOGUE ATTACK, IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Berl Lazar, one of the leaders of Russia's Jewish community, said that though concerns about extremism in the country had been mounting, the January 11 synagogue attack had been a "wake-up call." He said the incident offered opportunit [...]	2006-01-18 13:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW3945	"OPEN RUSSIA" ON THE ROPES, BUT IRINA YASINA HOPES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 12 a Moscow court upheld an earlier ruling freezing the assets of the Open Russia Foundation, which had been founded by and received the bulk of its funding from Mikhail Khodorkovskiy. Open Russia head Irina Yasina told the Ambassador on April 13 that though she planned [...]	2006-04-14 06:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW396	OVERZEALOUS IN INGUSHETIYA: NGO BAN CLARIFIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: We have confirmed, as reported reftel, that one foreign NGO has been banned from working in Ingushetiya, while Ingush authorities have acknowledged that a republic Procuracy announcement that another was banned was erroneous. A third, American NGO apparently is still under inve [...]	2006-01-19 04:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM EAID RS
06MOSCOW4083	UPDATE ON KHODORKOVSKIY ATTACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovskiy suffered a deep cut to the face in an April 14 attack in a prison barrack, one of his lawyers and director of his press center confirmed to us. Our interlocutors told us his team would not seek to press charges against the attacker because [...]	2006-04-19 04:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW4174	DAS KRAMER'S MEETING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 18 EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer met with Russian Federation Ombudsman for Human Rights Vladimir Lukin. Addressing Kramer's concern about the recently enacted NGO law, Lukin said that it was still unclear how it would be implemented, but no major moves ag [...]	2006-04-20 05:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RS
06MOSCOW4180	PUBLIC CHAMBER GETS INTO GEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the three months since its inaugural plenary, the Public Chamber has displayed a flurry of activity. Its many commissions, sub-commissions and working groups have begun a busy schedule of meetings on a broad range of issues. Early tensions with the State Duma and other bodi [...]	2006-04-20 07:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW4316	THE CENTRALIZING RUSSIAN STATE MEETS THE NORTH [...] (C) Summary: The lesson of 500 years of Russian statecraft is clear: when the Center is strong, it centralizes, eliminating alternative power structures. Putin, seeking to show that he -- and Russia under his leadership -- are strong, is seeking to centralize. He is doing so by eliminating [...]	2006-04-21 14:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS RS
06MOSCOW4353	KOMI: SOCIO-ECONOMIC SITUATION IMPROVING FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Economic progress is visible in the resource-rich Komi Republic, we found on a recent trip to that remote region. Its economy is doing well, in part because of global price gains in oil, gas, and metal, but also because of its growing paper and furniture industries and budding [...]	2006-04-24 13:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL RS
06MOSCOW4405	VARNITSA PORT SEIZURE: RUSSIAN VIEWS [...] (C) We raised the April 21 Transnistrian seizure of Varnitsa Port (ref. a) with Russian Transnistria negotiator Nesterushkin April 25. Nesterushkin compared the seizure to the incident several years ago when Moldovan farmers tried to farm land on the Left Bank after receiving privatization vo [...]	2006-04-25 11:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MD RS
06MOSCOW4435	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH KREMLIN ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met April 25 with Sergey Yastrzhembskiy, President Putin's Special Representative for Issues of Development of Relations with the European Union. Yastrzhembskiy said preparations for the EU-Russia summit in Sochi in late May were going well, and identified several agr [...]	2006-04-25 14:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW4572	$4.5M U.S. Investment, Andy Warhol and American Corner [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Burns' visit to Samara April 17-18 revealed a city ripe for additional U.S. investment and eager for increased contacts and exchanges with American academic and business counterparts. The Ambassado [...]	2006-04-27 12:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV SOCI PINR RS
06MOSCOW4839	LOOKING AHEAD TO PUTIN'S ADDRESS TO THE FEDERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ending lengthy speculation, the Kremlin announced on May 2 that President Putin will present his annual Address to the Federal Assembly on May 10. Delays in its delivery, which some had expected to take place in early April, fueled rumors that Putin had been dissatisfied with ea [...]	2006-05-05 06:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW4951	PUTIN'S ADDRESS TO THE FEDERAL ASSEMBLY BREAKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Putin's hour-long Address to the Federal Assembly on May 10 lacked the broad vision for Russia's future that some had expected. In a lengthy discussion of economic issues, he stressed national priority projects and technological development, and expressed commitment [...]	2006-05-10 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV KIPR KCRM RS
06MOSCOW5000	EKHO MOSKVY'S VENEDIKTOV ON SUCCESSION, KREMLIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 4 meeting, well-connected Ekho Moskvy head Aleksey Venediktov told us he believed the prospects for an extension of President Putin's presidency beyond 2008 had increased, because the two figures Putin was "testing" as potential successors were both gaining little politi [...]	2006-05-11 14:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR RS
06MOSCOW5030	MOSCOW OPPOSES CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIAN [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel demarche points May 12 with Anatoliy Taksubayev, Deputy Director of the MFA Third CIS (Central Asia) Department. (NOTE: We were unable to make this demarche to the MFA New Threats and Challenges Department, as the Deputy Director and principal staffers responsible [...]	2006-05-12 13:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR RS
06MOSCOW504	A/S LOWENKRON'S MEETING WITH NGO REPRESENTATIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 17, the same day as the announcement that President Putin had signed the controversial NGO legislation, NGO leaders told A/S Lowenkron and the Ambassador that the legislation was flawed and ambiguous. Although the new legislation will come into force around mid-April, [...]	2006-01-20 11:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW510	MSF RUSSIA: CHECHNYA IS STILL A HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) MSF-Russia asked us to meet with heads of mission from MSF-France (Manuel Lannaud) and -Belgium (Goran Svedin) January 20 to receive a report on the humanitarian situation in Chechnya (MSF-Holland HOM was out of Moscow). MSF declared that there was still a humanitarian crisis in Chechnya, [...]	2006-01-20 14:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID PREF RS
06MOSCOW5377	VLADIMIR LUKIN, RUSSIA'S PRAGMATIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin will visit the U.S. May 23-26. A former diplomat (who was once Russia's Ambassador in Washington) and Duma member from the Yabloko Party, Lukin has had a mixed reputation in Russia's human rights community. Many activists view him a [...]	2006-05-19 16:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW5378	RUSSIA'S DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION TO CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met separately May 16 with democratic opposition leaders Nikita Belykh of the Union of Right Forces (SPS) and Irina Khakamada of Our Choice. Belykh insisted that the democratic opposition must do more to rejuvenate the movement and demonstrate that it is capable of i [...]	2006-05-19 16:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW5427	AMBASSADOR'S MAY 22 MEETING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met May 22 with Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin, who will visit New York and Washington May 23-26 (reftel). Lukin said President Putin had encouraged him to visit the U.S. to expand the bilateral dialogue on [...]	2006-05-22 13:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RS
06MOSCOW5454	HELSINKI COMMISSION STAFFDEL MEETS WITH MFA NGO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 16 meeting with Staffdel Finerty, Valeriy Kuzmin, who heads the MFA department responsible for interaction with Russia's regions, the Parliament, and civil society groups, said that his department also assists domestic NGOs in making contact with international counterpa [...]	2006-05-23 12:29:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW5456	MOSCOW ON IRAQI GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 13:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IZ RS
06MOSCOW5458	AMBASSADOR'S MAY 23 MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN [...] (C) Ambassador met with DFM Karasin May 23. Karasin was to leave later that day for a Nagorno-Karabakh trip. He hoped to be pleasantly surprised. With regard to U/S Burns' letter on South Ossetia, Karasin stressed positive movement and labeled the rest a matter of interpretation, but argued [...]	2006-05-23 13:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG IR AJ AM GG BO UP RS
06MOSCOW5513	KALININGRAD AGRIBUSINESS FORUM: GERMAN FARMERS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kaliningrad Oblast's first international agribusiness forum intended to stimulate foreign investment drew a respectable, German-dominated audience of foreign farmers and processors. The oblast minister of agriculture conceded that openly inviting German farmers to come to the o [...]	2006-05-25 06:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PGOV PINR PREL GM RS
06MOSCOW5532	RUSSIAN DFM KARASIN'S REPLY TO LETTER FROM U/S [...] (C) The Russian MFA on May 25 passed to us without comment a written reply from DFM Grigoriy Karasin to the May 19 letter U/S Burns sent him on South Ossetia (Ref A). The letter echoes the principal arguments Karasin made during his May 23 conversation with the Ambassador (Ref B). We underst [...]	2006-05-25 13:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW5557	AMBASSADOR'S MAY 23 MEETING WITH DUMA FIRST DEPUTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met May 23 with Duma First Deputy Speaker Oleg Morozov, who agreed that inter-parliamentary exchanges should be encouraged. He noted that a newly created Duma working group will address legislative initiatives proposed by President Putin in his Annual Address. Morozo [...]	2006-05-26 07:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL RS SOCI
06MOSCOW5645	CHECHNYA: THE ONCE AND FUTURE WAR [...] (C) Introduction: Chechnya has been less in the glare of constant international attention in recent years. However, the Chechnya conflict remains unresolved, and the suffering of the Chechen people and the threat of instability throughout the region remain. This message reinterprets the history of [...]	2006-05-30 09:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS
06MOSCOW5740	RUSSIA: PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION SNAPSHOT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Adding fuel to already intense speculation about who will succeed him, President Putin confirmed to state media May 13 that he will endorse a candidate before the March 2008 election. Both Kremlin-connected and independent analysts believe Putin's choice will be driven by a desire [...]	2006-05-31 13:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR RS
06MOSCOW585	PUBLIC CHAMBER BEGINS ITS WORK [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Public Chamber began its work on January 22, choosing Academician Yevgeniy Velikhov as its head and picking chairpersons of the seventeen commissions that are expected to do the bulk of its work. President Putin, presiding at the opening plenary, laid out priorities for the C [...]	2006-01-23 16:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW5870	AMBASSADOR'S MAY 26 MEETING WITH FEDERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met May 26 with Federation Council Deputy Speaker Dmitriy Mezentsev to discuss interparliamentary relations and cooperation. Mezentsev extended invitations for U.S. participation in the 4th Baikal Economic Forum to be held in Irkutsk in September 2006 and the 15th C [...]	2006-06-02 12:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL RS
06MOSCOW5934	RUSSIAN PROCURATOR GENERAL DISMISSED [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Putin removed Vladimir Ustinov as Procurator General on June 2. He did not name an immediate replacement. PolPreds Dmitriy Kozak and Aleksandr Konovalov are considered leading candidates to replace Ustinov. The suddenness of the move surprised observers, although rumo [...]	2006-06-02 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW5997	RUSSIAN HOSTAGES IN IRAQ [...] (C) Upon learning of the killing of a GOR security guard and the kidnapping of four Russian Embassy employees outside a local market in Iraq on June 3, Ambassador called DFM Saltanov to express condolences and the desire of the U.S. to provide needed assistance. The Ambassador followed up wit [...]	2006-06-05 14:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS IZ
06MOSCOW5998	CIVIL SOCIETY GEARS UP FOR THE G8 SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Faced with the controversial new NGO law and other worrisome developments, independent civil society activists are looking to the G8 Summit as an opportunity to strengthen their positions or at least publicize their causes. Some are willing to take part in the official G8 event f [...]	2006-06-05 15:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW6065	SQUEEZING BELARUS, BUT NOT UNTIL IT POPS [...] (C) Summary. Moscow's embrace of Lukashenko before and immediately after his March 19 reelection has tightened into a clench. Analysts here agree the GOR has sent a blunt message to Lukashenko: he needs to move from talk to action on at least economic integration. Some observers see Moscow [...]	2006-06-07 04:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO RS
06MOSCOW6130	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE PLANNING MEETING, MOSCOW, MAY [...] (SBU) Summary. Participants at the second Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Forum for the Future planning meeting agreed that the 2006 Forum will take place at the Dead Sea on December 3, preceded by a senior officials meeting and working dinner for ministers on December 2. Jordan [...]	2006-06-07 12:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KMPI RS
06MOSCOW6173	NGO REPRESENTATIVES CONCERNED ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. DRL Deputy Assistant Secretary Erica Barks-Ruggles discussed the controversial NGO law and the broader human rights and democracy situation in Russia with a range of NGO representatives on May 30-31. She expressed support for NGOs in Russia and asked about current trends for civ [...]	2006-06-08 11:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW6229	GORBACHEV AND A POLITICAL ALLY BUY INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev announced at a June 7 meeting with foreign journalists that he and a political ally, Duma Deputy Aleksandr Lebedev, had purchased a 49 percent stake in the fiercely independent newspaper "Novaya Gazeta." They made the purchase from the [...]	2006-06-08 13:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW6268	SEARCH FOR NEW RUSSIAN PROCURATOR GENERAL OVERLAID [...] (C) SUMMARY. Over the past week analysts have tried to read the tea leaves swirling around Vladimir Ustinov's abrupt June 2 dismissal as Procurator General. Speculation has largely shifted from the reasons behind his departure to educated guessing about the effects the choice of his replacem [...]	2006-06-09 16:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KCRM RS
06MOSCOW6389	HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN LUKIN AGREES WITH USG [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 14 meeting, Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin agreed with the proposals put forward by EUR DAS David Kramer regarding a U.S.-Russian human rights dialogue. Lukin shared the view that it would be beneficial to announce the creation of the dialogue at the G8 summit. [...]	2006-06-15 14:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW6390	RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGNERS IN NORTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Summary: On March 21 the Russian Government issued a decree that puts most of the Republic of North Ossetia off-limits to foreigners. Local authorities began enforcing the decree this month, with immediate effects on international assistance organizations. Most local observers relate th [...]	2006-06-16 07:06:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV PREF PBTS MARR MOPS EAID OSCE RS GG
06MOSCOW6515	CHECHNYA: DEATH OF SADULLAYEV [...] (C) Summary: Accounts of the June 17 killing of Chechen rebel "President" Sadullayev vary, but it was probably a chance firefight. Reaction has been low-key. Sadullayev's relevance was more political than military, and his death will probably have little effect on the rebels' military or te [...]	2006-06-20 09:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PINR RS
06MOSCOW6547	YURIY CHAYKA NOMINATED AS RUSSIA'S PROCURATOR [...] (SBU) President Putin nominated current Minister of Justice, Yuriy Chayka, as the next Procurator General to replace Vladimir Ustinov, who resigned June 2. The Federation Council's Committee on Legal and Judicial Affairs supported the nomination June 19; it will go before the full Federation [...]	2006-06-20 15:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KCRM RS
06MOSCOW6563	RUSSIAN SCO REPRESENTATIVE ON JUNE 15 SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. Russian Ambassador-at-Large for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Vitaliy Vorobiyov gave us a readout June 20 of the June 15 SCO Summit. He encouraged the United States to have more dialogue with the SCO to avoid misunderstandings, perhaps as a formal "dialogue partne [...]	2006-06-21 10:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER RS IR AF CN KZ
06MOSCOW6575	NEW TRIAL ORDERED FOR SYNAGOGUE ATTACKER [...] (SBU) On June 20 the Russian Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Aleksandr Koptsev, who on March 27 had been convicted of knifing nine people in the Chabad synagogue in Moscow on January 11. The trial court had sentenced Koptsev to thirteen years in prison on several counts of attempted mur [...]	2006-06-21 14:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM RS
06MOSCOW6762	OUT AS PROCURATOR GENERAL, USTINOV RETURNS AS [...] (U) On June 23 President Putin nominated Vladimir Ustinov -- who on June 2 had been removed from his prior position as Procurator General -- to be Minister of Justice. In his new position Ustinov succeeds former Justice Minister Yuriy Chayka, who on June 19 was named as Ustinov's successor as [...]	2006-06-26 13:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV RS
06MOSCOW6812	U.S. COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 23 the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) met with Federal Registration Service (FRS) Director Sergey Movchan to discuss the expected impact of the recently adopted and not yet implemented NGO law on religious organizations. Movchan upheld the GOR [...]	2006-06-27 07:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW6815	SOCIAL MOBILITY IN RUSSIA: WHICH WAY TO THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With real average incomes up 66 percent over the past five years, Russia's middle class has begun to emerge from the shadows -- after all, someone other than the mega rich has to be buying all those TV sets, cars and cell phones. Understanding that the movement is now well unde [...]	2006-06-27 11:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI EINV ELAB EFIN PGOV RS
06MOSCOW6820	DFM YAKOVENKO SAYS MOSCOW WELCOMES FRANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with a visiting delegation from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom June 24, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Yakovenko: -- Welcomed frank discussion of Russia's human rights record, emphasizing that his ministry routinely facilitated visits by [...]	2006-06-27 13:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL RS
06MOSCOW6839	AN ARRAY OF CIVIL SOCIETY EVENTS AROUND THE G8 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The menu of civil society events around the G8 Summit has taken shape, although a few uncertainties remain. The main GOR-sponsored event, the so-called Civil G8 to be held on July 3-4, has been supplemented with a human rights roundtable, which some independent activists view as [...]	2006-06-27 13:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW6843	RUSLAN KHASBULATOV ON CHECHEN DYNAMICS [...] (C) Ruslan Khasbulatov, Yeltsin's opponent in the 1993 White House standoff and now professor of economics at the Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics, gave us his perspective June 27 on dynamics in his native Chechnya. Khasbulatov was upfront about his dislikes in the current political alig [...]	2006-06-28 09:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PINR RS
06MOSCOW7047	HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN LUKIN SUGGESTS CHANGES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 30 meeting, Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin discussed the paper outlining the proposal for a U.S.-Russian Roundtable on Democracy and Human Rights with the Ambassador. Lukin was positive about the proposal, but based on his consultations with the MFA and Kremlin F [...]	2006-07-03 09:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM PINR RS

06MOSCOW7124	PUTIN MEETS WITH NGO REPRESENTATIVES AS PART OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The main GOR-sponsored civil society event, the Civil G8, was held July 3-4 in Moscow. The event brought together a wide range of NGOs for lively discussions on themes, including G8 agenda items as well as the state of Russia's civil society. Putin attended several Civil G8 event [...]	2006-07-06 08:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW7293	FSB CONFIRMS DEATH OF SHAMIL BASAYEV [...] (C) The Federal Security Service (FSB) confirmed to LEGATT at 1715 local that Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev was killed in an operation in the early hours of July 10. LEGATT's FSB contacts, who had minutes earlier been unaware of the reports, refused to give further details. 2. (C) Acc [...]	2006-07-10 14:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PGOV PINR RS
06MOSCOW7493	WORLD RELIGIOUS LEADERS SUMMIT IN RUSSIA CALLS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting in Moscow July 3-5, more than 200 religious leaders and clergy from over 40 countries called on believers of all faiths to engage in dialogue and partnership to resolve global problems, as well as to challenge terrorism, extremism, and efforts to restrict religious freed [...]	2006-07-14 06:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR RS
06MOSCOW7666	NEW RESTRICTIVE RUSSIAN ELECTORAL LEGISLATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. A flurry of new, more restrictive legal measures affecting the conduct of elections appeared during the last few weeks of the spring sessions of both houses of the Russian parliament. On July 12, President Putin signed amendments passed by both houses that end the option of voti [...]	2006-07-18 12:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW7956	POST-MORTEM ON G8-RELATED NGO EVENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Looking back on the four non-governmental events ahead of the G8 Summit, NGO activists and opposition politicians have widely diverging assessments about their implications. Ella Pamfilova's July 3-4 Civil G8 highlighted the broad range of NGOs in Russia, notably those involveQin [...]	2006-07-26 10:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW797	A/S LOWENKRON'S MEETING WITH RUSSIA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 18 meeting with DRL A/S Lowenkron and the Ambassador, Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin said that his office has seen an increase in complaints of human rights violations. Lukin highlighted his office's critical analysis of the first draft of the NGO law, saying [...]	2006-01-26 14:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI RS
06MOSCOW802	A/S LOWENKRON DISCUSSES NGO LAW WITH STATE DUMA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 18 DRL A/S Barry Lowenkron and EUR DAS David Kramer met with State Duma Deputy Andrey Makarov. Makarov vigorously )- and at times heatedly )- defended the new NGO legislation, insisting that the text met international legal standards, but he conceded there could be prob [...]	2006-01-27 07:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW8024	GOR REITERATES REQUIREMENTS FOR FOREIGNERS' ACCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 2, Russian security forces issued revised requirements for foreign NGO workers, reporters, and diplomats seeking access to Chechnya. While our contacts acknowledged that they raised the potential for tighter restrictions on NGOs working in the region, they reported that [...]	2006-07-27 12:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF EAID PGOV RS
06MOSCOW8047	GEORGIA-RUSSIA: MFA ON KODORI GORGE [...] (C) We discussed the Kodori Gorge situation July 27 with Dmitriy Tarabrin, Acting Director of the MFA Fourth CIS Department. Tarabrin said the operation had a "military character" that made it a violation of the May 11 1994 ceasefire agreement on Abkhazia. Russia did not, however, want to "d [...]	2006-07-27 14:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS GG RS
06MOSCOW8148	EXTREMISM LAW SIGNED BY PUTIN [...] (C) SUMMARY. As expected, President Putin signed into law July 28 amendments to legislation "On Countering Extremism," despite concerns among many that the law may restrict legitimate criticism of the government. As noted in reftel, the revised law expands the definition of extremist activity [...]	2006-07-31 15:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RS
06MOSCOW8427	AFTER BASAYEV [...] (C) Shamil Basayev leaves behind questions about the future direction of Chechnya, the future direction of the North Caucasus, and future prospects for terrorism, extremism, and militant Jihadism in the region. With no unifying enemy, the leadership of Chechnya is beginning to show rifts. M [...]	2006-08-08 07:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINR PTER RS
06MOSCOW8507	THE POLITICAL SKIRMISH BEHIND THE "MOSKOVSKIYE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late last year, Israeli businessman Arkadiy Gaydamak bought the liberal weekly newspaper "Moskovskiy Novostiy" (MN) and promptly announced it would become a pro-Kremlin publication. The newspaper's deputy editor in chief, Svetlana Babayeva, told us July 31 that over half a year [...]	2006-08-09 13:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RS
06MOSCOW857	RCFS DIRECTOR LIKELY TO BE CONVICTED [...] (C) The trial of Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS) Executive Director Stanislav Dmitriyevskiy is expected to conclude February 3. Oksana Chelysheva, an RCFS staff member, and other human rights contacts have told us they expect Dmitriyevskiy to be convicted. He is charged with incit [...]	2006-01-27 14:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV EAID PREF RS
06MOSCOW861	NGOS CHILLED BY SPY ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Five days after Russian television aired accusations by the Federal Security Service (FSB) that four UK diplomats and a Russian were caught spying and that one of the diplomats was directly involved in transferring funds to Russian NGOs, the fallout continues. The State Duma den [...]	2006-01-27 16:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW868	A/S LOWENKRON'S MEETING WITH KONSTANTIN KOSACHEV, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 19 DRL A/S Barry Lowenkron, Ambassador Burns, and EUR DAS David Kramer met with State Duma International Relations Committee Chairman Konstantin Kosachev. Defending the new NGO legislation, Kosachev insisted that it would clarify the role of NGOs in Russia, not limit t [...]	2006-01-30 10:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW873	KABARDINO-BALKARIA: AFTERMATH OF OCTOBER ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: Few local officials in Kabardino-Balkaria are willing to talk about the October 13-14 attacks in Nalchik by Islamic extremists against government, law enforcement and security sites. Those who did during a January 25-26 visit to the Republic by Embassy officers cited joblessness [...]	2006-01-30 11:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EAID RS
06MOSCOW9018	RUSSIA AND UKRAINE: TWO CHEERS FOR YANU? [...] (C) Summary: Moscow was pleased that new Ukrainian PM Viktor Yanukovich made his first foreign trip to Russia to meet with President Putin and PM Fradkov in Sochi. Observers here expect that the tone of the relationship will improve, but on substance, few saw Yanukovich as a pushover. On t [...]	2006-08-18 14:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD UP RS
06MOSCOW9206	KHODORKOVSKIY-ASSOCIATED NGO HIT WITH HUGE TAX BILL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian tax authorities recently imposed a USD 180,000 bill for back taxes on an NGO headed by one of Mikhail Khodorkovskiy's lawyers. The Federal Tax Service claims the Center for International Legal Defense (CILD) owes taxes on grants it has received from the National Endowment [...]	2006-08-23 14:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW921	CIVIL SOCIETY COUNCIL CHAIR PAMFILOVA: "WE'LL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 18 meeting with visiting DRL A/S Barry Lowenkron, the Ambassador and EUR DAS Kramer, Ella Pamfilova, head of the Presidential body that oversees civil society issues, said she had strongly opposed the controversial NGO legislation and had weighed in with President Pu [...]	2006-01-30 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW922	A RANGE OF EXPECTATIONS ABOUT THE PUBLIC CHAMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the Public Chamber gets down to work following its inaugural plenary on January 22, its members have differing expectations about what it will accomplish. Publicly, many members expressed at least guarded optimism about the Chamber. Privately, views differ appreciably. One C [...]	2006-01-30 13:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW923	MINISTRY OF JUSTICE SEEKS TO CLOSE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) said publicly on January 27 that it is seeking to revoke the registration of the Russian Human Rights Research Center, which allegedly failed to provide required documentation about its activities in recent years. Center officials and other human rig [...]	2006-01-30 13:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW930	MOSCOW COMFORTABLE WITH UKRAINIAN DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Moscow continues to tell itself that it got the best of Kiev in the year-end negotiations on gas supply, according to the Russian MFA and a number of Embassy contacts. As they see it, the gas deal was an economic boon for Gazprom and the GOR, despite allegations of corruption a [...]	2006-01-30 13:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RS UP
06MOSCOW9356	BASAYEV'S WIDOW ABDUCTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The abduction of a female journalist in Chechnya that prompted public appeals from human rights groups could have consequences for the Chechen newspaper that employed her as a stringer and the groups seeking her release, following the revelation that she is Shamil Basayev's wido [...]	2006-08-25 15:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PINR RS
06MOSCOW9412	15TH ANNIVERSARY OF 1991 "COUP": APATHY, PROMISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The fifteenth anniversary of the August 1991 "coup" passed with little fanfare. There were no official events, and the Russian population greeted the anniversary with apathy or political antipathy. Despite concern in some circles over increasing restrictions on personal freedo [...]	2006-08-28 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM RS
06MOSCOW9436	A/S LOWENKRON'S VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (C) SUMMARY. A/S Barry Lowenkron visited Moscow in July attending "The Other Russia" conference sponsored by opposition political parties on the eve of the G8 summit. He also had consultations with a number of Russian officials, politicians, and NGO leaders. These included: Chairperson of th [...]	2006-08-29 12:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
06MOSCOW9533	A CAUCASUS WEDDING [...] (C) Weddings are elaborate in Dagestan, the largest autonomy in the North Caucasus. On August 22 we attended a wedding in Makhachkala, Dagestan's capital: Duma member and Dagestan Oil Company chief Gadzhi Makhachev's son married a classmate. The lavish display and heavy drinking concealed the deadl [...]	2006-08-31 06:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR RS
06MOSCOW96	NGO DRAFT LEGISLATION: STILL UNSIGNED BY PUTIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Putin has yet to sign or veto the controversial NGO legislation passed in late December by the Duma and Federation Council. Most observers remain convinced that he will sign it, although there is some confusion about the timeframe in which he must make a decision. Assu [...]	2006-01-11 13:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RS
06MOSCOW9817	RUSSIAN POLITICAL SEASON BEGINS WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Kremlin's involvement, with Deputy Head of Presidential Administration Surkov's apparent encouragement and Putin's purported blessing, in engineering a union of three leftist political parties of marginal to moderate popularity as an officially sanctioned opposition is the [...]	2006-09-06 08:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM RS
06MOSCOW9978	U.S.-RUSSIAN COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the last U.S.-Russian Counterterrorism Working Group (CTWG) convened in Moscow in December 2005, bilateral CT cooperation has continued to move forward even as the pace has remained uneven. Russia has focused on strengthening its capacity to respond to counterterrorism chal [...]	2006-09-08 13:51:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV RS
06MOSUL10	NINEWA IECI DIRECTOR CLAIMS EVIDENCE OF MISSING VOTERS COULD [...] (C) REO Poloff met with Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) Ninewa Governate Electoral Office (GEO) director Oday Abed at his headquarters office at the PJCC on February 6. Abed claims an internal study he is conducting has revealed that over 4,000 families (potentially 15,000 to 1 [...]	2006-02-07 15:59:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL11	SHABEK NATIONAL ASSEMBLYMEMBER ASKS FOR MORE "VISIBLE" USG [...] (C) PRT Leader and REO Poloff met with Shabek national assemblymember Dr. Haneen Al Qado in Mosul on February 8. Al Qado thanked the USG for ongoing assistance but said USG development projects in Ninewa need to be "more visible." Al Qado said he is working with other members of the national [...]	2006-02-10 18:24:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ PINT
06MOSUL12	ASSYRIAN PATRIOTIC PARTY REPS CALL FOR CREATION OF A NEW [...] (C) Assyrian Patriotic Party (APP) reps in Ninewa and Dohuk said they believe the answer to problems in Iraq's Christian community could be settled by the creation of a separate province for minorities. APP leader Namrood Betto suggested that "Ninewa Plains" be partitioned from eastern Ninewa [...]	2006-02-12 15:30:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ PINT
06MOSUL13	LIBERATION AND RECONCILIATION NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DELEGATE [...] (C) According to newly elected national assembly delegate Sheikh Mohammed Khalaf of the Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc, Iraq's new federal government needs to be more inclusive by "reaching out" to all parties in the country. Khalaf said he would work hard to help issues of unemployment a [...]	2006-02-14 14:24:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ ECON PINT
06MOSUL14	IRAQ NATIONAL DIALOGUE COUNCIL CONCERNED ABOUT SHAPE OF [...] (C) The Iraqi National Dialogue Council (INDC) in Ninewa is concerned about the shape of the new national government in Iraq. National assembly delegate Mahmood Al-Azzawi seems afraid Sunni Arabs might be "left out" from playing a larger role in the formation of the government. He said he wo [...]	2006-02-14 14:38:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL15	LOCAL NGO LAUNCHING NEW WOMEN'S CENTER IN MOSUL [...] (SBU) In an effort to address concerns of unemployment, job training, and community counseling for Iraqi women, members of the Assembly of Ninevah NGOs, a local NGO umbrella organization, have created a second women's center for western Mosul. The effort expands on the already existing Iraq W [...]	2006-02-14 15:00:00	REO Mosul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ ECON ELAB SCUL SOCI PINT
06MOSUL16	NINEWA JUDGES FIRE BACK AT DETRACTORS, BLAME SYSTEM FOR [...] (C) Ninewa's judges are having difficulty with the public's negative perception of their work. In part, they blame Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi Police (IP) officials for "public statements" made to the press that condemn the judges for faults in the system. The judges make clear, however, that [...]	2006-02-16 18:10:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ PINT
06MOSUL17	NINEWA POLICE CHIEF CLAIMS REPORTS OF A RISE IN KIDNAPPINGS [...] (C) Provincial Chief of Police Wathiq Al Qudir told PRT Poloff that reports of an increase in the number of kidnappings and extortions in Mosul are exaggerated. He said rumors that the crimes are targeted specifically against Kurds and Chaldo/Assyrians are false, and denied that incidents are [...]	2006-02-18 12:46:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL18	HOW JA'AFARI PLAYS IN THE PROVINCES: NINEWA REACTIONS TO [...] (C). PRT Ninewa spoke to several political party leaders from across the province to elicit reactions to the Shia coalition's re-nomination of current Prime Minister Ibrahim Al Ja'afari to a second term. The overwhelming majority of political parties appear to be disappointed by the selectio [...]	2006-02-19 14:01:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ PINT
06MOSUL19	NINEWA SCIRI REP CLAIMS KURDS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF AL JAAFARI [...] (C). Ninewa Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution of Iraq (SCIRI) Spokesman Aref Yousef claimed that recent personal attacks against Shia coalition nominee and current Prime Minister Ibrahim Al Jaafari as unjust and motivated by Kurds. Yousef accused Kurds of working against Al Jaafari becau [...]	2006-02-21 15:47:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ
06MOSUL20	NINEWA ISLAMIC PARTY REPS CALL FOR PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS NOW [...] (C). Ninewa Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) representative Younis Hashim called for provincial elections immediately. He accused the Kurds (which control the provincial government) of not doing enough to address the lack of basic social services and improve security in Mosul. Hashim said before t [...]	2006-02-22 17:51:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL21	NINEWA SHIAS CLAIM ALL IS CALM AFTER SAMARRA INCIDENT, BUT [...] (C) Shiite political party members, especially among the predominantly Shia Shabek community in Ninewa, have called for calm. They expressed great sadness about the attack on February 22 on the Al-Askariya Shrine in Samarra and said they hoped the incident would not increase tensions between [...]	2006-02-23 17:08:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL22	NINEWA: ALL QUIET ON THE NORTHERN FRONT [...] (C) Two days after the Al-Askariya Shrine was damaged in Samarra, the situation in Ninewa has remained calm. Yousef Muharam of the predominantly Shiite, Shabek Democratic Assembly, and Aref Younis of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution of Iraq (SCIRI) reported there were peaceful demon [...]	2006-02-24 16:37:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL23	NINEWA: TAL AFAR SHEIKHS WANT MORE ASSISTANCE FROM USG ON [...] (C) Recent U.S. press coverage has painted a positive picture of Tal Afar's security situation. But some locals see it otherwise. Sunni Arab tribal leaders are upset by what they claim are poor security conditions in Tal Afar. Local sheikhs threatened that Sunnis would leave the city if the [...]	2006-02-24 16:58:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL24	KURDISH VIEWS FROM NINEWA [...] (C) PRT Mosul had lengthy discussions with three Kurdish leaders in late February: two top Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) officials and one from the rival Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). All were united in their support for continued American presence in Iraq, the difficulties Ja'afari [...]	2006-03-01 08:54:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL25	NINEWA'S KURDS AND THEIR NEIGHBORS: ENCROACHMENT ISSUES [...] (C) Anxieties are building between the Kurds and their neighbors in Ninewa. Since taking control of the provincial government in January 2005, Kurdish political parties have spread their influence through many symbolic gestures in several strategic areas of the province. From Sinjar in the w [...]	2006-03-04 17:24:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL26	NINEWA: A PROVINCIAL COUNCILMEMBER'S VIEWS ON LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Ninewa Provincial Council and Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) member, Gevara Zia, said he believed Sunni Arab political parties would control the Ninewa provincial government after elections were held later this year. Zia claimed a "more representative" provincial government would bett [...]	2006-03-05 08:35:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL28	NINEWA: SINJAR YEZIDIS UNHAPPY WITH RULING KURDS [...] (C) Spokesmen for the Yezidi Movement for Progress and Reform (YMPR) demand that influence by the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Sinjar must end or "civil war" would begin. Waad Matto of YMPR claims the KDP has too much control over the police and lo [...]	2006-03-12 15:12:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL30	NINEWA: THE HERO OF TAL AFAR [...] (C) Mayor of Tal Afar Najim Al Jubouri -- the hero of President Bush's March 20 speech in Cleveland -- is a rare leader in a country fraught with fear and uncertainty. His strong leadership, both as chief of police and mayor, helped clean up this city of a quarter-million people in northwest [...]	2006-03-22 14:52:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL31	KURDISH POWER PLAY IN MOSUL: PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT REQUESTS [...] (C) Ninewa Provincial Government leaders called for the immediate transfer of security operations from Coalition Forces (CF) to Iraqi Security Forces (ISF). During a meeting with the PRT and MNF-N, Governor Duraid Kashmoula, Vice Governor Khasro Goran, and Provincial Council Chair Salem Haj I [...]	2006-03-23 09:09:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL32	NINEWA: SHABEK SHIA ON ASHURA ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AND [...] (C) Minority Shabek Shia in Ninewa reported no major security incidents during the 40-day Anniversary of Ashura. Representatives of the Shabek Democratic Assembly (SDA) and Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution of Iraq (SCIRI) said the only regret they had was when Al Sadr supporters were hec [...]	2006-03-23 17:36:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL33	NINEWA: TAL AFAR AND RABIYA CITY COUNCILS SEARCHING FOR [...] (C) The city councils of the west Ninewa towns of Tal Afar and Rabiya seek to improve security and basic services to their communities. While both councils are pleased with improved security, they realized more work would need to be done to shore up Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) in number and t [...]	2006-03-24 14:27:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL34	NINEWA: PUK NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DELEGATE HAS AN OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Although national assembly delegates met for the first time last week to take an oath of office, Ninewa PUK deputy director and national assembly delegate Abdelbari Al Zebari believes that talks will not resume until the second week of April. He claims the pause is deliberate yet necessar [...]	2006-03-24 17:09:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ
06MOSUL35	NINEWA: "CIVIL WAR IS NOT ON THE AGENDA" [...] (C) Since the bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samarra on February 22, we have asked contacts if they believe civil war is imminent. Several point to areas with high populations of Shia, such as Tal Afar, as ripe for civil war once Coalition Forces are drawn down. Actual incidents range from [...]	2006-03-26 16:38:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL36	KURDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ: PUK REP CLAIMS NINEWA "HANGS IN THE [...] (C) According to the Western Ninewa director of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Mustafa Khokhe, Ninewa province "hangs in the balance." Ethnic tensions and the flow of terrorism from Iraq's neighbors are all contributing to a potentially combustible situation, he claims. He says Tal Afar, [...]	2006-03-30 14:04:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL37	NINEWA RULE OF LAW ISSUES PART I: NINEWA CRIMINAL JUSTICE [...] (C) In recent months we have heard criticism of the Iraqi criminal justice system in Ninewa. Even officers at the Provincial Joint Coordination Center (PJCC) say they are "tired" of seeing terrorists released by "cowardly judges" or "corrupt" military and police officials. Corruption and cow [...]	2006-03-30 14:31:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR KCRM
06MOSUL38	NINEWA RULE OF LAW ISSUES PART II: BASIC PRINCIPLES IN [...] (C) Rule of law in Ninewa, or the lack thereof as many speculate, has negatively affected the public's trust in government institutions and the criminal justice system to protect them. At the root of the problem in Ninewa is poor communication and coordination by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) [...]	2006-03-31 11:25:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR KCRM
06MOSUL39	NINEWA RULE OF LAW ISSUES PART I: NINEWA CRIMINAL JUSTICE [...] (C) In recent months we have heard criticism of the Iraqi criminal justice system in Ninewa. Even officers at the Provincial Joint Coordination Center (PJCC) say they are "tired" of seeing terrorists released by "cowardly judges" or "corrupt" military and police officials. Corruption and cow [...]	2006-04-01 12:22:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR KCRM
06MOSUL4	NINEWA KURDS FOCUSING ON PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) REO Poloff met with members of the Kurdish Alliance (KA) to discuss national election results, the new government, security, and the future provincial election. PUK member Abdulbari Al-Zebari claims KA did not perform as well as they should have due to improprieties by local IECI. He sai [...]	2006-01-30 13:39:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ PINT
06MOSUL40	HUMAN RIGHTS/NORTHERN IRAQ: MAYOR FEARS KURDISH DESIGNS IN [...] (C) Mayor Bassem Jejo is frustrated by what he sees as blatant efforts by the Kurds to usurp his and the Ninewa provincial government's authority over Telkaif District. He accuses the Kurds of loading the district council with KDP members, allowing Peshmerga to operate checkpoints on major t [...]	2006-04-01 12:37:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL41	NINEWA: TAWAFOQ IRAQI FRONT PARLIAMENTARIAN VIEWS ON IRAN [...] (C) Tawafoq Iraqi Front coalition national assemblymembers, who are predominantly from the Iraqi Islamic Party, told us that U.S. pressure on Iran over nuclear issues is causing Iraq's Shia politicians to resist any formation for the new government. They said the end of U.S. pressure on Iran m [...]	2006-04-07 16:31:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL42	NINEWA: IRAQI ISLAMIC PARTY ON SECURITY [...] (C) Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) leaders in Ninewa want a more representative Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and a reduced role of Coalition Forces (CF). They claim the Kurds are meddling with security and politics in the province. IIP reps believe they should play a larger role with helping CF an [...]	2006-04-08 16:05:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL43	NINEWA: PROMINENT - AND SHADY - SUNNI SHEIKH ON SECURITY AND [...] (C) With the advent of democracy in Iraq, Ninewa's tribal leaders in the Sunni Arab community fear losing their traditional influence. However, there are tribal leaders working behind the scenes who still hold sway over politics and business affairs, especially such persons with strong ties t [...]	2006-04-08 16:13:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL44	NINEWA: SCIRI REP BLAMES SUNNIS, USG FOR PROBLEMS WITH [...] (C) SCIRI provincial spokesman Aref Yousef believes delays in the formation of a new central government are the fault of Sunni Arab political parties and the USG. Yousef says Sunni coalitions Tawafoq Iraqi Front (Iraqi Accord Front) and Iraqi Front for National Dialogue (Al Hewar Iraqi Front) [...]	2006-04-11 11:19:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL45	NINEWA: SHAMMAR TRIBAL LEADER ON GOVERNMENT FORMATION, [...] (C) Western Ninewa Sunni Arab tribal leader Sheikh Abdullah Al Yawar believes all ethnic and political groups in Baghdad are responsible for failings with the new government formation. He believes the last government's problems were not only the fault of Prime Minister Al Ja'afari, but also t [...]	2006-04-14 12:00:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL46	NINEWA: PUK NATIONAL ASSEMBLYMEMBER CONFIDENT IMPASSE OVER [...] (C) PUK national assemblymember from Ninewa Abdelbari Al Zebari is an optimist. On a recent visit to Turkey with PUK colleagues for talks with members of the Turkish parliament, the delegation was told -- repeatedly -- that the Iraqis should "get accustomed" to the idea of working with the Tu [...]	2006-04-14 12:39:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL47	NINEWA: TURKOMAN TRIBAL LEADER ON TURKEY, RELATIONS WITH THE [...] (C) Sheikh Seyh Beyatli, leader of the Turkoman Beyatli tribe, believes Turkey is meddling in Turkoman affairs in Iraq. He claims Turkey's main goal is to remove any sort of historical allegiances between the Kurds and Turkoman people to keep federalism from taking hold in Iraq. Beyatli claim [...]	2006-04-20 11:51:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL5	NINEWA CHALDO/ASSYRIANS CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR FUTURE IN [...] (C). REO Poloff met with members of the Beth Nahrain Patriotic Union (BNPU),a Chaldo/Assyrian political party, on January 31, to discuss national election results, security issues, and the future of the community in Ninewa. BNPU member Yacoub Ibrahim said kidnappings and extortions against [...]	2006-01-31 16:57:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL50	NINEWA VIEWS ON CENTRAL GOVERNMENT FORMATION AND SECURITY [...] (C) Reaction by Ninewa's political representatives and government officials towards the formation of a new central government in Baghdad is best described as cautiously optimistic. While there is some finger pointing as to why the process has taken so long (over six months) with no agreement, [...]	2006-05-19 16:30:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL51	NINEWA: PROVINCIAL CHIEF OF POLICE CONFIRMS SECTARIAN STRIFE [...] (S) Provincial Chief of Police Wathiq al-Qudir confirms recent violence in the western Ninewa city of Tal Afar is due to sectarian strife. President Bush mentioned Tal Afar in a speech this year as a beacon of hope after successful counterinsurgency efforts last September helped bring stabili [...]	2006-05-20 16:17:00	REO Mosul	SECRET	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL52	NINEWA PRT: MOSUL UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS INTERESTED IN WORKING [...] (C) Dean of the University of Mosul Medical School, Dr. Nazar Qibi, says he is interested in working with PRT Ninewa on projects to benefit the people of the province, but is terrified that any association with the USG or Coalition Forces (CF) might lead to injury or death for himself and his [...]	2006-05-22 16:12:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL53	NINEWA PRT RULE OF LAW: NINEWA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE [...] (C) Rule of law is the foundation of an effective criminal justice system that empowers governments to provide security and stability. Using this concept, the PRT Rule of Law Team is working with local officials on the establishment of the Ninewa Criminal Justice Committee (NCJC). The NCJC a [...]	2006-05-25 12:20:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR KCRM
06MOSUL54	NORTHERN IRAQ: NINEWA REACTION TO NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Views from Ninewa political, tribal, and government officials on the new -- and permanent -- Government of Iraq vary according to ethnicity. The Shiite community is overwhelmingly upbeat, the Kurds more pragmatic, with Sunnis feeling a bit disaffected and minorities somewhat despondent. [...]	2006-05-27 13:27:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL55	NINEWA: SOURCES CITE SECTARIAN STRIFE IN TAL AFAR [...] (C) Tal Afar is frequently cited in the western media and by USG officials as a good news story in Iraq. Recently, however, we have also heard reports of increased sectarian strife. Some sources say Sunni and Shia conflict in southern Iraq and Baghdad has influenced relations between the two [...]	2006-05-31 06:14:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL56	NINEWA: LOCAL CHRISTIAN OFFICIALS CLAIM INTERNALLY DISPLACED [...] (C) Local religious and political officials report that the number of internally displaced Christians fleeing Baghdad and Mosul to eastern Ninewa is growing. Father Aimen of St. George's Catholic Church in Bartallah claims around 3,000 displaced persons are already residing in Al Hamdiniya Di [...]	2006-05-31 07:15:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL57	CHRISTIAN MILITIAS IN NINEWA PLAINS [...] (C) Christian religious and provincial government officials report Christian militias are operating in minority areas east of Mosul ("Ninewa Plains"). According to Dr. Lalo, assistant governor for the province, Christian forces in Ninewa Plains number approximately 1,250 and are personally be [...]	2006-05-31 07:33:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL58	NINEWA PRT: PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT REACHES OUT TO ITS [...] In an effort to bring the provincial government into closer contact with district constituents, PRT Ninewa and MNF-N have provided logistical support for the Ninewa provincial council to conduct a series of outreach events throughout Ninewa province. The provincial leadership held town meetings [...]	2006-05-31 08:20:00	REO Mosul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL6	AL MOSUL FREE LIST DISAPPOINTED BY ELECTION LOSS [...] (C). REO Poloff met with Shammar Sheikh Nayif Al Faysal of the Al Jerba tribe in Mosul on February 1, to discuss election results, compensatory seat awards, and the upcoming provincial election. Al Faysal is disappointed that his brother Sheikh Khlaid Al Faysal's Al Mosul Free List (#639) co [...]	2006-02-01 14:58:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL7	NINEWA VICE GOVERNOR REQUESTS MORE AUTHORITY FOR PROVINCIAL [...] (C) PRT TL and REO Poloff met with Vice Governor Khessro Goran and KDP headquarters in Mosul in February 1. Goran believes the new federal government should "give more authority" to provincial governments to help address the needs of the people. Goran spoke at some length about an increase i [...]	2006-02-03 16:58:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL8	TAWAFOQ NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DELEGATES HOPE TO "REFORM" THE [...] (C) REO Poloff met with Tawafoq Iraqi Front (#618) national assembly delegates at the Provincial Joint Command Center (PJCC) on February 2. Tawafoq members said they have many plans to help Ninewa from their positions in the federal government. Izzi Adola said Tawafoq would like to push for a [...]	2006-02-04 06:49:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL9	KURDISTAN ISLAMIC UNION, BRINGING DEMOCRACY BACK TO IRAQI [...] (C) REO Poloff met with Ninewa members of the Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) on February 2. KIU provincial director Sabbah Baberi believes KIU, given their strong showing after the December national election, could now play an important role in Iraqi Kurdistan by moving the PUK and KDP, "back [...]	2006-02-05 11:44:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ PINT
06MUMBAI1253	HOW SOUTHERN CHHATTISGARH BECAME INDIA'S HUB OF NAXALITE [...] (C) Southern Chhattisgarh has become the epicenter of Naxalite violence in India, with 214 insurgent-related casualties to date in 2006 and every indication that numbers will continue to rise. There are several causes for this escalating crisis. After the state was established in late 2000, [...]	2006-07-05 11:42:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PHUM PGOV ASEC CASC IN
06MUMBAI1261	MAHARASHTRA POLICE UPDATE ON ISLAMIC TERRORISM IN WESTERN [...] (C) A top Maharashtra anti-terrorist official has told us that the three suspected terrorists killed in the foiled June 1 attack on the RSS headquarters in Nagpur were probably foreigners. J.J. Singh, Additional Chief of Police in the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS),also acknowledged t [...]	2006-07-06 10:29:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KIRF KISL CASC ASEC PK IN
06MUMBAI1286	CONDITIONS INSIDE CHHATTISGARH'S IDP CAMPS AS MONSOON SEASON [...] (SBU) Due to escalating combat between government, Naxalite-insurgent, and tribal counter-insurgent forces, southern Chhattisgarh had a growing internally displaced persons (IDP) problem in its Dantewara district before monsoon season arrived in late June. Dantewara's 27 IDP camps have appare [...]	2006-07-10 12:14:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV KWMN KCRM PHUM IN
06MUMBAI1292	MULTIPLE TRAIN BOMBINGS KILL OVER 180 AT HEIGHT OF EVENING [...] (U) Over 180 persons died and over 500 were injured in a series of nearly simultaneous bomb explosions on seven trains on July 11 in Mumbai. The bombings occurred in overflowing trains at the height of the city's evening rush hour. All official Americans and their family members are accounted [...]	2006-07-12 07:52:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KISL AEMR PGOV PREL IN
06MUMBAI1293	MULTIPLE TRAIN BOMBINGS KILL OVER 180 AT HEIGHT OF EVENING [...] (U) Over 180 persons died and over 500 were injured in a series of nearly simultaneous bomb explosions on seven trains on July 11 in Mumbai. The bombings occurred in overflowing trains at the height of the city's evening rush hour. All official Americans and their family members are accounted [...]	2006-07-12 08:30:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KISL AEMR PGOV PREL CASC IN
06MUMBAI1307	MUMBAI REMAINS CALM AS POLICE DETAIN HUNDREDS IN CONNECTION [...] (U) Nearly 48 hours after bombs exploded aboard seven trains traveling Mumbai's western commuter railway line, casualty figures continue to rise, varying between 200 and 186 depending on the source. The number injured has also increased to 772. There have been no reports of Amcit deaths or in [...]	2006-07-13 12:51:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KISL PGOV PREL ASEC CASC IN
06MUMBAI1310	AS DEATH TOLL NEARS 200, CONTOURS OF MUMBAI BOMBING [...] (C) Despite the local media's poor track record in handling on-the-record remarks, enough reputable media outlets have directly attributed a particular theory of the Mumbai train bombings to senior police leadership that the contours of the investigation are emerging. If the state's media is t [...]	2006-07-14 13:47:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KISL CASC ASEC PK IN
06MUMBAI1332	(C) PAKISTAN'S ISI INVOLVED IN MUMBAI BOMBINGS, TOP POLICE [...] (C) Maharahstra's top police official told the Consul General on July 19 that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) had a clear hand in the July 7 Mumbai train bombings. P.S. Pasricha, Director General of the state police, said the bombs used in the attacks may point to an A [...]	2006-07-19 13:29:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KISL CASC ASEC PK IN
06MUMBAI1356	POLICE MAKE FIRST ARRESTS IN MUMBAI TRAIN BOMBING CASE [...] (C) Investigators have reportedly made the first formal arrests in connection with the July 7 train bombings in Mumbai that killed over 180 people. If the media reports match information we have received from the police, then those arrested are suspected of having helped move materials for the [...]	2006-07-21 10:17:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KISL CASC ASEC PK IN
06MUMBAI1375	A $5-$6 BILLION "NUCLEAR PARK" FOR U.S. REACTORS IN INDIA? [...] (C) The head of India's state-run nuclear power company told visiting Charge on July 21 that U.S. nuclear suppliers could get their own "nuclear park" of five to six reactors worth $5-$6 billion if the U.S./India civil nuclear agreement becomes reality. S.K. Jain, MD and Chairman of the Nuclea [...]	2006-07-26 08:08:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PGOV BEXP IN
06MUMBAI1506	STILL NO BREAKTHROUGH IN MUMBAI TRAIN BOMBING INVESTIGATION, POLICE SAY [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 18:17:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC IN KISL PGOV PK PREL PTER
06MUMBAI1602	CEQ'S CONNAUGHTON ENCOURAGES MAHARASHTRA GOVERNMENT, [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings on August 24 in Mumbai, CEQ Chairman James L. Connaughton encouraged Government of Maharashtra (GOM) officials and Indian business leaders to support the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP). He also briefed his interlocutors on the sta [...]	2006-08-29 08:04:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN EINV PREL PGOV SENV SEXP EPET EMIN
06MUMBAI1652	MUMBAI BOMBING INVESTIGATIONS REVEAL DETAILS OF MUSLIM [...] (C) Although police have now arrested 14 men in connection with the July 11 Mumbai train bombings, investigators still appear to know little about the actual perpetrators of the well-planned act of terrorism that killed 187 people and left few traces. All those arrested have been charged on th [...]	2006-09-08 11:48:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KISL CASC ASEC PK IN
06MUMBAI1755	(C) LOCAL MUSLIMS AND PAKISTAN NATIONALS PLANTED BOMBS ON [...] (C) Three local Muslims and four Pakistanis planted the bombs that killed 187 persons on seven Mumbai commuter trains in July, the Mumbai police chief told the Consul General on September 26. A.N. Roy said the police had detained two of the local men who had planted bombs. One of the two men [...]	2006-09-27 12:09:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KISL CASC ASEC PK IN
06MUMBAI1803	WILL FRANCE, RUSSIA REAP THE INITIAL COMMERCIAL BENEFITS OF [...] (SBU) GE and Westinghouse fear that French and Russian companies may be the first to benefit from the commercial opportunities created by successful passage of the U.S./India civil nuclear initiative. The Nuclear Power Corp. of India (NPCIL) confirmed to us that the GOI has approved two new si [...]	2006-10-08 08:56:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PGOV ECON
06MUMBAI1986	GUJARAT CHIEF MINISTER MODI SETS HIS SIGHTS ON NATIONAL [...] (C) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has his sights on national politics. Everyone we spoke to during a recent trip to Ahmedabad told us that Modi will use an expected state election victory next year to make a bid for the national presidency of the BJP. RSS and BJP leaders in Delhi echo thes [...]	2006-11-02 12:42:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CVIS PHUM KIRF KISL ECON IN
06MUMBAI1996	POLICE BELIEVE MUSLIMS TARGETED MUSLIMS IN MALEGAON [...] (C) Maharashtra police are now convinced that Muslim extremists purposefully targeted other Muslims in the September 8 bombings in Malegaon that killed 31 persons and injured over 200. The police have told us that Muslim extremists hoped to inflame communal passions in a city with a history [...]	2006-11-09 03:03:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KISL ASEC CASC IN
06MUMBAI2027	CONSUL GENERAL MEETS GUJARAT CHIEF MINISTER MODI [...] (C) Summary: Consul General met on November 16 with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the first such meeting since Modi's U.S. visa was revoked in 2005. Modi provided a glowing overview of his accomplishments in office, including better roads, universal access to electric power, greater ava [...]	2006-11-27 11:35:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CVIS KISL IN
06MUMBAI2064	NPCIL OUTLINES ITS VISION OF INDIA'S NUCLEAR FUTURE AT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 14. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) India hopes to import 20 to 25 foreign nuclear reactors in the coming decades, the head of the country's nuclear power utility told over 25 U.S. companies from the nuclear sector on December 1 in Mumbai. [...]	2006-12-13 14:25:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PGOV ECON
06MUMBAI2068	CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION MUST NOT CONSTRAIN INDIA'S [...] (SBU) Anil Kakodkar, chairman of India's Atomic Energy Commission, told Commerce Undersecretary Frank Lavin and U.S. nuclear industry leaders on December 2 that the planned U.S.-India civil nuclear initiative must not constrain India's planned three stage program that will establish a closed nu [...]	2006-12-14 07:29:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PGOV ECON

06MUMBAI2075	NPCIL TELLS SEN. SPECTER THAT IT APPLAUDS NUCLEAR LAW, YET [...] (SBU) S.K. Agrawal, director of projects at the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL),told Senator Arlen Specter on December 16 that the civil nuclear law passed by Congress would not restrict the company's expansion plans. Without the agreement, the NPCIL's growth would even be slower a [...]	2006-12-20 11:10:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PGOV ECON
06MUNICH347	BAVARIAN TIP UPDATE: ARRESTS AND CONVICTIONS; [...] (U) Bavarian police arrested two Romanians and one German May 21 for trafficking in persons (TIP) and pimping in Bavaria and Baden-Wuerttemberg. The arrests were the result of a four-month police investigation launched on the basis of evidence gathered during routine "controls" of brothels in [...]	2006-06-11 17:22:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS PGOV SMIG ELAB GM RO
06MUNICH357	CHAROLOTTE KNOBLOCH ELECTED NEW PRESIDENT OF THE [...] On June 7, 2006, at age 73, Charolotte Knobloch was unanimously elected President of the Jewish Council in Germany following the death of Council President Paul Spiegel on April 30. People who know her are confident she will be able to gain broad public support in her new capacity. She has [...]	2006-06-13 11:02:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR GM
06MUNICH397	BRUNO'S LAST STAND -- FIRST WILD BEAR IN 170 YEARS [...] Despite all the attention surrounding the World Cup, EADS' woes and health care reform, Bavarians and many Germans have been transfixed by a two-year-old brown bear named "Bruno" that wandered across international borders into Bavaria, a government minister's agenda, a hunter's crosshairs, an [...]	2006-06-30 13:30:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SENV GM
06MUNICH437	EADS/AIRBUS CRISIS -- THE VIEW FROM EADS' MUNICH [...] (SBU) Senior German EADS officials told the Consulate that Noel Forgeard's departure was necessary for EADS to move beyond its current mess, and the Forgeard affair was but one example of the challenges of dealing with spotlight- seeking French partners. As for BAE's divestiture of its EADS [...]	2006-07-13 12:41:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN FR GM
06MUNICH558	EADS' EUROCOPTER -- WHAT AIRBUS WOULD LIKE TO BE [...] (U) Eurocopter, enjoying rising market share, is particularly exuberant over the recent decision by the U.S. Army to purchase up to 352 UH-145 helicopters, the firm's first U.S. defense contract. Eurocopter officials said this would put greater pressure on colleagues at Eurocopter parent EADS [...]	2006-08-23 16:31:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN FR GM
06MUNICH715	EADS/AIRBUS CRISIS -- THE SAGA CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Amid a flood of bad news, a senior EADS official told the Consulate the A380 would, despite delays, be certified for flight. However, the A380's drain on resources was adversely impacting programs such as the A350 and the A400M, possibly resulting in a postponement of the A350 program. [...]	2006-10-13 13:57:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN FR GM
06MUNICH767	MR. PUTIN GOES TO BAVARIA [...] The Bavarian government warmly welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to Munich October 11. Shortly after Putin's visit, the so-called "Days of Moscow" were opened in the Bavarian capital marking the visit of Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, to whom Minister-President Stoiber aw [...]	2006-10-31 08:30:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL GM RS
06MUNICH777	THE CSU'S ANNUAL CONVENTION - STICKING WITH STOIBER, BUT [...] Chancellor Merkel and Bavarian Minister-President Edmund Stoiber made a show of unity at the CSU's annual convention. Behind the facade, however, the CSU is reluctantly marching behind Stoiber - a leader whose glory has visibly faded. Recent polls show the CSU's popularity in Bavaria at arou [...]	2006-11-03 16:25:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV GM
06MUNICH819	POLICE RAID TURKISH TERRORIST ORGANIZATION DHKP/C [...] (U) In a coordinated effort led by Munich prosecutors, police from Bavaria, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and North Rhine Westphalia raided the apartments and workplaces of alleged supporters of the Turkish terrorist organization "Revolutionary People's Liberation Front" (DHKP/C) on November 28. Accord [...]	2006-12-01 15:47:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN KJUS PTER PGOV ASEC GM TU
06MUSCAT1004	INSIDE OMANI DEPORTATION CENTER, SEEKING [...] This is an action request for ECA, DRL, and G/TIP; please see paragraph 11. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) A June 19 visit to one of Oman's largest deportation centers revealed a clean and well-organized facility, and included a tour of the arrivals processing rooms, sleeping quarters [...]	2006-06-21 10:21:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF SMIG PHUM PBTS OEXC KPAO PGOV PREL MU
06MUSCAT1008	OMANI FRUSTRATION WITH THE FTA: WE UNDERSTAND BUT [...] (C) In a June 21 meeting with the Ambassador, the Sultan's Advisor for External Liaison, Dr. Omar Zawawi, conveyed Oman's growing frustration with and disappointment over the slow progress of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement in the U.S. Congress. Zawawi confirmed that other Omani official [...]	2006-06-21 15:35:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT1046	ILO DELIVERS WORKSHOP ON FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION [...] A three-day workshop entitled "Freedom of Association and Social Dialogue" began July 1 for members of Oman's 43 representative committees, educating them on the role of labor unions. Experts from the International Labor Organization (ILO),the Arab Labor Organization (ALO) and from other Gu [...]	2006-07-02 12:42:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT1084	OMAN FULFILLS FTA LABOR PROMISE TO CONGRESS THREE [...] In a surprise, Sultan Qaboos issued a royal decree July 7 that fulfills, three months early, the important labor reforms to which Commerce Minister Maqbool Sultan committed the Sultanate in his March 26 letter to the House Ways and Means Committee Chairman. Minister Sultan told the Ambassador [...]	2006-07-10 12:01:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT1119	OMAN REACTS POSITIVELY TO SUGGESTED ANTI-TIP [...] In a July 16 meeting with the Ambassador, MFA Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi undertook to review SIPDIS suggested actions to improve upon Oman's TIER 2 Watch List ranking in the Department's 2006 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. These actions include passing specific anti-TIP l [...]	2006-07-17 11:22:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PHUM ELAB KCRM PGOV MU
06MUSCAT1204	HIGHER EDUCATION: MINISTER SEEKS MORE U.S. TIES [...] The Ambassador called on the Minister of Higher Education to discuss the Embassy's work in higher education, in promoting U.S. education, and in helping facilitate ties between U.S. and Omani institutions. In return, the Minister was forthright in asking for more cooperation and additional pr [...]	2006-08-08 11:22:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO OEXC SCUL PREL KMPI MU
06MUSCAT1255	MINISTRY OF MANPOWER COMBATING TIP AND ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) Minister of Manpower Juma bin Ali bin Juma highlighted for the Ambassador some of the challenges that his ministry faces in combating trafficking in persons (TIP),including a burgeoning sponsor system and registration of false companies. The Minister reiterated his commitment to comba [...]	2006-08-22 11:37:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PHUM PGOV SMIG MU
06MUSCAT1299	SCENESETTER: VISIT OF COMMERCE DAS HOLLY VINEYARD [...] (U) Greetings and welcome to the Sultanate of Oman. My team and I look forward to your arrival on September 16 to promote the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement. In addition to your attendance at a reception for labor and customs officials, we are seeking meetings with the Minister of Commerce a [...]	2006-09-04 05:20:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON ETRD EAIR EIND PGOV PREL OTRA MU
06MUSCAT1458	OFFICIALS SAY OMAN STILL ON TRACK TO PUBLISH NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials at the Ministry of Manpower claim they are on track to publish regulations implementing recent reforms to Oman's labor law before the target date of October 31. The International Labor Organization (ILO) has seen a draft of the regulations and provided comments. Unio [...]	2006-10-10 11:22:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KMPI PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT1468	OMAN MOVES EARLY TO INCREASE VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) The Omani government has started an early media campaign to increase voter registration. In addition to placing announcements on the radio and in newspapers, the Minister of Interior held an unprecedented question-and- answer session at a gathering of the Oman Journalists Association t [...]	2006-10-11 12:45:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KMPI MU
06MUSCAT150	JUSTICE MINISTER WELCOMES ABA LEGAL TRAINING [...] In a January 30 meeting with a visiting delegation from the American Bar Association (ABA),the Minister of Justice provided enthusiastic feedback re a proposed MEPI-funded training program. He recounted the Ministry's plans to develop a judicial training institute, and solicited Embassy and [...]	2006-02-06 12:02:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KMPI KJUS OEXC SCUL MU
06MUSCAT1511	IMPENDING REGULATIONS MAY TRIGGER INCREASE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Workers at one of Oman's publicly-owned power plants went on strike before arriving at a settlement on wages and job security. Contacts suggest that the publication of implementing regulations for recent labor law reforms may herald more strikes in the coming year. While conta [...]	2006-10-22 10:55:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EWWT PGOV ETRD ECON MU
06MUSCAT1541	OFFICIALS INSIST LABOR REFORMS COMPLETE [...] (SBU) Officials in the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) informed Poleoff on November 1 that regulations covering union organizing, collective bargaining and the right to strike are complete, and await only Minister of Manpower Juma bin al-Juma's signature. The regulations are contained in two minis [...]	2006-11-01 12:52:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KMPI PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT1565	STATUS OF OMANI LABOR COMMITMENTS UNDER THE FREE [...] Summary: Oman committed to enact specific labor law reforms by October 31, 2006 under Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations. To date, Oman has met almost all of its commitments regarding worker protections, collective bargaining and the right to strike. However, it has not published implem [...]	2006-11-06 13:49:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD KMPI PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT1573	OMAN ISSUES ADDITIONAL LABOR REGULATIONS [...] On November 6, 2006, Minister of Manpower Juma bin al-Juma signed Ministerial Decision 311/2006 regulating the formation and activities of unions. On the same day, the Minister issued a legally-enforceable administrative circular prohibiting employers from withholding workers' passports, whic [...]	2006-11-08 13:20:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD KMPI PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT1575	UN TRAFFICKING RAPPORTEUR'S VISIT TO OMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) completed a fact-finding mission in Oman on November 7. The Rapporteur flagged as key concerns: the role of recruiting agencies and sponsors in bringing trafficking victims to Oman; the government's lack [...]	2006-11-08 13:31:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB MU
06MUSCAT161	OMAN 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel request, Embassy is pleased to submit the following Investment Climate Statement for 2006. 2. Begin text of Investment Climate Statement: Economic Overview Oman's economy is based primarily on petroleum and natural gas, which is expected to account for 81% of the government's [...]	2006-02-08 06:33:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB ENRG KTDB PGOV MU
06MUSCAT1627	OMAN: MIXED SIGNALS ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION [...] (U) Two events during the past week presented a sharp contrast between rhetoric and reality in terms of public expression in Oman. On November 19, Minister of Information Hamad bin Mohammed Al Rasdhi addressed the Oman Journalists Association (OJA) and stated unequivocally that "the press in O [...]	2006-11-26 12:45:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECPS KPAO MU
06MUSCAT1646	SCENESETTER: VISIT OF AUSTR FOR EUROPE AND THE [...] (U) Greetings and welcome to Oman. My team and I look forward to your arrival on December 4 to promote the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement. In addition to your participation as the keynote speaker and panel participant in the December 6 U.S.-Oman FTA Awareness Conference, we have confirmed me [...]	2006-12-02 14:50:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON ETRD EAIR EIND PGOV PREL OTRA MU
06MUSCAT1722	MORE PROMISED CHANGES TO OMAN'S LABOR LAWS [...] (C) On December 19, Minister of Commerce and Industry Ali Sultan Maqbool and Minister of Manpower Juma ali-Juma told Emboffs and representatives of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) that they intend to issue new ministerial decisions to fulfill Oman's labor reform com [...]	2006-12-23 12:56:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU
06MUSCAT192	SECURITY CONCERNS DAMPEN OMAN-IRAQ RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) Iraqi and Omani diplomats agree that security concerns are frustrating the growth of bilateral relations, but disagree over whether Iraq has requested assistance. A draft joint statement forming the basis of a new bilateral relationship has yet to be signed, and the next binational comm [...]	2006-02-13 04:14:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL MU IZ
06MUSCAT204	SULTAN QABOOS' TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Omani dailies gave extensive coverage on February 12 to a wide-ranging interview Sultan Qaboos granted to the influential Kuwaiti newspaper Al Siyasa ("Politics"). The Sultan shared his vision of Oman, his leadership principles, and his quest to balance the modern with the traditional in [...]	2006-02-13 13:53:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OPRC PTER ETRD PINR ELAB MU
06MUSCAT207	GOVERNMENT CRITIC ALLEGES AMCIT AILING IN PRISON [...] (SBU) Recently released former parliamentarian Taybah al-Ma'wali claims that unsanitary prison conditions and poor medical care have caused a serious decline in convicted Amcit Rebecca Thompson's health. Her charges, however, are at variance with what Conoff and other independent visitors have [...]	2006-02-14 08:54:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI MU
06MUSCAT222	QUELLING VIOLENT REACTIONS TO OFFENSIVE CARTOONS: [...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered ref A demarche February 14 thanking the Omani government for its role in helping to calm public reactions to the offensive Danish cartoons and urging continued efforts to promote peaceful dialogue. To date, there have been no acts of violence stemming from the carto [...]	2006-02-15 15:16:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KISL KPAO PGOV XF MU
06MUSCAT268	CONDEMNATION OF THE AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE BOMBING [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-23 09:06:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KPAO OPRC IZ MU
06MUSCAT292	IRAQ STRIFE SPARKS DENUNCIATION, REFLECTION [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Bin Alawi joined his GCC colleagues on February 24 in denouncing terrorism in Iraq in the wake of the Al-Askaria shrine bombing, while Oman's leading Arabic dailies also condemned the apparent effort to stoke civil war. Perhaps provoked by an "inappropriate" local Intern [...]	2006-03-01 14:28:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KISL PINS PGOV IZ MU
06MUSCAT350	GOVERNMENT REINS IN SQUATTERS [...] (SBU) The Omani government has taken action in recent weeks to remove illegal squatter farms that local tribes had built up over the past year in a remote semi-desert area in the southern Dhofar region. The steps were spurred by concerns over illicit water usage and the government's efforts t [...]	2006-03-10 19:48:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR SENV PBTS PGOV SOCI MU
06MUSCAT384	MOTOROLA EYES RADIO TENDER [...] (SBU) Motorola expects to be one of three bidders for an upcoming tender for a $40-60 million national radio system in Oman. Motorola will be requesting USG advocacy in support of its bid. End summary. ----------- FAST TENDER ----------- 2. (SBU) On March 6, Econoff discussed Motorola [...]	2006-03-15 15:12:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD ECPS PGOV PINR MU
06MUSCAT512	PRIVATE SECTOR FORUM BOOSTS UNIONIZATION [...] (SBU) With considerable media attention, a leading Muscat businessman devoted the March 31 session of his influential discussion forum to promoting Oman's labor union movement. Union leaders addressed key CEO's on their growing pains, while one company exec suggested that Omani unions be permi [...]	2006-04-03 13:04:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT553	PSI: EXPANDING PARTICIPATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) With other Omani officials unavailable to receive reftel demarche, Pol/Econ Chief raised the points on April 4 with Mohammed al-Hassan, Political Affairs Director for FM Yusuf bin Alawi. Taking on board the USG's points and pledging to pass them directly to the Minister, al-Hassan observe [...]	2006-04-05 13:31:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MNUC PGOV PHSA PREL MU
06MUSCAT588	LABOR FEEDBACK ON ILO VISIT, NEED FOR TECHNICAL [...] In meetings held April 3-4, an International Labor Organization (ILO) delegation met with Ministry of Manpower officials, employers and worker committee representatives to discuss ongoing labor reforms and proposed plans for technical assistance. Minister of Manpower Juma bin Ali bin Jumaa t [...]	2006-04-11 14:40:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD KMPI PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT617	OMAN'S GRAND MUFTI SPEAKS TO SHIA, URGES UNITY [...] (U) Oman's top Ibadhi religious leader, Grand Mufti Shaykh Ahmed bin Hamad al-Khalili, addressed a capacity crowd of over 1300 people at Muscat's largest Shia mosque on April 15. Celebrating the recent birthday of the Prophet Muhammad but clearly having in mind the continuing sectarian violenc [...]	2006-04-17 12:48:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SCUL KIRF PGOV KISL MU
06MUSCAT618	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FM YUSUF BIN ALAWI [...] (C) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi will be in Washington, DC, approximately April 20-25 for meetings with Secretary Rice, Secdef Rumsfeld, USTR Portman and other Administration and Congressional officials, optimally to include Vice President Cheney. Secretary Rice la [...]	2006-04-17 12:50:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP MNUC KPAL PGOV XF MU
06MUSCAT622	FM UPDATE ON IRAN, PSI ATTENDANCE, AND U.S. VISIT [...] (C) FM Bin Alawi confirmed Omani attendance at upcoming PSI events in May and June, as suggested during the recent visit of U/S Joseph. Clarifying remarks on Iran, he said Oman harbors no illusions about Iranian actions but nevertheless cannot advocate actions that might trigger conflict. He [...]	2006-04-17 13:43:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC KNNP PGOV ETRD IR XF MU
06MUSCAT687	SOMALI MIGRANTS: SMALL PROBLEM, BUT INCREASING [...] (U) Somali migrants infiltrating Oman from Yemen or by sea, often engaged in unskilled labor but sometimes accused of theft and confrontations with police, have sparked calls for government action from angry local residents and farmers in Southern Oman. Army patrols and police checkpoints have [...]	2006-05-02 05:27:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PREF PGOV PREL PINR SO MU
06MUSCAT706	SAYYID BADR PREVIEWS GCC HEADS OF STATE [...] (C) MFA Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi assured the Ambassador May 3 that Oman supports reconstruction efforts in Iraq, has forgiven all Iraqi debt, and will consider opening a diplomatic mission in Baghdad once the security situation there has improved. He indicated that Oman would sup [...]	2006-05-03 14:58:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KNNP XF MU
06MUSCAT728	SCENESETTER: VISIT OF EB DAS AMBASSADOR DAVID A. [...] Greetings and welcome to the Sultanate of Oman. My team and I look forward to your arrival on May 12 in conjunction with the USTDA Information and Communication Technology regional forum, May 14-16. In addition to conference activities, we are seeking a meeting with the Telecommunications R [...]	2006-05-08 14:32:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON PGOV OTRA MU
06MUSCAT793	LABOR UPDATE FOR US-OMAN FTA HEARINGS [...] The Ministry of Manpower confirmed on May 13 that it is researching and preparing ILO-consistent legislation to meet recent labor reform commitments for ratification of the US-Oman Free Trade Agreement. Labor committee members and government officials assert that, in practice, the government [...]	2006-05-17 14:21:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT809	OMAN WELCOMES NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] Government-owned Oman News Agency reported May 23 the Sultanate's official comments hailing the formation of a new Iraqi government: "Oman welcomed today the forming of the new Iraqi government, expressing its hope for the government to be able to find solutions to political issues that Iraq [...]	2006-05-23 12:54:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO OPRC IZ MU
06MUSCAT841	OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER: TIME NOT RIGHT FOR GCC [...] (C) The timing is not right for an Oman-led GCC mission to Tehran, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi told the Ambassador in a late evening meeting May 26. He predicted that such a mission, if not properly planned and timed, would entangle GCC governments in unproductive [...]	2006-05-29 12:33:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PREF IR IZ LY MU
06MUSCAT851	RARE PUBLIC PROTEST BY TEACHERS, GRADUATES [...] (SBU) In a rare protest on May 28, approximately 200 teachers and graduates from government-operated Colleges of Education (CoE) gathered in front of the Ministry of Education (MoE) and demanded to speak with the minister, Yahya bin Saud al-Salimi, about diminishing promotions for teachers and [...]	2006-05-31 09:27:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PGOV ELAB PINS MU
06MUSCAT853	OMAN SEEKS ASSISTANCE IN PREPARING FOR HIGH-PROFILE SHIP [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 6. 2. SUMMARY: Building on the success of Oman's participation in the 2005 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the Sultanate plans to raise its profile in the U.S. by sending a tall ship to at least three East Coast ports in July 2007. The visit [...]	2006-05-31 10:23:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL OVIP SCUL KPAO OEXC MU
06MUSCAT859	MINISTER OF MANPOWER REPORTS RAPID LABOR REFORM [...] (SBU) In a May 31 meeting, the Minister of Manpower showed the Ambassador completed draft legislation of all labor reform commitments made to Congress by the Minister of Commerce and Industry. The Minister reiterated his commitment to complete the reforms ahead of time and said that it was no [...]	2006-05-31 12:26:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV KCRM KMPI PHUM MU
06MUSCAT906	ENHANCING ECONOMIC FREEDOM IN OMAN [...] At a recent seminar, representatives from business, government, and academia discuss how Oman could improve its economic freedom ranking. Participant viewpoints on business regulations, free trade, and government size, among other topics, will be incorporated into an action plan for review by [...]	2006-06-06 13:43:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP BTIO ETRD TINT PGOV MU
06MUSCAT907	TIP: OMAN DISMAYED BY TIER 2 WATCH LIST RANK [...] (C) Following the June 5 delivery of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons report to the Foreign Ministry, the MFA Under Secretary roundly condemned the U.S. text in a June 6 phone SIPDIS call with the Ambassador. Calling the report "unfair and arrogant," he accused the USG of ignoring Oman's pro [...]	2006-06-06 13:48:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV MU
06MUSCAT94	LONDON CONFERENCE FOR AFGHANISTAN: OMAN ATTENDANCE [...] (U) The Embassy delivered demarche and background papers (reftels) to the Foreign Ministry on January 25, encouraging Oman's attendance at the London Conference and pledge for Afghanistan reconstruction. 2. (SBU) UK Deputy Head of Mission Charles Hill informed us on January 24 of his ongoin [...]	2006-01-25 14:23:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV AF MU
06MUSCAT949	RELIGIOUS VOLUNTEERS DISCUSS TIP ISSUES [...] (SBU) Religious leaders and charitable organization volunteers recently shared their views on trafficking in persons in Oman. Though they argue Oman's TIP problem is small in comparison to its neighbors, all are calling for prompt government action to enforce Oman's labor law, increase oversi [...]	2006-06-12 08:37:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV ELAB MU
06NAHA204	ONE SMALL STEP FOR THE FUTENMA REPLACEMENT FACILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In the first tangible step towards building the Marine Corps Airs Station Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF),late the afternoon of September 15 the Okinawa Defense Facilities Administration Bureau (DFAB) and Nago City Board of Education officials entered Camp Schwab to begin a [...]	2006-09-19 09:39:00	Consulate Naha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV JA
06NAIROBI1003	JUSTICE MINISTER WON,T QUESTION POLICE RAID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Justice Minister Karua refuses to criticize the police raids on the Standard Media Group, even going so far as to assert that it might have been justified on "national security" grounds. Karua's main concern seems to be that she and other cabinet members were not consulted before [...]	2006-03-07 07:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE
06NAIROBI1008	IMMEDIATE RESPONSE NEEDED TO ADDRESS EAST AFRICA [...] (SBU) On March 5, I hosted a lunch for 15 Nairobi-based Chiefs of Mission in honor of visiting World Food Program Executive Director James T. Morris. The reason I was willing to press the other COMs to give up their Sunday afternoon was this Mission's growing concern about the unfolding huma [...]	2006-03-07 09:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETRD ECON EAGR SENV PREL PGOV SOCI KE
06NAIROBI1011	CHIEF OF MISSION COMMENDATION FOR ANTI-PIRACY [...] (U) Vice Admiral Walsh, It is with great pleasure that I send this cable thanking you and the sailors of NAVCENT, particularly the men and women on the USS Winston Churchill and the USS Nassau, for your outstanding support in suppressing piracy along the Somali coast. 2. (U) This is a dif [...]	2006-03-07 09:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KE MOPS OPDC PGOV PREL MAS
06NAIROBI1015	AMBASSADOR MEETS KENYA'S NEW FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In his new job as Kenya's Finance Minister, Amos Kimunya wants to focus on repairing relations with donors, improving governance, and controlling government spending. Kimunya also told the Ambassador on March 3 that the Government of Kenya is moving ahead with major privatization [...]	2006-03-07 10:31:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PINR PTER KE
06NAIROBI1023	PUBLIC AND POLITICIANS DEMAND EXPLANATION FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the furor over the government's assault on media freedom grew into a several thousand strong protest march, further details of the raid against the Standard Media Group suggest it was part of a much deeper effort to help the increasingly paranoid government cling to power. Alt [...]	2006-03-07 12:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC KE
06NAIROBI1032	Challenges to Airport Certification in Nairobi [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting U.S. FAA airport certification specialist Ed Dorsett's training for Kenyan inspectors highlighted many deficiencies at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) that will likely prevent its certification to ICAO standards until 2007. Regulator Kenya Civil A [...]	2006-03-08 05:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PGOV KE
06NAIROBI1059	THIRD ANNUAL AFRICAN FINE COFFEE CONFERENCE [...] USAID/REDSO through the Regional Agricultural Trade Expansion Support (RATES) program, supported the Eastern African Fine Coffees Association (EAFCA) to once again successfully implement and host the Third African Fine Coffee Conference and Exhibition, known by many as the World?s WILDEST Coff [...]	2006-03-08 09:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD KE PGOV SENV
06NAIROBI1075	COUNTER-TERRORISM LEGISLATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS: [...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) held an East African regional hearing February 27-28 on implementation of counter-terrorism (CT) legislation and its compatibility with international human rights laws. The ICJ,s ultimate goal is to make recommendations on finding the [...]	2006-03-08 12:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PGOV PINS PREL KE
06NAIROBI1077	MUSYOKA: LIES, LOVERS, AND MERCENARIES IN KENYA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition politician Kalonzo Musyoka privately sees sabotage by supporters of a fellow presidential aspirant as behind the false story suggesting he was cutting a political deal with President Kibaki. The reason for the Government's own visceral reaction to this story (and raiding th [...]	2006-03-09 01:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR KE
06NAIROBI1082	SOMALIA: PARLIAMENT ADJOURNED; DONORS EXAMINE [...] (C) The Somali Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) appears set to attempt the actual work of creating legislative committees and discussing the country's future. A risk that the TFP would tear itself apart over the fate of the Prime Minister seems to be receding, as MPs fear that finding som [...]	2006-03-09 05:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI1090	JUSTICE MINISTER WON'T QUESTION POLICE RAID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Justice Minister Karua refuses to criticize the police raids on the Standard Media Group, even going so far as to assert that it might have been justified on "national security" grounds. Karua's main concern seems to be that she and other cabinet members were not consulted before [...]	2006-03-09 08:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE
06NAIROBI1094	SOMALIA: DONORS PREPARE TO SUPPORT SECURITY FOR THE [...] (SBU) Donors and UN agency representatives have enthusiastically endorsed a Security Plan for the Transitional Federal Parliament's (TFP) interim seat in Baidoa. A March 7 fact-finding trip may have generated commitments of funds sufficient to finance the entire plan - - including the very se [...]	2006-03-09 10:41:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI1111	IAGGA REPORT FOR KENYA [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-10 08:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KCOR KCRM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI1113	ATTORNEY GENERAL CONCEDES NEED TO DESTROY COCAINE, [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Kenya's Attorney General has agreed to international supervision of the verification and destruction of more than one ton of cocaine seized in December 2004. He predicted the two remaining hurdles -- publication of new regulations and the approval of the presi [...]	2006-03-10 12:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN
06NAIROBI1154	KENYAN GOVERNMENT FUMBLES, OPPOSITION BENEFITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Parliament set to reconvene March 21, Kenya's "ODM" opposition is armed with a number of issues over which to take on the government. Buoyed by the government's recent media crack-down gaffe, ODM leaders have publicly recommitted themselves to cooperation. Their united ext [...]	2006-03-15 02:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE
06NAIROBI1161	17TH HORN OF AFRICA CLIMATE OUTLOOK FORUM [...] The 17th Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) climate outlook forum (COF) took place in Nairobi March 1-3, organized by the USAID-supported Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC). The forum brought together policy makers, technical expert [...]	2006-03-15 04:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV TPHY XW ZF EAGR ECON ETRD KE PGOV SOCI
06NAIROBI1187	"MERCENARIES" IN KENYA TURN TABLES ON THEIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Stepping out of the shadows, Kenya's "foreign mercenaries" stun Kenya with claims the opposition, not the government, tried to hire them to bankroll regime change. Following the foreigners' March 13 staged press conference, ostensibly to clear their names, the intensity of the [...]	2006-03-15 13:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL CVIS KE
06NAIROBI1224	SOMALIA: IGAD SUMMIT IN NAIROBI RISKS UPSTAGING [...] (SBU) Somali politicians fear that the upcoming summit of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) may repeat the mistakes of March 2005. The specter that Somali President Yusuf may again ask IGAD to express readiness to deploy foreign troops from neighboring countries to Somalia, [...]	2006-03-16 10:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI1237	MISERY LOVES COMPANY: DROUGHT AND CONFLICT IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Harsh drought conditions in Mandera district are having a devastating effect on livestock and their owners. While the deprivations of the drought have alleviated some of the causes of inter-clan conflicts in the area, the loss of livestock (and the income generated thereby) is r [...]	2006-03-17 10:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SENV PINS ECON MARR KE
06NAIROBI1261	SOMALIA: WORST COMBAT IN FIVE YEARS PUT AT USG [...] (S) A broad array of post's Somali and the international community contacts see the heavy recent fighting in Mogadishu between an Alliance to Combat Terror and Jihadist- linked militias as being at least USG-financed, perhaps USG- instigated. This broad consensus -- across clan and political [...]	2006-03-20 14:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI1262	POLITICAL INTRIGUES TO ENGENDER FURTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a four-month hiatus, Kenya's Parliament faces daunting challenges when it reconvenes March 21. Despite the importance of pending legislation, including the creation of a parliamentary budget office, the sharply polarized climate -- equal parts partisan and personal -- coup [...]	2006-03-20 15:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KE
06NAIROBI129	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENGAGING AU ON AMIS REHAT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points January 6 to Ms. S. Luyali, Third Secretary, Africa Union Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Luyali welcomed the suggestion of the U.S. to begin planning for re-hatting, particularly given the U.S. commitment to press for an Af [...]	2006-01-11 09:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SU KPKO KE
06NAIROBI1311	KENYAN COURT ORDERS PROMPT DESTRUCTION OF COCAINE [...] (C) Senior Principal Magistrate Aggrey Muchelule March 21 ordered the Kenyan government to begin immediate preparations for the verification, analysis, and destruction of the more than one ton (1141.5 kilos) of cocaine held in police custody since its seizure in December 2004. Following the M [...]	2006-03-22 17:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN
06NAIROBI1348	PARLIAMENT ALREADY FLIRTING WITH A STALEMATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Kibaki kicked off the re-opening of the long-suspended Parliament March 21 by highlighting the government,s economic successes and glossing over or completely ignoring issues potentially damaging to the government. As expected, the opposition was quick to criticize the [...]	2006-03-24 14:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KE
06NAIROBI135	KENYA'S ROADS -- TURNING THE CORNER ON A NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya's road system is a national disgrace and a major drag on the economies of both Kenya and the broader region. Three years after coming to power, the Kenyan government of Mwai Kibaki has little to show in terms of meeting its promises to rebuild the country's long- neglecte [...]	2006-01-12 06:31:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ELTN EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
06NAIROBI1363	COCAINE VERIFICATION HITS A GLITCH [...] (SBU) U.S., U.K., and United National Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) international experts, accompanied by GOK chemists, arrived at the General Services Unit (GSU) training school the morning of March 27 to begin the verification process of the one and a quarter ton of cocaine seized in De [...]	2006-03-27 15:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN
06NAIROBI1378	VERIFICATION OF THE COCAINE BEGINS [...] (SBU) U.S., U.K., United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime experts, together with Kenyan law enforcement authorities and chemists, began the physical verification of the 955 packets (twenty-two foot lockers) of cocaine on March 28. The international team estimates that it will take several day [...]	2006-03-28 13:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN
06NAIROBI1438	OFDA VISIT TO KENYA'S MARSABIT DISTRICT [...] An acute dry season, amplified by poor seasonal rains last November is eroding livelihoods and food security of pastoralist populations in Kenya's Marsabit District. Livestock numbers have declined due to the lack of access to pasture and water. Tribal conflict is preventing many pastoralis [...]	2006-03-31 09:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KE PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAGR SENV SOCI
06NAIROBI1439	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: PARLIAMENTARY REPORT BLOWS [...] (C) Summary: Like a second nuclear strike following the release of the Githongo dossier in January, a long-awaited report into the Anglo-Leasing and related scandals by Kenya's Parliament was released on March 30 and is sending shockwaves through Kenyan politics. The report from the Parliamen [...]	2006-03-31 11:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI145	LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL MAKES SPLASH IN KENYA [...] Living Water International, the Texas-based Christian NGO that specializes in bringing clean water to rural communities in developing countries, scored a signal success in Kenya January 10 when President Kibaki and cabinet ministers spent more than 8 hours with the group inaugurating two new w [...]	2006-01-12 11:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM SENV EAID OREP KE
06NAIROBI1473	VERIFICATION OF THE COCAINE BEGINS [...] (SBU) U.S., U.K., United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime experts, together with Kenyan law enforcement authorities and chemists, began the physical verification of the 955 packets (twenty-two foot lockers) of cocaine on March 28. The international team estimates that it will take several day [...]	2006-04-03 11:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN
06NAIROBI1484	AMBASSADOR TO YUSUF: ALLIANCE AGAINST TERROR NOT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a March 31 meeting with Somali Transitional Federal President Abdullahi Yusuf, Ambassador reassured Yusuf of our support for the Transitional Federal Government, specifying that our support for counter-terrorism activities in Mogadishu were directed only at foreign terrorist [...]	2006-04-03 15:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER SO KE
06NAIROBI1500	TERROR SUSPECT OMAR SAID OMAR SENTENCED TO 8 YEARS [...] (SBU) In the first successful Kenyan prosecution of a terror suspect, 2002 Kikambala bombing defendant Omar Said Omar was found guilty April 4 and sentenced to 8 years in prison. Although exonerated in June 2005 for his role in the deadly 2002 terror attacks, Said had been immediately re-arr [...]	2006-04-04 14:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL KJUS PGOV KE
06NAIROBI1514	OFDA VISIT TO KENYA'S MARSABIT DISTRICT [...] An acute dry season, amplified by poor seasonal rains last November is eroding livelihoods and food security of pastoralist populations in Kenya's Marsabit District. Livestock numbers have declined due to the lack of access to pasture and water. Tribal conflict is preventing many pastoralis [...]	2006-04-05 11:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KE SOCI SENV ETRD EAGR ECON PGOV PREL
06NAIROBI1560	UP IN SMOKE: KENYA'S HISTORIC COCAINE HAUL FINALLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Fifteen months after its initial seizure, Kenya's record haul of cocaine was successfully destroyed under joint Kenyan and international supervision on March 31. Despite repeated and unsupported allegations that it had been tampered with, preliminary verification and testing in [...]	2006-04-10 09:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN CO
06NAIROBI1561	USAID/OFDA VISIT TO KENYA'S KAJIADO DISTRICT. [...] Three weeks of consistent rainfall has replenished pasture and natural water points in the Mashuru Division of Kenya's Kajiado District. The start of the long rains season should halt the decline in livestock numbers caused by recent dry conditions. Farmers have extensively planted crops an [...]	2006-04-10 09:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KE ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI
06NAIROBI1601	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SOMALI PRIME MINISTER [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador Bellamy met Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi on April 6 at the Residence. Gedi offered an up-beat account of developments within the TFIs, especially the work of parliamentary committees in Baidoa. He also worried about the recent fighting in Mogadishu. The A [...]	2006-04-12 03:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHSA MARR SO KE
06NAIROBI1614	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR BOOTED [...] (C) Summary: There is likely much more than meets the eye in the recent arrest and suspension of the governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) for "abuse of office." In the case, it appears CBK Governor Andrew Mullei erred in hiring his son to help conduct investigations into irregularities [...]	2006-04-12 11:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI1635	THOUGHTS ON THE DIALOGUE WITH KENYA AT THE [...] (C) Summary: In light of recent events in Kenya, Mission Nairobi recommends a tough-but-balanced approach in bilateral meetings between USG policymakers and the Kenyan delegation visiting Washington in late-April for the annual IMF/World Bank meetings. Washington policymakers can expect an a [...]	2006-04-13 11:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PINR KE
06NAIROBI1688	RAISING THE LATEST MEGA-SCANDAL WITH KENYAN [...] (C) Summary: This is an action request - please see para 6. It is increasingly clear that Kenya has another mega- scandal waiting in the wings to be exposed. In this case, it takes the form of a massive money laundering and tax evasion scheme involving a small local bank and the country's l [...]	2006-04-19 13:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI1697	TENSIONS ESCALATING IN MOGADISHU [...] (S) Somali Prime Minister Gedi telephoned Ambassador late April 19 to convey great concern over apparent preparations for renewed fighting in Mogadishu. There are reports, he said, of roadblocks going up and movements of men and weapons. Civilians are fleeing. (NOTE: We are receiving confirma [...]	2006-04-19 16:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI1701	(C) CHALLENGES IN OUR CT RELATIONSHIP WITH KENYA [...] (S) SUMMARY: Post faces an increasingly difficult operating environment in which to pursue counter-terrorism (CT) cooperation with the Kenyan Government (GOK). In the absence of a focused, functional government that views CT as part of its political and national interest, Post is pursuing a [...]	2006-04-20 06:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	ASEC PTER PGOV PINR PINS PREL MARR KDEM KE

06NAIROBI1720	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: AUDITOR GENERAL REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: A long-awaited audit into the 18 suspect Anglo-Leasing-style procurement scams has been tabled in Parliament. Its detailed findings confirm and confer even greater credibility to the Githongo dossier and to the recently-adopted parliamentary report on the Anglo-Leasing and simi [...]	2006-04-24 05:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI182	GOVERNMENT SPINNING ITS WHEELS WITH ALL EYES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first meeting of the new cabinet on January 6 indicated the Kenyan government may finally be ready to get back to the business of governing. Political maneuvering and whining, nevertheless, continued, with a singular focus on the next election in 2007. Despite cabinet takin [...]	2006-01-13 07:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM KE
06NAIROBI2063	SOMALIA: BRIEFING THE INTERNATIONALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Bellamy briefed a small group of ambassadors and special envoys on U.S. policy toward Somalia on May 9. The group responded largely favorably to the briefing, with several finding areas of convergence between their policy priorities and ours. In response to concerns t [...]	2006-05-11 15:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER EAID PGOV SO
06NAIROBI210	SOMALIA'S PRESIDENT, SPEAKER AGREE -- THE END GAME [...] (C) The January 5 agreement signed in Aden between the Somali Transitional President and Speaker of the Parliament can only be welcomed, at least as a reflection of the dialogue that produced it. But such dialogue and agreement may nonetheless herald the end of the Transitional Federal Instit [...]	2006-01-17 11:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI2120	RECENT COCAINE BUSTS HIGHLIGHT KENYA'S CONTINUING [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent string of cocaine seizures at Nairobi's international airport highlights the continuing drug trafficking problem in Kenya, despite April's success in the verification and destruction of the record cocaine seizure. While the arrests of "mules" may have alerted trafficking [...]	2006-05-16 07:52:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI2141	SOMALI PARLIAMENT SPEAKER KEEN FOR U.S. SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Somalia's Parliament Speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden May 11 to discuss current developments in Somalia. The conversation particularly focused on the fighting in Mogadishu and possible ways to bring it to an end, with the Speaker agreeing that he may be i [...]	2006-05-16 14:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS CVIS PTER SO KE
06NAIROBI2142	SOMALI PRESIDENT YUSUF: LOST IN TRANSLATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met May 15 with Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf, who was transiting through Nairobi en route to Somalia. Yusuf vacillated between professions of wanting the Mogadishu ministers back in government and threats of action against them if they did not come on board. H [...]	2006-05-16 14:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR SO KE
06NAIROBI2399	KENYA: RESPONSE TO U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel points to Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Lazarus Amayo the evening of May 31. (Head of state and foreign minister were unavailable.) Amayo discussed at length the recent G-77 meeting in Malaysia and Iran's attempt to introduce a statement on [...]	2006-05-31 16:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KE
06NAIROBI2418	Uganda Makes Progress on GSP/AGOA Labor Complaint [...] (U) Summary: Regional Labor Attache's second visit to Kampala found encouraging progress on addressing the worker rights issues described in the AFL/CIO petition seeking to revoke Uganda's trade privileges under the General System of Preferences (GSP). Uganda has passed four significant labor [...]	2006-06-02 10:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB AGOA ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV UG
06NAIROBI2419	Uganda Makes Progress on GSP/AGOA Labor Complaint [...] (U) Summary: Regional Labor Attache's second visit to Kampala found encouraging progress on addressing the worker rights issues described in the AFL/CIO petition seeking to revoke Uganda's trade privileges under the General System of Preferences (GSP). Uganda has passed four significant labor [...]	2006-06-02 10:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB AGOA ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV UG
06NAIROBI2425	SOMALIA: A STRATEGY FOR ENGAGEMENT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Post envisions a Somalia strategy that builds on existing counterterrorism contacts and tactics, connecting the ARPFAT with the TFIs, establishing relations with moderate Islamic courts, and developing a network within the Ayr and business communities in Mogadishu. This approach [...]	2006-06-02 11:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV EAID SO
06NAIROBI2453	S/CT Ambassador Crumptons Meeting with President [...] (S/NF) S/CT Ambassador Henry Crumpton called on Kenyan President Kibaki May 26. Crumpton hailed U.S.Kenyan anti- terrorism cooperation in recent years and urged that Kenya continue to treat regional threats seriously and work with us to strengthen further our CT cooperation. Crumpton asked Kib [...]	2006-06-05 13:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI2454	SRSYG FRANCOIS FALL WORRIED ABOUT ISLAMIC COURT [...] (C) SRSYG for Somalia Amb. Francois Fall called me June 5 to voice concern over reports that the Islamic Court militias were gaining ground in Mogadishu and southern Somalia and may soon be in a position to establish their own government. Fall was worried about Islamists' longstanding oppositi [...]	2006-06-05 13:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI2455	SRSYG FRANCOIS FALL WORRIED ABOUT ISLAMIC COURT [...] (C) SRSYG for Somalia Amb. Francois Fall called me June 5 to voice concern over reports that the Islamic Court militias were gaining ground in Mogadishu and southern Somalia and may soon be in a position to establish their own government. Fall was worried about Islamists' longstanding oppositio [...]	2006-06-05 15:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS PGOV SO
06NAIROBI2456	SOMALIA: MILITARY AND POLITICAL ADVANCES AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although two Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Fight Against Terrorism (ARPFAT) leaders retain control of their territory, the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) now controls the bulk of Mogadishu. The UIC's advance on Jowhar is further cause for concern, both because it will [...]	2006-06-06 03:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PINS PGOV PTER PREL KISL SO
06NAIROBI2482	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: HOW FULL - OR EMPTY - IS THE [...] (C) Summary: The bad news in the war against corruption in Kenya is that there continues to be no genuine political will at the leadership level to aggressively investigate and prosecute major graft cases. The desperation of the NARC administration as it positions itself for next year's elect [...]	2006-06-06 13:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI2525	SOMALIA: ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INTERNATIONALS [...] (C) The Ambassador met with European Union ambassadors on June 2 and with members of the Somalia contact group on June 8 to share our thoughts on Somalia. At both events, he covered the following points: - The ICU has clearly gained considerable ground. We do not consider the Union monolit [...]	2006-06-08 14:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS SO
06NAIROBI260	SOMALIA: ALL SIDES READY TO DELIVER A PARLIAMENT - [...] (C) The "Aden Declaration," signed by the Somali President and Speaker of the Parliament, provides an entry point to engage with the parties to the divided Transitional Federal Institutions. They, in turn, have asked the USG for specific diplomatic efforts to improve the environment for the c [...]	2006-01-20 01:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI2618	JOWHAR FALLS [...] (U) Action request - para 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The town of Jowhar came under Islamic Court Union (ICU) control the afternoon of June 14. The UN received direct assistance from known extremist Aden Hashi Ayrow to protect the UN compound in Jowhar, an incident that makes it appear that Ayrow [...]	2006-06-14 14:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PREL MARR SO
06NAIROBI2640	SOMALIA: ISLAMIST ADVANCES, PROSPECTS FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Somali town of Belet Weyne was taken over by the Islamic Courts Union (ICU),apparently by fiat rather than force, the morning of June 15. This now puts the ICU in control of the entire Shebelle valley and offers enhanced connections to supplies from the Gulf. Leaders in the [...]	2006-06-15 15:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PINS PGOV PREL SO
06NAIROBI2653	LETTER FROM THE SOMALI ISLAMIC COURTS: A PROPOSED [...] (C) Post received a letter from the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) June 12 (e-mailed to AF/E). The letter, similar to other missives issued by the UIC, portrays the UIC as a largely benevolent entity interested primarily in the well-being of the residents of Mogadishu. The letter lists the or [...]	2006-06-16 13:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS PGOV PHUM SO
06NAIROBI2654	SOMALILAND'S CHARM OFFENSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government of the self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland has taken advantage of the downward trend of events in Somalia to step up its efforts for international recognition. A visit to Kenya appears to have produced unexpectedly positive results, opening doors for a [...]	2006-06-16 14:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV PINS SO KE TZ ZA RW UG SF
06NAIROBI2655	IGAD FOREIGN MINISTERS DEBATE SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A June 13 meeting of the IGAD Council of Ministers produced much debate about the ability of neighboring states to intervene in Somalia's affairs, but ended with a communique re-affirming the position that any IGAD peace mission to Somalia would involve only Sudanese and Ugandan t [...]	2006-06-16 15:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV SO
06NAIROBI274	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] Following is the 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Kenya. This information will also be transmitted to EB/IFD/OIA via e-mail and included in Chapter 6 of the 2006 Country Commercial Guide for Kenya, to be delivered through FCS channels. ----------------------------------- A.1. Opennes [...]	2006-01-20 05:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV KE
06NAIROBI2755	KENYA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DREIER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a country that stands out among African nations as a country of special interest to the United States. With substantial existing infrastructure, a well-educated work force and a diverse economy, Kenya could become East Africa's engine for economic growth. In [...]	2006-06-23 10:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KE
06NAIROBI2757	A/S FRAZER MEETS KENYA FM TUJU [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 21 meeting with Kenya' s Foreign Minister Raf ael Tuju, Assistant Secretary Frazer END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Assistant Secretary Frazer noted that she came to Kenya at the s pecific direction of Secretary Rice to consult with our Kenyan allies on Somali a. A/S Frazer e [...]	2006-06-25 12:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MASS KISL SO
06NAIROBI2758	ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER'S MEETING WITH SOMALI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 21 meeting with Somali Parliamentary Speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, Assistant Secretary Frazer highlighted U.S. priorities for Somalia and SIPDIS expressed concerns about territorial expansion by the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC). Sharif Hassan had similar concern [...]	2006-06-25 12:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR EAID KISL SO
06NAIROBI2760	ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER'S MEETING WITH SOMALI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 21 meeting with Somali Prime Minister Gedi, Assistant Secretary Frazer outlined U.S. priorities for Somalia and solicited Gedi's thoughts on the most appropriate role for the U.S. at this time. Gedi identified security needs as the top priority to enable other activitie [...]	2006-06-26 03:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MASS EAID SO
06NAIROBI2761	ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER'S MEETING WITH SOMALI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 21 meeting with Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf, Assistant Secretary Frazer spelled out the U.S. priorities of support to the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) and the people of Somalia, enhancing regional stability, and countering terrorism. Frazer and Yusuf di [...]	2006-06-26 03:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MASS KISL SO
06NAIROBI2781	SOMALI SUPREME ISLAMIC COURTS COUNCIL: THE WOLF [...] (S) SUMMARY: The formation of a Supreme Islamic Courts Council headed by al Qaida associate Hassan Dahir Aweys has raised concerns in the Transitional Federal Government about the possibility of alternate governing structures becoming more firmly rooted in Mogadishu. While one civil society a [...]	2006-06-27 03:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV SO
06NAIROBI279	HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN KENYA?S NORTHEASTERN [...] Persistent drought and underdevelopment in Kenya's Northeastern Province continues to erode humanitarian indicators. Erratic rainfall during the Sept-Nov short rains season has failed to replenish natural water points or pasture causing degradation of local livestock, the main source of food [...]	2006-01-20 07:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KE ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV SOCI
06NAIROBI284	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: LET THE FIREWORKS BEGIN [...] (C) Summary: It is widely expected that a newspaper serial exposing in gory detail evidence of grand scale corruption in the administration of Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki will begin the week of January 22. If so, it will likely destabilize an already fragile administration. Kibaki appears aw [...]	2006-01-23 01:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN KCOR KE
06NAIROBI285	Drought's Limited Impact on Kenya's Economy - So [...] Summary: Although drought has put 2.5 - 3.5 million Kenyans in Northern, Northeastern and Coast provinces in desperate need of aid, Kenya's economy grew about 5% in 2005, and the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) forecasts stronger growth in 2006. Unless the March-August long rainy season fails, to [...]	2006-01-23 01:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EAGR EIND EFIN PGOV KE
06NAIROBI3004	SOMALIA: COURTING AND POSTURING [...] (C) SUMMARY: European members of the IGAD/AU mission to Somalia came away with the impression that the Islamic Courts in Mogadishu are much more organized than the government in Baidoa. The Transitional Federal Government seems to have no clear idea of what it must do to implement the National [...]	2006-07-10 13:41:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SO
06NAIROBI3068	Optimistic GOK Budget Focuses on Development, But [...] (SBU) Summary: In an effort to address popular frustration at the slow pace of economic development and poverty reduction, Finance Minister Kimunya's presentation of the GOK's budget for FY 2006-07 stressed social spending and tax relief provisions targeted to assist the poor and vulnerable. [...]	2006-07-13 13:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB AGOA ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI3090	PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTIONS SET THE MOOD FOR 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 24, five new members of parliament will be chosen in the largest by-election in Kenyan history. Not only is the upcoming election significant in its size, but also for its timing - little more than a year before the next general election, and its location - four of the [...]	2006-07-17 14:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
06NAIROBI315	PATRONAGE IN MOMBASA: THE KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY [...] (C) Summary: Based on demands from local politicians for an appointee from Coast Province, Kenyan Transport Minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere appointed Abdalla Mwaruwa to the critical position of Managing Director (MD) of the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA). The Minister ignored the KPA Board,s recom [...]	2006-01-24 09:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EWWT KCOR ETRD PGOV KE
06NAIROBI3173	COURTS ADVANCING ON BAIDOA? POSSIBLY NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reports of an imminent Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) attack on Baidoa appear exaggerated. Two reports, although differing in details, link the militia movement to Rahanweyn clan disgruntlement with the Transitional Federal Government. The UN advises that the Court militia has re [...]	2006-07-20 14:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PTER KISL SO
06NAIROBI3213	East African Regional Labor Reports for Host [...] Summary: Regional Labor Officer (RLO) will send compilations of the State Department, Labor Department, ICFTU, and other reports on worker rights, child labor, and TIP for the 13 East African countries and destination countries in the Middle East and Europe to Labor Reporting Officers in the E [...]	2006-07-25 12:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM KCRM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI3214	PRELIMINARY PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION RESULTS HAND [...] (U) Preliminary results from the parliamentary by-elections held on July 24 give the newly formed NARC-Kenya party a lead over its rivals in three out of the five constituencies left vacant following an April plane crash in which the sitting members of parliament were killed (reftel). NARC-Ke [...]	2006-07-25 13:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
06NAIROBI3292	AWEYS' POSSIBLE WEAKNESS [...] (C) In a July 26 conversation, European Commission Senior Political Advisor on Somalia Walid Musa shared that Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) leader Hassan Dahir Aweys is unable to travel to Mogadishu because of disputes with clan leaders in the city. He has likewise been unable to appoint more [...]	2006-07-31 13:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PTER SO
06NAIROBI3500	KENYA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL OBAMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a country that stands out among its East African neighbors as a stable, open democracy and as a key regional partner for the United States. The country is making a dramatic break from its past by greatly improving respect for human rights and by expanding d [...]	2006-08-11 10:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KCOR KE
06NAIROBI3836	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SOMALIA TFG SPEAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador August 30, the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Speaker of Parliament gave his view of the current situation in Somalia, emphasized the need for American involvement and "neutral" troops, and described his planned approach to anyone in [...]	2006-09-01 11:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS ASEC PREL SO KE SU
06NAIROBI3879	Retention of DHS/TSA Kevin Jones in Kenya [...] (SBU) I understand that TSA's Office of International Transportation Security Networking recently turned down a request from the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Embassy Nairobi for TSA to rehire Kevin Jones as a retired annuitant. The decision, as SIPDIS we understand it, would have [...]	2006-09-07 05:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER PGOV KE
06NAIROBI3900	SOMALI REFUGEES IN KENYA (C-TN6-01351) [...] (C) The following answers are keyed to original lettered questions in reftel. A. (C) HOW HAS THE GOVERNMENT OF KENYA RESPONDED TO THE FLOW OF SOMALI REFUGEES TO DADAAB? IS THE INFLUX OF SOMALI REFUGEES INTO KENYA A THREAT TO KENYAN STABILITY? IF SO, HOW? The GOK continues to fulfill its [...]	2006-09-08 08:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI395	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: NOT THE TIME TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy-USAID message and contains a policy recommendation and rationale in paras 10-14. 2. (C) Summary: Public release of serious and credible evidence of graft and cover-up at the highest levels of the Kenyan Government is generating outrage in Kenya and threatens to [...]	2006-01-27 10:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI3973	GOVERNMENT REFORMS FALTERING, KENYAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: In a series of meetings on August 28 in Nairobi, leaders of Kenyan civil society and government oversight organizations highlighted for visiting Senator Obama the Kenyan government's faltering performance on human rights, corruption, and governance, while ably demon [...]	2006-09-13 12:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM KE
06NAIROBI3974	OBAMA DISCUSSES CORRUPTION AND TRIBAL POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: During an August 25 meeting with Senator Obama, Official Leader of the Opposition Uhuru Kenyatta predicted that ethnicity would dominate the 2007 national elections. While he stressed that his party, KANU, would strive to move beyond ethnic politics, he feared that the electora [...]	2006-09-13 12:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
06NAIROBI4000	KENYAN MEDIA GOES WILD OVER SENATOR OBAMA [...] Summary: Media reaction to United States Senator Barack Obama's (D-IL) visit to Kenya was overwhelmingly positive and included extensive coverage. Over-the-fold, inside articles and letters to the editor by members of the general Kenyan public were almost exclusively positive descriptions an [...]	2006-09-14 11:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP OPRC OREP PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM KE
06NAIROBI4002	KENYAN MEDIA GOES WILD OVER SENATOR OBAMA [...] Summary: Media reaction to United States Senator Barack Obama?s (D-IL) visit to Kenya was overwhelmingly positive and included extensive coverage. Over-the-fold, inside articles and letters to the editor by members of the general Kenyan public were almost exclusively positive descriptions a [...]	2006-09-14 11:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP OPRC OREP PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM KE
06NAIROBI401	COAST PROVINCE PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONER ADVOCATES [...] (C) Summary: Kenya's coastline and ports present critical vulnerabilities to terrorist infiltration and attack, as well as smuggling of goods and persons. December 13-16, an Antiterrorism Assistance (ATA) Assessment Team and Embassy officials met senior provincial-level representatives from [...]	2006-01-30 04:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV EWWT ASEC KE
06NAIROBI4105	KENYAN ATTORNEY GENERAL: "DON'T DOUBT OUR WILL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kenya Attorney General Amos Wako told the Ambassador on September 12 that the absence of prosecutions in major corruption cases was not for lack of will, but is a matter of capacity. The Ambassador made clear that the cloud of high-level corruption hangs heavy, shadowing some pos [...]	2006-09-20 12:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL KCOR KE
06NAIROBI428	SOMALIA: PRESIDENT AND SPEAKER COOPERATING, PRIME [...] (C) Somali President Yusuf told Ambassador January 29 that he and the Speaker of the Parliament continue to work together to implement the "Aden Declaration" they signed January 5, calling for the parliament to begin work inside Somalia. The Prime Minister and two key political/clan allies ar [...]	2006-01-31 10:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI4313	KENYA MOYALE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER ON THE OROMO [...] (SBU) Summary: The District Commissioner of Moyale, on Kenya's border with Ethiopia, admits that the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) uses his district as a sanctuary, despite his best efforts. He expresses annoyance with the "hostile" attitude of his Ethiopian counterparts and with the Ethiopia [...]	2006-10-05 08:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PREL PGOV ET KE
06NAIROBI4321	AMBASSADOR MEETS KENYA'S BESIEGED ANTI-CORRUPTION DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary: In a courtesy call by the Ambassador on October 2, Kenyan Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) Director Aaron Ringera vigorously defended the performance of the KACC while also candidly analyzing the structural challenges that make prosecution of grand-scale corruption cases virtually [...]	2006-10-05 13:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI4330	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND OTHER ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Kenyan Vice President Moody Awori, who sets parliament's agenda as leader of the House Business Committee, assured the Ambassador that an anti-money laundering bill and plea bargaining legislation will be passed by this parliament. He also insisted that long pending appointments t [...]	2006-10-06 06:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PREL KCOR AGOA PTER KE
06NAIROBI4334	COAST PROVINCE - DIVERSITY, DEVELOPMENT, AND THE POLITICAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The diversity of Kenya's Coast Province reflects an important part of the country's rich history and highlights the challenge that this fledgling democracy faces to develop a truly inclusive process focused on national issues, as opposed to the current tribally-driven system. Duri [...]	2006-10-06 08:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PREL KISL PGOV ECON KE KDEM PTER SNAR
06NAIROBI4377	BORANA PARAMOUNT CHIEF ON THE OROMO LIBERATION [...] (C) Summary: Paramount Chief Abdisalan claims that Ethiopia has an active informant network in northern Kenya's Moyale District targeting OLF supporters and that many Kenyan officials in Moyale are on Ethiopia's payroll. He believes that the leadership class of Moyale District supports Ethiop [...]	2006-10-11 13:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PGOV ET KE
06NAIROBI4477	POLIO SURFACES IN KENYA REFUGEE CAMP [...] (C) On October 16, Refcoord Addis learned from UNHCR and other sources that a case of polio had been discovered at Dadaab refugee camp. The case, the first in Kenya in twenty years, was originally identified on September 23 by GTZ doctors at the camp. GTZ doctors turned the information over [...]	2006-10-17 04:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI4555	INTERNATIONAL CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALIA COMMUNIQUE [...] The International Contact Group on Somalia (ICG) met in Nairobi on October 19. The full text of the final communiqu follows in para 2. Post will report on the ICG meeting septel. 2. Begin text: International Contact Group on Somalia Nairobi October 19, 2006 The International Contact [...]	2006-10-23 07:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM PTER KE SO
06NAIROBI4628	KENYAN SECURITY MINISTER MICHUKI DEEPLY CONCERNED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kenya's Minister of National Security is seized with Somalia and the possible implications of a complete takeover of that country by the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC). He expressed deep concern over the likely implications of this scenario, regionally and in Kenya, and urged U [...]	2006-10-27 11:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KISL PREF KE SO
06NAIROBI4629	TWO MEETINGS WITH UHURU KENYATTA [...] (C) Summary: Gliding over the faults of the previous KANU government, KANU political party leader Uhuru Kenyatta sees a political landscape marred by the destruction of party discipline, with ethnic politics an increasingly attractive and dangerous option for some. The current opposition squa [...]	2006-10-27 12:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON KE CH
06NAIROBI4841	KENYA: TIP WATCH LIST INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] Summary: Kenya has made minimal progress in its efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP),but there are ambitious plans for the near future. Senior GOK officials acknowledge the gravity of the TIP problem in Kenya, and have expressed support for the establishment of a Steering Commit [...]	2006-11-13 11:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG KE
06NAIROBI4871	KENYA SUSPENDS SOMALIA FLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Citing security concerns, the Government of Kenya (GOK) suspended all scheduled flights between Somalia and Kenya effective November 13. In so doing, the GOK will require all charter flights to apply for clearance, providing a detailed manifest of passengers, crew, travel docume [...]	2006-11-15 14:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER PGOV KE SO
06NAIROBI4899	COWS VERSUS CROPS: GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent government crack down on the influx of pastoralist migrants occupying privately-owned land in Laikipia is a short term solution to a very complex problem. Scarce resources and poor management of them will continue to drive desperate pastoralists to seek much needed [...]	2006-11-17 08:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM KE
06NAIROBI4902	ARMENIAN THUG RETURNS TO KENYA? THE LATEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition leader and presidential hopeful Raila Odinga claims there is a plot to assassinate him involving one of the Armenian "mercenaries," who is back in Kenya. Odinga's outrageous claims have proven at least partly true in the past. The Armenian may be back, but we trust t [...]	2006-11-17 08:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI494	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS, [...] (C) Summary: In an unprecedented move, Kenya's Finance Minister has resigned in response to the Anglo-Leasing and related revelations. In resigning, David Mwiraria asserted his innocence - a claim swiftly countered by John Githongo, the man whose dossier on high-level corruption and cover-up [...]	2006-02-02 12:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI5001	KENYA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WOMEN'S JUSTICE AND [...] Summary: Post reiterates our firm commitment to implementing the WJEI program in Kenya and looks forward to implementing an effective initiative to bolster Kenya,s capacity to combat violence against women. Post Mission Planning Team (MPT),comprised of USAID, DOJ, RSO, Political, and the [...]	2006-11-22 14:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SNAR SOCI PGOV PHUM KE SF BN ZA
06NAIROBI5003	KENYA: TWO CORRUPTION-TAINTED MINISTERS REAPPOINTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Kibaki filled a dozen cabinet seats on November 15, bringing back into government two ministers who had earlier this year resigned over their implication in massive corruption scandals. One, reinstated Education Minister George Saitoti, was earlier exonerated in a du [...]	2006-11-22 14:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KCOR KE
06NAIROBI5076	DECLARATION OF DISASTER FOR KENYA FLOODS [...] Summary: The October to December 2006 rains have been exceptionally heavy throughout Kenya resulting in serious flooding in the Coast, Western and Northeastern Provinces directly affecting approximately 300,000 persons and with 23 recorded deaths so far as reported by Kenya Red Cross (KRC) a [...]	2006-11-28 13:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PREL SO KE
06NAIROBI5077	IMF MISSION VISITS KENYA, WANTS TO EXTEND PROGRAM AND STAY [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF wants to remain engaged in Kenya, and has therefore temporarily extended until February 2007 its three-year, $240 million Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF),which had been set to expire this month. It hopes by early 2007 to complete the program's second revie [...]	2006-11-28 14:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
06NAIROBI5099	WHEELING AND DEALING AS KENYA'S OLDEST PARTY SPLITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The brewing split in Kenya's KANU party boiled over on November 28 when party leaders elected from a rival faction were officially registered, ousting Chairman Uhuru Kenyatta from the party's top seat. The registration of Biwott as Chairman leaves Kenyatta legally no longer Lead [...]	2006-11-29 14:41:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KCOR KE
06NAIROBI511	KENYA SEEKS USG AND UN ASSISTANCE IN DRUG [...] (C) SUMMARY: After months of inaction and mounting concern over the integrity of the one ton-plus of cocaine currently in police custody, the Kenyan government is now seeking outside assistance in the verification and disposal of the massive seizure. By formally asking the UN Office of Drugs [...]	2006-02-05 02:41:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN
06NAIROBI5112	GUNS, THUGS, AND POLITICS: INSECURITY IN KENYA [...] (C) Summary: The recent attack on Kenya's top official responsible for security and the outbreak of gang violence in one Nairobi slum have focused national attention on what the government in a November 9 statement called the "recent upsurge in rape, house robberies, carjacking, and general [...]	2006-11-30 13:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM KE
06NAIROBI5129	POLITICAL PARTIES IN DISARRAY, OPPOSITION SMELLS A [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the heels of the hostile takeover in Kenya's KANU party, members of the (mostly pro-government) FORD-K party attempted a similar coup. The original leaders in both cases received support November 30; KANU's Kenyatta from Parliament and FORD-K's Kombo from the High Court. In [...]	2006-12-01 15:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI5183	SENATOR FEINGLOD TOLD OF CHALLENGES TO KENYA'S [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Top electoral and human rights officials confided to Senator Feingold the numerous challenges facing the independence of their institutions. The Electoral Commission of Kenya highlighted the limitations on their ability to penalize electoral malpractices, while the [...]	2006-12-07 05:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI5207	KENYA'S ELECTORAL COMMISSION: DETERMINED BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Electoral Commission of Kenya is not insulated from the rising political temperature in Kenya ahead of next year's general election. The Commission is feeling the heat too, Chairman Samuel Kivuitu told the Ambassador, describing how party politics and government machinatio [...]	2006-12-08 07:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI5214	KENYA: THE BIWOTT SIDE OF THE KANU STORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 7 conversation with Poloff, newly elected KANU Secretary General Josephine Ojiambo made the case for the Nicholas Biwott-led coup in the party. Ojiambo, a Parliamentary hopeful, insisted the matter was purely an issue of internal party democracy, contrary to observe [...]	2006-12-08 09:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI5217	ESTABLISHING A CONSULATE IN MOMBASA [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) PolCouns has informally discussed establishing a consulate in Mombasa with the Protocol Office of MFA. MFA Protocol reviewed draft dipnote on the subject (see para 3 below) and communicated agreement in principle. MFA Protocol noted tha [...]	2006-12-08 10:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KE PGOV
06NAIROBI5231	KENYA POLL RESULTS: KIBAKI'S RATING UP, BUT NOT A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent national opinion poll shows that more Kenyans approve of President Kibaki than earlier in the year. However, although Kibaki came out far in front of a field of six leading opposition candidates, he did not fare as well in head-to-head races, in particular against pro [...]	2006-12-11 13:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV KCOR KE
06NAIROBI525	STORMY PARTY POLITICS COMPOUND KIBAKI'S WOES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under mounting pressure to effectively respond to a massive corruption scandal, President Kibaki is also facing the disintegration of his governing "NARC" coalition, as parties and politicians calculate their strategy for the 2007 general election. Kenyans are fired up and fed u [...]	2006-02-06 11:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KCOR PREL KE
06NAIROBI5253	REQUEST FOR ANTI-CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION OF U.S. CITIZEN [...] (C) Summary: I write to request the formal investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) of Merlyn H. KETTERING, a U.S. citizen currently residing in Maryland, under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Available evidence indicates Kettering was directly involved in several grand-scale [...]	2006-12-14 08:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI5261	KENYAN MINISTRIES NAMED AND SHAMED IN PERFORMANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a positive development for government accountability in Kenya, the results of a performance evaluation of public agencies were announced on December 8. Equally noteworthy, President Kibaki insisted on the presentation of the full results, including the under-performers, duri [...]	2006-12-14 12:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI527	OFFICIAL CORRUPTION: PRESIDENT KIBAKI UNLIKELY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Judging from his remarks to a small group of Ambassadors February 2, President Kibaki does not/not see a need for decisive action in the face of the growing public outcry over official corruption. Kibaki derided his former top adviser on corruption, John Githongo, calling him "a p [...]	2006-02-06 12:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI5282	FORMER GANG LEADER'S ENTRY INTO POLITICS LEAVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a likely foreshadowing of a troubled election year ahead, a political rally in Kenya's largest slum turned violent on December 17 leaving three dead. Police had earlier denied permission for the gathering, organized by Ndura Waruinge, a feared criminal gang leader turned pas [...]	2006-12-18 13:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM KE
06NAIROBI5304	UNICEF LAUNCHES SHOCKING STUDY ON CHILD SEX TOURISM [...] Summary: On December 19, 2006, UNICEF and the Ministry of Home Affairs launched their long-awaited joint research report on child sex tourism (CST) in four of Kenya's main beach resorts. Surveys and research indicate that up to 30% of all 12-18 year old girls living in these areas are involved [...]	2006-12-20 06:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM KCRM ECON PGOV KE
06NAIROBI5367	KENYA GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION: CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (U) Summary: The Kenya Girl Guides Association (KGG) unveiled its new emphasis on educating girls and young women on health issues, especially reproductive health, at a six hour ceremony featuring addresses by First Lady Lucy Kibaki, Minister of Youth Dr. Mohammed Kuti, and MP Njoki Ndungu, [...]	2006-12-27 13:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KHIV KWMN KE
06NAIROBI5376	FOREIGN MINISTER TUJU & TRADE MINISTER KITUYI [...] (U) Summary: Foreign Minister Tuju characterized Kenya's growing relations with China as a case of "diversifying our portfolio." Trade Minister Kituyi lauded China's price and quality competitiveness in infrastructure projects. Senator Feingold spoke of the necessity of improving Africa's i [...]	2006-12-28 10:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD CH SO KE
06NAIROBI5388	Ethnicity & Politics in Kenya: Part 1, The [...] (SBU) Summary: A common Kenyan view of the colonial period holds that blatant favoritism by those in power on behalf of their own ethnic group was never more intense than in Kenya's first 68 years of its 111 year existence. Major political figures in today's Kenya were in their 30s at indepen [...]	2006-12-29 06:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR KE
06NAIROBI5390	KENYA HIGH COURT REINSTATES KENYATTA AS KANU CHIEF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 28, Kenya's High Court ruled in favor of ousted KANU party Chairman Uhuru Kenyatta restoring him as the party's leader and allowing his court case against the registration of a rival slate of party officers to go forward. The decision, a surprise to Kenyatta suppor [...]	2006-12-29 08:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI5393	Ethnicity & Politics in Kenya: Part 2, Kenya's Major Ethnic [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite attempts to steer the political debate in Kenya away from ethnic considerations towards issues-based politics, ethnic identity continues to factor prominently. This message is a survey of the major ethnic groups in Kenya and how their perceptions and history manifest [...]	2006-12-29 09:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR KE
06NAIROBI5399	Ambassador's Discussion with CIC Foreign Secretary Addow [...] (C) Summary: During a December 29 meeting in Nairobi, the Islamic Court (CIC) Foreign Secretary Ibrahim Addow told Ambassador Ranneberger that the CIC is willing to resume dialogue with the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to find a political solution to the current crisis in Somalia. Ad [...]	2006-12-29 14:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE KM
06NAIROBI607	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: ANGLO-LEASING COMBINES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an apparently transparent attempt to deflect public attention away from allegations of grand scale corruption within his own administration, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has officially accepted a long- awaited report into the Goldenberg affair, a huge scandal that took place ov [...]	2006-02-10 11:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI633	SOMALIA: PARLIAMENT STUMBLES TOWARD BAIDOA [...] (C) The Somali President, Prime Minister, and Speaker of the Parliament gathered over the February 11 weekend to iron out their differences over holding the first-ever session of the Somali Parliament inside Somalia. Politicians from the Haber Gedir clan met the same weekend to seek an end to [...]	2006-02-13 09:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI659	SOMALIA: ACTIVIST MP SEES A PLOT UNDER EVERY STONE [...] (C) Asha Haji Elmi, Somalia's most dynamic female MP, privately says she fears her life may be in danger when she attends the upcoming parliamentary session in Baidoa, but insists she will attend. Amidst swirling conspiracy theories, she claimed that all facts point to underhanded agreements [...]	2006-02-14 11:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI661	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: TWO MORE MINISTERS RESIGN [...] (C) Summary: Under intense pressure generated by the Anglo-Leasing and Goldenberg scandals, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki accepted (or, more accurately, demanded) the resignation of two more ministers on February 13. These and related developments perhaps mark the beginning of a change in Keny [...]	2006-02-14 13:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI72	(S) INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING RING ENJOYS [...] (S) SUMMARY: The absence of convictions in high-profile cocaine cases and the New Year's Eve murder of the lead police officer investigating drug trafficking through the Port of Mombasa (East Africa's regional maritime hub) amply demonstrate that international narcotics trafficking rings have [...]	2006-01-09 01:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI738	AMBASSADORS' FIRST HAND LOOK AT FAMINE CONDITIONS [...] Summary: U.S. Representative to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO),Ambassador Tony Hall, joined Ambassador Bellamy, the Swedish Ambassador, the Deputy U.K. High Commissioner, WFP, USAID and GOK officials including Assistant Secretary Ibrahim Maalim and District Commissioner Samuel [...]	2006-02-17 07:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD ECON EAGR SENV PREL PGOV SOCI KE
06NAIROBI744	KENYA DROUGHT UPDATE ? FEBRUARY 2006 [...] The short rains (October-December) food security interagency assessment has been completed. The overall assessment process and methodology was coordinated and backstopped by the Kenya Food Security Steering Group (KFSSG) comprising of representatives of GOK, NGO and UN agencies. USAID/Kenya E [...]	2006-02-17 13:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KE EAGR EIND PGOV SOCI
06NAIROBI766	SOMALIA: PARLIAMENT IN BAIDOA WILL NEED -- [...] (S) Staff at the UNDP's Rule of Law and Security (ROLS) Programme believe there is reason for very guarded optimism that the Somali Parliament can meet in Baidoa -- though perhaps not as soon as February 26. Although they see the available funding for security and logistics as completely insu [...]	2006-02-21 12:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE

06NAIROBI799	KIUNGA: A BORDER TOWN WITHOUT A BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The impoverished hamlet of Kiunga is where Kenya ends -- and Somalia and the Indian Ocean begin. Security, especially cross-border banditry by Somalis, is the prime concern of local officials. USG-provided assistance is designed to enhance security, border controls and maritime [...]	2006-02-23 09:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC MARR PGOV PREL PINS KISL KE
06NAIROBI837	CLOSING RANKS ON CORRUPTION AS CABINET GETS A PAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the number of individuals targeted for corruption investigations continues to grow exponentially, the effectiveness of these investigations is called into question. Lucrative recent increases in allowances for members of Kenya's cabinet may prove effective enticements to inst [...]	2006-02-24 10:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KCOR KE
06NAIROBI839	ATTORNEY GENERAL WAKO UNCONVINCING ON SEIZED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Attorney General Wako offers inconsistent, unconvincing explanations of why more than one ton of cocaine held by the Government of Kenya (GOK) for over a year cannot yet be destroyed. We agree with the U.K. to give the GOK another 3 weeks to develop a credible plan before going pu [...]	2006-02-24 10:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI840	SOMALIA: FIGHTING IN MOGADISHU AND POTENTIAL IMPACT [...] (S) Heavy fighting in Mogadishu February 18-21 between the Alliance to Combat Terror and militias associated with Jihadist groups was, at its heart, a conflict among sub- clans of the large Hawiye clan. Several militias associated with Islamic Courts and their founding sub-clans have expanded [...]	2006-02-24 10:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI869	SOMALIA: PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLES IN BAIDOA IN LARGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Somali Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) on February 26 opened its first-ever session inside the country. MPs turned up in the south-central Somali town of Baidoa in much larger numbers than predicted. The 211 MPs reported present were easily in excess of the quorum requ [...]	2006-02-27 14:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI919	AMBASSADOR BELLAMY VISITS COAST PROVINCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 31 February 3 visit to Mombasa and the Coast Province, the Ambassador discussed counter-terrorism with Provincial Commissioner Maina. Ambassador Bellamy called on Mayor Taib of Mombasa who requested disaster management assistance and met with members of Parliament [...]	2006-03-01 10:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EAID ETRD PGOV PREL KCOR PTER
06NAIROBI93	CODEL BROWNBACK EXAMINES CONSERVATION AND FEEDING [...] Summary: Senators Brownback and Durbin visited Kenya December 4 through 6 to examine conservation efforts in the Maasai Mara National Reserve. Senator Durbin then returned to Nairobi and visited several World Food Program (WFP) feeding programs in the sprawling Kibera slums. Senator Durbin [...]	2006-01-09 11:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KHIV ECON EAGR EAID ETRD PGOV PREL
06NAIROBI939	MASKED GUNMEN STORM NEWSPAPER OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A March 2 assault on a leading daily newspaper in Kenya, undertaken with the assistance of the police, marks a new low in the Kibaki administration,s respect for the rule of law. The &Standard8, despite its occasional editorial lapses, offers Kenyan readers hard-hitting investiga [...]	2006-03-02 10:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE
06NAIROBI944	212 (F) VISA SAO REQUEST: ALFRED GETONGA, ANURA [...] (S) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Nairobi hereby seeks security advisory opinions under section 212(F) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Proclamation 7750, suspending entry into the United States of the following individuals: -- Alfred Getonga, -- Anura Perera, -- Deepak Kaman [...]	2006-03-02 11:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	ASEC CVIS ECON KCOR KCRM KFRD PGOV PREL PTER
06NAIROBI945	MASKED GUNMEN STORM NEWSPAPER OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A March 2 assault on a leading daily newspaper in Kenya, undertaken with the assistance of the police, marks a new low in the Kibaki administration's respect for the rule of law. The "Standard", despite its occasional editorial lapses, offers Kenyan readers hard- hitting investiga [...]	2006-03-02 11:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE
06NAIROBI946	PROVINCIAL SHAKEUP INTENDED TO STRENGTHEN KIBAKI'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: A February 27 shakeup of provincial commissioners is a thinly veiled move by the Kibaki administration to tighten its grip on key elements within the civil service. By disposing of a number of Moi-era civil servants and promoting a new guard, the government seems poised to ensure [...]	2006-03-02 11:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
06NAIROBI950	KENYA AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS UPDATE [...] Summary: To date, Kenya has no confirmed cases of H5N1 Avian Influenza, but suspect samples from flamingos, as well as poultry samples from Uganda, are being analyzed by CDC-Kenya. Kenya does have a valuable interagency AI Task Force, and a cadre of well-trained technical officials who shou [...]	2006-03-03 01:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL PGOV KE
06NAIROBI96	Disaster Re-Declaration, Kenya Drought [...] Summary: Drought conditions continue in Kenya. Ambassador declares a disaster for FY 2006 and requests new assistance from USAID's Offices of Foreign Disaster Assistance and Food for Peace. End Summary 2. Drought conditions persist in Kenya due to widespread failure of the short rains s [...]	2006-01-09 12:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD ECON PREL PGOV SOCI KE
06NAIROBI973	KENYAN MEDIA CRACKDOWN: PUBLIC OUTRAGED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Public fury and disgust mounted with official confirmation that Kenyan police conducted the March 2 raids against the Standard Media Group. Senior government officials are split in their reactions, ranging from condemnation to brashly unapologetic. The flimsy official explanati [...]	2006-03-03 12:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE
06NAIROBI974	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CONDEMNS ATTACK ON PRESS [...] (U) The pre-dawn March 2 Kenyan police commando-style raids on the Standard Media Group's headquarters, television transmission station, and printing plant, which resulted in the destruction of property, arrests and the burning of newspapers, and the disruption of newsprint and broadcasting op [...]	2006-03-03 12:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE
06NAIROBI988	MICHUKI UNBOWED, BUT OPPOSITION GROWS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Security Minister Michuki remains unbowed in his conviction that the police actions against independent media were fully legal and justified in the name of national security. Civil society, the media and opposition parliamentarians plan a day of peaceful protest against what many [...]	2006-03-06 11:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE
06NAPLES102	LAGGING ECONOMY (MEANING JOBS) TOPS LIST OF VOTER CONCERNS [...] Summary: The primary economic issue in Italy's Mezzogiorno is far and away that of "jobs". Unemployment has always run at higher levels in the South than in central and northern Italy, and southern voters are sure the current economic downturn has hit them the hardest. Parents, educators, p [...]	2006-03-29 15:47:00	Consulate Naples	UNCLASSIFIED	IT PGOV ECON ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06NASSAU1234	THE BAHAMAS IS NEWEST PARTICIPANT IN CONTAINER [...] SUMMARY: After nearly a year of negotiations and last-minute jitters that nearly scuttled the deal, US and Bahamian customs officials signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the Container Security Initiative (CSI) in Nassau on Friday August 4. The MOU provides for technology and [...]	2006-08-14 15:57:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS KHLS BF
06NASSAU1313	FOREIGN MINISTER MITCHELL RAISES CONCERNS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Mitchell meet with the Ambassador August 28 to express his concern about an Op-Ed that called for closer cooperation between the U.S. and Bahamas in the UN that had appeared in the Nassau Guardian earlier this month. Mitchell told the Ambassador he felt that th [...]	2006-08-28 23:18:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UN BF
06NASSAU1675	CHURCH LEADER SPEAKS OUT ON THE NEED FOR CAMPAIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In wide-ranging remarks on October 24, Anglican Archbishop Drexel Gomez criticized the role of money in Bahamian politics, lamented corruption in government, and called for a stronger focus on character in selection of political leaders. The remarks, witnessed by Gomez special [...]	2006-11-02 22:23:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	BF PGOV PREL KCOR
06NASSAU1711	HURRICANE ANNA NICOLE WREAKS HAVOC IN THE BAHAMAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several months into her Bahamian residency, American B-list celebrity and regular entertainment television fixture Anna Nicole Smith has changed the face of Bahamian politics. Not since Category 4 Hurricane Betsy made landfall in 1965 has one woman done as much damage in Nassau. Lying [...]	2006-11-15 15:15:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	BF PGOV PREL CASC SMIG
06NASSAU1712	SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CHALLEGES GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two rulings November 7, a Bahamian Supreme Court Justice lashed out at the Government in a forceful assertion of judicial independence, initially generating fears of a temporary shutdown of the Supreme and Magistrate courts. One ruling challenged the Attorney General's implem [...]	2006-11-15 16:11:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS
06NASSAU1800	BAHAMAS: GLOBAL PURSUIT OF TERRORIST INFORMATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bahamas cooperates closely with the U.S. on counter-terrorism, but lacks the funding or infrastructure to effectively track and monitor terrorist suspects through its 700 islands and cays. The Bahamas maintains an immigration database at major air POES, but does not maintain [...]	2006-12-06 17:31:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS BF
06NASSAU1814	BAHAMASAIR HEMORRHAGING CASH, NO LONGER FOR SALE [...] (U) Speaking at a signing ceremony for a contract with middle-management, Bahamasair Chairman Basil Sands admitted that the government-owned airline lost approximately $18 million during fiscal 2006, slightly less than the estimated $20 million it lost during fiscal 2005. Sands' comments come [...]	2006-12-11 21:28:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BF EAIR ECON PGOV
06NASSAU243	U.S. JOURNALISTS' ALTERCATION AT DETENTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Miami-based reporter from Univision suffered injuries to the head after an altercation February 7 with guards at the Immigration Detention Center in Nassau. The incident sparked protests at the Bahamian Consulate in Miami and has prompted several Cuban exile groups to call for [...]	2006-02-10 20:01:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU BF KPAO
06NASSAU367	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR THE BAHAMAS 2006 [...] THE FOLLOWING IS PROVIDED IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL. INVESTMENT CLIMATE A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment The Bahamian Government generally encourages and offers incentives for foreign investment in all sectors of the economy except those the Government reserves exclusively to Bahamian [...]	2006-03-02 22:41:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV BF ECON
06NASSAU442	SCENESETTER FOR NASSAU CARICOM MINISTERIAL: [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Secretary's March 21-22 meeting in Nassau with CARICOM foreign ministers offers an opportunity to frame a positive, forward-looking agenda for our relations with the Caribbean. With the Haitian elections behind us, the ministerial will allow us to reinvigorate our cooperation [...]	2006-03-14 21:10:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	BF ECON ETRD OTRA PGOV PREL SNAR XL
06NASSAU61	PM PREDICTS PLP ELECTION WIN, LAMENTS AIRPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minster Perry Christie in a January 5 meeting with the Ambassador confidently predicted that his Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) would win the elections he must call no later than May 2007 unless the Government makes some big mistakes between now and then. Christie also com [...]	2006-01-12 15:41:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAIR BF
06NASSAU657	HAITIAN ROUND-UP YIELDS MAINLY LEGAL RESIDENTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bahamian immigration and police officials carried out a series of early-morning raids April 7, detaining 455 presumed illegal Haitians from three locations in the Family Islands. Once the detainees were processed for possible repatriation, however, 244 were found to have valid [...]	2006-04-18 15:32:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SMIG BF
06NASSAU862	FM MITCHELL AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell asked to meet with the Ambassador May 24 to coordinate management of mounting public concerns about sonar testing at the Atlantic Undersea Testing and Evaluation Center (AUTEC). During the meeting Mitchell also sought to defend The Bahamas' vote for [...]	2006-06-01 19:59:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR KUNR CU BF
06NDJAENA1382	CHADIAN ELECTIONS IN 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-30 18:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA1006	FRANCE REFUTES OFFICIAL CHAD SUPPORT FOR DPA [...] (C) Summary. Allegations by SLA leader Minni Minawi concerning Chad's support for DPA spoilers are false, according to the French Ambassador to Chad. He understands that President Deby's brother Daoussa Deby, and Mahamat Ali Nasser, Minister of Territorial Administration, are (with Libyan sup [...]	2006-07-31 16:22:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	CD PGOV PREL SU
06NDJAMENA1013	CHAD: WORLD BANK OFFICIAL CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chadian authorities have taken concrete steps to demonstrate their commitment to the July 13 agreement between the GOC and the World Bank, according to the Bank's Senior Advisor on the Chad oil project. However, the Bank will still need to come to an agreement with the GOC on [...]	2006-08-01 16:40:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1014	CHAD: CHADIAN REBEL PRESENTS GLOOMY OUTLOOK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former GOC loyalist, current opposition member and ethnic Zaghawa Tom Erdimi paints a troubling near-term future for Chad. He claims that rebel groups consider the possibility for political dialogue with President Deby as dead, leaving the military solution as the only way to cha [...]	2006-08-01 17:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1024	EASTERN CHAD/SUDAN: PERSPECTIVES FROM DPA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Darfur Peace Accord signatories and non-signatories from the Sudanese rebel movement residing in Chad continue to accuse each other of being responsible for the recent violence in Darfur. Non-signatories still continue to call for a re-evaluation of the DPA, and have noted their [...]	2006-08-08 15:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1025	CHADIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION SURPRISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chad has become accustomed to its habitual position near the bottom of most international rankings, from infrastructure to human development. However, they now find themselves at the top of the Transparency International list of most corrupt countries, tied with Bangladesh. [...]	2006-08-08 16:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CD ASEC
06NDJAMENA1026	CHAD: NEW THREATS TO PRESS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Summary: A harsh new proposed law governing the press in Chad is back in the hands of its authors - high-ranking cabinet members - after being simultaneously recalled by the government and rejected by a National Assembly commission, who qualified it as "repressive." The proposed law, [...]	2006-08-08 16:02:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CD ASEC
06NDJAMENA1028	CHAD: BORDER SITREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the onset of the rainy season has greatly reduced vehicule movements, Chadian military forces appear to be beefing up their presence along the eastern border. On the other side of the border, Chadian rebels are reported to be reorganizing their leadership structure. Eth [...]	2006-08-09 16:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1032	CHAD: DAOUSSA DEBY DENIES CHADIAN SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Daoussa Deby, special advisor and half-brother of President Idriss Deby Itno, denied accusations by Sudanese Liberation Movement leader Minni Minawi and others that the Chadians are supporting Sudanese rebels who refused to sign the Darfur Peace Accords. He asserted that while [...]	2006-08-11 14:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1037	CHAD: FOREIGN MINISTER ON SUDAN, DARFUR, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The long-term success of the recent rapprochement between Khartoum and N'Djamena will hinge on the good will of the countries' respective leaders, according to Chad's Foreign Minister. He not only denied accusations of Chad's support for Sudanese rebel movements, but accused [...]	2006-08-14 10:36:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1055	CHAD'S POLITICAL TALK: DIALOGUE OR MONOLOGUE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Making good on informal commitments voiced before the May 3rd election, President Deby's government completed a week of "political dialogue" sessions on August 2. Dubbed by the opposition parties who boycotted the sessions and the independent press as a "monologue," a "masquer [...]	2006-08-14 18:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CD ASEC
06NDJAMENA1057	ANOTHER FIVE YEARS FOR CHAD'S PRESIDENT DEBY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 8, after nearly sixteen years in power, President Deby rolled out the red carpet for himself and ten visiting African heads of state in a celebration to honor his claim to five more. The ceremony was marked by public displays of Chad's new rapprochement with Sudan and [...]	2006-08-15 10:39:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KDEM PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD
06NDJAMENA1068	TEXT OF JULY 26 CHAD-SUDAN AGREEMENT [...] On August 11, Post received a hardcopy of the July 26 agreement signed by the Government of Chad and the Government of Sudan. Below is a translation of the relevant points of the agreement: 2. (BEGIN TRANSLATION) The two parties agree to interdict the use of their respective territori [...]	2006-08-17 16:06:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1069	CHAD/SUDAN: THE SUDANESE REBELS' "LONG GOOD-BYE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of the recent agreement between Chad and Sudan, Sudanese rebels loyal to the Justice and Equality Movement and the recently-formed National Redemption Front (NRF) have been asked by the GOC to leave Chad. According to representatives of the NRF, Sudanese rebels will conti [...]	2006-08-17 16:19:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1070	CHAD: NEW GOVERNMENT NAMED [...] (C) Summary. President Deby,s new cabinet rewards those opposition parties which participated in the May Presidential elections and subsequent "political dialogue," but makes no other gestures towards broadening Chad,s political space. The reappointment of heavyweights to the key positions of [...]	2006-08-17 16:22:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CD ASEC
06NDJAMENA1071	INSECURITY IN GUEREDA [...] (SBU) Summary: The town of Guereda, a hub for services to five Sudanese refugee camps in Eastern Chad, has experienced escalating insecurity since July 2006. In the most recent incident, the U.S.-funded NGO International Medical Corps (IMC) suffered a major theft and violent assault on nation [...]	2006-08-18 10:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1073	CHAD SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Chad sits precariously between the Darfur conflict to its East, the chronically unstable Central African Republic to its South, and Niger, an equally impoverished neighbor to the West. Past a vast mine-pocked desert -- home to a tenacious but isolated Chadian insurgency -- li [...]	2006-08-18 11:22:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV CD SU
06NDJAMENA1079	NRF REPS DECRY AU EVICTION DECISION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The representatives for the Justice and Equality Movement/National Redemption Front, who are still in N'Djamena, have instructed their representatives in El Fasher that they should not leave the Cease Fire Commission unless the African Union provides a written statement requesting [...]	2006-08-22 16:24:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1080	CHAD: ESSO CONCERNED ABOUT FUTURE OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the wake of Chad's renewed diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China, Esso is concerned that Chad's intention to re-negotiate the conventions with the Consortium and develop a national oil company portend a desire to do business with another more accommodating oil p [...]	2006-08-22 16:29:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1089	CHAD DELIVERS OIL ULTIMATUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the weekend, President Deby announced that the Government of Chad is instructing Oil Consortium members Chevron and Petronas to "close operations" and leave the country immediately, for alleged failure to pay income taxes. He has also announced the creation of a national c [...]	2006-08-27 12:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA109	CHAD: POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS, MIXED SIGNALS FROM GOC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While signs are emerging of a resumption of dialogue between the World Bank and the Government of Chad (GOC),the National Assembly's passage of a resolution highly critical of the World Bank reveals significant obstacles still remain between the two players. On a positive not [...]	2006-01-27 06:58:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV
06NDJAMENA1091	CHAD OIL CONSORTIUM MULLS NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOC has formally issued a notice to Chevron and Petronas suspending their oil activities in Chad for an alleged failure to pay income taxes. Petronas and Chevron are still determining whether and when to enter into arbitration over the tax dispute. Exxon-Mobil will seek a [...]	2006-08-28 19:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1094	THE CHAD-SUDAN AGREEMENT: CAN IT HOLD? [...] (C) Summary: Chadian officials claim that the recent Chad-Sudan agreement has the potential to improve relations between the two countries and enhance regional stability, but admit that it will be very difficult to implement. Some half-hearted measures are reported to have been taken by the [...]	2006-08-30 19:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1095	CHAD: CHEVRON/PETRONAS TAX DISPUTE UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reiterating that oil consortium members Chevron and Petronas' tax agreement was "illegal," acting Petroleum Minister and National Petroleum Coordinator both expressed confidence that the situation could be resolved so long as Chevron and Petronas paid the taxes owed. According [...]	2006-08-30 19:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1096	CHAD: CHEVRON/PETRONAS TAX DISPUTE UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reiterating that oil consortium members Chevron and Petronas' tax agreement was "illegal," acting Petroleum Minister and National Petroleum Coordinator both expressed confidence that the situation could be resolved so long as Chevron and Petronas paid the taxes owed. According [...]	2006-08-30 19:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1097	UNHCR REVIEWS SECURITY IN EASTERN CHAD [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-31 11:46:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1105	GOC REFUSES CHEVRON'S RIGHT TO CHAD'S OIL, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 31, the GOC informed Esso that Chevron and Petronas were not permitted to produce or lift the country's crude oil for exportation and sales overseas. Chevron has alerted the Cameroon Oil Company that it intends to continue lifting its crude oil. Contrary to Chevron's [...]	2006-09-06 06:37:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1112	SENATOR OBAMA MEETS WITH PRESIDENT DEBY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Deby stressed to Senator Obama the negative impact that continued violence in Darfur would have on regional security, and expressed his support for a United Nations Peacekeeping operation to pave the way for the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement. Deby also [...]	2006-09-06 16:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1113	SENATOR OBAMA VISITS REFUGEE CAMPS IN EASTERN CHAD [...] (SBU) Following meetings with the African Union, UNHCR and partner organizations, and the Sudanese refugees, the message to Senator Obama was clear: a United Nations force was needed to bring security to the region. 2. (U) On September 2, Senator Barack Obama, accompanied by members of th [...]	2006-09-06 16:05:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1124	CHAD WILL NOT ATTEND NAM SUMMIT [...] (SBU) CHAD'S AMERICA/EUROPE DESK OFFICER ADOUM MAHAMAT YAHYA AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) INFORMED PAO AND POLOFF THAT CHAD WILL NOT ATTEND THE NON-ALLIGNED MOVEMENT (NAM) SUMMIT IN HAVANA, CUBA, SEPTEMBER 11-16. THE DESK OFFICER INDICATED THAT THIS WAS NOT A POLITICAL DECISION B [...]	2006-09-09 15:03:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CD ASEC
06NDJAMENA1127	SIGNS OF INSECURITY IN EASTERN CHAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Clashes between Chadian government forces amd rebel groups have occured in eastern Chad, following two days of a visible military buildup by the Chadian National Army and the movements of rebel groups inside eastern Chad. There are also signs of possible infiltration by Darfur Pe [...]	2006-09-11 09:56:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1137	EVEN WITH AGREEMENT, CHEVRON STILL NOT OUT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Since the compromise between Chevron and the GOC following the meeting between CEO O'Reilly and President Deby, the company still faces significant obstacles before it can re-enter the Consortium. While Chevron has agreed to pay taxes proportional to the taxes paid by Exxon-Mo [...]	2006-09-14 15:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV EPET CD
06NDJAMENA1151	NRF REPRESENTATIVE ON CURRENT FIGHTING IN DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to their representative in N'Djamena, following what he claimed to be the National Redemption Front's victory in Um Sidir, the Sudan Armed forces are attempting to mount another offensive in the area, but have encountered opposition within their own ranks. SAF buildup [...]	2006-09-18 14:31:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1153	CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR NEW SUDANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR is concerned that it will be unable to handle a massive influx of Sudanese refugees into Eastern Chad. The lack of viable camp sites (with adequate access, water sources, and assurances of security),along with UNHCR's own resource constraints, will hinder the organizatio [...]	2006-09-18 16:22:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1163	CHEVRON FINALLY ABLE TO ARRIVE, GOC PRESSES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a brief delay, Chevron, which finally received authorization to arrive in Chad, will meet GOC officials on Thursday to try to pay its taxes, per the September 7 agreement in Paris between President Deby and CEO O'Reilly. The GOC continues to press on with preparations fo [...]	2006-09-20 14:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1166	FIGHTING ESCALATES IN EASTERN CHAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Chadian forces launch an offensive against rebel groups in eastern Chad, President Deby himself has gone out to the battlefield to oversee the operations. Chadians are suspicious of French military involvement against the rebel movements, who are being reinforced by a prominen [...]	2006-09-21 17:26:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1167	FIGHTING ESCALATES IN EASTERN CHAD (CORRECTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Chadian forces launch an offensive against rebel groups in eastern Chad, President Deby himself has gone out to the battlefield to oversee the operations. Chadians are suspicious of French military involvement against the rebel movements, who are being reinforced by a prominen [...]	2006-09-21 17:26:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1173	NMRD REPRESENTATIVE ON SITUATION IN DARFUR, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives of the NMRD, a non-signatory to the Darfur Peace Agreement, still wish to be involved in the Darfur Peace Agreement's implementation, but point to the need for dialogue among the non-signatories of the DPA and their inclusion into the implementation of the agreemen [...]	2006-09-25 16:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1178	CHAD OPPOSITION SEEKS INTERVENTION IN WAKE OF [...] (C) Summary. In the wake of reported heavy fighting in eastern Chad, opposition leaders called on the Ambassador to urge the international community to impose a cease-fire and force President Deby to hold a national dialogue which included the rebel factions. The Ambassador assured them of [...]	2006-09-27 14:58:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA1182	NEW DIRECTOR OF CHAD PRESIDENT'S CIVIL CABINET [...] (C) Summary. The new Director of President Deby's Civil Cabinet told the Ambassador that Chadian rebels in the east were effectively confined to a zone near the border and would not venture further into Chad. He spoke frankly of ongoing negotiations with the rebels and reported some success [...]	2006-10-02 11:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA1183	UNHCR'S SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNHCR still remains concerned that it will not have the capacity to cope with a refugee influx, and new IDP movements should violence in eastern Chad escalate after the end of the rainy season. Chadian government representatives are absent from a number of areas where UNHCR op [...]	2006-10-02 16:31:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1184	SECURITY IN EASTERN CHAD FOLLOWING GOC-REBEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the most recent clashes in eastern Chad between GOC forces and Chadian rebels, President Deby has returned to N'Djamena and is trying to negotiate with individual rebel factions, but still appears to be reinforcing his military along the eastern front. The rebels appea [...]	2006-10-02 16:53:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1199	CHAD CONSIDERING ATTACK ON REBELS IN SUDAN [...] (S) General Ismail Chaibo, director general of Chad's National Security Agency, told the Ambassador October 3 that an attack by the Chadian army against Chadian rebel positions in western Sudan is likely in the period after Ramadan and the end of the rainy season in early November. Chaibo sa [...]	2006-10-03 12:51:00	Embassy Ndjamena	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL CD
06NDJAMENA1205	CHAD: MORE TROUBLES AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The respite President Deby enjoyed after his inauguration on August 8 for another five-year term in power did not last long. Last month he had to intervene personally in campaigns to rout out Chadian rebel forces from their strongholds in eastern Chad. The failure of his offe [...]	2006-10-04 12:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
06NDJAMENA1213	CHAD:CHEVRON STILL SEEKING A RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chevron representatives are currently in N'Djamena, and plan to use high-profile consultant Andrew Young to meet directly with President Deby to resolve the company's tax dispute with the GOC. Chevron still asserts that the tax benefit agreement it negotiated with the GOC is a [...]	2006-10-06 06:45:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1215	CHAD REFUGEES CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF SUDANESE [...] (SBU) Less than 24 hours after UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative informed Charge that Sudanese refugees in camps along the northern Chad border with Sudan were in imminent danger, fighting broke out in and around the camps between Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signat [...]	2006-10-08 14:29:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1216	CHAD: CHEVRON/PETRONAS AGREE ON TAX PAYMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Chad (GOC) agreed October 6 to lift the suspension of oil consortium members Chevron and Petronas after Chevron and Petronas agreed to pay USD 281 in taxes. Payment will be made in a lump sum seven days after the agreement is officially promulgated. A Chevro [...]	2006-10-09 11:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1232	SLM ON CHAD BORDER CLASH [...] (C) Summary. Adam Shogar, the Sudanese Liberation Movement,s N,Djamena representative, told Poloff in a 10/12 meeting that the SLM had beaten Sudanese government forces in Darfur in a battle on 10/07 near the Chadian border, inflicting heavy casualties and capturing many soldiers and a gr [...]	2006-10-13 10:29:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL MOPS CD SU
06NDJAMENA1249	SUDANESE REBELS CALL THE SHOTS IN CHADIAN TOWN OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The northeastern Chadian town of Bahai was revealed to be a JEM-controlled stronghold following the clash between the National Redemption Front (NRF) and Sudanese Government forces October 7-8. Following that battle, numerous Sudanese soldiers remain in Chadian custody and the [...]	2006-10-19 13:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PGOV SU CD
06NDJAMENA1301	MANAGING CHAD'S OIL REVENUES: 2005 REPORT CARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chad's Oil Revenue Management College 2005 Annual Report presents a vivid picture of just how difficult it is to spend money well in Chad -- despite the multitude of needs. While the College continues to strengthen its ability to verify use of oil revenues, it lacks the resourc [...]	2006-11-06 08:49:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV EPET CD
06NDJAMENA1306	DPA DISENCHANTMENT AMONG CHADIAN OFFICIALS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representatives of both the Chadian Government refugee agency (speaking unofficially) and a Chad-based Darfur rebel group had common interpretations of the ineffectiveness of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) and of the responsibilities of the international community, namely the [...]	2006-11-06 15:46:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PREF PREL SU KPKO
06NDJAMENA1307	IMF-WORLD BANK TEAM PRESENTS GLOOMY REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IMF-World Bank joint mission is facing challenges in its attempts to work with Chadian authorities to develop a medium-term expenditure framework for oil revenue management, according to the mission's team leaders. The GOC's inability to accept the realities of dwindling o [...]	2006-11-07 07:53:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1310	CHAD'S COMMERCE MINISTER FOLLOWING WASHINGTON VISIT [...] SUMMARY: While noting the positive spirit of meetings in Washington and understanding of the U.S. position in the WTO trade negotiations, Chad's Minister of Commerce reiterated Chad's insistence on the specific treatment of cotton in the context of global trade discussions. He was also critic [...]	2006-11-07 15:50:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ENRG PGOV ETRD CD
06NDJAMENA1318	NEW CHADIAN REBEL ALLIANCE--UFDD [...] (C) Summary. Three Chadian rebel groups formed a new alliance in October 2006. According to its communique, the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD) wants to organize transparent elections and abhors taking power by force. Nonetheless, it sent an armed column into central [...]	2006-11-09 07:11:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV RREL PINR CD SU
06NDJAMENA1321	INTER-ETHNIC FIGHTING IN CHAD & POSSIBLE SUDAN [...] (C) Summary. Ethnic violence has broken out along the southeast Chad-Sudan border south of Goz-Beida in the Salamat region. According to our contacts, more than 100 individuals have been killed in fighting between Arabs and non-Arabs; and senior Chadian officials are linking the violence to [...]	2006-11-09 18:22:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1327	CHAD IMPOSES STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary. The Chadian Government has imposed a State of Emergency on eastern, southern, and northern provinces, reportedly to combat rebel activity and to quell inter-ethnic violence. Two ministers were given extraordinary powers at the regional level to control the GOC response to rebel [...]	2006-11-14 18:20:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF CD
06NDJAMENA1333	GOC PLANS TO PURGE GUEREDA? [...] (SBU) Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Guereda report escalating ethnic violence between Zaghawas and Tamas, and suspect the Government of Chad (GOC) is stepping up its campaign to purge Guereda of Tamas. NGOs accuse the GOC of trying to eliminate any possibility of international scru [...]	2006-11-15 15:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1334	IDP CRISIS IN GOZ BEIDA [...] (SBU) Goz Beida has become significantly more unstable as a result of attacks on villages which have produced a new wave of internally displaced persons (IDPs). Attempts to tally numbers of individuals and families are underway, but UNHCR staff from the town of Kou Kou-Angarana estimated that [...]	2006-11-15 16:21:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1339	REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT REFERRAL: DAOUD IBRAHIM HARI [...] (SBU) Embassy N'Djamena would like to refer the following refugee resettlement case. Below is the biographic information of the candidate, a description of the persecution claim, and a justification of resettlement. 2. (SBU) NAME: Daoud Ibrahim Hari DOB: 1973 POB: Musbat, Darfur [...]	2006-11-20 06:30:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1348	ESSO'S CONCERNS ON CHAD SECURITY, CONVENTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Esso-led oil consortium has formally notified the GOC that it will not re-negotiate its existing convention with the Government, but will consider new agreements that would allow the GOC to have a role in the country's oil production at new sites. While the government has [...]	2006-11-22 13:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EFIN ENRG PGOV EPET CD
06NDJAMENA1350	UN AND NGO COMMUNITY ON INTERNATIONAL FORCE FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In two separate meetings on November 21, the United Nations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Chad made clear that any eventual international force on the eastern border with Sudan should focus on protection of humanitarian corridors and not involve itself in Chadian [...]	2006-11-22 16:43:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
06NDJAMENA1351	NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO CHAD ON POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The new French Ambassador to Chad acknowledged that France's special relationship with Chad made it difficult to push for the kind of political overtures which were needed to strengthen Chad's democratic institutions; he looked to the EU troika to assist in carrying the message. [...]	2006-11-24 15:02:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	CD PGOV PREF SU
06NDJAMENA1356	CHADIAN REBELS LAUNCH OFFENSIVE [...] (C) Summary. Chadian rebels may have taken the important regional capital of Abeche and appear to have taken Biltine. Looting is reported in Abeche, though the French garrison has secured the airport and is offering sanctuary to civilians. Two major rebel groups appear to be cooperating i [...]	2006-11-25 15:54:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PREF CD MOPS
06NDJAMENA1358	UPDATE ON CHADIAN REBEL OFFENSIVE [...] (C) The Chadian National Army (ANT) reoccupied the regional capital of Abeche this morning, 11/26, after the rebel United Front for Democracy and Development (UFDD) pulled out at about 0400 hours local heading east with 180 vehicles in the direction of the Sudan border. The World Food Progr [...]	2006-11-26 16:11:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS CD
06NDJAMENA1360	CHADIAN REBEL OFFENSIVE--EVENING UPDATE [...] (C) As of 1900 hours local, the French Ambassador reported that the UFDD rebel column which withdrew from Abeche (13,49 N; 20,49 E) this morning, 11/26, was approximately 100 KM northeast of Abeche and that the northern SCUD (RaFD) column was approximately 100 KM west of Biltine, significant [...]	2006-11-26 20:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS CD
06NDJAMENA1369	UPDATE ON CHADIAN REBEL OFFENSIVE [...] (U) Mahamat Nouri, leader of the United Front for Democracy and Development (UFDD),told BBC that rival rebel forces (read Timan Erdimi's RaFD/SCUD) were located in Kanem Region northeast of Moussoro (13,39 N; 16,29 E) about 200 Km from N'Djamena. The Chadian Defense Minister denied Nouri's [...]	2006-11-27 17:08:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS CD
06NDJAMENA1371	CHADIAN UPDATE [...] (C) There are no reports of new rebel movements today, 11/28. There are unconfirmed press reports that Mahamat Nouri's United Front for Democracy and Development rebels shot down a Chadian military aircraft northeast of Abeche with a SAM-7 missile taken from Chadian army stores in Abeche. [...]	2006-11-28 17:38:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS CD
06NDJAMENA1376	INTER-ETHNIC VIOLENCE IN SOUTHEASTERN CHAD: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The recent inter-ethnic violence in southeastern Chad, which has its roots in historical divisions and competition for land resources, has been amplified by deteriorating relations between Chad and Sudan, according to human rights researchers groups visiting the region. While [...]	2006-11-29 14:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1378	PRESIDENT DEBY ON INTERNATIONAL FORCE ON CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary. Meeting with the Ambassador, President Deby stressed that he was not against an international force in eastern Chad, but needed to know the composition, mandate and authority before taking a decision. He reminded the Ambassador that Sudan would use any excuse to place a "pro- [...]	2006-11-29 19:58:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1379	A MUZZLED CHADIAN PRESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Losing readership and unable to report on the real news in Chad, representatives of the francophone print media are demoralized and frustrated. While independent newspapers reach only a small Chadian elite, the censorship imposed during the State of Emergency has dealt a seve [...]	2006-11-30 08:36:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CD PGOV

06NDJAMENA1380	CHADIAN ELECTIONS IN 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary. The Chadian government estimates that the 2006 com ================ The Election Request ================ 2. (U) In a letter dated October 5, 2006, Chadian Prime Minister Pasc 3. (U) Separate studies funded by the UNDP and the EU concluded that --a population c [...]	2006-11-30 10:10:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA1381	CHAD 11/30 UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Chad remains jumpy about rumors of rebel activities. It appears that rebel forces have not withdrawn to Sudan. At a convocation of ambassadors on 11/28, Chad's Foreign Minister issued a statement about the state of war that exists between Chad and Sudan. Pre [...]	2006-11-30 18:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF CD
06NDJAMENA1382	CHADIAN ELECTIONS IN 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary. The Chadian government estimates that the 2006 communal elections and the 2007 legislative elections will cost around $11.65 million; and it has requested financial assistance from the US, France, Germany, the European Union, and the United Nations Development Program. Th [...]	2006-11-30 18:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA1383	DPKO STILL FORMULATING PLAN FOR EASTERN CHAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador and Poloff met with the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Technical Assessment Mission (TAM) on December 1 and 2, before and after a meeting between the TAM and President Deby. The TAM reported that Deby had agreed in principle to deployment [...]	2006-12-04 09:09:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC CD KPKO
06NDJAMENA1389	INTERNATIONAL FORCE IN CHAD: SIDE WITH THE GOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. This cable outlines some of the important factors we recommend for consideration in preparing for a possible peacekeeping presence in Chad. Above all, the mandate of this force should be focused on the area which could make the most immediate impact on the ground: pro [...]	2006-12-05 12:45:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	CD KPKO PGOV PREF PREL SU UNSC
06NDJAMENA1393	LETTER FROM CHAD FOREIGN MINISTER TO THE SECRETARY [...] (U) The Embassy received a letter dated December 5, 2006 from the Minister of Foreign Affairs for transmission to the Secretary of State. Unofficial translation follows: SIPDIS 2. (SBU) Madam Minister, I write to you after returning home to Tchad following a fruitful and friendly e [...]	2006-12-05 16:29:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PREF PREL SU
06NDJAMENA1400	CHAD: GOVERNMENT, WORLD BANK AND IMF AGREE ON 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The World Bank and the IMF and the Government of Chad have been able to agree on what the Bank believes is a sustainable budget for 2007. A Bank mission will return in mid-December to continue work on a stabilization mechanism for unspent oil revenues and finalize a poverty re [...]	2006-12-06 15:30:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1402	JEM'S KHALIL IBRAHIM VISITS CHAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Instability in Chad is a result of the Government of Sudan's plans to destabilize the Deby regime, destroy indigenous populations, and permit the migration of Arab communities to these areas, according to Justice and Equality Movement's Khalil Ibrahim. Khalil would not openly ad [...]	2006-12-07 11:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1404	UN DRAWDOWN IN EASTERN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN convoked donors and UN agencies to describe the deteriorating security situation in eastern Chad and steps the UN has taken to protect staff and ensure the delivery of essential services. Refugee camps in northern Chad are essentially being run by refugee committees with [...]	2006-12-07 20:10:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PGOV SU CD
06NDJAMENA1405	CHAD: REPORT FROM BAHAI AS UN STAFF DRAW DOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Typically an area of activity between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the National Redemption Front (NRF) rebels, Bahai was eerily quiet December 5-7, as the town and nearby Oure Cassoni refugee camp prepared for the December 7 departure of United Nations essential staff. NR [...]	2006-12-07 20:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PREF PHUM SU PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA141	CHAD: REBEL SCORECARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chad is bracing for more rebel attacks along the border. Chadian authorities firmly believe that the Government of Sudan is supporting Mahamat Nour, and possibly others, in their efforts to overthrow the regime of President Idriss Deby Itno. This perception, coupled with Chad' [...]	2006-01-31 11:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1411	CHAD SCENESETTER [...] (C) Summary: N'djamena today is a tank-ringed garrison town as President Idriss Deby Itno defends his 16-year regime against increasingly emboldened rebels -- many of them from his own clan. Civil society and the opposition political parties have called for an inclusive dialogue and an end t [...]	2006-12-12 06:50:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV CD SU
06NDJAMENA1414	CHAD: MINISTER DEFENDS PRESS CENSORSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The continued censorship of the Chadian press is justified as long as Chad is in a state of war with rebel movements trying to destabilize the country, according to the country's Minister of Communication, responding to concerns raised by the Ambassador about the restrictions. [...]	2006-12-13 09:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA1416	CHADIAN ARMY PURSUES REBELS INTO SUDAN [...] (C) Chadian army units crossed into Sudanese territory late on December 12 in pursuit of Chadian rebel forces, according to Acting Foreign Minister Hourmadji Moussa Doumgor in a brief meeting held at his request with the Ambassador December 13. Doumgor said he was under instructions from Pr [...]	2006-12-13 14:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU CD
06NDJAMENA142	CHAD: ESSO FEARS STOP ORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Esso is concerned that the World Bank's response to the Consortium's request for a waiver could prompt President Deby to ask the Consortium to halt oil production. Esso has also pointed out the possibility of an income tax windfall from the Consortium into the GOC's coffers, p [...]	2006-01-31 11:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV
06NDJAMENA1423	CHAD:MAJOR BATTLES FOUGHT IN EAST [...] (C) Summary: The Chadian government has announced that Chadian rebels have been decisively vanquished in the latest round of battles in Biltine and Hadjer Marfaine and pushed back into Sudan. French Ambassador Foucher seconded the GOC's claim that the opposition had been crushed in a conve [...]	2006-12-14 15:58:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV CD SU
06NDJAMENA143	CHAD: REBEL SCORECARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chad is bracing for more rebel attacks along the border. Chadian authorities firmly believe that the Government of Sudan is supporting Mahamat Nour, and possibly others, in their efforts to overthrow the regime of President Idriss Deby Itno. This perception, coupled with Chad' [...]	2006-01-31 15:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1431	CHADIAN OPPOSITION LEADER FLOATS IDEAS FOR DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Southern Muslim opposition leader Saleh Kebzabo told Ambassador that he is floating ideas with President Deby, the French and leaders of Chad,s political and armed opposition for a dialogue that could lead to comprehensive internal and regional peace. More flexible than the pr [...]	2006-12-18 14:09:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PHUM PREL SU
06NDJAMENA1433	TENSIONS MOUNTING IN GOZ BEIDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As UNHCR prepares for the High Commissioner's visit to IDP camps near Goz Beida, there are a number of reports of Janjaweed activity in the vicinity; the Chadian military and local self-defense militia appear to be reinforcing their elements for a possible defense. UNHCR expect [...]	2006-12-18 18:09:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PREF SU PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA1434	CHAD: GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR - GLOBAL PURSUIT OF [...] (C) Per reftel, below are responses to questions on host country's terrorist information exchange programs: A. Immigration Databases: Chad does not have computerized immigration databases. B. Watchlist and Information Sharing: There is a name-based watchlist used to screen travelers [...]	2006-12-19 10:10:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS
06NDJAMENA1444	LULL IN CHAD REBEL ACTIVITY; GOC TRIES NEW TACK IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting between Chadian rebel forces and the Chadian Army (ANT) has subsided since December 18. Reports of a rapprochement between rebel FUC (United Front for Change) leader Mahamat Nour and President Deby providing for the integration of Nour forces into the ANT have not been [...]	2006-12-22 12:20:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREF PREL SU CD
06NDJAMENA181	CHAD AND WORLD BANK: TALKS ON OIL REVENUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the breakdown of talks between the Government of Chad (GOC) and the World Bank, both sides in N'Djamena privately indicate that the other is at fault. GOC representatives claim that World Bank President Wolfowitz reneged at the last minute on a proposal (agreed to by b [...]	2006-02-08 09:53:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV
06NDJAMENA182	CHAD AND WORLD BANK: TALKS ON OIL REVENUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the breakdown of talks between the Government of Chad (GOC) and the World Bank, both sides in N'Djamena privately indicate that the other is at fault. GOC representatives claim that World Bank President Wolfowitz reneged at the last minute on a proposal (agreed to by b [...]	2006-02-08 11:10:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV
06NDJAMENA243	CHAD: NEW DEVELOPMENTS ENHANCE GOC REVENUES, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While discussions between the Government of Chad and the World Bank over revisions to the revenue management law remain at an impasse, other developments are affecting the country's oil sector. The agreement between the GOC and the Taiwan state-owned China Petroleum Company has [...]	2006-02-17 13:49:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV
06NDJAMENA244	CHAD: DEBY MEETS WITH ESSO, RESPONDS TO WOLFOWITZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Deby has raised with Esso the possibility of severing links with the World Bank, and ordering a shut-down of the Consortium's operations. For its part, Esso has noted the grave implications of such actions, and is proposing a possible compromise to reopen dialogue amon [...]	2006-02-20 12:24:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV
06NDJAMENA251	CHAD PLEASED WITH U.S. SUBSIDY ELIMINATION, [...] SUMMARY: Following Hong Kong, Chad's Minister of Commerce has expressed the GOC's approval for U.S. measures to eliminate the Step 2 program, and provide technical assistance for Chad and other cotton-producing countries. Nevertheless, the GOC remains concerned by the rapid need to improve th [...]	2006-02-21 16:05:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA252	CHAD: GOVERNMENT EXPRESSES WILLINGNESS TO WORK [...] (C) Summary: The Chadian Government convoked the diplomatic corps to state its willingness to talk the opposition about participation in the electoral process and to welcome donor assistance for the upcoming elections. Members of the diplomatic corps asked the Government what actions it had [...]	2006-02-21 17:46:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA296	CHAD: INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS DISCUSS ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The French Ambassador in Chad gave vent to a gloomy view of the Chadian political scene to the EU and U.S. Ambassadors and UN resrep February 24. Meeting the day before the announcement that presidential elections will take place May 3, he acknowledged that Deby was unacceptable [...]	2006-02-26 18:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA299	CHAD: FOREIGN MINISTER'S RESPONSE ON UN REFORM [...] In a meeting with Chad,s Foreign Minister Ahmad Allam-mi February 27, the Ambassador delivered the demarche on UN reform per ref A and provided Allam-mi with a French-language nonpaper. Allam-mi responded that he saw no difficulty on the issue of management reform. Allam-mi said that &every [...]	2006-02-27 17:00:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KUNR CD
06NDJAMENA300	DARFUR/CHAD: JEM'S KHALIL SKEPTICAL ON UN FORCE [...] (C) Summary: In February 25 conversation with Ambassador Wall, JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim lamented the international community's focus on mounting a UN force in Darfur, when security, he claimed, was better than at any time since the rebellion began, even with intra-Sudan Liberation Movement/A [...]	2006-02-27 17:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA301	CHADIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON DARFUR, LIBYA, UN ARMS [...] (C) Summary: Chadian Foreign Minister Allam-mi expressed doubt that the ongoing Libyan mediation between Chad and Sudan or the Abuja peace talks would produce much, during a meeting with Ambassador Wall on February 27. He said that Sudanese President Bashir had called a halt to the Chadian [...]	2006-02-28 06:08:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA305	CHAD: ROLE OF THE POLITICAL OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: President Idriss Deby's opponents are trying to capitalize on his unpopularity and a heightened level of general discontent to push for a political transition. However, since coming to power, Deby has stacked the political arena against his opponents, cleverly buying off, exploi [...]	2006-02-28 10:24:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA336	CHAD: MAVERICK OPPOSITIONIST UNDERLINES [...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition leader Yorongar, in a call on the Ambassador February 27, said that the opposition would never agree on a single candidate but, if (huge if) fair elections could be assured, Deby would lose to almost anyone. He cited recent rebel activity in the south as a further [...]	2006-03-01 16:20:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA337	CHAD: 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (PART I) [...] Summary. Despite severe resource constraints, the Government of Chad is taking steps to address problems of child trafficking which are commensurate with the scope and magnitude of the problem. Government officials are working on each of the elements of the Trafficking in Persons workplan t [...]	2006-03-01 16:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KWMN KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
06NDJAMENA338	CHAD: 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (PART II) [...] Summary: This cable represents a continuation of Embassy N,Djamena,s responses to reftel regarding Chad,s prosecution and protection efforts. End Summary. - - - - - - - - - - PROSECUTION EFFORTS - - - - - - - - - - 2. (23. A) Trafficking cases are generally prosecuted using charges [...]	2006-03-01 16:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF CD
06NDJAMENA346	CHAD: ARCHBISHOP ON MUSLIM ATTACKS AND ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador March 1, Archbishop Ngartery said the anti-Danish-cartoons violent demonstration on February 11 had been an opportunity for Chadian Christians to show the path of peacefulness in not reacting. He said that the only way out of Chad's present po [...]	2006-03-03 11:29:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA351	CHAD: FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON A COORDINATED APPROACH [...] (C) Summary: French Ambassador Bercot, saying he had been authorized by Paris to brainstorm with the Ambassador, volunteered a scenario March 3 (uncleared by his government),in which the U.S. and France would support and facilitate a graceful exit for President Deby. Under this scenario, [...]	2006-03-06 16:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA352	CHAD: UN RESREP DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH MPS [...] (SBU) Summary: United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Head Amaning told Misoffs March 4 that he had an encouraging meeting with President Deby March 1 in which Deby agreed that opposition participation in the upcoming elections was worth working for. While Deby refused to consider postpon [...]	2006-03-06 16:56:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM UNDP CH
06NDJAMENA357	AFRICAN UNION'S NEW UN AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Mahamat Saleh Annadif, former Director of Cabinet for President Idriss Deby and a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, departs next week for New York to assume his post as the African Union's Ambassador to the United Nations. In recent conversations, Annadif described his responsibilities [...]	2006-03-07 14:03:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UN CD
06NDJAMENA360	EASTERN CHAD: ABSENCE OF CHADIAN FORCES [...] (U) SUMMARY. A security void caused by the repositioning of Chadian police and military forces since December is the principal factor in the increased raiding and looting in the border area south of Adre. First-hand accounts by refugees arriving from these areas and assessments by senior sta [...]	2006-03-07 15:49:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC UN SU
06NDJAMENA39	CHAD:NEW OIL LAW PROMULGATED [...] (SBU) Summary: President Deby promulgated the amended oil revenue management law on January 11, reportedly after being shown a letter from the World Bank to Citibank requesting Citibank to block transfers to Chad's account. We understand Chad's options to include foregoing oil revenues for the [...]	2006-01-12 12:00:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA400	CHAD: OPPOSITION ADAMANT ABOUT BOYCOTTING ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The opposition coalition rejects UNDP's proposal for participating in the May 3 election and intends to call for boycott and, possibly, obstruction of the election. End Summary 2. (SBU) On March 8 Poloff called on Lol Mahamat Choua, leader of the Kanembou ethnicity (nort [...]	2006-03-10 14:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA409	CHAD: VIEW OF OPPOSITION LEADER FROM EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: The leading oppositionist from the East, Ibni Oumar, describes the drawdown of Chadian security forces in the border area as a net plus, despite the resulting lawlessness. He says that his public call for obstruction of the May 3 election has not yet taken specific form. En [...]	2006-03-14 12:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA421	CHAD: VOICES OF THE RULING PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Secretary General of the ruling party acknowledges rot in the party and an up-hill battle to stimulate popular interest in the coming election. The Governor of Kanem, a former rebel, dismisses the political opposition as ineffective and looks toward an ill-defined "polit [...]	2006-03-15 18:02:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA425	EASTERN CHAD: ICRC UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: ICRC estimates there are approximately 20,000 Chadians displaced along the border south of Adre by raids by Arabic-speaking nomads from both sides of the border. It has no evidence of direct Sudan government involvement but assumes complicity. The principal factor in ICRC's a [...]	2006-03-17 12:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA427	CHAD: UNDP CONVENES OPPOSITION AND AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) Summary: UNDP resrep invited hand-picked key opposition leaders for an unprecedented discussion March 16, with U.S. and French ambassadors present. CPDC members and Yorongar stated their willingness to engage in national dialogue but emphasized that the blame lay on President Deby fo [...]	2006-03-17 16:11:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA431	CHAD: FRENCH VERSION OF COUP ATTEMPT, DEBY'S [...] (C) Summary: According to the French Ambassador, the March 14 coup activity involved another member of Deby's extended clan and has made him more paranoid and less amenable to reason. The supposed coup leader, commander of an armored squadron in the presidential protective reserve force, i [...]	2006-03-20 11:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA433	CHAD: SEBY AGUID AND THE ZAGHAWAS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Deby's Zaghawa clan is severely divided, a result of his insufficient support for the Darfur rebellion and fears of tribal retribution against his rule, according to the son of the Sultan of Iriba. Recent conversations with him provided insights into the Zaghawa and [...]	2006-03-20 17:08:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA453	CHAD: LAST-DITCH UN EFFORT ON ELECTIONS FAILS [...] (SBU) Summary: Midnight March 24, the deadline for candidates to announce themselves for the May 3 presidential election, passed with only five candidates being announced: President Deby and four of his allies. The significant political opposition held fast to its boycott, despite reported [...]	2006-03-27 12:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA462	CHAD: INTERIOR MINISTER SEES DEBY AS "LEAST BAD," [...] (SBU) Summary: Close Deby advisor and fellow Zaghawan Interior Minister Mahamat Ali described Deby as the "least bad" option for Chad, in conversation with Ambassador March 28. Claiming total victory in the March 20 battle against the Chadian Zaghawa rebels, he downplayed anxieties over in [...]	2006-03-29 14:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD SU
06NDJAMENA463	CHAD'S TROUBLES ON ELECTION'S EVE AND WHAT WE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Troubles are ahead in the run-up to the presidential elections on May 3. The opposition parties are calling for obstructing them outright as well as for a boycott. Security is under strain, but President Deby is fighting back, with resolute support from the French. The belea [...]	2006-03-29 14:56:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CD KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
06NDJAMENA467	CHAD: CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS ON POLITICAL WARPATH [...] (SBU) Summary: The approach of the May 3 election has prompted civil society leaders publicly to ask the international community to pressure the regime to postpone the election. Some have privately lumped the United States with France in supporting the regime. The operative thesis is that [...]	2006-03-30 08:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA482	CHAD: DEBY ON DARFUR, DEMOCRACY, AND OIL [...] (C) Summary: President Deby, in a meeting with Ambassador Wall March 30, said that Islamic fundamentalism and the deteriorating situation in Darfur threatened the stability of the entire Sahel region, and he asked for more forceful action from the international community. He reacted equably [...]	2006-03-31 10:30:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD SU
06NDJAMENA487	CHAD: KEBZABO ON OPPOSITION UNITY AND OBSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Southern Muslim leader Kebzabo acknowledges that the regime has more to fear from the armed rebels than from the democratic opposition but the latter is relatively unified for the first time and determined to go beyond boycotting the coming election. End Summary. 2. (SBU) [...]	2006-04-03 11:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA517	CHAD/SUDAN: DADJO BITTERNESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dadjo, probably the most populous tribe in Eastern Chad, have taken the brunt of Arab cross-border attacks and are, according to one of their leaders, angry toward Arabs on both sides of the border and also at the regime for leaving them unprotected. They could align with [...]	2006-04-08 09:08:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA520	CHAD: ANOTHER PLEA FROM CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) Summary: A leading civil society activist, urging a national forum for reconciliation, painted a bleak picture for Chad and the region if the U.S. did not take a strong stand against the May 3 election. The Ambassador was sympathetic but doused expectation of U.S. support for her prop [...]	2006-04-08 11:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA521	CHAD: FRENCH AMBASSADOR LOOKS AT POST-ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: French Ambassador Bercot, in conversation with Ambassador Wall April 7, confirmed that the March 30 battle went badly for the Chadian armed forces, but said that Deby was using oil tax payments to buy helicopters and was building up for an imminent riposte against the rebels led [...]	2006-04-09 09:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD FR
06NDJAMENA530	CHAD: REBEL CONVOY BLOODIED LESS THAN 100 MILES [...] (SBU) Summary: A rebel convoy of perhaps 40 vehicles moved to within less than 100 miles southeast of Ndjamena. According to the French Ambassador, Chadian armed forces engaged the convoy and largely destroyed it. A larger military threat may be looming on the eastern border. The French ar [...]	2006-04-12 19:03:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC MOPS CH
06NDJAMENA535	CHAD: GOVERNMENT SURVIVES FIGHTING IN NDJAMENA [...] (U) Rebels reached the northeastern and eastern sections of Ndjamena during the night, and fighting erupted at dawn and lasted throughout the morning April 13, with the Chadian armed forces beating them back. Ndjamena has been quiet ever since, except for sporadic gunfire to the east. Embass [...]	2006-04-13 18:21:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC MOPS CH
06NDJAMENA539	CHAD: MORNING AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately one hundred prisoners were displayed on the parade grounds in Ndjamena the morning after the April 13 fighting, amid government nervousness that a number of rebels had fled. The French are widely perceived to have been crucial to beating the rebels. Some senior [...]	2006-04-14 14:10:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AESC MOPS CH
06NDJAMENA541	CHAD: RUPTURE WITH SUDAN, THREAT ON REFUGEES, OIL [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-15 13:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA543	CHAD: A $500 MILLION DECISION [...] (SBU) Summary: Possibly piqued that World Bank President Wolfowitz did not contact him after the World Bank/IMF visit, and evidently needing cash immediately, President Deby has ordered Esso to stop production Tuesday, April 18 at 1 p.m. unless it pays Chad's royalties into the Chadian Treasury [...]	2006-04-16 06:40:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PREL CD
06NDJAMENA544	PRESIDENT DEBY CLARIFIES POSITION ON REFUGEES AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-16 06:40:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PREL CD PREF
06NDJAMENA545	DASH ACROSS CHAD: FRENCH VERSION [...] (SBU) Summary: The French, according to Ambassador Bercot and his Defense Attache, only became aware two days before the fight in Ndjamena on April 13 that the rebel force was aiming at the relatively undefended city. The city and government were saved, they say, because the rebels stalled [...]	2006-04-16 06:51:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PGOV PREL SU FR CD
06NDJAMENA546	CHAD: OPPOSITION QUANDARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition leader Lol Mahamat Choua cast the opposition's quandary in clear focus in conversation with the Ambassador April 14: The democratic opposition could call for massive obstruction to the May 3 election, but to do so would bring brutal repression. The democratic oppos [...]	2006-04-16 16:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA547	CHAD: REFUGEES, RECRUITMENT, IDPS, PRISONERS, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: ICRC accounts for 250 prisoners (of whom some are Sudanese) and 250 war-wounded from the fighting April 13. ICRC has withdrawn staff from the eastern border for the time being but affirms a continued movement of IDPs to Goz Beida. UNHCR has cut its international staff in the [...]	2006-04-16 16:36:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA555	FOREIGN MINISTER EMPHASIZES CHAD'S FRAGILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Allam-mi and Ambassador agreed to disagree April 17 on the urgency of political dialogue, Allam-mi saying the absolute priority was going forward with the May 3 election to ensure preservation of the outward form of rule of law at a time of external aggression [...]	2006-04-18 15:30:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA57	PROMOTING A PEACEFUL TRANSITION IN CHAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: As we define a strategy for advancing our growing interests in Chad, it is important that we work to convince President Deby to arrange for a peaceful handover of power. Our interests would be damaged by the spread of violent civil unrest, a prospect that is becoming dangerousl [...]	2006-01-18 07:09:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
06NDJAMENA576	CHAD: ANXIETIES OVER REFUGEE PROTECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Resrep agrees with the fears of the Chadian government it will be unable adequately to protect refugees and IDPs if, as he thinks likely, there are increased attacks over the next month before the rainy season. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Kingsley Amaning, Resident Coordinat [...]	2006-04-20 09:03:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA577	CHAD: ANXIETIES OVER REFUGEE PROTECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Resrep agrees with the fears of the Chadian government it will be unable adequately to protect refugees and IDPs if, as he thinks likely, there are increased attacks over the next month before the rainy season. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Kingsley Amaning, Resident Coordinat [...]	2006-04-20 13:58:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA579	CHAD: PRESIDENT DEBY THANKS U.S. FOR SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Wall on April 20, President Deby thanked the United States for condemning Sudan's role in the recent attacks on Chad. He shared information on what he feared would be a new attack in the East in the coming days, and stated that Sudan was also arming Ce [...]	2006-04-20 16:12:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV EPET ENRG CD
06NDJAMENA586	CHAD: FRENCH AMBASSADOR SEES DAS YAMAMOTO [...] (C) Summary: French Ambassador Bercot repeated his view April 20 that the only way forward was to get Deby, before the May 3 election, t announce publicly the naming of an opposition government. He saw DAS Yamamoto's visit April 24-25 as key step in moving this idea forward. He acknowledged [...]	2006-04-21 20:45:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD FR SU
06NDJAMENA587	CHAD: FRENCH AMBASSADOR SEES DAS YAMAMOTO [...] (C) Summary: French Ambassador Bercot repeated his view April 20 that the only way forward was to get Deby, before the May 3 election, t announce publicly the naming of an opposition government. He saw DAS Yamamoto's visit April 24-25 as key step in moving this idea forward. He acknowledged [...]	2006-04-21 20:45:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD FR SU
06NDJAMENA589	CHAD: SOUTHERN OPPOSITIONIST INSISTS ON ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Leading Southern oppositionist Kamougue said April 21 that the political opposition would not be again deceived into taking a post in a Deby government, unless the election were delayed, a national conference convened, and Deby became a titular transitional president alongside [...]	2006-04-23 08:03:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA590	CHAD: REFUGEE PROTECTION AND IDP PULL [...] (SBU) Summary: Ideas for immediate refugee protection are few and far between, according to those working the issue in Ndjamena. UNHCR will explore devoting more resources to paying and equipping gendarmes. The AU could be pressed to send more AMIS missions across the border. Chadian Forei [...]	2006-04-23 08:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA592	CHAD'S FOREIGN MINISTER DEFENDS MAY 3 ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary. Better to have a president chosen in flawed elections than to risk the anarchy that a delay in elections could provoke, according to Chad's Foreign Minister. In other comments in his meeting with the Ambassador April 21, he blamed the opposition for the breakdown in dialogue; [...]	2006-04-24 08:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
06NDJAMENA599	CHAD: DAS YAMAMOTO MEETING WITH FRENCH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: In meeting with French Ambassador Bercot April 25, DAS Yamamoto explained that he had urged President Deby to delay the May 3 election and begin a dialogue with the opposition. Bercot regretted this approach. He put little store in political dialogue. He preferred to ask Deby [...]	2006-04-25 17:43:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD SU FR
06NDJAMENA604	DAS YAMAMOTO VISIT TO CHAD APRIL 24-25 [...] (C) Summary: During his April 24-25 visit to Chad, DAS Yamamoto conveyed to President Deby a message from the Secretary calling for postponement of the May 3 election and SIPDIS initiation of constructive political dialogue. Deby refused to postpone the election, citing a constitutional v [...]	2006-04-26 17:16:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD SU
06NDJAMENA608	CAR: BOZIZE WILL MEET CAR REBELS, ARCHBISHOP SAYS [...] (U) The following cable was drafted by U.S. Embassy Bangui. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Archbishop of Bangui told Poloff on April 25 that the CAR rebel group Union of Republican Forces (UFR) and President Bozize recently agreed to meet and engage in a dialogue. Some issues remain, but the Archbish [...]	2006-04-28 14:51:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CT
06NDJAMENA612	CHAD: ELECTION PREPARATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chadian presidential election campaign ends midnight on May 1, with elections scheduled for May 3. From the field of 5 original candidates it appears that only four remain. Opposition groups continue to call for a "ville morte" (dead city) on May 3 and for citizens to boycot [...]	2006-04-30 13:25:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA618	SLM EXCLUDED FROM ABUJA WARN OF CIVIL WAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: As peace negotiations enter an extra 48-hour inning in Abuja, three Chad-based Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) representatives told the Ambassador during a May 1 meeting that their delegation had been effectively excluded from the Darfur peace talks in Abuja by the AU, which inst [...]	2006-05-01 17:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV SU
06NDJAMENA643	PRESIDENT DEBY'S ELECTION: NOW WHAT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Few bothered to vote, no opposition leader of any stature was a candidate, and the voter registration lists were virtually useless, but never mind. Now that these peaceful, but flawed elections held on May 3 are behind him, President Deby will claim a popular mandate for holdi [...]	2006-05-04 17:12:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
06NDJAMENA646	CHAD-BASED SLM LEADERS URGED TO SUPPORT PEACE [...] (SBU) In a meeting May 5 with Chad-based SLM leaders Dr. Sharif Hariri and Adam Shogar, the Ambassador urged them to help keep the peace process on track -- and at a minimum, not undermine it. Shogar and Hariri responded that they had been sidelined by the African Union, but were not obstruct [...]	2006-05-05 14:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SU
06NDJAMENA672	CHAD: PRESIDENT DEBY RESPONSE TO U.S. DEMARCHE [...] The Director of President Deby's Civil Cabinet has sent the following written response to Ambassador Wall concerning reftel B demarche on ending support to Sudanese rebels. 2. Begin text: May 11 Excellence, Mr. Ambassador, I have the honor to bring to your attention that His Excel [...]	2006-05-12 15:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS SOCI SU CD
06NDJAMENA678	UN'S JAN EGELAND COMES TO EASTERN CHAD [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a visit to eastern Chad May 11, UN Humanitarian Coordinator Jan Egeland visited a makeshift camp for as many as 13,000 displaced Chadians driven from their villages on the border with Sudan by attacks by jandjaweed militias. Egeland urged local officials to assure securi [...]	2006-05-15 15:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF KPAO OIIP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD
06NDJAMENA684	CHAD: ELECTION RESULTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representing what most observers considered a formality, the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) announced last night that President Idriss Deby Itno was the projected winner of the May 3 presidential election. According to the preliminary results, which must be cer [...]	2006-05-15 16:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD KDEM PGOV PHUM PREF
06NDJAMENA702	CHAD: IMF/WORLD BANK TEAM ADMITS THAT THEY FACE A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of the recent agreement between the World Bank and GOC, IMF and World Bank mission officials have arrived in Chad to assist the GOC to pass and implement the 2006 Budget and push reform efforts of the country's public finance system. Mission officials also hope to expl [...]	2006-05-18 05:51:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA704	CHAD'S GRAND IMAM WELCOMES [...] (U) Summary. The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Chad's Grand Imam, Sheikh Hassan Hissein Abakar, the spiritual leader of Chadian Muslims. The Grand Imam was seriously injured last week in a dispute outside his office, and the visit provided an opportunity to wish him a speedy recovery. [...]	2006-05-18 12:26:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OIIP KPAO KIRF PREL PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA705	CHAD'S ARCHBISHOP GIVES STARK [...] (SBU) Summary: There is no hope for a dialogue on Chad's political future as long as President Deby remains in power, according to Chad's influential Archbishop. In a meeting with the Ambassador on May 17, the religious expressed his view that, although President Deby had more material wit [...]	2006-05-18 14:45:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CD ASEC
06NDJAMENA706	DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE: N'DJAMENA ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) faction leader Minni Minnawi was warmly welcomed in N'Djamena, where he is consulting with the Chadian Government, SLM followers in Chad, non-governmental organizations, and the media. Minni described his meetings with President Idriss Deby as p [...]	2006-05-18 15:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA734	CHAD: UNPREPARED FOR FINANCIAL WINDFALL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Chad (GOC) has complied with its commitments to date under the April 26 accord between the GOC and the World Bank, according to team leaders for the World Bank and IMF. The next steps are to develop a revised 2006 budget that conforms to the accord, and final [...]	2006-05-22 09:46:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA737	CHAD: OPPOSITION MEMBERS HOPE U.S. WILL PLAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent meetings two opposition leaders of the CPDC coalition reiterated that the May 3 presidential election was a farce and said it was "too late" to negotiate with President Idriss Deby Itno, at least without the significant involvement of and pressure from the interna [...]	2006-05-23 06:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EPET CD
06NDJAMENA745	N'DJAMENA EAC [...] (U) U.S. Embassy N'djamena convened an EAC on May 24. The EAC discussed the currently security environment in N'djamena following the May 3 Chadian Presidential elections. The EAC agreed that the situation continued to be stable and reiterated recommendation (reftel) to lift Authorized Depar [...]	2006-05-24 15:00:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV CASC CD
06NDJAMENA747	EQUIVOCAL MESSAGES ON DARFUR PEACE [...] (SBU) Summary. Key Darfur interlocutors in N'djamena explained their reasons for dissatisfaction with the recently signed Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) in meetings with Ambassador Wall May 24 and 25. JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim poured venom on SLM leader Minni Minawi, whom he described as "dead [...]	2006-05-25 13:45:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SU CD
06NDJAMENA748	IMPLEMENTING THE DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT: TROUBLES [...] (SBU) Summary: Differing reports are coming in about a clash between SLM forces near Birzamma in Sudan across the frontier from Chadian border town of Bahai. SLM leader Minni Minawi accused opponents of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) of initiating the attack with some Chadian supporters [...]	2006-05-25 13:49:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SU CD
06NDJAMENA755	DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT: TOUGH SELL IN REFUGEE CAMPS [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese refugees say they will support the Darfur Peace Agreement if Sudan Liberation Movement faction leader Abdelwahid Nur signs and their need for individual compensation are adequately met. From May 23 to 27, P/E officer traveled to six of twelve refugee camps to explain [...]	2006-05-30 06:09:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA768	CHAD: WORLD BANK, IMF ASSERT PROGRESS MADE, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the conclusion of their visit, the joint IMF-World Bank stated that Chad's rectified 2006 budget is on its way to being finalized, and steps are being taken to advance plans to assist the country's financial system. Nevertheless, questions remain over specific spending acti [...]	2006-05-31 11:20:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA771	CHAD: FINAL ELECTION RESULTS -- DEBY WINS, BY [...] (SBU) The Chadian Constitutional Council announced 28 May the official results of the 3 May presidential elections. The Council declared President Idriss Deby Itno the winner in the first round, with 64.67 percent of the votes cast, from a voter turnout of 53.8 percent of the estimated 5.7 mil [...]	2006-05-31 16:06:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA772	DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT: CHADIAN OFFICIALS DENY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Yamamoto raised the reports of Chadian support for groups undermining the Darfur Peace Agreement with President Idriss Deby Itno on May 30 and with his close advisor, Minister of Territorial Administration General Mahamat Ali Abdullah on May 29. De [...]	2006-06-01 09:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA775	CHAD: FRANCE CITES CHADIAN INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting May 29, French Ambassador Jean-Pierre Bercot made a pitch to Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Yamamoto for USG efforts in the UN Security Council for sanctions against individual Chadian political and armed opposition leaders whom he called directly engaged in activit [...]	2006-06-01 14:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CD

06NDJAMENA778	CHAD: PRESIDENT, OPPOSITION ACKNOWLEDGE NEED FOR [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Yamamoto discussed with Chad's President Idriss Deby Itno on 30 May the pressing need for the creation of a space for political dialogue between Deby and Chad's political opposition. Opposition politicians were fulsome in their description of the barriers and [...]	2006-06-02 10:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA779	CHAD: FRANCE ON POST-ELECTION STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Ambassador Wall, French Ambassador Bercot outlined the Paris-blessed strategy for expanding a political dialogue and establishing the foundations for better economic and political governance in Chad after elections. He cautioned that the regime's ongoing effort [...]	2006-06-02 10:37:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA787	CHAD: WISE MEN'S CHAIR MALLOUM SEEKS GUIDANCE [...] (C) The Chair of President Deby's Committee of Wise Men on political dialogue does not see any indication from the President or his opposition of the political will necessary for compromise and reconciliation. He hopes that international pressure will bring Deby to understand the need for rea [...]	2006-06-05 14:11:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA788	CHAD: UNDP ON POST-ELECTION "FRAMEWORK" [...] (SBU) Summary. United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Coordinator Amaning sees a two-month window for the government and the opposition to agree to a framework for shared supervision of political and economic reforms. He was concerned that the government might succeed at co-opting [...]	2006-06-05 14:26:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNDP CD
06NDJAMENA789	CHAD: CONTINUED INDICATIONS OF INSECURITY IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PRM DAS Fitzgerald visited Sudanese refugee camps in Eastern Chad June 1-2. Recruitment appears to be taking place in Oure Cassoni and Mile camps, and armed elements are in extremely close proximity to the Oure Cassoni camp. Humanitarian workers continue to face the threat of [...]	2006-06-05 15:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PHUM CASC PGOV
06NDJAMENA801	CHAD: BRINGING PEACE CORPS BACK [...] (SBU) Peace Corps is to my mind the single most effective U.S. Government-funded program in Chad. Now that the Department of State has authorized the lifting of Authorized Departure status (reftel),Peace Corps's suspension should be reconsidered as well. Peace Corps volunteers are already [...]	2006-06-06 13:55:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA815	U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN -- DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points June 7 to Chad's Minister of Foreign Affairs and African Integreation, Ahmad Allam-mi. Ambassador stressed the need for action, through the issuance of a public statement of support, as well as the use of direct contact with Iranian officials to encourage [...]	2006-06-08 13:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR CD
06NDJAMENA821	CHAD: GOC UNDERSTANDS TIP TIER TWO AND WATCH LIST [...] (SBU) Ambassador and POL/ECON Officer on June 6 informed GOC Ministers of Justice, and of Family and Social Action of the publication of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons report, and of Chad's Tier Two Watch List ranking. Ambassador again raised the issue on June 7 with Minister of Foreign Affai [...]	2006-06-09 10:58:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL SMIG KDEM CD KCRS PHUM
06NDJAMENA826	CHAD: POLITICAL OPPOSTION PROPOSES UNITY GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Chad's political opposition's ideas for a non-exclusive political dialogue would emasculate President Deby inside a multi-headed executive structure as part of a "Government of Broad Union", created to implement a "National Pact for Peace, Unity and Democracy" aimed at a root-and-branch re [...]	2006-06-12 09:55:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA828	CHAD: PRESIDENT'S CALL FOR "DIALOGUE" REJECTED [...] (SBU) The Chadian President has instructed his Council of Ministers to take the initiative for a "Chado-Chadian, internal political dialogue" to allow Chadians -- not foreigners -- to take control of the political development of the country. The political opposition publicly rejected any prop [...]	2006-06-12 10:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA831	PRESIDENT DEBY TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL: STOP [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Deby made an impassioned plea for UN intervention in Darfur and along Chad's border in a meeting with members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) June 10. He accused Sudan of aggression against Chad and warned that Chad's collapse would spread chaos in the [...]	2006-06-12 15:31:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CD SU
06NDJAMENA847	CHAD: POLITICAL OPPOSTION TO TAKE FRANCE TO TASK [...] (C) Chad's political opposition intends to tell the visiting French Minister-Delegate for Cooperation that she should see President Deby's initiative for political dialogue as they see it: a red herring designed to tell the international community what it wants to hear. That said, the opposit [...]	2006-06-16 11:31:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA853	CHAD/DRFUR: AU-UN JOINT ASSESSMENT MISSION BRIEFS [...] (C) UN U/S General for Peacekeeping Operations reported in N'Djamena that expectations of the impact of a UN PKO in Darfur are unrealistic on both sides of the Chad/Sudan border. He called the logistical challenge of standing up the force "a nightmare", and cautioned that it would be at least [...]	2006-06-19 16:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA862	CHAD/DARFUR: FRENCH AMBASSADOR SETS LIMITS ON [...] (SBU) France's Ambassador to Chad told UN U/S General for Peacekeeping Operations that there should be no illusions about using France's troops in Chad as an arm of an eventual PKO in Darfur. He stressed the need for international protection of the refugees and IDPs in Chad, made clear France [...]	2006-06-20 15:02:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA864	CHAD: THE ROAD AHEAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Deby's victories this spring provide him an opening for reaching out to his opponents. While their starting positions appear unbridgeable, and neither side has manifested the political will for compromise, at least Deby is making gestures in the right direction and [...]	2006-06-20 15:43:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CH
06NDJAMENA867	CHAD: MULTI-DONOR MISSION ON PUBLIC FINANCE AND [...] (SBU) The second Multi-Donor Mission to Chad since April opened on June 21. A week of meetings with the GOC will seek to settle on the framework of a "global agreement" on the issues of public finance and oil revenue management. This would replace the "interim agreement" the GOS and World Ban [...]	2006-06-22 15:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID EPET PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA87	CHAD AND JUSTICE AND EQUALITY MOVEMENT MAKE UP [...] (C) Summary: During a two-week stay in N'Djamena, the President of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Dr. Khalil Ibrahim, shared his thoughts on the normalization of relations between Chad and the JEM, the Chadian-Sudanese conflict, prospects for peace at the negotiating table in Abuja [...]	2006-01-24 12:03:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA880	CHAD OIL CONSORTIUM FEELING PRESSURE [...] (SBU) Summary: A series of Government of Chad (GOC)-instigated pressures on the Exxon/Mobil-led oil consortium in Chad has led Esso management to conclude that the GOC is once again desperate for cash. Esso feels that they will be able sort out a dispute with the government over alleged unp [...]	2006-06-27 13:20:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA882	CHAD: CREDIBLE OIL REVENUE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IN [...] (C) Senior Chadian government officials have succeeded in blocking any discussion of capturing all or some indirect oil revenues generated by taxes and customs fees into an "improved" revenue management scheme for poverty reduction. They see no need to change the current distribution of funds [...]	2006-06-27 14:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID EPET KDEM PREL PGOV KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA893	CHAD: DOES THE GOVERNMENT WANT THE WORLD BANK OUT [...] (SBU) Tough talk in the Multi-Donor Mission's oil revenue management working group seems to indicate a Government of Chad desire to cut the World Bank out of the oil sector all together. If the GOC shows continued inflexibility over the World Bank's status as a senior creditor, it could be an [...]	2006-06-29 08:43:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID EPET PREL PGOV KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA894	CHAD: FRENCH AMBASSADOR BLAMES POLITICAL [...] (C) The French Ambassador to Chad believes that none of the actors in Chad's political-military conflicts are willing to use dialogue to reach a peaceful solution to the country's succession problem. Although he believes that the international community must keep up the pressure on all partie [...]	2006-06-29 08:44:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA906	CHAD/DARFUR: NEW PATTERNS IN EASTERN CHAD'S [...] (SBU) Human rights groups and international NGOs point to an apparent shift toward ethnically or racially motivated attacks in eastern Chad in the area bordering Darfur. The period of September 2005 through May 2006 saw numerous such attacks; the month of June has been relatively quiet. Alleg [...]	2006-07-03 14:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA907	POLITICAL DIALOGUE IN CHAD: SEARCHING FOR THE [...] (SBU) Summary. A United Nations Development Program-hosted meeting to discuss the current state of the Chadian political dialogue provided little to chew on. The French Ambassador reiterated his concern that the opposition continued to look to the international community for direction. He s [...]	2006-07-04 10:37:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA908	CHAD: OIL REVENUE MANAGEMENT AND THE PRICE OF [...] (SBU) The ten-day intensive talks between a Multi-Donor Mission and the Government of Chad (GOC) ended June 29. A good start was made on revisions to Chad's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP),and on defining urgent actions needed to improve public finance management. The World Bank's m [...]	2006-07-04 11:39:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID EPET PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA929	CHAD: MARAUDING YOUTH THREATEN HUMANITARIAN WORKERS [...] (SBU) A tense day of stand-off between local youths ostensibly demonstrating for employment, and humanitarian NGOs working in the Sudanese refugee camps outside the eastern Chadian town of Bahai ended July 7 with one locally engaged staff member of the International Rescue Committee injured. [...]	2006-07-10 16:31:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS ASEC PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA950	CHAD/DARFUR: FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS ON KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) Chad's Foreign Minister says he proposed to Khartoum a kind of reciprocal withdrawal of sanctuary for armed groups. Sudan suggested joint Chad/Sudan patrols of the common border. Neither side gave formal responses to the other's proposals. Chad awaits a follow-on mission from Khartoum [...]	2006-07-13 16:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA968	CHAD/DARFUR: NMRD CLAIMS CHADIAN PRESSURE TO JOIN [...] (C) The Darfur rebel group National Movement for Reform and Development (NMRD) has indicated a desire to revisit its objections to the DPA, and implied a readiness to support DPA implementation. The group's General Secretary has stated that the group must be recognized as a valid interlocutor [...]	2006-07-19 14:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS PHUM CD SU
06NDJAMENA981	CHAD: WORLD BANK PRESIDENT WOLFOWITZ'S VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a lightning three hour visit to N'djamena on July 20, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz agreed that the recent Memorandum of Understanding between the World Bank and the GOC on the country's management of its oil revenues is a positive first step in reaching an overall ag [...]	2006-07-24 13:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA986	CHAD/SUDAN: JEM NEGOTIATOR CALLS FOR RETHINKING OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: New political and military realities on the ground in Darfur will make the implementation of the Darfur Peace Accords impossible, and the International Community must consider changing the structure of the current agreement, according the Justice and Equality Movement's chief neg [...]	2006-07-24 16:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA987	CHAD/SUDAN: JEM NEGOTIATOR CALLS FOR RETHINKING OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: New political and military realities on the ground in Darfur will make the implementation of the Darfur Peace Accords impossible, and the International Community must consider changing the structure of the current agreement, according the Justice and Equality Movement's chief neg [...]	2006-07-24 16:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA989	CHAD'S POLITICAL DIALOGUE DEADLOCK [...] (C) Post's monitoring of Chad's political pulse since the May 3 Presidential poll indicates, with each passing week, less and less life in any of the ideas so far proposed to bring a political solution to Chad's institutional crises. The two major blocks in the face-off, roughly centered on Pr [...]	2006-07-25 10:12:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA994	"THE CHADIAN ILLNESS:" OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Armed opposition groups must be brought to the table if a national dialogue is to have any hope of success and the "Chadian illness" of armed rebellion is to be cured, former Chadian Prime Minister Alengue told us July 20. The respected opposition leader stressed that it is [...]	2006-07-26 10:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CD ASEC
06NEWDELHI1094	UPA/LEFT INFIGHTING REVIVES "NO CONFIDENCE" RUMORS [...] (C) Summary: Rumors of an imminent attempt by the Left Front (LF) and its allies to form a "third front" government to pull down Manmohan Singh have revived in the aftermath of India's IAEA vote against Iran. This is primarily the result of the contentious politics of India's largest state o [...]	2006-02-13 13:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KDEM ECON PGOV PREL PINR IR IN
06NEWDELHI1095	CARTOONS: GOI ISSUES STATEMENT OF CONCERN, INDIAN [...] (C) Summary: Indian Muslims joined in scattered protests against the Danish cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad following Friday prayers on February 10. Most denounced the offensive cartoons, while a few directed their anger into either anti-US demonstrations (encouraged by the Iranian E [...]	2006-02-13 14:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI KISL KDEM SCUL IN DA IR
06NEWDELHI1162	BJP OBEYS HINDU RIGHT IN OPPOSING IRANIAN BOMB [...] (C) Summary: Following a week of halfhearted denunciations of the UPA government for "selling out" to the United States by voting at the IAEA to report Iran's nuclear program to the UN Security Council, the opposition BJP Parliamentary Party executive committee concluded on February 14 that i [...]	2006-02-15 12:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP KISL IN IR
06NEWDELHI1172	RECENT SRI LANKAN TAMIL REFUGEE ARRIVALS IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the promise of upcoming talks to strengthen the Cease-Fire Agreement has slowed the flow of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees coming to South India, there are now about 400 refugees at the Mandapam refugee transit camp in Tamil Nadu, near Palk Bay. In recent meetings, UNHCR an [...]	2006-02-15 14:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREF SL IN
06NEWDELHI1175	PM REACHES OUT TO ARRAY OF KASHMIRI LEADERS AS J&K [...] (C) Summary: Mixed private reaction, ranging from support to suspicion, greeted the GOI announcement that PM Singh would, on February 24, bring together moderate Kashmiri separatists and J&K elected political leaders for a roundtable conference in New Delhi. The event appears designed by the [...]	2006-02-15 14:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM MOPS PBTS IN PK
06NEWDELHI1230	INDIA BUILDING UP ITS SECURITY CONTIGENT IN [...] (C) Media reports that India was deploying "commandos" or "sec ret police" to Afghanistan were "rubbish," Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told SIPDIS PolCouns and Poloff on February 16. However, the growing security threats to India's Border Roads Organization (BR [...]	2006-02-16 12:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID MARR IN AF
06NEWDELHI1268	PM RESPONDS TO IRAN VOTE CRITICISM IN PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: In his February 17 statement to Parliament addressing the domestic criticism of India,s vote on the Iran nuclear issue at the IAEA Governing Board, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offered a vigorous defense of his government's position, maintaining that the UPA's stance was consist [...]	2006-02-17 15:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP ENRG EPET IN IR
06NEWDELHI1269	INDIAN ARMY CHIEF DEMANDS END OF CUSTODIAL DEATHS [...] (SBU) Custodial deaths will no longer be tolerated in the Kashmir Valley, Indian Chief of Army Staff General J.J. Singh told his field commanders on February 9. "Singh convened a meeting in Baramulla (approximately 30 miles from Srinagar) and categorically told his subordinates that custodial [...]	2006-02-17 15:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS KISL IN PK
06NEWDELHI1315	MUSLIMS SQUARE OFF - AGAINST AND FOR THE POTUS [...] (C) Summary: On February 21, influential Muslim leader Imam Bukhari of Old Delhi's Jama Mosque confirmed to Poloff that he had rejected overtures from anti-American leaders to support their "Bush go Back" campaign. Bukhari, who formerly supported anti-US campaigns, has moderated his views an [...]	2006-02-22 12:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IAEA KNNP KISL KDEM SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI1318	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR PROPOSED DELIVERABLE ON [...] (U) This is an Action Request for PM -- see Para 5. 2. (SBU) National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) Joint Secretary Arvind Gupta and NSCS Deputy Director Cdr. Mukesh SIPDIS Saini on February 21 discussed with Poloff Reftel questions relating to Articles 1.2 (the joint Cybersecurit [...]	2006-02-22 12:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KCIP KCRM ECPS EFIN TINT IN
06NEWDELHI1415	CONGRESSMAN CROWLEY AND RAHUL GANDHI DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. In a half hour February 20 meeting with Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-NY),Congress heir apparent Rahul Gandhi was eager to learn the Democratic party positions on a number of foreign policy issues, including the war in Iraq, the situation in the Middle East and the US relations [...]	2006-02-27 09:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL IN IZ IR
06NEWDELHI1445	KASHMIRIS SPOIL PM'S DELHI DIALOGUE BUT INDIA [...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister continues to try to implement his vision of reconciliation in Kashmir, despite much political turbulence there and criticism from the BJP. PM Singh's February 25 roundtable on Kashmir attracted mainstream politicians, academics, and intellectuals, but none of t [...]	2006-02-27 15:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PBTS KISL IN PK IZ
06NEWDELHI161	D/NSA SUPPORTS INTEL SHARING ON TERRORISM; SAYS [...] (C) Summary: In a January 9 meeting with the DCM (other topics reported Septel),Deputy NSA Vijay Nambiar pledged to seek the NSA's approval for greater intelligence sharing on terrorism threats within India, particularly as the upswing in USG official visits and US investment increases the p [...]	2006-01-09 13:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN OVIP PINR ASEC ENRG MNUC
06NEWDELHI162	TERRORIST FINANCE: POSTPONEMENT OF ACTION ON LET [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-09 14:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN IN PK
06NEWDELHI166	SYRIAN OIL DEAL DEMARCHE: INDIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to Ref-A demarche points, Additional Secretary Ahmad of India's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas told CDA that he had had concerns about the economic benefit of the joint India-China purchase of equity in a Syrian oil field, and that -- had he known there would be [...]	2006-01-10 01:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ENRG ETRD PGOV IN SY CH IS LE
06NEWDELHI1660	RAJASTHAN GOVERNMENT QUELLS HARASSMENT OF EMMANUEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Local press recently reported that Hindu activists had attacked churches, hospitals and schools associated with the Emmanuel Ministries (EM) in Rajasthan, and blocked its employees from entering a hospital and orphanage. Embassy contacts in Rajasthan acknowledged that Hindu ac [...]	2006-03-09 13:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF KDEM PGOV SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI1670	A REVISIT TO INDIA'S CYBERSECURITY "CERT-IN" [...] Poloff on February 16 briefly revisited India's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) facility (Reftel) and made the following observations: Security -------- 2. Nearly all interior doorways were secured with an infra-red badge reader, including every door that led to a room hous [...]	2006-03-10 10:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KCIP TINT PINR IN
06NEWDELHI180	THE BROKEN BJP EMBRACES VOTE-LOSING HINDUTVA [...] (C) Summary: At its recently concluded "silver jubilee celebration" in Mumbai (septel) the BJP failed to overcome its deep divisions, failed to name a new President capable of uniting the party, failed to adopt a voter-friendly platform, and unenthusiastically embraced Hindutva and continued [...]	2006-01-10 05:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI1814	GOI MOVING DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE FORWARD [...] (C) The Charge, accompanied by PolCouns and Poloff, called on Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma on March 16 to further our discussion on democracy initiatives. Charge explained USG reservations regarding the initial GOI proposal to establish a New Delhi office of the UN Dem [...]	2006-03-16 12:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI1818	LONG-SIMMERING PROPERTY DISPUTE AT HEART OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the Emmanuel Mission (EM) case has aroused considerable controversy in the press, the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly and the Lok Sabha (Parliament),it is not likely to be resolved quickly. There are powerful vested property-interests on both sides of the dispute. Co [...]	2006-03-16 13:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF KDEM PGOV SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI1854	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOND [...] (SBU) Senator Bond, your delegation's 22-23 March visit to India provides a significant opportunity to assess the accelerating India-US relationship on the heels of President Bush's historic summit and help shape the next phase of this growing partnership. After forty years of mutual indiffe [...]	2006-03-17 14:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS OREP KSTC KOMC PARM INCB IN
06NEWDELHI1953	SECULAR INDIA SUPPORTS EMMANUEL MINISTRIES, [...] (C) Summary: Thousands of Indians from all religious communities marched on the Rajasthan Parliament in Jaipur on March 21 to demand an end to the anti-Emmanuel Mission (EM) campaign of state Minister for Social Welfare and Cooperatives Madan Delivar. The issue also caused a major uproar in [...]	2006-03-22 11:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KRIF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI1974	RUSSIAN PM,S VISIT UNLIKELY TO REVIVE DECLINING [...] (C) Summary: Russian Premier Mikhail Fradkov's visit to New Delhi (March 16-17) was intended to reinvigorate the declining India/Russia relationship, but there is little indication that the visit broadened Indo-Russian relations or injected much forward momentum. The delegation included the [...]	2006-03-22 12:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	POV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA MASS TRGY EPET ENRG
06NEWDELHI20	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTERT [...] (SBU) Summary: Speaker Hastert, your delegation's upcoming visit to India on January 10-13 provides a significant opportunity to advance the burgeoning India/US relationship. After forty years of drift during the Cold War, the US and India are making up for lost time. Thanks to the energy a [...]	2006-01-03 12:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MASS OREP KSTC KOMC PARM PK INCB IR
06NEWDELHI2021	SONIA GANDHI'S RESIGNATION FROM PARLIAMENT SETS [...] (C) Summary: Complicated political maneuvering culminated in Sonia Gandhi's dramatic resignation from Parliament and as head of the National Advisory Council (NAC) on March 23. Congress set off the furor when it tried to use an obscure Constitutional act which forbids MPs from holding "offices [...]	2006-03-23 13:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI2061	UPDATE ON DEVELOPMENTS SURROUNDING SONIA GANDHI'S [...] (C) Summary: One day after Sonia Gandhi's surprise resignation of her Parliamentary seat, she retains the moral high ground and appears to have enhanced her stature. Press accounts relate that a coterie of Congress insiders engineered a scheme to protect Sonia Gandhi that went awry. Althoug [...]	2006-03-24 13:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IN
06NEWDELHI2090	PM'S OLIVE BRANCH TO PAK: BUREAUCRACY, PUNDITS SEE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh's speech launching the bus service to Nankana Sahib from Amritsar on March 24 continued his efforts to push rapprochement with Pakistan, but Singh still faces resistance from skeptical Indo-Pak watchers in India and his own bureaucracy. Singh's speech was no [...]	2006-03-27 12:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV IN PK
06NEWDELHI2131	HELPFUL CONGRESS STATEMENT ON U.S. TIES DEEPENS [...] (U) A signed editorial by Sonia Gandhi in the March edition of the Congress party journal "Sandesh" praised the civil nuclear agreement as "historic" and congratulated Prime Minister Singh for "ensuring the success of President Bush's visit despite opposition from key allies (read the Left Fr [...]	2006-03-29 11:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL IN
06NEWDELHI2138	INDIAN ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO INDEPENDENT INQUIRY [...] Summary: The Volcker Committee probing allegations of illegalities in the oil-for-food program had identified Indian entities including former Foreign Minister Natwar Singh and the Congress Party among the non-contractual beneficiaries of illegal oil allotments. In India, a special inquiry a [...]	2006-03-29 12:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KFIN PGOV IN IZ
06NEWDELHI2171	FOLLOW-UP ON BARAPIND EXTRADITION ASSURANCES [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 29, 2006, Post received MEA Diplomatic Note T-413/11/2004 answering questions posed in USG Diplomatic Note 06/254/POL, dated March 7, 2006, regarding the extradition to India of Kulbir Singh Barapind. The full text of the GOI response is included below, as well as the [...]	2006-03-30 12:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI2227	INDIA BALANCING RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL AND HAMAS [...] (SBU) Summary: India is walking a tightrope as its defense and trade ties with Israel grow, even as the Hamas victory forces a delicate accommodation of popular Indian Muslim support for the Palestinians. As an emerging global power, New Delhi recognizes that it cannot afford to alienate either [...]	2006-03-31 12:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KISL IN IS
06NEWDELHI223	NO IMMEDIATE MORALES VISIT PLANS, BUT LEFT WOULD [...] (C) Summary: D/PolCouns and Poloff delivered reftel talking points on January 10 to Director (Latin America Countries) Anwar Haleem, who commented that he knew of no immediate plans for the Bolivian President-elect to visit India. We note that Indian Left parties would welcome a Morales visi [...]	2006-01-10 13:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN BO
06NEWDELHI2231	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HAGEL [...] (SBU) Senator Hagel, your delegation's 8-12 April visit to India provides a significant opportunity to assess the accelerating transformation of the India-US relationship following President Bush's historic March 1-3 meeting and help shape the next phase of this growing partnership. After fo [...]	2006-03-31 15:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS OREP KSTC KOMC PARM INCB PTER
06NEWDELHI2255	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTERT [...] (SBU) Speaker Hastert, your delegation's 9-12 April visit to India provides a significant opportunity to assess the accelerating transformation of the US-India relationship following President Bush's historic March 1-3 meeting and help shape the next phase of this growing partnership. After [...]	2006-04-03 13:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS OREP KSTC KOMC PARM PTER ECON
06NEWDELHI2291	RAJASTHAN ANTI-CONVERSION BILL SLOW TO PASS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Fulfilling a BJP party platform commitment, the Rajasthan government introduced an anti-conversion bill on March 31 in the state assembly. Rajasthan Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Mohammad Mahir Azad (opposition Congress Party) predicted to us that the bill will likely pa [...]	2006-04-04 13:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KRIF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI2323	INDIA GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT SAARC [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and Poloff's April 4 introductory call on Preeti Saran, the new MEA Joint Secretary for SAARC, revealed an element in the GOI that is generally upbeat about SAARC's potential to improve regional cooperation, in line with Prime Minister Singh's long-term vision of Indian [...]	2006-04-05 14:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG ECIN EAID IN AF BG BT
06NEWDELHI2324	GOI CAUTIOUS ABOUT IRAQ POLICE TRAINING [...] (U) This is an action request for NEA/I. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: In an April 5 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Gulf) Sanjay Singh conveyed the GOI's cautious willingness to increase its involvement in Iraq's reconstruction. Singh was very interested in [...]	2006-04-05 14:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM KJUS MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PTER
06NEWDELHI2363	SIX ALLEGED VARANASI TERRORISTS ARRESTED [...] (U) Uttar Predesh police on April 5 announced the arrests of six alleged terrorists they say were behind the March 7 twin bomb blasts in Varanasi (Reftel). The press reports -- many of which were un-bylined, a possible sign they came from an Intelligence Bureau or Research and Analysis Wing s [...]	2006-04-07 12:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PHUM IN PK
06NEWDELHI2365	KASHMIRI SEPARATISTS LACK CLEAR AIM BUT TERRORISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings in Srinagar with Kashmiri separatists reveal a group that lacks consensus and is divided by a leadership squabble over how to respond to Prime Minister Singh's launch of a roundtable dialogue process. Most expect to boycott the PM's planned May roundtable in J&K and are [...]	2006-04-07 13:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KDEM PBTS KISL PHUM ECON ASEC
06NEWDELHI2446	HUMAN RIGHTS, RELIGIOUS GROUPS DECRY PASSAGE OF [...] (C) Summary: Split on party lines, the BJP-dominated Rajasthan Assembly overwhelmingly passed a controversial anti-conversion bill on March 26, but it must be signed by the state governor, then be approved by the state cabinet and have regulations promulgated before it can be enforced. Human [...]	2006-04-11 12:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI2527	JASWANT SINGH CAUTIOUS IN MEETING WITH A/S BOUCHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his April 7 meeting with SCA A/S Boucher, former Indian Foreign Minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh cautioned that the US and India should not emphasize the nuclear agreement to the exclusion of other bilateral initiatives, but agreed that the two share a civilization an [...]	2006-04-13 11:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MNUC KIRF ENRG IN PK
06NEWDELHI2529	RAJASTHAN'S CHIEF MINISTER TELLS SPEAKER HASTERT [...] (C) In an otherwise cordial April 10 courtesy call with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert and seven accompanying Congressman, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje expressed genuine anger at the activities of Christian missionaries in her state and provided a spirited defense of the rece [...]	2006-04-13 12:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI2561	TERRORISTS UNSUCCESSFULLY STRIKE DELHI AND [...] (C) Summary: Thirteen people were injured, but none killed, by two bombs that went off during Friday (April 14) evening prayers at the Jama Masjid in Old Delhi, the largest mosque in South Asia and a popular tourist destination (although tourists are escorted out of the mosque grounds by cust [...]	2006-04-17 13:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC KISL PGOV IN PK
06NEWDELHI2587	SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 19 US-INDIA CT JOINT WORKING [...] (C) Summary: The US-India counterterrorism dialogue reflects our shared values and encompasses the range of CT issues in South Asia. New Delhi focuses on combating jihadi terrorism launched from Pakistan, which complicates USG efforts to engage Delhi in a more vibrant intelligence dialogue without [...]	2006-04-18 07:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PTER PGOV PINR PREL PINS MASS KJUS KTIA TBIO
06NEWDELHI2602	INDIAN ENVOY TO TELL KING TO RENOUNCE ABSOLUTE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-18 13:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF PHUM IN NP BT
06NEWDELHI2603	GOI REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO AFGHANISTAN DURING [...] (C) Summary: During President Hamid Karzai's April 9-13 visit to India, the GOI reinforced its substantial support for Afghanistan with the announcement of an additional USD 50 million in assistance, the signing of three MoUs, and positive statements from both sides about their bilateral part [...]	2006-04-18 13:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PTER MASS IN AF
06NEWDELHI2622	DESPITE DOMESTIC PRESSURE, PM AGAIN DEFENDS [...] (SBU) In an April 18 meeting with prominent Indian Muslim leaders including Ahmed Bukhari, chief Imam of New Delhi's largest mosque, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reiterated India's conviction that it was correct to vote in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to refer Iran's nuclear [...]	2006-04-19 11:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PGOV KISL MNUC IN IR
06NEWDELHI265	NSA SUGGESTS INDIA WILL VOTE AGAINST IRAN [...] (S) Summary: NSA MK Narayanan told the Ambassador on January 12 that India ""would like to"" vote for IAEA referral of Iran to the UN Security Council. New Delhi considers Iran in violation of its NPT obligations. However, he said, the GOI must still determine how to ""sell the vote"" domestical [...]	2006-01-12 14:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV KNNP IN IR
06NEWDELHI2699	INDIAN ENVOY TO NEPAL KING: ASSUME CEREMONIAL ROLE [...] (C) Summary: As the Indian establishment debates the effectiveness of envoy Karan Singh's visit to Kathmandu, New Delhi is still reaching out to Nepalese actors to try to pull the parties and Palace together. Speaking with the Charge on April 21, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said the King ha [...]	2006-04-21 11:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM PGOV PBTS OREP NP IN
06NEWDELHI27	GOI DECLINES A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN SRI LANKAN [...] (C) Summary: Mahinda Rajapakse's December 27-30 trip to India stimulated the public debate about the Sri Lankan President's call for a more active Indian role in the peace process, but did not yield any major new Indian initiatives. The GOI told President Rajapakse, who encouraged greater Indian i [...]	2006-01-04 04:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MASS CE IN
06NEWDELHI2706	INDO-PAK ON THE RIGHT TRACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seen from Delhi, Indo-Pak engagement seems to keep going strong, with the PM planning what he hopes will be a May or July trip to Pakistan that will be heavy on substantive achievement. In addition, India has made an important water concession to Pakistan and highly placed sourc [...]	2006-04-21 13:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KDEM PHUM PTER ECON EWWT IN PK
06NEWDELHI2747	INDIA STILL HOPEFUL ON NEPALESE PARTIES, TEMPERS [...] (C) Summary: Following criticism of its statement of support for Nepalese King Gyanendra's April 21 announcement, the MEA reassured us on April 23 and 24 that it continues to work with the Nepalese political parties and believes the "door is not closed" to a compromise between the parties and [...]	2006-04-24 11:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI2785	DEMARCHE ON AFGHAN ELECTION FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) Poloff discussed Ref A points with MEA Under Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Acquino Vimal on SIPDIS April 25, suggesting that some of India's USD 10 million in non-programmed but committed funds (Ref B) could be used to cover costs for Afghan elections. Vimal replied that it w [...]	2006-04-25 13:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EAID PGOV IN AF
06NEWDELHI2788	JAMMU & KASHMIR ASSEMBLY BY-ELECTIONS EXCEED [...] (SBU) Summary: Residents of four of Jammu & Kashmir's Assembly constituencies came out in strength to vote in by-elections on April 24, undaunted by threats and violence in the third major exercise of electoral democracy in the state since 2002. Another data point in the trend of Kashmiris' [...]	2006-04-25 13:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI2789	JAMMU & KASHMIR ASSEMBLY BY-ELECTIONS EXCEED [...] (SBU) Summary: Residents of four of Jammu & Kashmir's Assembly constituencies came out in strength to vote in by-elections on April 24, undaunted by threats and violence in the third major exercise of electoral democracy in the state since 2002. Another data point in the trend of Kashmiris' [...]	2006-04-25 13:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI2790	NEW DELHI ADAPTING TO CRITICISM AS NEPAL SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: The GOI issued a strong statement of support for the "Nepalese people" on April 25, after widespread criticism over its Nepal policies including former Foreign Minister Natwar Singh on April 24 who assailed India's Nepal policy as "masterly inactivity" that "let down the people of [...]	2006-04-25 14:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KDEM IN NP
06NEWDELHI2852	POST ASSESSMENT: CHEEMA UNLIKELY TO FACE TORTURE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-27 08:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI2867	EXPECTED SONIA GANDHI ELECTORAL VICTORY NOT ENOUGH [...] (C) Summary: Poloff's April 19-21 trip to Uttar Pradesh (UP) revealed that the political equation has changed since our previous visit in January. Then, most considered the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) to be on its way out. However, Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has since used American [...]	2006-04-27 11:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM KISL SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI2873	BJP GENERAL SECRETARY PRAMOD MAHAJAN UNLIKELY TO [...] (C) Shot three times by his brother on April 23, BJP General Secretary Pramod Mahajan remained in "critical/but stable" condition on April 27. It is still not clear whether Mahajan will survive his shooting. Even if he does, it is highly unlikely that he will make a complete recovery and he [...]	2006-04-27 11:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IN
06NEWDELHI2875	YASIN MALIK VISA [...] (SBU) Action Request: Post recommends that Department request DHS to approve a 212(d)(3)(A) waiver of nonimmigrant visa ineligibilities as appropriate for Yasin MALIK (DOB: 3 April 1965),President of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF),to seek medical treatment in Bethesda, MD. We [...]	2006-04-27 12:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PTER PGOV KDEM PHUM IN PK
06NEWDELHI291	LEFT'S BARK WORSE THAN ITS BITE AS ITS NOSTRILS [...] (SBU) Summary: Leftist groups in India plan to protest President Bush's impending visit in order to rally the faithful prior to State elections in Communist strongholds and in the hope of intimidating the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) into limiting economic reforms and de-emphasiz [...]	2006-01-13 14:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON OVIP ASEC IN
06NEWDELHI2910	BHUTANESE CENSUS RELEASED, GROSS NATIONAL [...] (U) Bhutan released the results of its May 2005 census on April 27, listing the total population of the country at 672,425, roughly the same population as Baltimore City, Maryland. The census included all residents, regardless of nationality, who were present in Bhutan on May 30 and 31, 200 [...]	2006-04-28 11:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF IN BT NP
06NEWDELHI2911	FOLLOW-UP ON BARAPIND EXTRADITION ASSURANCES: GOI [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, 2006, Post received MEA Diplomatic Note T-413/11/2004 answering questions regarding the 1997 extraditions of Daya Singh Sandhu and Kamaljit Kaur Sandhu, posed in USG Diplomatic Note 06/254/POL, dated March 7, 2006 (Ref A). The full text of the GOI response is incl [...]	2006-04-28 11:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI2915	RAJASTHAN UPDATE: EMI FOUNDER RECEIVES [...] (U) Summary: Emmanuel Ministries International (EMI) founder MA Thomas was granted anticipatory bail on April 21, but remains in hiding, All India Christian Council President John Dayal twld us on April 27. Dayal also reported that EMI President Samuel Thomas (son of MA Thomas) remains in j [...]	2006-04-28 11:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI2919	POST ASSESSMENT: CHEEMA UNLIKELY TO FACE TORTURE [...] (U) This is a corrected copy, with changes throughout. 2. (SBU) Summary: As with the pending case involving Kulbir Singh Barapind (Ref A),Post's assessment is that the law enforcement climate in India, and specifically in Punjab, has dramaticalhy improved since Harpal Singh Cheema ("Cheem [...]	2006-04-28 13:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI292	LEFT'S BARK WORSE THAN ITS BITE AS ITS NOSTRILS [...] (SBU) Summary: Leftist groups in India plan to protest President Bush's impending visit in order to rally the faithful prior to State elections in Communist strongholds and in the hope of intimidating the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) into limiting economic reforms and de-emphasiz [...]	2006-01-13 14:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON OVIP ASEC IN
06NEWDELHI294	NSA NARAYANAN MULLS SENATOR KERRY'S SUGGESTIONS ON [...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 meeting with visiting Senator John Kerry that focused exclusively on the civil nuclear agreement and nuclear non-proliferation, NSA MK Narayanan reiterated the GOI's support for its draft separation plan, and allowed that New Delhi "will not backtrack" on obligati [...]	2006-01-14 09:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG MNUC KNNP SENV PTER IN PK CH
06NEWDELHI2967	INDIA STRENGTHENS RESOLVE IN AFGHANISTAN DESPITE [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for SCA and PA. Please see Para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following the Taliban's decapitation of an Indian mobile phone network engineer taken hostage in Afghanistan, Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran made a thinly veiled reference to Pakistani support for the T [...]	2006-05-01 14:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS EAID IN PK

06NEWDELHI2983	INDIA'S STATE ELECTIONS: A REFERENDUM ON CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: The usual religious and caste issues have been all but absent in the April/May electoral contests in four states and one Union Territory, raising the prospect that the vote will be viewed as a referendum on UPA economic and foreign policies. The Communists hope to move the elect [...]	2006-05-02 09:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI2998	TERRORISTS MASSACRE 35 HINDUS IN J&K AFTER [...] (U) This is an Action Request for PA and SCA. Please see Para 18. 2. (C) Summary: Terrorism raised its ugly head in J&K twice, after April 30 and May 1 attacks in Jammu left over 35 Hindus dead in an attempt to fan the flames of religious hatred and spoil the atmosphere before PM Singh m [...]	2006-05-02 13:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM PBTS KISL IN
06NEWDELHI3048	BOUCHER AND INDIAN OFFICIALS AGREE ON NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: Having just returned from Kathmandu, Assistant Secretary Boucher related to MEA Joint Secretaries Pankaj Saran (Nepal) and S. Jaishankar (Americas) that the political parties intended to show progress. The U.S. would wait for the civilian government to issue a formal request for [...]	2006-05-04 07:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PGOV IN NP PTER
06NEWDELHI3050	INDIAN SPECIAL ENVOY PROPOSES WAY FORWARD IN NEPAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Special Envoy to Nepal Dr. Karan Singh told visiting SCA A/S Richard Boucher and NSC Senior Director Elisabeth Millard that he believes that the Nepalese political situation remains very fragile, and that it is uncertain who will lead the political process forward should c [...]	2006-05-04 08:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IN
06NEWDELHI3117	EMMANUEL MINISTRIES PRESIDENT FREE ON BAIL, COURT [...] (SBU) Emmanuel Ministries International (EMI) President Samuel Thomas was released from judicial custody on May 2, and his next hearing will be on May 12, EMI Hospital Administrator Jacob Matthew told us on May 5. Jacob commented that the property registration dispute with the Rajasthan Gove [...]	2006-05-05 12:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI3130	HURRIYAT UPBEAT ABOUT MEETING WITH PM SINGH AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The moderate separatist Kashmiri Hurriyat led by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq was quite pleased with their May 3 meeting with Indian PM Singh and his commitment to dialogue on the full range of Jammu and Kashmir issues and to improved human rights. The Hurriyat are also gearing up to begin [...]	2006-05-05 14:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PBTS PINR KDEM PHUM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI3199	INDIAN MUSLIMS AND CONGRESS NERVOUS OVER U.S. IRAN [...] (C) Summary: A cross-section of Indian Muslims have told Poloff in recent weeks that Indian Muslim opinion, both Sunni and Shia, is opposed to Washington's policy on Iran's nuclear program and that Indian Muslims would --as they did for Iraq in 2003-- likely peacefully take to the streets in l [...]	2006-05-09 11:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PREL SCUL IN IR
06NEWDELHI3248	RIFTS EMERGE AMONG INDIAN MUSLIMS OVER FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In an ugly marriage of convenience, Indian Muslim extremists from the Wahhabi-influenced Deobandi sect and radical pro-Iran Shias have joined forces with the opportunistic regional Samajwadi Party (SP) of Uttar Pradesh (UP) to mount an anti-US political campaign. More moderate [...]	2006-05-11 08:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PTER SCUL IN IR IZ
06NEWDELHI3266	SRI LANKAN ENVOY URGES INDIAN ENGAGEMENT, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Sri Lanka's visiting Foreign Minister has requested India's help to resume peace talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),while concurrently seeking India's assistance to choke LTTE's financial and logistical resources. Despite Sri Lanka's request, domestic politic [...]	2006-05-11 12:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS IN
06NEWDELHI3270	INDIA SKEPTICAL OF SCO AS SECURITY FORUM [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MEA Joint Secretary for Eurasia Bhagwati on May 10 seeking India's help to prevent the inclusion of anti-US language at the upcoming SCO meeting in Shanghai. Bhagwati stated clearly that as an observer to SCO, India has no role in drafting th [...]	2006-05-11 13:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS PTER SNAR SCUL ETRD ENRG IN
06NEWDELHI3271	STATE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS MOSTLY A VOTE FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: The outcome of State Assembly elections was largely as anticipated (Ref A),with the Left Front (LF) retaining power in West Bengal and unseating Congress in Kerala, while Congress held on to power in Pondicherry, and in a coalition in Assam (Details Refs C and D). The only rea [...]	2006-05-11 14:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI3304	INDIA WARMLY WELCOMES VISITING PAKISTANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indian government rolled out the red carpet for visiting Pakistani People,s Party Parliamentarians, arranging a meeting with PM Singh, a lunch hosted by MEA MOS E. Ahamed, and meetings with BJP supremos LK Advani and Jaswant Singh. The meetings show the value India is placing [...]	2006-05-12 10:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS ECON IN PK
06NEWDELHI3307	FRESH CHARGE AGAINST EMI PRESIDENT FALLS FLAT [...] (C) Summary: Emmanuel Ministries International's (EMI) President Samuel Thomas told Poloff on May 11 that the court struck down charges of sedition brought by the Rajasthan government on May 10. He noted that the charges were filed under Section 124 of the Indian Penal Code for having a map o [...]	2006-05-12 11:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI3313	PARLIAMENT SET TO DEBATE THE UPA'S PRO-AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary: The UPA's pro-American foreign policy could come under intense criticism from both the Left Front (LF) and the BJP during the current parliamentary session that began May 10. The Communists, energized by victories in the just-concluded state assembly elections, will take a hosti [...]	2006-05-12 11:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MNUC KNNP PINR IN
06NEWDELHI3466	WHY IT'S TOUGH FOR INDIA TO CLIMB DOWN FROM SIACHEN [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-18 12:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	IN MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
06NEWDELHI3471	CONGRESS SHOOTS ITSELF BY REVIVING THE CASTE QUOTA [...] (C) Summary. The Congress party needlessly set off a political firestorm by proposing a bill to add a 27 percent quota for "other backward castes (OBCs)" in public higher education institutions. OBCs are castes that do not face traditional discrimination but have been determined to be "econo [...]	2006-05-18 12:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO IN
06NEWDELHI3506	AN INDIAN ROGUE'S GALLERY ENTERTAINS A PAKISTANI TALIBAN APOLOGIST [...] (C) Pakistani hard-liner and Taliban advocate Fazlur Rahman visited India from May 15-19. During his visit, he was guest of honor at a Delhi reception hosted by the Deobandi Political organization Jamiat-i-Ulama-i-Hind (JuH),that we steered well clear of. The JuH failed to convince most promine [...]	2006-05-19 13:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PTER SCUL IN PK AF
06NEWDELHI3546	INDIA WELCOMES FORMATION OF NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (U) In a welcome sign of leadership, India today issued a statement welcoming the formation of the new Iraqi government. See para 4 for complete text. 2. (C) PolCouns spoke May 22 to Indian Middle East envoy Ambassador Chinmaya Garekhan to deliver the points in Reftel. Garekhan said the GO [...]	2006-05-22 13:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EPET ENRG KISL IZ IN
06NEWDELHI3548	RAJASTHAN GOVERNOR REFUSES TO SIGN ANTI-CONVERSION BILL [...] (C) Summary: On May 19, Rajasthan Governor Pratibha Patil unexpectedly refused to sign Rajasthan's controversial anti-conversion bill (Ref C),instead sending it back to the state cabinet based on concerns that it is unconstitutional. The cabinet must now present arguments to the Governor that wou [...]	2006-05-22 13:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI3549	AGAINST BACKDROP OF KASHMIR TERROR, HURRIYAT [...] Summary: Terrorists killed seven and injured scores more in a spectacular mid-day May 21 attack on a Congress party rally in downtown Srinagar. The next day, even as more grenades exploded in Srinagar, the peaceful separatist All Party Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq rejected [...]	2006-05-22 13:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI356	LUCKNOW'S SHIAS UPBEAT ON U.S. OPPOSE TERRORISM, [...] (C) Summary: Sunni and Shia Muslim leaders emphasized to Poloff during his January 14-16 visit to Lucknow that the overwhelming majority of India's Shias oppose Islamic terrorism (much of which has been directed against Shias) and want India to cultivate close relations with the US. Leaders [...]	2006-01-18 11:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN IZ PK
06NEWDELHI3580	BHUTANESE REFUGEES ON BACKBURNER BUT NOT [...] (C) In light of the turmoil in Nepal, the GOI has not recently discussed the refugee situation with the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB),MEA Joint Secretary (North) Pankaj Saran told visiting PDAS Camp and PolCouns in a May 17 meeting. Saran indicated that he would visit Bhutan during the [...]	2006-05-23 12:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM IN BT NP
06NEWDELHI3582	INDIA SEEKS TO PROTECT POSTAL SERVICES FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Communist labor unions boast 600,000 members in the public sector postal department and the UPA government cannot remain in power without Communist support. In a demonstration of the fetters that the Communists can maintain over UPA economic policy, the Congress-dominated UPA [...]	2006-05-23 12:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ELAB PGOV EINV PREL EFIN ETRD IN
06NEWDELHI3583	CONGRESS FARES BADLY IN SPECIAL SESSION OF [...] (C) Summary. Congress ineptitude and a predilection for scoring "own goals" on domestic policy turned what should have been a routine wrap-up session of Parliament into an embarrassment for the UPA that has left the Prime Minister's political stock in the doldrums. Congress convened the May [...]	2006-05-23 13:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PARM MNUC ENRG PINR MARR IN
06NEWDELHI3586	INDIA WILL CONSIDER ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for the Gulf Manohar Ram was noncommittal about the message in Ref (A) demarche, but was receptive to suggestions that India provide training to the Iraqi Parliament, renew Ind [...]	2006-05-23 13:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ IN
06NEWDELHI3664	PRIME MINISTER TALKS HUMAN RIGHTS WITH KASHMIRIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even as the Prime Minister's talks with representatives of the people of Jammu and Kashmir state stretched into their second day, terrorists killed ten more villagers in Rajouri. During the first day's roundtable discussions, and following a security briefing by the Army, the PM [...]	2006-05-25 12:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PHUM
06NEWDELHI3665	INDIANS MINDFUL OF IRANIAN MISCHIEF AT NAM [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for the Americas Dr. Jaishankar on May 25. After Charge walked him through the demarche and noted Washington's keen interest in India's views in light of the US-India civil nuclear energy agreement, Jaishanka [...]	2006-05-25 13:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KNNP AORC IAEA PARM IR IN
06NEWDELHI369	LUCKNOW'S SHIAS UPBEAT ON U.S., OPPOSE TERRORISM, [...] (C) Summary: Sunni and Shia Muslim leaders emphasized to Poloff during his January 14-16 visit to Lucknow that the overwhelming majority of India's Shias oppose Islamic terrorism (much of which has been directed against Shias) and want India to cultivate close relations with the US. Leaders [...]	2006-01-18 13:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN IZ PK
06NEWDELHI370	HAVING SURVIVED 2005, THE UPA WILL BE MORE [...] (C) Summary: Most political observers expect the Congress-led UPA government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to remain in power until the end of its term in 2009, although it is likely to proceed cautiously on economic liberalization and closer ties with the US out of fear of provoking its [...]	2006-01-18 13:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM PINR KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI3755	MEA QUESTIONS SYRIA DEMARCHE [...] (C) Acting PolCouns delivered ref A demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar on May 30, and explained SIPDIS why a Syrian FM Walid Mu'allim visit -- if in fact true -- would undermine international efforts to isolate Syria and would be poorly viewed in Congress and the Admin [...]	2006-05-30 12:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL IN SY
06NEWDELHI3799	THE PRESIDENT SENDS KEY UPA LEGISLATION BACK TO [...] (C) Summary: Although Parliament passed the "office of Profit Bill" on May 17 in a special session of Parliament, the President refused to sign it and sent it back for parliamentary reconsideration on May 30. The President is apparently concerned that the Bill could be inherently unconstitut [...]	2006-05-31 12:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI3833	INDIA WELCOMES NEW U.S. APPROACH ON IRAN, BUT IS [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points to MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. S. Jaishankar after NSA Narayanan remained unavailable throughout the day either to meet with or speak on the phone to the Ambassador. Jaishankar acknowledged our demarche's requests for Indian action, but made no further s [...]	2006-06-01 13:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI3844	MEA SAYS SYRIAN FM WILL NOT VISIT INDIA [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-02 09:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL IN SY
06NEWDELHI3880	SCION'S DRUG OVERDOSE SHOCKS BJP [...] (C) Summary: On June 3, Rahul Mahajan, the son of recently murdered BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, was hospitalized following a suspected drug overdose. The family's private secretary, Bibek Maitra, who was with Rahul, died. On June SIPDIS 4, the private hospital treating Rahul claimed that [...]	2006-06-05 11:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PGOV PTER PINR SNAR IN
06NEWDELHI3882	NAM DECLARATION ON IRAN: MEA SAYS GOI POSITION ON [...] (C) Summary: DCM delivered Ref A demarche on June 5, stressing USG concern that India agreed to such a one-sided and weak NAM statement regarding Iranian nuclear activity, and noting that sending mixed messages to Iran at this critical juncture is not productive. Minister of State for Exter [...]	2006-06-05 12:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK IN IR AF
06NEWDELHI3926	GOI READOUT OF BRASILIA NSG MEETING POSITIVE [...] (C) Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma told DCM on June 5 that the GOI's impression of the Nuclear Suppliers Groups (NSG) plenary in Brasilia was positive, noting that a number of countries' positions were more supportive than before. MEA Joint Secretary (Americans) S. Jaish [...]	2006-06-06 11:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP PARM IN
06NEWDELHI396	ENERGY AND TRADE DOMINATE CODEL GILLMOR'S MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: A congressional delegation led by Congressman Gillmor (R-OH) held a wide-ranging discussion with Indian Members of Parliament at a meeting convened by the Indo-US Parliamentary Forum on January 13. Energy and trade dominated the session, with the Indian Parliamentarians stress [...]	2006-01-19 14:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OVIP KNNP ENRG ECON ETRD IN PK
06NEWDELHI397	PM SINGH EMPHASIZES MUTUAL BENEFITS OF NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told visiting US Representative Paul Gillmor (R-OH) and his delegation January 13, 2006 that the future of US-India relations was extremely promising, that India and America shared common values, that both would benefit from successful passage of l [...]	2006-01-19 15:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MNUC ENRG PTER ETRD EINV KDEM OVIP
06NEWDELHI3997	INDIA BEHIND ON BIOTERROR PREPARATIONS BUT TAKING [...] (C) Summary: The GOI regards a bioterrorism attack as an event of such low probability that the potential impact does not register high on New Delhi's agenda. We have no reason to believe terrorist organizations operating in India have access to pathogens at this time; also, bioterrorism is inconsi [...]	2006-06-08 12:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV TBIO PINS KSCA PINR EAIR SENV
06NEWDELHI4000	LUCKNOW SHIAS CELEBRATE ZARQAWI'S DEMISE [...] (C) Summary: Indian Muslim reaction to the death of Abu Musab al Zarqawi varied. In Lucknow, where there is a clear Shia majority, there were public celebrations, with most in the community jubilant. In the rest of India, however, Shias are a small minority and although privately happy, wer [...]	2006-06-08 12:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KISL KPAO IN
06NEWDELHI4005	SIACHEN NOT IN DANGER OF BEING SOLVED, SAY OUR [...] (C) Summary: A Siachen deal during the May 23-24 talks in Delhi was never a slam dunk, according to Indian and Pakistani diplomats who were members of their respective countries' delegations. Although the atmospherics were excellent, rumors of a new formulation to break the logjam were just [...]	2006-06-08 12:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MOPS PGOV PTER PBTS IN PK
06NEWDELHI4062	THE COMMUNISTS ARE ON A ROLL AND LOADED FOR BEAR [...] (C) Summary: India's Communist parties were energized by their victories in the recently concluded state elections (Reftel A),and have been more rhetorically aggressive in their criticism of the UPA. While the Communists will be more ambitious in their confrontation, they remain unlikely t [...]	2006-06-09 13:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ECON EINV EFIN IN
06NEWDELHI4100	MEA POSITIVE ON ANTI-LTTE CONTACT GROUPS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 13:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IN CE
06NEWDELHI4169	FS SARAN BRIEFS ON NEPAL PM VISIT [...] (C) Summary: The most important outcome from the June 5-9 visit of Nepalese Prime Minister G.P. Koirala to New Delhi was the GOI's expression of unconditional political support for the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and the announcement of an economic aid package worth USD 210 million, in finite t [...]	2006-06-14 11:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO ECON ENRG MASS IN NP
06NEWDELHI4200	CONGRESS ON THE DEFENSIVE WITHIN ITS COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Congress is feeling increasingly isolated, as regional parties nominally part of the UPA openly join BJP and Left Front (LF) protests against the recent petroleum product price hikes. The Prime Minister on June 7 asked the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MPNG),s Secretary [...]	2006-06-15 11:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON EINV EFIN ELAB EPET ENRG IN
06NEWDELHI4202	RUMORS OF A THIRD FRONT YET AGAIN MAKE THE ROUNDS [...] Summary: Congress MP and insider Rashid Alvi told us on June 12 that the party inner circle is concerned that untrustworthy regional allies could defect to the NDA and perhaps make a move to unseat the UPA before the next session of Parliament (currently scheduled for the third week in July). [...]	2006-06-15 12:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KISL ECON EINV SCUL PREL IN
06NEWDELHI4253	LEFT PARTIES ISSUE UNFAVORABLE REPORT CARD TO UPA [...] (C) Summary: Further demonstrating the divisions in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA),(Reftels),Left parties made public a predictably unconstructive, damning, and backwards-looking "report card" of UPA performance on June 15. A group of left leaders, including Communist Party of Ind [...]	2006-06-16 12:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON EINV SCUL PREL ENRG EPET IN
06NEWDELHI4254	MEA AWAITING CENTRAL ASIAN ENERGY TRADE [...] (C) Summary: USAID South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy (SARI/E) regional coordinator delivered ref A demarche to the GOI Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Eurasia Jaimini Bhagwati, who was generally supportive of all trade initiatives but cautious about the prospects [...]	2006-06-16 12:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EINV ENRG EPET ETRD IN PGOV
06NEWDELHI4255	FOLLOW-UP WITH CERT-IN: COOPERATIVE APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff on June 6 revisited India's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) for the third time, with SciCouns and EconOff accompanying. CERT-In is pursuing a multi-platform outreach program to cybersecurity experts in the public, private, and academic sectors. Although last [...]	2006-06-16 12:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCIP TINT PINR IN
06NEWDELHI4283	BARAPIND EXTRADITION COMPLETE [...] (SBU) At DRL's request, PolOffs witnessed immigration officials admit Kulbir Singh Barapind to India at Indira Gandhi International Airport on June 18, and his hand over to officers of the Punjab Police Force. Barapind told PolOff that he had been well cared for, was not concerned for his sa [...]	2006-06-19 10:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI4334	BARAPIND TRANSFERRED TO PUNJAB, REPORTED IN GOOD [...] (SBU) Extradited terrorism suspect Kulbir Singh Barapind has been transferred to police custody at the Phillaur Police Station in Punjab and is in "good condition," reported Barapind's Punjab-based lawyer Darshan Singh Dyal. Initial reports on June 19 from Barapind's brother, Balwant Singh, [...]	2006-06-20 11:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI4336	COMMUNISTS HOPE TO "CAPITALIZE" ON NAXALITE [...] (C) Summary: Communist ideologues view the resurgent Naxalite movement as a potential political windfall. Looking closely at events in Nepal, they have concluded that the Indian Naxalites could eventually reform, join the Indian mainstream and ally with the Communists. The non-Maoist Commu [...]	2006-06-20 11:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI4401	BIOGRAPHIC NOTES: MEA ADDITIONAL SECRETARY KC SINGH [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-22 11:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KNNP IN
06NEWDELHI4405	INDIA FAVORS PARALLEL DEMARCHE TO SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-22 12:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI4406	BARAPIND SATISFIED WITH HIS CONDITIONS [...] (U) This is an action request for DRL. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Extradited terrorism suspect Kulbir Singh Barapind told PolOff and PolFSN that he has not been mistreated by the Punjab Police and is fully satisfied with the medical care the Punjab authorities are providing. H [...]	2006-06-22 12:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM CJAN PTER PREL KCRM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI4432	BIOGRAPHIC NOTES: MEA ADDITIONAL SECRETARY KC SINGH [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-23 12:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KNNP IN
06NEWDELHI4588	INDIA WALKED A FINE LINE ON IRAN AT THE SCO SUMMIT [...] (C) Indian Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Murli Deora told the Ambassador June 28 that he had informal conversations with Iranian President Ahmedinejad 3-4 times at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, and while Ahmedinejad had been reserved due to India's IAEA votes against I [...]	2006-06-29 12:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI4605	BIOGRAPHIC NOTES: MEA ADDITIONAL SECRETARY KC SINGH [...] (C) Summary: Additional Secretary (International Organizations) KC Singh's position combines several large MEA portfolios of USG interest, including the UN, nonproliferation, and counterterrorism. USG interlocutors over the past several months have had opportunities to interact with Singh in [...]	2006-06-30 08:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KNNP IN
06NEWDELHI4666	POLITICAL PLAYERS PREPARE FOR BATTLE IN UTTAR [...] (C) Summary: Although the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Legislative Election is not scheduled until March 2007, campaigning has begun in earnest and is already deeply bitter and personal. The enmity between Congress and the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) is deep, with Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav th [...]	2006-07-03 12:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KISL SCUL PREL IN
06NEWDELHI4667	STAGED ENCOUNTERS A BLEMISH ON INDIAN CT, LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: A review of Indian media would suggest that police, military and paramilitary officers have become expert at intercepting terrorists and at killing them in self-defense. Scratch the surface, however, and what lies underneath is an "encounter killing" -- an extrajudicial execut [...]	2006-07-03 13:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM IN
06NEWDELHI4729	GOI PRESSING MAOISTS TO FOREGO VIOLENCE, OPPOSES [...] (C) On July 5 Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran agreed with the Ambassador's assertion that the UN needs to play a role in Maoist disarmament and welcomed the Government of Nepal's (GON's) dispatch of a letter to this effect. Saran underlined the need for the Maoists to disarm. In a separate Ju [...]	2006-07-06 11:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO ECON ENRG MASS IN NP
06NEWDELHI4819	PRIVATIZATION POLICY LEADS TO PRIME MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary: A relatively minor affair regarding the 10 per cent privatization of a public sector company in Tamil Nadu caused the UPA to suspend its entire privatization program (Septel),and the opposition BJP to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Singh. On July 7, New Delhi was a [...]	2006-07-10 12:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR ECON EINV EFIN IN
06NEWDELHI4900	GOI DECISION-MAKING, POST-MUMBAI BLASTS: WHAT TO [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of October's Diwali bombings in Delhi (Ref D),NSA Narayanan put us on notice that although that attack did not surpass the GOI's threshold for absorbing terrorism, he could not say definitively how close it came to crossing the line. His more recent warnings of [...]	2006-07-12 12:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC PGOV ELNT IN PK
06NEWDELHI4928	J&K CROSS-SECTION AGREES, EVERYTHING SLIPPING [...] (C) Summary: July 5-8 meetings in Srinagar and Jammu with a cross-section of journalists, police officials, NGO activists, businesspeople, and politicians from most major J&K parties demonstrated to Poloff and PolFSN that our J&K interlocutors are united as never before in their assessment th [...]	2006-07-13 10:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL CASC PHUM PBTS SCUL SOCI PREF
06NEWDELHI4937	DEMARCHE ON COMPACT WITH CUBA DELIVERED [...] (U) POLOFF delivered demarche on free Cuba, including talking points and the Compact with the Cuban people to MEA DepSec Santosh Jha (Americas) on July 13. Jha had no substantive comment. PYATT [...]	2006-07-13 11:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL CU PA
06NEWDELHI4948	NERVOUS NORTH INDIAN MUSLIMS ANTICIPATE A POST [...] (C) Summary: The Mumbai attacks have focused attention on the fragile communal situation in the North Indian Hindi belt, most particularly in Uttar Pradesh (UP). Indian security agencies are warning that both the Students' Islamic Organization of India (SIMI) and the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) have esta [...]	2006-07-13 12:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI4968	DEMARCHE ON COMPACT WITH CUBA DELIVERED [...] (U) POLOFF delivered demarche on free Cuba, including talking points and the Compact with the Cuban people to MEA DepSec Santosh Jha (Americas) on July 13. Jha had no substantive comment. PYATT [...]	2006-07-14 10:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL CU PA
06NEWDELHI4973	CONGRESS PARTY THINKING ON PAKISTAN - POST MUMBAI [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-14 11:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR MOPS KISL IN PK
06NEWDELHI4989	TERROR ATTACKS IN INDIA LIKELY TO DAMAGE INDO-PAK [...] (C) Summary: In addition to the Prime Minister's public suggestion that Pakistan is behind the July 11 terror bombings, there is even stronger private Indian suspicion of a connection between Pakistan and the Mumbai terrorists. Indian media and conservative think-tanks are almost unanimous in [...]	2006-07-14 14:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER IN
06NEWDELHI5030	PM SINGH BESIEGED BY MULTIPLE POLITICAL CRISES [...] (C) Summary: After weeks under fire over primarily domestic issues, the July 11 Mumbai and Srinagar attacks have added a foreign policy dimension to criticism of PM Singh's performance, which will spill over into the July 24 Parliament session. Manmohan Singh is under attack politically from [...]	2006-07-18 10:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR IN PK
06NEWDELHI5035	DALAI LAMA REPRESENTATIVE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dalai Lama Representative Tempa Tsering, delivered a letter to the charge' on July 17 requesting greater USG engagement with the Government of Nepal (GON) on the Tibetan refugee issue in light of increased pressure from China. He noted that the PRC will send Vice Foreign Minis [...]	2006-07-18 13:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IN PREF
06NEWDELHI5048	IRANIANS CANCEL FOREIGN MINISTER MOTTAKI'S VISIT [...] (U) The GOI informed Poloff on July 19 that the Iranian Foreign Minister's visit to India will not take place on July 19 as announced, but will be rescheduled to a later, as yet undetermined, date. MEA Undersecretary Sherma (Iran) told Poloff that the Iranians canceled the planned meeting at [...]	2006-07-19 08:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI512	UNDERSECRETARY BURNS AND FS SARAN DISCUSS NEXT [...] (C) Summary: Undersecretary Burns and Indian Foreign Secretary Saran reviewed ten potential deliverables for the SIPDIS President's visit during a January 20 working lunch. In a meeting later that day, U/S Burns stressed to Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia that I [...]	2006-01-25 05:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAGR PGOV PINR ENRG PHUM PTER SCOI IN
06NEWDELHI5129	AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON LETTER TO KC SINGH [...] (C) The condolence letter from Ambassador Crumpton to Ambassador K.C. Singh was delivered on 13 July. 2. (C) We received the following response dated 14 July on 19 July. Please advise if Ambassador Crumpton wishes to receive the original of the letter. "Dear Hank, Thank you very much f [...]	2006-07-21 04:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	IN KCIP PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
06NEWDELHI5132	PURPORTED "INDIA'S MOST WANTED" LIST EXPANDS ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-21 06:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV PINR KCRM IN PK
06NEWDELHI5133	WHY AL-QA'IDA WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY GAINING [...] (SBU) Summary: We -- and many of our contacts -- are skeptical about the July 13 telephone claim by a man calling himself "al-Qa'ida's Kashmir spokesman Abu Hadeed" to Current News Service in Srinagar -- our J&K journalist contacts say terrorist groups regularly use CNS to distribute their me [...]	2006-07-21 06:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL SCUL IN PK
06NEWDELHI5135	INDIA'S NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORY BOARD: ADVISING [...] (C) Summary: The National Security Advisory Board -- populated by civilians, but supported by the GOI National Security Council Secretariat -- is a little-discussed institution designed to provide creative long-term assessments to the National Security Advisor, and through him to the Cabinet [...]	2006-07-21 07:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IN
06NEWDELHI5136	INDIA'S NSCS: PROFESSIONALS IN A "BUREAUCRATIC [...] (C) Summary: India's National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) was a little-known institution until a SIPDIS recent series of "Indian Express" articles alleged that several of its employees were involved in a spy ring (Ref A). From collating intelligence inputs to supporting National S [...]	2006-07-21 07:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINR IN
06NEWDELHI5138	STORM CLOUDS GATHERING OVER PARLIAMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-21 10:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER ECON IN
06NEWDELHI5237	GOI AGREES WITH P5+1 INCENTIVE FOR IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel on July 24. MEA Undersecretary Jayant Khobargade (Disarmament and International Security) expressed GOI support for the initiative. Iranian Foreign Minister Manochehr Mottaki confirmed in an Indian television interview that several high-profile and criti [...]	2006-07-26 08:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KACT KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PGOV PINR PINS PREF
06NEWDELHI5238	GOI BOLSTERING SECURITY FOR AFGHANISTAN ROAD [...] (C) On July 25, Poloff met with MEA Undersecretary Aquino Vimal (Afghanistan) to discuss current Indian aid programs in Afghanistan. Vimal confirmed that the GOI has sent additional federal police forces (Indo-Tibetan Border Patrol) in batches of 20-30 troops per month, to bolster security f [...]	2006-07-26 08:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN AF
06NEWDELHI5239	PURPORTED "INDIA'S MOST WANTED" LIST EXPANDS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue talks on Terrorism and Narcotics Trafficking on May 30 in Islamabad, Home Secretary VK Duggal and his Pakistani counterpart Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah exchanged their countries' "most wanted" lists of fugitives each capital seeks e [...]	2006-07-26 08:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PINR KCRM IN PK
06NEWDELHI5266	POLLING DATA SHOWS STRONG SUPPORT FOR SONIA GANDHI [...] (C) Summary: A poll commissioned by a leading Indian news network concluded that Sonia Gandhi remains India's most popular politician, with Manmohan Singh a distant third (after former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee). According to the results, Sonia Gandhi would enjoy solid majority sup [...]	2006-07-27 06:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON KMDR KPAO IN
06NEWDELHI5285	THE CIVIL NUCLEAR INITIATIVE MOVES TO CENTER STAGE [...] (C) Summary: The U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Initiative has moved to the top of the agenda in Parliament. Both the Prime Minister and Minister of State for External Affairs tried to assuage angry MPs from the Left and the Right on July 26 and 27, with limited success. Despite the dramatic floo [...]	2006-07-27 12:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM PINR TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
06NEWDELHI546	POLLING DATA SHOWS THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF PM SINGH [...] (C) Summary: Despite domestic setbacks, two recent polls indicate that the Congress-dominated UPA remains popular with the Indian voter due to sustained economic growth, a popular foreign policy plank and the enduring appeal of the Congress Party and the Gandhi family brand. Congress Presiden [...]	2006-01-25 12:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI5470	INDIAN MUSLIM RESENTMENT SMOLDERING OVER LEBANON AND GAZA [...] (C) Summary: Events in Lebanon and Gaza have attracted considerable attention in India, but are of particular concern to the country's 130 million Muslims. The Urdu press has treated Lebanon/Gaza events in great detail. Editorial opinion --some planted by Iranian agents-- is uniformly anti-Isra [...]	2006-08-04 09:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PTER KISL SCUL EINV IN
06NEWDELHI5495	A GARRULOUS SONIA GANDHI OPENS UP TO MARIA SHRIVER [...] (C) Summary: In a relaxed August 3 conversation with California first lady Maria Shriver, Sonia Gandhi revealed a rare glimpse of herself. Usually withdrawn and reserved in public, she spoke at great length and radiated confidence on women's' issues and some aspects of her private life. Mrs. Gandhi [...]	2006-08-04 13:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SCUL KWMN PINS IN
06NEWDELHI553	IRAN EAGER FOR INDIAN TIES, DELHI WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told PolCouns and Poloffs on January 25 that India is worried about losing overland access to Afghanistan via Iran if its relations with Tehran sour further, but did not appear worried about the energy security impact of t [...]	2006-01-25 13:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP EPET ELTN IR IN AF
06NEWDELHI554	MEA UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK DESPITE PUNDITS' NAYSAYING [...] (C) Summary: In a January 25 meeting with PolCouns, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha provided a positive read-out of the January 17-18 Third Round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue talks, and of Indo-Pak relations generally, despite the pall cast by the cross-bo [...]	2006-01-25 13:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ETRD ELTN MOPS KNNP IN PK
06NEWDELHI5549	SCA A/S BOUCHER MEETS WITH GOI CENTRAL ASIA CHIEF [...] SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher used an August 7 meeting with Minister of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Eurasia) Jaimini Bhagwati to brief on current U.S. SIPDIS relations with Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan and to probe India's relationships with Central Asia. Boucher specific [...]	2006-08-08 11:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET PBTS TRGY OVIP IN KZ KG
06NEWDELHI5558	A/S BOUCHER PUSHES INDIA ON NAM, UN [...] (C) Summary. In an August 7 meeting with Indian MEA Joint Secretary (JS) Americas Dr. S. Jaishankar, A/S Boucher: SIPDIS -- urged India to use its influence in the upcoming Havana Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit as a positive force to curb attempts at unhelpful resolutions, such as supp [...]	2006-08-08 12:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN IN
06NEWDELHI556	JEHADI TERRORISM STALKS INDIA'S TIES WITH AMERICA [...] (C) Summary: India enters the new year under the continued threat of jehadi terrorist attacks that could harm American interests and negatively affect Indo-Pak relations. The nature and scope of terrorist attacks launched by jehadi groups, particularly Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT),ev [...]	2006-01-25 14:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PINR ASEC KISL IN PK
06NEWDELHI5609	A/S BOUCHER AND FOREIGN SECRETARY SARAN TALK [...] (S) Summary. In an August 7 meeting between A/S Boucher and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran, A/S Boucher: -- told Saran that the U.S. is committed to maintaining the spirit of the civil-nuclear deal as agreed on July 18; and -- explained concrete steps the U.S. has taken against Pakistani t [...]	2006-08-11 10:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PARM KNNP AORC UN NP PK
06NEWDELHI5621	TWO GRUMPY OLD MEN HIJACK NATIONAL POLITICS AND [...] (C) Summary: Two grumpy old men, Natwar Singh of Congress and Jaswant Singh of the BJP, have made unwise decisions that will likely end their political careers. Too proud to admit to poor judgment, both men have blamed Congress for their problems and taken the offensive. Ordinarily, their f [...]	2006-08-11 11:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM EPET IN
06NEWDELHI5692	PM'S I-DAY SPEECH WARNS PAKISTAN, LAUNCHES 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amidst suffocating security due to the very severe terror threat, PM Singh's annual Independence-day speech delivered from the ramparts of the Red Fort in Old Delhi largely ignored foreign relations and needed structural economic reforms to focus on populist domestic issues, prim [...]	2006-08-17 13:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL PTER PINR IN PK
06NEWDELHI5738	SRI LANKA: NEW DELHI STILL BELIEVES POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Despite assessing the current situation in Sri Lanka as a stalemate, India has no plans to change its policy of pushing for a political solution. New Delhi continues to tell the SLA that it should not see war as an option. Public opinion and refugee inflows into Tamil Nadu are seen as [...]	2006-08-18 13:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CE IN
06NEWDELHI5798	INDIA STILL UNDECIDED ON ENHANCED UNIFIL [...] (C) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) UN Political (UNP) Division, in charge of India's UNIFIL portfolio, reported that as of August 21 the GOI has still not decided on a contribution to an enhanced UNIFIL mission. UNP Under Secretary Manish confirmed senior level officials from MEA, S [...]	2006-08-21 13:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KPAL IN
06NEWDELHI5801	SRI LANKANS SEEK MORE INDIAN INVOLVEMENT [...] (C) Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner A. Sabarulla Khan delivered an Aide Memoire to Acting PolCouns August 21, using the occasion to mention that the same note had been recently delivered to the GOI and that MEA Joint Secretary Mohan Kumar received it positively and endorsed the notion of formin [...]	2006-08-21 13:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS CE IN
06NEWDELHI5929	IRANIAN FM SAFARI TO VISIT INDIA AUGUST 28 [...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Under Secretary for Iran Anil Sharma confirmed Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari will visit India beginning August 28. Stressing this is not a replacement for the canceled FM Mottaki visit of July 19, Sharma noted the visit materialized quickly [...]	2006-08-25 13:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP EPET IAEA IR IN
06NEWDELHI5962	BIODATA: DIXIT, SHEILA (DELHI CHIEF MINISTER) [...] (C) Chief Minister, Sheila Dixit has been the Chief Minister of Delhi since 1998. Her second term began in December 2003. Dixit is a Punjabi Hindu, a dominant political bloc in the capital, has remained close to the Gandhi dynasty, and remains a key political advisor to Congress Party Presid [...]	2006-08-28 11:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL KWMN IN

06NEWDELHI6085	IRANIAN DFM SAFARI FINDS LITTLE LOVE IN NEW DELHI [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-31 12:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KNNP ENRG EPET KISL IR IN

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